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v; ----- OFFKEY. // AU TW; DOLLS / MANNEQUINS, CULT / HEAVILY RELIGIOUS ELEMENTS, PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR ELEMENTS, HALLUCINOGENICS, DRUGS / DRUGGING, INSECTS, MEDICAL PROCEEDURES, CANNIBALISM, MUTILATION, AND OTHER COMMON HORROR THEMES. 

THIS VERSE WILL CONTAIN NO SHIPPING OF BELA/DONNA. There will be NO romance or sexual themes AT all related to this verse.  Read more here.  // @bambolae​

Note: Reminder that everything that happens in this verse is discussed by all parties, as this is not a closed verse if you’re interested in being part of it please feel free to ask but be aware we don’t contain our muses or pull punches. It’s going to be a dark one, this all written for the fun of horror and does not reflect our actual thoughts or opinions on specific subjects. For full transparency many of the things explored and discussed are traumatic ( never assume someone hasn’t had their own trauma and stories even when exploring specific topics in fiction. Some topics may even be personal to the person writing it, be respectful and careful with baseless accusations.) and will be handled with the care and attention that it needs. Thank you for your time now onto the actual fun stuff. 

Synopsis: After a particularly crushing failure Mother Miranda grows more impatient with her eldest child. With the winter months closing in, she chooses a punishment that she is sure will remind Lady Dimitrescu of exactly what is at steak should she continue to fail. Choosing Alcina’s eldest daughter as the sacrifice of her Mother’s blunder, she sends Bela off to live with Donna Beneviento for the winter months with no word of if or when she would be permitted to return. Whispers of making mistakes in entrusting Alcina with three daughters makes their rounds, and perhaps giving her youngest daughter a chance would be the next best move. As the winter months thaw out there is no word on Bela being permitted to return to the castle, and within a few years Donna would rather die than let her. Declawed and defanged, she is no longer a Dimitrescu, not even in name. 

PERSONALITY SHIFT

Bela changes a lot in this AU, with Alcina out of the picture and Donna being basically like talking to a wall, Bela has to discover a lot about herself. At first she reverts back to a predatory animalistic state, extremely feral and dangerous. However, due to the plants and Donna’s constant sedation, she begins to rediscover pieces of her humanity. The dreams are fragments of memories long lost, these start to piece back together the woman she once was. Donna also takes great care in getting rid of anything dangerous, it starts small and builds over the years (from her prideful claws to her powerful fangs they all have to go eventually so she can be Donna’s ideal daughter), constantly filling Bela’s head with the fact that she’s just a young lady and it’s Donna’s job to protect her. It’s not cute to fight or act like a beast, Alcina maybe allowed that, but she’s not a Dimitrescu anymore so she will behave and act like a proper daughter fit for the Beneviento house. She does develop genuine affection for Donna over this time, Donna does help her with her anxiety and encourages a lot of self expression as long as in the direction of her humanity and not her monster. Not to mention the crippling loneliness would get to anyone. Donna starts to become well respected in the village, becoming a popular house due to Bela going out on Donna’s behalf to bestow gifts and collect offerings. The tales of Dimitrescu castle having three daughters, becomes a forgotten fact as didn’t the story always just include two? 

RELATIONSHIP SHIFTS // BASELINES

- Aunt Alcina: In the first few years of this arrangement Bela misses her Mother terribly. She even sneaks off to the castle multiple times in an attempt to beg her to save her. When nothing can be done after time she eventually starts to see their relationship in a new light. Donna commonly speaks how it is a Mother’s job to protect their children and she spent most of her undead life protecting Alcina. Donna begins to question her older sister’s parenting and convinces Bela that she never loved her and was simply using her as a glorified guard dog, she even treated her like an animal and the second she was gone she replaced her with one of her sisters.  - Daniela: With Daniela forced to step up into Bela’s position, Bela starts to develop resentment for her youngest sister. She can’t believes she would do something like that to her especially since she misses her so bad. Daniela becomes aware of the shifts within her older sister and when she can beat her in a fight due to her physically weakening state she worries her older sister may be in danger and not just being an asshole per usual.  Cassandra: Not much changed between the two, besides Cass maybe being a bit worried about her.  Mother Donna: Now taking the role of her Mother figure Bela loves her dearly but also fears her greatly. She never feared Alcina would harm her, and she knows Donna will never physically harm her but she has seen the horrific power of the second lord first hand now. She fears of disobeying, and she genuinely wants to be a daughter she is proud of. Her feelings are much more complicated, she blames it on the humanity, but knows it’s because she still longs to go home.  Angie: Angie is an extension of Donna and Bela does know that. She treats Angie like she’s her Mother as well which looks absurd considering Bela is 6′2 without heels and could crush her little skull in her jaws in seconds. She still lets Angie scold her and insult her, obeying without too much fuss.  Uncle Karl: Interestingly enough Karl and Bela have more of a relationship in this AU, taking away Bela from Alcina soured Mother Miranda at least to the eldest daughter. Bela knows her new Mother is devout as she’s gaining favor from Miranda now. She commonly turns a blind eye to things she notices within the village and might even drop by for a visit if for no other reason than to get out of that prison more. Karl won’t rat her out for straying off her worshipping and she appreciates that.  Mother Miranda: JAIL FOR MOTHER MIRANDA JAILLL, but no really Bela actually develops a distaste for her in this AU, even though she comes to love Donna she will never forgive her for making Alcina mourn her as a daughter. 

