#the liar and the lioness

[simsroyallegacy]

Princess Annaliese Spotted Entering Duke of Margate's Luxury Penthouse!

There's no denying it; they ARE together!

Yesterday afternoon paparazzi were tipped off that Her Royal Highness Princess Annaliese would be escaping to her forbidden beau's home for the weekend!

Sans her trusty bodyguards, the princess made it almost too easy to catch her arrival to the Sandoval Estates luxury apartment building. The building is located in the financial district of downtown Windenburg and caters to the elite of the elite. The price for buying a condo on the lower levels alone is well over §2,000,000!

The (very much MARRIED) Duke of Margate owns the entire top two floors of the building and lives there when the House of Lords is in session for the season. Every year for the past ten years his wife, Duchess Mariah, has lived there with him...that is until earlier this year when she strangely decided to stay behind in Margate for the spring session. We have to wonder if perhaps the Duchess has known something was going on between these two for awhile?

(Above: Cool as cucumber, Princess Ana was anything but embarrassed being spotted entering her rumored affair partner's home. Perhaps this was, in fact, a planned encounter with the paps on her part?)

No formal announcement of a split between Duke Alexei and Duchess Mariah has come though, so what in the world is HRH doing giving us a soft launch of her relationship? An insider in the princess's camp claims she's tired of waiting around for the "inevitable" divorce.

"The thing you've got to know about Ana is that she's patient and sweet, yes, but once that patience has run out the claws can and will come out. She's always gotten what she wants and right now what she wants is her man to be HERS in private and in public."

Our source further claims that HRH is pushing the Duke to make a move with the divorce. According to them, the Duke and Duchess of Margate have been separated for over two years and the Princess is tired of the Duchess dragging her heels when His Grace has clearly moved on with his life.

(Above: Out with the old wife in with new? HRH showed off her custom mint colored designer bag and thousands of simoleons worth of jewelry. Her chic sunglasses also cost over §25,000!)

Princess Ana, who has maintained a "perfect" reputation throughout the years compared to her older brothers, has shocked the nation by becoming embroiled in this affair; not only because she's pursuing an older, married man but also because the Duke of Margate has often stood against her father, His Majesty the King, more often than not when it comes to the whole House of Lords vs the Monarchy situation.

While no official statement has been made on this matter by the Palace (which told us that it "does not speak on the personal lives of the Royal Family" when we reached out for a comment), we can't help but believe that His Majesty is furious. Especially after rumors have surfaced that Princess Ana has recently been turned away from having an audience with her father.

(Above: A cunning fox? HRH enters the known home of rumored affair partner, the Duke of Margate.)

Despite the negative press and rumored strain on her relationship with her father, HRH has maintained a calm demeanor, especially during the ambush yesterday by the press. HRH refused to make any comment to the questions the paps were shouting at her and was polite as ever while going on her way. The sly little glance she gave us as she entered the building certainly leads us to believe that this is all a part of her plan after all...

[grits-galraisedinthesouth]

@thebitchinthewoods Some time ago, you made an astute observation about Megain Markle, the bully. I couldn't see it for myself until the lioness, Catherine Princess of Wales, confronted & set that mean girl straight in less than 5 seconds!

"...she [Rachel] behaves like a girl who has never had her butt kicked."

Just 1 look, that's all it took...

So long...

Did someone say, "Boom!"

Thank you to our Lioness Catherine!

Prince William's #1 and only 1

@quiz-1 fyi

[lgbtpopcult]

WLW 2024 VIEWING GUIDE

Recently Finished Series & Recently Released Movies You Can Watch

SERIES

TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY

23.5

Blank The Series

Harlan Coben's Shelter

Under The Bridge

NCIS Hawaii

Ted

Lucky My Love

Everything Now

My Marvelous Dream is You

Wreck

Lioness

Paper Dolls

MOVIES

Bodies Bodies Bodies

Green Night

The Exorcism 2024

Uranus 2324

Drive-Away Dolls (2024)

Am I OK?

Strictly Confidential

Lowlifes

Fancy Dance

Series That are Still Going You Can watch

The Secret of Us

The Last of Us

4 Estrellas

Monarch Legacy of Monsters

The Loyal Pin

Ayaka Is in Love with Hiroko!

