#roaring twenties AU

[laurearte]

[surely he’s just a player. But maybe he’d like his jacket back?]

[‘tf did u do tonight pisshead’]

[🛳️ you can read my Jazz Age Komugi x Meruem fic for context here 🛳️]

[prohibitionprincesses]

Harlem Renaissance

New Orleans, Louisiana

Tiana learned her staunch work ethic from her father, but was vastly luckier than him in timing. James came of age in time to be drafted into the first World War, and tragically didn't live to see his dream take off. Tiana however entered her twenties at the same time as modern America, just in time for the Harlem Renaissance--a relatively good time for a Black entrepreneur to find success. Lottie and Big Daddy were friends with Tiana's family decades before it was cool for rich white folks to frequent Black restaurants, but no one nowadays questions them doing so; since radio helped spread Jazz around the world, the rich and powerful from all backgrounds are now visiting Black establishments (one of endless double-standards of the era). Some of Tiana's more like-minded friends likely left Louisiana in the Great Migration to pursue their career goals in the urban North. But Tiana's creole restaurant was always gong to be right here in New Orleans. It was ironic that Tiana's workaholics nature kept her from enjoying the jazz scene exploding in her own community, and the Roaring Twenties in general; luckily she met Naveen before missing too much of the decade. 

However, Tiana and Naveen may want to rethink their approach to how they go about violating Prohibition at Tiana's Palace... 

AN: I hate how long this took me. I badly wish I had been able to post this at the start of February, not only for Black History Month, but also Mardi Gras. Then again, upon seeing the Google doodle just now, maybe the Leap Year is the perfect time for a piece on "Princess and the Frog!" 

[countryrebel1995]

#sing 2016 #sing 2021 #sing 2 #roaring 20s au #jimmy crystal #buster moon #sing marcus #<- its my first time actually drawing him lmao what a lad

Confrontation (roaring 20s au)

I.e. Jimmy Crystal trying to force Buster to join his crime ring/put the Moon Theater and Eclipse speakeasy under his control. Buster says beans to that. Marcus comes in ready to throw hands. I'm actually really happy with how Jimmy came out. I think I finally figured out his stupid head.

[fallen-flier]

swim in circles (sniper! tim)

au where tim's parents get kidnapped by obeah man earlier on but they survive. and he becomes a sniper. :)

inspired by @yjcorefourenjoyer's sniper! tim idea, who graciously let me run around in their sandbox. :D

Turns out, when you leave your child alone without a parental figure for months, you can’t integrate yourself back into their life and just pretend all is normal.

You never wanted to parent me before, Tim wants to scream. Why are you even pretending you care now?

But he says none of it, swallows it down his throat dry where it resides in his chest, thick and cloying like a good son. His parents narrowly escaped being killed. Tim is being selfish because he isn’t used to this. It’s fine.

Jack wants him to transfer to a nearby private school and live at home instead of boarding school so he and Mom can keep an eye on him, fine. Tim can adapt, take advantage of the fact that he’s home more to take pictures of Batman and Robin. 

So Tim is twelve years old when his father brings him to a shooting range and puts a hand on his shoulder. Some good ol’ father-son bonding, his dad claims. His dad is too scared to admit what the true purpose is; so Tim won’t be defenseless in case he’s kidnapped.

But it doesn’t matter whether his dad verbalizes it or not: Tim knows, so there’s no point in saying it out loud.

(For a brief moment, he thinks of becoming Robin, of fists and swinging staffs and acrobatics. Of following Batman’s no-kill rule.)

It’s a silly thought. Tim’s parents are very much alive, and his reality is this: gunpowder and cameras and slow, choking patience. Tim is athletic, but doesn’t exactly make a point to get into fights— if he’s attacked, he would have the best chance with a gun.

But for the next few months, Tim drowns under his father’s expectations and his mother’s worried and guilty gaze. The knot in his chest tightens until he struggles for air, and Tim needs something, needs to get out of the house, needs to do something other than follow Batman and Robin because his parents keep checking on him in the middle of the night.

Tim flounders, kicks fruitlessly at the waters until another weekend, when his father brings him out again and he adjusts his stance, aligns his handgun, and waits until his hands are steady.

It doesn’t take long until he speeds through a fire safety certificate test and all but owns his father’s 9mm pistol.

For the first time in what feels like forever, Tim breathes.

It’s a hobby his father supports and something his mother, who sits in her wheelchair, loosens the furrow in her brow for. Before he goes, she quietly brushes her hand over his hair. Remember your gun safety, Tim, she says, and he nods before heading out for another lesson.

Really damn good, his instructor says, and Tim smiles, because his arms are getting used to the recoil and Tim has one of the highest accuracies among all the teens in the class, even if he takes a little longer than everyone.

But it’s no matter: Tim has experience with being patient.

It doesn't take long for Tim to start bringing his handgun out with him while he goes birdwatching. It takes even shorter for Tim to start eyeing the bolt-action rifles jealously, thinking of how much farther he could take it, what he could do. Eighteen years old, he chants, eighteen years old.

Except when Tim turns thirteen, Jason dies. Batman grieves his son’s death in a way that leaves Gotham a bloody, destructive swathe of pain. And Tim can’t just watch, anymore. He goes to Dick, pleas in his mouth, begging him to see that Batman needs a Robin. 

It doesn’t work. And now Two-Face has Bruce and Dick, and Tim has nothing but his 9mm pistol and the location of the Wayne manor. Alfred looks down at him, lips pursed in hesitation, and Tim knows, knows that Robin doesn’t use guns, knows that it would be an abomination to Bruce’s values and Dick’s legacy but he doesn't know what else to do. 

“Please,” he begs.

Surprisingly, it is easier to convince Alfred that he can protect himself with a gun. Tim suspects that Batman will have a different reaction.

–

Bruce and Dick are safe, Two-Face is safely in jail, and Bruce looks at his guns with poorly concealed suspicion and apprehension. And that’s the crux of the matter: Tim uses guns, Robin does not. Tim cannot be Robin, not with his parents so closely around and his only method of protecting himself being a lethal weapon. The worst part is, it all feels like a waste. The hours at the shooting range, his father’s proud smile, his rising accuracy rates, and it sucks, because Tim doesn’t want to feel this way. 

Tim never meant to be Robin. But he needs to become Robin now and Tim has never trained in hand-to-hand combat or swung a staff before. His way out has become another trap, and Tim has never shot a dart gun before, nor is it sustainable to use tranq darts. 

