#nola plot

[outterridge]

something meaty for the main course;

New Orleans

December 1st

Dona rolled on her back, yawning and stretching out in bed. She winced, immediately gasping for air when the unconscious movement ached her healing muscles. That was all it took, barely louder than a sigh-

“Are you in pain?” She seemed to materialise at the end of her bed, her chocolate gaze immediately sweeping over Dona’s form. Fafane wasn’t part of the London coven, but she was known to be one of the best Healers in New Orleans, so Taitu had called in a favour. 

Dona shook her head, rubbing her eyes. “I just twisted the wrong way,” She said, and tried to hide her wince as she pushed herself up to sit, “I’d love to help today, though. Mambo said when-”

“When you’re at full strength, ti sè, you’ll need all the energy you have for your ascension,” Fafane offered a kind smile when Dona looked disappointed. The voodoo practitioner walked to the side table and twisted her fingers over the pillar candles. They lit immediately, and the scents of sage and lavender immediately wafted through the air. Dona made to protest, having been through at least a few days of this already, but Fafane simply raised a brow, and Dona quietened. “You have use, little sister, but for now, you need to rest.”

The spell that was laid out on the side table had immediate effect: The second Dona’s head laid on the pillow, she fell back asleep.

---

Joulie was sat cross-legged, her elbows on her knees, chin resting in her fists. She sighed heavily, looking across at Boy LII while he slept. Jou pouted, then leaned over to shove his shoulder, “Lee,” She whispered, then shook him again, a little louder: “Lee! C’mon, I wanna get breakfast. Real breakfast, not baked beans. Come on... Powdered sugar... Syrup... Buttery pastry...”

Jou continued rattling off mouthwatering ingredients until Lee turned around to look at her, and her face split into a grin. 

@nola-lee 

[fischerfrey]

Plot Bunny Ask: Next Gen (born between 2000-2002)?

thank you!

name: nola nguyen

age: classmates with victoire weasley

sexuality: bisexual

house: gryffindor

love interest: n/a

5 adjectives to describe them: outgoing, self-assured, creative, insensitive, impulsive

nola is close friends with victoire weasley and they're often found hanging out together, whether at hogwarts or during holidays. she likes fashion and cats and is usually very cheerful, though she can come off as quite inconsiderate. she has a pet cat called mickey.

[elainemorisi]

like, the only true whopper in lo these two seasons has been Armand's credit-claiming for the (onstage) lifesaving, right. which was allowed to persist for not even the duration of a full episode. I don't think I'm forgetting anything here, right?

anyway, would be nice if more theorizing noticed that lol

[astralpreserves]

i love going through the iwtv tag cause people are just making shit up. just like the show. very fun

[mrktimes]

YOUR WEEK IN MERROCK FEBRUARY 11 - 17

Busy week ahead in Merrock! Err... New Orleans. Firstly, back in town, it's going to be pretty cold, with some snow coming through on Tuesday, so if you're still in town, make sure to bundle up whenever you head out! In New Orleans, it's mostly warm, some sunny days, some showers, some clouds, but overall, great to be outside. Don't miss out on Super Bowl, Mardi Gras and Valentine's Day happening this week, and make sure to do something kind this weekend! xx

FORECAST:

Sunday: 47°F / 30°F - partly cloudy

Monday: 41°F / 27°F - partly cloudy

Tuesday: 30°F / 20°F - snow showers

Wednesday: 27°F / 18°F - sunny

Thursday: 35°F / 20°F - sunny

Friday: 34°F / 22°F - partly cloudy

Saturday: 31°F / 18°F - mostly sunny

NEW ORLEANS FORECAST:

Sunday: 75°F / 60°F - scattered thunderstorms

Monday: 65°F / 48°F - AM showers

Tuesday: 60°F / 48°F - sunny

Wednesday: 65°F / 50°F - mostly sunny

Thursday: 70°F / 56°F - cloudy

Friday: 65°F / 59°F - scattered showers

Saturday: 65°F / 52°F - mostly cloudy

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK:

February 11 -- Chandler Linwood.

