#oc: rain le prince

[alcremagia]

soo i finally got down to like actually finishing drawing my servantsona aka the merlin kisser! they’re a demiservant who was somehow accidentally fused with jeanne-marie le prince de beaumont, aka the person who’s credited for writing our most familiar form of beauty and the beast!

before becoming a demiservant of le prince, his human name was rain monet (they’re also french lol). rain’s situation is very similar to waiver’s in the fact that they have control over le prince, who acts like a guiding voice.

rain’s also cursed, which is why he’s got those monstrous features! it’s a family curse that slowly turns one into a beast, passed down from generation to generation. he’s essentially turned into a monster by his final ascension, but i’m also thinking about giving him a monster form for his noble phantasm!

[boopshoops]

Shoopy's Mooties!

HEY YOU. Do you like amazing human beings?? Amazing human beings who happen to be on tumblr? BOY OH BOY DO I HAVE JUST THE THING FOR YOU-

This list will be constantly updated :D lmk if i accidentally miss you or if you want me to call you something else! I'm going to keep my tag for asks as #boopshoopsramblings, making a separate tag for everyone of yall who enters my inbox would be too much for me aaAA

Nownow, I'm well aware this is a long list, but that doesn't mean I value my mooties any less <3 i like seeing each and every one of yall cross my dash!

@rizdoodls - riz!

@patchyegg87 - patchy!

@skriblee-ksk - kris!

@pawnyao - paw!

@cruel-acid - acid!

@gracelyngrausamkeit - gracelyn!

@neige-leblanche / @luminessdoodles - lu/lumi!!

@hamstergal / @twstinginthewind - nette!

@robo-milky - milky!

@br3adtoasty - toasty!

@puowei - puo!

@sunny2ply - dain!

@galaxygirl-katie27 - katie!

@starry-night-rose - ellis!

@kitwasnothere / @kitwasheree - kit!

@revolllutionary / @revivemyreverie - rev/kan!

@fruixtii - fruity!!

@lowcallyfruity - lux/honeydew!

@ashipiko - ashi!

@ceruleancattail - ceru!

@cecilebutcher / @twst-stupid-ocs - cecile!

@hallowed-delights /@terrovaniadorm - mercedes!!

@driedupeyeballs - ash/wasp!

@kirexa - kiri!

@shinysparklesapphires - sapphy!

@precariii - MY WIFE!!!

@the-v-lociraptor - v-lociraptor!

@drdepper - depper!

@cheerleaderman - Janjan!

@techno-danger - techno!

@scint1llat3 / @crystallizsch - ian!

@twsted-canvas - eri!!

@mhedusard - mhedusard!

@oya-oya-okay - oya!

@1dont-really-know - whisper!

@deeva-arud - deeva/udi!

@jewelulu - lulu!

@thelamentknight - stephanie!

@bednbunfast - lee!

@thehollowwriter - quinn!

@valse-a-mille-temps - valse!

@thetwstwildcard - lyss!

@fell-e - felle!

@winterwriterstudios - winter!

@mllemony - pookie besty/lemony!

@distant-velleity - kai/vii!

@cynthinesia - cynthia!

@lemonrin-i - rin/lemon!

@cyanide-latte - cyanide!

@natsukishinomiyaswife - sheepy!

@prince-kallisto - kallisto!

@chaoticfireshrimp - wilbur!

@reinbouxsworld - reinboux!

@ice-cweam-sod4 - ice cweam!

@forgwater - forg!

@elenauaurs - elena!

@rabioa - rabioa/rabit!

@bunnwich - bunn!

@v-anrouge - aster!

@inotonline - inotonline!

@the-trinket-witch - trinket!

@writing-heiress - heiress!

@theleechyskrunkly - leechy!

@nammanarin - nammanarin!

@evilcokito - coco!

@rainesol - rain!

@kathxrat-01 - wens/cathy!

@moon-mage - moon!

@stormyscrapez - storm/ian/envy!

@oathofoaks / @ramshacklerumble - gar/gee!

@coffinkissez - piers!

@cloudedgalaxies - clou!!

@tixdixl - seris!

@attollogame / @chernabogs - ames!

@saikira999 - kira!

@raven-at-the-writing-desk - raven!

@nicoliharu - nicoli!

@y-cherries - cherry!

@h0ney-blossom - deerl!

@oheyfox - renny!

@cesavi13 - cesavi!

@eternalblizzards - yari/frei!

@weirdbell - weirdbell!

@eldritch-alicedoll - alicia/alice!

@cosmonavo - cosmonavo!

@rayroseu - lian!

@althea-and-alcestris - alethea and alcestris!

@oseathepebble - mari/marc/pebble!

@lumdays - lum!

@jovieinramshackle - harry!

@hagi-clvnk / @clovenoko - hagi!

@galaxies-and-gore - dahlia!

@midostree-art - mido!

@beneathsakurashade - kanae!

@le-monchou - soru!

@dibbledoodle - dibbs/dibble!

@cheekinpermission - cheekin!

@datboredpencil - datboredpencil!

@h2llish - devil!!

@raguiras - mionn!

@sparklespecks / @offorestsongs - algernon/algy!

@nyx-of-night - nyx!

@queensharotto / @diamondcrownacademy - sharotto!

@nuitthegoddess - nuit!

@cloudiepuffs - cloudy!

@amethystjewel01 - amey/AJ!

@m4ggot5 - maggot!

@lpendergast - luka!

@stephiethewephie - stephie!

@ghostdandyandco - mi!

@authoruio - uio!

@sleepyheadincoulds - sleepy!

@nemisisnemi - nemi!

@4necdote - barbs/barbara!

@amatsuchan-eiliniel - amatsuchan/jessie!

@leafsei - leaf!

@theolivetree123 - olive!

@justm3di0cr3 - addie!

@bunniescribbles - sofia!

@sowrennie - sowrennie!

@qsoap - townie/sofia!

@h0neybane - evelyn!

@moonjellybeans - luna!

@mirioho - jaz!

@gl00myb3arz - sophie!

@axel-the-goat-guy-and-gal - axel!

@bunniehunn - bun/bunnie!

@cloudcountry - auburn!!

@miyuki-fenn - froggy/miyuki!!

@dekaph - kaph!

@sillyslipperybananapeel - lilian/silly!

@snowrinrin - rin/snow!

@gg33z0 - gee!

@viperbunnies - tato/tater!

@sillyfull-jua - jua!!

@tenrohhk - hornet!

@sunanthonyz - anthony!!

@ephemii - mal!

@vivisboutique - vivi!

@moonyasnow - moony!

@kirans-wonderland - kir/kiran!

@apieceoffoliage - foliage!

@jadelover69 - mimi/marmalade!

@rosietrace - rosie!

@dinklebat - arte/dink!