Harley Quinn The Animated Series

Hazbin Hotel

Sueños de Libertad

The Decameron

Yellowjackets

Arcane

Chaser Game W

Shortland Street

Deadloch

Bad Sisters

Invasion

Sunny

Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin

From

Series & Movies Coming Out Soon

Mate The Series

Fear Street: Prom Queen

Pluto

Something in the Water (2024)

Mom Pet Sawan

Unlock Your Love

Hal & Harper

Petrichor

 Joe Baby

Afair The Series

[incorrectskyrimquotes]

Skyrim Sexyman Poll Masterpost

Rounds n such under the cut bc this gonna be a long post.

Green bold names are the winners of that round

We are currently in: ITS OVER. Teldryn Sero won. please never let me do a poll again

Round 1:

M'aiq the Liar vs Serana

Farkas vs Brynjolf

Ralof vs J'zargo

Cicero vs Mjoll the Lioness

Sheogorath vs Odahviing

Durnehviir vs Rikke

Ancano vs Hadvar

Ulfric Stormcloak vs Alduin

Teldryn Sero vs Mercer Frey

General Tullius vs Ondolomar

Nazir vs Hermaeus Mora

Neloth vs Galmar Stone-Fist

Jiub vs Vilkas

Miraak vs Astrid

Karliah vs Paarthurnax

Aela the Huntress vs Lucien LaChance('s ghost)

Round 2:

Durnehviir vs Hadvar

Sheogorath vs Miraak

Ondolomar vs Hermaeus Mora

J'zargo vs Paarthurnax

Cicero vs Serana

Vilkas vs Aela the Huntress

Brynjolf vs Teldryn Sero

Neloth vs Alduin

Round 3:

Durnehviir vs Sheogorath

Hermaeus Mora vs Teldryn Sero

Aela the Huntress vs J'zargo

Alduin vs Serana

Round 4:

Sheogorath vs Teldryn Sero

J'zargo vs Serana

Round 5:

Teldryn Sero vs Serana

[panda-writes-kpop]

I'll only stay with you one more night ~ j. hjn.

a/n: two weeks between posts will probably become the new normal as I struggle through this semester 😭 don't worry, school's going fine, I'm just busy as hell right now with work, school, and familial obligations. So don't worry if there's a week or two between uploads, I'm totally fine!! 🫶

tw: a bit pg-13 with some of the description (my bad yall, i just want to make out with jeon heejin y'know), mention of booze, reader is a romantic yet a bit depressed but we love them for it ❤️

summary: a precarious dance between you and heejin threatens to end as she lures you into her thralls yet again, but you won't break this new normal between the two of you. neither will she, so you're stuck in this limbo of 'not-quite-friends-but-not-quite-lovers'.

♡ Masterlist ♡

“You shouldn’t be here.”

Jeon Heejin eyes you, warily, as you approach her in the kitchen.

“You thought parties weren’t my… thing?” She draws out the last word, inviting a rebuttal from you.

You’re too smart to take the obvious bait, but too stupid to leave the conversation alone in its entirety.

“Didn’t think you were one to shoot vodka straight.” You gesture to the red solo cup in her hand - you’re a foot away from her, but you can practically taste the liquor in the air.

The smell makes you wish that you had drank something before starting this conversation. It’d help you feel less bad about what happens afterward.

“Maybe I like the way it tastes.” She teases before lifting the cup to her lips.

You’d almost believe her, if you didn’t know her so well, but the ghastly grimace on her face gives away her true thoughts about the drink.

“No person drinks vodka because they like the taste. What’s on your mind, Little Miss Perfect?”

Heejin scowls at the nickname - a long standing tradition between the two of you. You’d call her a role model or a perfect princess, and she’d respond by calling you a jackass or rolling her eyes at you.

Two people, perfectly molded to be each other’s opposite.

So why are you here, at this party, with her of all people?

“Would you believe me if I told you?”

“No,” Your response falls from your lips, immediately, and a teasing grin appears on your face, “but I’m willing to hear you out anyway.”

“You’re a liar.”

“It’s my charm, really.” You shrug before leaning against the fridge. “Are you in the mood for confessions or not?”

“Well…” She trails off, an unreadable expression on her face.

She leans against the counter after setting her drink aside. Her shirt lifts up, perfectly showing her well-defined body.

Why does she play this game with you, again and again? You’re both losers in the end.

Heejin is a perfect calamity of a woman - her eyes a whirlwind of emotions, a smile that is genuine but never quite reaches her eyes, her gestures as icy as they are warming.

You can’t tell if you want to slap or kiss that shit-eating grin off of her face.

