#with some grucy

[apinchofm]

Apricity

Apricity - (n.) The warmth of the sun in winter.

Dancing at the royal ballet but with a broken heart, Edwina meets a most impossible man who wishes to bring the sun back into her life.

my belated christmas present to @phantomphaeton

[undertheredhood]

bridgertons looking at their spouses from afar: oh, they’re adorable

bridgertons when they see their spouses up close: oh, they’re traumatized!

[marsbotz]

WHAT THE FUCKKKKKKKKKK

[cringywhitedragon]

A little contribution to the DM fandom and some overall Grucy stuff

I’ve had this idea for a short little oneshot fic but for some reason idk why but I have a little headcannon that Lucy sometimes has the occasional nightmare about how she lost her parents.

Her nightmares are usually the kind where you just wake up in a cold sweat or squirm around from until you realize it was all a dream.

The first time this happened with Gru around was a bit of a surprise to the former villain not long after the two had just been married. She had one of those where she woke up in a sort of cold sweat, startling a half-awake Gru who was quite worried.

Lucy tried to laugh it off that it was nothing but eventually gave in and explained to Gru what that was about.

Let’s just say the aftermath was a very sweet little (non-smutty, just wholesome) cuddling session as the two finally went to sleep that night,

[take-care-with-your-glasses]

Drawing Grucy as soon will be my mom's anniversary of death. And since it was one of the last movies we could watch together before she passed away, a little gift. Would print it, but sure the graveyard thieves would take it for some stupid reason. So I suppose it will stay digital.

[gregxlucyweek]

Grucy Week Day 4

It's daaaaayyy 4 of Grucy Week! We're spending the time for all the feels. Remembering those we've loved and lost and basking in some warmth! We also invite everyone to take a stroll through the halls and enjoy the artwork x

[mostowa]

I hope the TO thing is temporary too, and just Grey doing it to help Lucy (distracting her from her breakup and reminder her that she is a talented cop with other career options after the detectives exam debacle). Sidenote, I love the Grey/Lucy dynamic and I think it’s really underrated and underutilized.

Hey Anonzo!

Sorry for an extremely delayed answer on this. Week was, well, eventful and it's only today I have finally some time for myself.

Let me answer this in the light of the events of already happened 6x08. Lucy/Grey (Grucy? Grecy?) is a great dynamics and I'm really happy it is written like that. During her UC time Lucy had some mentorship from Nyla and it was very much appreciated and I don't really know why it has been dropped. The way S6 has been written might suggest that Chenford is kind of an awkward/controversial situation in the station, bc a lot of people are talking about them behind their back and, as someone skillfuly mentioned here, there is not that much interaction of Lucy and people in the station, apart from work stuff.

In that light, the Grucy dynamic is such an important one. It is highlighting that the station has her back and that there are people wanting to do a lot for her. I think Wade does a lot in terms of reassuring Lucy she's got that, but also (indirectly) taking care of her personal life by reprimending Tim xd I loved the scene in 6x08 which had a clear dynamic of a concerned dad and a reckless boyfriend who did stupid thing.

As for this TO thing. I don't like it either, because it is kind of repetitive to what they did with Nolan (not a detective? a TO instead), so I do think it's temporary. But. At this point I will take any Lucy's job plot. I do agree with you and I think Grey did this to help Lucy.

The thing I want for her (and I've already written it a couple of times) is to make a decision on her own. I literally treat Lucy in my head as just another one of my friends and I really want her to reflect on her situation and just figure out what's best for her.

And adding to that, I will say it again. Lucy is extremely underexplored this season. She is still our Lucy, but I'm missing depth on her character, progress and coping with all the traumas she's suffered this season. Hopefully in S7 writers will grace us with better backstories on her!

[sea-owl]

Back to my seasonal wives au because I can.

So, as explained in the previous post, the seasonal wives are the chosen temporary partners of the four seasons, aka the Bridgerton brothers. Think of it as like a sacrificial bride type of situation. The wives can be wives for either just a season or a few years. They are marked over their hearts, and when the mark disappears, they are done with their duty. They are seen as very desirable after and are well compensated. Each town offers up a bride based on a rotation schedule.

