#the valentines

[shardikart-blog]

joy can be born from sorrow

[savingsallow]

ello !! 💖 how do you come up with romantic partners for val in Canon and AUs? do you ship her with ocs or does she fall in love with them on her own? sending you big hugs 💕💕💕

hey there, darling!! :D

— thank you for the ask!✨ i actually haven't thought about it that way, so this is interesting 😁❤️‍🔥

[casper yaps here 👇🏻]

— Val & Romantic Partners:

Before my elaborate yaps 😆

It's important to keep in mind that Val is demiromantic, so it'll take her some time to fall in love.

~~~

First off, Val's romantic partners, in a nutshell, are divided into two categories: (1) a character I ship her with & (2) a character she fell in love with on her own.

And yes, she does eventually like a character without me knowing. I just realized it later on 🤣✨

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Canon:

The character I shipped her with:

Ominis Gaunt

During my first playthrough for Val, I originally shipped her with Ominis since they have a LOT in common. Or should I say they can — ✨TRAUMA BOND✨

However, the more I think about it, I feel like they would hurt each other more than help each other heal and that makes me really sad 😭

The character she fell in love with on her own:

(cool shots by the queen 👑✨: @acslytherpuff)

Garreth Weasley

Val and Garreth are both exceptional in potions in their own right. Despite that, I feel like Val would've developed a sense of dislike for Garreth because of the incident with Professor Sharp during their first class together.

I always saw the potential for these two as academic rivals (one-sided 😆) of sorts since they both are enthusiastic about potion-making. However, I didn't foresee that Val actually fell for Garreth, and guess what? They make such a good match 💯

Also, the more I thought about it from Val's perspective, it makes so much sense✨

All I can say is that everyday is interesting between these two 😆❤️‍🔥

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AUs:

For the record, I love OC x OC ships but I didn't expect that Val would get a few in a rather short period of time. Nonetheless, I'm still fluttered that some of my friends let me ship Val with their OCs! 🫂❤️‍🔥

The OCs I shipped her with:

Alvin Hayoung:

(belongs to @acslytherpuff✨)

First Love trope! 🫶🏻✨

Since this is an AU, there are slight tweaks in Val's personality. I don't think she's demiromantic in this universe since this AU is a love at first sight situation.

This was a brief ship as well but me and Cass cooked up some lore for them already. However, we eventually both agree that they won't end up together since their personalities don't mesh well. Nevertheless, they remain good friends and are happy with their new relationships.

Callan Gaunt:

(cal and these amazing shots by: @girl-named-matty✨)

Childhood Friends to Lovers trope!

Matty was also asked about them and you can read it here✨

Basically, I immediately fell in love for Cal once she made him and then we decided to pair him with Val! 🤭

This ship exists in the HCU (Hayrose Cinematic Universe) for more info, you can read this✨

Black and Gaunt as a couple automatically comes along with a LOT of angst already. But these two are set up to live a happy and better life 🥹❤️‍🔥

Val won't admit it but she loves Cal very much. Although she looks so done with him in that photo 🤣 In her head she's fighting between her love for potions and Cal LMAOOO 😆🫶🏻 (bonus: meme by Matty)

I also made a Christmas one-shot that you can read here✨

Ellie Crawford:

So far there's none yet since she's demiromantic.

(ellie belongs to @accio-bagel✨ & shot by: @acslytherpuff✨)

Well, they're not exactly in a relationship but they're also not just friends as well 👀 There's some non-hetero tension between these two and I live for it! 🤩✨

The best way to describe them in a nutshell: ��they were roommates✨

Me and Bagel are still cooking up some lore for them. But one thing is certain, these two got some interesting story 😌✨

And c'mon, Val + Ellie just makes so much sense in my head 🤪❤️‍🔥

As for the OC Val fell in love on her own well...

Well, at least not to my knowledge yet 🤣

But we'll see 👀❤️‍🔥

After all, I love OC x OC ships!!!✨

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I hope these made sense and thank you again for the ask! Wishing you a pleasant day and sending you some warm huggies!!! 🫂🫂🫂

[rhapsodynew]

#A humor page

1977.

Hamburg.

By Jurgen Gebhardt

