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THE ART OF SUPER-SEVENTIES BRITISH HORROR -- THE LADIES OF HAMMER STUDIOS.
PIC(S) INFO: "Little Shoppe of Horrors" presents...Spotlight on back cover art to "Little Shoppe of Horrors" magazine #24, "The Journal of Classic British Horror Films." (published May 2010). Artwork by Bruce Timm.
EXTRA INFO: Back cover art of English actress Valerie Leon as Margaret Fuchs/Queen Tera, from the British horror film "Blood from the Mummy's Tomb" (1971), directed by Seth Holt and loosely based on Bram Stoker's 1903 novel "The Jewel of Seven Stars."
Sources: www.littleshoppeofhorrors.com/LSoH24.htm, Pinterest, & the Black Box Club (blog).
#Blood From The Mummy's Tomb#1971#Blood from the Mummy's Tomb 1971#Ancient Egyptian#Costume Design#Bruce Timm Art#Super Seventies#British horror#Valerie Leon 1971#Margaret Fuchs/Queen Tera#Queen Tera#Bruce Timm#Classic British Horror#Vintage Horror#Timmverse#70s horror#Valerie Leon#Horror Movies#Horror#Classic British Horror Movies#1970s#English Actress#Hammer Horror#70s#Hammer Film Productions#British Films
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Valerie Leon - Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb (1971)
#valerie leon#blood from the mummy's tomb#hammer horror#70s horror#hammer girls#hammer films#70s movies#queen tera#seventies#1971
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Monster Girl October (tarot deck) day 26: Queen Tera from The Jewel of Seven Stars as The Emperor card!
(I'm double dipping into Bram Stoker a bit with this one). The Emperor card implies power, responsibility, and the payoff of hard work. Queen Tera (aside from being a ruler) fits the card for her intelligence and planning ability to bring about her own rise from the dead through possession and murder! If you want to read it, the 1903 version has a far more compelling ending than the 1912 edit which changed it to a happy marriage ending due to controversy.
#she is described as having seven fingers on one hand and seven toes on one foot#i swear i didnt just lose count while drawing haha#mummy#bram stoker#the jewel of seven stars#inktober#tarot#pharaoh#the emperor#drawtober#artober#drawlloween#monster girls#traditional art#monsters#jewel of seven stars#literature#queen tera#tarot card#tarot cards#art challenge#ink#ink drawing#mummies#sketchbook
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One Piece Crack Ship War - Round 1 Side C
Tera/Sora art by @8balldoodles
Propaganda under the cut.
Tera x Sora: Sora means sky and Tera means earth how poetic is that? Also I think if they had the chance to be single moms and raise their kids together they would have been unstoppable.
KillerQueen: One’s got a good body like gelatine. The other is like dynamite with a laser beam. Together, they’re guaranteed to blow your mind!
#one piece#op crack ship war#massacre soldier killer#queen one piece#roronoa tera#vinsmoke sora#tournament poll#round 1#side c
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The brain rot is so massive I'm now considering a fire watchtower au set in France, either late XX century or on the first half of the 2000s. Where vampires are of course still a thing. Mizrak takes the job as a fire watcher for summer after a conflict within his church, following Emmanuel's advice to get away for a bit. Olrox is already there working for reasons I won't share in case I ever write this. They are separated by miles, of course, their towers spread apart as they start talking in the evenings before the sun sets using walkie talkies (Olrox is on night shift, of course). Job related convos that quickly get personal. Mizrak the fools starts getting attached, maybe out of loneliness over rarely seeing other people (except the ocasional hikers or the park ranger, who would be Annette in this AU), maybe out of other desires. Olrox irks him, yet there's a weird pull in there, something he can't quite describe. Annoying as much as it is comforting. A voice, nothing else, yet what a voice it is. He wonders what body it is attached to. He starts losing focus doing prayer, ears always alert for the static of the device, the call of his name. He pretends it's because he doesn't want to be distracted in case a fire starts spreading.
Of course they have walkie talkie sex at some point before ever seeing each other, too. Long talks as well, because the show barely has them interacting yet I think their chats would be oh so fun to write.
