#letters from the bear

[northpolebear]

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MARCUS & LUCA | THE BEAR SEASON TWO

[ryllen]

Look what came through the mail today! The letters & ( •̀ω•́ )σ 3 little gremlins from letterstoear.

Just wanna say i adore the flower stickers on the letters too much, they are that much worth mentioning.

[teatimeatwinterpalace]

Princess Margaret of Connaught's letter, 1905.

[astralwhat]

enthusiastic about many 'ologies!

[apheliia]

Ooooh, the crying Yaoshi hc gave a (totally) funny idea that I NEED to share with you.

Imagine that, specifically with followers of Abundance, and those touched by it (not necessarily Abundance pathstriders, but those who have directly interacted with Yaoshi or their Path in some way), they're effected by the Sanctus Medicus' tears in a very unique.

Like, whereas most would simply tear up along side the Aeon, Denizens of Abundance would be thrown into a sort of frenzy along with the uncontrollable crying, and those touched by the Abundance - was particularly thinking of the Xianzhao natives - would be struck by a flare up of the Mara that they’re desperately fighting to keep under control. With more than a few failing to do so.

Gods, imagine something like that happening in the middle of a battle... it'd be horrific.

OH THIS IS SO FUCKING REAL THANK YOU FOR THIS WYRM. kissing you on the forehead rn

BEING THROWN INTO AN ABSOLUTE SOBBING FIT DUDE... yaoshi weeps, and it's over for their followers (primarily the ones who accepted immortality from them or have otherwise had a direct interaction with abundance energy, as you mentioned). it's about as funny as it is terrifying, because as soon as they are overwhelmed by uncontrollable tears, they're also overwhelmed by uncontrollable mara. it makes for a very, very worrying combination, as we have seen in canon how mara flare-ups can be. so like... oh. yeah. this is NOT a good combination.

i think this could have an utterly fucking horrifying effect if it happened in the middle of one of the xianzhou alliance's battles with the denizens of abundance, because in that circumstance, pretty much everyone involved experiences the effects. it ultimately works out in the abundance followers' favor, but like, they're equally affected by yaoshi's tears if not moreso. it's a devastating terrifying cacophany of wailing and screaming as everyone tries to deal with how it's affecting them individually.

[northpolebear]

[akkivee]

so a while back, i wound up revisiting the hypmic timeline and coming to the conclusion that there’s a high possibility that rei and nayuta got hitched and had ichiro after knowing each other for two years lol

i’m still on the slow grind picking thru evangelion, but according to the nge’s canon timeline, gendo (the man rei has heavy character influences from) married his wife and had his son two years afterwards and i think that is a crazy parallel to have adapted from nge LOL

[osarina]

STOP I ADORE THE LAYOUT CHANGE RINA. I WISH DAZAI WAS REAL 😭🩷

I ADORE YOU <3333 i took wish dazai was real </3333

[sesamenom]

played oregon trail w the feanorians (traveled very lightly, brought like 200 pounds of food to start and hunted everything else, picked all the most dangerous routes, etc) and only feanor survived lol

[fideidefenswhore]

It is interesting that Catherine of Aragon was as strict as Anne Boleyn when she believed that others violated her will Catherine's relationship with Spanish servants is very interesting

Well, if anything Anne would have been at pains to be stricter. Nobody cast doubt on Catherine's legitimacy as Queen of England until Henry did (well, save the Bishop of Tarbes...maybe, it's debated).

Assuming you're indicating the parallel of 'strictness' re: unapproved marriages, I mean, sort of, yeah? I don't think it's a 1:1 equivalency or parallel necessarily tho.

Let's preempt this: among 16c royalty and nobility, ladies in waiting marrying without the consent of their parents, their 'mistress' (at the highest level, the Queen), the King, etc was more than a faux pas, it was taken very seriously, particularly women marrying men that were much more lower status than them. The legal term for this was 'disparagement', and the man in question could actually be severely fined for the offense.

