#hilda will forever be my queen

[poetglasses]

Shout out to the Hilda Furacao makers for knowing exactly what the audience wanted when they ended with episode 19 and got the first 4 minutes of episode 20

Everything about it is art. Chef kiss. Thank you for feeding us

[littledigits]

It is with a heavy heart that I share that my precious familiar Mcgonagall (Aka Mags, Aka The Professor) , has passed over the rainbow bridge. I was on vacation when she got sick but made it back to say goodbye and be with her when her reign came to an end. I've been so blessed with lots of cat portraits and even the fact that she will forever be memorialized in hilda helps make this hard day easier. I'll never forget her, she was my unique lil buddy and I'll miss her always.

Put your flags at half mast, the Gremlin Queen has gone on to rule another kingdom.

[frost-queen]

Witching hour (Reader x Ambrose Spellman)

Requested by: anon ,Forever tag:@missmelodramatic, @merlin-dahlia, @alex--awesome--22 @elllie-does-the-posts, @floatlosers, @merlieve, @queen-of-books, @glimmering-darling-dolly@denkisclown, @wildieflower, @meyocoko, @bubblybrianna, @justanothercoco@subjecta13-thefangirl, @m-rae23, @harleyquinnswifeyfrfr, @swampthing07, @melsunshine, @panhoeofmanyfandoms, @venomsvl, @the-uncoordinated-house-cat, @rosecentury,  @imagines-by-her,  @evilcr0ne, @vviolynn

Summary: You are but a mortal friend of the Spellman's, working with Hilda in her shop as you become off interest to the Weird sisters and one wicked boy. They find it funny to scare you till it gets out of hand and you get hurt. Afraid and frightend you run to the Spellman's because you are too scared to be alone. Ambrose comforts you and considers to tell you magic is real and how he feels about you.

“Ambrose.” – you called out as he was blocking your way in the small row between shelves. He chuckled leaning with his arm on top of the shelves. – “I’m just standing here.” – he answered smiley. – “Yes in my way.” – you laughed out picking a book from the few books you were carrying. With a small novel you hit Ambrose against his shoulder. It startled him making him flinch. – “You know how much your aunt hates you slouching against her books.” – you said teasingly. Ambrose smiled sheepishly, rubbing his arm as you moved past him. You went to the next row to set the books you were carrying away. Noticing Ambrose had followed you. – “Shouldn’t you be at home helping your aunt Zelda?” – you questioned.

Ambrose pulled his shoulders up. – “Maybe?” – he replied mischievous. – “Wait till your aunt Hilda sees you here.” – you joked out. – “Alright, alright you sure can pester one way.” – Ambrose answered bothered as it made you laugh loud. – “Now go.” – you said slapping another book playfully at him. Ambrose moved his hands up, backing out of the row. – “Go.” – you mouthed laughable to him, seeing him linger. Looking over your shoulder you looked to see if Hilda was coming out of the back door or not. Ambrose exited with a grand gesture making you laugh loud. You kept laughing till you heard Hilda’s footsteps. She had come out of the back area carrying a box.

“Was.. was that Ambrose?” – she questioned seeing the last of a shim disappear into the night. – “Sure not, Ambrose is at home as he is supposed to.” – you told her with a cheeky smile. Aunt Hilda quirked her eyebrow up but was gullible enough to believe you. – “I’m just going to set this box away and we can start locking up for tonight.” – Hilda spoke showing the box your way. You hummed loud in response. Hilda left as you continued to stock the few remaining books away in your hand. On top of a shelf laid pumpkin lights as you smiled upon them. You blinked confused seeing a pumpkin light flicker. It was so briefly you weren’t sure if it was a trick of the eye or true. The lights appearing normal now. Leaning in closer you stared at the pumpkin light.

From the corner of your eye, you saw another pumpkin light flicker. Turning your head you saw it flicker clear as day. More lights started to flicker making you be stunned at bit, not knowing what to do. Then the flickering stopped, all the lights turned off from itself. Curious and confused you leaned closer once more, pointing your finger out to tap the light. The moment your finger touched the light you saw a scarier face appear on the light. It had scared you so much you dropped the book in your hand, jumping back against the bookcase behind you.

“Everything alright Y/n?” – Hilda asked lifting her head up from across the shop near the window. Looking back at the lights, they were normal again. – “Yes… everything is alright.” – you answered to pick up the fallen book. You quickly put it away. Meeting up with Hilda, you said your goodbye’s. – “See you tomorrow Y/n.” – she spoke giving you a hug. – “Happy spooky season.” – you called back to her, waving your goodbyes, knowing how much Hilda loved the spooky season of October. Only a few days till it would Halloween.

A cold breeze would creep up on you once you were outside. Leaves dancing in circles on the ground carried by the wind’s orchestra. Looking up to the night sky you saw a crescent moon. You started walking home in the dark of night. The trees rustling as a breeze swept underneath your coat sending your scarf up. It caught you off guard making you turn a bit around as if someone had touched you without permission. Your eyes went slowly up seeing a figure stand at the end of the street. Lighted up by a streetlight. It came you the chills. A loud scream carried away by the wind made you cover up your ears and duck down. Looking back up the shadow was gone. Panting and frightened you turned around only to be met up with the shadow.

You screamed your lungs out, swaying your arms around and take a run for it. You started running for your life, wondering if you had seen too many scary movies last night with Sabrina, Theo, Harvie and Rosie. That must be it. Your mind was still thinking about the scary movies you had seen. A dog barked loud making you jump away, picking up more speed to hurry up home. Out of breath you reached your house, hurrying to get the keys. Panicking his much you dropped them.

Scrambling to get them, your hand shook as you tried to stick the key in the keyhole. With one last scream of feeling rushed, you opened the door jumping inside. Without looking back, you shut the door behind you. Locking it immediately. Switching on the lights you felt more at ease. You jumped out of your skin seeing three girls in your living room. One of them sitting down, the other two sitting each on a side. – “Well hello mortal.” – the one in the middle purred out while checking out her nails.

 “Who are you?” – you asked loudly. – “What are you doing in my house!” – The girl that sat clicked her tongue swaying her finger to the side. – “We’re but friends mortal.” – she slowly got up. – “Shall we play a game?” – she asked not expecting an answer from you. – “This one is called.” – the redhead on her left said. – “Hide and scream.” – the black-haired girl on her right filled in. With the snap of a finger went the power off. You squealed loud at the sudden darkness. – “Now run!” – A loud whisper filled your ears coming from behind. Lightning stuck all of the sudden, lighting up the room. You screamed loud seeing that the girl’s faces had become horrifying. Almost demonic. You started running for your life up the stairs. Hearing their loud giggling and cackling surround you.

You ran into your bedroom, shutting the door behind you. – “Oh mortal let us in.” – one of them spoke, knocking gently on your door. Covering your mouth to silence your breathing, you backed away. – “We only want to play.” – one of the other spoke. You backed up against your bed as it startled you. A sudden grip around your ankle made your eyes widen. Before you could utter a scream you got pulled at your ankle.

Falling flat forwards, your face smacking hard against the ground. Looking over your shoulder you saw a boy hide underneath your bed. His face half caught by a shadow. His wicked smile reflecting against the darkness. You screamed it out, kicking your feet at him. What is going on? You thought. Rushing up to your feet, you wanted to run for your door, remembering in the last second that those three girls were just outside.

The boy came crawling from under your bed. Your eyes stood wide with fright, pressed against the door. He started to rise his hands as fire light up from your flooring. Forming a circle around you. You screamed it out as he could only laugh. What kind of witchcraft was this? Your head was spinning trying to process the magic just happening in your room while trying to deal with the fear. – “Leave me alone!” – you called out to him. He pouted his lips. – “But we were just making fun.” – he slashed his hand down as it made your head turn with a gasp. Feeling a sting on your cheek.

With trembling hands you went to touch it. Fingers stained with blood when you looked at them. He had left a cut on your cheek. – “You’re the devil!” – you called out. – “Oh honey I assure you I’m not. I am merely a child of night.” – he answered with a grin. Not wanting stay here with him, you jumped over the fires to the back of your room. – “Oh we got a runner.” – The boy called out swiping his hand across. A force picking you up as you got flung out of the window. Glass shattering as you crashed through it. You fell onto the lower roof part of your porch, rolling over it to drop to the ground, landing in a bush.

