#anne talks: with apollo

[arkhammaid]

HI new moot anne ... !! from teyvat's valley if i'm not mistaken. hehe ^_^ hi i just wanted to say hi nice to meetcha AND GRATS ON 500 !!! + your theme is so cool. i love it. okay that's all i just wanted to pop in lmfao <33 (i'm sleepy rn from where i am eek i'm doing this on a whim but fr it's nice to meet u!! been a while since i've had a new moot i've greeted tbh so <3)

hi hi new friend ^^ yes yes, exactly!! it’s very nice to officially meet you as well and tysm 🫶

this theme is inspired by my username which was inspired by my husband’s revenge arc and his big fat crush i‘m really glad so many people like it cuz it’s one of my favorite themes i ever did :)

i‘m glad you did!! and i can‘t wait to get to know you better 💕

[god-blog]

I’m starting a tag game!

People are always saying they need more witchy/pagan mutuals so I thought this would be a fun way to find them while getting to talk about your practice!

Who, if anyone, was the first deity(s) you worked with?

Hermes was the first deity that I made the conscious decision to worship though I had always been drawn to paganism. I made a tiny altar, devotional drawings, playlists, and a journal to him. I quickly added Athena and Apollo after that, but it became too overwhelming, and I got burnt out. I stopped practicing for about four years until I started again this year.

Who, if anyone, is the deity(s) you’re working with now?

Artemis was the one who reached out to me this time. She had been sending me a bunch of incredibly obvious signs that took me abt six months to finally notice (my bad lol) but I'm very happy with her now. Athena has also been more present, whereas she was more in the background the first time I tried Hellenism, and now she sits with me at work. Hermes dips in and out and Apollo's the one who's been more in the background. I would like to strengthen my relationship with them because I miss them.

What’s your favorite aspect of your practice? (Ex: doing tarot, celebrating holidays, casting spells, etc)

I like getting things for my altar. It makes me so happy knowing that my gods will like whatever I'm getting; I love getting presents for ppl I care abt. I haven't collected everything into one central altar yet but I'm very excited for when I do.

What’s something you want to get better at?

I want to get better at tarot. I've been doing it for a few years now but I'm still 100% reliant on the guidebook the cards came with and am not very good at making my own interpretations. I'm hoping I'll get better at it with time but it has been quite a while...

Tagging: @buriedpentacles @kore-siciliana @anne-the-witch-ish @serpent-among-vines @khaire-traveler @princesmeadow @hunters-moonlight-serenade @huntingkyrie

[wisdom-devotee]

Heyyy I’ve been wondering, could you give your opinion on how you see the myth between lord Apollo and Cassandra of Troy❓A lot of people have mixed feelings about it and I’d like to hear your opinion

Love your acc❗️💖

🦚💞

Alright, this might be a long one, Thank you so much for the ask, I love talking about Cassandra.

I will be using Robert Fagles’ translation of The Oresteia to answer this.

I think people have complicated feelings about Apollo and Cassandra because the situation in itself is complicated.

On the one hand, many versions of this myth, I think, portray it as Cassandra intentionally manipulating a god and being hubristic. That is cause for punishment. She promised him a child in exchange for the gift of prophecy. After getting her gift, she didn’t uphold her end of the bargain.

Now— it’s complicated. Because consent is always allowed to be revoked at any point during any thing. And saying ‘but I did x for you’, which is essentially Apollo’s side, would be coercion.

….But he’s a god. And she broke an oath. And this is why we don’t make oaths. You can’t lie to the god of truth.

The way that Cassandra herself discusses what went down is really important, I think:

“I yielded, then at the climax I recoiled — I deceived Apollo!”

There’s certainly something more nuanced about the idea that she ‘recoiled’, specifically. During the act itself rather than before. That’s less cut-and-dry than outright denying him the thing she promised. I don’t know exactly what to make of it.

But she does feel guilt and remorse. She doesn’t hate Apollo for this and in fact comes across still quite respectful of him throughout her scene, although she believes that he is leading her to her own death. She also frequently likens him to fire and burning, which is just something I found particularly interesting, especially given both of their connections to Troy, which burned, and how Cassandra almost represents Troy within this play.

I have always found Cassandra the assault victim having a curse that specifically makes people not believe her to be quite an interesting metaphor. Like, yeah. That’s how victims are treated sometimes and that’s how it feels. It is like a curse.

There’s one more line I really want to point out, though. In Fagles, she calls him:

“Apollo my destroyer”

But Anne Carson points out that the etymology of this is really interesting in Greek. It could both sound like “my destroyer” or “my Apollo”. Mortals often refer to gods as ‘theirs’ throughout their play in a devotional sort of way. It happens often with Hermes. Having Cassandra use that same devotional phrasing, but with the double meaning of it sounding like “my destroyer” is… genius.

The Oresteia portrays Cassandra with an incredible amount of depth. Which is funny, because she is so irrelevant to the wider plot, but I appreciate her a lot.

All that to say, my opinion and interpretation of Cassandra and Apollo is also so complicated, like many other people’s. I wish I could give a more concise answer, but I really just used this as a Cassandra yap session.

I don’t think Apollo is necessarily in the wrong for what he did to her, given the broken oath thing. But I don’t think she deserved it, either. And within the Oresteia specifically, it almost comes across as a huge misunderstanding that results in something terrible.

[anotheroceanid]

I wrote this sleepy, directly on my laptop and barely revised it, please have it in mind!!!

Your treat. @perseabeth @orchardsong

For context to everyone else, this is a unfinished one shot I was writing for the WTHB series, but I literally just made two scenes and called it a day and went back to the main story lol

Her eyes are only slightly closed as she enjoys the sun kisses on her skin. Percy tries not too look flushed while she help one of the new campers on how to hold a sword properly.

‘Are you alright, Miss Jackson?’ The little girl asks. ‘You’re red.’

Percy is obviously failing.

‘It’s never this hot in Atlantis. I think I got used to weather there.’

‘Oh, there must be nice. I don’t like when it’s hot.’

      It would be a surprise if she did. The was Boreas’ daughter. And Canadian.

‘It is. But I like warmth, too.’

For a second, Percy was silently judged by a seven-year-old girl, ‘Well, guess even the Hero of Olympus can have poor taste. If the barrier controls the weather, couldn’t someone turn on it’s AC?’

Percy wheezed as she heard an indignant "Hum!" near her ear. The sun tickled her cheeks, and Percy smiled softly.

‘Hey, do not wave the sword so… fast…’ She mumbled as one of Hermes’ boy threw his weapon a few metres away. Thank gods it was a wooden sword, because it hit right in the head of one of Demeter’s children, who immediately started screaming.

‘Keep going, Anne, you’re doing fine.’ Percy praised the daughter of Boreas as she ran the other way, where the six-year-old boy cried. ‘Chill, chill. It’s alright!’ She bent down to be at the child's height, so she could verify it’s head. ‘It’s alright, right?’ She whispered as low as possible, so the young campers that reunited around her wouldn’t listen.

‘Yup. Just good old drama.’ Apollo answered. Only her could hear him.

‘Great! I mean, hey it’s not bad, you know? You’re tough!’ Percy cheered, and the six-year-old seemed sceptical. ‘It’s just a little ouchie, isn’t it?’

‘No!’ He claimed loudly, hand dramatically placed on his head. ‘It’s a big ouchie! Kiss it!’

Percy blinked for a moment. Oh, this is cute. ‘Of course, of course.’ She said, as she kissed his forehead. ‘Is it better now or do you think you need to go to the infirmary get some syrup!’

‘I’m fine!’ He cheered. ‘No syrup, it’s disgusting.’

‘Okay, no syrup then.’ Percy laughed, and she heard Apollo giggling too. ‘Now get your sword and go back to practice, okay? Nico, would you assist me, please?’

