#i love her scottish / dutch english

[batllethinker]

I did not realize how long Lisa and Viv actually dated so Viv still having the accent makes sense

[ivannmoreno]

Got silly, so I just tried to figure out the etymology of both Lenore and Annabels' names. Mind some of the information is from dictionaries and not my entire writing‼️

Annabel Derives from Scottish origin and means "loving" it has embodied British gentility since the 12th century. This name combines both the name Anna from Hebrew, meaning, Grace and Belle from French meaning beautiful. Another meaning of the name Annabel means lovable or beloved.

Her second name means clearing in the woods or meadow, this is derived from the Old English word laye or 'Lēah"

Her last name Whitlock which Derives from Old English origin meaning white enclosure or white hair this surname is also believed to however , originated in England during the medieval period, it derives from the old english words hwit meaning white and loc meaning lock or enclosure, this surname is most often given to a person with white hair.

*CLEARS THROAT* The root of the name Lenore finds its origin of the French and Greek languages. It is short from the English name Eleanor and the old french Alienoŕ. The meaning of the name may be interpreted as shining light, Torch, bright or light-hearted.

Also has many different name meanings in and other countries such as England, Germany and Australia , the name means "compassion", "pity" and "sympathy", and in the Hebrew language the name means "dwelling".

The meaning of the name Vandernacht Is it a compound surname from Dutch, meaning of the night or from the night. The name was most likely originated from a family or Individual who had association with night like being a night watchman or having a mysterious or enigmatic quality to their personality.

So, in conclusion, apparently, Annabel Lee Whitlock means beloved clearing in the woods of the white enclosure, and Lenore Vandernacht means shining light of the night. Correct me if I'm wrong🥹🙏

[oneluckygoose]

Guys I’m actually so close to breaking and writing a full fledged Marauders era fic. Like I’m talking 1st year to 1981

I have so many ideas about it, I’ll put a list of things under the cut but it’ll be your classic Wolfstar, Dorlene, and Rosekiller, while also being weird and doing a HEALTHY Jegulus with endgame Jily. There’s just a lot of things about the Marauders era that is so inconsistent that I feel like I physically need to write it down COHERENTLY in a way that makes a modicum of sense to me.

Things it’ll probably include

Scottish and Desi James; Welsh Lily, Remus, and Severus; French/English Blacks; IRISH Peter; SCOTTISH Marlene; Dutch Dorcas; French Mary; British Rosiers; and British Barty (ive missed some but those’ll be my main characters I focus on)

Jegulus, personally I think Jegulus is a very important thing for James’ growth and for Regulus’ to distance himself from his family’s ideals but I also don’t think it could ever last. Probably would be a 6th year arc and they break up after Regulus gets the Mark beginning of 7th

Endgame Jily, because their story is one of my favorites and if I do make it a canon compliment then I would need to write it with natural progression, also I just love Jily

I’m on the fence about making it a canon compliment because I choose to be HAPPY, but I don’t need to make that decision now and so I won’t (also I like the idea that Peter is good, screw me)

Aroace Peter, my little boy loves his friends and doesn’t understand why he doesn’t love like they do. A dating spree probably in 5th year but he just cannot figure out how to do the romance thing

No sex, sorry guys we’re keeping this M rated. I’m asexual and do not feel comfortable writing that in the slightest, it would all be fade to black

Asexual Lily, to whoever HCed that, can I marry you? I love ace Lily and I think it just adds an arc to her story that is normally extremely sexualized. My girl will punch you in the face if you look even a tiny bit lower than her eyes.

How much character growth can I fit into James Potter? ALL OF IT. He was a DICK, that is non negotiable, he was not a dick eventually (ahem he had to grow up after the prank)

The Prank will be essential to everyone’s character.

Sirius is at his lowest in 5th year because his parents are trying to get him to marry Pandora and he is rebelling so hard and they are punishing him like a madman and he’s hurt and in pain and lashes out and it’s a mess and it breaks that summer and he runs away. (Then things get better)

Remus’s arc will probably be very similar to what it normally is, I think he’ll have Hope and Lyall, at least for a while and his home life won’t be the worst. If that’ll change I’m not quite sure.

Remus is SMALL and then he gets REALLY BIG, I’m talking 5’1- 5’10 over one summer (3rd year to 4th year) then he keeps growing. 6’3 by the end of it.

James isn’t short, he has a normal growth though, lands steady at 6’

Sirius and Peter are short kings: Sirius-5’8, Peter-5’6

Marlene is probably the most Gryfindor person on the planet, and Dorcas is a Slytherin who HATES her peers

Dorcas is a halfblood with a single Muggle father (her mother left when she was 5) They both have the best dreads on the earth and you can’t tell me otherwise

Marylily is kinda a thing?? In the early years but it fades and they agree they’re better friends.

Pandora and Evan are twins, their family are pureblood fucks

Pandora and Regulus are best friends, they would both destroy the world for each other

Remus starts to like Sirius in 3rd year, he dates someone (probably Marlene because her and Sirius and just gender swapped copies of one another but they both hate it and Marlene is the first person who knows about Remus’ crush, Remus is the first person to know about Marlene's when that becomes a thing 5th year)

Sirius starts to like Remus in 4th year but doesn’t realize it at first and when he does dates around in complete denial until he runs tf away from his family. Peter, the king he is, is surprisingly the first one to figure it out in 5th year.

James is the most hardcore Wolfstar shipper when he finds out about both of them, and he has to be painfully silent about it until they get their shit together

They fully get together at the end of 6th year. How? I'll figure it out.

The Skittles are less present the first half, but they would probably be more and more there, especially as Reg and Sirius' relationship strains

Regulus' relationship with Orion and Walburga is that of a child who has watched their older sibling be abused for rebellion and is fucking terrified of that happening to him. He hates them, but he has to please them to save his own skin.

Also, all the Skittles are in slytherin for being ambitious, cunning, and calculating. Not because they are evil.

Not all slytherins are pure blood fucks who toss around slurs and unforgivable curses while chanting "praise the dark lord", some of them are good/some of them don't deserve treatment as if they were. Understanding this is essential to James' character development.

Not Snape though, he is exactly what it says on the surface. Sure he loves a muggle born but he also is obsessed with her, manipulated her, called her slurs, and hurt the people she loved. He has no such qualms with being as horrible as possible to anyone else. Not saying James and Sirius were good, but Snape wasn't a fuckin' hero either. "Always." BITCH THAT"S CREEPY NOT ROMANTIC.

How long does it take Lily to realize Snape is the worst person on the planet earth? TOO LONG. He calls her mudblood and that is the last straw.

Also fuck JKR's timeline, I don't even understand how the prank could happen before Snape's Worst Memory or after 5th year so the cannon fuckery is going to happen mainly in 5th year

Marlene is extremely important to me. She has the thickest Scottish accent and she thrives off of it. She does not take SHIT. She listens to rock exclusively once she figures out electric guitar makes brain go happy. She and Sirius have a very interesting relationship I would be so excited to explore.

