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one of my fave alice dresses
#aesthetic#core#alice madness returns#american mcgee's alice#american mcgee#alice liddell#i had to edit the source code of the game to get the dlc#steam is stinky -__-
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one of the most vile villains in gaming history
“The train is coming with its shiny cars. With comfy seats and wheels of stars. So hush my little ones have no fear. The man in the moon is the engineer.”
#american mgee alice#alice#Madness returns#dollmaker#angus bumby#wonderland form#Source of corruption#Workshop#doll slaves#Ruin
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How fine you look when dressed in rage.
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“Alice, Alice, and Alice! Featuring Disney Alice, HABROMANIA Alice, and Alice Liddell!
Since starting development on HABROMANIA Alice in Wonderland-related media has consumed my life completely.
I always love seeing different interpretations of the source material. The Disney Alice is the one I grew up with and was most familiar with. I have never played Alice Madness returns, but everyone keeps recommending it and it's such a cool horror-y take on the concept. I think my Alice falls somewhere in the middle of the creepiness scale - it's not as blood and guts as the Alice Game series is but it's not as goofy and bright as the Disney version. I think mine is a little more uncanny valley horror, in that same, slightly off-putting way the Over the Garden Wall series is horror. Swipe for more HABROMANIA concept art, doodles, and general stuff!”
from @symphony_sonata on instagram
#alice madness returns#alice liddell#alice in wonderland#american mcgee's alice#fanart#artist: symphony_sonata
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HOTD headcanons
I can hear the bells // p. 2 & p. 1
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⤷ pairing(s): aemond targaryen x reader, s*r criston cole x reader, jacaerys velaryon x reader
⤷ warning(s): unplanned pregnancy, angst, criston cole
⤷ a/n: idk criston cole is fun to write and it helps that he’s pretty, this isn’t my favorite work and I’m sure I’ll rewrite someday but I wanted to get it out now before my vacay
masterlist
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★ aemond targaryen
You are not a highborn lady or any type of Targaryen or Velaryon Princess, you met Aemond in the bowels of Flea Bottom at a tavern by chance, not knowing who he was. The two of you connected, talking until dawn about adventure and the history of Valyria
Aemond was charmed by your ignorance of his standing in society, reveling in the secret but simple life affair
It wasn’t two months later that you figured it out. A gold cloak addresses him by his title out in the streets in a tavern. You’re not thrilled by this revelation and in fact swear to never see him again but he’s persistent, determined to keep you
It doesn’t take long for the two of you to resume your relationship and suddenly-
You’re pregnant a year into your affair with the one-eyed prince, he was overjoyed with the news but you were scared he was going to abandon you like his elder brother had done time and time again
You call him mad and laugh, thinking it's some sort of cruel jest when he confesses his intent to marry you and make you royalty. He will not raise a bastard, he says as you kick him out of your small one room
It takes a month before you finally accept his proposal, it took sleepless nights and worried days before finally talking yourself into his idea as a good one
There are no flowers except the ones he brought you at dawn on your wedding day, it is a warm sunny morning when you both enter the sept of Baelor, a skeptical high septon, and his sworn guard
It is rushed but Aemond is determined and ready as he swears his vows and barely waits for you to finish your own before kissing you hard
You have never met a dragon before when Aemond takes you before Vhagar and tells you that you’ll be riding south for a fortnight, there is no fear that runs in your veins but excitement
You spend a sennight in Dorne, hidden away from the world, unbeknownst to the wrath awaiting you and Aemond in the Red Keep
Alicent is cold and unwilling to understand the situation. It is not easy or happy meeting for you.
★ criston cole
After the dance of dragons, criston cole is given a choice. To be stripped of his white cloak die within the cells of the Red Keep or to be stripped of his white cloak, return to Dorne and live a quiet life out of the realms politics. Cole chooses the latter, of course. It’s far more kindly than what he assumed would be his fate.
Dorne is not what he remembers it being, it’s dry and vast with little in it’s lands. Cole doesn’t consider this desert his home.