TAG LIST

Note: you do not have to be a moot for this! Please ask if you want to be added or removed <3

@lowcallyfruity @skriblee-ksk @kitwasnothere @cecilebutcher @justm3di0cr3

@techno-danger @thehollowwriter @scint1llat3 @the-trinket-witch @distant-velleity

@beneathsakurashade @twsted-canvas @prince-kallisto @qsoap @kathxrat-01

@sillyslipperybananapeel @twstinginthewind @tixdixl

[withinycu]

General Headcanons- Catch all headcanons that apply to how I write certain subjects in broad strokes (mythology/magic/etc)

GREEK MYTHOLOGY

Zeus

Gaea

Kronos

Dionysos

Apollon

Hermes

Hekate

Phobos

Ariadne

Comus

Paris/ Pari-zitis later Alaksandu

Phaidra

EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

Horus

ABRAHAMIC LORE

Notes on how I write Abrahamic Lore

God

Archangel Mikhael

Lucifer

Samael

ORIGINAL CHARACTERS

Death

Melusine (mermaid)

Aykela {historical/ original lore)

Thierry {werewolf OC}

Diego Lopez {vampire OC}

Danny Eno {janitor/immortal ic}

Itlati {Alien Ambassador OC}

Damien Avramescu {Dhampir OC}

HISTORICAL

Ptolemy XV Theos Philopater Philomater Caesar aka Caesarion

Caligula

Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany

Adrienne de Lafayette

Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette

FAIRY TALE BASED

The Soldier {The Soldier and Death}

Nicholas, The Raven Prince 

Olimpia {Rapunnzel/Prunella/Petrosinella}

Margaetha {Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs}

Prince Ferdinand Conrad Matthias {Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs}

Petronilla, Witch Queen of Kieste {Sleeping Beauty}

Prince Filip Luca of Kieste {Sleeping Beauty’s Prince}

Jeanne Marie Barbot de Villeneuve {Beauty and the Beast}

Josette Diane Phélise de Esch-sur-Alzette {Cinderella}

Prince Philippe Alexandre Le Philosophe {Cinderella}

Prince Maximillian Ignaz Balthasar Felician Hyacinthe {Generic Fairy Tale Prince}

LITERATURE

Korak {Tarzan Novels}

Victor Frankenstein {Frankenstein}

Elizabeth Lavenza {Frankenstein}

Conan {Conan the Barbarian}

Akivasha {Conan the Barbarian}

Snow White (Wulfhilde/Violeta) {Snow, Glass, Apples}

Dorian Gray {The Picture of Dorian Gray}

Jaime Lannister {ASOIAF}

Peter Pan (heavily headcanon based) {Peter Pan}

Ozma of Oz {The Oz Books}

Nayotake no Kaguya-hime {Tale of the Bamboo Cutter}

Jekyll/Hyde {Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde}

Mary Reilly {Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde/ Mary Reilly}

Helen Vaughan {The Great God Pan}

Audrina Adare {My Sweet Audrina}

May Welland {Age of Innocence}

FILM

It

Henry Bowers {It 2017 based with some book canon}

Manhunter

Will Graham 

The Man Who Laughs

Gwynplaine 

Fire and Ice

Teegra

Christine

Arnie Cunningham 

Legend

Princess Lili

Jack o’ the Green

Toho/Legendary Monsters

Mothra

Godzilla

Rodan

Minya

Mortal Kombat

Liu Kang 

West Side Story

Bernardo

Anybodys

COMICS

​Bella Donna Boudreaux (Marvel comics/ heavily headcanon based)

SHOWS/MISC.

Tommy Oliver {Might Morphin’ Power Rangers}

Kiba {Wolf’s Rain}

Cheza {Wolf’s Rain}

Gomez Addams {The Addams Family}

Mr. Mistoffelees {Cats}

Godric {True Blood}

Lion-o {ThunderCats mixed canon}

ToB1 {Star Wars}

Hermes {Those About to Die}

[the-slasher-files]

OC: AMARIA KULOKOVA - DEVANA

Nicknames: Mar, Ari, Vana

s/o nicknames for her: Mar, Ari, baby, baby girl 

What she calls her s/o: Baby, babe, beloved, Prince or princess 

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Bi. 

Nationality: half Russian, half Norwegian

Languages: Russian, Norwegian, English, Icelandic

Voice: Soft but with an edge of authority, sing songy almost like a siren  

Occupation: None

Location: Amaria travels and lives like a nomad, but her home bases are Iceland or the Norwegian forests

Hair: Long waist length, dirty blonde, on the cooler side, straight but with a tiny wave 

Eyes: Icy blue, sometimes look white in the reflection of snow on a sunny day. Intense. Sharp. Powerful. When she is killing her pupils are blown wide and a darkness seeps into the blue from the rims almost making them look black. The same eyes as her brother Andrei

Height: 5′3

Body: Small but powerful, do not under estimate her size, she has dragged her brothers 220lbs frame multiple times. She is pretty lean but has a certain rough/wild quality to her. Amaria has a scar on her chin, the exact match of Andrei’s, running alone the understand and moving upward. Her back has a massive scar from her left shoulder to almost the last rib. Amaria has a body that can keep her going for days from a beautiful stamina but with a hardiness that she doesn’t have to eat for days either if she is in a bad situation.     

Clothes: Mainly wears just all black. Black jeans often ripped, usually black or brown hiking boots, a long black rain coat/shell jacket, and often just tight layering clothes to keep her warm and dry. At home she usually settles for just a sweatshirt, jeans and vest.   

Weapons/fight style: Her and her brother have been trained in all sorts of combat and weapons but she always has her modified Dragunov sniper rifle. In close combat situations she will use her black steel machete. 

Preferred Method of Kill: Sniper kill

Motive: Pleasure and for a higher power/gods/deities she looks up to (she is a little crazy)

Smell: Woody, black cardamom, wild figs and bergamot, florals and deep spices (inspo: indigo by nest) 

Dogs: Amaria has 2 dogs. Dyn (means thunderous/powerful in Icelandic) she is a medium content wolfdog, half shepard half wolf. When Amaria was visiting Andrei they did a patrol around his abandoned town and found 2 pups, one was too wild to ever keep, but Dyn formed an extremely deep connection with her. Dyn has been Amaria’s rock, protector and best friend, she also been known to kill for Amaria. Then there is Anatoly (means sunrise in Russian) he is a black shepard mix she found when Amaria was traveling. He was a beaten, malnourished stray and she took him in without a second thought, he reminded Amaria of herself. Once all fixed up, Anatoly is a total goof, he allows Amaria to see the bright side in her dark life and be silly every once and while. He is defiantly her cuddling dog but Anatoly loudly protects her, instead of Dyn which is more of a watchful quiet intimidator.    

BIOGRAPHY //UNDER CONSTRUCTION//

Amaria and her big brother, Andrei, were born in Moscow Russia to mother Eva, of Norway, and father Dimitri Kulokova, of Russia. Very shortly after the birth of Amaria, the family moved to a small town many hours north of Moscow, living on a plot of land that was baron for most months out of the year with the exception of a small woodland area leading into a national protected forest. This land was also only a few kilometers from Dimitri’s brother, Viktor.

