#i just want to give her a big hug

[eloiscbridgerton]

random eloise bridgerton: 57/?

[baby-girl-aaron-dessner]

Alicent tearing up when she hears that Daeron is stalwart, clever, and kind.

[roseeycreates-blog]

"Like Old Times"

As she smiled, it quickly faded into somberness when she realized that what they once shared, "Like old times," was now merely a memory.

[princessanneftw]

It’s understood she was out walking on the Gatcombe Park estate and her injuries are consistent with impact from a horse’s head or legs.

She’s staying in hospital as a precaution for observation since she had a concussion.

And in case anyone is wondering, I did nearly suffer a mini heart attack when it came up on the TV and I’m trying to calm myself now 🙃

Princess Anne is in hospital in Bristol after sustaining minor injuries and concussion following an incident on the Gatcombe Park estate yesterday evening.

[shepscapades]

Hey! i’m really into the dbch story and i was wondering if doc and xisuma ever tell bdubs the specifics of why etho lost his memories, cause if they do that is prime self blaming angst for bdubs

I’m inclined to believe they don’t. Actually (and maybe I should do a small comic for this so more people see it) I imagine, once a month or a few pass and they finally return etho to bdubs as reset, I imagine they are VERY serious about warning bdubs not to try to force Etho to re-deviate— they don’t go into specifics, but they probably tell bdubs that whatever happened had to do with something that was emotionally overwhelming, and that forcing him to redeviate/not letting it happen naturally could trigger the same error. They have no idea what could happen so bdubs needs to be very careful and let Etho find himself again on his own.

Whether or not bdubs gets impatient or can only go so long before he doubts it would be that bad if he tried pushing Etho in the right direction is another story.

But yeah. I don’t think Xisuma or Doc really… tell anyone that this happened. Etho’s error seemed like a very specific one-off scenario, so it’s not something the other hermits should be trying to avoid or be careful about happening to their own android friends, and the only thing telling people would do is make them worried about the situation. All they need to know is that etho was broken and that they need to be careful with him. I don’t agree with their decision to keep what happened to themselves but I understand it I think. Xisuma “i don’t want to worry the hermits” Void and Docm “eh this isn’t the first time I’ve replaced this arm, people won’t question it” 77

[delyth88]

It’s been 19 days since I started my casual rewatch of all the X-Men movies, and 14 days since I first watched X-Men: First Class and unexpectedly fell in love with the McAvoy and Fassbender alternate timeline films.  So, to celebrate, have a series of posts of random things I particularly liked from First Class!

Having only watched the Ian McKellen / Patrick Stewart films before I had no idea that Raven had any relationship to Charles, so I very much enjoyed the lovely brother-sister relationship they had.

Young Charles is so happy to meet someone like him. He just lights up. I mean, just look at him! He’s so excited, and I think relieved, that he’s finally met someone like himself.

And I love how it’s the same response when he meets Erik later.

He's just so happy to meet other mutants, and to connect with them. <3

19 days of X-men 1/?

[parkersrevenge]

Lucy Westenra, but how changed. The sweetness was turned to adamantine, heartless cruelty, and the purity to voluptuous wantonness.

I’ve been casually playing with this drawing since May, when our good friend Jonathan was first going off on his adventure and getting thirsty from paprika. But I knew what was coming, and Lucy in particular breaks my heart every time I read this story.

[paperglader]

I don’t know why but whenever Imogen even breathes anything related to her mother or father I immediately have to sob my eyes out

[lamieresoul]

Greg & his sister, Emma. 💔

[insanemanliker69]

yall i got to act 5 😭😭😭😭

[memento-morri-writes]

I've been thinking a lot about how Rook's reunion with his former mentor, Zara, is going to go, and since I can't predict what the DM is going to have her do or say, I can only dwell on what I know is going to happen. Which happens to include taking off the illusion ring that's been hiding his injuries from her. So have a snippet of the description I have planned for that moment:

tw for description of (mostly healed) injuries

He hesitates, twisting a ring on his finger. Looking at it more closely, she can tell it’s very finely crafted, and must have been very expensive. A large emerald is set into the band. Rook sighs, and pulls the ring off his finger in one quick motion.  Immediately she’s struck by the difference in his appearance as the illusion melts away. He looks awful. His warm, healthy skin fades to a dull and sickly grey. There’s huge bags under his deeply sunken eyes, and his cheeks are hollowed, as though they have been carved out by an overeager sculptor. He looks like he’s recently risen from the grave.  While he was thin before, now she can see his ribs under the skin, and his collarbones are exaggeratedly pronounce. Thin white lines left by dozens upon dozens of recently healed cuts are scattered across his body. On top of that, faded bruises cover most of his visible skin, a mottled mosaic of purple and yellow. They’re clearly days, maybe weeks old, and she can only begin to imagine what they must have looked like when fresh. Bandages are barely visible under his shirt, wrapping around his back, hinting at even more injuries.

