#wilde-fournier

[nikoldragonne12]

Old post:

DM AU - my families (updated)

Canada:

Toronto

Ruby Wilde (Lucy Wilde's aunt)

Thomas "Tom" Wilde (Lucy Wilde's twin brother)

Damien "Dami" Fournier (Tom's husband)

Amberlynn "Amber" Wilde-Fournier (Lucy Wilde's niece)

Female minion tribe (lead by Vicky and Rita)

Roselle "Rose/Rosie" Moreau (Wilde-Fournier's neighbor)

Colette "Lettie" Moreau (Balthazar Bratt's daughter)

Fabio Moreno (guy who's interested in Roselle)

Ewan Starr (businessman who moved to Canada after his son's birth)

Sabine Starr (Ewan's wife)

Felix Starr (Amber's former classmate)

Gianna Manzo (another of Wilde-Fournier's neighbors)

Ottawa

Lucien Fournier (baker who took Damien in after emigrating to Canada)

Aimée Fournier (Lucien’s wife)

United States of America:

San Francisco

Lei Chow (Master Chow's granddaughter)

Tao Chow (Lei's husband)

Lin Chow (Master Chow's great-granddaughter)

Feng Chow (Master Chow's great-grandson)

Bao Chow (Master Chow's great-grandson)

Charles Werner Nefario (Dr. Nefario's son)

Eva Nefario (Charles's wife)

Alfred "Fred" Isaac Nefario (Dr. Nefario's grandson)

Tiana Nefario (Fred's wife)

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Angela Nefario (Fred's daughter)

New York

Daisy Nelson (Junior's daughter)

Hunter Nelson (Daisy's husband)

Aaron Nelson (Junior's grandson)

Richard "Richie" Nelson (Junior's grandson) 

Zoey Nelson (Junior's granddaughter)

Donovan Nelson (Tina's son)

Lily Nelson (Donny's wife)

Katelin "Katie" Nelson (Tina's granddaughter)

Quinsel "Quinn/Quinnie" Nelson (Tina's granddaughter)

Ronald Nelson (Binkie’s son)

Yvette Nelson (Ron’s wife)

Marcus "Marc" Nelson (Binkie's grandson)

Zachary "Zach" Nelson (Binkie's grandson)

[luc3]

[Dogrose] French Folk Traditions.

Common names : Dog Rose, Hedge Rose, Rosehip.

Vernacular names : dog rose, wild rose, rosehip (name given to the fruit of the dog rose), in France we call it "gratte-cul" literally "itching-ass", it evokes hairs in the red fruits which can cause itching. Also call cynor(r)hodon, kunorhodon (greek) : Dog Rose, Rose du Chien.

The name “dog rose” comes from the property once attributed to the root of this plant, which was supposed to cure the bites of rabid dogs.*(I will talk about this property further when I will translate extracts from Fournier for the botanical properties of the plant.)

The rosehip is a shrub which, in France, has always had great magical properties.

Suspended from the door or from the ceiling of houses, its branches protect against diseases and spells (North); they prevent cow's milk from drying up, especially after a curse has been cast on it (Limousin).

To cast or "lift" a spell, one uses a rosehip root that one will have picked up in a cemetery on a full moon night. (Languedoc)

The magical and formerly sacred character of this shrub appears in certain prohibitions (taboos), mixed with fear and respect, noted in the 19th century :

you must be careful not to insult it, otherwise the culprit will be affected by an illness that will only go away when he apologizes. (West)

the young girl who picks a rosehip flower will see her marriage delayed for a year.

if this same young girl (mean virgin) touches the fruit of the dog rose, she will fall from the "high-disease" (old name given to epilepsy.) (Drôme.)

laying rosehip flowers on a grave brings bad luck to the family for entire generations.

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According to a Breton legend, it's the devil who designed the rosehip while trying to make a rosebush.

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Magical Medicine:

you must cut a branch of wild rose the same size as the patient and put it to dry in the fireplace. When the branch is completely withered, the patient is cured.

various skin problems can be treated in the same way.

certain healers in the Gard treat their patients by pulling up a rosehip at sunrise, a gesture accompanied by magic words. Healers must then walk away backwards.

