#he was born in 2000 he is TWENTY THREE!!!!

[yikes-strikes-again]

happy birthday shou suzuki! 💚🥳👋💥finished with 10 minutes to spare LOL

love this little dude. love drawing him wearing random shit... little man is always DRIPPED 😤

[mybeingthere]

Mary Delany (1700 - 1788), an English artist known for her "paper-mosaics" and her lively correspondence, created 950 works of botanical decoupage.

"With the plant specimen set before her she cut minute particles of coloured paper to represent the petals, stamens, calyx, leaves, veins, stalk and other parts of the plant, and, using lighter and darker paper to form the shading, she stuck them on a black background. By placing one piece of paper upon another she sometimes built up several layers and in a complete picture there might be hundreds of pieces to form one plant. It is thought she first dissected each plant so that she might examine it carefully for accurate portrayal..."

- from Mrs. Delany: her Life and her Flowers, by Ruth Hayden, 1980/2000. (The author was a descendant of Delany's sister Anne.)

Born the daughter of Colonel Bernard Granville, she was a niece of George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne. She was coerced into an unhappy marriage with the sixty-year-old Tory MP Alexander Pendarves when she was still only seventeen; her husband died in his sleep seven years later, making her a widow at the age of twenty-four. With little means and no home of her own, she spent time living with various relatives and friends. But having the social freedom allowed by her widowhood, she was able to indulge her artistic and scientific interests.

At the age of forty-three, she married again, to Dr. Patrick Delany, an Irish clergyman. A year later they moved to Dublin, where Dr. Delany had a home. Both husband and wife were very interested in botany and gardening. After twenty-five years of marriage, most of it spent in Ireland, her husband died, leaving her a widow again at the sixty-eight. She had always been an artist, but during her second marriage she had had the time to hone her skills, not only as a gardener, but with her needlework, drawing, and painting.

It was only in her second widowhood, though, when she was in her early seventies, that she began to assemble detailed and botanically accurate depictions of plants in decoupage, using tissue paper and hand coloration. She created nine-hundred and eighty-five of these works, calling them her "Paper Mosaics." She continued making them until her sight began to fail in the last year of her life. She died a month before her eighty-eighth birthday. The ten volumes of her Flora Delanica were eventually bequeathed to the British Museum.

(From the blog of artist and writer Stephen O’Donnell. He is married to writer and graphic designer Gigi Little, with whom he sometimes performs. Their book, The Untold Gaze – a collection of Stephen’s paintings paired with short fiction by 33 authors – was published in October of 2018.)

[pitlanewrites]

hello everyone today i bring to you snippets of abandoned fics that never made it to ao3 in the hope that someone might like one of them

胸がはち切れそうで - yuki/liam

Liam is so absorbed in trying to find anything resembling a restaurant that he walks face-first into a wooden hanging sign with ‘Maple Leaf Eatery’ printed on it. He’s dazed enough from his encounter with the sign that when he reads it and knows immediately what it means, he thinks that he’s magically gained the ability to read Japanese. Then he blinks a couple of times and the English words focus into place, which makes much more sense than hitting your head and randomly gaining the power to understand a new language. The word ‘eatery’ sounds like a good one to Liam’s rumbling stomach, so he pushes the door open and steps into a space that looks like someone threw Italy and Japan together and blended them into a soup. Some of the décor leans towards traditional Japanese; maple leaf kakejiku adorn the walls, sections are divided by shoji screens, and the floor is tatami, but bolder Italian colours stand out amongst neutral Japanese ones, adding highlights to important pieces, and there’s a Roman-style statue in the centre that goes nicely with the roof—also obviously Italian-inspired with its embellished patterns. The gold-framed menu displayed at the front of the restaurant is written in both Japanese and English, with Italian headings for the sections, and, perhaps best of all, Liam can smell pizza.  Feeling leagues more confidence than he did not a minute ago, he tries his best to ask for a table for one in Japanese, adjusting his tie to show that he meant business, which didn’t particularly help as both the waiters on duty blinked at him, said「英語?」and then left, leaving Liam rather confused. 「僕が何とかするから、心配しないで。」 The return of the waiters is announced with a conversation in rapid Japanese; accompanying them is a sharply-dressed young man with fluffy hair and a determined expression written across his face. He squeaks to a halt in front of Liam; he can’t help but notice that this young man is almost a whole head shorter than him. 

untitled - nyck & logan & oscar & ollie & kimi & jack & liam

Nyck knew he was going to feel out of place the moment the idea was pitched to him.  It had been Logan who had told him about it, nervously calling him up in the days after the Lone Star Le Mans, which fell on the same weekend as the Italian Grand Prix. Logan had said, hesitantly, as if he didn’t want to bother Nyck, that they were planning a sleepover of sorts for the 2023 and 2025 rookies. To welcome the newbies into F1, he said. Nyck wanted to laugh. Out of the four of them—the three ‘full-time’ rookies and Liam—only Oscar was guaranteed to have a seat next year, so they’d be welcoming people they don’t even get to race with. But Logan had pleaded, saying it would be better with him there, that he deserves something good after the shit Williams put him through, and Nyck had given in. Now, pulling up outside some random hotel their teams had paid for—in exchange for enough footage to narrate whatever story they like, of course—he almost wishes he hadn’t. He hopes that the smile he’s giving his phone camera as he walks into the hotel doesn’t convey as much nervousness as he feels. He barely knows the three rookies, and he can’t imagine having much in common with them, having an average age of nineteen next to Nyck’s twenty-nine. Even Logan, Oscar, and Liam are so much younger than him. He has a brief flash of wishing he was born in 2004—that would make their ages all in a row, nice and even; 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006. Maybe then he’d be next-generation instead of a washed-up has-been desperately trying to stay afloat in the WEC and Formula E. 

untitled - alain/ayrton

warning: mentions of AIDS.

“Have you heard? Piquet says Senna’s gay.” These rumours had shocked Ayrton the first time he had heard them, but now, about the fifteenth time he’s heard them this month, he is beginning to tire of them. That’s funny, that sure isn’t what your wife said, he had told Nelson when the rumours had started, ended the quip with a Portuguese insult to drive the point home, but he had already seized the chance to try to ruin Ayrton’s image, so this dig, low as it was, did little to dissuade him. Of course, it didn’t help that Alain Prost was also in on it. Ayrton’s rival has vehemently denied any involvement, but Ayrton reckons that Alain wouldn’t notice the concept of integrity if it danced in front of him wearing the stupid hat Ron Dennis had shown up to last week’s team meeting in.  He jolts himself back to the present, back to his sister’s house in Brazil, where Viviane is reading the newspaper and his four-year-old nephew Bruno is driving a large plastic truck across the carpet, making loud ‘vroom’ noises. Bruno looks up at Ayrton as if he wants to invite his uncle to come and play, but Ayrton’s attention is fixated on the front page of Viviane’s newspaper.  Mais Casos de AIDS no Brasil, Nova Contagem de Mortes Relatada This is why Ayrton’s still bothered by Piquet calling him gay. In this world, calling someone gay is the equivalent to telling them I want to see you die alone, of AIDS, with no-one to be by your side in your final moments because you have brought disgrace to everyone you love and they have all left you to rot away.

