#rebloggable stuff

[the-meme-monarch]

ok again i haven’t actually seen any of the update yet so sorry if what im talking about has answers already (feel free to tell me! i do not mind spoilers) but ohhgggh i remember my sibling told me flyte and flutter are siblings and with flyte being a holiday toon he like. would also be subject to hibernating right? and my headcanon that flutter was a valentines toon who got permanent status and now no longer hibernates. there’s already the angst of ginger and cosmo being related but one doesn’t get to Exist most of the year, but here, flutter and flyte Both having been holiday toons but then flutter got like. this Privilege. that cosmo always had and ginger didn’t, that flutter Received, because the audience liked her. and flyte didn’t.

[tothelasthoursofmylife]

Countess Cloudia Phantomhive and Victorian Inheritance Customs

With the snippet of the Phantomhive family tree now having been shown in the anime, I decided to make a little post to hopefully answer some of the questions that might come up!

Could a 19th-century English noblewoman...

... inherit her family estate? Yes, she could.

There was no law that stipulated that someone had to bequeath their possessions (estate, wealth) to a male relative. The rich and the noble wanted to protect their possessions, of course, and created wills that ensured that their estates and wealth would not fall into just anyone's hands but remained securely within their (close) family. If there was no close male relative (or none they wished to make their inheritor), it was not uncommon for people to will their possessions to a close female relative instead.

In Jane Eyre (1847), she famously inherits her paternal uncle's entire wealth of 20,000 pounds (the book is set sometime during George III's late reign, making the last possible (full) year 1819; this would make her inheritance 2,32 million pounds nowadays (she only keeps £5,000 = £580,000)) because he chose to will it to her, overlooking, i.a., a nephew simply because he once had a terrible fight with said nephew's father (his brother-in-law/his sister's husband). In The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Helen is the heiress to her uncle's fortune, not her brother (who inherited their father's estate already). Wuthering Heights' (1847) Catherine Linton (Catherine Earnshaw's daughter) was the heir of Thrushcross Grange.

Female heiresses were not restricted to fiction though:

(Women and Marriage in Nineteenth-Century England by Joan Perkin; Ch.3)

The rich and the noble had access to a private law system that was administered by the Court of Equity. This allowed noblewomen to have their own estates and incomes, albeit secured by trust funds/trustees. This system protected their inherited family wealth from their husbands even under coverture. (While single women, feme soles, could possess their own property, they would usually lose all rights to it to their husbands upon marriage because of coverture laws. The trust system prevented this.)

Marriage settlements (marriage contracts that, due to their complexity, could only be afforded by the rich) could also protect the daughters of noble and/or wealthy families as they, i.a., stipulated how much money she would receive monthly or annually (pin money), and how much money she would receive upon her husband's death.

(Courtship and Marriage in Victorian England by Jennifer Phegley; Ch. 1)

This was the best case scenario for women of the upper classes (and the wealthy middle class).

(Feminism, Marriage, and the Law in Victorian England by Mary Lyndon Shanley; Ch. 1)

Nevertheless, the rich knew how to protect their wealth, then as now. The aforementioned private laws also helped to pave the way for women of all social classes and statuses to have their own possessions.

Little excursus:

Their vast fortunes also granted certain freedoms to rich heiresses, i.a., the freedom to choose a husband as they pleased. After all, they did not have to think about "making a good match" anymore. They were themselves filthy rich already after all! The fact that their wealth was protected also kept them safer from vultures.

(Women and Marriage in Nineteenth-Century England by Joan Perkin; Ch.3)

"Love" emerged as a reason for marriage in the late 18th century and became more common and popular throughout the 19th.

(Love as Passion: The Codification of Intimacy by Niklas Luhmann; Ch. 14)

However, that never stopped matrimony from being a serious business. No matter what, many people put a lot of care and thought into deciding who to marry. After all, divorces were an expensive hassle until 1857 (previously, one needed a costly Act of Parliament to obtain a divorce, and the process of obtaining a divorce was particularly difficult for women too: between 1827 and 1857 only three divorces that were petitioned by women were granted; the Matrimonial Causes Act of 1857 established a civil divorce court and expanded the rights of women). It was easier for rich women to choose to marry for love; still, many opted to remain cautious nonetheless.

