#virginia foster

[thepaladincosplays]

The fifth oldest of Lady Helena's children, Virginia's an artsy girl with a love of all things painting. A social butterfly like her oldest sister, Virginia's popularity at school stems from her happy-go-lucky attitude and cheerful demeanor, a stark contrast to Daphne's rough-n-tough personality. She's the most spoiled by their mother, whom will always go out of her way to get Virginia whatever her little heart desires. She gets along best with Jasmine and often times argues with Daphne about going easier on their older sister, as Daphne's always trying to get Jasmine to stick up for herself.

Another wonderful commission as drawn by @harchibudytgorichi!

[scenesandscreens]

All That Heaven Allows (1955)

Director - Douglas Sirk, Cinematography - Russel Metty

"Mick discovered for himself that he had to make his own decisions, that he had to be a man."

[unteriors]

Star Lane, Foster, West Virginia.

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Angela Gray - Blackwell's Ghost - Magnum - 1972

[dailyhatchetfield]

day 122-125 - hatchetfield @femslashfortnight days three, four, five, six; pride parade (poly workin girls), date night (pjreese), sunrise (yellowfire), protect (potseed)

[thegayneapigs]

it's Foster Friday! meet Harlequin. 💟

she is shy and sweet, but hasn't seemed to get along with any piggie friends so far. our favorite thing about her is how delicately she takes food and treats from our hands! she is such a gentle lady. 🐾

[randomnameless]

Land 1 done!

Without crossing the bridge to get rekt'd by the final boss and trigger a bad ending, of course :p

I know the game puts more emphasis on gameplay than on characters, unlike, say, FE 8x2, but damn if every little situation you recruit random characters makes me think of past FE events in different titles and it just... fits? Somehow?

Like, evil empire has trouble conquering a party of Cornia, but behold! A mysterious plague pops up, that is totally not tied to the shady as fuck necromancer who works with the evil empire and says it'd be annoying if people find a cure.

So we have some guy and his army of cleric wearing plague doctor masks trying to find a cure by, uh, experimenting/working on people who already caught the plague, even accepting to work with the evil empire because curing the plague is more important, right?

Ends justify means yadda yadda... save for the part I earlier mentionned, that it is heavily implied the evil empire is the one who created that plague to begin with!

Now, imagine in a FE game if, in the background, we had to rescue people or hear about people being afflicted by a strange and unknown disease... and if that disease was engineered by people for a further motive...

8x2? Nah.

We also have quests where people are fighting for the evil empire who is occupying their land because they believe as long as they obey their people won't be put to the sword...

(I watched my bro play the final chapter, we know how it ends lol)

Not!Cyril fighting against bandits, finding and helping a witch fend off people who are trying to "catch her" - we even get a flimsy excuse for a bikini attire in the process and an answer to the "why do i use spells to rejuvenate myself in a sexy body? It's because I won't be able to move as fast as I can now if I was a crone" other flimsy excuse, etc etc.

Now it's time to enter the land of fucked up siblings relationship (sure Virginia is Alain's cousin - who looks like his mom - and can end up with him, but this is not the kind of Jugdralian stuff I had in mind) and let me tell you, all those plot bunnies I had in Jugdral about Lester believing he was going to become Lord of Jungby all of his life, only to have his role/throne snatched before his eyes by a bum who's apparently his cousin and can use the legendary shiny bow of legend is... basically Drakengard (Drakenhold in english?), but up to eleven.

Ah, and it wouldn't be a post from me if I don't find a way to rant about the localisation lol

Josef, upon meeting Virginia, basically goes in the audio "it's been a long time since I last saw you". In the english version?

Like what are you implying Josef, she wasn't a princess when you saw her last time or didn't have the "standing" fit for a princess?

Besides, I hope the release of the october book won't blow a hole in the Josef's "you were a teenager when we last met" by releasing character ages, but that's not really that important.

This however

Alain greets his long lost cousin, nothing wrong here right?

Well, in the JP audio, he calls her with the "hime" suffix, showing as much deference as Josef, who is a retainer of the royal family. Virginia doesn't use any suffix because that's her, but in Alain's various support convos, we learn that he had to learn and to behave like a proper noble after escaping from his castle 7 years ago, and all this noble/formal stuff is something he doesn't use with his commoner friends.

Ergo, this minor thing here is important, especially in the Drakengard themes : siblings/relatives used to be close, but reuniting after a long period of time or several life changing events, they are changed and even if they want and try to, cannot be as close as they once were.

