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therealvinelle · 3 years

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What are your thoughts on the Life and Death counterparts of the Cullens?

Oh boy, can of worms.

In short, my canon-friendly blog draws a hard line of NOPE when it comes to Life and Death. The Cullens are very reliant on their genders, swap it up and there wouldn’t be a coven in the first place. Not as we know it, anyhow. To swap things up without anything changing is to erase the experiences of men and women through history.

Disclaimer - I haven’t actually read the book, but I’ve gathered enough from the Twilight wiki. And since you’re not asking me about the plot, I think we’re good.

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Archie. Both men and women were admitted to mental asylums at the turn of the century, but it was largely women. Mary Alice Brandon was forcibly institutionalized by her abusive father, which in turn was allowed to happen because no one believed her stories and thought she was mad. The story screams “Hysterical woman”. Could the same thing have happened if she were a boy? Sure. But I find it reductive.

Carine. Hoo boy, this one had me so exasperated I have a fic on it. That one gets slightly AU as her father survives the vampire, whereas in canon he was killed, but I say it goes. Anyway, Carine. You can’t take a 17th century man, make him a woman, and expect the same character to come out the other end. You just can’t. Carine and Carlisle are not going to be the same person. I think if Carine was anything like her male counterpart, she would stay in Volterra far longer than he did, if she ever left, as Volterra would be the one place in the world she could pursue knowledge, where she could educate herself and become an academic, the same as any man. It’d be her equality oasis, and she’d be leaving behind more than friendships if she left. If she went into the human world, or even tried to become a doctor, she’d have to crossdress. And I imagine she’d still be crossdressing in 2005, because misogyny and sexism isn’t going away anytime soon and it’s just what she’s used to by now. Carine puts on trousers and a fake beard before she leaves the house, it’s just how she lives her life.

Earnest. This guy is just... lackluster. Esme was turned because her husband was shitty and her son died, so she jumped off a cliff. Alright, let’s give Earnest a shitty wife and a dead kid, now he’ll jump off a cliff too. It’s just so uninspired, and I question the fact that Esme was abused, while Earnest’s wife was an alcoholic. Why can’t the woman be abusive?

Edythe. Edward’s character is strongly informed by his gender, yet I can’t imagine girl Edward being any less creepy. In case any of my readers have read @theoriginalcarnivorousmuffin‘s fic Lily and the Art of Being Sisyphus, I picture Edythe as the character Tequila. Which is to say girl!Edward gives strong vibes of an intense and creepy (it’s Edward) lesbian. Given Edward’s backstory, Edythe would still be turned, though. So, that still happens.

Eleanor. Mauled by a bear. Alright. I have no thoughts on that. I lied, I do. Eleanor’s uninspiredness is one of the reasons why this book is redundant. There’s nothing to do with this character, and so nothing is done. Nothing changes. Which, if we’re changing everyone’s gender, then the meaningful way to do that is to look at how that would change things. How has male and female socialization affected Edward and Bella? Who would Jessamine, Carine, Royal be? These questions are unfortunately rhetorical because Life and Death sure isn’t answering them.

Jessamine. It’s nice that Jasper isn’t a confederate in this AU, but I just find the story of Jessamine contrived. Besides, Jasper wasn’t supposed to be in the army, he lied about his age. If gender changes nothing, wouldn’t Jessamine crossdress her way into the army? Not that I’d want her to, glad she didn’t, but... Like the other Cullens, Jessamine’s backstory becomes a thought exercise of “How can I make the Cullens still happen, and as close to their original backstories as possible?”, one in which the answer is apparently to treat their backstories like check points. Jessamine gets turned by Maria, check, becomes warrior, check. It just feels so lazy to me.

Royal. Easily the worst. Well, Carine is the worst in terms of making no sense, but Royal... don’t genderbend Rosalie, people. And if you insist then don’t take out the rape. It’s just insensitive and uncalled for all around.

Then we have the fact that Aro and Caius were killed off-screen in a ridiculous manner. Let’s say that they were caught killing Didyme. So what? There’s no vampire cops. They were the leaders of their coven. If they’re caught killing Didyme it would mean Aro is sad because Marcus will leave, and he just killed his sister for nothing. What won’t happen is that they’re executed.

Mele’s power is another thing I take issue with. If a power like hers existed in canon... well, Caius would have a gift, for starters. More, the Volturi guard would be a repository of loyalists who were bequeathed gifts as rewards. The vampire world would be combed for new gifts, as it would only be prudent for Aro to have as many as possible and his potential enemies none. It’d be a different world, period.

The Volturi debacee seems to me like a misguided shot at girlpower on Meyer’s end, that this time around Sulpicia and Athenodora come out on top while Aro and Caius get their just desserts. Like everything else in Life and Death, it fell flat.

EDIT: Apparently I mixed up my Royces and my Royals. Yikes. Praise be to @toquesreveladores for the catch

#my idea of girlpower would be that marcus dies and now a paranoid didyme keeps her brother in the tower #no one keeps caius in the tower though who cares about caius #look i got through the whole meta without bringing up carine's rack once #life and death #carine cullen #edythe cullen #earnest cullen #royce hale #jessamine hale #eleanor cullen #aro #didyme #volturi #Anonymous #ask #twilight meta #twilight #twilight renaissance

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So I made a thing because I was bored and in need of some serious angst ;)

Chapters: 2/? Fandom: Twilight Series - Stephenie Meyer, Twilight Series - All Media Types, Twilight (Movies) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jasper Hale/Original Female Character(s), Alice Cullen/Original Male Character(s) Characters: Jasper Hale, Alice Cullen, Edward Cullen, Bella Swan, Renesmee Cullen, Jacob Black, Rosalie Hale, Emmett Cullen, Carlisle Cullen, Esme Cullen, The Volturi (Twilight) Additional Tags: Angst, Heavy Angst, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Angst and Romance Summary:

Just know that, in another life where I was free of lies and deceit, I would move heaven and earth just to stay alongside you. To spend a lifetime with you. Body and soul.

