#verse: mistral

[drainbangle]

small swap sketches

[liketwoswansinbalance]

Lonesome Losses & Winsome Victories

Note:

The stanzas (when read top-down) go backwards chronologically, not forwards.

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- S O P H I E -

THERE ONCE was a girl with eyes green,

Who became an illustrious Dean.

She dared not to fail,

In glass slippers, black veils,

And entranced the most murderous fiend.

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- R A F A L -

THERE ONCE was a murderous fiend,

Ensorcelled by emerald green.

He fought and he fought,

Nearly prevailed all for naught,

When his visions had lost all their sheen.

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- M A R I A L E N A -

THERE ONCE were visions to glean,

By a bespectacled girl with a dream.

She’d plot and she’d plot,

Sow Evil's forthcoming Rot,

And engender a bold, new regime.

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- R H I A N -

THERE ONCE was a boy who did deem

Evil brutish and churlish and mean.

But felled again and again,

By his own wicked pen,

His soul’s fate he could never redeem.

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- H O O K -

THERE ONCE was a boy well-redeemed,

Once hired as buccaneer dean.

He would deceive and seduce,

And elude, say “Adieu,”

All betwixt two brothers’ warped schemes.

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- THE S T O R I A N -

NOW writes a Pen for to see,

A devilish force the Woods heed,

It recorded tales all anew,

Every time it did slew

Those too wary to serve it. Indeed.

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If anyone would like an explanation as to why I chose the order I chose:

Sophie's Evil was unleashed by Rafal.

Rafal was set on the warpath by the prophecy and to some extent, Marialena herself, who could be seen as representative of the prophecy in a way, as a Seer.

Marialena sided against Rafal due to of her vision of Rhian as the One.

And Rhian was originally (partly) corrupted by Hook.

Finally, everything was orchestrated and everyone was driven by the Storian itself.

What do I have to say for myself? Always, the Pen is contingent on mortal men’s greed, it never will cede its ink and its sheaves!

I’m on a rhyming kick, haha. Thank you for reading.

[drachenblood]

@ritterblood continued from here.

𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐡𝐚𝐩 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬. Thus will it be five days put to full use. How long it’ll be ere they have an opportunity to meet again is always the lingering question. The uncertainty, the freedom, all of it the siren’s call that’d drawn him to the sea and to the life he leads now leads also to these tenuous threads that dangle as an unfinished net about the waters. Like as not will it be another handful of moons if not more ere they’ll lay eyes ‘pon each other once more. The same song, the same dance, already he’s able to chart the course of their nights together. Their trysts frequent enough even his fellows have come to know of Haurchefant. ‘Tis in the way of sailors and pirates with little else to do aboard a ship amidst the toil of keeping the entire blasted thing afloat. Dreadful gossips, the lot of them.

He snorts in answer, but provides a second as he releases Haurchefant’s foot and rises. Silent, but his expression meaningful as he strolls across the taproom, each footstep requiring a mite more force to pry free for the deplorable mess the place has become as the night wanes on. The crowd’s in full swing, the noise of so many voices in good cheer a perfect cover for their plans. All these people and he feels but a single gaze ‘pon his back as he climbs up the stairs, the noise only but partially muffled. Though in truth he cares little if they’re heard. Privacy’s one of the few luxuries he can ill afford and though he’s had issues coming to terms with such, at this juncture is it of no moment.

Once Haurchefant rounds the corner, he all but hauls the man with him, pushing him against the wall hard enough for paintings door knobs to rattle and attacks his mouth, eager and oh so very hungry for the taste of him. The foul swill still strong ‘pon his tongue yet it matters so little. Another diddy starts from below and ‘tis his signal to pull away, though he finishes with a nip at Haurchefant’s lower lip. “Just how many nights did you pay for or will I have to throw down my share later?” He grins and pulls away abruptly, pushing his companion forward.

[lovingdabeessss]

based on your interpretation of the military Yang ask, i find it absolutely hilarious that Yang just casually knows government secrets, due to ironwood just telling her. Does Ozpin know he tells her?? Like, during the Mistral bandit can arc, Raven is just giving her the whole 'Grimm has a master' speech and Yang's like, 'duh. I already know. Next your gonna say you can turn into a bird and the sky outside is blue or something??'.

And I love the thought of Penny and Yang being friends, it'll give Penny more *human* interactions and mean she won't act as stilted as she does in canon.

My most favorite part of that au is that she knows stuff she shouldn't. I wonder if that's why I like the time loop and MitC verse's so much....?

