#~C: Victoria Everglot

[thevalicemultiverse]

A most extravagent mgfm'latghnah yar (or other December holiday of your choice) to you all on the other end of the tangled web of universes! May your joys be many and your woes few!

-From the Arkham household

*Attached is a picture of Dr. Daniel, N and Dommik dressed in festive clothing outside of their cabin.*

Forgotten Vows!Victor: [staring at the card] I -- I appreciate the sentiment about joys and whatnot, but. . .what is -- what?

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Secundus!Alice: [raising an eyebrow] Did you serve these people at the shop, or. . .?

Secundus!Victor: [baffled] I have never seen them before in my life, because, trust me, I'd recognize them.

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Catch Us!Alice: [patrolling anxiously around their current hiding spot, because who are these people and how do they know where they sleep]

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Cuddlepile!Victoria: [staring] Um. . .is this some sort of prank from some of your friends, or. . .

Cuddlepile!Richard: I mean, I can ask March and Dormy, but. . .it's pretty bizarre, even for them.

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Inevitable High School!Victor: [being forced to listen to a lecture from his mother about how he shouldn't be giving out his address to random weirdos, despite the fact he's said ten times he's never seen any of these people in his life]

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Londerland Bloodlines!Alice: . . .I'm going to say that at least one of these people is a Malkavian and hope that explains everything.

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Fallout of Darkness!Victor: [looking left and right] Who the hell left this in my mailbox? Is this some sort of weird prank, Deacon?

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Technicolor Phase!Victoria: . . .I mean, it's a nice gesture, but -- Emily, could you take this with you back Downstairs and get Elder Gutknecht to take a look?

Technicolor Phase!Emily: Certainly -- I want answers as much as you!

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Aperture Wage Slave!Victor: . . .if you really wanted me to have a happy Christmas, you'd drag me off to your dimension and out of this hellhole.

[serenafainx]

༶ ⋆ closed starter ( for @evergiots )

location: anywhere

“ victoria ... ? ” her eyes went everywhere, in disbelief that all those markings ... those scars ... were all over her friend. “ i had a feeling s-something changed but ... but what is it ? what —? ” 

when she reached out her hand to touch victoria’s, her fingers barely brushed one of the sigils scarred on her friend’s skin, and the vision came to her like a lashing to her brain: the sound of a laugh louder than thunder, and the burst of flame. 

she gasped, the action so sudden and harsh it hurt her throat, but it only made her hold victoria’s hand tighter. 

[hxlcycnx]

❝ if a mysterious voice gave me an ominous warning, i’d probably listen to it. ❞ peter parker to any

“oh?” victoria had to laugh a little. her whole life had felt like one big ominous warning. so many mysterious, ominous things had already happened to her, it was a curious thought. “i think i would question it a little, but perhaps i would do the same. have you ever received an ominous warning?” she asked, entertaining this…bizarre conversation.

[hxlcycnx]

“oh, yes please!” victoria replied enthusiastically. she had always loved stargazing. when her dreadful parents were asleep, she’s sneak out her window, sit on the roof, and watch the stars for hours. but she had never gotten an opportunities to see them like this. “this is beautiful, breathtaking really.” victoria wanted to get lost in the twinkling of the stars, she let her mind roam, and dream. “i can see why people wish on all those orbs of light up there. it’s like you can see your whole future up there.” she laughed, pulling herself back to earth. “thank you for that. do you mind if i stay to look with you?” she asked, excited to meet a fellow stargazer.

"Do you want to have a look?" Yvaine smiled, turning her telescope towards the stranger so they could easily lean over and see through it. "I've always felt at home watching the stars. The planets. Eclipses." She stared up at the sky. "they arent that visible early on at night, you have wait until the city is asleep, and then you can see the sky come alive." She leaned over, herself and waved the other person to come look again. "You can see saturn tonight. shes rarely this visible. Yvaine had always had a passion for stargazing. She didn't understand her affinity for it, all she knew was that it made her immensely happy. @ivycovestarters

[victorluvsalice]

AU Thursday: Valicer In The Dark -- More Score & Story Ideas!

