#lady elizabeth whitmore

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The Windsor Beauties Set

A retexture by La Comtesse Zouboff — Original Mesh by @thejim07

The Windsor Beauties are a set of portrait paintings, still in the Royal Collection, by Sir Peter Lely and his workshop, produced in the early to mid-1660s, that depict ladies of the court of King Charles II, some of whom were his mistresses. The name stems from the location of the collection, which was at Windsor Castle.

Originally commissioned by Anne Hyde, Duchess of York, the first mention of the paintings is by Samuel Pepys, describing them in his diary as being hung in "the Duke of York's room" in 1668. A 1674 inventory lists them as in the ducal rooms at St. James Palace and by 1688 they had moved to the "Princess's dressing room" at Windsor Castle. Moved to the castle's state rooms during the 18th century, the Windsor Beauties were transferred to Hampton Court at some time prior to 1835.

They are considered the pinnacle of restoration art and are regarded as one of Lely's most exquisite work.

The set includes 13 portraits, with the original frame swatches, fully recolorable. The portraits are of:

Anne Digby, Countess of Sunderland

Anne Hyde, Duchess of York and Albany

Barbara Palmer, Ist Duchess of Cleveland and Countess of Castlemaine as Minerva

Barbara Palmer, Ist Duchess of Cleveland and Countess of Castlemaine as St. Catherine of Alexandria.

Elizabeth Bagot, Countess of Falmouth

Elizabeth Hamilton, Countess de Gramont as Saint Catherine

Elizabeth Wriothesley, Countess of Northumberland

Frances Theresa Stewart, duchess of Richmond and Lennox

Henrietta Anne of England, Duchess of Orléans

Henrietta Hyde, Countess of Rochester

Jane Needham, Lady Middleton

Margaret Brooke, Lady Denham

The Honourable Frances Brook, Lady Whitmore

Found under Decor > Paintings for 1.650 §

Retextured from "Portrait of Cardinal de Mazarin" found here

Chairs, stools, side table and bronze "Pendule á Cercles Tournants" by @joojconverts

Walls, floor, torchere, girandole and table by @thejim07

Tea pot, milk jugar, sugar bowl and teacup by @aroundthesims

White vase by @martassimsbookcc

Rug by me (to be released)

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(Sims3pack and Package)

(Useful tags below)

@joojconverts @ts3history @ts3historicalccfinds @deniisu-sims @katsujiiccfinds

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Battles of Remnant: The Non-RWBY Characters

A few of the girls not from RWBY, there will be boys too, they're just not fun to list

DC Characters

Jessica Cruz/Green Lantern VIII - Human

Mari McCabe/Vixen - Faunus

Koriand’r/Starfire - Human

Courtney Whitmore/Stargirl - Human

Judy Garrick/The Boom - Faunus (Gazelle) 

Lorena Marquez/Aquagirl -  Typhos

Elizabeth “Bette” Kane - Typhos

Mia Dearden/Speedy - Faunus

Astrid Arkham/Arkham Knight - Typhos

Marilyn Moonlight - Human

Lyrl Dox/Brainiac 3 - Android

Indigo Dox/Brainiac 8 - Android

Tina/Platinum - Android

Lace/Copper - Android

Antonia Monetti/Argent - Typhos

Tara Markov/Terra - Human

Kiran Singh/Solstice - Human

Holly Granger/Hawk - Faunus

Dawn Granger/Dove - Faunus

Marvel Characters

Kate Bishop/Hawkeye II - Human

Jubilation Lee/ Jubilee - Human

Elizabeth “Betsy” Braddock/Psylocke - Human

Ava Ayala/White Tiger - Typhos

Elizabeth “Liz” Allen/Firestar -Typhos

Riri Williams/Iron Heart -Faunus

Laura Kinney/X-23 - Faunus

Aña Corazón/Araña - Human

Shuri/Black Panther - Faunus

Nico Minoru/Sister Grimm - Typhos

Viv Vision - Android

Geer Nelson/Tigra - Faunus

Bobbi Morse/Mockingbird - Typhos

Illyana Rasputina/Magik - Typhos

America Chavez/Ms. America - Human

Nadia Van Dyne/Wasp - Human

Cassandra Lang/Stinger - Human

Francine Frye/Electro - Faunus

Overwatch Characters

Lena Oxton/Tracer - Human

Brigitte Lindholm - Human

Hana Song/D.Va - Faunus

Kiriko Kamori -Faunus

Odessa "Dez" Stone/Junker Queen - Typhos

Olivia Colomar/Sombra - Human

Amélie Lacroix (née Guillard)/Widow Maker - Typhos

Mei-Ling Zhou - Faunus

Elizabeth Caledonia "Calamity" Ashe - Human

Vivian Chase/Sojourn - Faunus

Cyberpunk 2077 Characters

Valerie - Human

Rebecca Watson - Human

Panam Paler - Human

Judy Álvarez - Faunus

Song So Mi/Song Bird - Typhos

Beatrice Ellen Trieste/8ugbear - Faunus

Alena Xenakis - Typhos

Bree Whitney - Typhos

Hanako Arasaka - Human

Meredith Stout - Human

Bleach Characters

Soi Fon - Faunus

Tatsuki Arisawa - Human

Tier Harribel - Typhos

Candice Catnipp - Human

Isane Kotetsu - Faunus

Ikumi Unagiya - Human

Cirucci Sanderwicci - Typhos

Liltotto Lamperd - Human

Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck -Typhos

Senna Ichinose - Faunus

My Hero Academia Characters

Moe Kamiji/Burnin - Human

Kaoruko Awata/Bubble Girl - Human

Rumi Usagiyama/Mirko - Faunus

Anan Kurose/Thirteen - Human

Himiko Toga - Typhos

Ibara Shiozaki/Vine - Human

Setsuna Tokage/Lizardy - Faunus

Reiko Yanagi/Emily - Human

Kaina Tsutsumi/Lady Nagant - Typhos

Nemuri Kayama/Midnight - Human

[daniellesreadingnook]

Review

Books: The Glittering Court, Midnight Jewel, The Emerald Sea

Author: Richelle Mead

About: girls who go into a school to learn etiquette so they can find well off husbands and get away from their old lives

The Glittering Court is told from Adelaide's point of view. She was tired of her old life and wanted an escape.

Midnight Jewel is told from Mira's point of view. Mira wants to find someone close to her and thought the Glittering Court would help her get her foot in the door.

The Emerald Sea is told from Tamsin's point of view. Tamsin has a big secret and is determined to provide a great life for her family. That's why she joins the Glittering Court.

When all their secrets come out, will their friendship still be there or will they collapse? Read the books to find out.

The books do go back in the beginning and ending of Midnight Jewel and the Emerald Sea but in the the point of views of Mira and Tamsin.

I have to say, when the plot twists hit, I was truly surprised. They were good. I have to say that I didn't expect the secrets of the girls.

Would recommend

*I dont want to spoil the books.

[empiredesimparte]

Presentation of the Legion of Honour in the Salon des Maréchaux of the Tuileries Palace

What is the Imperial Legion of Honour?

Napoléon I "We must create an order that is a sign of virtue, honour and heroism" This is the highest honour in the Empire of Francesim. Created by Napoléon the First Consul in 1802, Emperor Napoléon IV once again gave his letter of nobility to the Legion of Honour.

Discover below the French decorations received by foreign personalities! Our Grand Master of Imperial Ceremonies, Madame Eglé de Moskowa, will tell you all about wearing the distinction according to your title !

Colour of the Legion of Honour :

Presentation of the Légion of Honour

His Imperial Majesty Emperor Napoleon IV, as Grand Master of the Imperial Legion, appoints :

Lady Colette Spencer @bushburyroyals

As Officer of the Imperial Legion of Honour.

HRH, Princess Eliana of Stafford @batsfromwesteros TRH, Prince Benet and Princess Leonor of Upsana @nexility-sims His Grace, the Landgraaf van Hoensbroek of Simovia @simoviacourt HRH, Prince Gabriel of Saliceau @sosa-royals HRH, Princess Caroline of Hanover HRH Prince Nathanael of Trenton HRH, Princess Bethany of Malbry HRH, Prince Consort Hayden of Stralia

As Commanders of the Imperial Legion of Honour.

