#oc: vivian duke

[egosweetheart]

i designed stuff for my business card a little while back! one of my friends gave me the idea to have multiple fronts, so its like a collectable thing, and i wanted to put all my favorite little guys on them ovo

[the-antiapocalyptic-man]

what is the Robin timeline in ur headverse? Like what’s the order and where do they end up later in the timeline? (also love ur art its amazing)

okay, stick with me, this is a journey:

Bruce wasn't the first Batman in the headverse, that was an OC named Dr. Aloysius Flying Fox (later just Aloysius Fox). His Robin was John Blake, who's thus first by technicality. Al and John are the headverse's Golden Age Batman and Robin, with a weakened Zod as the Golden Age Superman and Diana back in her role as Golden Age WW since she was born in 1900 as a Century Baby.

Once Bruce becomes Batman, the order of Robins is:

Dick Grayson (adopted as preteen, trains for a year or so and debuts as Robin) who becomes Nightwing around the time he's 18, using a name of Kryptonian animal and a Kandorian bodysuit gifted to him by Clark, giving him a little extra protection even against superhuman foes.

Jason Todd comes on after Dick's moved to San Francisco/Jump City full time with the Titans but before he's Nightwing. He's older than Dick was when he started (so 14-15) and only gets a year or two before Joker kills him. He's revived shortly after by the League of Assassins and trained in the ways of the All-Caste. He returns to Gotham as the Red Hood before completing his training, which causes problems for his Outlaws down the line.

After the incident with Jason, there's a gap where Bruce is mostly operating solo (barring team-ups with other established heroes). Tim, Steph, and Cass all come crashing into his life around the same time after Dick's become Nightwing but before Jason return. Tim is Robin, Steph is Spoiler and Cass is Orphan, but Steph and Cass become a second Robin and Batgirl shortly after coming up the Batman's aegis.

After Jason's return, Tim is Red Robin, Steph and Cass are both Batgirl (barring Cass's time undercover as Kasumi), at which point Damian enters the picture and the whole dynamic blows up. Once everything's kind of settled, Damian is Robin.

Then Crisis Era begins and there's another big shake-up, the functional result of which is the disappearance of the Trinity. This Era is defined by reality breaking apart as a result of various Meta-Cosmic beings (The Hands and The Eyes, Monitors and Looker, Pariah, Old and New Gods, etc) all fighting to survive Perpetua and The King of Tears attempting to resurrect Ultra the Hunter.

Dick and Damian continue on as Batman and Robin for some time. Carrie Kelley is active as Robin as well, but she's from a timeline create and destroyed during the Crisis, so she mostly operates independent of the larger Bat-Family. Jace Fox discovers Aloysius's history as the Lost Batman of Gotham's Golden Age and simultaneously operates as Batman of the Cinderella City (New York).

Dick eventually leaves the mantle, Damian becomes the Outsider, and Jace and his sister Tam operate as Batman and Robin. Cass is the new Batwoman, with Vivian Vale (oc) as Batgirl and Cheyenne Fremont as Nightwing. Steph is Oracle with assists from Barbara. Tim survives being captured by Joker and then splits his costumed adventures between the Black Ace Joker and the Batman Who Laughs.

From there is a jump to the Beyond Era and the emergence of Terrence McGinnis, unknowingly a result of Waller's work to create a reliable Batman of her own, who then bonds with an abandoned picotech symbio-suit being maintained by an older Jace.

Duke's present through the timeline, but as a Monitor-level metahuman, he's sort of on his own trajectory. Harper is concurrent with Steph, Cass, and Tim, all of whom are involved with a Talon using the pseudonym "Turner Hayes" before being revealed as an undead Dexter Dent. Dex is briefly Robin under James Gordon Jr, Waller's first attempt at having a Batman of her own.

Maps Mizoguchi is in here somewhere, probably concurrent with Damian and Carrie during the Crisis. She eventually becomes Meridian (uh, current BoP spoilers I guess).

Jenny Wren claims to be the First Robin but she's just one of Aloysius and John's rogues who became a Talon but got her memory scrambled.

I think I originally had a young Helena Bertinelli as Robin concurrent with Dick to retroactively justify Helena Wayne being named after her, but idk if I'm keeping that or it really makes sense. Otherwise she's Kate Kate's Robin before becoming Huntress. Helena Wayne follows a similar trajectory, but becomes Batman between Cass and Jace but before Terri and Elaina (Dick's daughter with [redacted] and briefly one of the Red X's).

Jarro...exists.

I...think that's everyone?

[evolvingsidekick]

BD - winners where are they now (incomplete)

I think someone requested this somewhere

Most females and recent males because there are just too many to do rn

At companies:

Miriam Gittens (s2013): Gibney Company

Alyssa Allen (s2014): Ballets Jazz Montreal

Brianne Sellars (s2014): Dallas Black Dance Theatre

Ashley Green (s2015): Alvin Ailey American dance Theater

Payton Johnson (j2012, t2015, s2017): L.A. Dance Project

Vivian Ruiz (s2019): Ballet BC

Kelis Robinson (t2018, s2020): The Batsheva Dance Company; The Juilliard School

Kiarra Waidelich (m2016, j2018, t2020): Royal Flux Company

Quinn Starner (t2017): New York City Ballet Corps de Ballet

Emma Sutherland (j2014, t2016): MashUp Contemporary Dance Co.

Sarah Pippin (t2011): Ballet BC

Timmy Blankenship (s2017): Sydney Dance Company; choreographer

Brady Farrar (m2014, j2017, t2021): ABT Junior Company

Easton Magliarditi (t2020): Royal Flux Company

Graham Feeny (t2015): Artistic associate at Gibney Company

Logan Hernandez (t2015): Göteborgs Operans Danskompani

Zenon Zubyk (t2013): Nederlands Dans Theater

Jonathan Wade (j2011, s2016): Rambert Dance Company

Wyeth Walker (s2017): Rubberband Dance Company

Faculty/teacher/choreography:

Lucy Vallely (t2015, s2018): Broadway Dance Center, freelance choreographer

Jayci Kalb ( j2011, t2014, s2016): The Dance Centre; Radio City Clara 2010

Taylor Sieve (s2016): Jump Dance Convention

Jenna Johnson (s2012): DWTS pro, 24 Seven Dance Convention

Jazzmin James (t2012, s2015): faculty several intensives

Jaycee Wilkins (j2015): Club Dance Studio

Sophia Lucia (j2014): Dancelab OC

Brynn Rumfallo (m2014): Strive Dance Workshop (own project)

Talia Seitel (m2012): Project 21 (part-time)

Lex Ishimoto (t2014, s2016): Jump Dance Convention

at University/college:

Ellie Wagner (s2019): Ohio State University Dance Team

Ella Horan (s2021): USC Kaufman

Kayla Mak (m2014, s2021): The Juilliard School; Radio City Clara 2014, 2015

Brianna Keingatti (s2022): The Juilliard School

Julia Lowe (s2023): USC Kaufman

Ava Wagner (j2018): University of Minnesota Dance Team

Avery Gay (m2015, j2017): University of Arizona School of Dance

Leara Stanley (m2011): Duke University

Sam Fine (s2023): USC Kaufman; Young Arts 2022

Seth Gibson: The Juilliard School

Alex Shulman (s2022): New York University Tisch Dance

Joziah German (m2014, t2018, s2020): The Juilliard School

Joey Gertin (t2018): The Juilliard School

Professional dancer/choreographer:

Simrin Player (t2014, s2017): The Voice, Missy Elliot, Justin Bieber, RBD

Jaxon Williard (s2021): Rihanna, Madonna, Lil Nas X

D'Angelo Castro (j2012, t2016, s2019): DWTS troupe

Findlay Mcconnell (t2017, s2019): Tate McRace

Christian Smith (s2018): Tate McRae, NBC's Saved by the Bell

Keanu Uchida (s2014): Dancer the Musical; also a big advocate for protecting dancers and calling out inappropriate behaviour

Eric Schloesser (s2014): Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish, J Balvin; choreographer, creative director, designer; Dana Foglia Dance Company

Other/a combo of things:

Bianca Melchior (s2011): actor, dancer, singer; Nick Jonas, Alessia Cara, own music; faculty at On The Floor dance competition

Tate McRae (m2013, j2015, t2018): singer/songwriter

Bostyn Brown (j2016, t2019): Professional assistant at DanceOne

Megan Goldstein (t2017); dancer, photographer

Christina Ricucci (t2013): actor, musician, dancer

Bella Klassen (j2017): The Space, vlogger

Kalani Hilliker (j2013): influencer, teaching at several places (Danceplex, MBA)

Elliana Walmsley (m2018): influencer, DWTS Junior, Radio City Clara 2019

Diana Pombo (m2016): singer/songwriter, dancer, actor; Young Arts voice 2023+2024

Morgan Higgins (t2016, s2018): dancer, aerialist

Zelig Williams (s2013):dancer/actor: MJ the Musical, Hamilton

Daniel Gaymon (s2011): dancer/actor; Broadway (Cats, The Lion King); Hamilton national tour, La La Land

Ricky Ubeda (t2011, s2012): choreographer, actor; Steven Spielberg's West Side Story

Michael Hall (s2015): Saturday Night Fever the Musical, tv dancer in Cairo, Egypt; teacher

Julian Elia (t2014): Steven Spielberg's Westside Story, working on the development of a new Broadway musical

Sage Rosen (t2016): influencer; DWTS Junior

Ryan Maw (j2015, t2017): choreographer, dancer, actor: High School Musical: The Musical - The Series

Holden Maples (j2016, t2019): dancer, teacher, choreographer

Competing/not graduated honorable mentions:

Cameron Voorhees (m2018, j2021, t2023): Evolve Dance Complex; starting career as a teacher/choreographer

Crystal Huang (m2019, j2021, t2023): The Rock Center for Dance, Bayer Ballet Academy; Prix De Lausanne 2024, Young Arts 2024, Radio City Clara 2021

Hailey Bills (m2017, t2022): Center Stage Performing Arts Studio, DWTS Junior

Brightyn Brems (m2017): DWTS Junior

Avery Hall (t2022): Danceology; Young Arts 2023

Savannah Kristich (t2021): The Rock Center For Dance; Twyla Now

Savannah Manzel (m2020): Larkin Dance Studio, Radio City Clara 2023

Kya Massimino (m2021): Radio City Clara 2023

Ian Stegeman (m2019, j2021, t2023): Woodbury Dance Center, Young Arts 2024

[hopefulstarfire]

Hi hello first day of pride and my yugioh oc stuff is still taking over my life. So uh yeah have some sexuality / gender hcs for both my ocs and for the Canon characters bc why not

OCs

Kat: Pan

Maddox: Bi, preference for men

Iris: Demi bi

Nana: Poly lesbian

River: Nonbinary achillean/gay

Mason: Bi

Meredith: bi, could be poly

Chelsea: Bi

Vance: Straight with bi wife energy

Wes: Trans aroace

Josie: Straight

Bo: Straight

Evangeline: Straight (100% homophobic and none of us miss her)

Faye: Trans bi

Hina: Pan

Lorelai: Ace bi

Cillian: Queer

Canon

Yugi: Questioning gender, bi.

