#✦ ・ {{ ambrose }} BIOGRAPHY

[ruleof3bobby]

BLACKBERRY (2023) Grade: B-

Entertaining& informative. Matt Johnson, who also directs, has some good scene stealing moments. Good to see a movie about main characters that fail spectacularly.

[lostwcnderlands]

" The fey are magical, capricious, illogical, and unexplainable. "

𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖗𝖔𝖉𝖚𝖈𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖆𝖒𝖇𝖗𝖔𝖘𝖊, 𝖚𝖓𝖘𝖊𝖊𝖑𝖎𝖊 𝖈𝖗𝖔𝖜𝖓 𝖕𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖊 . . .

inspired by tinkerbell's secret of the wings && the iron fey series by julie kagawa. an exclusive pair with @storybooklcve's ariella dawn.

. . . . you knew there was a home for out there somewhere. it never felt like yours in the pillars of ice. love is an unknown touch until fingers grasp your own. an unwilling throne, a crown thrown with sweaty, empty hands - the heart will never ache the way it does for the pirouettes of summer . . . .

as the eldest of three, pressure was not uncommon for the young fae prince as he grew up in the winter woods, where the home of the unseelie royalty were kept apart from the rest. queen mab, mother && ruler of the realm, was not known for her kindness; but rather, her fearsome nature and wild antics. she had come to the throne young - and her mistakes along the way had caused the unseelie court to suffer even beyond her walls of steely ice.

from birth, he had been betrothed. queen titania of the seelie court had, mysteriously, become pregnant at the same time as the young queen mab - creating the most fitting opportunity to create a treaty of (hopefully) lasting peace between kingdoms. one unseelie prince for a seelie princess. with true love out of the question for ambrose; he found his sense of purpose in other ways. he tried not to think of how he'd never met his bride-to-be... or how, they would always live apart; how if he dared cross too far into her world or she into his, then harm would befall their wings.

the brothers were inseparable - as the fae of their court && from the summer realm were assigned talents && duties, it was them who took on the role of repairing their mother's mistakes. for ambrose, he shied away from the spotlight, taking to quieter hobbies and tending to his meticulous collections. with tensions low between the courts, morale between the realms was at an all-time high, and it was not uncommon for unseelie && seelie alike to intermingle, and grow bonds together.

of course - not for ambrose, this was forbidden. queen mab still hated the seelie queen, despite the peace treaty, forbidding any of her sons to interact beyond the line beyond absolute necessary. an odd rule to give someone betrothed into the summer royal family, but it made for an easier time to avoid the knowledge of his doomed betrothal. until... someone made it impossible to ignore.

in the end, it was a summer fairy after all that caught ambrose's attention; but she was not of royal blood, no, simply a performer with dance moves that could mesmerize even the coldest souls. he'd had no choice but to pursue her, falling further in love than he ever thought possible. like her name, ariella was the dawn - sun, stars, moon, and more.

but queen mab found out. in order to protect the secret, and end the affair quickly, she ordered him not to see the summer dancer again. it became harder to see ariella, but ambrose never gave up. he would grow more && more daring with his attempts to extend their time, increase it's frequency... pressing the boundaries between sensible && safe until he flew too close to the sun. wings of frost had cracked, leaving his right wing torn and fragile.

for a time, ambrose managed to hide the injury. he thought, perhaps, it would heal - with rest, with ice, with pixie dust. when no improvements were made, and the damaged parts of the wing began to chip off like thawing ice, ambrose knew he had to accept his new reality. with a torn wing, he would never fly again. when he refused to tell his mother what had happened, queen mab's hatred clouded her judgment, and she assumed that the seelie court had broken the treaty of peace.

a wall of ice, unbreakable && thick, was erected between the realms, and a new law was ordered to all. no one crosses the border. no one goes in... and no one goes out. the betrothal broken, ambrose finally had everything he'd dreamed of; the freedom to love who he chose, and roam without pressure to return. without wings, he was useless as a warrior or an icon of power, especially until it was his turn to rule. queen mab cared little about what he did now, as long as it stayed within the unseelie realm, and he caused no further harm.

but without ariella, it was empty && unsatisfying. taking to the workshops, ambrose devised a new purpose. he would find a way to break his mother's ice - and to make living in both worlds possible, once and for all.

