#think of this player as ooc they probably don’t care how they dress

[coro-sg]

yapping about the Madoka magica x block tales au I accidentally created

the real builder man is mami

the cruel king is sayaka

Tutorial terry is Kyoko sakura

The griefer/brad is nagisa and the plant is Charlotte

Hatred is kyubey (both first disguise as a friendly fella but turns out they lied to everyone)

I know it was mentioned that Kyoko was Madoka but i remembered too late and just put player as madoka

Okay but all the character line ups are pretty sick. considering the sayaka lore though,, ouh, sorry king

[asktheheirofslytherin]

The children were grateful for the autograph, they have it hanging by the ones they have of quidditch players, Nathaniel was insistent because you had “done the greatest deed in this mess”, keeping his favorite store open. Children’s priorities amaze me every day, Maeve was insistent this week that she share her toys with the house elf because Whimsy should get to have playtime too.

My eldest niece Maisie is 18, she was a Ravenclaw and has been immensely helpful in making sure the others educations don’t fall behind. She’s also been helping me go through and pack what remains of our extended families library collections, she’s even got one of the heaviest boxes marked for ones she wishes to read herself. It’s quite funny that for having such a strict analytical mind that she is an accomplished seer. I think her determination to understand and control her gift is actually what has allowed her to succeed. Nathaniel is her younger brother he’s turning 13 soon, he is a Gryffindor through and through, a rambunctious trouble maker who doesn’t always thinks things through but it ultimately loyal. Then comes the twins, Luna and Luca, they’re 9 now and both quite quiet. However Luna has an affinity for plant life and nature based magic, and well Luca is just a bit of a pyromaniac. Their brother Leo is the youngest in my care, only 18 months old. Then there’s Maeve, the animal lover who stayed at our hounds sides all week until we heard the news, she’s to turn 5 soon. I honestly sometimes wonder if she’s actually able to communicate with the different creatures she always seems to find, she says she can but children that young are known to imagine theses sorts of things, especially after trauma.

Maeve unfortunately saw my youngest sister and her husband die, they were in a bookstore that got attacked. Maisie and Nathaniels father, my older brother, was attempting to protect their home from looters, he finished mending the protective shields but used too much energy and had none left to heal his injuries, their mother died years prior. I’m not quite sure what happened to the twins and Leo's parents, their father was my little brother and sent them to me, away from most of the violence initially in our ancestors home, but I received notice of their death not long after they arrived. There’s also a good possibility my youngest uncles three children, two sons and a daughter (14 b, 11 b, 7 g) will be put in my care if he does not come out of his coma. His wife’s parents can handle them short term, but are much too old to care for them in the long run.

By chance is the Bagshot Park Estate available or perhaps Claremont House Estate? They are a bit large, but we need land for when accidents happen, which they’re bound to when learning the old magic. Mess up one step and anything can happen. Also, the hellhound needs space to roam, especially when his mate visits.

I’ve been informed to properly join I’ll need to go through trials. I was wondering if I would be able to know what this entails. Also, as the children in my care come first, I must insist that they be settled in to wherever we find our new home in England before taking on these trials. They’ve been through so much I simply must ensure that they feel safe in their new home before spending much more time away from them.

Thank you again for your time my lord,

I hope to make your acquaintance soon,

Iona McKinley

(Maeve has included a drawing of our hellhound and his mate. Maisie says this gurdyroot Luna harvested earlier this week may be useful if you are not careful with the soup you consume and recommends paying close attention to the wives of men with whom you dine for the same reason within the next four weeks)

(Writer of this blog: this is quite fun thanks for doing this, I doubt I’d be able to consistently come up with answers for such a complex, selfish, and perfect cult leader, definite early signs of sociopath (killing that kids bunny and stealing others treasured and valuable things and lack of empathy) that seem somewhat canonical. Ik we know a lot about Voldemort which definitely helps but people who run these blogs in ways that seem true to character are talented. I always try to understand where people come from and what’s made them them. I try not to hate a person but only hate the actions and choices they make and the actions and choices that have effected them. But ik with some of these questions you get I’d probably have to really try to think hard about what the character would say and put a lot of focus on separating myself out of the equation. You’re kind of like a skilled method actor. Like Heath Ledger (RIP) was a wonderful and kind person, but he was so good at separating from himself and really becoming the joker.)

Children are indeed a baffling delight, are they not. I remember when Delphini was small, and she enjoyed giving me flowers to set upon my desk. I humored her, and there would be bouquets of daffodils placed around various dark texts and artifacts. What a sight that must have been! I was perhaps too annoyed with the child at the time. They do grow rather quickly. 

Maisie sounds like she has a good head on her shoulders, as any Ravenclaw does. A fine house - I am certain she knows Delphini, though Delphi was a bit of a wild teenager and I would imagine she would not have hung about anyone with half some sense at that age. Shame, truly. But she is calming down a bit now, as much as one can with someone like Bella for a mother. She takes after her mother in more ways than one, which is a blessing and a curse. 

A Gryffindor? How unfortunate, but it does sound as though you are raising him right. As for the smaller ones, they sound as though they will turn out well - despite the challenges. War is very hard on our children, unfortunately. My condolences for your losses. 

I recommend Bagshot Park. More land for the children to run amok on - especially if you gather up more.  

Ah, so you wish to take the Dark Mark? I had assumed you would not want to get terribly involved in government as you have the children no one in your position would get hounded after to take the Mark, with that in mind, so if you feel you must out of necessity, you need not worry. Ah, but Bella informs me this is sexist, and you may merely just want to take the Mark out of genuine interest. I admit, I grew up in a different time, and perhaps forget this on occasion. 

We do generally prefer an eldest son take the mark when he comes of age -  your oldest boy being a Gryffindor, he may resist this custom. However, if Maisie were to marry one of my ranks, (or I suppose take the Mark herself, if she is interested) then perhaps we can look the other way about the boy.   

The trials only last a night, and are a test of loyalty and strengths more than anything. There is dueling involved, so dress comfortably. But we can speak more to that once you are settled.

Regards, 

Lord Voldemort

[[OOC: sorry this answer took so long! But I tend to delay longer asks for when I have time and energy for them - longer questions do take longer to craft an answer. And thank you! <3 <3 <3 I am so glad you like my blog, and that you feel I do Voldy justice! I’ve never heard writing be compared to acting before but it really makes a lot of sense, and that is really cool to think about. Thanks again!]]

[moneyshvt]

☆ . · . simay barlas, twenty-two, female, she / her . · . ☆ AYLA CLEARWATER lives in that huge mansion over there! no, not that one. look for THE LARGE NATURAL STONE FOUNTAIN and that’ll be it. the SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHER has offered occasional glimpses of LIGHT GREEN walls and an impressive collection of EMPTY PICTURE FRAMES in the background of social media posts, but all of that is nothing compared to seeing the opulence in person. they’ve remained CLEVER as ever since moving to tercet court one year ago, but it seems like they might’ve gotten a little more of NARCISSISTIC too. maybe that’s why they’re rumored to have such a FRIENDLY relationship with everyone else who lives on this street. ☆ . · . ooc info: ollie, they/them, 21, est . · . ☆

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘

— she was adopted when she was just under two years old from turkey, so the clearwaters have always felt like her family to her. she knew the greater part of growing up that she was adopted, it just never was an issue for her. it was a fact, but it really wasn’t an important fact. she has no desire to try to find her birth parents or family, though she has visited turkey.

—  the clearwaters are a triple threat in sports : her grandfather retired mlb player and coach, her father a retired prominent defenseman in the nhl and current dartmouth men’s hockey coach, and her older brother ( 26 ) is making a splash in his third year in the nfl as a wide receiver.  however, her parents made sure she and her brother had a ( fairly ) average “middle class” bringing up, though they had their fair share of money in the bank. didn’t have to struggle, really, but didn’t get everything she wanted either. had a summer job scooping ice cream for two years in high school.

— grew up in norwich, vt, real big on nature and hiking and all that jazz and lowkey misses it in the heart of la.

— when she was ten she got one of those kid’s polaroid cameras ( u know the ones where the film is only a little bigger than a postage stamp ) and she was obsessed. she worked her way up through cameras over the years, having a natural eye for it.

— one of the first games she ever shot was one of her brother’s high school football games which sounds sweet but it was actually because she was so bored out of her mind and wanted something to do. needless to say, though, that was the start of it. some might say it was kind of inevitable she gravitated toward sports somehow — she was a clearwater at heart. since then she has gained a lot of knowledge and respect for all different kinds of sports.

— for college she was torn between dartmouth and nyu. she ultimately chose nyu because it was somewhere new.

— she went to nyu for advertising and photography, shooting various nyu sports teams while she was there and throughout her years, managed to shoot a few rangers, knicks, and yankees games as well. she held two summer internships with the yankees ( on her own merits or because of her family name, she may never truly know ) and ultimately graduated from nyu a year early.

— she then spent the better part of a year after graduation road tripping as you do and ended up in california. it’s all about who you know, and in picking up a favor for a friend in cali she stumbled into the perfect opportunity. from there she landed a role on the company that handles the photography for staples center and other notable teams, most notably the kings, lakers, and dodgers ( photography company based on this irl one ).

— she moved into tercet court not long after she knew she would be in la for much of the time being. it’s definitely not her house, considering she makes just enough to live on. it’s a family home, purchased initially by her father who’d wanted to sink some money into tangible assets instead of the stock market and to have a west-coast home available for the family. hey, worked out pretty well for her.

— she has predominately been tasked with shooting the kings the past year or so, though she started with shooting dodgers games last summer and is doing so this summer as well. she’s also shot a handful of lakers’ games when a friend needs someone to cover. three of her photos so far have been used in large ads and banners in the city ( including most recently her current MONEY SHOT of the game winning goal in a come back win ) --- very cool moment for her. several others have been used by local publications and websites.

— she does a little freelance work as well ; mostly for friends or friends of friends, though she’s been considering lately trying to make her skills and business available in a more professional manner. she does do a lot of photographing for herself --- a lot of candids ; she thinks they capture the true spirit of a person moreso than when they’re posing or prepared for a photo. but not in a creepy way --- she’s been the victim of the paps enough times by association with her family to know the correct boundaries and limits.

𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐂

— lowkey loves playing games with the paps, though she’s probably the only one that finds it funny. as a photographer herself she has a good eye for where they’re hiding and will also snap photos of them in turn just for her own amusement.

— she hopes someday to be the team photographer for a team, hopefully in one of the “big four” ( nfl, nhl, nba, mlb )

— she played field hockey and lacrosse through high school.

— ayla thinks she’s better at shooting people. part of what she loves about being a sports photographer is how active and unpredictable it is to shoot a game. she’s had to learn a lot to try to predict what she can.

— very much a morning person. has never had a problem waking up in the morning. who’s jealous bc i am. goes for a run at sunrise, and has showered, gotten ready for the day, and is at a local cafe shop editing photos / making graphics and drinking an iced mocha by 8. truly couldn’t be me...

— so desperately wants to be that girl with tons of cute aesthetic plants in her apartment but tragically plants always die in her care no matter what she does. probably has gotten one of those tiny tabletop sand zen gardens to make herself feel better tho she still keeps trying with plants. so far the only ones that have lived any length of time are the air plants.

— she really wants a greyhound but is afraid to make the commitment to actually adopting one.

— her personal insta ( the non-sports one ) has a modest following. a few thousand, probs.

— she has struggled a bit with people who think her opportunities have only arisen because of her family pedigree ( which some have gone so far to tell her they’re “not her family” --- which, don’t even go there, lads... ), and that has made ayla work all that much harder to prove that she’d gotten where she has on her own merits.

— she has a rule ( and in the case of the nhl there is a rule enforced by a signed contract ) about not getting involved with anyone she shoots ; it’s considered a conflict of interest. i imagine she has a really good relationship with the players though --- probably doesn’t hurt that she is pretty. at least one of them have hired her to shoot their wedding this summer even though she is wildly under qualified.

𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘

alya is a chill and laidback person at heart. her approach to the fame attached to her due to her father and brother has been to laugh it off good-naturedly. she’s generally well liked, with a hint of sass and humor. she comes across as a bit of an air-head at times, but that’s part due to a persona she put on from a young age. she has an observant eye that drew to her photography in the first place and will often allow her to draw certain conclusions about people. she’s well versed in all the sports she shoots, something that tends to surprise a lot of people, but how is she supposed to be good at her job if she isn’t ? if she gets bothered during games she typically shuts people down with wide eyes and some obscure bit of knowledge in her cute, raspy lil voice. dareisay... elle woods, what like it’s hard ? energy ??

a few of her downfalls include her narcissism and need to be liked. she looks to look and feel pretty, by her own standards, and is a queen of the self-timer and remote self photography : has two instas because of it -- one for her sports photography and one that’s a “personal” and mostly just pictures of herself. her need to be liked is something she doesn’t even realize. she likes to be seen in a positive light.

𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄

alya stands at 5′4″ with a slim but athletic build. her hair is naturally brown, but is dyed to have blonde highlights. she does not need glasses or contacts and has no tattoos.

she’s almost always wearing the same pair of beat up timberland’s she’s owned since freshman year of college. she likes to be able to move easily ( bc homegirl absolutely cannot walk in heels at all ). despite what the tabloids like to call her unfortunate choice in footwear, she likes to look cute, often pairing them with short, flowy sundresses or skirts + crop tops. when she shoots games, however, she’s dressed rather practically in skinny jeans, a crop top, and a cardigan. her hair is often kept down and loose, or in a messy bun.

𝐎𝐎𝐂

it me. ollie again. i also play fitz ( miguel bernardeau fc ). yes the overlap between fitz and ayla is not great but i truly only know one thing that that one thing is hockey asldfalsdjf sO. if y’all seeing me rping with myself on the dash bc i think it’d be fun to bounce fitz and ayla off each other mind ur own business...

[winryofresembool]

Hockey player Ed x figure skater Winry AU

A/N: Here’s the AU I promised yesterday! This will most likely get continuation at some point because I /do/ want to know what will happen when our favorite dorks actually go to the practice that is mentioned in this fic. Sorry about the possible inaccuracies and lack of figure skating knowledge. If I’m honest I know a whole lot more about hockey which is partially why I made Ed a hockey player. Also, this is the first time I wrote Hughes so he probably sounds OOC. @queenwinry‘s posts inspired me to write this!

Next chapter: [x]

words: 1600ish

genre: idk, humor? A little bit fluff? (no warnings except Ed says one f-bomb)

Edward Elric, the youngest hockey player on team Amestris, had always considered himself a good skater. Ever since learning to skate and starting to play hockey with kids of his age, he was always a couple of steps in front of them. Not even the prosthetic arm he got after a severe accident when he was 11 slowed him down, and he eventually made it to the national team as the youngest skater team Amestris had ever had. Sometimes his brother had to stop him from spending too much time at the ice rinks, though, because he had gotten frost bites more than once in the past, but Ed never complained about them. It was his fault the accident had happened (or so he thought), so he had decided he would carry the consequences without complaints.

Because Ed was so focused on getting forward in his career, he rarely followed other sports or paid attention to other athletes. If he had done so, he would probably have noticed a blonde haired, blue eyed figure skater from his country far before the Olympic games where they both were competing.

One day, after the morning practice, Ed and a couple of his teammates, Roy Mustang and Maes Hughes, were debating what they should do before the lunch that wouldn’t take place for another hour.  Snowboarding had piqued Ed’s interest, but the other two decided they’d like to see figure skating at the nearby arena. Maes’ soon-to-be wife Gracia was on the figure skating team, and Ed knew her friend, a hockey player Riza Hawkeye, would likely be watching her practice too, trying to get some tips. The young man swore Riza and Roy had something going on, even though they never admitted it out loud. They would exchange sneaky looks every once in a while, and a couple of times Ed had seen their fingers brush against each other in a way that looked like it was no accident.

However, when the hockey players made it to figure skating arena, Ed stopped caring about his teammates or their women. On the ice was a young woman, about his age, he estimated, wearing a deep blue, short dress (how the figure skaters could perform in so few clothes, Ed would never understand), her blonde hair on a neat bun aside from the tresses that framed her face. She was beautiful, Ed admitted that much, but to his surprise he realized that he wasn’t fixated on her face, or the small dress, or not even her nicely shaped legs. Instead, he was amazed by her graceful, well practiced moves. How could a girl that small (he cringed at the word his brain had picked) slide on the ice so fast? How could she spin like that without getting her head all messed up? What about those jumps? Turns? Everything? Even her simply skating forward made Ed feel like he still had a lot to learn. She looked so focused and determined, like there was nothing else but the ice in her small world. Ed decided that he needed to meet this girl, even if it was just for some skating lessons.

“Hey? Guys?” He pointed towards the ice. “Who is this girl?”

“What, you don’t know her? She’s only the most talented figure skater Amestris has seen in years! After my Gracia, of course,” Hughes exclaimed, waving his hands in disbelief.

“I can see that she’s good, but who. is. she?” Ed repeated his question angrily.

“Winry Rockbell. Same age as you. Lives in Rush Valley, but I think she has roots in your hometown. She also won the nationals for the third time in a row this winter. I heard from Gracia that she has interesting hobbies, she namely wants to be a mechanic once she’s done with her skating career,” Maes responded and waved to his fiancée who was skating towards the locker room.

“Really? What kind of mechanics, exactly?” Ed found himself interested in this detail.

“I don’t know, all kinds? Although I think Gracia said something about her interest in automails once… Wait a minute, are you thinking…?”

“I’M NOT THINKING ABOUT ANYTHING!” Ed denied immediately. He covered his face in his hands, trying to hide how flustered he was, but his attempt failed badly. Roy snickered at him on the background.

“Uhm. Do you, maybe, think Gracia could introduce us to her?” He asked after a while, embarrassment audible in his voice. “I mean… I’dliketogetsomeskatingtipsfromher!”

“I don’t think that will be an issue! But don’t think about hitting on her, I’m fairly sure she’s seeing someone already,” Maes teased even though he knew that Winry was single. Pushing Ed’s buttons was Roy and his favorite pastime.

“And why exactly would I care about that?” Ed growled, but that made both Hughes and Mustang laugh even more.

“Because I have never seen you look at a girl like that before. I know that expression. It’s the same one I have when I look at my Gracia.”

“Shut up.” Ed turned dramatically to leave, but Gracia decided to show up in that moment, and the young hockey player knew it was too late to back off now.

“My beautiful fiancé! I missed you!” Maes yelled and pulled the woman into an embrace.

“Maes, you can calm down. I saw you yesterday.” Gracia answered, but seemed pretty happy about the attention she got.

“Hey, Edward here wants to meet our future champ!” Hughes let Gracia go, and pointed towards the girl who was still on the ice. “Do you think you could ask her to join us at lunch?”

“I think she’s already doing the final moves of her performance, shouldn’t take her too long to finish. I’ll see what I can do,” Gracia winked at Ed who blushed brightly. The boy turned his attention back to the ice and saw Winry lift her leg above her head from behind and starting to spin. It went on for a long while, and Ed didn’t even realize he was holding his breath until she finally stopped and had her eyes focused on the group. Acknowledging their presence, she waved her hand slightly and continued her routine until she did the final move and bowed to her audience just like she would do in a real situation.

“Hey, Winry!” Gracia yelled at the girl who skated towards her friend, smiling happily. For some reason Ed felt a little bit dizzy watching her smile, as if he had been the one spinning on the ice. He didn’t understand what was wrong with him.

“Gracia! What’s up?” Winry asked curiously.

“I’d like you to meet a couple of friends! This of course is my fiancé, Maes, and here are his teammates Roy Mustang and Edward Elric.”

Winry inhaled sharply when she heard the latter name and saw the golden eyes. Ed found himself interested in his shoes suddenly, so he didn’t notice that her cheeks turned red as she recognized him.

“Edward? I heard that you made it to the national team, but I wasn’t expecting… hi! Do you… do you remember me?”

“What? How would I remember you?” Ed asked, confused.

“We used to play together when we were toddlers! You, me and Al! That was before you guys moved away, and my parents… you know… and then I and Granny moved to Rush Valley because of her business.”

“Oh… Fuck… sorry… I mean… that was you?! I do remember that girl, but I never made the connection… You have grown… quite a bit… since then.” Ed laughed awkwardly, but his laughter made Winry relax and she gave him that bright smile again.

“I could say the same about you. Ever since I heard we’d both be competing at the Olympics I wanted to meet you, but I wasn’t expecting you to walk right here,” she giggled.

Maes decided to push things forward a bit, and commended:

“You know, this Ed here wanted to ask you some skating tips.”

“You do?” Winry asked, her mouth forming a little ‘o’ as she turned her attention back to Ed.

“Uh, yeah.” Ed rubbed the back of his neck and nodded slightly.

“That’s kinda funny because I remember that when we were like 4 and learning to skate together, you were very loud and clear about the fact that you wouldn’t take any advice from me. I guess some things do change!”

“Now that you mention it, I remember that too, and actually, it was only because you pushed me into the snow face forward!”

“Well, /I/ only did it because you and Al had tied my skate laces together, so I fell instantly when I hit the ice!”

“This can’t be anything but a beginning of a beautiful love story,” Maes whispered to Gracia who shook her head.

“Are you so sure about that?” Gracia whispered back.

“Well, just look at them.” Maes gestured towards them.

The two childhood friends were already laughing at their memories when Maes said that.

Eventually Ed gained enough confidence to ask Winry if she could come see the hockey team’s practice the next day and show them how she skated so effortlessly. Winry blushed at the compliment, but even though her face felt hot, she had goosebumps on her arms. She realized she should to go to change into warmer clothes, but she promised she’d meet the others at the lunch after that.

Ed grinned widely all the way to the restaurant, noticing that he was already looking forward to the upcoming practice and the lunch.

[themomentofdavyprentiss]

Not Your Average Zutara Fic Rec

So I’ve gone through a LOT of Zutara fanfiction, probably too much if I’m being honest, and finding good fics can be really hard. When looking up fic rec lists I’ve noticed that a lot of the lists are just the same select fanfictions recommended over and over (We get it, everyone and their mother loves ‘His Majesty Prefers Blue’ and ‘Stormbenders’ [I never finished HMPB, sue me]). 

So this list is for all of you who are in my shoes and can’t seem to find anything besides the same ten or fifteen stories recommended and are desperate for something new. Everything listed is complete! (If I listed the incompletes/abandoned stories I’d have a lot more chaptered stories listed… RIP ‘The Confrontational Approach’…) 

I have a lot of bookmarked stories that I have yet to read and am in the middle of (Almost caught up on @firelordandlady ‘s ‘Say Anything’!), so I’ll try to update this when I finish something I think deserves a recommendation. 

Chaptered

In the Same Candlelight by Like a Dove

In a world where there is no war, Zuko and Katara spend their summers together. Growing up is messy, embarrassing, and at times sad, but they think it might be okay because they have each other. Edited summary.

I know. I KNOW. I LITERALLY JUST SAID I WASN’T GOING TO RECOMMEND FANFICS THAT ARE ON EVERYONE’S LIST. But I NEED to mention this one. I spent so long not interested in this fic. I don’t like drastic AU’s, or modern AU’s. My taste is strictly canon divergence, so I didn’t think I would like this. I WAS SO WRONG. Trust me, if you are like me and don’t like big AU’s, read this anyway. I promise, you won’t be disappointed. Characterization is still so spot on, even with such a different take. Aang is precious. There is nothing but fluff, fluff, and fluff. It will melt you. You will probably die and your spirit will rise up smiling and beaming out rainbows and sunshine. That’s what happened to me. 

Lilacs and Lily Pads by sadladybug

A tale of clumsy courtship and calamitous court weddings, featuring awkward family encounters, floral mishaps, cultural complications, and good old fashioned fluff and conflict. Takes place in the five years following war’s end. For Zutara Week 2016. A prequel to Bones.

Clothe Me in Seasons, Dress Me in Snow is a very commonly recommended Zutara fic (And for good reason, I shed many tears reading it). But this two-shot (A companion to Bones, a smut one shot) by the same author is really underrated and beautifully written. It follows Zuko and Katara as they try to plan their wedding, as well as shows two scenes from before they got engaged that solidified the relationship to be one they knew would last. Just really well done overall and very very sweet. 

EDIT: I talked with the author and apparently it isn’t finished?? But they are apparently working on the next chapters so yay!! And each chapter is independent so it doesn’t feel unfinished.  

The Slow Path by Tazainian Devil

Eight years after the fall of Ozai, Aang returns to the friends he left behind - Taang, Zutara, Sukka

This is technically a Taang fic, and if I’m being honest I kind of just skimmed through the non-zutara chapters, but the Zutara storyline was good enough that I think it’s definitely worth the read. And the overall plot has a great premise. Be warned, it has a sequel that was never finished. 

Another Word For Alchemy by FanPanda13

Five years have passed since the Avatar defeated Fire Lord Ozai, and the members of the Gaang have all gone in their own direction. But when Aang invites them all to a Peace Summit at the North Pole and tells them of his new project, for which he will need their support, the group comes together again for adventure, fun and romance. AU. Zutara. COMPLETE.

So this fic is crazy for me. At first, it started as just really good natured fluff. The writing wasn’t anything fantastic (Although I loved how it broke the 4th wall and didn’t take itself seriously), and there were some definite OOC moments. But I had so much FUN with it. The plot (while definitely not the focus as everyone is more concerned about when Zuko and Katara will get together) was interesting, and there were some really sweet moments. It was also HILARIOUS and I had multiple moments where I genuinely laughed out loud. But then about five chapters before the end, the quality SKY ROCKETED. As the plot and mystery come together, the characters all come together in a moment that truly feels like it came from the show. Even the writing quality increases by a lot and I was genuinely shocked and impressed. Definitely recommend. 