(btw, do you have Wattpad?? That is where I am mostly likely to upload once I'm finished writing)

As a mesh of my interpretation and the actual original askers actual AU i think ironwood eventually kinda recruits Yang and sense her whole family was part of ozpins inner circle for a while he probably sees it as fine if he tells her certain things that are definitely secrets probably not everything but enough that he would think it gained her trust and loyalty because Yang is a VERY loyal person (one of the things that would make her a good soldier) but the way Yang is loyal isn’t the way that he’d want which is individually and relationship based so she’d be loyal to ironwood if he helped her and told her this stuff but as like a friend not as a general of the army or like her boss and she’d never keep those secrets if it posed a danger to the people she cared about

And if she knew the army was doing some messed up she’d offer that information whenever it came up cause she has a very solid sense of right and wrong

I don’t know if he’d tell ozpin he told Yang these things but if it ever came up that she knew ozpin would probably assume it was any of the people related to her that told her like maybe qrow when drunk so I doubt he’d get caught

I love the idea of Yang being like “Sky’s blue, moms are birds, government is evil, nothings new, one(1) portal please”

I do not have wattpad I just use the search bar and go “ao3 pls” and that’s how I find the things I read u could always send me the link 🥺 after it’s posted

Also I’m draw’n rn so if you want me to draw doodles for ur au or this one or draw with me that’s available for a lil while

[evignonita]

the lesbian urge to draw your favs inspired by one of your favorite verses from your favorite poem.....

gahhh guys what if fem!nervous loves gabriela mistral and fem!pascal loves alejandra pizarnik🥲.............. beautiful... latinamerican queer women..... fem!pasnerv the real insane doomed yuri

[undinesea]

Many years from now, when I am a little mound of silent dust, play with me, with the earth of my heart and my bones. I had rather be dust that you play with on the country roads. Pound me, because I have been yours. Scatter me, as I did you. Stomp me because I never gave you truth entire and beauty whole. O, I mean, sing and run above me that I might kiss your precious footprints. Say a pretty verse when you have me in your hands, and I will run with pleasure through your fingers.

Gabriela Mistral, from Selected Poems of Gabriela Mistral; “For Children”

[stray-kaz]

Masterlist

Fandom works! So much here...

All reader inserts are female.

Marvel

Bucky Barnes

T.L.C.

Girl Dad

Reds and Whites

Not Even a Candle

Reparations - 18+

Prologue   One   Two   Three   Four

Snow & Ice - 18+

One   Two   Three   Four   Five   Six   Seven   Eight   Nine   Ten   Eleven   Twelve   Thirteen

Frank Castle

Kiss Cam

A Touch of Crazy

Brothers In Arms

Frank Castle x Family headcanons

Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner

Time and Time and Time Again - 18+

A Baby Shower for Frankie

Two Pink Lines

Two to Tango - 18+

Baby Talk

Paper Ring

Blooded

The Opposite of Soft - 18+

Gone Off Half Cocked - 18+

Butterflies On Fire

A Stitch in Time

Look Where You’re Going

I Do

Matt Murdock

On Blind Faith - 18+

ONE   TWO   THREE   FOUR   FIVE   SIX   SEVEN   EIGHT   NINE   TEN

Headcanons

Steve Rogers

I Love You, But... - 18+

Shadow and Bone

Jesper Fahey

A Better Distraction - 18+ - Completed

One   Two   Three   Four   Five   Six   Seven   Eight   Nine   Ten   Eleven Twelve

Kiss & Tell

A Good Shot

Ruse

Little Lantsov

An Unexpected Prince - sequel to Little Lantsov

Tender

Trigger

Swap With Me - 18+

He’s A Criminal and He’s Mine

Safe Inside, Out of the Rain

Laundry Day

The Law of Loss

You’re The Reason I Hate Champagne

There Goes My Life - An Assortment

One Two Three Four Five Six

Mal Oretsev

Twice Wounded - sorta 18+

Nikolai Lantsov

Patched - 18+

All Patched Up - 18+ - sequel to Patched

Monkey in the Air

Daddy and The Fox

To Be His Queen - 18+

Kaz Brekker

Stray - request prompt

A Murder of Crows - Miniseries

Part One Part Two

Memento Mori - request prompt

Green - request prompt

Love is a Battlefield

Set, Charge, Boom

The Magpie Verses - Completed

Take Off The Mask , Caught , The Crow and The Magpie , Unmasked

Aleksander Morozova

Trouble Just Walked In - sorta 18+

Matthias Helvar

Scrubbed Clean

Tolya Yul-Bataar

Awoken

Top Gun: Maverick

Bob Floyd

A Soft Landing - 18+

Red Flag Week

Baby. On. Board.

Jake Seresin

Out of Bounds I, II, III, IV, V, VI - 18+

Bradley Bradshaw

Jukebox Jive

Lockwood and Co.

