#i love lumeria.

[drawnecromancy]

Here's a sketch i never posted of Lumeria and the Emperor. They're so normal.

[rainy-arcade]

The apocalypse's one and only class-A troublemaker and #1 agent of chaos

[kazuko-stuff]

Love and Deepspace Pokémon Headcanons

Love and Deepspace men if they were in the Pokémon world. There would be spoilers within the headcanon, so proceed with caution. This is my first work in Love and Deepspace, so I hope you enjoyed it.

Xavier

Would be a fairy type trainer

would have Pokémon that levels up with high friendship

starts with a Ralts as his starter

Would lived at the Kalos Region

top agent for the international police and is still your partner despite him being your senior

Had done some work at PokeStudios at Unova at some point

as the prince of philos, he has interact with the legendary Pokémon of Philos at one point

As Lumiere, he and his Gardevior fight against villainous organizations

Zayne

Obviously an Ice type specialist

had also volunteered to help Pokémon center to help the injured Pokémon

started with an eevee that evolved into a glaceon

helped you out doing your starter days as the friend

Likely be in the Sinnoh region in the city but still goes to the snowy landscape to visit Dr. Noah

Helps out children who begun their Pokémon journey as a professor and the one who gives them their starter pokemon and pokedexes

Since Dr. Noah was the professor in his youth, he studied under him during his medical studies as well as other phenomenon

At his visits and research at the snowy areas, he uncovered a secret related to a legendary Pokémon

Rafayel

Has a team of Water type Pokémon as well as fire type Pokémon

they are often roaming around his place

started with fish type Pokémon such as a magikarp, Goldeen, feebas and Luvdisc because he can interact with fish Pokémon

Likely lived at Alola Region to feel the ocean’s presence

Despises cat Pokémon with passion

as a lemurian, he knows the legendary Pokémon of Lumeria and had interact with them as his role as the Sea God

he does artwork with his Pokémon and often is one of his muses

still makes connections with high society in order to gain info to use against them and as well to protect the legendary Pokémon of Lumeria

Sylus

Majority of his Pokémon as dragon and dark type

Mephisto would start as a rookidee in Sylus’s starter days

Wild Pokémon within the danger area takes a liking for him

Willing to help you out take out the severe villainous organizations despite Oynchinus’ reputation

At his place he has an umberon and a Salamance

Has a lot of Pokémon treasures ( related to mythical and legendary Pokémon) at his place

has a lot of places in different regions but his main would be the Galar Region due to business but still deals with the criminal underworld in other regions

in his long life, he has met legendary and mythical Pokémon but had given his respect to them by preventing others from exploiting them for power

Caleb

Majority of his Pokémon as physic types

Started his starter days with you as the friendly rival

Like Zayne, he had an eevee he befriended when found injured that later evolved into Espeon

Would likely either be a gym leader or even promoted to become a elite 4 member

Secretly part of an influential villain organization

As a high ranking admin, he also uses electric Pokémon such as Porygon-Z and Metagross

He still help out kids who are starting their Pokémon journeys

He would likely be at Unova region since that is his main base is located

At one point he encountered legendary Pokémon during his missions. He also met Mewtwo at one point.

[hellcatinnc]

Love & Deepspace Men On Your Anniversary Rafayel & Xavier

This is a year anniversary of being with your beloved and all they would do for that special day. Also check out the other guys as well

Zayne & Sylus

Caleb

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Rafayel

A romantic dinner on the beach

Pours you a glass of your favorite wine

Rose petals line down the beach for a romantic stroll

At the end of a romantic walk way "Will You Marry Me" lights up the beach

Before you can say a word you turn he is down on one knee proposing to you

Wrote a romantic proposal that was pulled from a message in the bottle (scroll down to see his proposal)

Its a aquatic style moss stone from Lumeria

The ring is nestled in a treasure box to display

The soft music playing in the back ground

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My Darling, The one who has been my bodyguard, always protecting my heart and standing by my side, I have something to say. "My heart is, and always will be, yours." From the moment we met, you have been the guiding star in my life, lighting up the darkest nights and filling my days with joy and love. Our love story is like the ocean's tide – ever-changing, yet constant and eternal. "My love for you is a journey, starting at forever and ending at never." It is a journey that I want to continue with you, exploring the uncharted waters of life and creating a masterpiece of love and happiness together. As an artist, I have always sought to capture the beauty of the world around me, but it is in your eyes that I have found the most captivating masterpiece of all. Your love has been the inspiration behind every stroke of my brush, every note of my melody, and every word of my poetry. Today, I stand here with a heart full of love and a promise to cherish and protect you, just as you have done for me. I want to create a lifetime of memories with you, painting a picture of love that will last forever. So, my love, will you join me on this incredible journey? Will you be my partner, my muse, my forever and always? With all my heart, I ask you to be mine for the rest of your life.