Because, uh, I have a lot of ideas for stuff I want to do in this verse, and the original list from a year ago has expanded quite a fair bit:

-->While I haven't gotten all of my stories into a proper timeline yet, I do have the first five sorted:

A) "Start At The Beginning...Sort Of" -- the story currently in progress, where the trio all meet, solve Victor's ghost problem and Ghost!Emily's Barkis problem, get wrongly accused of murder, run from the police (showing off their special starting scoundrel abilities along the way), and eventually end up in Elder Gutknecht's old place in Six Towers. This is sort of the "prologue" to the whole mess, putting all of them in the right position to start on a life of crime. XD

B) "A Murder Shared Is A Murder Thirded" -- yes, I did have Gale of Baldur's Gate III's line about how "a parasite shared is a parasite halved" when I came up with that title. XD As you might imagine, this is the trio first "unofficial" score, with them going to murder Bumby, because the fucker needs murdering. Of course, it's only after they kill him that they meet up with Smiler's parents and learn they were exonerated of the original "murder" by the Spirit Wardens. XD Still no regrets, though.

C) "The Van Dort Vacancy" -- came up with that title while looking at old Oxventure Presents: Blades In The Dark episode titles and being inspired by "The Cab-Con Caper's" alliteration. This story focuses on Alice and Smiler returning Victor to the Van Dort mansion...only to discover the Van Dorts hosting a party. Victor quickly learns that his parents never even considered the idea that he might be in danger when he vanished, only caring about the fact that Victoria Everglot married someone else (and is now due to wed Imperial Guardsman Christopher White after her first husband's death and disgrace) -- and after overhearing his mother declare "what ghost would marry our Victor?" decides fuck them, he's taking his stuff, stealing what money he can, and going to live with Alice and Smiler in Six Towers. Features special guests Barnaby "The Butcher" Fortescue III and Kasimir Jones from Oxventure Presents: Blades In The Dark, because it tickled me to imagine them doing a score to steal some of the Van Dorts' money at the same time -- only for Victor to catch on to what they're doing when he meets Barnaby at the party and go "if you wait five minutes for me to get my things, I will open the safe for you and give you a good chunk of the money inside." XD

D) The currently-untitled story detailing the gang's first "official" job as a crew, picked up when they go to dinner at the Ball & Socket Pub and Smiler overhears two workers from Coalridge discussing needing to get something back from their boss -- the "something" is a list of potential union representatives that the boss stole in order to call assassins on the people listed. The workers need it back to keep their nascent union safe. Notably, the score involves the workers saying they can't give the trio much in Coin, but they'll do what they can -- and then one of them jokingly saying, "Unless you want to be paid in furniture."

Cue Victor, Alice, and Smiler, who currently live in Elder Gutknecht's-not-exactly-comfortable house, going "what kind of furniture?" XD (A couch and a proper dining table, specifically -- old furniture one of the workers was trying to shift after inheriting some stuff from a late relative.)

E) "Who You Gonna Call?" -- As you might guess from the Ghostbusters quote for a title, this story involves the gang busting some ghosts. XD Specifically, it involves Bonejangles -- here a Whisper who does entertainment work for the Ball & Socket on the side -- deciding to school Victor in the art of ghost-catching by taking him on a job to catch a few Echoes (non-sapient ghosts who continually do the same thing over and over again in a loop), with Alice and Smiler tagging along for moral support. However, as it turns out, one of those "Echoes" is actually a Specter (a sapient, feral ghost who attacks people and possesses them to feed on their life force) who was biding its time... I felt a little bad that none of the previous stories really had any Whisper-y stuff for Victor to do, and decided he needed a "day in the limelight" score -- as a bonus, this score is how he gets his ghost-hunting equipment for later!