A very rare name for a girl is "Open up and say "Aah"!" 😁

[aparticularbandit]

Foul Traditions

Summary: Eve has trouble cooking Thanksgiving dinner, and Claire finds a way to help out.

Part of The Valentines Collection.

Rating: G.

AO3

This stupid fucking bird!

Claire takes in a sharp, cold breath as she hears her wife’s foul language coming from inside the house.  She wipes the sweat from her brow and sets her axe down on the stump in front of her; she still has more than a few logs to chop for the fire, but she can do that later.  Right now, her wife is upset.  Eve isn’t often upset.  She certainly isn’t often upset enough to use that sort of language so loudly that she can be heard outside.  Which means something is very, very wrong.

Eve? Claire asks as she shoves open the sliding glass door onto their patio.  What’s going on?

The house smells.

Normally, on Thanksgiving, the house smells good.  All the different scents of all the food that Eve’s cooking – from pumpkin pie to cheesy potatoes to rolls to the turkey – it always, always smells good.

It doesn’t smell good right now.

It smells—

Is something burning?

No!  Eve pokes her head out of the kitchen.  Nothing’s burning!  She storms out of view, and there’s the sound of clattering and slamming and metal.  But this stupid bird won’t—

Claire hears Eve sniffling before she makes it into the kitchen, but as soon as she does, Eve hides her face.

Don’t look at me!

Claire ignores her and draws Eve against her chest.  It’s okay if something’s wrong with the turkey.  We can just—

It’s our first Thanksgiving as a family! Eve exclaims, pounding one fist against Claire’s chest.  It has to be perfect!  I followed the recipe just like last time, and it was so good last time, and they’re going to be so mad at me if it’s not—

Eve, Eve.  Claire runs her fingers through her wife’s hair.  It’ll be okay.  We’ll just—

Something explodes in one of the pots.

….

Explodes might be a bit of an exaggeration, but from where Claire is standing, it’s loud enough to sound like an explosion.  She sits all at once, dragging Eve down to the ground with her, but this just makes Eve cry harder.

See?  You’re scared.

It was a really loud sound, Eve.  I have every right to be—

Brendan runs into the kitchen all at once, his feet tiny and grubby, his eyes wide. Big bang.  I heard a big bang!

Eve cries harder.

Claire puts her hands on Eve’s shoulders and looks her in the eyes.  Take Brendan.  Go for a walk.  When you come back, I’ll have everything taken care of, okay?

Eve shakes her head.  You can’t cook.  Not for Thanksgiving.  Not last minute—

Do you trust me?

It takes a few seconds.  Eve takes a breath in.  Then she nods once, pushes herself off the floor, and takes one of Brendan’s tiny hands in her own.  You and Mama are going for a ride.  How does that sound?

Once Eve is out of the kitchen, Claire looks around, pushing a hand through her hair.  Eve’s right.  She’s not a cook.  Not on this scale, anyway.  How is she going to fix this?

…she has an idea.

~

Forty Minutes Later.

Claire hears Brendan before she sees either of them, hears his tiny voice saying, It smells good! before he runs into the dining room.  She turns to him and scoops him up in her arms then waits to see Eve’s reaction.

Eve walks into the room, and her eyes widen.  You got Chinese take-out.

And I made it look fancy.  Claire kisses Brendan’s forehead then sets him back down.  Then she meets Eve’s eyes.  Will it suffice?

Eve opens her mouth to answer only for a knock to come at the door.  She glances over her shoulder and cringes.  Evanora—

—will never say this, but she actually hates turkey, Claire whispers, kissing Eve’s cheek.  She would have been impressed with you for making one, of course, but she’ll like this better.  She smiles.  So will Agatha.

It takes a second for Eve to process, but then she laughs.  She curls against Claire’s chest again and then leans up just enough to kiss her.  If you just wanted Chinese food every year, why didn’t you tell me?

I didn’t want to ruin your traditions.

Ah.  Eve leans up on her toes and kisses Claire’s nose.  We’re a family.  We can make new traditions.

Claire nods.  As long as burning the turkey isn’t one of them.

Eve slaps her arm.  The doorbell rings again.  Then she grins.  Only when your family shows up.

Agatha will be sad she missed the fire.

There wasn’t any fire!

This year.

[zolubaby]

My favourite Valentines.. Nick Valentine & Jill Valentine. one is a special agent and one is a detective. they're also my fav video game characters. they're mf perfect 😍❤️‍🔥