Your Raffy

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Xavier

You come home to find the house lit up in beautiful lights soft music playing and he pulls you into his arms to share a dance

Romantic table set up with food he tried his best maybe not the best but her did put in the extra work with a cook book to fix your favorite

Red wine to set off the beginning of the meal

He runs you a hot bubble bath after dinner with rose petals and candles and spends his time washing every inch of you from top to bottom

He walks you into your bedroom lit up with lights

There is a cute teddy bear set lined on the bed "A Family"

He looks over at you and says...."Let's Make A Baby?" (That's right he is in a baby making mood - he secretly had a breeding kink)

Makes love to you all night til morning break

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[violetsareblue-selfships]

💫 for any of your love and deepspace guys :] or multiple of them if you're up to it i want the lore

Okay… apologies in advanced for how long this is (like I'm talking about all four) -- Love and Deepspace is an otome game w/ like fighting aspects. So far there are four love interests (with potentially 1-2 more coming). The main story branch so far is focused on the MC becoming a Deepspace Hunter (aka those that fight Wanderers) and her learning about the aether core that's in her heart (and meeting our boys of course).

I'll go in order of release/when I started shipping with them I suppose -- each LI has multiple versions (aka future/past versions who had their own relationship with their incarnation of the MC - basically everyone reincarnates at least once) - I'll also only talk about things I'm like certain of, though, since I need to reread some of the lore/other interpretations of it lol

Zayne in our current timeline is her childhood friend. He became a cardiologist because of the issues she has with her heart (started studying at an early age and has a bunch of awards despite only being 27) and now he's her general physician too. He wields the ice evol - which harms him because of a curse he has on him (I'll discuss this in a moment).

One of his versions is known as Dawnbreaker - he's a version of Zayne that doesn't have an MC of his own (we don't know whether she died or he just never had one to begin with) but basically he kills people that are about to turn into Wanderers. So a killer with a good cause. Zayne and him are linked through their dreams. Zayne's been having nightmares of Dawnbreaker since he was 12 - basically seeing visions of him killing others; while Dawnbreaker gets dreams about Zayne and MC - causing him to yearn for a life he'll never have.

Next is known as the Foreseer. I'm thinking this is a future version of him but it could also be past?? Idk. He lives in a tower atop Mt. Eternal and he's not allowed to leave. Instead, he's trying to grow jasmines in the snowy climate. (In the second half of his myth MC comes across a field of jasmines - all were grown in memory of her? Don't quote me on this I haven't done the second half of it yet). He's the one where Astra's curse is mentioned. Essentially followers of Astra are not allowed to fall in love or there will be consequences (aka the evol problem mentioned above).

Finally of the versions of him we know so far is the Master of Fate. Honestly, I don't know the lore quite perfectly despite playing through the whole myth, but he can read fortunes, so that's cool :3

(Zayne, Foreseer, Master of Fate, Dawnbreaker (at least what he looks like).

Okay, next is Rafayel. He wields the fire evol. In our current timeline, he's a painter - a very famous painter. He also has a bounty on his head for 'taking care of' people who had a hand in hurting other Lumerians. Lumeria was an underwater civilization where he was born. He met MC very young and is upset that she doesn't remember the promise to meet him the next year (it's implied that he kept visiting that spot to meet her but given the experiments on her… she doesn't remember).

One of his versions is the Sea God - I think Lumeria's final god of the sea? Anyway, in that myth, he meets MC, who is supposed to be a sacrifice to him and he takes her as his follower. In the second half of the myth he bonds to her - a bond that makes it impossible to disobey her if she gives him a direct command (which is true of all his incarnations, this bond never leaves). In order to save Lumeria, he's supposed to carve out the heart of his beloved but from what I heard of this myth (I don't have both parts), they ran away to avoid this outcome.

The other is the Abysswalker. It's in the future where MC was found and because of the aether core, she became the princess (of Philos?). Basically, the aether core is super important for Philos's survival so it get mentioned a lot. But he breaks her out of the castle and heads to the desert (which is what the sea has become because they never used her aether core to save Lumeria)… I don't have the second half of this myth but basically they travel together from then on.

(Rafayel, Sea God, Abysswalker).

Xavier in our current timeline (is not a reincarnation but he traveled back in time from the future) is a Deepspace Hunter and MC's neighbor. He wields the light evol. He first met her during her exam to become a Deepspace Hunter, and they keep bumping into each other (we'll probably learn more in his lore branch given that it's next).

His other version was the Prince of Philos in the future - he and MC were training to be Lightseekers and he was training to become King, which never happened. Instead, he ended up traveling back to before the current era (in one of his trailers, it says that he's been there for 200 something years and that it's supposedly his last one - I guess before he moves on? Idk) and MC became Queen of Philos.

His other myth card is basically about his alter ego - Lumiere (basically a superhero who is known for singlehandedly defeating super dangerous Wanderers) but I don't have either card - I still need to watch it so that's where I'll leave this.

(Xavier, Prince of Philos, Lumiere)

For Sylus… we're still waiting for his second myth set (his first one is set in the current era). Currently, he is the head of Onychinus - a criminal organization in the dealing of weapons and Protocores (aka I assume the power source of Wanderers - it's what they drop when defeated). He lives in the N109 Zone which is basically a dangerous city that used to be the tech center of Linkon City, but ever since a catastrophe 14 years before the beginning of the game - it's been a no man's land.