heat lightning, running outside the window - logan/liam

Logan Sargeant is not in his right mind. Somewhere within his brain he knew that Liam Lawson would replace Daniel Ricciardo after his crash. He was the AlphaTauri reserve driver, after all. But somehow, he’s been caught off-guard by it, like he didn’t expect to see his former teammate so soon. Perhaps Liam thought it unfair that Logan had been the one to get an F1 seat despite finishing only fourth to Liam’s third in the 2022 F2 championship—albeit by only one point—and had returned to get his comeuppance.  Ridiculous thought. Liam was here because Danny Ric broke his hand after crashing into Oscar Piastri—another one of Logan’s former teammates, perhaps they were truly all connected—and he, as the reserve driver, had been asked to step up. That makes perfect sense. Still, Logan can’t help but think that somehow, Liam has joined the grid solely to spite him. He wishes that he had a better car, so he could fight him on the track side by side, rather than fighting with his own stupid Williams at the back of the grid, trying desperately to get the car to behave. P10 in qualifying had felt like a fluke, he felt like he was fighting the car the whole way through, when truthfully he wants to be fighting for pole along with all the front runners, wanted to be fighting like his teammate was fighting, fourth on the grid after setting the fastest time in Q1, he wants to believe he has what it takes.  Most of all, though he can’t quite work out why, he wants to hear Liam’s ‘well done, mate’, feel the slap on his back just like he’d do in their F2 days. He foolishly hoped he could hear it after his P10, but Liam was clearly disappointed by his own performance, and it would be selfish of Logan to expect him to congratulate someone after he had clearly not lived up to his own expectations. 

[misunhye]

THE KANG-AHN FAMILY TREE

as of january 23, 2024

LEFT TO RIGHT Kang Misun, Kang Sumin, Ahn Jaesun, Ahn Jiho, Ahn Jaesuk, Kim Moonsun, Kang Wonhae, and Shin Yejin.

tw grooming, infidelity, power imbalance, illegal relationship, age gap, brief mention of miscarriage

In 1992, Kang Sumin was a freshly debuted idol when she met Ahn Jaesun. She was sixteen and he was twenty-three. He was one of YG’s music producers. In 1994, she was eighteen and pregnant with Ahn Jaesun’s first child. Shortly after, her pregnancy was announced and netizens were appalled that she was unwed and a teen mother.

This did not deter her. She wanted to continue her career as an idol, and she wouldn’t stop until she was able to. She went to far as to sending her newborn son, Ahn Jiho, to Texas with her parents. When YG dismissed her, putting her on an indefinite hiatus, she went back to Jaesun, leaving Jiho in Texas.

Sumin’s second son, Ahn Jaesuk, was born in 1997, and he, too, was sent to Texas.

Two years after Jaesuk’s birth in 1999, it was announced she’d be making a comeback. In a drunken high, she had an affair with one of her backup dancers.

One year later in 2000, she gave birth to her first daughter and final child, Kang Sunhye.

In 2009, it was widely accused across South Korea that Sumin’s daughter was the result of her affair and that her biological father being one of Sumin’s backup dancers. Anything she had left of a career was killed. Sumin and Jaesun battled in court over custody over their children, Jaesun even having Sunhye take a DNA test. The media was right, Sumin had an affair and it resulted in Sunhye. The court would rule in Sumin’s favor, saying a child should never be without their mother.

In 2011, Sumin and Jaesun divorced and their three children lived with Sumin, having visits to Jaesun ever so often until they all turned nineteen.

It is noted that Sumin and her children, especially her daughter, do not have the best relationship.

The rest of Sumin’s future is incomplete.

BIRTH NAME Kang Sumin

BIRTHDAY November 29, 1976

OCCUPATION Idol formerly Unemployed currently

FACECLAIM Yunjin Kim

Ahn Jaesun married eighteen-year-old pregnant Kang Sumin when he was twenty-five. As he worked at YG as one of their music producers, he met sweet Kang Sumin when she debuted. While he was overjoyed at their children’s birth, he noticed she wasn’t. He wanted their children to live with them, but her word was final.

Jaesun filed for divorce in 2009 and fought for custody over all three of his children— DNA be damned. The cases took two years to come to a ruling. When the court ruled in Sumin’s favor in 2011, giving him only a few visits per year, he was devastated and dived headfirst into his work. This in turn slightly damaged his relationships with his children but constantly tries to make up for it ever since 2019.

He is one of YG’s best producers, his most prominent works being for 2NE1, Big Bang, and Epik High. When his sons individually turned nineteen, they lived with him until they got settled on their feet. Misun was an idol by the time she turned nineteen.

In October 2019, he met model and crowned Miss Korea 2015 Shin Yejin, who was twenty-seven at the time. A month later in November, they were dating. They have been dating ever since, and many question when he will propose to her.

It is noted that even though he is constantly trying to be a better father, his children and him have a strained relationship.

The rest of Jaesun’s future is incomplete.

BIRTH NAME Ahn Jaesun

BIRTHDAY March 7, 1969

OCCUPATION Music producer currently

FACECLAIM Choi Wonyoung

Ahn Jiho is an actor and got his popularity from Reply 1988 in 2015. As a child, it was very obvious to him that he was the odd man out in the family. He was the only one to not go into music, his name wasn’t close to either of his parents’ like Sunhye and Jaesuk’s were. He felt rather ignored in the family, and that’s what he was. His father loved him, but he loved work and Sumin more.

Jiho was closed off from his siblings, preferring to be in his room alone. If he had the choice of riding home in the car with his family or walking home in the rain, he’d choose walking in the rain. He had a warped impression of them, thinking they thought he was strange for not liking the same things they all did.

Jiho was always interested in film and literature, finding the universes people could create fascinating. He found that while he couldn’t write a story for anything, he was rather strangely good at lying. The thought unsettled him, but he was determined to be apart of people’s versions of their favorite character. He put the lying to use, being in theater in school and begging his grandparents to put him in acting classes.

When his mother’s affair was revealed, he was relieved but then distraught. His mother had made a mistake, she wasn’t one of them. But Misun wasn’t one of them, either— not completely, anyway. Yet she also was one of them. And he wasn’t.

His first major acting role was in Reply 1988 as Jang Minki. His popularity and fans quickly grew, earning him more offered roles. He has won Best New Actor and Best Supporting Actor for his role in Reply 1988.

He has since starred in notable shows like While You Were Sleeping, Squid Games, Sweet Home, and recently known for his role as the main male lead in My Demon. He is currently filming for the American horror movie, The Name Game.

It is noted that Jiho is not as close to Misun as Jaesuk is, but he’s also not close to Jaesuk. Jiho thinks of himself as the black sheep in the family and avoids them.

BIRTH NAME Ahn Jiho

BIRTHDAY September 2, 1995

OCCUPATION Actor currently

FACECLAIM Yoon Dowoon

Ahn Jaesuk is a songwriter and has most likely taken part in writing the lyrics to your favorite song. He has notable achievements for both Korean and American music, such as multiple SHINee and The Weeknd and Harry Styles songs.

As the middle child, he’s always tried to maintain a balance with his siblings and parents and grandparents. He hated conflict, and always tried to avoid it. He tried protecting Misun as best as he could, until he could no longer bare Misun hurt at the hands of Sumin. He was rather relieved when Sumin’s affair was revealed and their parents were divorced, but never once thought differently of Misun.

Long before their divorce, he was twelve when he realized his parents weren’t the parents you see in movies. He was hurt, and angry, but soon that turned into emptiness. It was more of an expectation than anything. He felt nothing when they divorced.

