#marianne ouellet

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Day Three: “In March I’ll be rested, caught up and human.” (March 8th)

Happy International Women’s day! Women have influenced society from its beginning, and a large part of that has been through literature. We want to know what quote/s by women represent your OC! Or even, what quotes or lyrics does your OC use to ground herself. Feel free to use any female made quote, it doesn’t have to be from poetry or a book!

Marianne Ouellet and Comfort/Love

Exist For Love by AURORA / My Love Mine All Mine by Mistki / The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood / Writing Prompts For the Broken-Hearted by Eden Robinson / Nikita Gill / Marina Tsvetayeva

Marianne has been through her own pain. All she wanted then was for someone to hold her and say it would be okay. She wants nothing more than to be that for other people.

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Whump or pass: my XMen prequel trilogy OC, Marianne Ouellet (faceclaim Clemence Poesy). She's the eldest of five siblings, and raised by parents struggling to support their family during the Great Depression, she was the one usually responsible for parenting her little siblings. She always felt alone in the world, because she was always made responsible for everyone else, and she didnt know anyone else who possessed mutant powers like her. She ran away from home at 19 after her parents threatened to throw her out for getting pregnant out of wedlock with her boyfriend, Lawrence. Lawrence ran away with her and they eloped to the states, settling down and having one son, Henry, before Lawrence - the love of her life - died in a car accident when Henry was 7. Marianne threw herself into caring for her son as a single working mom. By the time Charles and Erik recruit her, Marianne is talented at neglecting her emotional needs in favour of taking care of others (her son and the mutant team when she meets them), putting on a calm friendly face to hide her fear and sorrow, and at one point literally has to plan out the best time to have a panic attack so no one else will see it.

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whumptober2023 No. 15: “I don’t need you to help me, I can handle things myself.” | Suppressed Suffering | “I’m fine.”

fandom: X-Men First Class (OC-centric)

Marianne couldn’t remember the last time she hadn’t been exhausted. 

It felt like she had been born that way. The eldest daughter of five children, raised during the Depression, with both parents struggling to make end’s meet - of course she had stepped up and looked out for her siblings. It was what she was meant to do. Her parents had to focus on supporting the family, and to do that, Marianne had to take care of the family. It was the only way. 

Then she had started dating Lawrence, and a while after, Henry had come along. That’s when she and Lawrence became the parents struggling to make end’s meet. They had managed somehow, but it was a lot of work, especially with Marianne being the one at home with the baby even as she kept the bookstore running. She was lucky if she could manage a ten minute nap in the afternoons, even when Henry was taking his own naps. There was always something to do, something to fix around the house, and her powers being what they were, it was easy enough, so she didn’t see the harm in doing what she could. 

Lawrence disagreed. He was always taking over for her, taking Henry out of the house when he could to let her get some rest, taking over the little projects she found to fix the house with the insistence that he could handle at least half of what she wanted to do. He made dinner most nights, even after a long day of work. He insisted that they were meant to take care of each other and she needed to let him take care of her as much as she took care of everyone. So she let him.

And then he was gone, and suddenly everything fell back on her shoulders.

And she managed. More than that, Marianne did a damn good job if she said so herself. She raised a child alone, made sure he was safe and healthy and loved. She kept her store running and well cared for, a safe place for anyone who wandered in. She took care of the home and her store and her child all by herself for years and she did fine. 

She was fine. 

And then Charles Fucking Xavier and Erik Fucking Lehnsherr and Moira Fucking MacTaggert walked into her life and fucked it all up. 

They were always there, asking her how she was. How she was feeling after this or that. It wasn’t their fault they hadn’t been at the facility for Shaw’s attack, but really, they didn’t need to be constantly asking her if she was alright. The kids had been through it too - surely they needed more attention than her. She had handled it all just fine. The kids were safe. That was enough. 

Or they were giving her concerned looks when she happened to mention Lawrence, or alluded to something about her family or childhood. Marianne knew what her life had been like. She didn’t need pity over it. She had lost her husband. She had been all but abandoned by her family. And she had made it on her own after all of that. 

Look - Marianne hadn’t suffered the same way they had. Not even the same way the others on the team had. She hadn’t been abandoned or tortured or orphaned or neglected or imprisoned or any of that. Her past had been rough, yes, but she had gotten through it. The worst of it was over. She didn’t need their pity or their help or their concerned looks when she absentmindedly mentioned things like the one time as a 14-year-old she hadn’t seen either of her parents for three days in a row because they left for work early and came back late.

That was the life she’d been given and she didn’t need pitying over it. It wasn’t worse than anything they’d been through. 

It was embarrassing on every level when she woke up one morning and remembered getting drunk with them the night before and realizing she was a much bigger lightweight than she remembered when she was only two glasses of wine in and suddenly started telling them everything she had kept locked away for years. 

Everything from the grief she had suppressed since Lawrence had died, to the sadness of missing her siblings ever since she had run away from home, to the anger and grief over her parents all but throwing her away when she got pregnant. Everything she had never said to anyone but Lawrence, she told all of them. 

It was Charles, of course it was Charles, who approached her the following morning when she was suffering from a violent hangover and gently started probing her for a follow up conversation about everything she had said. Marianne had told him kindly but firmly that she had been drunk and they didn’t need to worry about her. They didn’t need to talk about it ever again, honestly, and she preferred it that way. 