On a distant corner, wearing a black hiking jacket that would make Percy melt in that heat, Nico Di Angelo frowned. ‘Am I not, already?’

‘The idea is to, for example, not let people accidentally throw swords on each other.’ Percy mouthed.

‘I don’t like kids.’

‘Then why did you offer help, Mr Retiree?’

‘Technically, I could be.’ Nico said.

‘Technically, he could be.’ Apollo muttered, at the exact same moment.

‘… and it was either that or helping with the strawberries. The dryads say I’m terrible with plants.’ The dryads are correct, Percy silently agreed, but said nothing. ‘But I’m terrible with kids too, so…’

‘You’re not terrible with kids. They are very welcoming if you try.’ Percy encouraged, though Nico didn’t seem convinced. ‘For cookies, then?’

Nico seemed to ponder for a moment. ‘Don’t draw skulls on them this time.’ He turned, moving toward the same son of Hermes, who looked at Nico like he was the coolest guy alive.

‘That’s a low blow, love.’ Apollo whispered, and she felt his fingertips stroking her neck. She felt a shiver down her spine. ‘Can I get cookies too?’

‘Stop that!’ She mumbled, trying to move her lips as little as possible. She had gotten pretty good at it recently; though it was particularly easier when she was surrounded by little kids she towered over. But poor Nico… Well, he was too overwhelmed by the speed the son of Hermes talked to pay attention to her. If his eyes grow any bigger, they’d fall out of his face.

Apollo chuckled. ‘Took me a lot of effort to get here. If anything, it’s your fault I turned touchy.’

Percy knew she was red like a tomato. ‘You’ve always been touchy.’

‘Unfortunately, I tend to get worse with time.’ He kissed one of Percy’s shoulders. ‘Will you come to Delos with me for the weekend?’

She bit her lip, knowing she should say no. However, it was not like Percy had anything to do at camp in the weekend. The friends that’d be at camp would be engaging in activities Percy had been avoiding and the other friends… Well, not her age. Percy didn’t see herself spending the entire weekend playing UNO with Cabin 7 and Nico, either.

Technically, she could go to Atlantis. There was no downside to that, even if sometimes Triton could be a bit overwhelming as an older brother. Then, father allowed Triton to be overwhelming, so she blamed it on him. Besides that, it was always fun in Atlantis…

‘Or…’ Percy started, ignoring completely her previous line of thoughts. ‘You could come to my mother’s apartment.’ Apollo got silent. Percy blushed. ‘Unless it’s something terribly offensive to invite a god to your mother’s apartment for a weekend. In this case, ignore what I just said.’

‘Do you want me to meet your mom?’ He whispered softly, and Percy felt his breath near her neck.

‘You know my mom.’ She answered, exasperated at the closeness. ‘Dude, I really need to focus on not letting a kid not pluck an eye from another.’

He ignored what she just said and kept going. ‘I saw your mom. Once. That didn’t count.’

‘You talked to her.’

‘Artemis talked to her. I just stood there and nodded trying to not look stupid.’

This was Percy’s time to chuckle. ‘Artemis would argue you failed.’

‘I would argue I failed that day! I’m pretty sure I was smiling a little too much. Didn’t she spoke to you about me?’

‘Nope. Not a word.’ Mostly because Percy blackout-ed a few hours after the Laurel Wreath Ceremony and didn’t remember most of it, because no one thought about telling her the free drinks weren’t alcohol free. Bless Rhode for helping her and keeping it a secret.

‘See? I caused a bad impression.’ He professed dramatically. ‘You cannot ask me to just show up in your door one random weekend and then meet your mom, I need planning time. I need to gather gifts, and maybe write a poem or a music to her.’

Percy pictured Apollo showing up at their door with a millionaire collection of jewellery and the next Billboard Hot 100 number one hit. That wasn’t the way Percy wanted her mom and Paul to meet her boyfriend. Boyfriend? Can she call him that? Secret boyfriend? Friend-with-Benefits who walk holding hands in Paris? Friends’ brother who she kissed indiscriminately when they were left alone? Friends’ dad she got cosy with? Percy never brought up the topic, and sincerely she was a bit nervous to do so, but she wondered what she should call it.

Not that she would be announcing it to anyone any time soon. Or ever. Well, ever was a long time to count with, but she’s not spilling the tea the next girls’ night.

‘My mom won’t be there.’ Percy revealed, licking her lips timidly. ‘She and Paul are visiting his family, so… We would be alone.’

Which wasn’t the case in Delos.

His mom was there. Leto was amazing, but that all knowing grin she would give them made her feel scandalous. Additionally, Percy would like to have a moment with her Call-It-What-You-Want without Thalia, Artemis and Hermes playing UNO on the living room. It was not as if she intended doing anything, Percy simply didn’t want that feeling of being watched.

‘Oh…’ Apollo sang devilishly. ‘This won’t help me cause a good first impression.’ He laughed, obviously finding fun in it all. ‘Which isn’t fair, considering my whole family adores you. And don’t dare arguing with me, you know it’s true. I’m talking about the side of the family that matters, by the way.’

They remained quiet for a second, then Percy spoke. ‘So, is it no?’

‘It’s an absolute "I’ll be there!", I’m just thinking how I’ll make it up for your mom… Any idea?’

‘My mom is chill; she won’t hate you for coming over when she’s out. Mom always says I can bring in, hm… ‘Boys, but he didn’t need to know that. ‘…friends.’

Silence, again. ‘Her favourite singer is definitely getting a Grammy next year.’

‘Her favourite singer is Freddie Mercury.’

‘Your family definitely hates me, my love…’

Mr D almost cries when she tells him and Chiron that she is leaving to spend the weekend "with her mom". Well, he didn’t cry. But he cried out a ‘You’re leaving me alone with them?!’ As he pointed his finger to a group of toddler demigods who played in the carpet. Apparently, they invaded Big House and refused to get out without a fight.

Chiron also gave her a pleading look as one of the toddlers pulled his tail. ‘Is it urgent?’ He asks, silently agreeing with Mr D.

‘I mean, she’s happy that I improved with the whole thing with the war, so we wanted to spend some time together, you know? Like the old times. Words like "gatekeeper" and "fight" were used against my father.’ Being around Hermes made lie much easier for her. Percy wondered it was some sort of blessing or if she was just learning it by familiarity.

‘Can’t you go next week?’ Mr D asked, as he moved his hands to flout a pointy pen out of one of the toddlers’ hands. The poor kid started to cry. ‘Or next month? Your mom won’t run away, Penny Johnson!’

She held a laughter as she watched Mr D pick up the child and try desperately to stop the monstrous tantrum over a pen. ‘They won’t grow in a week.’ She retorted, smiling devilishly.

‘Maybe we should get a permission on Olympus to age every kid to twelve as soon as they cross the barrier for the first time.’ Mr D suggested, looking rather serious.

‘You’re not doing that!’ She and Chiron rushed to suppress that absurd idea before the other gods heard it.

‘Oh, as if I didn’t suffer enough…’ Dionysus sighed. ‘How people do it without drinking?’

‘Preferably, everyone should do it without drinking.’ Percy frowned. ‘Give me the child, would you?’ She stepped in and stole away the toddler from his arms. He didn’t even fret from releasing them.

Percy rocked the toddler cheerfully, and they quickly forget why they were crying.

‘Just take them with you! Actually, why don’t you keep them?’ He suggested, as if it was the most brilliant thought someone could ever come out with.

‘I’m seventeen!’ She remembered to him.

‘Back on my days, you’d have a litter of your own already… Your mother will be there, won’t she?’ Oh, yeah, that… ‘A souvenir from Camp Half-Blood, isn’t it nice?’

Without even thinking twice, Percy come up with an answer. ‘It’s not her job to take care of other people’s kids.’

‘And is it mine?’ Dionysus pointed out to himself, and as Chiron and Percy opened their mouths to answer, with a finger raised, he added, ‘It’s a rhetoric question.’