February 12 -- Greyson McVey.

ON THE BULLETIN BOARD:

February 11 - 17 -- New Orleans Trip (February 9-19; ooc).

February 11 -- Super Bowl Sunday.

February 12 -- Mardi Gras.

February 14 -- Valentine's Day.

February 14 -- Singles night.

February 17 -- Random Acts of Kindness Day.

LOCATION SPOTLIGHT:

COMMUNITY CENTER -- if anyone is hanging out in Merrock, looking for something to do for kindness day... maybe head to the community center, and see how you can help out!

A LITTLE EXTRA:

Remember -- if you attend the Super Bowl, the Valentine's Day dinner or singles night, your food and drinks are taken care of, courtesy of the Benefactor!

[guineverist]

live laugh love i'm like 10 chapters minimum away from this but if it's not clear from these two installments on my campfire timeline i'm both excited for and dreading this

[slaygentford]

I genuinely think the easiest fix for that pacing wouldve been to extend Louis' plotting + much longer dubai confrontation w armand + end in nola + Louis healing + after credits scene Daniel interview on tv like he is in the avengers. because in many ways he is

[haggardlyundecided]

been watching interview with the vampire (2022) and i can't get over how perfect of a location that new orleans is for vampires i mean. the nightlife. the paranormal inclination. dark abandoned alleyways. vampires absolutely live in nola, and this show wastes nothing with that plot point i love it so much (also louis is such a louisianian i adore it)

[themoonandthedogstar]

The wasted potential of the Mikaelson family haunts me daily, I needed to see them be the “royalty of the supernatural community” as they claimed to be - like idk examples that come to mind are the House Targaryen from asoiaf - the kinda vibe that “closer to gods than men” “half the Targaryens went mad” “only thing that can bring down the house of the dragon is itself” gives off yk? like ik the whole faction wars in NOLA was a brief plotline in season 1 but they had potential to embrace that and mix it with eldritch horror but no instead we get the hollow plot ?? idk wouldve loved to see a world where they raised hope in that kind of scenario - idk it would’ve been interesting (and better than the last two seasons but anythings better than that)

[3rdeyeblaque]

On September 10th we venerate Elevated Ancestor, Voodoo Queen of Louisiana, & Saint, Marie Catherine Laveau on her 222nd birthday 🎉

[for our Hoodoos of the Vodou Pantheon]

Marie Catherine Laveau was a dedicated Hoodoo, healer, herbalist, & midwife who, "traveled the streets [of New Orleans] like she owned them", as the most infamous Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

Marie C. Laveau I was born a "Free Mulatto" in today's French Quarter in what was then, New France); to a mother & grandmother who were both born into slavery & later freed via freedom papers. It is believed that she grew up in the St. Ann Street cottage of her maternal grandmother.

She married Jacques Santiago-Paris, a "Quadroon" "Free Man of Color", who fled as a refugee from Saint-Domingue, Haiti from the Haitian Revolution in the former French colony . After his passing, she became known as "The Widow Paris". She then worked as a hairdresser catering to White families & later entered a domestic partnership with a French nobleman his death. She excelled at obtaining inside information on her wealthy patrons by instilling fear in their servants whom she either paid or cured of mysterious ailments. Although she never abandoned her Catholic roots, she became increasingly interested in her mother’s African traditional beliefs. The Widow Paris learned her craft from a ‘Voodoo doctor’ known variously as Doctor John or John Bayou.

Marie C. Laveau I is said to have intiated into Voodoo career sometime in the 1820s. She's believed to be descended from a long line of Voodoo Priestesses, all bearing her same name. She was also a lifelong devout Catholic. It didn’t take long before Marie C. Laveau I dominated New Orleans Voodoo culture & society before claiming title of Queen. She was the 3rd Voodoo Queen of NOLA - after Queen Sanité Dédé & Queen Marie Salopé. During her decades tenure, she was the premier beacon of hope and service to customers seeking private consultations - to aid in matters such as family disputes, health, finances, etc, created/sold gris gris, perforemed exorcisms. While her daughter Marie II was known for her more theatrical displays of public events, Marie C. Laveau I was less flamboyant in her persona. She conducted her work in 3 primary locations throughout the city: her home on St. Ann Street, Congo Square, & at Lake Pontchartrain. Despite one account of a challenge to her authority in 1850, Marie C. Laveau I maintained her leadership & influence.