Kathony - Fall

Mark: A tree with multi colored leaves

Fall is probably one of the busiest seasons, from bringing in the harvest to gathering supplies for winter. The trees change color, and nature prepares to go dormant. Anthony has a lot on his plate during this season. Thankfully, he's got Kate there to force him to sit down and take a break. He was so serious before her, now she could have him playing. I'm the leaves with her with just one look. Despite how good Kate has been for Anthony, she wasn't the original choice. Anthony was going to originally mark her sister Edwina, but Kate had mistaken Anthony for a creep and got in his face. Trying to create some distance, Anthony tried to push her back but instead marked her. Well damn now he's stuck with her for at least the season. Anthony has probably had the most brides among his brothers, but a lot of his brides were more like business transactions than him desiring true companionship.

Benophie - Winter

Mark: Snowflakes

Benedict, like his season, is one of the most fickle of the brothers. He has actually switched brides mid-season because he felt like it, much to Anthony's annoyance. He really enjoys designing each snowflake. But his artist bohemian lifestyle can cause some issues with his responsibilities. Thus leading to fluffy snow one day and storms the next. Sophie's there to keep him on track, and inquire his mercy should he lose his temper. Benedict completely missed his choosing ceremony because he spotted Sophie in the crowd and decided he was gonna make her the new winter bride. It took him majority of fall to find Sophie again. By random luck he found her while she was doing some shopping for her employers and then proceeded to whisk her away. Sophie was pissed her shopping went to waste.

Polin - Spring

Mark: Blooming flowers

Colin and Penelope met randomly before she was chosen for a bride. Penelope was enjoying the spring's rain and dancing in it. A gust of wind took her bonnet, and it proceeded to hit Colin in the face. They struck up a friendship, and Colin honestly spent more time with her than his bride at the time. Penelope developed feelings for him during their friendship, but he left when summer came. She thought he was a travler based on his stories, so she believed him a nice what if. The next year is Penelope's hometown's turn to have a spring bride chosen. Colin recognized Penelope and placed his mark on her. As spring Colin's duty is to bring nature out of the dormant state, it was put in and breathe new life in. It is a delicate process, and unfortunately, Colin has a temper possibly the worst of his brothers. That's where Penelope steps in to either calm him down or fight back with him. She helps him find the best ways to help revive nature whether to be gentle with it or give it some tough love.

Grucy - Summer

Mark: The sun

Lucy is the newest of the wives and was picked by the other three. Gregory was having trouble finding a wife and love like his brothers had. He falls in and out of love too quickly. So he decided why not. Maybe to help find a good wife, he should consult his sisters in-laws. He asked his in-laws to please help him with this aeason's choosing. So they did just that. When one wasn't busy helping their husband with his season, she joined the other two as they looked through the town that would be responsible for producing the bride. They found Lucy. Since Gregory couldn't technically approach her until his season came he wrote letters and sent them via his in-laws. Lucy was surprised to see how much older tje brides were. She would have thought they were lying if they didn't have the undisputed proof of their marks. Gregory's job is probably one of the chillest of the brothers. His main responsibility is to make sure the growth Colin started in spring kept going through the summer, so it was ready for Anthony when fall came. There were a few summer plants he could harvest but nothing as big as Anthony's. It can get rather boring but Lucy is there to help keep him on track.

[basementnoodles]

Bro whats going on with the Girls always being sidelined ?

Just saw the new despicable me trailer a few hours back, and now i have time to formulate an opinion. The producers are not going to let our girls grow up ? Like its clear that its been quite some time since Grucy now has a kid and junior seems to be about six to seven months old now ? Yet they don't look like they aged since the first movie.

Also they keep getting sidelined and underdeveloped. Like, these are core charathers of the series. Why do they never seem to get any charather development of any sorts ? We never see them adjust to the concept of getting a mom,living with their dad, a new baby brother....Edith and Agnes have really have no personality outside of being cute. Anyways, this might be me reading too much into a franchise intended for children.