Nothing will be glossed over. I see a lot of vagueness about the Cruciatus curse, and just, no. People need to see in detail what shapes the characters and why they are the way they are, especially Regulus and Sirius. I'll do CWs before every chapter, but I'm not holding back. It'll be graphic, it'll be skin crawling, but maybe that's the point. Remus goes through torture every month, that needs to be known. Sirius and Regulus are broken by their parents, that needs to be known. Mary was assaulted by blood purists, that needs to be known. Things won't be pretty, they never have been with the Marauders. But maybe that's the most beautiful thing about them. Things aren't pretty, but they find a way to love despite that. (James Potter tends to have a large hand in that, too)

This was my shpeal. I have so many ideas and so many ways I could go with this that I'm actually so stressed over it. Um... if anyone has advice on how to get actually started because that's the part tripping me up I would love it. I don't know if I can bring anything particularly special about their story to the table but I would love to see where my story goes. My biggest fear about this is starting it and never being able to finish it. I've been told I'm a pretty good writer, I might post more of my unfinished stuff just to gauge if people actually want to read it, but I hope I can do them justice.

The name though? I have a few Ideas and all of them would lead to a different way that I wrote the story.

Chronicles of Messrs; A song title from either queen or aerosmith; House of the Rising Suns; Dear Minerva; The Graceless

[laurasimonsdaughter]

What would a Disney adaptation of the Singing Bone be like?

Oh they wouldn’t touch it with a ten foot pole! But thank you for giving me an excuse to talk about one of my favourite tragic fairy tale motifs: Reincarnation as musical instrument (E632).

There are multiple ways a murder may be revealed by supernaturally speaking or singing bones, plants or objects, but the instrument that sings of the heinous murder is my favourite. It’s so deeply, darkly capital R Romantic. Most of all in the English and Scottish ballad The Twa Sisters and it’s prose counterpart Binnorie:

Two sisters (often princesses) are wooed by a knight, and while he betrothes with the eldest, he loves the youngest better. So the elder sister drowns her sister out of jealousy. A (blind) musician comes across the drowned sister’s remains and either makes an instrument from her bones or strings his violin or harp with her golden hair. As soon as the fiddle is played, usually at the king or the knight’s court, it mournfully sings how she was cruelly drowned by the bride. Most versions end there. In some the instrument breaks in two after singing its song. In some the sister is punished.

The Grimm’s The Singing Bone is less Romantic, but equally tragic:

Two brothers set out to kill a dangerous boar to earn a reward from the king. The youngest succeeds, so the eldest kills him and claims the princess’ hand in marriage instead of him. A shepherd finds a little snow white bone on the spot where the young man was killed and carves it into a mouthpiece for his horn. When he blows on it, it sings of the murder of the brave young man. The shepherd takes the wonderful horn to the king’s court, where the murder is revealed and the elder brother put to death.

In some versions the story is about which royal child will inherit the crown. Like in the Spanish tale The Blue Lily (where the murdered prince miraculously survives being buried alive and having his finger bone turned into a flute that sings of his fate), the Sicilian tale The Singing Bagpipe, or in the Swiss tale The Dead Girl’s Bone:

A king dies and leaves behind the queen and two children. One day they ask their mother who will get the throne. The queen tells the children that whoever finds a certain flower in the woods will be the one to rule. The princess finds the flower, but the prince murders her and takes it from her. Years later a shepherd boy finds one of the girl’s bones and makes it into a flute. When he plays it, it sings mournfully of the horrible murder. A knight hears the boy play the flute and buys it. He plays it wherever he goes. At last the old queen hears its song, removes her son from the throne, and mourns the rest of her life.

Some of the stories take out the rather gruesome detail of making an instrument out of human bone or hair and make it so that reeds or bamboo grow near the place where the victim was killed, so the instrument can be made out of them, like in the Russian tale The Silver Plate, the Indian tale The Magic Fiddle and the Dutch tale The Golden Spinning Wheel. In these versions the murder victims are resurrected and get to live happily ever after. Which is definitely the kind of ending I’d prefer to tell to children, but not where I think the true strength of this type of story lies. Some folklore is just poetic horror, and that can be its own kind of beautiful.

[artemisresources]

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UPDATE! by clicking this link or the source, you will find #300 gifs of sabrina carpenter added to her gif pack for her music videos for a total of 515 gifs. and here is a link to the zip file where you can pay whatever you want. both the gif pack page and zip file will be updated with more music videos in the future.

trigger warnings: kissing, violence, fighting, flashing lights, pervy men, death, blood, corpses, drinking birth year: 1999 ethnicity: German, Scottish, English, Austrian, Irish, distant Dutch scene pack credits: x

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[dear-indies]

hello! i was wondering if you had any alt fcs with the same vibe as havana rose liu? love her face, but she’s already being used. no specific ethnicity required, but i would like a woc. thank you in advance!

Arsema Thomas (1994) Nigerian / Ethiopian - is pro Palestine!

Natasha Liu Bordizzo (1994) Chinese / Italian.

Cierra Ramirez (1995) Mexican / Colombian.

Lulu Antariksa (1995) Indonesian / German.

Eva Reign (1995) African-American - is trans.

Haskiri Velazquez (1995) Dominican.

Zión Moreno (1995) Mexican [Spanish and Unspecified Indigenous] - is trans.

Natacha Karam (1995) Lebanese / Irish - is pro Palestine!

Chase Sui Wonders (1996) Chinese, some Japanese and Tahitian / European.

Reina Hardesty (1996) Japanese / White.

Mook Mookda Narinrak (1996) Thai.

Brittany O’Grady (1996) Louisiana Creole [African, French] / English, Irish, as well as Swiss-German, German, Welsh, and Dutch.

Ajiona Alexus (1996) African-American.

Maris Racal (1997) Bisaya Filipino.

Sisi Stringer (1997) African Australian.

Kiana Ledé (1997) African-American, Mexican, Irish, along with Scottish, Swedish, Norwegian, more distant English, French, and Dutch - is pro Palestine!

Janhvi Kapoor (1997) Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu Indian.

Coco Jones (1998) African-American.

Lauren Tsai (1998) Taiwanese / Polish, Italian, English, German, Irish.

Gabbi Garcia (1998) Tagalog Filipino.

Lee Rodriguez (1999) Afro Dominican.

Here you go!

[iisabelinski]

What do you think Mara's ethnicity would be in our world, Irish, English, Scottish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Danish, Swedish, German, Dutch, Belgian or would she be Slavic?

Hi anon, thanks for the ask!

Interesting question! And one I have no idea how to answer 😅 I look very much white myself but am full Mexican, so I'm not that well acquainted with most of those ethnicities. I've only been to England, France and Spain.

If I had to choose...I guess she could be any of them. Probably not English, lol. Or Scottish. I love the accent but can't imagine her with it. I think I imagine her (a bit like myself) as a mix of different things. An all-cosmopolitan woman with some Irish, dutch, and maybe slavic sprinkled somewhere in there.

But what do you think, anon? Which ethnicity did you have in mind?

[meerawrites]

🖊🖊

Been thinking a lot about TURN: Washington’s Spies and the American Revolution lately. So here’s every original character I can theoretically stick into that universe… @eurydicefades 🫡

American Revolution podcast.

American Revolution: playlist.

TURN: playlist.

Benjamin Tallmadge: playlist.

Rococo playlist.

French History podcast.

In no particular order…

Audrey: based on Kitty Fisher and Charlotte Hayes, born 1750, turned 1780 at the age of 30. Well-to-do sex worker, coquette, disowned daughter of a Viscount. Abolitionist. She/they, bisexual-polyam. Vampire.

Camille: based on Mary Wollstonecraft and various French Revolution ladies. Audrey’s half sister, unlike her, never disowned, still hates her Viscount father. Abolitionist, anti-monarchist, pamphlet writer, and social climber. Turned into a vampire in 1790. She/her, bi. Vampire.

Artémise: Dutch and Black-Creole New York socialite, spy for the culper ring, and violinist. An informant, a fashionista, bit of diva, excellent listener. Will sell you out to Benjamin Tallmadge. She/her, bi.