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Sanders Sides Glee AU part 2

Meet the dark sides !

Chaotic intimidating trio, have been friends for a very long time.

Were forced to join after they were almost suspended(probably bc of something Remus did idk yet), Thomas told them they wouldn't be in troubles if they at least tried to join.

Takes a while for them to become friends with the light sides but they get there eventually

Janus : a lot like Santana, overconfident, v mean, v talented, claims he is only here because he is forced but secretly having fun and likes being in the glee club a lot

Remus : Brittany's chaotic energy but he's more loud about it, great dancer, not much of a singer but would sing offkey very loudly when he wants to annoy the others

Virgil : hates the spotlight, stay in the back of the choir room, gradually opens up though and take on more solos, has a nice voice even though he never had a singing class, progresses a lot once he's actually invested, maybe one of the others gives him lessons idk, great dancer though, makes choreographies with Remus

[ghosthierophant]

1x05, 1x06

AU I WISH YOU LIVED WITH [X] chronicles continues

& hey more characters i expected to be mayo who aren’t mayo!!!!! continues

“you didn’t listen you never listen” continues

The Wide Window Part One:

more beatrice

THE NEWS BYE

THINGS KEEP HAPPENING UNTIL THEY STOP

villainous actor, active villain

SOME VERY NICE PEOPLE WERE POISONED

hi i’m the weather

i’m the blizzards of despair

also various cold fronts of terror

I like this coat tho

Democlay

Dimoclath

Dimoclat

Demacaca

Dock

Damocles

new guardian on the SUS CLIFF OVER THERE

IT’S BEEN MOSTLY YOUR FAULT MR. POE

,,,, peppermints,,,,

not the taxi, the dowager 

[ continues coughing ]

Widow

hi i’m the taxi

Hurricane Herman

vegetarian chilli, 

LOL THE FUCKIN LITERATURE SPEECH

nice coat, olaf

,,,, muse of ,,,

MARRIED TO THE SEA

FUNNY

Land Hoe

luau 

AU YOU LIVE WITH TAXI MAN INSTEAD

300 foot drop

/ falls over the precipice 

Please Go Away

HOLY SHIT?????? MORE CHARACTERS OF COLOR - who die, but HEY THEY’RE NOT MAYO

/ disconnected

“oh boy”

i’m eccentric

i’m overly phobic

/ library

the knob

nice library on the edge of terror

#past

hi husband

/ weird music

Secret Codes

The Leeches

/ sobbing - out of all the guardians, i’m she

Crucial Information

/ key

Grammar

> - <

SOUP is safe

/ never cooks anything hot

/ don’t talk about VPD

don’t or WON’T

#VeryDifferent 

/ is afraid of them all

/ has severe PTSD

WHAT A HEINOUS OUTFIT

fears :  rational & irrational

Lemon Meringue Pie

/ momento

Anxious Clown

,,,,,,, real estate is sinister tho

hi i’m count olaf

Mr. Snicket

tfw no training for VPD

/ most fierce & formidable

Wait not Snicket

ISN’T HE DEAD

IS HE

/ obscure literary references cna’t save you

love this scene 

JOSEPHINE pls

hey look MULTIPLE BEDS

/ safety to the,,, worst degree

HURRICANE

HERMAN

,,,, josephine ,,,,,,,,,,,, 

I LOVE THIS DRESS VIOLET

YESYESYESYES

yay fires & heat & warm soup

/ doll

/ wants to complain anyway

Grammatical Error

One Million

IKE - thx sunny

JUST LIKE THAT

Crackers

Music

Pictures

/ wasn’t scared of anything

SECRET ORGANIZATIONS

HURRY HURRY HURRY LOL

/ a disappointment to you & countless others  - #same

Associates

Volunteers

:(  / foot falls thru the air, sickly feeling of dark surprise

Together

He

Count Olaf

A Date

A DATE

Captain

IT’S A FUCKING SEAN CONNERY ACCENT

Count Olaf

WHY ARE ADULTS,,, SO,,, CONNABLE 

Count Omar

[ Sham ]

