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fountainpenguin · 6 years

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Now that “Full House” has been up for a few days, I can officially share this simple family tree of the Cosma and Fairywinkle families in my fanfics! Because naturally I just assume that if you don’t read my fanfic updates .2 seconds after they’re posted, you obviously don’t care if you come across any spoilers.

> Yvainna von Strangle is the Fairy Elder. She never had children, but the von Strangles took her family name to honor her when they devoted their lives to serving her. Cosmo was confirmed to be a distant cousin of Jorgen’s in the episode “Cosmo Rules”.

> Grandpa Gonzo and Nana Cadabra are confirmed relatives of Cosmo and Wanda revealed in their canon family trees.

> As much as I despise “The Fairy Beginning”, Cosmo’s uncle and aunt Harry and Potter are 100% canon, and he WILL be running away from home to stay with them during Frayed Knots. What would make him do that, I wonder...?

> Black stars represent those whose Anti-Fairy counterparts are “royals”.

> Brown stars are for those who show the long brownie nose trait. We learned Cosmo has it in the episode, “The Boy Who Would Be Queen”.

> Cosmo’s dad mentioned he had a brother in “A Grain of Truth”.

> I dunno if anyone still protests Mama Cosma’s name just meaning “Cosmo’s mother” anymore, but her mailbox says Cosma, so I treat it as a legitimate surname. Her husband died when Cosmo was two, and she kept his name.

> Wanda discussed her will o’ the wisp heritage, being a descendant of Ilisa Maddington through Fennel’s line, in “Temptation”. Not included: Kylia’s other relatives. Apart from me mentioning once that Anti-Wanda has eleven uncles (and presumably a lot of cousins), they’re not very important. They might get cameos at family gatherings, though.

> Crystalli, Jasmine, and Lyren are Poof’s second cousins. We haven’t seen them in my fanfics yet, but their counterparts appeared in “Step Back” and will show up again later in the 130 Prompts. They’re among Foop’s rivals to the throne; his status is “heir presumptive”, not “heir apparent”, meaning he can be displaced as heir if it’s determined he isn’t suitable to be High Count. This could be for many reasons, such as being deemed a threat to Anti-Fairies, if it’s decided that having an alternate personality makes him too unstable, or if it’s discovered that he’s had a color-eyed baby before his coronation as High Count. The risk of losing his inheritance is one thing that keeps his evil-doing in check.

Dotted lines represent a period of many generations.

Everything else should be self-explanatory.

All the cards on the table, a few people were left off... we’ll get to them later with a much prettier family tree. Gonna draw ALL the family!

#Oh wow I wonder where the Cadmean Vixen and Laelaps joke is going hmm gee #Why are all my swan maidens boys?#ridwriting #FAIRIES!#Dragonfly parents #Frayed Knots #The toughest tag #Purple hippie dragonfly #The bat with the hat #The best bat queen #Nerdy blue bat son #Alternate bat prince #Family tree

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foxyfrolic · 7 months

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// just learned what the Cadmean Vixen is and it changes EVERYTHING

#ooc;

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ancient-myth-daily · 3 years

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Canis Major and the Teumessian Fox

People are probably more familiar with the Greek mythology behind the zodiac, but Canis Major has my favorite star in it and the mythology surrounding it is kind of crazy so I wanted to write about it! Like many constellations or asterisms many different cultures have different mythologies about it but I will be talking about the Graeco-Roman stuff that gave it its official name, which means “The Great Dog.” For some reason, people often think that Canis Major and Canis Minor are Orion’s hunting dogs, and that is because their constellations are so close to the constellation Orion in the night sky. Actually, their mythology has nothing to do with him.

The actual name of this specific dog was called Laelaps, which means “hurricane”. He was a dog that was destined to always catch what it was hunting.

The mythology around Laelaps is a bit confusing as there are different versions but as always I will try to write up a version that incorporates as much as possible and still makes sense!