Yami: Trans, pan.

Joey: Bi.

Téa: Bi.

Tristan: Originally identifies as straight, later realizes he's gay.

Duke: Trans poly bi.

Miho: Poly bi, not entirely sure gender.

Ryou: Nonbinary queer (still figuring out things for himself!)

Bakura: Demi.

Tomoya: Bicurious.

Serenity: Still questioning on both aspects, finding herself really.

Mokuba: Transmasc and or nonbinary, aro.

Seto: Demi bi.

Solomon: Straight, but a proud grandpa and ally.

Arthur: Trans bi.

Rebecca: Originally identifies as straight, later comes out as a lesbian.

Mai: Pan.

Ishizu: Lesbian.

Marik: Nonbinary he/they, pan.

Rishid: Gay.

Maximillion: Genderqueer, bi but probably will never be romantically involved again.

Cecelia: Bi, probably could have explored more about herself if she'd had more time.

Noa: Aroace, honestly could see coming out as Trans.

Raphael: Demi.

Alister: Demi.

Valon: Disaster Bi, does not give a fuck what pronouns you use for him.

Dartz: He's like 10,000 years old. Gender is irrelevant to him for himself and others let's be honest he's more busy stealing souls at the moment.

Zigfried: Bi, larger preference for men.

Leon: Trans, questioning.

Vivian: Poly straight.

Mana: Trans lesbian.

Mahaad: Gay, possibly Trans and or intersex.

Rex: Trans, gay.

Bonz: Trans, bi.

Bandit Keith: Straight (derogatory).

Mako: Trans, bi.

Weevil: Honestly not a damn clue.

Roland: Bi

Marcus (Fuguta): Straight.

Gozaburo and the Big 5: All of those are homophobes. Crump might be bicurious but it is not something he would ever willingly admit around the board.

[heccogecco]

Patreon artworks from December of last year! This month has been a lot busier than others, that’s for sure...

[multi-muse-transect]

Alright, here’s a muse and rules list if someone is on mobile.

Genis-Vell (MCU)

Rin Mags Bridger/Raya Wren Bridger (SW OC)

Ishiro Serizawa (Monsterverse)

Carol Ward (Halo OC)

Monica Rambeau (MCU)

Shatter (Transformers)

John Price (COD)

Borderlands 3 Vault hunters

Kyle Halsey (Halo OC)

Wally Tannis (Borderlands OC)

Doom Slayer (Doom)

Crash (Doom)

Ace (Destiny/Kingdom Hearts)

Sydney Novak (I Am Not Okay With This)

Lydia Torres (Crysis OC)

Phyla-Vell (Marvel comics)

Robocop (Robocop)

Dokkaebi (Rainbow Six)

Mara (COD)

Forest Redfield (Resident Evil/Last Of Us OC)

Simon Riley (COD)

Conner Cage (MK OC)

Sektor (MK)

Cyrax (MK)

Ruin (COD)

Seraph (COD)

Skarlet (MK)

Wattson (Apex Legends)

Roze (COD)

Aloy (HZD)

Hal Jordan (DC)

Jason Todd (DC)

Frank Woods (COD)

Kipo Oak (Kipo and The Age Of The WonderBeasts) 

Ultimis Crew (COD) 

Sean and Daniel Diaz (Life Is Strange)

Rayla (The Dragon Prince) 

Dokkaebi (Rainbow Six)

Caveira (Rainbow Six)

Aku (Samurai Jack)

V (Cyberpunk) 

Jonathan Mason/Miller (Last Of Us OC) 

Tigress (DC)

Raven (DC)

Geoforce (DC) 

Sam Fisher (Splinter Cell)

Phyla-Vell (Marvel comics)

Damian Wayne (DC)

Windblade (Transformers)

Jonathan Kent (DC)

Blackout (Transformers) 

Terry McGinnis (DC) 

Doomsday (DC)

PowerGirl (DC)

Johnny Silverhand (Cyberpunk) 

Deathstroke (DC)

Victis Crew (COD) 

Masane Amaha (Witchblade)

Edward Buck (Halo) 

Sarah Palmer (Halo)

Chase Devineaux (Carmen Sandiego)

Julia Argent (Carmen Sandiego) 

Kate Kane (DC)

Heron (Blood Of Zeus) 

Nick Reyes (COD)

Barbara Gordon (DC) 

Miles Morales (Marvel)

Shion Sonozaki (Higurashi)

Liu Kang (MK)

Russell Adler (COD) 

Helen Park (COD)

Kali (Rainbow Six) 

Kitana (MK) 

Snake Eyes (GI Joe)

Wanda Maximoff (MCU) 

Grigori Weaver (COD)

Saint-14 (Destiny)

Frost (MK) 

Abigail Brand (Marvel)

Mikasa Ackerman (AOT)

Sonya Blade (MK)

Boba Fett (SW)

Bo-Katan (SW)

Caveira (Rainbow Six)

Jimmy Woo (MCU)

Eda Clawthorne (Owl House) 

Alex Mason (COD) 

Megan Danvers (MK OC)

Jesse Faden (Control) 

Alex Chen (Life Is Strange) 

Revy (Black Lagoon) 

Cloud Strife (FF) 

Mark Grayson (Invincible) 

Bucky Barnes (MCU) 

Booker Dewitt (Bioshock) 

Sam Wilson (MCU)

Sharon Carter (MCU/Canon divergent)

Isaiah Bradley (MCU)

American Kaiju (MCU) 

Chris Redfield (Resident Evil)

Lady Dimitrescu (Resident Evil)

Ethan Winters (Resident Evil)

Jill Valentine/Captain America (Resident Evil/MCU) 

Atari Kobayashi (Isle Of Dogs)

Chief, Duke, Rex, and Boss (Isle Of Dogs) 

Valkyrie (Apex Legends)

Trevor Belmont (Castlevania)

Jason Hudson (COD) 

Loba (Apex Legends)

Fem! Vision (MCU)

Exo Stranger (Destiny) 

Mar-Vell (EMH/MCU/Ultimate Comics)

Kari Imahara/Valkyrie (Apex Legends)

Lelouch Vi Britannia (Code Geass)

Kallen Kozuki (Code Geass)

Jack Cooper (Titanfall)

Marceline (Adventure Time) 

Immortal (Invincible) 

Mary Somers/Horizon (Apex Legends) 

Ellie Williams (The Last Of Us) 

Issac (Castlevania) 

Alice Shepard (Mass Effect) 

Frank West (Dead Rising)

Chuck Greene (Dead Rising)

Atriox (Halo)

Ilsa Zane (Halo)

Ash (Titanfall/Apex Legends)

Amity Blight (Owl House)

Shleemypants (Rick and Morty)

Hooty (Owl House)

Melina Vostokoff (MCU)

Alexei Shostokov (MCU)

Yelena Belova (MCU)

Captain Carter (MCU)

Sylvie Laufeydottir (MCU)

Miss Minutes (MCU)

Shleemypants (Rick and Morty)

Vivian Vision (Marvel)

Vin Vision (Marvel)

Virginia Vision (Marvel)

Peacemaker (DC)

Bloodsport (DC)

Rick Flag (DC)

Amanda Waller (DC)

Kat (Halo)

Ratcatcher (DC)

King Shark (DC)

Shang Chi (MCU)

Xialiang (MCU)

Wenwu (MCU) 

Natasha Romanoff (MCU/Any-verse) 

Polka-Dot Man (DC)

Sabine Wren (Star Wars)

Dr. Strange Supreme (MCU) 

Heist Nebula (MCU) 

Marcy Wu (Amphibia) 

Taskmaster (Tony and Antonia MCU) 

Pepper Potts (Armored Adventures)

Tony Stark (Armored Adventures-verse)

Namor (Marvel)

Zim (Invader Zim)

Richard Rider (Marvel)

Adam Warlock (Marvel)

Ko-Rel (Marvel)

Emma Frost (Marvel)

Carol Danvers (Marvel)

Drax The Destroyer (Marvel)

John Walker (Marvel)

Jinx (League Of Legends) 

Vi (League Of Legends)

Warwick (League Of Legends)

Caitlyn (League Of Legends)

Colt Vahn (Deathloop)

Julianna Blake (Deathloop)

Evil-Lyn (She-Ra/Noel-verse)

Adora (She-Ra)

Rey (Star Wars)

Trilla Suduri (Star Wars)

Clint Barton (Marvel)

Master Chief (Halo)

Hellboy (BPRD)

He-Man (Noelverse)

Nina Kovan (Halo)

Moon Knight (MCU)

VV Argost (Secret Saturdays)

Drew Saturday (Secret Saturdays)

Doc Saturday (Secret Saturdays)

Zack Saturday (Secret Saturdays)

Dani Rojas (Far Cry)

Anton Castillo (Far Cry)

Teela (Noelverse)

Hudson Griffin (Halo)

Thomas Lasky (Halo)

Chloe Price (Life Is Strange)

Max Caulfield (Life Is Strange)

Bruce Wayne/Batman (DC/The Boys verse)

Adrian Chase (DC)

Patricia Trayce (DC)

Greg Saunders (DC)

Jin Sakai (Ghost Of Tsushima)

Talanah Khane Padish (Horizon)

Tiny Tina (Borderlands)

Abby Anderson (The Last Of Us)

Tesler (Tron Uprising)

Paige (Tron Uprising)

Sasha Waybright (Amphibia)

Black Adam (DC)

Emilia Harcourt (DCEU)

Arthur Morgan (Red Dead Redemption)

Sadie Adler (Red Dead Redemption)

John Marston (Red Dead Redemption)

Chloe Frazer (Uncharted)

Salem (Halo/Predator OC)

Jin Sakai (Ghost Of Tsushima)

Talanah Khane Padish (Horizon Zero Dawn)

Abby Anderson (The Last Of Us)

Man-At-Arms (MOTU)

Salem (Predator/Halo)

Panam Palmer (Cyberpunk)

Lucyna Kushinada (Cyberpunk)

Adam Smasher (Cyberpunk)

Isaac Clarke (Dead Space)

Quiet (Metal Gear Solid)

Kratos (God Of War)

Lara Croft (Tomb Raider)

Elster (Signalis)

John Carver (Dead Space)

Haruko Haruhara (FLCL)

Tarn (Transformers)

Grimlock (Transformers)

Liara T’Soni (Mass Effect)

Scourge (Transformers)

Nightbird (Transformers)

Optimus Primal (Transformers)

The Armorer (Star Wars)

Tigress (Kung Fu Panda)

Death (Puss In Boots)

Turgle (Star Wars)

Cassian Andor (Star Wars)

Samuel Petrikov/Ice Prince (Adventure Time)

Also if you want to do an NSFW RP, please tell me your age. I don’t do straight shota, loli, water sports, scat, guro, necrophilia, beastiality, and aged up muses. All NSFW threads will be under read more.

[mercysought]

Mobile muse list

MAIN MUSES:

Most of these muses have varied and different verses available to them (from Modern to Medieval and Sci-Fi). Not all of them are written down but if you are interested in them either you’ll be able to find them on their page OR you can ask me. I've played Veilguard!