Groaning loud you got up seeing the cuts all over your arms and legs. You got up, running for your life. Limping at bit from the fall as you didn’t want to be home alone anymore. The boy was watching you run from up your room. The three girls coming to stand beside him. – “Great you’ve chased her away.” – Dorcas said slapping his arm. Agatha sighed loud. – “Ambrose would be furious if he finds out we scared his little mortal friend.” – she spoke making Prudence roll her eyes.

“I do not care one bit for that Spellman. He should know better than to mingle with lame mortals.” – Prudence chuckled deep. – “Shame I couldn’t make her bleed more.” – the boy said with a shrug of his shoulder. Dorcas and Agatha quirking their eyebrow at him. – “We don’t want her dead you moron! We just want her scared.” – Dorcas called out. The boy rolled with his eyes not caring much.

“Ambrose!” – you shouted loud. Huffing and puffing out of breath as you reached the Spellman’s house. – “Ambrose!” – you shouted again running up the porch. – “Ambrose! Ambrose please open up!” – you panicked banging loudly at their door. The door opened as you exhaled deep pushing yourself inside, not wanting to be one minute longer in the dark. – “Y/n what are you doing here?” – Sabrina asked as she had opened the door. – “I…I…” – you tried to speak. – “What happened?” – Sabrina wanted to know as Ambrose came down the stairs. – “Y/n?” – he said widening his eyes at the cuts on your body.

“What happened!” – Ambrose demanded to know, rushing up to you. – “I…I…I fell out of my window.” – you told him still catching your breath. – “What?” – Sabrina called out. Ambrose stared confused and slightly worried at you. Sabrina pulled her shoulders up as she had no clue as well. – “Come.” – Ambrose said wrapping his arm around you to lead you upstairs. Sabrina closed the door giving her cousin one last worried glance. Upstairs seated Ambrose you down on his bed. – “Now Y/n tell me what happened. How did you get these cuts?” – he spoke worriedly.

You looked frightened at him. – “There were these girls in my house.” – you told him. – “Girls?” – Ambrose repeated confused. – “Three of them. Demanding to play a game with me. All the lights went out!” – you panicked explaining your story to him. – “Then upstairs in my room was a boy, hiding under my bed. Fire! Ambrose there was fire!” – you grasped for his hand, startling him with your sudden loud voice. – “Fire?” – he questioned. – “Yes. Poof fire.” – you gestured out. – “It was like he created it out of thin air.” – you said as Ambrose’s eyes widened. – “He gave me this cut without touching me.” – you showed your cheek to Ambrose to show him.

“When I wanted to run I got thrown out of the window by a force. Leading to my appearance.” – Exhaling deep you felt yourself slowly come at ease. – “Darn witches.” – Ambrose mumbled under his breath. – “Huh?” – you said hearing a whiff of his words. Ambrose chuckled nervously. – “Have I gone crazy, or did they do magic?” – you asked to be certain you weren’t losing your mind. Ambrose slightly nodded, not wanting you to feel insane. He carefully watched your reaction trying to see if it was perhaps a good idea to tell you he was a witch as well. – “Okay…” – you replied neutral not sure how to react to it.

“Why… why would they taunt me? Is it because it is almost Halloween?” – you slapped Ambrose his hand out of pure over-reaction. Ambrose shook his head. – “It is because you are with me.” – he told you making you furrow your brows. – “Why would they do that?” – you wanted to know. Ambrose took a deep breath pulling you closer to him by your shoulders. – “Y/n I’m going to tell you something and I hope this doesn’t change anything… or at least maybe a bit.” -  he started.

“Ambrose you are scaring me a bit.” – you answered. – “Don’t be.” – he made sure. He took another deep breath before speaking. – “I am like them. I am also a witch, so is Sarbina and my aunties.” – your mouth fell open with shock. – “But I assure you we mean you no harm Y/n. We aren’t all bad, besides we adore you. Specially me… I…I…like…no love you Y/n. That… that is why the weird sisters, and that boy tormented you. It is because they can see I care for you, and I am so sorry for that.” – he finished.

You slowly smiled kissing Ambrose by surprise. Ambrose pulled startled away. – “I’m not scared anymore, knowing you won’t let anything happen to me.” – you told him. Ambrose nodded still trying to process the surprise kiss. – “Also I like…no love you too Ambrose. I just didn’t think you saw me in that way.” – Ambrose laughed loud, grabbing a hold of you to kiss you. This time longer and deeper. – “I promise you no harm will ever come to you.”

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[mafioseo]

magdalena (m) // k.jw

drama, angst, smut -- 1959, minas gerais, brazil. jungwoo kim is a young friar of the dominican order, rumored to be a living saint—wherever he goes, little miracles seem to follow. upon arriving in the city of belo horizonte. however, he finds his faith will be tested the hardest it’s been in years; and the test has not just one name, but two. once y/n l/n, now magdalena: former darling of high mineiran society, current reigning queen of belo horizonte’s red light district.

overall fic warnings (more specific warnings will be listed at the beginning of every chapter): sexual content, depictions of prostitution, heavy catholic/christian themes, period typical misogyny, period typical homophobia, depictions of violence, depictions of alcohol, depictions of child abuse, depictions of religion-based self-harm

um: santo | brother jungwoo arrives in belo horizonte and is confronted with a morally decaying city. magdalena faces the same criticism she faces each day, but it seems to be coming to a head. when the two meet at church, it will change them both forever.

more to come soon - est. 6 - 7 chapters

comment / reblog to be added to the taglist <3

author's note: hello hello ^^ this is based off of the 1998 brazilian telenovela hilda furacão which i've been absolutely in love with for the past few weeks (thx tiktok), so i figured i would give it my own spin :) hope you enjoy!!!

[hedgiwithapen]

Prompt: Quest!Coze/Hilda Ladyhawke it and write letters to each other

(DND characters from my heart! whoooo! Hilda belongs to @shmreduplication)

Loopholes, Coze thought, were a lot like graves. Getting through one was easy enough. Getting a second wasn't. When Hilda 'd fallen asleep to wake the Lost Queen, Merlin had said it was about power in equal measure. The spirit of Arthur was a powerful enough creature to take Titania's place, royalty wise, magic wise.  And Coze knew both of those things came second to Story. If a King could take a Queen's place, then a Queen could take her King's. 

Even if her king was a 23 year old shepherd. Even if this Arthur's Guinevere was an innkeeper. 

And it had worked. Titania ruled the Summerlands again, and Hilda slept as Coze wrote a letter, as she did every day, and let the ink dry. It was like a fairytale curse, two lovers parted by dawn and dusk, but this had been the way out. Sharing the curse instead of one of them sleeping forever had been the breaking of the spell, not the start of it. 

She missed the sound of Hilda's music. She wrote that often, and just as often left it out. It felt like rubbing in the separation.

Let me sleep a little longer, this time, she wrote. Take a trip out to see the hills again. Tell me about the sheep, and the lambs, and the dancing. You deserve it. 

She put the letter on the table, then crawled to the other side of the slab, sunwarmed and tree dappled, turned three times, and closed her eyes.

She did not sign the letter. She did not write I love you. 

It was always implied, just by being there.

[bestfictionalhome-tourneygirl]

THE LIST IS COMPLETE!

(Only for non-anime contestants. I will have a third party chose the anime contestants at random because there are too many. Sorry for any disappointment submitters!)