“ The faery lords are immortal. Those who have songs ballads and stories written about them never die. "

[milliondollarbaby87]

BlackBerry (2023) Review

The story around the incredible rise of the world’s first smartphone, BlackBerry but the even quicker fall from grace! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Continue reading Untitled

[bleedingcoffee42]

Ronald Speirs mentioning Sgt Smith in letters to Ambrose, Winters and Lipton in His biography file from Winter's Collection

The Sgt is Cleadith C. Smith of Dog Company,506 PIR, KIA Jan 2, 1945 in Belgium. Information here.

[lesbiandarvey]

went to the used bookstore today and got springsteens biography, ambrose’s book and winters’ memoir!!

[abracadabruhs]

josh dallas, gay, trans male + he/him → isn’t that arthur asmodeus caliburn? i’ve seen them hanging out with the counselors. i hear they’re 33, but they’ve been been coming to camp for 13 years. they seem to be studious & inquisitive, but also aloof & dismissive. it’s cool that they’re capable of astral projection, divination, healing, & telekinesis! their aesthetics are also spell books lifting off the ground, cycles of magic in a circle, gilded iron mirror used for scrying. | written by ian 

name: arthur asmodeus caliburn nicknames: arty, ass (affectionate) date of birth: February 14, 1994 age: thirty-three face claim: josh dallas height: 6ft 1 dominant hand: ambidextrous occupation: camp counselor.

basic powers: spellcasting, potion making, scrying, mediumship, advanced powers: astral projection, divination, healing, & telekinesis

parents: unknown mother (deceased), unknown father (deceased)

astrological sign: aquarius sun sign, aries moon sign, sag rising sign positive traits: Attentive, Curious, Focused. Studious. Inquisitive. negative traits: Aloof, Dismissive, Closed Off, Mysterious, Focused. quirks: Enjoys when a spell requires a glass of wine. (might have been added to the spell by him in the first place.) pet peeves: people who interrupt others, impulsivity, callousness.

sexual orientation: gay, but you never know~ 😉 sexual position: verse

clothing style: A lot of casual wear for a camp conselour, slacks, ties, and long sleeve dress shirts. prominent features: fan fiction blue eyes, can occasionally have facial hair, assinspirations: john henry moore (ahs), magnus (shadow hunters), ambrose (caos), zoe (ahs).

biography, if you'd like: s o o n .

Was taken from his coven at a young age.

Lived life not knowing he had these abilities until he had a mysterious accident.

Ran away and has been hiding from people for years, only researching tiny tidbits of magic he could get his hands on.

Attempts to find the camp and maybe finds something more??

Finally locates Caldron Bubble and decides to stay and help cultivate others talents and make lasting bonds with both the counselors and campers.

extras:

[therepublicofletters]

I’ve been reading a biography of St. Augustine and I’m really struck by the lack of oversight on his philosophical and religious “conversions” and epiphanies. Of course he questioned a lot but in the end it seems that he came to a lot of conclusions on his own which otherwise would have been “corrected” (as Ambrose later would do)—and in the end he became an important philosopher and theologian. I suppose the lesson is not to rely so much on authority. But for a person so obsessed with books (like myself), my immediate reaction to a question about the nature of the soul or the universe would be to read on it, rather than to go down some winding philosophical path that leads to some wild ecstasy in a garden. But then again, times change, I suppose.

[sforzesco]

normally the biography on Theodosius costing $50 (making it out of my price range for something that’s currently a casual curiosity) and not available through other means would have me go ‘alright! We’re done here, back to Valens!’ however the Subleyras painting with Theodosius and Ambrose has me feeling some kind of way and what is usually an insurmountable obstacle is like. nbd. improvise, adapt, overcome. I will simply have to eat Theodosius.

[shinjisjournal]

Entry 1: October 1st 2014

According to most of the students in my class, I have "anger issues", none of them would tell me what it meant except for Sabrina Spellman, she said its when someone has trouble processing their anger in a healthy and reasonable way, I am offended by this! I rarely ever get angry and when I do I process it in the healthiest way possible!

Sabrina then said humans (or Nitches as I like to call them) often process their emotions by writing in a diary or journal, which is a stupid thing to do in my opinion, how does writing down ones bad feelings make them feel any better?

The only reason I'm writing in a diary is because I am documenting my life, afterall when I grow up I'm going to be the most powerful warlock in Witch World, and people will want to write biographies on my life story, so instead of wasting my time lingering around them I'll just give them this book for them to read through as reference.

So the first stories I should tell was the times where I was sent to the Nitch world, so far it has happened to me three times, and I have came to a conclusion.... Nitches are the strangest creatures in all of existence.