Benjamin Fisher: Benjamin Tallmadge, vampire/anti-hero arc. He/him, bi (closeted). Staff to Washington, from New York, trying really hard to be good, but vampirism won’t let him. Turned by Audrey in 1781. Vampire.

Charles: Colonel in the British army. Good at following orders, only doesn’t like his job. It’s a constant existential crisis, he knows neither side is right, he’s sworn to the British by duty not by choice. Scottish and French, English born. Based vaguely on Ross Poldark. He/him, bi. Has a deceased wife and daughter he’s still mourning.

Eliott: Spy for the British army. Follows orders for social gain and security, not cause he wants to. Poet turned spy, he/him, bi. Much like Tallmadge, he is a young man, having control taken from him far too often. Really just doesn’t want to be hung as a traitor to the crown. Irish and Catholic. Hates all of the army, expect Major André and Simcoe.

Carlotta aka Charlotte: French socialite, unknowing informant to the Patriots. She/her, bi. Somewhere between culper ring spy and French nobility looking to escape France due to pending revolution back home. 1/2 characters here who are not made for battle situations.

Edith: Maryland based loyalist, loyalist out of love for her family. She/her, bi (closeted). Catholic but very English. A civilian caught in a bad situation, didn’t do anything wrong, unless love for one’s family is a sin. Honestly reminds me of a Liberty’s Kids character and Sarah Livingston (Turn) but younger. Of marriageable age (24), good natured, well meaning, loyalty to what she deems moral just has her in a bad situation.

Harriet: Boston based dress maker and painter, sometimes pamphlet writer. Free woman of global majority (colour), Black and Welsh. She/her, bi. Yet another civilian caught in a war they didn’t ask for. Declares neutrality to survive, probably more on the side of the continental army, but she’d rather not the gallows.

Verity, Nancy & Sally/the tombeor polycule: their last name isn’t actually their last name, it’s a French title meaning “performer.” Like a code name. A polycule of three black/Irish sex worker women who are all dating each other and their clients, at the same time, she/her(s) all bi-poly-sapphic. Sex workers and spies for the culper ring, but their loyalty isn’t a cheap. Technically they declare themselves neutral in the war, it’s all lies.

[smckesprite]

❀  *  ◦  ⇝  hey,  isn’t  that  𝐋𝐄𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐄  𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐊-𝐀𝐃𝐋𝐄𝐑 (  𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄:  𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐈𝐄 )  ? i think that the  ( 𝟓𝟏 ) 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑  𝐎𝐋𝐃  from  𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐃𝐀𝐌,  𝐓𝐇𝐄  𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐒  works as  a sleeper agent for the order of the dead idol and a professional racecar driver, but outside of that people describe them as  a custom-made motorcycle tucked away in her garage, combat boots and leather blazer outfit, and random colored wigs worn to hide her identity. i hear they are 𝐕𝐈𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐂 &  𝐂𝐈𝐑𝐂𝐔𝐌𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐓, but they are also known to be  𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐔𝐒𝐂𝐄𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐁𝐋𝐄  &  𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐅𝐀𝐒𝐓. consider giving them a visit at their home in  𝐓𝐇𝐄  𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐖𝐎𝐎𝐃  𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒  and get to know why they’re called  𝐇𝐈𝐃𝐃𝐄𝐍  𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓  𝐎𝐅  𝐆𝐎𝐋𝐃. —  ( frankie, she/her, 27, cst )

FULL NAME.     léonie  mariëlla  winterink-adler

NICKNAME(S).     chappie  (   dead  idols   ),  n/a  to  everyone  else

AGE.     51  years  old

DATE OF BIRTH.     july  25, 1972

ASTROLOGICAL SIGN.     leo

PLACE OF BIRTH.     rotterdam,  the  netherlands

HOMETOWN.     anchorage,  alaska

ORIENTATION.     homosexual  +  homoromantic

GENDER & PRONOUNS.     cisgender  woman  +  she ┊ her ┊ hers

NATIONALITY.     dutch-american

ETHNICITY.     white  european  —  english, irish, scottish, welsh, french, dutch, german, castilian/spanish, greek, & basque

RELIGION.     roman  catholic  ╱  nonreligious

LANGUAGES FLUENT IN.    dutch, english, french, spanish, greek, italian & portuguese.     #polyglot

RELATIONSHIP STATUS.     taken    —  (    remarried   )

CURRENT LOCATION.     anchorage,  alaska

OCCUPATION.     professional  racecar  driver *  sleeper   agent   for   the   order   of   the   dead   idol

FINANCIAL STATUS.     wealthy

EDUCATION LEVEL.     high  school  diploma   &   college  dropout

FACE CLAIM.     the  one  &  only,  𝐉𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀  𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍

HEIGHT.     5  feet,  4  inches ┊ 163  centimeters

HAIR & EYE COLOR.     red  hair (  natural  )  +  blue-green  eyes

TATTOOS.     will be featured on her pinterest board

PIERCINGS.     one on each earlobe to keep it simple

PARENTS.     mom  &  dad   —  deceased  ✝

SIBLINGS.     n/a —  ( only child )

CHILDREN.     kurt ( deceased ), cyrek, damiar & ava

PETS.     none

CONNECTIONS.     members of the dead idols; others

POSITIVE.

NEGATIVE.

AESTHETICS.

LEONIE WAS BORN IN THE NETHERLANDS ... with DUTCH being her native tongue. she grew up in rotterdam until the age of 5, moved to alaska ( where her mother is from ). and was raised in anchorage, of all places. the move was not exciting in any way, though she had to endure the change and learn the english language in the process. it wasn’t either, but she settled in a lot quicker than she could’ve ever imagined — well, not her but her parents. her father, a dutch man, was considered to be the daredevil of the family. the red-haired girl was taught to ride a bike and drive a car by the man with dark, long hair. a dad’s girl from the start, he was the one who took the role of being a dad seriously, & made a huge effort of having léonie know how to do the basics; such as learning how to change a tire, fix the plumbing in the house, or anything a typical person should know; not that her mom didn’t take on the role, though she would advise her constantly to be good in the world, and was a hard-working mother. to be honest, she was proud of her parents.

IN HER EARLY 20’s, SHE WAS PART OF STREET RACING GROUP. she was one of the best drivers ( thanks to her dad ) and would often win prizes in the form of cash. she didn’t keep her studies going as she was a college dropout, realizing that school wasn’t something she wanted to do. while taking part in somewhat illegal activity, years prior to turning 20, léonie met richard, whom she felt was the love of her life, but it was proven wrong in the years after. the couple went on to adopt/foster a kid by the name of kurt. despite being a teen, she considered him to be her own, and cyrek came along thereafter. though a troubled kid, the woman did everything she could to make it clear that he was a part of the family. whether he liked it or not. ava, too. thankfully, she wasn’t the only girl in the house now. adoption or foster kids, she made an effort to be their mom — one that they didn’t have before? obviously, there were obstacles along the way, but she pushed through. a stubborn woman, indeed !

before that, léonie would keep her job as a professional racecar driver a secret. besides richard knowing the fact. her profession was kept on the down low ... as well as her job on the side as a sleeper agent. thereafter, she’d notice that she’d turned out to be the daredevil of her family now, taking her father’s footsteps. what a coincidence. well, maybe not.

