#jemima grace

[larissa-the-scribe]

Puddle Girl?

Thanks for the ask! (from this ask game)

Info:

So "Puddle Girl" refers to a girl from one of my stories, Jemima Grace (she goes by Grace). She had the audacity to grow up as besties with the son of powerful mages, and the probable subject of a prophecy. His aunt and uncle do not approve of this connection because they have Very Big Plans, and he should have better and more important friends. So at one point when the teens are accidentally out in the woods after dark (which they're not supposed to), the aunt and uncle shove Grace through a(n illegal) portal and wipe their hands of the affair, pleased that they've "protected" their nephew.

What they didn't know (and what she didn't know) is that she also has a kind of magic that allows her to travel through reflections (in mirrors, or, say, puddles) to different worlds inside Dimere. She doesn't know how to control that power, so she gets lost among the realms--before getting tracked down and adopted into the Mirrajer's Guild, where she can get properly trained.

This document is a scene where she is trying to talk her bestie out of adopting a seeing-eye dragon.

Snippet:

“Okay, so you have a pet now, and he’s a dragon.” Grace stared at the both of them, trying to process the fact that, this morning, not only did Conner not have a dragon, but he had given no indication that he would ever have a dragon, or even that he was wanting a dragon. But now there was a dragon. And according to Conner, it was here to stay. “Yes. Look, I know this is a very complicated topic for you to grasp-” Conner began, smirking. “Oh, shush.” She punched him on his arm. “How long did you think about this? Did you even think about this? Did you consider the fact that you’re going to have to keep him somewhere? Give him food? Take care of him? I’m glad you made a new friend, but-” The dragon poked its head out from behind Conner’s knee, giving Grace a side-eye that she could have sworn was sizing her up with disdain. “His name is Sparky, by the way,” Conner interrupted, “and he is now my seeing-eye dragon.” “No.” “Yes.” Grace pinched the bridge of her nose. “You can’t just say that to get what you want. Do you have answers to any of the questions I asked you? Also… Sparky. Really?” Conner chuckled. “I mean I did think about Erebor, or Toothless, but I don’t know, it kind of seemed to fit.” Grace shook her head. “You’re a dork.” “Certainly. But now I’m a dork with a dragon.” “You can’t just adopt stray dragons!” Grace exclaimed. “There are rules about this! I think! Also how are you going to train him? Since he’s not just a pet and is a ‘seeing eye dragon’.” Knowing he couldn’t see the air quotes she was making, she made sure to put special emphasis on that last part.

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Purposely didn't put Ray & Jemima up there because while yes I would never turn down more content focusing on them, I was more curious about Anna & Jemima and Ray & Chris.

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Girls' relevee - and the mid-ball conjuring turn! Oasis is the only official production that still retains this little bit of showmanship from Mistoffelees.

Sam Bateson as Mistoffelees, Issy Moore as Victoria, Olivia Swain as Sillabub, and Grace Crugnale as Cassandra. Oasis cast 13, May 2023 (X).

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[the-cat-at-the-theatre-door]

One of Munkustrap's first conscious memories was being in the circle of Deuteronomy's arms, practically buried in his fur on all sides and surrounded by his scent, listening to the way his voice reverberated under his ear as he sang to them. He used to sing a hymn to him and Tugger when they were small, but Munkustrap could never remember what the words were; just what the rhythm and cadence felt like. Oddly enough, he never thought to ask; he felt as though putting tangible words to the memory would sharpen it too much - the softened edges were part of what made it so appealing, and what made it feel so safe to revisit when everything became too much.

[youling-the-ghost]

"Look at her" and it's a fully grown man in a dress-shirt and jeans.

Jemima is so

[leikeliscomet]

“But We Love Martha Jones!” - The Doctor Who Fandom’s Selective Memory of Racism

Be aware that this article contains explicit examples of anti-black racism and misogynoir.