(For example, what about the children one might have within a marriage? Upon a wedded union's dissolution, women had difficulties getting custody of their own children. The Custody of Infants Act 1839 allowed women to petition for custody of their children if they were 7 or under. It took until 1873, with the Infant Custody Act, for the age to be lifted from 7 to 16. It also removed the 1839 Act's stipulation that she would not be given custody if she had committed adultery. Before 1839, the father always got full custody. Caroline Norton believed she made a "good match," only to get stuck with an abusive husband who, i.a., beat her and did not let her access their children upon their separation for years.)

... keep her surname?/give her surname to her husband? Yes, she could.

The nobility and the rich, naturally, were very attached to their surnames. After all, it was their family marker, and they were proud of their family history, may it be because they came from a long line of nobles and/or because their ancestor created the family business that gave them their wealth.

When there was no (suitable) close male heir and a female one was chosen instead, the question arose, "what of the family name?" Women often took their husbands' surname upon marriage after all; in this case, however, it might mean the "end" of their old, history-charged and/or important family name.

So, people simply decreed in their wills that, whoever their heiress married, would have to take her surname upon marriage.

Further, men who wanted to marry rich heiresses, of course, thought the wedding to be an honour and did not want to offend their powerful and wealthy in-laws. They, thus, often chose to hyphenate their surname with their wife's. (And the more important surnames you can show off, the better too!)

(Women and Marriage in Nineteenth-Century England by Joan Perkin; Ch.3)

Some examples:

Charles William Stewart took his wife's surname Vane (not even hyphenated!! it fully "replaced" his) when they got married in 1819 because Frances Vane was a rich heiress and her father stipulated in his will that her future husband had to take her surname, period.

In 1811, John Ward changed his surname to Ward-Boughton-Leigh after marrying Theodosia de Malsburgh Boughton-Leigh. "Boughton" is the maiden name of Theodosia's mother, "Leigh" her father's surname. She was the only heir to the fortunes of both her parents, so all families had to be honoured.

The marquessate of Salisbury belongs to the Gascoyne-Cecil family. Up until 1821, the family name was just Cecil. "Gascoyne" comes from Frances Gascoyne who married James Cecil; James hyphenated his surname with hers. She brought a considerable "Liverpool fortune" into the family. The Cecils were (and are!) very powerful and they still changed their surname.

Men also retroactively changed their surnames to their wives' maiden name if she suddenly received a great inheritance. (This could lead to some fun names like "Cresswell Cresswell.")

... hold a noble title in her own right? Yes, she could.

Henrietta Godolphin was the Duchess of Marlborough in her own right (suo jure) because of an act of parliament in 1706. (Her younger brother was meant to inherit the title but he died before their father and it went to her instead.) Henrietta's eldest son William became heir apparent to her dukedom (and his father's earldom, but that would only have been a "secondary" title because dukes > earls). Unfortunately, her son predeceased her, and the title went to her nephew instead.

This was not the first or last case of a woman holding a title in her own right. The Wikipedia article on suo jure lists more such cases.

Also: Vincent and Francis are full siblings! (Yana's tweet/Ducky's translation)

No matter whether Cloudia was married to Cedric or not, Vincent and Francis would never be bastards and always legitimate children in the face of the law.

*Note: Laws on women's property rights/custody/divorce/etc. changed multiple times throughout the 19th century; their effects on women also differed amongst the different social classes. As this post is about Cloudia's (possible) situation, it mostly deals with laws and such that would have applied to her as a noblewoman (late 18th to mid-19th century/1866).

A chronology on English marriage law:

(Courtship and Marriage in Victorian England by Jennifer Phegley)

[snowflakebottles-art]

yall i finished this lol

wip lalala

based on this from the wiki:

[anneapocalypse]

Just once it would be nice if the Dragon Age fandom could just sit for a minute with the labor issues in Bioware, EA, and the video game industry at large and acknowledge those issues independently of whether they did or did not like a game, before weaponizing the issues as a way to win fandom arguments. Please. I'm tired.

[raycatz]

I have a headcanon (one of many possible pieces that can be moved around) for LU Hyrule that I like but I also have a feeling that it's maybe something some would have strong opinions on. How quickly do you think folks would block me 'xD if I were to say that the speculation that the healing houses in Zelda 2 are brothels is something that like- I've integrated into my headcanons for LU Hyrule's backstory. OKAY HEAR ME OUT. (no, they're probably not meant to be brothels. It's a nintendo game. It could be a place of worship, or a hospital, or a kind villager. (I also haven't played Zelda 2,,) BUT! If they are brothels- there are various ways to add this into a story which I think works well for Hyrule. No, he's not working- stay with me)