TM, King Alastair and Queen Consort Claire of Findara @royalsoffindara TRH, Crown Princess Mary and Duke Adrien of Albion @thealbionroyals HM, Queen Shalom of Alexandra @royalsimsinsider HRM, Queen Francesca of Saliceau HIM, Empress Katalina of Pierreland @officalroyalsofpierreland HRH, Crown Prince William of Hanover @royalsimsofhanover HM, Queen Elizabeth of Trenton @trentonsimblr TRH, Crown Prince Oliver and Princess Charlotte of Cedoria @thebaillieroyals HM, Queen Maria Magdalena of Isle of Fir @firisle TRH, Grand Duke Emmitt and Duchess Bria of Umbrage of SimDonia @bridgeportbritt TRH, Prince Henri and Princess Victorine of Wellington of Alexandra @theroyalstale TRH, Crown Princess Emeline and Crown Prince Cedric of Whitmore @whitmoreroyals HM, Queen Lucinda of Malbry @themalbryroyals TRH, Princess Margaret and Princess Veronica of Brighton @theroyalsofcorrilea TM, King Albert and Queen Maria of Cornwall @the-real-royals-of-cornwall TIM, Emperor Xavier II and Empress Katia of Ardenia, @simsimperial HM, Queen Natalie of Stralia @the-royals-ts4

As Great Eagle of the Imperial Legion of Honour.

How to wear the Legion of Honour according to your title?

For Officers of the Imperial Legion of Honour, the decoration is worn as a badge with a red medal for men or a red bow for women.

For Commanders of the Imperial Legion of Honour, the decoration is worn as a red ribbon around the neck, under the shirt collar and over a tie.

For Great Eagles of the Imperial Legion of Honour, the decoration is worn with the red sash on the right shoulder and with the vermeil plaque of the Order.

[starry-sky-stuff]

Lion Primaries Pairings

Explanation: The character on the left side has the sorting of the heading and their love interest on the right side has the sorting in the parenthesis. Inside the square brackets is the piece of media the characters are from.

Lion/Lion (36):

Cordelia Chase {Lion/Lion} + Angel {Snake/Badger} [Angel]

Leia Organa {Lion/Lion} + Han Solo {Snake/Lion} [Star Wars]

Ron Weasley {Lion/Lion} + Hermione Granger {Lion/Bird} [Harry Potter]

Gale {Lion/Lion} + Katniss Everdeen {Snake/Lion} [Hunger Games}

Pocahontas {Lion/Lion} + John Smith {Badger/Lion} [Disney]

Petunia Dursley {Lion/Lion} + Vernon Dursley {Badger/Bird} [Harry Potter]

Chloe Decker {Lion/Lion} + Lucifer Morningstar {Badger/Snake} [Lucifer]

Thor {Lion/Lion} + Jane Foster {Bird/Lion} [MCU]

Lady Lucie {Lion/Lion} + Tristan Ballentin {Snake/Bird} [League of Extraordinary Women]

Rikki {Lion/Lion} + Zane {Snake/Lion} [H2O]

Emma Woodhouse {Lion/Lion} + Mr Knightley {Snake/Badger} [Emma]

Alanna {Lion/Lion} + George {Snake/Badger} [Song of the Lioness]

Tyler Lockwood {Lion/Lion} + Caroline Forbes {Snake/Lion} [TVD]

Alina Starkov {Lion/Lion} + Mal Oretsev {Snake/Badger} [Grishaverse]

Jesper Fahey {Lion/Lion} + Wylan van Eck {Lion/Bird} [Grishaverse]

Emily Gilmore + Richard Gilmore {Snake/Badger} [Gilmore Girls]

Cordelia Chase + Xander Harris {Lion/Badger} [BtVS]

Amanita + Nomi {Lion/Badger} [Sense 8]

Riley + Will {Badger/Bird} [Sense 8]

Lily Evans + James Potter {Snake/Lion} [Harry Potter]

Sophie + Howl {Badger/Snake} [Howls’ Moving Castle (Book)]

Sophie + Howl {Lion/Lion} [Howls’ Moving Castle (Film)]

Tenth Doctor {Lion/Lion} + Rose Tyler {Snake/Lion} [Doctor Who]

Anna {Lion/Lion} + Kristoff {Snake/Badger} [Disney]

Prince Naveen {Lion/Lion} + Tiana {Snake/Badger} [Disney]

Othello {Lion/Lion} + Desdemona {Snake/Badger} [Shakespeare]

Shahrzad {Lion/Lion} + Khalid {Snake/Lion} [The Wrath and the Dawn]

Audrey Rose Wadsworth {Lion/Lion} + Thomas Cresswell {Snake/Bird} [Stalking Jack the Ripper]

Matt Murdock/Daredevil {Lion/Lion} + Karen Page {Lion/Bird} [MCU]

Danny Rand/Iron Fist {Lion/Lion} + Colleen Wing {Bird/Badger} [MCU]

Annabelle Archer {Lion/Lion} + Sebastian Devereaux {Lion/Badger} [League of Extraordinary Women]

Laurel {Lion/Lion} + William {Bird/Badger} [This is Us]

Kat Stratford {Lion/Lion} + Patrick Verona {Snake/Snake} [10 Things I Hate About You]

Amy Pond {Lion/Lion} + Rory Williams {Snake/Badger} [Doctor Who]

Jon Snow {Lion/Lion} + Ygritte {Badger/Lion} [ASOIAF]

Lion/Snake (17):

Padme Amidala {Lion/Snake} + Anakin Skywalker {Snake/Lion} [Star Wars]

Drusilla {Lion/Snake} + Spike {Snake/Snake} [BtVS]

Jaime Lannister {Lion/Snake} + Brienne of Tarth {Badger/Lion} [GOT]

Rhett Butler {Lion/Snake} + Scarlett O’Hara {Snake/Lion} [Gone With the Wind]

Elizabeth Swann {Lion/Snake} + Will Turner {Badger/Lion} [Pirates of the Caribbean]

Princess Jasmine {Lion/Snake} + Aladdin {Snake/Snake} [Disney]

Lyra Belacqua {Lion/Snake} + Will Parry {Snake/Badger} [HDM]

Cosette {Lion/Snake} + Marius {Snake/Lion} [Les Miserables]

Wynonna Earp {Lion/Snake} + Dolls {Bird/Bird} [Wynonna Earp]

Wynonna Earp {Lion/Snake} + Doc Holliday {Snake/Snake} [Wynonna Earp]

Isabelle Lightwood {Lion/Snake} + Raphael Santiago {Bird/Badger} [Shadowhunters]

Lorelai Gilmore {Lion/Snake} + Luke Danes {Lion/Badger} [Gilmore Girls]

Elizabeth Swann {Lion/Snake} + James Norrington {Bird/Badger} [Pirates of the Caribbean]

Olivia {Lion/Snake} + Kevin Pearson {Badger/Badger} [This is Us]

Cleopatra {Lion/Snake} + Antony {Snake/Lion} [Shakespeare]

Jake Peralta {Lion/Snake} + Amy Santiago {Badger/Bird} [Brooklyn Nine-Nine]

Olivia Pope {Lion/Snake} + Fitz {Badger/Badger} [Scandal]

Lion/Bird (14):

Bruce Wayne/Batman {Lion/Bird} + Selina Kyle/Catwoman {Badger/Snake}

Hermione Granger {Lion/Bird} + Ron Weasley {Lion/Lion} [Harry Potter

Mulan {Lion/Bird} + Shang {Lion/Badger} [Disney]

Zoe Washburn {Lion/Bird} + Wash {Badger/Bird} [Firefly]

Lady Sybil {Lion/Bird} + Sam Vimes {Badger/Lion} [Discworld]

Ruby {Lion/Bird} + Sam Winchester {Snake/Lion} [SPN]

Rapunzel {Lion/Bird} + Flynn Rider/Eugene Fitzherbert {Snake/Snake} [Disney]

Jackson Whitmore {Lion/Bird} + Lydia Martin {Bird/Bird} [Teen Wolf]

Catherine {Lion/Bird} + Peter {Snake/Lion} [The Great]

Wylan van Eck {Lion/Bird} + Jesper Fahey {Lion/Lion} [Grishaverse]

Kala {Lion/Bird} + Wolfgang {Snake/Badger} [Sense 8]

Kala {Lion/Bird} + Rajan {Snake/Badger} [Sense 8]

Hera Syndulla {Lion/Bird} + Kanan Jarrus {Snake/Lion} [Star Wars]

Cinder {Lion/Bird} + Kai {Badger/Snake} [The Lunar Chronicles]

Lion/Badger (17):

Steve Rogers {Lion/Badger} + Peggy Carter {Lion/Lion} [MCU]

Steve Rogers {Lion/Badger} + Sharon Carter {Bird/Bird} [MCU]

Castiel {Lion/Badger} + Dean Winchester {Badger/Bird} [SPN]

Tom Branson {Lion/Badger} + Sybil Crawley {Badger/Lion} [Downton Abbey]

Dan Humphrey {Lion/Badger} + Serena van der Woodsen {Bird/Lion} [Gossip Girl]