Charles tried again, and then again, to get her to stop dismissing it, until she snapped at him to leave her alone. It was none of his business. And finally he did, but not without a sad look and a reminder that they were allowed to care about her as much as she cared about them. She could come to them whenever she wanted. 

And she appreciated it. She did, really. But she didn’t need that.

Because she was fine. She was tired all the time and she always felt a thin ribbon of grief running through her very being, but she had been living with that for years now. So she was fine, and she would be fine. 

She had made it this far on her own, after all. 

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Ooh fun! I'm doing Marianne, my xmen prequels oc.

In my earlier stages of developing her, I thought about making Marianne a stress smoker. I eventually phased that out, but I still think it would fit her. (In the sense that she would tell people Everything's Fine and then go stress smoke in the bathroom.)

I chose Marianne's name entirely at random. I wanted to make her French-Canadian but couldn't think of a good name. I was in history class one day and we were looking at historical personifications of nations, and I saw that France had a national personification called Marianne, thought "that's a great name!" and went with it.

Her last name (Ouellet) was chosen at random from a list of French surnames. I realized years later that it's also the surname of one of my friends from first grade and I had no idea.

Originally I had planned to give her a romance with Charles. Then my sister made a 'crack ship' name for her and Erik, and I realized they would also be really good together. Then I wanted to give her a friendship with Moira, and that ended up becoming another ship as well. Right now I don't think any relationship is set in stone, but if the story were different I would absolutely make it a poly relationship for all 4 of them.

Marianne is bisexual. She doesn't really have the word for it but she knows she is.

She and Logan are going to have a lowkey friendly rivalry over being French-Canadian vs British Canadian. (and a mutual alliance of them vs everyone else because they are Canadian, not American.)

She speaks both Canadian French and native French, because her mother is from France and demanded they learn both forms. Marianne only speaks Canadian French now because she hates her mom and wants to spite her.

She's the eldest of 6. It shows. (Eldest Daughter Syndrome.)

She hasn't spoken to her family in over 10 years.

If you see this . . .

. . . and if you have OCs, you are now obligated to reblog this post with a few facts about one of your OCs!

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Dabit Eugène - Train de vies

Dabit Eugène - Train de vies: Des récits émouvants, des vies simples, des vies de gens ordinaires avec leurs peines et leurs amours, des gens désespérés au courage du quotidien ou qui, comme Monsieur Petitfrère, ont trouvé leur rêve. Comme l’écrit Eugène Dabit dans son Journal en avril 1935, des «Vies, qu’on devine derrière ces murs. Chacun ses joies, ses amours, ses haines. Pauvre troupeau humain, qui n’est pas très conscient de sa servitude.» L’année précédente lors de son séjour en Espagne, où il écrivit plusieurs des nouvelles de ce recueil: «Comment ne pas songer à ces quatre mois si vite écoulés, durant lesquels j’ai travaillé, nagé, vécu heureux? J’ai pu, et je l’ai écrit ici, souhaiter parfois qu’ils s’écoulent vite, appeler je ne sais quel inconnu.» (octobre 1934.) Et enfin, en fin novembre 1935: «J’ai pu travailler davantage que les jours précédents. À ce volume de nouvelles: Vies (premier titre envisagé pour Train de vies). Nouvelles déjà publiées, et que je reprends une à une.» De ces nouvelles, citons Les deux Sœurs dont il écrit en septembre 1934:  «C’est un beau matin, la lumière est douce et calme sur la campagne. Une semaine déjà que je suis à Toledo. Vie agréable, nourrissante. J’ai repris et terminé Les Deux Sœurs Je me propose d’écrire encore une ou deux nouvelles.» Et, pour Monsieur Petitfrère : «Combien j’aime être en mer! À quoi bon dire pourquoi, cela ne se peut dire que dans un poème; cela ne peut s’expliquer sans lieux communs. J’ai fait de mon mieux dans L'Île pour dire cet amour. J’écris une assez longue nouvelle : Monsieur Petitjean, et les soirées passent trop vite, ou se terminent trop tôt.» Elle sera publiée sous le titre «Monsieur Petitfrère» dans Europe du 15 septembre 1935 et reprise dans Train de vies. Fin d’une vie, fut publié dans Marianne le 13 mai 1936 et repris dans Train de vies avec Un homme et un chien. Témoignages conclut le recueil : «J’ai passé presque dix jours sur cet essai que m’a demandé d’écrire Jean Guéhenno pour un n° spécial d’Europe consacré aux années 1914-1934. Essai, c’est beaucoup dire pour une vingtaine de pages de revue. Je les ai écrites avec ardeur, je me suis replongé dans le passé, mon passé. Je n’ai pas cherché à arranger mes souvenirs, si du moins j'ai tenté de m’exprimer avec la plus grande clarté possible. Cela m’a donné, peut-être, quelque idée de ce que pourraient être des Confessions. Que je suis loin de l’aisance et du mouvement dont faisait preuve J.-J. Rousseau ! Je ne puis que reconnaître mon impuissance, et c'est tout; et céder à ma voix intérieure. Ce que j’ai fait.» «Ce texte ressemble à un testament où il explique les raisons qui l’ont poussé à écrire : il y raconte à nouveau son entrée dans la guerre mais il y éclaire différemment le rapport au père et à l’écriture. en devançant l’appel, Dabit choisit son corps et en intégrant un régiment d’artillerie il a «plus de chances qu’un fantassin de sauver peau» mais, en 1917, «le groupe monta prendre position dans le secteur du chemin des dames, à Oulches». Il découvre une horreur qui le conduira à faire une tentative de suicide – comme le suggérait déjà le roman Petit-Louis quelques années auparavant.» (Jean-Luc Martinet,  Origine de l’écriture et origine sociale : La figure du père chez Eugène Dabit in Anne Mathieu et François Ouellet (dir.), Journalisme et littérature dans la gauche des années 1930, Rennes, Presses universitaires de Rennes 2014, p. 165-175, Open Edition, 2019.) Téléchargements : ePUB - PDF - PDF (Petits Écrans) - Kindle-MOBI - HTML - DOC/ODT Read the full article

