#Fortune Lover

[gabbyp09]

[mintithecheetah]

Katarina is the embodiment of "I deserve a little treat" and I love that for her.

Art by me!

[pinocchios-workshop]

CHAPTER FIVE HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN RELEASED!

Title: A Golden Spoon but No One to Feed You

Main POV: Noble Katarina

Word Count: Around Six Thousand Words

[doctorkatmd]

The degree of which that Katarina Claes is kind of heart and dumb of ass is unparalleled and I love her for it.

[blue-blaze]

Fortune Lover: A Maiden's Heart (Lost Souls AU)

A Fortune Lover Yuri/GL Spin-off

Main Character: Sterling

Capture targets: Vivian, Felicia, Hayden

Side characters: Emery, Geordo, Maria

In the northern part of Sorcier, Lousabre, there is a royal academy at the kingdom. A new student named Sterling entered there, and the rumor has it that she has a rare magic. This caught a lot of attention, especially nobles who attended there.

Protagonist

Sterling Lowell

A commoner student at the Royal Academy

A loner, but she's actually gentle and kind

Magical element is light but hides it

Someone is looking for them

Capture targets

Vivian Nolan

The daughter of Duke Nolan

She plays the ‘genki girl’ archetype

Childhood friends with Felicia

Magical element is fire

Felicia Davis

The daughter of Marquess Davis

She plays the 'aloof dark-haired girl'

Does not trust Sterling at first but eventually likes her

Magical element is water

Hayden Gray

The daughter of Earl Gray

She plays the ‘princely ikemen onee-san’ archetype

Popular with girls, but Sterling caught her the most attention

Magical element is wind

Butterfly effect: Sterling was intended to be the main protagonist for Maiden's heart, but since Katarina is not the villainess for FL anymore, it alters Sterling’s past and turned her into an antagonist.

Notes:

- I headcanon that Lousabre is based on Norway, Sweden, and England (and maybe Belgium). I'd like to think that they have some viking influence.

- Maria and Sterling are related in a way. I'm still not sure if I should make them distant relatives or not.

- Hayden is based on Kaoru Seta from Bang Dream and Manaria Sousse from I'm in love with the villainess

[tarotwithavi]

When will you find love? And a little about your person.

How to choose a pile?

Close your eyes and take a deep breath and ask the angels to show you the right pile for you and open your eyes. The first pile that catches your attention is the right pile for you

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Pile 1

Alright pile 1! Welcome to your reading and the first message I'm getting is that you will find love when you start loving yourself The way You want to be loved. And it may be a long journey to be honest. However the love that will come to you between your journey is something you have dreamed of, and for some of you I am seeing that you may also attract your future spouse. Because I keep seeing a long committed relationship with the person that will come into your life when you start loving yourself. But I also want you to know that the universe will test you and will send you duplicate copies of your future spouse who are toxic so you may encounter some situations where you made out if this person is your future spouse or not and I want you to always choose yourself in such situations.

Now let's talk about that person, I see that for most of you this person could be a fire sign or an Earth sign. The person you are meant to be with is really mentally strong and embodies the traditional qualities of their gender. What I mean by that is if you are a woman attracted to men your person will embody all the qualities of a traditional man like being the caretaker, being the provider etc. women attracted to women then your person will embody all the qualities of a traditional woman like being supporting, being nurturing etc. and their qualities will not be toxic like how traditional man are viewed as controlling and lack of consideration etc. and I'm also getting that your person will spend their money on you and their love language maybe gifting. I also see that your person belongs to a really big family or a family that has a rich background like some sort of reality or respect that comes from being born in their family. I also see that your person has a really nice voice and whenever they speak it sounds soothing. For some of you their mother may have been a single mom or they may not have good relations with their father. I also see that your person requires a lot of rest because the work they do requires a lot of their energy and their work could be mentally draining.

