#ahren gray

[runwiththerain]

an introduction to the marauders

for @gently-decaying-flowers

follow up posts will be made for the valkyries and skittles

james fleamont potter

also known as prongs

important canon information:

dead, died on october 31st 1981 defending his family from voldemort so lily could protect harry

his parents are fleamont 'monty' and euphemia 'effie' and we love both of them

his animagus is a stag

was head boy and a chaser on the gryffindor quidditch team

had a mutually antagonistic relationship with severus snape

fancast information:

original fancast was aaron taylor johnson

second fancast was reiky de valk

my personal fancast is gabriel.stewart

other fancasts include nickisnotgreen and thomas weatherall

common fanon traits:

is known as the sun and a golden retriever character, wears red converse, swiftie, quidditch obsessed, early morning riser who tries to force other people too (doesn't work), loyal, hero complex, hopeless romantic, mischievous and loves pranks, often is desi or latino, would take a bullet for anyone in his life, definitely strutted and is a therapist friend, has a hard time opening up

ships:

jily/sunflower/flowerpott: james and lily evans

jegulus/sunseeker/starchaser: james and regulus black

prongsfoot: james and sirius black

moonchaser: james and remus lupin

sirius orion black

also known as padfoot

important canon information:

godfather to harry and best friends with james

left home at 16 to live with the potters

was wrongly accused for the betrayal of lily and james

served 12 years in azkaban before using his animagus form to escape

his animagus is a black dog

was killed by his cousin bellatrix lestrange

fancast information:

original fancast was ben barnes

second fancast was undecided

my personal fancast is conan gray

other fancasts include louis seriot and eren m güvercin

common fanon traits:

drama queen, massive david bowie fan, rides a motorcycle, experiments with makeup, genderfluid, compulsive and mischievous, gay, owns and wears a leather jacket, he thinks his initials stand for son of a bitch, short king, gets jealous easily, no concept of personal space, mommy issues, daddy issues, family issues, pretty crier, french, likes to paint his nails

ships:

wolfstar: sirius and remus lupin

blackinnon: sirius and marlene mckinnon (widely unaccepted now)

prongsfoot: sirius and james potter

remus john lupin

also known as moony

important canon information:

his nickname of moony came about due to his "furry little problem" (being a werewolf)

in prisoner of azkaban he taught d efense against the dark arts at hogwarts

has a child called teddy with nymphadora tonks

was killed in the battle of hogwarts

fancast information:

original fancast was andrew garfield

second fancast was undecided

my personal fancast is p4perback

other fancasts include paul ahrens and matthew hitt

common fanon traits:

always wears grandpa sweaters, craves academic validation, best friends with lily, grumpy around full moons, loves chocolate, the mastermind behind all the marauders pranks, goes to a study group, is a massive nerd, tall but it took ages for him to grow, self worth issues, raspy voice, swears a goddamn lot, welsh and no one can understand what he says

ships:

wolfstar: remus and sirius black

moonwater: remus and regulus black

moonchaser: remus and james potter

moonrosekiller: remus and barty crouch jr and evan rosier

peter pettigrew

also known as wormtail

important canon information:

traitor to the marauders

was james and lily's secret keeper but ratted them out to voldemort hence resulting in their death

his animagus form is a rat

hid in his rat form in the wealsey family as 'scabbers' until discovered by sirius and remus in the prisoner of azkaban

fancast information:

original fancast was dane dehaan

second fancast was undecided

my personal fancast is lewis capaldi

other fancasts include maxwell acee donovan and jacob batalon

common fanon traits:

friendly and sociable, plant dad, needs validation, great cook/baker, indecisive, cheeky, amazing at chess, not the smartest academically, childhood friends with james and marlene, quick thinker, unintentionally funny, wants nothing more than to fit in, sometimes forgotten, has a really healthy dating history, sometimes has the best pranks and suprises the others

ships:

pebill: peter and sybill trelawney

unknown ship name: peter and james potter (usually a one sided crush)

unknown ship name: peter and remus lupin

partyvan: peter and barty crouch jr and evan rosier (this is mostly made as a joke)

[dogstarmoonheart]

how do you make this stuff It's amazing <3

have a lot of similar questions like this in my inbox atm. this is me answering some of em’ in one go :) (hope that’s ok)

what tools do I use? : I major in “theater and film production” which have supplied me with the very useful skill of photoshop. That, “messages” and “procreate” (digital illustration app) is what I’m working with.