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A Story About Cancer (With a Happy Ending) by India Desjardins and Marianne Ferrer, translated by Solange Ouellet. Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2019. 9781786039774. 96pp. - The way cancer is discussed in fiction is very different from the way cancer really feels. In fiction, it's often used as a shorthand for an unavoidable tragic death or someone bravely battling an illness. Unfortunately, that often spills into the way people treat people with cancer. -   This book, written after a girl in cancer treatment asked the author for a cancer story with a happy ending, is more about how cancer really feels. The narrator is a teen with leukemia. She hates the awful pale green, pale pink, and beige of the hospital walls. She hates how the smell of the hospital, like "disinfectant and illness,” sticks to you after you leave and asks her mom to spray her room with lavender. She hates how people look at her like she's going to die. She hates how her mom, and everyone else, keeps telling her that she's strong, that she'll survive this battle. She says, "I never pictured what I was going through as a battle anyway because there was nothing I could do to fight it. All I could do was let everything happen to me and try not to complain too much." She finally asks her mom the question she's been afraid to ask: "Mom, if I don't get better, will you be disappointed in me?" -   There is a happy ending, both for her health and for her blossoming relationship with a boy, one who actually treats her like a normal person. I'm glad the ending is right on the cover. (I sort of wish that the books about tragedy and brave battles had a warning sticker for people with cancer.) - The art is beautiful -- I especially liked the illustration of the narrator like a floppy noodle person when she's feeling weak and tired. I know what is essentially a picture book for teens might be a hard sell, but this book is not just needed, it’s also really good. - Guest book review by Sarah Hunt, who used to review books with me on Book Threat. http://bookthreat.wordpress.com/about/

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Review: A Story about Cancer (With a Happy Ending) by India Desjardins

Review: A Story about Cancer (With a Happy Ending) by India Desjardins

A Story about Cancer (With a Happy Ending) by India Desjardins, illustrated by Marianne Ferrer, translated by Solange Ouellet (9781786039774)

As a teen heads to her doctor appointment to find out how much time she has left to live, she thinks about her path to this moment. Diagnosed with leukemia at age 10, she didn’t know anyone who had cancer. She thinks about the awful hospital decor done in…

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Quelque 120 athlètes représentent la grande région de Québec

ÉVÉNEMENT SPORTIF. La 54e édition des jeux du Québec a débuté hier. Les membres du premier bloc représentant la Capitale-Nationale ont été les premiers athlètes, entraîneurs et accompagnateurs de la province à s’installer à la Centrale des Jeux Hydro-Québec située Centre des congrès.

Justine Carpentier (Taekwondo) et Nicolas Desjardins (Trampoline) de notre délégation ont eu l’honneur, à la Place George-V, de présenter à toutes les personnes réunies le serment officiel des athlètes. Pour cette cérémonie, c’est Allyson Savoie (Ringuette) qui a eu l’honneur d’être la porte-drapeau de la délégation. Plus de 1500 personnes ont assisté à cet événement extérieur organisé par le Comité Organisateur des Jeux.

La région de Québec est composée d’un peu plus de 120 athlètes qui sont répartis dans les disciplines sportives suivantes : le badminton, le basketball en fauteuil roulant, le curling masculin et féminin, l’escrime, la gymnastique artistique, l’haltérophilie, le hockey féminin et masculin, le judo, la nage synchronisée, le patinage artistique et de vitesse, le plongeon, la ringuette, le ski alpin, le ski de fond, le taekwondo, le tennis sur table et la trampoline.