TRIGGER WARNING: SUICIDE, DEATH

A WORKAHOLIC IN HER OWN TERMS, léonie had started to think she wasn’t a good mother. she worked long hours, was secretive about her job, & never had the chance to be vulnerable with the kids in the house... — up until kurt’s suicide took a toll on the family. receiving that phone call was the worst thing that would happen to her, the news made her fall into a workload, distracting her mind from the sudden loss of someone that she considered her own. how did she not notice the signs? did she do something wrong? léonie lived with guilt now. she’d result in keeping her feelings dug deep, away from any acknowledgment whatsoever ... she distanced herself from her family and changed within a few months after the death of a loved one.

[ ... END OF TRIGGER WARNING ... ]

what the youngsters, the kids, didn’t know was the hell that richard had put her through. every time he’d bad-mouth cyrek, she would come to his defense 99.9 % of the time. she’d come to spend heaps amount of money, her hard-earned money, to provide them with the best while the man was too busy complaining. that was beside the point. it didn’t matter anymore since she was the one who filed for divorce papers and had them delivered to his workplace. léonie fell out of love and was no longer in love with the man she married. good riddance, be gone.

A CLOSETED LESBIAN WHILE BEING MARRIED TO A “MAN”; it sounded too much like a cover of a gossip magazine, out of a headline on the news. realizing that she was 100% into women and had kept it a secret for many years, and no matter how much she condoned cheating, she ventured out to discover more of her sexuality. no one knew, but she fell in love and remarried a few years ago.

SHE CAME OUT VERY DISCREETLY BUT ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW. on her own terms, and surprisingly, her parents were accepting of her still. yet she was expecting to be disowned, even at the age of 44 ... nearing her fifties. right after filing for divorce. still very much living a private life at the winterwood estates of anchorage. whether she has a rocky relationship with the youngsters, léonie makes an effort to live the role of a mother.

FIN. FOR NOW.

[scotianostra]

On January 30th 1649 the English executed the Scottish born King Charles I.

I covered the the trial just 10 days ago, so will skip past most of that.

Charles had refused to enter a plea during the trial, this played right into the hands of his enemies, had he recognised the legitimacy of the court he may have been able to be given clemency and avoided execution, I think on the day of his sentence he realised what a mistake he had made.

The prisoner was addressed as one ‘Charles Stuart’, ‘tyrant, traitor, murderer and public enemy’, and, as such, he was to be ‘be put to death by his severing his head from his body’. The court stood. Charles now knew there was to be no negotiation. ‘Will you hear me a word Sir?’ he asked. ‘No Sir’ he was told, ‘You are not to be heard after the sentence’.

When the sentence was handed down  Scots, French and Dutch ambassadors made veiled threats about what they might do if he were to be executed. Charles was, after all, a King of Scots, the uncle of the king of France and father in law of the Prince of Orange. Little came of their protests though, the would carry out the sentence.

Charles I spoke his last words on the scaffold. His words echoed the phrase stitched on his standard at the outbreak of civil war: ‘Give Caesar His Due’.  A ‘subject and a sovereign were clean different things’, he said.  A sovereign alone had a divine right to rule. But he wanted his the people’s ‘liberties and freedom as much as anybody’. These lay in the rule of law, he argued, that he had defended in court at the cost of his life. As such, ‘I am a martyr of the people’, he said.

As I’ve said before the Stewart/Stuart dynasty was all based on their belief that they had a Divine right to rule, a doctrine upheld by the entire Stuart dynasty, one of the most powerful families ever to have ruled Scotland.

They believed that kings were chosen by God to rule, and that only God could overrule them.

Charles also believed that he had the sole right to make laws, so to oppose him was a sin against God.

He genuinely believed that a dictatorship was the only effective form of government.

This belief is best summed up in the magnificent Rubens ceiling painting at the Banqueting House, as seen in the third and fourth pics, it was commissioned by Charles to celebrate these divine principles. In the detail of the centre piece, The Apotheosis of James I, his father is portrayed ascending to heaven in a cloud of glory.

Perhaps it was this belief that Charles  met his death with courage and dignity, he was, after all going to heaven.

The King told his two youngest not to grieve, that they should obey their elder brother Charles, the lawful sovereign.

Charles had a final meeting n 29th January 1649, with two of his children, Elizabeth and Henry,  an emotional 13 year old  Elizabeth, his second daughter cried hysterically when she realised she should not see her father again, and he hid his own tears to calm her.  She recorded every detail in her diary that evening. The scene is played out in the fifth picture.

The diaries were discovered 18 months later when she tragically died of pneumonia, here is an extract;

" He bid us tell my mother that his thoughts had never strayed from her and that his love would be the same to the last. Withal, he commanded me and my brother to be obedient to her; and bid me send his blessing to the rest of my brothers and sisters, with communications to all his friends. Then, taking my brother Gloucester on his knee, he said, 'Sweetheart, now they will cut off thy father's head.' And Gloucester looking very intently upon him, he said again, "Heed, my child, what I say: they will cut off my head and perhaps make thee a king. But mark what I say. Thou must not be a king as long as thy brothers Charles and James do live; for they will cut off your brothers' heads when they can catch them and cut off thy head too at the last, and therefore I charge you, do not be made a king by them.' At which my brother sighed deeply, and made answer: 'I will be torn in pieces first!' And these words, coming so unexpectedly from so young a child, rejoiced my father exceedingly. And his majesty spoke to him of the welfare of his soul, and to keep his religion, commanding him to fear God, and He would provide for him. Further, he commanded us all to forgive those people, but never to trust them; for they had been most false to him and those that gave them power, and he feared also to their own souls. And he desired me not to grieve for him, for he should die a martyr, and that he doubted not the Lord would settle his throne upon his son, and that we all should be happier than we could have expected to have been if he had lived; with many other things which at present I cannot remember."

The following morning, Tuesday 30 January, the King rose early and dressed for the icy weather, asking for a thicker than normal shirt, so that he wouldn’t shiver, and people wouldn’t think he was quaking with fear.

He then retired with Bishop Juxon to pray until a knock came on the door at 10am. Charles, the Bishop and his attendant Thomas Herbert walked across St James’s Park, the King wrapped in a black cloak, surrounded on all sides by guards. The King was taken to his bedchamber in Whitehall Palace, to await summons to the scaffold. This came three hours later.

A huge crowd had gathered in the bitter weather. But they were held so far away that the King’s final short speech was lost in the freezing air. Erected against the Banqueting House in Whitehall, the scaffold was hung round with black cloth. In the centre of the blackened and sanded floor stood the axe and a lower quartering block of a kind used to dismember traitors. Two men, heavily disguised with masks, stood ready to perform the act.

Among his last words were "I go from a corruptible, to an incorruptible Crown, where no disturbance can be, no disturbance in the world.”

He exchanged a few words with his executioner then  as “he stood to himself with hands and eyes lift up, immediately stooping down, the king laid his neck on the block.”

After a very little pause, the king stretching forth his hands, in signal that he was ready the Executioner at one blow, severed his head from his body.

Many watching were aghast, with one witness commenting 'There was such a groan by the thousands then present as I never heard before and desire I may never hear again’.

It was common practice for the severed head of a traitor to be held up and exhibited to the crowd with the words "Behold the head of a traitor!"  Charles's head was exhibited, but those words were not used, possibly because the executioner did not want his voice recognised. On the day after the execution, the king's head was sewn back onto his body, which was then embalmed and placed in a lead coffin.

His enemies refused to allow Charles's burial at Westminster Abbey, so his body was conveyed to Windsor on the night of 7th February.  He was buried in private on 9th February 1649 in the Henry VIII vault in the chapel's quire, alongside the coffins of Henry VIII and Henry's third wife, Jane Seymour, in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. The king's son, Charles II, later planned for an elaborate royal mausoleum to be erected in Hyde Park, London, but it was never built. 