The priestess (OC):

Born in Elvhennan, her name was shed when she gave her life in service to Falon'din. She leads part of the army of the faithful during the war between the Gods in the Ancient Age. She’s a blood and force mage. Her vallaslin spreads from her face to her whole body and is black, she also has countless scars. She has dark, rich skin and always has bags under her eyes due to lack of sleep.

Maxima Aurum (OC):

Maxima is the eldest of her seven half brothers and sisters, born from an elven slave and magister Aurum. Maxima is the face of the Aurum working as a diplomat and the business point of contact with the family. Having her freedom bought as a child and brought to Orlais, her childhood was a flash of places and of rejections: from the alienage, to the circle to the Orlesian court, singing to Noblemen and women alike. Returning only when her father’s letter finds her way to her.

An expert diplomat, always using her easy smile, and sharp wit to maneuver the battlefiels that the Orlesian and Tevinter politics are.

Anora Theirin (Dragon Age Canon):

Anora is a canon character from the Dragon Age Universe, appearing in Dragon Age Origins and Dragon Age Inquisition (dependent).

Abel de Clair (OC):

Oldest son of a family of minor nobility in Orlais. The first in a very long time to gain the title of Chevalier. Joined the side of Grand-Duke Gaspard de Chalons during the Civil War of Orlais (or, The War of the Lions) and died in the Exalted Plains. It is said that his father died from grief upon hearing of Abel’s death.

I usually write him as having survived with a lot of injury. His main mission being to find where his sister is.

Émilie de Clair (OC):

Youngest daughter of a family of minor nobility in Orlais. Was sent to the White Spire in the beginning of her teen years. When the war between templars and mages erupted she was punished for an escape attempt. The objective was to break the phylacteries, but it failed. Émilie had to rely on blood magic for the explosion. The templars that survived dragged her to the lower dungeons where they drowned her.

Usually write her as having survived the drowning attempt. Her main mission is to keep the mage group she is with safe and find her brother.

Moe (OC):

She was meant to start her own career in the Imperial Machine ( or what she calls it ) when she started tinkering with ships and droids. Instead, Moe left the Empire in her teenage years to become a full blown pirate stealing both from the Republic (resistence) and the Empire.

Vivian “V.” Hinomoto (Cyberpunk PC):

v. is the main character of the game cyberpunk 2077 (streetkid origin). She is an easy going, smart mouth, stealth specialist. My default canon has Val and Vince in her background.

Asharen Lavellan (Dragon Age Inquisitor PC)

Asharen is the youngest child of four siblings and she is not Lavellan's First/Keeper. That honour fell to her second oldest sibling, who perished in the Divine Conclave. She is Inquisitor, eventually becoming very knowledgeable in Rift Magic. She picks up on the hunt for Fen'harel with the purpose of saving him for himself.

ASK ONLY:

THE FOLLOWING MUSES ARE HIGHLY SELECTIVE AND ASK ONLY (it is unlikely I’ll want to start threads with them)

The gentleman (OC):

Part of my original canon. He is a spirit, a ghost, a man that appears when people seemingly need guidance the most. Has visions of what is to come, what has passed. 

Elgar'nan (Dragon Age Canon):

the All-Father, Elvhen God of Vengeance, Sun, fatherhood. Leader of the Evanuris. Wielder of the skies.

I will mostly keep my interactions based on ancient Elvhenan. Without spoilers, I can interact in Veilguard however there will need to be plotting to figure out how that would work.

Mythal (Dragon Age Canon):

the All-Mother, Elvhen Goddess of love, the sea, justice and motherhood. Leader of the Evanuris. 

I will mostly keep my interactions based on ancient Elvhenan. Without spoilers, I can interact in Veilguard however there will need to be plotting to figure out how that would work.

Orla "Rook" Mercar:

This will be the rook, while I'm writing with my Inquisitor, which I will use by default unless otherwise stated. She is a rogue, elf from Minrathous

[chemist-ana]

Tension

Book- The Nanny Affair

Content Warning- 18+ sexual content, NSFW, Smut

Summary- Its the beginning of the Holiday season and Thanksgiving Day is here. Ana is going to spend the holiday with Sam Dalton, Mason, Mickey and Sams pretentious parents. After everything that has happened, will they be able to get along and say Thanks?

This TNA series all started with a Thanksgiving prompt from my TNA Group on Facebook.  Shout-out nannies! This is my first FanFic, thank you for pushing me to get out of my comfort zone and write for fun!

All characters belong to Pixelberry except my OCs

***

"It smells so good in here Ana!" Mason exclaims as he walks into the kitchen with Mickey.

"Well thank you boys, can one of you grab the milk out of the fridge for me?"

Mason slides off of the barstool as Sam walks in and stands with his chest against my back, sliding his strong arms around my waist.

"Oh Ana, this house smells better than it ever has, what on earth are you making?" Sam asks as he plants a soft kiss on the top of my head.

"Well I wanted to make something that would impress your parents for Thanksgiving tomorrow, so I am making my pumpkin pie cake!" Sam moves to stand beside me and his eyes soften.

"I appreciate the effort you are putting into building a relationship with them, but you know I don't care what they think about us." He says softly so the boys can't hear. I give him a small smile and try to ignore the pang of guilt that rises in my chest. I will admit my life has become infinitely better since that day in Italy when Sam proclaimed his love for me, but I wonder if he could honestly say the same. My thought is interrupted by Mickey reaching over the counter and dipping his finger into the frosting bowl. He promptly sticks his finger in his mouth with a grin.

"Oh my gosh, it's so good!" He exclaims, laughing as I give him a quick glare.

"I want to try!" Mason makes a move to stick his finger in and I stop him.

"Let me give you a spoon, no dirty fingers allowed."

"Boys why don't you go wash up, dinner will be here any moment, I ordered pizza from Patsys." Sam says to the boys who immediately run out of the room. "When was the last time I told you how beautiful you are?" Sam puts his hand on my waist, drawing my eyes to his. My tongue darts out to wet my dry lips and his gaze darkens. A heated flare of longing sweeps through my body and I drop the spoon with a loud clang in the bowl. My hands wrap behind his neck and I pull him down to my lips. He parts my lips with his tongue and we lose ourselves in each other, even if only for a moment. We are interrupted by Mason and Mickey as they run back into the room.

"The pizza is here! We heard the bell ring!"

I grin sheepishly at Sam and he gives me one last quick kiss on the lips. He traces my jaw with his lips until he whispers "I love you" into my ear.

Later that night, Sam puts the boys to bed and joins me on the couch. He wore black sweats and a well-loved Duke sweatshirt, so different then the Sam everyone else knows during the day.

"Lets go to bed" Sam says to me as he rises from the couch and picks me up quickly, and I wrap my legs around his back. He touches his nose to mine, his hands squeeze my ass with possession. "Im crazy about you" he breathes into my lips before crashing his lips into mine.

We end up in the bedroom, and he sets me down softly. He pulls my silk dress over my head and when it hits the floor I stand before him completely naked. His hands find my breasts as he steps into me. My body melts into his touch as our lips crash together. I reach under his sweatshirt, seeking his warm skin. I feel his muscles flex under my touch as I remove his sweatshirt over his head. He presses his hips into mine and I can feel his length hard against my belly, proof of his unfailing desire for me. He crushes the rest of his body into me and gripping my hips, picks me up from the floor and carries me backward toward the bed. He lays me down gently on my back and leans over me.

"Christ you are so beautiful" he groans as his eyes rake over my naked body. He stands up and slowly moves his sweatpants down his long legs, he is naked underneath, adding even more fuel to my desire. He climbs over me on the bed, resting his thick length against my belly. I reach behind him to grab his tight ass pulling him closer to me. Lifting my head I press my lips to his and we lose each other. Sam rolls his hips teasing my core and making my insides clench. He breaks the kiss and begins lowering himself down. His lips find my breasts teasing my nipple with his tongue and rolling the other one in his large hand, drawing my nipples to a hard point. His other hand reaches down between my legs and finds my sex dripping wet for him.

"God you are so wet for me, always so ready" Sam groans before pressing his lips to mine again. I reach down and grab his thick length and stroke it until I feel the moisture begin to bead at the tip.

"Take me" I breathe into his mouth and with one swift motion he surges his hips forward into mine, filling me up so deep I let out a loud moan. My hands reach up and grab his hair, desperate to feel every part of him. I wrap my legs around his ass, trying to eliminate any space between us. His muscled body strained above me, working his hard shaft in and out of my tight sex, a slow and deep penetration that made me feel so possessed Over and over again his body moved against mine. Our moans filled the room. My fingers gripped the muscles of his back, and our bodies glistened with sweat. I felt the orgasm building, moaning his name I gave into it, letting it crash over me and overwhelming my senses. Shuddering I feel Sam follow me over the edge.

"God Ana, I need you." He moans burying his face into my throat. We lay in bliss together catching our breaths. As I come down off of the post orgasm high, my mind begins to wander about dinner the next day. Sam looks over at me and sees that my mind is somewhere else.

"Are you thinking about tomorrow?" He asks almost as if he is reading my mind.

I look over at him taking in the purely masculine man that satisfies every need in my body.

"Unfortunately. Not exactly what I should be thinking about following that performance, but I can't help but be concerned about how it will go".

Sam rolls onto his side and cups my cheek with his hand. "Ana I know that my parents haven't exactly been supportive of you and me, but in time they will see what I see."

I roll onto my side and face him, "Which is what?"

"A smart, beautiful, driven young woman that loves me and my kids endlessly. I could not have asked for a better woman to be in our lives." I lean over and press a gentle kiss to his lips.

"I love you Sam."

"I love you Ana." And our gentle kisses turn into something more, and we get lost in each other again.

The next morning I wake up to the smell of coffee and Sam sitting on the edge of the bed. "You are so beautiful when you sleep, I can't help but watch you." His words make me smile. "We should be leaving in about an hour, I brought you coffee."

"You are a saint" I smile up at him and press a quick kiss to his lips. He watches me with a heated gaze as I stride to the bathroom totally naked. I settle on an emerald green silk dress and my black Gucci heals, elegant yet sexy. Sam walks into the closet as I strap on my heal.

"You look heavenly, we better get out of here before I don't leave at all".

The drive to the Dalton residence seemed to drag on, the boys talk excitedly in the back seat about how they are going to eat their weight in food today.

"I didn't eat breakfast this morning just so I could fit even more food in my stomach!" Mickey exclaimed, "I am SO ready! I am going to eat more food then I have ever eaten before in my life!"

"I bet I will eat more than you" Mason teased his brother, "I always eat more than you!"

I look back at them with laughter in my eyes "boys as long as you don't eat yourselves sick." Sam reaches over and puts his hand on my knee and gives it a little squeeze.

"Today is going to be great". I was sure he was saying that to convince me just as much as he was trying to convince himself. "Boys no pranks today alright?" Sam glances in the rear view mirror at the twins. "Alright?"