Chapter 2 - Utopia-ish

The constant nitpicking of Martha Jones for reasons white female companions could get away with was blatant anti-black racism. Let’s get that bit clear first and foremost. As a Black person in fandom, watching Black characters get torn apart while never being given the grace of their non-Black castmates is an experience that’s too common. Microaggressions are more subtle so the easiest way to shut down any mentions of racism is to accuse Black fans of making things up or telling us “Well it’s not like REAL racism”. Luckily Doctor Who Tumblr birthed the Martha Jones affirmative action and Aunt Jemima “memes” so I can cross both covert and overt racism off the list. As mentioned in extensive detail in the previous chapter, plus the various Martha Jones articles written before me, the treatment Martha experienced was racist. I don’t care if you personally didn’t like her. I don’t care that you missed Rose. I don’t care that Ten is your smol bean. Martha’s treatment was racist. Freema Agyeman’s treatment was racist. It might not have been everyone. It might not have been you personally. But it was there. The fandom can never be a safe space for POC, specifically Black people if this elephant in the room can’t be addressed over a decade after it arrived.

On paper, you’d assume Martha’s rep was good because “at least she wasn’t a Black stereotype”. Some fans praised her for having a present father, not speaking MLE and not being from the ends. This goes into respectability politics but the fandom’s weirdness about Black Brits and class is not the point of this article. The point is the revisionist history of how Martha was really treated and to do that it helps to know what Black tropes are. The Mammy trope is a Black woman whose main purpose is to serve her white counterparts and during slavery, she mainly cared for the slave owners' children. She is usually fat, dark skin and asexual, not as a representation of those things but as a statement of how if she isn’t used for sexual exploitation like the Jezebel (the promiscuous, reckless, sexualised Black woman), she has no sexual value at all. Her value is serving the needs of others only. Martha doesn’t fit this trope in theory but in practice, she fulfils the sub-categories of this trope both in show and fandom: the disposable Black (girl)friend trope. She is used as Ten’s emotional punching bag before he’s ready for Donna and then Rose again. She had to endure edgy moody S3 Ten so no one else had to. She’s the excuse people use to deflect any critical analysis of how race was handled in RTD1. She’s the fandom’s excuse to deflect from their own racial biases. Racism? No way! Everybody loves Martha Jones! What do you mean?

Some parts of the fandom have tried to mend things by suggesting Martha be paired with other doctors or romantically shipping her with other characters a bit better than Mickey Smith. But does this hold up? As much as I’m a big fan NineMartha as a concept and as someone who honestly saw one-off characters like Riley Vashtee from 42 or Tallulah from Daleks in Manhattan having way more romantic chemistry with Martha than Mickey ever did, simply re-shipping Martha isn’t enough. Doctor Who’s racism isn't exclusive to one doctor, one series or one era and new Martha pairings suggest the issue was “right person, wrong doctor” instead of what the issue actually was: racism. Moffat and Chibnall’s eras weren’t full of golden Black representation either so I doubt the Martha issue would’ve magically disappeared under those two. From Nine’s hostility to Mickey, to Twelve’s hostility to Danny Pink to Thirteen handing a South Asian Spymaster to the Nazis and Eleven only travelling with POC in comics most fans haven’t heard of and being besties with Churchill, simply putting Martha with another Doctor isn’t the serve fans think it is. Even RoseMartha seems like putting a bandaid on a bullet hole. If it's not enough for Martha to be compared to Rose, put down in favour of Rose, told she isn’t Rose and told she's worse than Rose in fandom and in show over and over and over, she has to be shipped with Rose too. Martha’s a great character… as long as you can tie her to Rose… again. Even in my own article I have to talk about Rose because Rose is centred in what was supposed to be Martha’s story. A doctor-to-be Black girl from London with a hectic family meets a Time Lord and gets abducted by space rhino police at work in one day. Her main conflict isn’t balancing work and time traveller life, or fighting to get her family back together, or seeing what’s out there in the universe - it's that she isn’t “Rose” enough. The Mammy and her sons’ main thing in common is simple; how well they serve and centre the white characters. In attempts to mend Martha’s treatment she is still only valued in relation to white characters. She should’ve been with Eleven because he would’ve fucked a Black woman. Or maybe Dilfy Twelve. Or a sapphic romance with another female companion who she saw twice or doesn’t actually know. Or maybe Ten in an alternate universe where he supports #nubianqueens. None of this is done to explore sexuality or romance with Black women and is definitely not to centre Black lesbianism and bisexuality. It’s Mammy with a dash of Jezebel. It's adding romantic and sexual value on top of physical and emotional value like a crappy meal deal.