just imagine them both working w each other solving crime cases and defeating terrorisms. we need Capcom x Bethesda crossover

[azul-maria-elias]

Hablemos de... Bon Scott y The Valentines

A pesar de que hice tan solo una publicación sobre AC/DC en este blog, debo admitir que los últimos meses fueron testigo de mi creciente obseción con la banda. Cuando algo me fanatiza tanto, me esmero por conocer y entender su historia, el detrás y el por qué de su música, sus influencias, sus anécdotas. Por supuesto que el miembro más reconocible y llamativo del grupo es Angus Young, de quien es imposible no encariñarse. Pero en particular, quedé encantada, enloquecida, embobada con el primer cantante de la banda, Bon Scott. Quedé atrapada por su tremendo carisma, tanto fuera como en el escenario, y por su increíble voz.

Con fervor me di a la tarea de saber más sobre Bon, sobretodo porque me impacto su trágico final. De esta manera, me fui enternado de que había tenido una importante carrera musical en la década de 1960 antes de siquiera conocer a los miembros de AC/DC. Uno de esos proyectos anteriores —y quizás el más importante— fue con la banda The Valentines.

The Valentines se formó en el año 1966 tras la fusión dede los grupos de The Spektors y The Winstons. Bon era le vocalista principal de The Spektors, mientras que The Winstons contaba con la voz de Vince Lovegrove. Realizaron música rock y "bubblegum" inspirada en bandas como The Beatles, The Rolling Stones y los locales Easybeats. Supieron cosechar cierto éxito en su natal Australia, aunque perdieron popularidad a finales de la década terminando por disolverse el conjunto en 1970.

Scott tendría otros dos proyectos musicales antes de unirse a AC/DC: Fraternity y The Mount Lofty Ranger. Pero quizás eso sea una historia para otra publicación.

Si estas familiarizado con la música de AC/DC, resulta sorprendentemente interesante enterarse de la existencia de The Valentines. Es curioso oir la voz ronca y aspera de Scott cantando canciones pop sobre amor. No me malinterpreten, amé el sonido de The Valentines, y tanto Scott como Lovegrove son espectaculares vocalistas. Solo me resulta llamativo —y tierno— que nuestro rock&roll singer haya tenido un pasado "beatleano". Aunque también los mismos Beatles supieron reiventarse.

Algo curioso de su etapa en The Valentines, es que Bon tenía que usar ropa con manga larga para ocultar sus tatuajes, ya que contradecían el aspecto "inocente" del conjunto. O al menos eso leí...

Escuchar el trabajo de The Valentines es una experiencia que recomiendo no pasar por alto, sobretodo si te gusta los primeros discos de AC/DC antes de la muerte de Bon. A continuación les dejaré mis canciones preferidas del conjunto:

1. Everyday I Have to Cry

No puedo describir lo LOCAMENTE ENAMORADA que estoy de esta canción. Aunque la canción es originalmente de Arthur Alexander —el mismo que compuso Anna (Go to Him)— no puedo oirla cantar por otra persona que no sea Bon. La intepreta de una manera hermosa, dulce y encantadora.

2. To Know You Is To Love You

Otro éxito ajeno, bastante conocido, interpretado por las voces de Scott y Lovegrove en un majestuoso dúo. Me encanta, me encanta, me encanta de sobremanera esta etapa de Bon, poder escucharlo cantar con su preciosa voz canciones tan diferentes a las de su posterior carrera con AC/DC. Adoro esa versatilidad que supo construir y que lo cataloga aún más alto como artista.

3. Peculiar Hole In The Sky

Continuamos con una canción de los también grandiosos Easybeats. Seguramente pronto escribiré sobre ellos en este blog, ya que también me obsecionan. Por ahora, a los ajenos solo les basta con saber que es una banda muy exitosa de Australia, con características muy similares a los Beatles, pero no por eso menos auténticos. Es evidente la admiración de The Valentines por The Easybeats, quienes tuvieron una importante influencia en ellos y se puede ver en su repertorio. Esta versión de Peculiar Hole In The Sky en la voz de Bon es maravillosa, inclusive —y me atrevo a decir— mejor que la original.

Todavía quedan muchas canciones de The Valentines que me encantan, muchas en la voz de Bon y otras en la de Lovegrove. Pero para lo que interesa a esta publicación, creo suficiente el haber compartido las tres pistas que más escucho.

Si alguien se dignó en llegar hasta aquí, primero ¡Muchas gracias! Y segundo, me encantaría saber tu opinión: ¿Ya los conocías? ¿Te gusta su música? y lo más importante... ¿Cuál es el mejor vocalista de AC/DC: Bon o Brian? JAJA Esa pregunta es un mal necesario.

