#lady of fortuna

[retailther4py]

fifty favorite films • 4/50

the last unicorn (1982)

[delaish]

While I'm working on a new Hansry illustration, I'm inspired to upload this peculiar version of a fan art. It's not a fem AU per se, but rather an interpretation of my girlfriend and me as Hans and Henry. Since I experienced the story in the game, I noticed some parallels with ours (not the part where I was in mortal danger, thankfully, but absolutely the "now or never" part). She has the quirks of a noble lady, and I'm the squire who always indulges her... Oh, and we don't have a Mutt to accompany us on our adventures, but we do have a cat who is a faithful servant to the Lady of Leipa. 🏰🗡️🐈

I hope you like it, and I'll soon upload some more drawings of the true protagonists of the fandom.💓

[wastedskins]

Devil May Cry 4, 2008

[pandaofsecrets]

Assorted headcanons for the Ladybug Chloé and Cat Noir Nathanaël AU:

Nath's hero name would definitely be Stygian Blue, in reference to the Russian Blue breed of cats, the river Styx, and one of the "impossible colors".

Chloé's hero name would probably be Lady Fortuna.

Blanc!Nath's akuma name would be Ceruse, a lesser-known name for lead white.

Fortuna and Stygian have their own separate picks for the secondary heroes. Chloé chooses Adrien for the Bee, Kim for the Turtle, and eventually Alya for the Fox. Nathanaël chooses Alix for the Bee, Ivan for the Turtle, and Marinette for the Fox.

Chloé initially tries to choose Nathanaël for the Fox Miraculous.

Chloé has zero patience for Fu's cryptic nonsense and refuses to needlessly keep secrets from Stygian.

Stygian calls Fortuna "duchess".

After the whole Ceruse debacle, Chloé slowly distances herself from Stygian and begins growing closer with her classmates, including Nathanaël. This eventually leads to a love square where Chloé wants to be with Nathanaël and sees Stygian as off limits, and Nathanaël is still hung up on Fortuna and only sees Chloé as a friend.

[jpeg-anachronism]

Alrighty, DMC fans, I've figured it out.

Spoilers for those who haven't played DMC 5 yet.

So, we all know that Vergil is Nero's dad. This fact has plagued the DMC fans for years due to it being a loose end that's never tied up.

Who's Nero's mother and Vergil's lover? Unclear. When did this happen? Who knows. How did Vergil fall for someone in what's seemingly a certified out of character moment? Fuck off.

Except here's the thing. The fandom did not fuck off. Forsooth, they fucked on to this thing in such a quick display of background character shipping it would make the Loud House fandom blush.

Side tangent but what the fuck is this I went to look up this one ship from a children's show and I kid you not this is the first thing that came up what the fuck.

Look, bullying is bad. But what if w-

The DMC fans took this one random background lady who stops and looks at Vergil for about three seconds in the opening cutscene of his route and went crazy with it in what was probably the fandom's shining moment.

Suddenly it was all clear. This random ass woman was Vergil's lover, Nero's mom, and the meaning behind the lyric "temptation's pulling me" in one giant package.

And I won't lie to y'all I'm down with that.

Here's the thing, though. We never see her face, hear her name, or really know anything about her besides the fact that she's (hypothetically) Nero's mom. She's the blandest character in the game franchise since we don't know anything aside from her role in canon.

And that's when it hit me.

Capcom did this on purpose.

Let me repeat.

Capcom did this on purpose.

Think about it. At this point, the third game had already come out and fans were practically drooling over Vergil. The fifth game wouldn't be released for a while, so we didn't have peak Vergil madness in the fandom yet but the fan's feelings were clear.

This man was fucking SEXY WITH A CAPITAL C.

The ladies wanted piece of him, and Capcom knew it. Hell, they still know it. Look at the marketing. The official marketing.

Look me in my eyes and tell me that they don't know what this man does to women.

But here's the issue. They needed him to be Nero's father.

When you create a man as perfect as Vergil, you run into a bit of a snag when picking a woman to be his canon lover. Every woman in the stratosphere is going to be tearing their hair out and shaking their fists to the heavens realizing they're not exactly like the woman he's hooked up with.

Sure, some female fans would just be happy to watch Vergil being in love, but deep down every one of them would ask the same question.

"Why couldn't Vergil have fucked me?"

Capcom thrived on Vergil simps. You remove their imaginary chances with an Imaginary character, and things get sticky.