Dimitri and Viktor had been through a lot together living under the communist regime of the USSR, surviving on scraps and whatever they could hunt, they had also been forced into the military as young men and served more than 10 years together. Viktor had gone into a special forces unit dealing closely with dictators and international affairs, this brother did not follow him for he found a beautiful wife that melted his cold heart. Viktor was burned by the idea of his brother leaving him and began to realize Dimitri had always gotten everything in life; the looks, the wife, love from both parents, children and money. It was time for Viktor to shine once they moved closed to him. On a hunting trip Viktor killed Dimitri but staged it as falling and breaking his neck. Eva needed support and moved in with Viktor bringing the kids with her, they soon found out he was insane, throwing around conspiracy theories about the government, how people were after him etc. His sick and twisted views of the world forced him to raise Andrei and Amaria like soldiers, training them in combat, guns, knives, traps, land mines and hiding evidence.

Viktor held the family captive and making them love him, Eva was already abused from Dimitri and was even more broken in grief allowing Viktor to brainwash her into loving him. It was an extremely abusive home mentally and physically with Andrei and Eva getting most of the abuse, Andrei seemed to protect his little sister as much as he could but it was too late for dangerous things to seep into her mind. Amaria had picked up on the cruel paranoid feeling hers uncle placed in her head, she would always think people would come for her or the gods were never pleased with her. Quickly Andrei was feeding into sick needs that were made ok by his uncle, and in an extreme fit of rage and praise from Viktor, Andrei stabbed and choked his mother to death only at age 12 as Amaria watched and was held back.

With Viktor raising them from here on out, the extreme brainwashing and corruption began. Setting up test for the siblings in survival and combat, resulting in Amaria and Andrei almost killing each other several times; most noticeable when Amaria took a machete to Andrei’s chest. Since Andrei was much bigger and heavier than her, she learned how to play dirty and quickly realized weak points in an opponent. Also she learned and began to treasure long range hunts, with her sniper rifle because she is so small. 

Her only safe space from the house was the near by woods, she would hide out there for days sometimes, becoming one with nature, this is where she felt at home and were she was safe. Nature was her true solace and its where she could relax. 

When Andrei was 16 and Amaria was 14, Viktor had ended up killing himself in his underground bunker convinced people were coming for him, leave the siblings alone together.

Andrei protected and took care of his sister until she was 17 when they had a fight that almost killed them both. Amaria and Andrei went their separate ways, he went to the army and she became a nomad.

Amaria along her travels around Europe she has done whatever she has needed to to survive, sex work to killing people for money, she has done it all. Amaria had found herself most comfortable in Iceland or the Norwegian forests, staying at cabins and living off the land, it is the most natural way and perfect way to live. She is a very wild ritualistic person. 

Amaria got her uncle’s insane side, like believing that she must please some higher power by killing and giving them bodies, so she will pick almost anyone as prey, whatever the voices in her head tell she needs to pick. Once she has that person in her sights she will secretly stalk them then hide out somewhere, waiting for the perfect time. Usually she hunts hikers and tourists going out into forests and sight seeing. 

In her desire Amaria often maims her victims beyond recognition, covers in moss and branches stringing them up as a display to feed the gods she believes in. If she is in iceland she will just bring them to a cliff and kick them off. 

inspo pic for what she does to bodies:     

[ijustreallylovezebras]

Courtney’s Crisis Writing Challenge

So yeah as I’m sure all of you are aware of by now I’m having a crisis

and I figured what better way to deal with an emotional crisis than to do a writing challenge and read all the wonderful thing’s y’all can write to distract myself from my ever-growing list of responsibilities

maybe i should change it to Courtney’s Procrastination and Existential Worry Writing Challenge instead

ANYWAY

This is a whole-ass mega writing challenge, going across ALL the people I’ve ever written for and all the people I lowkey want to write for/kinda have a current obsession/love for atm

I’ll give a full comprehensive list below the rules 

But yeah this is going to have an English Literature theme bc I’m a nerd like that and have been reading too many books lately, again, to distract myself

So the prompts are split into three categories - “The Heartbreakingly Beautiful”, “The Hilariously Relateable” and “Fuck I’m Drowning In Fluff”

yeah the categories are just what went through my mind when I read the things these authors wrote

The Rules

1) You don’t have to be following me but it would be nice because I’m lonely and want friends plz

2) If your piece of writing is over 500 words, please use the ‘read more’ feature

3) Reblog this post to get the word out (and tag anyone who may be interested!)

4) It’s going to be one person per prompt but if needed I can add more prompts

5) Smut is fine but please leave warnings as appropriate (THOUGH NO UNDERAGE CHARACTER SMUT THANKS)

6) On the back of that one, no inappropriate pairings pleaseeeeee

7) Also please make sure you leave appropriate warnings at the beginnings of fics if any sensitive subjects are brought up (e.g. mental health etc)

8) Ships and OC’s are welcome

9) Tag me in your writing! - on any of my blogs or all three if you’re keen whoooo

10) Use the hashtag #CourtsCrisisWC

11) If you want to enter send me an ask with the prompt you want and the pairing you’ll be writing it with - again the ask can be sent to either of my writing blogs

12) The deadline for this is 15th December (this can be extended if y’all need it)

Characters/People/Pairings

Okay so imma split this section into parts real quick

Main Blog

1) Pretty much anyone from the MCU is welcome - with the exception of Tony Stark and Clint Barton

2) Tom Holland & Harrison Osterfield and HOCO cast and the Holland boys (NOT PADDY) 

3) Any of Les Amis

4) The characters from Peaky Blinders as well

5) Poly ships (e.g. Steve x Reader x Bucky or Tom x Reader x Harrison)

Side Blog

1) Ben Hardy (+ Warren Worthington)

2) Joe Mazzello (+ Eugene Sledge, Gardner Langway, Pat Murray, Dr Tim Murphy)

3) Gwilym Lee (+ Charlie Nelson)

4) (BoRhap!)Queen members (Freddie only platonically)

5) Roger x Reader x Ben

6) Joe x Reader x Ben

7) The Hargreeves Children (older!Five only)

8) Richard Madden (+ David Budd, Robb Stark, Prince Kit)

9) Taron Egerton (+ Eggsy)

10) Rocketman!Bernie Taupin and Ray Williams

11) Smosh Members

12) Jake Gyllenhaal (+ all his various characters)

13) Chris Evans (+ Ari Levinson, Frank Adler)

Just For Funsies (i.e. current obsessions I don’t officially write for but lowkey want to)

1) Ashton Irwin

2) Calum Hood

3) Sebastian Stan (+ Chris Beck)

tbh y’all can just send me a person and I’ll let you know if I’m cool with you writing for them but judging by this list I think you can rest fairly assured that I’m going to be okay with whoever you want to write for

Prompts

The Heartbreakingly Beautiful

“I have measured out my life in coffee spoons” - The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S Eliot // the most beautiful and wonderful poem ever written don’t fight me on this // ( @writingsoftheloser w/ BLANK)

“I am so busy keeping my head above water that I scarcely know who I am, much less who anyone else is” - The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

“Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do you start missing everybody” - The Catcher In The Rye by J.D Salinger ( @takenbyheartstrings w/ Peter Parker)

“I should have made it as hard for you to leave me as it is now for me to leave you” - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë ( @bensakindofmagic w/ Ben Hardy)