George Karim

Death and Doughnuts

A Personal Experiment - 18+

Stuck in the Middle With You - 18+ - requested

Oh Dear Baby - fic idea from @the-biscuit-agreement​

Oh How Time Flies - sequel to Oh Dear Baby​

Ghosts I Get, People Are Crazy

Anthony Lockwood

Between a Tree and a Lockwood - sorta 18+

Honey, I’m Home - 18+

Delirium

His Mistake

The Invitation

Walt de Ville

The Flower and The Serpent - 18+

one    two   three   four   five   six   seven   eight   nine   ten

Little Women (2019)

Laurie

Sugar & Spice - 18+

one

two

Zombies (Disney)

Zed Necrodopolis

Awkward Question

Betwixt

Midnight Resolution - 18+

Leo Grande

Three Day Hire - 18+

One   Two   Three   Four   Five   Six   Seven

A Very Grande Christmas

Austin!Elvis

Sky High

The School for Good and Evil

Rafal Mistral

The Sky Is Falling

Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall

Under The Blood Moon - 18+

The Heirloom and The Heir

Evil, Be Mine

You Shall Be Loved

Rhian Mistral

The Storian’s Favour

Back from the Brink

Bubbles

To Sleep and Not To Wake

Ben Hardy Characters

Billy / Four

Hold Me Close, Don’t Let Go - 18+

The Witcher

Istredd

Chasing Fire - 18+

One Piece Live Action

Roronoa Zoro

Buoyant

A Book and A Nap

Starless - 18+

First Kiss, Last Kiss

Keeping Watch - 18+

Double The Bounty - 18+ - Part One  Part Two

Sanji

Tall Blond Pacifier

Sand and Stars

Wind and Rain - 18+

Monkey D. Luffy

First Blushes

Usopp

In The Moment

OPLA Men

Dance With Me

Christmas Drabbles 2023

Scent of Pine - Shanks

Neatly Tied With A Bow - Mihawk

Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice - Sanji

The Perfect Excuse - Zoro

Fullmetal Alchemist

Edward Elric

Happy Birthday To You

Rest and Recuperation - 18+

Tale of the Nine Tailed

Lee Yeon

Need - 18+

Sweet Home

Cha Hyun-su

Sunshine Part One - 17+

Let Me Do It

A Shop For Killers

Jeong Jin-man

Breathing

Time - 18+

Misc.

Ready or Not - 18+

Original Writing

Top Drawer

Quiet Peace

The Hat - 18+

Pirate Intro

Sweetness

Bandaged

To The Sea, My Love, To The Sea

The Uncanny Counter

So Mun

Oops!

Love & Pragmatism

To Spar or Not to Spar

Wong Yeok

Illicit - 18+

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[divinecomedyproductions]

RWBY Saints of Remnant Notes: Adam Taurus, Surrogate Brother, Liberator, and former slave worker

WARNING: This post contains is a radically reimagined Adam Taurus in a positive light in a heavily reimagined RWBY AU and has cliche and a ship that may turn you off due to Canon, if Canon Adam has given you a permanent bad taste in your mouth, I understand, this is an AU, just please do not come in with bad faith and ignore me instead.

Said AU is connected to The Emperor-Verse

Now following my altered Jack Schnee is Adam Taurus

Now given the whole grievances the RWDE tag as made about him, and looking back on him myself, I'd had figured there were two options for him, at least in my opinion

Either make him anti-villain or initial antagonist turned ally, which I have chosen for the latter. Either way, I threw out him being Blake's ex because I honestly thought it was kinda dumb and melodramatic.

Though FRWBY as I heard has done a good job tweaking that to make it work as well as Adam as a villain.

But I chose to go for something else, Adam being something of a surrogate older brother for Blake instead.

For this specific backstory, Adam is from Mistral, from a small village led by his father, a respectable Huntsman.

Now I'm trying to figure it out but with my Altered SDC and Jacques post, Arthur Gray(Watts) megacorporation GigaWatts Incorporated has outsorced work, and much like the SDC in Canon!RWBY Adam's family worked at one of their factories in the East under poor working conditions which claimed the life of his parents.

Adam much like his Canon counterpart, also worked pretty much as a slave, and his eye injury I chasing between either branding or a factory accident.

Now this draws on Fritz Lang's Metropolis which I feel like doesn't get enough love, and I will use this clip along with Metropolis when I get to post about the not-so-good doctor, his mega-corporation, and the current state of Atlas later.

But basically, Adam was emotionally drained at that point. A zombie of a young man who felt hopeless.

One day in his younger days The White Fang's Eastern Branch attacks the factories. And the one leading the charge was the current White Fang leader, a spider Faunus by the name of Rina Kumokage(first name a placeholder) and her second-in-command Sienna Kahn. Seeing them in action reinvigorated and inspired him and joined them instantly when the two offered a hand.

However, this wouldn't be the liberation that he thought it was, at least not entirely.

Rina's leadership was questionable over in the East while the other branches of the other three corners were busy, Rina seemed to be driven more by politics than the morals of common decency, and had abusive tendencies towards Adam and later on Blake whom she also took under her personal tutelage due to knowing her late father Kuroto(aka Ghira) who was a high ranking member of the White Fang.

But it wasn't all bad, for while Kumokage was a cruel teacher, Kahn on the other hand was the closest thing he had for a mother after losing his parents, and she herself was often downplayed by the current WF leader.