Funny. Tim never seems to be given a choice. But he can’t complain, so he does the next best thing. Tim throws himself into convincing Bruce, tries to prove that he can be Robin, even if he’s fighting a losing battle. There’s really only one way Bruce will accept, and Tim knows it. 

He screams until his voice is hoarse after Batman nearly dies, but he can't be Robin, not until he gives up Tim Drake. Timothy Jackson Drake holds tightly onto a hope that isn't sustainable, thinks of his father who looks at him in the eye and makes him promise that he'll keep his life over everybody else's.

TIm is selfish and he’s drowning again, but so is Gotham.

–

“Tim.”

His dad looks angry, flickers of worry shining from behind his eyes. Tim knows he’s been acting suspicious: too many bruises on his legs and cuts on his arm, coming home later than usual.

Tim shrugs self-deprecatingly. 

“Please, dad? I know it’s not what you want but it’s getting to be a lot and I need to move around my schedule to fit in more.”

“Tim… This wasn't brought on because the boys in your class have been roughhousinging you because you’re better, right?”

“No! It’s not, it’s not,” Tim shakes his head, face burning with mortification. That would be so embarrassing. It seems so juvenile, quitting because he was bothered by the envious comments, rather than quitting because he wanted to take on a vigilante mantle that had a fifty percent mortality rate to make sure Batman didn’t go off his rocker. 

Tim is so grounded when his dad finds out. His father sighs, running a hand through his hair, and Tim guiltily shrinks under his gaze. 

“You spent so long practicing,” his father accuses. There’s the hidden panic Tim was expecting. “I really thought you were into it, Tim.”

Tim flinches. 

“It’s not that,” he mumbles, trying not to feel like he’s wasted so much of his and his father’s time. “I’m just not that interested anymore and…”

And the truth is, Tim hates this choice. But it’s still his decision, to pick up Robin and put down Tim Drake. He goes for the low blow.

“Let me make my own choice for once, okay? You always want me to do this and that and I’m trying, but I want some space to figure out what I like instead of just balancing what you want in favor of what I want.”

His dad freezes, frustration playing out over his features, but Tim knows he’s won this one. 

“I’m going to check up on your mom. I don’t want to talk about this tonight, but we are talking about this.” I can’t stand talking to you right now.

It’s fine, because Tim has won. 

The situation will blow over, and Tim will prove that he can protect himself in other ways, to both his father and Bruce.

And once again his reality shifts: swinging fists and lies and the fast, spiraling rapids of life.

He thinks of steady hands and the quiet click to the loud bang of a gun. He will wait it out, he foolishly thinks. He has practice being patient.

a/n:

so basically this could go a NUMBER of ways, holy. i had so many plans that i derailed and thought over and whatnot

i originally was going to go for tim being a sniper wayyy earlier, like shooting bruce with tranqs post-jason death (which, by the way, tim would've gone through SO many hoops for that, dude is way too tiny to pass as over 18 and has to be a pretty damn good liar to his parents), never becoming robin (prob would've become a vigilante, just with guns)

but oh man in this version i haven't even GOTTEN to sniper! timmy yet...

also! discussed another cool idea with my wonderful beta @pinkcowzz about reverse robins where tim comes back from the dead as a sniper would also be fun. there are many ways that this au could branch out lmao

[hollyand-writes]

My draft and unfinished artwork for the @dragonagereversebang last year, which I unfortunately had to drop out of. Hoping to finish this someday, and colour it in. 1920s AU Carver/Merrill!

[autumnmobile12]

Defying the Volstead Act: Illicit Affairs

“We came to America for a better life and what did we find?  Enforced sobriety.” ~ Trevor Belmont

Castlevania Prohibition AU

I’m having way too much fun with this one.  Alucard is too powerful, Sypha is adorable, and Trevor’s just done.  Definitely gonna be drawing more characters in this au, stay tuned!

[philiasperanzart]

Animefication beam & painting over old stuff

[baconcolacan]

Do Tom and Tord ever dance together? Will they ever dance together? (All aus lol) been watching to much black swan

I really REALLY wanted to draw for this so I put it off ask, but I’m sooo tired today so I’ll just put this on drawing queue and answer:

Regimen: On the corpses of their (Tord’s) enemies maybe. Tom will not be happy about it.

MilDads: I never meant for this one to have any ships (aside from the dads I guess??) so platonically sure! Plus they’re kids so “dancing” will mostly consist of Tord spinning Tom around.

Stay (best for last lmao): Tord gets invited to a lot of galas and summits, and sometimes there would be subdued parties in ballrooms. When music for dances come on, and couples start meeting each other in the middle of the room to sway together…..all he can really do is look across the room, at his husband who is stationed with his other guards. Tom will smile at him, small and unseen by everyone else, but Tord won’t be able to stop his longing.

He dreams sometimes, of taking his beloved out to the floor, hold him close, and dance like it was only them there. With Tom, it always felt like it was only them in the world, and their frozen moments in time, when he wasn’t Red Leader, and just Tord Larsin.

He has his happy ending, but he wishes it could be happier.

[hannahhook7744]

Detectives in the Roaring Twenties (Part 1);

Au of my Disney Descendants Badun Detective Agency Au.

This based loosely on @panthera-tigris-venenata 1920s au.

The characters are aged up here like in that au but there are many differences between her au and mine, but hers is still very good so go check it out. Trigger Warnings: Child abuse, PTSD, Child Death, Child Murder, Gang/Mob Activity, violence, illness, murder, child endangerment, etc.

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Yzla Sorcerer of Enchania:

Her mother’s side of the family sells stuff (don’t ask or they might have to kill you) and her father is a reformed criminal (not that anyone knows that) who comes from an influential family of inventors and scientists (to which he is as well). 

Yes, her mother runs a gang. 

She’s the second youngest of her family—beat out by only Zevon.

She has two older cousins on her mom’s side named ‘Zim’ and ‘Zam’ who are her mom’s right hands after her former one (Kronk) left for greener pastures. 

She also has one other cousin from her dad’s side named ‘Calista’ who lends her the chemicals required for her experiments and forgeries. 

Yzla also used to have an older brother named, Lil Yaz, but he died from the Spanish Flu not long after sending her Harriet Hook’s way (she was a friend of his that he met abroad) so that she could find her own path.

She grew up in the city of Kuzcovia (where her mother grew up) before her family was forced to move after the “mysterious” death of her grandma, Azma. Which caused them to have to move to her father’s hometown of Enchancia. 