Sometimes an excrescence that looks like a sponge grows on the dog rose (it is called "rose scab"). It has long been used to dissolve kidney stones and has long been attributed with all sorts of marvelous properties. It protects against toothaches, it brings good luck (if you find it without having looked for it, or if you can't remember where you put it in your clothes)(Loiret), as a poultice on the kidneys it soothes the pain of menstruation and calms the influx of blood.

( *wikipedia + Fournier.)

[abstracts arranged by me from Delmas, Fournier, Thiers.]

[sunskate]

watching morning practice - competition ice starts early today, so juniors started earrrrrly

practice for the senior international started at 7:45

one team is skating Zorro. if Adrian noticed, can’t tell -is talking to his own team

Katarina del Camp-Akalin/Bert Akalin, representing Turkey, train in North Carolina but is with Pasquale at the boards, so maybe splitting time at Novi?

when a skater makes a mistake in practice other skaters on the ice, esp training mates, will loud clap to encourage them🥺

Ritter/Brykalov have the tallest lifts ever- it’s so dramatic. they have some beautiful elements in this free

makes you appreciate the rock solid lifters who are the majority at this level when you see lifts which look unstable with blades stuttering or precarious looking position changes - seeing a couple of those last night and this morning 😱 pls stay safe

Fournier/Zhu are coming along - he in particular looks like he really loves to perform

Alyssa/Jacob are skating a minor key song, and they feel connected and emotional

Nathan entrusts his medallion to the coaches at practice too, not just competitions 🥺

Leia and Pietro in Mahler white for the FD

omgggg Lily and Nathan making my epic classical dreams come true😭😭😭

i like the tradition of the teams bowing to their coaches to end a session- it feels gracious- some of them bow to or go to thank the announcer/music operator too

zamboni break before the last 2 groups for practice -

Kaitlyn Weaver was here at the event last night. Alper Ucar who’s also on the ISU ice dance tech committee w Kaitlyn also here, was here at practice this morning too. Shawn Rettstatt sat with the tech panel during the event, had the headphones on like they did - is he advising? overseeing?

so many times, teams are needing to pull up to avoid collisions or flying blades . maybe this is normal at schools with a lot of teams, bc nobody looks fazed

B/B’s choreo slide works better in person - it travels so far - ballroom Latin has a really open upper body, doesn’t it? it feels like she’s doing something different with her carriage which doesn’t quite fit?

i realize sometimes knowing a little is worse than knowing nothing- these are just opinions and observations- pls feel free to educate me on the technical points

they played the wrong music for Pate/Bye and i got excited for a sec bc it was out of the box for them. but nope, their music is firmly in the box, and the music was for the Browns

which, let’s gooooooo - i love it!!! no disadvantage in being a sibling team if you can do this- a little kid sitting in front of me stopped eating his bagel bites to watch and went Wow at their SlLi on the music

Lauriault/LeGac - the Wild West program - at this point, these character programs are so polished and smartly done - the acting points, the choreo, the music - this one doesn’t have that wow moment in that they’re repeating lifts, but they’re good lifts

I’m so happy they let us watch them practice❤️

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[anewbeginningagain]

Your full thoughts on the dance event?

Let's do this by order of placement in the FD

Nauryzova/Datiev - very slow, very messy

Nette/Westwood - felt like they were underscored, their lifts were very nice and they had nice flow and decent speed. Definitely showing promise

Lafond-Fournier/Kam - nice music that @macaroni-rascal evidently identified as music Tessa used which was hella impressive. They lost some steam in the second half but overall a solid performance

KanaDai and KoKo - will get their own post since this is wild

Harris/Chan - the best they skated this FD all season and showing some really nice qualities, they have a great flow and very nice edge work (that gets sloppy at times). The twizzles are for sure her nemesis. That being said I'm not a fan of the revamped second half of the FD, I get why they changed it but I preferred the old music.

Lauriault/LeGac - it's no secret I like this FD but this wasn't a strong outing for them, they lacked speed and attack and felt slow and tentative even during elements they usually shine in. However, this was still a breakthrough season for them as they consistently beat Soucisse/Firus (who got passed by them, L/L, and even S/W at nationals).