I’m tired of Black women being treated as extensions of white women both in media and in real life. I’m tired of our value being determined by how well we serve white people emotionally, physically, platonically and sexually. And I'm even more tired of white feminism especially in this fandom. It would be so easy to label this article as anti-Rose, anti-Ten or anti-Tenrose to invalidate my whole racial analysis because it's the easy way out. I’ll admit I like both characters individually but not the ship but this isn’t something I decided on since birth - it's my conclusion as a Black fan in a predominantly white fandom, watching a predominantly white show, watching the first companion of my race be told she isn’t good enough compared to the white characters, and that the hatred of her is justified for the greater good of its popular white ship. Black fans can never have this conversation without being told we’re “pitting women against each other” and that Martha and Rose hugged once in S4 so everything's hunky dory. Martha’s happy that Ten found Rose again so what’s the problem? It sends a clear message that Black women’s pain will never matter a much as white women’s feelings. “Rose is amazing! Martha’s amazing! Stop pitting women against women!” but who was pit against who in the first place? These faux girl power posts fail to acknowledge the overlap of race and gender which separates the treatment of Black and white women. It fails to acknowledge Martha’s hate was rooted in anti-black racism. It fails to acknowledge the anti-Rose pushback was in response to how the show and fandom convinced us Rose was the untouchable bar this Black woman failed to meet. It fails to acknowledge Freema Agyeman the actress was targeted not just her character. It fails because the female empowerment rhetoric that leaves the Black ones at the bottom of the pile only “empowers” women of a certain demographic.

The harassment Martha experienced was swept under the rug of “stan wars” but it was so much deeper than that. I’m not saying Martha stans are angels but there was no “Great Stan War” because the sides were never even. At the end of the day no amount of “Martha’s better than Rose” tweets will ever compare to the fact that Martha hate was rooted in misogynoir. Rose was and still is considered the greatest companion of nuwho, whilst Martha is constantly erased and undervalued. Rose’s video views and hashtags have always been bigger than Martha’s. Amy and Clara came after Martha but still surpassed her in popularity and got plenty of fan edits of “The Girl Who Waited” and “The Impossible Girl” whilst Martha was conveniently skipped in the companion lineup. The fandom’s bias still shines clearly in favour of Rose over Martha. Rose’s jealousy towards other women is justifiable and just the ups and downs of a 19-year-old whilst Martha’s is entitled bitterness. Rose’s flaws are compelling character moments and depth, Martha’s are “holding her back from being a good companion”. Hell, even Donna calling out Ten’s BS was entertaining accountability whilst Martha was just the angry Black woman. Fans will weaponise Rose’s working-class roots to imply a pro-Martha bias, failing to acknowledge the working-class to poor background of the average Black Brit, the anti-blackness middle-class Black people are not spared from, the many working-class Black characters of the show like Mickey, Bill, Rigsy and Ryan or how most fans don’t consider Martha middle class because she doesn’t fit the white British cultural stereotypes. You can't be the most loved and hated at the same time. The hard truth is Billie Piper wasn’t racially abused by Martha stans but Freema was absolutely racially abused by Rose’s and the effects of this are still around. Go into Martha Jones tags today and you’ll see snarky posts of how Ten could never love another companion like Rose. Even when Freema bravely shared her experiences of literal racism, fans were quick to yell “But I wanted Ten and Rose though” as a justification for years of misogynoir. Again, we need to address the elephant in the room instead of covering our eyes and ears to act like it’s not there. A Black character and actress was collateral damage in order for a popular white ship to rise and whilst I’m not an anti, I as a Black Doctor Who fan, I’ll never be a supporter. At the end of the day, only one of these actresses is still carrying the burden of misogynoir over 10 years since RTD1 ended. A lonely walk across the Earth yet again.