Pile 2

How are you? Pile 2, first of all I have a good news for you, you are on the journey of finding love and I am saying that because I see that you have been putting a lot of work on yourself and you have been feeling full of love these days for some of you you can literally feel deep inside of you that you are about to meet someone whom you are going to fall in love with. I also see that some of you may have been invited to go somewhere or you will be invited in the near future and you may meet your person there. Some of you are about to find love within a month and some of you will find love in summer time. I also see that you are about to be asked out on a date and I want you to give this a chance because I feel positive Vibes from this pile (of course only accept if you feel like doing it)

Now let's talk about your person. I see that your person could be a fire or a water sign and Aries, Leo and cancer specifically. I see that this person has been through a lot and you can literally see it on their face or you may feel it when you meet them. I also see that you both share equal feelings for each other and this may be the person you are crushing on currently. They may be an artist or they may like to create beautiful things in their free time. Another message I'm picking upon is that they will give you handmade things like handwritten letters , DIY flowers etc because I see that they are someone who shows their Love by doing things for the person they love. I also see that on a side note they may suffer from anxiety or depression or they may have insomnia. However they will recover soon and they could be born in the month of April or April could be a significant month for you. I also see that they hide their pain and their sufferings from others. This person is really physically attractive and they always have something nice to say. They give great advice and the words that come out of their mouth are literally the words of wisdom. I also see that they may do charitable work or they may work in the medical field. Your person may be a bit different from you or from the way you were brought up. For some of you, they can have a fear of lizards or it can be the complete opposite. They may wear a hat or turban, it could be related to their culture.

Pile 3

Heyyyy pile 3! The first thing I'm getting is that this pile is divided into two groups. People who resonate more with group 1 will find love soon, like within 5 to 6 months and the people who resonate with group 2 will find love in , maybe 11 months to 14 months. Now I will be listing some things which will help you find your group. If you are a fire sign or you talk a lot or you talk really fast, walk fast, have a black round mole on your right hand or right side of your body, long fingers, wear glasses not contracts, have more than 8 friends who you talk to, or like pink then you are group 1. And if you are an Earth sign, wear baggy clothes, have a great balance, are or may have been a cheerleader, live near forest, droopy nose, long fingernails or are wearing a black top/hoodie currently then you are group 2. Of course, you can read if you don't resonate with any of these groups.

Okay so I see that some of you literally manifested this person. Within the past 9 months you may have done a ritual or made a wish about love and your wish is about to be granted. I also see that you may meet this person through a friend or your sibling. Because I see that you will get to know this person through a mutual friend or someone. Another message I'm getting is that your person is literally a dream come true for you however I also see that they may have a lot of passion (you know what I'm talking about 🌝👀) and I also see that they are really knowledgeable they may speak 3 to 4 languages and they may have a lot of friends that are different from them. Another thing I'm getting is that some of you share a past life connection with this person and in this lifetime you two are meant to be together so nothing can pull you apart. I also see that your person has a lot of responsibility on their shoulders and I also see that sometimes they get overwhelmed by taking care of everything. They also have a tendency to stress over things they cannot control. Your person could be an air sign or Earth sign. They already have a bright personality and a lot of people notice them. I also see that they know how to take care of things and situations but sometimes they just stress over nothing. They have good time management and hate people who are not punctual. They know what they are capable of and they know what they deserve. They are really sure about themselves and they will not second guess their choices. They require a lot of time alone to function properly, however that will not be a hurdle in your relationship because I see that you have this quality too.

Muah 💋

[veatomis]

Isabela tarot cards: Act 1, Romance, End Act 2-Act 3.

[ingravinoveritas]

I mean...

[bigdreamsandwildthings]

A new cozy comfort read with my lil guy 🥰

[adarlingmess]

Young Woman and Death the Devil

A reimagining of Henri-Léopold Lévy's La jeune fille et la mort/Young Woman and Death, featuring Raphael and my character Fortune of Lyrabar again because I'm still fixated on BG3's most notorious cambion NPC. I'm having horrible artist's block and this was the only cure aaaaa

[solidsnakecake]

Sparda is always described as Mundus's right and left hand and credited with being the one who won the throne for Mundus. And even after Mundus consumed the Qliphoth, he was still inferior to Sparda.

In the power-based hierarchy of demons, how did someone of Sparda's calibre defer to Mundus? Sparda never wanted power, he left Fortuna and he remained out of people's sight instead of being outright worshipped. But why defer to Mundus?

There must have been some emotional tie between them. Enough to make Sparda put up with Mundus's shit before finally waking up to justice.👀

[daedalusdavinci]

7 w/ solkat?

