#melmont

[werewolfsmile]

Until The Levee - Cornelia Locke + Whipplocke

[watch it on youtube}

Finally, this video I've had in the works for ages is done!! Massive shout out to my besties on discord who helped with some editing choices! You guys are the best!

Song: Until The Levee by Joy Williams

[dreamyelectronicmusics]

The English “Murder on the Orient Express” AU that came to me last night when I couldn’t sleep:

Detective Marshall is investigating the murder of David Melmont. Suspects include Cornelia Locke, Thomas Trafford, Kills on Water, Martha Myers, Jed Myers, the list goes on. The evidence is contradictory and it seems like they all could have done it but at the same time like none of them could have done it.

Eventually, Marshall discovers that they all did it, and in fact Melmont deserved to be murdered more or less by everyone he’d ever met, but not before the investigation is severely disrupted by Marshall’s assistant Eli Whipp, who realised that Cornelia was guilty and has been tampering with evidence and concealing vital information to protect her.

Why did Eli deduce that Cornelia was guilty but not that the others were, too? Can’t say. Pure coincidence, probably. Maybe the others were simply better liars. It definitely wasn’t because he was in any way more focused on her than on any of the others. Unlike some men, he never even looked at her face, nope, not at all.

[eachlittlebird]

Also, congratulations to Rafe Spall for making me loathe and detest a character even more than I loathed and detested Cornelius Hickey. Never thought it would happen, well done sir.

[laiqualaurelote]

2023 Fic Round-up

This year I wrote seven fics and 108,512 words, which is more than I thought! Here's a round-up

maybe everything that dies someday comes back (The English | Cornelia/Eli | M | 14k)

The post-apocalyptic Mad Max Fury Road zombie AU where David Melmont hires bounty hunter Eli Whipp to track down and retrieve a fugitive called Cornelia Locke.

wins this year's award for: Fic That Fulfils My Childhood Dream (writing a zombie apocalypse)

ain't practical, a world you can't touch (The English | Cornelia/Eli | G | 5k)

The Pushing Daisies AU in which Eli can bring people back to life with his touch, but has tried his best not to until Cornelia.

wins this year's award for: Deepest Cut, Zagged

The Lady With The Recorder Asks The Questions (Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries | Phryne/Jack | T | 6k | WIP)

Modern-day newsroom!AU - Phryne is a star investigative journalist who breaks news as easily as she breaks hearts; Jack is just trying to do his best in the war on error.

wins this year's award for: Fic I Most Regret Not Finishing (I'm sorry!)

constant as a northern star (constantly in the dark) (Ted Lasso | Ted/Trent, past Trent/OFC | T | 10.5k)

The saga of Trent Crimm and his independent ex-wife.

wins this year's award for: Most Surprisingly Popular Fic

all the men and women merely players (Ted Lasso | Ted/Trent, Roy/Keeley/Jamie | T | 50k)

The Station Eleven!AU where the Richmond Players are a travelling Shakespearean company performing in the ruins of a post-pandemic England, and Trent is, despite the apocalypse, still a journalist.

wins this year's awards for: Longest Fic, Fic That Survived The Most Hiatuses, Fic I Am Proudest Of

well-versed in etiquette, extraordinarily nice (Good Omens, Historical RPF | Aziraphale/Crowley | G | 3k)

The Regency heist fic in which Jane Austen, criminal mastermind and aspiring novelist, pulls off the 1810 Clerkenwell Diamond Robbery with the help of a certain demon.

wins this year's award for: Quickest Fic (I wrote it in four days)

speak easy, swing hard (Marvel Cinematic Universe | Steve/Tony | T | 13k)

The 1920s Prohibition era!AU in which Tony runs a nightclub empire, Steve is an aspiring artist and/or questionably undercover agent, Sam and Bucky are bootlegging their way through America and nobody knows what Natasha is up to.

wins this year's award for: Most Historical Research (I watched two seasons of Boardwalk Empire and had to figure out multiple characters' speech patterns, then transpose these to the 1920s. Also I listened to so much vaudeville)

I don't think I will be around as much in 2024, barring unexpected hyperfixations, but I wish you all a glorious year anyway! May your WIPs be finished, your ships prolific and your fandoms full of joy.