-->I also have plans for two possible prequel stories -- one showcasing the three times Alice and Smiler talked before the events of "Start At The Beginning...Sort Of" (I have the first bit, Smiler giving Alice the money for lunch, actually written already), and one showcasing some of Smiler's life even before that (I have a rough draft of the scene where they wake up the "morning" after inventing Joy Serum and go "bwuh?" over their newly-glowing yellow eyes). Good for filling in gaps and writing more stuff from Smiler's POV!

-->I mentioned Victor wanting to make a community greenhouse very briefly in the very first post I made about the AU -- this has expanded into a whole little arc about him finding an abandoned conservatory while wandering Six Towers and the gang fixing it up into a place where they and the other residents can grow food. In order, the stories would cover:

1) Getting enough money to pay a glazier to fix all the broken window panes (or doing something for the glazier in trade)

2) Acquiring the initial plants (which involves a trip to Barrowcleft and probably doing a job for someone there in trade)

3) Victor researching ways to infuse butterflies and moths with electroplasm to create radiant energy insects to help the plants grow; my idea is that he eventually tries mixing it with some of Smiler's Joy Serum -- and gets REALLY BIG bright yellow glowing moths, to his and Smiler's delight and Alice's concern

4) And then, once the place is just about ready to "open to the public," Lord Rowan, the only lord who maintains a permanent residence in Six Towers, rocks up, claims the greenhouse is his, and demands an absolutely ASTRONOMICAL rent from the trio to use it. Fortunately he proves to be a man who likes games when Smiler asks to negotiate, and tells them if they can break into his house and get the deed to the land from the safe in his bedroom, it's theirs (the trio smartly get this written down and notarized by someone in Charterhall first; Rowan is PIIIIISSED when he realizes he'll have to honor the deal)

-->A related idea would be for the gang to encounter some of the people in Charterhall (the neighborhood mostly made up of one big university) who are working on an alternative power source to help replace leviathan blood (which is refined into the electroplasm that powers everything electric in the setting) and need a place to test it. The trio decides that the alternative energy group can try to get the streetlights back on in Six Towers, and there's a score all around helping them get there safely, and keeping Lord Rowan's nose out of it until they're done. Not sure what exactly it will entail yet, but I'm eager to find out!

-->As stated in previous posts, the gang eventually has to go after Dr. Kelman when he puts out a notice saying he wants the three captured so he can submit them to his special "social compliance therapy" (aka do horrific brain surgeries on them and/or Hollow them by ripping out their souls). This is how Victor and Alice learn Smiler's birth name, and the whole trip proves to be a rather dark look at Smiler's childhood pre-running away and joining the Advocates. In fact, I already have one specific scene in mind of Victor finding a photograph of a young Smiler and noting that their smile in the picture looks incredibly strained, as if they're desperately trying to see the bright side. Also, Miles Cedars is definitely going to show up, and possibly get to murder Kelman. Because I like giving him the chance to murder Kelman. :)

-->Speaking of Smiler angst, I also have in mind a story where, on a particularly chilly night in winter, Smiler, Victor, and Alice are wandering the streets together when Smiler somehow falls into one of the local canals. Victor and Alice fish them out as fast as possible, fortunately, but the rest of the story proves a race against time to get Smiler home and warmed before they succumb to hypothermia. Featuring half-naked cuddling when they learn that skin-to-skin contact can be an excellent way to warm a chilled person (fortunately this is after they get together as a polycule, so the partial nudity isn't as awkward as it could be)...and Smiler crying in front of Victor and Alice for the first time when they can't stop thinking about the fact that, if they'd been walking with their fellow Advocates, said Advocates would have believed them when they said they felt okay...and they probably would have died. :( It is a story of many feels, is what I am saying.