Jaesuk started his career in 2018 with his father at YG Entertainment, his relationship to his father being a helping hand. He has since wrote songs for BLACKPINK, Big Bang, Winner, and TREASURE. He has also wrote songs for other groups such as SHINee, NCT, aespa, TXT, IVE, and more.

It is noted that Jaesuk and Misun are the closest within the family, as their other family are all estranged to one another.

BIRTH NAME Ahn Jaesuk

BIRTHDAY April 9, 1997

OCCUPATION Songwriter currently

FACECLAIM Yoo Taeyang

Kim Sunhee, better known as Moonsun, is a retired South Korean soprano opera actress. When she was twenty-one, she met Kang Wonhae and would later marry him in 1973. Three years later, after multiple attempts to have a child and having two miscarriages, she had her daughter, Sumin.

After having not slept for six days with various attempts to hurt herself or Sumin with Wonhae stopping her, she checked herself into a mental hospital where she was soon diagnosed with postpartum depression. She went on a three year hiatus with her career in order to get better and take care of her daughter. However, as she got back into her career, her relationship with her daughter worsened as she was always busy.

Sunhee is part of the reason Sumin was able to debut and have a comeback after her hiatus, as she knows ‘important people’. She was disappointed when she got pregnant the first time, swearing to cut her off but never did. She never understood why Sumin kept doing it to herself.

It feels like Sumin’s children are more of her own, especially considering she was the one who raised them. She has a strange, polite relationship with Jiho, a relationship where she knows she can trust Jaesuk, and Misun is the baby of the family. She’s much more coddled than the other two as she’s the youngest and only girl.

Besides a three year long hiatus, Sunhee is well known to older citizens for her voice and variety personality.

It is noted that Sunhee and Misun had a good relationship, but lately Misun’s backed away due to some realizations.

BIRTH NAME Kim Sunhee

BIRTHDAY November 1, 1950

OCCUPATION Opera Singer formerly

FACECLAIM Nam Giae

Kang Wonhae is a retired piano and music teacher. He met Kim Sunhee while teaching her youngest sister how to play the piano, and they would soon marry and have a daughter, Sumin.

Wonhae was disappointed Sumin had a child early, but he was the reason Sunhee never kicked her out or cut her off financially. He was the one who took care of his grandchildren first, he was the second person to hold Misun. He was polite with Ahn Jaesun, took him in like a son.

Wonhae always tried to involve Jiho, but he would always refuse. He’d always calm Sunhee down when she got too angry, but sometimes things were so damning, he’d lose his mind. Wonhae willingly took Jaesuk to his ball games, and was always there for each one. He encouraged Misun to audition for entertainment companies.

In 2002, he would retire early from his job as a teacher to focus taking care of his grandchildren. When they would move in with their mother after the divorce, he would soon pick up piano again and play the piano for their church.

It is noted that there is no dislike between Wonhae and Misun. She knows he is there for her.

BIRTH NAME Kang Wonhae

BIRTHDAY July 19, 1950

OCCUPATION Piano teacher formerly Music teacher formerly

FACECLAIM Kim Sunhee

Shin Yejin is a model and was crowned Miss Korea 2015. In 2019, she was twenty-seven when she met fifty-year-old Ahn Jaesun. He would ask her out and by the next month, they were dating.

Not much is known about Shin Yejin. She has been on the cover of Vogue Korea, W Korea, and more. She was one of the female love interest in Big Bang’s Let’s Not Fall In Love music video.

It is noted that Misun and Yejin don’t have much of a relationship, due to her busy schedule. Yejin tries to have a relationship, though.

BIRTH NAME Shin Yejin

BIRTHDAY February 26, 1992

OCCUPATION Model currently

FACECLAIM Jo Jihyun

[nelliesnellie]

My fingers are covered in decades of family grime. What follows are glimpses of family history, told through a bag of loose change. In other words, I sorted some coins and got all thinky and shit.

"Here," my mom said, when I was packing to move for grad school. "You should take our Canadian coins with you." She handed me a hefty plastic sack of loose change, accrued over about twenty years. The part of New York State we were living in is quite rural – the sort of region with more cows than people. So we would frequently make the short trip across the St. Lawrence River into Ottawa and its suburbs (or as we called it, "the Canadian Riviera").

I've kept that sack of change over the past three years living in the easternmost region of Canada. I've never dealt with it, largely because the banks here don't have any goddamn coin machines. A coinstar, a coinstar, my kingdom for a coinstar! I'm now unemployed, and faced with increased rent until I can find new roommates. That bag of coins became worth the hassle, and I sat down with some Christmas music and plastic Dollarama coin wrappers.

Rather than being a medievalesque pouch of gold, this particular sack of coins was a heavy duty gallon sized plastic bag, with several smaller receptacles inside. First I pulled out a bag of what turned out to be Euros. Ok. Off to an interesting start. I set them aside, knowing they may be useful one day. How closely were these coins sorted?

As I began to sort the coins, two unexpected piles became necessary: Canadian Pennies, and Unexpected Chaos. Pennies have been out of commission in Canada for over a decade. And Deutschmarks, a prime sample of the Unexpected Chaos, were replaced by the Euro in the early 2000s.

I wondered why these particular Deutschmarks ended up in this bag of money. Probably it was from our family trip to Germany in the late 90s. I like to think however, that they came from an earlier trip, perhaps even my Mom's time living there in the 70s as an exchange student.

My fingers quickly began to feel gross from handling decades of family grime that had gathered on the coins. Out of the bag fell a small, familiar looking object. After a moment I realized it was a piece of dry cat food. It was the brand that my dear cat ate. She was my best friend for quite a long time, before passing away four years ago. Eating was complicated for her in the end, but she never lost her affectionate and cheerful demeanor. How did a piece of cat food end up in here?

While the Deutschmarks were my mom's, the English shillings had to have been my dad's. He's a bit of an anglophile, and traveled in the country in the 70s. Odd that they stuck around that long.

Other countries represented included: Mexico, Norway, Turkey, the NYC Transit System, and Greece. Norway had to be a result of the 2018 family trip, and the only family member who's been to Turkey is my sister. That coin must be hers. The Greek coin must be from my parents honeymoon. I wonder how they feel about this, now that they're separated?

The coins were interesting but seriously gross. Although I suppose money is always gross, since it touches so many hands and places. Some Canadian friends were talking shit about American dollar bills recently. I find the soft papery money far more comfortable than the plastic of Canadian bills, but my friends thought it felt gross. Surely, though, it isn't that much worse, germ for germ?

I have no idea how the Mexican coin got there. Maybe it came from Nana, who knows? As far as the old NYC transit tokens go, I might make jewelry from them. I was born in the city, so its nice to have some ephemera from there.

After about ninety minutes, and a fair amount of wrestling coin rolls, my task was done. I had a much smaller bag of wrapped coins ready for the bank, a tin full of random currency, a few old sandwich bags, and a now empty mason jar. It was time to wash my hands.

[forever-fan]

My FNAF Hyperfixation has inspired me!

So I've been reading a bunch of FNAF time travel fix-it fics. If you don't know what I am referring to, they are basically fics where Michael/William/Henry/basically anyone else finds themselves in the past by some circumstance. They then try to fix the future.

Now that you know what I'm talking about I can actually get to the point. I have decided to write a FNAF time travel fix-it fic. It is tied to an AU, so don't come at me about "canon". Here is a sneak peek at it.