Now, there were some exceptions to this rule, widows, for example, generally had more autonomy, but overall it was a hard and fast rule. It is not palatable to modern views, but their respective reactions are quite understandable in the context of the era in which they lived

That being said...the situation with Catherine as 'Dowager Princess of Wales' in and of itself was a bit unusual. According to her own allegations, her household was kept in relative penury. So yes, Francesca de Carceres had committed an offense in marrying a wealthy banker without the permission of her mistress...however...it was again, an unusual situation. Catherine had apparently not been paid her proper per annum for years at that point, and all her ladies were subsequently feeling the pinch.

So, when I read about the case of Francesca de Carceres, and Catherine's extreme reaction, even knowing the broad context, but also knowing the narrower context, I sort of went...well, yes, she wasn't supposed to do that, but what was she supposed to do, girl?? You weren't paying her (ik this was probably not Catherine's fault, but that was the situation) 😭 Of course she took that lucrative opportunity, and decided better to ask forgiveness than permission.

And if it'd just been left at that, Catherine doesn't forgive her, she won't accept her back into her own household once she's Queen, that would be one thing. But she goes rather further, actually: when Francesca de Carceres, after her rejection from Catherine's household, seeks employment in other royal households, Catherine not only refuses to reccomend her, but exhorts these other royal women to never admit her to their households, nor to ever reccomend her to another, because she says she 'would not reccomend an untrustworthy person'.

So, her grudge against her was intense enough that she potentially, seriously inhibited her future livelihood.

Again, that in and of itself...I mean, it's not especially endearing, but when it's thrown into relief with her reaction to Fray Diego's scandals, it's quite galling. It was alleged that he had slept with numerous women, married and unmarried, his response to his exile from court was to hint at blackmail (his letter to Henry was something to the effect of you don't want to do this, I know state secrets-- ??), and Catherine still reccomends him to her father and claims he's been slandered-- mind, this after he's blackmailed her husband-- and he was the best confessor she could ever have had, etc.

I have my own speculation about Francesca de Carceres. Certain stans in past times have melted down in my inbox and insisted that my assessment of this was unfair, actually everybody loved Catherine, 'if she hated her so much why was she a witness in her favor at the Trial of Zaragoza, hmm, CHECK AND MATE', well...actually, she wasn't. Francesca was mentioned via hearsay, she never testified herself or signed any witness depositions.

I think Francesca de Carceres was compartmentalized by her mistress in the same way Alessandro Geraldini was (speculation). It was their understanding (speculation, insofar as de Carceres, this is just my theory, but for Geraldini there's substantive evidence) that Catherine had consummated her marriage with Arthur. This was anathema to her. If true, this explains the extremity of her reaction (she knows Francesca might bear a grudge in mutuality, she doesn't want her spreading lies-- or, 'lies'-- about her in the royal households of other women).

OK...so onto the parallel with Anne as Queen...

Well, I think the reason her exile of her sister, Mary, for her marriage to William Stafford usually gets a more emotive reaction (besides that it's more popularized in fiction) is that Mary was her sister. She was also a widow, sometimes people point to the example of Henry's sister, but that was a very different sort of Henry, a very different sort of Queen (acknowledged as legitimate, as I said above), but importantly as well, she was a Princess. Henry's 'compromise' could be to severely fine her and her husband (a Duke). Stafford was not wealthy or titled, there was nothing to fine (this was probably why Mary asked, in her letter, for William to be granted some post at court, besides income and proximity to favour, possibly an 'offset' for the offense?), Mary's dower and jointure were not significant enough to fine, her son was already Anne's ward.

But Anne was already disparaged for her 'low birth', for her comportment not being 'queenly' enough. The Boleyns and Howards not only lost a potential marriage alliance to strengthen them, but one of their own had 'married down', which marred their image. Altogether this better explains the reactions Mary cited in her letter (of Lord Rochford, her brother, and Norfolk, her uncle, especially being 'so cruel against us').