A FEW HOURS AGO

Very Fresh Dill

CAPTAIN SHAM

/ i’m talking to myself about captain sham

,,,,,,,,,,,,, jeezus

LEFT

PASTA PUTTANESCA

GHASTLY

i’m the other stranger

YOU ARE SO NOT HANDSOME - truly acting

“i don’t believe it” [deadpan] - me

K I S S I N G

this,,, is,,, so,,, ridiculous

LAKE

#flammable

It’s

its

,,, boat rides,,, yeah,,,,

tfw a fire

tfw the scheme has the people

hi they’re the dangerous people

& the strangers getting you

tfw the waiter is unguarded

LE’TS GO LET’S GO LET’S GO

:(((((((((((((((  kill her, marry her, sell the house

:(((((((((( klaus & despair

no where is safe

no one listens

no guardian can help

it certainly feels like this

tfw uncle monty is dead

/ do the scary thing first & get scared afterwards

Taxi Man,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Anxious Clown

[ offkey notes]

hi beatrice

Our honeymoon

#badasses

woman: trampled

tfw it’s too late

Sorry Evening

Invention Intervention

/ window fr shattering

note

it’s / its

Rational

Wide Window

Were Wrong

Was not dead at all

NOT YET

The Wide Window: Part Two:

IT’S 

Captain Sham,,,,,

nope,,,,,,

it rly can’t be cuz that’s a fake note

Beatrice

/ watches them suffer

“men”

Mr. Poe pls

ALSO BAD GRAMMAR

This Isn’t Her

INBEARABLE

/ forged

more pink i guess

IT’S COUNT OLAF YOU IDIOT

V

I’d / I’ve

Stephano WAS count olaf

cunt olaf

whatever 

his Troop is THERE

Digital Entertainment

PLS BELIEVE THEM - never does

/ we know what X means

/ already spoken

“accidentally”

Knife

,,,,,,,,,,,,, ugh Mr. Poe

“investigate”

THE EYES OF POE SUCK

“you missed the turn”

Anxious Clown rly,,, long shot

Venus flytrap

/ dissolves into nothing

Someone was there trying to help

hi Larry

Extra Special Family Fun Appetizer

HE HAS TO DRIVE DUDE

love the coat violet

///////// lies about the friend

Met her Yesterday

Oven Partners

/ Lying, & yet NOT LYING, NOT LYING AT ALL HE RLY DID KNOW HER EARLIER

JOSEPHINE IS DEAD

MR. CLOWN IS SAD

CHEER-UP CHEESEBURGERS

SMILEY FACE

I’M HAVING BURGERS RIGHT NOW

OH GOD

Larry

or what gender you are

wasabi mayo

“you’ll never defeat us”

i’m asking for the soup of the day

SHAM

Mr. Poe stop

Fuzzy Navel

[ breathing shakily ]

YOU

YOU’RE COUNT OLAF

McCarthyesque - how dare you

that’s offensive - burgers

WAITER MVP

leave the restaurant

ALLERGIES

ALLERGIC

/ peppermints

PEPPERMINTS

PEPPERMINTS

PEPPERMINTS

BEST

WAITER

/ injustice

/ corruption

/ common decency

QUICK ACTING

POWERFUL

/ puts the thing in the mouth

#EMERGENCY

/ ducks under table

/ RASHES

/ lisping

/ hives

THEY’RE ILL

bye

TAXI MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  THE MVP

white whale postcolonialism

[ lisping & not even subtitled ]

pasta putta

A Call

Parents

Alive

Peru

thx for being challenged w ur hands hook man

Compromised

I’M NOT USED TO THEM BEING ALIVE AT ALL

OMG THOSE PANTS

YAS VIOLET

[ lisping ]

IKE

C U R D L E D

/ dotted line

17 mins

OH GOD HERE COMES THE FUCKIN HOUSE

AHAGAIOGJK

bye, book

sunny w her teeth good god

NICE FLIP

PICTURE

EGH

now fall

tfw no house

tfw hurricane

PEPPERMINTS

sunshine / clang

CLANG

pale purple glow

WEATHER PERMITTING

GOTTA DO IT YOURSELF

the fucking disclaimer

/ steal a sailboat

/ middle of hurricane

/ coats

DO NOT TAKE A SAILBOAT THAT DOES NOT BELONG TO YOU

/ hook man

egh

Vague idea of how a sailboat works

CHANCE OF SURVIVAL: ZERO

plethora

Whirlpool

Rocks

CRAGGY ENTRANCE

/ all storms eventually break

it is actually v pretty

PHANTASMAGORICAL

“man up”

[ WOMAN WAILING ]