And, based on your previous encounters with her, it’s most definitely going to be the latter option.

“Like what you see?” She winks at you before grabbing her drink again.

Her eyes study you, just as she studies her materials in class. Brutally methodical, looking for any errors or opportunities to pounce on.

She wants to lure you into her trap, into her clutches - you wanted her first, right?

“Fuck you.” The words would sound malicious coming from anyone else, but they’re oddly playful from your lips.

“You told me you wanted to know what’s on my mind…” Heejin strolls towards you with an unmistakable amount of confidence, the type that comes with experience.

She’s got you right where she wants you - as she does every time.

When she lands right in front of you, one of her hands lands on your abdomen. Heejin leans in close, close enough for only the two of you to hear.

“You. I’ve only had you on my mind, and it’s ruining my day.”

She leans back, a playful pout on her face.

A lioness with her prey in her claws - so much for her façade of innocence.

You should resist, push her hand away and let yourself get some air. Maybe it’s the booze in her breath that’s making you drunk, or maybe you’re just drunk on her.

Either way, that fleeting thought of rationality doesn’t seem to stop you from chasing Heejin’s lips as you kiss her with the pent-up frustration of her teasing.

Her hand leaves your chest as you place your hands on your lips - if you’re letting this happen, you may as well be in control of your actions.

You know you want this, as does she. You’re both just scared of the after.

The eternal after, the words you two should tell each other.

I love you. I miss you. I want you. I need you.

But you’re stuck in this charade, this mess where you push and pull against each other, hoping one will give before the other does. 

Heejin’s too prideful, and you’re too resistant to the idea of “us”.

But you’re both content, especially as she pulls at your shirt for more as her lips continue to meet yours.

Why should you deny her of you, of the things that make you both content?

Maybe next time will be different.

It won’t be. 

You know this.

She knows this.

Yet you’re still kissing her, and she’s still kissing you.

Forever in limbo.

Forever two souls together, but not quite intertwined.

[yanderes-galore]

May I request a romantic concept *or* alphabet for Cersei Lannister (Game of Thrones) please?

Take as much time as you need, I really started to like her around seasons 5 and 6 ^^

🕊️ anon

Sure! I kept most of the info here general due to where I am in the story. So hopefully this concept can be applied to all seasons :)

Yandere! Cersei Lannister Concept

Pairing: Romantic

Possible Trigger Warnings: Gender-Neutral Darling, Obsession, Manipulation, Gaslighting, Blackmail, Coercion, Threats, Sadism, Kidnapping, Imprisonment, Stalking, Mind break, Possessive behavior, Jealousy, Implied intimacy, Violence, Murder, Blood, Sexism mentioned, Forced "relationship".

You just know Cersei's one of the worst yanderes to have.

She often betrays those who trust her and only looks out for herself.

Every word out of her mouth is no doubt a lie.

Which means, even her obsession is strung along with her words and actions.

Cersei is aware of the fear people feel for her, she knows with one simple order she can have someone executed and their House either destroyed or tainted.

In fact, fear is often something she uses against her darling.

Cersei's primary way of keeping you in line is messing with your head.

Cersei would accuse you and your House of crimes you didn't commit, gaslighting you into obedience.

You may not be aware of your crimes, but she has witnesses and spies (whom she paid to go along with it... or threatened).

However, if you or your family were genuinely conspiring against her and her family...?

Great, now she can blackmail you into submission.

Essentially, Cersei will find dirt on you to have an excuse to watch you.

It doesn't matter if said dirt is real or imagined... she'll find some way to keep you under her command.

This method would also be how the queen kidnaps you for herself later on.

She's merely imprisoning you for your crimes.

Which is just a front to have you under her watch all the time.

Cersei is worse than merely a liar... she's ruthless, sadistic.

There's times she really does act like a lioness, proving true to the Lannister crest.

Cersei puts up the act of being mature and regal.

In reality, due to a lack of parenting, she's self-centered, immature, petty, a brat.

She's ambitious and short-sighted.

Cersei is willing to sacrifice a lot to get you into her arms.

In fact, she rarely even considers the consequences.

She doesn't entirely think things through.

As long as she gets her way, that's all that matters.

She doesn't care if you hate her.

Fine, you can, but she isn't letting go.

In fact, if she breaks you...

Then you can never leave her side, you'll have unwavering loyalty.

Except, Cersei doesn't even think that through half the time.

Breaking you could make you an unentertaining husk... she'd lose you.