But of course, vampires still exist. Mizrak slowly notices there are weird things happening in the forest. Something is not quite right, not quite normal. Eventually, he figures out Olrox is not quite right either.
Castlevania Nocturne is such a short show. Why am I wanting to write such a character heavy fanfic when we barely know these men's backgrounds.
#mizrak#olrox#mizrox#I spent one hour today looking at fire watchers in france#some info is so hard to come by#so I'll just do some reality bending#thinking of either Landres or Orléans#The walkie talkie devil's tango would bang#also I was raised chatolic and forced to attend all that bs so#writing mizrak with a modern view on his faith rather than the xviii one would come oh so easy#I want ranger Annette so much too#the rest of the gang would be somewhat in too#but not working there#mizrak would ocasionally talk on the phone with emmanuel or tera#but that's it#olrox wouldn't be washed of his wrongs though julia would still be quite gone here#I'd probably get rid of the countess and just keep droltaaa though#the countess is not needed here fuck her#my beloved edgy vampire queen can stay though and still be evil and funny
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Happy mothers day to the One Piece mom's!! especially the forgotten ones!
#portgas d rouge#bell mere#vinsmoke sora#bachina (usopp's mom)#queen otohime#nico olvia#doctorine#kozuki toki#dandan#one piece makino#law's mom (i havent seen his oast yet im so sorry)#corazon#yes im including him#riku scarlett#one piece kokoro#vivi's mom (do they ever metion her name??)#nico robin#she is also chopper s mom trust#not tagging big mom bc she was a REALLY shitty mom for ive seen through spoilers#who tf forces their sixteen year old daugther to marry an older man like??????#anyway i think ive got every lady#forgot to tag zoro's mom cuz she got lost#tera one piece#there she is
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She's so pretty in this dress. All classy and elegant and you totally can't tell she's running around barefoot while she fights off eight spiders at once.
#queen in middle earth#siltera#lotro#she's so close to fifteen + SURNAME guys#i know what it's gonna be too#can't decide for iri to save my life but already know for tera and rhia xD#i love that i subconsiously made jasiri 2.0 with her xD#redhead halfling babe who like to kick ass in a dress using shield and sword/mace
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My diploma work for concept-art course
Tried to do an archdevan-inspired little thing |・ω・)
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Tarka's mum! She's so cute!
《■》Help out a small artist and reblog if you can! Thank you!《■》
#Jucundus Tera#JT#Queen Logi#original character#character design#original story#digital artwork#original art#digital art#art#digital aritst
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A GODDESS FROM BACK IN TIME AND FOR ALL TIME -- HAMMER FILM PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS...
PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on English actress Valerie Leon in a promotional image as Margaret Fuchs/Queen Tera, from the British horror film "Blood from the Mummy's Tomb" (1971), directed by Seth Holt. Hammer Film Productions.
Resolution at 800x1000 & 440x628.
Sources: www.valerieleon.com/product/blood-from-the-mummys-tomb-sarcophagus-standing & Carry On Fan (blog).
#Blood From The Mummy's Tomb#1971#Blood from the Mummy's Tomb 1971#Ancient Egyptian#Valerie Leon 1971#Margaret Fuchs/Queen Tera#Queen Tera#Classic British Horror#Hair and Makeup#70s horror#Valerie Leon#Photography#70s Movies#Classic British Horror Movies#1970s#English Actress#Hammer Horror#Hammer Film Productions#British Films#Costume Design#Super Seventies#70s#Sarcophagus#British horror#Cinema#Horror#British Cinema#Ancient Egypt#Vintage Horror#Horror Movies
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Gotta Ask 'Em All // Accepting
⚔️ - Double battle or single battle?
((Single. I've tiptoed into Ranked battles lately, and that's where I feel safest with the Normal-type team I've built. Maybe I'll build up another team so I can experiment with Double battles.))
