#so happy I got to be Cogsworth

[f0xgl0v3]

Got Cogsworth. GOT COGSWORTH!!!!

Ehhehehehehe the cast list came out and I get to be the silly clock man!!!

Also the first pass of the ranking post is soon. I wont be including certain things that get confusing (*the entire senior officer group because I need to figure out how they do the thing and how to either bend the story to my will or bend the rules to fit the story*) but hopefully it should be out.. tomorrow? Possibly?

Anyway, goodnight :3

[fizzy-dizz]

obsessing over lumiworth and I adore your art if you have any more or any headcanons please share

THANKS errrrmm i like these ones

Lum:

Makes the most AMAZING desserts and is always happy to share them with friends

Athletic. Mostly to perform nifty tricks for guests. He can also juggle and do all sorts of clownery

In his early 40s to me

Can't sleep still... has to toss and turn and shift sleeping positions like every 5 mins. This is why he needs a big bed

He can be forgetful so he tries to make the effort to write down important dates (birthdays, anniversaries, etc etc)

Hes got a very basic view on romance. Hes good with the roses, chocolates, promises unintended to keep. But not too good with the rest

I dont think he'd be up for marriage tbh hes a little playboy

THE WORST dad jokes but his jokes always land bc hes just says them with such charm

Was interviewed by Cogsworth for the position but was kinda informal abt it. Somehow he charmed his way into the job

Cogs:

Needs reading glasses‼️‼️

Actually quite physically strong (shitty stamina tho)

Enjoys desserts greatly

Very well-read, has general knowledge of most subjects. But he's particularly interested in art history

On that- I wanna think he has homeschooled Adam on several occasions

Loves the warmth of the sun as he's very used to cold weather all his life

Absolutely fine in French. He just doesn't speak it unless necessary (part of it is that English pride against Lu 😭) but when he does it shocks people everytime

Cat-person 💯

Very particular about his appearance. Keeping it FRESH mustache clean, hair brushed and neatly tucked, uniform tidy head to toe

Can't sleep unless he has like 100 blankets and pillows. He loves the warmth and the weight calms him

He NEEDS background noise while he works. Maybe in part of his time (lol) as a clock hes used to constant ticking, maybe in part of if the castle is too quiet then something is wrong

Anyone who has more to add please do :)👀

[lumiereandcogsworth]

this is kinda vague cause I don’t have any specific question in mind but can you talk about lumiere and adam’s relationship? just ,, anything about them? cause lemme tell youuuuuuuu something 🫵🏻 I think about that fic where he performs a magic trick for little adam all the time

SCREAM!!! the fact that you think about that fic so much makes me SO HAPPY😭 i ADORE adam & lumi’s relationship so YES LET’S GET INTO IT BABEY!

for starters, i headcanon that they’re 11 years apart. i did this because dan stevens and ewan mcgregor are 11 years apart, lmao. but i also think it makes sense! so i didn’t feel like altering that.

they met when adam was 4, and lumiere was hired as a 15-year-old footman. i think they liked each other instantly. lumiere’s jovial/loud/playful personality perfectly filled in all the gaps of adam’s terrible shyness. queen renée liked him, (she was only like. 6-7 years older than him) and he reminded her of her own younger brothers, whom she dearly missed. this helped adam trust lumiere quicker, as lumiere ended up spending extra time with him.

like in the fic you’re referring to, lumiere quickly picked up on how regularly adam needed to be rescued. mrs. potts filled him in on the severity of the situation here, and how it’s been like this since he was born, so lumiere became pretty protective of adam. he’d try to distract him and pull him out of reality as much as he could. cogsworth was always on the fence about it, because on the one hand, he wants to follow the rules and obey the king’s orders that servants aren’t supposed to be friendly with the family. but on the other hand, he cared about little adam too, and he was glad, in THIS case, that lumiere was so good at being sneaky

a couple years later, plumette joined the crew as a young maid. lumi fell for her INSTANTLY, and they became besties very quickly. she, too, of course, felt so badly for the little prince. she also became trusted by queen renée (who was alwaaysss rooting for those two — she’d get their schedules rearranged so they could work together or get days off together, and even find secret rooms to allow them alone time. she’s the OG plumiere shipper😤)

ANYWAY, my point there is that lumi and plumette very much became the big brother & sister that adam very much needed. they both played with him as much as they could. they’d go for walks with him in the garden when his mother was occupied, they’d race boats across the pond. lumiere would give him piggy back rides around the castle and adam would actually laugh sometimes!! he was so,., not very expressive as a kid. especially not happy emotions. so it always melted their hearts when they could hear his precious little giggle🥹

i’ve mentioned this before i think, but for birthdays and christmas and such, queen renée would send lum and plum to paris to get gifts for adam, since she was often not permitted to leave without the king🙃

lumiere also taught adam how to play chess!!!!! he also taught him some “special moves” (cheating) that guarantee (he’s cheating) victory every time😎 (he taught him how to cheat because beating cogsworth is funny). but he still knows (and never forgets!!!) the basics!!

when the queen got sick… ough. everyone was just trying to take care of adam as much as they could. which wasn’t enough At All, but it was all they could do. and when she died? OUGHDKFJSKJ!!!!!!!! adam was 9 (and a half), lumiere was 20. everyone (except the king 🤬🔪) is very very very sad.

adam would have really really awful nightmares, following her death. he’d wake up screaming and sweating and panicking. he’d cry and just entirely be unable to calm down. lumiere soon learned about this and started sneaking to the west wing at night and sleeping in the hallway outside of his room. and then when he’d hear adam wake up, he’d come in and try to soothe him best he could. he’d climb onto the bed and sit beside him and hold him tight until the crying turned to whimpering. adam would mumble “where is she? where’s mama? i want mama” and lumiere would shush him gently and try to keep him calm and pet his hair, telling him to go back to sleep.

the king soon found out about this (he had too many RATS working for him😤) and forbade it, putting a guard outside adam’s room so no one was allowed in during the night. (and sometimes louis would force him to stay in there during the day too! if he was being particularly difficult (having autistic meltdowns or just in general Being An Autistic And Depressed Child) and no one could control him🙃)

anywaaayyyyyy this is the beginning of the many cracks and fractures that would come to their friendship. adam is sent to boarding school in the fall and he just gets more closed off, angry, sad, you name it! from here. it’s not a 180 flip though. the first few years when he comes home for breaks, he’s still drawn to lumi & plum and still leans on them. i have a sweet fic from when he was 11 that’s 🥹🤧 a precious moment amidst the terribleness. and it’s more lumi doing card tricks!! hehe!! he’s an entertainer, what can i say?🤩

by the time he’s a teenager though there’s basically nothing between them. his father beat him enough times to Stop Talking To Them that he just finally gave up trying. and when his father dies just before adam turned 16, it’s all a mess. adam’s completely cold with all of them. he’s been away most of the time the last 6 years because of school so when he does come back and Stay at the castle, he just really makes it his domain. he invites all the awful friends he’s made in the cities, he creates his corrupt and awful court, he indulges and drowns in his self-loathing. all that good stuff 🙃

and where does it leave lumiere? heartbroken with the rest of the gang. feeling like they failed him. which is so hard because it’s like!!! they did as much as they COULD. if they did any more, if they were less sneaky, less careful, they’d have lost their livelihoods! and they couldn’t risk losing their work OR leaving adam to truly fend for himself. so they settled for the brief moments they could each spend with him, desperately hoping it would be enough for him to turn out like his mother, instead of his father😭

but of course. we know how the story goes. during the curse it’s interesting because he’s just stuck with them. like there’s no other people he could distract himself with. he’s stuck with them!!! and he clearly still listens to them, at least to a degree. i really love the scene where he sees a place setting for belle at the table and he gets PISSED and yells “LUMIERE!!!!!!!!!” and goes to talk to him. and he’s all pissy and grumpy but he’s still talking to him!! and cogsworth!! and mrs. potts!! it’s just so complicated!!!! like it’s not like he’s FORGOTTEN how much they meant to him, it’s just that his mind and heart are so DEEPLY clouded by the trauma of growing up with his father and the anger that he still feels for him, and himself! because of him! AGHGHH!!!