For him, we really don't know much about his past yet. Some fans speculate that he's from the future like Xavier, given that we do know he's the criminal with the highest bounty in Philos's history (and given that Philos is the future version of Earth - it's the same planet if I know the lore right). But in his Grassland Romance card, he said that in his past he took the role of a 'monster more dangerous than a Wanderer' which leads us to imply that he's either a Wanderer himself or a demon or something along those lines (or a dragon - that'd be cool too). Anyways, I can't say much for him.

His evol is known as energy manipulation. He also has an aether core in his eye that allows him to control other people and see what they most desire (aka when his right eye goes all glowy).

(glowy eye for reference :3)

Lastly, I'll touch on MC a little. She was experimented on when she was younger. Pretty sure they killed her multiple times to test her ability to be reborn (which is why she doesn't remember things from before those experiments). It's heavily implied that EVER (a large important organization in Linkon) is the one behind those experiments. Her Grandma was also a part of that, which she took MC in when she was young (following the experiments - I guess to keep an eye on her health) and raised her alongside Caleb (heh and my s/i). MC's evol is resonance - which allows her to resonate with others (form stronger attacks or maybe even feel what they're feeling while she's resonating with them? We really don't know much about it yet).

Anyway, if you read all this, you deserve like a cookie or something. Thank you for letting me ramble about this game. I really love it so much <3

[wolstinienweek]

Welcome everyone to Wolstinien Week 2023!

Show your love for your wolship with Estinien. OCs & polyam ships with Estinien included.

Any creative media ok: gpose, art, fic, video, etc. NSFW ok, please add in description & cover up.

I look forward to reblogging your work 💕

-Lumeria

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Wolstinien Week 2023

Prompts List

June 1st: First Kiss

June 2nd: Nap

June 3rd: Blood

June 4th: Dragon

June 5th: Oath

June 6th: AU

June 7th: Living Together

June Eightstinien Day: Estinien Day #estinienday

Use tags #wolstinienweek #wolstinienweek2023

[heresmandie4u]

You Were Always There - 2

Warnings/Explicit 18+: none

Word Count: 2037

A/N: I actually love this story so much actually. I also was listening to Jack Black's band Tenacious D the whole time while writing this so excuse any mistakes.

You Were Always There Materlist

A week later, Gabe and Jennifer sat in two rolling chairs on the opposite sides of the room from each other in her office. They sat, throwing a yellow tennis ball back and forth. Jennifer sighed when she missed the ball and it bounced off into the corner of the room. Gabe smirked as she stood and walked over to grab it.

“Jennifer, there are two men here who want to see the body from yesterday.” Jennifer looked to where Gabe was quickly, worried that her coworker had seen him, but saw that he was already gone. “They say they are with the FBI.” Jannifer nodded.

“Ok, let them in.” Her coworker, a lady named Stacy waved to people she could not see and opened the door wide enough for them, closing it once they were inside. The two men were young, one significantly taller than the other. The shorter had spiked brown hair and green eyes that she could have stared at for days. The taller also had brown hair, though it was longer, going down to at least the middle of his neck. Both wore suits, the taller’s noticeably straighter. The shorter of the two spoke first, holding out a hand for her to shake.

“Hi, I’m Agent Vedder and this is my partner Agent Cornell,” Jennifer made a face at the names. Agent Cornell quickly flashed his ID and then shook her hand as well, smiling sweetly.

“So, you want to see yesterday’s body?” she asked and both men nodded. She grabbed gloves from a box beside her and walked to the refrigerators, opening one of the doors and pulling out the slide. This one was male, age 24 with black hair and brown eyes. He showed to be completely healthy except for the missing heart. The men examined the body, glancing at each other every couple of seconds. Jennifer watched them carefully.

“Can I ask,” Agent Cornell started, pointing to the chest. “Where is the heart?” She shrugged.

“They all have been coming in like this.” The shorter mumbled to himself softly.

“And do you have any idea what this could have been?” She pierced her lips, thinking.

“It had to be a person. I know that. The chest was stitched back up here,” she pointed to where she had cut the insition back open. “And the heart was ripped out. You can see here. The only reason I can think anyone would do that is sacrifice. But that was mainly Aztecs who did that.” Agent Vedder walked around the body next to her.

“What about something non-human? Something supernatural?” She scoffed.

“Heaven knows we have enough of that here. Are you trying to tell me this was aliens? You didn’t tell me you worked for the X-Files,” The shorter shook his head.

“Of course not. Not aliens. What kind of stories are in this area?” She stared.

“Other than the aliens? Not a whole ton. Some believe that the mountain is some world vertex. I don’t know about that though. Umm…” she walked to the pictures above her desk. “There are the Lumeriens,”

“Lumeriens?” She made her way back to the men.

