#moscowsdragon

[andryuska]

Gingerbread and Boxing Day!

DECEMBER POSITIVITY MEME

gingerbread: tag someone who is dedicated to their muse

okay, i can sort of personally attest to the fact that @intoxicatiing has been playing ruby for about . . . 4 billion years, something roughly in that area?? and never have i seen and loved such a thought out and wonderfully written muse. way back in the olden days when i was in ree’s rp group, ruby was one of my favourite characters, and that has honestly not changed, there is so much dedication put towards her history and characterization and the complexities of her emotions, and i’m still a little in awe of how good it all is. ruby is one of my favs because ree makes her one of my favs, and i honestly am so in love.

boxing day: tag someone whose writing style you love

okay i cannot talk about amazing writing styles without talking about @moscowsdragon bc their writing is so,,,, good that i dont even know how to reply sometimes. like what magic makes it possible for lexi to make andrei and marya getting drunk on badly flavoured vodka sound so lovely and put together, i don’t know, but it is so amazing. im a little lost for words trying to describe it honestly, just. it’s so lovely

[sacrificeherself]

@moscowsdragon / continued. 

    dazed and confused , the room seems to spin , shapes and colors blurring into an intelligible mess. hand pressed to her head , marya struggles to find the face attached to the voice. spotting the blurry figure , apuzzled look passes over her features , which quickly morphs into one of horror and deep sorrow.    ❛   oksana , is that you?    ❜    tears spring to her eyes , overjoyed and terrified at the possibility that her dearest sister was once again returned to her. terrified , that the sight of such a familiar face meant she had passed on as well.

          oh. she holds her breath, her gaze dropping down to stare at her hands. this is — this is not good, not at all. hesitantly, sonya takes a step forward, lifting her gaze to marya, worriedly biting the inside of her cheek.  ❛ i’m — no, i’m not oksana. ❜ her voice is soft in an attempt to calm the older woman, and she wrings her hands nervously.  ❛ my name is sonya. do you remember me at all? ❜ she’s not exactly expecting her to ( sonya is often overlooked and forgotten by people with all their memories ), but she figured it necessary to ask regardless.

[bolkonskxya-blog]

moscowsdragon!

my opinion on;

character in general: marya d is a hoot. she’s just so blunt and aggressive and i lived for all the times she would show up in war and peace because i just knew something great was going to happen.how they play them: incredibly well. this marya tackles things head-on with guts and wry wit, but she also manages to be vulnerable at the same time and that makes her very easy to love.the mun: amazing. you know when you can just tell someone is a good person? i get that vibe with lexi. she’s someone you can trust. if i was in a burning building i’d want lexi to be one of the firefighters.

do i:

rp with them:yes, it’s been known to happen! i think we had 3 threads going at the same time at one point. but i’d love to do it more consistently! marya and marya have some interesting interactions.want to rp with them:  anytime.

what is my;

overall opinion: i’ve had at least one conversation with sarah about how great lexi is and how well she plays marya.

[extasiie]

@moscowsdragon replied to your post “y’all really want to pull me in 50 different directions, don’t u?”

just make all of them

don’t even say those words u fool i’m a fucking Monster who knows i might do it lmao i can’t handle the 8 active blogs i have i don’t need to make it 13

[dearbewildered-blog]

x - @moscowsdragon

“NO, I don’t think so.“ pierre took her by the shoulders (with his big, big hands) and guided her back down onto the couch. “you’re just going to S I T for a moment. I think you’ve had ONE TOO MANY glasses of wine, my dear masha.“ after a teasing smile, he took her wine glass from her hand, unable to find another cup in his study, and DOWNED the remainder of the alcohol in it, then filled it with water and eased it back into her hand. “take small sips, my friend, and let me know if you’re going to be sick.“

[poisonpocket-blog]

@moscowsdragon // continued.

    ❛    it is quite an unfortunate sight to behold.    ❜  she stares with an abject disinterest at the unhappy couple , the bride nearly in tears and the husband staring lecherously at the maid of honor. marya is suddenly and uncomfortably reminded of her own wedding , and averts her eyes in discomfort.   ❛    however , the alcohol is free , and i assume the night will vastly improve once the ceremony ends.  ❜

“ if the ceremony ends, ” montague, who has come as a courtesy to the husband, with whom his friend is acquainted well ( as earl he seemed to be invited to dull things far more often ---- what makes him stay is only the promise of revelry afterwards ) impatiently utters. bright blue eyes return to the altar. they’re not even near the ‘ i do’s ’ !! often in such situations, he would look around with boredom and again retreat into thoughts. but there is someone beside him who shares his sentiments. and he doesn’t waste opportunities.

again, monty leans toward her, a smile growing on his face. “ i reckon the alcohol is already free ---- and just as well, unattended at the moment. ” it is unbecoming of a person of status to pursue hedonism, he knows, he knows all there is. oh, but when can he ever help himself?