The Queen died peacefully in her sleep in her ole cottage home on St. Ann Street. Her funeral was conducted according to the rite of the Catholic Church & in the absence of any Voodoo rites. To her Voodoo followers, she's venerated as a Folk Saint. In² addition to her Priesthood in Voodoo and title of Queen, she is also remembered for her community activism; visiting prisoners, providing lessons to women of the community, & doing ritual work for those in need.

She is generally believed to have been buried in plot 347, the Glapion family crypt in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans. As of March 1st, 2015, there is no longer public access to St. Louis Cemetery No. 1. Entry with a tour guide is required due to continued vandalism & tomb raiding.

We pour libations & give her💐 today as we celebrate her for her love for & service to the people, through poverty, misfortune, bondage, & beyond.

Offering suggestions: flowers + libations at her grave, catholic hymns, holy water, gold rings/bracelets, money

‼️Note: offering suggestions are just that & strictly for veneration purposes only. Never attempt to conjure up any spirit or entity without proper divination/Mediumship counsel.‼️

[cancerian-woman]

it really made no sense to me that hope was such a powerful witch and didn't have a witch mother. I am very interested in hearing about how your hope and bonnie similarities thoughts as well`

I can’t find my old posts right now or I’d tag them lol.

That’s why the “first-born-Mikaelson” trait was created to explain Hope’s witch side. In TVD Esther’s “powerful” moment consisted of leeching off the Bennett’s as a bloodline and praising their hard work. The entire reason Esther was brought back was because of Bonnie/Abby. The tailsmen that gets passed around initially belonged Ayana. I cannot stress this enough if Esther had 7 kids and only 2 were witches the gene was not the strong. I know it’s many debates on if the Mikaelsons were untapped witches but that wasn’t confirmed to my knowledge.

I assume they didn’t want Phoebe playing a witch again after TSC ended. Instead, we have Hayley saying multiple times she did not know what to do about Hope’s growing powers. Klaus was already a hybrid with an unexplored werewolf side. Sure, he used it to enforce power but we’re shown he didn’t hate it.

Hope is book description Bonnie without the curly hair. White, short, powerful and has red hair. Legacies has a running gag about Hope being the tiny tribrid. Coincidentally Danielle & Kat are the same height. I just thought this one was funny.

Both fall under characters that were born into the supernatural world. While we see Hope’s birth and a confirmation she was a witch(later tribrid). We don’t get an explanation of why Bonnie started practicing later in life when the witch-gene is prominent in all Bennett women. Throughout tvd as we meet other witches they knew during infancy or early-childhood.

Bonnie fights forcibly to use her powers to save everyone else even at the expense of herself. In Legacies Alaric’s reasonings for wanting Hope at the boarding school was expecting her to be the protector to his daughters. Both Bonnie and Hope hold the responsibility of wanting to save everyone and feel devastated when by the possibility of not saving everyone.

I’ll give you an example outside these parallels: Bonnie letting her friends pass through her knowing it was killing her as the anchor for their survival. Hope choosing to die and become the tribrid so the malivore could stop killing people. Bonnie stopping hellfire from destroying Mystic Falls. Hope taking in the hallow from her relatives saved NOLA even though it was killing her. It’s more than that but I’d be listing things all day by that point. Those two women are sacrificial as they are strong women. Look at this here.

It’s a reason why people choose to compare Hope to Bonnie more than her own relatives or her mother. This isn’t a jab to Hayley but the plots focused too much on Hope’s witch-side. People find joy in trying to humble Bonnie as a witch. As I said here the fanbase wouldn’t have been as accepting if Hope’s mom was of color or even if Hope was biracial.

