#marie deveraux

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Hey hey,

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HERES CHAR LIST FOR SUPERNATURAL!!!

~MAIN CHAR~

Dean Winchester - TAKEN

Sam Winchester - TAKEN

Castiel - open

Bobby Singer -open

~MAIN RECURING CHAR~

John Winchester - open

Mary Winchester - open

Ellen Harvelle - open

Joanna "Jo" Harvelle -open

Ash - open

Gordon Walker - open

Samuel Campbell - open

Rufus Turner - open

Bela Talbot - open

Chuck Shurley - open

Lisa Braeden - open

Ben Braeden -open

~MINOR RECURING CHAR

Ed Zeddmore - open

Harry Spangler -open

Agent Victor Henricksen - open

Kubrick-open

Pamela Barnes - open

Adam Milligan - open

Becky Rosen - open

Jody Mills - open

Gwen Campbell - open

Christian Campbell - open

Mark Campbell - open

Frank Deveraux - open

~MAIN RECURING ANGLES~

Lucifer - open

Raphael - open

Gabriel - open

Michael - open

Zachariah - open

Uriel - open

Anna - open

Balthazar - open

~MAIN RECURING DEMONS~

Azazel - Open

Crowley - Open

Alistair - Open

Ruby -Open

Meg-Open

Lillith -Open

~MAIN RECURING LEVIATHAN~

Dick Roman - Open

Edgar - Open

Dr. Gaines -Open

Chet - Open

~MAIN RECURING SUPERNNATURAL BEINGS~

Death - Open

Eve - open

Tessa - open

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ALAICE DEVERAUX

Nicknames: Not applicable. Age: Twenty-one. Nameday: Twenty-Seventh Sun of the First Astral Moon (apparently I gave her my birthday, so that might change!) Race: Duskwight Elezen. Gender: Cis female. Orientation: Straight? Profession: Lady of the House of Deveraux and Dubois, last remaining survivor after the Dragonsong War; apprentice baker and occasional confidant to Firelight Trading Company.

PHYSICAL ASPECTS

Hair: A light blue, leaning more into teal. She tends to style it in loose curls around her shoulders. Eyes: She is heterochromatic! One eye is teal, the other is a steel grey. Skin: Pale with a silvery undertone; it tends to reflect whatever light hits it, rather than possessing it's own distinct colour. Tattoos/Scars: None of any note.

FAMILY

Parents: Lord and Lady Deveraux, dead by Alaice's sixteenth year. It is said that Lord Deveraux attempted to defend his wife from the dragons before he was engulfed in flames. No remains of her mother have been found. Siblings: Not applicable. Grandparents: Not applicable, more unfortunate souls lost to the war. In-Laws and Others: Alaice has a child from her first marriage, a daughter called Alyna. Her husband, Draeir Dubois, died under mysterious circumstances in the months preceding the Ishgardian/Dragon peace treaty, bringing no end of speculation from gentry and smallfolk alike. Some suspect his desire to expand his house beyond Foundation's spires drew ire from the High Houses and he was made an example of. Others suspect a more... intimate cause. Without a murder weapon or obvious intent, none can deduce a proper suspect.

She is particularly close to @riftdancing's Siyoh Mari who, whilst not understanding a lick of Ishgardian gossip, will happily entertain the confusion over a cup of tea as Alaice dramatizes. This leagues better than Elandervier who told her she'd 'rather chew on a voidsent's ass' and leaves at the very mention of anything to do with the city. She has an extremely complicated relationship with the other Elezen due to their mutual upbringings, trauma and reconciliation.

When Firelight is conducting business in Ishgard, she can be seen at its patriarch's side helping him navigate the intricacies of the city. Pets: Unless you count the many birds that have taken residence in her gardens, not applicable.

SKILLS

Abilities: Alaice is ice-aspected to a dangerous degree, and it's an element she has always tried to keep under wraps for fear of heresy and expulsion from the Holy See. As a result, the magic is unpredictable and emerges as a by-product of extreme situations/emotions. Only a select few people know she possesses such an ability. Hobbies: Like all ladies of her standing, Alaice was given a proper education including tutelage in deportment; music, song and dance; needlework and painting — among other gentle pursuits. She has a particular affinity for bird watching and, in the advent of her husband's death, has sunk herself readily into her little business as a baker.