#queen of hearts (ooc)#squidsavior#((When I say 'normal type team'))#((I mean 5 Normal types plus my Normal-Tera ace))#((like a Gym Leader team))#((a friend of mine challenged me to make it and let RNG decide my type))#((I got Normal and it's been......a ride))
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★ . . . 𝐂𝐑𝐀𝐙𝐘 𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐇 𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐒 , 𝐅𝟏 𝐆𝐑𝐈𝐃
summary , a series where asian readers, from all over, are showcased and appreciated because they deserve to be loved, respected, and treated like queens
inspired by , amar x100pre by @f1version
status , ongoing
main masterlist | f1 masterlist | f1 grid masterlist
🇦🇫 YOU HATE CUZ YOU AIN'T , oscar piastri
🇦🇲 DOWN SOUTH , lando norris
🇦🇿 KILLER COOKIES , charles leclerc
🇧🇭 STALKER! , max verstappen
🇧🇩 ONLINE LOVE , max verstappen
🇧🇹 THE MOTHERLAND , lewis hamilton
🇧🇳 SULTAN'S SON IN LAW , alex albon
🇲���� MEET THE FAM , carlos sainz
🇰🇭 WEDDING OF DREAMS , lando norris
🇨🇳 SO HAWT , f1 grid
🇬🇪 WINNING DRIVE , f1 grid
🇭🇰 THE ART OF CURSING IN CANTONESE , max verstappen
🇮🇳 MAIN TERA BOYFRIEND , logan sargent x fem! gf! reader
🇮🇩 NEW YEARS KISS , lando norris
🇮🇷 VELOCITY OF LOVE , lewis hamilton
🇮🇶 SPICES OF LIFE , yuki tsunoda
🇯🇵 BOW DOWN , winter break in full swing and lewis takes a trip to the land of the rising sun and leaves with the heart of there darling princess
🇯🇴 TOUR LIFE , logan sargent
🇰🇿 JUST DANCE THE KARA ZHORGA , daniel ricciardo
🇰🇼 SUGAR BABY , lando norris
🇱🇧 10 YEARS IN THE MAKING , pierre gasly
🇲🇾 PRESIDENTIAL ANNOUCEMENT , a secret that has been hidden for 2 years finally is revealed and the people couldn't be happier with the out come
🇲🇳 QUICK LERNER , lando norris
🇳🇵I THINK THEY KNOW , charles leclerc
🇴🇲 NOBODY BETTER , lance stroll
🇵🇰 LOVE AT FIRST ROTI , max verstappen
🇵🇸 PROUD OF MY HERITAGE , a fast passed romance has the world captivated as secrets are shared and kept but they eventually all come out in the end
🇵🇬 UNDER THE BAR LIGHTS , carlos sainz
🇵🇭 MY PERFECT PERSON , charles leclerc
🇶🇦 HEATED , charles leclerc
🇸🇦 DAD DOSEN'T APPROVE , toto wolff
🇸🇬 CAN'T BEAT THEM BUY THEM , mick schumacher
🇰🇷 DISPARCH WATCH , the princess of kpop is on hiatus japan with a special someone but people are in denial until they publicly confirm it
🇱🇰 BAD B FROM , lando norris
🇸🇾 EXCUSE MOI , charles leclerc
🇹🇼 NEVER TRUST THE AMERICAN , oscar piastri
🇹🇭 LIGHTS, CAMERA, SPEED! , max verstappen
🇹🇷 SCENE FROM A MOVIE , sebastian vettle
🇦🇪 RULERS OF THE WORLD , max verstappen
🇺🇿 THE BRAID SITUATION , liam lawson
🇻🇳 CULTURE THE WHITE MAN , f1 grid
🇾🇪 FORCED WINTER BONDING , charles leclerc
#꒰꒰ ‧₊˚📁 ─ lola's masterlist's ˚₊· ꒱꒱#formula one x reader#formula 1 x reader#lewis hamilton x reader#max verstappen x reader#george russell x reader#daniel riccardo x reader#lando norris x reader#charles leclerc x reader#carlos sainz x reader#mick schumacher x reader#pierre gasly x reader#yuki tsunoda x reader#esteban ocon x reader#f1 fic#f1 fanfic#f1 fanfiction#f1 fandom#f1 instagram au#sebastian vettel x reader#f1#f1 x reader
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Diiiiiiid I mention I made a River Hobbit Lore-Master? :D
Her name's Rhianlin(Rhia, for short), I'm trying out yellow line with her, since Ziin is blue and Hal is red, and it's her mission in life to get Meneldir to crack one (1) genuine smile.