The first time it happened was when we had the anual school dance. Before this me and Sabrina had been tested, we had to escape the forest full of werewolves and whoever made it out first won, Sabrina made it out first but I'm about 90% sure she cheated so it doesn't count.

Thats when mother showed up, she's the headmistress of our school, for some reason she wants me and Sabrina to get married, I assume its because we're the two most powerful students in school and Sabrina is a princess so when we marry it'll make us king and queen of Witch World. I don't really care for Sabrina, frankly I find her very annoying, but if mother wants me to marry her so be it, I'm sure I'll find a way to deal with it when we are married.

Anyways she wanted us to go to the school dance together, but apparently Sabrina didn't want to go because she had an event taking place in the Nitch world, Sabrina is half Nitch herself and the portal leading to our world from the Nitch world is literally in her home where she lives with her Aunts.

When the dance started Sabrina had left and it was so boring, mostly because there's only six of us attending the school, plus Sabrina had left. The reason there's only six of us is because most witches and warlocks are taught magic at home by their parents or by special tutors, the only reason the other five is sent here is because their parents don't care about them enough to sit them down and teach them how to levitate things and such, but in my case its because its just easier since mother is headmistress and we live in a part of the school anyways.

(Though I'm sure I would be better off taught privately because I'm just too better at everything compared to the other students in class, I'm not saying this to mean I'm just speaking the truth and I'm sick of being taught things that I already know because everyone else is about 8 levels beneath me)

I keep getting ahead of myself, the only person enjoying the dance was mother, she was dancing with this weird servant she has, I don't even know his name despite him being around her all the time, even she isn't sure what type of creature he is. Everyone else was standing around either talking to each other or doing nothing.

I was sitting at one of the tables while my... Friend? Ambrose stood behind me, he was talking to me about stuff but I wasn't paying attention. I suddenly came up with the idea to go to the Nitch world and bring Sabrina to the dance, when I spoke up about this, Ambrose decided to come along, which surprised me as he is actually Sabrina's cousin.

Anyways we made it to the Nitch world, since the portal to our world is in Sabrina's home we found ourselves in there and it was an absolute dragon sty! We soon found our way to Sabrina's other school, there was also a school dance going on there. At the time I was more focused on finding Sabrina to really think about my surroundings, but looking back the Nitches are really odd.

They all dress really boring, I'm not sure how they're able to do things without magic, they listen to really strange music thats nothing like the music we have in our world, they have strange foods such as "fruit punch" (which is something that was at the dance) and they all talk using what Sabrina calls "slang" why can't they talk properly? Is it a thing that comes along with being human or do they do it on purpose for some reason?

Apparently while all of this had happened, Sabrina had accidentally turned one of her Nitch friends into a werewolf, and this is just one of the many reasons to I am confused she is nearly on the same level on magic as I am if she keeps doing stuff like this!

Ambrose ran off with one of Sabrina's nitch friends while I went off looking for her, thats when I found her trying to contain that werewolf, she was lucky I showed up because I'm sure without me she would've been torn to shreds.

I can't remember exactly what happened but I tried to use magic to send Sabrina back to Witch World but it didn't work for some reason, I was then cornered by the werewolf but then Sabrina came back and got it away from me, while I am a LITTLE BIT thankful Sabrina did this, I would not say she saved me because if she didn't show up I probably would've handled that werewolf myself.

After that Sabrina had the audacity to send ME back to the Witch World! Luckily I was not scared but just very annoyed.

The next day Ambrose got in a lot of trouble with Professor Geist because he had apparently spent the whole night in the Nitch world partying with Sabrina's friends and was late for class.

The second time was when a sickness went around the school, in the Nitch world this is called a "cold" and their the symptoms include sneezing, feeling tired all the time, feeling ache in the throat, and coughing, but in Witch World the symptoms were a bit more extreme.

I remember everyone, including mother, kept sneezing up chickens and weird green spots appeared on their faces, luckily this never happened with me but I think thats because I am the most healthy person at school.

Mother made me and Sabrina go to Nitch world to see what could've caused this, even Sabrina's aunts were starting to get this cold too. We headed to Sabrina's school and I pretended to be a new student there, unlike the previous time I was able to interact more with Sabrina's Nitch friends.

I honestly felt a bit like a black sheep, while everyone was dressed in those regular boring Nitch clothes (including Sabrina) I was dressed in my favourite warlock robes, and I think I was the only one with dark blue and spiky hair.