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[ourstaturestouchtheskies]

taylor swift lyrics x colors x textiles in art – gold

Tied Together with a Smile – Taylor Swift // Portrait of Archduchess Maria Magdalena of Austria – Frans Pourbus the Younger 💛 The Best Day – Fearless // Amarillis Crowning Mirtillo – Jacob van Loo 💛 Castles Crumbling – Speak Now // Madame Sophie of France – Jean-Marc Nattier 💛 State of Grace – Red // Louise, Queen of the Belgians, as Marie de Bourgogne – Jean Baptiste Madou 💛 End Game – Reputation // Princess Louisa Maria Teresa Stuart – Alexis Simon Belle 💛 So It Goes… – Reputation // King Gustav III of Sweden and His Brothers – Alexander Roslin 💛 Dancing with Our Hands Tied – Reputation // Noble Lady – Moritz Stifter 💛 Dress – Reputation // Portrait of Jemima Crew, Countess of Kent – Workshop of Godfrey Kneller 💛 Daylight – Lover // Portrait of Frances Theresa Stuart, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox – Peter Lely 💛 invisible string – folklore // Princess Margareta – Oscar Björck 💛 invisible string – folklore // Portrait of Eleanor Maria Josepha of Austria – Benjamin Block 💛 gold rush – evermore // Portrait of Doge Francesco Venier – Titian 💛 coney island – evermore // Portrait of Princess Louise Marie of France – attributed to François-Hubert Drouais 💛 long story short – evermore // King Gustav III of Sweden – Alexander Roslin

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#ray with a piping bag making frosting flowers w jemima

ray  being  a  stern  “eat  ur  vegetables”  type  cook  for  his  family,    but  also  ray  picking  up  baking  bc  he  knows  how  much  the  kids  appreciate  being  able  to  have  sweets  again……………………….  ray  making  cookies  and  sitting  down  with  his  elbows  on  the  table  and  threading  his  fingers  over  his  mouth  and  finding  it  hard  to  explain  to  emma    &.    norman  why  this  suddenly  makes  him  sad  but  the  kids  remember  yuugo  and  they  can  do  it  for  him  and

[scotianostra]

On November 1st 1889 a wall collapsed at Templetons Greenhead Factory Calton, tragically taking the lives of 29 woman.

For some reason this didn’t flag up yesterday.......

At about 5.15pm that evening, unusually high winds caused a large section of the new western extension to collapse into the adjoining weaving shed. The workforce was composed almost entirely of East End women and many were buried in the ruins.

The Eastern and Central Fire Brigades attended the scene under Superintendent William Paterson and they were assisted by the Glasgow Salvage Corps and policemen in their search for survivors. The firemen and Salvage Corps were replaced at 7pm by organized search parties consisting of workers from the factory. Although many women were rescued, twenty-nine died women and girls in the rubble.

Maggie Shields was a power loom weaver at Templetons Greenhead Factory Calton , who went to her work on the 1st November 1889 and became one of the 29 young girls to loose there lives when the ornate wall that was being built collapsed during a storm and demolished the weaving shed where Maggie and her co workers were working. Maggie was 22 years old and lived at 10 Gibson Street Calton The Glasgow Herald on the 2nd November reported that Maggie was missing at that time.