His father was not proud of him, but he needs to still secure the house lineage and secures a marriage pact
As the youngest daughter of house Dayne, you’re not thrilled at the prospect of marrying the fool (one of many nicknames they’ve aptly named Criston in Dorne). You have only heard of the most vile and selfish stories about your now betrothed.
When you first meet Criston Cole, you’re shocked. He’s attractive, his hair has grown out to his shoulders and there’s a scar running down his neck but the weeks leading up to your meeting you had envisioned all sorts of monstrosities, considering you and the realm had decided he was a cruel inept monster
He is quiet and replies with a soft voice, you’re puzzled how the ex-Lord Commander and Hand of the King for the traitor king is gentle. However it is hard to see past what he has done to tear the realm apart
When your wedding day comes around, he replaces your cloak with a rough cloth with colourless dots adorning the back. House Cole is not wealthy and the dowry wasn’t large.
He kisses you well not really. His rough hands squeezes your own gently and barely brushing his lips to your cheek
There is no feast, just a family meal that is supplied well with meat and wine in the gardens well into the evening
The bedding is just like his kiss, hardly anything to recount to your sisters or companions. It isn’t romantic and your sure he doesn’t even finish. You hope that this isn’t what it’ll always be
★ jace velaryon
Growing up alongside your future husband isn’t the norm, but you are glad for it. As many ladies are stuck with brutes and old men for husbands
Jace has matured into a handsome man that you can’t bare to look at without blushing. With every look he gives you, you can’t help but turn your head with cheeks red
But despite your embarrassment, you are both more than excited to finally be married
You opt for a traditional Valyrian wedding, the same as Rhaenyra and Daemon had done. There was no fancy ceremony with cloaks of golden threads, just Jace and you
Sleep did not come the night before, as the excitement and giddiness ran through you like shots of lightning. You couldn’t even feel the exhaustion in your muscles as you readied yourself in the robes and headpiece
Jace could not find sleep himself, as he was too excited as well at the prospect of finally calling you his
Jace’s eyes watered while waiting for you, he choked on his Valyrian as you laughed at his sweet mistake
The kiss wasn’t needy or greedy, but it wasn’t the cordial kiss of the Lords & Ladies of the Seven would display. It was tender and loving and gentle.
The feast was celebrated through the night and full of laughter. When it came to the bedding ceremony, you and Jace instead fell asleep quite quickly in your now shared bed
However the next evening…
#aemond targaryen x reader#ser criston cole x reader#jacaerys velaryon x reader#fanfic#house of the dragon#aemond targaryen#aemond one eye#prince aemond#aemond x reader#asoiaf#aemond x you#criston cole#ser criston cole#criston cole x reader#criston cole x you#jacaerys velaryon#jacaerys x reader#jace velaryon#jace velaryon x reader#hotd
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have u considered: celltw
(i havent webweave-d (webwoven?) before and WILL be improving with time. hopefully ^-^ there are a lot of fantastic works i couldnt include, or only included small pieces of, so ill work on getting better and utilizing space so that i can include more :])
credit and alt 3rd part below cut
SOURCES:
1st Weave: Galleria Dantesca (Filippo Bigioli), Alice Madness Returns concept art, @jenniferleecopping, The Cannibal's Canción (Gloria Anzaldúa), Cannibal (Ke$ha), bones and all poem (@lovemeeatmebonesandall), Cannibalism Wikipedia, Animal Impluses (@pacbite)
2nd Weave: Crusader Atrocities Bibliotheque Nationale De France, Dante and Virgil (William-Adolphe Bouguereau), The Cannibal (Baths of Titus), untitled poem (@rotnik-tmblr), Cannibalism headline @/vintagenews, "I love you" post (@runaroundhound), Institutionalized Cannibalism (Cannibalism Wikipedia), Eat Your Heart Out (@mochitoaster)
3rd Weave: @/milkwhiteteeth, De Lijken van de Gebroeders de Witt (Jan de Baen), untitled poem (@honeyandbloodpoetry), the meal (@frightenedbythesound), Cannibal (Tally Hall), Human Cannibalism Wikipedia, Carnivore Animal (@federation-cucurucho), I must do to understand
thank you to all the lovely artists and writers who gave me permission to use their works, i highly recommend checking out all of their blogs!!!!! they are all incredibly sweet and skilled :>
ALT 3RD PART (too cluttered for me):
#bee buzzes#webweave#web weave#celltw#qsmp#cannibalism#gore#blood#listen im just. thinking about them constantly#ill remake these at some point to be cleaner and less confusing but. its what i got for now. first attempt at webweaving lmao#shrug#i also rlly wanna include some fanart next time#i want it to be a little more like. idk artistic ig? not quite so elementary school collage. but ill learn how to make it look better#cellbit#pactw#qcellbit#qpactw#qcell#qpac#q!cellbit#q!pactw#q!cell#q!pac
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Fandom Bingo: Alice in Wonderland
Welcome to Wonderland Bingo! Alice in Wonderland is one of my favourite children's novels, and I also love a lot of the adaptations inspired by it, especially if it's a darker take on the story, so of course, I have to do a flash bingo for it. This time, prompts are drawn not just from Lewis Carroll's original text, but also from Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland and American McGee's Alice + Alice: Madness Returns.