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Michael wished he died in the fire. Well, technically he was already dead. He had no pulse and he couldn't breathe. His brain had long since stopped working and he got his energy from Remnant rather than digesting food. In all reality, he was a stubborn spirit trapped within his own corpse.

Michael hadn't died in the fire that Henry had set. Hell, his body was barely harmed. All he remembered was passing out before waking up in a random alley. Michael realized someone saved him, but now he was even more alone than ever before.

When the Mega Pizzaplex opened on top of Michael's old restaurant, he knew there would be trouble. Sure enough, there was. Michael took a job as a security guard and found that, while they weren't murderous, the animatronics weren't quite right.

Michael also found his fellow guard, Vanessa, to be a little shifty. She turned out to be way more than shifty when she pushed him into the daycare ball pit from a height that would have maimed or killed anyone else.

Michael's afterlife only got worse when he emerged from the ball pit and found that he was back in Fredbear's Family Diner in 1980.

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This short introduction obviously doesn't tell you all the fun little headcanons that I have for this fic. I guess you'll just have to read it to find out. Of course, I haven't written in yet. But! I am so hyped about the movie that I think I'll probably finish the first chapter before twenty-four hours have passed.

[Edit: My entire document on Microsoft Word deleted itself from reality... RIP. So... I'm rewriting the first chapter all over again. :> And trust me, I looked through all of my files and drives. Let it be known, I have turned on auto-save cause it sucks to rewrite dialogue, and know for a fact that it's not the same as it was. Also, I lost a doc with half of my headcanons for a different fnaf au. Sadness.]

Real quick, I do have only a little bit of important information for anyone who wants to understand the timeline. (Also so I can remember the basic timeline I made for myself.)

Original Timeline

1968 - Michael is born.

1973 - Elizabeth is born.

1974 - Charlie Emily is born.

1975 - Evan is born.

1980 - William discovers something called Remnant.

1981 - The Missing Children Incident happens and Fredbear's barely stays open.

1982 - William begins to create the Funtimes to harvest Remnant.

1983, March - Elizabeth dies at her friend's birthday party, three days after Circus Baby's Pizza World opened.

1983, August - Evan dies a week after the bite of '83. (FNAF 4)

1983, August - Mrs. Afton [Yet to be named] dies after driving her car off a cliff.

1983, October - Charlie is murdered by William at her own birthday party.

1986 - Michael goes to college to get away from the tragedy and gets a little therapy.

1990, April - Michael receives a letter from his father asking him to find Elizabeth.

1990, June - Michael dies in the Sister Location. (FNAF 5)

1991, January - Michael assumes the name 'Fritz Smith' and works at Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria before being fired on his first day. (FNAF 2)

1993 - Michael uses the name 'Mike Schmidt' and works at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. (FNAF 1)

1993 - William dies in the Spring Bonnie suit

2000 - Michael works at Fazbear's Fright. (FNAF 3)

2010, Late December - Michael opens Freddy Fazbear Pizza Place. (FNAF 6, Pizzeria Simulator)

2010, Early January - Henry sets the fire, and Michael survives. (Still FNAF 6, Pizzeria Simulator)

2020, July - Michael works at the Mega Pizzaplex and is pushed into the ball pit only six days before the events of Security Breach.

Time Travel Timeline

[To be edited as chapters are added. Peek under the cut only if you have read the most recent chapter, or if you don't give a shit about spoilers.]

1980 - Michael arrives in the past. He is not happy.

[madamlaydebug]

Erykah Badu Posing for her High School Senior Picture in 1989.

The Photo at the very bottom was also Taken in 1989.

Erica Abi Wright (born February 26, 1971), known professionally as Erykah Badu, is an American singer and songwriter. Influenced by R&B, soul, and hip hop, Badu rose to prominence in the late 1990s when her debut album Baduizm (1997), placed her at the forefront of the neo soul movement, earning her the nickname "Queen of Neo Soul" by music critics.

Erykah Badu was born in Dallas, Texas. Badu had her first taste of show business at the age of four, singing and dancing at the Dallas Theater Center and The Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) under the guidance of her godmother, Gwen Hargrove, and uncle TBAAL founder Curtis King. By the age of 14, Badu was freestyling for a local radio station alongside such talent as Roy Hargrove. In her youth, she had decided to change the spelling of her first name from Erica to Erykah, as she believed her original name was a "slave name". The term "kah" signifies the inner self. She adopted the surname "Badu" because it is her favorite jazz scat sound; also, among the Akan people in Ghana, it is the term for the 10th-born child.

After graduating from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Badu went on to study theater at Grambling State University, a historically black university. She left the university in 1993 before graduating, to focus more fully on music. During this time, Badu took several minimum-wage jobs to support herself. She taught drama and dance to children at the South Dallas Cultural Center. Working and touring with her cousin, Robert "Free" Bradford, she recorded a 19-song demo, Country Cousins, which attracted the attention of Kedar Massenburg. He set Badu up to record a duet with D'Angelo, "Your Precious Love", and eventually signed her to a record deal with Universal Records.

Badu's career began after she opened a show for D'Angelo in 1994 in Fort Worth, leading to record label executive Kedar Massenburg signing her to Kedar Entertainment. Her first album, Baduizm, was released in February 1997. It spawned four singles: "On & On", "Appletree", "Next Lifetime" and "Otherside of the Game". The album was certified triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Her first live album, Live, was released in November 1997 and was certified double Platinum by the RIAA.

Her second studio album, Mama's Gun, was released in 2000. It spawned three singles: "Bag Lady", which became her first top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at #6, "Didn't Cha Know?" and "Cleva". The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA. Badu's third album, Worldwide Underground, was released in 2003. It generated three singles: "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)", "Danger" and "Back in the Day (Puff)" with 'Love' becoming her second song to reach the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #9. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA. Badu's fourth album, New Amerykah Part One, was released in 2008. It spawned two singles: "Honey" and "Soldier". New Amerykah Part Two was released in 2010 and fared well both critically and commercially. It contained the album's lead single "Window Seat", which led to controversy.

Badu's voice has been compared to jazz singer Billie Holiday. Early in her career, Badu was recognizable for her eccentric style, which often included wearing very large and colorful headwraps. She was a core member of the Soulquarians.

As an actress, she has played a number of supporting roles in movies including Blues Brothers 2000, The Cider House Rules and House of D. She also has appeared in the documentaries Before the Music Dies and The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975.

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

▪In 1997, Badu received twenty nominations and won three, Favorite Female Solo Single for "On & On", Favorite Female Solo Album for Baduizm and Best R&B/Soul or Rap Song of the Year for "On & On" at the Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards.

▪In 1998, Badu received fourteen nominations and won eight, including Favorite R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist at the American Music Awards; Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "On & On" and Best R&B Album for Baduizm at the Grammy Awards; Outstanding New Artist and Outstanding Female Artist at the NAACP Image Awards; Favorite Female Soul/R&B Single for "On & On", Favorite Female Soul/R&B Album for Baduizm and Favorite New R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist for "On & On" at the Soul Train Music Awards.

▪In 2000, Badu received two nominations and won one, Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the Grammy Awards.

▪In 2003, Badu received twelve nominations and won two, including Video of the Year for "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" at the BET Awards and Best Urban/Alternative Performance for "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" at the Grammy Awards.

▪In 2008, Badu received eleven nominations and won two, including Best Director for "Honey" at the BET Awards and Best Direction in a Video for "Honey" at the MTV Video Music Awards. Overall, Badu has won 16 awards from 59 nominations.