I met two of Sabrina's friend, the first one being Jim, I couldn't really tell what his personality was, he seemed really bland in my opinion I don't get why Sabrina likes being friends with him. The second friend of hers was Amy, who was more interesting than Jim but she made me extremely uncomfortable, she pulled Sabrina aside and whispered to her, except she whispered so loudly I could hear her.

She said something like "Your friend is kind of cute...". What?! This was really strange, she had only just met me, we had barely spoken many words and she thought I was cute?! Plus I am not cute, I am handsome! The word cute should be used to describe things like Sabrina's pet cat Salem, not me!,

Long story short we found the cause of the cold was Sabrina's dirty nitch school locker because of course it was, Sabrina's aunts used it to make a tea that cured the cold (it actually tasted really nice) and we gave it to everyone at school, hooray the day is saved, whatever.

And the third and final time was when my classmate Veralupa accidentally turned me into Sabrina's broomstick (which turns into a pink scooter in the nitch world), this was because Veralupa's wand was backwards but she was too stupid to realise this before Sabrina said "Sorry but I'm in a hurry" and road me back to the nitch world where I then turned into the pink scooter, despite the fact she knew I had been turned into it!

According to Sabrina, delivering food from her aunts bakery to other nitches is more important than my wellbeing.... Well she never said that but she implied it!

After a while I decided to run away (well I suppose drive away, because scooters can't really run) but that "city" Sabrina lives in is so big I couldn't find my way back to the portal, thats when I drove into a woman who works at Sabrina's school.

I don't know her name but what I do know is that she is suspicious of Sabrina, I don't think she knows she is a witch but she definitely knows there's something off about her, again I don't get why Sabrina is so high up in magic levels when she's so careless as to nitches being suspicious of her and turning her nitch friends into big hairy monsters!

I think me talking despite being a scooter just added to the fuel of this woman being suspicious of Sabrina, I sort of regret talking to her because suddenly she was riding on top of me where she took me to Sabrina's school, she was sort of taunting Sabrina because I was her "proof" that something was off with Sabrina, but since I decided to not speak again everyone around her thought she was crazy.

Thats when finally! Sabrina took me back to the portal and we made it back to Witch World where that fool Veralupa finally figured out her wand was working weirdly because it was backwards, she turned me back to my normal self, she had also turned Ambrose into a hairy creature while I was gone

(Seriously, what is with my classmates and turning their friends into hairy creatures?!)

I had originally planned to tell my mother about this incident so Sabrina would get into trouble, but by the end of it I just wanted to forget it ever happened, I'm only writing it down here because I want this told in my future biographies so everyone knows how silly Sabrina and my other classmates are.

Using these three experiences, I have come to the conclusion that nitches are very very strange, they wear such boring clothing, they whisper things loudly so people they don't want to hear it can hear it, the schools they go to have about a billion students and the school buildings are often times small, some of them are super bland and despite this people like them, they think people are "cute" despite meeting them then and there, some of them are aware or at the very least coming close to being aware of the Witch World but most other humans think those types are crazy, and they make their "cities" so big and complicated to navigate.

I have no idea why Sabrina enjoys it there and I can certainly see why mother wants her to live in the Witch World permanently, not only will it make our marriage easier but also I think it'll just be better for her wellbeing considering she has to go to the school in that world and the school in this world. If I was Sabrina I'd only ever go to the Nitch world to visit my aunts and I'd only ever stay in their bakery.

Soon I need to go to sleep, so I will leave this first entry here. And I promise to write more meaningful things in the future.

[deadpresidents]

HERBERT HOOVER •An Uncommon Man: The Triumph of Herbert Hoover by Richard Norton Smith (BOOK) •Herbert Hoover: A Biography by Eugene Lyons (BOOK) •Herbert Hoover in the White House: The Ordeal of the Presidency by Charles Rappleye (BOOK | KINDLE) •Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times by Kenneth Whyte (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT •Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship by Jon Meacham (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II by Doris Kearns Goodwin (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Traitor To His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt by H.W. Brands (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom by Conrad Black (BOOK | KINDLE) •Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life by Robert Dallek (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

HARRY S. TRUMAN •Truman by David McCullough (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year That Transformed America by David Pietrusza (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman by Merle Miller (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Off the Record: The Private Papers of Harry S. Truman by Harry S. Truman, Edited by Robert H. Ferrell (BOOK) •Harry S. Truman by Margaret Truman (BOOK)