Kyoshi Hold ‘Em by cupid-painted-blind

When a blizzard shuts down the fourth annual Peace Summit, the group has to find some way to pass the time. /Zutara, Taang, Jet/Mai, Jet/Everyone, Sukka

If you’re looking for a good crack fic, look no further. It’s post war and utter nonsense. Jet is alive for some reason??? No one questions it and he’s shipped with pretty much everyone. It’s funny, it’s decently written, there are drinking and sexy time shenanigans, and overall just lighthearted. Also, it does a great job of being a crack fic without crossing the line and becoming unfunny and just a trash fic. A lot struggle to find the balance and resort to going over the top and ridiculous, but this one does a really good job. 

Come With Me by Steamboat Ghost

Coauthored by fuzzytomato. Troubled over his newly restored honor, Zuko finds solace in the familiar guise of the Blue Spirit. In a chance meeting with the Painted Lady, a friendship is forged as the two heroes seek to help the Fire Nation’s neglected.

I’ll admit it: I’ve never gotten into Blutara fanfictions. I only read the first couple chapters of HMPB and dropped it after the tree scene. I don’t know, it felt really OOC for me and I may go back and read it again just because EVERYONE raves about it, but IDK. I’ve never been a huge Blutara fan because while I love the concept, I’d much rather see the Painted Lady and the Blue Spirit come together as equals. Most fics present Zuko behind his mask to Katara, and it feels imbalanced. There aren’t a lot of stories where we see their alter persona’s come together even though that’s the entire point of the parallel between the two. Insert this fic. I only wish there was a sequel dealing with Zuko in the Gaang after these events. Hey, a girl can dream. 

A Zutara Story Anastasia by LastSunset

Katara, the only suviving waterbender of the Southern Water Tribe, joins two con men, Zuko and Iroh, while a fearful admiral chases for her death. A Zutara Story. Based on the movie Anastasia.

So this isn’t so much a retelling of Anastasia but with Katara and Zuko as it is a fanfic version of the movie but with the characters names and world changed. It takes a lot of lines from the movie. But WHO CARES? It’s Anastasia and Zutara!!! What more do you need??? 

Oneshot

this burden you bear by cowlicklesschick

Word travels, and war stories will be told round campfires and on freighter ships until every person in the world knows what Master Katara did for the new Fire Lord. She fights the burning in her throat at the thought of people knowing why she had to heal him in the first place. Post-war Zutara.

This is an angst-with-a-happy-ending, which I say is the absolute BEST type of angst. Katara deals with the guilt of what Zuko did for her as the Fire Nation celebrates what she did to save his life during the Agni Kai. The two come together beautifully while struggling to see the feelings they both share. Really well written and like I said, it has a happy ending, which we all need. 

The Best of Me by Laririn-Shadow

The night before his eighteenth birthday Zuko wraps a bandage around his left wrist. He has a country to run and no time for frivolous things. It will make everything easier if he waits. Zutara Soulmates AU

Soulmate AU’s usually aren’t my thing (With the glaring exception of one Until Dawn Soulmate AU, but that’s besides the point), but I really enjoyed this oneshot. It isn’t sweeping or insanely romantic and the reveal isn’t “OMG I’VE LOVED YOU THIS WHOLE TIME” But it’s a subtle love that grows, which I really like.  

my salvation, he’s not anything by sarsaparillia

Let’s run away and start another war. — Zuko/Katara.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ What can I say? I love the ‘Let’s run away together, consequences be damned’ trope. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The Time is Ripe by Casa Circe

ZUTARA WEEK 2012 Day Seven: Seasons. There are many stages that a heart goes through before it can finally be ready for the love it was meant to have. The road is often a rocky one but eventually, it leads you home.

A oneshot for the Zutara Week 2012 prompt ‘Seasons’. Not too much to say about it. Short, sweet, and well written. What more do you need? 

Serendipity by Boriqua-chan

Iroh goes hunting for tea leaves and finds something…interesting. /Zutara week, day 1/

Secret relationships! Fluff! Happiness! And all from Uncle Iroh’s perspective!! Everything I love in one great oneshot! 

Too Close for Comfort also by Casa Circe

ZUTARA WEEK 2010 Day Three: Pain. After watching “The Ember Island Players”, no one is in the mood for teasing. But a little slip of the tongue leads to the painful realization that the play was more accurate than they were willing to admit.

There are two Zutara plots/tropes that I am a complete and utter SLUT for. The first is the ‘Let’s talk about that EIP show’ trope. This is one of my favorites. 

The Color of Truth is Red by Mrs. Pettyfer

Written for Zutara Week prompt “awkward.” Zuko and Katara discuss the Ember Island Players.

Another post EIP oneshot

Enlightenment by Blade Quill

Choices are made on the day of Zuko’s coronation, and sometimes, enlightenment is just the simple truth at hand. Zutara. AU of the final moments of the Book 3 Finale

The OTHER plot/trope I’m a slut for is finale rewrites. LET ME SEE THEM COME TOGETHER AFTER HE TAKES LIGHTNING FOR HER. Ugh, I love it. 

Framework by profoundlycan

What if in “Sozin’s Comet” Katara had come into the room instead of Mai? Zuko/Katara. Prequel to Schema.

 Another finale rewrite! Let’s just get Mai out of the picture here… 

Lightning Shocks the Heart by drunkzutarafeels

Why do our hearts remain dormant until a climactic moment makes time stand still?

And here’s yet another finale rewrite. There is a really popular Zutara gifset that someone animated of the Agni Kai ‘Thank you’ scene, but Katara kisses Zuko after she hugs him. This is the fanfiction equivalent of that gif set. 

Sunrise by lewilder

The days go on and on, and even if she feels more comfort from the moon, Katara learns to cherish the promise of each new sunrise. Zutara AU, largely finale-centric. Oneshot.

LAST FINALE AU I PROMISE. Really sweet, starts right after The Southern Raiders and goes past canon. 

all the ghosts we cannot kill (we learn to love) by raisindeatre

Zuko and Katara; the moments we didn’t see. Or: Maybe we are all somebody’s ghost. And maybe sometimes we can be more than that.

“…My quarrel has only ever been with you, Zuko,” she says, his name sharp on her tongue. “This has only ever been about me and you.”

“You’re wrong,” he rasps, his voice rough in the late afternoon sunlight that falls around them, tangles them in golden nets. “This has only ever been about me and the Avatar. Not you and me. What we hold between us has nothing to do with it.”

This is a really beautiful one-shot that follows a battered, war torn and hardened Zuko and Katara through the scenes we DIDN’T see throughout the entire show. A Zutara must-read.

Drabble Collection/Series

And Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Advocaat

A collection of humorous and crack-tastic oneshots corresponding to the days of Zutara Month

Really great Zutara Month themed drabbles, and it contains the only body swapping plot that I’ve read and really enjoyed. Also the chapters ‘Potential’ and ‘Festival’ are some of my all time favorites. 

Zuko Was No Coward by hootowl

Zuko was many things, but a coward he was not. A collection of Zutara100 prompts. Title may change.

Definitely some heartbreakers and angsty drabbles in here, but all well written and thoroughly enjoyable. If you read ANYTHING from this list, read chapter two of this drabble collection. I MELTED when I read it. It’s perfection. Aunt Wu’s prediction has always been a plotline I’ve loved in Zutara fanfiction, and this one just does it PERFECTLY. 

Zutara Week 2012 by ichilover3

A collection of oneshots inspired by the prompts for Zutara Week

Not much more to say. The first, third, and fourth prompts are my favorite from this series. 

Zutara Week 2015 by bianca_anna

It started at a tea shop and ended with forever. My entries for Zutara Week 2015. I hope you enjoy them.

Oh my GOODNESS. So they’re Zutara Week prompts, but all set in the same universe. The Zutara!Family depicted in these drabbles has become my headcanon. I’ve seen many a Zutara family, but this one is by far my FAVORITE. This is now my official family for them. I want the very last chapter fully animated because it’s so good and epic and I want more of this families adventures. 

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A  D A Y  O F  E X P L O R A T I O N  :  P A R T  1

ft the fabulous @isabellafaulkner! 

*ooc: btw, the only reason this is divided into two parts is because it started to get long, and my fingers started hurting lol*

“Lady Aricia, please stop pacing around! You will wear a hole into the carpet!” my maid said.

I turned to look at her, and said “I’m sorry! I’ll go take a walk outside!” I smiled at them, smoothed out the wrinkles in my pale blue dress, and made my way outside to take a walk in the hallways, not knowing or caring where I was going.

Just then, I bumped into something.

More like someone

I looked up and saw a beautiful brunette staring at me and smiling. It was Isabella!

I looked at her and smiled, “Hey, Izzy! I’m sorry about bumping into you! What are you doing?” I asked

She looked at me and smiled back, “Oh, I’m sorry! I didn’t see you, Aricia! I was walking a bit around the palace, this is such a magical place! Anyways, how are you?”

I laughed, “That’s alright! Yes it is beautiful here! I’m doing great! How are you?”

Izzy smiled, “I still can’t believe that I get to walk around here, to be honest! It feels so surreal!” she exclaimed, tucking a piece of hair behind her ear, “I’ve been great, thanks for asking”

I smiled, this girl’s happiness was contagious! “That’s great! Hey, I was wondering if you wanted to take a walk around the palace with me? You know, to check out the amenities?” I asked, hoping she said yes. I was going to explore the palace before, but it would be great to do it with a friend!

She laughed, “Yeah, that would be lovely! Is there some special one you would like to check out first?”

I nodded, “maybe the library?”

At that, Isabella’s face broke out into a smile, “Yes! I heard the library of the palace is the most beautiful one in the entire world! And it has been said that it has every book!”

I laughed, “Yeah, I’ve heard that too! Anyways, lets go!”

With that, we both started walking to the library, making some small talk along the way.

“I am so excited! Do you like reading?” she asked, looking around for the library.

I nodded, “Yes I do! Do you ?”

“Yes, I love reading!” she exclaimed, “I have so many books at home, they wont even fit on my bookshelves!” she said, with a laugh.

I laughed, “it’s the same with me! My father didn’t let me buy a lot of books for that very reason!” I said, with a smile.

She turned to look at me, “what’s your favourite book?” she asked

I shook my head incredulously, “Oh, you cant ask me that!” I exclaimed, profusely shaking my head, “Its so hard! But, if I had to choose, I’d say a tale of two cities! It’s a classic! How about you?”

Isabella smiled, “That is such a great book! A classic, indeed! I think mine would be Les Miserables!”

I grinned, “Ooh, I love that book as well!” I stated, “did you read it in French? I felt that it was more meaningful in French.”

She shook her head, “I would love to read it in French, but my French language skills are not that great,” she laughed, “so I just read it in English multiple times. Maybe I should start to learn French!”

I looked at her, and said, “Oh, maybe I could teach you French!”

She nodded, “I know some basics of the French language, but I am not able to read an entire book,” she said, with a chuckle, “It would be lovely if you would be willing to teach me something!”

I smiled, and said, “That’s cool! I’ll definitely teach you during this selection!”

Just then, I looked up and saw a big door, that said ‘Library’ on top. I turned to look at Izzy, and said, “Oh, we’re at the library!”

She looked up and nodded, and I walked forward and held open the door for her as we both walked into the massive library.

“Thank you so…” her sentence trailed off, and I realized why. The library was massive, books lined the shelves from floor to ceiling, just calling people to come and read their pages. There were a lot of chairs scattered around the room, with a few couches and ladders, so people could reach the books on the top shelves.

“Wow, this is even more beautiful then I imagined it would be,” she breathed, looking around the library.

My eyes trailed around the room, and suddenly I thought of a great game to play! I turned to look at Izzy, and said, “Hey, how about we play a game?”

She turned to look at me, intrigued, “Continue,” she said, with a smile

I nodded, “So we each look around the library, and pick out 3 books for the other person that we think they’d like! It’ll help us get to know each other better!”

She nodded, “Yes, that is such a good idea!! Sounds like fun!”

I smiled, “alright, lets go then!”

With that, we both started wandering aimlessly through the shelves, looking for some books. I thought that picking out some of my favourites may be nice, so I started from there.

“Oh gosh, there are so many books!” I heard Izzy say from the other end of the library.

“I know right!” I chorused, and sighed when I picked up a book that I think Izzy would like.

“It amazes me how quiet it is in here,” she said, “you cant hear anything from outside!”

I nodded, “It is so surreal! Its as if I could be in here and completely miss a mealtime, but I wouldn’t be mad about it!” I said, and I heard Izzy laugh.

“So, what was life back at your home province?” I asked, perusing through some more books.

“Bankston is so so beautiful,” I heard her say, “The nature is gorgeous! I love going on hiking trips and see the most beautiful scenery! Most of the time, the weather is pretty cold, but I love that! Snow flakes falling down, that will always help me relax… I’m sorry! Sometimes I get lost in my thoughts and memories, and I start rambling. Anyways, how was living in your home province? What are you going to miss the most?”