how long does an image take to make?: it depends really..If I have a template ready? 10 minutes tops. what really takes time is creatin’ a conversation I don’t wholeheartedly despise. If I make, let’s say 10 images, half of them will be thrown out. Sometimes I just give in and post some shitty ones in a state of utter defeat though..

preferred fan-cast?:

James = Nick Green

Remus = Paul Ahrens

Sirius = Eren M. Güvercin

Peter = Lewis Capaldi

Frank = Matthew Gray Gubler

Lily = Faith Collins

Marlene = Beatrice Kristi (when blond)

Mary = Alexandra Shipp

Alice = Carey Mulligan (when brunette)

Regulus = Timothèe Chalamet

Barty = Felix Mallard

Evan = Constantin Ostendorf

Pandora = Elle Fanning

Dorcas = Taylor Thompkins (the model)

that’s all for now, kisses!!

[elshells]

Happy STS! I hope you’ve had a good week :D your OCs all go to the beach together, how do each of them spend the day?

Happy STS! (Thursday's not too late, right??) It's been a busy week, but still good! :D

Oh, man. This is so fun to think about! Being a seaport city, Harmont has some beaches, but they're all cold and rocky and gray, nothing like you'd find in Hawaii, for example. So I'm going to take the Agent Ace gang there for the sake of a new experience.

Sophia would love it there. She would run straight for the ocean and dive into the waves. Swimming, surfing, it doesn't matter. She'd want to do it. Ahren would be much more hesitant to approach the water, and warn her over and over not to go in too deep, but she wouldn't listen—she's too busy healing her inner child. Eventually, she'd drag him in with her, and they would both have the time of their lives.

Harley, Jade, and Max would spread out a towel and have a picnic, basking in the sun while talking and enjoying the full-course meal that Max had prepared for them himself. Once they were done, Harley and Jade would go for a walk along the shore. Harley would search for small fish and crabs in the tide pools to show to Jade, and Jade would collect pretty shells and drop them into Harley's pockets while she wasn't looking. They would have asked Max to come with them, but he conveniently had something he needed to attend to and wasn't able to join them. ;)

I don't think Janus would be a fan of the beach. The experience would probably be somewhat overstimulating, what with the heat and the smells and the roar of the wind and oh god the sand gets everywhere. He wouldn't admit he was uncomfortable, but he'd find a nice shady spot on a faraway dock to sit and be overwhelmed on his own. BUT, if you gave him a kite, I imagine he'd feel a lot better about the situation.

Jet, being as competitive as he his, would organize a volleyball tournament. He'd write up team brackets, expecting to smoke the opposing team, but the results would not be what he expected. For one thing, you would think Sophia's athleticism would make her a fantastic teammate, but strangely, each of her serves manage to pelt Janus in the face. This would continue to be a problem even when the teams switch and they end up on the same side.

The dark horse of the game, however, would be August. The man has some killer serves and dives to save the ball every time—and he wasn't even planning to play. Everyone would watch him in utter shock, while he would simply shrug shyly and claim he'd never played before.

Meanwhile, while all of this went down, Bellona would be off wrestling a shark. And honestly, it's best to just let it happen.

[ao3feed-anastasia]

The Color Blue and the Art of Drowning

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/5EdOgxa by the_mochi_frog After the revolution, everything is grey. All the color seeps out of the world, leaving only drabness in its wake. St. Petersburg—Leningrad, as they try to rename it—turns monotone. Buildings lose their color, new construction is as gray as the dirt, as the uniforms of the Bolshevik soldiers. Even the cathedral’s vibrancy bleeds away until only the patterns remain, and none of the color. 
 Words: 1918, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Anastasia (1997), Anastasia - Flaherty/Ahrens/McNally Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: F/M Characters: Anya | Anastasia Romanov (Anastasia 1997 & Broadway), Dimitri | Dmitry (Anastasia 1997 & Broadway), Vlad Popov Relationships: Dimitri | Dmitry/Anya | Anastasia Romanov (Anastasia 1997 & Broadway), Dimitri | Dmitry & Anya | Anastasia Romanov (Anastasia 1997 & Broadway), Vlad Popov & Anya | Anastasia Romanov, Dimitri | Dmitry & Vlad Popov Additional Tags: Probably ooc, Fluff, Fluff and Angst, Sad, But only a little, Metaphors read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/5EdOgxa

[si-book-blog]

Beyond the Mirror - Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell takes the readers through a journey alongside the main characters, Eleanor and Park, as they live through the complexities of adolescence, with a focus on the way young people tend to perceive themselves and each other. The narrative, set in Omaha, Nebraska in the mid-1980s, sheds light on the challenges Eleanor faces with her physical appearance being the stark contrast in the eyes of the traditional societal ideals of beauty. The novel explores the intricate relationship between the female body image and self-worth, highlighting the powerful influence of societal expectations on self-esteem and personal identity.