More background, I'm a fan of Terry Pratchet's Discworld, especially the Night Watch series in the city of Ankh Moorpork. The city has various guilds, some of which being the assassins' guild, thieves guild, etc. These are jobs that are going to be done regardless, so the idea is that by being recognized by the city as guilds, there can be rules and regulations protecting the workers and also making sure what they do abides to guild standards. Thieves in the guild can't kill, for example, because that's the assassins' guild's job and would require an extraordinary amount of paperwork to sort out. Another guild is the seamstresses guild which is a guild for, ya know

From the discworld wiki:

The Seamstresses' Guild does not have a formal school, most of the training being, so to speak, on the job. Some Seamstresses are based in houses of negotiable affection or, in older language, houses of ill-repute, although these houses are often highly spoken of. The head of the guild is Mrs. Rosemary Palm; "Mrs" indicating seniority rather than marital status. The guild enforcers are the Agony Aunts, Sadie and Dotsie, prim, silent old ladies who will always catch up with a client that has behaved badly toward the Seamstresses. A punished client who is able to complain to the City Watch afterwards is considered to have gotten off lightly. [...] The Seamstresses regulate their own behaviours like other good guilds. For instance, the Guild prides itself that a customer may safely enjoy the services it provides, and will only end up battered, bereft of money and clothing, and otherwise ill-abused, in an alley in The Shades at midnight, if his personal tastes were to run that way.

The second piece of background information is the book series Bloody Jack which I listened to on audiobook as a kid. It's about Jacky Faber, an orphan girl who disguises herself as a boy to serve aboard the Dolphin, a man of war ship tasked with hunting pirates, set in 1801. I've seen posts on tumblr where the following trope is disliked (but to be fair there's probably posts like that for all tropes under the sun and I like how it was used in Bloody Jack, so), but Jacky gets her period on the ship, has no idea what it is, and thinks she's dying. She can't ask any of the men on board about it but she does have an idea of somewhere she might get answers. She's put together what sex is, and the sailors often talk about visiting brothels, and the ladies working there would probably have answers for her if she's dying of some disease or something. So, when the ship next docks she visits a brothel and asks them if she's dying. She's very kindly given the sex-ed and period talk and great! She's not dying and they're not going to out her as a girl to the crew, thank goodness! She thanks the lady and goes back to the Dolphin much relieved.

OKKIE DOKIE! Now we take both of those and a ftm trans headcanon and apply it to LU Hyrule! ~13-15 y/o LU Hyrule in the middle of Zelda 2 gets his period and thinks he's dying. (it also works with the headcanon that Hyrule isn't getting proper nutrition so maybe his period came late.) He's recently learned how Ganon can be revived with the hero's blood and Hyrule's like, I'm cursed ohhhh shit! He looks for answers and takes the same route as Jacky. After that, I think he starts a rapport with the brothels. He's never asked to work or offered services (and if he was, it would be unless that is something he would want (and pay for), but nah he's not interested and after expressing that he's not asked again.) He's adopted as a little brother and is welcomed in the houses as a rest point.

There are headcanons where Hyrule isn't welcome in his towns because Ganon's minions are after him. I've read many variations: the townsfolk like him but he and they know he can't stay long--to him being shunned and unwelcome. With either case, I think the healing houses would be adamant that Hyrule will always have a place to stay. He is grateful, but if Ganon's minions are following him, then he doesn't want to stay in any place long, especially when it might put them in danger.

Also going back to Discworld's Seamstresses, I think Hyrule would take on the role of the Agony Aunts- if a client has behaved badly towards a seamstress, Hyrule will make sure they have hell to pay.

Hyrule has another safe place to stay and the seamstresses have another person looking out for them.

The seamstresses are very supportive of Hyrule being trans. They joke with him with tips on how to present more masculine. They have suggestions for packing if that's something he's interested in. Safe binding. Proper menstrual care and access to needed materials, remedies for cramps, etc.

I really like the idea of the majority of the role models in Hyrule's life being women. He has the seamstresses, the Zeldas, Impa, and the fairies of which he is a brother to as well.

I also like to think that Hyrule is very sex positive! It works with the aroace headcanon (though I think Hyrule being with whichever of his Zeldas he gets shipped with is cute, too. Enjoying various headcanons is fun and cool! but shipping aside,) Even though sex is something Hyrule isn't interested in himself, I do think he's supportive of it. He's the ultimate wingman. Talking about sex or reproductive health might make others in the chain squeamish but for Hyrule it's something completely normal. He's a strong advocate for sex education, safe sex, and fantasy contraception! 👏 He's also fantasy pro-choice! 👏

Thank you for reading my TED Talk on Hyrule!