"The universe is bigger than anything that can fit into your mind." - Love Letters To The Dead by Ava Dellaira ( @petersfreckles w/ Peter Parker)

“You never forget the face of the person that is your last hope” - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins ( @tom-holland-stuff w/ BLANK)

“Hope may be the thing that pulls you forward (may be the thing that keeps you going) but that it’s painful and dangerous and risky it’s making a dare to the world and when has the world ever let us win a dare?” - The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

“We can't fight another person's battle, no matter how much we want to.” - Holding Up The Universe by Jenifer Niven

“I'm sure I never used to be so sensitive. I think it is due to this nervous condition.” - The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

“Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there's no room for the present at all.” - Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

The Hilariously and Painfully Relatable

“As far as I'm concerned, I came out of the womb spouting cynicism and wishing for rain.” - Solitaire by Alice Oseman

“Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.” - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

"And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good." - East of Eden by John Steinbeck ( @queen-paladin w/ Joe/Eugene/Charlie/Les Amis boy)

"We cross our bridges as we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and the presumption that once our eyes watered." - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard ( @lilulo-12 w/ Bucky)

"It's just that…I just think that some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic. It's the universe's way of providing contrast, you know? There have to be a few holes in the road. It's how life is." - The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen ( @sataninsatin w/ Detective Loki)

“It was books that made me feel that I was not completely alone” - The Night Circus by Erin Mogenstern

“Was there some kind of rule against drop kicking arseholes in the face? Probably. They always had rules against things that needed to be done” - Made You Up by Francesca Zappia

“I would challenge you to a battle of wits but I see you are unarmed” - Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare ( @icantspellanything w/ Poe Dameron)

“Some people are born with an ear for music, some people are born with a talent for drawing, some people...have a built-in radar that tells them where a comma needs to go in a sentence.” - Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland

“Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are.” I Am The Messenger by Marcus Zusak

Fuck I’m Drowning In Fluff 

“You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you” - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin ( @mavalenovaninagavi w/ Andrew Garfield!Peter Parker)

“I love her, and that’s the beginning and end of everything” - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Flitzgerald ( @angiefangirlworld-2 w/ Ben Hardy)

“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” - Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë ( @fichoe21 w/ Bucky)

"The curves of your lips rewrite history." - Picture Of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde ( @sarahp879 w/ Bucky)

"[BLANK] was right. [They] never looked nice. [They] looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something." - Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell ( @writing-of-a-british-bitch w/ Eggsy/Warren)

“Here’s my secret. It’s quite simple: One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eye.” - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“Love is worth everything. Everything.” - Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon

“I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace,  against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.” - Great Expectations by Charles Dickens ( @natdoesthings w/ Jake Gyllenhaal)

“I just want you to know that you’re very special and the only reason I’m telling you is that I don’t know if anyone else ever has” - The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chebowsky ( @d-is-for-delightfull w/ Enjolras)

“Don’t you understand? You mean more to me than anything in this whole world!” - Peter Pan by J.M Barrie

[randomestfandoms-ocs]

Descendants OC Compilation Part 1

Yes, another post to outline my Descendants, but now with all faceclaims and titles - this is mostly for my own reference but of course feel free to enjoy!  Also this will hopefully help me keep track of which OCs to make proper introductions for so feel free to tell me your favourites! 

Avalon Le Fay in King And Lionheart (fc. Emma Dumont): Daughter of Merlin and Morgana Le Fay (mixing disney with bbc’s merlin)

Nimue, daughter of Arthur and Gwen, and Avalon Le Fay, daughter or Merlin and Morgana, had always been thick as thieves, and had always been ready to declare war on Auradon.  Ever since the formation of the Isle, King Adam and the Fairy Godmother had been insisting that Morgana was still a villain, and therefore belonged on the Isle, and once Avalon was born, she agreed–so long as her daughter could stay in Camelot.  When Arthur was killed barely a year later, Merlin and Gwen partnered up to raise their daughters and run a kingdom, until the girls would be old enough to do so themselves.  Of course Auradon never trusted the one kingdom that refused to unite, and insisted that the girls be sent to Auradon prep, and so they went–reluctant as could be. Everything was fine, mostly–the other princesses looked down on Nimue’s love of swordfighting, and Avalon was never seen as anything but a villain kid, but they still had each other.  They could tolerate it all, biding their time. But at sixteen years of age, everything they’d ever planned gets thrown for a loop when it’s declared that four children from the Isle would be moving to Auradon. crossover with @seaweedhufflepuffocs​

Maria Frollo in Long Live The Queen (fc. Hazelle/Bellamie): Daughter of Claude Frollo

Maria Frollo hated her father.  It wasn’t an uncommon sentiment on the Isle, but it was still true.  She hated him.  More than she’d ever hated anyone.  Lucky for her, she met Queenie and Helena in the marketplace one day and found herself being taken under their wings.  She knows that she isn’t tough, not like they are, but if there’s one thing she learned from her father, it was how to rain hellfire down on her enemies

Queenie in Long Live The Queen (fc. Darya Lebedeva): Daughter of the Queen Of Hearts

First there was Mal, then there was Uma.  Mal defected, turned good; Uma had a martyr complex without the brains to do, well, anything.  Now they’re gone, and there’s a new queen in town.  Queenie, along with her right hand man Helena, and their loyal supporter Maria, is running the show now.  And if anyone crosses her, she knows what to do; off with their heads 

Helena in Long Live The Queen (fc. Kimmy Schram): Daughter of Hades

Living on the Isle wasn’t easy, but there was something particularly difficult about it for a goddess.  Her dad couldn’t be kept on the Isle–they’d tried, no one died anymore, he was allowed to return to the Underworld.  But when Helena was born, she was cast away to join the rest of the Villains and their children, forced to fend for herself.  Being a goddess had its advantages too, she was able to survive and rise up with no problem.  Soon she was the right hand to the newest queen, and hell would freeze before she let anyone take that away from them.

Elise Charming in Enchanted (fc. Lili Reinhart): Daughter of Cinderella and Prince Charming

Elise is Chad’s twin sister and polar opposite (well other than being preppy and a cheerleader).  She truly believes in second chances and is super excited for the VKs to come to Auradon?  And definitely falls in love with Evie but thinks that Evie is straight

Finley Rider in Stolen Heart (Fc. Virginia Gardner): Daughter of Rapunzel and Flynn Rider

Her name is Princess Finley Ryder - Corona is officially part of Auradon but they still have their own royal line.  When she was ten she was at some fancy gala party at the museum and got really bored, and got caught stealing Jafar’s staff (no one noticed that she also got both lamps) and she gets sent to the Isle on one of the shipping barges, and the first person she meets is Jay.  Once they’re a bit closer and she’s been officially accepted into the VK circle, she tells him that she still has both of the lamps, Jay makes her promise not to tell anyone else and they’ll keep them as a last resort bargaining stool.  And then they get summoned to auradon (she’s not supposed to go but Jay convinces Jafar who convinces Maleficent who “convinces” the driver) and she has to face the people who exiled her

Princess Isabelle in Tale As Old As Time (fc. Danielle Campbell): Daughter of Belle and Adam

Ben’s twin sister, who is actually the firstborn.  She believes that she should be the queen (and so does Belle) but her father insists on Ben because Isabelle is significantly harder to control.  Her endgame love interest was going to be Mal but now I’m torn between Mal and Audrey for her.