She was seven at the time and resided there until she moved shortly before her brother’s death when she was 18. After she arrived, Harriet pointed her to the Badun Detective Agency (which, at the time, only consisted of the Badun cousins) who were struggling to get a permit and certificate so that they could get it going. 

She may or may not have forged said documents for them after applying for a position in their company. 

She is the codebreaker of the agency and is handy with a knife.

She has a pet cat named ‘Stardust’ and a crow named ‘Mayhem’.

Before Yzla moved to Auradon City, she thought that she would never find a life companion because she had trouble finding a man who would love her for her and who didn’t immediately leave after discovering how bad at cooking and cleaning she was. But after moving and joining the Badun Detective Agency, she met Reza—Reza, who didn’t care that she couldn’t cook or clean. Reza, who was interested in her. 

The pair have been dating ever since.

He also helps her with making her poisons without batting an eye or acting wary around her.

In her free time, she does ballet and studies astrology when she isn’t helping Reza with his experiments.

Yzla is twenty three years old currently and mentoring Chloe Charming, Red Hearts, and Edith ‘Edie’ Olympian—and how she ended up mentoring one of the richest people in town’s children, she has no clue. 

But she’s not complaining because she is used to pulling dumbasses (I.e Zevon and her two older cousins) out of whatever trouble they find themselves in. 

She is very good at playing innocent and because of this, no one suspects what kind of trouble she is capable of. 

She does have a body count but won’t specify how high or what kind it is—and she and Reza both like changing up the answer whenever anyone asks. They find the reactions amusing.

Yzla wears mainly gold and opal jewelry as they are her favorite. 

Her younger brother, Zevon, is twenty two and is somehow involved with black widow, CJ Hook, and jazz musician (and con artist and possible cult leader) Freddie Facilier. Somehow, though, he almost always ends up being the only one needing to get bailed out after one of their schemes. 

Zim and Zam ALSO tend to get in trouble that they need to be bailed out of while their friends (Hunter and Ivy de Vil as well as James Brown Jr, Gordon Dwarf-Fae, and Eliza Fae) almost always end up escaping from said trouble. Much to her exasperation. 

She just wants some peace but knows she's not going to get it so she just rolls with it. 

She has a B.D.A Magnifying Glass tattoo on her left wrist that she got after she joined the B.D.A

Oh and she has jagged, thin scars on her hands from when a bowl shattered in her hands when she was trying to brew moonshine in her mom's lab (her cousins lied about what was in it thinking she wouldn't actually try and brew it) back when she was seventeen. 

She has many skills including but not limited to  Codebreaking, Potion Brewing, Safe Breaking, Forgery, Stealth, Weapon hiding, knife throwing, and tracking people down.

She has been known as The Good Cop, Detective Yzla, and the Code Breaker, and she knows many languages. Peruvian Spanish, Greek, Romani, Scottish Gaelic, English, Ciazarn, Arabic, and Latin to be exact.

Hermione 'Hermie' Bing:

Her father was the Ringmaster known as Maximillian Bing and owner of the most famous circus in the world, and her mother was one of his performers—one who played the part of the human mermaid before giving birth to her and passing away (who was known as Miss Atlantis).

For the first seven years of her life, Hermie traveled the world and performed in her father's circus until it went bankrupt—causing him to kill himself and leaving her an orphan.

After this, she was taken in by one of her father's old coworkers and became a child actor until she eventually got black listed from Hollywood when she was 18.

She was blacklisted because she punched several big names in Hollywood for getting handsy with her. 

After that, she got back in touch with an old friend of hers—Jace, who's mother was the strong woman in her father's circus—and became a secretary (and honorary detective) for his totally legit and legal Detective Agency.

She is in a relationship with the informant/spy of the agency—Eddie Balthazar—and she is bestfriends with Yzla Sorcerer.

Who may or not be committing art forgery constantly (which Hermie may or may not be a participant in. Not that she'll ever admit to it).

Oh and she and Eddie are now engaged.

Hermie also has a horde of mice and rats named 'Peanut, Caramel, Cotton Candy, Funnel Cake, Corndog, Twizzler, and Popcorn' and even more mental health issues, though the latter of which could be said about the other agency members as well.

Hermie is also the reluctant guardian of Sabina and Lazarus Stromboli after their dad (who had been a part of her father's circus) wrote her asking for a favor after he got into some legal trouble. Which somehow led to her reluctantly mentoring Lazarus when he showed interest in being a detective.

And then she ended up finding a feral child in a traveling circus's cage with hyenas who went by Zuri Crocuta, who ended up becoming another protégé of hers.

Then she somehow ended up mentoring a kid from the other side of the tracks named Danny Darling—and she still hasn't figured out how.

Hermie and the other agents live in the multi-roomed flat above the Badun Detective Agency office.

She uses the many, many abilities she learned in the circus to her advance and has become a bit of a master of disguise—which has become one of her roles in the agency when she's on the field and not doing secretary work.

She's good at hiding weapons in ridiculous places, Juggling, acrobatics, Contortion, Tumbling, Stilts, Flying trapeze, Poi, Knife throwing, Aerial hoop, Cloud swing, Hoop Diving, Trick riding, Static trapeze, Sword swallowing, Slacklining, Aerial silk, Acrobalance, filing, acting, accent mimicry, animal charming, and disguising herself among other things.

Hermie wears very colorful clothing and has a very loud personality—causing many to find her a bit odd. Which she uses to her advance since it usually causes people to underestimate her.

Her favorite food is State Fair Cream Puffs and her favorite drink is a sidecar. 

She loves murder mystery dinner parties.

Her favorite dance is The Charleston.

Her favorite song is 'Let’s Misbehave' by Irving Aaronson and His Commanders. Though a close favorite is the 'Thunder and Blazes' by Louis-Philippe Laurendeau.

She has exactly one photo of her parents that is not a poster that she takes with her everywhere she goes. 

She can also only cook upside down pineapple cake without giving those who eat it food poisoning.

She also only eats circus-y food, which adds to her eccentric aesthetic that everyone but her seems to notice.

She is 20 years old and has been the guardian of the Stromboli Siblings for two years.

Oh and she a clown nose birthmark on the back of the left shoulder and a B.D.A magnifying glass tattoo on her left wrist. 

Hermie also has a party hat shaped scar on her right palm that she got after landing on an oddly shaped rock after a bad back flip. 

She uses the phrase 'the bees knees' a lot. 