In more ways than one if you were pushed way too far.

Cersei is dangerous to all who's around her.

She doesn't see her obsession as their own being most of the time.

She sees you as a pet, an extension of herself sometimes.

It's hard to say if the "love" she has for you is even genuine.

Where's the line when it comes to her?

Even towards her own children... "love" with her isn't love.

It feels almost like narcissistic ownership.

As queen, her word is law.

She has you under watch all the time.

She gives you your own chambers at first, a guard always by your door to prevent escape.

But soon enough she's trying to convince you to share her chambers, just to have you within arm reach.

If you disobey her, she disregards chambers all together.

You can sit in a cell for all she cares.

You'd still be hers.

Those close to you are threatened, used for bargaining, or outright executed.

What better way to gain compliance than using those close to you as a way to bargain.

She knows you're close to your House, she knows you have friends...

She knows you had past lovers... perhaps even children...

Cersei is not afraid to sacrifice everything you hold dear if it means your loyalty and obedience is only towards her.

She's petty and impossible to reason with.

She cares little when you cry at the sight of all the blood.

Or when she tells you she had someone's head mounted on a pike for being too close to you.

In fact, Cersei would demolish your House and home if it meant you had to rely on her.

You can't disobey if you have nothing to fight for, right?

Cersei is no doubt seductive and flirtatious towards you.

She has seduced many to garner their loyalty.

To her, this isn't about love.

This is about power and control...

Cersei's a megalomaniac, power means everything.

She wants to prove to others that they should fear her.

She may be no man, but she's got power and is ruthless all the same.

She gains sadistic pleasure when watching you bend the knee for her.

In fact... she just likes it when you're on your knees.

Cersei is easily jealous and possessive.

Her jealous and selfish attitude is the reason blood is spilled.

She does offer to wipe your tears when you see her kill another who's close to you... picking them off one by one like she did Robert Baratheon's illegitimates...

Yet afterwards she tells you not to shed anymore for them.

To Cersei, she owns all of you.

Your tears, your blood, everything...

You can't stop her.

When she lures you in close with promises of seduction and pardons for supposed crimes... she then locks you up.

You get to be stuck in a cell for her entertainment.

If you're lucky and obey, she'll reward you.

She'll give you little kisses, an affectionate touch anywhere you want.

She'll gladly use seduction to keep you hooked on her... to rely on her.

Perhaps even let you out and make you her royal pet.

She doesn't need a ring to keep you as hers.

She just needs threats, coercion, and sweet little praises to make you loyal.

Resist all you want, she'll break you down all the same.

She's the queen, she gets what she wants.

She proves that to you countless times, kissing you hungrily with a bruising grip.

She doesn't resort to whining to make you love her.

She simply takes what she wants, because you are hers.

It doesn't matter if her "love" for you is mutual or not...

She'll take you for herself all the same.

[ranticore]

happy anniversary STBH!! i bought both books while on a week break and read them both in two days voraciously despite my phone failing to decipher the epub files (squinting at a 200x zoomed pdf is a painful way to read but it was so worth it). i am periodically rotating the characters round my mind like the hypothetical apple number 1. Cain especially has been placed in my little mental cabinet of curiosity that i drop by during quiet hours to think about. love that man. number one cain fan. chewing him like an interesting stick. i love every other character as well though theyre all so fascinating and v human

anyway all this ramble to say i love your works and im patiently waiting for the moth release. ur prose is so lovely and i love love love the way you interpret folklore and mythology and your art

question for the stbh gang: what actually are their daemons? i know felix has estibarith the swan but im so curious as to the rest...

omg noo i'm so sorry the epub didn't work! i know you already suffered through it but for anyone else with this issue, i have a recommendation for google books app (if using android) but even if that doesn't work, you can always contact me and we can make something more readable (like a pdf with big font or something) that fits

i'm so happy that cain resonates with people, that old man is a favourite of mine even if i did forget to change his name from the original placeholder (whoops). he's a lil fucked up now but his story is far from over

as for tha daemons..

Islin: i narrowed it down to two potentials?? That i kind of bounce between. I tend to lean more towards a polled bull than anything else - a same-sex daemon which would be the only one in the cast i think, which i tried to parallel in pern story with him being the only one who doesn't match the canon rules for rider sexuality & dragon colour. but regardless the daemon is called Tarannach and the overall symbolism is a massive powerful dominant animal who is nonetheless "de-fanged" in some way (polled cattle naturally lack horns!) and appears more peaceful as a result. Tarannach is wilful and domineering, disagrees with Islin frequently (before Islin has his spine-growing moments), and unapologetically takes up space. would also be a massive inconvenience in day to day life but that's kind of the point. Before settling as a bull, Tarannach went through phases of wanting to be smaller and smaller.