TRAITS

Most positive trait: Alaice possesses a remarkable capacity for trust despite her confinement and husband's abuse. Worst negative trait: Her naïvety. As a woman constricted by the societal expectations of Ishgardian women, Alaice knows scarce little about the world around her — or even Ishgard proper. It is something she is working constantly to undo.

LIKES

Colours: Blue, white, silver, gold and shades of brown. However, given Ishgard's proclivity to the cold, any colour that can break through the sheen of snow is a welcomed addition in her eyes. Smells: Anything floral and/or citrus. These are not necessarily smells she will wear, but remind her of a time before the Calamity when the climate of Ishgard was better suited. She's also partial to vanilla, almond and loves the smell of rain. Textures: Knitted wool and smooth glass (or ice, though she tries not to think too much about it), the gentle prick of pine and the grooves in wood and stone. Drinks: Champagne, white wine and mead. She's also discovering some enjoyment of red wine, stay tuned if she gets more extreme!

OTHER DETAILS

Smokes: Rarely. She smoked recreationally after her parents died, a sort of 'dare' from the other ladies in her company, and took it up in secret as a way to release anxiety in the early days of her marriage — away from the prying eyes of her husband. Alaice quit after becoming pregnant with Alyna and hasn't taken it back up due to associating it with those negative experiences. Drinks: Semi-regularly. Much like smoking, she quit entirely when she got pregnant and tends to only partake as a social nicety. She can acknowledge where she was falling into unhealthy patterns when she was married and tries not to go back to those places. Drugs: Not applicable. Mount Issuance: Not applicable. Alaice was fed on the indoctrination by her husband that is not a lady's place to traverse, but that men should come to her. If she is needed for Firelight Business she will be escorted by their couriers, but she has no vehicle of her own. Been Arrested: No. Being a suspect was traumatic enough. Why would she kill her lord husband?

Tagged by: @eriyu — at least for this one! I'm going to try and do one character per tag. Tagging: @thefreelanceangel, @hythlodaes, @piyopikamika, @sealrock, @thevikingwoman & @yloiseconeillants! If you'd like a chance of being tagged, you can like my permanent interaction call here!

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SPN roleplay server

Looking for a roleplay server that active and non toxic. And can have very many aus and OCS. And play a cannon character! Only one though

The server is fully done and open for suggestion! All the people are nice. There are no age limits at all anyone can join this. Non-toxic mutil shipping to!

All the characters!

HERES CHAR LIST FOR SUPERNATURAL!!!

~MAIN CHAR~

Dean Winchester - TAKEN

Sam Winchester - TAKEN

Castiel - TAKEN

Bobby Singer -open

~MAIN RECURING CHAR~

John Winchester - open

Mary Winchester - open

Ellen Harvelle - open

Joanna "Jo" Harvelle -open

Ash - open

Gordon Walker - open

Samuel Campbell - open

Rufus Turner - open

Bela Talbot - open

Chuck Shurley - open

Lisa Braeden - open

Ben Braeden -open

~MINOR RECURING CHAR

Ed Zeddmore - open

Harry Spangler -open

Agent Victor Henricksen - open

Kubrick-open

Pamela Barnes - open

Adam Milligan - open

Becky Rosen - open

Jody Mills - open

Gwen Campbell - open

Christian Campbell - open

Mark Campbell - open

Frank Deveraux - open

~MAIN RECURING ANGLES~

Lucifer - open

Raphael - open

Gabriel - open

Michael - open

Zachariah - open

Uriel - open

Anna - open

Balthazar - open

~MAIN RECURING DEMONS~

Azazel - Open

Crowley - Open

Alistair - Open

Ruby -Open

Meg-Open

Lillith -Open

~MAIN RECURING LEVIATHAN~

Dick Roman - Open

Edgar - Open

Dr. Gaines -Open

Chet - Open

~MAIN RECURING SUPERNNATURAL BEINGS~

Death - Open

Eve - open

Tessa - open

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Wanna know about my history with soap operas? Well... I know that I’ve shared my love for Dominique Deveraux - TV’s First Black Bitch on the original Dynasty, but that wasn’t the only soap that I watched as a kid and while she was my first, here are a few more Black women in soap operas who I paid attention to (and mostly saw first on soaps).