A chance encounter reunites two lost lovers centuries after their devastating break up. One hardened by life and providence, has forgotten what it is to love and be loved; while the other though hurt by love, has lost neither hope nor heart. When the two worlds collide once again, will it be disaster waiting to happen, or the brink of a new horizon?

#jasperhale #jasper hale imagine #jasper hale x oc #jasper hale x reader #twilight #twilight imagine #angst #twilight angst #more angst #jasper hale

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autolenaphilia · 4 years

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Granada Holmes (series review)

The 1984-1994 Granada series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations, starring Jeremy Brett as Holmes are regarded by fans as a milestone among the many adaptations of Sherlock Holmes that were made. Brett is said to be “the definitive Holmes”. And I would largely agree with that, despite it not being my favourite version, and it having some flaws and weak episodes, especially as the series went on.

The first thing that set this show apart is that it went back to the original stories and adapted those. Now, it isn’t the first version to do so, as some people (including Brett, apparently) claim. The 1920s silent film series with Eille Norwood was fairly canon accurate, and the 1960s BBC tv series with Douglas Wilmer and Peter Cushing also followed the canon. There is also the 1979-1986 Soviet Russian series with Vasily Livanov. And on radio you have more canonical dramatizations, such as the British John Gielgud 1950s series and the BBC Carleton Hobbs series from the 50s and 60s. People have an unfortunate tendency to ignore radio in favour of screen adaptations.

Still, it must be granted that Granada at its best is probably the supreme screen adaptation of the canon. The production values and acting are far superior to what the 60s BBC tv series had.

Jeremy Brett was a revolution in Holmes performances. The previous era defining Holmes, Basil Rathbone, as great as he was, made Holmes into too much of a straightforward hero. Brett brought back the eccentricities (including the drug use), the nervous energy and the character’s general moodiness and emotionality that was there in the text.

Holmes in the Granada series was ultimately on the side of good and a benevolent figure (if occasionally rude), but fictional justice perhaps had never an odder champion. He did everything from sitting weirdly, jumping over couches to taking drugs. Holmes felt neurodiverse, and indeed Brett used his own experiences with bipolar disorder in the performance. And it was true to canon, in a way we seldom had seen on screen before.

Jeremy Brett’s performance as Holmes is extremely influential and often imitated by later screen adaptations, but has never been surpassed. The portrayal of Holmes in BBC Sherlock and the movies with Robert Downey Jr. is clearly inspired by Brett’s nervy eccentric genius Holmes, but ends up a bad parody. Holmes in the Granada series can like his canon counterpart occasionally be rude or careless towards other, but it was lapses, not a general trend. They seemed to be caused by an eccentric brain on another wavelength from the people around him, rather than any malevolence. Holmes in BBC Sherlock is a male nerd wish-fulfilment fantasy, where the character’s eccentric genius are allowed to excuse any crimes.

At its height, Brett’s Holmes is an awe-inspiring performance, with the actor pouring everything of his skill and energy into it. You could criticize it as melodramatic over-acting, but it makes for great viewing and fits the man who said “I never can resist a touch of the dramatic”.

The Granada series gets much credit for rehabilitating the role of Watson. Both of the actors playing him depicted as very much intelligent and capable. It is somewhat overstated of course, the turning away from the comedic figure Nigel Bruce portrayed started already with Andre Morell’s Watson in the 1959 Hammer Hound of the Baskervilles. Still, the Watson depicted by the Granada series is still one of the show’s chief draws.

The series had a switch in the actors playing Watson, with David Burke portraying him in the first two seasons of 13 episodes and The Empty House featuring Holmes return to a Watson portrayed by Edward Hardwicke. And honestly it is hard to choose between them, because they are both great and there is a consistency in the writing that makes them feel like the same basic character.

Burke’s Watson comes across as younger and more energetic of the two actors and has perhaps the better comedic dynamic with Holmes. He is perhaps my pick, as despite his actual age while playing the part, he feels closer to the young Watson of the canon.

But that is no serious slight against Hardwicke’s performance, which is still first-rate. Hardwicke’s Watson feels older, despite the difference in age between the actors being but a few years. The performance is also defined by an effortless charm and warmth, giving Watson an avuncular aura. But Watson is not at all infirm and is still an intelligent medical man and an experienced soldier, ever ready with his revolver.

An interesting change from the Canonical stories is that Watson never gets married and moves out of Baker Street. The Sign of the Four features Mary Morstan, but at the end she walks out of the story without any romance between her and Doctor Watson. The reason this was done, is that it simplifies the set-up of the stories. With Watson in 221B, he is always on hand to join Holmes. No need for a scene at the beginning of Holmes taking Watson away from wife and practice. Also it saves them keeping track of when Watson was married or not, something that Conan Doyle himself got into a serious continuity tangle about.

As producer Michael Cox (quoted in David Stuart Davies’s book Starring Sherlock Holmes) noted, Conan Doyle himself probably regretted marrying off Watson, considering The Empty House has Watson suffering from a “sad bereavement” and then moving back in with Holmes. So it is a very much acceptable deviation from canon.