The final two pics are the shirt worn by Charles I for his execution, and his grave at Windsor. 

I will leave it to Monty Python to provide a wee bit levity to this post for an epitaph on Charles I….

“The most interesting thing about King Charles the First is that he was five foot six inches tall at the start of his reign, but only four foot eight inches tall at the end of it.”

[gringolet]

Oh, yay! I'm pretty passionate about making medlit accessible so I would be happy to provide you with some recommendations. I saw from the other replies that you've only read about seven of the more well-known/mainline texts; I don't know which specifically you've read so I'll stick more to texts that probably wouldn't be discussed in an introductory course. I don't know much about your personal tastes nor am I overly familiar with transformers lore but here is a selection of medieval arthurian works that you might enjoy, with links.

L'Atre Perilleux or The Perilous Cemetery Is a French epigonal (post-chretien verse romance) text which explores lost/confused identity and the supernatural world in the context of chivalry. It presents Gawain as a flawed hero who must redeem himself for a failure early in the story, and is genuinely suspenseful and even disquieting in a surprisingly modern way. The academic Keith Busby has written on this text and I recommend looking up his analysis to help understand and appreciate the complex metaphorical layers of this text.

The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle Is a fairly short and entertaining proto-feminist text; the TEAMS annotations make the middle english super readable and you can get into the beauty of the language. This one you might have read already, it's pretty well known, but I thought it was a nice way to showcase the interesting gender dynamics that run through arthurian literature, in a way that contrasts chretien's work.

Meraugis de Portlesguez is one of my favourite epigonal works; the treatment of the female characters is pretty interesting and complex, and it lampshades the trope of knights instantly falling in love with women just because they are beautiful. the adventure itself is quite fun and involves a dramatic rescue using drag, fake and mistaken identities, magical boats and courtly intrigue.

Most introductory courses would focus on the mainline traditions-- English, Welsh, French, and maybe Latin-- but there are arthurian texts from German, Dutch, Hebrew, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Tagalog, Greek, Belarussian, Scottish, Irish, Breton, and many other literary traditions. The Dutch works in particular are very fun, though you may have to look up the name spellings to see who the characters are (Gawain, for instance, is Walewein in most of them).

Moriaen is a dutch text which features an african knight as the titular hero! The teenaged morien leaves his home for arthur's kingdom to find his british father, one of the knights of the round table, and force him to return to his mothers land and marry her. He meets Lancelot and Gawain who agree to help him and they go on an action packed adventure.

Roman van Walewein is another dutch text; this is basically an adventure novel who's protagonist is gawain. its very classic high fantasy with dragons and ghosts and magic swords. the main female character in this one is very cool and fun and active, and the whole text keeps you guessing; i never felt like i knew what was going to happen next.

De Ortu Waluuanii is a latin text about the childhood and youth of gawain, where he is raised in the roman empire, fights pirates, defeats huge monsters, and seeks to discover his true parentage. very much a coming-of-age seeking-identity type story but with wild settings and plot that takes you all over a mytho-historical late roman/early medieval europe and mediterranean.

You had also mentioned not understanding how de troyes' work, particularly knight of the cart, could be read as satirical; I've linked some articles and critique below that might help provide the context and analysis of that interpretation. It's a complex and divisive text, so I don't blame you for having trouble with it, but these should hopefully shed some light. These also discuss how the work grapples with the ethics and representation of adultery, which I noticed you were also interested in critiquing.

David J. Shirt, " Le Chevalier de la Charrette : A World Upside Down?"

Fanny Bogdanow, "The Love Theme in Chrétien de Troyes's "Chevalier de la Charrette""

If you have any other questions, or want more text recommendations, just let me know! this is just a small collection of texts; the corpus of arthurian works in incredibly vast and fascinating and many works are in conversation with another, so the more you read the more you understand them as a whole.

I am in a King Arthur class where we read and analyze Arthurian legend, and I can confirm that Transformers lore is more complex, more engaging and way more powerful than any Arthurian story ever made

[annarellix]

Dead in Tune by Stephanie Dagg

It’s nearly Christmas, a time for peace and goodwill. Or maybe not. First the house of a young Spanish family is burned down, and then a Dutch clog dancer is battered almost to death with his own footwear. On the night of the carol service, at which the Worldwide Friendship Club’s choir is singing, a Scottish bagpiper is found dead. By Martha, who has come across enough dead bodies already this year to last her a lifetime. Convinced there’s a link to the choir, Martha and best friend Lottie set out on the trail of the murderer. Their unconventional sleuthing methods land one of them in rather a lot of trouble… ‘Dead In Tune’, the sequel to ‘Hate Bale’, is an entertaining, festive cosy mystery set in rural France.  

My Review: This is not the first book in this series but it can be read as a stand alone as there’s always some details that make you understand who the character is and the setting. It’s an intriguing cozy mystery set in France. The characters are expats from different countries they’re fleshed out, relatable and realistic. There’s a strong sense of the places and the descriptions of life in a farm are realistic and never sugar-coated. The author lives in a farm and she knows what she’s talking about. The mystery is solid and full of surprises, it kept me guessing till the end. An entertaining cozy mystery I read in one afternoon. Recommended. Many thanks to Stephanie Dagg and Rachel’s Random Resources for this digital copy, all opinions are mine.

Purchase Links Amazon UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BNC68N6B/ Amazon US - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BNC68N6B/

The Author: I’m an English immigrant living in France with my family, after many years in Ireland. We have a seventy-five acre farm with animals ranging from alpacas to zebra finches. I work part-time as a freelance editor. The rest of the time I'm helping to run our carp fishing lake business and inevitably cleaning up after some or other animal. I’ve written both fiction and non-fiction books, and plenty of them - somewhere around the fifty mark now! Originally I was published by two presses in Ireland, but more recently I’ve taken the self-publishing route. I’m a keen book blogger, and I also love knitting, natural dyeing, gardening and cycling.  

Social Media Links: Twitter https://twitter.com/llamamum Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/StephanieDaggBooks www.bloginfrance.com

[oneluckygoose]

House of the Rising Suns

Info post about my Marauders era fanfic! It will be edited and added to as things about it change, so if you plan to regularly read, I suggest checking in every once in a while to see if something's changed.

It will be posted on Ao3 exclusively, so if you see it anywhere else it means someone has stolen my work. Don't be afraid to report it.

Here's a link to the first chapter: Dear Minerva

It is a fic starting in 1971 and ending 1981 following the Marauders, the Slytherin Skittles, and the Valkyries through their journey through Hogwarts and the First Wizarding War. I don't yet know if it is cannon compliment or not, but I will figure it out with time. All posts I make about it will be tagged with "#house of the rising suns" and "#house of the rising suns oneluckygoose"

Here are the characters that will have POVs: Minerva McGonagall, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, James Potter, Peter Pettigrew, Lily Evans, Marlene McKinnon, Dorcas Meadowes, Mary MacDonald, Regulus Black, Barty Crouch Jr., Evan Rosier, Pandora Lovegood (Rosier), Frank Longbottom, Alice Longbottom, and (ew) Severus Snape.