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Senait Ashenafi ♡ Keesha Ward, General Hospital: This is one of my favorite soap girls of all times. She was sweet and pretty, and she was in one of my first ships as a preteen? I don't recall how old I was when I was watching this, but I was obsessed. I would rewatch her scenes with Jason all the time on VHS tapes. I stopped watching some time after they broke up.

Felecia Bell ♡ Simone Hardy, General Hospital: I did not watch General Hospital during the days of earlier Simone casting. But in my soaps heyday, and I mean I set the VCR for my soaps when I wasn't home and watched them when I got home, and Felecia Bell was Simone at that time period. I thought it was interesting to see a character that I was told had a historical landmark for daytime tv.

Renee Elise Goldsberry ♡ Evangeline Williamson, One Life to Live: I had many run ins with OLTL, but the last time I watched it, I had been lured back by one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen in my life! I CRIED when she left the show. I tried to stick around to see what they'd do with her sister, but I quickly lost interest and have not seen the show since.

Rhonda Ross ♡ Toni Burrell, Another World: I wasn't extremely fond of this character, but she had the first Black rape survivor story arc that I can recall seeing and I still remember images of the court trail in my mind today. AND! She was the first Diana Ross child that I knew of. Diana Ross was so important to me in my childhood, her daughter was important by proximity.

Tracey Ross, Brook Kerr, Lena Cardwell ♡ The Russells, Passions: Sometimes... You see a show that is like a decade long fever dream. That show is Passions. Some might have called it a guilty pleasure, but I don't be guilty about my pleasures and Passions was my pleasure. NONSENSE! But very entertaining. I was not around for all them Simones, but Idk the two lightskint ones apart, so idk which one was on by the time I simply fell off this show.

Lynn Hamilton ♡ Cissie Johnson, Dangerous Women: I definitely didn't see her first in Dangerous Women, but her role in that, as Cissie Johnson was a pretty significant part of a short lived serious that I thought was amazing. It was about women who had been in prison, one fakes her death, escapes, Sqand gets plastic surgery, and there's a lot of stuff that revolves around the ex cons. Cissie was kind of a mammy character, in hindsight, but as a kid, she was a nice Black lady on a show full of snakes and liars.

She was also on Generations, a soap opera that I called, "The Black Soap Opera," because there were SO MANY Black people in the cast, and other soaps just did not do that back then.

Sidenote: Generations was the first time that I saw Vivica A. Fox, but I didn't learn her name until Patti Labelle's sitcom Out All Night. Y'all have NO IDEA how much I loved and watched any and every Black show they gave us, even though they never really lasted long. I missed Generations SO MUCH, despite it only being on for a couple of years.

Sharon Leal ♡ Dahlia Crede, Guiding Light: I thought she was the most beautiful woman ever to be on a soap opera. That was basically it. I was only sort of watching Guiding Light, so I barely remember anything about her character, but I collected every photo of her that they put into my mama's soap magazines.

Mari Morrow ♡ Rachel Gannon, One Life to Live: This character also has been recast several times, but during my consumption, it was Mari Morrow, when Rachel was in her addiction storyline.

Enuka Okuma ♡ Kelly, Fifteen: It took me a ridiculous amount of time to remember that Enuka had been Kelly on Fifteen!! I was excited to realize that, even though still to this day, nobody I speak with ever remembers this show. A Nickolodeon teen drama? Excellent, I loved it. Nick was so good in my day.

I included Arseman, even though I have not seen her since. But, she was rep too, so. There she is.

Sherri Saum ♡ Vanessa Hart, Sunset Beach: Now... this one is a little different, because I don't remember actually LIKING this character, but she's pretty and whenever I'd see people reblog that Fosters show, I'd always envision my older sister imitating her soap character's boyfriend saying her name (Because my sister hated his acting and imitated him funnily to me) First time I saw this lady and that man, but he later wound up in Shondaland.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST

Garcelle Beauvais ♡ Cynthia Nicols, Models Inc.: This show was a primetime soap. A spin off of Melrose Place. (Melrose Place being a spin off of Beverly Hills 90210), and Garcelle Beauvais gabe me EVERYTHING an angsty child needed inher soaps. This character went through SO MUCH and was SO important to me! She was bulimic. She had an obsessive ex who stalked her. Who KIDNAPPED her and assaulted her in front of her tied up new boyfriend. He had been sending her Black Barbie dolls bound and blindfolded, and when she got down with her new man, he yoinked her. She wound up having to kill him and I supported every moment of her in that one season of a show it feels like only me, my mama and my older sister watched.