“Yeah, they are just these giant people who have tunnels under the mountain. I guess that used to come from Lumeria. I don’t know where that is.” She started to slide the body back in. “They are these druid-like things, I think. But I’ve never heard of them sacrificing anything.” All three turned to the sound of the door opening.

“Dr. Winchester, there is another one,”

“Shit,” She pushed the body fully into the fridge and locked the door, hurrying around the room while getting things ready. She did not see the shocked look that the two men who called themselves Agent Vedder and Agent Cornell shared. “Bring it in” she called. “Thank you, Agents. I don’t know if you want to stay. It’s just going to be the same as the others. No heart and completely healthy.” The taller shook his head.

“No, that’s ok. Thank you… Dr. Winchester,” he waved at the shorter, who was staring at her, to follow.

Jennifer jerked the car door open roughly and fell inside. She sat without turning it on, thinking. Whatever this was made no sense. There was no pattern of time, place, or person except for all of the hearts missing. She could not work it out. The two agents asking if it could have been something supernatural did not help control her thoughts. Her phone rang suddenly, making her jump before she picked it up.

“Hey Jenny, I have to be in Sacramento tomorrow so I’m not going to be home tonight,” She nodded to herself.

“Ok. What time will you be back tomorrow?” She turned on the heater and started the car.

“I don’t know. I think late,” She could hear him sigh from the other side. “I’ve got to go. Bye,”

“Bye,” she hung up and began to drive.

Pulling into the driveway, Gabe sits on the steps, standing once he sees her. She climbs out and grabs her bags from the back, Gabe reaching over her to help. They walked inside together, falling onto the couch. A couple hours later, it was dark and Gabe was asleep beside her. She stood and went to the hallway closet.

She walked outside holding a blanket close to her chest. Flinging it out, she laid it out on the grass. She crawled to the ground and stretched out on her back, looking at the stars. She thought of all the things from when she was younger, back in high school with her closest friends. She remembered the feeling of loneliness. All of her friends had their boyfriends there. Her's couldn't go that night, so she sat alone. She eventually texted that one friend that she promised herself that she would not speak to again. She didn't forgive her, yet she did talk to her. Though it hurt, it felt almost normal. She missed those days. The days when she didn't feel like there was something missing. Some days, one of her friends would drive two or three of them home. She would sit in the back most often; often silent when the other two sat in the front, one yelling the heavy rap music out the window and the other giggling about how unhinged the other was. They would sometimes see one of their exes, the bad ones, and yell out the window at them. Most of the time it was simple things like “earthquake” or “I’m only 185, honey you put the decimal point in the wrong place”. Jennifer laughed softly to herself thinking about them.

“What’s got you giggling?” She looked over to where Gabe had spoken. He strolled over to her and laid down on the blanket, one arm behind his head.

“Just old memories,” She returned her eyes to the stars, watching as they twinkled brightly above.

“Tell me a memory. One of your favorites,” She glanced at him, smiling at the smirk on his face. She let out a breathy laugh.

“Ok. Umm…” she rustled through her memories, trying to find a perfect one to tell as a story. “Ok, so this was back in high school. I think it was the end of my sophomore year. I used to go over to one of my best friends’ house every day; her name was Micky. So, one Friday, I was spending the night because we were going to this school event later that night,” She sighed as she watched a shooting star pass overhead. “Micky’s younger sister and older sister’s friend were with us. Micky’s dad asked us what we wanted for dinner and they all said In-N-Out,”

“Are we going to get to an exciting part?”

“Will you be quiet?” Jennifer threw some grass at Gabe playfully. “Anyway… we all got in the car and they all had their shoes off. Don’t look at me like that. It was funny in the moment.” She went to pull up more grass and Gabe put his hand up defensively. “Lily, who is Micky’s younger sister, kept downing the thing where you put your hand up and say ‘hey’ in that voice but with her toes.” She demonstrated but with her hands, pulling one forward with her finger opening up as she said ‘hey’ that made Gabe laugh. “Anyway, all the way there, with four girls and one man, we listened to the girliest music. Like ‘Party in the USA’ and ‘Breaking Dishes’,” Gabe rolled over onto his stomach, laying his head on his arms while looking at her. “There was this old lady behind us in the drive-thru and Lily, Trin, and I kept turning around and looking at her and then Lily waved at her. There was this guy we knew from school working the window and when we pulled up Trin said ‘You forgot our shake’. He looked so confused and asked what shake,” Jennifer’s smile grew. “All Trin said was ‘shake that bootie’ and sunk down in her seat so fast,” Gabe chuckled at that. “See, it was funny. Nothing else really happened but we drove home all singing the songs and Micky’s dad made fun of a whole bunch of people. It was nothing really special; I just felt in the moment, you know?” Gabe nodded.

He opened his mouth to say something when a loud banging at the door interrupted him. Jennifer looked back to see the back door sitting open. She rolled her eyes at Gabe as she stood and headed to answer it. Standing outside were two tall men… the very men from earlier.

