#Madeleine Simon

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252. Madeleine Simon-  HeartQuest #2: Talisman of Valdegarde (1983)

The second in the 6 book HeartQuest series of adventure/romance gamebooks set in the D&D world (no specific campaign setting, though), this volume tells the story of Gwynne, an apprentice Druid whose sister gets kidnapped by a troll right as the book starts and must find a way to save her. In the process she can find love and also discover the hidden truth about her family.

This is actually quite a good book, reading through it today it felt a bit on rails, with two clear paths, but this also means that each path is a bit longer than usual, I played the path of joining the elf Bard Neil, which eventually develops into a romance. However, there are moments of real stress here, as some of Neil's actions start being a bit suspicious and you don't get many options to test him or run away from him. There was a bit in there that I was afraid for Gwynne's safety. As I ended the book with a supposed happy ending I am still a bit worried about her.

There are some interesting side-characters here, like a Mimic guardian as well as artefacts, like a strange necklace and wand as well as some magical goblet that you discover in the dungeons. A really engaging book, aimed at a teen girl audience but which is actually fun for anyone who is into gamebooks. A bit hard to find but worth the effort for a D&D gamebook series that was much less well known or successful than the Endless Quest series. 

[diioonysus]

black women + art

[tenaciousarcadeexpert]

list of young actresses of color who deserve to have more recognition and opportunities as actors like Florence Pugh, Anya Taylor-Joy, Kathryn Newton, Millie Bobby Brown etc. It would be refreshing to see more of these talented and underrated actresses of color

*Note, the list consists of actors born within the mid 90s-2000s. This might not be a complete list so whoever sees this is welcome to add more actors that I missed. I might update this post from time to time

This list has gotten so long that I have to make a separate one for male actors of color

Rachel Zegler-(she deserved way better than the hate over snow white)

Lana Condor-(aside from x-men apocalypse and the to all the boys trilogy, she hasn't done much blockbusters compared to Noah, despite her being the lead in the latter films)

Dominique Thorne-(She has her Ironheart and deserves more opportunities, both in the mcu and outside)

Halle Bailey

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan

Lola Tung-(same example with Lana, pretty jarring how her male co-stars are getting work beyond the summer i turned pretty and yet there's nothing from Lola)

Ashley Liao

Megan Suri-(another cast member from Never Have I Ever who also deserves all the opportunites)

Joy Sunday-(Bianca from Wednesday, deserves as much love as Emma Myers)

Iman Vellani-(Ms Marvel/Kamala Khan herself, deserves to have a thriving career and be as big like Tom Holland)

Ayo Edebiri-(2023 was a big year for her, hopefully it continues and she's not overlooked or overshadowed by her white co-stars in The Bear)

Savannah Smith-(Carried the gossip girl reboot, she deserves to have as much recognition as Leighton and Blake did after the original Gossip Girl series)

Madison Reyes-(Julie and the Phantoms deserved better than to be cancelled after one season and with a cliffhanger. Let her star in a musical and or disney film)

Simone Ashley-(One of the main leads in Bridgerton yet Phoebe and Nicola have more upcoming projects than her in Hollywood)

Charithra Chandran

Arsema Thomas

India Amarteifio

Madeleine Madden-(Carried season 2 of The Wheel of Time and if you watched the whole season, you'll understand why)

Moses Ingram-(Did not deserve the hate over the Obi Wan Kenobi series)

Minnie Mills-(She deserved to appear in season 2 of The Summer I Turned Pretty)

Amrit Kaur

Alyah Chanelle Scott-(it's frustrating that both the main leading ladies of color are overshadowed by Renee Rapp and Pauline, who's related to Timothy)

Letitia Wright-(Pretty jarring how she's been in plenty of mcu projects yet it's easy to count the number of roles she's been in outside the mcu, and has been acting since 2011, longer than Florence Pugh, Anya Taylor Joy and Millie Bobby Brown. Wright has even acted as long as Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams and they've been in more projects than her)

Yasmin Finney-(She's done both Heartstopper and Doctor Who)

Imani Lewis-(First Kill deserved better than being cancelled after one season. Let her do more horror and supernatural themed

Leah Jeffries-(Deserves all the support especially once the Percy Jackson series comes out)

Auli'i Cravahlo

Erin Kellyman-(After the Han Solo film, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and Willow, let her appear in more sci-fi and action blockbusters)

Sadly, tumblr has a 30 limit on adding gifs. I definitely missed so many on the list. Anyone is welcome to add more to the list. All of these talented actresses deserve all the love, appreciation and more opportunities and roles

I might do a part 2 which will include male actors

[heyho-simonrussellbeale]

Simon Russell Beale as Bently in episode 4 of Douglas Is Cancelled.