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Most wanted female canons ? 

───    from spn : meg masters, jody mills, ruby, jo harvelle, rowena macleod,  from teen wolf : marin morrell, victoria argent, satomi ito, jennifer blake, araya calavera, erica reyes, cora hale, laura hale, kira yukimura,  from tvd/to :  josie saltzman, aurora de martel, freya mikaelson, rebekah milaelson, josette laughlin, antoinette sienna , bonnie bennett, esther mikaelson, hayley’s mother, annabelle “anna” zhu, mary-alice claire, dahlia, monique deveraux, lizzie saltzman, and genevieve . 

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( Nathan Parsons • He/Him • Cis Male • 25 •) did you hear WHEN THE FIRES HAVE SURROUNDED YOU AND THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD'S COMIN' AFTER YOU, I'VE GOT BLOOD ON MY NAME? it reminded me of JACKSON KENNER. rumor has it they’re from the PAST. they say they’re a WEREWOLF, that explains why they’re loyal to THE CRESCENTS.

BASICS

Name: Jackson Kenner

Age: 25

Gender: Cis male

Date of Birth: June 16th, 1984

Place of Birth: New Orleans

Species: Werewolf

Sexuality: Bisexual

FAMILY

Mother: Kaia Kenner †

Father: Hudson Kenner †

Grandparents: Mary Dumas & Richard Dumas

Siblings: None

Kids: Currently, none. In the future, Hope Mikaelson (Step-daughter)

ABOUT

When Jackson was a baby, a rival pack sought out to end one of the two great families of the Crescent pack. His parents, Kaia and Hudson fought tooth and nail to protect the pack and their child.

In the end, the Crescents won the fight. However, the win didn't really feel like a win because of those they lost, including Jackson's parents.

With the loss, Jackson was raised by his grandparents.

From the time that Jackson could walk and talk, Richard has been "training" him to take up the Alpha title for when the time comes. Jackson didn't have a normal grandson/grandparent relationship with Richard. Richard refused to show an ounce of affection, believing that it wouldn't "toughen him up" for when he needed to fight.

Mary on the other hand, was the complete opposite. She adored Jackson (and the rest of the entire pack as her own grandchildren). She would tell him stories about his mom, and some of his dad too. She would tell the pack kids the history behind the crescent wolves, and what greatness they would be. When you needed someone to talk to, she was the person to go to.

Jackson's very best friends are Oliver and Aiden. He would go to the mat ten times over for them.

When Jackson was seven, Marcel sent out Brynne Deveraux (who was possessed by Céleste Dubois unknowingly) to put the curse on the pack. They were cursed into the wolf forms at all times except that of a full moon.

With the limited time they had, Jackson was mostly trained on how to be an alpha while in wolf form. Sometime over the years, Richard was killed and Jackson became the alpha of the pack.

After Richard's death, Jackson swore that he was going to be a better alpha than his grandfather was. And while they were still cursed to the wolf forms, Jackson made a promise that the Crescents were going to rise again. A promise he very much still plans to keep.

Jackson is openly bisexual and has no qualms about it. When Aiden had come out to him, he told him love was love - and that's something he truly believes in.

With the curse now broken, Jackson is now searching for a way for his pack to retain their wolf whenever they please and is also working to get the Crescents back to the greatness his grandmother once told them about. He's very pack driven, and while loyal and all around a good guy, revenge on Marcel is definitely on his mind.

He's betrothed to Hayley Marshall (Andrea Labonair) but doesn't know how he feels about that. Arrangements make him uneasy. He knows it's for the strength of the pack, but he doesn't like the idea of being told who he has to marry.

[beautiesofbygoneeras]

Marie Devereux (27 November 1940 – 30 December 2019) - Late 1950s And Early 1960s Eras British Glamour Model And Film Actress.