But if she was I’d nominate Bailey Bass in a heartbeat

[crazycurly-77]

Masterlist stories -

Part 1

Links to all of my written stories (in progress and finished)

Works in progress:

Look at the stories Masterlist - Part 2

Finished stories (NCIS):

Like an old married couple (20 Ch)

Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 10, Chapter 11, Chapter 12, Chapter 13, Chapter 14, Chapter 15, Chapter 16, Chapter 17, Chapter 18, Chapter 19, Chapter 20

The lost bet (2 Ch)

Chapter 1, Chapter 2

Hey, Ms. Secret Service! (14 Ch)

Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 10, Chapter 11, Chapter 12, Chapter 13, Chapter 14

Alone with Gibbs (1 Ch)

A quiet place to work (2 Ch)

Chapter 1, Chapter 2

Memory Loss (16 Ch)

Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 10, Chapter 11, Chapter 12, Chapter 13, Chapter 14, Chapter 15, Chapter 16

The bet (5 Ch)

Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5

Quantico in Danger (2 Ch)

Chapter 1, Chapter 2

Games (1 Ch)

Lost in the Jungle (9 Ch)

Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9

You're a bastard (2 Ch)

Chapter 1, Chapter 2

The submarine (11 Ch)

Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 10, Chapter 11

Finished stories (NCIS: NOLA):

First Impressions (1 Ch)

Finished stories (no fandom):

The camping trip (1 Ch)

The spooky library (1 Ch)

The haunted house (1 Ch)

The surprise (1 Ch)

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Links to other stories I've written to date (Masterlist stories - Part 2)

Links to a short plot of the fics above (Masterlist plots - Part 1)

Links to the short plots of my fics (Masterlist plots - Part 2)

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[murfpersonalblog]

The Parent Trap AU - Loustat

What if you spent your whole life wishing for something you didn't know you already had? Madeleine de Pointe du Lac and Claudia de Lioncourt are about to find that out! From AMC and a fangirl with time to spare who shouldn't be taken seriously comes the hilariously fresh and frankly unhinged retelling of the classic hit The Parent Trap. Madeleine is a cool girl from NOLA. Claudia is a fair rose from Paris. When the two accidentally meet at summer camp, they think they have nothing in common except...they're twins, siblings who were separated at birth! Now they're up to their dimples in schemes and dreams to switch places, get their parents (Louis de Pointe du Lac and Lestat de Lioncourt) back together and have the family they've always wished for! With "Two Thumbs Up" from Samuel Barclay, this charming, heartwarming and clever ABO AU comedy adventure will hopefully enchant the IWTV fandom.

I already brainstormed a potential plot for this AU here, so if I have time I'll give it similar treatment to my recent Kill Bill Loustat AU.

Ofc, I 100% blame @crazykuroneko for this (X).

[morningstargirl666]

hie!! obsessed with your fic and while (patiently) waiting for updates, i have THE biggest craving for fics with the same vibes as your fic & The Wolf by yokan. for instance, fics with caroline in NOLA with lots of mikaelson family dynamics and just her being around them or being considered as a part of their family. i'm lowkey a sucker for found-family kinda tropes if its not obvious lol.

i haven't read alot of kc fics yet so honestly just hit me with any fic!! popular or underrated everything works since i'm technically very new in the fandom! :D

thankyou for the recs in advance!!

Thanks so much! Specifically NOLA fics:

Blood and a Quick Murder (and isn't that how it always is) by KS_Caster

After a magical accident turns Caroline into a human, she discovers that her values don't match up with her friends' like she thought they did. She discovers that some choices are permanent - and some aren't. Oneshot - complete.

Whisper To Help Me Remeber by LaLainaJ

Put down by Tristan Klaus waits. And plans. Once awakened he's thrilled to set out and get revenge. A wrinkle forms when he hears news of Caroline, and is told that she's been working for his enemies. Klaus is determined to find out why, and soon learns that something is not quite right with her. He'll fix it, whatever it takes. Uses TO characters but ignores most TO canon.

Like The Sun Shines by LaLainaJ

"Klaus finds himself blinking down at his phone for an embarrassingly long length of time while he filters his brother's usual nonsense and the pertinent information sinks into his brain. Caroline is in New Orleans." It's an average Wednesday in NOLA until it isn't.