If you want to know the story of how Laelaps was put in the sky as a constellation, the myth is below the cut because it is pretty long!

Originally, Laelaps was a gift from Zeus to his lover Europa. After that, the dog changed owners a lot, being passed through families, etc. This leads me to think that the dog can’t die of old age, which makes sense since it is kind of a magical creature.

Eventually, Laelaps was acquired by a princess of Athens whose name was Procris. Procris married an Aeolian prince named Cephalus. (Aeolia was part of Asia Minor). Their relationship had a lot of problems, and I’ll cover that in the future.

Meanwhile, in Thebes, the Thebans committed some sort of crime that offended Dionysus. As a punishment, he sent down a giant vixen called the Teumessian Fox (sometimes called the Cadmean vixen). The Teumessian Fox plagued their city and ate their children. The interesting thing about this fox was that it was destined to never be caught.

Now, there was this other guy called Amphitryon. His name means “harassing either side”. He was a prince of Argolis, part of Greece. He was going to be married to Alcmene, someone you might recognize as Heracles' mother. So this guy would be Heracles’ step-father (or human father, depending on how you look at it). Alcmene was also his niece which is really gross. :\

Anyway, Alcmene’s brothers had been killed by some Taphians, who lived on islands and were sea-robbers - basically pirates. Alcmene refused to marry Amphitryon until he avenged their deaths. I swear I am getting back to the dog eventually. So Amphitryon went to war with the Taphians and he got help from King Creon of Thebes. In exchange for Creon’s help, Amphitryon agreed to slay the Teumessian Fox.

After winning the campaign against the Taphians, Amphitryon gave their islands to Cephalus, the Aeolian Prince, in exchange for Laelaps the dog. Then he set Laelaps on the Teumessian Fox. A dog that is destined to always catch what it is hunting and a fox that is destined to never be caught? Amphitryon just created a paradox.

Those are illegal, so Zeus turned both the dog and the fox to stone. Then they were put in the sky as constellations, Laelaps as Canis Major, and the Teumessian Fox as Canis Minor, which confusingly means the little dog.

I hope that myth was interesting and one you hadn’t heard before!

Also, I hope to post more often now that I am on summer break, I am so terribly sorry that I do not live up to my “daily” name! If you have any questions or suggestions for myths I should cover just send an ask! I’m totally willing to research mythologies that aren’t Graeco-Roman either!

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dragonfire2lm · 3 years

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Rubies and Sapphires: The Ruby Heart

Chapter 2: Spells and Swords

Beyond the red brick walls lay a formidable castle with towering spires, banners displayed the Clan Crest, a dragon coiled around a top hat, and Red was forced at sword point down the dirt path. The courtyard, with dead or dying plants in the neglected flowerbeds, was empty.

Were it not for the few scattered, top hat wearing people she saw looking at her curiously, warily from with the relative safety of the castle’s front gate, she would assume the place was abandoned. But that was far from the truth, the castle interior a maze of winding halls, within which the members of the infamous clan went about their business.

There was something about the place, an oppressive air that the inhabitants couldn’t shake that made her tail bristle. It set her on edge.

With Reginald in front of her and Wright behind her, sword threateningly pointed at her back, she was escorted through a pair of doors and into a large room.

“Your Majesty, we return with good news.” Reginald said smoothly, with added flourish as the trio halted before a round table.

The table was old, with a large, polished crystal inlaid in the middle of it, and several chairs placed evenly around the circumference. Seated on the black and gold throne at the head of the table, was a man wearing a black top hat with a crown in the shape of a dragon with its wings outspread.

“Good news eh?” he drawled, adjusting his red cape as he sneered at the sight of the Red. “Who’s she?”

“May I introduce The Cadmean Vixen, she assisted us in retrieving the jewels without issue.”

That caught the ruler’s attention, he swiftly rose from his seat, walking over as the two men presented the stolen gems.

