#Ruby Baptiste

[booasaur]

Lovecraft Country - Wunmi Mosaku and Jurnee Smollett (x)

[sammick]

annie as a vampire moodboard 💌

[elle-subterfuge]

[bohemian-nights]

Longing 🕯️

Lovecraft Country(2020); The Little Mermaid(2023); Sanditon(2019-2023); Tom Jones(2023); Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story(2023)

[faithbethhyden]

I….

[pansexual-chocolate]

@rosie-dear-rosie tagged me in this game. They are an amazing writer so please read their fics and they have such a great blog.

honorable mentions because I can only do 12 Donna final fantasy x/x2 Rose quartz (Steven universe)

The beyonder (Moon girl and devil dinosaur)

Aloysius Fogg (Undeadwood critical role). Bilquis (American gods) So many characters I am hooked on and love so much. But they aren't recent characters

tagging: @six2vii @xshingie @angel-hawthorne @sunshine-hime @jemgirl86 also whoever wants to play

[phantomstatistician]

Fandom: Lovecraft Country

Sample Size: 242 stories

Source: AO3

[moistvonlipwig]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Lovecraft Country (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Ruby Baptiste/Christina Braithwhite Characters: Ruby Baptiste, Christina Braithwhite Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Nebulously Canon Divergent, Canon-Typical Violence Summary:

William gets invited to a wedding. Christina asks Ruby to come along and cause some chaos.

For the @yearoftheotpevent’s June prompt “wedding/proposal.”

[mannytoodope]

[edtype]

Wunmi Flexes

And in this particular show, she had an—um—breakout role.

RUBY BAPTISTE + singing

[hazelnutjoy]

Terrance is pan and polyam and like... he's pretty young too. He definitely wants to experience being with different people. And it's not even the opinions of the 60s holding him back, really, or at least if he was to move in the right circles it wouldn't be.

It's that he feels so indebted to his fiance because her experience with coconut Joy incapacitated her to the point she needs someone, really, to take care of her. And yeah, Ruby loves Julie and would happily care for her but Julie only has eyes for Terry, she sees actual butterflies when she looks at him.

So yeah, most of Terry's songs are sarcastic, biting takes on WW that the Wellies/Wellettes think are just happy little tunes. But a lot are about queer longing, too, and Ruby really vibes with them, neither of them knowing just how much they long to be in each others shoes.

[edtype]

Celebrating a Queen: Melanated Beauty

Taking a moment to admire the beautiful Wunmi Mosaku. Glamour queens of old fully appreciated the skill lighting and cinematography. Black actors also benefit when care is taken to highlight their beauty.

LOVECRAFT COUNTRY | Ruby Baptiste

Christina gave me a potion that can turn me into a white lady. Yeah. And I finally got that job at Marshall Field’s, and you know what I learned? I don’t wanna be white. I’m just sick of forgiving every space that I enter ‘cause it’s not for me. I wanna create my own space. I can do that with magic.

[the-bi-library]

Happy March! Here are bisexual books out in March!

PS: I totally recommend (and kindly am asking authors or anyone else) to use the tags #bisexualbooks , #bibooks , #bisexualrep or any other variation of them when promoting (your) books with bi main character as it makes it easier for me to find books with like that since I follow those tags! 💖

Books listed:

When Worlds Collide by Erin Zak The Poisons We Drink by Bethany Baptiste Comet Cruise by Niska Morrow Never Leave, Never Lie by Thea Verdone Go Lightly by Brydie Lee-Kennedy The Phoenix Bride by Natasha Siegel Diavola by Jennifer Marie Thorn Icarus by K. Ancrum Falls From Grace (Grace Notes #1) by Ruby Landers Ellipses by Vanessa Lawrence The Fealty of Monsters (The Fealty of Monsters, Volume 1) by Ladz Song of the Huntress by Lucy Holland The Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn Kiste These Bodies Between Us by Sarah Van Name The Night Compass (Wilderlore, #4) by Amanda Foody Small Gods of Calamity by Sam Kyung Yoo The Dark Feather by Anna Stephens Like Happiness by Ursula Villarreal-Moura That Secret Something by Emily Wright Heirs of Bone and Sea (Dark Depths) by Kay Adams One Last Breath by Ginny Myers Sain The Weavers of Alamaxa (The Alamaxa Duology, #2) by Hadeer Elsbai Saint, Sorrow, Sinner (The Gideon Testaments, #3) by Freydís Moon The Safe Zone by Amy Marsden Tempting Olivia (Oxford Romance #2) by Clare Ashton Crossing Bridges by Chelsey Lynford Sounds of the City by Stacey Ennis-Theobald Searching for Someday by Renee Roman Back to Us by Addison Clarke

[sapphirelotus]

a guide to the witch’s sabbats

This honestly took a lot longer than I thought but here’s my post on each of the Sabbats