La liste des représentants de la grande région de Québec

Nathan Paquet Escrime Ancienne Lorette Mireille Bernier Tennis de Table Ancienne Lorette Alexandre Arsenault Ski de Fond Ancienne Lorette Alexia Allard Ringuette Ancienne Lorette Renaud Chaumet Judo Ancienne Lorette Abigeal Martel Hockey Féminin Ancienne Lorette Zachary Bernatchez Haltérophilie Ancienne Lorette Thomas Auger Hockey Masculin Ancienne Lorette Jérémy Louchard Hockey Masculin Ancienne Lorette Gabriel Lapierre Badminton Ancienne Lorette Laurie-Anne Leclerc Curling Féminin Beauport Étienne Audibert Basket en Fauteuil Roulant Beauport Simon Thivierge Biathlon Beauport Marianne Dolbec Tennis de Table Beauport Guillaume Blais Tennis de Table Beauport Alexis Frédérick Tennis de Table Beauport David Lapointe Tennis de Table Beauport Jérémy Marceau Tennis de Table Beauport Justin Marceau Tennis de Table Beauport David Montminy Tennis de Table Beauport Audrey-Anne Laquerre Plongeon Beauport Arnaud Parent Patinage de Vitesse Beauport Arianne Belley Patinage Artistique Beauport Jérémy Matte Karaté Beauport Rosalie Simard Gymnastique Artistique Beauport Pier-Olivier Allard Hockey Masculin Beauport Simon-Olivier Fortin Hockey Masculin Beauport Mathieu Martel Hockey Masculin Beauport Étienne Tremblay-Mathieu Hockey Masculin Beauport Étienne Chouinard Badminton Beauport Ophélie Grandmont Ski de Fond Beaupré Tristan Grandmont Ski de Fond Beaupré Maika Savard Hockey Féminin Boischatel Alicia Raboutin Gymnastique Artistique Boischatel Natan Grenier Hockey Masculin Boischatel Charlotte Boies Ski Alpin Boucherville Laurie Jacques Biathlon Charlesbourg Rose-Marie Paré Biathlon Charlesbourg Xavier Gilbert Biathlon Charlesbourg Amélie Dion Trampoline Charlesbourg Chrystophe Paradis Taekwondo Charlesbourg Jacob Dugas Taekwondo Charlesbourg Alexane Boulet Plongeon Charlesbourg Victoria Bédard Hockey Féminin Charlesbourg Meggie Ruel Hockey Féminin Charlesbourg Victoria Fleury Wright Hockey Féminin Charlesbourg Emmy Linteau Hockey Féminin Charlesbourg Raphaelle Demers Gymnastique Artistique Charlesbourg Olivier Côté Gymnastique Artistique Charlesbourg Élianne Leclerc Biathlon La Cité-Limoilou Sasha Doré Trampoline La Cité-Limoilou Carl Truffer Ski de Fond La Cité-Limoilou Raphaelle de la Sablonnière Patinage de Vitesse La Cité-Limoilou Marie-Michelle Gagnon Patinage de Vitesse La Cité-Limoilou Alice Noel-Sirois Patinage Artistique La Cité-Limoilou Alice Lavoie Nage Synchronisée La Cité-Limoilou Audrey Léger Nage Synchronisée La Cité-Limoilou Rose Zhi Minguy Nage Synchronisée La Cité-Limoilou Mohand Larbi Achit Karaté La Cité-Limoilou Abigael Bourgoin Judo La Cité-Limoilou Mathilde Charest Hockey Féminin La Haute-Saint-Charles Ophélie Turcotte Tennis de Table La Haute-Saint-Charles Clara Giguère Ski de Fond La Haute-Saint-Charles Mégan Lebel Ski de Fond La Haute-Saint-Charles Megan Caron Ringuette La Haute-Saint-Charles Rosalie Martineau Patinage Artistique La Haute-Saint-Charles Marianne Roberge Patinage Artistique La Haute-Saint-Charles Élie Laperrière Nage Synchronisée La Haute-Saint-Charles Julianne Tardif Nage Synchronisée La Haute-Saint-Charles Célia Gallant Nage Synchronisée La Haute-Saint-Charles Rafael Bolduc Gymnastique Artistique La Haute-Saint-Charles Frédérique Savoie Plongeon Lac-Beauport Agathe Fleury Gymnastique Artistique Lac-Beauport Julia Gillies Gymnastique Artistique Lac-Beauport Tristan Dussault Hockey Masculin Lac-Beauport Nathan Morency Ski Alpin Lac-Beauport Sébastien Laroche Ski Alpin Lac-Beauport Noah Boden Curling Masculin Les Rivières Charlotte Maréchal Curling Féminin Les Rivières Mélianne Darveau Curling Féminin Les Rivières Albert Turcotte Biathlon Les Rivières Justin Couturier Trampoline Les Rivières Nicolas Desjardins Trampoline Les Rivières Jean-Benoit Trudelle Trampoline Les Rivières Julien Rochon Ski de Fond Les Rivières Jessica Rousseau Patinage Artistique Les Rivières Virginie Poliquin Nage Synchronisée Les Rivières Léa Turcotte Hockey Féminin Les Rivières Mary-Kate Gabriel-Ashini Hockey Féminin Les Rivières Samuel Dumont Hockey Masculin Les Rivières Charles-Antoine Lavallée Hockey Masculin Les Rivières Félix Pothier Hockey Masculin Les Rivières Annabelle Lafontaine Trampoline Pont Rouge Madysson Morasse Patinage Artistique Pont Rouge Ariane Lampron Hockey Féminin Pont Rouge Maxime Landry Basket en Fauteuil Roulant Québec Delphine Landry Hockey Féminin Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures Camille Marier-Bonhomme Hockey Féminin Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures Nathan Morin Hockey Masculin Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures Joakim Desmeules Tennis de Table Saint-Augustin Laura Imbeau Taekwondo Saint-Augustin Lea-Maude Gince Escrime Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Ingrid Salvini Escrime Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Joannis Robert Escrime Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Raphael Roy Escrime Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Camille Dubreault Escrime Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Félix Gauthier Curling Masculin Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Marianne Brassard Curling Féminin Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Alwadleed Herma Taekwondo Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Éliott Texier Taekwondo Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Jérome Jail Taekwondo Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Justine Carpentier Taekwondo Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Alessandra Destison Taekwondo Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Éloise Laflamme Plongeon Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Simon Thellend Plongeon Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Florence Methot Patinage de Vitesse Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Félix Larochelle Patinage de Vitesse Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Antoine Hamel Patinage de Vitesse Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Émile Huard Patinage de Vitesse Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Étienne Lacasse Patinage Artistique Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Alexandre Chapaguine Judo Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Adrien Amplemann Judo Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Laurent Quideville Judo Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Edouard Smith Judo Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Lea-Jade Beaulieu Judo Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Charles-Antoine Beauregard Hockey Masculin Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Olivier Frenette Hockey Masculin Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Sara-Maude Deshaie Badminton Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Xavier Marcotte Badminton Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Bénédict Lanoue Ski Alpin Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Philippe Simard Ski Alpin Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Édouard Brochu Ski Alpin Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Laurence Bouchard Ski Alpin Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Emma Tremblay Nage Synchronisée Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Fannie Hébert Nage Synchronisée Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Justine Paquin Nage Synchronisée Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge Jack Hogan Escrime St-Férréolles-des-Neiges Anabelle Drouin Ski de Fond St-Férréolles-des-Neiges Emmanuelle Moreau Ski de Fond St-Férréolles-des-Neiges Thomas Paradis Ski de Fond St-Férréolles-des-Neiges Léo Lamichelière Ski Alpin St-Férréolles-des-Neiges Pierre-Carl Potvin Escrime Stoneham Zachary Arseneault Escrime Stoneham Charlotte Cyr Nage Synchronisée Stoneham Nathan Fortin Gymnastique Artistique Stoneham Naima Bolduc-Sow Badminton Stoneham Juliette Lavoie Badminton Stoneham Tyler Girard Ski Alpin Stoneham Jade Ouellet Hockey Féminin Val-Bélair Louis-David Savard Haltérophilie Val-Bélair Olivier Théberge Hockey Masculin Val-Bélair Stella-Rose Pennington Nage Synchronisée Wendake Julianne Labbé Hockey Féminin Wendake