Since we have quite a lot of prompts, I've added the option of selecting just the general source category or cherry-picking your prompts, and everyone can sign up for a maximum of four cards this round.
As always, this event is multifandom, so you are free to sign up no matter what fandom you want to write for, and you can go for a Wonderland AU or something completely unrelated, it's entirely up to you.
**Signups here! Open until July 5th.**
General Rules:
You can interpret the prompts any way you want. If you think it fits, then it fits. All prompts, including the quotes, can just be used as inspiration or a general fit, no need to actually include them word for word in the fanwork, and tenses and pronouns can be swapped accordingly.
You can combine multiple prompts in one fanwork.
Each submitted fanwork should be new and complete, but it can be a standalone, part of a series, or one chapter of a multi-chaptered fic.
This bingo is primarily geared towards fanfic, but any medium is fine if you feel you can do it.
For fanfic, the minimum is 100 words with no maximum.
You can use fanworks submitted for this event for other events as well, so long as it’s okay with the other side too.
While signups are only open for a month, there is no time limit for completing a card.
This round's bingo offers both 3x3 and 5x5 cards. Everyone can sign up for a maximum of FOUR cards (please send in one form per card).
After submitting a form, please give me a week to reply with your card.
All content and ratings are allowed but please tag everything appropriately, especially if there’s trigger-warning content.
Please be respectful of each other. If you see content tags you don’t like, just scroll past and move on.
All fanworks must be your own creation. No plagiarism. No AI-generated works.
To Finish a Card:
Get a bingo! This can be: 🐇 1 horizontal row 🐇 🐇 1 vertical column 🐇 🐇 1 diagonal line 🐇 🐇 2 diagonal lines 🐇 🐇 or a blackout 🐇
Fill out the completion form (1 form/card).
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You can post your fanworks to this AO3 collection here.
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HI, SORRY! - here’s the fixed list + some other songs I found while re-writing it all out!
- Pomni -
The Ballad of Jane Doe - Ride the Cyclone
Who are you really? - Mikky Ekko
Tounges & Teeth - The Crane Wives
My Alcoholic Friends - The Dresden Dolls
- General Vibe songs -
Le Monde (From Talk to Me) - Richardson Carter
Little Dark Age - MGMT
Vale of Tears - Jason Tai
Card Castles in the Sky - Jason Tai
Dance Macabre - The Oh Hellos
(Also bonus I just thought of:
The Dolls of New Albion: A Steampunk Opera Album is good too for general vibes maybe)
- Showtime -
Curses - Crane Wives
Never Love an Anchor - Crane Wives
Allies or Enemies - Crane Wives
Me & The Devil - Soap&Skin
The Garden - Crane Wives (if you can’t tell uhh, crane wives is a very good source for angsty love songs skdhjs)
Wasteland Baby - Hozier
I’m not in love - 10cc
Duvet - bôa
(Also *maybe* Too Sweet - Hozier too?)
Like I said before - sorry if some of these don’t fit + it’s a long list 😭
WOAHHH okay okay, let's rate it then
Pomni:
Ballad of Jane Doe: I can see why you think of this. It actually surprisingly fits, what do you know
Who are you really: This one, definitely. You're on a roll so far
Tounges & Teeth: I can see this as early Pomni in the AU, when she's still pretty much following a blind directive.
