#⍚; beatrix: ic

[pseudomonacarriea]

#The face of the woman targeted by Society’s bullying antics

[s0ull3ss-p3rs0n]

My top three favorite things to tell a person that has only watched up to s7 max:

-Zane commits genocide and rules over a whole ass realm for 60 years

-Jay ditches capitalism and joins an evil furry cult

-Transgender catgirl overthrows a tyrannical empress with a 2min youtube video

[mintygreenaqua]

Hey folks, I’ve got another chapter for you today, but I must warn you, things are going to get very dark and Maritza is going to face some pain that she had hoped never to face again.

Hello Enigma - Chapter 9 Lead to Disaster (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1461633911-hello-enigma-chapter-9-lead-to-disaster?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=AquaGreenMint64 When kidnappings become more frequent in Raven Brooks, Maritza Esposito has her time to shine on this investigation. Only she discovers some things that will stay in her memory for the rest of her life.

[docpiplup]

The Bastard Kings and their families

This is series of posts are complementary to this historical parallels post from the JON SNOW FORTNIGHT EVENT, and it's purpouse to discover the lives of medieval bastard kings, and the following posts are meant to collect portraits of those kings and their close relatives.

In many cases it's difficult to find contemporary art of their period, so some of the portrayals are subsequent.

1) Manfred I of Sicily (1232 – 26 February 1266), son of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and Bianca Lancia

2) His parents, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II (1194 – 1250), son of Constance I of Sicily and Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I; with Bianca Lancia (c. 1210 – c. 1246/1248), daughter of Bonifazio d'Agliano

3) His brother, Conrad IV of Germany ( 1228 – 1254), son of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and his wife Isabella II of Jerusalem

4) His nephew, Conradin (25 March 1252 – 29 October 1268), son of Conrad IV and his wife Elisabeth of Bavaria

5) His brother, Henry VII of Germany (1211 – 1242), son of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and his wife Constance of Aragon

6) His brother, Enzo of Sardinia ( c. 1218 – 1272), son of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and Adelaide

7) His wife, Beatrice of Savoy (1223 – 1259), daughter of Amadeus IV of Savoy and his wife Marguerite of Burgundy

8) His daughter with his wife Helena Angelina Doukaina, Beatrix of Sicily (1260 –1307)

9) His daughter with his wife Beatrice of Savoy, Constance II of Sicily (c. 1249 – 1302); with her husband Peter III of Aragon (c. 1239 –1285), son of James I of Aragon and his wife Violant of Hungary

[rosalinabloom]

Inktober Day 2!!!

I was browsing through Reddit and saw this gorgeous art of the two, and decided to draw some Tecna x Timmy art!!! I really wanted to take inspiration from Tech Ware and a little of cyber punk. I feel like I may have gotten that, but I feel like I lost Tecna and Timmy in the process

[agcntbubbles]

“ I’ve done nothing wrong. Except all the atrocities. Besides that, I’m innocent. ” -- Beatrix aka Black Mamba c:

❝-—In your defense, who hasn't in this line of work? ❞ it really didn't matter what sort of trained killer you were, you all did just about the same thing. ❝ But, yeah. Totes. I'm super-super innocent too. Haven't done a thing wrong in my life. Except for all the wrong things I've done. ❞ he pops his gum, takes to blowing a bubble and then pops that too.

[chemmuses]

tag dump ic characters

[pseudomonacarriea]

When your team bullies you and you just give them more ammo to do so. You can’t tell them not to when you do the things you do!

[mintygreenaqua]

Ok, some Hello Enigma soundtrack material here.

[styrmwb]

References to Previous Final Fantasies in Dawntrail

Or, how 9 + 11 + 6 = 14, somehow. (SPOILERS, OBVIOUSLY)

I've played every mainline FF, plus a few others, so one of my favorite things about playing XIV is seeing what they do with previous FFs, and how they incorporate it into the world/story. Dawntrail very very much did this, to the point that I could literally predict plot points before they happened. (THIS IS NOT A COMPLAINT I LOVED THIS)

So I figured I would put down my fanboying in text form, for people to read the insanity of a madman who has played too many JRPGs from a single series.

Note: I have not completed every single side quest, but I have done the entire MSQ, every dungeon, and 3/5 of the role quests. This isn't a complete collection, just what I noticed :)

V

Krile's "real name" is Maya. The original Krile in FFV was Krile Meyer Baldesion. (XIV might also have the middle name but I don't remember! I'm gonna put it here regardless!)