7. Unflinchingly settling your head into your lover’s lap while they watch television/are reading a book/doing their favorite hobby. Then asking your lover to explain what’s going on/what they’re doing. i wrote this stream of consciousness and i dont feel like editing it so you get what you get

The nice thing about Karkat is that he's always good for background noise. Whenever you need something else to drown out the voices, he's always there, ranting and raving about some inane bullshit you couldn't care less about, but enjoy hearing regardless. It's an odd day when you can't hear him puttering around the house and mumbling under his breath, cursing out a chair you didn't push in that he tripped over or the food that isn't cooking fast enough. The cat Dave convinced you (convinced Karkat, just by virtue of forcing Karkat to hold it for more than five minutes until all the ice around Karkat's heart melted) to take in is just as loud as he is, and at all hours of the day, you can hear them talking to each other, Karkat's grumble interspersed with the cat's loud meows.

He's quiet today, though. Rose left him with a new book the other day, and apparently today is the day he has the attention span to devour it. You're treated to an uncharacteristic silence as you work, and for a while, it's sort of nice. Until it isn't.

You give up on coding when it feels like there are bugs crawling under your skin, irritation at a boiling point. The code isn't making sense, you can't concentrate, and the screams of the imminently doomed are no longer background, piercing howls destroying any coherent thought you might have left. Your wrists are sore, your neck hurts, your head is throbbing, you're stiff and your eyes are dry and you can't remember the last time you ate. You're done.

Sparks jump from your fingertips as you shove your chair back and ditch your computer. There's a buzzing in your ears that's probably you, but you're too irritable to care as you stalk down the hall to the kitchen. Nothing sounds good, but you know you need to eat if you want to push through this, so you tug open cupboards and force yourself to consider the food anyway.

The cat (Dave wanted to name it Carcinisation; you wanted to name it Hexadecimal. In the end, you compromised on Hexbug, because Karkat said there was no way Dave was naming it after him, Rose liked the nickname Hex, and Dave liked the callback to a human toy you've never heard of) starts meowing at you immediately, trailing a few paces behind you like a starving stray, when you're 100% sure Karkat has been feeding him all his little heart desires. He's as obnoxious and needy as the human who brought him here, and you ignore him, because he's being dramatic and you're so charged up you think you'd shock him if you even tried to pet him. (You do drop him a few treats, because you feel bad.)

In the end, you heat up leftovers. The smell of warm orange chicken makes your stomach perk up a little, and as you eat a few pieces on the way to the couch, you feel a little less like blowing your apartment off the map.

Karkat, predictably, has tucked himself into his favorite corner of the couch with a blanket and the new book. Hex runs past you to jump up on the arm of the couch and complain about your abuse, and without looking up, Karkat lifts a hand to scratch Hex's little, whining head. Because you are the superior lifeform, you flop down on Karkat's other side and bravely resist the urge to complain about Hex framing you.

Karkat looks up for you, though. He blinks the way he does when he's been reading too long, like his eyes are refocusing like a camera lens, and he can't quite see what's in front of him right away. "You look like shit," is the first thing he says.

"Wow, thanks." Despite yourself, you feel your grouchiness crack a little. It probably helps that you're eating now, but there's just something about Karkat, too.

His fingers brush through your hair, like swiping away the static. "You're sparking."

"You don't say."

"Sometimes you don't notice." He's right. He stretches his legs out, unfurling, and his knee pushes into yours. "How's your head?"

"Hurting."

He hums. You don't give him much to work with, and he watches you for a while, thinking. His fingers fiddle absently with the hair at the nape of your neck, arm propped against the back of the couch. His presence makes you feel a little bit more grounded, and so you eat and try to focus on that. Eventually, his eyes drift back to his book.

By the time you finish eating, it stops feeling like enough. You feel less shaky and irritable, but your head is pounding with the force of screams, and you need something else. You push your empty bowl back on the coffee table and twist, dropping sideways across the couch with your head in Karkat's lap. He has to lift his book to accommodate you, but he doesn't protest for a second, seemingly expecting it. His nails drag soothingly along your scalp, and your eyes shut instantly, a wave of relief rolling over you. This is what you needed. Definitely.

Hexbug weaves between you like an asshole, determined to fit himself in the middle of the action. He plops down in the middle of your chest like a big, furry sack of shit, squirming into you to get comfortable until you start petting him. He goes loose instantly, purring quietly at first, and then loudly, the vibration of it rattling your very bones. It feels like it shakes the pain out of you, some inexplicable healing power stored in the rumble of your adorabeast. "He's louder than you," you tell Karkat.