-->So, when does my OT3 actually become an OT3 in the actual stories? Shortly after the Kelman score, in a story entitled "And There Was Only One Bed" (a play on the fic trope, and the fact that the house only has one good bed -- at the time the story starts, the three are taking turns using it, with the other two sleeping on cots borrowed from The Advocates). The story involves Smiler (who has been trying to subtly push Victor and Alice together, having noticed they seem to like each other) finally revealing to Victor and Alice that they're a pretty accomplished hypnotist, and offering to use their skills to help Victor with a nasty bout of insomnia. Victor agrees, with Alice wanting to watch for her own peace of mind -- cue Smiler hypnotizing Victor the next time the three of them are going to bed...

And a deep-in-trance Victor asking to be held as he falls asleep. Prompting both Smiler and Alice to cuddle him...and fall asleep against him because neither wants to get up and possibly disturb him after he does drift off. Meaning when everyone wakes up the "morning" afterward, they're all really awkward -- Alice because she's like "wtf why did I find that hot;" Victor because he's like "oh no I liked that too much and I have to process the fact that I'm in love with both of them now;" Smiler because "damn it I think I just decreased total happiness in this household should have kept my stupid mouth shut." They do their best to push through and complete the latest job they have though (a random "steal something from this rich fucker's house" deal, it's not actually important), which ends up with them having to clamber up onto the roof at some point --

And then Victor nearly falls off said roof. Prompting both Alice and Smiler to nearly have a heart attack and have their feelings toward him thrown into STARK RELIEF. Meaning they all finally have a chat once they complete the job and get back home, which allows them to finally discover that a) they're all willing to get into a polycule and b) that they actually have quite compatible kinks. Story ends with Smiler delightedly returning one of the cots to their parents (Alice insisted on keeping one in case one of them does want or need to sleep alone) and the three of them regularly sharing the bed. :)

-->I also want to do at least one follow-up concerning them starting to play around with hypnosis, and Alice insisting she wants to do something that will help keep Victor Victor no matter what they do to his head -- cue her and Smiler coming up with a safety suggestion that involves Victor picturing the core of his personality as a glowing tree, and then having him encase it in unbreakable glass so his personality can shine out, but nothing can get in. :) It's just a sweet scene that's been rattling around in my head for a while, and I'd like to put it to virtual paper.

-->I mentioned a "Lord E.A. Bethesda" in my Duskwall Slang post a while back, as a guy who gets labeled with the very-dangerous-in-Duskwall title "Welcher" (someone who hires someone for a job, but then decides to try and kill them instead of pay them; people who do this generally end up dead themselves). How does he get saddled with this label? By hiring the Three Pillars to steal a golden beetle statue from a rival (Lord Bethesda is a bug collector, you see), plying them with a hefty reward if they pull it off (which he can afford as the "Gambling King" of Duskwall -- his fortune was built off of getting lots of people to pay him small amounts of money in hopes of great reward). They do indeed pull it off --

And Lord Bethesda happily orders them killed by his guards, forcing them to escape his house in Brightstone. However, Bethesda (who has done this before) employs Plan B and has his guards herd them toward his garden and through a gap in the lightning barrier around his home --

Before turning said barrier back ON and stranding them in the HEAVILY ghost-and-horror-riddled Deathlands just beyond (specifically, they're in the Lost District, a formerly rich neighborhood that was abandoned once the lightning barriers went up). This leads into the sequel story, where the trio have to find a way back into the city while navigating the horrors of the Deathlands...which results in them discovering that Alice's Wonderland Jabberwock, inspired by an illustrated poem she read as a child, is actually based on a REAL CREATURE. Which has the horrible eye beam and wants very much to kill them. (And which may have the voice of Christopher Lee because I might as well throw in the nod to Tim Burton's Wonderland -- Victor is VERY CONFUSED as to why it sounds like Pastor Galswells.) They manage to kill IT instead by strapping Alice's Vorpal Blade (now a real thing, Victor bought it for her as a present) to Victor's ghost-catching kit while Smiler whacks together a sort of motorized skateboard thing for them to ride on and then using the electroplasmically-charged Blade to slice the damn thing's unprotected belly open. Alice claims one of the eyes as a trophy, and shortly thereafter they're found by the Spirit Wardens, who look at the corpse and go "let's just get you back inside the barriers, shall we?" Cue the the trio tromping back to the Ball & Socket and telling the clientele about their experience...leading to Lampblack gang leader Bazso Baz declaring Bethesda a Welcher, and the guy soon afterward getting killed.