Due to growing in the circus and growing up an actress, she knows several languages—including but not limited to Ciazarn, Pig Latin, Scottish Gaelic, Romani, and English. 

She once got injured by slipping on a banana peel off the docks. Eddie fished her out.  

She has been known as The Girl With A Thousand Faces, The Ringmaster, The Secretary, The File Keeper, Detective Hermie, The Clown, The Human Mermaid, and The Master Of Disguise.

Edmund 'Eddie' Balthazar:

His father an elderly butler for a rich, widowed aristocrat until he was fired over inheritance issues (she left everything to her cats and little to him) and his mom was an elderly, disowned hermit who was a stay at home mom in her older years and an opera singer in her youth. 

He grew up in poverty because of this, which only worsened when his father broke his hip when Eddie was nine— causing Eddie to have to get a job in a factory to support his family (since his mom's memory was starting to go).

When he was 17, his dad died leaving Eddie to care for his mother who no longer remembered who he was. His mom died two years later which caused his drinking and smoking to spiral out of control.

After that, he joined the Badun Detective Agency when his old friend, Harry Badun, reached out to him. He met Hermie Bing not long after and the two of them started dating.

They are now engaged.

He works for the agency as the informant, rat, and spy, and often comes off as apathetic and narcoleptic.

He lives in the multi-roomed flat above the Badun Detective Agency office along with Hermie and the other agents.

He also has several pet cats named 'Flea, Blech, Snot, Fur Ball, TapeWorm, and Mange' who also live there.

And he is now mentoring Miriam Monroe, Panos Imp, and Everlee D'Aquire—and he has absolutely no clue how he got to this point but he also isn't complaining about it….. too much, anyway…

He is 21 years old.

He smokes cigars mostly and drinks whatever alcohol he can get his hands on since it’s prohibition—and he is not subtle about it at all. He has drunk a bottle of whiskey in front of a whole squad of police officers before while looking one of them straight in the eye (he didn’t like that one because of how disrespectful the man was towards both Hermie and the kids the agency mentors due to things they cannot control).

He, unsurprisingly, was arrested. This did not stop him from doing it again. And again. And again. 

Eddie has also fallen asleep while in the middle of a conversation with the officers before (he respects very, very, very few of them). More than once, actually.

He has had several jobs before and because of this he has a lot of skills—including the knowledge of how to unclog various machines with his bare hands, how to fix up a car, what will cause a machine to explode, how to cut hair, how to cook, and various other things. 

His favorite meal to make is shrimp cocktails, Salmon Mousse Cups, and Oysters Rockefeller but he doesn’t get to make it often. 

His favorite song that he knows by heart is ‘Let’s Misbehave’ by Irving Aaronson and his Commanders. He sings it to Hermie often ‘cause it’s her favorite song too.

His favorite game is ping pong since they have a ping pong table in the office but he also enjoys a good game of Coppit. 

He has a posh accent and can talk all prim and proper before dropping a swear out of nowhere—shocking people. He takes great pleasure in it. Especially when it makes Hermie or the kids laugh. 

He is a big fan of jazz. 

He uses the saying ‘the cat’s meow’ a LOT. It earns him a lot of eyerolls.

He knows everything about everyone. But people don’t tend to know this and tend to think that he learned it from Harry (who people call a stalker) but that’s not the case. 

Eddie has often been known to describe Hermie as ‘a real doll’, ‘slick’, and ‘the cat’s meow’.

Oh and he hates Everlee’s dad and does everything in his power to keep the kids (and his friends) away from him. Everlee often runs to him when she needs to get away from her pa (who is a right bastard in Eddie’s opinion). Eddie wishes he could punch him and would if he didn’t know that it would cause him to be unable to help Everlee if he did.

Also Hermie is the one who proposed to him—which is unheard of by everyone outside of the agency—and he obviously said yes because he likes how she keeps him on his toes.

He isn’t close to his mom’s family save for her great nephew (James Brown Jr, who goes by JJ) and her great niece (Lulu). He is unamused by JJ’s romantic involvement with Hunter de Vil (come on, he comes from a crime family!) and Eliza Fae (who’s aunt works for the damn mayor!). 

He and Yzla often complain to one another about the trouble their cousins wind up in together, and about how they always have to bail them out. It’s therapeutic (until Jace points out how often he has to bail the two of them and the others out and shuts them up). 

Eddie also loves smoking and drinking on the rooftops with various strangers and his friends as they all stare at the stars.

He is a blast to be around and doesn’t give a damn about what others think of him—and he is a very patient man. Until you hurt Hermie or anyone else he gives a shit about. Then it’s a full on fist fight where playing fair isn’t a thing.

He's also a bit of a handyman.

He fights with regular household items and gardening tools. 

Eddie has a B.D.A Magnifying glass tattoo on his right wrist.

He also has a faint cat scratch scar on his nose, a dog bite scar on his neck, and several long, thin scars on his arms and legs from the various jobs he's had. 

He knows nine languages—mainly bits and pieces—from all the jobs he's worked. The languages are Peruvian Spanish, Greek, Romani, Scottish Gaelic, English, Ciazarn, Arabic, French, and Latin.

He's been known as The Rat, The Informant, The Spy, The Double Agent, and Detective Eddie.

He has many skills including but not limited to Stealth, Bugging, Breaking and entering, blending in, climbing, lock picking, good at reading people, lip reading, sneaking, escaping, dodging, quick reflexes, good situational awareness, and being a good liar.

He also loves listening to music on Harry’s radio but prefers his Gramophone. 

Oh and he has nephrectomy scar after organ harvesters stole his kidney after he passed out drunk. 

Also Eddie is the one who found their mascot, Mystery, after hearing a rustling from a trashcan and fishing him out. The agency have had him ever since.

Reza Vizer of Agrabah:

He is the biological son of a prostitute known as 'Maji' and a mob boss (and astronomer) named 'Tareq Vizer' from Agrabah City. 

His mom died in childbirth and his bio dad treated him poorly for the first eight years of his life before he was murdered by a pair of mob bosses a(named Mozenrath and Sadira) as a result, who then adopted Reza. 

After that, they took over Tareq's gang and merged it with their own—of which Reza is to inherit if he wishes. 

He has two younger siblings named Omar (who is five years younger than him) and Alya (who is seven years younger than him) who he is very protective of. Even though he no longer lives in the same city as them. 

Due to growing up in the mob, Reza has developed a certain set of very specific skills that have made him good at finding people. He also has become good at hiding body and evidence, finding evidence, and firing various guns—including the tommy gun. 