They look sooo creepy here.I dont know if its the new animation or its something else. Also is it just me or does Edith have a different voice actress now ? )

It would be pretty awesome to see a despicable me sequel when the girls grow up ( not entirely adults ) and Vector returns.Just my two cents.

[sp00kies]

Things I wanna see in Despicable Me 4

- MORE OTTO AND BOB P L S

- More Grucy

- If Dru is a successful villain or not

- A new villain that’s more threatening and dangerous

- Whatever the hell happened to the Vicious Six

- Dr. Nefario, please let him be alive

- Some more character to the girls

- Gru being vulnerable

- Gru getting therapy

[thekatebridgerton]

Modern Bridgerton couples + Pets

Just thinking about which kind of domesticated menaces they would bring into their homes.

Saphne: their first pet is definitely a Basset Hound because Daphne is a dork. Name is Princess, she is super cute. Simon later decides he can't take being outnumbered and gets a Pitbull (with some manly name like Maverick) to teach Princess how to be a good guardian dog. Jokes on him the Pitbull ends up twice as spoiled as the Basset hound and follows him everywhere huffing for cuddles.

Kanthony: They have Newton the demon corgi, although they probably get a mate for Newton at some point and just enjoy life as proud corgi grandparents when Newton & wife begin making puppies. They most likely end up with a houseful of corgis because Kate is not okay with neutering Newton and Anthony can't deny her anything.

Benophie: These two are definitely bird people. All their birds are rescue and they keep them in a special open part of My Cottage greenhouse, while rehabilitating broken wings. Officially they have a chicken, two parrots, a parakeet and a Cockatoo (Pollock, Picasso, Monet, Dali and Frida) but they feed every bluejay, canary, raven or winged personality that comes to their birdhouses. So you never really know exactly how many birds they actually have at home.

Polin: I want to say they are also Dog people. But Colin just looks like the guy who has a thing for exotic reptiles whenever he travels. And Penelope would definitely appreciate the irony of owning a Chameleon. Also their pets would be the protected species kind that need their own enclosure. Colin has Popcorn, a Blue Iguana, which he rescued in the Cayman Islands and a couple of very colorful Geckos (Muffin and Nugget). while Penelope just keeps a tortoise she's had since she was little called Lola, and a blue Panther Chameleon called Ozzy, that Colin got her for her 16th birthday. (her chameleon is the boss of that house)

Philoise: Eloise has a grey Persian Cat that looks perpetually grumpy called Napoleon, Phillip has a brown Saint Bernard that he calls Noel but his kids call Noodle. El's cat did not take it well when Eloise moved in with Phillip and the twins, simply because the dog was being way too friendly with Eloise. And the cat wasn't having it. So he marked his territory in a very feline way.

Franchel: Michael was never much for pets, but Francesca has a whole aquarium of Koi fish in her apartment and loves to add pieces of decorations to it so the fishes begin growing on him. After the get married, Michael actually builds Fran a pond with it's own ecosystem so she can raise her Koi in relative freedom outside of the small aquarium they are used to.

Hyraeth: These two are not exactly pet people, but I feel like teenage Gareth owns a horse that he takes care of very well and Hyacinth is persuaded to help out with his horse and begins loving it as well so she gets Anthony to buy her a pony which she names Twilight Sparkle. they both grow up to be very responsible horse owners.

Grucy: they share ownership over the class pet in Elementary school. A spotted bunny named Waldo. And they low key treat the rabbit as their child. Since Lucy is technically not allowed to have pets by her uncle and Gregory was banned from the pet store after the last 'free the animals' incident he was involved in

[apinchofm]

Apricity

chapter 5

"Can you quote Wordsworth?"

"No, unfortunately. Though I did enjoy Wordsworth at school."

"Oh, thank god!" She huffed, leaning back, "I want to go back in time and stab him before he has the chance to write." She took another swing of champagne.