Dan Humphrey {Lion/Badger} + Blair Waldorf {Snake/Badger} [Gossip Girl]

Eve {Lion/Badger} + Mazikeen {Snake/Lion} [Lucifer]

Leslie Knope {Lion/Badger} + Ben Wyatt {Bird/Bird} [Parks & Recreation]

Snow White/Mary Margarte {Lion/Badger} + Prince Charming/David {Badger/Lion} [Once Upon a Time]

Luke Danes {Lion/Badger} + Lorelai Gilmore {Lion/Snake} [Gilmore Girls]

Xander Harris {Lion/Badger} + Cordelia Chase {Lion/Lion} [BtVS]

Xander Harris {Lion/Badger} + Anya {Snake/Snake} [BtVS]

Nomi {Lion/Badger} + Amanita {Lion/Lion} [Sense 8]

Jem Carstairs {Lion/Badger} + Tessa Gray {Bird/Lion} [TID]

Michael Cordero +{Lion/Badger} Jane Villanueva {Badger/Bird} [Jane the Virgin]

Clay Morrow {Lion/Badger} + Gemma Teller {Badger/Snake} [Sons of Anarchy}

Castiel {Lion/Badger} + Meg Masters {Snake/Lion} [SPN]

Sebastian Devereaux {Lion/Badger} + Annabelle Archer {Lion/Lion} [League of Extraordinary Women]

[alandaroyalsims]

This post is a flashback!

Crown Princess Gabriela's engagement to Her Grace Eddred, the Duke of Devinshford was announced by the Royal House in the name of King Phillip.

They were married at 22 during the spring in the Abbey of Birminghan, in a ceremony with 1900 guests, including royal families from other countries. The bride was escorted to the altar by her father. His two sisters Luisa (20) and Olivia(12) attended as Maid of Honor and bridesmaid.

Three years after their marriage, the couple received their first daughter Adrienne Aurora Alexandra Maria, The little girl was baptized in the Chapel Royal, her godparents were HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Whitmore, HM King William II of Simgland, HRH Princess Luisa, Duchess of Kinsale, Her Grace Gladys, Duchess of Tuluse (Eddred's sister) and Lady Isadora Lewan.

When Princess Adrienne was 2 years old, a new pregnancy was announced and the couple received their second daughter Celine Beatrice Anne Elizabeth a few months later. Following in the sister's footsteps, the child was baptized in the royal chapel and had as godparents HRH Princess Olivia of Alanda, HRH Prince Carter of Newcrest, HRH Crown Princess Anastasia of Simalia, HG the Duchess of Simgland(Eddred'd sister) and Miss Ayra Manchester.

The two were super active in raising their two daughters. Currently in adulthood. Gabriela and eddred are mates and Gabriela has complete confidence in her husband.

Writer's Note: Of all the couples that have been in my history, they are still my favorites. They are truly soul mates.

You can check their full story on my instagram.

[synergyhq]

mwf?

from darkhorse: vanya hargreeves, sissy cooper, lila pitts, cha cha, liz sherman, alice monaghan, media, bilquis, easter, oshun, ruby goodchild, cordelia, yemoja.

from dc: selina kyle, peyton riley, lady shiva, renee montoya, mary bromfield, dawn granger, chloe decker, caitlin snow, komand’r, barbara ann minerva, siobhan mcdougal, granny goodness, shayera hol, mera, rose wilson, lois lane, m’gann m’orzz, courtney whitmore, felicity smoak, lena luthor.

from marvel: raven darkholme, jen walters, namorita, cindy moon, susan storm, felicia hardy, kate bishop, bobbi morse, elizabeth braddock, yuriko oyama, jemma simmons, elena rodriguez, dani moonstar, rahne sinclair, jubilation lee, cassie lang, alison blaire.

[best-worde]

Wartime

Wartime WWII put fashion in an unusually practical position, with women forced into factory work after the men had left for the front. Fabric rationing meant less fullness in the skirts and sleeves, and contributed to the slimmer, no- nonsense silhouettes and alternate materials like rayon. The ‘make do and mend’ 

campaign saw the recycling of garments and contrasting fabrics. With Paris occupied and London under siege, fashion saw a reliance on American designers and ready-to-wear for the first time. The feminine, romantic feeling of the 1930s sobered up to a mature, practical woman with her nipped-in waist, practical knee-length skirts, padded shoulders and long sleeves. 1940s Styles: Practical workwear, austere tailored suits, wrap-around ‘popover’ dress, recycled knits Utilitarian details: Patch pockets, epaulettes, larger buttons platform shoes, spectator shoes, fur stoles, shoulder-strap bags high-rolled hairstyles, snood hair- nets, red lipstick, ‘painted’ stockings Colours: Dark and dusty: utility blue, browns, grab green, beige Fabrics: Wool, cotton, denim, rayon, seersucker, jersey, pinstripes, small scat- tered patterns Designers: Norman Norell, Claire McCardell, Hattie Carnegie, Pierre Balmain, Edith Head, Adrian, Jacques Fath Fashion Influences: Lauren Bacall, Lana Turner, Rita Hayworth, Kathryn Hep- burn, Rosie the Riveter, Carmen Miranda Illustrators: Eric, Alberto Vargas Photographers: Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Lee Miller, Irving Penn Movies: Gilda, Casablanca, It’s a Wonderful Life, Rebecca 1950s The New Look The post-war return to domesticity saw a resurgence in high fashion, and the practical woman became a sophisticated lady in the 1950s. Her retreat to the home saw the return of the proper corseted waist, impractically full skirts, softly rounded shoulders and bracelet-length sleeves. A return to ex- travagant eveningwear and matched ensembles were a requirement for any well-dressed woman, but the Rockabilly and Beatniks also brought a youth- ful influence from the streets. 1950s Styles: Twinsets, pencil skirts, shirtwaist dress, cocktail dress, strapless ball gowns, ‘the little black dress,’ fur coats, stiletto heel, pearl necklaces, clutch purses, matching accessories, chignon hairstyles, gingham dresses, pedal pushers, Converse and Keds sneakers, preppy style Colours: Jewel tones, neutrals Fabrics: Wool tweed, cashmere, satin, taffeta, organza, nylon net, cotton piqué Designers: Christian Dior, Cristobal Balenciaga, Pierre Balmain, Charles James, Norman Hartnell, Hardy Amies, Pauline Trigère, Hubert de Givenchy Fashion Influences: Elizabeth Taylor, Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, Sophia Loren, Gina Lollobrigida, Eva Peron, Evelyn Tripp Illustrators: René Gruau, Coby Whitmore, Rene Bouché, Bernard Blossac Photographers: Bill Brandt, Diane Arbus, William Klein, Cecil Beaton Movies: Sabrina, Funny Face, The Seven Year Itch, Rebel Without a Cause, The Wild One, La Dolce Vita, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, All About Eve, To Catch a Thief, Rear Window The rise of teenage culture and rock and roll during this decade had a last- ing influence on fashion, as did the electronic age and the rise of suburban development, shopping malls, and the domestic use of washing machines.  1960s The Mod The woman who had been maturing over the last 30 years started over again in the 1960s, with a wide-eyed return to youthfulness and a naïve schoolgirl look colourfully influenced by Pop Art and Op Art. The look was unisex, with waistless sack dresses, short haircuts, and sleeveless tops. The mod styles of swinging London’s Carnaby Street and King’s Road reached the world along with The Beatles, The Who, The Rolling Stones, James Bond, and The Avengers in a ‘British Invasion.’ Hemlines shot up to the mini-skirt, showcasing colourful tights and go-go boots, and silver and metallic colours highlighted the inspiration of the Space Age. The free spir- its of the decade saw the freedom of oral contraception and the Women’s Lib movement, and politics met fashion in the Equal Rights Movement, at Woodstock and protests against the Vietnam War.

[elejah-verse]

Pride, Love, Hunters and Vampires/Epilogue

Fanfiction 

Epilogue

Elijah Mikaelson x Elena Gilbert

ft. Kennett

a/n: this was inspired by Pride, Prejudice and Zombies, and Elijah Mikaelson in sort of the role of Mr Darcy.

Thanks so much for reading this and for all your likes. It is so appreciated. xoxo

tags

@rissyrapp20 @dendrite-lover @cassienoble2000 @captainshurley @elejahforever @hides2000

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"My dearest, loveliest Elena"- Elijah said looking at his wife to be, dearly-"you love me?!"

Elena nodded uttering- "The moment my eyes beheld you, my heart was irrevocably gone"

"Oh, and my inexcusable horrible behaviour shattered everything. My darling, I will be making amends forever more."- Elijah said gently rubbing his thumb over her cheek.

"Please let us forget all that happened back then. I do not know why I brought it back. It is all in the past now."- Elena said gazing deeply into the vampire's eyes.