He lived in Agrabah City for the first fifteen years of his life before he decided to experience the world by becoming a traveling salesman in the states—eventually winding up in Auradon City were he met the Badun Detective Agency after he was ‘arrested’ by them for ‘harassing’ several Auradon City residents while he was trying to get them to buy the vacuum cleaner he was selling.

He then pointed out that their certificate and all of their legal documents that they had hanging up on the wall were forged. Which somehow ended up with him having a job there.

Now, at twenty one years old, he works there as a detective and their resident forensics expert. 

Oh and he’s dating their resident code breaker, Yzla, who he often brews poison with. In return she helps him with his experiments.

He gets along well with her entire family and the kids she is mentoring as well as the ones he is mentoring. 

Oh and Reza loves taking the mickey out of Jay and Jade, who are the children of rival gangs back in Agrabah who are scouting out Auradon City. 

He also may or may not have been involved with one of them at one point but he will not confirm or deny those rumors. 

He also has a sort of rivalry with Carlos de Vil, who is a rival scientist and inventor (who is of course, a possible heir to the de Vil fortune and gang). Which despite what people may think, is NOT entirely one-sided. 

He lives in the multi-roomed flat above the Badun Detective Agency office along with the other agents.

He is also an astronomer and a bit of a mad scientist. 

He knows eleven languages—Arabic, English, Latin, Colombian Spanish, Peruvian Spanish, Greek, Chinese, Ciazarn, Romani, Scottish Gaelic, and French. 

Reza has been known as The Bad Cop, The  Astronomer, Detective Reza, and The Forensics Expert. 

He’s good at observation, deduction, evidence analysis, breaking and entering, and brewing poison and healing remedies.  

He has a random patchwork of knowledge that often surprises people. 

He has a scar in the shape of the big dipper on his right knee that he got from a constellation model he made out of needles and tripped on. He also has welt scars on his back and star birthmark on his left hip.

Oh and he has the B.D.A magnifying glass tattoo on his right wrist. 

Reza (along with the rest of Badun Detective Agency) figured out a long time ago that Julieanna Fox’s Parents (Gideon and Honest John) are gay but has chosen not to say anything because he thought everyone else already knew and doesn’t really know (or care) about the law. 

His favorite song is 'If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)' by Eddie Cantor.

His favorite food is Parsnip & Celery Root Bisque.

His favorite drink is tea but his favorite drink is the Corpse Reviver.

His favorite dance (even though he claims not to know any) is The Shimmy.

His favorite saying is ‘Know Your Onions’ followed closely by ‘glad rags’.

He also acts in shows at the Olympian family's theater and reads lots of poetry when he has free time and doesn't feel like experimenting or making poison. 

Reza is also the mentor of a mobster’s son—a boy named ‘Paro Imp’—and a mad inventor’s son—a boy named ‘Maddox Hatter’. 

He occasionally works with Maddox’s father when the opportunity arises. 

He takes this responsibility very seriously and is hellbent on not messing it up or endangering the kids more than necessary.

And he plans to propose to Yzla as soon as he finds the perfect ring. 

He’s also an excellent lock pick and prefers typing on a typewriter over writing with a pen and paper when he has the option. 

Oh and he enjoys a good train ride and a good murder mystery dinner party.

He owns various guns, throwing stars, and swords and keeps in close contact with his family because he’s very close to them. 

He rides a bike around to get where he needs to because he doesn’t like driving. 

Reza also gives anyone who tries to stop Yzla and the rest of the girls from voting (since it is a relatively new thing)—despite the fact he is bad at fighting. 

He also takes his proteges to the picture shows weekly as a bonding exercise. 

Harold 'Harry' Badun:

His father—Harry Badun—is the henchman for Crime Boss, Cruella de Vil (who inherited her position from her deceased mother. Who she may or may not have murdered), and His, Helga Sinclair, mother was a tomb raider and cat burger. 

He has had many stepmothers, step aunts, cousins, and paternal siblings who have died or gone missing under mysterious circumstances when they were children. Because of this, he hates Cruella de Vil with a passion and has been attempting to kill her since he was seven when his twin sister was murdered. 

Out of the ten siblings he had, only three are alive—and they are the three he didn't even know existed. These three siblings are Hunter de Vil, Holiday 'Holly' Sinclair, and Helena Sinclair (Hunter is 34, Holly is 25, and Helena is 22)—who are all his maternal half siblings. 

He is twenty three. 

His uncle is also a henchman for Cruella and because of this, Harry and his cousin don't talk to him or Harry’s dad. They are still cool with the de Vil siblings, however. 

Even the attempts on Cruella's life haven't stopped even though Harry is now twenty three and the founder of a totally 'legit' Detective Agency along with his cousin. 

He is not interested in romantic or sexual relationships in the slightest and doesn't understand why people call him a ladies man. 

He also knew from the moment he met Julieanna's parents that they were gay and almost gave her a heart attack when he asked how her dads were doing when she visited once.

Harry and Jace founded the Badun Detective Agency when they were 18.

He is known as the leader of the group and has been known to take his job a bit too seriously—even to the point of risking his own health and safety. 

He once got in a fight to the death with Harry Hook over them sharing a name that Jace and both of their sisters had to break up. It probably helped that Cj, Harriet, and Holly are all black widows. 

Harry often turns a blind eye to whatever illegal activity his mother and three remaining siblings are involved in—not wanting to get involved if he can avoid it. 

He has been described as a jack of all trades due to his many skills as well as a stalker because of how intense he can be about his job. 

He can often be found where the action is—drinking in front of officers and smoking pipes. 

And he is also handy with a gun and has several conspiracy boards hung up all over his room. 

Harry also owns SEVERAL handmade shanks—a skill he learned from the various nights in the slammer he's spent. 

He once sprained his ankle jumping out of the second story window of their base hoping they'd be able to solve a case quicker—they did not. 

He designed the B.D.A tattoo which he has tattooed on his right wrist. 

He also has several bear traps scars on his legs that he got from living with Cruella. 

Harry has various skills including but not limited to thievery, observation, deduction, stealth, improvised weapons, escape artist, tracking, impeccable aim, climbing, and researching.

He is also emotionally and perhaps mentally unstable and a flight risk who has a habit of running off on his own.

He is good at making improvised weapons and finding escape routes and is skilled at hand to hand combat and impeccable aim.

Harry also has anger issues, trust issues, and issues with respecting authority figures—which gets him in trouble quite often, especially with officers of the law. 