CPom - for me WUZROBBED, their protocols annoy me a lot because the only flaw you see is judges being bitchy towards them. Their choreo spin move is lovely yet gets little love, their character steps are fire and get little love. I hope they and Scott/Madi/Adria/MF will figure out how to max their potential on choreo elements, the rest will come naturally I hope.

Green/Parsons - did well but looked off on lifts and choreo elements, Love the entrance into the spin, their choreo steps were generic but scored too well. I do like them a lot, but MIDA better figure our an identity for them because another season of meh programs will for sure hurt them.

Lajoie/Lagha - their consistency is so impressive, they had one error this entire season and it was a small one during the choreo steps in the RD at skate Canada. I love their RD slightly more than the FD but them being able to do both styles so well is a testament to their abilities. As Ben Agosto wrote, "future world champs".

Candanes - had the best competition of their life and with Laurance having a MCL tear. I feel like if they skate like this at Worlds they have an outside shot at Bronze, either way I just love seeing them deliver like this.

Chock/Bates - my unpopular opinion is that their FD totally grew on me and I enjoy it quite a lot. They are very smart and strategic about their elements, they know how to max their choreo elements GOEs and that's what's been giving them a push the entire last quad. I think their packaging is smart, their elements and their placement is smart (OBSESSED with the choreo spin), and overall as I said before I would rather see them take Worls gold than G/P at this point...

Lastly, shout out to the ice dancers who ovedrall managed the altitude very very well in the FD.

What did you all think about 4CC dance?

[francescaderochefort]

Introduction/Who am I?

Okay, so since I’m back on here again in the ongoing exodus, I thought I’d better do an introductory post for anyone who wants to follow as well as refresh old friends and followers. Open to new friendships so feel free to send me asks, reply, or whatever if you want to talk.

Francesca (Fran, Frankie for short)

Englishwoman

Lesbian, f4f

Cat person (see previous bullet)

I enjoy writing although I’m aware I’ll probably never be published so it’s mostly just something I do for my own personal catharsis and expression.

Night owl

Haute couture enjoyer

Learning French (c. B1, B2 reading level), want to learn European Portuguese, Spanish, Latin, Dutch, interested in language acquisition more broadly

I’ve always been a voracious reader so some favourite authors, poets and essayists: Sappho, Gustave Flaubert, Charles Baudelaire, Arthur Rimbaud, Théophile Gautier, Gérard de Nerval, Marcel Proust, Alain-Fournier, Jorge Luis Borges, Camilo Castelo Branco, Yukio Mishima, Jean Genet,  Anaïs Nin, Novalis, Simone Weil, Jacques Lacan, Plato, James Joyce,  Emily Brontë, Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde, George Orwell, Vladimir Nabokov, John Donne, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Emily Dickinson, Fyodor Dostoevsky. My favourite novel (and maybe favourite work of art full stop) is Madame Bovary.

Cinema is my other great passion and one I’ve spent the last few years particularly delving into - some favourite directors/auteurs: Carl Dreyer, Michael Powell (& Emeric Pressburger), Manoel de Oliveira, Alfred Hitchcock, Howard Hawks, Yasujiro Ozu, Francis Ford Coppola, Brian de Palma, Raoul Ruiz, Douglas Sirk, Josef von Sternberg, Ernst Lubitsch, Erich von Stroheim, F.W. Murnau, Fritz Lang, Claude Chabrol, Éric Rohmer, Jean Renoir, Max Ophüls, Eugène Green, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Luis Buñuel, Pedro Costa, Luchino Visconti, Val Lewton, Dario Argento, Ingmar Bergman, Nagisa Oshima, Wojciech Has. My favourite film is A Matter of Life and Death (1946).

My favourite actresses: Isabelle Huppert (in love with her), Catherine Deneuve, Sophia Loren, Joan Crawford, Barbara Stanwyck, Susan Hayward, Marlene Dietrich, Isabelle Adjani, Sissy Spacek, Vivien Leigh, Penélope Cruz, Fanny Ardant, Monica Bellucci, Emmanuelle Béart, Sandrine Bonnaire

Favourite music: Erik Satie, Claude Debussy, Serge Gainsbourg, Sergio Mendes, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Herbie Hancock, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Dusty Springfield, Nina Simone, Carpenters, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Kate Bush, Cocteau Twins, Björk, Talking Heads, The Cure, Boards of Canada, Joy Division, New Order, The Velvet Underground, Massive Attack, Portishead, Manic Street Preachers

Also enjoy art/painting, aesthetics, fashion, memes, food and (maybe too much) drink. Lots more that I can’t think of at the moment so maybe a sequel in the future when I feel like being inward-looking again?