VI

Valigarmanda is the first Esper you encounter in VI, right at the start of the game. Its summon attack is Tri-Disaster. I really liked how they kept it frozen in ice, just like the original, and because Tri-Disaster is a SMN ability, they changed it to Tulidisaster to fit the Tural location.

Pictomancer was first in VI as well, being Relm's job. She even got to be in XIV as well, being credited as the Archon who created the art (HA). Shoutouts to the Relm reborn joke it needed to happen

IX

One of the two most important games in this expansion. There is A Lot here.

The preorder bonus/deluxe edition had a Wind-Up Zidane and Garnet, the two main protagonists of FFIX.

Alexandria is lifted directly from IX. The name, the style of the buildings, and even the castle with the crystal popping out of the top, shown in the dungeon and in Yesterland in Living Memory.

(This is the Dissidia NT version, but I wanted a picture that showed the castle and the roof architecture)

Solution Nine is named after one of Zidane's Dyne abilities. While not direct, Living Memory, the final zone, is very reminiscent of Memoria, the final dungeon of IX. I wonder if you can get a special sword by completing the entire MSQ in under 2 hours?

Living Memory also features quite a few locations from IX. The Canal Town looks very similar to Treno, and features a location called the Daguerreo Medical Collection, named after the city as well. Underneath Proto Alexandria in Yesterland, where the data terminal lies, looks very similar to the part of Alexandria Castle where Steiner can grind to level 99 (I don't know how else to describe it if you know you know). In the Windspath Gardens lies the Cleyra Museum of Nature, also named after the IX city.

Some quest text in Living Memory tells you about other locations in the Unlost World. Lindblum, the city that holds hunts and is very technologically advanced; Conde Petie, where the Dwarves are from (mentioned by a Milalla who said he was from there), and the Iifa Tree. There might even be more here, that I either missed or haven't done yet.

Another quest has you go on a treasure hunt for a password. This password? "I Want to Be Your Canary", the play from FFIX.

Solution Nine has a couple buildings with monsters from IX as signs. One building features a Mu (Which is also mentioned in Living Memory), and another building features Yans, both friendly and not friendly.

Another monster that I noticed a reference to was the Gimme Cat, which is featured on the popcorn in Living Memory. It's also mentioned as an energy drink, but called a "Gimme Bat" instead? I guess it does have bat wings.

While XIV doesn't have any direct plot important characters from IX, the ones we do have are very reminiscent of its cast, and clearly are done like that on purpose.

Otis is Steiner (with maybe a little tiny bit of Beatrix depending on how you look at it). Captain of the Knights of Alexandria, he speaks in an older fashion, similar to Steiner, and is very loyal to his princess.

Sphene is an interesting mix. The most obvious one is Garnet, both being Queens of Alexandria, being named after stones, and loving their people. The other one, which might be argued isn't intended, is Garland.

(No, not those guys. The other one.)

Garland in IX is an artificial being whose purpose is to continue his world's life. To do this, he would try to fuse Terra (his planet), with Gaia (the main planet), and control Gaian souls for Terra instead. What did Sphene do? Try to fuse her reflection with the Source, to use their souls for her own people. I personally think this is a very clear similarity.

In general, because of this similarity, the latter half of Dawntrail shares very similar themes with IX's plots, dealing with death and souls. I also think it's pretty funny that both start out pretty happy and cartoony, and end fairly depressing and existential.

Another plot point used in the MSQ is the play sequence. While IX's is based off love, and XIV's is the history of Alexandria, both feature a sword fight scene. (99 out of 100 nobles approve).

Finally, several songs from IX are used in Dawntrail. In the above mentioned play, Swords of Fury plays, just like the original. And a few scenes later, Vamo'alla Flamenco (previously used for the DNC quests) plays, though it should have been during the sword fight!! Prima Vista Orchestra and Fleeting Life are used in several scenes, usually involving Sphene. Something to Protect also appears, but in a scene I can't recall. Finally, the Court Jesters' theme gets a remix as the main song in the Strayborough Deadwalk.

X

There is a singular joke in Heritage Found made about dodging lightning bolts right before the flash so they don't hit you. The person who wrote this line wanted to induce PTSD in as many people as they could with only a single line of dialogue.

XI

The other most important game in the expansion. In a way, Dawntrail FEELS like it could have been an XI expansion in another lifetime. I might be looking too much into it, but I feel as though this was foreshadowed back in the first patch of Endwalker, as Dawntrail takes A LOT from the Treasures of Aht Urhgan expansion.