#queen in middle earth#rhianlin#she's over on landy with cele#she likes exploring and embroidery#and i didn't realize i forgot to stick the river hobbit cuffs in her handgear cosmetic slot unti AFTER i was out of the game :|#lotro#i liked that hair too much y'all#didn't fit for tera bc warden. she needed her hair tied back#but a lore-master i can see it working
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Could I get Drayton, Kieran, Carmine, and Lacey reacting to a reader that raises mostly female Pokemon, gives a lot of them human-sounding names, and affectionately calls their team The Girls? Like, "Yeah, me and the girls are gonna chill out in my dorm later, if you'd wanna come over!" Or maybe, "I just got back from a picnic with the girls, and I swear Claire was gonna bite Maggie's arm earlier! Turns out she was just hungry though, and so I gave her some of my breakfast sandwich to chill her out. Yeah, ham, egg, and cheese with butter and pepper, maybe some hot sauce if you're into it - that recipe really does the trick!" After a confused look and some funny questions, it comes to light that Claire is a devious little Gliscor that was mere seconds from using Fire Fang, and Maggie is a shiny Meowscarada that's prone to getting the zoomies after a nice bath. "That's just how I name my Pokemon? Did you think I was talking about people earlier??? Oohhh now I get why you were looking at me weird! Yeah, you wanna meet them? I think they'd like you." And the girls, all six of them in the party (more names and species can be inserted) turn out to like the other person - even with their eccentric personalities at play. After all, "A friend of (y/n) is a friend of mine."
Hghshf I see this and all I think of is Reader leading a team of fem pokemon shouting "let's go lesbians lets go!!!"
Also along with Claire and Maggie, I'll include these 'mons (some inspired by my main team):
Evelyn: Comfey, spends less time in her pokeball and more time hanging around Reader's neck
Trish: Ceruledge, cleaves through tera dens but is picky about which spots on her armor get cleaned
Clover: Shiny Scrafty, likes finding trouble and defends her gal pals with her life
Queen: Bisharp who girlbossed her way into becoming a Kingambit. She likes wearing flowers in her hair.
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Drayton
You were turning into quite the social Beautifly at BB Academy, making a lot of friends in the League Club--including the Drayster himself.
Apparently you have your own little "circle" now, too, only ever referring to them as "The Girls" in conversation.
One day you ask Drayton if they could visit the clubroom, which confuses him a little considering you didn't need to ask for his permission.
But he doesn't think about it too deeply.
"Sure. I don't mind meeting them." He smiles.
"Sweet! You're gonna love Claire and Maggie. They're the best."
"Oh will I?" He raises an eyebrow, now fully intrigued. "Well..I'm looking forward to it."
When you show up to the clubroom the next morning he looked very confused as he didn't see your girl friends accompanying you, asking if they suddenly bailed.
It takes you a few seconds for you to finally understand...
"Wait--oh my gosh, you thought...oh no, no. They're my Pokémon. Lemme show you." You toss out two pokeballs, and Drayton is surprised to see that you have a Shiny Meowscarada and a Gliscor.
As he quickly finds out, while you do have a competitive team, your casual team consists of all female Pokémon who you call "The Girls", having raised then since they were little.
And you decided to give them all human-sounding names.
"This is Maggie and Claire. I'm SO sorry, Drayster...you must've been super confused.."
He just laughs it ff. "It's all good. It's actually pretty cool that you gave 'em human names."
"How could I not?" You chuckle as you hug Maggie, your grass ace purring was she wraps her arms around you. "Meowscarada's kinda a mouthful, and she responded to "Maggie" so I settled for that."
"Cool, maybe I can start calling Archuladon "Archie" or something...that's kinda a mouthful, too." He jokes.
Although The Girls were initially wary of him flirting with you and trying to snag your attention (then again, they're wary around boys in general), they eventually grow to like him.
After all, any friend of yours was a friend of theirs.
Kieran
Since you two shared a class he was falling behind in, you offered to help him study for an upcoming test.
"Oh! Are you sure it's no problem, [y/n]? I can always borrow your notes and give them back-"
"No, no it's fine! I've actually been meaning to introduce you to The Girls but couldn't since you were on break. They're just chilling in my dorm right now if you wanna meet them!"