Bowman has a dog daemon. It just has to be that way, there's no getting around it. I joked around that she would be a poodle but actually I would lean more towards a collie instead, a herding type. Something that looks rough and ready but is actually surprisingly high maintenance. Her name is Nell/Nellie. Her personality is irreverent, never takes anything seriously. She turns into a feral animal during the full moon.

We know Estibariz is a swan but some more about her - she wanted to be a lioness, something big and fierce, and Félix insisted that she would probably end up a serpent or a fox, something with connotations of being a sneaky liar, and he felt that when she did settle, it would be an externalisation of some inner ugliness he never wanted anyone else to see. when she did settle she enjoyed a big I Told You So. When he was taken by Puck and spat out again, she returned as a form-shifting daemon again, and had gained the ability to separate from him and travel long distances. She never shapeshifted willingly though. The first person to touch Estibariz aside from Félix was Bowman. The second person was Helena.

Clarion is the only one whose daemon was actually, for real, a horse. His name was Drey and he was a dapple grey draft breed.

Senca is obviously a witch so also had a daemon who could travel far from her. He was a bird, I thought maybe a nightjar or collared dove. Never got that far in the au so didn't pick a name. We'll just call him Namiliyath

Léa's was a thorny devil

Jean's is a ferret and her name is Missy. It looks like it could potentially be an ermine, a symbol of nobility, but no. It's a common hunting animal, white with black eyes.

Erica's is a magpie

Pascal does not have a daemon. There's something there that looks very swanlike, but it speaks with his voice. In a human au, it's a golden eagle.

I don't think I made anything for other characters, again I never got that far writing it

[nomsders]

Lion dump 1 A Pride Of Liars

Mostly of Stone, Stone isn't really my oc, but more loosley inspired off my sisters oc Tay, she's cool with it, and he is fun to draw! I decided to base all of my main ocs for silly lion ocs and my sisters oc interwines with my ocs family lol.

The 4th image is a traced screenshot from My Pride, and the bg isn't mine, I wanted to see what they'd look like in the show as I do like the artstyle.

The violet eyed lioness is his older half-sister, Eventide(she had a my pride name, I forgot, but her mother was calls Dryheart, who Aloe ever so affectionately called Dryfart since cub hood lol)

The dark maned lioness is his littermate Aloe.

Their father is named Aether, who Stone resembles quite a bit.

I tore away from my pride and started getting more into I Hope So, I'd recommend it!

Onto lion pride icons lol, haven't drawn em in a while.

[toomagazineperfection]

A leap of save.

A might of tell.

An honours girl.

A video of self-sufficiency.

A cint of her moon lay to the night.

When you fall, a love so sweet.

A loving and you love me.

A love is no way deed.

A love is.

I love you, poetry moon.

A love so neat.

A liar.

A homer.

A raging lioness.

A love you know, obsessed with your body.

A love till it hopes me.

A love so sweet.

Knowing my fingers weep.

A love that you hone me.

A fingers through your head and so skull neat.

Her sky is a skull noon.

She is a hard poem.

Hard setter.

Meaning she dances on my life.

Meaning she meanders.

A heart of you.

It's so swelled sweet.

A knowing that you hate to love me true.

Knowing her I love you's.

It's so sweet.

A lie of hone.

She was the noon night.

Hegdic.

Sunidhi

[narcolini]

Waiting Red

isabella x chepe, vampire AU, 600 words, no warnings for day 1 of narcoctober: someone i've never written before, in an AU i've never attempted a/n: just a small one to kick off @narcosfandomdiscord 's october event!!!!

He stood, too early and too keenly, as she approached the main door. She was easy to spot through the restaurant windows, of course. Easy to spot at any distance, in any crowd, which might have been an undead thing, but could just as easily have been an Isabella thing. She doesn’t catch your eye, she compels it, a talent she seemed to have mastered long before she took the bite—Chepe assumes, anyway, because it can do a lot of things, but it can’t do that. 

He couldn’t hear what she said to the front of house, but it was enough to make the sallow boy blush. Enough to make him forget his job, which was supposed to include directing her to their waiting table. Her to him. Lioness to wilful prey. Chepe fidgeted behind his chair, both hands gripping the plush back of it. 