"Tell me something new," Karkat mutters, absentminded.

"What are you reading?"

"Are you asking because you care, or because you want to rag on my taste?"

"Legally, I'm obligated to say the latter, but you know it's both."

Karkat sighs. And then, he talks. And he keeps talking. And the voices fade a little further into the back of your mind, and you relax.

[almdragonrend]

I have somthing I really need to say, I don't get how FL could be popular, I mean if you think for a moment about it even OG Katarina is morally superior to the Heroine in Maria and all The Capture Targets in the story, I mean nothing against an Evil protagonist or a good antagonist, but than don't portray Katarina as a Villain and Maria as a hero ! That's wrong! Katarina leaves Maria completely alone in both the Nicole and Alan route, meaning she only opposed Maria when she's trying to seduce HER fiancée or mess with her family or do both in the Harem route!

Than the fact that she's accused of bullying those bellow her station is bulls* she only bullied Maria who I just said why she did it and Keith whose arrival at HER HOME turned HER PARENTS against eachother when she was a Child! That doesn't make it right but she couldn't know that this wasn't his fault, and his own original family wanted to kill him! Luigi saved his life and that's how he thanked him ?

than Geordo she gave almost half her life up to that point in complete support and devotion to that mother fu* and he swore an Oath to marry her! I don't think many people get how bad a possible future king breaking an Oath is especially considering Geordo's Grandpa's actions,

further more Katarina actually don't mistreated dose below her status, first her Maid Anne who despite being related to Nobility is herself a Commoner just like Maria and Katarina even in FL verse treats her like a Sister more than a servant!

Next there's Sianna, she's the bottom of the barrel of Nobility and still Katarina cherished her more than anyone else! This makes the claim of her bullying people for their status down right nonsensicaly!

Especially when she's the only one who never partake in bullying everyone's favorite Target Sophia Ascart, since we see in VOD is never once mentioned that she did so when Sophia joined her book club, that would have had to be brought up than ! Meaning is the only Noble Girl who didn't bully Sophia! (Except Marry) and it's even implied she discouraged others from bullying Sophia!

When Bakarina in verge of doom just assumed OG Katarina bullied more people and wanted to apologize during VoD judgment event no one spoke up! And that Is most likely because she never bullied anyone other than the Girl who tried to steal her fiancée and/or shame her family!

Also, it's said that Katarina's bullying was only on the very edge of Criminal, meaning she never really committed a crime, the one attacking Maria with fire was Noelia, who acted on her own accord!

Keith and/or Geordo basically rigged the Trial to get Katarina stripped of her status and exiled which is a way to hard punishment anyway! When she comes back with dark magic she didn't even kill someone for it! She just had it !

And that idiots in the development team must have believe that this made her appear more evil since she's just born with the "bad magic" but instead it just means she didn't kill anybody for it ! Right OG Katarina is not a murderer and the idiots of the FL development believed Katarina being NOT a murderer makes her more evil than people who literally commit murder to get the same magic! what does that say about their Character ?

I heard a lot about people saying something for a Original Katarina redemption arc and I really hope she gets an happy ending, she deserves it but what people need to understand is Original Katarina dosen't need an redemption arc because she has not done anything so bad that she deserved getting to that point anyway, instead she deserved a pretty enormous apology from Geordo, Keith and Maria

To give her a redemption arc basically means recognizing Maria, Geordo and Keith, Cheating, betraying,Oath breaking and manipulate a Chords to commit prejudice as a good thing, Original Katarina shouldn't have to apologize to them! They should have to apologize to her! Even when something like that calls for ways more than an apology! And first of all her entire sentence should be revoked !!!! + there has to be compensation for everything she had to go trough!!!

[keemitthefeog]

when in "because the night" it says "take my hand come undercover / they can't hurt you now" and "take my hand as the sun descends / they can't touch you now" and "because the night belongs to lust / because the night belongs to lovers / because the night belongs to us" and when -

[userfayne]

as tradition (it only happened once) here are my favorite book couples i read/discovered in 2022 and live in my head rent free (no particular order)

naomi and nicholas - you deserve each other

liv and mack - undercover bromance

elena and vlad - isn’t it bromantic

rin and nezha - the poppy war

hannah and fox - hook line and sinker

kate and anthony - the viscount who loved me

charlie and nick - heartstopper

liz and wes - better than the movies

nora and charlie - book lovers

percy and sam - every summer after

grey and ethan - how to fake it in hollywood

rosalind and orion - foul lady fortune

celia and oliver - foul lady fortune

rowan and neil - today tonight tomorrow

florence and ben - the dead romantics

robin and ramy - babel

libby and nico - the atlas six

larynn and deacon - the co-op

emilie and nick - the do-over

mika and jamie - the very secret society of irregular witches

[logo-comics]

No, but....Fortune Lover: The Nutcracker DLC? 😯👍Ballet/Classical Dance DLC? 🥹🙏 Yes? Please?