“Agents, what are you doing here? It’s,” She looked back at the clock hanging on the wall. “It’s 12. A little late to be out,”

“Sorry, Miss Winchester. We have reason to believe that you are in danger,” Jennifer raised her eyebrows in surprise.

“What?” She looked around to find Gabe to ask what he thought, but could not find him anywhere.

“Could we come in, please?” asked Agent Vedder. Jennifer nodded, opening the door wide enough for both to enter. Agent Cornell smiled politely as he passed her. She returned the smile, closing the door behind him and following them into the living room. “So, do you live here alone?” Agent Vedder asked, picking up a Las Vegas snow globe off the shelf.

“No, I live with my fiancee. He isn’t home tonight,” He nodded, continuing to pick things off the shelves and examine them. “I really don’t understand what is happening. What do you mean I am in danger?”

“It’s hard to explain Miss Winchester,” he paused a moment before saying her last name. “Can I ask you what happened to your parents?” Agent Vedder glared at his partner.

“I don’t know. I lived in an orphanage all my life.” She sat in the large blue armchair near the window. “Please try to explain whatever it is to me. Please. I deserve to know.” Agent Cornell looked to the other agent and shrugged. The other sighed deeply and closed his eyes for a moment before speaking.

“What do you know about demons?” Jennifer scrunched her nose.

“Are you trying to tell me that I’m in danger because of…demons?” Both men nodded. “I need a drink” she sighed. She stood and went to the kitchen grabbing three beers from the fridge. She walked back out to the men, handing them each one. “If you really think it’s demons, you definitely need a drink,” they sat in silence as they opened the beers and took their first drink. Jennifer looked into the bottle, trying to bring her thoughts together. “What I would like to know first, are your actual names,” Both men looked shocked at her words and looked at each other for a response.

“What do you me-”

“I know your names are not actually Vedder and Cornell. Are you guys on hunger strike or something? Do you have a black hole sun somewhere? Are you even flowing?” She knew what she had said made no sense, but she knew that the men would be caught with it. “I can’t trust you if I don’t even know your real names.” The tall let a breath out.

“I’m Sam. And he is my brother, Dean.” She nodded.

“Last names?”

“Winchester,”

[mahvaladara]

I was playing around with an AI app and (hands aside as AI does not comprehend hands (i don't blame it. I have a hard time drawing them too)) I love this one.

So... Story idea.

The Story of Iasanera follows the Arcanist Khalil Varysia, a dragonkin, who awakens in the middle of nowhere with no awareness of his past. It's been X years since a cataclysmic event nearly destroyed the world of Iasanera and now a voice has awakened him.

Saved by a merchant called Klimmek, surprised to see a dragonkin in the middle of the Versate desert, as Dragons and Dragonkin have abandoned the 'below lands' and upleved their kingdom centuries ago. Khalil Varisia is directed to the port town of Lumeria to the adventurers guild, so they can direct him to the arcanist circle, that has records of every arcanist in the land, including the dragonkin, hoping this can help Khalil understand who he is, and who the giant star lady speaking in his mind is.

Yes, story heavily inspired by FF and BG.

[adarkrainbow]

I said it in my previous reblog, but I stumbled upon this review like... years and years ago, and I wasn't able to find it back ever since. And this review actually made me discover a recent (well, recent then) musical called "The Next Fairy Tale" about a gay prince within an hetero-pushing fairytale world, trying to find his perfect love despite the fairy godmother's meddling for him to find a princess...

In case the review ever disappears I will copy-paste it down there. It comes from the website "StageSceneLA" and was written by Steven Stanley. The original can be found here.

If there were a book titled Everything I’ve Learned In Life, I’ve Learned From Fairy Tales, then what lessons could a pintsized LGBT-in-training gain from it? That Cinderella found her Prince? That a Prince awoke Sleeping Beauty with a kiss? That a kiss turned a Princess’s frog into a handsome Prince? Where’s a little boy or girl to look for fairytale inspiration when what they’re secretly dreaming of is a Prince for him, and a Princess for her?

The answer is at long last found in Brian Pugach’s charming new musical The Next Fairy Tale, now getting its World Premiere Production at Celebration Theatre under the deft direction of Celebration Artistic Director Michael A. Shepperd.

Pugach, who began writing music, book, and lyrics for The Next Fairy Tale while a UCLA theater major a few years back, has created a magical, mythical world where “Every Hundred Years” a group of Fairy Godmothers and their Fairy Godmistress leader Minerva meet to bring to life a new fairy tale. Ten decades ago, it was the tale of Red Riding Hood, an unlucky lass who ended up (along with her ill-fated Granny) eaten up by a hungry wolf—all this misfortune due to the late arrival of that Centennial’s Godmother, the ever hapless Hazelnut, aka Hazel.

To learn just who the hero or heroine of The Next Fairy Tale will be, Minerva consults (who else?) her Magic Mirror, who sends her off to the land of Lumeria, where handsome Prince Copernicus fights evil, not with a sword, but with “kindness, smiles, and hugs,” a creed he reminds others of by handing out Kindness Cards, “a reminder to be kinder.”