Come on. 

She glanced at him. 

Get it over with. 

The blushing idiot waved a hand in Chepe’s direction, and then they began, him first, with Isabella behind, towards him. He’d be a liar if he said he wasn’t nervous then. If he said he wasn’t regretting the whole meeting, as he did every time they met, every meal, every feed. Every plea. 

But like always, it came too late. She was already there, looking at him, and he had already  tied every knot, every loose end, incase this was the time she said yes. 

God, how he fucking hoped she said yes. 

When they reached the table, the server bowed, not to him, but to her, which was the only thing that kept Chepe from laughing, before promptly leaving them. 

The sudden intimacy of it, the two of them alone, standing by a white-clothed table, did not pass by unnoticed. The heat crept into Chepe’s ears, the thrum deepened in the vein by his throat. They weren’t the only two diners, but they were the only ones that existed to him, just for that moment.One heart standing and staring at another, beating for the both of them.

‘You dressed up,’ was the first thing she said, as Chepe tucked her chair into place beneath her. ‘I’ve never seen you in a suit.’

Big night, he thought, saved it for something special, but he sat opposite without saying anything, because she’d warned him of that last time, of jumping the gun and expecting things too fast.

She cocked her head like she’d seen right through him, a smirk tempting the corners of her mouth. ‘Are you nervous, Chepe?’

‘Nervous?’ He laughed. ‘No, I’m not nervous.’

‘You’re used to taking women to places like this?’

‘I’m not used to taking women like you anywhere,’ he answered honestly.

That pleased her, and the smirk slipped out before she could dip her chin to hide it, hair sweeping from behind her ear to join in the effort.

It was moments like those that gave him hope. She wouldn’t have humoured him for so long, or deliberated so purposefully on his request, if he weren’t able to do that. To warm her cold skin, to trick her heart into shadowing a beat. Every time that they met and she still withheld an answer, she had given him enough to hold the line until next time, to keep on waiting for that eternal victory. 

‘Have you made your decision?’ he asked, before they’d even ordered drinks, or feigned an interest in the menu. ‘Will you have me?’

That’s what it came to, after all, one bite, one companion. From there until forever.

She smiled, red lips stretching. White fangs beneath. ‘Yes,’ she said, ‘I think I will.’

[crmsnmth]

Final Girl

After everything that happened She stood tall, bloody and beautiful The world lay before her and she knew that nothing could stop her now She wipes the blood from her mouth and leaves a trail of bodies behind

Hear her roar as she will not lay on her back again someone got to be too rough Until the night she found the gun and put a bullet right in his artery heart Who's to say if he had it coming? She doesn't care either way

Never again will a dog bite the lioness her bites a thousand times meaner than her bite She's ready to take on anyone who dares to try and make a liar out her again

Queen of the world the last of the Final girls

[simsroyallegacy]

Princess Annaliese CAUGHT On the Arm of MARRIED Duke?!

Last weekend King Arden’s golden child had all of us raising our eyebrows at the 53rd Annual Diamond Plumbob Awards afterparty. 

His Majesty’s favorite child certainly stole the spotlight from the rest of the stars attending the party, causing a ruckus when photographed getting cozy with one Alexei Savalani, the Duke of Margate. The forty-five-year-old Duke is a prominent member of the House of Lords and has been a staunch opponent against Princess Ana’s father. This is not the only reason we predict this relationship will be subjected to His Majesty’s ire, however, since the age gap has even the public raising their brows.

The Princess, twenty-four, is a little over twenty years younger than the Duke, a man only a few years younger than her father. She has never been connected to any man or woman romantically, preferring to keep her private life under lock and key as much as possible. Her ability to stay under the radar, however, didn’t keep us from noticing her getting a little touchy-feely with Duke Alexei! 

(Above: Snapshots taken earlier in the evening of Her Royal Highness and the Duke conversing with some award winners and nominees.)

While attending the star-studded soirée in her capacity as Royal Patron of the Moving Picture Council (MPC), the Princess was originally photographed mingling with the same crowd as the Duke, who is the owner of several well-known production companies within the industry. Their initial interactions were hardly suspicious until the source of our publication’s photos below saw them leaving the party together.

“They were careful I’ll give them that,” our correspondent told us. “They rarely were seen in the same group barring a couple of times and only really exchanged pleasantries. I didn’t really think anything of them until I happened to catch a photo of them leaving together out onto the rooftop halfway through the evening.”