but you know what scene kicks so much ass??? THE ADAM & LUMIERE HUG!!!!!!!!!!! i’ve already perfectly elaborated on it here, and idk if i’ll ever be able to elaborate on it again because it usually just makes me go GJSKFHWKDHWKDHSKSJ!!!!!!!!!!! but that hug is just. CRAZY. “HELLO OLD FRIEND” ??????? i’m gonna throw myself into the sun. adam calling lumiere his old friend is genuinely one of the reasons i fell so FREAKING hard for this film seven years ago. what a line. what a scene. THE IMPLICATIONS OF IT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! adam’s cold heart is thawed and is full of LOVE and he HUGS HIS OLD FRIEND, THE ONE WHO WAS LIKE A BROTHER TO HIM, THE ONE WHO PLAYED WITH HIM AND WIPED HIS TEARS AND HELD HIM WHEN HE JUST WANTED THE WORLD TO SWALLOW HIM WHOLE. THATS HIS OLD FRIEND!!!! ADAM LOVES LUMIERE SO SO SO MUCH 😭😭😭

gosh… anyway, as a last, lovely, note. they of course become such best friends. after the curse, they have a couple deep talks that are so Good for them both, but especially adam. and adam learns how to confide in him, how to trust him again. they play billiards and pass the time! they play chess and adam “wins” and lumiere’s like hey dude i thought we AGREED we were only gonna use those moves on COGSWORTH!!! also lumiere becomes his valet for many years, so they’re just always chattin about one thing or another. (it’s usually court gossip though. lumiere being a servant has ALL THE TEA☕️).

they become fathers together, their children grow up together. heck! they become fathers-in-LAW together!! juliette ends up marrying lumiere & plumette’s eldest son, sebastian!!! :”) (and reecy & their younger child xavier are BEST FRIENDS😤 which is also VERY IMPORTANT‼️) their families are just forever intertwined. even before the marriage, they really are family. in a modern suburban au, i just KNOW they’d be neighbors having barbecues at each other’s houses all summer 🤧 anyway it’s just so beautiful man!! adam and lumiere just have such an important bond. they’ve Truly been through thick and thin. it’s such a sweet love, to have a friend as wonderful as they have in each other 🥹

[lumiereswig]

"I ship like almost everyone with Garderobe"

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i mean. she's hot, right? we're all in agreement that she's hot.

adam had a boyhood crush on her when he was like 11 and fliers announcing her latest tours would arrive in the mail. lumiere would complain when his music magazines got swept away by mysterious little hands and would only crop up later with the good pages ripped out

belle has a little fluttery-heart moment when she actually comes to terms with the fact that the wardrobe that's seen her getting undressed for at least a year and a half is The Greatest Singer of Her Generation. like how would you feel if your closet suddenly came out and casually mentioned she's Florence and the Machine. Would that make you happy or would you be unable to maintain eye contact for a while

congratulations! celine dion has seen you putting your bra on backwards. why are you acting like this isn't wondrous news

mrs potts and garderobe? ooh baby that sings. hot italian romance vs prim-and-proper austen level courtship hijinks. i think this can only go well

cuisinier is actually a super huge opera fan!! he's so happy to finally be able to pull himself out of that kitchen (he never wants to see that kitchen again) and go up and shake the great diva's hand. they sing a duet from the mariage of figaro together and collaborate on the first Entirely Sung Through Cookbook™

listen. listen. i'm not saying all europeans are hot feisty little devils who just love to make out behind curtains, but what I am saying is there's a moment when garderobe and lumiere lock eyes on a certain debauched drunken night and there is. shall we say. a Frisson™

cogsworth is too gay to be involved in any of this (i mean come on now really) but i would pay good money to read the love potion fic where cogsrobe is a temporary reality and we're all blissfully living in it

listen. listen. i like beautiful ladies. i will not fuss if you put garderobe and plumette in a room together. i will not fuss if there are small soft kisses. i will not fuss if the kisses turn into something softer, gentler, wilder. i might pass out though

i have nothing to say about chapeau + garderobe as a pairing besides that I think she could pick him and carry him bridal-style over the threshold while wedding bells chime

garderenza we already know my thoughts on. my thoughts are that i'm in love with it and stanley tucci gets my pension

[deliciouspirateangel]

just finished binging the entirety of high school musical: the musical: the series in six days and now i'm going to ramble about it for longer than anyone would care to read. it's gonna be generally positive but definitely nini and olivia unfriendly so if you dont wanna read that... dont ♥️♥️

so i suggested to my sister a while ago that i wanted to watch the show bc the videos that youtube commentary channel "pretty much it" did for it were hysterical. and she had watched the first couple of eps by herself and was like "i dont think you'll like it. its not as funny as they make it seem". but we finally decided to start it anyway

(also i dont know the entire casts' real names so i'll mostly refer to them as their character names)

season 1:

that first season was kind of rough. especially the pilot. it got better over time but its definitely my least favorite season over all. im not even a fan of high school musical so it lacked the nostalgia enjoyment for me

and i definitely did not like nini and her main character syndrome. and sorry to say but i think olivia is the least talented cast member over all. pretty privilege is so real like she didnt deserve to be the break out star she was just the most marketable. kourtney and ashlyn's voices were so strong and stellar, and they might not've been Dancers but they could definitely move. and gina was the best dancer in the fucking world and while i do think her voice wasnt as good, she could obviously still sing. nini's best talent moments were when olivia was shining thru imo (that one taking it for gra-a-a-anted song comes to mind first) but i was not here for the acoustic numbers and honestly i dont think she was a great actress

so i definitely wasnt a fan of the whole nini ricky gina ej love square. i know its a tried and true teen show staple but goddamn it got tiring. i just never liked rini and i didnt like how nini treated him right from the start asklfjlds. she was also rude as hell to everyone else, especially gina, being all passive aggressive towards her. literally saying she wanted to kick gina in the face bc gina is a good dancer and she's intimidated?? but also all the talk in general about gina being intimidating or aggressive or a bad seed like ??? the microaggressions were off the charts

not to mention the fucking macroaggression of kourtney's entire s1 "character". i think hattie mcdaniel had a more nuanced role in gone with the wind. it was so fucking painful to watch. she didnt exist to be anything other than nini's personal soundboard, cheerleader, stylist, life coach, and whatever else she needed in the moment. thank god they gave her a real character by s2 bc kourtney was way too talented, too gorgeous, too charismatic to be forced into the role of nini's handmaid the whole time

i dont really have much to say about s1 cause i wasnt into it at the time lol. it was okay. all the actors did a good job, it was kind of funny, the only song that really stood out was miss jenn's fantasy sequence song with lucas. the actually high school musical show they put on was painful to watch but thats high school theater for you babyyy

season 2:

this was such an improvement from s1 and my favorite season over all. there were a handful of eps in the middle where i was constantly like "this is my fave ep" "ok this is my fave ep" "ok now THIS is my fave ep" it was a delight. i love beauty and the beast and was so happy for ashlyn getting belle, and everyone else was very well cast. although idk why seb was chip and not cogsworth?? my sister said it was bc disney didnt want to confirm that they were gay 💔💔

the music was obviously better bc we've got fucking alan menken on the track. all the numbers from the show were perfect. i wish ej had gotten to sing the gaston reprise bc he didnt get to reach his full gaston potential and i think we deserved that 💔

the debacle with the whole rose song was sooo annoying. nini deserved to be that fork. she dragged the whole show down like it was always so much better when she wasnt there aklfjlksd

the rivalry with the other school was lots of fun. i liked all the new characters. my favorite original song was miss jenn's number with derek hough

season 3:

this season was likeee a pleasant mid for me??? idk it was fine and fun but it didnt have anything in it that blew me away. i think this season was screaming for extra episodes more than any other, since we were missing a chunk of the cast. we deserved to cut back to salt lake every now and again and see what the non-camp-goers were up to

kourtney and gina as elsa and anna was a dream. not the biggest fan of frozen but they did a good job. everyone looked so cute in their costumes and kourtney's solo was amazinggg. the new characters were fun but i dont have strong feelings towards them lol. but i loved getting to explore kourtney's character and her struggles with anxiety, that was very real

them filming a documentary was funny bc have they not been filming one this whole time? my headcanon was that the to-the-camera interviews were all in their heads and everyone was practicing for when they became famous lol but then ricky ruined that in s4 by acknowledging them directly rip 💔

i liked after their show ended and they all got sharpies and wrote their names on the walls back stage. that was definitely a potent theater kid memory and got me a lil teary eyed

i liked ej taking on the role of director and copying miss jenn's hand holding and high pitched singing at the first read thru. i liked ej and gina together i thought they were cute. it was disappointing that the show wouldnt commit to them for even a minute and they always had to be teetering on the edge between being a couple and not. that was frustrating

and girl just get nini out of there already. olivia wanted nini to be there as much as i did. she was sooo over it by s3

umm favorite original song was corbin bluh's basketball song

season 4:

very very fun season again. loved the chaos of filming the movie at the school while school is happening. as if every movie set in a real school doesnt shoot in the summer. oh well. gotta have a season!

there was too much mack for me personally. i dont think he gave wanted they wanted to be given. i needed more dani tho. her actress was so good at bad acting. she couldve been a much bigger comedic presence also she looked like a cross between sofia carson and emma roberts but sometimes just looked like a latina emma roberts ??? is that just me??

and still the lack of seb and big red at the beginning like ?? did they specifically piss off the writers so they had to banish them for nearly half the show?

loved that the little girl from camp was there. she stole the show. and maddox and jet are fine alskfjsldk i just didnt form strong opinions on them but i do like them

ashlyn's "i need to give her mouth to mouth! AS A FRIEND!" was the funniest line of the entire show hands down

so happy they finally had a halloween episode! it was lots of fun and everyone looked so cute in their costumes uwu. but that guy from camp that was stalking carlos??? that was so bizarre and it never paid off likeee what was the reason

and gina's mom was pissing us off so bad. she was acting wild this season. like gina has to focus on her studies so no boys but she can work from sun up to sun down on a movie lmao. and her mom had the nerve to be like "well i never came to your shows bc that was just high school theater but THIS is a movie" like wooow. and i swear it felt like she was about to sell gina off to mack bc he was famous. and when she started with that "porters dont wait around" mess and ricky cleared her with a quickness with that whole "well i seem to remember gina waiting around for you on opening night" like damn

and omg when mack was over for dinner and ricky came over with chocolates but saw him thru the window. i was like ugh fuck its gonna be the stupid thing where he sees this and gets the wrong idea and its gonna be a stupid wedge between him and gina that doesnt need to be there bc no one can communicate BUT THEN gina sees him outside and runs to him and i think i screamed bc i was so relieved aslkjskl but their kiss was very cinematic and cute ♥️♥️

and omg on sunday night im sitting there trudging thru s1 like "yeah starting this might've been a mistake" and by friday im bawling my eyes out bc the story is ending 💔💔 sofia deserved the whole fucking egot and a golden globe too for that scene at the end. and i was SO invested in her acting career and like pleading with the show for her not to pass on it and stay at school but fucking genius that she is found a way to do both!!!

and i honestly didnt know what i wanted miss jenn to do like i was rooting for her both ways but of course she staaayed. and the show ended and it had the "skip credits" button and my sister was like "oh there's something after the credits?" and then i saw "for good" listed at the end of the songs and i screamed again. and was bawling again when everyone was singing that. who knew this silly little show would have such a death grip on me by the end???

so over all it was really very good and not a waste of time. i liked pretty much every character and it was just a lot of fun! would definitely watch it again

my over all season ranking would be two, four, three, and one is dead ass last

my favorite characters from the start were gina, miss jenn, carlos, ashlyn, and big red lowkey alskfjdskl. kourtney got up there in s2 and beyond. and i do really like ricky, ej, seb, they're my secondary faves. (kinda wish ricky had more to do bc aside from his parents, i feel like every single one of his issues had to do with a love triangle and i just wish the character was granted a little more texture) and the camp kids were good, they were fine, they're like third-iary faves. and the only ones i dislike are gina's mom and nini lol

and i wasnt like screaming over any ships but generally i liked them all except rini. ej and gina was cute, i liked ashlyn and maddox, i liked ashlyn and big red, carlos and seb probably were my faves if i had to pick, i liked kourtney with howie (wish we saw him again) and jet, and yes by the end i was rooting for rina they just won me over this season and were super cute and im glad they ended where they did ♥️

[firawren]

“The Rose Brides” A Beauty and the Beast retelling fanfic

Chapter 18, “Home,” rated T, now posted on AO3!

Summary:

Lord Adam, born a beast from an ancestral and unbreakable curse, is determined to live in solitude so that his bloodline and curse will finally end with him. Yet magic intervenes and puts a young woman named Belle in his life, bound to his palace from an enchanted rose she plucked. Adam wants nothing to do with this woman who ruined his plans. He certainly is not going to fall in love with her, no matter how sweet and fun and clever he discovers her to be. Belle is not happy to be trapped at the eerie palace either. She had plans to become a famous author and travel the world. But she’s determined to make the best of her situation by making a friend, or maybe something more, if she can ever get this cranky yet strangely kind beast to open up to her.

Chapters 18/20 now posted | Belle/Beast | rated M overall

Other characters: Mrs. Potts, Cogsworth, Maurice, minor original characters

Key tags: Alternate Universe, Love, Happy Ending, Fluff and Angst, Eventual Smut, Shame, Self-Sacrifice, Magic, see full list of tags on AO3

Excerpt from Chapter 18:

It was dark by the time Belle met Adam again, but a few small candles were sat on the edges of the path leading into the south garden, and the full moon was shining above them, both providing just enough light to see while still keeping the tranquility of night.

Adam took her arm and led her through the archway into the garden, and Belle gasped once inside. It was brimming with flower blossoms every place you looked, most of them white and shining in the silvery moonlight, and the air was thick with their heady, sweet aroma. “How did you do all of this while I was gone?”

Adam smiled. “I wish I could take credit, but I didn’t do anything. These plants were already here, but they haven’t bloomed until it got warm recently, and then most of them only open at night. That’s why I call this the night garden.”

Belle was still turning her head from side to side, eyes and mouth wide with delight as she marveled at it. “I’ve been in here before, but it always looked so plain, I guess because it was always daytime. Now it’s breathtaking.”