"Yes, it is in the past. Yet still, my heart aches because of all that it has put you through."

"You cannot blame yourself for any of what had happened to me. Even if we found our way to one another back then, I still had to answer the inner call of the Huntress. Married or not."- Elena said.

"I am very well aware of that. But you would not be alone. I would be there fighting with you, shoulder to shoulder."- Elijah now said.

Elena looked at the vampire seriously again-

"And you really - my body is full of scars- and I can't give you children"

"Sh-sh-sh-sh"- Elijah put a finger on the Huntress' lips gently, saying-

"You are beautiful to me as you are. As I said I do not wish to be parted from ever again."- Elijah said holding the huntress dearly.

Elena now looked at the Original with adoring eyes-

"You are so wonderful - I love you".

She then leaned to him and pressed her lips to his.

Lost in their own world, they didn't notice Jeremy walking in the room.

The hunter coughed a little to get their attention.

Both Elijah and Elena now turned around, smiling sheepishly, as if they were caught doing something they shouldn't have.

"I presume congratulations are in order."- Jeremy said with a little smile.

Elena nodded with a big smile saying-

"Yes, we are engaged."

Jeremy was delighted and now went into a happy hug with her sister. Then shaking hands with Elijah, conveying how thrilled he was that they found their way to one another.

❤

A month later

Pemberly, Mikaelson Estate

"Do you, Count Elijah Mikaelson take Lady Elena, Dowager Lockwood, to be your lawfully wedded wife and live together forever in the estate of holy matrimony? Do you love, comfort, honour and keep her, in sickness and in health, for richer or for poorer, for better or for worse for as long as you both shall live?" - the minister asked.

"I do."- Elijah said looking at Elena lovingly.

  "Do you, Lady Elena, Dowager Lockwood,  take his Lordship Count Elijah Mikaelson to be your lawfully wedded husband and live together forever in the estate of holy matrimony? Do you love, comfort, honour and keep her, in sickness and in health, for richer or for poorer, for better or for worse for as long as you both shall live?" - the minister asked looking at Elena now.

"I do."- Elena said smiling at Elijah.

The minister now gave a little hint to Klaus to pass on the rings to his brother. 

Elijah took the ring and the minister now continued-

"The wedding ring is an unbroken symbol of the everlasting love and commitment between the Vampire and the Huntress. Repeat after me: With this ring, I thee wed."

As Elijah put the ring on Elena's finger he repeated the words-

"With this ring, Elena, I thee wed."

Elena then took the ring meant for Elijah and repeated the words as she put the ring on the vampire's finger-

"With this ring, Elijah, I  thee wed"

"With the power vested in me by the Gods and the State of Louisiana, I now pronounce you wedded. You may kiss the bride."

Both Elena and Elijah now smiled a little, and the vampire narrowed the gap between them and kissed his bride with all the love that was burning inside of him for so long. 

                All, the family, as well as friends, cheered now for the couple. Elijah and Elena pulling out of the kiss now let everyone come forward to congratulate them. As they finally got free from all the well-wishers, they walked out of the little chapel on Estate, holding onto one another,                  

Always and Forever

¤

Rebekah sat down and now wrote in her diary, some time after:

“Tomorrow is 14th of February and I can write this- Cupid has been so good the last year to all of us.

I will go first, because I cannot wait to tell you this, dear Diary. Marcel and I are secretly engaged, but I think that my brothers will approves, as they all know how it is when you have to fight for your love. I know he is just a steward of the Hathfield House, but, he is the best man I have ever met. 

And now -

Bonnie and Kol are now away on their honeymoon to Mexico. She writes to me every day, and I am so enjoying her little travel log and the description of all the beautiful places they are visiting.

As for Elijah and Elena, ah, my heart cannot take how beautiful it is to see two people so devoted to one another and so very much in love. I gained two sisters now and it is so wonderful, that I cannot find words to express, the way the house and everyone in it are in such great spirits. Well, except for Klaus, as he still pines over Miss Forbes, who has broken of her engagement, and I know that she is in love with my brother, and I sincerely do not know why she does not give him the time of day. I have to go now to meet my darling fiance, but I will soon be back, with more gossip.”

Some two hundred years after, a museum curator, having found the diaries of Rebekah Gerard, read more-

“Jeremy met a fellow Huntress Sarah, and married her in a small military chapel in Whitmore.  

...

Klaus, fillally  gained Caroline's affections. This is going to be the most lavish wedding New Orleans has ever seen.  

…

Elijah and Elena are to adopt orphaned twin brother and sister. We all are so very happy for them. When we all meet soon for Christmas, it will be so very crowded, but in a very sweet and pleasant way. I have still do go buy some more presents. 

Let me see the list-

Bonnie and Kol, and their two children, Lucy and Jackson,

Klaus and Caroline, and their precious Elizabeth.

Jeremy and Sarah, and their sweet, Louise, Greyson and Brent.

My sweet Marie, and now, Elena and Elijah’s angels - Fleur and Henri.

…

The curator, then sat down, and wrote a little story honouring the Mikaelson family and their legacy. She wrote it in a somewhat fairy-tale manner, ending the book with this line

They all lived happily ever after. 

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[marypsue]

That Old Black Magic

I have no idea what the overlap is between these two fandoms, if there even is any besides me, but I wrote nearly five thousand words of Beth as a Discworld witch and by god I'm gonna share them.

Warning for major injury - nothing too graphic, but it's a big part of one scene.

I'm also on AO3 as MaryPSue!

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It has been said, by educated men, that no two snowflakes are ever exactly alike.

This may be true*. It's also true, however, that every snowflake is made of the same stuff.

The witches of the Discworld are as many and varied as snowflakes**. Like snowflakes, though, no matter how unique, they share a few things in common. Magic, for one. And a tendency to wear black.

It isn’t a rule, exactly. Such things rarely are. Plenty of witches don’t wear black, and plenty of people who wear black aren’t witches. But it's understood, in much the same way as babies are understood to cry, that wearing black comes with the job.

In the recorded history of the Discworld, there have been five witches noted for wearing white. Three of them have been Weatherwaxes. 

Miss Elizabeth Sanchez wasn't one of them, yet, though it wasn't for lack of trying.

The village of Lower Bottom, nestled in the foothills of the formidable Ramtops, had been proud to say it had steaded a witch since the Century of the Desiccated Armadillo, if not before. Its inhabitants had seen their share of witches, their own and their neighbours', and many of them liked to fancy they knew a thing or two about the profession***. Miss Sanchez, with her white robes, foreign-sounding name, and city education, defied all of them. She didn't even wear the hat.

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*At least, no one's going to check their work.

**Although, like snowflakes, too many of them in one place end up looking like an indistinguishable mass, and prevent innocent bystanders from getting to work on time.

***In much the same way as anyone at a California cocktail party fancies they know a thing or two about writing.

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"It ain't right, Gytha," was the verdict delivered by an unimpressed Granny Weatherwax, at the Witch Trials the first year Miss Sanchez deigned to attend. "Her puttin' on airs like that. It'll draw...attention." She nodded, once, and settled back in the comfortable chair she'd located in a shady spot and glared at its former inhabitants for until they'd suddenly remembered they had urgent business elsewhere.

Gytha Ogg, also known as Nanny, opened her mouth to remind her best friend about a certain ball they'd both attended under false pretences, thought better of it, and took a big bite of the pickle she was holding instead*.

"She says it's for doctorin'," she said, at last, spraying bits of pickle flesh at the world at large. "So if she's tendin' to a sick cow what's got tiny demons in its blood, you can see she don't wear that same blood in to doctor your wean." She took another thoughtful gnaw on her pickle, her sharp eyes looking past the pen where two witches were throwing punes, or plays on words, back and forth at each other, to the distinct pale shape leaning against the fence on the other side. Nanny knew, from personal observation, that Beth Sanchez' white duds were at least as worn, stained, and well-scrubbed as the black dresses and robes of any other witch at the Trials, but from a distance, against all that black, the figure she cut was certainly impressive.

"Hmph," Granny said, folding her arms across her chest. "What, she's sayin' we ain't clean?"

"I...don't think that was it, Esme," Nanny said, carefully. "She's got a bit of that Magrat about her, all that messin' with herbs and potions. Wants things to be scientific."

The snort Granny let out said, it seemed, everything she thought on the matter.

"Science," she said, at last, as the pune-battle ended and the two witches were led off to a smattering of applause. "Huh. What good's that ever done anyone?"

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*Which, considering the state of Nanny's teeth, was no mean feat.

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Beth Sanchez, as Nanny Ogg had observed, was a great believer in science.