My Alcoholic Friends: I can't really see this one all too much, but I do get where you're coming from. Mostly because I already know how Pomni turns out in this AU compared to what I've revealed on the public so far.
General vibe:
Le Monde (From Talk to Me): Ooooooh! I agree! For some reason I'm imagining a badass ballroom scene with this-
Little Dark Age: Honestly I can see this working with pre-Pomni/Caine meeting, when Pomni was still wandering all over the lands to look for something to fight, and Caine is just spending most of his time being isolated in the mansion
Vale of Tears: OH MY GOD ALICE: MADNESS RETURNS IN HERE?!?! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! I can somehow see this with Boss!Ragatha-
Card Castles in the Sky: Mhm.... mhm.... yeah I can see this as the vibe of the entire city before current events of the AU, like... just an aerial view of the broken city before Pomni came.
Dance Macabre: Wow, I can see this as music for a pretty epic trailer lol, this is a vibe
I can't say anything about The Dolls of New Albion: A Steampunk Opera Album yet, because that's.... that's 25 songs- LMFAO
Showtime:
Curses: Okay, why is this so fucking upbeat yet so dark?? HELP?? I can kinda see it, but it's not fully convincing me... But at least I got a new song to listen to
Never Love an Anchor: This one.... I see it as early Pomni/Caine interactions, and somehow them both dueting.....
Allies or Enemies: Yeah.... Just- yeah..... LMFAO
Me & The Devil: This one I can't see :(
The Garden: POINTS??? THIS IS A CAINE SONG YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, SHAKING IN MY SEAT
Wasteland, Baby: Holy shit, Hozier? Damn I've heard of this guy from GoW Ragnarok, but ANWAYS. YOU. YOUUUUUUUUU. /POS... THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST ACCURATE HARLEQUIN!SHOWTIME SONG IN THIS LIST YET..... WHAT THE HELL..... CAINE SINGING THIS.... UEUEUEUE.....
I’m not in love: LMFAOOOOOOOO the denial stage harlequin!showtime song HAHHAHAHAH
Duvet - bôa: This one I can't see either-
Too Sweet: I'M GOING TO CRY this felt sm like Pomni.....
Most of these are going in my playlist now thank you for the meal
#thanks for the ask!#tadc#tadc au#harlequin au#tadc harlequin au#the amazing digital circus#pomni#caine#song recommendation#pomni x caine#caine x pomni#tadc showtime
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How to request!
This account is an alter pack/build a headmate blog! I will do fictives and factives even if I do not know their source! While I enjoy having a source to work off of more I also do make brainmade alters! This account has no dni but we do block. We are a radqueer, transid, and endo friendly blog
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Based on a poll I did awhile ago, have some small little thoughts I had :) I tried to do research since I'm not very familiar with the source material but what I essentially got from it is "it's meant to be chaotic and fun" so that is what I'm working with. I apologize for inaccuracies!
This was written differently from my usual concepts but this was just how it flowed. I embraced the chaos. Yes I know AIW is not about drug use but Ace's part still has themes of it.
Yandere! Dead By Daylight x Alice In Wonderland Concept/Ideas
(Including Mad Hatter! Ace, Alice! Kate, and Cheshire Cat! Nea)
Pairing: Romantic/Platonic
Possible Trigger Warnings: Gender-Neutral Darling, Obsession, Slight implications of drug use, Delusional behavior, Kidnapping implied, Manipulation, Dubious companionship, Blood mentioned, Nea is mentioned to have cat-like features despite how the cosmetic looks, Brief stalking mention on Nea's part.
Ace Visconti - The Mad Hatter
The Mad Hatter is the definition of chaos in the story!
He's unpredictable and eccentric, completely erratic!
Hence... he's mad.
Ace takes on this role, decked out in make up and a colorful suit and hat.
He just wants to make you feel welcome as you stroll through your nightmare!
Have some tea and don't ask too many questions!
There is no real explanation to the chaos in this land.
A way you could meet him is maybe he mistakes you as the "Alice" he's meant to meet.