[sagradofemenin0]

Our Lady of The Blind Fate, Emil Melmont. (2022)

[tough-n-dumb]

babbling below

in greek mythology, Orion is a prideful hunter whose vanity and boastfulness are his ultimate downfall. he claims he's the best hunter in the world and intends to prove this by saying he'll kill every animal on earth

the greek gods intervene before he can do so and send a scorpion after him. they battle, and the scorpion eventually triumphs, killing Orion. after the battle, Zeus puts both in the sky to commemorate the battle, and they are now the constellations Orion (The Hunter) and Scorpius. however, they are never in the sky at the same time, constantly chasing each other, one setting as the other is rising

all of this is to say... Cornelia is the scorpion, condemning Orion (Melmont) to death for all of the death and destruction he himself has caused—including her own. and although Lupus (The Wolf) doesn't factor into this myth, the constellation is beside Scorpius, always chasing Orion together. they are Cornelia and Eli. and over/next to them both is Libra, the scale of justice which is self-explanatory. "ain't never gonna change," Eli says. the two of them will always be together, revenge and justice intertwined

so anyway. that's all i got. and they already say some of it in the show but just had more thoughts ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[sagiow]

For the fic ask game: 🦈

🦈 Which character is the toughest to write?

For all that I love them dearly and would fight a dozen Melmonts for them, both Cornelia and Eli are tough! As much as their dialogue tends to come fairly naturally (and how fun it is to play with their respective rhythms), it's the thoughts and emotions behind their words that can be tough to discern (because there are so many and they are often conflicting), and I'm always afraid to mischaracterize them by tapping into the wrong one for that particular conversation / scene. And they also say so much without using actual words, and I find that difficult to convey in "show, don't tell" mode.

[murphycooper]

if she dies from an infection and melmont doesn't die idk what the fuck i'm gonna do honestly

[unitedstatesghosttowns]

Melancholy and mystery surround the remnants of the once-thriving coal mining town of Melmont, Washington. Established in 1900, the town quickly grew to house a…

[amputeeoutdoors]

More like the "Ruins of Melmont" than a ghost town.  I think "Ruins" sounds more... dramatic and mysterious.  What do you think and what do you think of the video? I may return there this weekend to investigate the ruins further and check out Fairfax too.

[wine4thewin]

The English

"I know the horror was not mine by design. But it was I, alone, who made the choice to come to this place. I, who looked to rescue my fortunes with such wayward risk...and it was upon my trail the Devil followed."

[dreamyelectronicmusics]

The English leaves a lot of questions unanswered, such as how did Melmont know Cornelia was coming, what was the name of her son, or did Thomas know what had happened to her. But what I really want to know is this: who is Deborah Crawford???

[laiqualaurelote]

whipplocke time travel AU

After the events of 1890, Cornelia is given the chance to travel back in time. (How, you ask? Maybe it's magic. Maybe it's just a whole lot of aiming.) She travels back to 1875, Powder River, where David Melmont is about to shoot a wolf. She kills him. Thomas, after fits and starts, gets his cattle business off the ground. He leaves Thin Kelly in charge and returns to England to marry a Cornelia who will never know anything but promise. McClintock searches the landscape but never finds the Cheyenne encampment. Kills On Water's people live. Hoxem will never exist. Cornelia's son will never exist. The only place he exists now is in her memory. She too expects not to exist after she changes the timeline, but somehow she's still here in America, fifteen years too early, dying but not dead. She doesn't know what to do with herself. For years she wanders the badlands of Wyoming, making her own way based on what Eli taught her. The illness leaves her body but the memories don't. Eventually she fetches up in Kansas, on an empty lot of land where a hotel will now never be built. She buys the land, builds the hotel. Makes it nice. She tends the bar and waits for the day a man in a cavalry jacket will come in and ask her for a drink.

Leave an AU and a pairing in my ask and I’ll give you the plot of the fic I won’t write for it.

[phoghiz]

Warming House of Slytherin . . . . . #metal#snake#warming#ghosttown#fujixt30#fujfilmxt30#fujifilm#snakes#melmont#melmontghosttown#carbonado#carbonriver#slithering#washingtonstate#pnwwonderland (at Melmont Ghost Town) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBRfuGHHnhm/?igshid=ff1hiliv03gc

[level99games]

Character of the Week: Clive

Welcome to the Character of the Week! Every Monday, we'll be giving you insights on a specific character. Think of this as a primer for everything about a character from one of our games. From lore to game-play, you'll find most of what you need to know here! For this week, our Character of the Week is Clive Melmont!

Lore

"You might wanna take over!"

Story

In a terrible disaster a few years prior, the Melmont family's estate was consumed in a huge fire. Clive was the only survivor and was gravely injured. It was the royal historian and famous hero Luc Von Gott who built a robotic body for Clive, transferring the boy's consciousness to it and saving his life with the help of the eminent mystic Ezokoi Zook. Clive now follows Luc on his adventures, inventing new and incredible machines of his own and learning from his master about what it means to be a hero.