[the-eclectic-wonderer]

Love the song you posted! And love that it's entirely possible that Dorothy loves it since she def would've heard it, and a lot of the songs she likes in canon are older. How did you come across it

I know, right?? It's so sweet, I adore it!!

I was looking for some 1940s songs for a personal project of mine a while back, and when I stumbled into this little gem I was immediately reminded of Dorothy. There's something about the general atmosphere of the song, that wistful dream-like quality it has, that just *screams* Dorothy to me. We all know she's got a somewhat rough, disillusioned exterior, but she's a big softie at heart -- she doesn't believe she'll ever get that dream-like romance, but she still yearns for it! She just wants the chance to give all the love she's capable of giving to someone who will give it back to her!!

And I mean -- look at those lyrics!!

I can see No matter how near you'll be You'll never belong to me But I can dream, can't I?

I'm aware My heart is a sad affair There's much disillusion there But I can dream, can't I?

Can't I adore you? Although we are oceans apart I can't make you open your heart But I can dream, can't I?

I feel like this applies both to young!Dorothy and the early stages of her marriage and to canon!Dorothy and her general attitude towards love (*especially*, but not only, in the context of the Golden Wives).

This has been talked about extensively on here, so I'm really not saying anything new, but it's pretty clear that Dorothy did do her best to be a loving wife to Stan, during their 38 years together. Whether this is because she actually loved him or because she felt that it was her duty to be a good wife to him can be debated (personally I feel like it's a bit of a mixture of the two, if that makes sense), but I think it's canon that she went above and beyond for him. Even just the fact that she stayed with him for 38 years through cheating, lying, horrible mistreatment, financial issues, etc etc is proof enough that she really did whatever she could to love him, imho -- and all of this without ever being loved back. There's several moments in the series where Stan shows a modicum of decency and she all but melts because of it (see e.g. S4E10 Stan Takes A Wife), and you can just tell that she's been surviving on these crumbs for all her life, hoping and praying that this time, surely, it will last. I can't make you open your heart, but I can dream, can't I? Yeah.

And then -- canon!Dorothy. She's obviously disillusioned when it comes to life in general and love specifically; she puts herself out there, and she can be pretty impulsive at times (her reaction to John Neretti in S6E22 What A Difference A Date Makes never fails to make me laugh), but she has the hardest time believing that good things will last. Her heart is a sad affair. Take for example what she says to Glen in S1E14 That Was No Lady:

"You know, every time you tell me you love me, I turn around to see who you're talking to. I can't believe it."

That's an underlying theme every time she has a serious relationship with someone she likes: she can't believe it's happening. Is that any wonder, considering the marriage she lived through?

Finally -- the Golden Wives. Or any Dorothy ship that involves one of the other Girls, really. All of my points above still stand, and there's the added complexity of Dorothy grappling with her sexuality and being certain that Rose and/or Blanche couldn't possibly love her back, no matter how close they are as friends. Because -- of course they couldn't! They both had husbands they loved with all their hearts! They both have active and vibrant love lives with men! And she's just Dorothy -- tired, sad, Dorothy, always too tall and too brash and not feminine enough and just not enough to be loved back. What could the other Girls find in her? No matter how near you'll be, you'll never belong to me. But she's Dorothy, she's a bleeding heart, and so she can't help but dream, in the hidden corners of her soul. You get what I mean?

Oh, anon, I'm sorry -- this turned into a bit of a ramble, but I just love this song so much and I think it fits Dorothy so well!! Add to this the fact that it came out in 1949 (canonically the year she married Stan) and it all becomes even more painful to me :') I wouldn't be surprised if she had a soft spot for this song!

[martyrbat]

driver's seat — dc holiday special (2017)

(ID in alt!)

[passionfruitbowls]

ngl it was hard seeing how upset marinette was because of that “prank” :(

[h0estar]

finished the new archon quest

[rosylamb]

I feel so full of love and dreams today c:

I know that sounds silly . . but it’s *true* !!

Like when Aurora is dancing in the forest with her animal friends in Sleeping Beauty & sings ‘Once Upon a Dream’ — that is very much how I feel right now ! ♡

(Except I have a braid in my hair, my dress has flowers and isn’t brown like hers — and it’s just me dancing around the kitchen with my dogs hehe)

👑 ♡ ⊹ ⋆.✧˚.🤍 🌸