Not necessarily in practising it, or in exercising its methodology. She held a firm and unswayable belief in Science, like some people believe in gods or the moon or the innate worthiness of the rich, as an essential truth of the universe. Beth Sanchez believed in Science the way children believe in the Hogfather.

In any other person, this might have been a character flaw. But Beth was a witch, and, being a witch, she knew a thing or two about belief.

The potions she dosed out to the people of Lower Bottom for various ailments had a tendency to be poisonous colours, and occasionally glowed. But they worked, almost instantly, which was something even Granny Weatherwax couldn’t always say. Often with unexpected side-effects, but no one could say that what they’d got from their witch was anything other than exactly what they’d asked for*.

It had taken time for Lower Bottom to come around to their new witch’s...unconventional habits, but for the most part, come around they had. Old Goody Whitmore, who had held the stead for as long as anyone still living could remember, had been a traditional witch in every sense of the word, but her idea of doctoring had consisted mostly of ‘put a poultice on it and call me in the morning’. The inhabitants of Lower Bottom had quickly decided that they could put up with the idiosyncrasies of the new witch in exchange for a near-50% increase in recovery rates**.

Beth, for her part, had been lucky to land the steading in Lower Bottom. One of the strikes against her in the eyes of the townsfolk was that she hadn’t, as her name suggested, grown up around Lancre. She hadn’t apprenticed under a local witch, or even a witch close enough by to call ‘local’ to an Ankh-Morporkian. 

She had not, in point of fact, even intended to go into witchcraft. 

Beth had been interested in magic, since long before she’d been sent to the Quirm College for Young Ladies, where a string of teachers had all done their best to stifle that interest and had all failed miserably. She'd devoured books and articles on magical theory, asked probing questions of the maths teachers, and spent inordinate amounts of time doing unspeakable things involving doves and white rabbits. But her application to Unseen University had been summarily rejected. Wizarding, even after all that messy business with the girl and the staff, was still considered no proper occupation for a woman***.

And so Beth had found herself in the last place she'd ever expected to end up, living in a ramshackle cottage in a flyspeck of a village in the back end of nowhere, wiping runny noses and bandaging boo-boos for the entire village. In a way, it was like having children, if you had upward of a hundred of them and all of them, even the fully-grown ones, came running to you at the slightest stirring of trouble, expecting you to fix it as a matter of course and ask nothing in return. Some days Beth had to ask herself why she even bothered.

But then, sometimes, when she least expected it, the job reminded her.

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*Well, they could say it, but...

**Though anyone who had been a frequent purchaser of Goody Whitmore’s famous love potions quickly learned not to broach the subject with their new witch.

***There were, of course, a few enlightened thinkers among the faculty, but given that their push to include female students had included a lot of caveats involving tight sweaters and the placement of closures on official department robes, hedge-witchcraft started to look very good in comparison. No-one really cared if a witch wore a tight sweater while she stuck both arms up a cow's most personal parts to haul a particularly recalcitrant calf out into the world or reattached an unlucky lumberjack's severed limb, and most people would take one look at Granny Weatherwax or Nanny Ogg and agree that the best placement for closures on official robes was 'as high up and as often as possible'.

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"Miss! Come quick!"

Beth looked up from the patch of weeds she was still, in the face of all the evidence, calling a garden. Ronnie Beetham's oldest was flying up her garden path, gangly limbs flapping all over, so that the impression was of quite a bit more frantic motion than one adolescent boy should be able to produce on his own.

He skidded to a stop beside Beth's turnips, or at least the place where she'd planted turnips, breathing hard and leaning heavily against his knees with both hands. Beth rose to her feet and stepped over what had once been rows of strawberries and now could, perhaps, be generously called a strawberry patch. "What's the matter, Ollie?"

"You got - to come - miss," Oliver Beetham panted out. "Da - the threshing machine - it's his arm -"

Beth didn't need to hear any more. "Ollie," she said, placing a steadying hand on the boy's shoulder and mustering all the clarity and confidence she had to her voice, "go run back and tell them I'm coming. Get your ma to put a pot of water on to boil. Then find me some towels or clean rags. Can you do that?"

Ollie, still gulping air like it was water, looked up and met Beth's eyes. After a moment, he seemed to gather the presence of mind to nod.

Beth smiled.

"Good," she said. "Go. I'm right behind you."

Ollie tore off back down the garden path, elbows flailing, and Beth hiked up her skirts and ran for the cottage. Her big black bag sat just behind the door, beside the umbrella stand, for occasions just such as this one. Beth didn't stop for longer than it took to scoop the bag up, not bothering even to check that the cottage door banged shut behind her. Anyone stupid enough to try to steal from a witch - even an odd one - deserved whatever they got*.

Ronnie Beetham, Beth knew, considered himself something of an inventor. The rest of Lower Bottom mostly considered him a damn fool, but Beth liked him. She really hoped that whichever of his inventions he'd fallen afoul of this time hadn't done any damage she couldn't repair.

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*Usually, a couple of badly-tarnished silver teaspoons, the odd trinket or two, and sometimes a root vegetable. Witchcraft wasn't a profession that anyone went into expecting to get rich.

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Ronnie Beetham's arm had, in fact, been caught in his threshing machine. This would have been less of a problem if the threshing machine were anything more than a row of very large spinning blades.

There was blood all over the walls.

Someone had, thankfully, had the presence of mind to turn the machine off, so Beth wasn't also spattered with blood as she came through the door. Ronnie was on the floor in the middle of the room, back leaned against the leg of his workbench, looking as pale as Beth's dress and cradling his right arm in his left. There was a cloth wrapped around it that Beth was fairly sure hadn't started the day that shade of crimson. It glistened obscenely.

"Let me see," Beth said, kneeling in the sawdust next to him, heedless of the red soaking into her skirt. Her hands were still dripping from the quick wash she'd done at the pump, and she absently dried them on her skirts.

Ronnie Beetham looked up, met her eyes, and, mutely, unwrapped the cloth from his right arm.

Even Beth couldn't help but wince. Fingers weren't meant to flap loose like that.

"All right," she said, turning to dig in her big black bag and swallowing the bile that rose in her throat. "Ollie, how's your mother coming with that boiling water?"

With impeccable narrative timing, Euphemia Beetham chose that moment to step into the workshop with a big copper pot under one arm, looking almost as pale as her husband.

"It happened so fast," she babbled, as she set the pot down on the anvil by Ronnie's little forge, where Beth knew he built and adjusted the fiddly bits of inventions he didn't trust the smith with. "He just reached to calibrate a wobbly blade - we'll have to scrub this whole room, how will I ever get all the blood off of everything is what I want to know, if we leave it it'll just rust -"

"Mrs. Beetham," Beth said, firmly, but Mrs. Beetham went on like she hadn't heard.

"...and I'll have to replace all this sawdust, of course..."

"Euphemia," Beth said, sternly, in her best, most authoritative voice. Finally, the woman stopped talking, blinking at Beth like a trapped animal. Beth took a deep breath in, deliberately softening her voice. It wouldn't help anyone to have Mrs. Beetham melt down into tears right now. "Thank you for the water. I need you to do one more thing for me. Go out and find me a stone about the size and shape of your husband's fist. Take your time if you must, but find one as close to the real thing as you can. Once you've found it, go and bury it in the dead centre of your garden, as deep as you can manage. Can you do that?"

Mrs. Beetham blinked a few times more, and for a second, Beth thought she might dissolve into tears anyway. But she held Beth's gaze, and after a moment, nodded, before turning and practically sprinting for the door.

"Are you..." Ronnie Beetham asked, through gritted teeth, and Beth turned back to him, startled. She hadn't thought he was in any shape to follow what was going on, let alone speak. "Are you...going to put...the pain...into the stone...?"

"Ronnie, that's a damn good idea," Beth said, drawing needle and thread from her big black bag. She didn't tell him that she'd sent Euphemia Beetham on a fool's errand to get her out of the sickroom and give her something to occupy her mind, some purpose to make her feel useful, to keep her from having the hysterics she'd clearly been ready to fall into. If she did tell him, Ronnie might not trust her, and then all of this would be a great deal harder than necessary. Especially the part where she put his pain into the stone. "If you hadn't been an inventor, you might've made a fine witch. Now, hold still there for me for a moment."

Ollie was busy wringing out rags into the copper pot. He started when Beth came up behind him with her needle and thread, dropping a rag into the sawdust. "Miss! I boiled the rags, miss, like I seen you done when you delivered our Charlotte." He held out the bowl they lay in like an offering, and Beth couldn't help but smile as she took it.

"Very well done, Ollie, that'll help keep - uh - 'tiny demons' from getting into your father's blood." She took the rags, and then, feeling a sudden rush of something she couldn't quite name, "Go get your father some good thick blankets, will you? I can manage here."