For the shippers out there --- Endgame ships: Wolfstar (Remus and Sirius), Jily (James and Lily), Dorlene (Dorcas and Marlene), Rosekiller (Evan and Barty), Fralice (Frank and Alice), the Lovegoods (I don't actually know their ship name, but it's Pandora and Xenophillious). --- Ships in the story: Jegulus (James and Regulus), Marylily (Mary and Lily), Pandalily (Pandora and Lily), Remus and Marlene, Sirius and Mary, and characters with OCs that I've added (none of them will be endgame or treated like well known and endgame ships, they're all destined to end eventually).

NO SMUT AT ALL! I'm asexual, I do not feel comfortable writing it. It'll happen eventually, but it won't be explicit. When it does, though, it will be fade to black or very very vague descriptions. They're teenagers, I get that, but I refuse to write it in detail. Sorry, but no.

There is a greater description of it all under the cut! (and in the reblogs, this got really long)

!!!!Disclaimer: The last one is extremely important, so if you don't want to read all of these, at least scroll down and read the last bullet point (which will be in the reblog)!!!!!

Scottish and Desi James; Welsh/Jewish Lily; Welsh Remus, and Severus; French/English Blacks; IRISH Peter; SCOTTISH Marlene; Dutch Dorcas; French Mary; British Rosiers; and British Barty, Italian/British Frank, Taiwanese/British Alice.

Jegulus, personally I think Jegulus is a very important thing for James’ growth and for Regulus to distance himself from his family’s ideals, but I also don’t think it could ever last. It will probably be a 5th-6th year arc and they break up after Regulus gets the Mark beginning of James' 7th.

Endgame Jily because their story is one of my favorites, and if I do make it a canon compliment ,then I would need to write it with natural progression. Also I just love Jily.

Get ready for a lot of 70's music. It becomes a big deal when Lily brings her record player in second year and then when Queen debuts in 1973 and Sirius falls in love.

I’m on the fence about making it a canon compliment because I choose to be HAPPY, but I don’t need to make that decision now and so I won’t (also I like the idea that Peter is good, screw me)

Aroace Peter, my little boy loves his friends and doesn’t understand why he doesn’t love like they do. A dating spree probably in 5th year but he just cannot figure out how to do the romance thing.

No sex, sorry guys we’re keeping this M rated. I’m asexual and do not feel comfortable writing that in the slightest, it would all be fade to black

Asexual Lily, to whoever HCed that, can I marry you? I love ace Lily and I think it just adds an arc to her story that is normally extremely sexualized. My girl will punch you in the face if you look even a tiny bit lower than her eyes.

*Side note* Lily's taste is also so funny. Like it goes: badass, rolemodel, stunning woman to badass, loving, protective, also stunning woman to badass, ethereal, insane, overwhelmingly beautiful woman to that one guy over there making love eyes and doing finger guns. God I love Jily so much. *End of side note*

Asexual Regulus. I am sick and tired of seeing Jegulus being completely sexualized in every single piece of content I encounter. I firmly believe their story can be extremely compelling and beautiful without falling into sexual stereotypes and just literally making everything about them sexual. All that aside, being asexual makes a lot of sense for Regulus' character, in my opinion. I want to make it clear I'm not doing this just to change Jegulus, I genuinely believe that Regulus' character is compelling with him being asexual, and I don't see a lot of asexual representation in the marauders fandom, so why not add in something good? (There'll be a lot more to Regulus' character though, trust me.)

More in reblogs

[leafvy]

𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

hello everyone! i am finally back with a new name list, i hope you enjoy it and find it usefull!

[ disclaimer: my sincere apologies if there are any spelling/meaning/origin mistakes in any of my name lists, i am by no means a professional in this area, i just like creating lists to help aid storytellers. i do try my best to find each name’s corresponding origin/meaning/spelling but i am a human who is prone to make the odd mistake. p.s, i take requests! ]