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Quelque 120 athlètes représentent la grande région de Québec

ÉVÉNEMENT SPORTIF. La 54e édition des jeux du Québec a débuté hier. Les membres du premier bloc représentant la Capitale-Nationale ont été les premiers athlètes, entraîneurs et accompagnateurs de la province à s’installer à la Centrale des Jeux Hydro-Québec située Centre des congrès.

Justine Carpentier (Taekwondo) et Nicolas Desjardins (Trampoline) de notre délégation ont eu l’honneur, à la Place George-V, de présenter à toutes les personnes réunies le serment officiel des athlètes. Pour cette cérémonie, c’est Allyson Savoie (Ringuette) qui a eu l’honneur d’être la porte-drapeau de la délégation. Plus de 1500 personnes ont assisté à cet événement extérieur organisé par le Comité Organisateur des Jeux.

La région de Québec est composée d’un peu plus de 120 athlètes qui sont répartis dans les disciplines sportives suivantes : le badminton, le basketball en fauteuil roulant, le curling masculin et féminin, l’escrime, la gymnastique artistique, l’haltérophilie, le hockey féminin et masculin, le judo, la nage synchronisée, le patinage artistique et de vitesse, le plongeon, la ringuette, le ski alpin, le ski de fond, le taekwondo, le tennis sur table et la trampoline.

La liste des représentants de la grande région de Québec

Nathan Paquet Escrime Ancienne Lorette Mireille Bernier Tennis de Table Ancienne Lorette Alexandre Arsenault Ski de Fond Ancienne Lorette Alexia Allard Ringuette Ancienne Lorette Renaud Chaumet Judo Ancienne Lorette Abigeal Martel Hockey Féminin Ancienne Lorette Zachary Bernatchez Haltérophilie Ancienne Lorette Thomas Auger Hockey Masculin Ancienne Lorette Jérémy Louchard Hockey Masculin Ancienne Lorette Gabriel Lapierre Badminton Ancienne Lorette Laurie-Anne Leclerc Curling Féminin Beauport Étienne Audibert Basket en Fauteuil Roulant Beauport Simon Thivierge Biathlon Beauport Marianne Dolbec Tennis de Table Beauport Guillaume Blais Tennis de Table Beauport Alexis Frédérick Tennis de Table Beauport David Lapointe Tennis de Table Beauport Jérémy Marceau Tennis de Table Beauport Justin Marceau Tennis de Table Beauport David Montminy Tennis de Table Beauport Audrey-Anne Laquerre Plongeon Beauport Arnaud Parent Patinage de Vitesse Beauport Arianne Belley Patinage Artistique Beauport Jérémy Matte Karaté Beauport Rosalie Simard Gymnastique Artistique Beauport Pier-Olivier Allard Hockey Masculin Beauport Simon-Olivier Fortin Hockey Masculin Beauport Mathieu Martel Hockey Masculin Beauport Étienne Tremblay-Mathieu Hockey Masculin Beauport Étienne Chouinard Badminton Beauport Ophélie Grandmont Ski de Fond Beaupré Tristan Grandmont Ski de Fond Beaupré Maika Savard Hockey Féminin Boischatel Alicia Raboutin Gymnastique Artistique Boischatel Natan Grenier Hockey Masculin Boischatel Charlotte Boies Ski Alpin Boucherville Laurie Jacques Biathlon Charlesbourg Rose-Marie Paré Biathlon Charlesbourg Xavier Gilbert Biathlon Charlesbourg Amélie Dion Trampoline Charlesbourg Chrystophe Paradis Taekwondo Charlesbourg Jacob Dugas Taekwondo Charlesbourg Alexane Boulet Plongeon Charlesbourg Victoria Bédard Hockey Féminin Charlesbourg Meggie Ruel Hockey Féminin Charlesbourg Victoria Fleury Wright Hockey Féminin Charlesbourg Emmy Linteau Hockey Féminin Charlesbourg Raphaelle Demers Gymnastique 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ReaditDaddy's Second Picture Book of the Week - Week Ending 15th February 2019: "A Story about Cancer with a Happy Ending" by India Desjardins and Marianne Ferrer with translation by Solange Ouellet (Frances Lincoln Children's Books)