▪In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Badu at number 115 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.

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Robert Fitzgerald Diggs (July 5, 1969) known by his stage name RZA is a musician, rapper, record producer, actor, filmmaker, and author. He is the de facto leader of the Wu-Tang Clan. He has produced almost all of Wu-Tang Clan’s albums, as well as many Wu-Tang solo and affiliate projects. He is a cousin of two other original Wu-Tang Clan members: GZA and Ol’ Dirty Bastard. He has released solo albums under the alter-ego Bobby Digital, along with executive producing credits for side projects. After forming the Wu-Tang Clan, he was a founding member of the horrorcore group Gravediggaz, where he went by the name The RZArector.

He is known for his music production, with a style that includes the use of soul samples and sparse beats that has proved highly influential. The magazine The Source placed him on its list of the 20 greatest producers in the magazine’s twenty-year history. Vibe listed him among the top 8 greatest hip-hop producers of all time, and NME placed him on their list of the 50 Greatest Producers Ever.

He was born in Brownsville, Brooklyn. He was named after the Kennedy brothers Robert and John Fitzgerald. He called his given name an “honorable” name, given the legacy of both Robert and John. He has a younger brother, Terrance Hamlin, better known as the rapper 9th Prince, and an older brother named Mitchell “Divine” Diggs.

From ages three to seven, he spent summers in North Carolina with his uncle, who encouraged him to read and study. He was introduced to hip-hop music at the age of nine, and by eleven, was competing in rap battles. He relocated to Steubenville, Ohio to live with his mother. He spent weekends in Pittsburgh, where his father ran a convenience store.

He married Eboni Mills (2000-09). He married Talri Rabb (2009). He has ten children. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[bionicpwr]

" all across thе globe and out the solar "

The SUBZERO lineup consists of seven talented members. The members were chosen trough the companies audition program held in 2020. Out of around 24 trainees in the program, only seven were chosen to debut, later becoming the SUBZERO we know and love.

ㅤㅤOO1 . CHAEMIN

tw : implied mild child neglect Chaemin was born in 1999 as the eldest daughter of the Shin family. For the first seven years of her life, she was her parents' only daughter. At this point her parents talked about 'expanding' the family, bad idea. Fast-forward to 2013, Chaemin is around fourteen and taking care of her three younger siblings. Her parents were always too busy with work, being a professor and nurse, which left Chaemin to babysit. Six years later, it is now 2019, Chaemin is twenty and finally moving out. While, yes it was hard leaving her family, she can finally catch up on her social life and most importantly, her passion to dance. Chaemin has been dancing for around eight years at this point. Occasional school talent shows, spontaneous dance classes, she wasn't serious about it but she was good, like really good. While at one of her, now no longer spontaneous, visits to her local dance studio, she was stopped by what she assumed a fellow student. To her surprise this 'student' introduces themself as a company agent, handing her a leaflet for auditions at this company she's never heard of. Reluctantly she decided to go trough with he audition, becoming SUBZERO's leader and main dancer.

stage name ─ chaemin 채민 full name ─ shin chae-min english name ─ charlotte shin birthday ─ may 29th, 1999 birthplace ─ seoul, south korea ethnicity ─ korean height ─ 170cm , 5'6" positions ─ leader , main dancer , lead vocalist face claim ─ chaeyoung of fromis_9

ㅤㅤOO2 . MEI

tw : brief mentions of corruption and arranged marriages Meihua, only daughter of the Zhou family, born in 1999. Her family having quite a positive reputation in certain circles, she was practically born to become the proper, polite wife of the son of some other rich family, but Mei has always been a rebellious child, never obeying her parents wishes (even when they were maybe the better option). So when her parents said 'no' to the idea of her becoming an idol, she had to do it. At eighteen, Mei finally left the grasp of her parents and flew to South Korea. Luckily her parent are nothing short of rich, so finding somewhere to stay was easy work. Mei started attentding numerous lessons in everything from vocal training to dance classes, but one thing stuck with her. She loved writing and rapping. For her audition she wrote and produced her own two-minute long track, which she performed infront of the judges. She was accepted, but a lot of people wonder if, unknown to Mei herself, her parents had their funds at the ready for her acceptance. I mean, no rich family wants their only daughter to be a failed idol, right?

stage name ─ mei 메이 full name ─ zhou mei-hua english name ─ rebecca zhou birthday ─ september 3rd, 1999 birthplace ─ beijing, china ethnicity ─ chinese height ─ 166cm , 5'5" positions ─ main rapper, lead dancer face claim ─ yuqi of gidle

ㅤㅤOO3 . ALICE

tw : implied mental health problems After being born in Seoul in the year 2000, Alice's parents soon decided to start a new life and move to New York City. Her father had a well-paying job, her mother was mostly at home, her brother and her were attending a good school, Alice grew up practically living the american dream, i mean in high school she even joined her school's cheer team. Everything was going great, until she got involved into drama at school. Alice's friend and another girl from school got into a fight, nothing physical, but bad enough for her parent to decide to go back to Korea. Alice was miserable, nothing in her new city could even begin to compare to the pure happiness she experienced with her american friends. As a coping mechanism, she started putting her sadness into singing. Her cover on youtube gained quite a following, and garnered the attention of her, now, company. After her acceptance to the company, she seems to finally gain her spark back with the help of her members.

stage name ─ alice 앨리스 full name ─ kim hae-young english name ─ alice kim birthday ─ october 15th, 2000 birthplace ─ seoul, south korea ethnicity ─ korean height ─ 168cm , 5'6" positions ─ main vocalist, lead rapper face claim ─ heejin of artms

ㅤㅤOO4 . NAOMI

tw : brief mention of bullying Naomi was born in Tokyo, to two relatively young parents. Both her parents were fresh out of school and had to work multiple jobs so they could live a normal life. Due to her background, Naomi was often bullied in school, which led to her gradually becoming very quiet and reserved. In 2017, when she was seventeen, things finally started looking up. Both her parents had gotten jobs with stable incomes and they had moved to a different part of the city. Since the year was good, her parents decided to go all out and for Christmas Naomi received an invitation to an idol training camp in South Korea. While there she gained a lot of experiences and got invited to audition for her current company. After her acceptance she moved to Korea, her company providing the dorms. She later debuted as a member of SUBZERO.

stage name ─ naomi 나오미 full name ─ tanaka naomi english name ─ × birthday ─ november 18th, 2000 birthplace ─ tokyo, japan ethnicity ─ japanese height ─ 169cm , 5'6" positions ─ main rapper, visual face claim ─ yuki of purple kiss

ㅤㅤOO5 . RUBY

tw : mentions of pressure from family Despite being Korean, Ruby was born and raised in Shanghai, China. She lived there until 2014, when she was around twelve. Her family always considered her a gem because beside having good grades and being well educated, she could also sing and act well. Living up to her family's expectations was always a big worry Ruby. Coming from a quite wealthy background her parents paid for her vocal lessons and often helped fund the schools arts department. In 2014, her family decided to move to Seoul, in order for Ruby to attend a good arts school. Originally in school for acting, she was surprised when the first agent to approach her was for an idol agency, not an acting one. Still she happily accepted the proposal and passed her audition. After debut, she quickly secured the center position due to her natural charm.

stage name ─ ruby 루비 full name ─ yang ruby korean name ─ yang subin birthday ─ october 9th, 2002 birthplace ─ shanghai, china ethnicity ─ korean height ─ 168cm , 5'6"positions ─ main vocalist, visual, center face claim ─ sihyeon of everglow

