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heyyyyyyyyyyyy......

sorry for the absence. funnily enough, i actually have a full time job now (and work from home!) it's both a blessing and a curse.

also, if i may just talk about something that's kinda contributed to my indefinite hiatus that was never announced lol. for some reason my "read more" button ain't working, so i'll just start after this paragraph. if you're interested read on, if not, you may scroll.

i hate what the roleplay community has become on this site. it's been really fun to make new friends and rp with characters, but if i'm really honest, the aesthetic bullshit has really REALLY made it not fun to RP on tumblr anymore. now, i am all for people having their blog the way they want it. i'm also all for the art that people create using editing software to make their icons, psds, etc. literally y'all are so talented and it's amazing what y'all can do.

what is really grinding my gears is that it's now MANDATORY for me to do the same. otherwise i'm outdated, i'm cringe, and no one wants to interact with me, save a few people that see through the superficial bullshit. for those of you who gave me a chance based on my writing and not how aesthetic my blog was, THANK YOU. y'all are not my issue here.

my issue is with the gatekeepers who think that having pretty fonts and psds make your writing that much better. those that think that just because your blog and threads look pleasing to the eye and like something you can screenshot and post to pinterest you're all of a sudden worthy of writing partners. they start leaving others out who don't partake in these aesthetics, EVEN IF THEY ARE GOOD WRITERS.

i'm not saying you have to interact with everyone. if you aren't interested in someones blog/character/etc. you don't have to reach out to them. but if you are genuinely interested in someone's character, then TURN THEM AWAY because they don't subscribe to your fancy fonts and psds, LITERALLY you can burn in hell. because seriously wtf. GROW UP.

if this loses me followers, i really could care less. i'm barely on this blog anymore and the only people who care about interacting with me know who they are, and i appreciate y'all. truly i do. y'all are why i wish i could keep writing on tumblr.

unfortunately though, here i am, announcing to a crowd of, what 2? 2 people? that i'm going on indefinite hiatus. i only hope one day people can look at writing for what it is rather than how pretty the font is. (seriously, wtf is with that?) when that day comes, y'all holla at me on tiktok, snapchat, instagram, wherever else y'all want. i'll tag em below if you want to follow me. until then, i really don't think i belong here. it's made writing on here hell.

thanks for the memories tumblr. i appreciate it.

brynlee marie daigle

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y'all i am an AWFUL terrible HORRIBLE creator.

i didn't celebrate maddie's birthday on here 😭 nor did she send her annual "happy birthday" to her dad over on @thevalicemultiverse !!!!!

i've been so busy with this new job and working with my fiancé to finally make a monthly budget, and i COMPLETELY FORGOT !!! so apologies to victor, and maddie is rightfully pissed lmaoooooo

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happy munday and happy pride month from ur local bi <3

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@thevalicemultiverse currently drawing an animatic for malk!alice and malk!maddie during their fight on the rooftop of lacroix towers, you're gonna love it :')

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. probably gonna add shadowheart v soon . . . i love her 🥺

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maddie almost melts into the touch , softly sighing as her hair is gently styled by jean . she grins at the compliment on her hair , and giggles a bit at the wink . " thank you !! it took years of learning , and watching plenty of youtube videos on it to finally develop my own routine . takes a while , but it's worth it in the end !! "

she frowns as jean explains her situation with her father . " damn , jean , i'm so sorry . . . but that's great to hear about your mum . i'm glad you've gotten a lot of support from her . maybe one day i can meet her !! "

" that would require a trip back to your homeland , madeline . " the queen chimes in , standing in the corner of her room . " and you always refuse to go when offered !! "

madeline rolls her eyes . " oh hush , " she says aloud , now realizing her mistake . " sorry jean , not you . "

Jean chuckles as Maddie goes red -- she's always so adorable when she blushes like that. And Jean loves being the one to make her blush. "Great," she says with a grin. "Let's do it then."

She waits until Madeline's settled comfortably in front of her, then starts picking out sections of hair and carefully braiding them together, just like she was taught by her mother ages ago. "Yeah, I can see that," she says in response to Madeline's comment about how much care her hair takes. "You do a real good job on it." She gives Maddie a little wink. "And I'm glad I get to be part of the hair-touching club."

Jean shrugs as Maddie asks about her parents. "Well, my mum's great -- always really encouraged my music," she tells her as she continues to braid. "My father...well. Haven't seen him in years. Not since he and mum split." She rolls her eyes. "Decided he was done with marriage and kids and vanished as soon as he legally could."

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madeline nods as clarence explains that a dying vow is quite powerful . " yeah , like i said : accidentally married a corpse bride . "

she continues to walk on , not even realizing that clarence has stopped in his tracks . " uhhh , yeah , the elder gutknecht . don't believe there's many others-- wait , did you say he was the author of the most famous book on magic ? "

now it's her turn to stop in her tracks as she looks back at clarence . " first of all , i just learned that magic is real . second of all , you're telling me that this magic is accessible to the living ?? like elder gutknecht wrote on this while he was still alive ?? " she's starting to feel a bit woozy now .

no matter , though . madeline has a mission !! turning back around , she beckons clarence to follow her . it's not long before they end up at her extended family's final resting places . " here we are . the liddells' graves . i figure this would be a good place to start . "

"Oooh -- so it sounds more like it was her direct force of will that did it," Clarence says, tone thoughtful. "A vow made while dying is powerful stuff, according to my research...it's almost like she accidentally laid a magical trap on her grave, honestly. And your father blundered into it without realizing it was there."

He trails after her as she starts back toward the graves she was visiting before. "I suppose that's a possibility too -- I think a lot of people take up the practice once they're -- Elder Gutknecht?!"