They don't pick a lover for Vergil, the lore falls apart. They do pick a lover for Vergil, the fans fall apart. There was no way to win unless...

Unless they made the fans his lover.

Suddenly, the unpaid intern jumps up in his seat, tasting the promotion as he shouts out "we don't give her a face!"

Silence. A cough can be heard. A few of the people at the meeting start sweating.

"Don't give her a face?" One finally speaks up.

"Right!" The intern yells "No face! No voice! No personality!"

And suddenly the rest of the meeting room understands as well.

See that's the thing. The Fortuna lady is hooded on purpose. She's silent on purpose. She's given no personality on purpose.

Think about her design. We barely see any of her face except a mouth. Her weight is the most average weight one could program, and if it comes off as thinner than the player, they could easily say she's wearing a girdle or something similar under her dress. Her bust size is average, her height is average. Everything about her is painstakingly average and THAT WAS THE POINT.

LADY FORTUNA IS US AND WE ARE LADY FORTUNA. SHE'S A SELF INSERT DESIGNED BY CAPCOM SO WE COULD IMAGINE THAT WE WERE THE ONES WHO FUCKED VERGIL. IT WAS ALL PLANNED FROM THE START AND IT FUCKING WORKED. THE SICK SON OF A BITCHES DID IT.

"But Jpeg, they did give her a face! See?"

I sigh and pat your head.

"No, my sweet. They made this for the other fans. The ones who for whatever reason weren't attracted to Vergil. Of course they would want some form of "closure" as to what she looked like. To them her face was just another mystery to be solved. Besides, why not put this in the actual game? Why leave it as a single, oddly rendered model, banished to the depths of t-posing hell?"

Because it's not canon. That's the answer. The lady from Fortuna's canon face is our face.

"But Jpeg," fucking Oliver Twist pipes up "She's white. What about all the women of color who simp for Vergil? Wouldn't her skin color defeat the purpose?"

First of all, this is something that's hard to skirt around in the first place. No matter how much you cover up a character, you're going to need to show certain details. Look at any dating simulator protagonist.

They can go for basic designs by making them white and brunette, two of the most common genetics, to try to maintain the self insert illusion, but the sad thing is that at the end of the day, it's just a drawing of a man that is not the player.

Except DMC gets around this because fuck those dating sims. Those are for pussies and children of divorce. Devil May Cry treats you like a 100 IQ individual as it makes it clear that if you want it to be so, the Fortuna woman can just be some random ass lady who thought Vergil's cloak looked sick.

Vergil's real lover could be a whole different lady from Fortuna. One that's any race you wish it to be. Whichever race you are, she is too.

Hell, why stop with Fortuna? Who said you have to be a nun in this universe?! By our and Capcom's, logic, you could be whoever the fuck you wanted! It doesn't matter, so long as Vergil ended up smooshing the whooshing with you! Make it whatever pops into your mind! Are you a pizza delivery girl? Another Devil Hunter? A subscriber to Vergil's Onlyfans? Who knows? Oh, wait! You do!

Lady Fortuna is not a single character, nor does she represent such.

Lady Fortuna represents us, and the power of loving a fictional man beyond rational mind.

Lady Fortuna is us.

We are Lady Fortuna.

Or maybe she's some reused asset idk man it's whatever you guys think.

[gwennafran]

Pale Lights - Eldritch Fortuna

Watercolour postcard sized fun fanart for the Online Book Pale Lights

Fortuna the Goddess in her more Eldritch shape: Gold, blood and marble.  

[liliennacht]

Fortuna, Lady of Long Odds

[alicelufenia]

Probably the standout moment in the first Pale Lights book

Luck manipulation powers are always fascinating, and the way Tristan's contract with Fortuna works makes it such a blast every time. The huge risk factor contrasts so well with his risk-averse personality.

[tuppencetrinkets]

pngs of various characters from star wars outlaws; use as you like.

[its-gettin-weird]

"Because I want to be one with you — you finally noticed the wish that I'd been praying for!"

Sirius’ outfit is a wedding dress / wedding themed! I made this her motif because of her obsession with Petelgeuse and because of the whole ‘becoming one’ thing reminding me of marriage / wedding vows, stuff like that. I didn’t know whether to incorporate her bandages or not, and in the end decided against it + opted to just cover as much of her bare skin as possible like with the veil, sleeves, and purple fabric above the shoulders. I gave her a spiked collar and spiky halo-like hairpiece + put her hair in a ponytail (maybe that’s a little hard to tell ahaha) to give her kinda punkish elements to her, twisting the ‘purity’ of the wedding theme a bit to subtly reflect her instability (and because it looks cool). I didn’t want her to just have a regular old wedding dress cause I thought it would look kind of bland compared to the other magi designs, so I added some fire elements to her dress that I think turned out really well :) . I also had the genius idea to make her hooks double as weaponized wedding rings to go with the outfit’s aesthetic. Her hooks are connected together to also symbolize ‘becoming one’ / the unity of marriage, that sort of thing.