Female

Adalina - German derived - Noble 

Adelaide - English - Noble natured 

Adrianna - Latin - Person from Hadria 

Aishwarya - Sanskrit - Wealth, prosperity 

Alethea - Greek - Truth

Alexandria - Greek derived - Feminine form of Alexandros, defender of men

Alexandrina - Greek derived - Feminine form of Alexandros, defender of men

Alianora - Unknown - Unknown

Amaryllis - Greek - Sparkle, shine

Anastasia - Greek - Ressurection

Anastazja - Polish - Reborn 

Angelina - Greek - Messenger

Angelique - Latin - Messenger of God

Annabella - Italian - Loving

Annabelle - English - Favoured grace

Annalisa - Latin - Graced with God’s bounty

Annamaria - Italian/French/German - Bitter, grace

Anneliese - Latin - Graced with God’s bounty

Antoinetta - Latin - Praiseworthy

Antoinette - French - Priceless one

Antonella - Italian - First born

Antonia - Italian - Priceless, praiseworthy, beautiful

Antonina - Spanish - Priceless, highly esteemed

Arabella - Latin - Yielding to prayer

Araceli - Latin - Altar of heaven, heavenly homemaker

Araminta - English - Prayer, protection

Arianna - Greek/Italian - Most holy

 Ariella - Hebrew - Lion of God

Aubrianna - German - Elf

Augusta - Latin - Great, magnificent

Augustina - Latin - The exalted one

Avabella - Hebrew - My God is an oath

Avalina - English - Little bird

Avianna - Latin - Birdlike

Avrielle - Unknown - Unknown

Bathilda - Germanic/Norse - Battle

Benedetta - Latin/Spanish - Blessed

Benedicta - Latin - Blessed

Bernadetta - French - Brave Bear

Bernadette - French - Brave Bear

Busarakham - Thai - Yellow Sapphire

Cairistonia - Unknown - Unknown

Calliope - Greek - Beautifully voiced

Candelaria - Spanish - Candle

Carlotta - Italian - Free man

Carolina - Latin/French - Free man

Cassandra - Greek - The one who shines & excels over men

Cassiopeia - Greek - Unknown

Catalina - Spanish - Pure

Celestina - Spanish/Italian - Heavenly

Celestine - Latin - Heavenly

Charlotta - French/German - Manly

Charlotte - French - Free man

Chrysanthemum - Greek - Gold flower

Cleobella - Unknown - Unknown

Cleopatra - Greek - Glory of her father

Cordelia - Welsh - Jewel of the sea

Corinthia - Greek - Woman of Corinth 

Cressida - Greek - Gold 

Daniella - Latin/Hebrew - God is my judge 

Dayanara - Spanish - Forceful 

Debbonaire - French - Good natured 

Deianira - Greek - Man destroyer 

Delphina - Greek - Woman from Delphi 

Demetria - Greek - Follower of Demeter 

Desdemona - Greek - Misery, unlucky 

Dolores - Latin - Sorrowful 

Dominica - French/Latin - Lord

Dominique - French/Latin - Lord

Donatella - Italian - Gift of God

Dulcinea - Spanish - Sweetness

Ekaterina - Russian/Bulgarian - Pure

Eleanora - Greek - Sun ray

Elenora - Greek - Sun ray

Elisabet - Scandinavian - Pledged to God

Elisabetta - Italian - Pledged to God

Elizabella - Spanish - God is my oath

Elizabeth - Hebrew - My God is an oath

Elizaveta - Russian - God is my oath

Elladora - Greek - A gift sent from heaven, one who is filled with light

Emmanuella - Hebrew - God is with us

Emmeline - French/German - Work

Esmerelda - Spanish - Emerald

Esperanza - Spanish - Hope

Estefania - Spanish/Greek - Crown, garland

Eulalia - Greek - Well-spoken

Evalina - Latin - Desired

Evangelina - Latin - Gospel

Evangeline - Latin - Gospel

Evelyna - Unknown - Unknown

Fatehmeh - Arabic - Captivating, woman who abstains

Federica - Italian - Peaceful ruler

Felicity - Latin - Happiness

Fernanda - Portuguese/Spanish/Italian - Bold voyager

Fiorella - Italian - Little flower

Francesca - Italian - From France

Frederica - German/English - Peaceful ruler

Gabriella - Spanish/Italian - God is my strength

Galatea - Greek - She who is milk-white

Galilea - Italian/Hebrew - Born in Galilee

Gayatari - Sanskrit - Goddess

Geneva - French - Juniper tree

Genevieve - Celtic/French/German - White wave

Georgetta - French/Greek/Latin - Farmer

Georgianna - Catalan/English/Greek/Romanian - Farmer

Georgina - Greek - Farmer

Giovanetta - Unknown - Unknown

Giullietta - Italian/Latin - Youthful

Gwendolyn - Welsh - White ring

Helena - Greek - Shining light

Henrietta - French/English - Estate ruler

Hydrangea - Greek/Latin - Water vessel

Ingeborg - Norse - Stronghold, protection

Isabella - Italian - God is my abundance

Isabellina - Portuguese - My god is a vow

Isadora - Greek - Gift of Isis

Itzayana - Mayan - Gift of God

Jacqueline - French - Supplanter

Jaganmata - Hindu - Mother of the world

Jasmina - French/Persian - God’s gift

Jessamina - Persian - Gift of God

Jessamine - Persian - Gift of God

Josephina - Hebrew - Jehovah increases

Julianna - Latin - Youthful

Julietta - Italian/Latin - Youthful

Katerina - Greek - Pure

Katherine - Greek - Pure

Kathleen - Irish/Greek - Pure

Laurentia - Latin - From Laurentium

Leocadia - Spanish - Splendid brightness

Leonora - Greek - Compassion, light

Liliana - Spanish/Italian - Lily, flower

Liliosa - Spanish - Lily, flower

Louisiana - German - Famous warrior

Luciana - Latin - Light

Lucinda - Latin - Light

Maddelena - Italian - Woman from Magdala

Magdalena - Greek - Woman from Magdala

Magnolia - Latin - Magnol’s flower

Marcelina - Latin - Dedicated to Mars

Marceline - Latin - Dedicated to Mars

Margaery - French - Pearl

Margaretha - Greek/Latin - Pearl, margarita

Marguerita - Greek - Pearl

Marguerite - French - Pearl

Mariana - Spanish - Grace, drop of the sea

Mariella - Latin/Dutch - Star of the sea

Marielle - Latin/Dutch - Star of the sea

Melania - Greek - Black, dark

Miabella - Italian - Beauty

Millicent - German - Strong in work

Mirabella - Latin - Wondrous beauty

Momilani - Hawaiian - Pearl of heaven

Montserrat - Latin - Jagged mountain

Morganna - Welsh - Sea-born

Nicoletta - Greek - People of victory

Nicolina - Greek - People of victory

Octavia - Latin - Eighth

Olivia - Latin - Olive tree

Olympia - Greek - From Mount Olympus

Onaiwah - Native American - Awake

Ophelia - Greek - Help

Penelope - Greek - Weaver

Persephone - Greek - Bringer of destruction

Petronella - Latin/Greek - Stone, rock

Petronilla - Italian/Latin - Stone, rock

Philomena - Greek - Friend of strength

Priscilla - Latin - Ancient

Raffaella - French - God has healed

Raphaela - Hebrew - God has healed

Rosabelle - Latin - Beautiful rose

Rosalina - German - Gentle horse

Samantha - Hebrew - Told by God

Santana - Spanish - Holy

Saphhira - Greek - Sapphire

Seraphina - Hebrew - Burning ones

Serenity - Latin - Peaceful

Shoshana - Hebrew - Lily, rose

Sophronia - Greek - Wise

Stellamaris - Latin - Star of the sea

Tatiana - Russian - Fairy Queen

Temperance - English - Moderation

Theodora - Greek - Gift of God

Ululani - Hawaiian - Heavenly inspiration

Valencia - Latin - Strong, healthy

Valentina - Latin - Strong, healthy

Vasilisa - Russian - Queen, Empress

Venezia - Italian - From Venice

Veronica - Latin - She who brings victory

Victoria - Latin - Victory

Violetta - Italian - Purple

Virginia - Latin - Virginal, pure

Vivienne - French - Life

Waleria - Polish - Healthy, strong

Wilhelmina - Dutch/German - Will, desire, helmet, protection

Williamina - German - Protection, resolute

Xanthippe - Greek - Yellow Horse

Yaroslava - Slavic - Fierce, glorious

Yevgeniya - Russian - Well born

Zenobia - Greek - Life of Zeus

Male

Aballach - Arthurian - Father of Modron

Abraham - Hebrew - Father of multitudes

Acacius - Greek - Thorny

Alessandro - Italian - Defender of mankind

Alexander - Latin - To ward off, defend & protect

Alexandros - Greek - Defender, protector of man

Algernon - Norman-French - Moustached man

Alistair - Scottish - Defending men

Alphonsus - Spanish/Italian - Noble & ready

Ambrose - Greek/Latin - Immortal

Ambrosius - Greek/Latin - Divine, immortal

Anderson - Greek - Son of Andrew

Antonio - Spanish/Italian - Priceless one

Archibald - Germanic - Bold, genuine

Augustus - Latin - Majestic, venerable

Aurelius - Latin - Golden

Balthasar - Greek - Bal protects the King

Barnaby - English - Young warrior

Bartholomew - Aramaic - Son of Talmai

Beauchamp - English/French - Beautiful field

Beauregard - French - Beautiful gaze

Beckett - English - Beehive

Belvidere - Italian - Beautiful to see

Benedict - Latin - Blessed

Benjamin - Hebrew - Son of the right hand

Broderick - Welsh/Irish/Norse - Son of Rhydderch, descendent of Bruadar, Ginger brother