“And let me guess? You think she should join the clan…”

“Her skills are indisputable-” Reginald said.

The clan ruler scoffed, snatching the ruby from him. He smirked as he inspected it. “Good job Reggie, and here I thought you were only good for scribe work.”

He eyed the ruby, a crooked grin splitting his face. “Yeah, we can do some real damage with this…”

“King Terrence?” Reginald asked and the other man snapped his gaze over to his subordinate.

The king gave Red a glance, looking her up and down. “You look human…”

“She��s a furhide.” Wright interjected.

“Tch, well Reggie, since you want her in the clan, she’s your responsibility,” Terrence ordered as he pocketed the ruby. “Take the Star Sapphire to the vault and give the furball a run-down of the joint... Oh and due to the shortage of rooms, she’ll be staying in the stables. I’m not wasting space on a stray.”

With his orders given, King Terrence turned on his heel and left the room with purpose, cape swishing behind him.

She heard Wright sheathe his sword.

“Well, it could have gone worse.” Reginald stated.

Wright snorted as Red glanced between the two of them. This, admittedly, was uncharted territory for her. She had spent how knows how long working by herself, living day-to-day, and relishing the few brief moments of having food readily available and a roof over her head, that suddenly being thrust into this group of magic users was daunting.

Wright handed the Star Sapphire over to Reginald. “You head to the vault, I’ll handle the girl.”

The stables were as empty as the courtyard. The building itself was sturdy despite the minor signs of disrepair she could see on her initial inspection. Red had been left to her own devices after Wright had given a no-nonsense, brief tour of the fortress. Nothing more than showing her where the mess hall and baths were located before leading her to the stables.

“Reginald will meet you in the mess hall tomorrow, don’t keep him waiting.” Wright had warned her.

The place felt like a ghost town. Like something stripped of all that grandeur and life, leaving it a hollowed-out husk while the people simply made do.

The best she could manage in the space she had been given was finding a few tattered blankets in a chest and making a rudimentary nest in the loft.

As the first light of dawn peaked through gaps in the roof, she laid down on her makeshift bed, wide awake and alert for any signs of danger. She filled the oppressive silence not with sound, but with thoughts.

Tales of the Toppat Clan, legends, reached even her during her travels. As much as she would like to hope that maybe she had finally found somewhere to call home, the reality of her situation was impossible to ignore.

Another hells damned life under the heel of another master. Bitterly, she mused that maybe that was what she should get for being a bleeding heart and sticking her nose in someone else’s business. She knew she was being dramatic of course, but it mattered little when she had nothing but her own thoughts for company for so long.

She knew it was going to be an uphill battle, but it wasn’t in her nature to just turn tail on people without reason and the Toppats had yet to do something to betray her trust.

So here she was, trying to concoct a scheme to turn her situation into something that would benefit everyone.

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“We’re going to rob Galeforce blind!” Terrence announced to the Toppats that sat around the table. Red herself stood behind Reginald, watching the meeting unfold.

“See we got ourselves the Radiant Ruby,” the king said, showing off the jewel in question. “With this beauty we can ensnare a dragon and with a dragon on our side, no one will be able to stop us!” he grinned, an unnatural, twisted look on his face. “Just picture it, with a dragon at my beck and call we could go anywhere and steal anything. ‘Course, we gotta get one first.”

His words made her stomach drop, disgust rolled in her stomach, and she did her best to keep a straight face as he continued.

“Now, we all know dragons love gold, and we’ll need a small fortune to lure it into the trap. So, we’re going to sweep across the land, bust through every one of Gale’s strongholds, villages, you name it, and take as much as we can carry.”

A tense silence fell around the table.

“We’ll be in sight of our first target in an hour, pick your teammates and party up.” Terrence ordered and the room became a hive of activity as people got up from their seats and left to make their preparations.

She fell in step behind Reginald and Wright.

“We’re going to capture the dragon?” she asked.