Soon Adam began to realize Rina saw the White Fang as a means for political power, a demagogue exploiting a legitimate cause for mercenary motives. But he wished for no outside help, for reasons I am trying to figure out, but partially the same reasons for Blake of being introverted, not to hurt those close to him.

Now for his allusion, there's always been the argument he was the beast and Blake was the Beauty

But after remembering an analysis post I can't remember where on Tumblr I figured

What if Blake and Adam were both the Beast? like a collective allusion? Which is based on my RWBY collective allusions theory but that's another post for another day.

Adam's individual allusion however is not the Bull Demon King, but Red Boy, with his late parents being The Bull Demon King(his Father) and Princess Iron Fan(his mother), both of their lessons sticking to him. So unlike his canon counterpart while his sanity may had been bent, it wasn't broken.

Now Sun in this AU is the 'Beauty' to Blake's 'Beast' and as for Adam, the ‘Beauty’ to his ‘Beast’ is and hear me out here...

Yang Xiao Long

now I know what you all are thinking...

But here's the idea

Adam as a good guy I would imagine being this grumpy kinda no-nonsense dude and something of a ham(he writes poems in his downtime) and I feel like that would compliment Yang's 'flirty party girl' personality and would play off Black Sun too

Two ships that are similar, yet different, and I just don't mean in a gender bent way.

But not only that, Yang’s role is also to mend the strained brother-sister relationship of Blake and Adam. Adam isn’t obsessed with Blake but was kinda like “Blake, what the hell?” When she left. He’s kinda pissed, but not a flat-out murderous lunatic.

And Yang being an older sibling herself can relate to Adam and talk it out with him, notably all the good things Blake has told Yang about him.

And then of course Yang does try to resort to some spicy flirting, but Adam being taught about earning the blessings of the parents and abstinence, doesn’t reciprocate the same way.

Spoiler alert, Adam is flustered by Yang’s midriff but also know it’s not good for practical purposes in her line of work. Yang notices and tries to tease him further, only for him to tickle her mercilessly to make his point, leading her to make a wardrobe upgrade for “V2”

And I’d be lying if my this was not somewhat influenced by my Catholic faith about modesty and no sex outside of marriage, but I’d think it be kinda cute and funny to ship Yang who’s flirtatious and likes to flaunt it with a very honorable and kinda traditional dude. Expect lots of disappointed pouts from Yang.

Now his altered personality I was inspired by 2 sources

Zuko from Avatar: The Last Airbender

But also Grimlock in Transformers: Fall of Cyberton which the game is also an influence for my reimagined Arthur Watts

For those not in the know-how, Fall of Cybertron due to it success had become the reboot basis for all G1-esque Transformers stories onward.

In it, Grimlock is the commander of the team and had been captured by Shockwave, who is a scientist, to be painfully experimented on which would turn them into Dinobots. Grimlock, driven by furious vengeance free's his comrades and seeks to destroy Shockwave.

Now Grimlock is still a good guy and believes defending the weak and migh-for-right, but he's bad tempered, stubborn, and headstrong really doesn't see eye-to-eye with Optimus Prime, seeing him as a weak leader and barely accepting him as leader due to the Matrix.

So it's kind of the same principle with Adam, with Watts being the 'Shockwave' to his 'Grimlock', though to be specific, Adam has a vendetta against the one running the factory he and his family worked at. Will get to him in the future.

So yeah, that's my Adam so far.

[satinea]

Sous les feux que juin verse,

Comme l’éclair, Mireille court, et court, et court !

De soleil en soleil et de vent en vent, elle voit

Une plaine immense : des savanes

Qui n’ont à l'œil ni fin ni terme ;

De loin en loin, et pour toute végétation,

De rares tamaris ... et la mer qui paraît...

Des tamaris, des prêles,

Des salicornes, des arroches, des soudes,

Amères prairies des plages marines,

Où errent les taureaux noirs

Et les chevaux blancs : joyeux,

Ils peuvent là librement suivre

La brise de mer tout imprégnée d’embrun.

La voûte bleue où plane le soleil

S’épanouissait , profonde , brillante,

Couronnant les marais de son vaste contour ;

Dans le lointain clair

Parfois un goéland vole ;

Parfois un grand oiseau projette son ombre,

Ermite aux longues jambes des étangs d’alentour.

C’est un chevalier aux pieds rouges ;

Ou un bihoreau qui regarde, farouche,

Et dresse fièrement sa noble aigrette,

Faite de trois longues plumes blanches...

Déjà cependant la chaleur énerve :

Pour s’alléger, de ses hanches

La jeune fille dégage les bouts de son fichu.

Et la chaleur, de plus en plus vive,

De plus en plus devient ardente ;

Et du soleil qui monte au zénith du ciel pur,

Du grand soleil les rayons et le hâle

Pleuvent à verse comme une giboulée :

Tel un lion, dans la faim qui le tourmente,

Dévore du regard les déserts abyssins!