The photos taken of the two taking a stroll through the venue’s rooftop garden depict a much more intimate relationship than previously assumed of the two – at one point, Princess Ana was seen with her hands actually caressing the Duke! Our source claims that the two were out there seeming “like a couple on a date” for a good forty-five minutes before separating to return to the party.

The rumors being fueled by these photos are not reflecting well upon Princess Ana and her “good girl” image. Alexei Savalani is not only much older than her and a part of the HoL, but he is still currently married?! He was even spotted that evening still wearing his wedding ring!

The Duke of Margate has been married to his wife, Duchess Reagan, for a decade. The two met during his travels to Celestre, the Duchess’ native country, dated for a year, and married two months after he proposed. There have been rumors circulating about a break in the marriage but until now no proof has been captured. Perhaps he’s finally making a statement?

[darkmoonartwolf]

Liar Satsuki!

I really like Satsuki and Akira so here's them as a jaguar and maned lioness respectively

[jupitersrising]

JWCC Characters’ Daemons

PART 1, PART 2, PART 3, PART 4

Kenji Kon: 

Kenji’s always been pressured from his Dad to be better. He was supposed to take over the company someday and as seen in S5 Daniel only finds faults in Kenji. 

When he’s very young he replicated the daemons around him. Seemingly trying to blend in with everyone else. As he gets older he likes daemons like chameleons because they can both blend in with the crowd (ie being what he’s supposed to be) and stand out with striking colors. 

He wants Kenji’s daemon to be something big and predatory as that looks good for a head of a company. Someone who is brave and can take charge. If he has a small daemon people will think to take advantage of him. Pushing toxic masculine views onto him (men don’t cry etc…) 

For most of his teenage years his daemon is something large. Often a lioness or some other large cat-like animal because they’re relating to regality. 

After the island falls apart he learns to be small again. His daemon has always been too big for him. A burden put on him from a young age that he doesn’t know how to support. After Ben “dies” and they find out they missed the boats. His daemon become a pygmy rabbit, something both small and soft that he was never supposed to be. 

But over time that ideology comes back. He doesn’t want to be seen as weak and incapable next to the others whose daemons are gradually settling into large predators. Just before they leave the island he realizes that it’s their souls that look like that and he was never able to support something large. 

They had to be small before they learned to grow. 

So his daemon becomes a pygmy marmoset, one of the smallest mammals in the world. Maybe it’s a little overboard, but Kenji never did anything halfway. With it the weight of Daniel’s expectations fall away. 

On Manta Corp Island Ben gets attacked by a saber toothed tiger and his daemon moves fast than he can. Shifting in a golden jackal, a medium sized animal more closely related to dogs than large cats that he used to try to be. 

In a way it fitted Daniel’s expectations. Jackals are opportunistic hunters and scavengers. In many folk stories they’re considered liars and tricksters. Another piece that confirms to his friends that he betrayed them for his dad or that he was never loyal to begin with, he was only hiding it before now. While they hunt in packs they are often described as disloyal creatures. 

In the end a jackal is a plain animal. It’s more like a wolf than a lion. They’re common animals, though golden jackals are more rare. In the end it shows that he doesn’t have to be something large or special looking to matter to his friends, unlike what it means to matter to Daniel. 

In the face of opposition they either take the role of subordinate or superior in the situation. Kenji, right before the threat is revealed to be his father, is taking the role of “superior”. He’s ready to fight with his friends though he’s scared. Immediately after he finds out its Daniel he takes the role of subordinate, following at his heels without question. 

Still…jackals are supposed to be disloyal. When he sees what happened to Bumpy and how it effected Ben he switches sides and apologizes. Jackals are also loyal to one partner throughout their whole lives. Which is entirely a ship thing, not a character thing. 

(Fun fact: Golden jackals and tigers have what’s called a commensalism. The jackal will follow a tiger and eat the scraps of their kill and the tiger is neither gaining or losing anything from this relationship. Sometimes its been said that jackals alert tigers of prey so they both gain something but this isn’t seen at large. (Yes Ben’s daemon is a tiger. Yes, Kenji’s daemon is a jackal. They may not be together in this fic but I always manage to add something.)) 

[sebastianshaw]

Disney Headcanons Meme // Pinocchio - How honest is your muse? What is their moral stance on white lies? (and/or) The Emperor’s New Groove - What animal would you associate your muse with? Why?