It also frees the writers to focus on the most important relationship in the canon: the friendship between Holmes and Watson. The canon has been called “a textbook of friendship” by Christopher Morley, and the chemistry and relationship between Holmes and Watson is vitally important to any adaptation. And that aspect of the stories is wonderfully conveyed here, with both actors playing Watson working together with Brett as Holmes well to convey the odd but close friendship between the two men.

Rosalie Williams plays Mrs. Hudson, and she is excellent in the role. The Granada series has a lot of little scenes of Mrs. Hudson added into the canonical cases, and they work excellently, giving her more of a presence. Many of them are comedic, making jokes about how a difficult and eccentric lodger Holmes is, but there is a clear undercurrent of affection throughout their interactions.

The recurring cast members include Charles Gray as Mycroft Holmes and Colin Jeavons as Inspector Lestrade.

Gray as Mycroft is close to ideal, fitting the character of the overweight, lazy and intelligent canon character perfectly. He was such a good fit for the role that he had actually earlier played the part in the film adaptation of The Seven-Per-Cent Solution.

Jeavons fit the part of Lestrade and his acting is superb, capable of showing the full extent of Lestrade’s character, having both smug over-confidence at times, yet also having genuine respect and affection for Holmes.

The acting skills of the actors playing characters who only appear in one episode is also generally very high. And that is part of the general high quality of execution the show had for most of its run. The period sets and the directing was of a similar high standard. The music by Patrick Gowers is excellent, and I suggest any fan take a listen to this Youtube playlist of his soundtrack.

The scripts are quite excellent, for the most part sticking close to the Conan Doyle stories. Of course there are always infidelities here and there, and sometimes the episode would go on non-canonical tangents.

Usually it was to make the story work better on screen. For example, the villains in The Greek Interpreter escape from Holmes and Watson, ending up being killed “off-screen” as it were. So the Granada version of the same tale has a non-canonical ending of Holmes, Watson and Mycroft confronting the villains on a train, something that works rather well. Another example is The Musgrave Ritual which entirely ditches the original story’s framing device of Holmes telling Watson the story of an early case of his. In the Granada version Watson is with Holmes on this case, and it works better that way.

And with all of these elements working together, for most of its run, the Granada series is perhaps the definitive screen adaptation of Sherlock Holmes. The first four seasons of 50 minute episodes, which were broadcast under the titles of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Return of Sherlock Holmes from 1984-1988 plus the feature length adaptation of The Sign of Four are pretty much all great. It went from strength to strength, consistently making very well-made adaptations of the canon.

The Sign of Four is probably a good pick for Granada’s peak, due to its epic nature. And it is definitely the best of the five feature-length films they did. Outside of leaving out any romance between John and Mary, the film is faithful to the book, although it goes too far in that direction in keeping in the racism of the story. But it also has all of the book’s virtues as a story too, and fine acting from Brett, Hardwicke, and John Thaw as Jonathan Small make for an enjoyable viewing experience.

There was however a decline in the series later years. The lynchpin of the series was Jeremy Brett, and his health began to seriously fail him by 1987, leading to his death in 199 (my source of information on Brett’s health decline and general behind the scenes things is mostly Davies’s book Starring Sherlock Holmes) Once lean and looking remarkably like the Sidney Paget illustrations of Holmes, his conflicting medications for his heart problems and bipolar disorder caused him to retain water and bloat, causing him to no longer look like the lean figure he once was. His looks wasn’t really the problem, what was however was that his health problems drained him of the energy that he once was able to put it into his performance, creating through no fault of his own a more lethargic and weaker Holmes.

There was also a growing lack of care shown towards the series by Granada itself. The budgets began to shrink by 1988, and while the series looked good for the most part, it did impact the show.

Probably the first disappointing episode is the double-length adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles from 1988. You would expect the Granada series, with their excellent leads and excellent track record up to this point, to create the definitive version of this often-filmed story, but it just isn’t. It isn’t bad, but it is ultimately mediocre in a way that is hard to pinpoint. My guess is that the direction and cinematography doesn’t manage to create the suspense the story needs, resulting in a slow-paced and slightly boring experience.

It also ends up show-casing the problems the show would now begin to have, with the production crew not having the money to do location shooting on Dartmoor and Brett obviously showing the signs of his failing health.

The Hound film was followed by a season of six 50-minute length episodes, called The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes. And these were mostly fine, considering the circumstances. The budget had been reduced compared to earlier seasons and you could tell the writers sometimes lacked a first-rate canonical story to adapt.

There were one or two weaker episodes, but those were due to the original story being weak. For example, the season ended with a faithful adaptation of The Creeping Man and it is as good and well-made a tv adaptation you could ever hope to make with such a bizarre plot. The result is of course pure camp, but so is the original story. When the show had a good Conan Doyle story to adapt, like The Boscombe Valley Mystery, The Problem of Thor Bridge or The Illustrious Client, the results are indeed up to the standards of its past.

The real nadir of the series came later, however, when in 1992-93 the series decided to do three double-length episodes. Granada wanted the Holmes series to copy the success of Inspector Morse and its 100 minute tv film format. The problem was the show would still adapt Conan Doyle’s short stories into a format that was far too long for them. So the scriptwriters had to pad the stories out with their own inventions.

This sort of worked for the first film of these three films, The Master Blackmailer. It was based on Charles Augustus Milverton, which is one of the shortest stories in the canon, but one of the most rich in dramatic potential. Writer Jeremy Paul’s script decided to show in detail what is merely mentioned in the story, such as Milverton blackmailing people and Holmes courting Milverton’s maid in order to gain access to his home. The end result works, it is somewhat slow-paced but is ultimately coherent and at its best feels like you are watching the backstory to the canonical events.