And, you know, we don't have the benefit of time to estimate the strength of the grudge. Anne relented enough to send her sister some money and a gold cup, she never allowed her and her husband back to court, but we don't know what Anne might have or might not have done as the years continued, because she was executed not even two years after this banishment.

I suppose the similarity would be how intensely they felt the betrayals due to the intimacies of the relationships. Francesca was to Catherine, probably like a 'surrogate' sister, with her since she was a young teenager, her 'dresser and confidante', there for her pivotal moments, her arrival into England, her marriage to Arthur, her widowhood, her betrothal to Henry, etc. Mary was obviously literally Anne's sister, they had their shared childhood and had been there for the pivotal moments in each other's lives: Chateau Vert, George's wedding, Mary's widowhood, Calais, the coronation, etc.

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[amypihcs]

Dear friends in Doyle and ACD Johnlock.

A brief list of post-hiatus Johnlock moments that will prove how much married these two are and that OF COURSE Watson went back to live with Holmes. Let's say sharing rooms... once they stay in Watson's room, once in Holmes'.

yes, this post will be even more unhinged then my usual, be warned and forgive me if you can.

Let's begin with Empty House, alright? Holmes comes back from death and Watson, saint that he is reacts with

Grabbing him and most likely hugging him.

Agreeing to go on an adventure with him at moment's notice.

Saving Holmes' life. And most likely kissing him after a brandy back home.

Enter the golden pince-nez.

Passing the evening just doing their things and reading together! Maybe snuggled one near the other? Cuddling a little bit?

next one, next one! We have Three students. They're away together outside London to 'escape circumstances' in 1895. Yeah. Watson is being worried for Holmes but they're together. And at least in being together they can tease each other

And clearly get a laugh out of it, since Watson isn't writing this with any bitterness. And then, of course, Holmes is Holmes.

Bursting into Watson's ahem, THEIR room, maybe greeting him with a kiss, And asking him to skip breakfast or at least to postpone it for a while! And of course Watson answers with a yes.

ENTER solitary cyclist. They are simply very married, Holmes even APOLOGIZES to Watson.

And they have a danger-case date in the country! Watson likes it.

Of course the evening the case is solved they hug and cuddle once they're back at baker street. Holmes is feeling down because he made a blunder, Watson because he can't run as fast as Holmes. Cuddling MIGHT indeed make them feel better. Kissing each other, showing their love to the other.

Now enter Black Peter! It starts with proud and exasperated husband Watson, of course. Who is totally unruffled by yeah, y'know, Holmes entering the room with an harpoon in his hands.

Well, ALMOST. Totally unruffled. He's surprised. That he is. He's already living there again toh. That much is clear. But then, once accepted the case they go on the palce itself, well

Mr. I hate the countryside goes with his husband to take a walk in the woods. Because WATSON likes it. And because in the woods there are corners secluded enough to allow them a little kissy here and there! Then a nice ambush and we'll see the solution of the case At breakfast!

Holmes is grumpy and Watson notices. Watson MUST have taken Holmes in his lap once back to baker street. Cat-Detective Husband loves it!

Holmes HATED this case. Poor darling.

Oh! And Watson saves him again as they arrest the murderer

And then off to Norway, time for a good vacation!

Time to have some Quality Time between husbands! They so love each other!

This said, the statement in today's letter was quite obvious.

After he reports the teasing at breakfast, i'd say even an UNNECESSARY statement.

We knew, Watson. We had got it PERFECTLY WELL that you and your husband were living together again. And probably fucking each other silly against the most various surfaces of baker street, other then in your beds.

Congratulations! Congratulations to the happy couple, keep solving misteries together, detective husbands!

[aro-throughyourchest]

if I had a dollar for every time tubbo had a gay rpship with the most goofy ass little meetcute I'd have two.

which makes a lot of sense.