[tab3s]

Stalker! ghost who watches your live streams 24/7 even if you're just doing them for fun. he even finds a way to find out where exactly you are! how sweet. Stalker! ghost who is always watching you from afar. he can always be seen in the corner of the live. Stalker! ghost who sends little messages like "You look beautiful today love." "missed you." his messages slowly getting more deranged. "you should really change your li'l ol locks." "pretty thing, even prettier when you sleep." you stare at these messages. causing you to end the stream early and do a quick check around your house just to be sure!

[monsterqueers]

We did two zines for the alterhuman minizine jam by @oceaniccourt, scans below cut;

They arent anything fancy or articulate, but they are done!

[smallsimmer]

Smallsimmer Slider Masterlist

Here is a *mostly full list of my sliders (as of July 11th, 2024), I will update when adding sliders.

*Explanation of that at the bottom of post

aWT

EyeballIrisSize (Buckley edit)

EyeballPupilDilate (Buckley edit)

EyeballPupilWidth (Buckley edit)

EyeballPupilHeightScale (Buckley edit)

EyeballPupilSlit (Buckley edit)

ForeheadDepth

Mouth-UpperLipOuterCurve

Mouth-UpperLip-TipWidth

NoseSeptumHeight

NoseSeptumWidth

Eyebrow-BrowDepth

Jaw-JawlineHeight

Jaw-JawlineRotate

Jaw-JawlineSoften

+ All hat sliders

Grue

ScalpID

Scalp1

Scalp2

Jasumi

BrowRidgeYAFemale

OriShapeNew

Jonha

HeadShape

OEM

ThighSize

EyelidsLength

AllGlasses

UpperEyelidDepth

LowerEyelidDepth

LowerEyelidShape

MouthCornerWidth

TeethHeight

Pitheinfinite

DimpleSlider

Eyebags01

Eyebags02

EyebrowHeight

Jawline01

Jawline02

LooseEyelids

NoseTip

NoseWidth

UnderLip

AsianEyes

InnerCornerNose

LipChin

PhiltrumWidth

PuffyEyesV1

PuffyEyesV2

SharpEyeCorner

UpperLipTip

UpperLipWidth

Simtanico (Imma be so real with u just download all of these)

CheekboneOuterWidth

CheekboneOuterWidthV2

CheekboneProminence

CheekGaunt

EarlobeDefinition

EyesocketHeightInner

FullCheekbones

GreekBridgeNose

EyeDepth

EyelidHeight

EyelidPosition

LowerEyelidPosition

NostrilDefinition

SmallerNostrils

JowlWidth

LowerNostrilWidth

MouthCornerDepth

NoseBridgeMidWidth

NoseTipPinch

NoseTipScaleX

NoseTipSmooth

NoseTipY

NoseTipZ

NostrilDrop

NostrilLength

NostrilLift

NostrilRotate1

NostrilShape1

NostrilShape2

NostrilShape3

NostrilShape4

NostrilWiden

OuterEyeDepth

PuChiHouseHeart

PuChiHouseOval

PuChiHouseRound

Eyeshape1

LowerJawEnhancer

TopNostrilHeight

TragusDepth

UpperNostrilFlare

WidesetJaw

And there are a few that I cannot track down/don't think were uploaded publicly so I won't/can't link those sadly but honestly with everything here they're so unimportant I wouldn't worry about them!

[chubsette]

No idea why I'm sharing this but this is something that I've recently realized about myself and need to put it into words somewhere

For many years I was pretty sure I was a lesbian, and I only started to identify more with the bi/pan label over the last 2-3 years of my life. It's weird to say but I never struggled with accepting myself as being someone that liked people of the same sex and/or gender as me, because that felt very natural. Maybe because when I was a teenager, the idea of what was considered "acceptably desirable" in women was just a smidge more diverse in terms of body types than in previous decades (think of how for a while the cool thing for a brand to do was to showcase a couple of plus-sized women on their runways in a sea of skinny models y'know). And like of course I'm not saying that the 2010s were the holy grail for fat acceptance or anything like that, because they weren't, but for me, as an easily influenced teenager, I felt less isolated in being attracted to women of a larger size. But I never saw that kind of sentiment being extended to men in the mainstream, so for whatever reason I never thought I could be attracted to them as well. I was yet to develop a sense of self, so when my (mostly) straight group of friends talked of all the guys they found beautiful and they were always super masculine guys with six-packs and biceps larger than my head, I figured that well if I'm not into these guys, the peak of male attractiveness, then I'm not into guys at all. And I believed that about myself for years.