The 1980s was commonly seen to be a time of supermodels and the idolization of celebrities, coupled with the mark of the rise of mass media. As the images of thin women continued to mainstream into the 1980s and flowed into the 1990s, a narrow definition of beauty was perpetuated creating a pervasive culture that equated physical appearance with value and desirability (Speck, Gray and Ahrens). Extreme thinnest was presented throughout the media celebrated in fashion imagery, with larger bodies being highlighted as unhealthy and interchangeable with bad, leading to many judging their own bodies through the binary lens (Howard). The constant pressure to fit into the categorized ideals often resulted in women, in particular adolescent girls, feeling a sense of inadequacy and self-doubt.

In Eleanor & Park, Eleanor is detailed to be painfully aware of her body and the idea that it does not meet the conventional standards of beauty referred to in society. Her red hair, large frame, and unconventional fashion choices constant paint her a target for bullying on the bus and at school (Rowell). The lack of support and validation is shown to significantly impact Eleanor’s self-esteem, resulting in her viewing herself though a lens of shame and insecurity. Societal expectations of the time are presented through the cruel comments and behavior Eleanor is seen to encounter, reinforcing her negative self-image. With Eleanor’s struggle with her body image posing a central theme in the novel, readers see Eleanor often describing herself in derogatory terms mirroring the internalized sense of worthlessness Eleanor has tied to her body.

At school, the bullying exacerbates Eleanor’s insecurities. Tina and her friends use Eleanor’s appear as a weapon against her, using it to belittle and overall isolate her. The toxic environment Eleanor is forced to survive at home, specifically her abusive stepfather, Richie, further magnifies Eleanor's negative self-image (Rowell). Richie’s atmosphere of fear and control within the household contributes to Eleanor’s image through reinforcing her feeling of worthlessness in the cruel and degrading comments on her appearance and behavior. Richie’s neglect of Eleanor’s basic needs results in her wearing ill-fitting clothes, isolating her from her peers (Rowell). Richie’s behavior is not only limited to him, but also seen to branch off into Eleanor’s mother, who is too afraid of Richie to stand up for her daughter. The overall lack of a nurturing figure in her life is a major contributing factor in Eleanor’s negative body image, resulting in her lack of positive reinforcement seen to be needed in adolescences when building self-confidence.

The choice of clothing reflects Eleanor’s desire to hide her body from the judgmental gaze of the world. While her ill-fitting clothes are a result of neglect, the clothes act as a shield from the world, allowing Eleanor to retreat into herself and avoid the scrutiny that comes with being visibly different in another way. On the other hand, her protective shield reinforces her sense of otherness, making her someone who does not fit into the conventional standards of feminine beauty of the time period. Beyond the novel, the choice of clothing symbolize how society viewed women’s bodies and policed them in accordance to societal desires (Speck, Gray and Ahrens).

Despite Eleanor’s view of herself, Park’s view of her challenges the negative beliefs displayed upon her by those around her and her own self. With Eleanor’s appearance being in sharp contrast to the rest of the girls he has been conditioned to find typically attractive, Park is unsure what to categorize Eleanor as. However, as Park begins to get to know her, he sees beyond Eleanor’s hard exterior and finds the beauty within her uniqueness. The shift in Park’s perception of Eleanor brings to light the importance of acceptance, in both the oneself and by others. For Eleanor, Park’s growing love for her is what grows to become the catalyst for her to reevaluate her own view of her self-image. Through Park’s eyes, Eleanor grows to experience a form of validation, not based on superficial qualities, but based on a deeper connection. Park’s acceptance of Eleanor slowly is seen to allow Eleanor to accept herself, challenging the societal messages that dictated her self-image.

Eleanor & Park provides a nuanced exploration of impact female body image on self-worth. Rainbow Rowell examined the pervasive influence of societal expectation on how women themselves and each other through Eleanor’s experiences. Eleanor’s journey to self-acceptance is displayed to be one of struggle, but shows growth facilitated by her relationship with Park. The novel challenged the reader to consider ways in which society’s narrow definitions of beauty can be more harmful and damaging to individuals, while also leaving behind the message that acceptance can lead to a more positive self-image.