[macaroni-rascal]

Best programs of the season so far, in your opinion?

Oh, great question!

I think Lajoie and Lagha have an excellent set of programs, both of them show off their strengths in different ways and also show off their versatility.

Carreira and Ponomarenko have an amazing set of programs, one of the best RD's of the season for me, and that free dance suits them so well, I can't wait to see them skate it at Nationals when they have another two months of training under their belts.

I love Gilles and Poirier's rhythm dance, only because Paul is living his best gay life and I only watch him during it.

I think the Taschlers have a great rhtyhm dance, their edge control and speed is wild, especially that back inside edge they take into their midline step, this screenshot doesn't do it justice, but damn:

Fournier Beaudry and Sorensen have a really well constructed free dance that I enjoy a lot, it builds so well and they are skating the best they've skated since before Nik's injury.

Orihara and Pirinen's free dance about a mermaid/siren luring in a sailor is just so fun, the moment she eats his heart at the end? Iconic. I'm starting to really enjoy that team, and I think they are eons better than the Trukkila and Versluis.

Hawayek and Baker's free dance is just stunning, I wish they were better in lifts, because they sometimes detract from the performance, more than enhance it, but in terms of pure skating skills, it's amazing to watch.

Reed and Ambrulevicius's rhythm dance is also one that I enjoy a lot.

These are all the programs I've gone back and watched again after the competition. :D

[hallowgracie]

Starfall Sleuth: the Fournier Detective Agency

Disclaimer: Any and all information is subject to change as the project develops.

The Fournier Detective Agency is owned by an Honorable Adrien Fournier, the second son of a minor gentry house and the greatest detective of his generation in the city of Starfall and the nation of Astraeria at large.

Despite the mythological reputation he holds as an ego-centric genius, he will gladly admit that he does not complete his cases by himself and requires aid in the form of his various staff, including the young Seele Gardner, the protagonist of the story.

Thus, let's discuss a brief roster of the characters associated with the Fournier Detective Agency:

Adrien Fournier, as previously discussed, is a second son in a noble family, leaving him free to pursue any and all interests without much worry for income and money. As a child, he was always deeply curious and learned to redirect his penchant for mischief into solving riddles and eventually, crimes. While he may play the part of the self-centered genius, he does care deeply for his colleagues, considering them among his closest friends and such an ego is hiding a deeper grief and inability to cope with an incident several years in the past.

Clementine Stark is his personal assistant. A secretary, driver, and even a bodyguard at times, this demure and stoic lady works for Fournier mainly as a form of gratitude. Her father was framed for a murder and the first major case Fournier solved acquitted him. Deeply loyal and hyper-competent, Miss Stark often finds herself fighting with Victoria Kestrel.

Victoria Kestrel is the resident mechanic of the detective agency. She frequently devises new gadgets to assist in the gathering of evidence and solving cases, as well as maintaining the car and the weaponry within the detective agency. She is somewhat of a free spirit, tomboyish in her working persona but a wild partying sort when the night falls. She is often competitive with Miss Stark in all manners of marksmanship and usually bickers about trying to get Miss Stark to adopt more technology in carrying out her duties. She often fails in this regard.

Gaspard LaSalle is a childhood friend of Fournier's, as his home village was the same as the location of the Fournier summer/country estate. An experienced attorney, LaSalle has long learned to suffer Fournier's more obnoxious traits and is the one who makes sure that Fournier is actually caring for himself properly. They often have chess nights in their townhouses and collaborate frequently. If there is a case where LaSalle cannot find enough evidence to help his client, he will always come to Fournier and his agency.

Seele Gardner is just seventeen and the newfound apprentice to Fournier. Her attention to detail and cognitive abilities caught Fournier's eye when he visited the village of Galewell on a vacation and was dragged into a theft case by the local authorities. What her greatest contribution is, however, is her ability to see through glamours and magical effects, making her vital to cases that involve sorcery and magicians. Cases that Fournier himself has sworn off of.