‘So, here’s my rhetoric answer: tire them until they sleep and pray it last for a few hours. That was what mom did to me when I was this age.’

She put the toddler on the ground, and it ran to hug Mr D legs, who shrieked like he had just been electrocuted.

Percy grinned and left the Big House.

It’s almost night. She needs a bath. Camp got so crowded ever since the end of the war that the days felt longer with all the additional classes, they needed to encompass all different age ranges; not that the veterans would use it as an excuse to skip the underground parties. They were more frequent when Pollux was around. However, he had been pre-emptively sent to a spiritual retreat with the Maenads. A fancy way to say he’s temporary exiled from Camp, because apparently some gods (Athena) didn’t like the "bad influence" he had on their children (Annabeth). The Gods weren’t thinking straight if they thought teenagers would let his legacy go to waste.

The Stolls were getting a lot of money with the parties. With the brilliant mind of Leo Valdez, one of the campers that arrived last winter, they were literally keep the Underground alive. Percy suspected that Mr D knew but kept quiet about it because he didn’t want to spoil everyone’s fun—especially when this fun kept his domain so close to him.

Percy watched as some nymphs giggled as they whispered to each other. The nature spirits were having the time of their lives. Good for them. Still, she had other plans.

From the Aphrodite Cabin, Drew waved to her, moving her lips asking if she was coming. Percy mouthed a "No, visiting mom", to what the daughter of Aphrodite made a pout. "Next one, then?" Percy read on her lips, to what Percy laughed and shrugged.

[meerealsssss]

intro !!

reading is recommended so you know what you're getting yourself into :3

last edit*: 6/2/25**

*latest update in the introductory section

**month/day/year

Hi! I'm mee. (weird ass name.)

[or call me 'm', mee might be confusing]

she/her

pet names/nicknames are allowed! :3

side blogs are @m-writingphase (writing blog) and @sambroadlysbignaturals (fanfic of my own book)

matching pfp with @junocheesie

EST

fandoms ᐛ :

(highlighted purple are fandoms im mainly interested in/talking about)

pjo

bsc (OG, ANN M MARTIN, BOOK VERSION)

dogman!

captain underpants

south park

gravity falls ⁉️⁉️

doors!

pressure (kinda?)

little shop of horrors!

brokenly beloved (my own book/story)

dandys world!!

likes :3 :

music (abba, weird al, whoever writes gravity falls songs)

writing

drawing (barely)

rain/thunder

warm weather

reading (books listed above)

sleeping

musicals/theatre

emojis/emoticons

dislikes >:( :

ads

a certain 'parental' figure

umbrellas 😖

mn'ms (candy!)

ALWAYS TELL ME IF IM DOING SOMETHING OFFENSIVE!! IT'S NEVER INTENTIONAL!!

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child of Apollo

capricorn (born dec. 25🎄‼️)

i play the flute (terribly)

im not religious (but i will respect you if you are)

i will love you forever if you send anon love /p

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my rambling - #mee's silly silly

answered asks - #asks 😍😍‼️

band class tag - #band class is wild

my book - #brokenly beloved

my art tag - #mee's silly sketches

my writing tag - #mee's writing :3

gacha tag - #mee's gacha posts :3

school posts - #sckahool !!

theater/theatre posts - #theater shenanigans

random one word posts - #mee's one word shitpost

posts formatted like a letter to someone - #mee sending non existent notes again

dreams i have - #mee dreams shit

small (mainly vent) posts that come out of nowhere - #ignore my rambling

big long vent posts - #mee's public diary

big long post (not vent, mainly silly) - #holy YAP

random 'chapter' names based on experiences - #life chapters

pjo tag - #percy jackass

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names of people i talk about!

evan - @moonysfavoritetoast

juno/ace - @junocheesie

alex to the power of r (attpor) - irl alex from school (he/him)

apollo - usually my dad

dragon/🐉 - my stepmom

mr mystery - my soc studies/web teacher

ms kopykat - last year's ela teacher

mrs dodds - last year's math teacher (very fitting)

mr skeleton - last year's science teacher

mr margarine/margarita - last year's soc. studies teacher

mr sharpie - my second band teacher

mama - my sixth grade teacher

kitty kat/katlynn/kat - main book character from a book i wrote

peyton - a former-friend of kat

alex to the power of b - alex from my book

sam/sammy baby - another friend of kat

jazon - zombie from my book

haley - a more childer child from my book

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my youtube

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pintrest (almost never active)

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[icaruslamenting]

⌗ !! ꒰ 31 days of helpol ꒱ 🏛️

(i’m so sorry y’all, i’ve been sick and had some health issues going on [both mental and physical] but im working on it and hopefully i should be able to start posting more frequently!! catching up for the 18th-21st)

day eighteen - “how can you best describe your relationship with each of your deities?”

honestly, i don’t exactly know how to describe my relationship with them. a lot of people see them in a family sort of way, but it just doesn’t feel like that to me. not right now, at least. it’s tricky to describe😭 but i hold a lot of respect and love for them, and i know they share that love with me as well <33

day nineteen - “if you had to assign one song to each of the deities you worship, what songs would you choose?”

(you’ll notice a theme in each one lol [music recs btw])

Lord Apollo - Haunted by Laufey, ICARUS by Tony Ann, Icarus & Apollo by Ripto, Arsonist’s Lullaby by Hozier, Talk by Hozier, Sunlight by Hozier, Work Song by Hozier, Take Me to Church by Hozier (lotssss of hozier)

Lady Aphrodite - Spanish Doll by Poe, Fade Into You by Mazzy Star, Medusa by Kaia Jette, Young and Beautiful by Lana Del Rey, Salvatore by Lana Del Rey, Brooklyn Baby by Lana Del Rey (and lotssss of lana del rey)

Lord Hermes - Headlock by Imogen Heap, Taking What’s Not Yours by TV Girl, Only You by Portishead, Glory Box by Portishead (really just a lot of imogen heap and portishead for Lord Hermes)

Lord Dionysus - Cheri Cheri Lady by Modern Talking, Out of Touch by Daryl Hall & John Oates, A Question of Time by Depeche Mode, Strangelove by Depeche Mode, Enjoy the Silence by Depeche Mode (can you tell i like depeche mode?? i love depeche mode)

day twenty - “do you have a favorite aspect of hellenic polytheism?”

really how beautiful and ancient the religion is. like… you’re telling me that people thousands of years ago loved the gods like i do?? that people thousands of years ago would see the same sun as me and have the same thought of Lord Apollo as i have had?? that people thousands of years ago longed to see the beautiful statues of Lady Aphrodite like i want to?? it’s so insane and really cool!!

day twenty-one - “are there any retellings/adaptions of greek mythology that you like? why/why not?”

a bunch!! i love all the percy jackson series’ (pjo, hoo, toa, all those), circe and the song of achilles (both by madeline miller), epic the musical, hadestown, and hades (the game, it’s super fun to play!!). i probably forgot one or two, so sorry about that!! but yeah, i love all of those. i’ll give my opinion on blood of zeus eventually, but i’m only just now starting and i want to try and rope my family into it too. but as for why i like them, i just think they’re cool!! i’m obviously always gonna be a massive fan of the classics like the iliad and the odyssey, but i like the other ones too :)

[rose-of-oz]

𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗣𝗟𝗢𝗧 𝗕𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗘𝗦

The time has once again come for me to talk about some plot bunnies!! These are some all of the plot bunnies I currently have that I haven’t really talked about much, at least on here - feel free to ask me any questions you might have about them!!

Arabella Larson, Percy Jackson OC, OC + OC ship. Daughter of Aphrodite. Super sweet, sees Grover as a little brother figure and is very protective over him, has amazing fashion sense and is amazing at doing makeup. Girlfriend to an Ares girl named Noelle.