Violet Kingsleigh in Up The Rabbit Hole (fc. Meg Donnelly): Daughter of Alice and the Hatter

Violet Kingston loved growing up in Wonderland, she really did.  She loved spending mornings in her aunt’s - the queen’s - gardens; she loved fighting lessons with her parents and reading with Absolem; she loved playing with the Tweedles and hide and seek with Chess; and, of course, she adored her dad’s infamous tea parties.  Yes, Violet loved everything about Wonderland.  Especially that it wasn’t in Auradon.  It was perfect.  And then the queen is cursed, and all of Wonderland knows that Auradon is to blame.  But they can’t declare war without proof, so suddenly their young princess is being sent to Auradon prep to investigate.  Violet knows her mission.  Violet is absolutely and entirely focused.  Violet is most definitely not prepared for the boy-king to have invited a group of teenagers from the Isle Of The Lost to start school on the same day as her.

Harley Hook in Lost Girl (fc. India Eisley): Daughter of Captain Hook

Harley Hook was a pirate, through and through.  Always at her brother’s side, always with Uma and the crew, always near her beloved Gil, Harley Hook was a pirate.  And as a pirate, she absolutely hated Mal’s gang.  They thought that they were so much better than anyone, just because of Mal’s mom - big whoop, it’s not like Maleficent could even use magic on the Isle.  So yeah, Harley hated the VKs, her loyalty was to the crew, and she was never seen away from Harry or Gil.  And then the princeling decides to bring children of some of the worst villains to Auradon: Mal, Evie, Jay, Carlos.  And Harley.  Harley couldn’t be more furious at being taken away from her crew, or at being sent to Auradon, or at being forced to work with the VKs to get Fairy Godmother’s wand.  But she knows that if she wants to get back to the Isle, back to her family, she needs that barrier down as much as they do.  She’s just not sure that they can cooperate long enough for that.

Francie Facilier in Shadow Tales (fc. tentatively Amandla Stenberg): Daughter of Doctor Facilier

Why is it that people on the Isle only ever talk about Celia Facilier?  Well according to her, it’s because she’s the superior sister; according to Francie Facillier, it’s because she choses to fade into the shadows from which she came.  Francie knows everything about everyone, knows every corner of the Isle, even knows how to get off of it.  But even though she’s supposed to be evil, she’s not quite evil enough to force anyone else to listen to the villains lament on their glory days, on when they were the most feared in all the land.  Whatever, big deal, who cares?  Maybe the Beast-King should have left them all dead.  But he didn’t, no way of changing it now, so maybe it’s time for Francie to put all of her knowledge to work and crown herself Queen of the Isle.

Lani in One Foot In The Sea (And One On The Shore) (fc. Madelaine Petsch): Daughter of Melody

Melody’s daughter, the first second generation child to be born, and to go to Auradon Prep.  She’s half part of Auradon (because of Eric’s kingdom) but also Atlantian which is still separated, and she’s trying to unite the two but is being torn apart by it

Trina Tremaine in I’m Still Here (fc. Lana Condor):  Daughter of Lady Tremaine

a daughter of Lady Tremaine, much younger than the other two, only a couple of years older than Dizzy.  She and Dizzy are extremely close but are separated when she’s brought to Auradon.  Probably also treated badly by Lady Tremaine, ends up becoming quite close with Cinderella during that first family day where everything went wrong.

Rosabelle in The Rose Has Her Thorns (fc. Zoey Deutch): Daughter of Gaston

A daughter of Gaston, Gil’s little sister, Ben decides that he can’t bring other VKs and not the child of his parents own villain, so Rosabelle gets brought to Auradon.  I don’t know much but I’ve decided that she becomes quite close with Belle (I think that she would have been majorly mistreated by Gaston and Belle can tell as soon as they meet) and Adam really hates that.  Her hair is naturally blonde (like Gil’s) but she dyes it on the Isle.

Titania aka Tia in Two Roads Diverged (fc. Emily Rudd): Daughter of Fairy Godmother

in a slight AU where the Beast is honestly really dark, FG has twin daughters and he forces her to send one to the Isle (I’m not sure if it’s specifically because they’d be magic or if there’s a one child rule because he doesn’t want anyone being able to overthrow him) but FG hides her away somewhere instead?  Or she does go to the Isle but then escapes in D3 when the VKs and Pirates leave after visiting Hades.  I have very little plot beyond that but in D3 when Jane and co find the statue of FG, Jane thinks of getting the wand, but when she goes in she sees this girl taking it (and not being stopped by the shield because she has the same blood) and discovers that she has a twin, and then they overthrow the beast or something - introduces herself to everybody as Tia because of the power of real names

Noelle in Only Love, Only Hate (fc. Kiernan Shipka): Daughter of Elsa

Absolutely hates Auradon because they tried to send Elsa to the Isle, but is forced to attend Auradon Prep for political reasons and she and Ben fall in love, kind of a Romeo & Juliet vibe - title comes from the Romeo And Juliet quote “my only love sprung from my only hate”

Myra Frollo in Hellfire (fc. Elle Fanning): daughter of Claude Frollo and Cinderella (nonconsensual). 

Because of the Beast’s hatred of magic and the time period of both Hunchback and BATB, Frollo is not sent to the Isle (the Beast claims that he’s a hero for his valiant effort to protect the city from witchcraft). Frollo assaults Cinderella, and Myra is the result. Beast grants Frollo custody but she occasionally gets to spend time with her mom. She’s very close with both Cinderella and Chad, but not Prince Charming. Chad knows that her father is abusive and it’s a big part of why he is so opposed to VKs coming to Auradon - if Frollo isn’t considered bad enough for the Isle then how horrible must those villains and their kids be

Lyssa in One Last Hope (fc. Vanessa Morgan): Daughter of Meg and Hercules

daughter of Hercules who the fates predicted would be evil and is therefore sent to the isle as an infant and is raised by Hades but then Ben includes her in the group being brought to Auradon

Charity in A Twist In Truth (fc. Sabrina Carpenter): daughter of Belle and Prince Charming

Doesn’t know that Adam isn’t her father until a curse is placed on his bloodline and she realizes that she’s unaffected

Faith in The Hands Of Fate (fc. Paris Berelc): daughter of the Fates (their scissors are seen in the Villain Room of the museum) who was raised on the Isle

Blair in A Change Of Fate (fc. Adelaide Kane): Merida’s adopted daughter

Looked down on by the rest of Auradon because she doesn’t have the proper bloodline)

Cheryl in Daughter Of The Devil (fc. Margaret Qualley): daughter of Chernabog

Gloria in Mother Knows Best (fc. Camila Mendes): Daughter of Mother Gothel

Hannah in Wish I Were Here (fc. Kat McNamara): Daughter of Hans

Hannah never knew who her mom was, and knows that her dad has no magical abilities whatsoever, but when she steps foot into Auradon she discovers that she can do magic and finds herself on a quest to learn the truth about her past