Sous un hêtre, qu’il ferait bon s’étendre!

Le blond rayonnement du soleil qui scintille

Simule des essaims, des essaims furieux,

Essaims de guêpes, qui volent,

Montent, descendent et tremblotent

Comme des lames qui s’aiguisent.

La pèlerine d’amour que la lassitude brise

Et que la chaleur essouffle,

De sa casaque ronde et pleine

A ôté l’épingle ; et son sein agité

Comme deux ondes jumelles

Dans une limpide fontaine,

Ressemble à ces campanules

Qui, au rivage de la mer, étalent en été leur blancheur.

Mais peu à peu devant sa vue

Le pays perd sa tristesse ;

Et voici peu à peu qu’au loin se meut

Et resplendit un grand lac d’eau :

Les phillyreas, les pourpiers,

Autour de la lande qui se liquéfie,

Grandissent, et se font un mol chapeau d’ombre.

C’était une vue céleste,

Un rêve frais de Terre-Promise !

Le long de l’eau bleue, une ville bientôt

Au loin s’élève, avec ses boulevards,

Sa muraille forte qui la ceint,

Ses fontaines, ses églises, ses toitures,

Ses clochers allongés qui croissent au soleil.

Des bâtiments et des pinelles,

Avec leurs voiles blanches,

Entraient dans la darse ; et le vent, qui était doux,

Faisait jouer sur les pommettes

Les banderoles et les flammes.

Mireille, avec sa main légère,

Essuya de son front les gouttes abondantes ;

Et à pareille vue

Elle pensa, mon Dieu ! crier miracle !

Et de courir, et de courir, croyant que là était

La tombe sainte des Maries.

Mais plus elle court, plus change

L’illusion qui l’éblouit,

Et plus le clair tableau s’éloigne et se fait suivre.

Œuvre vaine, subtile, ailée,

Le Fantastique l’avait filée

Avec un rayon de soleil, teinte avec les couleurs

Des nuages : sa trame faible

Finit par trembler, devient trouble,

Et se dissipe comme un brouillard.

Mireille reste seule et ébahie, à la chaleur...

Et en avant dans les monceaux de sable,

Brûlants, mouvants, odieux !

Et en avant dans la grande sansouire, à la croûte de sel

Que le soleil boursoufle et lustre,

Et qui craque, et éblouit !

Et en avant dans les hautes herbes paludéennes,

Les roseaux, les souchets, asile des cousins !

Avec Vincent dans la pensée,

Cependant, depuis longtemps

Elle côtoyait toujours la plage reculée du Vaccarès;

Déjà, déjà des grandes Saintes

Elle voyait l’église blonde,

Dans la mer lointaine et clapoteuse,

Croître, comme un vaisseau qui cingle vers le rivage.

De l’implacable soleil

Tout à coup la brûlante échappée

Lui lance dans le front ses aiguillons : la voilà,

Infortunée! qui s’affaisse,

Et qui, le long de la mer sereine,

Tombe, frappée à mort, sur le sable.

Ô Crau, ta fleur est tombée!... ô jeunes hommes, pleurez-la !...

📷 Sur le Vaccarès

Un extrait du chant X de Mirèio (Mireille), de Frédéric Mistral. Mireille s'est enfuie de chez elle pour implorer les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer d'infléchir la décision de son père qui refuse de la voir mariée au vannier Vincent, ce qui équivaut pour lui à une inacceptable mésalliance. Elle traverse la Camargue écrasée de soleil et est frappée d'insolation sur les rives de l'étang de Vaccarès...

[bluetortilachip]

So excited to finally show off my OC for real this time! She’s mostly a rwby oc but she is present and important in my Journeyverse AU, but anyways, here she is

Meet Sachi Valentina Nevermore.

Hispanic/Asian (in my journeyverse AU, she would be Paldean/Mistrial

Currently forty three years old

Semblance: Empath - the ability to see one’s emotional state in the form of bright illuminated aura surrounding the individuals body.

(What she see’s)

Allusion - Don Diego de la Vega/Zorro for her vigilante type crime fighting style and her staff

Weapon of choice - Segadora, a war scythe that transforms into a cleaver staff

In rwby - she lived in mistral with her parents and little twin brother and sister before attending Beacon and becoming a vigilante huntress

In the journey verse AU - She lived in Cabo Poco with her parents and little twin brother and sister while attending Uva academy went to attended beacon to became a huntress

Random headcanons:

She really likes lemons, lemon soda, lemon ice pops, lemon cake, even a regular lemon slice, she’ll devour it 🍋

Plays with her hair when nervous or bored

She would have become a psychologist if she couldn’t be a huntress

Has a pet Sceptile named Liko (journeyverse AU)

Really likes painting and crafting plushies

Her semblance makes her a little distrustful of people since she can immediately see what they feel and it makes her feel weary

Wants everyone to stay healthy as possible by keeping addictions away from everyone around her

