#a discovery of witches spoilers

[roseoswiins]

Abigail (2024) and A Discovery of Witches take place in the same universe. If you know y'know.

[apinchofm]

marcus whitemore & phoebe taylor + greek words for love

[butternuggets-blog]

For Want of A Nail, a summary. 😆

Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Past Abuse, Bullying, Trauma, Non-Sexual Slavery, Baldwin de Clermont/Original Male Character, biBaldwin, Sloooow burn, Angst with a Happy Ending, Pre-Canon AU

Baldwin Montclair had a string of ex girlfriends, a single child, and a lifetime longer than most people could dream of to make all kinds of mistakes.

His family knew one which kept coming out of the woodwork to irritate him every other century.

Artwork by @critical-misadventures

Meme format created by @kristorey

Chapters can be found on my masterlist as well.

[queenmeriadoc]

Trystan Gravelle was in 2 season of “A Discovery of Witches” and in the third there was a new character that I did not realise at the time was actually a recast of his character. I just thought it was another brother we hadn’t heard of for some reason.

The recast was due to scheduling conflicts and covid. Both “A Discovery of Witches” season 3 and “Rings of Power” season 1 came out in 2022, so it’s not hard to believe that ROP is basically the reason he could not be in season 3.

I would loved to see him finish his role in “A Discovery of Witches” but at the same time I am glad we got him as Pharazôn.

[agir1ukn0w]

Diana Bishop 🤝 Elora Danan (annihilating the bitch who almost killed the love of their life)

(gifs by @dailyadow and @adowgifs)

[hazelcephalopod]

I started watching Discovery of Witches and had to stop because I wondered what was up with the Daemons. So naturally I had to look it up because intense curiosity must be satisfied rn! Unfortunately now I have many more questions because as far as I can tell they are just humans+.

And by that I mean really just very neurodivergent savants -primarily of the audhd mental illness flavor. But! There’s more! Bc sometimes some of them have visions. In a world with time bending witches and vampire who can all day walk. Witches can cast spells! Vampires have superhuman abilities and immortality. Daemons have, I repeat, the power of neurodivercity -and sometimes visions. And that’s it!

I’m so underwhelmed and idk what that I’m fucking vibrating rn. That can’t be it?! Why? Oh wait im sorry their genes are slightly different too, and they can just be randomly born to seemingly anyone who can procreate. Usually just humans though. So. Yup. I gotta take a break.

[dreamcrownsworld]

For a show about witches, demons, and vampires, there's a lot of force choking and throwing happening. I just want the lesbian witch Aunts and Satu to have more screen time.

Can I have more of that, please? Less force choking more interesting characters.

Hopefully, as the first season goes on, it will happen.

[emmalovesfitzloved]

IT'S HERE!!!! Blackbird Oracle promotion video

[jay-ig]

umineko turn spoilers

kyrie please stop dying you are the only sane adult on this island :(

[patwrites]

A Discovery of Witches 🤝 The Handmaid’s Tale

Leading actresses basing the birth scenes they perform on their own experiences

[zeephyre]

CRITICAL ROLE CAMPAIGN 3 EPISODE 86 SPOILERS

RAHHH, SPOOKY LAKE MINI ARC!!!!!!

God. I fucking love you Matthew Mercer.

The back door is indeed a back door and while that is exciting, I honestly need us to table all theories.

First of all, Matt really did his big one with this campaign and all of the spooky horror elements that are scattered all over. The nightmare king, Laudna, Jrusar tbh, Uthodurn and the Savaliir woods, the creepy ass monsters and gjosts we keep running into, the GHOST PIRATES, the fucking shattered teeth as a whole, RUIDUS, and now this fuck ass lake.

The way Matt slowly built up the suspense and the intrigue of this odd abandoned town that started as just curiosity and location discovery to help us understand where in Exandria they were, and then slowly became an investigation into how...empty it was despite no signs of struggle or even a mass exodus to somewhere safe... and then the notes about the disappearances... how people were rumored to have just...walked into the water.

GOD IT WAS SO GOOD.

The way my heart dropped out of my ass when Liam used the stone to talk to Dorian (I don't wanna discuss that "I miss you" that definitely felt like an "I love you", I'm so upset rn Robbie please come home). I knew the stone wikldnt work because he'd already talked to Caleb (which !!!!! CALEB!!!!!!! AHHHH) but then Matt was like "you hear something outside, it's Dorian" and I just???? Almost shat myself when I understood what was happening.