Noelle Perez, Percy Jackson OC, OC + OC ship. Daughter of Ares, Arabella’s girlfriend. More skilled with hand-to-hand combat than weapons. One of the oldest kids in Ares cabin, so she acts as an older sister to everyone. Gets a bit protective over Percy immediately and doesn’t approve of Clarisse bullying him at all.

Lydia Chen, Percy Jackson OC, Percy ship. Daughter of Apollo. A total theatre kid who’s a great singer and actress and wants to be on Broadway one day. Pretty much the only one to try and help Percy in his first week aside from Luke. Has a bit of healing ability, but can only fix minor cuts and scrapes. A bit dramatic, but still a sweetheart.

Eleleth, Supernatural OC, OC + OC ship. Girlfriend for my other Supernatural OC Via Winchester. Young dominion angel who comes to Earth with Castiel to teach Via about her own abilities and her role in the coming fight, and winds up falling in love with her. A bit uptight and doesn’t think much of humans, but she grows right along with Cas. Via considers her name “too fancy” and calls her Elle, with she hates right up until she doesn’t.

Morvant Bellatrix, One Piece live-action OC, Mihawk ship. Former assassin, of the all-female Fatale pirate crew. Known as the Siren of the East Blue because she has a Devil Fruit power that lets her inflict pain on people by singing a specific song (think kind of a dark Rapunzel). Basically unofficially adopts Luffy and the other Straw Hats and goes out of her way to keep bounty hunters and other pirates away from them. Mihawk takes one look at her torturing someone and immediately falls in love. She is cold and calculating but she also can and will kill for the people she cares about.

Yami Corvo, One Piece live-action OC, Shanks ship. One of the most deadly assassins in all four Blues. Has a Devil Fruit power that allows them to manipulate their own blood and make it into weapons (think Marie Moreau from Gen V). Tries and fails to kill Mihawk, but he takes a liking to them and offers to bring them along with him on his travels, which is how they meet Shanks, who takes one look at this feral assassin and instantly gets heart eyes. They are very much a golden retriever/black cat ship and it’s lovely.

Phoebe Mosley, The Magnificent Seven OC, Vasquez ship. Bounty hunter with incredible shooting skills who’s an old friend of Sam’s, so he recruits her to help protect Rose Creek. Closed-off and not receptive to Vasquez and Faraday’s flirting at first, but warms up to everyone on the team eventually and becomes besties with Billy. Name is inspired by Annie Oakley’s real name, Phoebe Ann Mosey.

Santiago “Tiago” Rojas, The Magnificent Seven OC, poly Goody + Billy ship. Outlaw wanted for the murder of a preacher he’d found to be abusing his children who helps Faraday out when he’s approached by the men he owes money to and receives the offer to help Rose Creek along with him. Eventually falls in love with Goody and Billy, but also becomes Spanish-speaking besties with Vasquez and good friends with Jack because they’re both religious. Very good with knives and an axe when he can get his hands on one.

Sophia Ramos, M*A*S*H OC, Father Mulcahy ship. Former USO girl and aspiring Broadway chorus girl who volunteers as a nurse when the army asks for more. A total girly girl who always wears makeup and her nice dresses whenever she doesn’t have to be in uniform. Incredibly cheery and playful, and often entertains the 4077th by singing and dancing to keep morale up. Becomes unexpected besties with Margaret, and just so happens to fall for the company priest along the way.

Anastasia “Ana” Upland, The Hunger Games OC, poly Katniss and Peeta ship. District 3, Career victor of the 72nd Hunger Games. Eagerly volunteered for her Games, but became disillusioned with the Capital after having to kill just to survive and win and sought out the rebellion after Katniss and Peeta’s victory. Gets to know Katniss and Peeta during the Quarter Quell Games and slowly falls in love with both of them as the rebellion progresses. Very closed-off and cold because she’s haunted by the things she’s seen and done, but fiercely loyal and would do anything for the people she cares about. Skilled with a variety of weapons, but best at close hand-to-hand combat.

Delilah “Lila” Wills, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen OC, poly Tom Sawyer + OC ship. Added to the relationship between Tom and my other OC Enola Holmes. Works as a secretary and assistant for Enola’s small detective business in London before she gets recruited by the League, and when the League comes back for another mission in London Enola convinces the other members to make her a part of the group. She and Enola were definitely something more than friends before, but when she sees Enola is with Tom she thinks she has no more chance until all three of them realize they’re all falling in love with each other. She also becomes besties with Skinner because they’re both crafty buggers with Cockney accents and a loose relationship with the law.

Tagging everyone who might be interested in some of these babies: @auxiliarydetective, @luucypevensie, @xoteajays, @themaradwrites, @endless-oc-creations, @starcrossedjedis, @ginevrastilinski-ocs, @oneirataxia-girl.

[radioregine]

good bones (or, an exercise in letting go) [1300 wds]

genre: literary/dramedy

[cw: surgery talk, body image, colorism, fatphobia, depression, negative self-talk, emotional neglect, strained relationships]

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Mark ‘Mookie’ Simon, age 30, will break his first bones under the care of Doctor Armand in Tijuana, Mexico. He will have four osteotomies of the jaw over six months while Dodie plays caregiver (yes, paid). Dodie’s unbothered because it’s not skin bleaching or a black market butt lift or something else equally heinous, but also Very Bothered Enough to give Mookie another rendition of Why You Wanna Play With Your Face So Bad from the driver’s seat as they head to Hartsfield-Jackson Airport.

And yet again, Mookie tells her, We don’t all have good bones.

Dodie’s a good enough friend that she'll accept a half-story as long as she can monitor him. Mookie’s grateful. He’s still figuring out how to give her the whole truth. 

The PR reason is that he wants a competitive edge. Mookie is better known as Hennesse Williams, fast-growing queen of the Atlanta drag scene, and he wants to expand his horizons. He considered the staple practices: the buzzcuts for better wig placement, the spanx for a smoother look in skirts. What was wrong with something more permanent? He still can’t find an answer. Even little old ladies get chin lifts, tattooed brows. Gertrude can save at the Clinique counter and Mookie can save time contouring to look like he’s got a Disney Tarzan jaw. 

The true reason is a bit more involved.

It goes back decades.

The Weight had been the monkey on Mookie’s back (and belly, and hips, and arms, and everywhere) since birth. The Simons of Southern Georgia, USA were always markedly svelte; Mookie was nothing like them. Sure, he had the same twang and hazel eyes and tawny skin, but his facial features stretched wide, his frame and family bones buried deep under fat. It didn’t take long for him to figure out that whatever gene made the Simons energetic, ambitious, and burn off soul food like nothing had skipped him over. His childhood was spent in the solace of the N64 while Dorothy had the nerve to start singing and the gall to be good at it. 

[DOROTHY ANNE enters stage center. She is twelve years old. The stage is the Apollo, the Ole Opry, the hearts of most Simons and the world over. MOOKIE is her younger brother. He is eight years old. MOOKIE exits stage left and becomes a glass child.]

[MOOKIE wonders if there is such a thing as a glass parent. He lives with his folks yet he knows nothing about them.]

It had been many years of being grudgingly taken on tour when a blessing came to him in the form of vaudeville. (One can’t repeatedly visit New York without falling into its oldest theatre traditions.) Vaudeville became drag. Drag begot a creativity and athleticism he’d never known was possible for someone like him. Newly seventeen and now those bones that'd bent under the weight of himself and his sadness were suddenly carrying Mookie through a new chapter.  Gave strength to Hennessee, a larger-than-life character who was so very cathartic to become. Strength on his own small stages, performing for people of all ages who loved him. Strength in the streets to evade the people who sought to hurt him for finding himself. The biggest blessing: meeting Miss Dodie James.

[DODIE JAMES enters stage right. She is eighteen. She is a copper-skinned snark machine, a super-fan, and is more than happy to be Mookie’s right hand woman.]