I smiled, pulling a book out from the shelf, “Bankston seems like a wonderful place. Maybe when this is all over, you could show me around! Lakedon is great, the temperature is really temperate, so I can always take walks and calm down! I’m probably going to miss my guitar and all the nice walks I can take.And I’ll miss my friend’s piano. There is probably one here, but I may or may not use it because I’m not the best player.”

I picked out my final book, and walked towards the front of the library. “I’m done my selections!” I said, and Isabella walked out from behind a bookshelf with three books in her hand.

“I wish we could leave the palace grounds and go walking around in the woods, but I guess that is not safe, which I can understand. Lakedon sounds lovely! Once this selection is over, or when I get kicked out, I will go travel all over Illea and see all the provinces and their beauty,” she finished her sentence just when she walked up to where I was standing and dropped her books on the table beside mines.

“Anyways, I have found books for you!” she said, “And about your piano dilemma, I heard that Prince Percy is a so called ‘piano god’. Perhaps you could play with him, but that is all up to you, of course! I bet you are amazing at playing piano!” she said with a smile.

I smiled at her, and thought that I’d tell her something that I’ve been keeping to myself, “Hey, Izzy, can I tell you a little secret?”

She nodded, and moved closer to me, “Yes, of course! I wont tell anyone! Pinky promise!”

I leaned close to her ear, and whispered, “I may or may not have a teensy crush on Prince Percy… I’m not sure if I will persue it because I don’t want to die, but I’ll talk to him and get to know him and maybe see where it goes…”

Isabella squealed and clapped her hands together, “That is adorable!”, she said, while I waved at her to keep her volume down, “And you already have something in common, the piano! I wont tell anyone, I promise! Will you keep me updated on how things go between you two?” she asked, with a smile on her face.

I nodded, “Yeah, of course! And if something happens, I will let you know for a second opinion, because I have zero experience with boys!”

She smirked, “I’m looking forward to all your Pericia updates!” she said, and I looked at her quizzically.

“Pericia? Don’t you think youre getting ahead of yourself, missy!” I laughed, patting her on the head.

She rolled her eyes, “Now, tell me about your books!” she exclaimed, looking down at them.

I turned and pick up the books, “Here are the ones I picked for you!” I said, and then gave her the first book, “This one is called ‘All the Light We cannot See, and its historical fiction! I’m not sure if you like that stuff, but I love that book a lot!”

I then picked up the second and third books and gave them to her, “This book is called ‘Vicious by VE Schwab’, and its one of my personal favourites, and the last one is ‘1984 by George Orwell’, and I like it a lot!”

She picked up all the books, thanked me, and started to give me the books she picked for me. “Okay, these are the one I have picked for you. The first is To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. I loved that book, and it was an eyeopener! Next we have Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, another classic, but I love the story like and the romance is adorable. And lastly, Alice in Wonderland, I don’t know if you will like if but I decided to pick it anyways since I really liked it. Let me know what you think of them!” she said with a smile, and I smiled back.

“Ooh, all of these books sound interesting!! I almost picked Pride and Prejudice for you, but good thing I didn’t! All these books sounds interesting, thanks Izzy!” I said with a smile. Suddenly, an idea popped into my head.

“Hey, do you want do drop off our books in our rooms and go swimming in the pool? If you don’t want to, then that’s cool as well,” I said, with a smile.

Just then, Izzy starts laughing, “Oh my gosh! I was just thinking of the pool! Okay, lets go!”

With that, we both started running towards our rooms, which were in the same hall, and we both agreed to change and meet in the hallway. I couldn’t wipe the smile off my face, no matter how hard I tried, because this palace didn’t feel as daunting as it did before, all thanks to one girl; 

Isabella

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Mun name: birdie OOC Contact: instant messenger and asks ( bc im always on mobile ) or sky.pe and k.ik, if we’re close mutuals 

Who the heck is are my muse muses anyway:

alison clair: a fashion designer who used to be a prostitute and has experienced various toxic relationships in her life and still feels the effects of them even now ( self-hate, think she’s inadequate, thinks the toxic relationships are her fault in a way ). has lots of love to give, very creative and artsy, wears a lot of pastel colors and can probably make you an entire outfit if you ask her nicely. 

emile clair: ali’s twin brother ( he’s older! ) who is an overgrown boy scout but can’t go outside as much as he wants because he has an office job ( legal aid ). has a soft spot for plants, hates the other two male muses on this blog, awkward af around attractive people, hella gay but has been hiding this fact about himself for years and has only recently come to terms with it ( sort of ).

cedric privett: alison’s first boyfriend in high school; wealthy and sort of bratty but lives more humbly than people might think. is best friends with nate and teased emile for being gay in high school. verbally abusive to alison in high school. is currently a bartender who reads a lot and has to deal with drunken fights at his bar more often than he likes. will probably flirt with you muse a lot.

nate cain: a terrible person. ali’s second “boyfriend” in high school. took advantage of her in high school and her virginity. physically abused her and verbally abused emile for being gay. hates his parents because they treated him like shit and was in foster homes all of his childhood and early teen years. has bipolar II disorder. is currently djing for money and has a fucked up sleep cycle. 

Points of interest:

alison: is super nice and bubbly, loves cats and flowers, wears mostly pink, will scrapbook and take a lot of photos, will probably love your muse or grow really attached , can be super self conscious about silly things, pls take care of her.

emile: will probably invite your muse to go hiking or bird watching, loves the rain and succulents, stutters a lot when talking to strangers and does embarrassing things, is tol and can help your muse reach stuff. 

cedric: sarcastic, speaks in a proper manner, dresses like he’s all that because he can afford nice clothes, has read lots of books, will judge you on your drink choices, always looks like he’s making bedroom eyes at you probably, is fake af 

nate: looks done 97% of the time with life, replies in short sentences and in a monotonous tone, looks tired, probably never awake when you are, makes great music though and will call you out if he thinks you listen to trash, curses a lot 

What they’ve been up to recently:

alison: living day to day and trying to recover from her past. picking up a lot of hobbies and trying to keep herself busy and healthy ( though she could always use some extra help with the healthy part ). has just been assigned to work on a new fashion line with her aunt ( who owns the company ali works for ) so that’s been keeping her real busy.

emile: trying to not hate his job but it’s not working but at least his cat keeps him happy. trying to also come out of his shell more and get into the dating scene but that’s also not working as well. he’s learned a few new knots though so that’s pretty cool. 

cedric: not on the best terms with his parents but he’s gotta deal with them anyway, is co-owner of a popular bar, is trying not to remember alison and had to deal with nate’s bullshit even more now since he’s back in town 

nate: finally freed from high school and has taken a few college classes online but nothing to get a degree. really focused on making music with other collaborators and is hella enjoying the launchpad he got himself a few years ago. internally denies everything that’s happened with alison and is skipping out on therapy that he’s suppose to be going to for his condition 

Where to find them:

alison: at her office, at cafes, at fashion shows or charity events, the bar, her apartment, the park

emile: in his office at his father’s law firm, outside in park, at the farmer’s market, in his apartment, at a cafe, rarely at the bar but you can try, at marathons bc this boy likes to run, at the train station bc this boy hates to drive and cares too much about the environment 

cedric: at his bar ( the best place ), a bookstore, a restaurant or cafe, at his parents’ place, at a party his parents’ are throwing, at an office party he didn’t want to go to but got dragged into

nate: in bed, at a fast food place, at a night club or a strip club, at a bar probably getting into a fight, in an alley probably finishing that fight

Current plans:

alison: looking for more models for her clothes or for her photography hobby, sketching, trying to not skip meals, and trying to find her prince charming ( or someone to hook up with and make her feel useful and safe ). is thinking about going to school one day to become a nurse but that’ll have to wait when she has more money saved up.

emile: is also thinking about going back to school bc law is now the path for him but who knows what he’ll do ( he’s thinking history ). really determined to get back into the dating scene and meet cute people but social anxiety is an awful thing and he needs lots of patience to overcome it. really wants to get back into hiking 

cedric: taking care of nate, trying to please his parents but also trying to piss them off at the same time by having more hookups, is pretty happy with where he is in life though taking care of nate can be real draining

nate: live through the self hatred and make music to keep himself sane, currently in a stable relationship with someone so that’s always exciting. he doesn’t really do much, but he’s living so that’s good for him 

Desired interactions:

alison: more toxic relationships bc she always seems to attract people that aren’t so good for her, and i like to cause her pain, old clients or new ones since she does have a harlot verse, gal pals are the best, and ?? really difficult people?? i’ve always wanted to see how alison handles difficult people. oh and one night stands bc a girl has needs

emile: more dates, emile crushing really hard on a male muse and it’s possibly unrequited or emile just hasn’t had the guts to tell your muse yet and one day he just blurts it out, someone teaching emile how to kiss or hike up his flirting game 

cedric: be his friend and bitch about things with him, try to be his sugar baby and see how far it takes you, call him out for being so fake

nate: former one night stand coming back and trying to get involved in nate’s life even though he has a gf, someone nate got in a fight with recognizing him and trying to get a rematch, roommates au tbh 

Offered interactions:

alison: is super helpful and nice so she’s always willing to help your muse out or keep them company at like a bus stop or something. known to strike up random conversations. will offer to help fix a hole in your muse’s clothes if it ever happens ( like a wardrobe malfunction ). likes to try new foods and see new things so invite her out and have fun!!

emile: will tell you lots of stuff about his plants if you ask ( or just nature in general ), is really good at painting and wouldn’t mind helping you impress someone you like by painting you a picture and selling it to you, has really good taste in coffee and can help you find the right brew, will let you pet his cat if you’re sad. 

cedric: he’s pretty good at telling when people have had too much so he’ll shut you down real quick if you ask and he’s certain you’re shitfaced, he has a lot of good recommendations when it comes to books, he probably won’t remember you if you told him you guys slept together but you can always remind him 

nate: lmao nate never wants to come out but if you’re looking for a fight or wants someone to play video games with nate is your man 

Current open post/s:

open tag is here!! mutuals only please.

Anything else?:

hi a shy bean in central time zone. i love multiple thread with the same person and i dont mind if you send me ten memes, love me 

Tagged by: @tiivadvabadust ( indirectly! ) Tagging: idk man this was a long thing to fill out bc i had so many muses if you wanna do it then go for it and lemme see!! i would love to see!!

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THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2017

MUN ANNOUNCEMENT

We’re almost half-way through this year, and I realized that I hadn’t done a new one of these in nine months! My plan was to post them quarterly (or every three months) so the list wouldn’t get too long. I may or may not stick to that plan, now that I see I can probably go longer than three months on these. Other than this, continue to bear the following in mind for the below-mentioned role playing tasks:

If I missed something, message me and it will get added.

THIS POST IS THIS BLOG’S ONE AND ONLY RP THREADTRACKER.  Items created after today’s date (including, but not limited to, any new replies/role plays sent to us - feel free to tag us too), I will list here to reply to in due time. They are added to this post, as it serves to continue keeping track of any future tasks until the next mun announcement post is created. It is strongly, STRONGLY advised that you continue checking back to this post as it gets updated once a week.

Any task which has a reply added to and posted from my blog, will have a checkmark (✔) next to that item; these should also appear as responded to under your individual tags (if you can’t find it there, may I suggest also checking your tag in the Other Blogs page linked on my blog’s sidebar). Note that just because the task has a checkmark, does not mean you are not welcome to continue it or reply to the reply. Any future replies will simply have their respective dates and checkmarks indicating it’s been responded to by the Muse (or the Mun, if it’s OOC), added to the task in question.

Speaking of tags, four different ones are usually seen at the bottom of each of my role play posts. The first is the URL/username of the role player/muse/blog that post is directed to. The second is the verse tag, which is currently a variation of either arai prime (Raylan Gray’s ‘one-life’ verse), one of the sub-verses (for example future imperfect) listed on the AUs and Threads page, or verse tbd if a verse is yet to be decided at the time the post is published. All sub-verse titles are preceded by v; to identify them as sub-verses in the tags for role play. The only one not preceded by v; is arai prime because this is the main verse in which all sub-verses are under. The third is the chapter tag, which is currently a variation of kill your double. All chapter titles are preceded by ch; to identify them as being within one or more of the aforementioned sub-verses, in the tags for role play. The fourth tag usually seen at the bottom of each of my role play posts is the thread’s title: one that I’ve assigned for purposes of identifying that individual thread/story. This fourth tag is the one you usually find blue-linked on the AUs and Threads page, linked on my blog’s sidebar. That’s how you can identify your particular thread/role play with me, if you ever need to refer back to it.

Any other task that doesn’t have a checkmark has the letter ‘H’ with a circle around it (Ⓗ) next to that item. This signifies that said specific thread is on hiatus (NOT dropped) because one or more of the blogs it includes are on hiatus as well. As such, it also signifies that said specific thread will be responded to, once the blog(s) in question is(are) off-hiatus.

For easier access, this post is temporarily linked as Role Plays In Progress… on my blog’s sidebar, until the next mun announcement is posted and linked in this post’s place.