POSTER’S NOTE: I will be posting the dates for each Sabbat when they are celebrated in the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere

•Imbolc

Northern Hemisphere: February 1-2

Southern Hemisphere: August 1-2

Midpoint between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox

Fire Festival • Quickening

Animals: bears, ewes, goats, groundhogs, sheep, snakes, wolves

Beverages: beer, milk, spiced wine

Colors: blue, green, red, white, lavender

Gods: Aengus Mac Og, Eros, Faunus, Februus, Freyr, Innus, Lupercus, Pan

Goddesses: Aphrodite, Artemis, Athena, Brigid/St. Brigid, Diana, Gaia, Persephone, Selene, Venus

Foods: butter, cheese, garlic, grains, leeks, onions, peppers, shallots, yogurt

Gemstones: amethyst, bloodstone, garnet, ruby

Incense: basil, cinnamon, frankincense, myrrh, rosemary, vanilla

Plants: acorns, crocus, grape hyacinth, primrose, snowdrops

Symbols: besom, Brigid’s Cross, candles, seeds, Shepherd’s Crook, sun wheel

Magickal Energies: agriculture, beginning, birth, cleansing, courtship, divination, fertility, growth, life, love, protection, purity, rebirth, return of the sun, spring

•Ostara

Northern Hemisphere: held between March 19-22

Southern Hemisphere: held between September 21-23

Spring Equinox

Solar Festival • Growth

Animals: bears, bees, butterflies, birds, goats, rams, rabbits/hares

Beverages: milk, cream

Colors: gold, green, lavender, light blue, pink, white, yellow

Gods: Adonis, Attis, Dagda, Holly King,Oak King, Jesus, Odin, Osiris

Goddesses: Aphrodite, Cybele, Demeter, Eostra, Hera, Ishtar, Persephone

Foods: chard, dairy, eggs, honey, lemon balm, lettuce, marjoram, nuts, seeds, spinach, thyme

Gemstones: agate, amethyst, red jasper, lapis lazuli, moonstone, clear quartz, rose quartz

Incense: cinnamon, dragon’s blood, frankincense, jasmine, myrrh, orange peel, rose, strawberry, violet

Plants: daffodil, daisy, dandelion, honeysuckle, hyacinth, jasmine, lily, primrose, tulip, violet

Symbols: basket, cauldron, eggs, feathers, seedlings

Magickal Energies: balance, beauty, beginnings, birth, cleansing, duality, fertility, life, nurturing, rebirth, renewal, sex

•Beltane

Northern Hemisphere: May 1

Southern Hemisphere: October 31

Beginning of summer

Fire Festival • Rebirth

Animals: bees, bulls, cats, cattle, goats, rabbits, sheep, snakes

Beverages: milk, water, wine

Colors: green, light blue, orange, pink, purple, red, yellow, white

Gods: Apollo, Bacchus, Cernunnos, Cupid, Dionysus, Eros, Frey

Goddesses: Aphrodite, Bast, Brigid, Diana, Flora, Freya, Rhiannon, Venus

Foods: butter, dairy, oat/barley cakes, fresh fruit, herbs

Gemstones: amber, carnelian, emerald, garnet, malachite, rose quartz, pink tourmaline

Incense: vanilla, jasmine, lilac, rose, peach

Plants: daisy, honeysuckle, ivy, mint, primrose, rose, violet

Symbols: bells, bonfire, candles, cauldron, chalice, faeries, flowers, may basket, may doll, may pole, may queen, sun, wool, yggdrasil

Magickal Energies: bounty, commitment, community, divination, divine marriage, fertility, fire, fruition, good fortune, growth, handfasting, happiness, healing, health, joy, life, light, love, lust, mating, maturity, prosperity, protection, sex, summer, sun, vows, warmth

•Litha

Northern Hemisphere: held between June 20-22

Southern Hemisphere: held between December 20-22

Summer Solstice

Solar Festival • Fire Festival • Culmination

Animals: bees, birds, cattle, donkeys, horses

Beverages: fruit juice, herbal teas, mead, milk

Colors: gold, green, orange, red, white, yellow

Gods: Bel/Belenus, Lugh, St. John the Baptist, Holly King, Oak King, Apollo, Dagda, Helios, Ra, Ares, Mars, Zeus

Goddesses: Artemis, Isis, Vesta, Diana, Freya, Aphrodite, Venus, Inanna, Epona

Foods: barbecue chicken, barbecue pork, cheese, cinnamon, eggs, fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, ginger, honey, lemon, lime, mint, nuts, oranges, turmeric, yogurt

Gemstones: amethyst, emerald, jade, lapis lazuli, malachite, gold topaz

Incense: jasmine, lemon, lotus, rose, sandalwood

Plants: basil, chamomile, daisy, dogwood, lavender, mint, mistletoe, oak, rose, saffron, sage, sunflower, thyme, verbena, vervain