"I've got a strong stomach, miss," Oliver Beetham said, looking so solemn that for a moment Beth almost caved.

Instead, she patted him on the shoulder with the hand holding needle and thread. "I'm sure you do, Ollie. Thank you for all your help. But none of us should have to have a strong stomach when it comes to our own parents. Go get the blankets, then run and help your ma. I'm sure she could use your strong young arms to help dig that hole."

Ollie still didn't look convinced, so Beth added, "I'll yell if I need you."

"You really will, miss?" Ollie asked, sounding doubtful, and Beth barely suppressed the urge to roll her eyes.

"I really will, Ollie. I may be a witch, but even witches have only so many hands. Now go."

She watched as Ollie raced for the door, then turned back to considering the best way to sterilise needle and thread without scalding her fingers.

Ronnie, who had been watching her the whole time with the peculiar blank expression of someone sitting atop a plateau of pain, said, "Am I...going to lose...my hand?"

"Not if I can help it," Beth said, finally settling for holding the ends of the thread and using it to dangle the needle in the pot point-first. "And, Ronnie, I can help it."

She pulled the needle from the pot. It glinted sharp in the workshop's golden light as Beth settled it atop the freshly-washed rags. Ronnie Beetham took one look at it, and his good left hand went scrabbling for his breast pocket.

Beth crossed the room and knelt back down beside him, carefully unwrapping the blood-soaked cloth from around his right hand. The damage was bad, almost more startling now that she could get a proper look at it, but already she could see where and how the repairs needed to be done.

She held a hand out for the flask Ronnie had found in the depths of his vest, and he handed it to her with a gentleness that was either reverence or weakness from blood loss and shock. "Gonna...use it...t'clean th'wound?" he slurred, and Beth smiled in his direction before tossing back a slug of Euphemia Beetham's horrible homebrew.

"In a manner of speaking," she said, once the taste had been sufficiently burned out of her mouth by the alcohol. "Oh, don't look so worried, Ronnie, you know me. You know how good I am at this."

She handed the flask back to him, and picked up a rag with her left hand, the needle with her right. 

"This will hurt," she said.

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Oliver found Beth out by the pump, where she was washing her hands. The blood had got under her fingernails and dried there. It always seemed to do that, no matter how short she kept her nails. Perhaps once Ronnie was back on his feet she'd ask him to mock up something like a little brush for scrubbing underneath them.

"That was some fine stitching you done there, miss," Ollie said, so quiet that at first Beth didn't hear him over the water.

"Wh- oh. Thank you, Ollie." Beth was almost too tired to smile at the boy. She wasn't sure how long she'd been in that workshop, stitching, but she did know it had been hours. All she wanted was her own bed.

It was because she was so tired that it took her longer than usual to notice the way Ollie was fidgeting. "Your da will be fine," she said, already dreaming about a hot cup of tea. "He might have to leave the fine needlework to your ma from now on, but he'll use his hand again. Don't worry."

"I'm not, miss. I know you're the best," Ollie stated, matter-of-factly, not seeming to notice that he'd just become Beth's new favourite person. He wrung the bottom of his shirt in both hands as he said, "I was wondering, miss, how it was that you became a witch, miss?"

Beth blinked at him.

"When the steading came open, a friend recommended me," she said. And then, with an idea of what this was really about slowly creeping up on her, added, "But the usual way is to apprentice yourself to another witch."

Ollie twisted and twisted the bottom of his shirt until Beth worried it might tear.

"Would you consider taking an apprentice, miss?" he asked the dirt at his feet.

"I'm barely more than an apprentice myself, Ollie," Beth said. "But - there may be someone around with an opening. The best place to start asking would be at the Witch Trials next summer, but I can start to put the word out that someone around here is looking."

Ollie's smile was incandescent.

"Thank you, miss!" he said, and then, a little belatedly, "Can I make you a cup of tea, miss?"

"Thank you, Ollie, but I need to get home and have a proper wash-up," Beth sighed, brushing back a stray lock of hair from her face. She moved to dry her hands on her skirts, but, realising what a stiff, sticky mess of rapidly-drying blood they'd become, opted to shake her hands dry as best she could instead. "May I ask you, why the sudden interest in witchcraft?"

Oliver Beetham took so long to answer that at first, Beth thought he wasn't going to.

" 'tain't sudden, miss," he said, in a very small voice. "I seen you deliver our Charlotte, miss. We still got our ma - and now our da's still got his hand - because of you, miss."

"But why not medicine, then? Or wizardry, if you've got an interest in magic? Why witchcraft?"

Ollie bobbed his head from side to side. "What doctor's going to bother with us out here, miss? And what's a wizard going to do, miss, poof it all better? What's all that going to cost us, miss?"

When Beth didn't answer right away, Ollie turned beetroot-red to the tips of his ears and turned his gaze back onto the ground. "Pardon me if I spoke outta line, miss."

"No-o-o," Beth said, slowly. "You've just given me something to think about, that's all. Thank you, Ollie." 

Oliver Beetham nodded, and then, as if finally sensing that this might not be the time or place, turned and scarpered, leaving Beth standing alone with blood drying in her skirts and her hands dripping.

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Dusk was gathering over the mountains as Beth dragged herself up the garden path to the cottage, only a few last glimmers of purple light trapped between the peaks. Her big black bag felt like it was stuffed with lead, her boots even more so. 

The cottage seemed somehow smaller and darker than usual in the fading light, the moss covering the roof like a huge, lumpy beast hunched over the building. It was not the most inviting thing to come home to at the end of a day like the one she’d just had. 

The big black bag hit the floor as soon as she crossed the threshold, landing back in its place beside the umbrella stand. She’d replace the needle and thread in the morning. She’d just have to hope that nobody else needed emergency surgery in the middle of the night.

Beth shuffled down the hall and turned left into the kitchen, taking the matches from their place above the fireplace. She knelt, reaching for the kindling - and then froze.

Somewhere in the darkness of the parlour, something had just moved.

Beth straightened, slowly, grabbing a piece of wood off the pile she kept in the basket by the fireplace. As weapons went, it wasn’t a particularly good one, but she’d never felt the need to have anything better on hand. Most people weren’t big enough idiots enough to break into a witch’s cottage. 

���You were cursed the moment you stepped across the threshold,” she said, weighing the split log in her hand. At least it was heavy enough to do some damage, if whoever was in there got within reach. “I’m the only person who can remove it -”

“Do - do you feed that line of bullshit to all your visitors?” a familiar voice sawed out of the parlour, and Beth dropped the log out of sheer surprise. It clattered against the flagstones, the only sound in the sudden silence.

“Dad?”

Beth’s father unfolded himself from one of the two mismatched chairs, sauntering into the kitchen with his hands stuffed into the pockets of his white wizard’s robes. “Hey, uh, Beth. Long time no see.”

“I haven’t seen you since Quirm,” Beth agreed. It took her a minute to gather up her wits, to remember how cold and dark the cottage around her was. She crouched down and grabbed a handful of kindling, tossing it into the fireplace. “Sorry, this place is a mess - if I’d known you were coming -”

Before she could even reach for the matches, a fire burst to life in the hearth, green flames licking up around her battered tin kettle. Beth straightened up again, looking over at her father, who still had both hands in his pockets.

“Thought you were a witch,” he said, and Beth felt the tips of her ears burn.

“Tea?” she asked, rather than respond to that, crossing the kitchen to light the gas lamp in the window. She pulled the pot and two chipped cups from the cupboard beside the window, turning towards the icebox for the milk. 

“Nahhh,” her dad said, and Beth returned the teapot and one of the mugs directly back into the cupboard without breaking stride. “Do you - don’t you keep any - any booze in this dump?”

Beth drew in a deep breath.

“I do not,” she admitted, turning back towards the fireplace, and her father. “What, uh, what brings you all the way up here? I thought it was too far to visit.”

“Oh, yeah, it is,” her dad agreed. “This place is in the middle of - of - of nowhere. Hate to see you wasting your potential in a shithole like this.” He pulled a hand out of his pocket, waving what at first glance Beth thought was a handkerchief, and then realised was an envelope. “Which is why I’m here.”

Beth managed to stifle her questions before she started blithering. Either the letter her father handed over to her would answer them all, or it wouldn’t. Regardless, she would look stupid asking questions if she literally had the answers in her hands. And if there was one thing her father had neither time nor patience for, it was stupidity.

There was nothing written on the front of the envelope, but the heavy purple wax seal on the back was stamped with two interlocking “U”s. For a moment, Beth felt as though she’d been frozen, fixed in a solid block of ice, unable to move or even breathe.

“You planning to open that sometime tonight?” her dad demanded, and Beth breathed out.