Sonya White in Ties That Bind (fc. Grace Phipps): Daughter of Snow White (in the same series as NAME and Name)

Sonya and Snow both consider Evie family and Sonya is determined to do whatever she can to help Evie - including getting the wand

Anissa Radcliffe in Ties That Bind (fc. Maia Mitchell): A daughter of Anita and Roger Radliffe, from the same series as Sonya and Layla

Layla in Ties That Bind (fc. Naomi Scott): A daughter of Aladdin and Jasmine, from the same series as Sonya and Anissa

Casseopia in Where I’m Meant To Be (fc. Mackenzie Foy): Daughter of Meg and Hercules

Raised on Olympus by Hera and Zeus, their demand after Hercules turned down godhood, and recently sent to Auradon Prep

Isadora Darling in Second Star To The Left  (fc. Olivia Holt): Daughter of Jane Darling

After Adam became king of Auradon, he had Fairy Godmother put up a barrier around Neverland, just like the one around the Isle, but no one knows where it is - somehow, Isadora finds it and makes it to the other side.

Maisie in Who Is The Monster (And Who Is The Man) (fc. tbd - open to suggestions): (full name Margaret), daughter of Esmeralda and Phoebus.

Because of his hatred of magic and the time period of both Hunchback and BATB, the Beast sends Esmeralda to the Isle (a few years after the villains, when she’s three months pregnant). She names her daughter Margaret because it was the name that Phoebus wanted. When Ben finds out that she’s on the Isle, he thinks it’s absolute bullshit and immediate includes Maisie in the kids to be brought to Auradon

Hayden in Dying Is An Art (fc. tbd, open to suggestions with purple, green, or blue hair): Daughter of Maleficent and Hades, raised by Hades

Forever Tag List: @themildestofwriters​ @gottaenjoythelittlethingzz​ @dancerdramatic14​ @seaweedhufflepuffocs​ @iceandwaterfairytail​ @agb-random @foxesandmagic - want to be added to the forever/fandom/character tag lists for fics or all content?  shoot me an ask!

Descendants Tag List: @katiesocs

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OC Study - Mutant Edition - Benjamin Dreeme

I made a post a couple days ago stating my desire to make posts about my OC’s, and...here goes.

General Disclaimer: This character is in the Marvel X-Men universe, which I am in no way affiliated with other than my attempts to create angst and happy endings where there are otherwise none.

@supesofherown said not to make this any shorter so ________________________________________________________________

Name: Benjamin Matthias Dreeme (pronounced “Dream”)/Dreamscape

Nationality: Britain

Age: 30 (ish)

Appearance Overview: Stands roughly at 6′. A bit on the thinner side; not super muscley.  Brown, sleepy eyes, thin cheeks and more pointed face, scraggly, dark brown hair often tied up.  British mannerisms, straight posture, soft voice (when not angry).  Eyes change color when using abilities.

Universe: X-Men Marvel Universe (for now)

Species: Mutant 

Abilities:  Possesses the ability to sense desires; can craft and cast illusions connected to said desires, creating an illusion of a reality wherein a certain desire has been fulfilled.  Abilities also factor into slow-aging.

Family:

Marigold “Goldi” Dreeme  -  wife

Benjamin “Benji” Dreeme  -  son

Friends:

Hekla Elisedd

Scott Summers

Alex Summers

Remy LeBeau

Jack Thomas

Aesthetic: Blanket nest in bed while rain is pouring outside; monochrome with splashes of bright color; messy bed-hair and loose, warm clothing; melancholy music playing softly in an empty room.

Outfit of choice: Comfortable and warm. Long-sleeved cotton shirt, sweatpants, and black hair in a messy pencil bun.

Favorite Food: Proper British breakfast, though he’s more partial to coffee than tea.  Poor boyo is a bit of a caffeine addict, as his abilities keep him from sleeping well. 

Fast Facts:

Older than he looks

Abilities mess with his sleep, as his mind processes desires and such while he sleeps, resulting in vivid dreams

Sleepwalks and sleeptalks like a pro

Is faintly aware of the world around him while sleeping, so he can interact/converse to a limited extent while asleep

Will hug at all and any time

Owns a plethora of blankets and will lend them to whoever needs it

Can utilize illusions in simple matters, such as imaginative play and prompting someone to sleep

Very childish and will splash in all the puddles during a rainstorm

Will not eat plain food - must have frilly toothpicks in his sandwiches and sprinkles on his ice cream sundae

Once trapped Remy LeBeau in a very Aladdin-esque illusion wherein he was a completely different, prince-charming-like person (he wanted to be a better person for Rogue and Ben..completely took that in the wrong direction)

Backround: Mutant from the Late Victorian Era who grew up, got married to a Scottish human, and had a son.  Through a series of unfortunate events, he used his abilities to assist a wounded co-worker, only to have the man refuse to awaken from the illusion which Ben cast over him.  Fearing for the safety of his family and friends, Ben put an illusion on /himself/, causing himself to lose memory of his old life and he traveled the world, acting as a kind of “genie” and granting arbitrary desires.  Only when coming upon the mansion is he able to recover his missing memories (thanks to David Xavier’s powerful telepathic abilities), and he begins a new life in the modern day.

Songs/Soundtrack for OC: 

Time Stops - Big Fish Musical

I Don’t Need a Roof - Big Fish Musical

Fight the Dragons - Big Fish Musical

Goodbye - Catch Me if You Can

A Million Dreams - The Greatest Showman

Tightrope - The Greatest Showman

I Dreamed a Dream - Les Mis

Time - Tuck Everlasting

Hushabye Mountain - Chitty Chitty Bang-Bang

When Your Feet Don’t Touch the Ground - Finding Neverland

Everything I Ever Thought I Knew - Tangled Animated Series

No One Knows Who I Am - Jekyll & Hyde Musical

A New Life - Jekyll & Hyde Musical

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General Headcanons- Catch all headcanons that apply to how I write certain subjects in broad strokes (mythology/magic/etc)

GREEK MYTHOLOGY

Notes on how I write the Greek Gods

Zeus

Gaea

Kronos

Persephone

Dionysos

Apollon

Hermes

Hekate

Ariadne

Comus

Psykhê

Perseus

Paris or Pari-zitis later Alaksandu

Orestes

Phaedra or Phaidra

EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

Horus

CELTIC MYTHOLOGY/ARTHURIAN LORE

Notes on how I write Celtic Mythology/Arthurian Lore

now @eynsavalow

ABRAHAMIC LORE

Notes on how I write Abrahamic Lore

Archangel Mikhael

Lucifer

Samael

Seth {based on City of Angels}

ORIGINAL CHARACTERS

Adonai (various mythologies)

The Andalusian (vampire)

Melusine (mermaid)

Aykela {historical/ original lore)