“If Terrence wants us to, then that’s what we’ll do,” Reginald replied, resigned. “We have little say in the matter.”

“Once you pass your initiation, you take the oath, and The King casts the Binding Spell that makes you a permanent member of the clan,” Wright explained as they turned down a corridor. “Terrence rewrote it when he became king, an’ there’s nothin’ we can do about it.”

“Almost nothing…” Reginald said quietly. “If I just had the ruby…”

The vixen blinked. She could help him again, a few weeks to memorize the layout of the place, give off the impression that she was harmless, unimportant and build up a reputation in the clan…

Yes, she could steal the ruby in a month if she had the time and resources. She thought about leaving but judging from what little she’d put together from their first conversation, and the revelation of the binding spell, what little morality she had wouldn’t let her stand by and ignore this.

“I can get you the ruby.” She spoke up.

The two men looked back at her in surprise.

“Don’t be ridiculous, Terrence will make an example out of you if you so much as try and that is assuming, he doesn’t just kill you.” Reginald said.

“You’re not under the spell yet girl, why don’ you get off this rock an’ leave this to us?” Wright asked with raised eyebrow. “This is Toppat business.”

She stared back them defiantly. “Because I know what it’s like, you become so used to having no say in anything, to waiting for the next order, for the next chance to be useful, that it becomes normal, acceptable even… To the point that you don’t know what to do with yourself once you finally found freedom.”

“I spent five… six years at The Wall,” she divulged, powering through the well of emotions and hazy memories the admission bought forth. “They keep furhides as guards, treat them no better than actual dogs, I needed the coin and it seemed like a good offer at the time. I only got out six months ago.”

“And since then, you’ve made a name for yourself as a thief.” Reginald summarized, the shock morphing into understanding. He shared a look with Wright.

Something seemed to pass between them, a fire had been lit as the two men moved to walk beside her.

“We’ll meet in the stables tonight after the raid and discuss this further.” Reginald stated.

She nodded and joined them as they headed to the foundry to make their preparations.

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Hours later, Red’s head was spinning, she struggled to fight against the light-headedness as the sounds of combat roared around her. She was in her fox form, hiding in a house. She’d been separated from the Toppats as soon as the fight began, the guards had been organized, a cohesive unit that had the slap-dash tactics of the mages outmatched in minutes. She had taken refuge in the shadows, slinking into houses and storing any valuables she could find in the magical pocket realm in her tail.

She’d been unlucky enough to watch as one of the Toppats, an archer with an enchanted bow, took the sharp end of a blade to the face. Red had been forced to hide in a house because the sight had made her fee like she was going to faint. As she waited for the dizziness to subside, something crashed through the back door.

She stumbled over to hide beneath a table as someone shambled into the room. Wright, unsteady on his feet, walked in with Reginald lobbing balls of fire from his hands behind him to cover their escape.

Wright sat down on the nearest available chair. Reginald locked the door behind him and waited with bated breath.

The fight raged on outside, but no guards appeared to have noticed the two men ducking into the house. Red crept out from her hiding spot, shifting into her human form, and adjusting her robes.

“What happened?” she asked cautiously as she approached them, the worst of her dizziness fading as she focused on the two Toppats.

Reginald glanced back at her, still on edge. “His defensive wards were broken by a shield bash.”

She made a noise in sympathy as she fished around her robes. She pulled out a potion bottle and handed it to Wright. Both men were surprised by the sight of the potion.

Reginald looked at the potion, then up at her. Wright grimaced as he accepted the offered potion, unscrewed the glass lid, and downed its contents.

“Thanks.” Wright grunted already looking more alert.

“If you need more, just ask,” Red said. “I can always make more.”

“You’re an alchemist?” Reginald asked.

“I picked up a few things at The Wall.” She replied.

Reginald was quiet for a moment. “We… could use your talents in the clan, we lost our healers some time ago...”