If Minerva is a bit unsettled to learn this decidedly unvaliant method of combat, she is even more disturbed when Prince Copernicus informs her that the distressed soul he has vowed to rescue from a dragon-guarded tower and a wicked, disapproving stepmother is none other than the handsomest prince in all the land, Prince Helio of Stortelia. Though Copernicus professes his true love for Helio in “Charming” (“He’s not a muscular manly he. His tiny sword is not much to see. He’s charming and that’s enough for me.”), Minerva is not at all convinced, responding, “‘He’s charming!’ or so he said; I’ve been nauseous ever since. Alarming! A hero rescues a princess, not a prince!”

And so, in a tradition upheld from the time of the fairies to contemporary evil bitc…, sorry evil witches like Maggie Gallagher, Minerva sets out to destroy any possibility of a happy ending for Princes Copernicus and Helio, certain that the assignment of bungling Hazel as this Centennial’s Fairy Godmother will make her task child’s play.

On their way to Stortelia, Copernicus and Hazel stop off in the village of Avaricia, whose residents (Rumpelstilstkin, Little Red, Baker, and Geppetto) conspire to prevent the Prince from stealing the sword in the stone he’ll need to slay the dragon and rescue Prince Helio.

Believing with all her twisted heart that “saying two princes can have true love is a lie,” Minerva concludes that a mere attempt to thwart Copernicus’s quest will never be enough to prevent the destruction of traditional family values and, in Act One’s finale, persuades the Prince to “Take The Apple” … and die!

Fortunately for the star-crossed princes, The Next Fairy Tale has a second act up its sleeve.

Pugach knows his fairytale lore backwards and forwards, creating a world in which characters have names like Thistle, Moonflower, and Hazelnuts and speak in Fairytalese, whether uttering exclamations (“Oh toadstools!” “Jumping gingerbread!” “Candy covered cottages, I can’t move!”) or inventing similes (“You are slower than toad slime.” “You are as selfish as a stepsister.” “I’m as serious as a wolf attack.”) As Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine did in Into The Woods, he also knows how to mix-and-match fairytale characters to nifty effect. As for his songs, several in particular you may find yourself humming as you leave the theater—Copernicus’s delightfully self-centered “Charming,” Minerva’s ominously dramatic “Take The Apple,” and Copernicus’s and Hazel’s oh-so-romantic “Cinderella Story,” which (like “Charming”) merits—and gets—a reprise.

Still, as with any World Premiere Musical, there is room for tweaking. The addition of a greater number of adult-aimed jokes, the kind which Disney perfected in the 1990s, lines which whoosh over the heads of tots but give the piece the sophisticated all-age appeal of Disney’s Beauty And The Beast, would make the show more grownups-friendly. The Next Fairy Tale has some terrific ones (“You must be a friend of Dorothy!” “I’d hate for you to end up a flamer.” “Key change.”) but could use even more. Additional stage time for Prince Helio in Act One would help us become more invested in our heroes’ romance from the get-go. At the same time, judicious cuts (including perhaps a couple of Act One songs by minor characters) would bring The Next Fairy Tale in at a more kids-friendly two-hour running time, and get us more quickly to its powerful second act. Also, as fine as musical director Wayne Moore’s work is, Pugach’s songs would sound considerably better with a richer accompaniment than the rather tinny-sounding upright piano they get here, though Adam Halitzka’s percussion does help.

Pugach and the Celebration have lucked out big time in the cast Jami Rudofsky has helped them assemble for this World Premiere, beginning with the trio of performers who bring to vivid storybook life its biggest roles—Christopher Maikish as Prince Copernicus, Rachel Genevieve as Hazel, and Gina Torrecilla as Minerva. Maikish and Genevieve have been waiting for that perfect part to best showcase their talents, and Pugach has written them just those parts. Maikish’s dreamy good looks, rich tenor, romantic sparkle, and comic zip make him the perfect Prince Charming. Genevieve’s combination of dark-haired beauty, charismatic stage presence, gawky charm, and downright adorability combined with her glorious soprano simply couldn’t be more right for Hazel. As for Minerva, Torrecilla expertly channels every fairytale villainess (particularly Snow White’s evil stepmother and Cinderella’s Maleficent) with touches of today’s NOM demonesses to make for an imposing figure of “family values” gone berserk.

Handsome, golden-voiced Patrick Gomez is a Prince any Prince could fall for at the wave of a wand, and doubles delightfully as a silver-haired mustachioed Geppetto. Hazel’s fellow Godmother’s are brought to quirky, scene-stealing life by three vivacious blends of beauty and comedic/vocal chops—Stephanie Fredricks as Thistle, Kendra Munger as Glinda, and Nell Teare as Moonflower, with Fredricks a delicious Cinderella and feisty Baker and Teare a spunky Little Red to boot. Vash Boddie is another charmer as Scarecrow and Ben Caron delights as Rumpelstilstkin. Completing the cast is Charls Segwick Hall, the epitome of fabulousness as the Mirror (and the voice of the Dragon).