Or maybe you're a friend of an "Alice"!
Or perhaps... you've been the "Alice" he's meant to meet all along?
Either way... Ace, The Mad Hatter, is a sudden introduction to the madness.
If we're going to assume this AU is some sort of nightmare/alternate dimension then Ace will be one of your many guides in this new realm
Logic is thrown out the window here, so why no just give in?
Ace's goal is to make you forget reality.
Isn't that why you're here?
Don't you wish to forget reality and stay here?
Ace thinks the reason you're here is because you want a taste of something different?
So why don't you take a seat?
Sit by the table and have a sip of the drink he prepared.
You'll never have to return to reality if you stay with him!
What do you mean this is a nightmare?
This is Wonderland, dear!
Your Wonderland....
Don't fret or worry!
Ace will make sure you're given perfect hospitality!
Why do you even miss reality?
Isn't reality cruel?
Isn't it so much better here?
Please, ignore the blood on his suit... it isn't all that important.
All that matters is you finding happiness in this new realm!
Why'd you stop drinking the tea?
You say it tastes bitter?
But he made it just for you!
He wants you to feel... attuned to your new environment!
Oh... you look so tired, "Alice"....
Do you need any help?
It seems you've even spilled your tea....
He can't stay mad at you if you don't finish it, it appears it's not to your taste.
That's fine... as long as you give in to the chaos of this realm, everything will be fine!
He'll be the man of your nightmares and dreams if you just give into the madness deep within you, dear....
He'll be right beside you the whole time.
So why don't you lay your head to sleep?
It's so much better than reality.
Kate Denson - Alice
Oh, sweet innocent Alice...
Kate takes the role of this character in this story!
Or at least... she takes the role of a "Alice" in this story.
This realm seems to have many given such a title.
It just so happens you managed to cross paths with one.
People who are not local to this Dark Wonderland realm are referred to as an "Alice".
It's rare for one to meet another, but maybe it was fate?
Perhaps you both wanted an escape and ended up here?
Kate seems so overwhelmed of the new environment she's found herself in.
However, you seem to be experiencing the same?
Would you mind if she clings to you as you stroll through?
Everything seems so safe when you two stick together!
... so why do you look at her with such distrust?
Is it the blood on her dress?
... you aren't going to abandon her for that, right?
You're both an "Alice"! Surely you should stick together?
Even if you wanted to part from her... she isn't going to let you.
Coming to this realm she's already beginning to like it since she met you!
You could be her escape!
There's no need to be scared when you have her!
You're both meant to be the main characters of your own stories.
Kate only wants a guide through this nightmarish realm!
She doesn't think she ever wants to wake up if it means she'll leave you!
Simply meeting you has made this all feel like a dream!
Are you scared of The Hatter, or maybe the cat?
Perhaps even the Queen?
She doesn't blame you, but that must mean you'll trust her, right?
Kate thinks you two can make each other's life better.
It appears this "Alice" has already given into the madness...
Won't you join her, "Alice"?
Nea Karlsson - The Cheshire Cat
The Cheshire Cat is another important role in Wonderland.
Nea is the closest one to the "Guide" role compared to most locals in Wonderland, despite what others say.
She aids "Alices" as they walk through this realm of nightmares and twisted realities.
While she may seem helpful, she's still quite mischievous.
She's independent and often deceptive.
She often watches others carefully from the trees, taking the form of a human with cat-like features such as a tail and ears.
Perhaps in this world she even has the ability to have a fully cat form.
A small purple cat with a white scarf... often following you, her newest "Alice".
Nea knows you'll be frightened in this new world but encourages you to embrace the fun!
She often keeps close, be it human or cat.
She encourages you to smile and be happy!
Why else did you come here if not to have fun!
Nea doesn't mind if her "Alice" wishes to hold her in cat form.
If it brings you comfort then she'll comply.
Yet Nea is not without her games.
She speaks in riddles and mischievous pranks.
She purrs around you and often asks if you're enjoying your time.
She doesn't understand why you'd want to leave this realm of chaos.
Do you not like it?
Is it all too incomprehensible for you, "Alice"?