In Fournier's office, the only portrait he keeps clean is the little photograph of a smirking girl with dark hair and violet eyes. She was once known as Solene Watson, Fournier's partner-in-crime and a young sorceress who was drafted for the king's war with the neighboring Celecerres. Watson was Fournier's fiancee at the time, and he never truly got over her death.

[beesholmes]

If you get this, answer with 3 random facts about yourself and send it to the last 3 blogs in your notifications, anonymously or not! Let's get to know the person behind the blog

aw thank you!

i study architecture! i sometimes hate my major because it's so Hard but i quite enjoy designing buildings and drawing :) it's cool

my favourite authors are hermann hesse (i'd higgly recommend siddhartha and demian if you're interested in religion and philosophy), oscar wilde (de profundis and the picture of dorian gray!!!! one of my fav books ever) and jean louis fournier (his writing is so poetic it makes me wanna read every single line thrice)

i had pet turtles when i was 8-ish? their names were tinky and winky :) they were my best friends and i'd kiss their shells before bed

[nikoldragonne12]

Despicable Minions (DM AU) - Wilde/Nelson/Prescott family tree

Important:

Ruby is still a lesbian in my AU (I didn't change her orientation), however, the times when she was younger, LGBTQ+ people weren't very welcome, so she tried her best to keep it to herself. Jacob knew his wife was into women and despite them getting divorce eventually, they remained friends - Jacob now has a new family, while Ruby has a girlfriend named Ivette.

She also lives with Perry, Patsy and Poppy in Mayflower. And finally, Ruby no longer lives and/or knows Lucy, Tom and their families. By the way, during the events of DM4, Ruby was away from town, enjoying her free time in spa (with Yvette, of course).

[cathygeha]

REVIEW

Death at Fournier Downs by Cara Devlin

Bow Street Duchess #2

 Excellent addition to the series – couldn’t put it down and can’t wait to see what happens next!

 What I liked:

* Audrey: Duchess of Fournier, married to her childhood friend and keeps his secret as he keeps hers, extrasensory perception of psychometry, has spent time in an asylum due to her paranormal ability, admirable, strong, intelligent, intriguing

* Hugh: principal Bow Street officer, nanny’s son, Viscount’s by-blow, scandal in his past, well-educated and eloquent, intuitive, attracted to Audrey, honorable, compassionate, a good man

* Sir: a young man from the streets befriended and employed by Hugh, savvy, a bit of light in the stories

* Basil: Hugh’s valet, a voice of reason, grounded, impeccable clothes handler

* The respect, friendship, and commitment Audrey and Philip have within their marriage – it has saved them both from a difficult alternative future

* Phillip: Duke of Fournier, brother, husband, arrested for murder and released when murderer was caught, curious about how his future will unfold

* The triangle that is developing between Audrey, Hugh, and Phillip and wondering how it will be resolved

* The plot, pacing, writing, and the way the story concluded with all mysteries and murders solveds

* That it seems true to the time and believable.

 What I didn’t like:

* Who and what I was meant not to

* How biased, bigoted and small-minded so many of this era were and how cruel they could be to others – even their family.

 Did I enjoy this book? Yes

Would I read more in this series? Definitely

 Thank you to the author and BookSirens for the ARC – This is my honest review.

 5 Stars

BLURB

After a murder scandal nearly sent her husband to the gallows, Audrey, the Duchess of Fournier, has retreated to the countryside to distance herself from gossip—and from the Bow Street officer who proved as irritating as he was intriguing. But when Audrey’s friend Charlotte, the Countess of Bainbury, dies mysteriously on Fournier Downs parkland, she summons the only person she trusts to uncover the truth: Principal Officer Hugh Marsden. Trying to ignore the mounting friction between them, as well as Hugh’s command for her to stay out of his investigation, Audrey uses her uncanny ability to read the memories of objects to discover a web of sordid local secrets. More than one unlucky lady has been caught within its deadly strands, and a single misstep in their hunt for a killer could make Audrey and Hugh the next targets. Murder at Fournier Downs is the second Bow Street Duchess mystery, perfect for fans of Anna Lee Huber, Darcie Wilde, Deanna Raybourn, and Kerrigan Byrne. Read the first book, Murder at the Seven Dials, available on Kindle Unlimited and in paperback.