“It looks especially good in the full moonlight, like we have tonight. It makes the silvery foliage of the lamb’s ear and the white moonflowers look almost like they’re glowing, don’t you think?”

“Yes, exactly!”

“And I wanted to show you these.” He moved to a patch of flowers in various shades of pink, purple, red, and yellow, some of them solid-colored, some of them mottled with multiple colors on a single bloom. “They’re called ‘four o’clocks’ because they open in late afternoon. They’ve always reminded me of you because they wear so many bright colors all mixed up together.” Belle looked down at her aqua blue skirt trimmed in lavender and chuckled.

“Anyway, I thought we could eat out here”—he gestured to a round iron table that had a golden candelabra sat atop it and two heaping plates already set—“because I often eat dinner here during the summer. That was to avoid being inside with the rose brides, but now it can just be because I like being amongst the nighttime flowers. With you.”

He savored the smile that Belle gave him, sweeter than the scent of jasmine in the night air.

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[ask-toonie-cogsworth]

These holidays i spent alone, mostly in my office or at home. It feels a bit sad, but i hope anyone else had a very happy and festive holidays. -Mx Cogsworth

I spent my holidays with my parents and extended family, sure we sometimes get heated but at the end we still love each other. Sometimes moments of happiness go a long way. - Salty Westerdile

Work has slowed during the festive season, I got a chance to spend quality time with my beautiful partner and feel a sense of ease, which I dont typically find in my continuous work. - Daphne Screwdon

The influx of Toonsmas cards and gifts flowing through the mail line has been wonderful! It's always so exciting to see so much love being stored into an envelope and transported across the globe! Goes to show how love doesn't care how far someone is. - Lydia Lonsden

[batbobsession]

Positive-ish Things that Happened During the Curse

I feel that I’ve made a lot of posts about how terrible the curse was for the staff (I’m not mistaken in doing so, the curse was definitely bad for everyone) but that little voice in my head got me thinking: what if I made a happy post about it?  So without further ado, here are a few headcanons about the curse that will (hopefully) make you smile.

Chip teaches Froufrou some new tricks.  Garderobe and Cadenza had already taught him the basics, like “sit,” “stay,” “quiet,” and a few other general ones, but Chip decides that “roll over,” “play dead,” “hide and seek,” and a few other fun ones should be added.

In the first few days, Plumette and the other maids cleaned the entirety of the castle. Obsessively. And while this served as a healthy distraction, it was also a way to remind themselves that they weren’t forgotten. It was their own rebellion against the curse, and everyone thanked them for it. The only two places left avoided were the West Wing (for obvious reasons) and the East Wing, because Adam forbade anyone go near it after his mom died.

Cuisinier had control over most of the knives in the kitchen, and with some help from more mobile residents, he carved toys for Chip and Froufrou. 

Yes, telekinesis exists. Cogsworth confirmed that some objects are just objects, so I imagine Mrs. Potts can push her own cart, Lumiere can light every candle in the castle, Plumette and the other maids can control the sheets and pillows, Chip can use his saucer like a skateboard, Garderobe can make a dress with a thought, etc.

On the subject of dog toys, the Madame wasted no time sewing little trinkets filled with rice and beans from the kitchens. Though she couldn’t leave the East Wing, Mrs. Potts provided the necessary materials on her cart. It was through this love of crafting (and the precious dog, of course) that Garderobe and Cuisinier, the two stationary residents, became good friends.

They all became snow artists over time. Think about it: the whole castle is blanketed in an enchanted winter, which means an enormous amount of snow. As Lumiere put it, they were doing nearly nothing before Belle arrived. But I can imagine that the staff members--Chip, Chapeau, Lumiere, and Plumette especially--learned how to make the best snow-sculptures ever.

And for those who immediately call baloney on Lumiere being good at it because of his candles, he can and does put them out. And even so, you know you can form ice by melting away parts of it, right? Imagine him making abstract, curving shapes out of icicles, or beautiful, water-like patterns in ice blocks. 

Not to mention, any time Chip asks for a snowball fight, the team who has Chapeau with them always wins. And it’s unfair. But it’s fun.

There have been times when Chip has been buried in the snow. It’s all in good fun, but Chapeau insists on watching him every time. After all, porcelain/fine china can crack if exposed to enough cold.

There are some dogs out there that aren’t smart enough to recognize their own reflections, so I like to think Froufrou has no idea what’s going on. Like sure, his mamma and papà look different, but they smell the same, so what’s the big deal?

I think I’ve mentioned this in other posts, but during pre-curse times, Lumiere hosted little midnight parties with music and dancing. He keeps that up, obviously, and after the curse falls on the castle, those meetings descend into chaos (since the walls of the ballroom have playable instruments on them, and the maids can fly). Chapeau usually provides the music, and sometimes the maestro joins in (when he feels up to it--after all, he’s incomplete without his dear one). 

Cogsworth hates it, but has absolutely no say on the matter, because he’s outvoted by everyone else.

Lumiere could and did light candles from far away. Maybe it’s just the 1991 version knocking on my brain, but I love the idea of Lumiere just blowing out one of his flames and then having all of the candles in his vicinity flaring up instantly. You need a ballroom lit? Give him five seconds. Done.

Plumette and the other maids tested their wings. On a calm day, they just decided to see how high they could fly, and Plumette made it pretty high before the winds picked up. The quest to find her around the castle grounds was pretty funny...for everyone but Plumette. And Lumiere. Poor thing went cold with worry. 

Of course they found her, and of course she wasn’t hurt, but from a bird’s-eye perspective, seeing the staff scramble to “catch the maids” just makes me laugh so much.

Under Mrs. Potts’ strict instruction, Chapeau taught Garderobe and Cadenza Adam’s favorite lullaby, the one his mother sang to him when he was little. If the Beast slept inside the castle, whoever was closest, and whoever was awake, would play it for him. He’d rage and silence them if he was awake, so in that way, his mother visited him in his dreams. It was a sign of the servants relearning to care.

The first big reunion with the beast and the servants was a few weeks into the curse: 

For the first few weeks, the Beast was so filled with self-loathing he would avoid the staff on a daily basis, killing things in the forest and eating them, like a real animal. Once Mrs. Potts and Chapeau found out that this was what he got up to when he left, Cogsworth nearly had a stroke and put his foot down. The Beast was doing the exact opposite of what he was supposed to be doing; disappearing into some wild thing was absolutely unacceptable. 

They didn’t pull out every stop. To do so would mean pretending like nothing was wrong, and they weren’t about to start that. But they made him dinner--a childhood favorite--and locked the doors of the castle, forcing him to eat what they made. They hovered, out of striking distance, but present in case he needed them. 

He ate. He trudged up the stairs to the West Wing. Looked at the rose. And cried. His first good cry in years, one that eventually lulled him to sleep. 

He never missed dinner after that. 

tagging @lumiereswig and @lumiereandcogsworth​ because I feel they’ll enjoy this

[makeshiftraven]

The fact that you headcanon Cogs’ first name as Henry makes me so happy bc my internet name/self-chosen name is Henry and Cogsworth is one of my favorite characters (grown on me bc I’m playing him in a production of batb which is how I got into it lol) also your art is peak :)

Not really a huge fan of the 2017 live action, but according to Disney in that film Cogsworth’s first name is actually Henry!