ㅤㅤOO6 . MIDORI

Midori's childhood was for better or for worse nothing remarkable. She grew up in the suburbs of Osaka, her family wasn't super rich, she wasn't really interested in anything remotely related to being an idol. In school she was fairly popular and part of one of the many sports teams her school had to offer. The only thing seperating her from all the other girls her age was her voice. Really only heard at school talent shows, she truly could sing. All it took for her to audition was a school trip to Seoul, her best friend and a dare. The dare was for both of them to audition, it's not like they would get accepted, right? Well lucky for Midori, the judges were very satisfied with her vocal performance of Red Velvet's Psycho and she ended up being accepted. She describes debuting with her group in 2022 as one of the most surreal experiences of her life.

stage name ─ midori 미도리 full name ─ hayashi midori english name ─ emma hayashi birthday ─ march 7th, 2002 birthplace ─ osaka, japan ethnicity ─ japanese height ─ 167cm , 5'6"positions ─ main vocalist, lead rapper face claim ─ chisa of xg

ㅤㅤOO7 . YUNSEO

tw : mentions of school pressure and perfectionism Born in Incheon as the youngest daughter of her family, Yunseo was always treated as something special. Maybe it was her interest in music or her amazing dancing skills, but dance studios were always involved when she was a child. Ballet was the one that stuck. Attending one of Korea's best ballet schools when she was only six eventually took a toll on Yunseo's self confidence. Every mistake she made was closely inspected and criticized. This went on for five consecutive years. At one of the school's yearly performances she was spotted by a company agent. She accepted that invitation like her life depended on it. She would have done anything to get away from that school. Yunseo doesn't worry about the pressure that much anymore, but sometimes she still finds herself in the practice rooms late into the night, perfecting every move.

stage name ─ yunseo 윤서 full name ─ han yunseo english name ─ olivia han birthday ─ february 26th, 2003 birthplace ─ incheon, south korea ethnicity ─ korean height ─ 165cm , 5'5" positions ─ main dancer, lead rapper, maknae face claim ─ sheon of billlie

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A Brief Look at Judge Dredd Novels, Part XV: The Final Cut by Matthew Smith

Coming immediately after the final full-length Dredd novel from erstwhile 2000 AD editor David Bishop - well, OK, more like three months later but y'know how it is - The Final Cut sees us introduced, appropriately enough, to his eventual successor, Matt Smith (no, not that one). Assuming the role in 2002 following a brief two-year interregnum in which the magazine was overseen by Andy Diggle, Smith actually remains the editor more than twenty years later, making him the longest-serving holder of the post by far.

Happily, The Final Cut makes a very strong case for Smith's talents as a writer, comfortably landing in the upper tier of the six Black Flame novels we've covered to date. It's probably the strongest Dredd novel since Black Atlantic, with a phenomenally nasty satirical edge that feels right at home within the world of Mega-City One as it's been established over the past twenty-eight years.

It's not, necessarily, that The Final Cut is really tapping into anything completely unheard of in its ruminations on the intersections between celebrity, art and violence. The line between exploitative schlock and art of real merit has proven of interest to many writers over the years, and photographic film in particular has enjoyed a long and storied association with serial killers dating back at least as far as Francis Dolarhyde in Red Dragon. There are points at which Smith even seems to acknowledge his forebears, like when Ramona pointedly notes that Trager is a "natural born killer," in a possible tip of the hat to Oliver Stone's 1994 meditation on very similar ideas.

This being 2000 AD, though, these questions find themselves expressed in the most ludicrously grimy, overblown fashion imaginable, with Dredd uncovering a secretive cabal of propaganda filmmakers running a snuff film operation on the side. As a writer who clearly knows what makes the magazine tick, enough to keep it doing just that for well over two decades, Smith manages to ably capitalise upon the thematic potential of this premise, picking apart what it means for such an operation to have the institutional support - however unknowing - of Justice Department, itself an organisation predicated upon an ethos of sustained brutality operating under the guise of a law enforcement agency (so, a law enforcement agency, then). Classic Dredd stuff.

Similarly well done is the running theme of performativity and acting, perhaps most memorably expressed by the novel's most prominent original character, Pete Trager, an undercover Wally Squad Judge. Trager is a pleasantly odious little character, with his general lucidity and calm temperament occasionally giving way to acts of petty cruelty and abrupt violence. With the narrative split between him and Dredd, he provides an intriguing counterpoint to everyone's favourite granite-faced lawman; he's got just as strong a propensity for violence, but it finds expression in a comparatively smaller-scale fashion, making him feel less like a walking incarnation of police brutality and more like an odious and all-too-human violent cop.

If there's one main criticism I'd raise, it's probably that Trager's flirtation with Ramona is a little rushed, and even if you could probably construct a decent reading as to his instantaneously falling for her being a manifestation of his need to play the valiant lawman saving the misguided perp and bringing her to a better life - certainly, I could believe that that's what Smith was angling for - it mostly just seems like a result of the comparatively banal shortcomings that often plague science fiction novels of this nature. At the end of the day, the problems here mostly just boil down to the whole "infiltrating Rejin's operation" plan not being brought up until the halfway mark.

Still, it gives us the deliciously fucked-up "makeout in a darkroom surrounded by photographic stills from a snuff film" scene. Only in 2000 AD.

In any event, these are relatively minor issues. The Final Cut is still a tightly constructed piece of work, and is perhaps suggestive of just why Smith has remained editor of 2000 AD for nearly half of the publication's history at this point.

The Ranking So Far:

Dreddlocked

Deathmasques

Black Atlantic

Wetworks

The Final Cut

Kingdom of the Blind

Bad Moon Rising

Silencer

Eclipse

The Medusa Seed

Dread Dominion

Dredd vs Death

Cursed Earth Asylum

The Hundredfold Problem

The Savage Amusement

(Putting it just below Wetworks 'cause you know I find that wacky Dave Stone aesthetic so very hard to resist, I make no apologies.)

[mybeingthere]

Mary Delany (1700 - 1788), an English artist known for her "paper-mosaics" and her lively correspondence, created 950 works of botanical decoupage.

"With the plant specimen set before her she cut minute particles of coloured paper to represent the petals, stamens, calyx, leaves, veins, stalk and other parts of the plant, and, using lighter and darker paper to form the shading, she stuck them on a black background. By placing one piece of paper upon another she sometimes built up several layers and in a complete picture there might be hundreds of pieces to form one plant. It is thought she first dissected each plant so that she might examine it carefully for accurate portrayal..."

- from Mrs. Delany: her Life and her Flowers, by Ruth Hayden, 1980/2000. (The author was a descendant of Delany's sister Anne.)

Born the daughter of Colonel Bernard Granville, she was a niece of George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne. She was coerced into an unhappy marriage with the sixty-year-old Tory MP Alexander Pendarves when she was still only seventeen; her husband died in his sleep seven years later, making her a widow at the age of twenty-four. With little means and no home of her own, she spent time living with various relatives and friends. But having the social freedom allowed by her widowhood, she was able to indulge her artistic and scientific interests.

At the age of forty-three, she married again, to Dr. Patrick Delany, an Irish clergyman. A year later they moved to Dublin, where Dr. Delany had a home. Both husband and wife were very interested in botany and gardening. After twenty-five years of marriage, most of it spent in Ireland, her husband died, leaving her a widow again at the sixty-eight. She had always been an artist, but during her second marriage she had had the time to hone her skills, not only as a gardener, but with her needlework, drawing, and painting.