Can be overly generous because she was taught gratitude is important to everything and everyone no matter what

[catwif3]

COMPLETELY FORGOT AND MISSED THIS SERIES OF HEADSHOTS FROM THE END OF 2018 (right after i would have quit tumblr before)

i was setting up toyhou.se profiles for them and needed better pics !!!

all of these are originally chemistry 'verse characters!

lithi (lithium), mistral (aluminium), drey (hydrogen), gen (oxygen), reyhe (hydrogen), aaren (argon), niie (iodine), dmitri (rubidium), and riou (fluorine)

[liketwoswansinbalance]

To the tune of “My Favorite Things:”

Saders and Mistrals and prophecies settled, Intrigue and pirates and tests of one’s mettle, Black swan gold rings and dark stirrings within— Butterflies all dead with their torn, bro-ken wings!

Swords in the stone and illicit night spansels, Masked Lions, Eagles, and runaway damsels, Treasonous Snakes with dark, oily scims— These omens bring the worst Endings for twins!

[sciatu]

Mi sono chiuso dentro i miei pensieri come un pauroso cavaliere dentro il suo castello e vivo dei miei ricordi stantii, armato di silenzi e rimpianti. Così, la mia anima è un castello dalle spesse mura, una lussuosa prigione dove ho chiuso i miei sogni e simulando una felicità inutile e vago di camera in camera dicendomi che ho bisogno di me stesso, che i miei silenzi hanno quanto mi manca e che negli angoli bui delle stanze, vivono i miei desideri. Non è cosi, lo so per istinto. Le stanze sono solo abitate da fantasmi, ombre senza volto, vestiti senza corpo, perché ho fermato il fluire della vita ed essa ristagna nella mia anima imputridendo. Oltre le mura il mare si gonfia con il maestrale o si acquieta con lo scirocco, il vento passa tra i filari di uva portando loro il gusto dell’ebrezza, stelle nel cielo si accendono di note e si vestono d’azzurro di giorno nascondendosi nella loro stessa luce; deserti infiniti divorano carovane e migranti uccisi dalla speranza, bombe esplodono e foreste si accendono di nuove gemme, nuvole portano vita, altre la portano via, tutto è un continuo essere e cambiare, mutare e rinascere. Ma io resto chiuso nelle mie stanze silenziose ed immobili, incerto, insicuro, a tutto vulnerabile e di tutto annoiato. Dimentico i colori dei boschi in autunno, il canto vetroso della lava nel suo infuocato scorrere, la luce della schiuma del mare illuminata dal sole, il profumo delle olive schiacciate, quello del pane appena sfornato, dimentico ogni parte del mondo che racchiude un mio ricordo- I miei ricordi diventano sottili ed invisibili e come le vecchie ragnatele fermano solo la polvere. Non bisognerebbe mai far morire un amore, mai non si dovrebbe mai scrivere la propria anima sulla pelle di chi si ama descrivendola con versi carnali scritti per una provvisoria eternità, non si dovrebbe mai nascondere nei sogni i propri giorni e domani se poi li si affida al vento che muore sul mare.

I locked myself inside my thoughts like a fearful knight inside his castle and I live on my stale memories, armed with silences and regrets. Thus, my soul is a castle with thick walls, a luxurious prison where I have closed my dreams and, simulating a useless happiness, I wander from room to room telling myself that I need myself, that my silences have what I miss and that in the dark corners of the rooms, my desires live. It's not like that, I know instinctively. The rooms are inhabited only by ghosts, faceless shadows, clothes without bodies, because I have stopped the flow of life and it stagnates in my soul rotting away. Beyond the walls the sea swells with the mistral or calms down with the sirocco, the wind passes between the rows of grapes bringing them the taste of inebriation, stars in the sky light up with notes and dress in blue by day, hiding in the their own light; infinite deserts devour caravans and migrants killed by hope, bombs explode and forests light up with new gems, clouds bring life, others take it away, everything is a continuous being and changing, mutating and being reborn. But I remain closed in my silent and motionless rooms, uncertain, insecure, vulnerable to everything and bored with everything. I forget the colors of the woods in autumn, the glassy song of the lava in its fiery flow, the light of the sea foam illuminated by the sun, the scent of crushed olives, that of freshly baked bread, I forget every part of the world that contains a memory of mine - My memories become thin and invisible and like old cobwebs they only stop the dust. A man should never let a love die, a man should never write his soul soul on the skin of who  he loves describing it with carnal verses written for a temporary eternity, a man should never hide his days in dreams and tomorrow if one entrusts them to the wind that dies on the sea.

[loregoddess]

Temenos Mistral for the character ask game! (Because you were talking about them earlier!)

First impression: "Oh, he seems neat, wonder what his story will be about."