[luc3]

Solanum Dulcamara /Bittersweet Nightshade/

[Excerpt from P.V Fournier's Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of France.]

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Common names : Wild licorice, climbing nightshade, Judas vine, wild vine, fever grass, foulbrood, dead dog vine.

Nothing is more graceful than the small, yellow-hearted purple star flowers of Bittersweet, that small vine native to the edges of streams and running or standing waters, light damp woods, dunes, old walls and even hollow trees, especially willows.

It is a climbing plant, more often drooping than climbing, with woody stems and herbaceous branches, which hardly reaches more than 1 to 2 meters. Its leaves are quite varied in shape on the same plant (...), [the flowers are] arranged in clusters and bloom all summer [to then] give way to small scarlet, hanging berries, which are sought by birds in winter.

History :

The history of botany shows us that it is not certain that Bittersweet appears in ancient texts (continual confusion with Strychnos Hypnotikos and Black Nightshade), perhaps in Dioscorides however.

[You have to wait] the 16th century and the Germans to be sure that we are talking about this particular plant.

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Dioscorides declared the plant a laxative and added that the berries dispelled all stains from the face and skin.

Mathiole asserts that the women of Tuscany also use Bittersweet as a cosmetic and that it is used in a vinous decoction against dropsy.

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Toxicity :

It would seem that the younger the plant, the less Solanine it contains (which is also valid for Black Nightshade.)

Solanine poisoning causes nausea, vomiting, anxiety, tingling in various organs (?!?), increased secretions, agitation, cramps, convulsive movements of the hands, lips, eyelids, insomnia, vertigo, progressive paralysis of the tongue, weakening pulse, and finally, according to O. Gessner, violent dyspnoea and death by asphyxiation.

Properties :

Bittersweet is slightly laxative, diuretic, stimulant, sudorific, depurative, expectorant, antiherpetic and slightly narcotic.

The part used is the woody stem (at least one year old) chewed, who gives a feeling of bitterness followed by a sweet taste (...)

In fact, Bittersweet is mostly used as a depurative and is effective in chronic skin conditions : eczema, herpes, psoriasis, various scabs, pruritus.

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Manual :

- Infusion or decoction : 8 to 30g per liter of water; to be taken 3 times a day between meals.

Cazin recommends starting with 4-8g per day and gradually increasing the dose, and assessing body susceptibility as you go.

It can produce at the beginning of the treatment headaches and dizziness, or even an exacerbation of the evil incriminated; but by persisting, the symptoms decrease.

However, it should be done with caution.

- Diuretic wine : 500g of stems boiled in 1 liter of white wine, 2 glasses/day.

- Decoction for lotions and baths : 100 to 200g per liter of water, young shoots or fresh leaves.

- In homeopathy its essence is used against rheumatic affections, urticaria and bladder disorders.

Elements of personal experience :

H. Roth as well as S. Lawless say that this plant can help to "regain its balance" or to "keep it", which seems fair to me.

Nevertheless, there is an old German legend which clearly indicates that this plant is inhabited by a very powerful Fairy (able in particular to fight step by step against *dark* witches / mares) , and I have felt few times, more than an ambivalence, an real ambiguity.

I don't have much experience with the "little people" (apart from the "ones" taken directly from the folklore of where I live), but what I have found is that indeed, the Spirit of this plant can help to find our balance, but (and) he is never there where one thinks he is, and thus he is very "good" to play certain "tricks", typical of the "little people".

With me, he was a sure 'friend' and 'ally' for a very long time, he taught me a lot of things very slowly (because I never understand anything quickly) but the FLASH he showed me once of his great power left me "mute" and "stunned" at the moment.

Also, to guard against nightmares, and unless you have a special relationship with this very powerful "Fairy", I recommend more strongly than hanging a branch of Bittersweet at the head of your bed, to place a branch of St. John's wort (among others, but it all depends on the mares in question, of course.)