“We got a job to do, we’ll discuss this later.” Wright said as he got up.

The three of them avoided the frontlines, breaking into houses, stores and took whatever gold and valuables they could carry.

Something exploded.

The three of them moved to an open doorway and peered out to see what was going on. Maniacal laughter could b heard as the dust cleared and Terrence stepped out of the cloud of dust.

His grin was vicious as he held a golden staff. The staff had glowing black runes carved down its length and a black crystal set into the claw shaped top of the magical weapon. The Toppat King loosed a bolt of black energy from his weapon of choice towards the busiest part of the battlefield. Guards and Toppats alike were caught in the blast, Terrence only caring for his immediate victory, and Red heard Reginald suck in a breath in horror at it all.

“His own men are in there!” Red hissed. “The hells is he thinking?”

“We can always recruit more…” Wright quoted bitterly.

“We need to help them, everyone, with me.” Reginald commanded as he led the way.

As their ruler ran rampant, the small band retrieved as many of their wounded as they could, Red’s seemingly endless supply of potions and elixirs proving to be a boon to the clan and saving countless lives.

#fanfic #fantasy AU #henry stickmim collection #reginald copperbottom #right hand man

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imthepunchlord · 4 years

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Could you tell me what would you do to the powers of Butterfly, Fox, Turtle and Peacock if that’s alright?

I would go with the set up that the 5 have 2-3 powers. One yang, one neutral, and one yin.

Fox (represents Mind; planner, imagination, creativity, curiosity)

Mirage, creates a realistic illusion, though how complex depends on one’s way of thinking (hence Alya’s illusions being straightforward while Marinette’s was complex).

Elusion, a power of evasion, Fox is hard to catch and hunt, plays off Cadmean Vixen.

Wil-o-Wisp, Fox summons 9 little magical wisps that heeds Fox’s desires, from guiding people to safety, to playing a role to spook, spy/gather info, or could even be used for a weaker version of ML, though Fox must decide to repair damage to the city or heal anyone hurt. This largely plays off elusive fairies and loosely kitsune’s wispy fire.

Bee (represents Energy; willpower, action, involved, dynamic, vitality)

Sting, can immobilize one or drastically slow down many targets around Bee.

Busy Bees, a power of construction, Bee can make anything, though it lacks substance and will break after one use.

Spring Up, Bee can help plants thrive and use them to their will, though the more Bee summons up or the larger, the harder it is to control.

Turtle (represents Body; centered, stable, supporter, holds it all together)

Shelter, Turtle buts up a protective shield that not only protects those inside, but also heals and rejuvenates, rewinds time on those that are starting to power down.

Turn Turtle, Turtle disconnects enemies to their powers, leaving them as helpless and struggling as an overturned Turtle.

Withdraw, a power of teleportation, Turtle gets them and allies to safety when things are getting to extreme, plays off Turtles are really able to book it when they want to.

Peacock (represents the Soul; expression, self-awareness, detachment)

Fighting Spirit, plucking one quill of their fan, Peacock can give it or throw it at anyone they choose, manifesting their soul into a golem that will face any danger; the person goes dormant with their soul out and active. There is no amok and no joint akuma-amok transformation.

Bare Soul, a power of astral projection, Peacock needs to hide their body while their spirit drifts about. Potential for possessions of others and using their body to attack teammates, breaking up group dynamics.

Kindred Spirits, Peacock shall see all souls in an area, and see who needs help, and who’s the enemy.

Butterfly (represents the Heart, empathy, emotion, connection with others)

Metamorphosis, brings a magical transformation to a chosen Champion.

Dancing Card, brings an ally to Butterfly’s side.

Butterfly Effect, a power of predictability, when stuck in a fight, Butterfly can pick up patterns of it foe.

#ask Punchie #miraculouses #fox miraculous #bee miraculous #turtle miraculous #peacock miraculous #butterfly miraculous #griffinboss555

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