It suits him well I think. Also, that sounds so fun!! Good luck on the show! 💗

[kingdom-hearts-last]

Stories

Kingdom Hearts III

Kairi and Lea’s Keyblade Training

Kairi and Lea’s Keyblade Training - Part One

Song: Stories

Sung by: Belle, Kairi

Belle trains Kairi and Lea, freezing time in the world so they can take as long as they need to. After a while of training, Belle allows the two a break. Just in time for Christmas.

While Belle is wanting to bring Christmas back to the castle, Kairi just wants to know what Lea is trying to remember.

I’m sorry I left without saying goodbye. Did Master Yen Sid tell

you? I'm training to become a Keyblade wielder like you. That's right. No more waiting for you to come back from your adventures. I want to get out there and do my part to help. Master Belle has allowed us to train under her at the castle, where she stopped time for us. We can take as long as we need to complete our training. She’s an amazing mage. Oh, and by "us," I mean me and Lea. He's really sorry for all the trouble he caused. I told him it's fine, but he won't stop apologizing. I'll admit I was a little scared of him at

first, but I've gotten to know him better. All he ever wanted was to help his friend. Honestly, it's hard not to like him. Every now and then, I catch him staring at me. When I ask what's wrong, he says, "I'm not sure.

I think I'm forgetting something. Don't know what." Kida, I think it may have something to do with you. Your journey is all about helping people: some that you've never met before, and some like Lea that you have. They're all counting on you. It won't be easy, but I hope you'll remain the happy and cheerful Kida I know. There's no heart your smile can't reach.

Kairi feels eyes staring at her. She looks up, seeing Lea leaning against the open door to her bedroom at Beast’s castle. “Lea? Is something wrong?” She asks, making him break his stare. “It’s nothing. Sorry.” He tries to shake it away, but Kairi knew better. She waved her hand, letting him come in.

Lea walks into her room, sitting on a chair opposite from her bed as she continues writing. “A letter?” He asks, receiving a nod in return. “For Kida?” She shrugs a little. “Technically, but I won’t send it. It’s more for me.” “Ask Cogsworth. He’ll send it for you.”

Kairi nods in understanding before continuing. “Yeah, but it's okay. I just like talking to Kida, even if it's on paper.” Lea finally got it, dropping the topic. He pulls out a couple of ice cream bars. “Here.” He hands one to her. “Ice cream? Really? In this weather?” She was slightly teasing.

“Yeah, I asked Master Belle to pick them up.” Lea explains. “We both summoned Keyblades. Gotta celebrate.” She accepts one of the ice cream’s. “You’re sweet, Lea.”

Lea zoned out again, catching Kairi’s attention. “What?” He snaps out of it. “Nothing. I’m good…” He lies, turning away from her. She didn’t press on anymore. “So, next week, you ready?” She asks, getting a half hearted response. “Yeah. Of course.”

“Don’t hold back, Lea. Promise?”

He looks up to Kairi after hearing her say that, only he didn’t see her. He couldn’t clearly see who it was, but he did see that it was a boy with spiky, pink hair and an Organization coat. Lea’s ice cream slips out of his hand and he feels tears streaming down his face.

Kairi, concerned for her friend, immediately got off her bed and walked over to him. “Lea? Are you ok?” He tries wiping the tears away as Kairi gets closer to him. He gets up from his seat, still trying to clear away the ongoing tears. “Yeah, I’m sorry.” “You’re crying. What’s wrong?”

She was now trying to get an answer from him, only to be shut down once again. “Something in my eyes. I gotta go. Sorry.” He says, finally done crying. She decided to drop it, not wanting to pressure him. “‘Kay, but stop apologizing.”

Lea looks at Kairi for a second before responding. “Fine, on one condition.” He says. She responds with a question to what. “Call me Axel from now on.” She nods in understanding. “Ok, Axel.” He gently smiles at her before heading out of the room, leaving his ice cream on the floor.

Later that same day, Kairi was taking a walk through the castle, stopping in her tracks when she hears music coming from a nearby hallway. She enters the room, seeing an organ playing a chilling tune. She tries to stay out of sight.

He suddenly stops, opening his eyes. “Don’t be alarmed, child. Come out.” He says. Kairi walks into his line of vision. “Ah, you must be one of those “trainees” sent here.” Kairi bows her head in respect. “Yes. My name is Kairi. It’s a pleasure to meet you, sir.” “And I am Maestro Forte, Court Composer. The pleasure is mine, Carrie.” That takes her off guard. “My name is Kairi.”

He changes the subject. “Anyways, in the midst of my crescendo, I thought I heard merriment outside the window. Have a look see, will you?” She walks over, looking through the window. She smiles to herself. “Would you look at that?”

“Oh! I think I might!” Forte says, raising his voice. “I’ll just pick myself up and- Oh!” Large clanking echos in the room as Forte “tries to move”. “What’s thi- hump-! I’M BOLTED TO THE WALL!”

Kairi sheepishly chuckles. She turns back to the window. “The Beast is skating.” She tells Forte. “Why on earth would he do that?” He sounded disgusted. “Well it looks like Belle is helping him.” She felt her smile grow. “It’s so romantic just thinking about it.”

At that moment, more music started playing. Her vision went green for a minute before going back to normal. “You know why I can’t have that. Humanity is entirely over rated. Before the enchantment, there was no need for my particular brand of genius. But now, the master needs my melodies to feed his tormented soul. I am his confident and his best friend...and I won't let some peasant girl ruin it for me!”

Forte let’s out his frustration before calming. “Carly, see to it that this blossoming love withers on the vine.” She nods her head. "Sure thing, Maestro." As she walks out of the door, she forgets the whole interaction, heading down to one of the many rooms in the castle, wondering where Axel went.

"Why is The Beast such a grump?" She hears Belle down the hall, followed by Chip. "I don't know. He's always been this way." The two walk into the same room Kairi is in. "Even on Christmas?" Belle asks, receiving a yes in return. Belle walks over to a nearby desk as Chip hops over to Kairi. "Kairi? What's Christmas?" He asks her. She slightly smile, kneeling down and extending her hand down to Chip.

Chip hops onto her hand, letting her lift him up. "You must know about Christmas, Chip." She says, not taking notice to Belle walking up to the two. "Stockings in front of the fire? Tree? Tinsel?" Chip shakes his head, not knowing what she was talking about. "What about presents? You must know about that." Kairi asks a final question, receiving an enthusiastic response. "Presents? Do I get one?"

Kairi places Chip on a nearby desk as Belle answers his question. "Of course. Everyone gets a present on Christmas." "Even the master?' Chip must be referring to The Beast, who was the master of the castle. Kairi had met him once when she arrived there. She wasn't around him long enough to know exactly what he was like, but considering everyone's loud opinions on him and the fact that Axel tried to stay away from him is that he wasn't really favored by the people who shares the same space as him. Belle still answered Chip's question. "Yes, even the master."

"What are you going to get him?" Chip asks Belle, confusing her. "I don't really know him that well to know what he would want." Chip decided to change the question. "What would you want?" Belle smiles. "What I love most in the world are my books. My stories." Kairi smiles, hearing Belle say that.

Before Asnem dragged the Destiny Islands to darkness, Kida was a lot like Belle in this instance. When them and their brother weren't hanging out with each other, Kida always kept to herself with her books. It was the only thing that Kida kept from their old home, but they have been destroyed since.

"Why don't you give the master a story?" Chip asks, sparking an idea in Belle. "You're right, Chip. A story." Belle places a piece of paper down on the desk and Chip hops on top of it as Kairi takes a hold of a quill pen.