The same can’t be said for the second and third of these films, The Last Vampyre and The Eligible Bachelor. The Last Vampyre is an almost completely incoherent non-adaptation of The Sussex Vampire, where elements from the canonical story probably make up less than 5% of the resulting film. There is an attempt to create intrigue and suspense around the original character Stockton, but the film is so vague about what he is and what threat he poses that the resulting film makes no sense.

The Eligible Bachelor is a similar adaptation of The Noble Bachelor, where the canonical story elements that remain is entirely subsided by a new bizarre plot where Lord St. Simon is now a ruthless Bluebeard-like villain. It is slightly better than The Last Vampyre, simply because the villain here poses an identifiable and somewhat coherent threat. Still, the film has to pad things out with bizarre subplots, like Holmes having prophetic dreams, which ultimately doesn’t lead anywhere.

Wisely, the series returned to the 50 minute format for the last season of six episodes, which aired in 1994, under the name of “he Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. It was with this season Jeremy Brett’s health problems and the lower budgets really began to seriously affect the show. Brett was in a bad state at this point, and the description of the production in Davies’s book makes for sad reading.

During the filming of one episode in this season, The Three Gables, he had to use a wheelchair between takes and supplementary oxygen to ease his breathing. His performance is naturally lacking in the energy he once had, but the fact it is a performance at all is testament to his commitment. The Three Gables is actually one of the better episodes of this season, as it actually manages to improve on one of the weakest stories in the canon.

Edward Hardwicke was unavailable to film The Golden Pince-nez, and they couldn’t re-schedule the shooting dates (which I suspect was a budget issue). So the writer wrote out Watson and replaced him in the role of Sherlock’s assistant with Mycroft, since Charles Gray was available. The result is well-made otherwise, with guest stars Frank Finlay and Anna Carteret giving great performances, but the lack of Watson is sorely felt. It is fun to see Charles Gray’s Mycroft again, but it feels contrary to his character to accompany his brother like this.

And before he could film The Mazarin Stone, Brett’s health gave out on him and he was hospitalized. Again Charles Gray was called in by the producer to play Mycroft as a substitute. It is nice to see Mycroft for a fourth time, but Mycroft doing this doesn’t feel true to his character. And this episode is one of the weakest in the series, due to the script. Not that I blame the scriptwriter too much, The Mazarin Stone is one of the worst stories in the canon. The efforts to improve on the story by combining it with another weak story The Three Garridebs don’t at all manage to rescue it.

However, there are still some rather good episodes in this season . The Red Circle is good and The last ever episode of the series, The Cardboard box manages to close out the series on a good if dark note.

Jeremy Brett died in 1995 due to heart failure, ending all hope of any future series.

I might have delved too much on the series failures in this essay. Because all of that is outweighed by the consistent high quality the series managed to achieve in the first four seasons, and with a few failures, still managed to sometimes achieve again in the later ones. Those adaptations are perhaps the peak of Holmes on screen.

It is not my favourite adaptation, that is the BBC radio drama versions made starring Clive Merrison as Holmes from 1989 to 2010. Those were just as consistently good, with Merrison and Williams/Sachs as Holmes and Watson being on the same general level as Brett and Burke/Hardwicke as performances. In fact, the BBC version is more consistent, never going off the rails as the Granada version sometimes, and it actually managed to achieve the goal Brett had hoped for: adapting every canonical story.

Still that doesn’t take away from Granada’s great achievement in adapting the Holmes stories with such quality. It is an achievement that later movie and tv adaptations haven’t been able to surpass.

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a-shakespearean-in-paris · 4 years

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Chapters: 62/? Fandom: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Female Inquisitor/Cullen Rutherford, Female Mage Inquisitor/Cullen Rutherford, Cullen Rutherford/Female Trevelyan, Female Mage Trevelyan/Cullen Rutherford Characters: Female Inquisitor (Dragon Age), Female Trevelyan, Female Mage Trevelyan, Cullen Rutherford, Cullen (Dragon Age), Original Male Character(s), Varric Tethras, Cassandra Pentaghast, Leliana (Dragon Age), Josephine Montilyet, Iron Bull, Sera (Dragon Age), Vivienne (Dragon Age), Cole (Dragon Age), Dorian Pavus, Blackwall, Female Hawke, Rylen (Dragon Age), Original minor female characters, Solas (Dragon Age), Female Warden (Dragon Age), Morrigan (Dragon Age), Original Female Character(s), Female Cousland (Dragon Age), Dagna (Dragon Age), Mia Rutherford, Branson Rutherford, Rosalie Rutherford, Anders (Dragon Age) Additional Tags: Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn, Eventual Romance, Drama & Romance, Eventual Smut, Fluff, Fluff and Angst, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Lyrium Withdrawal, Lost Love, Character Development, Character Study, Past Relationship(s), Background Relationships, Hurt/Comfort, Falling In Love, Mages and Templars, Sexual Tension, Mutual Pining, Body Worship, Sensuality, Sexual Content, Canon-Typical Violence, Romance, Romantic Drama, happy couple, After the initial Angst, Found Family, Touch-Starved, Strangers to Lovers, Family Reunions, Angst and Romance, Dorks in Love Series: Part 1 of Dreams Summary:

Slowly, Cullen and Lydia fall in love. During the war at the height of the Inquisition, the former Circle mage and former templar discover during their romantic and eventual sexual exploration that they love one another as more than the Commander and Inquisitor, more than the rose that survived and endured the winter, and more than a forgotten goddess of old. Then war, like everything, ends. They dream of a dawn after the stars. *** The love story between Inquisitor Lydia Trevelyan and her Commander. As the Inquisition begins and unravels, so do their own personal struggles, issues, torrid pasts, and feelings for one another. Sprinklings of other characters here and there. Slightly diverges from canon. Rated E for later chapters.