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Works Cited:

Ellison, Jenny. "Let Me Hear Your Body Talk: Aerobics for Fat Women Only, 1981–1985 MLA 9th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.) Cheryl Krasnick Warsh. Gender, Health, and Popular Culture : Historical Perspectives. Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2011. APA 7th Edition (Am." Warsh, Cheryl Krasnick. Gender, Health, and Popular Culture : Historical Perspectives. Waterloo: Wilfrid Lauier University Press, 2011. 193-210.

Howard, Jacqueline. The history of the ‘ideal’ woman and where that has left us. 9 March 2018. 22 August 2024. <https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/07/health/body-image-history-of-beauty-explainer-intl/index.html#:~:text=Though%20images%20of%20thin%20women,athletic%20and%20toned%20body%20types.>.

Rowell, Rainbow. Eleanor & Park. Great Britain: Orion Books, 2012.

Speck, Mia Foley, James J. Gray and Anthony H. Ahrens. "No Longer Just a Pretty Face: Fashion Magazine's Depictions of Ideal Female Beauty from 1959 to 1999." The International Journal of Eating Disorders 36.3 (2004): 342-347.

[fangirling-paradise]

The premiere episode of The Saga of Borros: Banesbreak aired on PixelCircus last night! This show, according to Damien, has a different vibe than Failed Save but it has its moments of humor. The VOD is available on Twitch & most likely on the PixelCircus' YT channel as well. I have been excited for this new DND show since Saige started teasing about it (*secrets*) 🖤 Kurse is Saige's oldest DND character; one she's played the longest. Vincent has put so much of his heart into this story ❤️

Saige's Instagram (3/22/22)

[dirtycreekwater]

thinkin about Them

(i didn’t get a picture with Ahren sadly)

[thewhiskey-theliar-thethief]

Ok, but can we talk about this??? Cause I am VERY excited @carloscrits

[reverseblackholeofwords]

Pierce The Veil - King For A Day [Cover by NateWantsToBattle ft. @Leeand...

[luna-teeth]

King For A Day feat. LeeandLie + Ahren Gray

[sontzuuu]

[sontzuuuart]

[starchildrenofdustand-ashes]

Sooooo last weekend was broadwaycon... some pics of my OOTI group and I ( I was erzulie and papa ge 💕💀)

[perry-tannenbaum]

Soul and Spirit of the Caribbean in a Ramshackle Village

Soul and Spirit of the Caribbean in a Ramshackle Village

Review: Once on This Island By Perry Tannenbaum

  Early in the colorful Tony Award-winning revival of Once on This Island, we learn what differentiates the upper-class grand hommes of this French Antilles fantasyland from the darker-skinned impoverished peasants they have shunned. The upper crust have their money, their steady flow of rich tourists, their fine champagne, their Frenchified style,…

[ao3feed-anastasia]

The Color Blue and the Art of Drowning

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/CtQYnHJ by the_mochi_frog After the revolution, everything is grey. All the color seeps out of the world, leaving only drabness in its wake. St. Petersburg—Leningrad, as they try to rename it—turns monotone. Buildings lose their color, new construction is as gray as the dirt, as the uniforms of the Bolshevik soldiers. Even the cathedral’s vibrancy bleeds away until only the patterns remain, and none of the color. 
 Words: 1918, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Anastasia (1997), Anastasia - Flaherty/Ahrens/McNally Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: F/M Characters: Anya | Anastasia Romanov (Anastasia 1997 & Broadway), Dimitri | Dmitry (Anastasia 1997 & Broadway), Vlad Popov Relationships: Dimitri | Dmitry/Anya | Anastasia Romanov (Anastasia 1997 & Broadway), Dimitri | Dmitry & Anya | Anastasia Romanov (Anastasia 1997 & Broadway), Vlad Popov & Anya | Anastasia Romanov, Dimitri | Dmitry & Vlad Popov Additional Tags: Probably ooc, Fluff, Fluff and Angst, Sad, But only a little, Metaphors read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/CtQYnHJ

[a-funeral-pyre]

DollDivine Dolls (#3)

Yes, another one. Shorter because I haven’t made one in ages.

1.King Durin (the quotes are from Clamavi De Profundis’s When the hammer falls. Listen to it, it’s amazing)

2.Morea from Ruin of Kings. Her eyes were supposed to be gray. I have no idea if the hair is correct.

3.Arlingfant (Shannara)

4.Lynliss (Shannara)

5.Haldar, Halman and Halmir

6.Fem!Ahren (Shannara)