Immediately, his brain shortcircuits.
"The Girls? Ah..wowzers....y-you sure they don't mind a boy coming over?" He fidgets with his hair, blushing at the thought of these friends of yours giggling and teasing him.
Surely they've heard all about him...but then again, his name was still pretty well-known at the Academy and his reputation was ever fluctuating.
He's understandably nervous about meeting new people (considering how strongly Nemona approached him back in Kitakami, demanding a battle).
But you reassured him they were cool, recalling a funny story to help him feel less anxious as you both walked to your dorm.
"So we're just having a picnic in the coastal biome, right? And I swear to Arceus, Claire was this close to biting Maggie's arm off. I didn't know what got into her...but, as you might've guessed, she was just hungry and impatient. Such an overdramatic baby. But anyways I split my breakfast sandwich with her. It was an easy recipe: just ham, egg, cheese, some butter, pepper, and hot sauce--which she actually really loved, and.......what's that look for?"
Kieran just has this SUPER confused expression the whole time you're talking, wondering why you're describing your friends as if they were Pokémon..
But after opening the door to your room, he discovers that's because they are your Pokémon. Your casual team, in fact.
He sees Maggie laying across your bed, playing with a yarn ball, Evelyn healing a scrape on Clover's arm, and Claire showing off her Fire Fangs to Trish and Queen.
"I'm back, ladies! We have a guest! So play nice, okay?" You clap your hands, spinning around and seeing the look on your friend's face. "What? You thought I was talking about humans this whole time?"
"...yeah...you got me. And here I was, all nervous for nothin''." Kieran does his signature "slump of defeat", feeling super embarrassed.
Doesn't help that the Girls are snickering and giggling at him, too.
"Hush, Girls. He's shy." You lightly scold them, before reassuring him that you've definitely confused more people than just him.
After that clarification, he absolutely wants to introduce his Gliscor to Claire, thinking the two would get along great (considering his own companion liked to be fussy during picnic breaks, too, maybe he'll use that sandwich recipe you mentioned...).
You wind up doing less studying and more of showing him videos of Maggie getting the "zoomies" after her bath, Trish sparring with Queen, and other things The Girls have been up to lately.
Least to say, he was glued to your rotomphone for a while.
It baffles you how this guy--former BB League Champion Kieran--still didn't have his own.
Carmine
While visiting her and Kieran during their break, she hears you talking about a group called "The Girls" that you've brought along.
And she's confused bc she swears her brother only bought one ticket for you...
So she assumes these "girls" are some filthy rich students back at BB/Uva/Naranja Academy, getting a little jealous as you talk about them and the shenanigans you've been up to before coming to Kitakami.
"Already replacing me, huh?" She teases lightly, although Kieran tries telling her to lighten up a little.
She gets defensive quickly.
Tbh she'd rather do the mochi-mochi dance again than ever admit she's jealous of your new "friends".
You, on the other hand, are clueless and wonder why she's acting so aloof...but then again, the siblings did tell you about the mayhem Pecharunt caused literally the day before you flew in.
Maybe that was it.
When you invite Carmine to a picnic, she's bolting over to your location, ready to square up and see what these "friends" of yours are like...
Yet all she sees are your Shiny Meowscarada, Gliscor, Shiny Scrafty, Comfey, female Kingambit, and Ceruledge playing around or mediating in the grass, and no humans other than you two.
"Where are they?"
"Where's...who?"
"Maggie, Claire, Trish..all these "buddies" of yours." She blinks as the three Pokémon in question turned their heads to her. "....don't tell me I'm looking right at them."
You nod and that's all it takes for her to start fuming, realizing she was jealous over Pokémon (but at the same time, she's relieved they're not humans).
"Why didn't you just say they were Pokémon????!!!" Her hands shake. "Do you have any idea what-?!"
"Woah there." You put your own hands up in defense. "You thought I was talking about people this whole time?"
"Yeah!! I mean--you gave them people names so I just assumed!"
".....ohh, I'm sorry, Carmine." Finally understanding, you awkwardly laugh a little. "Now I know why everyone gives me weird looks when I talk about them.."