He knows the following languages—French, English, Ciazarn, Arabic, Greek, Romani, Scottish Gaelic, and Peruvian Spanish.

Oh and he has definitely broken several laws, despite Jace telling him that he's setting a bad example for his protégés.

The protégés in question are Lada Hag and Khalil Hunterson. 

He found Khalil caught in one of his own traps in the woods and he found Lada when she was attempting to poison Cruella. Lada is undoubtedly his favorite of HIS protégés (his favorite overall is Edith though) even though he won't admit it. 

He has a strained relationship with his mother though he does still love her. 

He also doesn't have a spleen because it was stolen by organ traffickers he was investigating. Jace was not happy to find that out.  He has a splenectomy scar from it. 

His favorite  living sibling over all is Hunter. 

His favorite of his siblings would be Mable, however. 

Harry loves starting shit with the mayor and the local police force—even though it drinks Jace nuts. 

He walks very quietly, which often startles people. He finds both of these situations very funny. 

His favorite song is 'Back in Your Own Backyard' by Ruth Etting.

His favorite drink is a Warm Spiced Cider Punch followed by a corpse reviver. 

His favorite meal is a Blackened Pork Caesar with a side of Cheesy Cream of Asparagus Soup and Honey Whole Wheat Rolls. 

His favorite book is 'The Mysterious Affair at Styles'  by Agatha Christie, who is his favorite author. 

His favorite dance is 'The Texas Tommy'  followed by 'The FoxTrot'.

He is the most lenient of the mentors and tries to bond with all of the protégés when he has time. Even when his fellow agents wish he wouldn't. 

He owns a radio and listens to it as he works often—finding it relaxing. 

He can also be a bit too blunt at times. 

Oh and his favorite movie is 'Nosferatu'. He's taken each of the protégés to it at least once. 

Also he decides that whatever the Badun Detective Agency's mascot, Mystery, has going on is not his business because he does not want to unpack just how odd that turtle is (and he may or may not be afraid that it can and will murder him in his sleep). 

Hunter has kept track of all the various ways Harry (and Jace) have tried to kill Cruella. Both together and separately. Harry has tried to kill her by himself a total of ninety-five whopping times. And with Jace, he has tried to kill her thirteen times. With Helena and Holly and his mother he has tried to kill her four different times with each of them. And with Khalil and Lada, he has taken each of them to try and kill her once but stopped when his friends all tore him a new one for doing so. 

Harry is still, to this day, frustrated when his various attempts on Cruella's life. 

Oh and his favorite living sister is Helena because they both love guns. 

He has a kill count. He will not confirm or deny a number though, because he likes watching the way the ambiguity makes people squirm. Even if Jace wishes he wouldn’t tell people about his kill count at all. 

Harry has also definitely walked in on his mother during her various robberies as well as on Holiday killing her husbands. And on Helena selling weapons to shady people. And on Hunter making said weapons. But he does not get paid enough (or care enough) to arrest them. 

Also he has accidentally (and literally) shot himself in the foot before. For some reason, people he brings this up to as an icebreaker do not find it nearly as amusing as he does.

Oh and he is inadvertently responsible for Elle's relationship with Jace because Edith (fed up by her aunt's attempts to set her up with someone) sent her after HIM and he sent her after Jace. And Aphrodite then set the two of them up. 

Now she's trying to set Edith and Harry up with people again. Much to their dismay.

Also Harry can't look in the mirror anymore because he can't stand the fact that he's now older than his twin and it pains him.

Also he fought in the war.

Jason 'Jace' Badun:

His mom was a strong woman in the Bing circus known as Katrina Stronghold and his father was a man known as Jace Badun—who like his brother, is a henchman for the de Vils. 

He is the muscle and the co-founder of the Badun Detective Agency alongside his cousin, Harry. 

He doesn't talk to his father or uncle due to the lack of action on their parts to stop the murders/disappearances of his mother and aunt figures as well as his cousins and siblings. 

He is twenty three. 

He is dating Elle, who Aphrodite set him up with. 

Jace is basically the mom/dad friend who keeps everyone else alive. Being very exasperated as he does so. 

But hey, can you blame him? He has seventeen protégés (nineteen if you count Sabina and Samantha), a sweet girlfriend who people like using for money, and five VERY chaotic coworkers. Two of which didn’t think to tell him that they had an organ stolen from them (Eddie and Harry). 

…Needless to say, Jace is very stressed all the time when it comes to his friends. 

He is a very patient man but he takes shit from no one and will beat the shit out of anyone who hurts his friends.

He drinks and smokes and has a very high pain and alcohol tolerance. 

He is also very good at playing (read: cheating) at poker.

He has a nice yellow convertible. 

His favorite color is brown and he is dating a rich socialite named Elle, who is the one who paid for the building that the Badun Detective Agency’s base is located in—after not liking the one he and Harry were originally gonna buy due to the building not being up to code. 

He occasionally wears warpaint because he likes how it looks.

He fought in the war and is very pro-union and has taken part in several strikes.

He is good at wielding guns, shovels, shanks, and baseball bats.

He smells of a mix of rubbing alcohol, pinewood, old blood, mud, gruel, and cigarettes. 

Jace enjoys helping Elle take care of her pets and loves giving her nice things even though he can’t always afford it.

He is mentoring Hadie Olympian (a big mob boss’s son), Glauco White (a rich socialite’s son), and Avalon Knightley (a corrupt cop’s daughter)—which is not at all an easy task. 

He has tried to kill Cruella with Harry thirteen times and has tried to kill her by himself on six occasions. All of them obviously failed.

Jace speaks eight different languages. One of which he learned for Elle—that language is Greek. 

He also has a B.D.A magnifying glass tattoo on his right wrist and his knuckles are heavily scarred from all the fights he has gotten into.

He has Impeccable aim, a great sense of empathy, and is good at weight-lifting, breaking and entering, evidence hiding, climbing, weapon improvising, profiling, and various forms of combat. 

He has Shellshock from his bad childhood and the war but is still the most emotionally stable out of the group as well as the most responsible and reasonable. 

Harry was in the same battalion as him.

He is stronger than average, which he likely inherited from his mother and is a people person and very helpful but is fine with being second in command compared to Harry.

He is good at covering the agency’s tracks and usually keeps track of where all his fellow agents are out of habit.

Jace also loves the agency’s mascot, Mystery, because even though he’s a weird turtle he’s good at keeping the others in line.

He has a kill count but refuses to speak of it because it depresses him.