#YES I CAN SHARE #Cullen rutherford #cullen rutherford x inquisitor #cullen x inquisitor #update

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chaoswillfallrpg · 4 years

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VICTOR YAXLEY is TWENTY-FOUR YEARS OLD and a SOCIALITE amongst THE SACRED TWENTY-EIGHT in LONDON. He looks remarkably like NAT WOLFF and considers himself NEUTRAL. He is currently TAKEN.

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The youngest of the infamous Yaxley twins, Victor Yaxley could be described as an outlandish character for those who had not met his sister ELEANOR. Born into a very wealthy family a few moments after his older sister, Victor followed Eleanor into the world and would spend his life doing the exact same thing thereafter. The only son of ELIJAH YAXLEY and ISMENA FLINT, Victor would have had an easy life if he had been an only child. The Yaxley family were fabulously wealthy, with influential ties to the Ministry through his uncle CORBAN. It was tradition that the eldest son, would take over the helm of the Yaxley family after the passing of Victor’s grandfather, but Victor’s father had always been more concerned with the stage than with balls and advantageous unions, prompting his grandmother ZARIAH YAXLEY to pressure his father into settling down and eventually marrying his mother. A larger than life man, Elijah had worked in the theatre since graduating Hogwarts, which Victor’s grandmother had always despised. A traditional woman, Zariah fiddled in the lives of her sons as she would later come to fiddle in the lives of her grandchildren. Before his marriage, Elijah had lived a life of chaos, chasing chorus girls and putting on lavish productions at the playhouse which made their family cringe. Victor had always gotten the impression from his father that marrying into the Flint family had broken his creative spirit in some way.

After Victor and Eleanor were born, Elijah had tried to maintain his life at the theatre and Victor’s very early years were littered with memories of sitting in the front row watching his father leap around on stage pledging his undying love for actresses who wore glittering costumes Elijah had helped design. The theatre was Elijah’s passion and Victor’s mother, Ismena’s passion had been his father Elijah. Despite being raised to always think of how you were perceived by others, Ismena did her best to ignore the constant whispers as she clapped for her husband and told her children how proud she was of their father. It was when Victor and Eleanor began to grow old enough to hear the whispers themselves his mother urged Elijah to give up the stage. When it came to drawing up marriage contracts both Ismena and Zariah knew families like the Blacks and the Malfoys married their children to Pure-Bloods entering society, not the children of an actor and playwright. Despite no longer working for the theatre, the Yaxley family could not outrun Elijah’s passion. The people he’d worked with were replaced with his children and Victor’s sister became the star of the show. Eleanor, like their father, demanded attention and whilst Ismena and Zariah tried to rear Victor to one day be the head of the family, as it seemed his sister was destined for a life like her father, Eleanor didn’t quite seem to get the message and treated him like her personal assistant rather than a brother.

As she stood in the family parlour during her one woman shoes, Victor was reduced to making costumes and dressing her in them or ushering their family in to watch her sing. His sister was the only thing that eased his father’s departure from the theatre, but even Victor could see Eleanor wasn’t enough to make him happy. No one ever commented on it, but Victor would watch it all unfold silently. His mother would often tell him to stand up to his sister and demand her respect but Victor found it difficult to take advice from a woman who had allowed her husband to treat her so terribly. It was frustrating feeling to know that in their family Victor and his mother would only ever be supporting characters though he resided not to argue with his parents or sister about it. In Victor’s opinion, Eleanor was only capable of loving herself. She was a dead ringer for their father who had never taken an interest in anyone who couldn’t give him something he wanted. As he listened to his family he made a silent promise to himself to not end up like them. Unhappy and thrown together into a situation of convenience that would never manifest true happiness. He had hoped Hogwarts would be the start of finding that happiness he so desperately desired. Although Victor was much quieter than his sister and overlooked because of that, he had all the grandeur and showmanship of his father.

Out of his school robes, Victor only wore expensive, hand tailored clothing and often had a hand in the process of designing all of the garments he wore. It was his love for his appearance and an ability to withstand being around very strong personalities that attracted the attention of NARCISSA BLACK. Sorted into Slytherin alongside her, Narcissa was everything his sister could never be but what Victor’s mother and grandmother hoped strict schooling would turn her into. Narcissa was image conscious and constructed a friendship group of beautiful people like him and his sister. VIOLET BULSTRODE and PERSEPHONE WILKES were perfect till they opened their mouths and REGULUS BLACK and RABASTAN LESTRANGE were handsome, stoic and quiet which seemed to be how Narcissa preferred her company. Although Victor was fond of her, the constant noise from the people that surrounded her and close proximity to his sister drew him to become friends drew him to become friends with WILLIAM GOYLE and ALECTO and AMYCUS CARROW, fellow Slytherins who floated on the edge of his original group of friends. The new group allowed Victor to explore a side of himself he’d never been brave enough to look at. Alecto and Amycus were trouble maker twins with a relationship which made him envious. Amycus let Alecto take the lead but was always there to catch her when she fell or jump aboard a plan she had to make the lives of those she hated miserable.