Thierry {werewolf OC}

Diego Lopez {vampire OC}

Danny Eno {janitor}

Kres {android}

HISTORICAL

Ptolemy XV Theos Philopater Philomater Caesar aka Caesarion

Caligula

Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany

Temujin later Genghis Khan

Adrienne de La Lafayette

Louis-Charles of France

Emily Brontë

LITERATURE

Frankenstein

Victor Frankenstein

Conan the Barbarian 

Conan

Akivasha

Fairy Tales

Snow White  (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)

Prince Ferdinand Conrad Matthias (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)

Jeanne Marie Barbot de Villeneuve (original/ re-interpretation of Beauty and the Beast)

Damnat (Allerleiruah)

Jeanne Antoinette Diane Phélise de Esch-sur-Alzette (Cinderella/History)

Prince Philippe Alexandre Le Philosophe (Cinderella/History)

Snow, Glass, Apples

Snow White (Wulfhilde/Violeta)

Dune

now @impercre

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Dorian Gray

ASOIAF

Jaime Lannister 

Peter Pan

Peter Pan (heavily headcanon based)

The Writings of Mark Twain

Huckleberry Finn

The Oz Books

Ozma of Oz 

Ballads of Robin Hood

Robin Hood

Maid Marian

Gilbert of the Whitehand 

Alan-a-Dale

Much

Friar Tuck

Little John

FILM

Manhunter/ Red Dragon

Will Graham

Willow

Elora Danan

The Man Who Laughs

Gwynplaine 

Terminator Franchise

John Connor 

MCU

Angel ( X Men: Apocalypse based)

The Warriors

Mercy 

The Matrix

Trinity 

Neo

Creature from the Black Lagoon/ The Shape of Water

The Creature 

Legend

Princess Lili 

Princess from the Moon/ The Tale of Princess Kaguya

Princess Kaguya

Species

now @abspecere

Toho Monsters (blended canon)

Mothra 

Godzilla 

Rodan 

COMICS

​Bella Donna Boudreaux (Marvel comics/ heavily headcanon based)

Gambit (X Men/Marvel comics)- selective

SHOWS/MISC.

Mary Reilly (book/film canon)

Mary Reilly 

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (mixed canon)

Tommy Oliver

Wolf’s Rain

Kiba (Wolf’s Rain)

Cheza (Wolf’s Rain)

The Addams Family

Gomez Addams

Mortal Kombat

Liu Kang (mixed canon, largely 2021 film based)

Cats

Mr. Mistoffelees 

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To Know One’s Heart- Legolas Greenleaf

Pairing: Legolas/OC

Request: This idea just sort of came to me, so I ran with it!

Warnings: None

A/N: I honestly am a little shocked I’ve never written Legolas before considering I used to be so in love with him. BETTA LATE THAN NEVER. I hope this turned out okay…I had to do a lot of googling and research for the bits of Elvish, but even then I’m sure it’s not perfect. I’ll put the translations at the bottom. I also got a little, super tiny bit sappy. But hope you enjoy anyways! :) Let me know what you think!

The sorrow in the air was so thick, it was almost difficult to breathe. I scanned the faces of the men around me, dressed in their secondhand armor and some holding weapons that hadn’t seen the light of day in many years. Their expressions were all so forlorn, the looks of men readying to attend their own funeral. The weight of that sorrow felt like a burden. It was only then that I decided to escape, catching Aragorn’s eye from across the room before slipping out into the corridor.

A few minutes later, I found myself in the small, candle-lit chapel. I was surprised to find it nearly empty. Almost as surprised as I was to find myself there in the first place. I hadn’t prayed for many years. Not since I had been a child. Not since my mother and father were alive. I sat in the first pew, closest to the altar. Most of the candles had melted to nothing more than stubs, casting flickering shadows against the stone walls. I wasn’t sure where to begin, what to pray for. Legolas and Aragorn’s argument still rang in my ears. I had never known Legolas to despair, but he wasn’t wrong. 300 against 10,000. Most of them would die, maybe myself among them.

A sigh escaped me and I hung my head, squeezing my eyes shut. ’Let us find a way to get through this. Let us make it through the night,’ I thought to myself over and over again until it turned into some sort of desperate mantra.

It wasn’t until someone sank down noiselessly onto the bench next to me that the voice in my head was silenced. In an instant, I felt every nerve in my body respond to his presence. I didn’t even have to look to know it was him. I would’ve known him anywhere.

“I did not know you believed.” He said softly. Quiet and contemplative, speaking in a voice as graceful as his movements.

I answered him after a moment of hesitation. “It felt right to come here.” I didn’t add that I hadn’t known where else to go. Normally, he was a source of comfort for me. A light in the darkness. Yet I couldn’t fault him for his actions earlier, not when the darkness was growing and spreading so quickly.

I turned to look at him for the first time since he had sat, my heartbeat lilting the same way it always did whenever I saw him. Never before had I ever looked at a man and considered him beautiful…Not until Legolas. His features were strong, without being harsh…the slant of his nose, the angles of his cheekbones. I thought perhaps it was his lips, or maybe his blue eyes, that made him appear more delicate than rough. Though I knew he was anything but. He was a warrior. Skilled and dangerous. And while I had not known him long, I had fallen for him in a way that was as quick and simple as taking a breath…Hardly realizing it was happening until it was too late. Foolish. I had already witnessed the torment that was Aragorn and Arwen. An elf and a human. An impossibility.

Our eyes met, his so blue, like  a spring sky. Some of the anger I had seen there earlier had diminished, but I could see he was just as worried as I was. “Are you…alright?”

He bowed his head suddenly, as if ashamed. “Forgive me for my harsh words earlier, my lady. I have already apologized to Aragorn…I was not myself.”

“You do not need to apologize to me. I know you didn’t mean it. I know your heart.” A small smile managed to tug at one side of my mouth. I felt the urge to reach out and touch him then, to trail a finger across his forearm or push a lock of blonde hair behind his ear. We were both so careful with our touches, though perhaps it was just me and I was imagining the hesitation whenever he wrapped an arm around my shoulder or tugged teasingly at a lock of hair. Maybe it was just me who wanted more, but knew it couldn’t be.

This time, I couldn’t ignore the urge to comfort him. His hand rested on his knee and I took it in mine, lacing my fingers through his and trying to ignore the jump in my pulse. He stiffened for a moment and I stilled, wondering if I had made a mistake in touching him. Then he tightened his hold on my hand before I could pull away.

His expression suddenly grew clouded, his thumb brushing over the top of my hand. “Walk with me for a moment?” He asked, looking around as if realizing for the first time we were not alone.

I furrowed my brow but nodded. “Of course.”

He stood, and I was surprised when he did not release my hand. Instead, he held on, leading me down the narrow aisle and out of the heavy wooden doors. The halls were quiet and empty, most of the men preparing for the battle and the women and children already in hiding. Our boots echoed against the stone floor until we reached another door, pushing it open to reveal a dusty, unused sitting room. There was a cold, empty fireplace against one wall, and a few sheet covered pieces of furniture gathered around it. The one slanted window faced the ravine, sending in only the slightest trickle of waning sunlight. It was only once we were in the room and door shut behind us that he let go of my hand, walking a few steps a way and facing the wall. I hung back near the doorway, wringing my hands.