It is...interesting that whatever is in that lake only affected FCG, Orym, Chettie and Ashton.... it can't just be that they weren't women because... that doesn't really make any sense so it must be something magic related? Because they were making charisma saves and the witches have either max charisma or amazing fucking charisma. (But so does FCG? I think? Whatever).

I loved everything about that battle and the lake but I especially loved Laudna's whole deal... Dread Pirate Queen Laudna fan art needs to flood my social media feed so much that I get sick of it (I wont). She's such a silly little guy I love her to bits. (We won't discuss she who must not be named except to say... she was kinda spitting during that whole later interaction)

FINALLY THESE DUMB FUCKS SLEPT BUT GOD. I WAS CONVINCED MATT WANTED THEM DEAD FR.

ANYWAY. JESTER. JESTER LAVORRE. JESTER HAS SENDING. SHE TALKED TO US. SHE TALKED TO IMOGEN. THEY’RE EITHER ON THEIR WAY TO THE KEY OR TO THE LAKE AND EITHER WAY I KNOW WE'RE GONNA SEE THE NEIN AGAIN IDC IDC

Kinda almost broke down in tears when Jester spoke to Imogen because I just??? love Laura Bailey so much??? AND WHENEVER THE OTHER PCS SHOW UP I JUST GET SO HAPPY

I know Jester is being a terrorist with sending rn, and I know she's gonna message Imogen constantly.

Did not want them to leave that lake until Kiki's group showed up the next morning but my hellians never listen to me so cest la vie.

(Also????? Fearne and Chetney romantic tension??? Let's discuss. Let's also discuss how bad Fearne wants to kiss Imogen)

[cursedcrazy-starkid]

Little detail in NPMD that’s living rent free in my mind (spoilers ahead!)

I know the fandom has been obsessing over figuring out the lyrics to everyone’s favorite chaotic™️ scene but I wanna acknowledge something in the choreography that caught my attention💃🏻

Okay so first off MASSIVE PROPS to Lauren for choreographing this so amazingly. If you pay close attention you’ll notice that each of the Lords in Black has their own cute little 8 count dance related to their character (some more clear than others).

Pokey💙

switching back and forth between his hand and the mask (I’m assuming representing him wanting to block out every voice that’s not his own).

Nibbly💗

need I explain???

Wiggly💚

I’m assuming the arm motions are supposed to represent his tentacles

Blinky💜

also self-explanatory

Tinky💛

… okay honestly this one tripped me up but it fits the vibe

Okay so this alone was a cool discovery, but THEN I noticed that the Lords in Black cycled through each other’s choreography throughout the scene. After a million watches that I absolutely don’t regret I’m pretty sure I figured out the pattern to be: Wiggly➡️Tinky➡️Nibbly➡️Blinky➡️Pokey🔁 in a looping order. There were a few discrepancies in this pattern (I think possibly either due to choreography mistakes or maybe it was just to make the choreography look more symmetrical?) but this was the order that most commonly persisted:

Anything in parenthesis is what I think they were supposed to do because it’s a simple switch that fits the pattern (Corey never did Tinky’s dance but did Nibbly’s for 2 cycles, Lauren had Nibbly and Tinky’s reversed).

Anyway this may already be a thing because I definitely need to get caught up on Hatchetfield lore but I’m wondering if there’s any significance to this order?

It almost matches the order that we were introduced to the Lords in Black in (Blinky being the one out of place):

Wiggly (Black Friday)

Blinky (Watcherworld. NMT Season 1, episode 1 part 2)

Tinky (Time Bastard. NMT Season 1, episode 2 part 2)

Nibbly (Honey Queen. NMT Season 2, episode 1)

Pokey (Yellow Jacket. NMT Season 2, episode 4).

It almost matches reverse order to when we were first introduced to all of the dolls in The Witch in the Web: Pokey➡️Blinky➡️Tinky➡️Nibbly➡️Wiggly. Nibbly and Tinky are reversed, which could maybe be connected to Lauren reversing their dances in the order but I feel like that’s too far of a reach:

It also almost matches the order that the names are read from in the black book (again reverse order and Nibbly and Tinky are switched):

^creds to whoever typed out the script cause my digital ticket expired by the time I realized I wanted to double check this

It makes sense that invoking the names ends with Wiggly since it’s been implied at multiple times that he is the most powerful and terrible of the Lords in Black but other than that I’m clueless.