Belle: When I get to know him We'll find more things to say One day I will reach him There has to be a way Everyone needs someone He must need someone, too When I get to know him better Here's what I will do I'll read him stories From picture books All filled with wonder Magic worlds where the impossible Becomes the everyday We'll find a mountain-top And some moon-beams to sit under I'll lead, because I know the way! Kairi: So much to discover I do it all the time I could live inside bright pages Where the words all rhyme We will slay the dragons That still follow him around And he'll smile Yes, he'll smile As his dreams leave the ground!

Belle: Stories and stories About mermaids, kings and sunken treasure Magic worlds where the impossible Becomes the everyday

I know a tiny place Just a dot, Too small to measure I'll lead him there, I know the way!

Kairi: Stories about heroes Who overcame their deepest sorrows They'll put hope into his heart again To cherish everyday

Belle: He'll find a better world And the strength to face tomorrow

Both: I'm sure that when he knows the way He'll want to stay...

Belle had accidentally tied Chip down to the packaging of the book the three had made for The Beast. Kairi helps him out of the ribbon. "Do you think the master will like his gift?" He asks Kairi. "I'm pretty sure he will."

So, does this mean we're gonna have a Christmas? / Absolutely!

[charlesemersonwinchesteriii]

For dating game: Donna Noble for a non Mash option from something I'm pretty sure I've seen you reblog stuff from, BJ, and Klinger

I can't believe I got 2 Donnas for this game and neither were the MASH one haha. And yes I AM a Doctor Who fan but like with Twin Peaks I'm only a shallow fake one because I only feel really passionate about RTD era :( sowwy again. I'm 0 for 2 today. But at least I didn't skip MASH s1-3 AND I didn't skip the 9th Doctor AND I read Laura's diary + Dale Cooper's tapes. So now everyone has to give me a little headpat and forgive me and say they're not mad at me thank you <3

Donna Noble

I couldn’t handle Donna QwQ I couldn’t match her energy it’s very sad :( I feel like I would do the exact opposite of what the Doctor did for her in terms of bringing out her most amazing qualities. And I do really try to highlight and praise the qualities of people in my life!! I just don’t know if I could help her reach her full potential. Which sounds like one of those weird therapy-talk approaches to relationships but unfortunately sometimes when you really admire someone you actually do start thinking about things like “am I supporting her journey effectively” and all that. But this is just a date right so it can just be a casual thing. I feel like Donna is someone with whom I could straight up be like Hey so I was never socialized properly and your last relationship ended comically terribly so do you want to like try practicing dating with each other? I think it could be fun! And then eventually she could move on to find happiness with Mr. Temple :)  

Wait actually sorry quick tangent if Donna doesn’t remember the Doctor what does she think happened to her fiance from way back when. Does she. Does she remember the giant alien spider or. Hang on--

BJ Hunnicutt

BJ Hunnicutt is the human equivalent of Disneyland. Everybody in the entire nation is absolutely obsessively feral over it it’s sooo beautiful it’s sooo fun you just HAVE to experience it it’s a quintessential expression of the American dream blah blah blah. But I will never attend this overpriced (constantly borrowing money) and overcrowded (too much competition from the rest of Mashblr) theme park. I do not care for its fastpass system (willingness to cheat on his partner) or its uninspiring coaster design (anger issues), and I am further offended to hear of the constant introduction of cost-cutting measures that harm visitor experience (growth of mustache). Not even the prospect of purchasing a fully functioning Cogsworth clock (chance to join the Punnihawk polycule) is enough to tempt me. It’s not happening. I am going to Dollywood (Maxwell Klinger).

Maxie my beautiful girl Maxie whomst is so very adored by me

My wife my kitten my sweet snuggly wuggly good time gal. My Dollywood. Know that I love and adore Maxwell for eternity <3

BUT. I must love her from afar because I couldn’t in good conscience waste her time when I figure there must be a more compatible match out there, ya know? Like, I know hardly anything about baseball and I wear the same clothes every day and I don’t eat red meat so I can’t even share those beloved hotdogs. Max deserves the Best as I’m sure we all agree, and we know he wants a serious long term partnership. I want the same thing, so I know that such a lifelong, committed relationship should be with someone who finds themself more easily compatible with Max’s tastes and interests.  

On an unrelated note, Charles sure seemed to get super into baseball in War For All Seasons, huh? :) And we know he cares a lot about his clothes, as we see him hiring a personal tailor at least once! :) And he was surprisingly eager to get to share in Max’s hotdog delivery in The Grim Reaper, too! :) So many random fun facts in this world \^w^/

[dcjavu]

I DON'T WANT TO SEE TOMORROW

December 24th, 2282

In spite of everything, holidays are still a welcomed celebration in the world. At least, underground they are. In Vault 101, the Wozniaks were decorating their two bedroom unit while the resident Mr. Handy got busy on Christmas Eve dinner. It was the only time during the holiday season that they’d be alone as a family, since on Christmas Day the entire vault was rounded up and had dinner and celebrated as a collective. The twin girls of Walter and Amihan were given tasks to finish touching up the fake tree propped up in the corner of the unit. Smiling down at her slightly younger sister, Reina reached her arms out so she could scoop Lainey into them and hoist her up onto her shoulders. They were aiming to place the star on the tree, since their parents were preoccupied in the other room and impatience was imbued in the nature of their beings as children, and after one solid hop Lainey managed to stick the star directly on the top branch. It landed lopsidedly, but neither of them noticed as they rejoiced together after Reina shrugged Lainey off her shoulders.

Reina squeezed Lainey in a hug and the younger twin’s nose scrunched up before she pushed her sister away, appreciating her personal space. However, Reina didn’t mind. She was just happy they did something on their own for once — everything else had been assisted in Vault 101; protocol, allegedly. She didn’t remember much of the Wasteland, so she drew every reference from the concrete and steel walls she grew up in, which meant their family had accomplished very little in regards to fending for themselves.

But that was the whole point of living, wasn’t it? Helping one another. No man left behind. 

Reina thought so, anyway. Lainey was always indifferent about the concept. 

“I’m gonna go get momma and daddy,” Reina announced to Lainey, who had sat square where she had stood with her legs-crossed, reaching out so she could shake the boxes of presents underneath the tree.

“‘Kay,” Lainey returned absentmindedly.

Scurrying down the small hallway, Reina did her best not to trip over herself in her excitement, catching a glimpse of their Mr. Handy, affectionately deemed Cogsworth, in the kitchen and stopping in place. She thought it’d be rude if she didn’t regard him, especially after he was cooking their dinner, so she made a quick detour into the kitchen and stood beside the robot.

She cocked her head to the side as she watched Cogsworth slice cranberry sauce that’d been extracted from a can. “Can I help?” she asked. The robot didn’t flinch, however he did chuckle at the offer.

“Oh, no, Little Madam,” Cogsworth said, his mechanical arms working speedily to plate the cranberry sauce. “What is my purpose if I can’t prepare a simple meal by myself! You go and tire yourself out somewhere. That way you’ll be sound asleep when Santa comes!”

Reina’s brows knitted together as she clutched onto the edge of the counter, eyes drifting up to Cogsworth. “How does Santa get in?” she inquired. “We don’t have a real chimney.”

“... I believe he uses the pipes nowadays,” the robot returned. The little girl glanced above her head at the two inch thick steel pipes and grimaced at the thought of someone being squished into one of them. “Go along, now. Let me handle this business!”

Giggling, Reina backed away from the counter and hurried back out of the kitchen. She could hear music playing from the other room, this song she recognized — I Don’t Want To See Tomorrow — playing on vinyl, evident by the crackling in the naturally smooth voices. She peeked her head around the corner and found herself smiling softly at the sight of her parents dancing, pressed close together as her mother’s head rested on her father’s shoulder. 