It wasn't until I actually realized I had food and belly related kinks that I also realized that I could be attracted to men. Because there I was, as a college freshman, seeing a community of people that would talk about fat men in a way that positioned their body as desirable. Suddenly I was like "OH men are just as hot as women actually".

Of course, I'm older now, I no longer need to be told something is good in order for me to admit that that thing is good, but as someone who had to deal with a very fatphobic household growing up, I did need to see my own feelings expressed by someone else before I could recognize and accept them. Well yeah anyway is this anything

[statementlou]

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[apalapucian]

i swear i havent been ignoring my inbox or my wips i'm just home for the holidays which means constantly being out and about and being at family gatherings and also having limited and unstable internet 🥲

oh but i climbed a mountain yesterday and saw this waterfall and!!! look!! i laid down on the stony bank and just listened to and stared up at it for like 2 hours

anyway so that's where i've been i hope you guys are having a fabulous december also!!!! 💜

[rassicas]

My tags and other references

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#asks is my general tag for asks, but it's a lot to look through. for more specific tags to see if what you want to ask has been answered already...

#splatoon lore - posts that include solid canon info. I'm a bit loose about tagging this.

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#inklings #octarians #octolings #salmonids -species-specific tags

there's also character specific tags like #mr grizz and #off the hook ...ill have to clean these up later.

btw my art tag is #rassicarts. my main for posting funnies and anything not splatoon is @raptorials.

To askers: please note that sometimes I may end up coming off as blunt or rude in my responses. I don't want to be mean but there are a lot of people on the internet who try to talk to me, and sometimes, even to the nice people, I don't have the energy to sugarcoat my words. Please don't take it as ill will if I respond to you in this way. Thanks.

if your ask is just something nice, i don't reply to those, but i see them and appreciate it a lot. thank you

[looz-y]

been brainstorming an AU for deirdre and nancy 💚💙, then i was struck with a cute idea! think of this probably a year or so after Midnight in Salem game.

nancy having nothing to do for once and getting a random text from deirdre, whose away for college. it starts out as light jabs, sassing back and forth. yet they keep going, the conversation changes overtime and they start to grow closer. deirdre sometimes surprising nancy with some deep questions, opening up to her, even talking about her life so far with college dorm life. nancy really enjoys getting texts from her, even occasional calls, she likes this shift in their relationship!

maybe nancy decides to send gifts to deirdre at her dorm or stop by and say hi to some people for her in river heights. she visits her parents even, thinking it would cheer deirdre up but to her surprise, deirdre is indifferent when it comes to her parents.

deirdre allowing nancy to know so much more about her, what her thoughts are, how rare she allows herself to be vulnerable (she's only done it briefly back in Salem), how subtly she's actually matured and changed and yet...still her.

it's nice, amazing even, to feel excited to get a message from deirdre, spend hours talking about everything and nothing. nancy enjoys it so much, she'll let it slip out to bess, george, the hardy boys or ned most times.

there's a lot to talk about between them, some aren't too personal but nancy keeps some discussions to herself like it's the biggest earth shattering secret. it's a little...odd of nancy to do this. she doesn't really do this with ned, why is deirdre any different? nancy wouldn't be sure right away, but what she has with deirdre is precious to her. so for now, this is enough! she'll just need to keep her cool and temper when the topic of dating comes up...

ok that's all 🙈💦💘

[fazedlight]

Reasons I've considered not posting a piece of writing:

It's a weird idea

It's too personal or angsty

It might be fun but it's not my best work

People might find this idea too silly

It goes against fanon

Writing is fun - torture, but fun - but that creeping self-doubt kicks in sometimes! Sometimes it feels like I should only publish if something is Perfect. Which... isn't a bar I will ever reach.

Thankfully, that voice has gotten a lot quieter over time.

[rorydrawsandwrites]

"I am a grown adult woman, fascinated by horror and disturbing elements in fiction, I can rationalize the scary parts and be fine"

Also me: *disturbed by the mere description of a fan animation depicting sewerslide and procrastinates going to bed as a result because Ooh Scary Shot Of Corpse is now a (self-constructed) mental image*

[daimiyamoto]

i love making content for tumblr!!! so satisfactory!!!