But Dorothy was twenty and Nashville wanted her for good, so her managers  Mookie’s glass parents went with and sent him to stay with a half-dead great-aunt in ATL. He kept contact with Dodie, grew a name for himself in Georgia, kept his sights set on a forever home in New York one day. 

It was a letter from Dorothy that changed everything.

Mookie was blindsided. Her crooning and cowboy fringe had been so separate from his glitter and cocktail pantomime for so long. Read a few words with shaking hands, thought, You have everything. You don’t need me, too. Changed his address and his name and now he’s changing his face.

He’ll finally move to New York. If another Simon ever sees him again, their eyes will slide past him just as they’ve always done.

(He knows in his bones this is how it’s meant to be.)

The Tijuana condo has two bedrooms but Dodie’s bunking with him. Just for now - now that she knows everything. 

It’s the night before the first surgery. 

It starts with this, Dodie says from her side of the bed. Then you nip and tuck, nip and tuck till you’re the Black Ken Doll From Hell. What happens when we both die and they gotta identify you?

Mookie closes his eyes. They don’t know me for my smile. They can check my teeth. 

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[The stage is MOOKIE’S SKULL – pitch black, pain-free room. The buzz of a BONE SAW reverberates. MANDIBLE floor shudders and breaks under pressure.]

Recovery is this:

-A wired jaw

-Dodie doing all the talking in Tijuana (Mookie S.O.B.S., which means he Spares Others from his Broken Spanish)

-Dodie tending his wounds 

-Endless milkshakes and purees and Peridex mouthwash

-Extended time to shop floor show ideas

By night he falls asleep sweating under fans with 'novelas in one ear and a Bronx accent in the other (Dodie never moved into her own room).

When he gets onstage as Hennessee again he’ll have much to answer for. He deliberately kept the reason for his leave vague but he knows someone will put two and two together before he returns to American soil. (Queued media posts can only tide fans over for so long.) With this liquid diet he’s lightening up so much, too, and so having a snatched face and waist will make Hennessee the talk of Midtown. It’s all enough material for several shows over and Mookie’s pushing his pen overtime in this condo. (His jaw aches with the urge to practice aloud more than anything. Properly, not the ventriloquist dummy murmuring he can do through the wire right now.) He has way too many puns about mental gymnastics. 

[He, MOOKIE SIMON, grown-ass glass child, is she, HENNESSEE WILLIAMS, drag superstar and legendary gaywright of the 21st century. She is in Baja California with ten journals and a dry erase board and she’s not afraid to use them.]

The page on the bed between two friends comprises the scribblings of madmen. Mookie can’t tell where his ideas end and Dodie’s begin. He writes ‘Operation MB’, gives her room to work. Quickly gives her a metal grin – she’s just drawn Brain Surgery Cavity Sam instead of Full Body Cavity Sam.

Isolation got us on the same wavelength, Mookie writes.

Dodie shakes her head. We were already there. 

And that’s another thing to contend with: he's not sure when Dodie crossed over from best bud to collaborator – but he's not complaining. Who better to create with than someone who's supported him from jump? Something about her vagabond nature made her latch on.  Over the years he’s learned about her foster upbringing. How it'd hardened her in some ways, softened her in others. She doesn’t talk about her birth folks much like Mookie doesn't mention his family. Yet the whole of her has always seemed so transcendent. Mookie's trauma is written on his face when he's not on stage, and he's sure his friendship with her is predicated on her being the only one who can handle it. Maybe that's phrenology, that messy old way of thinking things are so set in bones. Maybe emotions are a bit malleable, like cartilage. Maybe Dodie just sees a person; a being made of ever-moving parts.

[The stage is MOOKIE’S SKULL. It’s newly renovated but it’s still not all that pretty. DODIE is strangely at home here.]

[likethexan]

If you were to comment on what is attractive about OTPs, how would you describe those ships?

yes, this ask is just an excuse for those who received it to ramble about their OTPs

I'm a sucker for the soulmate trope. Not necessarily the "the universe made you for me" kind of soulmates, but the one where someone meets what they'll soon realize is their other half, be it by their own efforts or just sliding into each other's lives so casually it's almost terrifying. ("There's someone for everyone.")

I have two types of ships (from what I've observed):

The type where they're relatively normal but fit each other like a glove, complement each other, and challenge each other's beliefs

when they’re a bit insane for each other in the “i’ll do the most stupid/dangerous/semi-wrong thing as a form of crazy, only for you love language / devotion to you

(These don't have to be mutually exclusive, but the second category is a rare treat that i adore, so here are some examples:)

Zeus following a mortal king's mad plan of a hoax wedding to get Hera to talk to him again, Orpheus traversing the Underworld because he said “no 🤍” when Eurydice died, Menelaus bringing a thousand men with their ships as a Hail Mary to get Helen back. (These are all extreme examples but I love it when a man is a bit pathetic for his wife)

Even with gender reversed I like it: Atalanta going whoops and letting Hippomenes win the race OR Penelope undoing her weaving every night to give Odysseus enough time or even sapphic non myth ships like TaiVan from Yellowjackets where Van allows her 90% sure demon possessed girlfriend to sleep next to her despite being almost nobbled up by her.

It's beautiful when they're a little for the crazy, little for the unhinged y'know? like my favorite NieYao (infamous for SPOILER: killing each other and coffin sharing for a century in the most delicious karmic way possible, go read mdzs) or AgaCly (if you ignore that one Euripides line, interpreting them as a loving happy couple before Iphigenia's death adds LAYERS upon layers to the tragedy), or Loustat (breaking the law making a vampire baby so your husband has a family and feels fulfilled).

I like it when it's a bit deranged, a bit sly, a bit tragic, a bit toxic but also full of love. Besides that, I do also adore quiet passionate pairings (Sokka/Suki, Anne/Frederick, Xiao Xingchen/Song Lan, Ava/Beatrice, ALSO Helen/Menelaus lowkey). Also. Devotion. Devotion in a pairing is honestly so good and makes me gooey inside. Even in unorthodox circumstances like Zeus and Hera's whole arrangement xD

Most of the time my shipping depends on the vibe but I do have to at base requirement have to like both/all of the people in the ships to like it (which is why you won't see me root for a pairing if I heavily dislike the character, I can dissect or talk about their dynamic but, likely, i'll just be thinking that A deserves soooo much better than B. B can do die in a hole.). There can be a few instances where I like pairings involving a character with multiple lovers (especially when it involves greek gods like Poseidon or Apollo, but even there I have favorites like Poseidon/Medusa and Apollo/Hyacinthus which I do see as soulmates.)

[sugarspiceandlight]

"Celeste...can I talk to you?"

Ann knocled softly on the door to the Keyblade Weilder's room in the Land of Departure, her hand trembling and the tone in her voice shaking.

"I need to tell you someth9ing only you understand."

Celeste sat in her bed, playing video games. She had her bedding pulled over her lap. She had paused when Ann opened the door.

"What's up? Is it about...him?"

She patted the bed, motioning for Ann to join her. Joker was out, helping the Hunters search for Apollo. He would probably be gone for hours.