Her fingers shook as she broke the seal. Beth tried to tell herself it was simply because she hadn’t eaten dinner yet, because of how long and tiring her day had been, but she knew better.

“It’s a - a - a full scholarship,” her dad interrupted, clearly growing bored with how long the letter was taking Beth to unfold. “Those pricks wanted me, they had to take you too. That’s what you wurrpanted, right?”

The letter was printed in elegant hand on soft, creamy paper, crisp and white, stamped with the University’s crest. The first few sentences were welcoming, positive, almost unctuous. The rest glazed over into a blur of grey as Beth stared at it, uncomprehending.

“This is...” she started, and then stopped. “I don’t know what to say.”

“You could start with ‘thank you’,” her father suggested. 

“Thank you,” Beth repeated. “This is...a lot. Too much.” The creamy, soft paper was crumpling under her thumb. She hadn’t touched anything like it since she’d left Quirm College. The inhabitants of Lower Bottom thought the semi-gloss paper the mail-order catalogue was printed on was fancy. “I need to think about it.”

“What - what’s there to think about?” her dad sneered, feeding a log into the fire absently and grinning when it threw up a rainbow of sparks. “You can come back with me, live out your little dream of whatever you wanted to do at the University, and have everything you ever wanted. Or, you can stay here, in this garbage pit of a house, picking up after a pack of idiot hicks whose idea of a good time is - is - is taking their half-sister on a romantic date to a lynching.” He glanced over at Beth with a shrug. “Your call.”

Beth looked into the fire, into the leaping green flames, and then past the fireplace, out into the hall, to the shadowy shape of her big black bag.

“I need to think about it,” she repeated. And then, feeling as though she was waking from a dream, “You’re welcome to stay the night, though I’ve only got the one bedroom. I hope you won’t mind there’s a draught from the roof. Steven Gidding keeps saying he’ll come fix it, but he’s always got some excuse -”

“I literally could not care less about your small-town problems,” her dad interrupted, and Beth managed a smile.

“Good. Then, if you don’t mind, I need to change.” She gestured down at her skirt, at the dried blood the green light turned almost black, before starting in the direction of the bedroom. “Make yourself at home.”

“I won’t,” her father called after her. “And you shouldn’t either.”

Beth hummed, low in her throat, but she didn’t turn around.

The letter in her hand crackled much like the fire in the hearth behind her.

[funkymbtifiction]

Enneagram List Updated

I went through and added a bunch of Enneagram types today. Will update the archives on and off, focusing on the ones that are instantly recognizable first.

Type / social instinct / character / show

1w2 self-pres Elsa Frozen 1w2 sexual Felicity King Road to Avonlea 1w2 sexual Ruth de Witt Bukater Titanic 1w2 sexual Vincent Griffith Originals 1w2 social Albert Victoria 1w2 social Claire Dearing Jurassic World 1w2 social Clarice Starling Silence of the Lambs 1w2 social Eleanor Dashwood Sense and Sensibility 1w2 social Elijah Mikaelson Originals 1w2 social George Knightley Emma 1w2 social Hermione Granger Harry Potter 1w2 social Marmee March. Little Women 1w2 social Meg March. Little Women 1w2 social Mrs. McCarthy Father Brown 1w9 self-pres Levin Anna Karenin 1w9 sexual Geog von Trapp Sound of Music 1w9 sexual Hetty King Road to Avonlea 1w9 sexual Mycroft Holmes Sherlock 1w9 social Clarisse Renaldi Princess Diaries 1w9 social Marilla Cuthbert Anne with an E 1w9 social Thanos Infinity War 2w1 self-pres Andy Sachs Devil Wears Prada 2w1 sexual Alec King Road to Avonlea 2w1 sexual Clark Kent Smallville 2w1 sexual Fitzwilliam Darcy Pride & Prejudice 2w1 social Emma Woodhouse Emma 2w1 social Frollo Hunchback of Notre Dame 2w1 social Kerra Britannia 2w1 social Margaret Hale North & South 2w1 social Mary Stuart Reign 2w1 social Peter Pevensie Narnia 2w1 social Richard Cipher Legend of the Seeker 2w1 social Scott McCall Teen Wolf 2w3 self-pres Janet King Road to Avonlea 2w3 sexual Jenny Lind Greatest Showman 2w3 social Esmeralda Hunchback of Notre Dame 2w3 social Rebekah Mikaelson Originals 3w2 sexual Amy March. Little Women 3w2 sexual Lady Felicia Father Brown 3w2 sexual Porthos Musketeers, The 3w2 social Becky Sharp Vanity Fair 3w2 social Cal Hockley Titanic 3w2 social Lydia Martin Teen Wolf 3w2 social Marcel Gerard Originals 3w2 social P.T. 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[daniellesreadingnook]

The Emerald Sea Spoilers

As I'm reading the book, I can't stop but wonder about some things.

The family that Tamsin is staying with after the storm. The one female is making it hard for the girls for no reason. She is justifying her reasons by saying that their lord is making them pay for their selfishness. However, it looks to me that she likes doing things to people and trying to justify it thru her religion.

How Tamsin was mad at the fact that Adelaide was being deceptive, but there were things Tamsin didn't tell Adelaide or Mira. Hypocritical

There will probably be more things. But overall, I am loving that I get to see Tamsin's side of the trilogy

[the-sayuri-rin]

Updating character info

Name: Sarah Elizabeth Lovely

Nickname: Sari, Love, Sare, Rah, Sally, Sare-Bear

Birthday: December 3rd

Blood type: unkown

Age: 14

House: Gryffindor

Wand: 11¼" Birch, Ashwinder Ash, Unyielding

History

Sarah’s life is...one could say, a difficult one at best. There is much about her family and her life that she doesn't know or remember.All she knows is she was raised in an orphanage in London. Sarah's last name isn't even her real last name. Sarah was dropped off at the orphanage with  a letter simply stating to “please take care of young Ms.Sarah Elizabeth...” she received the name “Lovely” from a worker at the orphanage because she was “always such a lovely baby.” Along with the letter was a necklace, which was given to her to wear once she turned eight.

She was a victim of bullying and some of the workers weren't the nicest people. Pulling her hair should she get into trouble and treating her like dirt. Her first time using Magic(unknowingly at the time), was when one of the workers tried to drag Sarah to her room by her hair, only for the worker to end up getting getting his left hand and arm seriously burned.

Personality

Sarah wears the mask of a calm,quiet,lonely, pessimistic, serious, cynical,and reclusive personality. When it comes to her studies, Sarah is a bit of a workaholic, pushing herself a little too far sometimes . If people take the time to get to know her well enough, they will find that under that mask,is a  self-disciplined,determined, ambitious young lady who is driven by her current situation in life, to make sure her future is brighter and better. Deep down, she is imaginative,resilient, and can be assertive when she wants to be. When she's in a place she finds comfortable and safe, Sarah tends to show a more friendly, outgoing, vivacious side of her.

Sarah is first and foremost a good person. However, for every ounce of her that is good, there is a side of her that is easily drawn to the darker side of magic. She tends to find herself slightly attracted to dark influences sometimes, although none strong enough to tempt her into actually becoming evil. She does wonder what it would be like, or feel like to be evil, she keeps these thoughts and feelings locked away within her though.

Appearance

Sarah can be described as a very attractive. She is currently of average height for her age coming in a 5′4″. Sarah has fair skin with long, copper red hair and green eyes. When Sarah is in certain lighting, her eyes give off the illusion that her eyes are a different color (blue, grey, hazel). She has a causal but somewhat elegant style in what clothes she wears, whether it be skirts, dresses or jeans.Sarah prefers to wear her hair down as she feels more comfortable this way, and rarely puts it up in a bun or ponytail. She has currently cut her hair to shoulder length, as she was curious about how she would look with short hair.

Abilities

Family

Unknown Mother

Unknown Father

Siblings: unknown

Aunts/uncles:unknown

Cousin: unknown

Friends

Acquaintance:(open)

Hunter Whitmore- Sarah and Huner are in the same house, although they are a year apart. They've seen each other around  but have never interacted until recently. After Sarah caught her defacing Ravenclaw's house banners.The two argued over the subject until Sarah 'threatened to tell' (she was simply tricking Hunter into stopping), resulting in Hunter hurrying away.

Friends: (open)

Best friends: (open)

Frenemies: (open)

Rivals: (open)

Enemies: (open)

Love

Crush: (open)

Boyfriend: (open)

Wand

Sarah’s wand is 11 1/4 inches long, made of White Birch, and possess an Ashwinder Ash core. It was described to be a protective combination. It is straight, white birch with a red elegant vine pattern. It has a golden handle with emeralds, sunstones,aquamarine spiraling around it.