In NO PARTICULAR ORDER

The AMPGB Contestants are:

Luz Noceda - The Owl House

Adora - She-Ra and the Princess of Power

Bloom - Winx Club

Twilight Sparkle - My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Anne Boonchuy - Amphibia

Juniper Lee - The Life and Times of Juniper Lee

Lunella Lafayette - Moon GIrl and the Devil Dinosaur

Ruby Rose - RWBY

Tulip Olsen - Infinity Train (S1)

Lake - Infinity Train(S2)

Aja Tarron - 3Below

Bee - Bee and Puppycat

Tuca - Tuca and Bertie

Bertie - Tuca and Bertie

Blossom - PowerPuff Girls

Carmen Sandiego - Carmen Sandiego

Carol - Carol and the End of the World

Clawdeen Wolf - Monster High (G3)

Cybersix - Cybersix

Draculaura - Monster High (G2)

ENA - ENA

Fionna - Fionna and Cake

Frankie Stein - Monster High (G1)

Grace Monroe - Infinity Train (S3)

Raven Queen - Ever After High

Harriet M. Welsch - Harriet the Spy

Iris - LoliRock

Jane - Jane and the Dragon

Jenny Wakeman (XJ-9) - My Life as a Teenage Robot

Mandy - The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

Marinette Dupain-Cheng (Ladybug) - Miraculous Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noit

Maya - Maya and the Three

Miko Kubota - Glitch Techs

Pomni - The Amazing Digital Circus

Rapunzel - Tangled: The Animated Series

Sharon Spitz - Brace Face

Star Butterfly - Star vs the Forces of Evil

Will Vandom - W.I.T.C.H.

Hilda - Hilda

Strawberry Shortcake - Strawberry Shortcake (2003)

Kim Possible - Kim Possible

Bluey - Bluey

Penny Proud - The Proud Family

Korra - The Legend of Korra

Princess Sofia - Sofia the First

Kipo - Kipo and the Age of the Wonderbeasts

Sabrina Spellman - Sabrina the Teenage Witch: The Animated Series

Barbie Roberts - Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse

Molly McGee - The Ghost and Molly McGee

Maisy Mouse - Maisy

Dora - Dora the Explorer

Angelina Jeanette Mouseling - Angelina Ballerina

Ruby - Max and Ruby

Madeline - Madeline

Princess Tiabeanie Mariabeanie de la Rochambeau Grunkwitz (Bean) - Disenchantment

Blue - Blue’s Clues

Ms. Valerie Frizzle - The Magic School Bus

Cleopatra - Cleopatra in Space

Doc McStuffins - Doc McStuffins

Unikitty - Unikitty!

Eliza Thornberry - The Wild Thornberrys

Samantha Simpson - Totally Spies

Reggie - Twelve Forever

Zuri Love - Young Love

The brackets will be posted within the week!

[hylianmewmew]

lilac & peony petals sneakie peekie

GUYS heres a sneakie peekie at my hildzel (hilda x zelda/fable) im love them so bad its not funny silly lesbians in love

hilda ABSOLUTELY has bird autism change my mind (jk u cant)

The council took their leave, Zelda lagged behind matching strides with Hilda. “I was hoping I could spend the rest of the afternoon here with you?” Zelda swished her skirts absentmindedly, the silken fabric pooling around her fists. A faint blush dusted her cheeks as she looked to the side.

Hilda quirked an eyebrow at Zelda before lighting up and glancing out the large windows. “Oh, by Lolia! Look, the birds are back!” Hilda ran over to the windows, pointing at the sky. “I haven’t seen birds near the castle in years!” 

With a childlike awe Zelda had never seen in Hilda before, she watched as the Lolian Queen marveled at the birds, naming the different types as they flew through the sky. Hilda was adorable on any day but by the Goddesses was she extremely cute at this moment. Eyes widened, mouth slightly agape in awe, Hilda stood and watched completely unaware of anything else in the moment. Zelda could watch her like this forever, the sunlight caught the darker specks of red in Hilda’s eyes that shone like the most precious of rubies. Her dark raven hair glittered and swayed with each movement Hilda made. Zelda wanted so badly to tell Hilda how she felt, to spill out the truth that she’d been pining after Hilda since helping her restore Lorule’s Triforce. How badly Zelda wanted to be able to be completely raw and open with Hilda about everything. To spill her guts out about how fucking gay Zelda was for Hilda. Hilda was the brightest star in Zelda’s sky, her wickedly sharp intelligence a perfect match to Zelda’s own. They were a perfect harmony together.

[brokenbluebouquet]

George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham in Fiction - a partial summary

CW: discussions of biphobia and homophobia in historical fiction and current historiography.

Feeling both inspired and outraged in equal measure by the upcoming Mary&George series, and having been fascinated with this remarkable man since forever, I have decided to post this partial overview of portrayals of George in fiction. The ones in bold are the ones I have read. Feel free to add to the list.

The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas 

The Honey and The Sting, Elizabeth Freemantle 

My Queen My Love, E.M Vidal 

Cavalier Queen, Fiona Mountain 

The Dangerous Kingdom Of Love, Neil Blackmore 

The Fallen Angel, Tracy Borman

Wife Of Great Buckingham, Hilda Lewis

Darling Of Kings, P J Womack

The Queens Dwarf, Ella March Chase

The Smallest Man, Frances Owen

The Spanish Match, Brennan Purcell

Captain Alatriste, Arturo Pérez-Reverte

The Cardinal and The Queen, Evelyn Anthony 

Earthly Joys, Philippa Gregory

Myself My Enemy, Jean Plaidy

Charles The King, Evelyn Anthony 

The Young And Lonely King, Jane Lane

The Fortunes Of Nigel, Walter Scott 

The Crowned Lovers, E Barrington

The Minion, Raphael Sabiniti 

The Murder In The Tower, Jean Plaidy 

A Net For Small Fishes, Lucy Jago 

The Arm and the Darkness, Taylor Caldwell

Les Gloires et les perils (?), Robert Merle

And a few I’m not so sure about where George is mentioned in passing: . 

Viper Wine, Hermionie Eyre

John Saturnalls Feast, Lawrence Norfolk 

Rebels and traitors, Lindsay Davis

The Assassin, Ronald Blythe 

Some observations, in no particular order:

Novels set mostly in James reign often have George as a rival to Robert Carr and will attempt to foreshadow how much worse he will be compared to Carr.

The ones that feature Henrietta Maria as Protagonist or at least POV character, where George is normally a baddie trying to sabotage HM and Charles I's relationship, and his death is often portrayed as some sort of salvation for HM. In these books George will often be lamed for things which were IRL Charles's fault such as the expulsion of HMs French household in 1626.

Three Musketeers is practically a category in its own right due to all the film/tv adaptions but has had relatively few clones or imitators in English which is something of a surprise

George is only a protagonist in one of these books (Darling of Kings, P J Womack) in the rest he's a cameo or a villain

Rumours that I suspect authors know is nonsense are repeated verbatim such as Tracy Borman's baseless speculation about G offing the Manners brothers, king James, and his rumoured involvement with the occult.

Georges relationships with James and Charles respectively are mentioned but not meaningfully explored. neither are any other personal relationships he had.

The insights and shifts in terms of post 1970s revisionist and post revisionist scholarship esp. Roger Lockyer's bio of George have not found their way into any fiction set in this era. Georges capability as an administrator and manager of patronage is more often than not totally absent.

the general view of George and why he's often shown in such a negative light is pretty much "well, he was willing to god knows what with that dirty old man James; who knows what other depravities he was capable of" and its female authors who really seem to lean into this, which I find fascinating and disturbing.

EDIT (can’t believe I forgot this) George’s murder in 1628 is always the result of some sort of aristocratic conspiracy rather than the act of terrorism it was IRL. I do get why authors do this - the amount of world building and foreshadowing needed to make it seem plausible rather than random in universe. However making it the result of personal grudge rather than ideological violence detracts from why it was so shocking and important.

[uniquevoidflowers]

Merry christmas!

(Legend fic?)

Here you go Candy <3

"I should go check in with my Zelda, she's probably worried sick." Legend said dryly.

“Lead the way then, vet.” Time said.

The veteran huffed and started walking, following a path to a bridge. The bridge was open wide. “I’ve got to speak to her about that.” Legend muttered and walked across, entering Hyrule Castle.

The chain followed close behind. “Link!” A voice yelped with surprise.

Zelda ran to Legend and wrapped him in a hug almost instantly. Legend returned the hug much to the group’s surprise. “Where have you been? She cried. “I’ve searched all of Hyrule and back, I’ve even contacted Labrynnia and Holodrum trying to find you but you weren’t there! Hilda said she—“

“I was time travelling.” He said, sighing.