He wondered if he and Eleanor could have been that way if he’d been more comfortable giving her the limelight or if she’d have been happy to share it. At first his friendship with the twins and William was to help boost his ego but then it became about something else entirely. Amycus Carrow was feared by all who knew him, but Victor saw something else. He was always seen as a monster, but Victor told himself it was mostly for show. The love he had for Alecto seemed too pure for him to be completely evil and although Victor projected a very firm and cold stance to the outside world, he allowed Amycus to see a softer side to him he believed they both shared. Victor found beauty and meaning in every owl he received from him and each glance and kiss exchanged after parties in dark corridors filled Victor with the promise of something more. Even when Amycus and his family were disgraced due to his father’s gambling, Victor was still willing to marry him and offer him every happiness. The Yaxley family refused to hear of it. As they lectured him on appearance and the importance of strong ties, his father sat oddly quiet. Elijah had never been much of a father but with their family reputation in the balance, Victor had thought he would say something, but he wouldn’t. Unbeknownst to Victor, his mother and sister, his father would have been a hypocrite. More than the love of the stage had prevented him from being a proper father and husband, leaving him with little a leg to stand on.

CHRISTINE MAY was a Muggle actress and ¼ veela who had worked opposite his father for many years. Their professional chemistry had carried off screen and due to his stupidity or perhaps out of love, three children had been born. ADAIRIA LINWOOD and LAUREL LINWOOD were born before he’d married Ismena and had been swept under the carpet by Zariah. MAREN LINWOOD was born after Victor and Eleanor and had been a closely guarded secret his grandmother and father had tried their best to keep. A year their junior, Maren had been a favourite target of Victor and Eleanor’s at school to bully. A Muggle-Born witch, they’d known her from choir and despised her talent and prettiness, none the wiser her talent ran in their veins too. Knowing that if their birth was made public it would ruin the family, Victor’s grandmother had done her best to steer the family away from drama and draw up good contracts for the rest of the family to wither the storm should it come. As such she had thrown the twins at anyone she deemed worthy and sent numerous owls to RITA SKEETER to push her endeavours and make them seem more eligible to other families. Sick of her interfering, Victor hatched a plan to keep his grandmother at bay and plan his path to happiness. Scheming with former schoolmate Persephone Wilkes, the pair have been plotting a scandal sure to keep their annoying relatives at bay and cause the right kind of stir on the Sacred Twenty-Eight social scene.

ADDITONAL INFORMATION:

Blood Status → Pure-Blood

Pronouns → He/Him

Identification → Cis Male

Sexuality → Homosexual & Demisexual

Relationship Status → Single

Previous Education → Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Slytherin)

Societies → N/A

Family → Elijah Yaxley (father), Ismena Yaxley (mother), Victor Yaxley (brother), Adaria Linwood (unknown half-sister), Laurel Linwood (unknown half-sister/adversary), Maren Linwood (unknown half-sister/adversary), Corban Yaxley (uncle), Dionysus Flint (uncle), Lotte Flint (aunt), Decius Flint (cousin), Rosalie Flint(cousin), Eelis Burke (uncle), Kratista Burke (aunt) Caius Burke (cousin), Lyra Burke (cousin)

Connections → Amycus Carrow (close friend/object of affection), Alecto Carrow (close friend), William Goyle (close friend), Narcissa Black (close friend), Persephone Wilkes (friend/faux girlfriend), Violet Bulstrode (friend), Rabastan Lestrange (friend), Regulus Black (friend)

Future Information → N/A

VICTOR YAXLEY IS A LEVEL 3 WIZARD.

#marauders rp #marauders rpg #harry potter rp #harry potter rpg #harry potter roleplay #victor yaxley #nat wolff #neutral #wizard #socialite #taken #taken wizard #taken neutral #taken lgbtqia+#taken lgbtqa+

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theundercovervamp · 4 years

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Why the Cullens run away when they saw Maria in Calgary?

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Twilight Series - All Media Types Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Relationships: Alice Cullen/Jasper Hale, Jasper Hale/Maria, Emmett Cullen/Rosalie Hale, Carlisle Cullen/Esme Cullen Characters: Alice Cullen, Jasper Hale, Maria (Twilight), Emmett Cullen, Rosalie Hale, Edward Cullen, Carlisle Cullen, Esme Cullen, Peter (Twilight), Charlotte (Twilight) Additional Tags: Original Male Character(s) - Freeform, Original Female Character(s) - Freeform, Sexual Tension, Eventual Sex, Sexual Content, Violence, vampire wars, Maria is gifted, Maria is a badass bitch and we love it, Nettie (Twilight) - Freeform, Lucy (Twilight) - Freeform, Blood Bond Summary:

Maria controls almost all of Latin America, part of Canada, and the U.S., providing her protection and respect for the land. On an emergency trip to Calgary, she meets some people from her past, but she cannot afford to doubt.

#twilight #maria twilight #i love maria #maria #jasper x alice #jasper x maria #maria x jasper #jalice #alice x jasper #the cullens are not that strong #jasper is a simp #maria is a badass bitch and we love her

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snarkwriteswrasslin · 4 years

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hard to forget, a continuation.

↱ coming soon ↲

↱ soundtrack ↲

❝ (s) He’s a little more country, i’m a little more rock n roll. when you put us together, we sound like a radio. ❞

↱ characters ↲

adam hangman page | original female character Rosalie Harper | other appearances tbd.