Callahan - Irish - Descendent of Ceallachán

Caspian - Arabic - Treasure of the sea

Cassander - Spanish/Greek - Brother of heroes

Channing - English/French - Young wolf, church offical

Christian - English - Follower of Christ

Christopher - English/Greek - Bearing Christ

Cillian - Irish - War, strife, church

Cleveland - English - Cliff land

Clifford - English - Lives near the cliff

Constantine - Latin/Greek - Steadfast, constant

Constantino - Latin/Greek - Steadfast, constant

Cornelius - Latin - Horn

Dartagnan - French - From Artagnan

Dashiell - French/Scottish - Heaven, sky

Douglas - Scottish - Dark water

Elmwood - English - Forest of Elm trees

Elwood - English - Forest of Elder trees

Emerson - German - Son of Emery

Emiliano - Italian - Rival

Emmanuel - Hebrew - God is with us

Evander - Greek/Scottish - Strong man, bow warrior

Finnegan - Irish - Son of fair haired

Fiorello - Italian - Little flower

Fitzwilliam - English - Son of William

Francesco - Latin/Spanish - French man, free man

Frederick - German - Peaceful ruler

Gabriel - Hebrew - God is my strength

Grayson - English - Grey haired one

Gregory - Latin - Gregarious

Guillermo - Spanish - Resolute protector

Harrison - English - Son of Harry

Heathcliffe - English - Cliff near a heath

Henderson - Scottish - Son of Henry

Holden - English - Hollow in the valley

Humphrey - French/English - Peaceful warrior, bear cub

Hyperion - Greek - The high one

Ignatius - Latin/Etruscan - Fiery one

Jackson - English - Son of Jack

Jameson - English - Son of James

Jefferson - English - Son of Jeffrey

Jeremiah - Hebrew - Yhwh will raise

Jonathon - Hebrew - Son of Jehovah

Joshua - Hebrew - Yhwh is salvation

Kenderick - Scottish/English - Royal ruler, champion

Lancaster - English - Habitational name

Lawrence - Latin - From Laurentium

Leander - Greek - Lion man

Leonardo - Italian/Spanish/Portuguese - Strong as a Lion

Leopold - Germanic - Brave people

Lorenzo - Italian/Spanish - From Laurentium

Lysander - Greek - Liberator

Madigan - Irish - Little dog

Malachi - Hebrew - Messenger of God

Marcellus - French - Young warrior

Marmaduke - Irish/Gaelic - Follower of Maedoc, leader of the seas

Maverick - American - Independent

Maximilianus - Latin - Greatest

Maximillian - Latin - Greatest

Montgomery - French - Gomeric’s hill

Mordecai - Hebrew - Little man

Morrison - English/Scottish - Son of Morris

Muhammad - Arabic - Praised, commendable

Napoleon - Greek - Lion of the new city

Nathaniel - Greek/Hebrew - God has given

Nicholas - Greek - Victory of the people

Nicholson - English/Greek - Son of Nicholas

Octavian - Latin - Eighth

Oswald - Anglo-Saxon - Divine power, ruler

Ozymandias - Greek - Tyrant, dictator

Percival - French - Pierce the vale

Peregrine - Latin - One from abroad

Phineas - Hebrew - Oracle

Randolph - English/German - Chief-Wolf

Reginald - Latin - King

Remington - English - Place on a riverbank

Roderick - Germanic - Famous ruler

Salvatore - Italian - Savior

Santiago - Spanish/Latin - Saint James

Sebastian - Latin - Venerable

Simeon - Hebrew - To hear, to be heard

Solomon - Hebrew - Man of peace

Sullivan - Irish - Black eyed one

Sylvester - Latin - Wooded, wild

Tennyson - English - Son of Dennis

Thaddeus - Aramaic - Courageous heart

Theodore - Greek - God given

Tiberius - Latin - Of the Tiber

Tobias - Hebrew/Greek - God is good

Tristram - Welsh - Noise

Ulysses - Greek - Wrathful, hater

Valentino - Latin - Strong

Vincenzo - Italian - To conquer

Wallace - Scottish/English - Foreigner

Wellington - English - Place name

Whittaker - English - White field

William - Germanic - Strong-willed warrior

Willoughby - English - Willow farm

Xerxes - Persian - Hero among heroes

Zacchaeus - Hebrew/Greek - Pure, innocent

Zachariah - Persian/Hebrew - God remembers

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For your headcanon time period ask! How about England in the 1600's? I'm curious to see what you'd think he was up to 👀

Aighttttt lets get crackin.

For me the standout events of the decade 1600-1610 was the death of Queen Elizabeth I in 1603 and the Union of the Crowns, and the ongoing Dutch-Portuguese War Arthur was meddling in.

I like the idea that Arthur was out and sailing about at the turn of the century, since that feels appropriately symbolic. It would also mean he was probably abroad when Queen Elizabeth made her Golden Speech in November of 1601, which marks the end of her reign. That speech was surprise for everyone, since Elizabeth was supposed just supposed to talk about taxes or something, and instead revealed that it would be her last Parliament. She then proceeds to proclaim her undying love for her country (wink wink) and gratitude to her ministers and subjects. I highly suggest everyone go read the speech because its a banger, but my favourite line is this one: And, though God hath raised me high, yet this I count the glory of my Crown, that I have reigned with your loves.

To add drama, I think Elizabeth would have prevented people from notifying Arthur, knowing he would be horrified and come running back, cutting short his time on the seas that he loved. When he returns a couple months later he indeed is horrified and after the customary ranting ("but why -- I would have come back had i known" "precisely") would retreat to his own room, read the speech, and break down.

Of course the thing with Queen Elizabeth is that she declared she was "married to her country." I probably wouldn't go with too literal an interpretation of that (tho she did the whole ring thing, man, like thats hella cute), but I do think Arthur was deeply in love with her on many different levels. Among his feelings was certainly a romantic attraction, but it was probably so intertwined with other kinds of love that Arthur could not, and eventually did not, care to tease them apart anymore. As for what she felt back, I don't really like speculating about historical characters, but I do think he would have been one of her closest confidants and cherished companion and partner. Her death in 1903 surely would have been devastating for Arthur, and after returning he definitely spent every second he could manage by her side until the very end.

Upon her death and the crowning of James I, however, Arthur would have skedaddled as fast as possible. This is because, with the coronation of James, Scotland and England were now united under one crown! Hurrah! Yeah, Arthur would have gotten out of there as fast as possible. He would have slapped that tiara on James, told his ministers not to let Scot fuck around and ruin everything, and boarded the next ship out to nowhere.

Lucky for him there are Spaniards to beat, traitors to hang, treaties to sign, and Shakespeare to watch as well! The Treaty of London ends the Anglo-Spanish War in 1604, Othello premieres the same year, guy tries to blow up Parliament in 1605 (lol Guy geddit), some random trade treaty is signed in Paris and "The Scottish Play" is released in 1606 (a personal favourite). During this time Arthur probably tried his hand at a couple sonnets and plays as well. Always a prolific writer and ever the escapist, literature would have provided a good outlet for his grief in these years.

Finally, I mentioned that the Dutch and Portuguese were having a grand old time blasting the shit out of each other. The English and Dutch East India Companies were created respectively in 1601 and 1602, after one of Port's dudes, after sailing around Asia for a bit, runs off at Amsterdam and publishes all the routes. Naturally the Dutch and English are thrilled and Port is not well-pleased, but England cannot outright start a war on Port (who's technically still a friend, even if hes in cahoots with the Spanish at this point). So Arthur lets the Dutch do the hard work of seizing all the Portuguese colonies while he provides strategic support, as one does. This leads to some very angry letter exchanges indeed with Gabi, and Arthur probably more than once guiltily slunk past Lisbon on the way back home. (Dude named Hudson was also havin a grand old time sailin up rivers and down bays in North America in 1909, so when sick of assisting the Dutch you know where Artie went).

And that's my hcs for the 1600s! As ever it got pretty long -- oops. But thanks for the ask -- I've learned quite a bit and am genuinely intrigued by this decade now, as it seems be an fascinating and complex snapshot of the very beginning of the British Empire we came to know. The foreshadowing, man.

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hello to my favourite rp helpers! i hope your day is lovely. i've been looking for a half-korean(the other half isn't limited to anything specifc, as the character's father is/was unknown) woman, in her early to mid twenties. the fc i'm using for her mother is shin min-ah and the character is described as 'inheriting her mother's beauty' if that helps? any help you can offer is greatly appreciated. thank you both sm!

Tiana Tolstoi (1994) Korean / Serbian and Russian.

Tati Gabrielle (1996) African-American / Korean.

Adeline Rudolph (1995) German / Korean.

AleXa / Alexandra Schneiderman (1996) Korean / Russian.

Sydney Park (1997) African-American / Korean.

Piper Curda (1997) Korean / English, Scottish.

Tia Cuevas (1997) Korean / Puerto Rican and German.

Nancy Jewel McDonie (2000) Korean / Irish.

Jeon Somi (2001) Korean / Dutch.

Minnie Mills (2002) Korean / British.

You're so kinddd thank you so much!!