“What?” Zelda said.

“Time travelling.” Legend repeated.

The princess blinked slowly and then just noticed the chain behind the veteran. “Are these friends of yours or do I need to call the guards?” She asked.

“We are friends of Link.” Warriors said, bowing slightly.

Zelda didn’t seem to believe him. “They’re my companions, on this new time travelling adventure.” Legend reassured her, and she walked closer to the group, her shoes loud on the stone floor.

Zelda softened. “I sense no evil in their hearts. Alright, well come on in. I can arrange a few rooms for you all. How many of you are there?” She questioned.

“Nine including me.” Legend said.

Zelda nodded and the veteran quickly followed her inside. The chain did as well. “There’s a ball tonight.” The princess said, turning to the vet.

“I’ll come.” Legend said, a bit of reluctance in his tone.

“You don’t have to if you don’t want to.” Zelda said.

“I know.” Legend said.

Zelda had an unreadable expression on her face. “Meet me for tea later this afternoon.”

The veteran nodded before the princess left. Legend sighed again, a soft smile on his face. “What’s up with that look?” Warriors asked, smirking.

“It’s been forever since I’ve had a nice conversation with Zelda.” He answered, genuinely.

The captain opened his mouth but closed it quickly. “A ball huh?” Time said, oblivious to the captain.

“That reminds me! Do any of you have proper clothes for a ball?” Legend asked, groaning when he saw them all shake their head. “I’ll let the traveller borrow some of mine, but the rest of you have to figure it out because I’m not letting you wear that to the ball.” He demanded.

The veteran gestured for Hyrule to ‘come here’ and the traveller obliged. Legend searched his bag and found a suit. He tossed it lightly to Hyrule and then pulled his own suit out of his bag. “That’s a green suit, would you be comfortable wearing that?” Legend asked.

Hyrule nodded, eyes wide. “Are you sure I can wear this tonight?”

“Of course.” Legend said and grabbed both suits.

“I’ll be back soon, don’t burn anything.” The veteran said and stepped out of the room, going outside to wash the suits.

A maid approached him pretty quickly. “Sir, I can take those suits from you.”

“It’s fine.” He waved it off and lathered the fabric with soap.

The maid didn’t move. “With all due respect it’s my job, sir.”

The veteran sighed and reluctantly handed the soapy suits to the maid. She smiled and started washing them. Legend walked back inside the castle and wandered. It had been awhile since he had been in Hyrule Castle out of free will. He looked at the paintings on the walls, examining each figure with only his eyes. Various queens, kings, and princesses smiled elegantly in the pictures, expressions almost perfect. He recognized none of the names listed below, save the many Zeldas. He felt a hand on his shoulder making him flinch. Zelda was there, smiling unlike how the painting had shown. “I thought you were coming to tea?”

“That was now?” He said sheepishly.

“Mhm.” She grasped his hand and led him to a spot in her room.

She handed him a cup of tea and sat down. Legend sat down as well. “So…” She began, swallowing back some of her tea. “Another adventure?”

“Yeah, that brings the total to about seven now?” He said, counting on his fingers.

“Seven?! I thought this would’ve been your fifth!” She yelped.

“Haven’t I told you about Hytopia?” He said, frowning.

Zelda sputtered. “No!”

Legend began to tell her about his adventure in Hytopia, meeting two other heroes and saving a cursed princess who was cursed to wear this weird brown bodysuit. She was stifling a laugh when she realized how ridiculous the whole thing was. When he was finished she had forgotten about the other missing adventure and Legend almost sighed in relief. He was not about to tell her what he did on Koholint…

“What exactly are you doing on this quest?” Zelda asked and then took a gulp of her tea.

“Chasing this Lizalfos that uses portals to travel through eras. We are still trying to figure out a lot.” He admitted.

“Hm.” She hummed, looking deep in thought. “What about your companions? Eight heroes from different eras?”

The veteran explained a lot, including how he had a nickname for himself and time passed as he talked. Zelda kept asking questions, Legend answering as best as he could. Eventually night approached. “It seems I have lost track of time.” Zelda said, and stood up.

“That reminds me, can my brothers borrow some suits for the ball?” He asked.

“Yep. Just ask the maids.” Zelda nodded.

Legend left and found the maids who gave him many fancy suits. He returned to their rooms, the chain picked their clothes and soon they walked to the ball. Zelda was wearing a beautiful blue dress, the king next to him in huge red robes. “Welcome Heroes of Hyrule!” The king rumbled.

Legend stiffened and went straight out of the spotlight. The princess started to get out of her seat but the king put a hand on her arm. The veteran started chatting with Ravio who had come as soon as he heard Legend was there. He accepted a drink from someone absently and took a sip of it as the merchant rambled about how amazing business was going. Legend responded with snark and then went to the captain who was alone in his ‘captain mode’. “Hey, what’s up?” Legend asked, drinking some more of the juice that was handed to him.

Warriors jumped a little and then said, “Just have bad memories with these kind of events.”

The vet made a move to comfort him but all of the sudden there was fire in his lungs and he started coughing uncontrollably. “You okay, vet?” Warriors asked, worry shining in his eyes.

Legend couldn’t respond as he began to vomit, bile and the juice from earlier spilling onto the floor. “Legend?!”

His vision became blurry, and voices were fuzzy, as the his lungs burned and he felt agony in his chest. Then his eyes closed.

________________________________________

Warriors caught the vet once he fell limp. All of the sudden Legend had vomited and then went unconscious. “We need a medic!” Warriors yelled.

The room stopped for a minute and Fable rushed over, eyes wide. “What happened?”

“I don’t know.” The captain said, biting his lip.

A medic arrived after a little bit and started evaluating the situation. The chain had come over, as well as Legend’s friends. “I’m going to bring him to the infirmary.” The medic announced and the traveller rushed to help.

They left and silence hung in there. “Wait.” Warriors said, paling.

He grabbed the drink that Legend had been holding and drinking out of, and smelled it. “There’s poison in here.” Warriors murmured.

“What?” Fable said angrily.

“His drink was poisoned.” Warriors answered. “I’ve seen it used before, the results aren’t good. Ze-Artemis was targeted before and she almost died.”

“Mr Captain Hero Sir? I saw a man hand him that drink while we were talking.” Ravio said quietly.

“Do you remember what he looked like?” Warriors asked.

“I know he had black hair and red eyes. Now that I think about it that’s…” Ravio trailed off.

“Search the castle for this man!” The king ordered and the knights set out.

Warriors looked around the room but the man was nowhere to be seen. Fable had ordered that the captain was to go the infirmary and tell the medic what was going on. Warriors obeyed. “Poison…made of a plant that shouldn’t be in this time?” The medic mused.

“Yes. The cure…isn’t in this time either.” Warriors said.

“If you can find the Oracle of Ages, she might be able to send you to the right time. Otherwise the Prince is doomed.” The medic said gravely.

“Prince?”

“Prince Link.”

You know what, Warriors wasn’t going to question that right now. “I’ll find this Oracle of Ages.” He promised.

Legend was lying down on a bed, pale and face twisted with agony. Warriors’ determination only grew.

“Good luck.”

[recurringwriter]

WIP ASK GAME

RULES: make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

tagged by @sevarix-blogs

i did this kind of thing a While back and one fic Only has writing in it because someone asked and i had to come up with something on the spot for what it was about. idk who to tag. if you have not been tagged but have wips tag me so i can see what your titling style is. please.

i have So Many wips:

face the music when it's dire

But what about all those voices in the night?

but i'm a sucker for his charm

hate to let you down

won't get by you, i can still surprise you

believe me…there's no place like home

i'll even sing to you a cappella

why does mia call you babygirl

[Hypothetical wedding]

a normal life

Masterpiece and Cage

Divorce eh-u

Rockstar divorce eh-u

look at this photograph (every time i do, it makes me laugh)

navigating unsafe waters

nothing to salvage

[Rufus stuff]

monsters at sea

[Rodrigue in the brig]

[Aymr attack]

Felicity returns

Festive felix

ferdingrid centaur

Spiderlicity two

[Eh-u rodriguela xmas invite]

let's kick it like my bad, my bad bad habits

i'd suffer hell if you'd tell me what you'd do to me tonight

[me: i'm not romantic!]