His favorite song is ‘Among My Souvenirs’ by Connie Francis.  

His favorite drink is Ginger Rail.

His favorite meal is Italian Meatballs with Derby Hot browns and icebox cake for dessert. 

His favorite book is ‘Whose Body’ by Dorothy L. Sayers.

His favorite dance is ‘the shimmy’. 

He loves going to the picture shows with Elle and visits her family’s theater and their various other businesses quite often out of love.

Jace has been described as a tired but caring man on more than one occasion. 

Oh and he once caught Eddie making bathtub gin and gave him shit for it because it was ‘gross’ and ‘unhygienic’. 

Also he plans to purpose to Elle once he saves up for the perfect ring. 

Also, he makes a good body guard (and has been acting as one on the side to earn some extra money without the others' knowledge). 

[vintagerune]

Vintagerune

Deltarune, but in the Roaring '20s!

In this AU, all of Deltarune takes place in the Roaring '20s!

Look out for lore posts and character designs!

[laurearte]

Ca réchauffe au micro-onde son bachelor de graphisme pour illustrer sa fanfic... on est où là

[🛳️ you can read my Jazz Age Komugi x Meruem one shot for context here 🛳️]

[prohibitionprincesses]

Feibo Girl

Shanghai, China

For much of China, the phrase “Roaring Twenties” may have a less jovial meaning. While the U.S. is in the middle of its Jazz Age, China is in the middle of its Warlord Era. The end of the Qing Dynasty has seen China is split into waring fractions called cliques, with those living in the country suffering the worst violence. It’s an especially dangerous time to be a woman.

Fortunately, the Fa family lives in Shanghai, where the wars usually aren’t as close, and women’s rights are blossoming. Heavy with Western influence, the neon-lit city is “the cosmopolitan Paris of the East.” It’s an even blend of old and new. Ancient-looking ships sail past modern skyscrapers, and pedestrians push wooden carts next to buses and trollies. [Link] It’s a good thing the women of Shanghai have more opportunities, because the warlords impose high taxes on their people, and ill veteran Fa Zhou can no longer work. His wife brings in some money sewing trendy qipaos, but it’s not enough to cover necessities and the warlord’s taxes. So Mulan takes it upon herself to save her family from financial ruin.

She first tries getting a job at a cabaret called the Lucky Cricket. Her mother and grandmother help give her the makeover needed to transform Mulan into a winking Feibo Girl—a Chinese flapper. Then, hesitantly, Mulan bobs her hair using a long, sharp family heirloom. But despite her best efforts, Mulan’s clumsiness clashes with the cabaret owner’s inability to listen, resulting in a show that entertains everybody for all the wrong reasons. While the patrons laugh wildly and snark that the performer is “on fire,” the literally inflamed owner loudly fires Mulan.

Ashamed, Mulan sits in the family’s garden, deep in thought. Near an opened window, Grandma belts out to American jazz on the radio. Grandma’s dance session is interrupted by an announcement from Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, a political and military leader seeking to reunite China and put an end to the warlords. He is recruiting soldiers for what he calls “the Northern Expedition.” Mulan—athletic, strategic, crafty, and often mistaken for a boy—perks at the announcement.

Ling, Yao, and Chien Po giggle behind their fans as Zongchang boasts of his supposedly enormous masculinity. Meanwhile, Mulan and Shang quietly move to free the captured Dr. Sun Yat-Sen. Along the way, they rescue another prisoner, from Zongchang’s kitchen; the Dog Meat General’s name has several possible meanings, but he does indeed enjoy certain canine dishes. Mulan saves an energetic pup from the butcher, and names him Little Brother. Though not the brightest pooch in the word, Little Brother sniffs out Sun Yat-Sen’s holding cell.

Since Mulan has already been bobbing her hair and binding her breasts per Western flapper fashion, all she really needs is a fake name. She enlists in the National Revolution Army under the alias “Ping.” Joining her are a tiny dragon sent by her ancestors, and the mascot from the Lucky Cricket. Training with both swords and machine guns, “Ping” initially causes some mayhem (thanks in no small part to pranks from her comrades). But by the time the troop boards the train out to their first battle, Ping is one of the most promising recruits Captain Li Shang has ever seen.

Control of the railways is crucial to the warlords’ power, and most battles are fought near tracks. While squeezed onto the train and speeding through the country, the soldiers’ songs about girls worth fighting for are punctuated with harrowing scenes of massacred villages. They pull to a stop at a town that’s been burned to the ground, where Li Shang’s father lies among the dead. This is not the work of just any warlord. This was the infamous “Dog-Meat General,” Zhang Zongchang. A particularly ruthless and incompetent ruler, Zongchang is the most feared of China’s warlords. Mulan’s ingenuity leads to the troop’s first major victory, when she creates an avalanche that buries Dog-Meat’s most important railroad—with most of his troops still onboard.

While in the infirmary, Mulan’s true sex is revealed. At first, Shang and the other men don’t know how to feel. But it turns out that a woman may be exactly what they need in their next move against Zongchang. The Dog-Meat General has a harem of 30-50 women, who are assigned numbers because he can’t remember their names. And he forgets their numbers. The guy is just asking for this infiltration. Mulan’s experience at the Lucky Cricket cabaret is now inviable. She drills the men on how to dress and act like attractive ladies, and the operation is soon underway.

Back at the harem, it’s time for the next phase of the plan. This requires the drag-queens to take out some guards, which means another distraction is needed. Luckily, the Dog-Meat General also fancies himself a poet. Mushu and the cricket take over the job of distracting him, by claiming to be his new typists.  Cri-Kee hops from ink to paper, taking down what the Dog Meat General dictates, while Mushu observes. The finished poem reads:

You tell me to do this,

"Poem about bastards" by Zhang Zongchang[b]

He tells me to do that.

You're all bastards,

Go fuck your mother.

Instead of applause, this poem is followed by an explosion of fireworks detonating all around his military base. Mulan has finally destroyed Zongchang’s army beyond salvaging. The Dog-Meat General himself is killed by an officer avenging his father; Li Shang blows his smoking pistol with satisfaction. Shang follows Mulan back to Shanghai, where they begin a new life together in a unified China.

AN: This picture came out looking very similar to the design that Jacquelynn Harris gave Mulan in her Disney flapper series. I assume this is because we both based the outfit on Mulan’s matchmaker attire, and her hair on actress Anna May Wong. The background border is clipart.