[pathoshome]

She kept her laugh, avoiding the woman's glance, standing straight yet tense. Probably wasn't a GOOD IDEA at all, making that joke in presence of Marya, that death stare was ... pretty scare. Anastasia couldn't help --- her mainly nature mischiefness.  “ it wasn't me. i swear. ” she lies, as she feels how the laugh in her disappears and is able to control it but   yet wasn't able to look at her. something remembered about her mama & how strict she is and      how far they were now. “ please      don't scream. ”

@moscowsdragon  // sc. !

[theirkiindness-blog]

@moscowsdragon

glancing up from her knitting , marya sighs at the sight of the girl before her. but it is not an act of annoyance as in the past — for now the action is accompanied by a sympathetic quirk of her lips , pulled down into an expression of sympathy. the past day had been terrible for both. with natasha and her sudden illness , they had been running ragged ; calling for the doctor and ensuring their beloved goddaughter and cousin would survive her ordeal.

she silently pats the seat next to her , offering sonya a place to sit. though the girl had never been her favorite , marya knew they both could use a touch of consolation. ❛    i wish i could speak words of comfort , but even i do not know what fate holds for our natasha. all we can do is wait , and pray. and try to get some sleep, hm?    ❜

Sonya hesitates, wondering if there is any meaning behind the gesture before she takes the seat beside Marya. She wonders if it is any use, asking the older woman for words of comfort, but then Marya speaks ahead of her, as if reading her mind. 

“I suppose so,” she said, folding her hands in her lap, wishing she had something to do, instead of sit and wait, but she had never been good at knitting, and without Natasha, was there any point in touching the harpsichord? 

“Marya,” she ventured, her voice small, “do you think I did the right thing, thwarting the elopement?”

[exceptionallycharming-blog]

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Romantic attraction: none | very low | low | medium | high | very high | extremeSexual attraction: none | very low | low | medium | high | very high | extremeAesthetic attraction: none | very low | low | medium | high | very high | extremeSensual attraction: none | very low | low | medium | high | very high | extreme

[scribblingstars]

        “  he is a tired old man  & must be forgiven.  ”

@moscowsdragon​ / starter call

[youngwiife]

@moscowsdragon // ♡‘d.

"no, but just think of old countess zubov, with all those false curls and her mouth full of false teeth as though she was trying to turn back the years.” lise laughed the exact same laugh she’d used each other time she’d said those exact same words.

[andryuska]

🔥 + the fandom's interpretation of andrei

send  🔥 + a topic for an unpopular opinion ( accepting )

where do i even fucking begin? okay, there are a lot of not so good interpretations of andrei through the great comet fandom ( which is what i’m gonna focus on, the war and peace book fandom is pretty good ) and so i think my unpopular opinion on them is that they just… exist at all, tbh. like, the source material ( literally just one song ) is not exactly great at portraying the depths of andrei, i get that, but there are some ways that it’s taken that are totally off the mark and it really bothers me. i’m gonna put the general things here and you can read more if you want to, because i have a lot to say about a few particular things: first, andrei is not a villain, second, andrei had every right to refuse to forgive natasha and this should not be seen as a malicious action on his part ( because it fucking isn’t ), and third, ( in a bit of a different direction ) andrei and natasha would not have had a good marriage. explanations under the cut.

andrei is not a villain. he’s not. it’s just not a thing, he’s not a villainous character and when he’s malicious it’s because he’s trying to contain a very deep grief through repression, and because he grew up in a household where expressing emotions was not okay ( especially for andrei, who was being molded by his father into a very traditional and unhealthy image of masculinity ), he ‘s trying to suppress those emotions. the way he knows how to do that? by being cold and very standoffish, and then by just completely refusing to talk about it.