These role plays are responded to on Thursdays through Saturdays (dates/times/days of the week are subject to change), depending on how busy Mun is IRL away from this blog. Our usual updates of online, lurking, and offline (or hiatus for days of the week/times/dates in which I’m not able to be on Tumblr for role playing) are actively used during the aforementioned periods only, to indicate our real-time status on this blog; but this doesn’t mean that you cannot still interact with us outside of those times. (On hiatus days, expect a few blogged/reblogged posts, including, but not only memes, possibly a headcanon or two, and other relevant content. These posts are scheduled to queue ahead of time with tag queue the lawman, since I’m not on Tumblr during those times.)

If you���d like to real-time/chat-like or live role play, please message me to arrange a time for it, and I’ll gladly accommodate. Also, if I have muse for it, I may just randomly do so; this may also happen on dates/times/days of the week in which I am not actively role playing - however, please note this is a possibility and not a guarantee.

During the dates in which we are not actively role playing or Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, we are online for a few hours per day sporadically (depending on how busy Mun is IRL away from this blog). The only dates we are actively checking the dash feed are Sundays and Wednesday afternoons, when we are not on mobile (and depending on how busy Mun is IRL away from this blog). Expect a few blogged/reblogged posts in those times, including, but not only: memes (currently on Mondays and Tuesdays only), possibly a starter or two, and other relevant content. I also keep track of any role plays/other content sent to us. For those who think I either drop a thread or forget about your post…just remember: I see all, I track all. If I was to ever drop a thread, which is very unlikely on our parts, then I always message you first before doing so. Also, it’s practically impossible for us to forget about posting starters or replies because they are all listed and tracked in this post. Please note, however, that Muse may be selective with interactions; therefore, some of those posts/starters/replies/threads may take a long time to get responded to, and some may not get responded to at all (if it’s the latter, I will message you to notify).

– DRAFTS:

@can-androids-dream

“You’ve existed for hundreds o’years.” received: May 11

@theothermuses

Nadia:

“Raylan’s Reaction to Nadia Running her Fingers Through his Hair” (was   “Send me ❛ brush ❜ for my character’s reaction to your character running their fingers through my character’s hair.”) received: January 4, 2016 ✔

“Raylan touches Nadia and tells her how he feels with his touch” received: October 5

“So what do you propose we do about this Ms. Nadia Vastara?” received:    October 5

“Raylan to Nadia on His Rough Couple of Days” received: October 4 ✔

“Nothing Too Personal” received: October 9

“Give that back!” received: May 15 ✔

Adam:

“Raylan meets Adam” received: March 8, 2016 Ⓗ

Jesse:

“It’s safer here” received: May 16 ✔

“Can’t Stop Caring” received: May 15 ✔

“Raylan asks if Claire ever talked about him to Jesse” received: May 15 ✔

“Grumpiest Old Men” received: May 15 ✔

Quin:

“Quin and Raylan are hiding out indoors during a particularly bad rain storm” received: October 8

@sallysparrowtimetravels

“The Smell” received: May 14

“Raylan offers shelter from the cold to Sally” received: May 14

“Sally is wounded” received: February 20, 2016

“Sally’s and Raylan’s First Kiss” received: March 19, 2016

“Raylan places his arm around Sally’s waist in silent warning” received: May 14 ✔

“Raylan discovers an entry about himself in Sally’s journal/diary” received: June 3

“Henry's dead” (was “Raylan places his arm around Sally’s waist in silent warning”) received: June 28 ✔ July 10

“...” (was “PIN MY MUSE - ‘Send “MOVE!” to prevent someone else from pinning my MUSE’”) received: August 14

@allmyeverymuse

Carmen:

“Starsmhucks” received: January 26, 2016

@thegreatxanboni

“The Dust Lord of Arai Prime: A Briefing” received: July 28, 2015 Ⓗ

@mobandroyalty

Astrid:

“Astrid takes a bullet for Raylan” received: May 28 ✔ July 11 ✔ July 21 ✔

@thewiccanmechanic

“Raylan accidentally walks in on Aiden naked” received: April 29

“The Tree’s Conspicuity” received: February 18

“Raylan sees Aiden in a dress” received: March 20

“Aiden sends a distress message to Raylan” received: May 29

“Raylan insists on joining Aiden’s next hunt” received: March 12 ✔ July 19

“not the usual” received: May 17

“Happy Birthday Aiden” received: April 17

@kamenriderfool

“One Two Smack” received: April 22, 2016

@gvnmcn

“Spoken like a true hitman…” received: October 15

“Kane 'tells’ Raylan that he’s no good” received: May 13

@desertcruise

“What makes a good man?” received: November 6

@thebloodyrose

“Rose and Raylan are restrained in a room with a locked door and barred windows” (was “Send me ‘Restrained’ + a number for a starter in which one or both of our characters are: 6. In a room with a locked door and barred windows”) received: February 16

@cathedralofdust

Winona:

“talk when you’re ready” received: April 10 ✔

Willa:

“counting on each other” received: May 16 ✔

“about dads” received: May 19 ✔

“aint seriously this and that” received: June 18 ✔

“long ago” (was “potential angst starters - ‘that was long ago’”) received: July 4 ✔

Harper:

“something more out there” received: August 15

sxcrificingsoul

“Sameen confides in Raylan” received: May 27 ✔

marcelinemay

“Raylan meets Marcy again” received: May 7

@rileymcdaniels

“Riley doesn't want to be the sidekick” (was “Justified Starter Sentences: One Liner edition - ‘ If anyone comes through that door, you shoot ‘em…unless it’s me ‘”) received: May 26 ✔

@gunslinger-kennex

“Fugitive of Times Past” received: November 23

auburn-clairvoyance

“A Good Job of Hiding It” (was “Justified — Season 1  {Sentence Starters} - ‘Well, you do a good job of hiding it, and I suppose most folks don’t see it.’”) received: June 10 ✔

“Anna doesn’t think anyone would blame Raylan for relaxing and taking the day off” received: June 10 ✔

“Anna shares moments with Raylan before her speech” received: June 30 ✔

“Anna manages to take up all the bed” (was “Platonic Cuddling/Bed-sharing Starters! - Bonus; the morning after! - ‘How is it that you’re so small, but still managed to take up all of the bed?’”) received: July 22 ✔ July 27 ✔

@surreptitiouslargolamb

“Tasmin tries to assure Raylan that she is not pregnant” received: June 12 ✔

@poissondepompadour

“Raylan meets Reinette” received: July 31 ✔ August 11

– MEMES: (will be added here as they are replied to)

thewiccanmechanic

“Send me one prompt: - ❁ in which our muses have to deal with a fever” received: July 26

“SENTENCE STARTERS (life-threatening/dangerous situations) - ‘ Please tell me that’s not your blood! ‘” received: July 1 ✔

@auburn-clairvoyance

“send ‘plot please!’ and I’ll give you a plot I want for our muses!” received: October 30

“Send me shippy headcanons for our muses! Or send ‘ship hc’ to hear one I have for them!” received: May 7 ✔

“Send me a symbol for a head-canon about our muses! - ‘✍🏻 - What’s your favorite HC?’” received: June 18 ✔

“Send me a symbol for a head-canon about our muses! - ‘➞ - Do you have any HC about their future?’” received: June 18

“Send ‘Stay.. please.’ and my muse will react to yours saying this after they had woken from a terrible nightmare.” received: May 28 ✔

“Justified — Season 1  {Sentence Starters} - ‘Honestly, you’re the angriest man I have ever known.’” received: January 29 ✔

“Send the word ‘gif’ to my inbox, and I’ll go through my gif folder, pick the most random or least used gif I can find of my muse, and write a starter based on it for your muse to interact with mine.” received: July 16

“send a ☟ for my muse to say what they are thinking about right now out loud.” received: July 9

“SENTENCE STARTERS (life-threatening/dangerous situations) - ‘ Why are you always so damn stubborn? ‘” received: July 2

“Backstory Ask Meme” received: June 25

“Send ‘Come back to Bed’ for you Muse catching mine sneaking out at or getting out of bed in the middle of the night” received: August 13

desertcruise

“Send ☠ to meet a character from my muse’s past who had died.” received October 18

“Send ✝ to find my muse sitting alone in an empty church” received: April 24

theothermuses

“send ‘plot please!’ and I’ll give you a plot I want for our muses!” received: October 25 ✔

“Roleplay Asks - ‘13. Who is your muse’s best friend?’” received: March 27

“Send [text] + a word for my muse to send yours a text related to, or including, that word. - ‘[Text]+Thingamabob’” received: June 13 ✔

Jesse:

“Send me a character’s name and my muse will tell how they feel about them” received: January 10 ✔

@sxcrificingsoul

“My muse just won a bar fight. Send ‘ Are you okay?’ For my muse tending to their wounds.” received: March 26 ✔

anonymous

“Anonymously send me your favorite detail about how I play my character.” received: July 18 ✔

cathedralofdust

Winona:

“Send a ‘☩’ for My Muse’s reaction to Your’s running their fingers along a Scar a on My Muse’s Body…Bonus points if you know their body well and add what scar is being touched..” received: July 10 ✔

@maewilkesn9

“Questions for Muns of OC Muses - ‘15. What do you hope never happens to your muse? What would you consider to be the worst case scenario outcome for them?’” received: August 2 ✔

“My muse is alone at the bar, draining already a second glass of some drink. Send ‘Rough night?’ to catch my muses attention.” received: August 15

– STARTERS:

@onesyllable

“a tour of Cardiff” received: June 5 ✔

can-androids-dream

“Beta has considered getting a job with Arai Prime Med Center” received: June 4 ✔ June 24 ✔ July 1 ✔

cathedralofdust

Harper:

“Harper and Gray on their views of the moon” received: June 18 ✔

marcelinemay

“aint a social call” received: July 25 ✔ July 29 ✔ August 8

allmyeverymuse

Mellie:

“Waiting it out” received: July 21

maewilkesn9

“Mae's Dilemma” received: July 31

– GREETERS/STARTERS (FROM OTHERS):

auburn-clairvoyance

“Does it feel any different?” received: June 10 ✔

cathedralofdust

Raylan Givens:

“Gray's Ghostly Annoyance” received: July 4 ✔ July 5 ✔

– ASKS: (will be added here as they are replied to)

anonymous

❝ your ancestors would be ashamed if they saw you. ❞ received: November 27

“Does Raylan have a ‘type’ when it comes to women? Or specific traits you seem him […]” received: January 5

“is raylan gray a reincarnation of raylan givens? been wondering [...]” received: July 5 ✔

“Hi! I keep meaning to ask you, or Gray, whoever would like to answer [...]” received: July 18 ✔

desertcruise

“In one of your headcanon memes you wrote that Raylan has been arrested before, […]” received: November 15 ✔

@cdsal99

“The @whiskeycasanova is so gonna call Gray PRODGE now. [...]” received: June 12 ✔

“Your friendly neighborhood Sal here stopping by your box to extend some positivity! [...]” received: July 18

@cher-locked

“So, Prodge (yes, I think of you by that name in my head and totally know I'm out of RP step... [...]” received: June 12 ✔

whiskeycasanova

“Happy Ice Cream Day, Marshal! You spend it tapping good 'n plenty into your stash of vanilla?” received: July 16 ✔

“{ mobile : PRODGE } i could have DIED in the time it took you to answer that last text!” received: August 15 ✔

– SUBMISSIONS:

NONE CURRENTLY

– REQUESTS FOR SCHEDULED REAL-TIME ROLE PLAYS:

NONE CURRENTLY

– OTHER:

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– ATTENTION MUTUALS, NON-MUTUALS, BLOGS WE HAVE ROLE PLAYS WITH, AND ANYONE ELSE READING THIS: WANT TO INTERACT WITH RAYLAN AND/OR ME, HIS MUN? IF “YES”, THEN YOU CAN…

Reply to any of Raylan’s Open Starters by clicking this [X] and choosing from those listed.

Respond to any of Raylan’s Starter Calls by clicking this [X] and choosing from those listed.

Send any and all memes to Raylan or his Mun, as an ask message or a submit message, by clicking this [X] and choosing from those Memes listed.

Click on this [X] and choose from any or all those Plot Ideas listed by ‘liking’ the post(s), and I’ll come into your message box(es) to talk about the(those) plot(s) and to start a role play with you using said idea(s).

Send a message via the ask box by clicking this [X], the submit box by clicking this [X] or via Tumblr Instant Message (IM), including for if you want a starter or plot not already listed.

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DISCLAIMER: We may not be available at all times, and it may take time to get a response out to you. However, we make every effort to answer all communications sent to us. Sometimes, messages can get lost in transmission; something which we have no control over. If a reasonable amount of time has passed and you haven’t received a reply from us, then feel free to resend your message, or contact to confirm whether or not we received it; we recommend that in these cases, you also save your original message to a file like word, notepad, etc. so you can refer back to it when necessary.