-->Not that Baz is actually a friend to the trio -- for another future story has the trio invited to one of his fancy parties, supposedly to recognize how rapidly they've made a name for themselves in the Duskwall underworld. The three go, figuring it's a good way to keep relations good with their fellow criminals -- but are quickly rather disgusted by the party itself, as it feels pretty much like any party Nell Van Dort would throw (overly ostentatious and making it clear he's only in it for the power). They resolve to get through the shindig and head home...

And then Baz reveals that the actual reason they were invited was because they've collected a variety of bounties on their heads (including a big one from the Van Dorts, specifying Alice and Smiler have to die but Victor be brought home alive, and a huge one from Lord Rowan, wanting them ALL dead) and the other criminals want to claim them. Cue the Three Pillars having to try and find a way to escape from the house as the other criminals hunt them. Fortunately for them, they have unexpected allies in Baz's staff, with one guy in particular having a sister and nephew in Six Towers whom they've helped a lot (probably both in general with the greenhouse, and specifically by helping the kid when he got sick once). They eventually manage to get out with the staff's help, and limp their way back to Six Towers...

Just in time to see Lord Rowan trying to make a big speech to the citizens about "how your heroes are dead" and blah blah blah. He is gobsmacked to see the trio still alive, leading to, of all people, Smiler strolling up to him and clocking him in the face. XD Gaining the Three Pillars a reputation as, frankly, unkillable...

Aaaand I should probably cut it there because this post is getting long enough. XD And I haven't even touched upon all the stories I have in mind that are based off of other properties I like! Guess that would be a good follow-up post to this one, huh? :p

[beatrixutoniumx]

✫⌒ closed starter (halloween event)

for @evergiots​

“hey, so i saw you from across the room and as a big winona ryder fan — power to her — i just wanna say : you look freakin’ gorgeous,” beatrix grinned, shaking her head in awe at the woman in the red dress. “and, respectfully, you also need to know you look really hot. respectfully.”

[soulcluster-moved]

@euphoriabled​ / victoria everglot “living on without hope is worse than death, don’t you think?”

“Considering that death isn’t bad at all, I agree.” What did she expect a skeleton to say? “I know it may seem odd to the living, but the dead do still have hopes and dreams. Our little town is really quite dreadful! When you die, perhaps you’ll get to see it for yourself.”

[xcruelladcvil]

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" yes. hair. that mop on top of your head. " cruella flitted her manicured nails in the general direction of victoria's head. good god, was the girl a simpleton ? but then she remembered she was trying to hire her — " it's charming, really. like a black canvas, my dear. and i am the artiste. it just needs a splash of paint to breathe a new life into that old thing, just a splash. "

then she snorted at the mention of mother. " and is mother here in the room with us ? shall i call for alonzo for to bring another cup of tea ? " cruella sniggered, throwing the rest of the scone into her mouth. the aforementioned alonzo, alarmed at being mentioned, ran up to the table and cruella hit him on his arm with a scoff to push him away. " — imbecile."

WHILE VICTORIA DIDN'T HAVE much experience with work , especially in the fashion industry , she'd quickly learned that dealing with cruella wasn't much different than living with her own family . one might even argue the designer was the better option ; after all , cruella saw a bit of potential in the girl . even if just a smidge , which couldn't be said of her parents . even mere crumbs can be nurishment to a starving child .

❛ my ... hair ? ❜ victoria asked , gracefully setting down her cup of tea before bringing her blonde locks over her shoulder . ❛ but , what's so bad about it ? or should i say , what do you propose i do with it ? ❜ a pause , ❛ ... please don't make me chop it all off , mother always said i'd look ridiculous with short hair . ❜

[xtrippydragonx]

This is a Victoria Everglot appreciation post.