"You think????"
The Girls have stopped their current activities, entertained by the squabble between you and her.
But after all of that's cleared up, Carmine gets to know your casual team a little more personally.
And they grow to like her, too, after initially disliking how she yelled at you--even though you told them all that's how she usually is.
Lacey
When you tell her about your casual team, she's under the impression that you have little sisters because of their human names and the fact you only call them "The Girls".
Even more surprising is when you mention having six of them, and she wonders how tf you have so much time to take care of them AND time for BB League activities.
If she gets the feeling you're overworking yourself and you ask if you could organize stuff in the club room, she'll be like "nope 🙅♀️ nuh-uh, we'll take care of it, go home and take care of your family they are the most important thing!!!!!"
You're confused as hell, but take the day off anyways.
One day, she asks if she could see them some time, and you're like "????? okay!" and arrange a hangout in the Terarium.
When Lacey arrives, she's perplexed when she only sees Pokémon with you...but can immediately tell they're all girls.
And only then does it click.
"Oh! "The Girls" is what you call this Pokémon team?"
"Yeah! I told you, didn't I?"
"...I thought you were referring to your sisters."
You blink, before chuckling at her confusion, realizing why she might've thought that. "Oh, well..in a way they are my sisters."
When she spots Evelyn hanging around your neck, she just coos at how adorable the Comfey is.
And somehow, Queen (a Pokémon notorious for being a fearsome leader) managed to look cute with all the flowers in her hair--which also impresses her.
As long as she doesn't use any steel attacks on Granbull, Lacey is cool with her.
Now that she fully understands, she loves that "girl power" vibe you have with your casual team, especially since they're pretty strong in battle, too.
#clanask#anonymous#pokemon x reader#pokemon sv x reader#pokemon scarlet x reader#pokemon violet x reader#indigo disk x reader#pokemon drayton#pokemon kieran#pokemon carmine#pokemon lacey#headcanons
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what do you like about Ahsoka(genuine question)
I tend to gravitate towards female characters that have something very wrong with them, usually some violent adjacent trauma and maybe something a little existentially Other. Examples from past fandoms include Leah of Hel, Anevka Sturmvoraus, Nico Robin, and Uzumaki Karin.
Ahsoka is notable because she's the first that I think has had such struggle with remaining a good person and managed it. Leah has never quite fit into a real framework of good and evil, because she's a queen of death. Anevka was kind of a dick right up to her death. Robin got removed from her bad situation and given a truly reliable support network for the first time in twenty years, and Karin was an asshole until the violence was over for long enough that she was allowed to mellow out, and even then she's still working for a retired supervillain.
Ahsoka was good. She was put into a situation that drove uncountable numbers to madness and cruelty, and she stayed good. She struggled, she lost most of her support network, she was not given a way out, and she stayed good. As a teenager in war, as a young woman surviving a genocide, as a black ops agent running missions solo more often than not and without having heard from her only known remaining friend in fifteen years, she stayed good.
Fucked up. Snappish and standoffish to protect herself. Secretive. But good. She tries to be kind, even when she's hurting, tries to be everything she was taught to be about how to be a good person, a good Jedi, by all the role models she had growing up, by Plo, and Obi-Wan, and Tera Sinube, and yes even Anakin, messy as he was.
I've made a post before about how I like characters better when they have to struggle to find and remain good, rather than just being it intrinsically. Ahsoka started good, yes, you could argue that she is 'intrinsically' good, but everything around her was meant to push her to darkness, and everything that tried to do that failed.
I like a fucked up gal, but there's something incredibly powerful that hits me about a character that is given every reason to become cruel, to become a monster, and... doesn't.
Refuses to bend and break and become what they hate.
Bitchy, sure. Cold, sometimes. Traumatized and untreated, definitely.
But still good. Still trying to do good.
Fuck, who can't love a character like that?
(This also applies to Obi-Wan in a lot of ways. Lots of venn diagram overlap in reasons to love them.)
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stars above
for @throneofglassmicrofics August prompt "Indigo"
word count: 894
warnings: none hehe ;)
enjoy!!