Operation rodriguela

strange animal sequel

[rodriguela prompt: wearing the other's clothes]

and a killer queen

don't say I don't still make you blush

let annette have a decent father figure

little mermaid au

rip to byleth but i'm different

Help! My dad is trapped in a blade and I am stuck with him until I can figure out how to break the curse! Au

Percy torture plan

this never was the man i'd hoped to be by now

hmc au

somewhere i know this could be otherwise romantic

chivalry

[fjnvfjhbdjhfb]

[ejhrhjet]

Newly-minted duke

Ice dance au

Gloucester's 8

Colicitigue

The Shadow of Every Spark-8

the lion and the doe

anniversary date

Masterpiece and Cage

[Lucky Ones sequel]

laying where the demons lie-1

from up in lights to up in smoke, we just can't let this go

and this is why my eyes are closed (it's just as well for all i've seen)

FUFF

octorodfus marathon

monsterfucking license 2

miscellaneous prisoner!rufus

noise complaints

adopted marianne gone wrong

I've been running for forever from your ghost

paragon of chivalry

break into my heart

And I'm tired of ignoring All the space that's between you and I

have you written felix bloodied by battle?

[Rodina werewolf]

Daemon au

vs chaotic gore magala

Heavy is the Crown

a meeting in the cold but with vampires

ember but vampires

I'll write the song that wins her (and pretend that when i hear it, you're singing it to me)

KNIGHT ERRANT

[2 crest rodrigue]

Fallen rodrigue

Rosa Crepuscularis

hilda/lissa

Sumiashe

this place is a hole, but i don't want to go

all i know is love can make you stupid (and you are just a song on repeat)

i will love you like goodbye, i will love you like you died (a martyr for me)

ace week (cormag and marianne in the eh-u)

glennmyr racer au stuff

I Could Have Used A Hozier Lyric For This Title But Didn't Want To Get Sued. by Fall Out Boy

a good dog gets a forever home

[vantasei]

since no one else did. kurasame and bonus uuuummmmm firion.

youre the only one who really gets me gale. ily.

KURASAME SUSAYA

Favorite thing about them

can i say nothing. genuine question. ok fine. uhhhhh his ability to kill. no wait. the fact he has a pet tonberry

Least favorite thing about them

where do i fucking begin. he's incapable of having normal social interactions, he doesn't know how to handle social relationships, he's in a polycule without even knowing it, he kicks his kids' asses on the regular, he's so incapable of emotional intimacy that he can't say he's glad his kids returned from the battlefield without also joking that his life would be easier without them, he falls in love with a girl and is completely oblivious to the fact he's in love with her and dumps her immediately to save his besties parents after constantly failing to look after her, he was deliberately hired to look after a gaggle of kids bc he's so emotionally closed off, and most importantly I HATE HIM!!!!!!

Favorite line

“Don't worry. If I die, the Crystal will wipe your memories.”

I HATE YOU!!!!!

followed closely by “By the Crystal, you are a child." iykyk

brOTP

KURAMIWA BROTP SWEEP. tbh that's just the champions anyway but shh.

OTP

USHDHNCHCHS kazukuramina ofc and qatokura teehee

nOTP

LEAVE THOSE KIDS ALONE !!!!!!!!

Random headcanon

uhhh between his dad hating him and his co being a hardass and potentially abusive. he is not breaking the cycle of abuse (casual) all ima say.

Unpopular opinion

he is unlikeable. i hate him.

Song I associate with them

Dead Memories by Slipknot from my qatokura playlist but its so much more a kura song LOL

Favorite picture of them

this panel does go hard tho i'll give him that.

--

FIRION

Favorite thing about them

MY LITTLE GUY he's so head empty but he's such a good kid. nothing like a guy with determination beyond thoughts of ambition amirite

Least favorite thing about them

NOTHING HE'S PERFECT!!!!!

Favorite line

“Maria... Leon is right. We've been through too much. I can't stop him. Not now... Leon! We will meet again. This is only the beginning!"

he has like. 3 lines of dialogue total bro. this is like the most he talks all game and it's to tell leon he's chill to fuck off as he pleases. like. so true bestie.

brOTP

PAUL SWEEP.

OTP

i don't think he has enough brain for that yet if i'm being honest. he has a one track mind and now that it's not on the emperor it's on helping communities and nations rebuild and reconnect.

nOTP

LIKE EVERY SHIP FOR HIM ESP W HILDA AND MINWU GO AWAY!!!!!!!

Random headcanon

OH my god. smiles. he would love uh. i had to google the english for 참외. asian melon or whatever. he would be such a sucker for those. ugh i can smell them in my brain just typing this.

Unpopular opinion

HE'S NOT HETEROSEXUAL. LOOK AT HIS FACIAL RESPONSE TO THE LAMIA QUEEN'S SEDUCTION AND TELL ME HE'S INTERESTED. HE'S SO SAD BRO.

Song I associate with them

idc if it's copout. the rebel army theme is firion forever and ever. otherwise. recuerdos de la alhambra by francisco tárrega performed by andrés segovia. he's just a guitar guy to me.

Favorite picture of them

GET FROGGED!!!!!

[violetsgayhouse]

okay now for the most part i aint really much abt f/o-ing from pokemon bc i got a lot of. complex emotions regarding most characters but

i still like a him sometimes

[bestfictionalhome-tourneygirl]

WELCOME TO THE

💕ANIMATED MAIN PROTAGONIST GIRL BATTLE💕

Or AMPGB

@amgpb-animatedgirlies because I did it wrong

These are the brackets!

Battle Lineups are listed below the cut. Round 1 will be starting soon! Keep it up girlies💕!

BRACKET 1

Ruby Rose (RWBY) VS Bloom (Winx Club)

Tulip Olsen (Infinity Train S1) VS Madeline (Madeline)

Princess Twilight Sparkle (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) VS Princess Unikitty (Unikitty!)

Juniper Lee (The Life and Times of Juniper Lee) VS Blue (Blue’s Clues)

Molly McGee (The Ghost and Molly McGee) VS Angelina Jeanette Mouseling (Angelina Ballerina)

Bluey Christine Heeler (Bluey) VS Reggie (Twelve Forever)

Raven Queen (Ever After High) VS Tuca (Tuca and Bertie)

Bertie (Tuca and Bertie) VS Doc McStuffins (Doc McStuffins)

Maisy Mouse (Maisy Mouse) VS Eliza Thornberry (The Wild Thornberrys)

Maya (Maya and The Three) VS Carol (Carol and the End of The World)

Samantha Simpson (Totally Spies) VS Lunella Lafayette (Moon Girl and The Devil Dinosaur)

Princess Tiabeanie Mariabeanie de la Rochambeau Grunkwitz, AKA Bean (Disenchantment) VS Princess Rapunzel (Tangled: the Animated Series)

Clawdeen Wolf (Monster High Gen3) VS Ms. Frizzle (The Magic School Bus)

Hilda (Hilda) VS Cybersix (Cybersix)

Grace Monroe (Infinity Train S3) VS Dora (Dora the Explorer)

Adora (She-Ra and the Princess of Power) VS Draculaura (Monster High Gen2)

BRACKET 2

Jenny Wakeman, AKA XJ-9 (My Life as a Teenage Robot) VS Blossom (The Powerpuff Girls)

Kim Possible (Kim Possible) VS Iris, AKA Princess of Ephedia (LoliRock)

Anne Boonchuy (Amphibia) VS Barbie Roberts (Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse)

Bee (Bee and Puppycat) VS Fionna (Fionna and Cake)

Luz Noceda (The Owl House) VS Lake (Infinity Train S2)

Cleopatra (Cleopatra in Space) VS Zuri Love (Young Love)

Strawberry Shortcake (Strawberry Shortcake 2003 Series) VS Sabrina Spellman (Sabrina the Teenage Witch: The Animated Series)

Princess Star Butterfly (Star Vs The Forces of Evil) VS Mandy (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)

Frankie Stein (Monster High Gen1) VS Harriet M. Welsch (Harriet the Spy)

Penny Proud (The Proud Family) VS Marinette Dupain-Cheng, AKA Ladybug (Miraculous Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir

Pomni (The Amazing Digital Circus) VS Will Vandoom (W.I.T.C.H.)