Their names were, according to the Evening Times:

Margaret Arthur, 20 Margaret Blair, 16 Helen Bradley, 21; Agnes Broadfoot, 21 Elizabeth Broadfoot, 17 Margaret Cassidy, 18 Lilias Davitt, 19 Agnes Dickson, 16 Jane Duffie, 20 Janet Gibson, 16 Dinah Gillies, 19 Jean Glass, 20 Sarah Groves, 22 Margaret McCartney, 17 Minnie McGarrigle, 24 Agnes McGregor, 17 Martha Mackie, 20 Elizabeth McMillan, 15 Rose Ann McMillan, 21 Jeannie Marshall, 22 Jemima Morris, 23 Grace McQuillan, 19 Margaret Shields, 22 Elizabeth Sinclair, 25 Mary Ann Stewart, 16 Annie Strathearn, 19 Mary Turnbull, 15 Ellen Wallace, 23 Annie Wilson, age 14

A memorial garden at the corner of London road and Tobago street is believed to have been built to commemorate the death of these 29 girls and on the wall was a plaque with the poem.

‘Green buds for the hopes of tomorrow Fair flowers, for the joy of today Sweet memory, the fragrance they leave us As time gently flows on its way’

The reason I say believed is that the garden seems to have come into existence many years later in 1954, and no records exist to it coming about.

There’s a wee bit about the memorial garden here https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/13259515.makeover-for-memorial-to-29-women-crushed-in-glasgow-workplace-disaste

[magicmousetrash]

Ray relationship headcanons

Gender neutral reader!

TW! Mention of suicide (Just Ray being Ray 乁⁠|⁠ ⁠･⁠ ⁠〰⁠ ⁠･⁠ ⁠|⁠ㄏ)

SFW

I'm writing all this with the translator since English is not my first language so if there are any mistakes please let me know (⁠.⁠ ⁠❛⁠ ⁠ᴗ⁠ ⁠❛⁠.⁠)

he's grateful that Emma stopped him from setting himself on fire, because that's how he knew that you loved him too.

I am 100% sure that he smelled like gasoline at the beginning of his journey to the human world.

The first few days you all were away from Grace Field he lent you his scarf (Until it got lost/he stop using it. I really don't know what happened to that scarf)

Too overprotective, he would give his life for you

He lets you comb his hair, it relaxes him

Jemima is like a daughter to you two (Adding to the rest of the children)

If you ever have trouble sleeping, he would sing you Isabella's lullaby. (⁠╥⁠﹏��╥⁠)

He dreams of marrying you in the future when you arrive in the human world.

He usually sleeps next to you or near you to make sure you are okay.

He also has a lot of nightmares and when he wakes up because of these he can't go back to sleep. But if you're with him, a simple hug from you will make him be able to go back to sleep.

His love language would definitely be acts of service, quality time and giving you small gifts (Usually made by himself)

Even though you two are a couple, Ray is not someone who likes physical contact very much, but that doesn't mean that he can make an exception for you, holding hands or small kisses are some of the things he does.

Ray loves to talk to you about things he finds interesting or that he read in a book, although he also loves to listen to you talk about anything no matter how silly it sounds, he loves to see you happy.

How jealous is he? I would say a 6/10 my heart tells me. He gets more affectionate than usual, hugs you or holds your hand in front of the other person, In any case, he flatly denies having been jealous if you ask him later.

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Your silly ray pfp edits bring me joy he's so silly

Ray internally whenever he sees his two best friends

[prettyboysinmyheart]

Blurb of Colette and Juraj meeting at her birthday party?!

Of course! Idk if this is any good lol. Definitely rushed

Colette stood at the center of the bustling kitchen, her friends and family gathered around her in a circle. In her hands, she held a chilled drink, beads of condensation glistening on the glass surface. Her nails were perfectly manicured, the soft pink polish complementing the delicate gold bracelet on her wrist. She was adorned in a Jemima Ruffle Cotton blend sundress, the fabric flowing gracefully around her curves. The dress was a pale shade of lilac, and the ruffles cascaded down the shoulders, adding a touch of playful elegance. Colette exuded confidence, her posture upright and her gaze steady. She was the picture of poise and grace, a vision of beauty in the midst of her loved ones.