"Yeah sure dad" Mickey rolls his eyes and turns his gaze to the buildings outside. Sam shakes his head but turns his attention back to the road. I steal a glance at Sam, and he has worry etched in his face. I reach for his hand and entwine my fingers with his. He gives me a small smile, squeezes my hand in his, and rests our joined hands on his thigh. A strange silence falls in the car, tension loading the air. The rest of the drive to Scarsdale passes in silence. Everyone lost in their own thoughts. Eventually we pull up to the Dalton estate, which never ceases to amaze me with its size and extravagance. I share a nervous glance with Sam before getting out of the car. The boys run ahead, and Sam grabs my hand as we make our way to the front door. The large door swings open before the boys even have the chance to knock and Vivian steps out with a huge grin.

"There are my boys!"

"Grandma!!"  Mason and Mickey leap into their grandmothers arms, and start talking excitedly about the drive and how excited they are for dinner. Sam wraps his mother in a tight hug, then she turns to me. Vivian extends her arms to me and brings me into a tight hug and my eyes widen in surprise as I look over her shoulder at Sam.

"Welcome! Welcome! Happy Thanksgiving!" Vivian exclaims as she pulls away from me. Sam and I follow her into their home hand in hand.

Mason Sr sits quietly in the living room, staring pensively out the window. He doesn't look up when we enter the room. Mason and Mickey run over to him talking excitedly about all the food, and he finally snaps back into the present. "Hey boys..." Vivian starts talking before I can hear the conversation between them.

"Ana what did you bring? It looks marvelous." I turn my attention to her as we walk into the kitchen and I explain my pumpkin cake. "Well I cannot wait to try it, everything should be ready to eat shortly, can I get you something to drink, wine perhaps?"

After some awkward conversation between us, Vivian leads us into the dining room, and the table is set like it's straight out of a magazine, covered in food and decorations.  Mason Sr enters the room and takes a seat at the table without acknowledging Sam or I. I exchange a weary glance with Sam before sitting down and pulling my napkin to my lap.

"Wow grandma there is so much food!" Mickey exclaims as he sits down at the table directly across from me.

"I bet I will eat more than you!" Mason says picking up his fork and knife in each hand.

"You're on! But, before we eat we have to go around the table and say what we are thankful for" Mickey exclaims as he puts the fork down that he grabbed from excitement. "I'll start. This year I'm thankful for Ana! Because she's the best. Oh and I am thankful for Netflix. Because we can watch whatever we want whenever we want."

The whole tables laughs, Sam squeezes your knee under the table. "Alright Mason go ahead"

"Umm. I am thankful for Ana too. Because she teaches us a lot of really cool things. And I am also thankful for Mickey. And Dad. And Uncle Robin. Oh and grandma and grandpa too! Ok grandma you're next!"

"I'm thankful for family, especially you boys, Mason and Mickey. You boys have taught me that age is but a number and I need to be quick and on my toes when we're together. And that I am so thankful for." She gives the boys a warm smile. "Go ahead Ana"

I've been trying to find the right words to describe just how thankful I am, hopefully this comes out right. "Um... well this year I have a lot to be thankful for. But I will start with Mason and Mickey who have lit up my life with so much vibrant color. I'm so thankful to be in your lives and watching you grow. And Sam," I turn to face Sam and look into his bright brown eyes. "I am so thankful for you. For allowing me into your family and to see the man and father that you are. Thank you".

Sam is next, and he looks at you with love and admiration. "This year I am thankful for you Ana. You have been my life's best surprise. You have shown me what it means to love again, and for that I will be forever grateful." He brings your hand to his lips and places a soft kiss on your knuckles.

Mason Sr hasn't stopped looking down at his plate, when the silence drags on, he looks up and realizes everyone is looking at him.

"I am thankful for you boys, Mason and Mickey." He says abruptly, then turns his attention back to the food on his plate.An awkward silence falls on the dinner table. Vivian nervously plays with the Patek Philippe time piece on her wrist

"Sam, the Russos have withdrawn their merger proposition. I can assume you know why." Mason Sr looks pointedly at me,

"Mason!" Vivian exclaimss, "this is hardly the place or time for this conversation." The twins glance nervously at each other. Sams jaw tightens.

"Father lets discuss this later, and enjoy the rest of this beautiful meal." Sam says coldly to him. The rest of the dinner passes in tense silence, even the boys seem to sense the tension. So much for a having a Happy Thanksgiving I think to myself. After the main course, we take a break before dessert. Sam gives me a quick kiss on the lips and a squeeze on the shoulder before exiting the room with his father. The boys run to the backyard and Vivan walks up beside me before I have a chance to follow them out.

"I know that Mason can seem cold hearted, ba as ut really he just wants the best for Sam and the boys." She pauses and looks at me thoughtfully.

I bite the inside of my cheek and look down unsure how to respond.

When I don't, she starts speaking again. "You know when Sam met Eva, I never thought I would see him look at another woman the same way. He loved her, with everything he had. He was devastated when she passed, and I could tell he was lost. It breaks a mother's heart seeing her flesh and blood give up hope. I remember the day that Mason brought up the idea of merging the companies with the Russos and proposed the idea of a marriage partnership. I remember the look on Sams face, indifference.He had given up hope that he would ever find somebody that he loved again. Then I met you. And I saw the way he looked at you. Ana... I want you to know I support you and Sam. I want nothing more than my son and grandsons to be happy, and clearly you do that for them. I wish Sofia could have been the one to do that for him, but it was always clear that it wasn't destined to be. I know you are a smart and driven woman, and we will figure this out as we go."

At that moment Sam and his dad walk back into the room. Sam looks at me with an apologetic look, and Mason Sr walks over to his bar and pours himself a drink of a dark amber liquor. He takes a seat next to the window.  Vivian walks over to him and sets her delicate hand on his shoulder. "Mason, honey, can we try and come together as a family. It's Thanksgiving. We have a beautiful cake that Ana made and your favorite pecan pie. Let's go back and sit down at the table."

    I walk out of the room to find the boys before I hear something I don't want to. I find them sitting on the back deck next to each other. They look up as I walk outside.

    "Hey boys I think it's time for dessert"

    "Ana, why are grandma and grandpa not happy today?" Mason looks at me as he pushes his glasses up his nose. "Is it something we did?" I sit down between him and Mickey and wrap my arms around the both of them.

   "Absolutely not. It has nothing to do with you. You remember what happened in Italy? I think your grandfather is still a little upset. It didn't go the way he wanted it to go"

   "But it went the way WE wanted it to go. We love you so much more then Suckfia" Mickey says looking down at the floor.

   "Mason! We were supposed to keep that nickname between us!" Mickey looks over and gives Mason a stern look.

   "I'm not sorry Mickey. And if grandma and grandpa loved us much as you say they do Ana, they should see how much we love you. And how much our dad loves you too".

   "Wise words Mason." I squeeze them both tight against my sides. "Sometimes grown-ups don't quite pay as much attention to the ones around them as they should, but let's go inside and have some dessert ok?"

   "Okay" the boys say in unison and jump off the bench. They run quickly inside. And I shake my head with a smile. I look out over the expansive lawn and wonder what I did to deserve these two boys, and what I did to deserve Sam. I sit outside for another minute, enjoying the silence and the crisp air. When I return inside, I can hear Mason talking.

    "...but grandpa we love her. She makes dad so happy and she loves us! We just want you to like her as much as we do." My heart melts, I walk into the dining room as everyone is sitting down. They all look at me and I walk up to Mason and pull him into a big hug. I whisper thank you into his ear. I walk to the other side of the table, and finally feel a sense of calm wash over me. These boys love me, no matter what Sams parents think of me. They love me. And I love them. And that is enough for me.

Chapter 2: The Trip

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I've been working out some stuff about Vivian and his patron since i wasn't super happy with it before, and i thought tharizdun would be pretty cool new warlock sugar daddy. also, i needed to practice environment painting! He thinks Vivian is Neat

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Oc List

SFeral:

-Finn

-Spots

-Gizmo

-Lavender

-Midnight

-Echo

-Dream

-Rex

-Ana

-Bitts

-Pretzel

-Penny

-Jackal

-Peanut

-Blue -Bailey

-Archer

Anthro:

-Liam

-Pandora

-Olive

-Cherry

-Sunny

-Nikki

-Vivian

-Shadow

-Loki

-Evan

-Daniel

-Bree

-Creampuff

-Amber

-Dolly

-Jay

-Egg

-Crystal

-Luna

-Candy

-Aurora

-Zoey

-Luke

-Poppy

-Butter Pecan

-Peach

-Cookie

-Juliet

-Pip

-Eric

-Lily

-Sky

-Waffle

-Shelly

-Cotton

-King

-Zero

-Dusty

-Starry

-Snow

-Owen

-Muffin

-Poncho

-Nova

-Zack

-Karma

-Valentine

-Nanna

-Pixie

-Cora

-Lila

-Dax

-Prism -Cinnamon

-Oreo

-Olivia -Ethan -Emma -Daphne -Fae

-Mochi

-Ray

-Holly

-Pepper

-Enzo

-Omelette

-Mischief

-Amy

-Ghost

-Froot loop

-Nana

-Neva

Clowns:

-Baby

-Ashley

-Bella

Nekos:

-Miko

-Honey

-Roxy

-Ema

Sonic ocs:

-Unknown

-Damian

-Pastel

-Maki

-Soar

-Zuri

-Prime

-Robin

-Aqua

-Lucas

-Hex

human-like:

-Ash

-Jesse

-Dizzy

-Crow -Saturn

-Rouge

-Sakura

Demons:

-Lucifer

-Mello

-Narvi

-Aaron

-Levi

-Jester

-Siren -August -Lian

Skeletons:

-Hunter

-Grim

-Comet

-Vichy

-Kylo

-Orion -Angel

-Chip -Maverick

-Moon

Humans:

-Pc

-Ziva -Henry Coleman

-Bun

Aliens:

-Cream

-Cosmo

-Noodle

-Sugarplum

-Skully

-Romen

Fnaf:

-Dusk

-Minty

-Kenzo

-Rocky

Shapeshifter:

- Zane

-Normen

-Stella

Robot:

- Duke -Bumble -Neon

Comfort:

-Pen -Ozzy

-Plushie

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Gateway Drug | Part Twenty-Four

Table of Content or Part Twenty-Three

Pairing: Douglas Booth!Nikki Sixx x OC

Word Count: 2.3k

Warning(s): Language, Drug Abuse, Sexual Situations

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They performed at the Monsters of Rock festival in Europe in August, and were beginning to be recognized on the streets at home more and more.

Nikki was beginning to dodge questions about our relationship in terms of groupies, while Tansy was dodging questions of rumors concerning the Miss December cover, mainly because she hadn’t been given the green light from Playboy to confirm she got it.

I also think she avoided talking about it publicly because she was embarrassed deep down. Women who posed and were comfortable with it were one thing, but Tansy was never as comfortable with it as she wanted us to think.

By the time everyone got back to L.A., the guys started in on a new album.

I wake up to low, soft strumming of bass notes, seeing Nikki sitting on the foot of the bed with his bare back to me with a notepad beside him.


Every night, even if he’s too messed up to barely function properly, he’s insisting on sex, and attempts to make it as good as he possibly can, as if he still feels guilty for what he said to me when we were fighting over the Tansy situation.