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HIV and the Journey Toward Zero Part 1 from Journey Towards Zero on Vimeo.

"HIV and the Journey Toward Zero" sparks important conversations around the end of the HIV epidemic. What does “the end” mean for those who have been there from the start, those living with HIV today and those leading the way to an HIV-free future?

"HIV and the Journey Toward Zero" spotlights the perspective of some of Chicago’s most prominent activists. The film is presented in partnership with the Chicago Department of Public Health, Tessa Films and local community organizations. Join us as we hear from long-term survivors, newly diagnosed individuals, clinicians, researchers and community leaders — the voices that, together, can make HIV history.

Director: Chan C. Smith Producer: Lisa Masseur, Tessa Films Editor: Christina Stumpf Director of Photography: Ashley C. Battle Original music composed by: Joe George Shadid Line Producer: Sarah Minnie Creative Producer/Consultant: Sanford E. Gaylord Additional Camera Operator: Chan C. Smith 1st Asst. Camera/Camera Operator: Candice Majors DIT: Eric Almond Additional DIT: Emmanuel Bansa Gaffer: Kemi Mayomi Grip/Swing: Maddie C. Dodge Production Coordinator/Associate Producer: Julia Barr Payroll Manager: Holli Hopkins McGinley Production Business Manager: Mary Pat Forston Production Accountant: Lisa Bird Sound Utility: Nicholas Fanelli Key Makeup Artist: Libby Knapp Production Assistants: “Moishe” Zoe Bernardean, Joanna Bozic, Nick Canonaco, C’airra Cortez, John P. Harris, Mireillee “M” Lamort, Alex Monsalud, Luis Trevino Colorist: Craig Leffel Dialog Editor: Steve Wilke, Mix Kitchen Sound Effects Editor: Brian Leitner, Mix Kitchen Supervising Sound Editor/Re-Recording Mixer: Sam Fishkin, Mix Kitchen Archival Producer: Alexis Jaworski Research Assistants/Production Assistants: Otito Greg-Obi, Ronnie Chatterjee

Chicago Dept. of Public Health: Executive in Charge of Production: David Kern Chief Development Executive: Jorge Cestou Director of Creative Affairs: James Scalzitti Creative Executive: Riley Sorin

Stock and archival footage and images provided by: ACT UP AIDS Foundation of Chicago Associated Press The American Association for the Advancement of Sciences Tracy Baim Jeff Berry Doug Birkenhauer Lora Branch Caprice Carthans CBS Chicago Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Chicago Tribune Pat Cummings Damn Interfering Video Activist Television Terry Dudley The Estate of Mark Morrisroe (Ringier Collection) at Fotomuseum Winterthur Sanford E. Gaylord Gerber/Hart Library and Archives Getty Images Rick Guasco Lisa Howe-Ebright Tim Karr Owen Keehan David Lebe The Legacy Project Rae Lewis-Thornton Thomas McGovern, from Bearing Witness (to AIDS) The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report National AIDS Memorial National Institutes of Health U.S. Clinical Center National Library of Medicine Alice O’Malley Pond 5 Positively Aware Magazine by TPAN Public Arts Fund Alon Reninger/Contact Press Images John Ryan Victor Salvo Dean Sameshima San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library Renslow Sherer Tactical Media Files The 10% Show Evany Turk Video Data Bank Windy City Times/Outlines/BLACKlines Archives, by Tracy Baim, Mike Carter, Genypher Novak and Rex Wockner Israel Wright

Special thanks to: OTV—Open Television Alphawood Foundation Gerber/Hart Library and Archives Tracy Baim Lora Branch Sharon Zurek Dave Beedy Lori Cannon Victor Salvo Owen Keehan Anthony Hirschel Melissa Terrell Minnie Productions Eleven04 Moonwalker Cafe Chicago Film Office Illinois Film Office

Spoken word by Storie Deveraux “June 5, 1981”

Additional music provided by The Music Bed “Rest, Get Here” by Sharon Irving “All We’re Living For” by Sharon Irving

Promotion provided by Bigmouth Creative

Filmed on Location in Chicago, IL

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Lucy Percy Hay, Countess of Carlisle (1599-1660), Van Dyck c1637, private collection.