↱ synopsis ↲

And cue the awkward post one night stand afterglow. Since they hooked up backstage, both Hangman and Rosalie Harper ( my orignialfemalecharacter ) are going above and beyond to avoid one another. To both forget it even happened and go on as if nothing has happened. Both parties have their own reasons for this, all equally stupid ones. But can they both manage to go on as if their one night meant nothing, that it was just something that happened? Who will crack first and what happens when the backstage rumor mill - and certain entitled roster males gets wind of what’s going on?

Let the fun begin.

↱ warnings ↲

18+ only in some parts. Adult language, drinking tw, s*xual content both hinted at and depicted graphically, gossiping coworkers and two very stubborn and confused people who just need to get their shit together already. Slow burn, kinda... Or as slow as a few chapters gets, considering they’ve already slept together...

↱ genre ↲

angst, slow burn, mutual pining & fluff/romance with a generous helping of drama thrown in just because.

↱ continued from ↲

darlin - [ mature ]

↱ tag squad ↲

[ tag list if you wanna be tagged in this ]

#adam hangman page fanfiction #adam hangman page fanfic #adam hangman page fic #adam hangman page mini series #adam hangman page #// 18+ only in a few parts of this #// alcohol tw #// adult themes and language tw #// slow burn tw #// so here's the interest post I guess?#// it took far too long to make that cover art and the soundtrack and I'm still not really even done with the soundtrack tbh #// yes. i went with naming the fic after a sam hunt song #// it kinda fits. *shrugs*

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the104yearoldvirgin · 5 years

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Twilight Characters and Their Favorite Disney Channel Original Movies

Bella Swan: High School Musical (2006)

A lover of the classics, Bella was one of the kids who found Gabriella’s misunderstood brilliance inspiring. If only Bella could find a guy who wasn’t quite what he seemed on the surface, then she’d really have it all...

Edward Cullen: Phantom of the Megaplex (2000)

A 17-year-old straight white male protagonist? A poorly done Disney homage to a classic horror story? A happy ending where everyone gets a fun success story? All good things, in Eddie’s personal opinion.

Esme Cullen: Mom’s Got a Date with a Vampire (2000)

Esme loves a bit of a joke, especially one that has a decently adorable ending. While vampires are depicted as the villains in this movie, it’s hard to take it personally since it’s early Disney Channel and therefore incredibly corny.

Carlisle Cullen: Halloweentown (1998)

A big fan of both goofiness and spookiness, Carlisle thinks the concept behind Halloweentown is wonderful. Scary creatures that are really very nice? Sounds familiar. This movie reinforces all the best parts of the Cullen Clan’s “Vegetarianism” to the family patriarch.

Emmett Cullen: Jump In! (2007)

Singing. Sports. Romance. Corbin Bleu. This movie has it all, what more is there to say?

Rosalie Hale: Avalon High (2010)

When Avalon High came out in 2010 with a blonde leading lady who ran fast, had a sassy but mopey sidekick, and fell in love with a handsome himbo, Rosalie knew she had a new favorite Disney Channel Movie. Avalon High quickly replaced her previous favorite, Cadet Kelly (2002).

Alice Cullen: Teen Beach Movie (2013)

She can’t help it! The whole aesthetic reminds her of her early years with Jasper. Not to mention the ending is totally predictable!

Jasper Hale: The Cheetah Girls (2003)

Finally a diverse cast! Doing his best to learn about intersectionality from his new family, Jasper finds himself very attached to the Cheetah Girls; a kickass group of ladies from all different backgrounds who come together to make music and achieve their dreams. He’s seen all the sequels. He has a cheetah print cowboy hat.

Charlie Swan: High School Musical 2 (2007)

Don’t tell Bella but that dumb little musical movie she watched with him one summer might have made it onto his DVR...

Jacob Black: Get a Clue (2002)

What? You’re really gonna judge Jacob for this? It was a good movie, okay? Lindsay Lohan deserved better. She was talented and this was a great role for Brenda Song, too. Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior (2006) is a close second favorite.

Mike Newton: The Thirteenth Year (1999)

A movie that Disney ran well into the late 2000′s, The Thirteenth Year always resonated with Mike. Wouldn’t it be so cool if you suddenly found out you were a mythical creature!? That would be so fuckin’ cool!! Could you imagine just like...being a merman?? Or like a vampire or a gnome or some shit??

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ao3feed-stydia · 4 years

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Kiss Kiss

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2TyDely

by Galaxy_Collector

When Derek Hale imprints on Lily Swan, Bella's long-lost twin sister, he's not at all prepared for the supernatural baggage that comes with their relationship, especially when his pack inherits a war between the Cullens and a vengeful vampire's newborn army.

Words: 7564, Chapters: 5/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Teen Wolf (TV), Twilight Series - All Media Types

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M, M/M

Characters: Derek Hale, Derek Hale's Pack, Original Female Character(s), Edward Cullen, Bella Swan, Emmett Cullen, Rosalie Hale, Jasper Hale, Alice Cullen, Esme Cullen, Carlisle Cullen, Stiles Stilinski, Lydia Martin, Jackson Whittemore, Scott McCall (Teen Wolf), Melissa McCall, Charlie Swan, Victoria (Twilight), Chris Argent, Sheriff Stilinski, Renee Dwyer, Phil Dwyer

Relationships: Derek Hale/Original Female Character(s), Edward Cullen/Bella Swan, Emmett Cullen/Rosalie Hale, Alice Cullen/Jasper Hale, Carlisle Cullen/Esme Cullen, Jackson Whittemore/Original Male Character(s), Lydia Martin/Stiles Stilinski, Melissa McCall/Sheriff Stilinski