In Endwalker, the Alzadaal's Legacy dungeon was based off of the Alzadaal Underwater Ruins in Aht Urhgan. The dungeon used many models from XI, such as the Rampart, the Xzomit (hell yes!), and the Acrolith. The dungeon had a visual similarity, as well as the areas in the dungeon being named after zones in Aht Urhgan (Bhaflau Thickets, Arrapago Reef, and Mount Zhayolm). I know this is Endwalker and not Dawntrail but trust me it's important for the foreshadowing.

Gulool Ja Ja was a boss in the Besieged mode of ToAU, leading the Mamool Ja Savages to assault Al Zahbi. Both incarnations of this character are VERY different from each other.

Similarly, Gurfurlur was also a boss in Besieged, leading the Troll Mercenaries. It's very funny to me that both of these warmongers became such nice people in Tural.

The Yok Huy as a whole are actually Trolls from XI. The different name I assume coming from the fact that Trolls are already an enemy in XIV, in Labyrinthos.

While this isn't direct, and is probably unintentional, the fact that the final boss in Vanguard was a naga/lamia like entity only makes me wonder if it was somehow a callback to Medusa and the Undead Swarm, the last remaining Besieged invaders.

Zoraal Ja is a Notorious Monster in the areas around Aht Urhgan.

To continue on with Mamool Ja facts, Mamook is an area in ToAU. They don't look very similar, but they do both share the title of Autarch as their ruler. Mamool Ja in general come from XI, so it's no surprise that in the expansion that well, expands on them, it uses XI for inspiration.

This next one might be a little insane. The general plot of Treasures of Aht Urhgan, is that after killing Promathia, a god that wishes to end all life, the Adventurer goes to a completely different area to have a relatively calmer adventure. Here, they meet a female member of royalty named Aphmau. Her brother, Razfahd, unable to rule over the country, has a conquering nature, and uses an Automaton body to control Alexander for his goals. This... can't be a coincidence, right?? We kill the Endsinger, who wanted to end all life, go to a completely different area to have a relatively calmer adventure with our female member of royalty, Wuk Lamat, and we fight against Zoraal Ja, her war hungry brother that is unable to rule, so he uses the power of Alexandria (a mech suit) for his goals. You... you see what I'm cooking here right??? RIGHT!?!?!

To piggyback off of this, Wuk Lamat very much fits the role of the XI heroine. A girl who is very clearly the main character of the story, and hangs around you more than anyone else.

Edit: one last thing that I forgot to put down before posting, one of the hunts uses the Magic Pot model from XI. We love Magic Pot.

I THINK that should be everything I found? I know for a fact we're going to get more since the Alliance Raids are based of off XI (I'm so excited)

XIII

A couple enemy models were used from XIII.

The Silver Lobos in Urqopacha use the XIII model. I'm fairly sure they've never been used in XIV yet, but I could be wrong.

Similarly, the Strayborough Deadwalk uses the Gremlin/Ahriman enemies. I do not think they've been used before this, feel free to yell at me if I'm wrong :)

Type-0

While not like, direct, the concept of erasing the memories of anyone who has died (especially seen as a blessing) was a major plot point of Type-0's world.

I think that's everything? My memory isn't the greatest, so I'm sure there's something I noticed that I missed, and again; I haven't done everything, so there might be even more out there that I've yet to find!

Please, feel free to comment anything else that you may have noticed, and hopefully you enjoyed reading :)

[sehnsuchts-trunken]

Fate - The Winx Saga Masterlist

as always, if you want to read everything i've written about this, including match ups and all, click here

also warning, this list seems endless. i've written so many drabbles for this fandom omfg

Riven:

Sky's Little Sister

Dance with me

Annoying the Others, as Always

Protective

That's usual Riven

Sky Walks In

Studies and Smoking

Riven is a Softie

Riven's Shirt

There's other people around, damn it!

Tension

No Kisses, just Smoking

Sharing a Cig

First Time Smoking

Carry Me

Caught

Bookworm

Forgetful

Study Sessions

Off my Leg, Please

Stop Snogging in front of Our Faces | Part Two

In Class

Board Games

Reunion

Slow Mornings

Tired

Training Sessions

The Worst

Sickness

Take Care of Me

Muddy, Dirty, Flirty

Riven is Nervous

Happy Place

Favourite Hoodie

Self-Defence Lessons

Earth Fairy Powers

Men Suck

One Bed Trope

You're with Him?

Drunk

Insomniac

Birthday

A Drunk and a Dumbass

Drenched and Bitchy

Booknerd

Napping on his Shoulder

Ice Fairy Powers

Give It Back!

Is that my Shirt?