It was only in her second widowhood, though, when she was in her early seventies, that she began to assemble detailed and botanically accurate depictions of plants in decoupage, using tissue paper and hand coloration. She created nine-hundred and eighty-five of these works, calling them her "Paper Mosaics." She continued making them until her sight began to fail in the last year of her life. She died a month before her eighty-eighth birthday. The ten volumes of her Flora Delanica were eventually bequeathed to the British Museum.

(From the blog of artist and writer Stephen O’Donnell. He is married to writer and graphic designer Gigi Little, with whom he sometimes performs. Their book, The Untold Gaze – a collection of Stephen’s paintings paired with short fiction by 33 authors – was published in October of 2018.)

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For the OC thingy:

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thank youuuuu ill be sooo insufferable about them sorry

🎮 three favourite hobbies?

hosszú: its more like his lifes passion but he loves collection rocks and minerals and all that. an actual hobby of his would be gardening :-) he also does a bit of arts and crafts here and there, anything to do around the house

ficsúr: can cooking be considered a hobby lol they love doing that. they diy clothes in their free time and they also picked up beadwork recently, making jewels for themselves and friends

💯 three random facts

hosszú is ambidextrous, he did ballet when he was a little kid and his favourite musical artist is stevie nicks. ficsúr speaks fluent romanian and conversational french they picked up for shits and giggles, they have a "h*rry p*tter scar" on their forehead from the time they fell down a set of stairs lol and they are bad at winking

🌈 sexual orientation/gender identity and pronouns

hosszú is a homosexual man going by he/him pronouns and ficsúr is a bisexual nonbinary guy using they/them pronouns :-) theyre both very comfortable with their gender and sexuality

🤍 three neutral/questionable traits

hosszú: he has a bit of a saviour complex... not sure what else to say i dont even know what to consider a neutral trait if im being honest

ficsúr: theyre too neutral at times lol very dont care didnt ask L + ratio attitude going on here

🎂 whens their birthday, how old are they, signs, tarot cards etc etc

hosszú: june 29th! cancer sun, capricorn moon and aquarius rising. he was born in 1999 so hes twenty-four this year and apparently his birth cards are the moon and the hermit but idk what that means. this is fun so i looked it up and his planet is uranus. im not that big on astrology but i think he fits the typical traits of his signs

ficsúr: february 14th hehehe. aquarius sun, gemini moon and aquarius rising (gay as fuck for a man to be an aquarius). theyre a 2000 kid and apparently they have the same tarot cards? idk how that works lol their planet is mars whatever that means. i think they fit the general traits of their signs too but someone whos into astrology can chime off if they want to 😁👍

🤔 some quirks and mannerisms

hosszú picks at his skin when hes nervous/anxious/etc, he always tries to match his steps to ficsúrs and as a white noise hes often humming or murmuring to himself

ficsúr grinds their teeth 😐 theyre also a chronic arm/leg shaker, always in motion and always making some kind of sound like tapping with their fingers or said teeth grinding

[maximumwobblerbanditdonut]

The crown princess is now the first Australian-born Denmark Queen consort, from the Commonwealth with Scottish roots 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Australia’s Mary Donaldson went from commoner to Danish Queen 🇩🇰

An unconventional journey from Australia’s middle class to European royalty began in an unremarkable bar in Sydney in 2000. Twenty-three years later, in what has been called a “real-life fairytale”, Mary Donaldson, becomes the queen of Denmark 🇩🇰 Queen Mary, not only of Denmark, but of the Inuit in Greenland and the Faroe Islands.

Mary Donaldson was born in Tasmania an island state of Australia in a Hobart’s Hospital in 1972 to Scottish parents. John Dalgleish Donaldson, and Henrietta Donaldson (Henrietta Clark Horne). The daughter of a mathematics professor and an executive assistant who had emigrated to Australia from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Her father was born in the town of Cockenzie and Port Seton - (Scots: Cockennie [koˈkɪni]; Scottish Gaelic: Cùil Choinnich, meaning "cove of Kenneth") is a unified town in East Lothian, Scotland. It is on the coast of the Firth of Forth, four miles east of Musselburgh, and her mother was born in Edinburgh.

Mary grew up in a middle-class suburban home alongside her siblings, Jane, Patricia and John. After her graduating with a degree in law and commerce from the University of Tasmania, She moved to Melbourne and Sydney, Mary had a high-flying career in advertising and then worked in luxury real estate. She worked during three months in Edinburgh as an account manager at an advertising agency.

But it was a chance encounter in a busy pub that would ultimately turn her life upside down. The Crown Prince sat alongside his cousin, Prince Nikolaos of Greece, his brother, Prince Prince Joachim, and Princess Martha of Norway at the “Slip Inn” in Sussex Street in Sidney as Australia celebrated Ian Thorpe's first Olympic gold.

Princess Mary and her father John Dalgleish Donaldson at her wedding in Copenhagen Cathedral on 14th May 2004.

The wedding of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, and Mary Donaldson took place on 14 May 2004 in the Copenhagen Cathedral. Mary’s mother Henrietta ‘Etta’ Donaldson died from a heart condition two years before Mary married into royalty.

The Danish Folketing (parliament) passed a special law (Mary's Law) giving Donaldson Danish citizenship upon her marriage, a standard procedure for new foreign members of the royal family. She was previously a dual citizen of Australia and the United Kingdom. Ahead of the wedding, Mary had to give up her Australian citizenship and join Denmark's Lutheran Evangelical Church.

The new Danish queen consort is of Scottish descent. Scotland's and Scandinavia's histories have long been intertwined with smatterings of Old Norse in the language, Viking and Norse settlement in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Her father, John Dalgliesh Donaldson, stressed her Scottish roots in his speech at her wedding — and claimed his own clan had once helped eject the Norse from the Hebrides.

Check out the video below and listen her father's speech: “In the 12th century, after much savage fighting, the marauding Vikings were driven out of Scotland by a band of men led by the grandfather of the first Donald, the founder of the clan MacDonald. And for those of you who are not aware, I’m wearing tonight, the dress MacDonald tartan, which is the ancient MacDonald”.

“Donald’s great-grandfather would have wondered why he went to such trouble when, some eight centuries later, we take account of today’s union between the Viking Frederick and Mary of the MacDonald clan.”

Loving words from Mary's father.

Margrethe II reigned as Queen of Denmark from 1972 until her abdication in 2024. Having reigned for 52 years, she is the longest-serving female monarch in Danish history.

The Queen of Denmark made the announcement in her New Year's Eve speech. She formally hand over the throne in a Council of State today 14th January, 2024 at 2:00 p.m., when she signed the Declaration of Abdication. From that moment on, her son became King Frederick X.

The Crown Princess Mary was crowned Queen consort alongside her husband, the new King Frederik of Denmark. It was a historic moment, for which she wore a historic outfit by the Danish designer Soeren Le Schmidt.

🎥 credit #dnk.royalty.with.dominik

#MaryDonaldson #Australia #commoner #DanishQueenMary #Queen#Scottishroots #Scotland #Hobart #CockenzieandPortSeton #HenriettaDonaldson #John Dalgleish Donaldson #VikingandNorse #Denmark #Greenland #FaroeIslands #Frederik #KingFrederikX #Tasmania #islandstate

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Mencía

Her Royal Highness, The Infanta of Huelma

Modern Royals of Catalia (7/???) Before - Next

HRH was born on October 6th, 1972, to Duque Màxim and Duquesa Ivone of Besalú. HRH is their only child and their titles will be passed on to Duque Màxim's young brothers family. Whom HRH does not have the best relationship with.