Impression now: I love Temenos, one of my top favorite characters from the game, probably my scond-fave after Ochette. He's such an interesting character and his story (gripes I might have with the pacing aside) was unexpected for a "cleric" story, based on what I'd seen with Ophilia and some of the clerics from CotC. Honestly I'd write up an entire character analysis if I had the energy to do so, bc there is so much going on with him.

Favorite moment: A few different ones, but I really like how any time that the façade he puts up starts to slip, this sheer force of anger slips through--that's good stuff. Love that his "In Pursuit of Truth" theme also sounds much more energetic and aggressive when compared to his normal theme song (and like, I'm not well-versed with music terms and stuff, but Temenos is also the only character whose "In Pursuit of..." song has a significantly different tempo and more aggressive melody when compared to the standard theme, if I recall correctly).

Idea for a story: Hmm, do the two rewrite ideas of his main narrative that I have floating in my head count? Like I've said, something about the general pacing of events and a handful of narrative elements in his story don't really work for me, and as a result his story arc doesn't seem as strong compared to the others' stories. Not all of it is "bad writing" or anything, like the writers clearly had a plan in mind, and I know some of it is just my personal taste...but yeah, I have a "canon compliant, trying to match the general narrative motifs and themes of the rest of the characters" rewrite idea, and a "mostly canon compliant, but definitely changing some things to fit my personal tastes which therefore go against one or two of the overall recurring themes and motifs" rewrite idea. I'll probably never do anything with them though bc it's more like...anytime I come across story writing that I thought was really good, I try to figure out what about it I liked and how the writers set it up, and any time I come across story writing that doesn't work, I do the same thing where I try to figure out why I didn't like it and then try to figure out how I'd write it myself, and this is like, a little mental enrichment I do just for fun and also to try and sharpen my own preferences and sensibilities for storytelling and writing. So like, I don't technically have that much beef with his story, and I don't want to come off as "I'm a better writer than the original writers" or even that I thought the original arc was bad (it really wasn't bad writing per se), it's more just a thing I came up with for myself for funsies and as a mental exercise in narrative, more so than an actual like, critique of the original story.

Unpopular opinion: I uh, I don't ship him with Crick...or anyone actually. In fact the Temenos x Crick ship really does not float my goats (nothing against anyone who enjoys the ship, you do you and all that, it's just not my cup of tea). I actually read and more or less headcanon Temenos as aroace, and even if I didn't, he's got like 2934820398432 unresolved trust issues, so I'd have a hard time seeing him be able to enter into a romantic relationship anyhow. But that's just my reading, again no shade to anyone who has a different reading/headcanons.

Favorite relationship: I love his interactions with all the other main characters, but I find his weird friendship with Ochette to be really, really interesting especially (I'd write up an analysis and list of thoughts on this too if I had the energy). Outside of the main cast, what little we get to see of his interactions with Jorg, along with what we learn after Jorg gets murdered, is really fascinating to me as well. They have a very unusual familial/professional relationship (although given that Benedict and Anna's wildly unconventional familial relationship is also super interesting to me, I'm thinking I might just be an enjoyer of unconventional and murky adopted familial relationships in fiction).

Favorite headcanon: I am fond of the idea of him being related to Alpates and Throne by blood, although as I've turned the headcanon over in my head and whittled it like a wood carving, it's developed into something really specific with basically no in-game source to back it up, so it's a 100% bona fide "I just made something up and went with it" headcanon that I keep modifying and changing. Basically, I think he's got a situation similar to Hikari's, but significantly more subdued since he doesn't have an evil shadow version of himself trying to talk him into murdering everyone, and that his blood ties to Alpates's bloodline are stronger than his blood ties to D'arqest. Some more specifics about that under the cut bc explaining myself requires talking about late-game spoilers.

(Specifically rather than being directly Claude's son, I think it's entirely possible some of the Blacksnakes were able to have kids of their own, like Father did, without Claude finding out about them and having the child killed, and that even potentially those kids might have had kids, thinning the blood ties to Claude further--so rather than being Throne's half-sibling, Temenos would be more uh...*checks cheat-sheet chart for familial ties* ummm...her half-grand-nephew, god I hate everything about that phrase why does anything relating to Claude have to be a string of "wtf??"s). I keep changing this headcanon slightly (I did originally start from the base of having him and Throne as half-siblings), so who knows just how much it's gonna change before I settle on something I'm really happy with, but I do like the idea a lot.

[unlockthestars]

Meet gen:LOCK

So I know not a ton of people know gen:LOCK, but I absolutely adore this show. We don't talk about Season 2; it doesn't exist. To help facilitate potential interaction with my GL kids, I thought I'd do a quick writeup of them. Note that they do all have RWBY verses because they honestly would fit in that whole world pretty well, but this is just a general sort of rundown.

A quick synopsis of the show itself (pulled from Wikipedia):

"It is set in a dystopian future Earth where an international coalition known as The Polity fights a hostile, autocratic invading force known as The Union. The show follows the gen:LOCK program and its members, who participate in the development and testing of an experimental technology which allows for individuals with unique mental make ups to have their minds uploaded to giant suits of mecha armor called "Holons"."