One moment that perfectly matches the pattern in the dance if you reverse it is the one real picture we have of the dolls from Nick’s Twitter:

If you start with any of them and go backwards it matches the (most consistent) pattern from the dance perfectly: Nibbly⬅️Tinky⬅️Wiggly⬅️Pokey⬅️Blinky

There’s more stuff that shows up in the choreography throughout the dance that intrigued me but this post is already way too long and I’m guessing with my luck there’s probably 0 significance to the order that the dances were done in buuuut yeah I’m driving myself insane on this so if anyone has any insight let me know!

Nerdy prudes must die🤪

[goodluckclove]

I heard someone lamenting about how they don't know how to talk about their writing without spoiling it and that's a very valid fear that I just now realized I've never considered and plan to continue not considering.

I mean posts are so inconsistent in terms of discovery that I feel like at this point people who see me talking about book two of Songbird Elegies know little to nothing about book one. And I've spoiled like a bit of book three but - fucking - I think it's different to describe the plot shift compared to actually reading the execution.

Like I'll say that Scott's dad isn't actually entirely dead and his psyche has been stuck wandering the Witch Eater for 30 years. That's a spoiler. But I don't think it counts because none of you has read Levi. You don't know how he acts. You have no idea how he's reacted and adjusted to that plot element. And when you start to learn all that it'll only be through snippets of my first draft. There's going to be an entire like 180k words of context you won't have unless you read the book.

I'll flat out spoil the final endgame conclusion of Boom Four right now to virtually anyone who asks. I'll do it publicly. I don't care. It sounds so insane out of context that I'm pretty confident some people will still want to read to see how the fuck I do it.

I had so much sushi I think I can levitate off the ground now.

[butternuggets-blog]

FOR WANT OF A NAIL

@baldwin-montclair @adowobsessed @sylverdeclermont @nicki-mac-me @thereadersmuse @kynthiamoon @wheresthesunshinesblog @adowbaldwin @beautifulsoulsublime @lady-lazarus-declermont @adarafaelbarba @dogblessyoutascha

Part Thirty-Four

Summary:  Baldwin Montclair had a string of ex girlfriends, a single child, and a  lifetime longer than most people could dream of to make all kinds of  mistakes. His family knew one which kept coming out of the woodwork to  irritate him every other century.

Also on AO3

‘I am willing to wed a vampire, but I draw the line at sleeping with one.’

Matthew swallowed a smile and forced himself not to look at Hugh as Adelasia del Vasto slid the marriage contract back across the desk.

Count Roger I of Sicily, from the House of Hauteville, had died of natural causes at the grand old age of seventy. His son Simon inherited the title, but when the boy died unexpectedly four years later, Simon's younger brother Roger took over.

Adelasia's husband had entrusted her with regency over their sons before he had passed. She came from the Aleramici, a legendary Frankish-Italian dynasty that ruled great swathes of Italy's northwestern territories. The founder of the line, Count Willehmus, had been Burgundian.

'No natural-born heirs' Matthew nodded, scratching a small amendment to the contract. It would have difficult to produce one even if it was biologically possible; Adelasia was thirty-seven, and Baldwin was masquerading as fifty-four.

Adelasia smiled at Martin's joke and clasped her hands together in her lap.

‘My son Roger will inherit everything when His Majesty...passes away.’

‘Of course’ Hugh nodded. Surprise flashed in Adelasia’s eyes but she seemed happy enough to keep her doubts to herself.

That was good. Baldwin was counting on it.

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Baldwin, king of Judea and Jerusalem, and defensor of the Holiest Sepulchre of our Lord, Jesus Christ, was broke. There had been almost non-stop fighting against Egyptian forces in the twelve years since he had taken the throne and the threat of bankruptcy was always lurking in the wings.

Adelasia had arrived in Acre with a fleet of eleven ships, five hundred Sicilian Saracen archers, jewels, cloth, and gold. The flagship had a masthead, stern and bow gilded with pure gold and decorated by master craftsman. The public had been enraptured by the opulent display and a buoyant, bubbling excitement ran through the city.

Baldwin was ecstatic.

‘This looks to be quite a wedding’ he tapped his wine glass lightly against Martin’s, grinning from ear to ear.

‘Money in the coffers, fresh soldiers for the ranks,’ Martin sipped his wine and beamed cheekily at Baldwin. ‘No sex though.’

‘Her loss’

‘Best of four?’

‘Shut up’ Baldwin chuckled.

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‘You need to have a look at this’ Martin dropped two pieces of parment onto Baldwin’s desk and dropped heavily into a chair.

The missives had arrived directly from church this morning; the first concerned the results of the Latin Patriarchate elections, and the other was a very serious message inscribed with the signature of the papal legate.

'Arnulf's been forcibly deposed.'