HRH attended the same University as her now husband, the University of Riberalta. She graduated with a Masters degree in Business and Community Development and Action. She focuses her patronages to help further the communities in Catalia. HRH is known for her love for community projects, knowing that she is doing her best in helping them.

HRH married Infante Beltrán in 1994, when both were in their early twenties. Queen Elisabetta, Intante Beltrán's mother, loves HRH, and has given her many community projects to work on. The pair had four children together, Infante Salomao, Infanta Evangelina, Infanta Judite, and Infanta Andreia.

Infante Salomao was born on January 2nd, 1995, which was three days before his brothers birthday. He married very young to the then Señorita Blanche de Palencia y de Holanda in 2014. The pair have a single child, named Infanta Elvira.

Infanta Evangelina was born on August 10th, 1996. She is more commonly known by her other title of Duchess of Bernicia. She married Duke Lewis Stuart of Bernicia, who is a noble from Esha. She currently resides there with her only child, Lord Luella Stuart.

Infanta Judite was born on Novemeber, 1998. She is currently away at University at the University of Riberalta. She is currently in a relationship.

Infanta Andreia was born on July 29th, 2000. She is only 18 years old and is in her last year of secondary school. She and her cousin Romana attend the same school together. She doesn’t have any public relationships.

[ajeverett]

[ zendaya , cis woman , she/her. ] ⸻ have you seen athena-jane ‘aj’ everett? yes, the twenty-three year old / junior that’s usually wandering around campus? they’re currently focused on psychology, so we’re sure they’ve been super busy with studying. according to rumors, they were michael’s ex-girlfriend and he knew they [ got into gsu via bribing ]. does it make sense considering they’re known for being compassionate as well as frugal? either way, the phantom is threatening to bring scary things to light, but let’s hope whatever they’re hiding stays in the dark.

BASIC DATA!

NAME … athena-jane ‘aj’ nicola everett.

BIRTHDAY … february 26th 2000.

ZODIAC … pisces sun, aries moon, leo rising.

MBTI TYPE … infp - t.

SEXUAL ORIENTATION … bisexual ( undisclosed. )

ROMANTIC STATUS … single.

HEIGHT … 5’10 / 177.8 cm.

BIRTH PLACE … seattle, washington.

RESIDENCE … los angeles, california.

OCCUPATION … student, volleyball player.

PERSONAL DATA!

AESTHETICS … the feel of sweat rolling down your back, the scent of vanilla & jasmine, runny mascara, the quiet noise of taking notes, urgent kisses from a lover.

CORE SONGS … sleeper, body and mind, peach pit, she’s thunderstorms.

TRAITS … ( + ) compassionate, selfless, ( – ) frugal, stubborn.

TROPES … black cat energy, lonely rich kid, aloof dark-haired girl, good bad girl, the heart.

HEADCANONS & NOTES!

tw: mental health, parental neglect.

aj was born into a very wealthy family, her father is a highly successful lawyer & her mother is a plastic surgeon.

her family moved to california when she was seven, so they could be closer to their relatives.

her parents wanted more children, but with their busy careers, they decided they didn’t have time to raise more than one child. aj was mainly looked after by nanny’s & her aunts/uncles.

growing up, she did well in her education. her favorite subject was english during her elementary school days & she was part of her middle school volleyball team. in high school, her studies began to slip and her gpa dropped to the point where she almost didn’t graduate. however, she managed to make it through.

after graduating, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

she doesn’t let anyone call her by her full name, she insists on being called ‘aj’. she did, however, make an exception for michael.

michael’s death impacted her greatly. she loved him with all her heart. he was her first love, despite him being unfaithful.

she rarely speaks to her parents and mainly relies on her other relatives for support.

her favorite thing to do when she isn’t studying or playing volleyball is baking. her specialty is brownies.

she loves indie & alternative music.

she smokes marijuana.

she has two tattoos: a pair of angel wings on her lower back & a tiny black heart near her groin.

will add more later! <3

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[     luca hollestelle  ,  cis woman ,  she  &  her.   ]     ⸻     have you seen annabelle "annie" murphy? yes, the twenty-three year old senior that’s usually wandering around campus? they’re currently focused on psychology, so we’re sure they’ve been super busy with studying. according to rumors, they were michael’s study buddy and he knew they [ are a serial home wrecker ]. does it make sense considering they’re known for being passionate as well as two-faced? either way, the phantom is threatening to bring scary things to light, but let’s hope whatever they’re hiding stays in the dark.

basics

birth name: annabelle grace murphy nicknames: annie (preferred), anna date of birth: december 1st 2000 place of birth: san francisco, california residence: los angeles, california occupation: student, model sexual orientation: bisexual relationship status: single big three: sagittarius sun, aquarius moon, sagittarius rising mbti type: enfp positive traits: passionate, warm, adaptable, flirtatious, sociable, patient, determined, relaxed. negative traits: two-faced, insecure, indecisive, passive-aggressive, stubborn, hypersensitive, judgmental, self critical. aesthetics: the lingering smell of marijuana, late night drives, drug rugs, chipped black nail polish, the smell of dew late at night, deep conversations at 3 am, giggling uncontrollably when you're high, photoshoots with polaroid cameras. theme song(s): simpson wave 1995 - frankjavcee , kids - mgmt.

sparknotes

annabelle grace murphy was born to unknown parents, adopted by her moms at age two.

always complimented on her hair and freckles, annabelle was scouted to be a child model at the age of seven.

she started going by annie around age nine, inspired by the musical. annie would not respond when someone said 'annabelle' or 'anna.'

she was never particularly popular, but not considered unpopular. annie had a bunch of friends scattered over different groups of people.

her grades were above average throughout middle school and high school, she never participated in any sports or clubs.

annie found a solid group of friends by going to the skate park by her house.

after graduating, she took a gap year to focus on modeling. her parents insisted she go to college and offered to pay, so she decided to attend golden state.

currently, annie is still modeling to earn money. she can be found smoking weed in places she probably shouldn't or at the area's bars and clubs.

headcanons

annie is that cool stoner girl who everyone thinks is so chill and non judgmental but she will talk shit about you the second you leave.

she tends to sleep with married people or those in relationships because she just wants to see if she can do it. she'll always ghost them after.

she has no plans of going into the psychology field once she graduates, she plans on modeling for as long as she can.

she's mostly just getting her degree as a back up plan, plus she really wanted to experience college life.

annie started skateboarding at fourteen to impress a girl she liked, but ended up liking it so much that she continued to skateboard. she still does today.

she started smoking weed when she was sixteen, it's an embarrassingly large part of her personality.

wanted connections

skateboarding buddies!! one or two people who always go on little skating adventures with her.

a best friend!! her ride or die, one of the only people she's genuine to & they know it.

an ex best friend too!! someone who she was super fake towards a majority of their friendship, then they found out how much shit she was saying about them behind their back & they had a huge falling out.

late night sesh friend, another night owl stoner who annie thinks is cool. these two have deep philosophical conversations, annie enjoys their company.

a fwb, bonus points if these two have feelings for each other but are in denial because they think the other doesn't feel the same way.

anything & everything!!