Ruby (Max and Ruby) VS Kipo (Kipo and the Age of the Wonderbeasts)

Princess Sofia (Sofia the First) VS Avatar Korra (The Legend of Korra)

Miko Kubota (Glitch Techs) VS Jane (Jane and the Dragon)

Aja Tarron (3Below) VS Carmen Sandiego (Carmen Sandiego)

Sharon Spitz (Brace Face) VS ENA (ENA)

ANIME BRACKET

Utena Tenjou (Revolutionary Girl Utena) VS Violet Evergarden (Violet Evergarden)

Usagi Tsukino, AKA Sailor Moon (THe Adventures of Sailor Moon) VD Liena Vance (Queen’s Blade)

Ahiru (Princess Tutu) VS Amu Hinamori (Shugo Chara!)

Fuuko Izumo (Undead Unluck) VS Ichigo Momomiya (Tokyo Mew Mew)

Eva Wei, AKA Molly (Ōban Star-Racers) VS Mizu (Blue Eyed Samurai)

Lina Inverse (Slayers) VS Atsuko Karagi, AKA Akko (Little Witch Academia)

Akame ga Kill (Akame ga Kill!) VS Maomao (The Apothecary Diaries)

Yona (Yona of the Dawn) VS Aino Megumi, AKA Cure Lovely (Happiness Charge Precure)

Keep it up girlies💕!

[phecdasolar]

Hey have a fandom masterlist:

TMNT <3

Homestuck <3

Transformers <3

MCYT (Dream SMP, Hermitcraft, Life series) <3

Ninjago <3

Dreamworks Trolls <3

Lego Monkie Kid

Gravity Falls

Ducktales

How to train your dragon

MCU (Ironman and Spider-Man <3)

Into the Spiderverse

Steven Universe

Deltarune

Undertale

Warriors

YuGiOh (All except Sevens, but GX and Arc-V my beloveds <3)

Sky COTL

5 Worlds (if you know what that is I will marry you on the spot so help me-) <3

The Owl house

Amphibia

Assassination Classroom <3

My Hero Academia (BNHA) <3

Castle

Psych

White Collar

Leverage <3

The Rookie

Pokemon

Sanders sides

Star v TFOE

She-Ra (2018 and 1995)

He Man (Revelations and 1983)

Thundercats (1985 and 2011)

ATLA

Avatar (blue people)

Miraculous

Good Omens <3

HILDA I LOVE HILDA SO MUCH <3

Infinity Train <3 (I watched every single episode in one day in one sitting no I am not kidding)

Kipo ATAOWB

Centaurworld

Tales of Arcadia

Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss

Sonic the hedgehog

Young Justice

Total Drama Island

OK KO

Lab Rats

Mighty Med

Liv and Maddie

Bluey (only watched a little bit)

Mao Mao (also only watched a little bit)

Snowflake Mountain

Pacific Rim

Megamind

Minecraft

Among Us

Fairy Tail

Bungou Stray Dogs

Wings of Fire <3

Order of the Seven <3

Percy Jackson

Bravelands <3

Land of Stories <3

Goddess Girls

Classroom of the Elite

K (anime)

Encanto

Erased

Thundercats

Webtoons:

CASTLE SWIMMER MY BELOVED

THE D!CKHEADS MY FREAKING BELOVED

Suitor Armor

Little Trashmaid

Live With Yourself

Jackson’s Diary

Lore Olympus

LUFF

High Class Homos

Acception

The Mermaid Scorned

Muted

Fluidium

LoveBot

The Makeup Remover

Cursed Princess Club

The Croaking

Loving Reaper

Space Boy (I have physical copies of book 1+2)

Forever after

Mage and Demon Queen Lumine

Hooves of Death

Code Adam

Sunny Side Up

Axed

Watermelon

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I can’t tag everything sorry (^^;)

But yeah this is most if not all of the stuff I’ve been into over the years! Talk to me about any of them please <3

Edit: I’ve forgotten so many things I’m realizing

[thiswaycomessomethingwicked]

so i am back on the grima train and i was reading through your posts (absolutely quality, for which i can only thank you !! 💓) and you mentioned in one about his use of magic that you have a Lot of Feelings about grima in relation to gender and plz i need to hear them!! (if you want to share? 👀)

LOTR: Grima & Gender 

Oh man, so Grima and gender. My favourite topic. Other than Grima and magic - but they’re linked! So, that’s a bonus for us.

I want to thank you so much for asking this question. I have wanted to rant about this for Forever.

This became incredibly long, but the long and short of it is that Grima undermines social expectations of masculinity in Rohan through his disdain for martial achievements, his occupying a more private/passive role within the king’s household rather than the expected “masculine” public/active, his use of spells and potions being an “unmanly” and “cowardly” approach to problem solving, and his reliance on language and soft-power approaches to politics.

All of this works to position Grima within a more feminine role and character - at least within the context of Rohan’s hypermasculine performativity of manliness.

[It does allow us to read Grima as trans with greater ease in terms of fitting into the canon than the usual favourites, other than Eowyn. So, you know, do with that what you will. Eowyn and Grima both want to be queen. Let them be in charge! I’m going to get my ass bit for this.]

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Grima’s gender performance needs to be quickly situated within the broader context of masculinity in Middle-Earth. Gondor’s ideal of masculinity is the gentler masculinity that everyone focuses on when they talk about men in middle earth being good models of what masculinity can look like. It’s a nurturing masculinity, it’s gentle, it’s healing-focused. Aragorn and others try and take the first off-ramp from violence or conflict whenever they can. There is no enjoyment in warfare or soldiering. It’s done because it’s necessary. Dick-swinging is limited to non-existent etc.

Rohan is different.

Faramir touches on this when he speaks to Frodo of how Boromir was more like the men of Rohan and how he thought that wasn’t a good thing as it meant he was seeking glory for glory’s sake, relishing war and soldiering as an occupation rather than an unfortunate necessity.

Of course, Faramir was also making (some very dubious) racial commentary, but race and gender are often bound up together (e.g. hyper-masculinization of black men and the feminization of East Asian men in the North America).

As R.W. Connell says, “masculinities are congurations of practice that are constructed, unfold, and change through time” — and, additionally, masculinity must be defined in opposition to femininity but, also, other masculinities.

For Rohan, there is a strong, militarized hyper-masculinity that threads through their culture. One of the reasons Theoden was seen as a failing king was his physical decline and inability to continue being a physically strong king. His aging emasculated him, more so when compared to Theodred and Eomer. (Something Theoden believed of himself and Grima capitalized on.)

For this, I’m going to speak of masculinity of the upper classes, since that’s what we see for Rohan. Masculinity, and how it’s to be performed, is contingent on social variables such as, but not limited to: age, appearance and size, bodily facility, care, economic class, ethnicity, fatherhood, relations to biological reproduction, leisure, martial and kinship status, occupation, sexuality etc. and as we never see lower class Rohirrim men it’s impossible to say what the “acceptable” and “expected” forms for a farmer or cooper would be.

Upper class men of Rohan are expected to be militarily capable - ready to ride and fight when called by their king or marshal. They are to be men of action over word, and when language is in play, it’s to be forthright and plain. No riddling. Marriage/Husband-ing is an expected part of manhood. Being strong minded, and capable of taking charge and making decisions is important. Fatherhood is also clearly prized, especially fatherhood that results in son(s).

(Theoden only having one child could be read as another “failure” in living up to Rohirrim ideals when compared to the older kings of his family who were far more prolific.)

The appearance of an “ideal” man is tall, fair, and handsome. Physically strong and capable in all ways (martially, sexually, fertile etc.).

Men should be able to demonstrate that they are capable of being in charge, taking control, defending and protecting families and homes. This slots in with more generalized expectations around bravery, honour and glory.