http://dlvr.it/QyyNKH

[lady-of-the-spirit]

Marianne: the only mental health advice my parents gave me is when I was having panic attacks at school, and I didn't know what they were, and I was very stressed out and didn't know what to do. And I told my parents.

Marianne: and they told me, "All I can tell you, is that when you feel like this... get as far away from the people you care about as possible until you feel different."

Charles: ...genuinely, what the fuck.

[lady-of-the-spirit]

Erik, bursting into the room: Who wants to make 5 bucks? 

Sean: How?

Erik: I need someone to take the fall.

Marianne in the distance: Oh my god!

Raven: What did you do?!

Erik: Yes or no, no questions asked.

Marianne: Oh my GOD!

Alex: Make it ten.

Erik: Done. 

Marianne: OH MY GOD!!

Erik: You're a good kid. [Grabs Alex's shoulder, dragging him out] I GOT HIM, MARIANNE! I GOT HIM RIGHT HERE!

[lady-of-the-spirit]

Talk Shop Tuesday - I'd love to hear more about how you came up with Marianne!!! She's so great and I adore her so much!!!

Meant to answer this earlier forgive me it is no longer tuesday-

tbh the reason I came up with Marianne was... at least half out of spite. Because I was reading a bunch of wattpad XMen OC fics and I was like "Why are all of these ocs in their 20s. where are the older women." not that being in your thirties is old but there were no ocs older than maybe 27 and it was bugging me so I started off there.

Marianne in her earlier stages, before she became Marianne, was actually very different. Instead of telekinesis, she had darkness/shadow powers, and instead of owning a bookstore she worked in a butcher shop, because I liked the visual of Charles and Erik meeting a scary shadow woman with a butcher's knife. But then I was thinking past that initial moment's comedic relief and realized I didn't have much for her after that so I kept working on it. I don't remember exactly how I ended up with her owning a bookstore but I liked it!

I really liked the visual of a woman who was untethered by gravity and just floats, all her hair floating around her as well, just walking in the air like normal, and so landed on telekinesis as her power - and how powerful she could be with it.

The Mom Friend bit came around because I was thinking about a character who actually has something to go back to - because basically no one in the First Class team has a life that's all that great and they'd want to go back to. So I wanted to have a character who DOES and that's why she fights. So that's how she ended up being a mom with a dead husband. And then that ended up becoming her being a mom friend! And that one decision ended up affecting the rest of her character.

Her being Canadian was just because I wanted to have some Canadian rep and to have her do Logan's "I'm Canadian" scene lol

I got her name Marianne from school! In my history class we got a worksheet with different nation's personifications and it had the personification of France, Marianne, and I was like !!! That's her name!!! I got her last name, Ouellet, from a list of French-Canadian surnames, and later on realized that it's also the last name of one of my childhood best friends.

talk shop tuesday

[lady-of-the-spirit]

OC Masterlist

Mostly made to be helpful for those taking part in the OC Creator Bingo event, but if you’re one of my followers I hope you like this little guide to my OCs! These aren’t all of them, but these are the ones I talk about the most, and some I don’t talk about but would like to.

General OCs tag: my OCs

Creations and writing tags: I'm making stuff, I'm writing stuff

Whump blog where I sometimes post oc stuff: @spirit-whump

Cut off is here because this is a long post and nobody wants to scroll past it.

Joan

Full name: Ioana, goes by Joan (no surname)

Fandom: The Old Guard (2020)

Faceclaim: Isidora Goreshter

Their main tags: Joan, Joan vibes

Fics/blurbs available: the Joan ‘verse (AO3), her post of origin, Nile dreams of her, home after a bad day, her relationship with the rest of the guard, Joan learns she’s immortal

Character bio/premise: Joan (born Ioana) died in an earthquake in the 1400s, in what would one day be Romania, and somehow did not stay dead. The Old Guard (then made up of Andy, Joe, Nicky and Quynh) were there in the aftermath, trying to help, and because Joan met them before they could dream of each other, she doesn’t know they’re immortal like her, and they don’t know she’s a new immortal. Some 400 years later, Joan stumbles upon a newly immortal Booker and despite befriending each other for a brief time, once again they part ways without realizing what the other is. 