[cceanvvaves]

extended intro !

she's only a girl 𝜗𝜚⋆₊˚ iza/zee/rj/rae/junior ◊ she/he/they ◊ infp ◊ minor ◊ biromantic demisexual (questioning everything again) ◊ may taurus ◊ hufflepuff ◊ cabin xv ◊ greek mythology enjoyer ◊ lover of autumn ◊ rainy days ◊ sage green and blood red supremacy ◊ australian shepherd fan ◊ converse 🔛🔝 ◊ bubble tea addict ◊ soda addict (root beer my goat) ◊ chronic biter ◊ bibliophile and possibly selenophile ◊ missing red roots billie ◊ yearning sapphic but also sad gay boy ◊ academic icarus, girlfailure, burnt out gifted kid? in my flop era ◊ missing common sense ◊ blind asf ◊ music taste doesnt exist ◊ fluent in nonsense ◊ way too many books but it's never enough ◊ cat and dog person ◊ writer not author, somewhat artist, kind of editor, maybe guitarist

currently reading 𝜗𝜚⋆₊˚ one of us is next by karen m. mcmanus

↪readlist: agatha christie, clymnestra

currently watching 𝜗𝜚⋆₊˚ yes day

↪watchlist: alien: romulus, the last of us, death of a unicorn

currently listening 𝜗𝜚⋆₊˚ champagne coast - blood orange

casual listener 𝜗𝜚⋆₊˚ billie eilish, renee rapp (mother come back), sabrina carpenter, the neighbourhood, lana del rey, khalid, hozier, arctic monkeys, alec benjamin, lyn lapid, twice, itzy, katseye, new jeans, bts, lauv, lany, troye sivan, ed sheeran, olivia rodrigo, shawn mendes, the chainsmokers, paramore, conan gray, zack tabudlo, hailee steinfeld, girl in red, post malone, chappell roan, beabadoobee, adie, chase atlantic, clairo, taylor swift + open to suggestions

casual watcher 𝜗𝜚⋆₊˚ stranger things, marvel, squid game, harry potter, percy jackson, wednesday, how to train your dragon, spiderverse movies, enola holmes, the fallout, do revenge, arcane, the really loud house, descendants, the babysitters club, dickinson, a good girl's guide to murder, scream v & vi, epic the musical, turtles all the way down, my old ass, rosaline, reply 2022, instant family

bookworm 𝜗𝜚⋆₊˚ percy jackson and the olympians, heroes of olympus, magnus chase and the gods of asgard, the kane chronicles, harry potter, circe, a good girl's guide to murder, the song of achilles, ariadne, greek myth retellings, a wrinkle in time, bridge to terabithia, alice in wonderland, medea, the little prince, secrets of the immortal nicholas flamel, the good girls

pastime activities 𝜗𝜚⋆₊˚ reading, writing, listening to music, sleeping, guitar, talking with friends

personas 𝜗𝜚⋆₊˚ moots only blog: @chxrryade

writing blogs: @pjomakesyourkidsgay @katebisxop @xdanisgfx @xjcjuis @jxrk-ves

roleplay blogs: @thathypnoskid @wivesandwallets @one-of-apollos @gellyhelio @martianbxtch

@daffy-not-a-duck @violent-cinnamonroll @yeahiguesssim-white @impatientbadger @cursed6-chb

wishlist 𝜗𝜚⋆₊˚ one of us is back, character funko pops, squishmallows, rosé nd yeji albums, clothes

comfort characters 𝜗𝜚⋆₊˚ percy jackson, leo valdez, piper mclean, annabeth chase, rachel dare, clarisse la rue, nico di angelo, reyna ramirez-arellano, lavinia asimov, alex fierro, mallory keen, sadie kane, bast, hermione granger, fred and george weasley, professor mcgonagall, marlene mckinnon, lily potter, remus lupin

leslie burke, the caterpillar, scathach, joan of arc, enola holmes, lord tewksbury, vada cavell, drea torres, eleanor levetan, gabbi broussard, tara carpenter, amber freeman, lynn loud jr., luna loud, claudia kishi, marry anne spier, pip fitz-amobi, ravi singh, cara ward

nancy wheeler, robin buckley, max mayfield, steve harrington, natasha romanoff, yelena belova, wanda maximoff, carol danvers, kate bishop, kamala khan, america chavez, alice wu-guliver, agatha harkness, rio vidal, tony stark, wednesday addams, enid sinclair, astrid hofferson, ruffnut and tuffnut thorston, hiccup haddock, toothless, gwen stacy, hobie brown, peni parker, pavitr prabhakar, vi, jinx, caitlyn kiramman, avery cross

loves of my lives 𝜗𝜚⋆₊˚ hermione granger, nancy wheeler, vada cavell, lynn loud jr., jamie schill, mel medarda, caitlyn kiramman, viscount tewkesbury, dario penza, ravi singh

dividers by: @xinwntr

[your-resident-chb-coquette-girl]

₊✩‧₊˚౨ hii! ৎ˚₊✩‧₊

it must be fate that you've found me! (or just my fans hehe!)

My name is Shye Anne! i'm an extrovert, but many people take me as shy, but i'm really not. 𓈒ㅤׂ 𝜗𝜚

Things to note! ᡣ𐭩 My name - Shye Anne Laurier ᡣ𐭩 Age - 14 ᡣ𐭩 Fav colour - pink! (if you couldn't already tell hehe) ᡣ𐭩 height - 5'2 (sigh) ᡣ𐭩 zodiac - virgo ᡣ𐭩 mbti - enfp-a ᡣ𐭩 birthday - September 9! ᡣ𐭩 single (sadly) ᡣ𐭩 daughter of Apollo

is there anything else?...oh, i can listen to you talk, if you wanna be friends! I also love shipping people...be careful, or you might be next! I also like giving terms of endearment to my friends! don't be startled if i call you babe; my love; hon, etc.

my friends - @chbs-wallmart, @camp-half-bloods-resident-cupid, @your-favourite-iris-kid and more!

ic tags: attention please! ; it's shye anne speaking ; ᡣ𐭩 •｡ꪆৎ ˚⋅ ooc tags: she's busy- please leave a message after the beep! beep!

that's all! nice to meet you!

ִֶָ 𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆★⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ

[havenhawthorne]

Below the cut is a description of the night, the party, and basically how it all played out. There are spoilers, as well as a link to the full solution/scenario I used for the inspo of Haven's party, so please read with caution. (There will be a note at the beginning of the paragraph that starts to reveal the answers.)

Note: The characters tagged in this post were not the only people invited to the party. These are just simply the characters of the people that reacted to my post on the discord, which is what I based this summary off of. If you are not someone tagged below and you wanted your character to be there, we'll say they were one of the non-role-playing detectives as listed on the instruction sheet that I used.

In true Haven fashion, the guests arrived at Haven’s house close to 6PM - with the exception of the few that came early to help set up - and where probably not surprised to see the decorations that filled her house. Sure, she could blame the fact that she had an eleven year old at home who was just as obsessed with spooky things as his mother, but, in all honesty most of this was for her party guests. Decorations filled the kitchen and living room mostly, but she’d tried hard not to take away from the snacks and drinks - especially the margarita bar she had placed strategically in the kitchen. It was a lot of work,  but Haven enjoyed this type of thing. 

[This is where I start talking about the party so if you don’t want things spoiled for you, please don’t read ahead.] 

ROUND ONE

As the guests began to arrive and Haven had given them the opportunity to enjoy some treats, she handed out name tags to each guest - all which were selected at random - and instructed they’d be on teams seeing as how there were only 6 suspects and more than that attending her party. Along with the name tags, guests were handed character dossier’s - which they were instructed to remain closed until further told to read -  as well as some business cards with the character’s description on them. The groups went as followed: 

Penelope Ruiz, Orion Blakely, and Ann-Marie Siegert were working together as Dr. Chelsea Barren; the neighbor. @nelxruiz @orionxblakely @ann-marieseigert

Genevieve Hernandez, Stevie Wagner and Apollo Williams were working together as Kathryn Lawless; the friend. @genhernandez @steviexwagner @counselorapollo

Summer Cassidy, River Jackson, and Ali Webster were working together as Enrique Graves; The Farmhand. @summercassidy @riverxjackson @alitwebster

Beyza Senkan and Aindreis Blythe were working together as Michael Nightshade; the land developer. @beyzaxsenkan @aindreisblythe

Julian Heywood, Brady Levitt, and Amerie Chen were working together as Norman D’Adly; the brother in law. @julianxheywood @ameriechen @bradylevitt

And the last group to be assembled was Amayah Fontenelle and Nora Sinclair who were working together as Vicki D’Adly; the sister. @amayahxfontenelle @norasinclair

Once all groups were formed, groups were instructed to flip to their character dossiers (pages 29, 36, 43, 50, 57 & 64) and read only the scenario and who you are sections aloud. You all took turns doing so, starting with Chelsea and ending with Vicki. It is revealed with Michael’s info that a map has been sketched out, and now everyone knows the general layout of the property. To complete Round One, Haven read the scenario aloud, before giving further instructions. “One year ago, Robert Killingsworth bought the farm. Six months later, he was dead - leaving his widow Elizabeth to tend to their fledgling vineyard and winery on the outskirts of California’s wine country. With mounting debts and no idea how to run a  business, Elizabeth is desperate to sell the farm and recoup her losses. The fierce drought and shaky economy, however, have left Killingsworth Farm on the market for far too long. One early autumn day, six people passed through the gates of Killingsworth Farm to see Elizabeth.. One of them, a cold-blooded Killer.” 