Misogyny women can really get behind

[helpmeimblorboing]

Queer romances and having that one line that just absolutely shreds your heart

Patrochilles and “He is the other half of my soul, as the poets say”

Wilmon and “All the people are fake, they're made of metal. but i like you and that is not fake”

First Prince and “History, huh ? Bet we could make some”

OliverLuc and “I am conscious this could be rather burdensome to hear, but you remain the thing I have most chosen for myself. “

Narlie and “ sometimes people need more support than just one person can give. That's love, darling”

[alas-pooryorick]

I am my father's daughter

The Woman Destroyed, Simone de Beauvoir

Fleabag (2016-2019)

East, West, Salman Rushdie

Irish proverb

Franny and Zooey, J.D. Salinger

Along for the Ride, Sarah Dessen

The Father Tamer, Eileen Granfors

Cat's Eye, Margaret Atwood

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Franny and Zooey, J.D. Salinger

Foucault's Pendulum, Umberto Eco

A Room Called Earth, Madeleine Ryan

[black-arcana]

Metal Ladies (first half of 2023)

[wardrobemoments]

There's just something about when they're framed as a team, a group, a family.

[delurkr]

1858 Carvers

Continuing with my Tilly Johnson era of doubles, here is Solomon Carver, owner of Ravenden factory, and his wife Mona Carver. Solomon is the double of the canon Carvers and Leonard Carson, and Mona is built off the idea of Simon's wife Madeleine who was kidnapped in 1690.

Starting with Mona - Her face is based on the Julia model (basically because Marie Whitman in TDiM happens to be a Julia model and is married to Jeff who's a Carver model) and I tried to age her up a bit and borrowed from Marie's and Julia's outfits for her design:

Pink with knotted trim reminiscent of Julia's pink knotted t-shirt

Her brooch is a landscape painting similar to that t-shirt's graphic (minus the surfer ofc lol)

Her net overlay is inspired by Julia's black top with the openwork design

Blue belt and white (under)sleeves similar to Marie's

No hat because I didn't wanna. A hat would have been required but I have my priorities (curly hair✨), but she does have gloves, which are the random yellow color that was a thing in the mid-1800s

Solomon -

Black because he's in mourning. Mona dies in 1858 and his father was murdered by his evil son died some time before, so mourning is his vibe

Super wide hatband as was customary when a man was mourning his wife

His watch chain is made out of Mona's hair. He cares about her death to some degree so I thought it would be interesting. (Hair jewelry was a thing in the 1800s, not always because the person was dead)

Fancy cane is fancy. It's made out of wood and whalebone, because the whaling industry in the 1800s was centered nearby on the Massachusetts coast and a lot of crafty whalebone products came out of that

Also I don't know how tall the C's are supposed to be but in my mind Mona is tiny so that's where the height difference comes from 😁

[princess-lointaine]

'ballerina' skirt by madeleine simon studio.

[dndhistory]

262. Madeleine Simon (cover by Larry Elmore, interior art by Jim Holloway) - HeartQuest #4: Isle of Illusion (1983)

First thing that jumps out when looking at this, the fourth in the HeartQuest series, is just how familiar the main character on the cover looks, from the face and hair to the design of the armor, this looks exactly like Laurana Kanan from the Dragonlance novels and modules. This is only natural, after all the modules and the novel Dragons of Autumn Twilight a year away in 1984. So Larry Elmore was for sure deep into the character design process for the Dragonlance characters. 

Written by Morris Simon, under the lady pseudonym of Madeleine Simon, to appeal to the young woman target audience of this gamebook, the story tells of a princess, Licia, determined to regain her kingdom and rescue her brother who has been kidnapped by the evil wizard Terg. On the way to completing her mission she will find two potential love interests, the brilliant and nice (but weirdly possessive) Max and the rude and uncouth thief Tym. 

As the story goes on Licia gets the chance to romance one or both of these characters and there are some good lessons for young ladies here, such as: nice guys who are extremely controlling and possessive are really not nice and jealousy isn't a sign of love. The story is a bit too linear, and it doesn't make you go back and forth that much in the book, you basically keep going forward all the time until the end, which is a bit unimaginative and defeats the purpose of the book, but as a story it's still fun. 

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It’s my birthday so I’m posting this full thing bc idgaf

[genevieveetguy]

. Aunt Lucy said: "If we're kind and polite, the world will be right."

Paddington 2, Paul King (2017)

[wtflife01]

Las Vegas gp ‘23 looks 4/4

[camyfilms]

PADDINGTON 2014

Mrs Brown says that in London everyone is different, and that means anyone can fit in. I think she must be right - because although I don't look like anyone else, I really do feel at home.

[chavisory]

"Chronology got all upset. Simon could not remember in which order things happened."

It's funny that this gets said in one of the Murry/O'Keefe books which contains...no time travel whatsoever, because this is what time travel literature is about.

That grief and trauma fuck with time and how time works.