[beguines]

the worst people you know just came up with another terrible idea!

[butchxenomorph]

i love you James Baldwin. I love you Jeanette Winterson. I love you Radclyffe Hall. I love you Sarah Waters. I love you Oscar Wilde. I love you Virginia Woolf. I love you gay & lesbian literature you're everything to me

[scarlet--wiccan]

You know, everyone says that the Maximoff family is super complicated and confusing but I actually think that the most confusing part is the Vision. Like, I can explain Wanda and Pietro’s parental situation in five minutes or less. The thing with Wanda’s babies is really not that weird if you actually just read 80s comics. But then you get to the Vision’s extended family and you have to explain how, technically, Tigra’s cat baby is Billy Kaplan’s great-uncle.

[tcmparty]

@tcmparty live tweet schedule for the week beginning Monday, November 21, 2022. Look for us on Twitter…watch and tweet along…remember to add #TCMParty to your tweets so everyone can find them :) All times are Eastern.

Monday, Nov. 21

TRIBUTE TO ANGELA LANSBURY

— 6:00 p.m. THE HARVEY GIRLS (1946) Straitlaced waitresses battle saloon girls to win the West for domesticity.                                           — 8:00 p.m. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962) A Korean War hero doesn't realize he's been programmed to kill by the enemy. 

                                        Thursday, Nov. 24 at 8:00 p.m. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959) An ad man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.                                          

[thepaladincosplays]

Hey y'all, Paladin here! Poll results are in and out of nine votes, 7 are in favor of seeing the Fosters and their bios. For now, here's a list of each of their bios - their names link to their commission posts and a link will to their bio will be right next to it!

General warning right now:

There is implied abuse of multiple types in these bios, including but not limited to physical and emotional. The story of the Fosters is intended to be sickening and depressing, and each child is traumatized in some manner. Reader's discretion is advised.

Tobias - bio link

Jasmine - bio link

Friederich - bio link

Daphne - bio link

Virginia - bio link

Seto - bio link

Nina - bio link

Lady Helena's bio will be posted with her commission post. For now, let me know what you guys think.

[zonetrente-trois]

[itgetsbetterproject]

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ GOOD queer news for the TL: a bunch of students across the U.S. are using grants to make their schools more welcoming for LGBTQ+ youth

Queer students deserve to feel safe at school! We're in our third year of giving grants to put the power in their hands to make their schools more welcoming - students know what they need most in their own communities and their own schools.

Through 50 States, 50 Grants, 5,000 Voices, we've awarded over $1.5 million in grants across the U.S. to support student-led projects. Our third season has some of the most badass projects yet, like these:

❤️ “With this grant, we’ll establish an LGBTQIA+ community space in the library, open to all students, with guest speakers, arts and crafts, LGBTQIA+ books and literature, and LGBTQIA+-specific resources.” - Pocatello, Idaho

🧡 “Our project aims to support LGBTQ+ students through teacher training, development of gender-neutral bathroom protocols, and the organization of a district-wide Queer Prom.” - Gypsum, Colorado

💛 “We’ll take students from the 3 middle schools and our local high school to Honolulu Pride to make local LGBTQ+ friends, feel accepted in a large group, and see the community beyond just school.” - Ewa Beach, Hawai'i

💚 “We’re going to increase access to queer literature by working with a local nonprofit to expand our school’s collection, host storytelling events, and foster community connection." - Mobile, Alabama

💙 “Our plan is to create new Inclusivity Zones across the state in critical areas for local GSA clubs to meet, plan shared events, and be their own safe space.” - Charleston, West Virginia

💜 “We’ll host the Rainbow Youth Summit for LGBTQIA+ youth from across southern California to network, learn, and have fun in a safe, judgement free and supportive environment.” - Cathedral City, California

These students are truly the definition of making things better - you can see the rest of the amazing projects lined up across the country on our blog here!

[famousborntoday]

Virginia Foster Durr was an American civil rights activist and lobbyist. She was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1903 to Dr. Sterling Foster, an Alabama Presbyte...

Link: Virginia Foster Durr

[carasueachterberg]

Summer Puppies: The Literary Mice

I hadn’t planned on taking any puppies this summer. I wanted to be able to do some camping, kayaking, traveling…but then the heat/drought arrived and my youngest got a promotion that has him moving back to the east coast in August (2.5 hours from us). I don’t think the temperatures will come down anytime soon if the Weather Channel is to be trusted, and Ian will need us (or at least our truck)…