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER •Eisenhower by Geoffrey Perret (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Eisenhower, Volume I: Soldier, General of the Army, President-Elect, 1890-1952 by Stephen E. Ambrose (BOOK | KINDLE) •Eisenhower, Volume II: The President by Stephen E. Ambrose (BOOK | KINDLE) •The Supreme Commander: The War Years of Dwight D. Eisenhower by Stephen E. Ambrose (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Eisenhower in War and Peace by Jean Edward Smith (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

JOHN F. KENNEDY •An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 by Robert Dallek (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (BOOK | KINDLE) •Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency by Mark K. Updegrove (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956 by Fredrik Logevall (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by Vincent Bugliosi (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

[compacflt]

Do you have any nonfiction that you would recommend if someone was interested in the US Navy/military?

im probably not the right person to ask this bc most of my military knowledge hyperfixation is centered on the ARMY in the American Revolutionary War & World War II. It’s only pretty recently that i got into modern warfare as a topic, so let me just give some indiscriminate recs

Can’t go wrong with David McCullough‘s 1776, which is a great overview of the first year of the revolutionary war + the extremely fraught politics of trying to start a new nation’s military—really illustrates where a bunch of lingering schools of thought in our military originated from.

Another David McCullough shout-out: his The Wright Brothers is an excellent book about the origins of flight, AND it was the book right next to the picture of Ice and Maverick shaking hands on Ice’s bookshelf in TGM. So we know ice has read that one. I think you can’t go wrong at all with any David McCullough. I own like 5-6 of his books and he hasn’t missed once. (His best is John Adams but that’s not mil related)

Ron chernows biography of Washington goes into his military background (7 years' war) a whole bunch, and kind of elucidates how truly fortunate we were to have our nation’s first leader be a military man who really kinda didn’t want to be there. Some really good takes on leadership. Just beware that chernow does have a reputation in the history community for just makin shit up sometimes. If it sounds too cute/quaint to be true, it really might be.

u may be tempted: DO NOT read Brian kilmeade's Thomas Jefferson & the Tripoli Pirates, one of the few navy NF books I've read. I read it b4 I even knew who kilmeade was--didn't matter. it fucking sucks. he uses like 7 sources in the whole book.

Stephen E. Ambrose's Citizen Soldiers is a great WWII NF book about that generation of infantrymen.

The one big Navy NF book I've read recently is (not to brag but my personally signed copy of) Craig symonds' new biography of admiral Chester Nimitz, who was COMPACFLT during WWII's war in the pacific. I got a SHIT ton of professional characterization for Ice from Nimitz' life and this book--Nimitz also worked 18 hour days, was also separated from the love of his life for long periods of time in Hawaii, was also probably acutely depressed, etc.

okay: THOMAS E. RICKS. The Generals is SUCH a good book. Army leadership from WWII up through Iraq and Afghanistan. Focusing on how the Army used to relieve (fire) commissioned officers who couldn't hack it, and that's a huge part of why we won WWII, but somewhere between WWII and Korea, being fired started being super shameful (macarthur's fault if I'm reading it correctly) so mediocre officers didn't get fired and that's why the army has suffered shit leadership in every war since WWII. It's a HUGE thesis that he backs up so well. Would so recommend. I'm also currently reading his FIASCO about the fuck-up of Iraq. Also incredible so far.

Michael O'Hanlon's Military History for the Modern Strategist-- a post Civil War survey of military strategy on the campaign/operational level. Might be a good introduction to US military history, just giving a pretty broad overview of post-CW warfare, so that way you don't pick up a random book about the Korean War and go "wait what was the Chosin campaign again?" Interestingly written and I got to meet him and he wrote "wishing you the best" in my book after I told him I wanted to steal his job at Brookings someday, so admittedly I'm biased.

Lawrence Wright's The Terror Years: From Al-Qaeda to the Islamic State is not strictly military related, but it is one of the best-written and most illuminating nonfiction books I've ever read and I cannot recommend it enough.

For war fiction, my taste is v mainstream: Pat Barker's Regeneration trilogy, Tim O'Brien's Going After Cacciato (imo better than the things they carried), Ahmed Saadawi's Frankenstein in Baghdad, Kevin Powers' The Yellow Birds, Cannot Miss Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front if you haven't read it, Hassan Blasim's The Corpse Exhibition: And Other Stories of Iraq... For specifically Naval lit: Run Silent, Run Deep is a pretty good classic, and this summer I read the 600-page behemoth The Caine Mutiny, which is about specifically WWII-era naval law... it's a brick. But it won a pulitzer and it's...passable. Kind of interesting at least.