Pulling the covers up to my chest, I crawl to the foot of the bed, wrapping my arms around his torso, my lips pressing to his shoulder. 
He stops playing, his concentration slated, and looks at me from over his shoulder.


“Good afternoon.” He tells me with a little chuckle.


I rarely sleep later than him, and judging by the decline of sunlight through the window, it’s probably near five o'clock.


“Good afternoon.” I reply as he sets his bass aside, his hand reaching behind him pull me around to him so he can kiss me.


It’s sweet, but still rough in his Nikki way, and when we pull away from each other, I’m grinning mischievously, and pushing him back on the mattress.


I straddle him, and he laughs with a tone that emphasizes that he likes where this is going.


“Again?” He asks me in near disbelief, pulling my lips down to his.


“Mmhmm.” I hum while his lips are against mine, my hands unraveling the sheet from my body.


When we finish our three-hour warm up, we clean up and start getting ready to go out.


“Is it safe?!” Robbin calls from the other side of the bedroom door a couples minutes after I step in to the bedroom from the bathroom.


“Define ‘safe’.” I say back, getting a wink from Nikki as he fluffs his wet hair with his towel after he gets his pants on.


“You two aren’t fuckin’ anymore!” Robbin tells me.


I roll my eyes and look at the closed door.


“Yes, it’s saf—” I can’t finish because Nikki’s suddenly pushing me to the bed, getting on his knees on the floor, and burying his face between my legs just as the door cracks open. “Wait, wait, never mind!” I yell, trying to stay focused on warning Robbin, which is hard to do when Nikki’s eating me like he’s starving. 
“I’m tired of you guys thinking you’re sixteen again, and you’re not!” Robbin slams the door like a pouting kid, and I hold back laughter, arching my back and taking a deep breath as reality dissipates around Nikki and me.


After thirty minutes, I’m getting back in to the shower to rinse of my own sweat and cum, stepping back in to the bedroom, as Robbin is just leaving.


“Gross.” He comments at me in passing, about to go out with some of his own friends.


“We’re married!”


“You’re fucking in our room! I’m tired of sleeping in the living room.”
“You screwed Tansy!”


“Because she’s hot! That’s what guys do, Vivian! We screw hot girls! I’d fuck you if I didn’t like Nikki!"


"You’d what?” Nikki asks and I rub my lips together and hold back a laugh.


“I said if I didn’t like you, I would, but I do like you so no worries, Man.” Robbin argues, patting Nikki on the back.


I leave them to bicker, grabbing the clothes I’m wearing tonight before going back to the bathroom to get dressed before putting on makeup and straightening my hair.


By ten o'clock, I’m practically dragging Nikki away from the mirror as he tries to get his hair teased just right, although I told him it looked perfect.


“Nikki, just drive, you look fine.” I tell him honestly, waiting for him to crank the car so we can go.


He continues to pick at his hair, side-eying me.


“At least I’m not dressed like that.” He mumbles and I look down at my black leather skirt, and dark red tank top that mimics tight fitting lingerie with lace along the bust and a little bit of sheer material on the sides.


“Like what?” I ask sharply.


“Nothing.” He leaves his hair alone and cranks the car, but before he can shift gears, I’m grabbing his wrist to stop him.


“No, tell me."


He sighs and looks at me directly, raising his brows.


"I don’t feel like getting into a fight tonight.” He tells me. “And I will because you’re dressed like that.”


“Just because another guy looks at me doesn’t mean you have to try to kill them, Nikki.” I point out.


“They look, they make bets with their friends on whether they can fuck you or not, and then they talk to you with that motive. So I might as well save you both the trouble and time by just kicking their asses when they stare at you.”


“I don’t fight girls off of you."


"Because I’m not dressed like sex.”


“No, you’re just a rockstar with an unfairly attractive face, tan skin, and sexy hair, who wears leather pants tight enough to see your prick through.”


“Oh, please, it’s a known fact that chicks sell sex better than men do.”


“Because we’re smarter?”


“Because you’re like snakes wrapping yourselves around our dicks and sinking your fangs in to keep us by the balls."


"Must be miserable being that weak.” I comment as if I can’t relate, knowing good and well if he didn’t have me wrapped around his finger, I would’ve already gotten tired of him and left.


“I wouldn’t know.” He replies cooly. “Maybe…ask Vince if it is or not.”


I can’t help but laugh, elbowing him over the console and he smiles and shakes his head a little.


We get to the Rainbow for a pre-game meal being met by Tansy, Vince and Tommy at our booth.


“There they are!” Tommy exclaims like he hasn’t seen us in weeks, although we just got off the plane with him a few days ago. “Now, we can officially get this party goin’.” His hand pats excitedly on Nikki’s back, getting the waitress to bring out beers for them, while I opt for Pepsi.


Once we’re done eating and having decently sober conversation for the night, we leave to start whatever mess occurs.


“Where we going?” I ask once we’ve been walking down the street for a couple minutes, noticing that Vince is leading us now, and I grasping Tansy’s hand when she nearly trips on thin air to keep her from falling.


Tommy’s taking my other hand, swinging it back and forth with his like a couple of elementary school sweethearts flaunting our crush on one another on the playground.


“Tropicana so Vince can see his girlfriend.” Tommy and Tansy simultaneously say, exaggerating “girlfriend” in a teasing way.


“Yeah, yeah. whatever.” He rolls his eyes.


“Vince and Sharise, sittin’ in a tree, f-u-c-k-i-n-g.” Tommy sing-songs.


“Fuck off, man.” Vince chuckles, pushing at Tommy with his shoulder. “I’m asking her to move in with me tonight so she doesn’t have to work there anymore.”


“You know, you’ve been awfully romantic with this is one, it’s really outta character for you.” Tansy points at him. “Either you really like her or you’re putting in overtime to get in bed with her."


"Little bit of both.” He tells her and I roll my eyes.


“Why can’t guys be nice to be nice?” Tansy asks me.


“Because ulterior motives are more fun than being not shitty.” I pipe.


“You don’t get to say anything about ulterior motives, Viv.” Vince points out. “Little miss, 'I’m here to support Tommy, but really I’ll just end up underneath the bass player.”


“Yes, Vince. Sleeping with Nikki was my intention all along. I left home to go see you guys play for the first time that night thinking, 'I’m gonna sleep with the bass player’.”


“Sure as hell backfired for me.” Nikki mumbles in a dreadful tone that is painfully serious, and causes an awkward silence to fall over everyone for half a second before Tommy and Vince try to ignore the comment.


When we get to Tropicana, “Looks That Kill” is blaring over the speakers and the drop-dead gorgeous blonde is by the bar in daisy dukes and a bikini top. 
Once Vince and Sharise are done talking, he waves us over while she goes back to finish her work for the night.


I just sit and observe, sipping water while Vince, Nikki, Tommy and Tansy take shot after shot, and eventually take turns slipping in to the bathroom to snort line after line, and–for Nikki and Tansy–smoke heroin.


I stay in my place and mind my own business.


Not my health, not my problem.


Tommy’s a kid in a candy shop looking at all the topless women serving drinks and the wrestling pits drenched in oil and mud with girls sliding around on each other as men cheer them on.


He, Vince and Tansy go to see some girl-on-girl action while Nikki and I are left to ourselves.


“I’m getting another drink.” He tells me, and I grab his wrist and stop him.


“Haven’t you had enough to drink, babe?” I ask him with a smile to avoid him thinking I’m trying to control him.


“Just one more, I promise.” He assures me, kissing me for a couple seconds before going to get a drink.


“Okay, Nikki.” I say to myself under my breath.


He finishes one more drink and then heads for the bathroom…repeatedly.


I go join Vince, Tommy, and Tansy in cheering on random women who, I have to hand it to them, kick ass even when there’s not much leverage or grip available due to being slippery.


Nikki comes back after trip number four to the bathroom, his eyes are doing weird little tricks that I don’t quite remember them doing before and he’s not saying anything, not even when one of us speaks to him.


He’s completely out of it.


The more crowded the club gets, the more I’m aching to leave for a moment get some fresh air.


I tug at Nikki’s jacket sleeve, catching his nearly untamable lack of attention span at the moment, and he looks down at me with pin-pointed pupils pulled tightly into his hazel irises.


“I’m going outside for a second.“ I tell him over the noise.


"I’ll come with you.” He lazily lets out, blinking slowly and I shake my head.


“No, you don’t have to do that, babe, I just need a little air.” I assure him and he nods.


Before I head to the door, I grab at Vince, who’s surprisingly the most sober for now.


“Keep an eye on him, please.” I ask in his ear so he can hear me clearly.
He glances at Nikki and nods.


I make my way outside, taking deep breathes that aren’t tainted by smoke, the smell of vomit and liquor, sex or sweat.


There’s the slightest nip in the air, making it just comfortable enough to be able to stand out here as long as I want to.


I decide to walk around a little bit to cleanse my senses of Tropicana.


My mind is going a mile a minute over things I can’t quite fix, or change, in all aspects of my life. Which leaves me plenty vulnerable to an unexpected and unintentional incident.


The door of an old Ford swings open just as I’m stepping by and knocks me to the pavement, causing some parts of my exposed legs and palms of my hands to be skint up.


“What the hell?!” I go to bitch the culprit out. “Pay some attention next time, ass–” I stop talking, looking up to see an odd combination of short, blue hair, and a completely lost yet sincerely apologetic expression.


“Oh, fuck, I’m so sorry.” He scrambles to help me up, stuttering a little.
Once he helps me up he towers over me the way Tommy does, and looks down at me with his dark chocolate brown eyes as if he can’t form sentences all of the sudden.


“I-I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to do that, I really didn’t.” He tries to tell me.


“You know, I’ve seen guys do all kinds of bullshit things just to have an excuse to talk to a half-way decent looking girl, but this is definitely a first.”


"Well, I just moved here to the city and still don’t even know how things work, let alone how the girls here work.” He helps me brush myself off, knocking tiny, embedded pavement chips from my calf muscle, opting me to let out a tiny hiss. “Sorry.” He apologizes again at the sound. “I wasn’t paying attention and I opened the door without giving it a second thought.” He explains, coming back up from crouching to look me in the eye.


“Kinda figured you weren’t from around here.” I say, examining his t-shirt and torn jeans and horrendous black, with red trim, trench coat.


“No, Seattle.” He tells me and I rub my lips together. “I moved to have a better shot at getting a band together."


"Band? Don’t tell me you sing.” I brush my hair out of my face when the wind blows a little bit.


“No, bass, guitar, and drums.” He smiles a little. “But, mainly bass.”

“Oh, alright.”

“I’m Duff, by the way.” He introduces himself.


“Like Billy Duffy?” I tease in a smart ass tone.


Ready…


“No, like, Duff McKagan."


I silently repeat the name in my mind, trying to decide whether I like it or not.


It matches his style, that’s for sure.


"Vivian.” I tell him.


Set…


“Like Vivian Leigh?” He mocks my tone from earlier.


“No, like, Vivian Sixx.”


Go.

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Shining Star

(Excerpt)

Pairing: Axl Rose x OC

1988

My ankles nearly roll on each other as I step out of the venue, stumbling in my heels, my heart beat seeming to thump to the rhythm of Lindsey Buckingham’s “Trouble” that I can already tell is rattling the speakers of the car I’m being herded to by security.