P.D. Las fotografías las saqué, en su mayoría, del perfil oficial de Spotify de The Valentines. No tenía la información de en que año ni donde fueron tomadas y tampoco me di a la tarea de averiguarlo —sí, lo sé, que vaga—. Así que brindo mis disculpas por si a alguien le interesaba dicha información.

[little-mephistopheles]

first day in the time loop i suspect nothing

[corantus]

💘💖💝

[jerich0two]

A begrudging Happy Valentine's to you all! Stay safe out there, my fellow aromantics ...

[aparticularbandit]

Eve has an Eevee and Claire has a Sylveon and they were gifts to each other while they were dating because someone they didn't know well - their Leafeon had kits - and Eve's has never evolved and Claire's evolved the day she and Eve broke up because she knew Claire needed the extra boost.

(They cuddle curled up on the same bed right next to Eve and Claire's bed, when they don't properly share the big bed with them. Or curl up on the couch.)

Eve's Eevee is very spoiled. So spoiled. The most spoiled. This makes up for baby!Brendan playing with her tail or burying his head in her neck floof.

HAPPY 10 YEARS OF THE MOST TRANSGENDER POKEMON

[musicalelo]

Stay or Go - The Valentines

[kashlat2]

The Jill we could have had if capcom weren’t cowards and losers 😔

[passionpeachy]

mesmerized 💡

[radicalgraff]

"Will you free my Palestine"

Sticker spotted in Brunswick, Victoria

[aparticularbandit]

Election Eve

Summary: Eve worries, and Claire comforts her.

Part of The Valentines Collection.

Rating: G.

AO3

Something is wrong.

Claire feels it even as she slumbers, and it peeps through her dreams.  She struggles against that feeling until, finally, she wakes.  The lamp on her wife’s side of the bed is on; that must be what startled her, even though it’s rarely been a problem before.  Eve often wakes before she does – or did, when they still lived in Connecticut, since sometimes Eve would need to be up early for an emergency with one of her seniors – so it isn’t as though she hasn’t slept through this sort of thing before.

But something is…something is wrong.

Hey.  Claire slowly sits up.  She reaches over and rubs her wife’s back gently.  Something wrong?

Eve starts to shake her head – a lie, Claire can feel how it’s a lie – and then stops.  She presses her lips together, swallows, and then says, What if they don’t want you?

Oh.

Claire’s thought about that question a thousand times in the past few days, more than that over the past few months, even more over the course of her lifetime.  She can’t tell Eve that she’s as marketable now as she can be; there are still things Eve doesn’t know, still things she doesn’t want her to find out.  After a while, she’d gotten used to expecting that she was unwanted; after a while, she’d done her best anyway.  Most of the time, that worked out.

But not always.

It doesn’t change anything, Claire murmurs gently.  If they don’t want me, I’m out of work for a bit, but—

How could they—

People are scared.  Clare wraps her arm around Eve and pulls her close.  People are trying their best.  They’re doing their best.  Just like us.  That’s all.

It’s not all, Claire wants to say.  She wants to bite and snarl and fight.  Which is really the answer.

Gently, gently Claire lifts Eve’s chin so that their eyes can just meet.  If they don’t want me, then we regroup and fight harder.  She shrugs.  That’s all we can do.  Fight and fight and keep fighting.  So that even if they don’t want me now, maybe they’ll want someone like me later.  Brendan, maybe.

Eve smiles, the barest hint of humor.  Brendan wouldn’t be cut out for politics.  He’s not interested in them either.

Hm.  Claire pretends to consider this for a few moments.  What about Rowena?  When Eve’s brows knit together, she continues.  Or Agatha.  She’d be a great—

Eve laughs at that, long and loud, and that’s how Claire knows she’s won.

Claire leans forward and kisses her wife’s forehead.  I love you.

I love you, too, Eve murmurs, and if they saw you the way I did, the whole world would want you.

With a chuckle, Claire kisses her wife’s nose.  I don’t want them to want me like you—

That’s not what I meant!  Eve frowns and then leans up and kisses her wife.  Then she curls up against her.  Remind me.  When I get nervous again.  Okay?

Of course.  Claire leans back and holds Eve against her chest.  As many times as you need.