He stops dead. "The Elder Gutknecht?" he demands, eyes wide. "Author of the most famous book on magic in Europe? Your father met him?!"

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@thevalicemultiverse another one, and another one, and another one !! this time about maddie and alice uwu

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" well . . . " she starts , kicking her feet nervously . " that i'm not one hundred percent sure about . . . dad said that emily was murdered , and as she lay dying , she made a vow to marry whomever proposed to her . which , like i said earlier , he did on accident . "

she shrugs before beginning to walk back towards the liddells' final resting places . " maybe emily practiced a bit of magic in the afterlife ? i remember hearing about an elder gutknecht , if i'm not mistaken . . . "

Clarence snorts as the girl -- Madeline -- explains why she didn't introduce herself before. "Okay, that's fair," he allows. "Nice to meet you, Madeline. Again, sorry about scaring you like that, but..." He shrugs. "I got excited, is all I can say."

And then Madeline starts her story, and -- well, that didn't take long to get weird. (Hell, it was kind of weird from the moment she said that her father was apparently originally going to marry her godmother -- but one thing at a time.) "He -- how did he do that?" he asks, tapping his fingers against his arm. "I know you said before that it was an accident, but -- reviving the dead is magic, and I was under the impression that magic was supposed to be a direct force of will?" It certainly required a lot of his direct force of will to get up here in the first place!

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@thevalicemultiverse continued from here !!

the kiss back catches maddie by surprise as well as the compliment about her hair . she's still not used to such a caring partner , given all the previous ones being one-night-stands . a red tint slowly makes its way to her cheeks as she nods in response . " y-yeah , that would be lovely ! "

both sitting on her bed , madeline crawls her way to the front of jean and makes herself comfortable in a criss-cross position . she glances over her shoulder , giving her girlfriend a smile . " you know , the only people i allow to touch my hair is mum , dad , and you . these curls take a lot of caring , and not just anyone can feel them . "

the comment about her hair makes maddie think . she hasn't met jean's family yet !! " speaking of mum and dad , what are yours like ? " maddie asks .

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@thevalicemultiverse i got a drawing tablet and drew the otp at houndsditch

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madeline can see the confusion on clarence's face as she tells him about her father's past adventure . still , she holds her ground and continues with her pleading look until he finally gives in . that is , in exchange for giving him the whole story of victor visiting the land of the dead . " that's fair , " she admits , dropping the puppy-dog look .

she realizes she hasn't properly introduced herself , and , well . . . " apologies . i was a little too caught up in fear to give my name , " she chuckles . " my name is madeline . though , my friends and family call me maddie . "

now , onto business . " my father grew up in burtonsville , born into the van dort family . and before you ask , yes , those van dorts that run the cannery .

" he and my godmother , victoria everglot , had been seeing each other for quite a while and were getting ready to marry ; however , my father is a nervous wreck most of the time , and had trouble reciting his vows during the rehearsal .

" he decided the best way to remedy this was to run into the woods and recite his vows to the trees , and , well . . . he ended up resurrecting a dead bride . "

don't worry , clarence , this is just the beginning !

Clarence nods as she explains why she ran -- okay, yes, he will give her that, having a corpse just APPEAR like he did in front of her would frighten even the most stout-hearted, he's sure. Hell, it would have frightened him while he was alive, and he knew the afterlife existed already through all his magical research! Though it is still weird to him that she's recovered so quickly...

And then she continues on, and -- hang on, her father once accidentally married a dead bride? And went down to the Land of the Dead with her?! How the hell did THAT situation come about? Clarence is reasonably certain living people cannot marry dead ones... And now she's asking to see family downstairs and giving him -- some very convincing puppy dog eyes, he will admit that. Still, she's said a LOT of confusing things in the last minute or so... "If you're willing to explain more about what happened with your father, I'll take you Downstairs with me," Clarence decides, because that seems like a fair trade. "Because I have so many questions."

And then something important occurs to him. "Actually, wait, let's start with an easy one -- what's your name? You never actually said."

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giggles erupt from the younger of the two as her fingers gently comb through jean's gorgeous locks . " yes~ " maddie answers , working out a small knot . " i can't help it , your hair is just so beautiful . just like you~ " she leans around jean's shoulder to give a peck on her cheek .

playing with their hair (for jean from maddie <3)

Jean glances over her shoulder with a grin as she feels fingers in her hair again. "Hey there, Maddie. Decided to comb it out for me again?"

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. it me uwu

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maddie claps in excitement , before she stops to think what exactly they should sing together . " no , no , i'll pick . . . it's just a matter of what genre ! "

she sits in thought for a little bit , before she points at alice , " musical theatre ? "

🎵 . for alice to sing to/with maddie uwu

"I'm not particularly musical, but I will do my best to carry a tune for you," Alice tells Madeline with a smile. "Did you have a song in mind, or did you want me to pick?"

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madeline shakes her head , sighing . " stupid social media . i take a break for one hour , and i come back to posts ' calling me out ' for supposedly taking someone's partner from them . . . which is not true , i didn't even know the girl had a boyfriend when we slept- uh . . . kissed . " she's not sure whether or not kissing is better or worse than sleeping with the girl , but hopefully alice doesn't catch her slip-up .

" If ignorance is bliss, I must be ecstatic. " . maddie to alice :)

"People say that, and they never actually look blissful when they do,"l Alice observes. "What are you feeling ignorant about today?"

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☂ Favorite weather (I am curious)

" shockingly , " she starts , " i love a good storm . one with heavy rain and distant thunder . best time to nap the day away ! "