Baldwin swore and slammed the desk with his fist.

Arnulf of Chocques, Latin Patriach of Jerusalem, had been the one to suggest Baldwin's marriage to Adelasia in the first place, as a way to resolve his money troubles. If his majesty agreed to all terms, Arnulf had pointed out, he could steal himself a fortune legally.

'Three years after the fact and the Pope decides that he has an issue with it' Baldwin sighed and shook his head.

'He says that you married bigamously, since Arda is still alive and you entered into the wedding with the understanding that there would be no physical intimacy between you and therefore no heirs.'

'Her father hardly paid her dowry' Baldwin growled.

'But he paid.' Martin looked at him. 'You bled him dry for fifty percent before you cast her off, and you have milked this marriage for all it is worth. Perhaps you should return Adelasia to her son; I am sure she would love to be reunited with him.'

Baldwin relaxed his deathgrip on his chair and breathed out slowly.

'What now?'

Martin reached into the folds of his cloak and pulled out a large lump of parchment. The insignia pressed into the wax seal was Philippe's.

'Well-'

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Arda took a bite of baklava, read the note again, and nearly choked laughing.

'-parted on poor terms...oh, this is too much! Anoush!'

Her cousin stepped into the room, skirting around the servant on the floor giving Arda a foot massage.

'My beloved husband-'Arda spat the words through a smile, '-has written to ask me to return to his side in Jerusalem.'

'Surely you jest?!' Anoush grabbed the note from her cousin's hand.

'I do not.'

'The man is quite mad'

'Indeed' Arda pushed a second note towards her. 'Martin sends his regards as well.'

Anoush smiled fondly. She found it hard to hate her former partner, despite everything. Perhaps because when Martin found out where Baldwin had banished Arda he had told her immediately.

And he had been as gentle as he could to Vahagn at the end.

'How shall we answer them?' Anoush asked, eyes glinting mischievously.

Arda looked around the room.

'Bring me that oil lamp...and that bowl...'

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'Well, I think her answer is very clear' said Martin, poking through the pile of ashes that the messenger had nervously tipped out in front of Baldwin.

'The pope has restored Arnulf on the condition that he tear apart my marriage to Adelasia, Arda refuses to return, and pater is breathing down my neck to resolve this situation.'

Baldwin looked up at Martin.

'What the hell am I supposed to do?'

'...fake your death? ' Martin said, quietly.

Baldwin leant back in his chair and groaned in frustration.

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Roger clasped his mother's hand and looked mournfully at her.

'Can I not persuade you to stay?'

Adelasia smiled sadly and shook her head.

Her son had been nothing but wonderful since she had returned, showering her with gifts and making sure she was comfortable and happy. But something inside her had broken after the anullment of her marriage to Baldwin at Acre; something that all the familial love in the world wasn't going to fix.

‘The quiet of the convent will do me good.’

The Convent of San Bartolomeo was in Palermo, the capital of her son’s empire. It was a beautiful complex, dedicated to St Bartholomew the Apostle; the follower of Jesus was matyred by being skinned alive, and subsequently became the patron saint of tanners, plasteres, tailors, leatherworkers, bookbinders, farmers, housepainters, butchers and glove makers.

Fitting, really. Her husband had stripped her of her wealth, her health and apparently her happiness.

Roger swallowed the lump in his throat and blinked rapidly. ‘I will never forgive those bastards for how they have treated you. Never. I swear it.’

Adelasia squeezed his hand. ‘I know.’

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They waited until the cover of night to smuggle Baldwin out of the city. Jerusalem was in mourning for its king and the heir apparent was expected to arrive any day. It wouldn't do for "Baldwin II" to arrive early.

'You could stay,' Baldwin said, quietly. 'I will need advisors I can trust.'

But Martin was already shaking his head.

'I have been away from Burgundy for too long. Better to return and relieve Estienne from the burden than return after the man has grown weary of his position. I will miss you.'

Startling to realise how true that is.

Baldwin said nothing but pulled Martin into a hug. He squeezed him firmly, and clapped him on the back.

'I will return some day to check up on the place. Take care not to burn it all to the ground.'

Baldwin snorted. 'Brakāto'

'Natrik'

They climbed up onto their horses and turned, riding off in different directions and ignoring the urge rising in their chests to turn back around and watch the other go.

Author’s Notes

Adelasia del Vasto was wealthy, widowed and wise. She was commended in her lifetime for being a prudent woman; a good ruler and an excellent mother who had a good relationship with her remaining son Roger. Adelasia died on 16 April 1118 and was buried in Patti. Roger II was outraged at the treatment of his mother and never forgave the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

Baldwin, king of Judea and Jerusalem, and defensor of the Holiest Sepulchre of our Lord, Jesus Christ was how he was referred to in a charter from 1104.