Juraj couldn't help but steal glances at Colette from afar. He admired her from a distance, with gentle eyes that sparkled every time he caught a glimpse of her. His heart skipped a beat every time he saw her, and his palms started to sweat, making him feel more nervous with each passing moment. He felt a lump in his throat as he tried to gather the courage to approach her. The more he looked at her, the more infatuated he became with her. Her beauty, grace, and elegance mesmerized him, and he could not take his eyes off her.

Cole called out to his tall friend Juraj, urging him to come to his side. "Come, Juraj. I have someone I want you to meet," he said with a smile. As Juraj approached, he noticed Cole's sister standing timidly nearby, her eyes cast down and her hands clasped tightly. He could sense her nervousness and felt a sense of apprehension himself. Cole nudged him forward, and Juraj stiffened his neck as he took a step closer towards her, unsure of what to say next.

"Meet my lovely sister, Colette," he exclaimed, gesturing towards her with a smile. "Juraj, I'd like you to get to know her better. She's a wonderful person and I think you two will hit it off." He looked at them both hopefully, eager to see them strike up a conversation and form a connection.

[cryptidvoidwritings]

Do you want to see a peeky peek of Jack Duff doing a Skimbleshanks?

Of course you do.

instagram story: April 16, 2023

[greenelectricsky]

Since I love her, and love hearing other people’s thoughts on her, what are your opinions on Victoria? Do you have any ships for her? Or favorite moments? <3

Victoria? Hm...

Ships? Mostly platoria, victeazer, eventually vicjerrieteazer or mistoria. I'm not sure about Jemima/Victoria...

My favourite moment with her (and whole interpretation of that character) is in Tecklenburg, when her solo is changed and other cats treat her like The Moon herself, hypnotized by her moves and grace. In that case her touching Grizabella got completely new meanings. And much more sense than usual.

I love to think about her as a very connected with Jellicle Moon and Everlasting Cat, talking with her when sitting on windowsill, and basking in moonlight. Because of that I don't think she likes to nap in the sun. I love how close she is to Etcetera, Electra, Jemima, and Teazer and I think they are really BBFs, with their club, secret password and small rituals :) Also I see her as quite a temperamental queen, when someone irritates her enough. When with Plato I see her as an initiator of many activities, because Plato, as a full time jellicle, is a little afraid of doing something harmful to her. So she took his hand first, kissed him first, she set a mood to take him to bed finally, etc. Also, I think she is a rather happy little star, full of joy but not naive in any sense. So she knows what Teazer and Jerrie are doing, but just don't care about that, maybe even helps them as a distraction.

Sometimes I see her as a deaf and/or (because of that) mute angora, with blue eyes. In one of my AUs, she is close to Tango, my OC, also deaf angora. They both use sign language there and love to dance.

In other AU I made her as an alter ego for Griddlebone, because Plato is an alter ego for Macavity there. They aren't together there, but they are acting like that, to keep their alibis.

In general I don't think very often about her, so I'm sorry if this is not much... :(

[jennanydots]

I feel like it might be a little blasphemous to say but I really dont like jemima's costume 🙈

its just so Nothing it's boring to look at and it doesnt evoke anything at all to me there's nothing symbolic in there at all. the productions that give her more detail than just a solid wall of off-black hatching are so few and far between but even just giving her warmers or making the white thigh more prominent does so much for it! (would be lovely also if the design seemed to have any actual cats coat/markings in mind at all 🙄)

I just feel like it should be more of an inversion of victoria! not in straight up black cat way but in like. where victoria is grace and compassion jemima is energy and emotion! and she already has the wilder look w/ the punk elements of the spiked collar and spiked wig but it should go further! her coat should be chaotic and richly coloured too!! she's the sound to victoria's motion she doesn't deserve to get lost in the crowd!