Additional Tags: Crossover, Crack Crossover, Inspired by Teen Wolf (TV), Imprinting (Twilight), Alternate Universe - Twilight Fusion, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Fusion, werewolf!Lydia, werewolf!jackson, Vampire Slayer(s), Angst, Fluff and Angst, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Tropes, So many tropes, Hurts So Good, So Wrong It's Right, Imprinting, Angst and Feels, Smut, Fluff and Smut, Eventual Smut, Angst and Fluff and Smut, Domestic Fluff, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Fluff and Hurt/Comfort, Wolf Pack, Scott McCall (Teen Wolf) is Part of the Pack, Alpha Derek Hale, Protective Derek, Derek Hale is Bad at Feelings, Deputy Derek Hale

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2TyDely

#IFTTT #ao3feed #fanfic #teen wolf #Lydia Martin #Stiles Stilinski #Stydia

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Chapters: 6/? Fandom: Twilight Series - Stephenie Meyer, Twilight Series - All Media Types Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con Relationships: Bella/Edward, Jacob/renesmee, Garrett/Kate (Twilight), Tanya/Original Male Character(s), Jacob Black/Edward Cullen/Bella Swan, Edward Cullen/Bella Swan, Edward Cullen/Tanya Characters: Edward Culen, Original Characters, Bella Swan, Bella Swan-Cullen, Jacob Black, Renesmee Cullen, Garrett (Twilight), Kate (Twilight), Irina (Twilight), Carmen (Twilight), Eleazar (Twilight), The Denali Coven, Tanya (Twilight), Irina (mentioned), Laurent (mentioned), Sasha (mentioned) - Character, James (mentioned), Emmett Cullen, Rosalie Hale, Carlisle Cullen, Esme Cullen, Alice Cullen Additional Tags: Stalking, Non-Consensual Touching, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Kidnapping, Rape/Non-con Elements Summary:

Ten years after the conclusion of Breaking Dawn. Edward Cullen makes a routine trip to his birth city of Chicago with his wife and daughter, but unexpected complications require him and Bella to once again enlist the help of their Denali cousins.

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lucianlange · 5 years

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[ cody fern, twenty three, male, he/him ] ━ hey, I just saw [ lucian “ian” lange ] walking down the streets of crownsville. they’ve lived in town for [ two months ], and you can catch them around town working as a [ bartender/undercover cia agent ]. I hear they’re known to be [ dutiful & strong-willed ] and [ secluded & self-destructive ]. if asked, they would say their aesthetic would be [ handwritten letters, expensive cars, rain storms, hearing other’s speak german, hickeys, messy hotel room beds, black t-shirts ].

hi loves! yes, it’s me hadley with a new character. below i’ve listed some facts about him, as well as some wanted connections! if any connections that aren’t listed come to mind after reading about him, please please let me know and we can plot :) same goes for silver & kurt, i’m about to go to bed, but when i wake up, i’ll post the closed starters i owe - as well as replying to ones in the tag - and i’d be happy to do other things for anyone who wants them, too. i hope you all like lucian!

ABOUT:

he’s amara lange’s older brother, they’re two years apart and very close!

he’s originally from new york.

when he was a teenager, he rebelled against their parents a lot. he also partied a lot and made bad decisions. at fifteen, he slept with a girl who was at the same party, and two months later she was claiming to be pregnant with his child.

ian didn’t believe the baby was his because of how many other people she’d slept with, but a DNA test proved he was the father.

during her entire pregnancy, the mother had been on drugs, which caused their daughter to be born in withdrawal.

when their daughter was born, the mother handed ian the baby and never looked back. he was now sixteen and a single father.

he decided to name his daughter rosalie after his grandmother. he was absolutely in love with his daughter.

ian went on to work for the FBI, having his sister and other family members help raise her.

when rosalie was four years old, she got a basic cold that led to life threatening pneumonia. because her immune system was so weak from being born addicted to drugs, there wasn’t much the doctor’s could do to save her.

he had spent the past four years of his life dedicating everything to this little girl (not to mention she absolutely idolized him), and because of how sick she got from a common cold, he lost her at age four while he was twenty.

after his daughter died, he gave up on quite a bit for a while. he knew there was one thing he was good at...his job. so, he asked to be given a heavier workload, which is when his boss referred him to work intelligence for the CIA. doing some of the missions he was sent on was a death wish, but he knows that every mission could be his last and he doesn’t care. he’s lost the only thing he had ever loved so incredibly much.

for the mission he’s currently working on, he was sent to crownsville undercover to act like a normal civilian.

his hair is naturally blonde, but was died for his undercover job as a bartender.

WANTED CONNECTIONS: (crossed out means the connection is filled, but some of them can apply to more than one person!)

siblings (amara lange)

cousins (kurt & kai kramer)

exes who are still in love

ex girlfriend/boyfriend on good terms

ex girlfriend/boyfriend on bad terms

friends with benefits

flirtatious friends

“will they or won’t they” kind of relationship

someone who knows what he really does for a living

always hooking up and in denial about being in love with each other

party friends (conversation doesn’t go deeper than drinking)

friends who balance each other out

friend(s) who can get him to open up about his past like no one else

friends who used to be enemies

friends brought together by unusual circumstance

unlikely friends (two opposite personalities getting along)

best friends since childhood/middle school/high school

#✧ 𝓲𝓽 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝔀𝓱𝓸 𝓪𝓭𝓭𝓮𝓭 𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓵 𝓽𝓸 𝓶𝔂 𝓷𝓪𝓶𝓮. ( 𝓪𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓵𝓾𝓬𝓲𝓪𝓷. ) ✧#drug use tw #addiction tw #pregnancy tw #death tw #depression tw

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