Are you scared whenever she disappears in thin air?
Do you feel lonely?
There's no need for such feelings....
She's always by your side even if you don't see her.
Nea will happily show you how to give into the madness!
You won't ever want to leave... you'll never leave her.
Just allow her to guide you!
All you need to do is stay by her and she'll be sure you'll never be alone again in this little fantasy.
#yandere dead by daylight#yandere dbd#yandere ace visconti#yandere kate denson#yandere nea karlsson#yandere alice in wonderland au
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My former English professor is retiring and gave away a bunch of the books in her office. She's a gem. I giddily returned to campus just to sort through her collection. Super excited about the ones I brought home with me. I thought someone else might appreciate some of the books I found.
I've already began poring over the poetry collections, but what should I read first? Are there any that you guys have read that you highly recommend?
Books included in Photo 1:
● Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (Alta Edition includin Persuasion)
● Robert Burns by David Daiches
● Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
● Leigh Hunt's What is Poetry? by Albert S. Cook
● Love Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister by Aphra Behn
● Virginia Woolf: A Biography by Quentin Bell
● Holy Madness: Romantics, Patriots, and Revolutionaries 1776-1871 by Adam Zamoyski
● Earnest Victorians by Robert A. Rosenbaum
● Lord Byron: Selected Letters and Journals by Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (Editor)
Books Included in Photo 2:
● Orlando by Virginia Woolf
● Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
● The Portable Irish Reader, (The Viking portable library) by Diarmuid Russell
● The Last Days of Pompeii by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
● Becoming a Heroine by Rachel M. Brownstein
● To the Lighthouse Virginia Woolf
● East Lynne by Ellen Wood, writing as Mrs Henry Wood
● Poetry and Prose of Alexander Pope edited by Aubrey Williams
● In Memoriam; An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Sources, Criticism (Norton Critical Editions) by Alfred Tennyson
● Daughters and Fathers by Lynda E. Boose, Betty S. Flowers
Books Included in Photo 3:
● Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
● A Sentimental Journey by Laurence Sterne
● Goblin Market and Other Poems by Christina Rossetti (Dover Thrift Editions)
● Sound the Deep Waters: Women's Romantic Poetry in the Victorian Age includes works by Christina Rossetti, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, George Eliot, Alice Meynell, and Edith Nesbit
● The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
● The Monsters: Mary Shelley and the Curse of Frankenstein by Thomas Hoobler and Dorothy Hoobler
● Wordsworth and the Poetry of Human Suffering by James H. Averill
● Victorian Ghost Stories: By Eminent Women Writers (Part of the The Virago Book Series) edited by Richard Dalby
● The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
● Victorian Poetry and Poetics by Walter E. Houghton G. Robert
#bookish#bookworm#books#book haul#booklr#book tumblr#books and literature#booklover#booksbooksbooks#books & libraries#bookblr#book blog#women reading#reading#literature#english literature#literary fiction#literary#margaret atwood#jane austen#thomas hardy#virginia woolf#my library#from the library of nikki howard#fromthelibraryofnikkihoward
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Am I not the most wretched and selfish of fortune's fools?
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Ryu Number: Alice (i.e. of Wonderland)
Okay, I know what you're thinking. K.C., are you really churning out a post on Alice's Ryu Number? Sora is in Smash, for goodness' sake. That's Kingdom Hearts, which gets you the Disney version split-lickety.
Yeah, that's true. And it would be perfectly reasonable to shut the book on the matter right there and shout, "Problem solved!" But here's a question: Are Alice of Wonderland and Alice Liddell the same person?
That's a rhetorical question, by the way. If a century of Alicologists aren't going to come to an agreement, an opinion off the end of a tumblr post is unlikely to set off a scholarly paradigm shift. For what it's worth, Lewis Carroll himself seemed to consider Liddell and the literary Alice as separate individuals—the latter as more of an idealization than any real person*—but he's got some investment in the matter, so he's not exactly a reliable source.
(This is a joke. Don't at me.)
*Woolf, J. (2010). The Mystery of Lewis Carroll. St. Martin's Press.
... But we're not here for literary analysis, of course. We're here for the Ryu Numbers. So what's Alice Liddell's?