In this house, we love and appreciate her.

[nosignl]

C. U. R. R. E. N. T. M. U. S. E. S.

Lup & Taaco (THE ADVENTURE ZONE)

Lavender Brown & George Weasley (HARRY POTTER)  

Ben Hanscom (IT)

Princess Daisy of Sarasaland (MARIO FRANCHISE)

Rachael & Pris (BLADE RUNNER)

Queen Of Hearts (WONDERLAND)

Jareth (LABYRINTH)

Heather Mac & Duke (HEATHERS)

Candy Quackenbush (ABARAT)

Coralline Jones (CORALINE)

Nobody Owens (THE GRAVEYARD BOOK)

Victoria Everglot (CORPSE BRIDE)

[alysteorias]

Emily... Everglot?!

Yo Minna-han! Tudo bom? ^^ Aqui quem fala é a Alys, muito, muito prazer pessoas! Que felicidade, começar com essa teoria :3

Acho que é a mais famosa teoria do filme A Noiva Cadáver. Pra quem não conhece, é um filme Stop-Motion que fala de um jovem chamado Victor Von Dort que foi prometido a uma garota chamada, Victoria Everglot, mas por alguns problemas no ensaio ele acaba saindo correndo e ao treinar na floresta, acidentalmente se casa com uma mulher morta, Emily. Recomendo muito assistirem pra quem não assistiu (se bem que quem estiver lendo isso já deve de ter assistido, né? .-. )

Mas agora à teoria! Bem resumidamente falado o que essa teoria diz é que a Emily, a noiva cadáver, é uma Everglot, logo ela é a razão pra falência da família. Sei que ficou meio jogada a minha explicação por isso vou deixar aqui o link pra teoria, eu pelo menos vi um Youtuber chamado Imaginago falar, muitos outros também falaram. Mas pelo menos pra mim, ele foi o que deu mais detalhes e que esclareceu melhor as coisas. Assiste primeiro o vídeo e depois vem aqui, ok? ^^ Vou esperar!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDYarcuL8d8

*tomando café e comendo bolo* Oh, olá, assistiu? Ou nem olhou porque já viu ou já conhece essa teoria? Ok, então bora.

Segundo o Imaginago e muitas pessoas que acreditam nessa teoria, a Emily seria irmã da Victoria, logo, cunhada do Victor por assim dizer. Devido ao fato das idades e da falência dos Everglot ser recente faz muito, mas muito sentido, sim. Mas simplesmente não entra direito na minha cabeça o fato de Emily ser irmã da Victoria. Por mais que eu concorde com o Imaginago por ele ressaltar que sim, as idades batem, eu ainda acho que não seria exatamente isso. Afinal, no filme a Victoria nem conhecia a Emily, ou seja, ela teria que...

a) Ter menos de quatro anos quando Emily morreu.

b) Nem ter nascido.

ou c) Ela não ser irmã da Emily.