[softguarnere]

hello! :) i'm working on a bob fanfiction right now, and i wanted to know if you had any tips for aspiring bob fanfic writers (or if you had talked about this before?) i'm especially curious what you have to say about balancing the historical accuracy of the story vs deviations from history, as well as how to weave an oc into the original plot of the show while still keeping the content fresh and (somewhat) original

oh! and also how you go about doing your research (if you do any)

your writing is a huge inspiration to me, so thanks so much!! i hope you have a good day :D

Hi Anon! I answered something similar here if you want to check that out

Aside from just going for it and having fun with it, I do have some thoughts (everybody act shocked), but I'll try to keep it concise 🤗

Balancing historical accuracy with fiction

First and foremost, I feel like it's helpful to point out that Stephen Ambrose made some mistakes in BOB. Not trying to disparage his name or anything, just to be clear! Several of the men (Speirs, Shifty) pointed out mistakes he made about them in the book.

Why am I mentioning this? Because I'm a historian and I'm annoying about it lol Because the historical narrative we're drawing our inspiration for fics from isn't a narrative that everyone agrees on -- then again, good luck finding one that people do, but I digress -- I think it gives some wiggle room for bending the story a bit to make it work for the narrative that we as writers are trying to create

Similarly, I feel like it's important to invoke the disclaimer that many of us put on our fics: these stories about fictional representations from a show (though it is based on real people and events)

In the end, we're all taking liberties with the narrative for the sake of our writing. Most people in the fandom probably won't bite your head off if you use plotlines that are alternate histories because most of us are doing them, too -- and a lot of writers here have some very cool ideas and plots with alternate histories that are really good reads!

At the end of the day, don't feel pressured to stick directly to the historical narrative. After all, we're writers -- having imagination is what we do

Weaving an OC into a well-known narrative

Oh boy. I'm not sure if there's a great way to answer this. Personally, I knew who my OC was, what her background, wants desires, etc. were, and then I just sort of . . . set her free into the story? There are moments directly from the show where I wove her in and made her a part of that scene, and then there are interactions and plotlines that I came up with myself.

Honestly, it probably depends on your plot and your character. No one really wants to read a re-write of BOB -- after all, that's why we're all out here writing fics with our own ideas and stories. However, if you feel that a certain scene would further your plot/advance your character, and that you can weave them into it, then go for it! It's all about how you write and what feels right to you for your story.

Research

Have I abused some of my historian privileges during my time in this fandom? Perhaps 👀 But if you don't have university archival access, never fear! There are still lots of good ways to research

In terms of background, I found that reading the memoirs and biographies of the Easy Company men was really helpful when figuring out how to write them. It was also good for learning stories and experiences that did not make it into BOB. Watching interviews with them on YouTube and watching interviews with the actors was also extremely helpful for things like speech cadence, mannerisms, etc.

Definitely branch out, though! I was lucky in that I had to do some projects about WW2 around the time that I joined the fandom, so researching different aspects of the period was helpful for me when I started writing. Don't feel like you have to rush out and read every WW2 book or watch every documentary, but it can definitely help with learning different perspectives and experiences, as well as providing context.

If you ever want book recommendations, feel free to reach out! Especially if you need book recs about paratroopers in general, because I have a whole shelf space dedicated to those haha

Lastly, thank you so much for the lovely compliment, Anon -- and thank you for trusting me enough to reach out! 🥹 Feel free to reach out if you ever want to chat, and I look forward to reading what you write in the future 💕

(Other BOB writers feel free to add on!)

[feastonkings]

avan jogia / they/them/any  ———  no way is that RIVER PATEL.. they’re a 30-year-old HUMAN notoriously known for being INDULGENT  &  NEEDY but there are some people who have seen them being AFFECTIONATE  &  ENTERTAINING.  if you ask me, they remind me a lot of waxing poetics in everyday conversation, a crystal for every occasion, bohemian but make it sexier, draping over people and furniture like a cat demanding attention, and a rainbow of chaos, but that could just be because they’re considered the SEER around town. just keep an eye on them  &  see if their true colors shine through..