[bellascarousel]

This Valdemar AU has really got me in its clutches. My brain has been having so much fun mentally writing the next couple chapters. I'm ACTUALLY still writing chapter 1, which is almost more of a prologue. We meet Newton the Companion, get a bit of info on Anthony's relationships with Violet and Benedict while Newton ponders his options. We'll see the reactions to him going on Search rather than Choosing Violet. And then we meet Kate and get her reaction to being Chosen.

It's once she gets to Haven that the humor comes out. Which will start in chapter 2. Some highlights include:

Herald-Chronicler Penelope bantering/bickering with Princess Eloise

Benedict being the next one to meet Kate, and Mind-speaking to Anthony that his new Monarch's Own is here and "she's very pretty."

Anthony greeting Kate, taking one look in her eyes and being lost. Then Mind-speaking to Benedict to berate him for calling Kate "very pretty" when she is the most beautiful woman in the world

Benedict realizing what just happened and calling the other 6 siblings together to inform them that "our idiot older brother has gone and gotten himself Lifebonded."

The Bridgersibs all being delighted with this and also finding it hilarious

Hyacinth pointing out to Kate that Hyacinth may be a princess, but as the Monarch's Own, Kate outranks everyone except Anthony. Then pointing out that since Kate and Anthony are Lifebonded, she's going to be Queen one day, "and even without Valdemar's different politics, a queen outranks a princess." (Kate has known Anthony for a week, at this point.)

A fun family meeting where the Bridgersibs try to determine if Anthony will actually be allowed to marry Kate. Led by head of Foreign Affairs, Prince Colin.

Today, my brain decided to start mentally writing the epilogue while I was eating dinner. It is very sweet, and it made me cry.

I am also trying to figure out which pairs are Lifebonded. Not all of the couples are, in part because of exactly what Lifebonding IS. Polin can't be, because a friends to lovers story doesn't WORK with a Lifebond. Franchael also can't be, because of the John situation. Grucy definitely is, though. Gregory being a hopeless romantic with a tendency to fall in love at first sight works PERFECTLY with a Lifebond.

Other things I'm still working on are everybody's Gifts, who is and is not a Herald, exactly what everyone DOES (including who I'm going to make my weaponsmaster), and who knows what else. But it's fun.

[grucylover]

DM4 review & spoilers.

So I thought I’d write my review on DM4 here. There might be a few spoilers so if you don’t want to know stop reading now.

So I liked the opening scene introducing the plot of the story but in the next scene it’s as we have seen in the main trailers it introduces Gru-Jr which for me felt a bit rushed through and I would of liked a montage of the time skip of Lucy telling the girls she’s pregnant, the birth and I don’t mean anything graphic as this is a kids film but I felt like we missed out 😂 as after all we have been through pretty much every single journey with this family, ya know?

Every scene felt like it was ‘bang, bang, bang’ and when there was a break for an emotional moment it felt like….i can only explain it as when you ask if someone is ok and when then they explain a bit but then half way through they shut down and say it ‘doesn’t matter’, if that makes sense? but that’s the only way i can describe the ‘heartfelt moments’ and it’s like ahhh what!!! we were just getting into the nitty and gritty 😫. I just wanted these moments to be a lot longer and more heartfelt. I think they needed to make this film a lot longer tbh. I feel sad it’s just become some silly film when 1/2 is what made it.

Spoiler

Another spoiler with the fight scene at nearly the end when Gru says “give me my son”. 🩶🩶🩶 This scene almost reminded me of when Gru saved the girls in DM1 and it was the most heartfelt scene of the film. It’s probs my fave tbh.

I didn’t really get the scene where the minions were at some farm, like wtf did that have to do with anything other than ‘just because it is what it is and it’s funny?’ 🤣 It was funny but wtf, their was no context to it.

I felt their was way to much of Maxime Le Mal scenes because they obv wanted to get Will Ferrell in but it slightly annoyed me. What I liked about DM2 was we didn’t see much of Eduardo and I just wanted more girls scenes. I don’t care about Le Mal tbh 😂. For the last two films we have focused on the villains when no one actually cares and we care more about the fam and even the minions.