[Eomer: And that, in summation, is how you are to Be A Man.

Grima: Well that sounds utterly exhausting.]

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So, with all of that in mind, let’s talk Grima.

First, let’s address the name and character construction as this is the least bound up in how he acts and its tension with Rohirrim ideals of Being a Man. It’s also interesting in that it can give a glimpse into Tolkien and the possible thoughts he had when constructing Grima.

Grima’s Name & Beowulf Stuff

Grima’s name is from old Icelandic Grimr, which is a name Odin takes during the Grimnismal saga.

Here are some lines from Odin in the saga:

I have called myself Grim,

I have called myself Wanderer,

Warrior and Helmet-Wearer,

[...]

Evildoer, Spellcaster,

Masked and Shadowed-Face,

Fool and Wise Man,

[...]

Rope-Rider and Hanged-God.

I have never been known

by just one name

since I first walked among men.

Not only is Grima’s name from Odin, more importantly, it’s the feminine version of that name. No man in the eddas or sagas goes by Grima. Only women. And most often they were seidr-workers or healers/magic practitioners of some kind.

"Other healers include Gríma from Fóstbræðra saga and Laxdæla saga and Heiðr from Biarmiland in Harald’s saga Hárfagra." 

- “Hostile Magic in the Icelandic Sagas,” Hilda Ellis-Davidson

And

"There was a man called Kotkel, who had only recently arrived in Iceland. His wife was called Grima. Their sons were Hallbjorn Sleekstone-Eye and Stigandi. These people had come from the Hebrides. They were all extremely skilled in witchcraft and were great sorcerers." 

- Laxdæla saga

This is most likely something Tolkien was aware of — I would be flabbergasted if he wasn’t. However, did he fully appreciate the implications in terms of gender and subversion of masculinity? Impossible to say, of course, but he certainly knew he was giving his male character a name that has only been used by women in historical texts.

It would be akin to naming your male character Henrietta instead of Henry. It’s a deliberate, explicit decision. And while I don’t think Tolkien expected most readers to track down the origin of Grima’s name, the --a ending, to most anglophone readers, signifies a feminine name, more often than not. At least, it rarely, if ever, signifies masculine.

So the name alone brings in, at a subconscious level to readers, feminine qualities.

Alongside this, Grima is loosely based on Unferth from Beowulf. The entrance of Gandalf et al into Meduseld directly mirrors Beowulf’s into Hrothgar’s hall (complete with Grima lounging at Theoden’s feet the same as Unferth at Hrothgar’s). Indeed, it was clearly Tolkien’s intention to make a call back to Beowulf with that scene. (He was being all “look how clever I am. Also these are Anglo-Saxons on horses. As a general fyi”).

Unferth is a fascinating character in his own right ,and there is much scholarly debate around his role within Hrothgar’s hall, as well as the text more broadly. While there isn’t enough time/space to get into Unferth, I will quickly note that he is another character who subverts his society’s ideas of manhood and masculinity — particularly with regards to expectations of heroism and bravery. Yet, at the same time, Unferth is noted for being very intelligent, cunning, good at riddling, and overall quick witted (also, a kin-slayer. Dude murdered his brothers for Reasons).

Unferth’s contrary behaviour that flies in the face of Anglo-Saxon norms and ideals of masculine bravery is clearly reflected in Grima. Particularly in Grima’s fear of battle and lack of interest in taking up his sword when called by his king.

This leaves us with a character who was given a woman’s name and who is loosely based on another character who is known for his inability to follow through on his society’s expectations for masculine behaviour. 

Grima, from the first moment we meet him, clearly reads more feminine than masculine - this is amplified when he’s contrasted with the likes of Theoden and Eomer. And, not only is his aligned with traditional femininity more than other male characters, he is specifically aligned with the more negative tropes of femininity (i.e. lack of bravery, unreliable, dubious morals etc.).

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That is a brief overview of the bones of Grima’s construction: name and inspiration. Now for actions and characterization within the text. This will be subdivided into comments on his use of magic and how that interfaces with Rohirrim masculinity then we’ll get into power and language.

Grima’s key point of power is his ability to weave words in so powerful a way he could convince Theoden of his own infirmity and weakness thereby securing control over the king. Alongside this, we know that he was using certain “potions and poison” to further weaken Theoden. Most likely to amp up the king’s physical weakness so it coincided with Grima’s mental magic games.

Magic for Anglo-Saxon and early medieval Scandinavians was heavily rooted in the power of the spoken word. Runes were probably used but the historical support of this is vague. Which is to say, we know they were used, we’re just not certain how and to what extent.

We do know that rune staves were a thing. They were most often used to send your landwights after opponents or wreck havoc on enemies from afar. To make one, a magic-worker would carve the prescribed runes onto a large stave and position it in the ground facing the direction of their enemy. On top of the stave was added the head of a horse. (Lots of horse sacrifice happened for early medieval Scandinavians, alongside some human sacrifice.)

But, the brunt of magic for Anglo-Saxons and early medieval Scandinavians was spoken word. Which makes sense as their society was, like Rohan’s, predominantly illiterate or, at least, para-literate (though, there has been some recent archeological evidence that is starting to call that into question, for what that’s worth).

In particular, Grima’s spellwork aligns most closely with seidr, a fact I’ve gone about ad nausea. And, again, something we can assume Tolkien was aware of, which means he was also aware of the gendered implications of a man practicing the craft.

The mainstay of seidrcraft is, but not limited to, the following:

making illusions,

causing madness and/or forgetfulness,

brewing of potions and poisons,

prophesying,

channeling the dead,

channeling gods,

removal of elf-shot, and

recovering lost portions of someone’s soul.

The first three bullets are things Grima does to Theoden. That kind of magic — the kind that fucks with your mind and your sense of self, the kind that is subtle and quiet and lurks beneath the surface so you don’t know it’s happening, that’s cunning — that kind of magic is what women do.

It was considered unmanly/effeminate for a man to partake in it as it undermined the hypermasculine militarized culture of the time. Winning a battle or a fight through spells and poison was cowardly.

Therefore, in Rohan where we have this hypermasculine culture that so prizes military glory and grandeur and martial might, Grima pursuing his goals through spellcraft and potions/poisons is Grima pursuing distinctly unmasculine, effeminate modes of action.

Indeed, within Rohan it could call into question the entirety of his masculinity. It would make him ragr (adj. unmanly) because his actions are the epitome of ergi (noun. unmanliness).

"In the Viking Age, homosexual men were treated with extreme disdain and a complex kind of moral horror, especially those who allowed themselves to be penetrated. Such a man was ragr, not only homosexual by inclination and action, but also inhabiting a state of being that extended to ethical and social qualities. This complex of concepts has been extensively studied, and in the words of its leading scholar, "the unmanly man is everything that a man should not be with regard to morals and character. He is effeminate and he is a coward, and consequently devoid of honour". [...] What we would call sexual orientation was, in the viking age, completely bound up with much wider and deeper codes of behaviour and dignity, extending way beyond physical and emotional preference." -Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

Though Price references specifically homosexuality in this passage, a man could be considered ragr for more than just that — and one of the other ways was through practicing seidr.

We see this with Odin, who learns how to do seidrcraft from Freyja, and is then mocked by Loki for how emasculating the practice is for Odin to undertake (as if Loki has any room to talk). Odin’s made himself effeminate, he’s made himself unmanly, he’s allowed himself to learn spells that could enable him to take a cowards way out of a situation, to be dishonourable etc.

Which is a neat tie-back to Grima’s name being one of Odin’s names, particularly when he is in disguise and using seidrcraft and wily ways to escape various unfortunate situations that he ends up in during the Grimnismal saga.

(As Odin says: I have been called Evildoer, Spellcaster, Masked and Shadowed-Face, Fool and Wise Man.)

It also mirrors him to Gandalf - another character who bears an Odinnic name. Gandalf very much represents the masculine, “acceptable” aspects of Odin. Grima embodies the darker, more dubious, and more effeminate, aspects of the god. As I’ve said in other posts, they are two sides of the Odin coin.

Though both are temperamental as fuck.