Fallen by klarolineepiclove

Caroline Forbes was a woman with a secret. Running from a shattered past, she settles in New Orleans, determined to disappear in the crowds and chaos. When her path continually crosses with the Mikaelson family, her plans go awry. When she finds herself drawn to the charasmatic Klaus, she begins to wonder: How far can you run before the past catches up with you? AU/AH Klaroline

Break Your Promise by Fearfrost

"What can I do?" He breathed. He knew in that moment listening to her fall apart hundreds of miles away he'd do anything she asked. "Break your promise."

Wicked Schemes by willowaus

Old family secrets lead Caroline on a journey of self-discovery and into the dark underbelly of New Orleans as Klaus works to reclaim his kingdom and rebuild the family he's slowly destroyed over the centuries. A TVD/The Originals crossover.

Someone's First Choice by unpublishednovelist

How many times can Tyler put their relationship on hold, ignoring her calls and hiding in the mountains of Appalachia, before Caroline finally snaps? He's pushing her away. Who could blame her for being pushed to something else? Someone else --- A rewrite of the TVD S5E1 scene where Tyler leaves Caroline yet another stupid message about how she's not the most important thing in his life.

throw roses into the abyss by marxandangels

Throw roses into the abyss and say: Here is my thanks to the monster who didn’t succeed in swallowing me alive. Caroline goes to see Klaus in New Orleans after her mom's death, humanity free. That choice changes her life from the foundations, every single brick of it --- I think that the whole humanity switch thing is the dumbest plot device in TVD, but also the most interesting. What is humanity, really? What are the edges of it? What would it /actually/ mean to be able to turn that on and off?

Not NOLA, but the Mikaelson family dynamics are off the charts:

not for him a watery grave by MyLadyElise

He's saved her life, more than once. Doesn't she owe him the same? An alliance, a rescue, a race against time. A possibility. Hope. AU after Season 3: Before Sunset.

Persistence of Memory by perfectpro

Caroline comes to New Orleans, nervous to see Klaus after their last argument. As it turns out, she doesn't need to worry about him being angry. He doesn't remember the argument. After all, how can he when he doesn't even remember who she is?

a vampire, a brother, and a pack of wolves walk into a bar by banazie

In which Kol angers a pack of wolves with moonlight rings, his girls’ night out with Caroline is ruined, and Klaus feels particularly dagger-y.

where the heart moves stones by darkness_shows_the_stars

Caroline’s planned college experience in New York, so far away from her magic-infested hometown, keeps getting interruped because the Originals have apparently decided that her dorm room is free game. Getting away from supernatural drama was so much easier in theory.

the fate makes for a lousy poet by darknes_shows_the_stars

It is not unheard of. Soulmates born too far apart to ever meet. Caroline did her research thoroughly. It’s just rare. And for all that she’d known her entire life that her fated other half was dead long, long before she was even a gleam in her mother’s eye … it’s unfair. --- Everyone is born with a soulmate. It just so happens that a millennium divides Caroline from hers.

There's tons more. Search through my fic rec tag in my tumblr archive if you want more fic recs, or browse my AO3 bookmarks, I've answered a few asks like this one ✨

[nalyra-dreaming]

What big plot twist do you think will happen this season? This made me scared, everyone already knows that ep5 happened differently, could Sam be talking about something else?

Oh... I don't think I have a definite answer here *laughs*

My gut feeling... says it's connected to the (possible) Amel hint we might have seen already (in ep5 & 6).

I... I mean. Let's dissect what Sam says a bit:

an unreliable element to the books (memory? contested stuff?) that this twist (seems to build on)

it's not necessarily the truth (once more)

the order of things (the order of the books? another mix-up by pulling other events forth?)

the twist is "really fucking cool" and can be "justified" by the above

Let's keep in mind that the show/Rolin has already stated that they want to keep Jacob and we know that he took these pebbles and spread them around NOLA and we have this image:

... in s1 there was talk of "a brute in Madagascar", where I for one couldn't come up with who that might be.