Clive utilizes a wide variety of gadgets and tricks in combat. His tools provide him with handy temporary bonuses, which he can leverage for utility during battle and constantly vary his play style.

10 Facts about Clive

Clive’s family was actually very rich. Though they lost many possessions in the fire, Clive has actually inherited a generous sum of money.

The thing Clive likes least about being a robot is that he can’t eat his favorite foods anymore.

The thing he likes the most about being a robot is that he doesn’t have a bedtime.

Clive is a natural talent at aeronautics, and has built a few small airships himself.

He has a bunch of friends his own age, and even though he’s now a full fledged apprentice under Luc, he still finds time to go out and play with them. Being a robot has made him much better at baseball, and much worse at dodgeball.

He keeps up an optimistic demeanor, but he is still very distraught emotionally about the deaths of his parents.

His parents were close friends of Luc’s.

He is a direct descendant of Servi of Relecour.

He’s jealous of all of ARIA’s cooler gadgets.

When he grows up, he would like to join the Planestalkers.

Game-Play

Clive is a ranger with a surprising amount of melee options. His mods have a series of effects that offer him stat boosts and triggered effects, which can be activated one at a time during the ante phase. However, at any point he becomes stunned, any modules active will be removed from the game.

Building Up

Module management and planning is vital to playing effectively. Clive builds up modules fast without cost in exchange for losing them for good if he is stunned. It is hard for him to catch up once he loses his important modules. Keeping your plays safe is important to staying ahead as Clive. Using Strike and activating Barrier Chip first thing guarantees you to keep your modules safe with careful play. Keep in mind that you don't need to activate a mod every single turn. Think about if it's worth activating. Otherwise, you risk making your play worse, not better.

Each mod has a different purpose for varied match-ups, making him flexible and incredibly powerful once you build momentum. Stick with Atomic Reactor, Synapse Boost, and Barrier Chip as your core modules. Others are better suited for match-ups that need it. For instance, if dealing against a ranger like Ryukyuk, Rocket Boots or Extending Arms would be ideal to keep yourself close, and have an easier time not getting hit by him. If your opponent is strong in melee, Then activate Afterburner to keep your distance. Auto-Repair is rarely used, and it deactivates at the end of turn. It should only be used once you're set with your active mods.

Defensive Systems

To keep your modules safe, have a steady rotation of Strike and Shot with your base.  Having Barrier Chip activated along with using Shot will give you the ideal amount of stun guard.  Megaton provides a fantastic get-away tool when you need to back off from the opponent as they get pushed to the end of the board. Pairing this with Shot will make it harder for your opponent to stun you and keeps you at a safe distance from getting it. This can also be paired up with Drive for getting hit confirm and speed.

Upgradeable is a style, I guess. Wrench allows to hit really hard and keeps his mods safe. Use it wisely because the base states aren't good. If you know you're going to get stunned, use that unique base to save your mods. Remember, you can still get stunned even if you're the active player. Pairing this style with Wrench will deal loads of damage from the amount of active modules you have. Using Rocket Wrench gives it loads of good stats without losing anything.

Ranged Capabilities

Despite the fact that the game classifies Clive as a brawler, Clive is a ranger with a wider-and-average array of options in melee, backing away for safety and occasionally charging in to land a powerful hit and backing away again.

Leaping is an amazing style, with solid stats and a tool for closing gaps between you and the opponent. Pair this with either Grasp for hit confirm, or Strike to dish out loads of damage, specially if you advance exactly three spaces. Rocket Strike is also an excellent opening because it lets you retreat in the range you're comfortable with, while being sturdy as you deal solid damage to the opponent.

You can also follow Rocket with Burst from Melee range, using the Start of Beat from Burst to move extra spaces, putting you within range to hit.

Summary and Discards

Strengths 1. Fast build-up, and hard to take down. 2. Has his own Stun Guard rotation. 3. Well-rounded stat line.

Weaknesses 1. Losing modules makes it hard to catch up. 2. Mid-range styles are awkward to deal with if not used wisely. 3. Many modules are very situational.

Discards 1. Special Wrench 2. Burnout Drive

Video Guide

CLICK HERE if you want to watch Clive's BattleGUIDES video.

Credits

Lore Section - Brad Talton Jr. Game-play Section - Kat (Jessica Malcolm) Editing - Marco De Santos

[murphycooper]

i have never hated a character the way i hate melmont