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A midnight breeze rustled softly through the thick carpet of grass beneath Aelin's bare feet as she walked slowly across the open field. In the long years since the breaking of the dam, Theralis had first withered and scorched to a hard platter of baked dirt, then gradually covered itself in a fine dusting of green. A scattering of wildflowers speckled the lush meadow that the plain had become, and the queen's lips curved into a gentle smile. Water beaded in the cup of her palm, and she let the drops tumble to the ground--an offering, a gesture of thanks.
In the middle of the plain, Aelin sat, then tipped backwards and laid down in the grass, her eyes drifting closed for a moment before opening wide to gaze into the deep indigo velvet of the night sky. Stars unfurled in silvery ribbons far away in the skies, and her eyes traced the familiar lines and dips of the constellations she had learned as a child, leaping from one bright flare of starlight to the next. Somewhere between the Lord of the North and Deanna's Bow, a tiny, inky void blotted the expanse of the stars.
She squinted hard at that ripple of darkness, wondering why it was there and why something told her she knew what it was. When she tipped her head sideways, viewing the sky from a different angle, the shape seemed more defined, somehow.
Like a doorway.
The wings inked onto her back pulsed, the Wyrdmarks written there flaring subtly in answer to the question that coiled around her thoughts. A doorway. Perhaps a doorway from another world, a lingering mark of the queen's descent back into the arms of her life and her love.
Question answered, Aelin's gaze drifted across the sky again, aimlessly wandering from one pinprick of flickering light to the next, searching the stars for another near-forgotten image. But the stars had shifted since she was a child, and the patterns that she had been able to trace even during her long, tormented years at the Assassins' Keep were not where she had found them. Teras blurred her vision, and as she swiped them on her sleeve, her mate's presence tugged gently at her heart.
Why are you crying, Fireheart? Even from as far away as the palace in Orynth, Rowan's concern was palpable.
She sniffled. The stars are different now, and I...I can't...
His understanding poured over her like a wave. I'll be there in a moment.
I'm at Theralis, you hovering buzzard, it isn't as if you can just flap your wings and appear here.
Wait and see. She could feel the faint rasp of his chuckle. Shaking her head, she stared deeper into the stars, jolting slightly when a warm, calloused hand touched her shoulder. "Fireheart."
"Rowan." When in the hells did Fenrys teach you to shadow-walk?
He laid down in the grass beside her, linking his tattooed fingers with hers. We've been practicing for a few months, at least.
"Could have given your wife a warning." She squeezed his hand.
"That wouldn't be any fun." Her buzzard flashed her a smug little grin and turned his eyes to the stars above. "Tell me, Fireheart. Who are you looking for?"
Tears glossed her vision at the depth of how well he understood her, at the simple, open way he asked who. "My...my parents." She flicked a stray tear off of her cheek. "When I was younger, in Rifthold, I'd look for them in the constellations some nights. I knew I could find the Lord of the North and follow his antlers, but when I was looking tonight, I..." A sigh shuddered through her. "It's been so many years, and the sky has shifted."
His thumb stroked up and down the back of her hand. "Can you find the Lord of the North for me, Aelin?" Her gaze traced across the sky, quickly locating the pattern of the stag, and she pointed to it. "Good. Now, I want you to trace up to his antlers and stop when you find the edge of the constellation." He guided her hand as she traced. "Now go east."
Her brows furrowed. "East? I've always looked north."
"I'm trying to account for the shift," he said. "There was a pattern I used to navigate when I was a youth, and as I grew older, it shifted east, enough that I eventually had to re-plot the charts."
She smirked. "That was a lovely history lesson, old man. I'm surprised you even remember your youth from such an advanced age."
I remember a good deal at such an advanced age, he rasped into her mind, the words tinted with promise. "This way." He guided her finger across the path of the stars, and when she stopped suddenly and shakily traced a shape he'd never charted, he twined his arms around her waist and held her as she inked the new placement of her parents' constellation into her heart.
"Thank you," she breathed, her voice thick with unshed tears. "I miss them. Gods, so much."
He kissed the top of her head. "I'm certain they're smiling on you from the afterlife, love."
"I hope so." She went quiet, and the pair of them laid there on the plain, watching the stars flicker in the night sky, until Aelin finally fell asleep.
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