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It seems that I have created another OC, this time for Gorillaz. This is Natalie.... Fournier? Coste? I’m still deciding on her last name, to be honest. Anyways, she’s a musician from Alberta, Canada who mainly composes orchestral music mixed with electronic stuff, something like Lindsey Stirling's music. She gets involved with the band starting in phase, where she’s initially just a collaborator, but she later becomes a touring rhythm guitarist and violinist starting with phase 5.  Gets along best with Russel and Noodle. I could probably go more in-depth about her, but 1. I don’t wanna make this post too long, and 2. I’m still working out some details on her.

Now watch as I never draw or bring her up again

(Below this cut is mainly for those who follow me already)

As you may have noticed I’m using a different signature here, and it will be like that from here on out. Only reason I’m changing this is cause I’m more commonly known as and more comfortable with the name Photon on these wild, wild, electronic lands.

[nacheesemi]

HASEGAWA LUNA

in the season of spring when warm, intermittent breeze blow, and brick paths bursting with peonies seem etched in sunlight, hasegawa luna was born.

BASICS

NAME: hasegawa luna

AGE: 15-16 (pre-timeskip) 18, 20, 23 (post-timeskip)

HEIGHT: 165.1cm

WEIGHT: 37kg

PLACE OF BIRTH: canada

DATE OF BIRTH: march 9

NATIONALITY: japanese / canadian

GENDER IDENTITY: female

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: heterosexual

FAVORITE COLOR: peach

FAVORITE FOOD: anything. she isn't picky

CURRENT CONCERN: knitting too tight

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

she has golden eyes, sallow skin, dirty-blonde hair that falls down just below her shoulders, and bangs. her body figure is rather rectangular, with no visible curves. she's skinny and a little underweight. (belongs to the low appetite squad with tsukishima, tendou, and kenma)

FASHION & SCENT: luna hasegawa likes anything she deems as pleasant. she finds joy even in the most simple and little things — things that often goes unnoticeable by others. she likes wearing plain shirts, sported with jumpers and converse shoes while her hair is either let down or tied in a ponytail with rubber bands. luna smells like early morning pancakes with maple syrup - faint, yet pleasant.

COMMUNICATION STYLE: soft-spoken. growing up in happy a household with almost no aggressive yelling at all, she is accustomed to speaking softly. her tone is kind and welcoming, and her emotions are expressed by the way she sets it.

BACKGROUND

EDUCATION

AOBA JOHSAI HIGH SCHOOL / SEIJOH - she is a first year in class 6, and the boys volleyball team's beloved manager. + she actually wanted to attend shiratorizawa, but immediately changed her mind for personal reasons.

PAST AND PRESENT

luna grew up in a harmonious household, showered with love from her parents and is taught basic decency. her and her brother were raised well by their equally loving parents, oliver and nanako. they go through times like usual, but oliver always adds up spice to a tedious day with his thrilling stories and newfound treasures or gifts that he gives to his wife and children.

things took a rather miserable turn when oliver died during an accident, and his wife was left devastated at the same time her children were mourning. of course, being the good mother she is, she stood strong and upgraded herself to the best of her abilities so she could raise two endorphins on her own. it was tough, but langa and luna grew up to become respectful, decent kids.

HAPPY MEMORIES

lunaʼs happy memories are simple. it is those times she spends with her beloved, and those little nice details she notices in random places.

CAREER

in the time-skip, hasegawa luna is a university student in the medical field. she hopes to become a pediatrician.

HOBBIES

playing sports, mostly volleyball, with her friends and other children. she loves discovering new things, whether it be in a book or in experience. due to her mother's influence, she also knows how to knit.

PAST TRAUMA

her fatherʼs death broke her, not once in her early years did she imagine losing someone who stood as her inspiration, someone who encouraged her strengths and abilities. another painful experience for her was leaving her childhood best friend behind. (+ her weaknesses is that she thinks everything is her fault and she overthinks)

RELATIONSHIPS

oliver fournier (deceased father) - he was lunaʼs favorite, her inspiration. he was a good father, encouraging his children strengths and helping them overcome their weaknesses in very adventurous ways.

hasegawa nanako (mother) - she's sweet and supportive, open to her children at the same time wanting them to be open towards her as well.

hasegawa langa (older brother) - unlike other siblings that were chaotic and were always at each other's throats, langa and luna were rather laid back even when disagreements occurred.