My sunglasses stay perched on my nose, shielding my light-sensitive eyes from the prying flashes of reporters, reaching hands that are out to get a touch of me from fans, and I zone out the yells and screams of my name and begging to give someone somewhere attention.


The car door is slammed behind me once I get inside the limo and let out a breath of relief, glancing at my company.


I don’t even speak, taking my jacket off and reaching into my purse to grab the loaded syringe.


“Axl said you should let up on that stuff, Tans.” Steven’s slurred voice erupts in my ears, his head leaned back with his own pair of sunglasses guarding his eyes. “Nikki just died, like, two weeks ago.”


“Last time, Popcorn, I promise.” I lie, wrapping the chain of the crucifix I received for Christmas from my best friend, Vivian, around my arm tightly to act as an aid to let me see my stripped veins better.


I wait until we’re stopped at a red light with plenty of lighting from the building’s around us to help me see better.


The sting of the needle is temporary before peace consumes me, and I’m collapsing.


I nearly died that night.


It was a couple days into the New Year, and ironically enough I had promised my boyfriend that I’d get sober as a New Years resolution.


I didn’t mean it.


If I had meant it, Steven Adler wouldn’t have been attempting to keep a close friend of his alive for the second time in the last ten days.

I was ungrateful.

At that point I had more money than I knew what to do with, an apartment in New Yok, a mansion in L.A., a gigantic beach house on Tybee Island, two Ferraris, a Porsche, and a Harley Davidson and I didn’t even know how the hell to drive any of it, a new boyfriend that treated me like a fucking princess and was already wanting to marry me, yet I was still so fucking unhappy.

My life was give and get: allow an agency and my mother to talk me in to giving myself up to pose nude in nearly every issue of Playboy from the age of eighteen to twenty-five, be one of their most consistent models, get crowned Playmate of The Month in December of ‘84, and follow that up with Playmate of the Year in 1985, and get heaps and heaps of money in exchange for my soul, sanity, ability to trust, will to live, and sobriety.

My addiction had nothing to do with being bored and partying to pass the time and then slipping in to something more serious.

I started on coke to lose weight after being told one-hundred and twenty-five pounds only meant I needed to lose an extra fifteen, started drinking heavily to calm myself down before every shoot, then when I started getting molested at least once a month by people in charge of me at my agency and photographers, alcohol no longer did the trick and I started on heroin and anything else that would numb the self-loathing and guilt I had for bringing all of it on to myself by being a sex symbol and never telling anyone “no.”

My issues started as a way of coping with what I did to earn money, and that’s how it ended.

[lilybugarini]

OC WEEK 2: VIVIAN LYAVAIN

@yourocsbackstory​ Prompt: Family

Questions | Which member of their family (including found family) are they closest to? Whom could they do very well without, thank you very much? Why? And how did their family influence their character? 

Vivian doesn’t have much in the way of family. Her parents having died when she was young, she had no siblings to speak of, nor any aunts or uncles or cousins. As far as bloodline was concerned, she was the last of a dead name. Her closest thing to a parent was her mother’s best friend-- Tasha. She practically raised Vivian to be the strong woman she is, ruling her people with an iron fist and a gentle hand. Tasha is everything Vivian wishes to be and more. She’s probably the only person who Vivian would consider family at all.

Prompt | Write a situation with either one of those extremes that shaped who your OC is today!

“Keep your chin up, child. Say it clearly-- don’t waver your voice when you speak.” Tasha’s voice was stern, but only served to draw a long groan out of the small princess on the stool. 

“But Tasha--” Vivian whined, kicking her feet against the wood bar served to support them. “What does it matter? I’m tired of learning the titles of the stuffy nobles. I’ll never have to remember them, that’s what the criers are for.” 

“You have to remember them now.” Her teacher urged, placing hands on either side of her plump hips. “Again. James Elliott.” 

“Jameson Cristoff Elliott, Son of Cristoff Tyrian Elliott, Duke of Crawsburry.” 

“Good. Sarah Liona.” 

“But Tasha!” Again Vivian cried, practically begging. “I don’t care about the titles, I want to go outside! Rosetta said that today they’d be catching butterflies and I’ll miss it!” 

“It’s unbecoming to whine, princess.” The woman didn’t even seem fazed by the outburst, instead seeming to stiffen her resolve even more. “The butterflies will be there tomorrow.”

“And so will the nobles. Please, Tasha, I’ll do all of this tomorrow, I promise! Please, please, I just want to go outside.” 

There was a moment of silence, in which the older woman studied her charge carefully. Vivian put as much effort into her plea as she could, batting her eyelashes and leaning so far forward on her seat that she was at risk of falling to the floor. Tasha sighed. 

“You have only got a year before you’re crowned, you know that, right?” Her voice was soft, too soft. This was the voice she reserved for when she was serious. Vivian hated that voice. It made her squirm in her seat and bite her lips. It usually preceded some bad news, and she’d take Tasha’s verbal abuse ten times over if it prevented her from being so soft. 

“I know.” Vivian grumbled. Her eye contact failed her, instead locking her green gaze to the scuffed crystal flooring of the study room.  

“I’m only trying to teach you what I can. It won’t be like it is now, you won’t be what you are now. If you’re not careful, they’ll eat you alive. I teach you these things because they’re important, Vivian. If you so much as do one thing wrong they’re going to rip at you until there’s nothing left. You must be perfect. The people need you. Your people need you.” 

“I know... But I'm going to be queen forever. I'm only a princess for now."

Another silence, this one just as stifling as the first. Tasha sighed. 

“Go meet Rosie. We’ll talk about this again tomorrow-- but know all of the eastern court by noon! Or you’re not getting any of my blueberry pie!” 

Vivian sprung to her feet instantly, rushing over to her caretaker and throwing her arms around her. “Thank you!” The princess cried, and then she was out the door before there was any risk of changing her mind. 

Tasha shook her head, moving to pick up the stool and place it back against the wall where it belonged. "I hope I'm doing her right." She muttered to herself, packing up the belongings so carelessly left on the ground by the child. "If her mother was here, she'd know what to do. How to do it. They shouldn't be grooming her so young..." She shook her head.

"Look at me, talking to myself. I must be growing old."

[myupostsheadcanons]

Ciri is going on adventures through space and time with Galahad, Sir Bors, Percival and Percival’s sister, Dindrane. 

If the books ever pick back up, I would like to see a continuation from this standpoint. I mean, CDPR had a decent enough idea to continue Geralt’s story, but at the end of the saga it was meant to become Ciri’s story. And Ciri was still being hunted by the Aen Elle and found herself in a version of King Arthur’s Court.

Yes the Aen Elle going after Ciri was addressed in the games, but they had to skip years ahead and glossed over most of what Ciri was doing in-between.

I mean, what happened to Galahad afterwards? The actual legend had him vanishing (ascending to heaven) after acquiring the Grail (Zireael=Ze-Rail=The Grail). Ciri probably took him with her. Did he die? Is he hidden up somewhere? It’s been 5 years in between Lady of the Lake and The Wild Hunt.

There is also Merlin and Nimue. Merlin gets trapped in a cave for decades by Nimue in the legends. So somehow he gets taken from his own world and meets Nimue in Ciri’s (future) world.  (Is Merlin an Aen Elle?)

The Isle of Avalon itself being in another plane of existence. Is there elves/fae in this world that can travel between their world and another already in their land? An other group of Elves that got trapped there when the Convergence of Spheres happened? Was there an attempt to recreate the “Lara Gene” among them?  This would explain why so many of the main characters in the legend had super natural powers (not just the ability to perform miracles and magic).

Could Arthur have been thought to be their chosen one, but that turned out to be Galahad instead?

Note: Percival was the original person in the Arthurian Myths to have found The Grail, only to later be replaced by Galahad (in many cases they both disappear, leaving Sir Bors the only one left to return and tell the tale).  The Arthur Legends suffer often from the displacement of older mythos with a newer re-telling, Galahad was among one of the newer additions to the canon compared to other characters. Galahad’s father, Lancelot, also displaced many of Sir. Gaiwain’s accomplishments with his own introduction. Both characters of Lancelot and Galahad would be considered over-powered OCs in today’s standards, that somewhere along the lines somebody’s fanfiction ended up being lumped in with the canon. However, with the amorphous nature of mythos, this is not the case, mythos canon runs on how many people accept it as true for it to be true to canon. So with the spread of the Arthur Mythos to France and Gaul, we got Lancelot, and a few decades later we have Galahad.

This is shown happening in The Witcher itself, legends being forgotten, made up, or discredited. Geralt and Yen’s story being treated in a similar fashion as Arthur, Gwen, and Lancelot’s. Cirillia is literally the Grail, Zireael (Ze-Rail) and she is running around with Galahad.

Tossing around some ideas:

(if you thought my “Loooong rant about the Aen Elle”  was long, this is practically fan fiction and reworking most of the Arthur Mythos, and is a few word pages long... skip to the bottom if you don’t care so much for most of that)

Arthur’s mother Igraine is descended from Aen Elle that got trapped in this world when the Convergence of Spheres happened. Morgause, Morgan Le Fae  Arthur have elven blood in them.

Her ancestors were from party of elves that came to this land prior to the convergence to check out the prospects of conquering it. The convergence trapped them here. They visited the middle east, Egypt, India, China, and other hot-beds of civilization. The majority of them were eventually exposed, captured, and enslaved in Eastern Rome. Their women became concubines to noble lords, the men fighters in the arenas, and their children became prized slaves as well.  Their enslavement status lead their children’s offspring to mingle their blood into Jewish and pre-Christian societies.

Merlin is an Aen Elle, a Sage like Avallac’h, and the only one of the original party still alive. In the Pendragon court he disguises himself as a human, the beard and hat hide his ears and facial features. Only a handful of people know he is an elf instead of human.

After spending decades on the run in Europe and the Middle East, Merlin began to re-create the Lara Dorren experiment. Merlin kept track of the lineage of his companions among the humans, following them North to Roman occupied Britain. There he found Vivian, the “Lady of the Lake” and current guardian of the elven-made sword Excalibur on Avalon. She took him in once he revealed who he was and what powers he possessed. However, she was too old to have anymore children, but already had three daughters: Igraine, and twins Elayne and Evaine. Igraine (23) was already married with two daughters, Morgause (6) and Morgan (4), and the twins (15) were only recently sent to France/Gaul in arranged marriages to Brother Kings Bors and Ban.

Using Vivian’s resources, Uthar Pendragon was found to be another distant elven decedent and Merlin desired an heir between him and Igraine. He made an alliance with Uthar, promising him Igraine’s hand and the kingdom once Gorlois, Duke of Cornwall, was killed and she (26) impregnated.

With the Pendragon court now under his influence, Merlin then began the long process of building secret alliances over seas with Gaul and Former Roman Nobles to collect Elayne and Evaine (18) from Ban and Bors.

(Note: There are far too many Elaine’s in the canon legend.... Like way too many. If they couldn’t figure out a name, it was more than likely going to be Elaine/Elayne. )

Elayne’s (25) first husband and Lancelot’s (5) father, King Ban, died in battle against Merlin’s men. King Bors surrendered his wife (Evaine) and sons (Sir Bors (3) and Lionel(1)) to them once King Ban was killed.