Their was a scene with Margo having a glitter bomb in her locker by bullies and I wanted Gru to be the over protective Dad we seen in DM2 but we only see that from him with Jr and he kind of just strugged it off. I wanted him to march in that school and freeze ray someone or just - something, but nope. Come on babes get with a boy again so your dad can be pissed off again.

Following on from that, Gru was to happy, he wasn’t the grumpy Gru we all know and love and he is just to ‘happy’ now 😂. Again there was no character development with Edith and Agnes and it’s just a shame.

Perry and Patsy. What was the point???!! Obv I get they were there to show Gru and Lucy to be this “normal couple in their safe house” but nothing happened and nothing developed. What was the point??!! Character bloat.

Lucy, I love her and she’s such a good mummy. I think her character development is just is what it is, she’s a mommy now and a wife and she’s a good one at that and the total opposite of DM3.

Poppy - I actually like poppy and she didn’t dominate the film or piss me or Gru off to much. I think poppy was a great needed character but her parents were pointless. I’m sorry. Lol

Gru jr - Love him and I adore him and he carries this film so well. I know some people don’t agree with the whole ‘Grucy baby’ but I wanted this in Dm3 so I’m all over it. 🩶 Love & adore him. I’m broody, ahem anyway……

All in all, it doesn’t compare to DM1/2 and I don’t think they can ever get back to that now. They need to go deeper into these relationships again if there is EVER a DM5 and age the girls up!!!!!Personally I want to see how Gru deals with them being all grown up or something and they go off to college, omg I think I will need a box of tissues lol like DM1/2 was deep like come on. Give me emotions. lol

I did enjoy it though and it was better than DM3 which contradicts everything I said but it was enjoyable, I just wanted MORE. Esp with the girls which after DM2 the writers don’t seem to know what to do with them but theirs so much you can do!!!!!

The ending didn’t feel like a finale and I think they either need to do a series or DM5 to round it off. In my ideal world, I would want the girls to be off to college and Gru standing at the door step all emotional with Lucy and Gru Jr (5 yrs old) and waving them off on a bus with a new baby girl in his arms. He lost his girls but gained one. She would have green eyes (like Lucy) and thick black hair like her Dad and it would be all emotional.

Maybe dm5 we could get vector and mr Perkins back for revenge and the girls become villains and they turn against gru and Lucy etc.. then the ending is as I described above. That personally, would be my ultimate ending. Make ‘de girls’ the limelight again!!! I think personally, this would be perfect.

I will keep editing this but for now this is my review so sorry if this is messy but it is what it is. 🩷

[bohemian-nights]

My favorite romantic relationship for Daemon was his relationship with Laena. They seemed to have built a healthy and loving relationship and family. Another thing I like was the fact that she was an adult. Both by their standards and by our standards. And how she died was really heartbreaking. That being said the show f*cked them up in every which way. And then they f*cked his relationship with his daughters that while not much is given for in the book you can still make a claim that he loved and cared for them. In conclusion this show is sh*t and if Netty (who unfortunately is Daemons only saving grace) isn’t included this season I will be finding a new fandom to either join/re-join. Maybe my childhood favorite(s) ATLA or Percy Jackson since they both are getting new shows. The Hunger Game franchise just came out with a new movie that is slowly but surely getting me back on the wagon. H*ll I might even trade out one toxic fandom for another, I just can’t decide if it’ll be Bridgerton (though they’re only toxic when it comes to certain characters), Star Wars (I haven’t been apart of this one in a while but if my memory serves me it was just shipping wars) and if I’m really feeling it I’ll go back to Harry Potter (which is low-key worse than HOTD cause the writer is problematic as well as some of the actors/actresses and the stans are crazy and the shipping wars alone can make you leave the fandom ). But yeah I have low hopes for this next season.

Dettles has a special place in my heart, and I believe Nettles was Daemon's person, I will admit that Daemon and Laena is his least problematic ship. Instead of the showrunners giving us a relatively normal healthy loving marriage they gave us dog sh*t and I will forever be pissed off about that🫠

I’m gone too if Nettles is cut.

However, honestly, after this whole situation, I refuse to get involved with another fandom again.