Wimple - a type of headdress worn by women in the middle ages

brakāto - bragget

natrik - snake

[miraculousmaker]

SPOILERS FOR TMAGP 19

LIVE REACTION

The way Celia’s rustling silenced when she heard Sam recognized alchemy.

Celia enabling her boyfriend’s obsession is so funny.

Back at it again with Jon reading letters from men that are centuries old. This one seems a little gay too, the other ones have been noted as gay in the past.

‘Enact a protocol’?

Big flask

Reminding me of that Lovecraft story about unimaginable color. Also, I did read Discovery of Witches, so this is so interesting to me.

Honestly, this is really interesting. Symbology is what makes this whole thing up, and the dog slowly changing and dying. But not dying, not really.

Another growth report, too.

The dog gaining sapience. Then having it taken away just as quickly.

It’s funny that this guy was questioning Issac on his biblical mirroring of god (blasphemous) and then watched Issac create life within the living, and then was like “bro we gotta make sure his research is destroyed”

then he wanted to bring Issac into their inner circle?

The computer beeping always reminds me of a heart monitor.

Alice please, at a certain point it’s not even coincidence or anything.

Watch now Sam’s gonna isolate himself.

Does Colin actually know stuff? He’s actually taking measures into hiding things.

Alice being surrounded by things happening, ignoring the possibility of them being risks so that she’s safer/more normal. She’s either going to die or very quickly learn how to be combative. On the flip side, it would be hilarious if she stays ignorant until everyone else is fully monstrous and she just stands there like Elmo.

[impulsivebrainrot]

💀⚠️❗SPOILER ART for FORBIDDEN FRIENDSHIP❗⚠️⭐

-CHAPTER 16: Race to the Edge of the Railroad-

Part 2

“But yeah, we do,” King smiled warmly. “So, wanna do the honors for the next clue?”

King flipped the journal to the first page with the unraveled text, handing it to them.

The Collector cleared their remaining sniffles and smiled, giving a determined nod.

They started reading.

I have made an exceptional discovery.

Of all the creatures I have studied, never have I encountered a truly unique specimen such as the Star Witch. Quite an intriguing stranger. Their physique is akin to the average witch, but their magic is more potent, bizarre— almost celestial. Hence, how I assigned their first name. Although, they also exhibit a slightly petulant personality.

I have decided to dedicate the rest of this journal to learning more about them. Perhaps with more frequent interactions, I would gain better insight on their origins, and how their magic diverges from the common witch population. I shall input more information to the original page if necessary.

As I continue to catalog these creatures, it dawned on me that I am yet to expound on the specimen I am most familiar with— myself. After all, I as well am a living, breathing, being of flesh and bone. And fur… lots of it. 

I am the heir to my father’s position as chief of our village. It would have been my older brother, but my father has seen a more prestigious opportunity for him, as an aspiring member of King Khronus’s royal guard. And my brother, of course, relishes the idea every single day.

He was also the reason why I decided to cast Illusionist’s Script on this half of my journal. He takes pride in reporting ‘reasons’ for my lackluster performance to our father. Show-off.

I also have a little sister. She is adventurous, stubborn, and has a knack for getting into trouble and then getting away with it. I envy that trait. Nonetheless, she is my closest friend, and the only one who takes a genuine interest in my pastime. We both have the woods as our haven.

You must have inferred by now that being my father’s successor is the least of my concerns. For someone who has always been shunned away for being eccentric, I’m not even certain if I’m fit for such a responsibility. I even have trouble merely looking people in the eye.

I have attempted to explain it to my father before, and he… tries to understand. But the next day, I’m in the training courts again.

But every now and then, I slip into the woods, returning to the wild wonders I feel more at home with. These true majesties of nature, I believe, are underappreciated by the denizens of the Motherland. It is among them, as I have mentioned in this journal's preface, where I find solace.

It is here where I become more acquainted with the Star Witch. And perhaps someday, I may forge a stronger bond with them.

My name is Takhida.

And I'm a Titan.

Without wings:

[Zoom ins]

Journal:

also, his quill is from the Winged Firespitter .w.

(damn the quality TT AHKSJHD)

Widdle Were-Wombat (mentioned in Chapter 14: Looking Back to the Looking Glass)

li'l c h o n k >:3

Anyway, I'm sure nothing bad happened to him =w= ✨