Her father was the so called “wizard Earl” Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland and her mother Dorothy Deveraux one of the Earl of Essex’s sisters. Dorothy in turn was the daughter of Lettice Knollys, who was herself in turn the daughter of Catherine Carey the daughter of Mary Boleyn - sister of Anne Boleyn and aunt of Elizabeth I - and maybe Henry VIII himself depending on if you think he was Catherine Carey’s father or not.

Despite this illustrious linage, Lucy’s childhood was overshadowed by her fathers incarceration in the Tower of London for his alleged role in the gunpowder plot, and the collapse of her parents marriage. At age 17 Lucy eloped with James Hay, Viscount Doncaster, a member of James Is bedchamber and minor favorite who was twice her age and a widower with children. Although she claimed to be in love with him, it’s just as likely Lucy saw James Hay as her ticket out of the tower and to court.

Around 1620 it’s believed that Lucy became lovers with the then Marquis of Buckingham, with her husbands approval - George was the key to the king and to favors. The gamble paid off as the Doncasters were created Earl and Countess of Carlisle about this time. Lucy and George would remain involved until his death in 1628. Her husband James died in 1632 leaving Lucy a wealthy, well-connected, child-free widow; and a major figure at Charles I’s court as the sometimes ally, sometimes frenemy of the Queen. She was said to be one of the great beauties and wits of the era, and her salon was a major hub of political networking and literary patronage. She was also, despite her reputation for libertinage, something of a puritan.

The above painting was a gift for another rumored lover; Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Stafford, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

During the civil war Lucy developed a reputation for playing both sides for the middle, eventually returning to the tower for involvement in conspiracies against the newly established commonwealth. She died of a stroke in 1660, her days of glory long behind her.

There has never been a proper biography or study of Lucy and her career, despite being one of the major political influence brokers, intelligence agents, and cultural patrons of the age. Instead, Lucy is mostly remembered today as the potential inspiration for Milady de Winter from The Three Musketeers, along with a number of other salacious stories of varying accuracy, such as supposedly informing the five MPs of their impending arrest in 1642. Due to the fact few of her papers have survived, getting to the woman behind the sensational legends is not easy.