After roughly 600 years of immortality, Joan is living a comfortable but lonely life, still unaware there are others like her. At least, until she dreams about Nile getting slashed through the throat. The dreams refuse to go away, and Joan manages to track down the young woman - and in the process, finds out not only is there another immortal like her, there’s a whole group of them, and all of them know each other. In an AU where Booker didn’t betray the team, most of her story is just her and the guard getting to know each other, trying to figure out how to make this new dynamic work, and Joan finding a place after centuries of not having anyone.

Joan is aroace.

Hestia

Full name: Hestia

Fandom: Thor movies, MCU

Faceclaim: Freida Pinto

Their tags: Hestia, Hestia and Thor (for shipping purposes)

Fics/blurbs available: first post explaining her concept, Light, however sorry they are (AO3), I thought you were mine, Hestia and her relationship with the Odinson boys, “what if” episode au, Loki series meets What If AU Hestia, what Hestia thinks of the avengers, Hestia is kidnapped

Character bio/premise: Based on the goddess from Greek mythology, Hestia is the eldest daughter and princess of Olympus, another alien civilization like Asgard. The eldest daughter, but not the ruler, Hestia has taken care of the kingdom in her own way - tending to the fires and protecting the home and family - ever since they overthrew their tyrannical and abusive father centuries ago and created a kingdom of peace and prosperity - with the exception of their rivalry with Asgard. In an attempt to avoid war between their kingdoms, Odin and Zeus arrange a marriage between Thor and Hestia. While both of them range from reluctant but willing to outright reluctant, they are married and Hestia comes to live on Asgard. She is quiet and some would say "meek" or "weak", and no one expects her to get along with the brash and bold Prince Thor. Surprisingly, her calm demeanor and hidden strength makes it easy to form a friendship with him.

While dealing with culture clashes and coming to understand her new home and her new family, Hestia and Thor become friends, and then (slowly for Hestia, very quickly for Thor) fall in love. They remain happily married for centuries - up until the events of Thor 1 take place, followed by the rest of the MCU, making their lives a whole lot more complicated.

Hestia is asexual biromantic.

Marianne

Full name: Marianne Ouellet (maiden name/preferred name), Marianne Schulman (legal name)

Fandom: X-Men prequels (First Class, Days of Future Past, Apocalypse) (Dark Phoenix does not exist on this blog)

Faceclaim: Clemence Poesy

Their tags: Marianne, Marianne Ouellet

Fics/blurbs available: Ethereal (AO3), a little fic about her and her husband, full character profile, text post edits, a little ‘cover’ I made for the fic

Character bio/premise: Born in 1931 in Montreal, moving to the States when she was 19, a single mother to a happy 12-year-old, widow of five years, and owner of a local used bookstore for 12 years, Marianne lives a hectic but normal life. She keeps her store running, her son safe and happy, and is happy to "mom friend" the kids around the neighbourhood. It's a normal existence - up until Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr basically break into her store, tell her they know she has telekinesis, and ask her to save the world with them and other mutants like her.

While she initially refuses their offer, she later changes her mind, needing to keep her son safe. When she joins the other mutants, she finds herself joining a community she didn't know she needed, becoming the unofficial Team Mom of the group, and facing emotional issues she had pushed down for years.

Marianne is bisexual.

Kris

Full name: Kristina Maria Stark

Fandom: Iron Man movies, MCU (canon divergent after Avengers)

Faceclaim: Olivia Cooke (young Olivia Cooke - I've had her so long, I've seen her faceclaim age with her)

Their tags: Kris, Kris Stark, scarlet girlfriends (for shipping purposes)

Fics/blurbs available: an ask explaining her character, “You saved my life” wandaxkris fic, short krisxwanda fic, “what if” episode au, what Kris thinks of the avengers, Kris vs Alicent Hightower venn diagram

Character bio/premise: As the beloved daughter of Tony Stark and heiress to Stark Industries, Kris basically has everything she could ever want, and she loves it. Until she and her dad get kidnapped by terrorists and are trapped in a cave for three months. After returning home, forever changed by the experience, her dad wants to go out and make sure Stark Industry weapons are wiped from the planet, while Kris just wants to forget it ever happened and return to her normal life. It takes being terrorized by her honourary grandfather and her father creating a supersuit and becoming a public superhero to realize that their lives are never getting back to normal. It takes her father nearly dying less than a year later for Kris to take up the mantle as another superhero, pushing her life as far from normal as it gets.

Kris is a lesbian and dating Wanda.

Rose

Full name: Rose, codename Venom

Fandom: Power Rangers: Jungle Fury

Faceclaim: Brittany O’Grady

Their tags: Rose

Fics/blurbs available: a whole post I made about her premise, her choice of animal, her having a breakdown, what happens in Ghost of a Chance (AO3)

Character bio/premise: 10,000 years ago, Rose - abandoned as a child, then abused and tormented by her Pai Zhuq master - chooses to join the evil Dai Shi, wanting revenge on humanity for the pain she’s suffered. She’s made into a double agent, spying on the humans for Dai Shi. It goes well, until the war is won by the Pai Zhuq and Dai Shi is sealed away. To keep her safe, Dai Shi turns Rose to stone, and she waits for 10,000 years before he returns and tasks her with being a double agent once more, this time spying on the power rangers who threaten his attempts to take over the world.

It’s supposed to be an easy mission. She sews discord in the group, avoids getting too close, and reports back to her Lord with information to destroy the rangers. But slowly, the safety and kindness of her fake life starts to feel more welcoming than the cruelty she had accepted before, and Rose suddenly finds herself at a crossroads - to choose revenge and a life she’s been told is the only one she deserves, or her new friends and a life she thinks she actually deserves.