...Swan Lake????? 👀

Technically speaking, if we fuse The Nutcracker with Swan Lake, we get Princess Tutu... Since 'Tis The Season, let's do two different DLC setups. Merry Christmas to those who celebrate!

Ladies, Gentlemen, and Everyone Else, Christmastime is here, and we here at Ai Fortuna Software have been working hard to present you with the Ballet Bundle, two brand new DLC for the price of one!

And yes, Katarina fans, she is romanceable in both!

Presenting:

Fortune Lover's Nutcracker Sweethearts DLC

&

Fortune Lover's Enchanted Swan DLC

Nutcracker Sweethearts DLC:

Welcome to a Sorcier that you've never seen before!

You play as Maria Campbell, the lucky winner of a prize presented by the inimitable toy and magic tool maker Larna Smith,herself: a nutcracker and a collection of toys!

And that night, when the magical becomes the fantastical, is naturally where the tale begins.

Meet the Capture Targets:

Geordo: Reimagined here as The Nutcracker Prince whose heart is frozen, no doubt because of the Mouse Duchess, who has cursed him into this state. Can you crack open his shell and warm his heart?

Alan: The Toy Soldier Prince in this setting, he's steadfast and brave, and willing to do battle with the mouse army. Can you make his tin heart beat?

Keith: The Porcelain Playboy is how he's described, and his appearance and manners match it! Can you find the soft center of his heart?

Nicol: The Sugarplum Knight, he's the beautiful escort of his darling sister, Sophia, the Sugarplum Fairy. Can you charm your way into his heart?

Raphael: The Jack-in-the-Box, he's been in service to the Mouse Queen against his will for some time. Can you get him to open up and let you into his heart?

And here, we have a surprise, as Mary and Sophia are romanceable in this one, and have their own reimaginings!

Mary: The Tree Angel, betrothed to Prince Alan, she sees over all from her noble perch! Will you make the climb and win her heart?

Sophia: The Sugarplum Fairy, she is shy and prone to referencing stories she'd read in the past, as well as being a talented dancer. Will your offer of a pas de deux be the right step towards dancing your way into her heart?

As a bonus, Alan and Mary's routes are the only two that aren't mutually exclusive.

Finally, allow us to introduce the strangely beloved villainess:

Katarina: The Mouse Queen in a broken engagement with the Nutcracker Prince Geordo, you can wage war against her, or you can approach things in a... diplomatic manner, romancing her to the light!

The choices are yours and yours alone in Fortune Lover's Nutcracker Sweethearts DLC!

Enchanted Swan DLC

Welcome to the Sorcier Academy of magic, but not the one you know! You play as Maria Campbell, secretly the Queen of the Swans, recently escaped from the clutches of the Marquis Dieke and his family and cursed to transform into a swan in the moonlight.

The curse, however, has its limits, and can be broken by true love's kiss and a declaration of love! Can Maria win the capture targets before she's discovered?

Introducing new gameplay mechanics:

Swan Shenanigans: Get revenge on your bullies in the middle of the night in your swan form!

Pas De Deux: Dance with your chosen partner to build up affection points!

A Dark Secret: Avoid alone time with the student council president! While you never saw him while you were there, he might figure things out. If you pull it off and romance him, you get a special achievement.

Unmask The Impostor: The Diekes have sent an agent to try to prevent Maria from breaking the spell, which would give her the ability to also name who her captors had been. The girl Sarah has been transformed to look like Maria, the only noticeable difference being mannerisms and eyes. Expose her to avoid complications with the spell!

Join Maria as she tries to overcome her curse and find love!

...Why is Katarina Claes helping her? What does she know, and why is she being so helpful? Play the game, romance the characters, and find out in Fortune Lover's Enchanted Swan DLC!