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List of the Living

Sister Arianna Abdul

Sister Tiara Alysse

Sister Courtney Antalek

Sister Diana Avel

Sister Loren Beech

Sister Madison Beer

Sister Renee Bellerive

Brother Andre Benjamin

Sister Luciana Beraj

Sister Hailey Bieber

Brother Justin Bieber

Sister Rowan Blanchard

Sister Lindsay Brewer

Sister Phoebe Broadhead

Sister Victoria Brono

Sister Alla Bruletova

Sister Alissa Butler

Sister Deva Cassel

Sister Frida Chiabra

Sister Zendaya Coleman

Sister Paola Cossentino

Sister Heather Crockett

Sister Lily Crosland

Sister Miley Cyrus

Sister Ash Daniels

Sister Angelina Dimova

Sister Amala Dlamini

Sister Olivia Dunne

Sister Calystabelle Erickson

Sister Robyn Fenty

Sister Megan Fox

Sister Madelyn Francesca

Sister Kaia Gerber

Sister Neelam Gill

Sister Selena Gomez

Sister Ariana Grande

Sister Kristina Gulina

Sister Bella Hadid

Sister Melanie Hamrick

Sister Morgan Hart

Sister Eve Helling

Sister Paris Hilton

Sister Sarah Holden

Sister Davika Hoorne

Brother Tyler Hubbard

Sister Olivia Jade

Brother Deveraux Jagger

Brother Michael Jagger

Sister Shyla Jah

Sister Kendall Jenner

Brother Joe Jonas

Brother Nick Jonas

Sister Maria Kalinina

Sister Than Kambridge

Sister Elizabeth Kapran

Sister Kimberly Kardashian

Brother Brian Kelley

Brother Khaled Khaled

Sister Cindy Kimberly

Sister Beyonce Knowles-Carter

Sister Veronika Kostei

Sister Bec Lauder

Sister Avril Lavigne

Sister Sophia Levi

Sister Alisa Levina

Sister Margaret Lindemann

Sister Dua Lipa

Sister Jennifer Lopez

Sister Nazanin Mandi

Sister Carolina Marie

Sister Karina Marikova

Sister Lucy Markovic

Sister Julia Mas

Sister Stella Maxwell

Sister Clarissa May

Brother Rakim Mayers

Sister Gracie McKenna

Sister Jessie Mesa

Sister Kang Min

Sister Eva Mosevich

Sister Jasmin Murabet

Sister Inna Nord

Sister Billie O’Connell

Sister Gabby O’Reilly

Sister Jenna Ortega

Sister Avery Ovard

Sister Hannah Palmer

Sister Ananya Panday

Brother Antwan Patton

Sister Anastasia Pellegrino

Brother Miguel Pimentel

Sister Lani Pliopa

Brother Chris Pratt

Sister Mailani Romo

Sister Valeria Shashenok

Sister Kieran Shipka

Sister Emilia Silberg

Sister Blanca Soler

Sister Amanda Steele

Sister Taylor Swift

Sister Tabitha Templer

Brother Abel Tesfaye

Sister Bella Thorne

Sister Carrie Underwood

Brother Keith Urban

Sister Olivia Wardlow

Brother Brian Warner

Sister Daniela Washington

Sister Minna Weber

Sister Asya Yavuzecetin

Sister Sab Zada

Sister Madison Ziegler

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Marie Deveraux

[mermaidsirennikita]

In what way are Julia's books significant?

I think that Julia has nailed a certain type of ballroom historical--very romcom-esque (in fact, I think you can draw parallels between Julia's books and 90s-early 2000s romcoms, which is a lot of fun), very approachable for people who previously haven't read historical fiction of any kind (you don't need to know much about the Regency to Get her books, and she doesn't info dump), very light and witty while at the same time, at their best (When He Was Wicked, for me) hitting an emotional well, and drawing a family that feels like a family. Me? I don't super care about family romances. Sometimes they work for me, sometimes they don't. I haven't had time to go back to the Cynsters yet, but I mean, I loved the family drama drawn up in Devil's Bride. But if you like romances that draw from a family, I think that Julia nailed that, and I think that she (along with Mary Balogh and again Stephanie Laurens) is influential in the current depiction of "family dynasty" romances today. They're a bit more modern than what Jude Deveraux's Montgomerys were doing, for example. A bit more relatable and touchable.

I also think that you can draw a line from Julia to authors publishing today who are more recent, but have, I would imagine, been influenced by her romcom-first style of writing. Tessa Dare is the most obvious one, though Tessa arguably made her books even funnier, a bit less obsessed with the upper classes (though still revolving around them often), and much sexier. Elisa Braden is another, though she's probably more of a "grandchild", as I think Elisa has Tessa's influence all over her books. Nonetheless, to me, Elisa actually reads as more similar to JQ than Tessa is to JQ, because Tessa isn't quite as fixated on the virgin heroine, and Elisa is more into the upper classes.

But to me, you can circle back Tessa (who again, has become v. influential in her own right) and authors like Tessa to JQ, whereas authors like Sarah MacLean and to a lesser extent Joanna Shupe (who was like I'm gonna fuck off and do my own damn thing with the Gilded Age, but I still see some parallels between Kleypas's self made heroes and hers), imo, circle back more to Kleypas.

And then there are... the book sales, obviously.

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mwf canons ?

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The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstruous Regiment of Women!

That’s gotta be the hardest essay/book name of the mid- late 1500s. I know John Knox is making an argument against female monarchy but I’m ignoring the content here and saying they should make a sequel where Mary queen of Scot’s and Elizabeth come back to life, but actually work together to secure the throne and prevent the English civil war.

Perhaps they can even throw in Mary I somehow who knows

I was joking when I started noting this but there’s actually some interesting things you could do here. Elizabeth was a very effective ruler and incredibly popular following the defeat of the Spanish Armada, (poverty and famine in the 1590s?yadadayaya she’s still popular enough for deveraux’s coup to fail miserably) so I’m sure there would be public support to have her back on the throne but then this has to cause conflict with the Stuart line and most importantly the king. The trumpet dosent have to be metaphorical there can be an actual civil war. Maybe they side with the parliamentarians but idk I think that’s somewhat of a cop out with no real consequences on history

I give up this idea really really sucks. Really sounds like something a 19 year old would write huh.