Music director Moore gets bonus points for his excellent vocal arrangements. Jeffrey Polk has choreographed some lively dance sequences, Victoria Profitt’s set design has just the right classic fairytale look and is lit dazzlingly by Matthew Brian Denman, and Raffel Sarabia’s costumes are a highly imaginative visual treat. Thumbs up go too to Martin Carillo’s sound design, Ronn Jones’ hair and wigs, and Michael O’Hara’s properties. A number of expertly executed slight-of-hand tricks have been coached by magic consultant Joyce Basche, “Ms,gician. John F. Wilson is music consultant and Tijuana Gray assistant choreographer.

The Next Fairy Tale is produced by John Michael Beck, with Ryan Bergmann, Cameron Faber, Parnell Damone Marcano, and Pugach as associate producers. Shepperd and Michael C. Kricfalusi are executive producers. Kevin Wisney is production stage managers and Paul Doble assistant stage manager.

With minor script revisions to give it more adult appeal and judicious cuts to make for a more kids-appropriate running time, The Next Fairy Tale could easily become an LGBT and (progressive) family theater favorite. Children will respond to its engaging storyline and cast of characters, adults will go for the romance, and grown-up gays will find The Next Fairy Tale an enriching and even cathartic experience. Here’s hoping that its near-universal appeal will attract audiences beyond Celebration regulars to Brian Pugach’s at-last-told tale.

[ladydarts]

Spoiler:

I find this scene a little funny, because what's supposed to be a dramatic moment, only it to be resolved in five minutes.

Gris: You're the Fell Dragon's kid.

Alear: Oh no, I should leave, since I am a bad guy.

Sigurd: You maybe the Fell Dragon's child, but Lumeria gave you her power out of love.

Everyone else: Yeah. Forget what that guy said. You're still cool.

Alear: Thank you guys. I feel better now.

I love this game so much.

[drawnecromancy]

Martin, I'mma be honest, Lumaria and Emperor seem like a classic case of "We make eachother both better and So Much Worse" and its honestly really entertaining to watch

YES YES EXACTLY THAT'S WHAT I'M AIMING FOR THEY'RE SO SO FUN

Like honestly. honestly, I think before she leads that rebellion and subsequently marries the Emperor and gets stuck in the Everything Going On, Lumeria was definitely a more stable person who was generally considered good. But she absolutely gets to lean into tendencies that she wouldn't otherwise have considered (mostly a wee bit of manipulating) because if it's the Emperor it's ok, and if it's to make him better and prevent the death of more people it's ok. and then she dies and whoops he's worse.

the Emperor is SUCH a can of worms. I can fit so many problems in his brain on account of his age and his flavor of "i'm perfect but everyone hates me because i'm an asshole but they shouldn't hate me they should realize i'm perfect and love me but also oh my god i am the worst person ever" and these are both true at once in his brain. it's so fun. i am SHAKING HIM.

They're both disasters ! Complete wrecks ! And they're stuck in the same place for so long that they end up LIKING each other, even if LUMERIA FUCKING HATES HIM

[askthefriendsoffusion]

(@askchimeknight) Chime holds out a note to the flaaffy, looking concerned. "Do you think your nephew and child are okay? There's nothing too dangerous around here is there? If I may be of service, I have healing abilities I can use to help honorable Lumeria here if you'd like? Or perhaps I can help locate the 2?"

(I spy the sheepy i designed I'm so happy to see them!!)

She grabs the note and reads it before looking down to the small one. "Oh my! There is one area that is dangerous but they wouldn't go there?....or would they....oh no please don't tell me!!!...m-m-maybe you can help...." ((i love this design so much <3)

[fictionfangirl56]

Keefe. I’m scared to say it because fandoms are insane, but let’s really think about it. Keefe is basically just an idiot who makes the same mistakes over and over, putting people in danger and just generally getting on my nerves, mostly in book nine, which, hot take, is a poorly written book. Why? Because Shannon has said she is planning on writing 10 books, and the biggest, most important part of the entire series is in the 9th book. None of her characters are fully flushed out and well developed characters. Why is Gisleda doing ANYTHING?? Who cars about 90% of the characters, like when she got away with FORGETTING Jensi, who I don’t care at all about. Basically, call me negative, but this is my dislike character list because what personality traits to they actually have? Come on, Shannon.

(Order is what my brain thinks up)

Dex: only personality trait is potions which Shannon forgets about, machines, crushing on his cousin, and, in the beginning not having a power.

Jensi: why is he here? No one cares.

Marella and Maruca: basically the same character, both totally unnecessary except to have important powers that are their whole personalities and linh/Marella which is the only answer I will take)

Mr. Forkle x2: Shannon was watching Riverdale when she wrote this. Alvar: his character is so dry. Fitz and Biana are the only good part about him.

Keefe: Do. Not. Murder. Me. Please.

Giselda and the other villain girl who escaped from Lumeria: neither of them are super compelling villains. Why? Why did they do what they did. This could have been an epic lesbian love story, or two villains well portrayed bonding between shared interests of world domination, but no. Disappointing. Same person.