GENERAL.

full name: river celeste halcyon patel nicknames: riv, rivvy, stardust (stage name) classification: enhanced human gender / pronouns: genderqueer, they/them/any age / birthday: 30, february 7th orientations: pansexual, panromantic, polyamorous occupation: co-owner of the broom closet, metaphysical expert, & dancer at the kit-kat club status: open family: luna patel ( mother, deceased ), parthiv patel ( father, deceased ) strengths: affectionate, entertaining, loving, creative, playful weaknesses: indulgent, impulsive, needy, promiscuous, flighty character inspo: ambrose spellman (chilling adventures of sabrina), klaus hargreeves (umbrella academy), eric effiong (sex education), phoebe buffay (friends), mouse (doormouse), nymphadora tonks (harry potter), jules vaughn (euphoria), jesper fahey (shadow & bone), jenny curran (forrest gump), riley blue (sense8), jaskier (witcher), veronica fisher (shameless), ulysses zane (now apocalypse)

BIOGRAPHY.

tw: addiction, death, overdose, abuse, chronic illness

born in new orleans, to two loving and hardworking parents. they lived in the lower ninth ward, in a small two bedroom home. money wasn’t abundant, but there was enough to give them everything they needed.

river was born with type one diabetes and has required insulin to function properly from the start.

their father, worked as a street musician and helped their mother at the metaphysical shop she owned. along with the shop, luna was a well known wiccan and head of one of the many local covens.

with the global environment declining over the years, tropical storm season had become even more dangerous. one particular hurricane hit the city and the big easy didn't stand a chance. over half the city was affected, the lower income areas the worst. hundreds died and among them were river's parents.

they were pushed into the system, foster families that were near capacity with displaced children. river couldn't stand it. hated the clothes they put them in, the way the tried to bring them to church, bringing them to therapy, throwing away their crystals and trying to cut their hair. it didn't take long until they'd run away.

at twelve years old, they were on their own. bouncing from family friend to family friend until their best friend's family got word and took them in as one of their own.

they appreciated everything that family did for them and the strong bond they had with their friend, it was more than they could've asked for. being accepted for who they were and loved made all the difference in helping them survive their teen years.

at the age of seventeen, they decided to get their ged and river said the hardest goodbyes to new orleans and their second hom when they left to go travel the country.

on their own and in their travels, many things were learned. one being how to survive off nothing, as they struggled to find any kind of work. river was not very reliable when it came to day jobs and set schedules, though they attempted to adapt.

the biggest struggle was this constant feeling of emptiness along with rotating periods of random moods that would sometimes come about for no reason at all. it had been there since losing their family and most of the time they just rode it out. in the worst times they turned to substances for help, as they’d done in the past. this lead them down a spiral of abusive relationships, bad run ins with dealers and law enforcement, shady work to keep afloat, etc.

away from home and lacking inhibition, they ended up becoming a garbage disposal for the many options of drugs available in america's underground; using them to fill a void they couldn’t close no matter how hard they tried until it almost killed them.

which is exactly what happened, they ended up overdosing in an all-night diner's bathroom and when they woke up they were in a hospital room with no clue what had happened. it gave them a wake up call for sure, and it was decided that they needed to start over.

after a couple years and many failures, river managed to hitch a ride as far as texas. they had a good feeling about dallas and updated those in new orleans where they were. that was when they were told of the trust money their parents left behind for river to be given to them when they reached the age of twenty-five.

the temptation was there to blow the money on more travels and parties but it was quickly squashed. it was an obvious sign from the stars and they decided to go all in on a new venture, opening up a shop with a close friend called the broom closet.

the new distractions did not shake the vices they picked up on the road but they certainly slowed them down. they are trying their best to kick their many bad habits so that one day they will thrive in the world again.

beyond that they used their natural knack for seduction and flirtatious nature to make money for the shop and meet new people by dancing at the kit-kat club. determined something would come of their life someday.

when they aren’t working at either of their jobs, they can be found writing lyrics or poetry, dancing, partying, or sneaking out of the home of one of their many casual romantic encounters. river is excited for the future and whatever the new start would bring for them in this cyber metropolis.