Evaine was forbidden to stay with her sons in exile, refused to marry again, and was sent back to Avalon. Elayne was remarried to King Nentres and died giving birth to Elayne the Younger (10 years later).

Lancelot (6) was placed under Vivian’s care and taught how use the sword in the elven fashion. Arthur (13) was already in hiding in Sir Ector and Kay’s house, and being watched over by Merlin personally.

Bors and Lionel were kept by Claudas in an arrangement similar to that of Arthur and Sir Ector. However, after 10 years of captivity, the two boys rebelled against Claudas’s cruel ways and killed Claudas’s son Dorin (15) in the process of escape. The Lord broke off his agreement to shelter the boys (13 and 11). Merlin gave them to Vivian, reuniting them with their mother and cousins. Bors became a stern and serious person for the rest of his life, having to protect his younger brother for the entirety of their childhood and feeling guilt of having to kill another child (though deranged) to survive.

Morgause (16) was married to the King Lot of Orkney in order to remove her from the seat of Cornwall. Morgan (14) too was placed in an arranged marriage, to King Urien of Gorre. The two girls began to plot against Merlin and his plans. Morgan, at the time, had been apprenticing with Merlin since she was 6, having showed more potential to magic than her sister Morgause. She stole Merlin’s notes about the linage of the Aen Elle and the two girls began their own plans.

King Pelles and King Pellinoir, brother kings, had the most direct-line to the elder blood. They protect the magic chalice known as the Holy Grail, a relic brought over by the Elves much like Excalibur was. It had the powers of divination and can cure curses, poisons, and potions. Pelles was already incapable of siring more children, having taken a wound from an enchanted weapon in the groin. But, he still had a daughter, Elaine. She was placed under a transmutation spell by Morgan, to be locked in a freeze so cold that it boiled the air around it.

Pellinoir was too crafty to be caught unaware by the Sorceress’s plans and proved even more difficult to assassinate, he ended up being chased by a demon-beast until the end of his days. He wound up running into a young Arthur (10), then in hiding, on several occasions and was one of the first knights to swear his sword to the young king when Uthar died a few years later (15). When a faction of lords rebelled against Arthur’s ascension, King Lot was among them, and Pellinoir took the opportunity to pay back the tricky sorceresses for the demon and slayed Lot in combat.

When Pellinoir broke the sword of Uthar Pendragon in combat with Arthur (18), Arthur was taken to Avalon by Merlin to meet Vivian, Igraine, and Evaine. Meeting them and his cousins for the first time. The three women tested Arthur to see if he was worthy of the sword, and spent the next several months going through various trials. Once proven, he was given the sword of his ancestors.

Merlin had a counter plan to Morgause and Morgan’s meddling: Leodegrance was a was a general during the Roman occupation and remained in Wales after Rome left, a landed-knight turned noble. He was almost two hundred years old but didn’t appear older than 50. He was part of a “lost line” that was discovered by Merlin doing an extensive search, tracking down humans with long life-spans to find the children of his companions.  Leodegrance had a daughter named Guinevere.

When the wedding between Arthur (25) and Guinevere (16) was announced, a parley was agreed upon to allow Arthur’s extended family to visit. This was when Arthur’s younger cousins: Lancelot (18), Bors (16), and Lionel(14), came to stay at Court to become knights. This was also when he first encountered his sisters, Morgause (34) and Morgan (32) as an adult and got to meet Morgause’s sons with Lot, Gawain (17), Agravain (15), Gaheris (12), and Gereth (9), and Morgan’s step-son Ywain(13), a bastard of her husband’s taken in to be raised as Morgan is unable to have children as a sorceress.

Morgan placed a disguise on Morgause, which allowed her to “crash”  Arthur’s bachelor celebration. She seduced Arthur and became pregnant with a son, Mordred. Morgan then turned her attention to Guinevere in the meantime, weaving a spell that will make the future queen incapable of having children (the same method used to make sorceresses irreversibly infertile).

After this point the legend fairly much follows what everyone knows it to be:

Lancelot falls in love with the queen, then he leaves on a quest to perform a miracle (unlock magic powers, as he knew his family was capable of sorcery from growing up on Avalon), and rescues Elaine from Morgan’s spell. She is later disguised as Guinevere (probably by Merlin in this version) and becomes pregnant with Galahad. He (28) gets confronted by Guinevere a year later, when Elaine shows up with the infant Galahad, and he has a mental breakdown and runs off, not to be seen for the next 3 years.

Pellinoir has half a dozen kids while he was on the run and hunting down the beast trying to kill him. He eventually finds time to get married and has more children with his wife, Percival among them.

All of Morgause's sons become knights at Arthur's Court, to varying degrees of loyalty. Gawain (21) and Gaheris (16) turn around and kill Pellinoir out of revenge for their Father’s death. And Morgause (55) gets killed by Gaheris (33) when he found her having sex with Lamorak (one of Pellinor’s sons... he manages to escape before getting axed).

(NOTE: Dude, read up on Pellinoir sometime. I mean, he’s endearing and charming in Once and Future King, but he’s kind of a Memetic Badass in the Mythos Canon. He broke the sword in the stone when fighting Arthur, and Merlin had to intervene. Spent most of his life fighting a chimera-like dragon. And, it took two of the most skilled knights to kill him. Gawain is the Worf of the Mythos, he’s bad-ass on his own, if not overshadowed by people like Lancelot, the “best knight of all time.” If anybody wanted to prove themselves “the best” among the Round Table Knights they had to go through Gawain first before Lancelot puts a boot up their ass. And Gawain couldn’t do it on his own).

Percival was raised in the countryside by his mother in order to escape the blood feud that claimed his father and caused his older brothers so much grief. Percival, when he was 15, came across a band of knights and became enthralled with them. He set his mind to become a Knight himself and told his mother this. She was unable to win the argument and told him of his father and to seek out King Arthur and his brothers, Lamarak, Agrovane, and Dornar. Arthur welcomed the youth with open arms. However, his brothers proved too boisterous and grating to Percival (16) and he eventually found himself under the wing of the stoic Sir Bors (38) and his son Elyan (17).

Sir Bors later introduced Percival to Lady Elayne (The Younger, 32), and the boy developed a crush for the unearthly beauty in spite of her being 14 years his senior, already married, and has a son, Galeschin (10). She thought it was charming, but did not reciprocate his affections. The two met when Bors and Elyan went to collect the young Galahad (14) from his mother Elaine upon Lancelot’s request. Elayne was brought along as it was thought prudent to have a woman of the family present when meeting with Elaine. Bors wasn’t about to ask his aging mother Evaine to come along, and besides Elayne was Galahad’s aunt, a much closer relation to the boy. 

The two women did not get along. Elayne believed the other to have wronged her brother and caused him far too much grief. Elaine considered the other a self-important diva, having not a day of hardship because of her beauty, and likened her to Guinevere as a spoiled brat.

(Galeschin (12) is later taken under Ywain’s (39) wing and is his squire when they fail to rescue Sir Gawain (43) from Sir Carados and the three of them had to be rescued by Lancelot(44). This was shortly before Ciri’s arrival.)

The four canon characters all would have Elder Blood. Sir Bors abilities  are more latent and “repressed” than his younger cousins, he is a man of the sword and of faith, and because he had been over-shadowed most of his life by the rest of his family he stayed in the background as support. He took it upon himself to take Percival and Galahad under his wing, as Pellinor died when Percival was a toddler and Lancelot was so “off hands” when it came to raising Galahad.

Ciri would show up around this time in the Mythos. Galahad is 16 and Percival is 20.  Sir Bors is the oldest of their group at 42, and Percival’s sister, Dindrane, is somewhere in her mid-20s. (Arthur would be 51 at this at this time, Lancelot 44, and Guinevere 42. Mordred would be 26. This is at the peek of Camelot’s power).  

Ciri having a child with Galahad or Percival would fulfill the requirements for creating the “chosen one” that could open the gates between worlds. Dindrane ends up dead sometime during their journey and her body was sent back home. Bors breaks off from their band right before Ciri leaves for good with Galahad and Percival. Bors likely didn’t believe it was his place or time to continue the quest, being in his 40′s already. It was something that the young must accomplish on their own.

Things that could happen in a new book to break game canon: 1) Ciri does have a child within that 5 years between the end of LotL and TW3. 2) Merlin is an Aen Elle and teams up with Avallac’h (or he’s a bad guy and sides with Eredin) 3) Politics of the Aen Elle not meshing up with the games. (Eredin isn’t their King after Auberon dies, Avallach isn’t an ally to Ciri... In-game only characters not existing). 4) Geralt and Yennifer not returning to their world nor being taken by the Wild Hunt. They are effectively gone, even though their deaths had been retconed. 5) That plague that killed 1/3 of the population in the Witcherworld that happened right after LotL not being ignored. 6) The frost is still a thing, a thing that is going to happen. It isn’t some magical force that could be stopped, it is nature, and it is still creeping along. 7) Show what happened to the Aen Sidhe after leaving  the Witcherworld. 8) Move ahead in the timeline, when Ciri’s child has already grown up fulfilling their legacy. 9) Do a “Days of the Future Past” scenario and have Ciri’s child go back into the past to be trained by Geralt and Yen.... and King Arthur (having been sent away after his own death) 10)  Nothing gets accomplished and everything is for not. The Witcherworld and everybody in it dies and no shits were given about trying to save them because they are all horrid-horrid people that didn’t deserve to be saved.

o_o

[nehslebasi]

2016, in pictures and text

This is going to be a very long post. A very very long post. A very very very long post. 

I’m thankful this year happened. All the tears, laughs, travels, anxiety, everything. Hoping 2016 will shape me (positively) into who I’m meant to become in the future - 2017 and beyond.

January 2016

I honestly don’t remember anything I did this month lol. I was still consistently running. Outings with Crew. Outings with my (then) 8th grade girls. Visited Lighthouse in Torrance. All I have are good, if not neutral, feelings of this month.

February 2016

Let’s just say it turned out to be the worst month of this year, and I’ll never stop missing her and wondering how different this year would have been if she were still here. So what do you do? Drink it away with your friends on Valentine’s. Go to the beach. Play board games. Go to Zinc cafe and drink Blue Bottle. Pretend you’re fine until you’re fine.

March 2016

Clara’s birthday at Bestia, where we ran into one of our Sunday school kids, asked if we wanted to take shots through lamb bone marrow lol. The setting sun and deepening pink sky behind the LA skyline as we coasted by on the freeway. Driving down to Playa Del Rey and squeezing through their narrow lanes to an ADX alumni reunion by the beach. Jack Garratt concert with Jacky, losing myself in sound. A day of exhilaration and pressuring my friends to ride roller coasters at Knott’s, and pretty much failing at that haha. 