Round Two

Once the pages were turned, you all were instructed to read the section titled “The Scenario” aloud, in the same order as before. It is at this time that guests were allowed to begin questioning each other, and Haven suggested that you all take notes so that you could help yourselves figure out who committed the crime. It was revealed when Norman announced they had gone into the bedroom in search of Elizabeth, they found a shrine of Elizabeth’s late husband, and one article caught their attention, revealing the newspaper article that revealed the cash reward which rose the question: who would need enough money to find out the answer, or come forward? Some questions were asked, while everyone made notes and Enrique’s team was challenged by Chelsea’s team when it was revealed that she’d seen him there a lot but he wasn’t checking anything out. Enrique’s team revealed that they were getting Kathryn’s help with homework, and that’s why they were there so much recently. 

Round Three

Haven instructed you all to turn the page and begin reading “The Scenario” aloud, just as before. Questions continue to arise after all things have been read. Michael’s team asked Enrique’s team who the woman was that joined him in the cellar, but it is later understood that it is Chelsea, and that the two were sleeping together. Though, that doesn’t stop Chelsea’s team from noticing that Enrique’s team helped the D’Adly’s with their luggage and noticed the boxes, causing Vicki to reveal that they are staying in their RV and sold their house because of Norman’s debts. It is not revealed that Enrique has a hand written note from Kathryn by a Samuel Friedmont. 

Round Four 

Now onto the fourth round of the game, Haven instructs that you follow the same instructions as before, and to really start to pay attention to what is being told because you are that much closer to finding the answer to the murder. It is revealed during this round that Chelsea saw Vicki head to the wine vault, Enrique was heading to the wine vault with Michael at 5:30PM, Kathryn found a note next to Elizabeth’s body, and Michael revealed he was drinking with Elizabeth when the lights went out in the wine vault. Finally, Norman overheard Michael call Kathryn ‘Aunt Kathryn’ and saw them together in the car, which had Norman’s team questioning it, where he revealed that Kathryn told him to hold onto sleeping pills, and revealed that if Elizabeth wouldn’t sell him the farm, he was to use it. Vicki was caught guard a little when her conversation with Kathryn resulted in a sly grin, and Kathryn’s team had to reveal that she had quit her job at the library that day to pursue Hollywood. 

Round Five 

With the guests in full sleuth mode, things keep progressing quickly. It is revealed in this round that Chelsea’s team had showed the paper that Enrique lost to Elizabeth. Enrique’s team revealed that the day that Robert was killed, Chelsea had had lunch with him and begged him to see her the next day; Robert used the term ‘over my dead body’ would she be allowed on his property again. Kathryn notices that one of the candlesticks in Elizabeth’s study is identical to one that Enrique gifted her months ago. Michael revealed that the handwriting on the bottom of the Samuel Friedmont note from the library is the same as the handwriting on Elizabeth’s suicide note. Norman reveals that he heard Elizabeth and Dr. Chelsea arguing earlier in the day about Robert’s killer, but Elizabeth wanted no part of it, and lastly, Vicki reveals that she saw the empty bottle of sleeping pills next to a corkscrew with the engraving To Elizabeth, I will always love you. Cheers to a new life together.” Questions begin flying as the teams began to figure out who did it, as more and more things are revealed. Once ready, the group opened up to pages 34-69 of their character dossier’s to reveal the answer to the murder. 

Round Six (The Conclusion)

The code words were assigned to each group and one person from each group read allowed the confession statements in order: Kathryn (Mystery), Michael (Mayhem), Chelsea (Murder), Enrique (Malice), Vicki (Mastermind), Norman (Madness). 

Kathryn started off by stating that she was innocent, and that only people that had been in the Rose Garden that afternoon could have access to the murder weapon (a corkscrew which was gifted to Elizabeth by Norman. 

Michael confessed that he was in the Rose Garden, but that he did not pick up the corkscrew, and that his mind was elsewhere because his aunt Kathryn wasn’t the best friend to Elizabeth that she made everyone believe. He stated that Kathryn was trying to inherit the farm through Elizabeth’s death, and that he was no part of the picture anymore; though he did try to kill her, but someone else got to her first. 

Chelsea revealed that she’d been sleeping with Enrique for inside information on Robert’s killer as the two of them (Chelsea and Robert) were having an affair. She struck gold to who really killed Robert - she thought it had been Elizabeth for the life insurance all along - but Elizabeth was having no part of figuring out who it was. 

Enrique revealed that he was the one that killed Robert with a candlestick blow to the head when he tried to have Enrique arrested after his past with drugs came back to surface. He was unconscious at the time of Elizabeth’s death and said ‘his word’ says he wasn’t the one that killed her. The group didn’t hesitate to give him side eyes though (they still aren’t convinced that he’s telling the truth)

Vicki revealed that she had the motive to kill her sister as she was trying to get money to move to Hollywood, and she was tired of being married; she also mentioned that her husband Norman wanted to be part of Elizabeth’s life again. She says she didn’t do it though, that she realized it would be easier to divorce Norman first, and that she’s certain Chelsea was spying on her and can vouch that she is innocent. 

Norman revealed that he saw Enrique and Vicki kissing from the Rose Garden and was so enraged he acted on it; so he flipped on the electricity, shocking Enrique and causing the lights to go out. Because of this, when he picked up the corkscrew moments prior, he used it as the murder weapon, only to realize when everyone was gathered in the Farmhouse that his eyes had deceived him, and that when he thought he had killed his wife in rage, he’d actually killed Elizabeth, his wife’s sister and the only woman he’s ever loved. I guess practically marrying wife’s twin doesn’t pay off after all, does it Norman?

With the reveal, which had been mentioned as the potential outcome by Enrique’s team, the party ended with drinks, snacks and talking. It was overall a great night, and Haven’s already talking about how she can host an even better party next year. 

Teams, who ‘figured out the answer’ and anything that required a selection was done so via random wheel. I did not personally select anything myself. 

[voltdracoatl]

I saw that you make content for the Personas and I HAD to follow!

Small question, but how do you think the Personas would address their masters? I've been thinking about that, and I think Io and Lucia would refer to their masters as "Lady Yukari/Fuuka", while Penthelesia would call Mitsuru "The Mistress". That's all I have so far, but it's fun to think about!

Thank you! Ironically i draw the personas more often than their users, unless your name is akechi and sumire 🤣 but monsters are sooo cool!!! I wish there was more persona content with the actual personas more!

I imagine every persona calls their user “the other me” or their arcana or “thou art I” for the jokes, but they probably just say their first name without honorifics. I imagine there are some exceptions, though i am wondering what the personas would address the OTHER party members?

Zorro absolutely calls Ann, “Lady Ann” , otherwise he probably just says everyone’s name without the honorifics. He calls Morgana a cat sometimes, much to Morgana’s dismay.