My crew consists of three of the gen:LOCK team members, the mind behind it, and one of the Vanguard (Polity) soldiers who has been fighting the Union for a while and is helping to train the GL team.

Let's start with the mind behind the technology, Dr. Rufus Weller.

From the gen:LOCK wiki (with some omissions): "Doctor Rufus Weller is a character in gen:LOCK who brought with him "both humor and seriousness". A scientist in the Experimental Science Unit, Weller was the eccentric yet brilliant creator and overseer of the gen:LOCK program, designed to give the Polity an edge in the war against the Union."

He's a scientific genius who created the technology that sets the story in motions, he's calm under pressure, and he can be ruthless when he needs to be.

In his RWBY-verse, he's a top Atlas scientist, working with the likes of Pietro Polendina to develop the most advanced tech in the world. He's currently working on a project that could revolutionize life as we know it, and he hopes it will make a difference in the standard of living in Remnant overall.

Next up, we have Kazu Iida:

From the gen:LOCK wiki: "A rough, unwieldy military operative from Japan, he arrived at the Anvil as part of the Experimental Science Unit's gen:LOCK program alongside Julian Chase and several others, having passed the "Weller Test"."

Previously part of the Japanese military, Kazu's unit was very supportive of having him transferred out to the ESU. He'd been demoted for insubordination, and he can be rough around the edges, but he cares a lot about the people he chooses.

In his RWBY-verse, Kazu grew up in Mistral, no stranger to the city’s vices and virtues.  He attended Haven Academy for a time before being kicked out. Eventually, he was recruited to go to Atlas to test the new Holon program as he was one of the people compatible with the technology.

Our next recruit is actually one of the first: Yasamin Madrani

Pulling from the GL wiki once again: "She's a talented and confident recruit from Iran who finds her calling in the Experimental Science Unit's gen:LOCK program. On the other hand, she has been reluctant to reveal her past involvement with the Union to her fellow comrades. [At one point,] Yaz [was] being held and questioned by military police at the Mesa Detainment Center. Meanwhile, Rufus Weller asks Raquel Marin to accept a transfer request that would put her into his custody. This makes her the second gen:LOCK recruit, after Julian Chase. Like Chase, Yaz has military experience, but unlike him and all of the other gen:LOCK pilots, she is a former member of the Union."

Yaz has a dry sense of humour, which she often displays, even while doing her duty without any issues. Because of her past with the Union, she is very sensitive to any suggestion that she might still be working for them in any way, especially given that the Union killed her parents. She is very dedicated to the gen:LOCK program, especially Dr. Weller.

In her RWBY-verse: Born in Vacuo, Yasamin Madrani joined up with a group of bandits when she was young.  Eventually, she decided that she had had enough and left, ending up in a city where testing for Dr. Weller’s program was occurring.  Without fully realizing what it was, she was selected for the program and taken to Atlas, where she learned to be a pilot and part of the Holon program.

For the last, but certainly not the least of my GL recruits, Val/entina Romanyszyn (listed like this because they are genderfluid and use both "Val" and "Valentina," depending on presentation):

From the wiki again: "They are a retired Russian special forces operator who thought that they were finished fighting. Valentina was involved in special operations in the Eastern European theater before being recruited into the Experimental Science Unit's gen:LOCK program."

Val/entina can be pretty cynical, as expressed when she states that she likes battles she's sure to win. They also believe that the Union will follow its enemies, no matter how far they run. Which is one of the reasons she didn't want to fight on the front line any longer; she only agreed to join the gen:LOCK program because she thought it was a purely scientific endeavour. However, once things really get going, she's deeply loyal to the people she cares about, especially the way they care about the rest of the GL team.

In their RWBY-verse, Val/entina Romanyszyn grew up in Atlas, where they were able to use the region’s advanced tech to enable their transitions as needed.  They also chose to attend Atlas Academy, where they quickly proved their prowess as a sniper.  Now they’re working occasionally in tandem with the Ace Ops, doing what they can to protect the city and Remnant.

Our last case study for the day is Leon August, voiced by Gray Haddock (who also voiced Roman Torchwick initially):

Once more with feeling, from the wiki, "Lieutenant Leon August is a character in Rooster Teeth's gen:LOCK. He's a Strider pilot and Vanguard squad leader" and also gen:LOCK compatible, though he's too old for the technology to be safe for him.

Leon is able to stay calm and retain his sense of humour in both combat and downtime situations, though he's full capable of relaxing and joking with his friends. However, when he's in the field, he tends to be no-nonsense and very focused on getting the job done, while also making sure to watch out for his allies.

While his RWBY-verse is under construction, it's highly likely that he'll be stationed in Atlas as part of the military, potentially having attended Atlas Academy previously.

So there we have it! A quick and dirty rundown of the non-RWBY characters on this blog. Hopefully this helps!