Symbols: bonfire, candle, circle, dagger, feathers, oak leaf, sun dial, sun wreath, sword, wreath

Magickal Energies: abundance, blessing, blooming, divination, faery work, feasting, fertility, fire, fulfillment, good health, growing, life, light, love, luck, marriage, maturity, passion, pregnancy, prosperity, protection, repelling evil spirits, success, summer, transformation, unions

•Lughnasadh

Northern Hemisphere: August 1

Southern Hemisphere: February 1 

Midpoint between Summer Solstice and Autumn Equinox

Fire Festival • Harvest Festival • Decline

Animals: calf, phoenix

Beverages: beer, cider, herbal tea

Colors: gold, green, red, orange, yellow

Gods: Adonis, Hermes, Jesus, Lugh, Mercury, Osiris, Vulcan

Goddesses: Ceres, Corn Grandmother, Demeter, Isis, Persephone, Rhiannon

Foods: apples, breads, fish, fruit, grains, honeycomb toffee

Gemstones: amber, aventurine, carnelian, citrine, obsidian, peridot, gold topaz

Incense: chamomile, rosemary, sandalwood

Plants: apples, barley, corn, garlic, marigold, myrtle, onion, sunflower

Symbols: candles, corn dolly, scythe, wheat sheaves

Magickal Energies: agriculture, competition, cultivation, fertility, gardening, growth, harvest, hope, preparation, rebirth, reflection, resurrection, transitions

•Mabon

Northern Hemisphere: held between September 20-22

Southern Hemisphere: held between March 20-22

Autumn Equinox

Solar Festival • Harvest Festival • Harvest

Animals: goose, swan

Beverages: beer, cider, mead, wine

Colors: blue, brown, gold, green, orange, red, yellow

Gods: Adonis, Arwan, Bacchus, Cernunnos, Dagda, Dionysus, Freyr, Hades, Odin, Osiris, Pluto, Saturn

Goddesses: Ceres, Demeter, Freyja, Gaia, Isis, Persephone, Proserpina, Terra

Foods: apples, corn, grain, nuts, pears, pomegranates, pumpkin, sweet potatoes

Gemstones: amber, citrine, sapphire, tiger’s eye, gold topaz

Incense: frankincense, myrrh, pine, sage

Plants: acorns, apples, corn, grain, grapes, gourds, nuts, pinecones, pomegranates, pumpkins, wheat

Symbols: cornucopia, double spiral, scales, scythe, sun wheel

Magickal Energies: acknowledge hard work, agriculture, balance, bounty, completion, crone, harvest, reflection

•Samhain

Northern Hemisphere: October 31

Southern Hemisphere: May 1

Midpoint between Autumn Equinox and Winter Solstice

Harvest Festival • Death

Animals: bats, cats, spiders, owls

Beverages: cider, mead, mulled wine

Colors: black, green, gray, orange, purple, white

Gods: Anubis, Cernunnos, Odin, Osiris, Mercury

Goddesses: Baba Yaga, Hecate, Demeter, Pomona, Hel, Ishtar, Isis, Lilith, Morrigan, Persephone, Rihannon

Foods: allspice, apples, cinnamon, corn, gourds, meats, pumpkins, root vegetables, rosemary, sage, turnips

Gemstones: apache tears, carnelian, smokey quartz, onyx, obsidian

Incense: copal, rosemary, sandalwood, sweetgrass

Plants: calendula, gourds, grains, mugwort, oak leaf, pumpkins, rue, wormwood

Symbols: ancestor photos, bat, black cat, broomstick, cauldron, coffin, crossroads, faeries, ghosts, ghoul, jack-o-lantern, mirror, pumpkin, skeleton, mirror, skull

Magickal Energies: ancestors, astral travel, changes, chaos, courage, crossroads, darkness, death, divination, harvest, honoring the deceased, life changes, memorials, mortality, scrying, séance, shadows, souls, spirit contact, transformation, transitions

•Yule

Northern Hemisphere: held between December 20-22

Southern Hemisphere: held between June 20-22

Winter Solstice • Longest Night

Solar Festival • Rebirth

Animals: goats, pigs

Beverages: mead, mulled cider, mulled wine, wassail

Colors: green, gold, white, red, silver

Gods: Bacchus, Dionysus, Holly King, Oak King, Jesus, Mithras, Odin, Ra, Saturn, Thor, Sol, Apollo, Baldur, Cronus

Goddesses: Ceres, Frigga, La Befana, Ishtar, Skadi, Lachesis, Brigid

Foods: cookies, fruits, pork

Gemstones: bloodstone, orange calcite, citrine, diamond, garnet, ruby

Incense: bayberry, cedar, cinnamon, clove, frankincense, myrrh, pine, sandalwood, spruce