HEADCANONS.

river has type one diabetes and has a pump to regulate it better. it’s important they are able to see a medical professional regularly. they also wear a medical alert bracelet with this information.

they despise sleeping alone, whether it be from having people around them in close quarters for most of their life or just the loathing of being alone in general, they tend to stick close to people if they can sleep at all.

comparable to a cat they can sleep anywhere and will curl up or drape themselves over people for affection.

they wear their heart on their sleeve and fall in love quite easy, unfortunately their over devotion and wandering eyes have made it difficult to hold any long term relationship except with one person who has always understood the amount of love they have and just because they love someone it does not mean they love another any less.

river has a long history of casual relationships and having a select few they are fully committed to exclusively, however they develop deep feelings for people easily and adore them long after any romance leaves. they are very open with their sexuality and the love of the human body. river has often used casual sex as another coping mechanism and occasional self-destructive tendency.

they love dancing, parties, poetry, and music - they also adore talking to people and will be happy to introduce themselves to anyone and everyone

music has always had a strong place in their life, though they've never had the desire to pursue it professionally. they can play almost any guitar, bass, piano, pan flute, viola, and harmonica.

river can speak spanish, french, creole, american sign language and some hindi besides english

more to come

[adrianxpucey]

🐍🧹INTRODUCTION ❜

⌜ tommy martinez, male, he/him, ⌟  welcome back to hogwarts, ADRIAN PUCEY ! according to your file, you’re a TWENTY-FOUR year old PUREBLOOD. as i’m sure you remember, last spring had its challenges, but i’m confident you’ll take your studies more seriously this year. as a SIXTH year HOUSE, focusing on SPORTS MAGIC, you’ve got a lot on your plate. our records show that you're CHARMING and PERCEPTIVE however, they seem to have left off that you're DUPLICITOUS and CRASS. if i’m correct, you’re siding with THE DARK, which makes sense considering you’re known around the castle for spending hours on the quidditch pitch no matter the weather, empty bottles and a full ashtray, and whispers of old wounds upon his skin let’s hope you make it through the year in one piece.

&. BASICS 

Full Name: adrian gordo pucey 

Nicknames: pucey

Age: 24 

Sexuality: straight

Date of Birth: march 22nd  

Place of Birth: grimsby, lincolnshire 

Gender: cis male 

House: slytherin  

&. MORE BASIC INFO

Languages: english & german 

Religion: atheist

Education: sixth year @ hogwarts 

quidditch position: chaser 

Drinks, Smokes, & Drugs: yes. heavily. 

&. PERSONALITY

Zodiac Sign: aries

Bad Habits: excessive smoking and drinking

Secret Talent:  

Hobbies: quidditch, dueling club, potions club, charms club  

Fears: disappointing his parents.

Five Positive Traits: charming, athletic, venturesome, dutiful, and perceptive

Five Negative Traits: dupicitous, vindictive, possessive, crass, and stolid

&. APPEARANCE

Tattoos: ( x x x x )

Piercings: none  

&. FAMILY INFORMATION

Parent Names: ambrose pucey & iris pucey

Parent Relationship: adrian's parents have always put a lot of pressure on him, to be the best or have the best people around him. their definition of the best. and in some twisted way, adrian will do anything to make them proud, even if it's against what he wants.

Sibling Names: none

Children: none 

Pets: owl ( x )

&. WANTED CONNECTIONS

best friend

drunk friends, aka two people who do not spend time together sober but get along only when drunk

sibling like friends

family friends

flirtationship

one night stand

friends with benefits

project partners

teammates

ex girlfriend

&. BIOGRAPHY

( coming soon )

[meet-you-at-the-north-star]

1, 3, 22 for the HBO war ask game

1. What was the first series you watched and how did you find out about it?

It was Band of Brothers! I’d already heard about it but very vaguely, but I especially found out about it thanks to a dear online friend of mine. It was a longtime favorite of hers so I finally decided to check it out in January of this year aaaaand it got me completely obsessed.

2. Have you read any of the books related to the series?

I’ve read the original Ambrose book, Band of Brothers, Dick’s war memoir (Beyond Band of Brothers) and his biography (Biggest Brother). I’m currently reading Robert Leckie’s Helmet for My Pillow and loving every second of it 🥰

22. If you could make HBO create another series, what would it be about?

Ooh I love this so question. There are so many different interesting angles to WW2 they could tackle with another series, but as an Italian the one I’d be more interested to see is about the various resistance movements that happened all around Europe at the time. The Italian Resistance movement was really instrumental in liberating most of our country from nazi-fascism and the same can be said about many other countries so I think it would be cool if they put more emphasis on that. It would also certainly make for thrilling, tension filled narrative.

[finalgirlmalarkey]

curious because ive read several memoirs and personal accounts but never touched anything like ambrose's work