April 2016

Coffee dates/study parties at Arts District. OC sushi and sake, where our waiter gave us complimentary sake and ice cream! Weekly Sunday lunches in Pasadena, always wearing a summery dress, always getting acai bowls. Multiple beach trips. Brunch at Perch with APR. Noah Gundersen at Hotel Cafe, where he answered a question I asked! Visited my sister’s work at Scripps even though I was dead-ass sick. And probably the #1 favorite concert I’ve ever been to, FOREVER, so much that I’m going to find them again every time they’re near me. Hullo Shadowboxers, hullo Hotel Cafe.

May 2016

Ran a half-marathon! (And couldn’t walk for days afterward) Turned 23. Treated to brunch at Republique and gifted a beautiful stick-figure drawing of us. Took a million jumping pictures by a fabric warehouse. Caught strep throat and a disgusting case of conjunctivitis. Election anxiety kicking in. Started taking this “applying to PA school” thing seriously. 

June 2016

Took a break from running (read: got lazy). Upset that the Cavaliers won. In the library or coffee shop every weekend to work on PA school apps and write my personal statement. (Shout out to Bean Town, Nest Teahouse). A Koreatown night market, lots of smoke, lots of food, lots of red lipstick. Drove to San Diego for a large-scale sleepover/reunion (and screenshotted the pictures lol)! Oscar’s fish tacos, a rooftop bar, a Werewolf bar, more ramen and pork belly than we could stomach... 

July 2017

One of my favorite, if not most stressful, months of 2016. Submitted my completed grad school application. Sushi and drinks with Angie in Pasadena. Sparklers and pyro activities at Jacky’s on the fourth. Roller-bladed by the sea with Bri from Santa Monica down to Venice, drank our way into a happy sunset buzz at a rooftop bar by the Pier, and rode the warm smooth buzz all the way back to USC on the Expo Line. Watched HP 1 with a live orchestra playing the score at the Hollywood Bowl. Ice cream and boy-stories in South Pas. Viv’s birthday right in our home turf. Started volunteering at my city’s hospital ER. Relient K released a new album. Started going to community group with Reality LA. Discussing political issues every Sunday with my friends, because I’m surrounding by men and women who care about them. Such a wonderful month :)

August 2016

Pizza and catch-ups at Old Town Pas, spilling about relationships with old friends. Exploring Santa Monica and walking for miles with the Crew in a looooong scavenger hunt that we have yet to complete! Frank Ocean drops his albums and changes my life, again. Oliver Sacks dies and I’m heartbroken. Drove through the winding Palos Verdes for a friend’s birthday. Crush on every young Murse. A wedding in San Diego, feeling regal in a borrowed navy dress and tall heels, a little too much to drink, as per usual haha.

September 2016

Crashed summer retreat at UCSD, ate too many tacos, more Tacos El Gordo, ate too much pho, just too much of everything in general lol. Crossed that rickety bridge. Binge watch Atlanta and Stranger Things. Start prepping for PA school interviews. Fly to New York for an interview at Cornell. Drag my little blue suitcase everywhere with me. It’s pouring rain the first day. Meet with Yenmin to eat Halal Guys, and Jaimie for udon and gelato. Navigating the city at night and running to catch the trains and buses. A couple nights in Jaimie’s beautiful apartment in Manhattan five stories up from the sidewalk, a brisk morning in my mom’s borrowed heels, a vegetable cream cheese bagel and coffee, a stressful interview at an ivy league, bleeding raw feet the whole day till I just had to give up and take them off. Walk through Central Park, the Met, coffee shops wearing Walgreens roll-up flats and business formal for 15+ miles till I can feel my feet bruising and my hair frizzing. Pizza and drinks with Jackie and Joyce in Soho. Little Italy’s night market. Frank Ocean, and a NY Times to and fro from NY--a beautiful city I won’t forget. JR JR/Saint Motel concert with Jess the night I land back in LA. Watched an ER patient get lungs drained, car dies in the hospital parking lot at midnight. Oh Wonder, Kevin Garrett concert with Feebs. Another memorable month :)

October 2016

Lightbulb/Third wheel dates with Clara and Justin begin (ok, unofficially in September, but officially in October)! Get a hit list of things to do in Chicago from ER guy. Fly to Chicago for an interview at Northwestern. Get picked up by Angie and drive toward her apartment in the city, become captivated by the skyline and sky. Eat my first Chicago dog. Absolutely enthralled by her cat Wrigley (and am now a cat person as a result). Venture out to Navy Pier and get caught in the pouring, storming rain. Deep dish at Giordano’s. Coffee and croissant before the interview, become attached to the program, would do ANYTHING to be accepted. Tacos at Del Seoul, some rain, Big Hero Six in pajamas as the wind blows and sun sets. Traverse through The Loop, see the Bean, the river, eat brunch/pancakes/everything, inspired by the running people preparing for the Chicago Marathon, in awe at the peace and clean grandeur of this place. It was difficult to leave. Cried after the second presidential debate because I couldn’t believe what my family was saying. Chop off my hair. Fly to Boston for an interview at MCPHS, immediately struck by the cold and beauty of this old city (and how much I suck at navigating its public transport system). Wrapped up with happiness and love while staying with my big. Walking by the Charles to the trains in the rain, a huge Bartleby’s burger and milkshake, a bookstore by Harvard U. A cloudy morning at a coffee shop with a bomb playlist and apple turnover and chai. Most amiable interview. Museum of Fine Arts, fresh seafood, another bookstore with a cafe in the middle, a long walk back home :). Coffee, the Library, Boston Commons and Boston public Gardens, a cemetery where many founders were buried, Flour bakery (nerded out about Joanne Chang), Quincy Market, Warren Anatomical Museum, JFK Library. I am in love with this city, it was also difficult to leave (plus Logan Airport had the nicest staff). And on the 31st, Hallelujah Night in a onesie.

November 2016

My friend Lynette gets engaged! We’re there to surprise her in the parking lot of the Huntington Gardens, and plan her engagement party. 11/8, the most wonderful and horrible day. I get the call that I was accepted to the school of my dreams. America elects a fool. Fly to New Jersey while listening to The Shins and watching the changing leaves through the airplane window. Stay with a gracious family during the interview at Rutgers and catch up with an old friend over Halal Guys. Kill time by reading Profiles in Courage. Realize that at this point, I’m a little burnt out with interviewing and flying back and forth across the country. Watch USC win the USC-UCLA game! Make my friends watch Stranger Things. Thanksgiving at Vincent’s. Relient K and Switchfoot concert of my DREAMS with drinks and fries before and during. Binge watch Gilmore Girls reboot and argue about who’s better: Jess or what’s-his-name, and how awful Rory and Lorelai are and how awful this reboot was!!

December 2016

Second Shadowboxer’s concert, which becomes my 2nd favorite concert ever, after my 1st favorite, which was also a Shadowboxers concert (I’m obsessed with them can you tell). Coworker shows me how to put on falsies. Dinner and stomachaches and being babysat in Old Town. The Paper Kites with Viv, and way too much food from friendly restaurant staff, and hand-banging fans who scream and clearly love The Paper Kites lol. Once more the Duke of Mediterranean Cafe. Last day volunteering. Jon’s Bday in Pas. A day in Little Tokyo and Arts District with Hannah. Vivian’s first sleepover. La La Land on Christmas Eve, dumplings on Christmas, no day off. Catch up drinks with gov kids. Administer my first Rocephin injection via dorsogluteal IM. Lots of visitors, including Yenmin and Jacky. Spend New Years Eve at Urgent Care, popping meds, and rereading A Swiftly Tilting Planet. :)

And that’s a wrap! This was supposed to be reflective and not a catalog of stuff... but welp that’s what it turned out to be. I’m grateful for surviving another year with inspiring and supportive people and I wouldn’t trade them for the world. Thank you thank you thank you, because you guys make life more interesting and beautiful. :)

Favorite Books: The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro, Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout, Profiles in Courage by JFK

Here’s to a brighter 2017.

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A Country Council of County Ladies

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2Quhg0M

by EllynNeverSweet

The baptism of Miss Georgiana Darcy provides an opportunity for the Grandes Dames of Georgian politics to get together to talk shop and plan their children's futures.

A one-short prequel to the main fic of Certain Arts and Allurements, featuring three Georgianas, two Harriets, two Annes, two Carolines, two Williams, two Georges, one Catherine, and a very overwhelmed eleven year old Fitzwilliam Darcy (and his daemon).

Words: 8097, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 4 of Certain Arts and Allurements

Fandoms: Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen, AUSTEN Jane - Works, His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke, Ladies of Grace Adieu - Susanna Clarke

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Anne Darcy, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Georgiana Darcy, Old Mr Darcy, Georgiana Spencer Cavendish Duchess of Devonshire, William Cavendish 5th Duke of Devonshire, Lady Elizabeth Foster, Lady Georgiana Cavendish (Georgiana Howard Countess of Carlisle), William Cavendish Marquess of Hartington (6th Duke of Devonshire), Catherine de Bourgh, Lady Harriet Cavendish (Harriet Levenson-Gower Countess Granville), Caroline Lamb, Henry Fitzwilliam Viscount Risingham (OC), Vivian Fitzwilliam (OC), Colonel Fitzwilliam (Pride and Prejudice)

Relationships: Lady Anne Darcy & her children, Fitzwilliam Darcy & Georgiana Darcy, Lady Anne Darcy & Lady Catherine de Bourgh

Additional Tags: Family Drama, Politics, all your faves are children, child!Darcy, multiple characters sharing the same name, come for the christening stay for the airing of family greivances, Worldbuilding, One-Shot, Prequel, Daemons, daemons AU, magical history au, AU

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2Quhg0M

[ao3feed-prideandprejudice-book]

A Country Council of County Ladies

by EllynNeverSweet

The baptism of Miss Georgiana Darcy provides an opportunity for the Grandes Dames of Georgian politics to get together to talk politics and plan their children's futures.

A one-short prequel to the main fic of Certain Arts and Allurements, featuring three Georgianas, two Harriets, two Annes, two Carolines, two Williams, two Georges, one Catherine, and a very overwhelmed eleven year old Fitzwilliam Darcy (and his daemon).

Words: 8097, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 4 of Certain Arts and Allurements

Fandoms: Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen, AUSTEN Jane - Works, His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke, Ladies of Grace Adieu - Susanna Clarke

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Anne Darcy, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Georgiana Darcy, Old Mr Darcy, Georgiana Spencer Cavendish Duchess of Devonshire, William Cavendish 5th Duke of Devonshire, Lady Elizabeth Foster, Lady Georgiana Cavendish (Georgiana Howard Countess of Carlisle), William Cavendish Marquess of Hartington (6th Duke of Devonshire), Catherine de Bourgh, Lady Harriet Cavendish (Harriet Levenson-Gower Countess Granville), Caroline Lamb, Henry Fitzwilliam Viscount Risingham (OC), Vivian Fitzwilliam (OC), Colonel Fitzwilliam (Pride and Prejudice)

Relationships: Lady Anne Darcy & her children, Fitzwilliam Darcy & Georgiana Darcy, Lady Anne Darcy & Lady Catherine de Bourgh

Additional Tags: Family Drama, Politics, all your faves are children, child!Darcy, multiple characters sharing the same name, come for the christening stay for the airing of family greivances, Worldbuilding, One-Shot, Prequel, Daemons, daemons AU, magical history au, AU

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