Plants: balsam, evergreens, fir, holly, ivy, mistletoe, oak, pine, pine cones, poinsettias*

Symbols: bonfires, candles, caroling, coal, evergreens, fire, garlands, gifts, lights, mistletoe, ornaments, poinsettias*, reindeer, sleigh, stars, stockings, Sun Wheel, trees, wreaths, Yule Log

Magickal Energies: beginnings, birth, daylight, death, divination, feasting, fertility, good health, good luck, growth, life, life cycle, light, luck, miracles, rebirth, resurrection, return, sacrifice

*I feel as if it’s important to note that the name “poinsettia” is the colonized name of the plant cuetlaxochitl, as the plant is native to Mexico and has roots in Aztec culture. It was introduced to the United States in the 1820s by Joel Roberts Poinsett, who was an American ambassador to Mexico at the time and is where the name “poinsettia” comes from.

[inthedayswhenlandswerefew]

hi bestie, i am just dropping by to say that i LOVE the keys of heaven so far!!!!!!!!!! i am already eagerly anticipating their hookup and i know it is going to be 🥵🥵🥵 i was just curious as to if you had any personal experience with catholicism that inspired this story? thank you and if its too personal of course you dont have to answer :)

Hello bestie!!! Thank you so much for your question 🥰 Okay so here's some storytime with Maggie you did not sign up for:

So I generally was not raised to be religious, my mom dabbled in a lot of random religions and my dad and stepmom are kinda Southern Baptists but I never really felt drawn to any particular faith.

But for a few years when I was a kid, my mom was married to this Italian dude Charles. Charles was kind of odd but pretty harmless and he tried to buy my love with donuts and goldfish (which kept dying). Anyway, Charles believed I should go to Catholic school, so that's what I did for 1st and 2nd grade when I was approximately 6-7 years old. I don't have a ton of memories from Catholic school, but I remember the nuns and teachers being mean to me because I was a really quiet creative kid with bad handwriting. Overall I wouldn't say it was a positive experience, but I did think the rituals and saint stories were neat!

The strongest memory I have from Catholic school is my best friend Scott. When we met he was pretty sad because his mom had recently died of cancer. I don't remember how we started hanging out but soon we were together ALL the time, and we would sit next to each other in every class, and when I got my ears pierced I chose his birthstone as the color (ruby for July). The teachers would joke about it and say we were going to get married one day.

Scott and I were so obsessed with each other that our parents started arranging playdates. Scott's dad Hugo was nice and they had this cute dog named Bandit and I absolutely LOVED getting to go to Scott's house and play with toy dinosaurs and stuff. My mom actually left me with Scott + Hugo for a long weekend so she could go on a work trip and we saw the first Harry Potter movie in the theater together. Hugo gave me coal for Christmas as a joke but I like rocks so I was genuinely into it, and he thought that was hilarious and had to explain the joke to me.

Then my mom and Charles broke up (she kicked him out of the main part of the house and he had to live in the basement and "shower" in the pool out back with a bar of soap), and Hugo wanted to marry my mom so we could be a big happy family. Scott and I were SOOOOO down for this and thought we were going to be real siblings, which obviously would have made things weird if we did end up getting married one day, but we were simple souls and didn't realize this. My mom and Hugo dated for a while but from what she said I guess Hugo was reallllllllllllllly Catholic and had strict ideas of gender roles and didn't believe in sex except for procreation and stuff, so my mom thought he was a freak (derogatory) and it did not work out.

We moved across town and since I didn't have an Italian stepdad anymore, my mom didn't see any point in me going to Catholic school and couldn't afford it anyway, so I switched schools and never really saw Scott again, except for ONE TIME when my mom randomly invited Scott and Hugo over for dinner and didn't tell me in advance, and when I saw Scott I legitimately started crying because I was so happy and we hugged for like 10 minutes.

It's strange because it was always super innocent (we never even tried to kiss or anything) but also emotionally consuming, and to this day when I think about Catholic school I remember Scott and I can still physically feel that drive to be close to him and how comfortable I felt in that "relationship."

Anyway, since then I've looked him up on Facebook (we have mutual friends) and he seems like kind of a loser so I guess it worked out for the best! Or maybe I could have fixed him 😢

[royalpain16]

Royal Tiara Challenge 2024

Day 12 - The Danish Ruby Parure Tiara

The Danish Ruby Parure Tiara

This tiara began its life as a series of hair combs, purchased by Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte for his wife, Desiree, to wear at Napoleon’s coronation in 1804. When Bernadotte was elected Crown Prince of Sweden, the rubies became royal jewels. The combs were made into a bandeau by Queen Alexandrine of Denmark, who had received them from her mother-in-law, Lovisa of Sweden. Queen Ingrid turned the bandeau into a grand wreath tiara, which is now worn by Crown Princess Mary of Denmark. - The court Jewellery.com