Eu pelo menos acho mais provável a C. "Ah, mas você falou que o  Imaginago tá certo, porque tá discordando agora!?”, calma gente. Eu explico. Pelo simples fato da questão do laço de irmã e da idade dos pais da Victoria. A começar pelo negócio de laço de irmã. Como vimos em Irmão Urso, Frozen e em outras animações, um laço de irmandade é algo muito forte e sério pra caramba! Aí eu pergunto, considerando que Emily e Victoria não tivessem tanta diferença na idade (no máximo uns oito a cinco anos na minha cabeça, porque dos quatro anos pra baixo é muito fácil esquecer de coisas e pessoas, ao menos ao meu ver), mesmo que não se dessem tão bem assim, o laço de irmandade é inegavelmente algo emocional. Aí eu pergunto. Uma irmã iria mesmo esquecer da outra? Porque por mais que não se dessem bem, seria impossível esquecer de sua irmã e Victoria parecia extremamente surpresa ao ver Emily e Emily nem conhecia Victoria! “Ah, mas a Victoria devia ser pequena, né”! Gente, analisem a aparência dos pais da Victoria. Eles só parecem ter no máximo uns quarenta e poucos anos. Considerando que a mãe da Victoria se casou com uns quinze ou dezesseis anos (idade mais comum em que a menina se casava na época), ela deve ter tido Emily (dita como mais velha) com no máximo uns dezesseis, talvez dezessete anos. Aí tá, pensemos que Emily morreu com dezesseis (pela questão da puberdade e todo aquele negócio da idade pra casar). A mulher já estaria com trinta e dois, trinta e três anos quando a filha mais velha estava nessa idade. Aí ok, toda a história triste e trágica da Emily aconteceu. Após verem o que a filha fez, eles excluíram ela da família (e posteriormente da sociedade), aí ela engravidou e em um período de nove meses, a mulher já tinha 33-34 anos. Digamos 33. Aos 33 ela teve a segunda filha, Victoria. Passaram-se 16 anos. Ela já estaria com quase 50 anos. Pelo menos ao meu ver, ela não parecia tão perto dos cinquenta, no máximo quarenta e quatro. Considerando também a falta de cabelos brancos e rugas.

Então qual é o meu ponto? Acho mais provável Emily ser a tia da Victoria por parte de pai. Mas por que isso? Considerando o protocolo daquela época, era comum o homem primogênito da família herdar tudo. Mas também era muito comum o fato de nobres somente de títulos ou terras, sem dinheiro, existirem. Já que os Everglot se tornaram nobres por questões financeiras, esse era o dote dessa família. Provavelmente afim de ter mais terras, o pai de Finis (pai da Victoria) casou seu filho com Maudeline (mãe da Victoria). Mas havia um problema, o dinheiro era pouco. Nada impede o pai de Finis de ter morrido e ter deixado todo seu dinheiro com seu filho. Mas o dinheiro não era tanto assim, já que a irmã renegada da família Everglot, Emily, pegou as joias da casa, um anel de um milhão e uma boa quantia em dinheiro para ter uma vida boa com seu amor (que nada mais era que um caloteiro interesseiro e seu assassino). Com o dinheiro sendo pouco (comparado ao que tinham), eles tiveram no máximo uns quinze a dezesseis anos de luxo até a filha ter idade suficiente para casar e assim noivar de Victor. “Ah, mas eles tentaram casar o Birkins com a Victoria”, é muito provável que Finis não conhecesse o “amor” de sua irmã por total desinteresse na mesma e por sequer saber que ela estava interessada em alguém. E como o protocolo de casamento era bem mais rígido com garotas, nada impedia que por exemplo um cara bem mais velho casasse com uma moça mais nova (desde que estivesse na idade adequada, claro). Então, é isso que acho, Emily talvez seja irmã de Finis Everglot.

Quero deixar claro que tudo o que falei aqui é apenas uma teoria. O conhecimento que tenho do citado “protocolo de casamento” é mínimo, só conheço a parte das garotas, não tenho muito conhecimento se tratando dos homens, mas sei que era bem menos rígido que com as garotas, como falei, por isso se eu estiver errada, me corrijam. Não estou pedindo que concordem comigo, só quis deixar minha opinião.

Obrigado por lerem, até a próxima! ^^

[thevalicemultiverse]

(To Technicolor Phase)

Have you guys started to notice a pattern with the other verses?

Technicolor Phase

Alice: That everyone in those universes are able to just see all colors, no strings attached? Yes, it's become rather obvious. Do we know what to make of it? Not really. I don't think we can change the rules of how our world works.

Victoria: It is very odd, though -- to know there's worlds where you can't just tell that someone is going to be important to you. You can only guess.

Emily: Mmmm...though I am annoyed that, even in worlds where he doesn't have the benefit of giving me a color to make me think he's my true love, Barkis can still trick me into running off with him.