“What troubles you?”

He didn’t answer for a moment, his shoulders growing tense as his hands balled into loose fists at his sides. While I could not see expression, I could tell just from the rigidness of his stance that there was some sort of inner turmoil raging inside him. A battle all his own. Both curious and worried, I took a tentative step forward.

“Legolas?” I asked gently, and immediately, the stress melted from his shoulders at the sound.

“You claim to know my heart,” he began. “But I don’t know if that is the truth…”

He turned then and I was startled by the change in his expression. There was conviction in his eyes, but a softness too. A warmth I recognized from countless night spent deep in conversation as the last of the fire dwindled into embers. For a moment, I felt I couldn’t breathe…his gaze had my feet rooted to the floor.

“What do you mean?” I asked. My voice came out almost a whisper in an attempt to maintain the illusion of a calm composure. His words had made me feel something I did not want to cling to if it wasn’t real…hope. But then he smiled, and the illusion of control was lost. My stomach was tumbling and my heart was skipping like stones over the still surface of a pond.

His tone was soft, almost sounding amused and teasing. “My heart is not my own. I don’t believe it’s fully belonged to me since the moment I saw you.”

My eyes went wide, a rush of oxygen escaping my lungs in a small gasp. One that I knew he heard from the way his head tilted to one side.

“I can’t see the future, I don’t know how this fight will end…But I do know how I feel about you, and the idea of going into battle without first telling you seemed wrong,” he continued, shaking his head. “I should’ve told you long ago. Perhaps in Rivendell, or Lothlorien. I just didn’t want to trouble you, should you not feel the same.”

“Legolas,” My voice shook slightly, my fingers moving to fiddle with my necklace. My mother’s ring, the only thing I had left of her.

His smile fell a little when I did not go on. “If you don’t return my feelings, I—“

His disappointment made me find my voice once more. “No, I do. Feel the same.” I stammered quickly, feeling my cheeks grow hot. “But you are…and I am…” I struggled, but was not given the chance to finish.

“What we are matters not.” Legolas said quickly, a new determination in his tone as he crossed the room and closed the space between us. He cupped my face in his capable hands, calloused with years of battle. Hands I had watched with fascination as he drew back the string of a bow. Hands that had taught me how to nock an arrow onto a bowstring, not long ago, his slender torso pressed up against me and his warm breath hitting the back of my neck. Just the memory made me shiver.

“Le melin,” he finished, speaking in the beautiful language that had always enthralled me. While Aragorn had attempted to teach me for years, my own attempt never came off quite as effortless as his. “My heart is yours, if you’ll have me.”

I closed my eyes, breathing in his scent. Wild forest and soft, green grass after a rain, a scent that reminded me of the woodlands, just north of the White Mountains, near what was once had been my home. I wrapped my fingers around his wrists, trying to somehow think clearly despite his closeness and the sweetness of his words. 

“You can’t mean it. Your are an elf. You are a prince, Legolas. Your father—“

“My father does not decide my feelings.”

I felt another spark. It was the potential of happiness I felt. The idea that I could have this, have him, as impossible as it seemed. But a shadow of doubt continued its attempt to creep upon my sudden hopefulness.

“If we do live through this, you may change your mind,” I said, my voice not as steady as I wanted it to be. “I will grow old. If I do not die this day, there will be another day.”

“Then I will count myself lucky to have spent any days with you at all. Look at me,” he pleaded.

I hesitated, knowing the second I did, all my defenses would melt away. All argument would cease. How could I deny him, when he wasn’t the only who had given away his heart?

I opened my eyes and our gazes locked, his so self-assured and honest. Once again, his beauty left me breathless. Damn Elves. From the moment we had met, so long ago after Aragorn had first taken me under his wing, I’d been mesmerized by him. And simultaneously annoyed by that same mesmerization.

He whispered my name and I blushed, realizing I’d been staring. “What are you thinking, Nîn Meleth?”

I could have said anything or nothing at all, but I felt implored to speak the truth and to be as open with him as he was with me. I pulled my lower lip into my mouth for a moment, carefully considering my choice of words. “Le...bainon?” I finished uncertainly, the words sounding clumsy in my mouth but his entire face lit up before he chuckled. I beamed back at him, his smile reward enough.

“And yet you modestly claim to know nothing of our language,” He said in an amused face, tucking one strand of hair behind my ear.

I felt myself relax a little at his familiar teasing, leaning into his touch. He noticed and pulled me closer, wrapping his arms around me until I was tucked against him. I curled my arms around his neck, pressing my cheek to his chest. The lightness of the moment seemed to dim a little as I remembered all too well what was coming.

“You are the one who is beautiful, though,” he murmured after a moment, making my skin burn once again. Something he often teased me for, even once saying he would make it his goal to cause me to blush at least once a day.

He had yet to fail.

“I love you,” I murmured into the soft cloth of his tunic. “And that scares me…I don’t want to lose anyone else.”

“You will not lose me.” He assured me, pressing his lips to the top of my head and sending a shiver coursing through me.

I frowned, wishing I had more certainty than just his words. Even if I knew he meant them. “I hope not, now that I’ve only just gotten you.”

“Not just,” he murmured, pulling away slightly until I was craning my neck to look him in the eyes. “You’ve had me for a long, long time. I just don’t think you saw it.”

Then he leaned toward me, and my eyes fluttered shut as I felt the soft brush of his lips against mine. Sweet and tentative, one hand cupping the back of my head as if I were as fragile as glass while the other rested on my hip. I sighed softly against his mouth, pressing myself against him as I willed my mine to memorize everything about the moment so I could have it later. I hoped maybe it would give me strength when the time came, to remember what it felt like to be in his arms. And that perhaps the desire to feel it again would keep me alive.

By the time he pulled away, I felt weak-kneed and warm. I rested my hands against his chest as I waited for my heartbeat to slow and for my breathing to return to normal. I could feel the thrum of his own heartbeat beneath my hands, assuring me that while he may have looked and sounded just as composed ever…he felt it too.

“You will be careful tonight. Do you promise?” He asked gently, my eyes opening at the sound of his voice. His own eyes implored mine, the depth of the emotion there startling me. Yet another giveaway of his feelings.

“I promise.” I answered. “And you will too.”

He nodded, grabbed my hand and pressing his lips to my wrist in a way that seemed entirely more intimate for such an innocent kiss. My skin burned beneath his lips as he looked at me from beneath his lashes.

“You need not worry, Nîn Meleth.” He said. “The idea of holding you in my arms will get me through this fight.”

A horn sounded in the distance and his brow creased, my stomach tightening for and entirely different reason other than the handsome elf in front of me. He looked back at me, squeezing my hand. “Do not forget...Guren min gaim lín.” 

Before I had a chance to decipher his meaning, he pulled me toward him. He kissed me one more time, leaving me dazed and breathless before whispering against my lips, “My heart is in your hands.”

Le melin: I love you

Nîn Meleth: My Love

Le bainon: You are so beautiful

Guren min gaim lín: My heart is in your hands