Triva:

- Sarah’s unusual eyes come from a parent or possibly grandparent trying to invent a spell to allow their eye color to change if they wished it to. It seems the resulting effect is able to be passed on from parent to child.

- Sarah needing reading glasses is a result of said effect.

[starry-sky-stuff]

@missbrunettebarbie and I were talking about interesting names from romance novels so I thought I'd make a list of the most unusual names from romance books I've read:

The Makepeace siblings from Elizabeth Hoyt's Maiden Lane Series - Temperance, Silence, Winter, Asa

Lady Hero, and Artemis and Apollo Greaves from Elizabeth Hoyt's Maiden Lane Series

Prunella Chuffington-Smythe, Jerome Cadogan, and Solomon 'Solo' Weston from Emma V Leech's Girls Who Dare Series

Dare Kelburn and Sterling Oak from Emma V Leech's Daring Daughters Series

Calbourne Rutherford from Marry in Haste by Anne Gracie

Auric, the Duke of Crawford from Loved by a Duke by Christi Caldwell

Piers and Rafe Brandon, and Clio Whitmore from Tessa Dare's Castles Ever After Series

Fletcher 'Grey' Pryde, Gwyn and Marlowe 'Thorn' Drake, and Sheridan Wolfe from Sabrina Jeffries Duke Dynasty Series

Olympia Hightower from A Duke in Shining Armour by Loretta Chase

Calpurnia Hartwell from Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean

Seraphina, Sesily, Seleste and Seline Talbot from Sarah MacLean's Scandal and Scoundrel Series (Sophie is also a sister but her name is hardly unusual)

Phineas Brand and Eugenia Huxley from A Marriage Made in Scandal by Elisa Braden

Stamford 'Ford' Wright and Ash Ellis from Lenora Bell's Wallflowers vs Rogues Series

Hyacinth Bridgerton and Gareth St Clair from It's in His Kiss by Julia Quinn

[alandaroyalsims]

Monarch: King Phillip Charles Otavio.

Consort: Queen Sofia, Consort of Alanda.

Heiress apparent: Crown Princess Gabriela.

Phillip was born as the eldest son of King George and Queen Lisa. He had a younger brother Arthur.

He married fellow college student Sofia Hanes at 21 and a year later the two were crowned King and Queen of Alanda after the death of former King Henry. Phillip brought numerous changes to Alanda after his coronation, the most important of which was changing male supremacy to birthright supremacy in the name of his first daughter.

Phillip also changed the way children in the royal family were raised. He kept his ancestors away from the public until he was 18 years old, Phillip grew up shy and had a lot of difficulty in his early years as a senior royal, so his children accompanied him to real events from the early years.

Phillip and Sofia had four kids: Crown Princess Gabriela Theresa Maria (Gen 5).

Princess Luisa Alexandra Sofia, Duchess of Kinsale: She is the second child and gave a young twin brother. She married to Thomas, Duke of Kinsale and togheter they have two kids Prince John (Who is married to Princess Elodie from Simalia Royals) and princess Sofia, who married Mr Francisco Vilela and Have two sons Anthony and Timothy.

Prince Otavio Edmund George, Duke Of Cumbriam: He was the twin brother of Sofia. Prince Otavio was briefly married to actress Baby Ariel with whom he had a child Prince Maddox, Duque of Cumbriam. They got a divorce when their son was thre months old and Prince Otavio died two days after in a car crash.

Princess Olivia Phillipa Elizabeth: She was born 12 years after her eldest sister Gabriela. She is married to Crown Prince Frederick of Bridgeview (CardenFamily on instagram) and had two kids: Prince Duncan and Princess Octavia.

King Phillip and Queen Sofia also raised his brother Arthur only daughter, Lady Isadora,after his premature death. She married Mr Devon Lewan and have an only son Master Cedric Arthur Joe, Who became Crown Prince of Whitmore after his marriage to Crown Princess Emeline of Whitmore. Cedric and Emeline have a daughter named Victoria.

Queen Sofia began to suffer from dementia after her son's death and withdrew from social life. After 32, King Phillip abdicated the throne in the name of his daughter Gabriela to care for his wife. Sofia died a few years later. King Phillip lived with his grandson Maddox and his family until his death.

King Phillip left a beautiful legacy and was loved by his people.

You can see more about them in my Family tree.

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[actionmoviesreviews]

Independence Day: Resurgence 2016

This is a kind of science fiction adventure movie by director Roland Emmerich with writers Emmerich, Nicolas Wright, Dean Devlin, James Vanderbilt and James Woods. It is the continuation of the 1996 movie Independence Day and the movie was set 20 years after the proceedings of the initial film.

The Cast Lists:

Liam Hemsworth played as Jake Morrison, the U.S. lieutenant pilot that serves in ESD.

Jeff Goldblum played as David Levinson, the MIT-educated strategist, computer expert, a scientist, and an environmental activist.

Angelababy played as Rain Lao, a lieutenant in ESD and a Chinese pilot.

Gbenga Akinnagbe played as Agent Matthew Travis, the US Secret Service agent.

William Fichtner played as Joshua Adams, the U.S. General in control of the ESD's defense sector.

Vivica Fox played as Jasmine Dubrow-Hiller, the former exotic dancer and the widow of Steven Hiller.

Charlotte Gainsbourg played as the Dr. Catherine Marceaux, the French psychiatrist.

Judd Hirsch played as Julius Levinson, he is David's widowed father

Ng Chin Han played as Jiang Lao, the commanding Chinese General of an ESD's Moon Base.

Joey King played as Samantha Blackwell, the oldest in the siblings that stays in Florida.

Robert Loggia played as Gen. William Grey, USMC (Ret.), he is the 43rd President.

Maika Monroe played as Patricia Whitmore, she is the former president First Daughter.

Robert Neary played as Captain McQuaide.

Deobia Oparei played as Dikembe Umbutu, the head of the government of the Congolese provincial state.

Bill Pullman played as Thomas Whitmore, the 42nd President

Jenna Purdy played as the voice of a Sphere, an ET virtual intelligence.

Brent Spiner played as Dr. Brackish Okun, the mess and the highly excited scientist who is previously in charge of a research in the Area 51.

Patrick St. Esprit played as Reese Tanner, a US Secretary of Defense.

John Storey played as Dr. Milton Isaacs, the physician in charge at the Area 51 medical facility and a scientist as well.

Travis Tope played as Charlie Miller, the U.S. lieutenant pilot that served in ESD.

Jessie Usher played as Dylan Hiller, the son of Jasmine Hiller

Sela Ward played as Elizabeth Lanford, he was the 45th US President and the first lady in the history to hold in an Oval Office of the country.

Nicolas Wright played as Floyd Rosenberg, the mild-mannered admin controller of the Federal Accounting Standards in the Advisory Board.

Garrett Wareing played as Bobby, Hays Wellford as Felix, and Mckenna Grace as Daisy, Sam's younger siblings.

James Woods played as Lt. James Ritter, one of Gen. Adams's subordinates.

The Story Line:

After 20 years of the damaging alien invasion, the UN has arranged an Earth Space Defense (ESD), it is a research program and a global defense that overturns engineer alien technology and operates as the Earth's early warning system towards ET threats. As the 20th celebration of the invasion come near, David Levinson, ESD Director encounters with warlord Dikembe Umbutu and Dr. Catherine Marceaux in an African administration Republique Nationale d'Umbutu. They take a journey to unbroken alien slayer and find out that there were alien survivors that transmit a distress call into their home world just before their fight. It is exposed that earlier US Pres. Thomas Whitmore, Umbutu and Dr. Brackish Okun were telepathically connected to the aliens going after personal encounters and their visions of unnamed spherical objects.

The unidentified circular ship emerges from the wormhole just near the Earth's Moon, and in spite objections from the Levinson, it was smashed out on the instructions of the Security Council of the world. Defying orders, the US pilots, Charlie Miller and Jake Morrison then lift up Levinson, Umbutu, Marceaux, and Floyd Rosenberg, the US federal controller on the space tug and they were headed for the remains in a Van de Graaff hollow, where they claimed a big container. The alien’s Mothership rapidly appears, replying to the distress invitation, and proceeds to smash- out much of the planetary defenses of the Earth's before settling down over the Atlantic Ocean at the North where it began to drill in the molten core of the Earth.

The Writers’ View:

Being the big fan of alien invasion films, I walked out from the cinema and feeling like this was a huge opportunity being wasted. The most negative thing about this is, despite all the blasts and everything about alien invasion, excitement was totally not there. It was totally boring. Not like many other popular sci-fi films, this movie is not really that true to science. The nastiest part, apart from the crying scenarios is that aliens are a lot primitive than us.

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