Victoria: [pats her shoulder] At least it doesn't seem to be every one?

Emily: [huffs] Still...

[serenafainx]

༶ ⋆  CLOSED STARTER

for @evergiots​

serena wiped her nose with a handkerchief, waiting in line to order at the diner. no matter what she tried, she couldn’t seem to stop tearing up. her heart ached, she knew that much, but she couldn’t bear to allow herself to think. jasper, that was why.

remembering that she was with company, she blinked back tears and shook her head. “i’m so sorry, vic, you — you should go on ahead and order first,” she gestured to the front.

[thevalicemultiverse]

Technicolor Phase meets Valicer In The Dark

Valicer In The Dark Victor: You -- really couldn't see blue until you met Emily? It's one of my favorite colors.

Technicolor Phase Victor: It's one of mine too now, but -- look, I don't know why it works so differently for my world. I'm still trying to wrap my head around realities where you just don't automatically know that someone will be important to you.

VITD Alice: It would be useful information, yes... [looks at her counterpart] But it doesn't sound like it helped you or Lizzie with Bumby.

TP Alice: Unfortunately not. The one problem with the colors is that it doesn't specify how someone is going to be important to you.

TP Emily: Exactly -- I got blue from Barkis, and I thought that meant he was my true love, not that he was going to murder me.

VITD Smiler: It does seem like an imperfect system...we're all very sorry about what happened to you. Would it help to know that our version of you burned him up with an electroplasm bomb after stopping him from killing Victoria?

TP Emily: ...it does a little, honestly.

TP Victoria: Mmmm -- I hope he's receiving his just punishment while Emily went on to her great reward.

VITD Victor, Alice, and Smiler: [look at each other awkwardly] Um...

[ten seconds later]

TP Victoria: WHAT DO YOU MEAN, THERE'S NO AFTERLIFE ANYMORE?!

[thevalicemultiverse]

TV: We now return to Game of Thrones (as interpreted by your delusion and lack of seeing the actual show)

Wizard: Your Majesty, the gnomes are complaining about high taxes on their various gnome products.

King: Gnome taxes pay for all my drawbridges and catapults. Tell the gnomes to pay their taxes or I’ll ban those shoes that curl up at the end. They’ll have to wear normal shoes from that point forward.

Wizard: Mmm, yes. The gnomes would hate that.

King: I know! Knowing what gnomes like and don’t like is how I became an important king. There’s only one rule in the Game of Thrones: He who controls the gnomes controls the thrones!

Meanwhile, in Gnometown…

Gnome: Help! A Minotaur stole my car!

Alice: [having explained all this to the others] So, is this better than the actual --

Victoria: Yes. So much better than the actual show.

Lizzie: Extremely better. Better than the books too.

Victor: The only thing it's missing are the cool dragons.

Alice: Perhaps one of the gnomes hatches a bunch to ride against the king?

Victor: Yes.

[thevalicemultiverse]

Mowing your lawn is an exclusively middle-class chore. Neither the poor nor the rich have to do it.

Victor: . . .as someone who grew up with our back yard tended to by a veritable army of gardeners, I cannot dispute this claim.

Alice: We actually had a mix -- Mama hired someone to come in and help with some of the more delicate plants, while Papa wasn't afraid to do his own mowing once in a while. Which probably fits with us having a decent amount of money thanks to Papa being a university dean, but not as incredibly rich as your parents.

Victoria: Our back garden ran fairly wild because my parents couldn't afford a gardener and wouldn't sully their hands tending it -- whatever Hildegarde or Emil could do when they got the chance, that's what got done.

Emily: My father had enough to pay a gardener to come around and look at our plants, so I guess I'm on the high end of the scale -- probably between Alice and Victor.

Christopher: Solidly middle-class upbringing, and yes, we mowed our own lawn. First chore I did that my parents tied to my allowance.

Richard: Grew up in an apartment! Which I guess puts me at the lowest end of the scale, i.e. not even having a lawn, much less a need to mow it.