Roy: he’s annoying.

Wilie: he was so cool and great until he befriended Sophie and lost his personality (like his dad lost his memory *rapid fire winking*. Too soon but idc)

Grady and Elenore or whatever: failed potential.

more but Im lazy.

i look so dumb, but i promise I know this poorly written and terribly planned series so well, it’s 12:03am and I have no plans of sleeping anytime soon. Goodluck coherency.

I love Fitz, just as my final war crime. Love y’all, I’m actually weirdly pissed at how bad the characters are, they could have been so good. I just wish it was more, imagine if this series had been condensed into 5-7 heavy, action packed books with the same premise, but lore that doesn’t change every 0.82 seconds and morally gray characters.

quick what are popular keeper characters that you dislike/have neutral feelings on. need to know for science.

[hellcatinnc]

Otometober Day 8 - Free Space - Extra Fluff - Rafayel

Otometober Day 8 - Free Space - Extra Fluff

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Warning This includes: SFW (Read Tags Before Continuing)

Tags: sfw, fluff, romance, romantic, love, fluffy, over weight, chubby, weight gain, more to love

Word Count: 896

Feature: Rafayel x Fem! Reader

Theme: (Free Space) - Extra Fluff

@protags-fic-blog

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Extra Fluff

You were standing in front of the mirror as you let out an exasperated sigh. You hadn't seen Rafayel in a month things happened and he had to go back to Lumeria for a little while, but today he was to return. You were excited yet here you were standing in front of the mirror and you can clearly tell you put on weight. You knew your Raffy loved you but now there was more to love would he really be ok with it, you thought. You stopped squeezing the fat between your fingers and finished getting dressed, you even noticed some of your clothes were fitting way more snug these days too. You knew all those late night ice cream and netflix didn't help but you were lonely without him. Also not as easy to just call or text when he was under the ocean and everything they used on land he couldn't use down there.

You headed to the kitchen to get breakfast made before he would come over since that was the plan. You didn't hear the door open as you were frying up some bacon listening to music playing from your phone. Without notice you feel these strong arms wrap around you and then you hear a soft gasp from behind you. This was your fear that his hands were now on your midsection right where you had gained weight. As you were getting ready to apologize for gaining so much weight, he turned you around to face him. You were surprised he had a smile on his face. You sighed and went to apologize. "I'm sorry..." He stopped you by putting his finger to you lips shushing you. Your eyes meeting his curious what he was going to say next. "Princess, I love every inch of you, and now there is just more to love."

This man is always surprising you, his words made your heart soar. He tickled you lifting your shirt up pulling it off so he could really see your body. He lifted the food off the stove turning it off, then took your hand and walked you back to your bedroom. He walked you over to the mirror turning you around to see your extra fluff, you sigh this was not something you were proud of. He turned you around kissed your lips passionately as he began kissing every inch of your body starting down your neck and not stopping until he got to your tummy. He spent extra time showing attention to your chubby tummy. His lips brush across your skin as he showed you every part of you he found so beautiful. He wasn't like most guys maybe because he wasn't human.

He loved every curve of your body, even your fluffy tummy he spent extra time kissing over it. He just caressed every part of your body taking his time in enjoying everything he was seeing and feeling. His kisses felt nice and the way he worshipped your body it made you feel better about yourself. He spent these moments to prove to you he was attracted to every part of you. It wasn't about sexual but the fact he was so in love with you there was nothing about you that he didn't love. After all the kisses and him making passionate love to you, he had went to finish the breakfast you were cooking. He brought it in to surprise you in bed as you were waking up after a small cat nap after making love. He wanted to eat breakfast then he wanted to take you shopping for clothes that fit better.

He couldn't keep his hands off of you in the store as you were looking through the clothes. Its almost like he loved your extra weight more, he was constantly grabbing on you butt or wrapping his arms around so he could squeeze your tummy. He bought you a few outfits then he took you to the last shop to buy a nice dress so you could stand at his side at the art gala coming up. He had made a piece dedicated to you and it was to be a surprise but you were excited. He let you try on dress after dress until one fit a bit tighter around your chubby tummy and curves but he was taken by this and pulled you into his arms kissing you passionately. It was definitely the dress cause he already wanted to remove it from your curvy body. You had never seen this man so intimate not to the point he couldn't keep his hands from squeezing your new fluffy midsection.

As the night came to and you dressed up ready to be by his side at the art gala. He held your hand and showed you off through out the night. He was not the one bit ashamed of you, if anything he wanted people to know you were his, every chubby inch of you. After along stressful night of being introduced to everyone Raffy knows it was time to go home. You really just wanted to go to bed but that was not his thoughts. You in that dress with the extra fluff really got him going. So he made love to every inch of you all night long cause he couldn't get enough of your new curves.

[necromeowncy]

Holding kittycats with @lumeriagreenbriar !! 🌼🌸🌷🌻🌹🐈🐈‍⬛

[lumeria-island]