Ryoko

Full name: Ryoko

Fandom: Original content

Faceclaim: no official one yet, but either Li Bingbing or Fan Bingbing would be good, as both have roles with white hair (The Forbidden Kingdom and The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom respectively)

Their tags: Ryoko, Ryoko and Ten, Ten and Ryoko (relationship tags)

Fics/blurbs available: human vs god appearance, commissioned art!, Forgotten, Never Stopped,  All Trussed Up, Traveling Companion, Ryoko and Ten being silly, Ryoko’s healing abilities, Ryoko’s immortality, kidnapped (humor), NFWMB, Ryoko needs to sleep, Ten is insecure and Ryoko’s a good friend

Character bio/premise: Ryoko was a human woman once - about 10,000 years ago. When she discovered how to achieve immortality, though, she chased after it and became the first god in her world - the god of war, fire, death and the sun. Many others followed in her footsteps, and for thousands of years, they all ruled the world as a pantheon, with her as their ruler, the Queen of the Heavens. Flashfoward to present day, millennia later, and she’s the only god left in the world after she killed the rest of them. She wanders the world, alone as she has been for centuries now. At least, until she meets Ten, who wants to be a god and knows she’s the only one who can help him achieve his goal. Although she knows it didn’t end well last time, she finally agrees to help Ten, thinking that by helping them, she’ll be able to find a way to end her own immortality. The two of them set out on an adventure and despite her best efforts, she becomes too close to Ten, despite knowing she’s using them for her own selfish purpose.

Ten

Full name: Ten (no last name as of yet)

Fandom: Original content

Faceclaim: None yet, if you have any suggestions let me know!

Their tags: Ten, Ryoko and Ten,Ten and Ryoko (relationship tags)

Fics/blurbs available: Traveling companion, premise, goals and some background of their world, Never Stopped,  All Trussed Up, grudges, piccrew appearance, Ten is a history nerd and Ryoko is unhelpful, Ryoko and Ten being silly, Ten is insecure and Ryoko’s a good friend

Character bio/premise: Uses he/they pronouns. Raised in a small farming town, and the eldest living child of five, Ten was always told by his parents - and everyone else outside of his siblings - he would never amount to anything, that he was a waste of space. Desperate to prove everyone wrong, they moved to the city to find work and support their family while also trying to find ways to achieve more, to learn and study their passion - history and legends of the world - and become more than what they are. Eventually, he crosses paths with The legendary icon of their world, the only living god - Ryoko, queen of the heavens. Knowing this is the only way they can prove everyone wrong, they convince her to show them how to achieve godhood, and to their surprise, she agrees. They set out on a grand journey together, and despite all the terrifying legends of her and her own personality, Ten finds himself growing closer to the woman, unaware of the secrets she’s hiding from him.

Ten is nb and uses he/they pronouns.

Cara

Full name: Cara Anderson (chosen name), Carina Alvarez (legal name)

Fandom: MCU (canon divergent after Avengers)

Faceclaim: Odette Annable

Their tags: Cara, Cara Anderson, my sister’s ocs

Fics/blurbs available: None

Character bio/premise: Raised by HYDRA to be an assassin, Cara never knew anything but abuse and cruelty, except for the love of her twin, Quinn. That all ended when she realized just how fucked up HYDRA was and made plans to run away with Quinn. Those plans came to an end when SHIELD attacked their HYDRA facilities and Quinn died in the attack. Grieving, but ready to leave HYDRA behind, Cara agrees to join SHIELD (not knowing HYDRA and SHIELD are one and the same) and become an agent for them after being given a second chance by Clint Barton, as well as Natasha Romanoff, Nick Fury, and Maria Ross (who would eventually become her best friend). Years go by and she’s definitely one of their best agents, although she still has a lot of unprocessed trauma and anger. Things get a little better when she finds a family with the Avengers. Things get a lot better when she meets Sam Wilson, whose good heart and entire character is a bright spot in her stormy life.

Cara is bisexual.

Valerie

Full name: Valerie Jenkins

Fandom: MCU (canon divergent after Avengers)

Faceclaim: Amanda Seyfried

Their tags: Valerie, my sister’s ocs

Fics/blurbs available: None

Character bio/premise: Valerie is just a kid when her parents die and she’s sent to live with her aunt. She’s still just a kid when her aunt is in a car accident and ends up in a coma and Valerie is sent to live in foster care, before running away and living on the streets. She’s still just a kid when she discovers she’s a mutant with the ability to control metal. For years she lives as a drifter, but eventually she’s able to get off the streets and make ends meet as a waitress in NYC - up until aliens attack. Using her powers to fight, she’s discovered by the Avengers and SHIELD and recruited, and ends up living in the Avengers tower with the rest of them. After years of not having anyone, she’s finally found herself a space space and a family - a family that gets even bigger when the Maximoff twins show up and she finds herself growing closer to Pietro.

[lady-of-the-spirit]

Marianne: How dare these dear dear friends of mine ruin my plans to suffer in silence for the rest of my life by asking me if I'm "okay".

[lady-of-the-spirit]

Personally I think I went off with Marianne and Erik's friendship it has become very important to me and I love them sm