She began swaying along to the song with them, not wanting to disturb the peace they’d made in that moment. Too often could she say she’d been awoken in the middle of the night by an explosive argument between the two. It must’ve been that holiday magic everyone talked about. She did hope, though, very quietly, that when she was paired with someone in their vault, that they’d get to dance with each other all the time. No cares or worries in the world, unlike when her parents would argue and everything the other did became an issue.

The only times Reina ever saw her parents happy were often when they were apart. Like when Walter would bring Reina into the horticulture lab and they’d spend the afternoon discussing the different breeds of flowers they engineered from the scarce seed packets they were afforded after the War. They looked so sickly in comparison to the flowers she saw in books and magazines, which is why Amihan would always return from picking up gear with Lainey so they could paint metal scraps and assemble flowers that could last forever.

Amihan liked how they looked. So did Lainey, who thought the flowers in the lab smelled bad. But Walter and Reina much preferred them — at least they were real.

“Will we ever make flowers like these?” Reina had asked her father once, holding up a book entitled The Language of Flowers and displaying to him a painted bouquet of roses and lilies. “They’re so bright! I bet they smell good, too,”

“We can hope so, Rei,” Walter chuckled warmly as he reached over to lift his daughter into his lap. “Or, as your mother would put it, we could pray.” He said it in a way that dripped condescension, but Reina didn’t register it in the moment, simply smiling up at him.

“I like praying,” she told him. “Even though Lai Lai says that God can’t hear us this far underground.”

Walter grinned at this, shaking his head and reaching out to spray down the flowerbeds. “Well, I think your mother would say God can hear you wherever you are,” he replied. “Above or underground.”

“... What would you say?” she wondered, giving Walter pause as he thought over his answer.

“I would say that… Perhaps we all need that kind of enthusiasm,” he said slowly. “Whether or not anyone can hear it.”

Reina blinked herself out of the memory as the sound of air being driven out of lungs met her ears. She focused her gaze on her parents, still clutched against one another, except the longer they remained close, the more blood pooled on the floor beneath them. Looking on in horror, the older twin watched her mother unsheathe a knife from where she’d plunged it into her father’s side. She raised a shaking hand up to her face and covered her mouth, wanting to scream but, much like her father, lacking the breath for it.

Her mother watched as her father collapsed onto the floor into a puddle of red, staining his green button-up while he sputtered out a hoarse why. Reina decided to be brave, gearing herself up and running headfirst into the kitchen, calling out for her father until her mother caught her in her arms and lifted her up.

Reina kept asking the same question while being carried back down the hall: why, why, why? What did he ever do? He was a good man, a good father, surely that meant he was a good husband as well? This couldn’t be real. It couldn’t be happening. Things like this didn’t happen in the vaults — it’s the one place in the world where everything was peaceful.

That concept was slowly beginning to deconstruct itself in front of Reina’s eyes as she was placed in her bedroom, Amihan then calling out for her sister. She knelt down in front of her elder daughter and pushed a few stray strands of hair behind the shell of her ear.

“Pack you and you sister’s things, Bowie,” she said gently, giving a sigh when Reina shook her head. “I did this for you both. Please. It’ll be okay. I promise.”

Amihan quickly fled the room to collect Lainey, who was taking her sweet time as per usual, and Reina sunk onto her knees and began to cry into her hands rather than do anything her mother instructed out of her. She had never felt such unbridled rage before; she didn’t think she was capable of it. She was a tempered soul, but now she could feel the threads of her being come undone as she hiccuped into her hands and mourned for her father who she naturally assumed was left for dead.

What was she supposed to do? She didn’t know first aid. She knew nothing except the botanical names for stupid flowers.

Once Amihan managed to get Lainey to pack their things, alarm bells sounded off overhead and they started to flee their unit — Reina glancing in the kitchen for a moment before her mother covered her eyes and shoved her out into the hallway. There was a distant groaning, the sound of a vault door that was long said to have never been opened since it was first shut, and both the twins were disoriented by the time they made it to the exit, outrunning guards and other vault members that believed they were doing the right thing by rescuing the girls from their mother.

Reina was blinded by the sunlight as they stepped out of Vault 101. She squeezed her eyes shut, trying desperately to level her breathing, and when she opened them again, there it was, right in front of her: the whole, ugly world. Brown and grey and black, the only bright color painted being from the sky above.

Is this how it is? She asked herself as Amihan rushed them further and further away from the only home she’d ever known. Is this how it’s always been? 

There’s no place for flowers to grow.

[thechaoticgrey]

I got the role of one of the Les Filles de la Villes in my schools production of beauty and the beast!!!! so so so happy rn!!!!!!! a buddy of mine got cogsworth and another got lefou so this is so fucing amazing!!! also the transphobic dude I hate didn't get cast as all which is amazing :DDD

[lumiereandcogsworth]

okay I have some questions about the birthday boy 💛 did he still celebrate his birthday after his mother died, or rather, was he forced to celebrate because he's the Prince™️ or did his father kinda just not give a shit ? also what was his favorite birthday from his childhood (if he has one)

OKAYYYY IT’S ANGST TIME BABEY LET’S GET INTO IT!!

so, as i mentioned to you and as you saw, i DO touch on this a bit in his birthday fic today :’) but i am sooo happy to elaborate on all the utter sadness of it all :)

adam’s mother died in march when he was nine. that august, when he turned ten, i think everyone TRIED to celebrate him in little ways. lumi & plum still attempted to get him a gift, mrs potts still made him his favorite treat (macarons), and even cogsworth and cuisinier tried to coordinate a special dinner with all adam’s favorite foods… but adam really wasn’t himself. life had just been hell for him since her passing. he’d been struggling with nightmares, struggling to eat, struggling to be a person. he wasn’t even ten years old yet and he already felt so cast adrift.

i don’t think his father ever cared about adam’s birthday or even remembered. he’d be going over scheduling with his secretary and he’d be like “there’s nothing going on the week of the 26th, i’ll go then.” and the secretary would say “well. that’s the prince’s birthday…” and louis was just like “and? he’ll still age whether i’m here or not. and hopefully he’ll be more of a man by the time i return.” so that’s nice.

adam entirely just stopped caring about his birthday though. like at first he’d still appreciate the servants’ attention. but his father got stricter about them interacting with him and he equally started getting brainwashed into mistreating them too.

also oh man. okay so this is BAD. there WAS a birthday that louis DID do something for him. and uhhhhhhhhh. Bad. bad bad bad. i’ll try to say it quickly and simply.

for adam’s 13th birthday louis hired a prostitute to uhm. make him a man. she was twice his age.

okay i’ll let you work out the details there! sorry!!!!!

anyway. FUCK. after that, adam just suuuuuppperrr did not give a shit about his birthday. like genuinely despite how self-centered and arrogant he grew up to be, he literally did not make a big deal about his birthday. everyone else did though! his “friends” would always throw INSANE parties for him, and he’d go of course (if only to intoxicate the absolute hell out of himself and forget about everything) but he never ever told anyone that it was his birthday, and he always told people to shut the fuck up if they tried to sing or cheer for him in any way. and it DID confuse his people because they KNEW how much he loved attention. it just couldn’t be birthday-themed attention :/

okay sorry backtracking just a tad:

his fourteenth birthday he actually did slightly enjoy. it was his first birthday with “friends” from university. other shitty little delinquents, of course. and they STILL bullied adam. he was always the butt of the jokes in the group. he was the awkward loser boy that they kept around because he was the prince and was actually fun once you got some alcohol into him. so they celebrated his 14th birthday right when he got back to school after the summer, and, at the time, adam felt like he was actually accepted by people. (even if it was truly all a façade.)