Io calls Junpei “Stupei” sometimes and Junpei is absolutely ready to fight her but unfortunately he and his persona is weak to wind…

Cerebus is the only persona who can’t talk, in human speech, he just barks like Koromaru. Aigis can understand him though, but there isn’t much Cerebus actually says, but he calls everyone’s name very nicely.

Loki and Robin Hood call Akechi by… Akechi, not his first name. This is because Akechi distanced himself so much from his first name, to even to introducing himself as just “Akechi” to people, which also lines up that the game only refers him as such. Its similar to Mishima, who never goes by his first name. Loki and Robin Hood haven’t said “Goro” in a long time… I also imagine they never call the persona 5 cast as anything but their code names (Ryuji is refered to as skull, etc)

Cendrillon used to exclusively call Sumire, “Kasumi” before 3rd semester. After that though, she always said Sumire, though she sometimes call Sumire soot-coated garbage, because somewhere inside Sumire’s heart, she still hates herself… Cendrillon sometimes calls Akechi “ruthless sorta person” which he is amused by. She also calls everyone senpai due to Sumire’s influence and everyone is a little weirded out by it because how can you be a senpai to a persona???

Jiraiya is the few who gives nicknames to everyone, but he calls Yu and Izanagi “Partner”, otherwise the others get the nicknames Yusuke gives

The protags personas, they call the protagonist “You” or “Me” most of the time, rarely by their name. They refer everyone else by how the game does in dialogue (not out loud though that would be embarrassing)

Kintoki-Douji never uses honorifics, and uses first names, like Teddie. The other personas kinda dig at him for not “being respectful” but he doesn’t understand why you can’t call people by their first name if you’re friends and besties

Castor refers Akihiko as Aki, and Polydeuces call Shijiro as Shinji. They both call Mitsuru as Mistu to not leave out Pentheselia lol. Mitsuru is alittle taken aback by it but appreciates it.

Apollo refers Katsuya as his brother sometimes, and vise versa with Helios/Hyperion to Tatsuya

Most of them otherwise call everyone the same way their user does, though i imagine they might give unhinged names (a title, a nickname, an insult, no honorifics, maybe something different altogether) as that is the nature of personas, but not many times, but you never know!

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More MSB headcanons

(with some Doctor Who and other sci-fi)

Dorothy Ann is named after Dorothy Catherine "D.C." Fontana, one of the writers for Star Trek. Still have to figure out where the "Ann" comes from.

Her book bag is bigger on the inside-- just like the TARDIS. This is how she always has just the right book for any occasion.

D.A. and Carlos have met the Doctor a few times-- the first few times, they met him in his tenth regeneration, and then years later, they met the Thirteenth Doctor.

They're the only two kids in the Science Squad* to go toe-to-toe with the Daleks.

*the Science Squad is what I'll be calling Ms. Frizzle's class in this post. This includes: Arnold, Ralphie, Keesha, Phoebe, Carlos, Tim, Wanda, and Dorothy Ann-- as well as Mikey and Jyoti (and occasionally Janet, on the rare occasion she isn't being a pain.)

About Walkerville and its residents: They are INCREDIBLY chill with weird stuff happening in their town.

To recap a few of the things that have canonically happened:

There is an ancient house/museum that may or may not have a resident ghost. Said house is also used as a concert hall.

One time a talk show host tried to invent Walkerville's version of the Loch Ness Monster.

There was also that one time when all the recycled material turned back into garbage, in part thanks to Wanda.

There's a bus/spaceship mechanic who lives out in the middle of nowhere and has aliens as customers.

In most places, people would either be very excited or very freaked out about aliens coming to visit. Not in Walkerville. Whenever aliens come there, the residents (especially older folk) just go, "Welp, it's them aliens again," and pull up a chair. Kind of like how Midwesterners will sit outside watching thunderstorms and tornadoes.

Other headcanons:

This is a fairly popular one, but Ms. Frizzle is definitely a Time Lady and her bus is her TARDIS.

She also gave D.A. her bigger-on-the-inside book bag.

For the sole purpose of crossovers, my version of the MSB-verse also exists in the Percy Jackson universe.

Almost all of the kids in the science squad are Greek demigods, and attend Camp Half-Blood during the summer.

Arnold is the only one who's 100 percent mortal human. Unlike the others, he's not as used to crazy adventures and field trips at first.

Ralphie: Son of Apollo

Keesha: Daughter of Epithron (the spirit of shrewdness, carefulness, and thoughtfulness)

Phoebe: Daughter of Demeter

Carlos and Mikey: Sons of Athena

Tim: Son of Hephaestus

Wanda: Daughter of Hermes

Dorothy Ann: Daughter of Urania (the Muse of Astronomy)

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Nine Finalists Advance in NASA’s Power to Explore Challenge

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Nine Finalists Advance in NASA’s Power to Explore Challenge

NASA has named nine finalists out of the 45 semifinalist student essays in the Power to Explore Challenge, a national writing competition for K-12 students featuring the enabling power of radioisotopes. Contestants were challenged to explore how NASA has powered some of its most famous science missions, and to dream up how their personal “superpowers” would energize their success on their own radioisotope-powered science mission.

I am always so impressed by quality of the essays and the creativity of the ideas that the students submit to NASA’s Power to Explore Challenge.

Carl Sandifer II

Program Manager, NASA Radioisotope Power Systems Program

The competition asked students to learn about NASA’s radioisotope power systems (RPS), likened to a “nuclear battery” that the agency uses to explore some of the most extreme destinations in our solar system and beyond. Long before the early days of Apollo, our Moon has inspired explorers of all ages to push beyond known limits to realize impossible dreams. These systems have enabled NASA to discover “moonquakes” on Earth’s Moon and study some of the most extreme moons of the solar system, which have active volcanoes, methane lakes, and ice glaciers. As of March 25, NASA has discovered over 891 moons, each with secrets ready to be unlocked.

Students were challenged to pick any moon in our solar system’s exploration could be enabled by this space power systems. In 275 words or less, they dreamed up a unique exploration mission of this moon and described their own power to achieve their mission goals.

The Power to Explore Challenge offered students the opportunity to learn more about these reliable power systems, celebrate their own strengths, and interact with NASA’s diverse workforce. This year’s contest received 2,051 submitted entries from all 50 states, U.S. territories, and the Department of Defense Education Activity overseas.

“I am always so impressed by quality of the essays and the creativity of the ideas that the students submit to NASA’s Power to Explore Challenge.” said Carl Sandifer, program manager of the Radioisotope Power Systems Program at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. “I’m looking forward to welcoming the winners to NASA’s Glenn this summer.”

Entries were split into three categories: grades K-4, 5-8, and 9-12. Every student who submitted an entry received a digital certificate and an invitation to the Power Up virtual event held on March 21 that announced the semifinalists. Students learned about what powers the NASA workforce to dream big and work together to explore.

Three national finalists in each grade category (nine finalists total) have been selected. In addition to receiving a NASA RPS prize pack, these participants will be invited to an exclusive virtual meeting with a NASA engineer or scientist to talk about their missions and have their space exploration questions answered. Winners will be announced on May 7.

Grades K-4

Mini M, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Zachary Tolchin, Guilford, Connecticut

Terry Xu, Arcadia, California

Grades 5-8

Lilah Coyan, Spokane, Washington

Maggie Hou, Snohomish, Washington

Sarabhesh Saravanakumar, Bothell, Washington

Grades 9-12

Faiz Karim, Jericho, New York

Kairat Otorov, Trumbull, Connecticut

Saanvi Shah, Bothell, Washington

About the Challenge

The challenge is funded by the Radioisotope Power Systems Program Office in NASA’s Science Mission Directorate and administered by Future Engineers under a Small Business Innovation Research phase III contract. This task is managed by the NASA Tournament Lab, a part of the Prizes, Challenges, and Crowdsourcing Program in NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate.

Kristin Jansen NASA’s Glenn Research Center