/ SCREAMING

OOOOOOKAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

,,,,, are you ok

what things

what luggage

tfw no food

WE’RE NOT LIVING W YOU IN THE CAVE

/ forced

/ eats sensually

COUNT OLAF

/ truly in danger

“here’s shammy” - stop

/ faked death

her fuckin watercraft

WHY DIDN’T YOU PROTECT YOURSELF

WHY DIDN’T YOU HELP THEM

ALONE BY THEMSELVES

/ not sharing it

/ tell Mr. Poe

,,,, adults suck dude

WE’RE ALL AFRAID, BISH

YAS VIOLET

YAS VIOLET

YAS VIOLET

YAS VIOLET

/ wipes glasses

CURDLED CAVE IS FOR SAVE

THAT MEANS REAL ESTATE AGENTS

,,,,, josephine chill the fuck out

LUCKY SMELLS LUMBERMILL

/ parents

/ never told

A Quiet World

Fiery Injustices

Trying to Keep You Safe

Frightening Decision

UH OH

LACHRYMOSE LEECHES

SHREDDED BEEF TAMALES

,,,, recently eaten

But She Has

y i k e s

Banana

/ there they are

oh jeez

THROW HER OVERBOARD

DRAMATIC IRONY

HAIR UP

AUNT JO PLS

ON-SCREEN ENTERTAINMENT

/ WET FR THE STORM

/ SCREAMING

“saving all of our” / grabs it

SIT DOWN

/ Olaf used to do that [burn ants] - OMG 

tfw parents

tfw no spyglass

oh hey your parents saved you indirectly

THAT IS THEIR FAMILY

THAT’S UR FAMILY

aunt josephine PLS

stop screaming

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, count olaf

“parenting is exhausting” - same

/ yikes

tbh they rly were together

picnics

oven 

shredded beef tamales

secrets we had shared

/ her house did topple

FIERCE AGAIN

get it

VASTLY UNTALENTED ACTOR //// gasps

IT’S HAVE

/ has been thrown overboard to the leeches

YES

NO

,,,, pushes

/ kills another

THE WORD, SCH-THE WORD

SCHMEATHER

truth, schmooth

/ great loss

didn’t make her a bad person, yup

THE MILL

,,, how did THEY push the house out

,,,,,,,,,,,,, thx for nothing mr. poe

3rd thoughts: how empty my life & my wallet are

enormous fortune in my life

COLD WATER

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, fuckin mr. poe

/ chews it

/ your leg

/ tattoo

MITZVAH

YOU DIDN’T LISTEN

YOU NEVER LISTEN

/ leaves for the lucky smells

BYE BYE BYE

/ SEE YA LATER, FUCKERS

/ is in the trunk

/ leave

mr. poe: the actual worst

all alone

BYE

[cericata]

☙   ——  @bambolae​​

​     The winters were always long, but this time felt like an eternity. Holed up in this house, Bela found herself being lulled to sleep by an aching hunger and crushing loneliness. The frost on her window had never felt more like the bars of a cruel cage, and she felt as if her God was punishing her personally despite her knowing that was not the case. Bela wasn’t a lord, far from it in the eyes of her holiness. -- she wasn’t worth punishing. 

         As the seasons shifted, the former Dimitrescu was allowed onto the property of the old Beneviento estate. The village was still too dangerous according to her new Mother, so she would settle for the fog filled graveyard; at least it was some fresh air and different scenery after spending months in borderline solitude. Donna seemed skittish of her, even behind the veil Bela could smell and sense her fear. She thought of the young woman as nothing more than a beast, and with every day that passed perhaps she felt more like one.

          The sound of clucking caught her attention as she wandered through the woods, this immediately caused her to perk up and shift moods. She was not aware of the small coop of chickens owned by the puppeteer. Wide yellow eyes looked over the birds frantically, each one a different color with different markings. Clawed hands curled into the fence keeping the delicate creatures from her grasp, oh she wanted; no she NEEDED to pet one of those. Tilting her head at every noise, she only grew more excited -- even starting to pace the fence like a hunter stalking its prey.

           Blissfully unaware that the owner of this estate was watching her closely, but Bela never dared enter the coop without permission. Just continued to try to coax one of the frightened fowls closer with various feeds and methods that failed every time. After a few hours the blonde gave up with a sigh, as the sun began to set she returned to the house and closed the door behind her with an alarmingly loud creek.

                                     What could she have possibly done wrong? 

            Deep in thought she jumped and snarled at the veiled woman, Donna had a nasty habit of sneaking up on her. The daughter was still unused to her ghostly footsteps and wallflower-like presence. “Mother, forgive me. I didn’t see you standing there.” Placing a hand on her chest she let out a hundred of tiny breaths, attention shifted to the woman looming in the corner; never uttering a word. Rocking on her heels a bit; Bela bit her lip. How could she ask this delicately? “Can I pet one of your chickens? I promise I’ll be ever so gentle, I just really want to hold one of those soft birds.” -- not exactly as delicate as she would have hoped.