when pierre comes to see andrei, andrei refused to see him at first, and is engaged in a debate about politics. while he and pierre talk, andrei is reserved and pretty much just pushes away every emotional question. he says he can’t forgive her, and that’s it, that’s the end of the story, he doesn’t want to talk about it, and the way he expresses it is almost forceful because that’s the person he’s been told to be by traditional russian society ( via his father ). when he tells pierre to go and to never speak to him of the matter again, it’s about avoiding questions. and after that, you’ll note, he and pierre relationship as friends is essentially over, because andrei has just buried himself so deep in repression and this desire for revenge against anatole ( to defend honor and because he’s understandably upset ) that friendship won’t do anything. andrei self isolates, but it is NOT out of a desire to be malicious or evil. it’s just a thing that he does, that is unhealthy and comes off kind of badly when you don’t have the whole context of the rest of his reaction.

further, and there’s a post out there somewhere about this but i’m not going to dig it up, when he “ smiles coldly [and] maliciously ” it’s not because he’s happy about hearing natasha’s in bad shape - he most certainly is not. rather, he’s trying to push thing away, and again it comes off as kind of horrible, even if that is in no way his intention. you gotta remember, andrei is not very adequate socially, he’s not good at these emotional cues, and so sometimes the right expression just won’t translate. expressing grief with a sort of pained smile is one such miscalculation, in my opinion, and it shouldn’t be taken as an expression of actual and intentional malice toward natasha.

andrei had every right to refuse to forgive natasha and this should not be seen as a malicious action on his part. my mom kind of put this in perspective for me when i told her about great comet, and it basically goes like this: andrei doesn’t have to forgive natasha, because even though it’s sad, and even though we sympathize with natasha and know she made a mistake and was definitely manipulated in some degree by anatole, she still fucking cheated on him. as far as andrei knows, she had every intention of going through with her elopement and she refused him very much on her own volition. the complexities of those actions are known to us, but they are not known to andrei, and again. she cheated on him, no matter the motivation behind it, and so he has every right not to forgive her because of that.

also important is that in refusing her, andrei is not acting maliciously ( imagine me, having to clarify this again and again ) against natasha, but acting in accordance with his own grief, and with the sense of betrayal that’s come with her refusing him. no matter the circumstances of their relation from his perspective, which i will get in to in the next section, what she did hurt him a lot, and he has every right to respond to that pain with not wanting to forgive her immediately and reconcile their relationship. take what happened and put it in another story, and we’d all be agreeing with andrei, not having this discussion about the ethics of refusing to reconcile your betrothal with someone who very much intended to refuse you for another man despite having already promised marriage. 

( all of you who made it this far: thanks for putting up with me, and be warned that this next one is the unpopular opinion that is probably the most controversial. )

andrei and natasha would not have had a good marriage. listen, i know it’s nice to think about them living in a happy marriage with each other and all of their problems being solved, but it wouldn’t work out. whether you count in the anatole drama or not, they just wouldn’t have been able to sustain happiness together. there are reasons on both sides for this, but this unpopular opinion is about andrei, so i’m going to focus on why he wouldn’t have been happy marrying natasha. that’s not to say they did not love each other: andrei loves natasha lot, even after she refuses him, and he is indeed very invested in her happiness and would do a lot of things for her. he loves her unquestionably, but that does not necessarily make up the basis of a happy marriage when there are other factors at play. so here we go;

exhibit a: before he leaves, when he asks for her hand and when she says yes, he already suddenly loses a lot of the hope that he has. like, she says yes, and he suddenly clues into her faults and starts to forget that very temporary bout of happiness he has after otradnoe. it’s not natasha’s fault, it’s just who andrei is: he has a disillusionment deeply ingrained in him, and the moment he gets too close, the moment he can lift the veil of ignorance, he’s going to find faults and its going to make him unhappy, and it’s a pervasive problem: much earlier on, he says to pierre that he can’t sleep because he has all these intellectual burdens, and that applies just as much to marriage.

this is because andrei is not so cool with the idea of marriage itself. there are some sexist reasons ( which i do not condone and completely downplay here, because tolstoy was a dick and i’m not making that a part of my portrayal ) and more importantly here, there are some objections to the “ consequences ” of marriage that andrei has. namely, a life that is heavily focused on inaction and society, one wherein people talk about political affairs and military operations as though they’re games, when it fact they’re something he sees as an enormous tragedy and failing of mankind, that should not be taken likely. he feels useless when he’s married ( see: his very bad marriage to lise ) and marrying natasha, regardless of love, wouldn’t change that.