It should end with: “perhaps the real monstrous regiment of women were the friends we made along the way” and then the whole privy council starts clapping.

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WBW + Jude

I am currently obsessed with Jude so bless this is going to be perfection

B A S I C S

full name: Jude Elise Deveraux

gender: Female

sexuality: Lesbian

pronouns: She/Her

O T H E R S

family: Marie Elise Deveraux (Grandmother) Pierre (Grandfather who cares) Charlotte Deveraux (Aunt) Amalie Deveraux (Mother) Phillipe (Father, again who cares?) Leiden Deveraux (Younger sister) Someone (Cousin)

birthplace: Beacon Hills, California

job: Student

phobias: slimey anything. She cannot.

guilty pleasures: Stiles

M O R A L S

morality alignment?: Chaotic neutral. She's often a shit but she does sometimes help people

sins - lust/greed/gluttony/sloth/pride/envy/wrath

virtues - chastity/charity/diligence/humility/kindness/patience/justice

T H I S - O R - T H A T

introvert/extrovert: Extrovert

organized/disorganized: Organized

close minded/open-minded: Open minded (Except for Sokolovs)

calm/anxious: Calm

disagreeable/agreeable: Pretty Disagreeable

cautious/reckless: Reckless

patient/impatient: Impatient

outspoken/reserved: Outspoken

leader/follower: Leader

empathetic/unemphatic: She goes back and forth

optimistic/pessimistic: Pessimistic

traditional/modern: Modern

hard-working/lazy: Hardworking

R E L A T I O N S H I P S

otp: Jude/Lydia

ot3: Jude/Lydia/Malia

brotp: Jude/Jackson

notp: Jude/Stiles

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I wonder what straight romances anon has read.

I know it’s a genre people like to shit on. But any genre has good and bad writers. And even a single writer has good and middling books.

Anyway here’s my fave het romances just to counter this anon:

- Sea Swept by Nora Roberts (contemporary, found family feels, talks about abuse and healing, also features a ghost! But also how can you go wrong with Nora Roberts?)

- His Lady’s Ransom by Merline Lovelace (historical but in a hand-wavey way, a bit angsty misunderstood FL, but very hot! *waves face*)

- A Secret Affair by Mary Balogh (historical. I like many of Balogh’s books but of course not everything will be a hit. This one is part of a series that’s not super amazing, but it’s one of my faves by her. It’s about a widow and the guy she chose to be her lover)

- Nobody’s Princess by Jennifer Greene (contemporary, kind of light and not too complicated but in a witty, woman holds her own kinda way)

- Fancy Pants by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (contemporary, not sure how it holds up to time but this was so formative for me, very empowering character growth and also people with very angsty backgrounds)

- The Blackwood Bride by Jasmine Cresswell (historical, interesting set-up, some misunderstandings, simple but quite satisfying)

- The Bride by Julie Garwood (historical in a hand-wavey way ft. highlanders, and the ending is the best imo)

- Cotillon by Georgette Heyer (historical, light and frothy; I think I was just amused by how I didn’t see the pairing coming)

- A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux (time travel! one of the earliest romance novels I read when I was a teen so I have a soft spot for it)

- Plus some really fun contemporary teen romance novels from the Sweet Dreams line:

[ID: 3 books screenshotted from a Goodreads page. On Her Own by Suzanne Rand (1984), Thinking of You by Jeanette Nobile (1982), and P.S. I Love You by Barbara Conklin (1981). End ID]

My cousins and friends all read these when I was a teen. I can’t believe they’re that old. The last one made us all cry.

Let's just face it straight romances are boring as fuck.

What do straights have 'I love you' 'I would die for you'?

Why do we have? 'My one and only', 'my life will be more satisfying with you in it', 'my soul will stay with you', 'I will recognize him blind', 'I wish I knew how to quit you'.

Come on!

I remember I saw a post here saying something along the lines of straight men are attracted to women in such uninteresting ways and ain't that the truth.

That's why with a straight canonical ship still the m/m or f/f will be more popular.

There's nothing interesting in there, guy talked to girl BAM they're in love, the end!!!

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Anon, I think it may be time to stop only socializing with tumblr users in their 20s. And maybe check out some less blockbuster media while you're at it.