Granted HOTD is probably one of the worst fandoms out there(I feel like it’s worse than GOT fandom), but there are a lot more sh*tty fandoms than there are good ones and I wouldn't want to trade one sh*tty fandom for another.

Star Wars is the same fandom that bullied Jar Jar Binks actor to the point where the poor man was suicidal and they bullied the kid who played Anakin to the point where he quit acting. Not to mention how fans treated John Boyega, Kelly Marien Tran, and Moses Ingram. Those people are just as mentally deranged as HOTD stans. In fact, a lot of Dumbnyra stans ship Reylo💀That’s really the last fandom I’d join. They are one of the OG crazy fandoms.

Never got into the Hunger Games, but I know they had their issues(Rue). Percy Jackson same issue. People’s grievances with JK Rowling aside, the Harry Potter fandom has calmed down, but I imagine the crazy antics will pick up again with the new series. At their height though they were probably running neck and neck with HOTD(I wouldn’t say it’s worse).

I love Avatar. Never got into the fandom(and even if I do decide to write something for Zutara because of this new show that will be my extent of fandom interaction).

Speaking as someone who is in the Bridgerton fandom, while it has its kooky fans they are relatively harmless by fandom standards. (Though I did have some Kathony fans getting mad at me over a non-issue and saying I should stick to watching the incest show🤣 even though I've been watching Bridgerton since the beginning ).

I feel like the type of show it is makes it difficult for really crazy fandom drama to form(which seems to revolve around shipping).

Everyone has their favorite couple of course(Benophie aka the best ship, Kathony, Polin, Saphne, Francheal, Grucy, or hey ship them all), but there is no infighting like Zutara vs Katang or Dramione vs Romione.

There is one ship per guy and girl and you ship them. That’s it. It’s simple. It’s easy. Everyone loves it. Of course, you can fight with another couple, but everyone’s couple is a couple. You can’t deny it’s not canon, that it won’t happen, or that they don’t love each other(well Eloise and her man are iffy, but they are a couple).

I may be biased though considering it’s my favorite show, but even with some kooky stans it’s great.

[meta-morphases]

“Why not Lumley, or Stirling, or hell, even Benedict! Is it just that you must save her? Is Portia right, are you only interested in being a hero? Why, Colin? If I’m going to help you make this happen against all odds, I need to know why you must marry her, or why she has to marry you.” PFFFFTTT 💀💀

This line was fucking AMAZING LMAOOOOOO. And I love how it was Anthony giving him hell out of all people (he did it for us 😭).

YOU’RE AN INSANELY GOOD WRITER. If I could just frame this chapter and have it on my wall I would. Cause holy crap that was perfect. I need this kind of desperation from Colin in S3 or I will riot.

But I wonder how Benedict would have reacted hearing Anthony say that? Or how he would react to Colin being so disgusted at the mention of Penelope mention him? Hahah the thought kills me. What do you think?

- @productofbridgerton

You are so sweet, thank you for this lovely message!

When I wrote that scene, and especially that little speech from Anthony, I essentially wanted Ant to be pestering him so hardcore with question after question after question that Colin finally explodes with the truth. And this whole story has Colin’s desperation as a theme. I imagine in S3 he’ll get damn close to losing her (not Grucy levels of close, but I imagine there will at least be a proposal Colin has to contend with) and that’s when the desperation will kick in, as well as some if not all of Bridgertons being like “!!!!!!?!??? GO GET HER DUMMY”

As far as how Ben would react? I kind of see one of a few options. Either he would react much like in the book and be polite but clear that he has no intentions towards Penelope.

Or he would actually be Good-Big-Brother Ben and nudge Colin as gently as possible towards the Vegas-style huge fucking neon sign that says COLIN LOVES PEN and be like, “Gee, Colin, what’s that sign say?”

OR, if he really feels like taking the piss, he’d be all, “Well, actually, Ant, now that you mention it… why not Benedict? 👀” just to see Colin fly even further off the handle.

I’m glad you’re enjoying my little story! It makes me so happy to see people engaging with it.

- Meta. 💜