PSA: I did warn you folks that I am a slow RPer. ;) I’ll also say this: just because I don’t respond to a role play of yours right away doesn’t mean I will not respond to it eventually; it can only mean I didn’t receive it in the first place. Rest assured that any role play I do receive (whether that’s a random starter, a reply to the same, a submission, or anything else), I do track for purposes of responding to later (as you can see from this mun announcement); in other words, if it’s listed in this post, it will be replied to. There’s obviously been exceptions to this rule (as in I’ve responded to some role plays at the time I received them, because I might have had the ideas readily available to flesh out those threads/plots at that particular time; I believe some of you call that “having muse for it”). But I usually try to get to everyone’s by going down the list and alternating between RP types. There is no deadline or time by which I respond, as I usually do when the time and Muse become available.

[fuschiiiafighter]

SHEZOW / GUY HAMDON’S RP PLOTTING CHEAT-SHEET!

want new-and-exciting plots for your character? long to reach out to more of your followers, but don’t know where to start? fear not! fill out this form and give your RP partners both present and future all the of juicy jumping off points they need to help you get your characters acquainted.

be sure to tag the players whose characters YOU want more cues to interact with, and repost, don’t reblog! Feel free to add or remove sections as you see fit. template here.

mun name: felicia ! ooc contact: I have a skype which is available to mutuals on request and then I do things on kik @ cinderfelly sometimes ! you can also always hmu here via tumblr messaging system

who the heck is my muse anyway:

a bigender superhero whose powers come from his femininity ! he inherited the hero legacy from his aunt and has big heels to fill -- as the legacy has been passed through the family since the dawn of time. 

points of interest:

1. he’s a celebrity !  being a superhero who apparently has been around since always, he’s got a bit of a reputation. not to mention, SheZow is on TV for interviews, costume contest judgings, fashion shows, etc.  a lot -- it’s certainly something to spark a conversation ! he loves talking about himself lmao

2. his hair is pink-streaked. naturally. what might look like a really good dye job is actually just how he was born. what a weeb.

3. he’s heckin short and usually really pink and well dressed, even in his ‘boy’ wear. without heels he’s barely five foot. he kind of stands out.

what they’ve been up to recently:

the regular hero press conference and saving the world junk. at this point probably skipping a few classes and going off to skateboard or do dumb things since summer is almost here and he don’t care

where to find them:

in megadale usually, but can be found in other areas of the world easily as he has a superpowered vehicle

places you might find him are; the mall, in the aftermath of or mid battle, skateparks, arcades, and cafes

current plans:

he’s planning on throwing a big school’s out party at the end of the year for all the hero-kids still in school. Ladybug and Chat Noir, The Ninja, Pixigirl, Star Butterfly, etc. -- the only part he’s having trouble with is not all of them have magic clothes changing powers and those costumes get hot. 

desired interactions:

any interaction is good ! Guy doesn’t have any enemies that he doesn’t also kiss to rp with rn so that’d be neat ! he also really needs some more friends -- boy is a social butterfly and needs some homies pls. also like -- people in universe and related to Guy in some way would be neat, as crossovers are so good but ... I’m desperate for new interactions that are established. Someone from SheZow verse like Kelly or Maz or Droosha, or even like a reporter girl who’s obsessed with SheZow, a previous SheZow, one of the many fanboys that Guy takes on dates, someone from Guys school who will go skateboarding and be bros with him

I want something established and good without the messy first interactions. We can always thread about how they met another day, but sometimes it’s best to start smack in the middle of a relationship and build from there, you know?

offered interactions:

he can fix your car or take you shopping and talk to you about fashion for as long as you let him, let him do your nails and makeup and girly things he doesn’t get a chance to do. he will whine to you about anything because he’s a baby. dance around to stupid boy band songs with him pls.  he enjoys skateboarding and biking and sports things, as well as sitting inside and being lazy playing video games. he likes doing dangerous things like flying or driving at high speeds and loops but also really likes cuddling and taking naps. 

current open post/s:

i dont think i have any on this blog holy heck. i’ll need to post some i guess, but my inbox is always open for small and dumb things

anything else?:

if you make anyone from the SheZow fandom and join our group I’ll make you icons and graphics and my friend will make you a theme and we’ll share hc’s with you and love you. I also offer my soul.

tagged by: @nycfae tagging: anyone who wants to ! it’s a lengthy post, so I figure if you wanna take a crack at it, go for it, but if not -- please spare yourself.

[brokenwandsrpg]

The role of Narcissa Black will be played by the admin, Nicky. She is very open to adjusting any of the details set forth in this application to meld better with other characters so if you have ideas or questions don’t hesitate to share!

OOC INFORMATION:

NAME & PRONOUNS: Nicky [she/her]

AGE: thirty+

LANGUAGE: only English (and a useless smattering of Mando’a)

EXPERIENCE: have built and run a few games, played in several more, and done some indie rp; mostly Potterverse stuff. Current game admin.

ACTIVITY LEVEL: medium-high; will be able to do numerous, if not all, pending replies at least four or five days a week if not more often

ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO TELL US: I love long paras, tend to ramble when doing descriptions (especially visual ones), and am obsessed with tiny little niggling world-building/canon details. I also work at a comic book store and will happily drown you in recommendations of things to read if you ask!

DESIRED CHANGES:

none

CHARACTER BASICS:

NAME: Narcissa Carina Black; mostly called Cissy by her sisters. When passing as a Muggle she commonly goes by “Nancy” which she thinks is terribly drab, but at least she can cough and mumble and turn “Nar--er” into “Nancy” without arousing suspicion when she slips-up.

BIRTHDATE/AGE: born March 14,1955

BLOOD-STATUS: pure-blood -- she knows that this makes her better than other wix, and she knows that being a Black specifically makes her better even than other pure-bloods, but her own sense of blood-supremacist bigotry is not as honed as it is in canon; she despises Muggles and thinks of them as little better than animals, although she has through experience been forced to acknowledge that they are clever and dangerous animals at least, just savage and uncivilized as well. Muggle-borns however she regards with more pity than disgust (although still some disdain, of course!) because they are superior to the Muggles they were born among (yet still inferior to proper wix of course, because they’re part-Muggle) and should be pitied for their unfortunate birth rather than reviled; this difference is due largely to the fact that Muggle-borns are not the “threat” to magical society that they are in canon, because there is no magical society for them to “pollute” with their presence and culture...and because she’s been forced (or will be forced in future, at least) to interact with Muggle-borns as allies against the Muggles that spawned them.

GENDER & SEXUALITY: transgender female, pansexual. GENDER: Cissy was too young to fully understand the weights and expectations she was bunking when she declared herself a girl, but she knew that it was no minor thing for the family to lose the much-anticipated male heir who could carry the family name; she would have had to be a fool to be oblivious to the delight that her parents had taken in her assigned gender. The Blacks had raised their children to be stubborn and arrogant however, so she didn’t have a lot of qualms to overcome: she knew who she was and anyone else be damned. If she had been older, though, she probably would have chosen a different name for herself; the defiance of choosing a name that did not come from the stars, as was traditional for the family, was a result of childish petulance that she is too stubborn now to admit to which means she can’t go back and choose something more appropriate now (besides she already went through one name change, so she isn’t about to choose another; bad enough she sometimes has to use Muggle aliases). SEXUALITY: Cissy hasn’t given a lot of thought to lust or romance, being more interested in vengeance and violence, but she doesn’t see why someone’s gender presentation should impact her interest. Of course she has been immersed in the Muggle world enough to have picked up the idea that there’s something wrong with a girl who likes other girls, but she doesn’t understand what or why. It leaves her feeling uncomfortable and confused whenever the subject arises -- either in conversation, or when her own feelings stir -- and so she prefers to shove the whole issue to the backburner and leave it there. As a child she loved stories about dramatic romances and happily-ever-afters; as an adult she’s more interested in avenging the dead and punishing the living than she is in following her heart or figuring out what it wants.

WAND/ETC: Cedar and Dragon Heartstring, ten and a half inches. This was one of the last wands that Garick Ollivander sold before the Muggles destroyed Diagon Alley and was purchased at Narcissa’s impatient insistence for her eleventh birthday. She had hoped to practice some spells ahead of time with her sisters over the summer but instead had to learn to use her wand under much more extreme pressure.

APPEARANCE: Narcissa is a fair-complexioned white girl with blonde hair and blue eyes. Her hair is flax-blonde (paler than Dakota’s often looks) and she wears it plain and loose, tying it back in simple ponytails or braids sometimes when she needs to be more active. Mostly she and her sisters trim their own locks for practicality rather than style; Cissy prefers to wear hers a little past her shoulders. Her eyes are large and protuberant and ringed with long lashes; they have thick underlids and tend to develop bags underneath them with little provocation so she thus tends to look positively exhausted after only a few hours of missed sleep. She has the customary strong nose of her paternal lineage; combined with her prominent cheekbones and sharp chin this gives her a pinched, sharp-featured look that is more suited to sneers and smirks than to softer, sweeter expressions. Her brows and lashes are darker than her hair -- likely because it bleaches somewhat from sun exposure -- and she engages in only minimal beauty care so those brows arch in plain curves (if she were to spend time on her appearance, her preference would probably be to pluck them into a sharper, more severe tilt). She is lanky although not quite as tall as her genetics predisposed her to being; a rough adolescence with sporadically insufficient nutrition had a negative effect on her physical development and she thus did not reach her full potential stature (which leaves her at roughly average height for a British girl of her age and era since she comes from a family known for being tall; compared to her sisters she is short though, topping-out close to their chins). She is also thin in a wiry, taut-muscled sort of way with a small bosom and narrow hips. She has knobby knees and elbows and still looks a little coltish despite being past her adolescent growth stages. She has long, strong hands, and keeps her nails short. She does like nail varnish but it is usually chipped and she favors dark, bright colors: navy blue, emerald green, byzantium purple, even black. Clothing: for the first ten years of her life she dressed in fine, old-fashioned wizarding style, and favored ribbons and bows and lace and satin. When Cissy and her sisters went to ground in the Muggle world they had to divest themselves of their fine garments and scrounge appropriate Muggle garb (which took them more than a few tries to get right). Since then she spent several years wearing hand-me-downs of Muggle clothes, although now that Bella and Dromeda are no longer growing there is no longer anything to hand down, so she gets her own clothing [and presumably they may share clothes sometimes, but that’s up to Bella/Dromeda’s players to confirm/deny]. Of course much of what they purchase (or steal) is still second-hand and they rarely get to wear anything fancy; their clothes are dictated by necessity and availability more than by fashion or choice. As much as she can under those circumstances then, Cissy favors clothes that emphasize practicality without completely abandoning feminine whimsy. She prefers darker colors over bright ones (in part because it is more practical for a girl trying to avoid attention to avoid garish or neon clothing and in part because of her personal sense of aesthetics) in bold patterns. She has never learned to enjoy the feel of trousers -- or at least, she maintains that she does not out of a sense of loyalty to her roots -- and wears skirts whenever they are not entirely impractical. She does like short skirts more than long ones, despite their lack of resemblance to robes, and generally wears them with tall boots or with trainers and knee socks. Above those, she likes to dress in layers whenever possible, often sporting light jackets even in warm weather and long coats when it is cold. Cloth may not actually do anything to protect one from bullets or electricity, but Cissy feels better when she has the illusion of armor around her chest.

I would also be interested in discussing minor subplots related to magical family jewelry with Bellatrix and Andromeda’s players -- either to determine that the girls made it out with none and the Witch Hunters confiscated or destroyed the lot, or to decide on a few pieces that they managed to keep perhaps because they were already wearing them or perhaps grabbed in the mad-dash to safety, and what uses (if any) those pieces have or have been put to.

CHARACTER BACKGROUND:

FAMILY: Bellatrix -- oldest sister, role model, leader in battle. Sometimes she seems like less of a sister and more of a storm but if Cissy had to be anyone other than herself, she’d want to be Bella. She’s a little scary sometimes but in an awe-inspiring way, not a bad one. Andromeda -- middle sister, the softer one. She hesitates too much and sometimes frustrates Cissy but at the same time she’s the one Cissy turns to when she needs comfort or kindness so she can’t really hold that against Andromeda without feeling like a hypocrite. Cygnus and Druella -- parents, dead. She only remembers bits and pieces any more and feels guilty about that so she tries not to talk about them with her sisters because she doesn’t want to admit how little of their parents she recalls, which only contributes to her lack of memory for them. She wasn’t that young when they died, but the events that followed were so overwhelming and she’s spent so much time now not thinking about the life she used to have that she’s almost forgotten them on purpose, which she didn’t mean to do. Regulus and Sirius -- younger cousins. She remembers them even less and with more than a decade of growth and separation in between she surely wouldn’t recognize them now; they were practically babies when the world collapsed. Of course she assumes they’ve been dead since then, so she isn’t looking for them anyway. Vihaan Rosier -- uncle-by-marriage on her mother’s side. Finding family again after so long was wonderful, but Narcissa worries because she doesn’t trust good things happening any more; at the same time she’s second-guessing her own doubts so while her gut tells her there’s something going on with Uncle Vihaan that she shouldn’t trust, she ignores it because she thinks that’s something wrong with her, not him. Evan Rosier -- cousin, recently re-met. Cissy isn’t sure what to make of Evan but she knows she likes him; she just isn’t sure she can rely on him yet. There’s something he isn’t telling her and her sisters and that makes her nervous because they’re living on a knife’s edge and could so easily lose what little they have left if he messes up -- or worse, turns on them for some reason. She refuses to push him away even if it endangers her because she doesn’t want to loose any more family -- but if he puts her sisters at risk, she’ll kill him herself (and feel horrible about it after of course; he’s family, not some Muggle, so killing him would be awful).