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Alongside the spellcraft and potions, Grima’s performance of power does not align with Rohirrim traditions and ideals. He relies on his wits and his skill with language to navigate the world. Succinctly captured in the epithet bestowed upon him: Wormtongue. This is the modernization of Wyrmtunga, or, Dragon’s Tongue.

Wyrm can translate to worm, sure, and we see Saruman doing this on purpose when he refers to Grima as a worm, a creature that crawls in the dirt. But Wyrm, of course, is actually a form of dragon. And in Middle Earth, wyrm is used interchangeably with dragon (Smaug is called both wyrm and dragon), rather than denoting a specific species/categorization of dragon as it does in our world.

Grima’s approach to power is that of a gentle touch. He speaks softly, but doesn’t carry a large stick. He’s not Eomer or Theodred, who are much more traditionally martial, aggressive and forthright in their responses to a situation. Grima is clearly all about influencing those around him either through persuasion/use of words, or through spellcraft. He manipulates, he uses linguistic trickery.

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Additionally, how he undertakes his role as advisor to the king places him more within the private world of Meduseld and the king’s household than the active, public world of marshals and thanes. And, of course, the private world of households was traditionally considered the woman’s domain while men were expected to occupy the public spaces of the world.

Of course, being involved in court politics is a public role as opposed to existing within a wholly private space (such as Eowyn. Who, in the books, takes a mostly private role until she is required to rule in her uncle’s stead while he and Eomer are off at war, and even then it is clearly considered a temporary situation and part of her duty as a woman). But the manner in which Grima occupies that public position is a more “feminine” one.

We can assume that if Eomer or Erkenbrand or Elfhelm occupied the role as advisor to Theoden, they would have a very different approach to the position. A much more aggressive, active and probably military-focused approach. Less carrot, more stick.

A quick note on his appearance in the film, aside from being entirely in black with black hair in a land full of blonds because he needed to be visually distinct as the Bad Guy. He is dressed in longer tunics and robes compared to Eomer and other Rohirrim men (aside from Theoden, but as soon as he is “healed” of his possession(?) he returns to the Proper Masculine shorter tunics than the Weak and Effeminate longer robes and tunics of before). Grima’s hair is longer than Eomer’s and Theoden’s, he wears only a dagger and not a sword, the furs and quilting of his clothes indicate wealth and status, of course, but also decadence and effeminacy.

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All in all, Grima’s performance and actions undermine and subvert Rohirrim expectations of masculinity. If not outright transgressing gender norms. He uses spellcraft to achieve his ends which is cowardly and effeminate. When it’s not that, he relies on language and manipulation to ensure his position and rarely, if ever, willingly takes on an active, martial role that would be expected of a man who is in the king’s household and serves as an advisor and a quasi-second-in-command.

Here is a man, occupying a man’s role, but doing it like a woman. Subversive! Scandalous! Underappreciated by fandom!

Grima lives in a liminal, marginalized space that is at once gendered and ungendered but is absolutely Othered.

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As for my note on Grima and being trans - absolutely a trans woman. Grima suffers from that thing of “I want to be you and sleep with you” re: Eowyn. That’s my hot take. (Similar to me and Alan Grant from Jurassic Park - I want to be him and sleep with him.)

But no, in all seriousness, a strong argument can absolutely be made for Grima being not-cis, however that might look for Grima. Grima and Eowyn are the two, within the trilogies, that have the strongest arguments to be made for not being cis.

(Grima is a bit of a foil for Eowyn, I think, while also being a foil for Gandalf.)

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I felt like that it was really lazy. The show spends way too much time on the eldritch terrors that really don't pose much of a threat (except the monkey and the void, who should've been more intimidating than what we got, a cosmic threat that looks like a white room with pictures and planets? Really? )And for a finale, many characters get sidelined and their stories are left unfinished because the writers feel that the terrors are more important than character development. Sabrina is as whiny as narcissistic, who wants a love life and can't stand that her friends are happy and is love and is jealous that her doppelganger is getting married to Cassius. Meanwhile, Harvey gets uncharacteristically upset that Roz is a witch (a idea that is never explored because it's all about Sabrina and how she needs to get rid of these terrors that will destroy the world.)And in the end, it doesn’t matter because these terrors are destroyed because Sabrina sacrifice herself to save the world and Nick commits suicide (ala Romeo and Juliet) to be with her forever. That's it. What about her friends? We don't see them grow or even evolve! We don't see them even get happy endings! They're just there for the plot. Roz being a witch feels like it was tacked on and Theo and Harvey get no type of closure. Her family received the same treatment. Why does Hilda need to stop her life by moving back to the mortuary so that Zelda can properly grieve the loss of her niece? Why doesn't Lilith end up being the queen of hell? Why doesn't Prudence get any type of arch other than "daddy issues"? Why is Ambrose always there to save the day. We spent so much time on these items that could've been used on character development. And the ending was just soooooo gross to me. Undeserving and underwhelming.

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The whole season kind of felt rushed and deliberate. Faustus sending the eldritch terrors one by one and they somehow find a way to defeat all but suddenly the terrors have powers to kill the Sabrinas. Here are some glaring inconsistencies. Do witches die? The Cain Pit is a grave on the grounds of the Spellman Mortuary, it has been in possession of the Spellman Family for generations it has the ability to bring back dead witches. Why cant you put either of the sabrinas back. Since when did the witches die mortal deaths. Sabrina morningstar just died of bruises and shit, it wasnt even the void. The void shit Who is the trinket guy. Cant he have warned about void and the pandoras box beforehand so they can all discuss and send sabrina to capture it, Rather than she rashly entering void and the usual family running behind to stop her. I am so sick of this behavior of hers, acting like a hero and doing things without consulting anyone at all- like making of the two sabrinas time travel and the chaos she caused with it. How does nick go into the void capture it so easily and come back, if they all knew it was possible why did they try to bring sabrina back when she was unfinished- messing with her whole body- soul fit. Salem What happened to that stuffed cat Salem from Endless. If there are two sabrinas in the same place and it causes realms to collide, shouldnt the two salems do the same. Roz is a witch! Holy moly who cares! She already had the power of the cunning. Suddenly she realizes she is a witch. What's the point. And Harvey acting all weirded out, Come on dude, you dated a witch and your next girlfriend also had weird superpowers of the cunning. You yourself sleepdraw and have visions. What's with all the witch racism. All hell breaks loose Suddenly Caliban goes into void. They guys manage to get only the miners and friends and leave caliban behind. What bullshit. Is void a waiting room where you can go collect people you like. Lilith asks for the sword that kills immortals and caliban like an idiot gets it for her very well knowing she can kill him and Lucifer and all of hell. Why cant he just finish her himself. Its like giving a diamond knife to someone to scratch their back. Lilith uses it to kill two immortals. Lucifer dies like a goat- exactly that, no biggie it is to kill the ruler of hell. Sabrina the empowered women until she becomes single She was the cool girl until she becomes single. Then starts envying her friends, drunk toasting at weddings and when Nick comes back she accepts him and all that soul searching just ends. Show became a bit too dark Sabrina always had a dark undertone to her teenage adventures. We always watched it with a eww and aha exciting moments. This time it went a bit too dark. Dead people coming back to life episode- her father claiming she isnt his daughter and hates her-both fathers infact. Serious abandonment issues it deals with. Mambo Maria lying to Zelda all along, breaking her heart. Too much reality distortions. The Endless episode with cannibalisms and cutting human parts, getting stuck in claustrophobic space was too eerie. We didn't even have time to deal with One sabrina's death. Another come comes along. She has survived much worse stuff. Suddenly two of them die. Harvey, a mere mortal can go into void and get people and come out like a piece of cake. Last of all, Nick suiciding to be with Sabrina. Come on man! use your fucking magic people. You can all witches for Hecete's sake. Visit her in afterlife, use cain's pit, use mambo maria, do some soul transfer. Suicide to be with his love- that just cut it for me. They could have ended with both Sabrina's meeting each other in Afterlife. She realizes she is her true love. No one can replace that. She couldn't ever meet each other in the same realm. Here she can be with each other. Maybe that would have made things more bearable.