Almost Caught

Perfectly Sober

No, It's Freezing

Cheating on Sam

Sky and Riven Fighting About You

Poly Relationship with Sky and Reader Headcanons

Poly with Bea and Reader

Dating Riven Headcanons

Enemies to Lovers Headcanons

Sam:

Secret, No Secret

Together or Not At All

Go to Sleep

Still Awake

Apparently We Are Dating

Grey:

Drunk

One Bed

Come back to Bed, Baby

Safe and Sound

Who Needs Training?

Childhood Friends

Date

First Kiss

Almost Fryed Me There

I'm (not) here Illegally

Dating Grey Headcanons

Sky:

Christmas Season

Smoking

Nightmares

Sky's Sister

Chronic Pain

Training Accident

Sky and Riven Fighting About You

Poly Relationship with Riven and Reader Headcanons

Beatrix:

Cramps

Take Care of Me

Breaking and Entering

Cigarettes and Making Out

Poly with Riven and Reader

[agcntbubbles]

“ Got caught giving a fuck. Embarrassing. ” -- Beatrix Kiddo

❝ Okay? Writhe and seethe in agony over it like the rest of us. ❞ flat and blunt but with a strange obviousness to his jesting tone. He flicks the gnarled toothpick from between his lips and tosses it (he hadn't been able to pick up any chewing gum for half a week now).

❝ Bea, we're fucked up. We're not robots. Giving a fuck is only embarrassing if it gets you killed. Then, like, who cares? Not you because you'd be dead. ❞

[euphraisette]

cosette does a lot to try and nurture her inner child by indulging in things that she wasn’t allowed to when she was really young like getting excited over dolls and stuffed animals and going to the zoo and building legos and crying when she wants to and sometimes she gets embarrassed by it because people think she’s immature but then one day enjolras comes over like “hey. wanna go to the science center and then go lay in the grass in the park and try and collect ladybugs. its what i do when im stressed.” so they go to the science center and watch a display on the james webb telescope and cosette buys freeze dried ice cream and a little star plush in the gift shop and by the time they get to the park courfeyrac and marius are blowing up their phones like “YOURE HANGING OUT WE WANNA COME” and so all of the amis gather at the park and take their shoes off and wiggle their toes in the grass and make up stories about clouds that look like turtles and jehan reads beatrix potter aloud for everyone and bahorel and feuilly brought snacks and they all lay around until the sun goes down and cosette finally can just be herself, even when that includes being emotional or “childish”, because she’s never going to be alone or unloved or shamed for being herself again and that feels like enough to heal her

[pseudomonacarriea]

"Stop fighting this."

From most, it might sound normal. However, when it happens to be a certain Moondweller who constantly speaks with a nigh robotic drone and he's slamming his hand right beside Beatrix's head; It sounds remarkably like a threat, and will most certainly give any passerby the wrong idea should they see Cassius towering over the former Society agent.

"This is a holiday in which I am meant to return your gift from approximately 30 days prior as per annual Fossildweller tradition. I cannot correctly perform this ritual when you fail to flee on sight at every attempt. Stop resisting."

....

........

................

At the very least, his intentions are good? And the white chocolate filled molten lava cake will surely be delicious given the precision he used when baking it. It's just that, well--Beatrix needs to actually accept the White Day gift is all.

White Day -- Accepting until March 18th -- @pseudomonarkaerenea

"Ah!"

The embarrassingly loud yelp that left the brunette's lips from the sudden slam caused a few heads to peek out from doorways or stop their actions. Much like watching red food coloring mix into the white frosting, Beatrix's face went through different shades of pink until it bloomed red.

She wasn't avoiding him all day! No way! There's totally a different reason for why she was making up reasons and not stopping as he called for her multiple times!!

Hearing him recount the reason for White Day, her chest was thumping so loud in her head she just stared at him. That's with the thoughts running through her mind in tandem.

"I-I'm not!"

C-C'mon! Get it together, Bea! Deep breaths! People are staring y'know! Oh, but why did he-- OK, that's my fault but he didn't have to slam the wall so hard!

She couldn't keep him hanging. He's looking at her so expectedly. There was no way out of this one, and she knew that the moment he moved in front of her to cut her off. Not fully caged by his arms, his body made sure to tell her that he was done chasing her around while holding the box. That's all that she needed.

Swallowing the lump in her throat she looks down at the box in his hands. Once she had calmed down, her hands reach out to receive it. Finally. If it was someone else, she would've asked if this was a prank. But with Cassius? He hasn't given her a present or gifted her anything that could be considered one.

"--Thank you, Cassius."

At least none of the others were around to see this. At least, she thinks so.