exhibit b: andrei and natasha are fundamentally different people that, though in the early stages of their relationship, might be okay, would not have led to a long term happiness between them. andrei has a very cynical view of the world and of other people, he does not enjoy things in society, and he is intensely intellectual and judgmental and harsh to those who cannot necessarily keep up with that intellect. natasha is wonderful, and i love her, but she and andrei couldn’t have kept their happiness up for long because andrei would inevitable become disillusioned with her, and then likely get bored and end up miserable again. not because he would fall out of love, but just because they’re not exactly that compatible. andrei needs someone in the long term who can not only offset his cynicism, but can also fight against it, and who also has at least enough similar interests that they’ll never lack for intellectual conversation. because, after all, andrei does not do talk about emotions and other people very well, he needs that political and intellectual side as well, and for all the things she does have, natasha doesn’t really have that.

there’s also the thing about natasha being very young and still quite inexperienced whereas andrei has had a lot of very terrible experiences and some difficult trauma from them, and the fact that they cannot seem to keep up their relationship with separation, which is something that would have happened a lot in their marriage - whether he wanted it or not, andrei would have been going away frequently. so, while there’s a lot of points for their relationship, like that love and affection, it doesn’t exactly lend itself to something long term and sustainable.

tl:dr: their marriage would have been a bit of a mess, and probably would have caused them both unhappiness even if they continued to love each other.

anyway, i guess i should conclude that long, completely unedited rant with a saying that if you have a different opinion, that’s fine, this is just the interpretation that i take from having read the book. if you want to hear more anger ranting about andrei, i actually do have more opinions, so send me that ask with the same topic and i will continue, i promise. otherwise, um, thanks for putting up with me and my bitterness.

[sacrificeherself]

idk her, but moscowsdragon?

My Opinion on;

Character in general: marya d is my mother and i want her to punch me in the face ???? i absolutely ADORE her as a character she’s so strong and hilarious and i absolutely love her…. that’s My Yelling MotherHow they play them: SO GOOD,, SO GOOD listen not only is ur writing literally uuuuuuuh gorgeous ur marya is so ,, good i love her a lot u write her so ?? real ?? she feels like a real person n i love that a lot The Mun: lexi , an angel ??? autoharp queen ??? ur a hero and ily

Do I:

RP with them: HELL YEAH we have like ? a handful of threads rn ( most of which if not all i owe replies to …… ill get on tht )Want to RP with them:  hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhell yea

What is my;

Overall Opinion: leg

[bolkonskxya-blog]

continued from @moscowsdragon​

Marya had watched the other woman in concern, wanting to judge how badly she was injured but hesitant to actually ask, or to reach out and touch her. The terrible RA of Moscow had definitely earned her title and a childish part of her was SLIGHTLY concerned that she would bite her head off if she tried.

She instinctively flinched at the older woman’s words (never a fan of harsh tones), but though Masha could be considered a frazzled, anxious mess a lot of the time, years of experience in dealing with her father left her seemingly CALM when dealing with these types of situations.

“It’s alright,” she said. “Just stay still.”

After retrieving her backpack, Masha took her cold water bottle and offered it a little shyly. “It might not be ice, but..I think it will help.”

[extasiie]

@moscowsdragon || group verse starter call

“I understand having a FIERY TEMPER, of course, but isn’t this just a touch unreasonable?” Anatole’s hands are raised in that universal posture of surrender and of innocence, but otherwise he does not seem terribly daunted by Marya Dmitrievna. She can hurt him, absolutely, but beyond some nasty burns he has little to fear from her so long as she does not send for a priest. “Come, come! Let’s not make this personal. It could have been any young lady, not just yours. It’s a necessity, after all.”

[dearbewildered-blog]

@moscowsdragon // x

“MASHA  - -  “

his voice was soft and breathy, barely a whisper, as he lifted her wrist and brushed his lips against the thin white scar. for a moment, he hesitated. he knew what it was like to have an abusive spouse, but hélène had never hit him; she’d always preferred to taunt from a distance and let him hurt himself.

he remembered a “the doctors warn me that vodka and wine are dangerous for me” and a sadistic “then keep drinking, stupid husband,” and his eyes took on a suddenly more vicious, determined look.

“NOBODY will hurt you like this again,“ he mumbled, lips still pressed to her wrist. “you tell me if they try.“