The most obvious route, of course, would be through American McGee's American McGee's Alice and Alice: Madness Returns video games. The lore of the second game straight out gives Alice the surname Liddell...
... and the opening cutscene of the first game features a photograph in Alice's bedroom of someone who might be Lewis Carroll (which is a bit weird, but whatever), as well as an Alice storybook (meaning Alice exists one narrative layer higher than the literary Alice).
...That said, if American McGee did mean for the game Alice Liddell to be the Alice Liddell, that's something it looks like he walked back in game two (or at least went in with plausible deniability about). Game Alice seems to have had just the one sibling, an older sister named Elizabeth, and her father's name was Arthur—the real Alice, on the other hand, had nine siblings in all (jeez), with her only older sister named Lorina and her father named Henry.
(Also all the Wonderland elements explicitly take place in Alice's head, which means technically we shouldn't be counting Wonderland characters any more than we'd count characters that show up in dreams or hallucinations, but I'll pretend not to notice if you pretend not to notice, alright? Call it the Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. precedent.)
To get to something plausibly Liddeller, I'ma jump back to the Apple II/Commodore 64 era.
Wait, the Laurence Yep? Aunno, maybe! I wrote to him once, because I wanted to know if the Charles Edward Stuart that appears in this game is actually Charles Edward Stuart, or just the White King believing himself to be Charles Edward Stuart, both of which seemed likely enough to me given the setting.
I never got an answer back, probably because I couldn't find any contact info for Laurence Yep and ended up writing to the most recent publisher of his works I could find instead. What I'm saying is that I doubt Mr. Yep ever laid eyes on my letter before it was slam-dunked into the nearest wastebin (Mr. Yep if you are reading this please DM me).
Anyway, shortly before Alice falls into the rabbit hole, gets swept up in the usual Wonderland annoyances, then finally makes her way up and out the same rabbit hole (i.e. no "it was all a dream," it's happening for realsies), Alice runs into a dude on a boat. It's Lewis Carroll, and you know he's Lewis Carroll because he says he's Lewis Carroll.
Add that that he's a teller of stories to this Alice, and and it serves as good implication as any that the player character is the historical Alice Liddell.
#ryu number#alice#alice liddell#ryu#super smash bros. ultimate#sora#kingdom hearts#kingdom hearts hd 1.5 remix#cheshire cat#american mcgee's alice#white rabbit#alice in wonderland
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🦋 hi !! i’m eighteen, looking for other eighteen plus writers! currently interested in an alice in wonderland style plot !! i’m open to writing either oc x oc or oc x cc, but either way i’d love to write a male oc against a mad hatter or a cheshire cat !! in return, i’m willing to write any other character !! or fairy tale plot, if alice in wonderland isn’t something you’d like for your side. i only write for mxm and fxf at the moment.
i don’t have a specific iteration of alice in wonderland i’d like to write, but i will be taking inspiration from many sources such as: alice madness returns, the original disney movie, tim burton’s live action, the indie game habromania, and the original tale.
please be comfortable writing dead dove and nsfw themes !! i have very few limits, with only a hard no to eds and pregnancy. preferred plot to smut ratio is 60:40 or 50:50. plots will likely include non/dubcon, power imbalances, incest, sacrilege, gore, heavy toxicity, and more !! i encourage darker plots and would love to write with someone who has few limits !!
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Alicent had seen how her children had descending into despair with Nora's kidnapping, she herself struggled to remain strong for them when she thought about what her beautiful girl would be subjected to under Rhaenyra and Daemon's hands. Aemond was on edge, trying to remain the only one with a strategic mind but was slipping into madness along with Aegon. Since her father had returned to the council he had said what she knew Nora would also say- that they must not hastily rush into battle when emotions run high- it must be a strategic endeavour.
Her poor, sweet Helaena spent days sobbing, and mumbling nonsensically to herself, and Alicent had not felt this helpless since the death of her grandson. Even with Daeron's return, he himself was at odds with Otto who insisted the boy go back to the Reach, yet he insisted that he go to Dragonstone for his big sister. She couldn't let her family fall into shambles, not again. Perhaps her actions were reckless now, too, but she cared not, as the blue cloak covered her hair as she was led into the halls of Dragonstone. She'd left her dearest children sleeping in King's Landing, knowing that one of them was probably in the dungeons of this very stronghold.