The authority from a wish doc says that her wish was for love / believes love is to become one, so her wish would grant her ‘soul-washing’ powers. Her abilities make her extremely dangerous to other magi…

[howaboutsomeschmolly]

I am in the mood for some nonsense, so here some of The Last Unicorn crew's favourite Italian candy.

The Unicorn/Lady Amalthea: violet flavoured pastilles.

Elegant, simple design, delicate.

Schmendrick: Orange flavoured fizzy candies.

Oranges! And they fizz when you bite them! There's more inside if you are willing to look for it.

Molly Grue: Rossana cream filled candy.

Hard and plain on the outside, sweet, comforting, and reliable on the inside. Always the best.

Prince Lìr: Goleador gummies.

You look at them and you know they are good already. A true legend, indeed.

King Haggard: Galatine (milk flavoured pastilles)

... they make him happy. (Apparently, these little abominations are a favourite of most people I know. I hate them with a passion. Too sweet and too milky)

Mommy Fortuna: liquorice gummies.

Old people candy. Dark, liquorice pellet your grandma offers you because she does not like you very much.

[marahsfandomloves]

My current fancast for a live action Last Unicorn! *UPDATED*

Emilia Clarke as Amalthea/The Unicorn.

Tom Hiddleston as Prince Lir.

Eddie Redmayne as Schmendrick.

Charles Dance as King Haggard.

Hayley Atwell as Molly Grue.

Meryl Streep as Mommy Fortuna.

[cluepoke-archive]

Some concepts and character designs for my project calendertown:]

[thewritehag]

I finally got a job! I'm so happy!

It pays more than my tech writing job, with better benefits, overtime, and twice the amount of pto. Dude, I'm stoked!

[burngods]

closed  starter  for:  lady  fortuna alcantra  ⸻  @thrgildedgrace

"for  appearances,  vauss,"  belisarius  murmured  to  himself  as  he  moved  amongst  the  revelry,  resisting  the  urge  to  pluck  at  his  collar  for  the  hundredth  time  that  hour.  he  felt  like  a  wolf  in  a  silken  den;  all  raw  edges  and  rough  manners  amongst  a  sea  of  delicate  grace  and  supposed  refinement.  clad  in  a  fine,  well  tailored  suit  that  only  seemed  to  exasperate  his  feelings  of  being  wholly  out  of  place.  he  smiled,  he  nodded  curtly,  and  he  moved  without  purpose.  see  and  be  seen.  remind  them  that  house  vauss  still  stands  strong,  even  if  these  southerners  like  to  pretend  the  north  barely  existed.  "show  them  that  geimreadh  can  play  nice." apparently  playing  nice  involved  an  awful  lot  of  wine.  it  was  a  precarious  balancing  act.  too  much  and  he  would  confirm  what  many  thought  about  northerners  such  as  he,  yet  not  enough... there  were  only  so  many  false  smiles,  empty  platitudes  and  backhanded  compliments  he  could  stomach  sober  in  one  sitting.  the  latter  of  which  he  made  a  small  mental  note  to  redress  at  a  latter  date.  he'd  promised  vauss  would  place  nice  this  evening,  but  no  one  mentioned  what  would  come  later.  "a  dance, my  lady?"  he  offered  curtly  as  the  faint  notes  of  a  waltz  began  to  filter  through,  stepping  towards  a  woman  that  seemed  just  as  interested  in  tonight's  gathering  as  he.  the  music  was  as  unfamiliar  to  his  ears,  but  he  knew  how  to  dance.  or  at  least,  he  knew  how  to  appear  like  he  knew  how  to  dance.  he  offered  her  his  hand,  "though  i  cannot  promise  not  to  ruin  those  lovely  shoes,  i  think  i  might  be  able  to  muddle  through  this  number."

[bratty-koda]

Whatchu know about Prince Lir’s love for Lady Amalthea?? 🤨

Molly Grue???

Schmendrick???

THE UNICORN AND THE HARPY??? FUCKING CRAZY ASS MOMMY FORTUNA???