Pinocchio - How honest is your muse? What is their moral stance on white lies? Shaw's funny about honesty! Claremont, his creator, establishes very early that Shaw considers his word to be his bond, and is very serious about that. He also portrays Shaw as very manipulative and implicit liar, beguiling Senator Kelly into believing that the Sentinels (purchased from Shaw Industries, of course!) are a necessity, conveniently never mentioning he's a mutant himself! And being a two-faced mean girl, such as telling Selene how lovely she looks while thinking about what a witch she is. And you know what? This isn't contradictory. It doesn't come off as a mistake or an inconsistent character. It comes off as a guy who absolutely is fine with lying in general, but when he makes a point of giving his word on something, he also makes a point of keeping it, and he values it immensely. In fact, perhaps the fact he -is- comfortable with dishonesty (and certainly with white lies) is WHY he values and respects keeping one's word when one gives it so much. Particuliarly in an organization like the HFC where the members are all so duplicitous and ready to backstab each other, it's something that means a lot and can't be taken lightly as honesty might be among more heroic types. Also, while he'll lie and manipulate and so on, I notice he'll never actually try to misrepresent himself or what he's about. He may have a greater scheme going, but he's never pretending that he's NOT a greedy, untrustworthy fuck, and even takes pride in it, even refuting thanks or praise by pointing out he's doing something for his own damn gain. For instance, when Charles thanked him for his assistance, Shaw pointed out that "Please. I was on Sinister's list myself. Altruism has never been one of my vices, and I'm too old to take up new hobbies." And when Bishop sarcastically asked if Shaw was helping break up a mutant slave ring in Hong Kong "out of the goodness of your heart?" because he wisely suspected Shaw had ulterior motives, Shaw didn't pretend he DIDN'T and responded with a smile "Enlightened self-interest" Again, he'll trick people about what he's up to, but he's never going to try to present himself in a false light, if that makes sense. So, Shaw is someone who lies, but is very honest, and while that sounds like a paradox, it's actually really not once you read his stuff. The Emperor’s New Groove - What animal would you associate your muse with? Why?

I associate Shaw most instantly with a big black bull. Which, yes, I unfortunately know now is a porn term too -.- The things I find out via this muse! My boy Ferdinand at the wildlife sanctuary is totally his GOOD twin. Bears are also a big "that's a Shaw" for me, namely grizzlies and kodiaks because of their size (not so much polars because white) Also wild boars and draft horses, especially black ones. To a lesser degree, lions kinda remind me of him, because there's a human misconception that the one male in a pride is the super king who bosses around his harem of ladies but actually the lionesses are typically in charge. . .and I notice in fandom there's the misconception that Shaw was this tyrannical patriarch over the HFC who had all the women under his thumb and in his bed and like....yeah no it's very much NOT the case. Speaking of animals with harems though, elephant seals make me think of him because size + males will literally fucking squish any baby in their paths, including their own, to get to a mating female.

But it's not just big animals! Hamsters remind me A LOT OF HIM because they're incredibly greedy and grumpy little creatures who are also the most likely rodents to eat their young, and I liken him to a big black rat a lot. There was this one fantastic big black rat on TikTok, Mlem, who reminded me of him SO MUCH (RIP Mlem!)

Rats have a lot of un-Shaw traits, like being compassionate and communal and frequently good parents, but their hilarious levels of greed always put me in mind of him!

[megankoumori]

(Night at Pride Rock. Scar sits atop a boulder, addressing the mourning lionesses)

Scar: Mufasa's death is a terrible tragedy. But to lose Simba, who had barely begun to live...For me, it is a deep, personal loss. So it is with a heavy heart that I—

Sarabi: Where are the bodies?

Scar: I beg your pardon?

Sarabi: Where are Mufasa and Simba's bodies?

Scar: (Wincing) Ooh, that's...Nasty, grisly mess. You don't want to see all that. Could barely stand it myself really. Now where was I? Oh yes. So it is with—

Sarabi: Scar, we all know you're a pathological liar! You're not taking over any throne until we confirm they're really dead! Now where are they?

Scar: Sarabi, Sarabi, Sarabi. In your grief, you've forgotten that when we die, our bodies become grass and then the antelope...or maybe it was water buffalo...Anyway, it's the Circle of Life.

Sarabi: (Furious) They did not decompose into grass in less than three hours! WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!?

(Behind Scar, Ed the Hyena belches)

Scar:..Would you accept that he's in a better place?