On the story: In the old version of my Disney flapper series, I set all the stories in the U.S. Someone suggested that I look at non-Western fashion from the era, and I dismissed the idea, ignorantly assuming that the Roaring Twenties only happened in the West. This time around, I decided to check if anything interesting was happening in China in the 1920s…and wow, what a rabbit hole! So many things fit so perfectly with Disney’s version of Mulan, especially with that bizarre Zongchang character. I’d never personally create an Asian villain with “dog meat” in his name, but the Dog-Meat General is one of those “can’t make this sh-t up” historical figures. Of course I took liberties with how the history actually played out, as Disney often does; but all of the personal traits described, from the numbered harem to the literal dog meat to that poem, were real. And yes, he was killed by an officer avenging a relative. 

To anyone so inclined, here are a couple of incredible time-capsul videos from China in around this time period. 

Up the Wangpoo River to Shanghai (1920s) 

A video with sound and color from 1929

[theshippirate22]

Chapter 6 of ROARING is out Now!!!

Link

****************************************************** Billy was obviously perturbed by the idea of Steve running out and about unsupervised, meeting people he deemed unsavory- namely Eddie- because on Saturday evening, he came along with him to the party. 

Everything about that evening was the same as the others, the same rowdy company and opulent drinks and yellow light, but as soon as Robin stepped up to Steve’s side, she felt a sort of abrasive oppression lingering about him. It wasn’t his- adjectives like those had and would never apply to him- but it hung from him, like a stain on his outfit, a bitter strain in his perfume. 

****************************************************** love you all!! <33

@alideities @chaosdawg15 @stairsthe33rd

[tranquil-turbulence]

SS Month ‘23 - Day 18

Day 17 | Day 18 | Day 19

Prompt: 1920′s

WARNING(S): N/A

The band was swinging and the air was light and jazzy at the dance hall, dozens of bodies moving and chattering and laughing together. Skirts swished daintily and heeled shoes clacked against the hardwood floor. Some remained at the margins of the crowd, drinking punch and talking amongst themselves, while the more confident moved along the middle with their partners, carefree and happy.

Nineteen-year-old Sasuke Uchiha sipped his punch quietly, eyeing the crowd. It wasn’t every day that he could come to a dance hall for some fun, yet now that he was here it didn’t feel as exciting as it had when he was getting dressed up earlier. None of his friends were here, least of all others of his social circle. Tonight it seemed the middle class youth had gathered, with very few of the upper class. His father, a strict businessman, would surely balk at the crowd, imploring him to mingle with “better company”.

As his wandering gaze crawled across the crowd, his posture momentarily straightened as he caught a glimpse of pink hair. There was a cluster of girls huddled together, giggling and talking, and among them was one with a peculiar coloring - tanned skin, bright green eyes, and- that hair. It was ridiculously pink. Yet she was clad in a very pretty sparkling red dress that brought out the color of her tresses, brought up in a stylish bun. Her dancing partner, a blonde, he recognized; the heiress of the Yamanaka family. The pink one was less pronounced in his mind, yet he’d seen her once or twice in her father’s tailor shop.

Downing the rest of his punch, he set down the cup and made his way to the center of the room. Eyes casually turned to glimpse him and then turned into double-takes, whispers beginning to circle the hall.

By the time he made his way to that pink-haired young lady, her friends were openly staring at him, and so was she - but she was surprised, and intrigued.

“Hello,” he began, stopping in front of her.

“Good evening,” she responded, automatically trying to curtsy - before remembering the dress she wore and straightening back up with a flush of her cheeks. “I didn’t know you’d be here tonight, Sasuke Uchiha.”

“I had some free time and decided to see what was happening in town.” With a shrug, he extended his hand. “Care for a dance?”

The blonde and her other friends began whispering, and Sakura blinked slowly.

“She would love to,” Ino gushed, not-so-discreetly pushing her towards him a bit.

Fumbling with her words a bit, the girl finally nodded and took his hand. Her evening gloves were satiny against his hands, a pleasant touch as he wrapped his fingers around her own and tugged her further into the circle of dancers.

“So,” she started, twirling with him to the beat of the music, “I didn’t expect you of all people to want me as a partner.”

He shrugged. “You stand out in a crowd. I wanted to see who, exactly, would be so bold in color.”

Sakura’s cheeks flushed a pink that matched her hair. She pouted a little and turned her face slightly away. “My hair is natural. I get it from my father’s side.”

“Your hair wasn’t the only thing to catch my eye. Your dress is well-made. Where did you get it?”

As she twirled, the sparkling fabric swished against her knees and her straps were soft with - what was that? Feathers? Fur? Some cheer returned to her expression as she stated proudly, “I made it myself. I’m glad you like it.”

“You made this?” Now he was intrigued. He eyed the scalloped ends and trailed his gaze up until it met the boxy neckline.

“My mother is a tailor by trade; she taught me everything I know. I’ve been working on this for months.” As the music faded to a stop, she too came to a stop. Stooping to rest with her hands on her knees for a few moments, she caught her breath and straightened up again. “Well, that was fun. Thanks for the dance.”

“Would… would you like to go again?”

The incredulity in her eyes was slowly replaced with excitement, and she nodded with a beaming smile. Her hand slipped in his again, squeezing with a surprising firmness.

[hidayahchronicles]

The Un-pause; Tribute to my teen years.

And I feel at times that it's okay to be not okay, that the place I'm stuck in, is the uncomfortable transition to becoming a different me. No matter how much I try to be my old self, I'll never be the same because that part of me has long surpassed me.

And though the future holds the unknown I'll admit I'm afraid and I think that's what's holding me back in the pause. I'll be able to leave once I embrace the fact that I'm moving forward and even though it seems scary I won't be alone, I'll have the naïve child and the obnoxious, selfish teenage version of myself with me as I enter the next chapter of my life and knowing that somehow brings me comfort.

I'll make it big even if others aren't aware of the efforts I put in, I'll know how much I've had to sacrifice and I'll make the process worth the while as I become the highest version of myself.

So I guess this is the farewell that I've been putting off, thinking I'll have much more time with you. But my dear this is the end of our journey and the beginning of a new. You've grown so much into such a brilliant young lady despite your flaws.

This is me stepping out of the pause, taking control, and promising to take care of us in our 20s.

-Hidayah Chronicles

[autumnmobile12]

Defying the Volstead Act: We Play What We Play

The forge master duo and Lenore playing for the speakeasy.

Castlevania Prohibition AU

The trombone is a left-handed trombone.  I definitely did not draw it backwards.  Not at all.  Don't worry about it.