his sixteenth birthday happened like a month after his father died. so obviously nothing happened on that day. pretty much everyone forgot because they were dealing with funeral plans and lowkey freaking out about the idea of adam inheriting the throne. the day came and went without any fanfare regarding it, and he wasn’t mad about it at all. (deeply depressed about it. but ya know.)

anyway yeah so he became an older teen, a young adult, and each year was the same shit. more parties and debauchery and exuberance. he hated his birthday but there was always a party and he was always the most wasted at it. i definitely think, on some birthdays, when he was all drunk and depressed, he’d sometimes escape the party to just be alone. wander to the portraits hall and throw glass at his father’s portrait. stand under his mother’s portrait and feel like shit. feel like he’d let her down. feel ashamed to be her son. drink more drink more drink more. things were bad :(

BUT ALRIGHT SO heyyyyyyyy let’s turn this around. end on a positive note? yeah? PLEASE?🥲 his favorite birthday from childhood was maybe his fifth. that was the year his mother gifted him his first horse, etienne. adam actually got to SEE this horse’s birth (which is a very precious fic of mine !! ) before he turned 5, but then i think on his birthday the precious foal officially became his. the queen asked her son what he wanted to name him, and adam wasn’t sure, but he loved the white diamond-shaped spot on his forehead, (he’s like dark grey otherwise) so she suggested the name etienne because it means crown :”) adam couldn’t ride him for a few years, of course, but he LOVED going to the stables with his mother to visit him and brush his hair and feed him carrots and watch him run around around with his mama 😭😭 (i also !!!!!! have another fic set when adam is ? i wanna say 12? but etienne is in it for a little bit, just to highlight their bond 🥺 ) anyway yeah adam loves that horse. i think all the horses got turned into statues during the curse and adam didn’t even realize how much he missed him until he saw him like that :(( he had definitely been neglecting him in recent years but ya know how it goes. he was definitely happy to start going on rides with him and belle with philippe 🥹🥹🥹🥹

anyway yay what a happy thought!! adam and his horsie!! don’t worry about anything else i said in this post!!! 💙💙💙💙

[give-soup-please]

You always answer prompts for us, so I have an idea for you: what is/are some things about the Narrator that you've wanted to write or had in your mind but didnt fit any prompts? :)

I'll make this short and sweet because I'm meant to be in a zoom call in a few minutes. My favorite things to write for/think about where he's concerned are so narrow that I wouldn't have expected anyone to ask for them.

Guardian angel narrator. (We're talking big, strong, with wings, protecting and serving someone who needs help. Hoooo boy- guardian angels have always been a weakness of mine and having him- either dangerously competent and frightening or a bumbling idiot who just wants to help would be fun to write for different reasons. Get a freak(positive) who will stare down abusers and destroy them one moment, and read you a bedtime story while wrapping you up in his wings the next.

Museum docent narrator. Not like the curator in the game, it's still his personality and all that, he's just giving tours and talking about the artifacts and artwork inside a big metropolitan museum. Sneaks in literary references and makes terrible puns based on the time period. Think of that line from Cogsworth in the animated Beauty and the Beast. "These columns are from the baroque period, and as they say- if it isn't baroque, don't fix it." (paraphrased) Now imagine there's a reader who got a membership for the museum and finds themselves taking every tour done by this narrator, enchanted by his voice and wanting to learn everything (but they're more interested in him)

And finally, obsessive romantic narrator. Dude's been driven to madness by the skip button and other traumatic events. He finds someone who can talk back and hold proper conversations, do you really think he'll let them go? His story is a loop, his mind twists in on itself, and you're the first contact he has with a much bigger world. Dude has been through too much mental strain, and now all he wants is someone to love and make happy. He will find a way to make the reader happy and safe, whether they want him to or not. Bonus points if he's dead serious about making sure the reader comes to no harm whatsoever, and refuses to violate consent. He can't let you go, but he's not about to touch you without your permission. An excellent and fun dichotomy to work with.

Yeah, even if I kept this blog running for a year, I doubt anyone would come close to making those sorts of requests. And truth be told, I'd much rather read these things than write for them.

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The way it would actually make sense for Seb to be the lead next semester but still probably won’t happen. 

If someone always has to show up late and it’s no longer Ricky, it’ll either be Big Red being nervous or Seb being done with Miss Jenn’s hatred of him. EJ can no longer be casted, but he’ll probably be there helping, and he’ll be the one making everyone audition. Watching him and Miss Jenn disagree about casting would be entertaining. 

Larry would be an amazing lead, but I don’t think Big Red liked being on stage and is only auditioning for his friends, and for Larry, but Big Red probably wants to be as far away from the lead as possible. 

Carlos wants a lead. He’s over his nerves about being the fourth biggest character his first time auditioning and now he’s mad he’s the fourth biggest character at a performing arts camp, and second time on stage. I’d love for him and Seb to be the leading love interests, but I don’t see that happening. Carlos made a point about worrying if the stage is big enough for him and Seb and then he kinda made fun of Seb for having a smaller role. Literally, there was no reason Seb couldn’t be Cogsworth. They didn’t even give it to Kaden, who they showed singing, they gave it to Rico, who they took all the Ryan lines from... someone besides Miss Jenn last minute mixed up the cast... I’m hoping they’re building for Seb to finally snap but for now it seems like the only reason Seb had a small role was for Carlos to be snippy. If Carlos wants the lead and is scared of Seb being there as well, imagine if Seb gets the lead over him. A whole season of him trying to be supportive but also being really jealous. What if he’s doubles as Seb’s understudy as well and Seb gets a job to have money to buy Carlos nice things, but a night job combined with early morning farm chores takes a toll and Carlos has to go on for him at tech or something, but he can’t cause he realized he cares about Seb more than the lead and is freaking out. 

Ricky is most likely going to be the lead but there’s no reason for it. I always wrote it off as him being the main character, but we see so little of the actual show that it doesn’t matter. Nini was the main character, and was a fork. She had different rehearsals than everybody else and still had a lot of screen time. But Ricky not being the lead would actually really work. Miss Jenn made him the lead to see if she could still trust him after the last time he was the lead and ran off mid show. He should have been Chip, but he probably would have left. Now he’s actually trying, it’s time to see what he’d do if he wasn’t the lead. It would really throw him off because being the lead is the new constant in his life but maybe he’d still stay and learn to adjust and that his friends are still there. 

The only reason for Seb not being the lead seems to be Miss Jenn’s biases. Seb is also the only character who wasn’t upset at not being a lead, instead he was just happy for what he did have. However, if they ever gave him an actual storyline (seriously Tim!) He’s probably aware at what going from Sharpay to Chip means. He probably wants to leave the farm and be around people where he doesn’t have to hide in the barn from, and that casting was a blow to his confidence. I want him to snap at Miss Jenn, but he seems to take her words heart and he definitely notices her giving him the smallest roles. I want EJ to fight for Seb to have the lead over Ricky and Miss Jenn to complain about biases but give in. Seb would have a correct but different interpretation of the character than Miss Jenn and she’ll keep complaing that it should have been Ricky, but Seb is right, just like how he was right about their friendship being better than North Highs. 

Kourtney would be the female lead because last semester she played his mom and if they could joke about cousins, they can joke about oedipus. Also, she’s doing the costumes, make-up, and the lead; she has got to be stressed!