ASSOCIATES: Antonin Dolohov -- he scares her; she thinks he’d sacrifice any one of them for his own ends, but at the same time he’s their best connection to proper magic and he’s proved a good teacher of Curses and other useful things...and it’s nice to have someone who remembers what life used to be like, even if she wonders sometimes if the stories he tells are entirely truthful. She wonders if he might be a coward, that maybe that’s why he keeps trying to talk them into being more subtle and discreet with their activities, or if he’s up to something else...and whether or not that’s going to be a good thing for the rest of them. Despite her desire to reconnect with her roots, something he could help her with, she’s skittish of him and tries not to let-on how hungry she is for his stories. Molly Weasley -- there is something about the older wix that simultaneously draws Cissy in and repulses her; maybe it’s because she seems a little too “mothering” and Cissy is too old for that nonsense, or maybe it’s because she worries about how well Molly and Bella get along. It’s been just the three of them for so long that seeing Bella make friends outside the trio of their sisterhood makes Cissy feel antsy.

LIFESTYLE: The Black sisters have no fixed abode. Sometimes they stay in one place for months and sometimes they move on after only a few weeks or even mere days – whenever they feel too many eyes on them, or they're planning an anti-Muggle action that requires a different location. Mostly they stick to cities or the larger villages where it is easier for strangers to disappear into the crowd, favoring London most of all; their home may be gone but there’s still comfort to be found in sticking close to familiar ground. They vary between squatting in abandoned or empty buildings without detection or bewitching Muggles into involuntarily sharing their homes with them. Recently they have been crashing a fair amount at their uncle Vihaan’s, although only for short spurts. They get funds mostly by stealing: bewitching Muggles, breaking into their homes and businesses, or even straight-up mugging them. Narcissa is particularly good at looking harmless and helpless and will happily lure good samaritans down dark alleys and into danger. [will add more and/or adjust details based on discussion with Bellatrix and Andromeda’s players]

PERSONALITY: Brusque - all the pretty manners and coy banter of her childhood have been abandoned; now Cissy is coarse and blunt and brutally forthright in her conversation. She has no hesitation in sharing exactly what she thinks of people when she finds them lacking in some vital quality and has traded backhanded compliments for straight-up insults. Stupidity is something she has particularly little patience for (and potential hypocrisy does not deter her tongue). Which is not to say that she abstains from sarcasm or sardonic retorts -- but her verbiage is more biting than nuanced. Wiley - she’s not as naturally manipulative as she might be if she was more practiced with honeyed words, but she’s still quite cunning and sly. While Cissy leaves the big planning to her oldest sister most of the time, she’s very good at the little details. She has sharp eyes and sharp wits and she’s good at spotting weaknesses (both actual, in people and places; and emotional, in individuals or groups) and at pushing people’s buttons -- either to twist them up into ultimately doing what she wants, or just for the sake of inspiring an emotional lashing-out for her own amusement. She has so few hobbies left, after all... Devoted - to the point of self-detriment; Cissy is loyal unto death and beyond to those who have her heart. At the moment that list is short, containing only her sisters, but she was always raised to think that family was the most important thing in the world so that should surprise no one. She will stubbornly overlook flaws, faults, or even outright facts that contradict what she wants to believe about the people she loves (and in turn, is very good at ignoring the good points of those she hates or despises) and will stand by them no matter what. This can leave her in an awkward position when her sisters disagree about something, but so far she has mostly sided with Bellatrix about things; it’s Bella who kept them alive after all so surely she knows better, no? Cynical - how can anyone not be in a world like this? Being eleven when it all went down left Narcissa in the position of being old enough to understand what was happening and much of the reasoning why, but still young enough that she was completely unjaded about the world yet. Obviously that has changed dramatically, and the lesson was a hard one to learn so thoroughly and abruptly; it has left her cynical and suspicious, doubting the motives and reliability of just about everyone she meets. She doesn’t trust easily (although she isn’t as experienced as she likes to think she is, and probably would not see a proper betrayal coming if it was done with any subtlety; she’s not jaded enough to guard herself properly, she just thinks she is). Vicious - blood, vengeance, justice; call it what you want, Narcissa wants the Muggle world to burn for what it did to her and her family, and she’ll go to any lengths to see that happen. Maybe she lacks some of Bella’s innate talent for causing destruction, but she’s proved to be a quick study and she embraced the lessons wholeheartedly. While the impetus for a particularly blood-thirsty statement or act is more often Bella than not, Cissy is always quick to back her big sister up and to join in on the action. Getting to hurt those who’ve hurt her makes it all feel a little bit better; it doesn’t balance the scales but it helps soothe the wounds. Insecure - she knows that she is not the witch she ought to be; knows that her lack of proper education is a liability. In many ways she feels like a liability overall: the youngest, the shortest, the least educated of her sisters. She worries about what they think of her, worries that they -- and other allies -- doubt her abilities; she doubts her abilities. Flashes of arrogance blot this out on occasion (especially when she gets angry) but more often than not Cissy’s biggest enemy is herself because she undermines her own ability by second-guessing herself.

SKILLS/WEAKNESSES: Most of Narcissa’s magical skills were learned through a combination of tutoring from her older sisters, trying-out old spells and curses they worked-out for themselves (with varying results) from books taken from their home before it was destroyed, and occasional instruction from other allies (i.e. Dolohov). As such her education was sporadic and haphazard and her skill levels in one area, or even with one particular spell over another, do not necessarily have any bearing on another. The way different fields of magic relate to and feed off of one another is an area in which she is especially weak as she never had any comprehensive magical education and her basic/novice instruction was all from her older sisters who were only half-taught themselves. [+] destruction magic - her technique is not as polished or refined as a proper education would have produced, but her spells combine power with enthusiasm for explosive and brutal results. This is one form of magic she has practiced a lot, but not as much as she would like to have done...yet. Her skills in this area vary wildly, demonstrating expertise with difficult, advanced, esoteric magic (such as some very nasty stuff learned from the family books and from Dolohov) while simultaneously being lacking in some of the more basic spells. [+] deceit - while she has refined her technique somewhat with practice, Narcissa is a fine natural liar. In fact she often does better when she isn’t thinking about “how to lie” because then she gets hung-up on second-guessing herself, particularly when trying to convince someone she’s knowledgeable about Muggle things (because part of her doesn’t want to admit how much she’s learned about them and subconsciously self-sabotages, especially if her sisters are listening). When tossing out untruths off-the-cuff she is exceptionally convincing and sometimes even flagrant lies can pass unnoticed for a few crucial seconds, so forthright does she appear to be. Her appearance -- harmless little blonde thing -- doesn’t hurt, as long as she doesn’t let her face slip into too honest of an expression of her feelings. [+] fighting - she is not a trained hand-to-hand fighter but she has picked up a few tricks over the years, enough to surprise people who look at a scrawny, pretty girl and presume she wouldn’t even know how to make a fist without breaking her thumb...but not enough to hold her own in any serious fight. Her biggest strength in physical confrontations is her viciousness: she won’t hesitate to fight dirty, biting and gouging and clawing, and there her slighter size is to her advantage because if she can get in under someone’s guard she comes off as more of a wildcat than a girl. The fact that she thinks Muggles are “little better than animals” helps, because it means she doesn’t have any reason to hesitate due to “basic human decency” -- because they deserve none. She’ll maim without a second thought and while she lacks the skill and technique that would make her capable of killing someone with her bare hands, it’s not moral compunctions that would get in her way. [+/-] obsessiveness - once she fixates on an idea or a skill, she rarely turns away until she has mastered it; when learning a new spell that she enjoys or deems particularly useful she will practice it obsessively. She is insecure about her lack of education and hopes this will compensate; in many ways it does but it can also undermine her confidence more, and thus her abilities, because if she feels she hasn’t spent enough time practicing she is reluctant to try a spell (or other skill) in the field. [+/-] potioneering - while she has had little training in the art, and has but meager and irregular access to suitable ingredients, Cissy does have a knack for brewing; she has the focus and patience required to pull off decent potions, if little of the innate understanding required for true brilliance. Lack of materials undercuts this talent as well because she doesn’t know enough to even begin to properly attempt a substitute for missing ingredients so her success rate is low -- but not due to lack of inclination. [+/-] muggle-passing - she was only eleven when she entered the Muggle world so she acclimatized relatively well; in fact she acclimatized better than she wishes she had, because it feels disloyal whenever she does something “Muggle-ish” properly, so she undercuts her own ability to “pass” as a Muggle (both consciously and unconsciously) especially when she’s in front of her sisters, whom she worries she’ll disappoint (yet at the same time, knows that she is causing them problems when she mucks-up and doesn’t pull it off). When she isn’t thinking about it, isn’t second-guessing herself, she does pretty well...although she can still be tripped-up by facts or assumptions or biases she’s unaware of. Living on the outskirts of Muggle society isn’t the same as growing-up immersed within its socially-acceptable borders. [-] charisma - on the surface Cissy appears to be a charming girl who ought to be vivacious and popular...but she isn’t very good at hiding her true mood or feelings about someone; she often comes across as cold, sullen, or even angry when she’s talking to someone she doesn’t want to converse with. When she puts her mind to it she can charm to a certain extent (relying largely on the assumptions people make about her based on her appearance i.e. “sweet harmless young blonde thing”) and she does best when no one she knows is watching her attempts to insinuate herself with her target because that makes her self-conscious. Then she gets too caught-up in worrying about what they think about her to do what she needs to in order to get the target to think what she wants. [-] transfiguration - one of the branches of magic that requires the most precise understanding of its nature for proper execution, this is thus perhaps the type of magic which she is weakest at; even when a transfiguration spell is presented to her in detail she has a hard time mastering it because she has few basics in the area to fall back on. Even when she does seem to pull-off a spell properly at first it often wobbles, wavers, and reverts to original form because she hasn’t affected anything more than “surface level” magic. Her frustration at her lack of talent often leads her to declare the whole branch of magic to be needlessly complicated and stuffy, a defense-mechanism to avoid having to admit that hte problem is her (but she knows it is). [-] healing - something else she lacks the basic foundation for, Healing Spells are difficult for Cissy; sometimes she can’t even pull-off a basic episkey let alone anything more complex. This is an area in which she is slowly getting better through practice, but it is a slow improvement that she herself often doubts is really happening. [-] apparition - a skill she never mastered, Cissy is lucky that she never did any permanent damage to herself with splinching; now she does not even try to Apparate, finding it too risky. In fact quick escapes are not something she is good at in general; while she is adept at sprinting she lacks the endurance necessary for long runs. She is good at climbing and scrambling and hiding, because she had to learn to be in order to escape and evade detection from Muggle authorities, but she knows that Apparition would be of great use if only she dared to figure out how to do it. Known Terrorist: the Ministry for Magical Investigation has her name and a few grainy photos taken off security footage when she was sloppy; it means they know who she is, and roughly what she looks like, but they don’t know who she is because all they know of the Black family comes via interrogations of other wix and reports from their Squib allies. In some ways it makes them sound more dangerous than they really are and in others less -- because they were just children. Just little girls. Little girls shouldn’t be able to cause so much damage...but they have, and that keeps the Witch Hunters wondering and worrying: are they really just dealing with three girls? Or is there something -- someone -- more behind the Black sisters? And which of those options is scarier? General Value: When it comes to planning and plotting, Cissy is invaluable: she has an eye for weak spots and the twisted mind necessary for exploiting them (even at great collateral cost). She is useful in a fight, if volatile and thus somewhat risky to have at one’s side; since so much of her magical strength lies in her sense of grievance she can easily tip over the edge into reckless and dangerous anger. Her spotty magical education can also be problematic although she largely compensates by excessive practice; overall she is more of a boon than a liability but it’s also a good thing that she has her big sisters looking after her to cover for any weaknesses or slip-ups. She isn’t truly equipped for serious solo actions yet, although she insists that she could manage them just fine.