... That brute does not necessarily need to be involved.

However, staring at this quote (lol), these are my thoughts:

I think it will have to do with Louis (and by extension Lestat)

I think it could have to do with Amel

I think it might have to do with the brute

I'm not convinced Louis will become the core

I think whatever they came up with lies within the rules of this universe...

... but is still so far out Sam needed to think about it

Another incident of Louis being... well, incapacitated is in Blood Communion. Maybe they switched the iron for the pebbles... if you catch my drift^^. If they bring in Rhoshamandes here already, and if Rhoshamandes would actually ... IDK... steal the core? As he tried to do?

However, that doesn't explain why Sam would need to "justify" it.

And, as with the DV in episode 5... when he says there is justification...

... I think it must have to do with them. Meaning Louis, Lestat (or Claudia). One possible twist could be to have Claudia actually survive, however, I think that would have repercussions for all the rest of the books, as said before. Which... might what he is talking about here?! But then Louis would be out and looking for her, as said before, I don't think that would work.

In this universe the books have not been published yet, so the event Armand warns of in s1 might happen... but again, I don't see it as needing to be "justified".

On the other hand there was this rather intriguing pic by Eric Bogosian a while back, where he posted the coffin pic.

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I do not think that "The Devil's Minion" is ready for Daniel to get turned next season.

So maybe, just maybe this has to do with him.

Maybe it has to do with a change to Daniel. Maybe he will get a new body. One that has been prepared and is waiting for him. Who knows. (tagging @cbrownjc here for reasons^^)

I don't know. My gut feeling says Louis or Daniel, but since Sam says it is not "in the books", then... well. He also says it is "in this season", so maybe it isn't the finale after all. But preparing the finale.

Whatever it will be I think they will hook it into the rules of the universe, so that when we see it... we will know^^.

But I honestly cannot guess what it is yet.

(well, apart from the above, lol)

[amusingmusie]

Hi

I'm not going to be updating this week. I'm overwhelmed right now and need a quick break. This isn't a hiatus. The update will be soon, but when I'm ready. I know you guys want an update and I'm flattered people are invested in this, but blowing up my inbox on anon (there are many examples of this I have not responded to because I didn't want to engage with them) isn't going to make me write faster. I work and have a life. If you are that desperate to demand I post a new chapter, you can pay me real US dollars for it. Writing isn't easy, especially when my chapters are landing between 6k-9k words nowadays and I have to edit.

There have also been comments popping up on ao3 complaining about aspects of my fic that are clearly tagged. I get it, it's not everyone's cup of tea. It's got a lot of moving parts, it has other characters besides Al and Reader, I've got an insert with race/gender descriptors (which I would not be using if my fic didn't take place in Jim Crow era NOLA with heavy sexism in the mix, race is a big factor of my story, I chose to explore a mixed race relationship, it will have an actual impact on the plot, I didn't throw it in there because I'm an asshole).

That being said, if I have something specifically tagged and you don't like it, don't click on my work. If you don't like my fic then don't read it. I'm going to begin blocking people at this point. I'm not above criticism. I am above people feeling entitled to complain about something they were warned about then turning it on me.

I'm not saying this for anyone to come kiss my butt, I don't want or need that. I'm only being honest about why I need a few days away. I do this for free and because I enjoy doing this. I shouldn't be crying because I'm so stressed over a fanfic. So, before I fizzle out again, I'm stepping away. I may upload other pieces I've been working on or I may go silent. I've got a Huskerdust piece I'm having a lot of fun with. Either way, I'm gonna do what makes me happy and I'll be back with an update later in the month.

If this sounds like I'm yelling at you, that's not my intention. I am just so tired and done with not saying anything. To the pookers that are very kind and supportive, thank you so much. To the asks in my inbox, I promise I will be getting to you guys when I'm back and thank you for engaging with me. I don't want to act like I don't have awesome people in my circle or it's all doom and gloom. This has been boiling and finally reached a head tonight. I will be okay. I just need a minute.

See you soon,

-Muse