[randomjunkcreator]

So, I was thinking about Ninjago in the shower, as one does, and I realized the Nya would probably have to end up facing the fear she saw in the cave.

Spoiler warning by the way.

Anyways, then I remember the mirror from the fire chapter, where she was scared of being normal, zane was scared of losing his humanity, and lloyd didn’t want to be like his father. All of those came true. Zane became the ice emperor and completely lost himself, becoming a tool for Vex, Nya would lose her powers after she was revived from the sea, and Lloyd became an oni during the battle with the overlord.

We also know that Jay has, in fact, lost his memory and does not remember nya, but also, Sora’s fear might come true, since we know lloyd saw beatrix in his vision. Wyldfyre saw that dragon diseas that Egalt has, so her fear may or may not have happened. I don’t entirely know about arin though, we don’t known much about his parents, but who knows, that one might come true too. Kai may have had a vision about losing Nya and/or lloyd, OR he had a vision about something bad happening to them without his protection, and with him in the inescapable place, that’s a likely fear.

So, that’s my theory, I guess. Cheers to ranting

[wifelinkmtg]

man i'm not gonna figure out which of these beatrix potter animals fuck

I'm predicting I will get less and less interested in reviewing new magic releases as time goes on, but 1) there's still a lot of older stuff I haven't even touched, and 2) you never know, maybe they'll do something to recapture my interest down the road, like bringing Kaja Foglio back, or taking any creative risks whatsoever. Or, you know, there's other games!

BY 2029 THIS BLOG WILL EXCLUSIVELY REVIEW THE MOST FUCKABLE ANDROID: NETRUNNER ICE

Meanwhile, original Theros block!

Kiora, the Crashing Wave (Scott M. Fischer)

I don't have that much interest in Kiora as a character but I cannot deny that this is a fine piece of pin-up art. Big Hokusai wave, pearlescent light off her thighs, the cheesecake pose, feet - and the gentle way her hand rests on that tentacle. The connection to the other Hokusai piece everyone knows is surely not accidentacle.

JACKIN OFF? BUDDY LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT KRAKEN OFF

Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver (Karla Ortiz)

There's so many good feet in Magic that you never get to see because Wizards crops them out of the final card, because they're cowards. I, however, am not. You're welcome.

Anyway yeah Ashiok's hot, we all know this already.

Forgeborn Oreads (Ryan Yee)

The starry infusion of Nyx here mixes with the fires of Purphoros to create a look I'm calling Julie Mao if the protomolecule had been red. It's a good look.

Spirit of the Labyrinth (Jason Chan)

Stupid little airhead can't even solve Mommy's brutalist maze, can she?

IS THIS NOT THE PLOT OF REMEDY ENTERTAINMENT'S HIT 2019 ACTION-ADVENTURE GAME CONTROL

Dunno, never played it! If anyone has, let me know if that joke was funny or not!

Reaper of the Wilds (Karl Kopinski)

I guess I do kind of want a woman who can turn me to stone and also crush my petrified ass into powder with her powerful feral serpent body.

Hythonia the Cruel (Chris Rahn)

Goddamn, did Elesh Norn really not have an original thought in her life? "Throne of petrified victims" makes so much more sense for a gorgon tyrant than a cyborg cult priestess, too. Anyway this ain't about her, this is about Hythonia turning me to stone and then sitting on me. Look how her snake-hair entwines her victims bodies. It would be like sleep paralysis, but sexy and forever!

Pharika, God of Affliction (Peter Mohrbacher)

O, for the limb-loosening fever, the delirium of the god-touched! O, for the venom-rite and the sharp ecstasy of the serpent-kiss! O, to be obliterated by a rolling wall of scale and snakeflesh! O O O for Pharika, She of bitter remedy and sweetest poison!

MAN JUST READ SWINBURNE ABOUT IT ALREADY

Ooh, yeah, good idea.

O lips full of lust and of laughter, Curled snakes that are fed from my breast, Bite hard, lest remembrance come after, And—

I WAS OBVIOUSLY KIDDING, DON'T DO THAT SHIT

Aspect of Gorgon (Willian Murai)

The flavor text for this one reads, "My adopted children are loved no less." —Pharika, God of Affliction, so in addition to being an extremely pretty woman with curly black hair-which-is-also-snakes (already a great start), there's a trans metaphor going on here. Which is to say, one can by the grace of Pharika transition to gorgon, and then presumably have a whole lot of T4T gorgon sex. And if I can do all that and also call Pharika "Mommy" then I do think I'm living my best life at that point.

PHARIKA ISN'T RUNNING A SEX CULT

Pharika isn't running a sex cult yet.