nakajima himari (cousin) - mari and luna are like summer and spring. luna's calm and welcoming demeanor contrasts to himariʼs wild and carefree. surprisingly, they get along very well despite their differences.

kageyama tobio - her childhood best friend, attached to the hip since early years as children of single digits. TIMESKIP — he is now her fiancé.

others are - seijoh volleyball team, karasuno volleyball team, kageyama miwa, watanabe kairi

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BREAKING NEWS: Cole Sprouse spotted in Sacremento with a stack of pictures of Ari Fournier and a Galloon of Sutil. Californians rejoice! He's going to single handedly(badum cha!) put out the Caldor Fire. Newsom to give him Keys to the State!

I have literally never laughed more. Puppy pads, putting out wild fires!

Cole’s dick really is the gift that keeps on giving. 🤣

[macaroni-rascal]

NHK free dance thoughts!

Wolfkostin and Chen: I don't think they've had a good twizzle in any competition, and that fall on the lift was rough. It's so annoying that they have such amazing music, and yet barely use it. MIDA should have started with novice and junior teams, and maybe one senior. Having multiple up and coming senior teams in their first season as an ice dance school was such a mistake.

Orihara and Pirenen: I liked their first lift, they need to work on mitigating their traveling during the stationary part, or they will encounter a STATIONARY LIFT BASE? situation, and no one wants that. They have moments of nice edges, and then moments of nothing but flats. They need to work on flow between elements.

Team Koko: Their packaging in both programs is so awful, it's tragic. The music does nothing for them. Uninspired lifts and they just aren't where they need to be technically, they never have been. The music is a snooze. I don't understand the placement of their one foot section, it should be much earlier, their twizzles should be on the music change. Blue skinned tentacle headed woman from the fifth element deserves better than this, also she hops in her twizzles, and its distracting.

Wang and Liu: Very cool arm movements in the one foot, that curve lift is wild as hell! I think its lacking in transition in places, and they are on two feet a lot, also way too many crossovers, etc. The entrance into the character step was very cool and they use the music very well. I think it ended very strong. It's okay, not amazing.

Lopareva and Brissaud: Was that voice over always there or did I just repress it? Guillaume really did them dirty with this program; its melodramatic, simple, and predictable. They also have very short, stilted stroking and don't finish their crossovers, which is a huge pet peeve of mine. Very messy arms in the one foot, they also skate through some musical touches that could really enhance the program.

Kanadai: Lord save me from all POTO programs, including ones that are nothing but distracting razzle dazzle. Their lifts always make me so nervous, Kana is so strong for trusting Dai to lift her. They were very off on the twizzles, the fact they got positive goe is a joke. Marina has brought back her Charlie-White-running-on-the-ice-special for Dai and its just as awful as it was then. They lose speed so easily, he never straightens his free leg, and the last lift literally had me holding my breath thinking they were gonna fall any second.

Reed and Ambrulevicius: Loved their first lift, they always choose a cool and unique piece of music for their free dances. They really commit to the movement, which is great. I liked their free dance last season better. For me the program got a little boring in the middle, but a fun sliding movement. She looked like she was having a blast the whole time, which is great. A very cool dance lift!

Green and Parsons: God, this program is such a miss, it is very 11th place team from 2012 worlds. Her dress looks like it was put together from fabric donated from an old folks home. The choreography is uninspiring, I just don't have much to say, because they have nothing to say in that free dance. The music starts, they do some stuff, and then its over.

Chock and Bates: Her dress is hideous, it looks like it belongs on the 15th place skater at worlds in 1994. Evan's movements, no matter what, look bad, I don't know why, but it just looks stiff and awkward. With the music change, the straight line lift doesn't hit as hard. The music change also did absolutely nothing for them, this program is trash. I don't get what its supposed to be or what's happening, I just know I'm bored.

Fournier-Beaudry and Sorensen: A beautiful program that suits them, it may be Spanish Caravan part two, but they skate it well. They still aren't skating full out, I wonder if they ever will be able to because of Nik's knee. Even with a small twizzle error, they looked so great. The best their straight line lift has looked, Nik didn't look shaky like he has before. This win is so huge for them, and they deserved it.