It was a long shot, thinking that this would work. That Rhaenyra would believe her. But Alicent knew if she could get Nora out, and back to the capital on her dragon, that her children stood a fighting chance against Rhaenyra, Daemon and their Dragonseeds- especially if she tricked Rhaenyra into thinking that she would the given the city. After all, they had a Dragonseed of their own, did they not? Hugh Hammer resided in chambers at the Red Keep with his wife and daughter, Vermithor's new rider, a dragon which Aemond had explained to her rivalled Vhagar and Cannibal in strength.
"I did not believe it when they told me you were here." Rhaenyra's voice made her turn around. Like was funny indeed- were it months ago, she would have felt something entirely different when she heard that voice. But the loyalties of her girlhood were dead, and only a Mother's loyalties remained.
"Stranger things have happened," Alicent stepped forward. "Like you dressed as a Septa in the Sept of Baelor."
"You think highly of yourself to think that I will not have you join your daughter in the dungeons," Rhaenyra said. "She is-" "Alive? Yes, she is." Rhaenyra replied. "What do you want, Alicent?"
"I did not wish for any of this to happen," She confessed, looking at Rhaenyra. "I- I did not foresee what my children would become- Aemond is..." She hesitated, before taking a deep breath for she knew in her heart despite the words of her mouth that they reigned above everyone else in her heart. "He has become something I dare not speak...and Daenora...her hands are as bloody as her brothers." "Too much has been lost," Alicent told her. "There is little that can be done now," Rhaenyra sighed. "More must be lost before this can all be over-" "But what if...it were not so?" Alicent said. Rhaenyra raised a brow. "Tis imposible-" "Aegon still listens to me...especially with his sister gone," Alicent told her. "He heeds my voice still, I can-" "And you would expect me to let him live? And Aemond, Daeron?" Alicent's eyes closed as she spoke the words that broke her heart to say even if she did not mean them. "The lives of few....for the lives of many- tis a sacrifice we must make."
"I will ensure you are given the city with no bloodshed....if you let me take Helaena and her remaining children and flee. You will never hear of us again. But you must let Nora go, return to King's Landing." Alicent looked into Rhaenyra's eyes. Her former friend remained silent for a moment, before gesturing to the guard at the door. The stood in silence until the guard returned, and Alicent gasped softly- her girl, her beauty, her Nora, in chains, with her riding leathers torn, body bruised- blood and dirt tainted her silver hair. "Mother?" Nora's voice, though weak, still exuded a strength as she did not tremble nor hesitate, and her eyes told the same story. "Wh- what is this?"
Rhaenyra stepped forward, and said to her, "You have spent weeks in my dungeons speaking of how you shall reign down fire and blood on me, and all my children, my family- but even your own mother would hand you up to the executioner's block, in exchange for her own freedom. Even she does not believe in you anymore- she does not believe in Aegon's cause." "No," Nora shook her head. "You lie."
Rhaenyra smirked at Nora, who looked at her mother standing there, silent, not denying Rhaenyra's words.
"Mother?" Nora whispered in a small voice. Rhaenyra walked over to Alicent, and pulled her into a kiss, and though Alicent's heart no longer warmed for Rhaenyra, she kissed her anyway- Nora had to believe it was done, so that she would fight with all she had. "How could you!" Nora screamed. Rhaenyra broke this kiss, and told the guards, "Take her down to the beach and unchain her. Her dragon should be nearby. Then take her chains and place them on the Queen Dowager."
The last thing Alicent saw were the purple eyes of her daughter, brimming with tears- with hurt, betrayal, and anger.
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Alicent could not bear to look into her daughter's eyes for much longer as she ducked her head. Gods, what if she was never forgiven?
Rhaenyra's hand moved down her back and she did not feel a thing. It seemed she had completely given her heart to her children - and found herself without upset of that thought
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i want more BAH blogs that will do our weird sources we want (starkid, alice madness returns, and south park aus mainly)
-mod richie
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