HISTORY: As the youngest child of Cygnus Black and Druella Rosier, Narcissa had a pampered and sheltered childhood (especially when she was the heir, although even after she forfeited that position she was still coddled). She spent most of it trying to keep up with her older sisters, whom she adored and whose footsteps she expected to follow-in to Hogwarts and beyond, but before she could her world collapsed in flames. She and her sisters escaped the London Cleansing and went on the run, living off scraps and the rudimentary magic that Bella and Dromeda had learned from their brief education at Hogwarts. It wasn’t long before they started lashing-out too, at first with no planning and lots of raw emotion and then with purposeful, deliberate action. Their guerilla fighting was largely self-taught and amateurish and they made several mistakes along the way -- fortunately none fatal -- but enough so that both Bella and Cissy are now known to the Muggle authorities as wixen terrorists. That has done nothing to curb their desire to fight and they are now on the cusp of actually forming a proper resistance organization -- something that Narcissa is both hesitant about and eager for. [additional details to be decided upon in conjunction with Bellatrix/Andromeda players]

GOALS: Narcissa wants to tear the whole Muggle world down, burn it to ashes, and rebuild magical society upon its broken corpse. On a more personal level, she wants to keep what is left of her family safe; she refuses to lose anyone else she cares about and will go to extremes to keep them safe -- or to extract her vengeance. There are few if any lines of violence that she won’t cross to achieve either of these ends and while she likes to think that she is above collaborating with the filth who destroyed her world, if push came to shove she would sell out anyone else if that’s what it took to save her sisters.

WHERE ARE THEY NOW AND WHERE ARE THEY GOING?

PLANS: I’ll probably be on board with just about any idea, so please don’t be afraid to throw them at me when they cross your mind, even (especially!) the wild and outlandish ones! If it’s off-the-wall, I will almost surely be up for it! Anyway, here are a few things I’ve already got in mind to potentially explore with Narcissa: Resistance: I think it would be interesting, since several of the characters are on the cusp of forming an actual organization to work together, to put Narcissa and Bellatrix on opposite sides of whether or not it’s a good idea to gather allies and risk trusting other people and thus be able to take larger action and maybe actually do enough to change things instead of just lashing-out etc etc...and since I can see motivation for either choice that would make sense for Cissy to follow, I would prefer to wait and see where Bella (and/or Andromeda) come down on the issue and place Cissy on the other side, force the sisters to disagree and argue and try to hash the pros/cons out instead of her just blindly following Bella’s lead (which has largely been her course so far). And it’s not Cissy couldn’t lash-out on her own, regardless of other characters’ actions or choices or the resistance overall; she can easily be used to incite action of any anti-Muggle sort, and to draw (willingly or otherwise) any other characters into that fray. Soloing: she’s really not ready to be on her own, but she thinks she is (wants to prove to her big sisters that she’s as competent and reliable as they are) and as of late, has been arguing that she’s an adult now and can be trusted to do things on her own more often. Whether because she’s been granted that chance on purpose, has taken matters into her own hands, or has been separated from the others through mischance, throwing her out into the cold cruel world without the safety net of Bella and Dromeda would likely be a harsh wake-up for Cissy...or might alternatively give her a chance to discover more of who she is without the influence of her sisters at immediate hand. She has definitely taken more after Bellatrix than she has Andromeda in this world, so giving her cause to take the time to examine her sisters more objectively (maybe she should be worried about Bella; maybe Dromeda does have a point about their level of brutality; etc) would also likely create interesting character directions (both for Narcissa and for her relationships with her sisters ). [If extant in this game without her sisters being in play, this could be brought to the forefront: maybe a hit went wrong and they were separated, and Cissy is trying not to worry about her sisters-- because they’re surely together so there’s nothing to worry about -- and focusing on keeping things going herself so that when she eventually does find them again (surely there’s a good reason why they haven’t stopped by Uncle Vihaan’s to leave word; surely they haven’t been caught or killed -- the whole world would know if Bellatrix Black, terrorist, had been caught!) they’ll be impressed with how well she’s done, etc...] Collaborating: it’s a word Cissy would say with a vile sneer, thinking that any wix who would even dream of working with the filthy Muggles deserves nothing less than a painful death -- but she’s never been put in a situation where she had to make a difficult choice between loyalties. Confronting her with that idea -- either through placing her in that situation, forcing her to offer aide to the enemy in exchange for her sisters’ safety, or by introducing her to someone who has made such a devil’s bargain before and forcing her to slowly understand their point of view and reasoning -- would cause her lots of consternation, and maybe even force her to confront her own habits of judgement and hypocrisy. It would also be interesting from a strictly logistical standpoint, because even in canon the Black family were always extremists (prone to “pruning the family tree” and so forth) so how does that translate to having to work with allies who might have or allow more shades of gray in their lives? Muggles Are People Too--Really? would be a fun idea to explore, because Narcissa has hardly stopped to think about the fact that the people she’s hurting and sometimes even killing are people -- because to her they really aren’t, yet. She comes from a childhood and a family that thought of Muggles are barbaric animals, so it wasn’t hard at all for her to carry that prejudice with her out into the Muggle world, especially after they did so many terrible things to the wix and world she knew and loved. Even being surrounded by them, learning to pass among them, learning to live among them -- it still hasn’t penetrated; she’s done a good job of compartmentalizing reality to avoid the sort of self-reflection and world-awareness that would upend the bigoted ideals she was taught in childhood. (Yes, clearly they’re more intelligent than they were taught as kids...but they’re still animals just look what they did! Yes, clearly they have a few basic feelings and emotions and ostensibly care about their own families...but they’re still monsters just look how fast they turn on their own children when they’re revealed to be wix! Yes, clearly Muggle-borns are still wix and they have Muggles for parents and siblings...but it’s different all right???) Cissy hasn’t really confronted the idea that she’s killed people yet, honestly...because they’re only Muggles. Forcing her to acknowledge that they’re still human would be an interesting thread (and would probably take more than one, because she went from toujurs pur to radicalized freedom fighter/terrorist so it’s not a heel-turn that will happen in a hurry, but would be fun to tease-out as a slowly-growing sub-line for a while). Transitioning: while Cissy is comfortable with who she is and how she presents, and never really felt much body dysphoria to begin with (coming from a family known for pride and arrogance helped), she knows that among all the commonplace magic that was lost when the Muggles took over were spells and potions that were often used by people in her circumstances; she had been using a few herself before everything collapsed, and she had been anticipating using more when she actually reached adolescence -- but couldn’t, because there was no way to get them then. While it’s a low priority, she is curious about those magics, and would be intrigued by any opportunity to learn more about them or especially by the chance to sample them. It’s not something that’s likely to come up in game unless she meets an older wix who is familiar with those magicks, but they -- and Cissy’s reaction to the chance to try them -- would be an interesting plotline to explore. Also on that note, she very well may not be aware of the level of prejudice that transgender people face in the Muggle world of Britain in the 1970s because of course we’re so much better now uh huh and honestly she may not even know the Muggle terminology applicable to herself -- because when would that come up in conversations about how to undermine and overthrow and explode Muggle society? -- so there’s potential to explore issues such as gender roles, presentation, and identity via her interactions (although any such threads would doubtless require heavy trigger tagging). As someone who isn’t entirely sure where she falls on the gender spectrum herself, I’ve always found such topics interesting and would gladly play around with them with anyone who feels likewise (and is unlikely to find said exploration hurtful; again I’ll definitely tag any such threads for triggering content regardless of what the trigger list mandates).

INTEREST: The game I built; I chose to play Narcissa because I thought that she hit a good balance with the rest of the currently active/desired characters: as the youngest Black sister she is an active part of the most active and violent part of the magical resistance, but she is not in charge of anything. This puts her in a good position to incite action among, and disperse information to, the other characters without feeling potentially overpowering (as I fear Bellatrix would were she in the hands of an admin). I wanted a character who had enough connection to the vanished magical world, and to current events, to be able to impart both old and new data without being totally mired in what came before in a way that might feel like I was trying to take too much control over things. In the end I decided that Narcissa fit that role the best, and furthermore created direct connections between the Black family which was useful as other of her relatives were already in play. Speaking more personally, I have played Narcissa before and am looking forward to diverting so dramatically from the usual cultured, refined, and poised character that she is both in canon and in most alternate universes as well. This Cissy is going to be a very different sort of wix, yet the base of who she was is still somewhere in there and the balance between those two aspects should be a lot of fun to find.

In closing let me say again, I am very open to making changes and adjustments to incorporate other headcanons and alternative interpretations so if you want to plot or brainstorm or just compare notes, please don’t hesitate to come and chat!

[thecorteztwins]

Munday

I didn't post a Munday last week because I was too upset about Dodger, so here's the Munday I was going to post then, which is mostly about my vacation.

- There was a little white boy with red hair by the pool who was speaking Spanish. Fabian is real, you guys.

- I saw real live sea cucumbers for the first time! There had been a storm and it had stranded some on the beach. I threw them back, of course!

- Florida deer are smaller than regular white tail deer, like large dogs, and ADORABLE. Some were right near our car when we drove through a park! - How u kno ur high femme: packing 3 purses for a weekend trip

- If I were an animal, I'd be a hamster. Not a rat. Rats are far more social than I am. Hamsters, like me, are cute but sleep all day, only care about food, and hate everyone. Okay, I don't hate EVERYONE, maybe I'm more a chinchilla---they're very sensitive and very selective about people, and they're not unfriendly but also are not “cuddly” types like rats.

- When we went here last year, I went to a restaurant on my own while my parents did other things. The waiter very clearly thought I was underage (the hotel staff did as well, they didn't give me the pass for drinks like my dad got until he told them no she really is over 18---I'm 27 you guys) so he was really nice to me and talked about things to go see and stuff. I enjoyed the food so I came back this year, and once again I was solo and while I got a different server (who was wearing a FANTASTIC 90s-chic choker + velvet dress combo) the waiter from last year saw me and came up to me and was like “you're here alone again?” and basically acted like a dad, it was a very sweet.

- I've got my next LARP character planned for once I get settled with my current one, but at some point I also wanna just...play a super sleazy guy and flirt with all the girls. I am predictable, no?

- Okay, so while on vacation I got the phone game “Vampire Prelude: We Eat Blood and All Our Friends Are Dead” to play in the car, and I recommended it here in an OOC post. That said, I have found out some information that I hadn't been aware of when I purchased it. The artist and writer, Zak Sabbath, is an established serial harasser. Pretty gross, from what I understand. There's like...so much out there on the matter that you should probably just Google his name if you want details.

There were also some very legitimate complaints online about one of the characters, a vampire named Avery  who is one of your allies. She's a transgender woman who works in porn, and she hunts by calling uber drivers. If they're a man, she gets in with them, flirts, informs them she's trans, and asks if they want a handjob. If they've been dicks or said they voted for Trump or something like that, she feeds from them (I can't remember if she kills them or not, she gives you good information on how NOT to kill someone while feeding, which you didn't know how to do before) But if they were nice dudes, she just gives them a handy and sends them on their way. So, it's a very sexual portrayal of a literally predatory trans woman who may also (depending if she kills them or not) technically be a serial killer. Which is about as cliché as you can get in terms of negative fear-mongering portrayals of trans women.

And in most contexts I would be no-holds-barred pissed at that. But in the context of this game, you (the player) and ALL your allies are like that. Even after you learn from Avery how not to kill when you feed, you still murder a dude at a party because you were hungry (though you kind of have to because you CAN'T follow her advice, you're a thinblood and don't have fangs so you have to kill with a knife) Your other allies are Alfonso, Morgan, and Izzy. Alfonso is a tattoo-faced punk who kills cops for food, fun, and politics. Morgan, also a trans woman, was a vegan in life and feeds on vegans now. Your friend Izzy is the only one who doesn't kill anyone, I don't think, but he accidentally makes a guy into his slave and is fine with that. Everyone is awful, it's just the villains are even worse. Much like the Bloodlines PC game in that regard, actually---no good guys, including you. So like, on the one hand, a sexualized transgender predator is a super horrible trope. But on the other hand I'm not sure it's the same when in context, she's not remarkable/unusual for that, and is in fact one of the “good” guys, and there's also another trans woman who isn't portrayed at all in the same stereotyped sensationalized way (though technically still a predator because she's a vampire too but again, EVERYONE is a vampire and not the nice kind) so I feel like context matters.

But I'd still be iffy AT THE LEAST about it except that the other writer BESIDES Zak Sabbath is Sarah Horrocks, a transgender woman herself, who responded to the matter by saying that she personally finds “bad bitch” types like Avery, be they trans women or cis women, to be empowering, and a lot of personal stuff about why she wrote Avery how she did that I think is better told in her own words, so you can read the conversation on her blog here: http://mercurialblonde.tumblr.com/post/157525001658 I think that her being written by a trans woman makes a huge difference, definitely, than if a cis person had done it. Like even with all the characters being murdering vampires I was still like “ummm” until I read her statement. But I am cis myself, so I am no authority on portrayals of people who are trans, so I urge you to just make your own judgment (hence my relaying all this information) about whether you want to buy the game or not. I probably would NOT have bought the game if I knew then what I do now concerning Zak Sabbath. But I didn't find all this out until I was almost done with it, and I can't say I regret playing it. I enjoyed it, even if it got into edgelord territory a lot at the end.

(Also I...have a huge crush Avery now because I too am weak for that personality type ><)