#aline charles

[week-of-wonders]

Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc (2017) / Jeannette, l'enfance de Jeanne d'Arc

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

[librapacks]

♡﹒﹒ medieval period names !

FREE CONTENT : MASTERLIST ⸻ here is a list of 52 family tree names from the 300s — 1500s! for anyone needing names from those generations for fantasy or historical type roleplays.

masculine

A — alderic , aubri

B — bjorn

C — charles , chlodwig

D — duncan

E — ealdred , eberhard

G — gainfroy , godfried , gospatric

H — hemerich , hugues

I — ingram

J — jocelin

L — lambert

M — marcomir

N — niall

R — richard , robert

T — théodomir

V — vanbertus

W — walter , waltheof , waudbert , william

feminine

A — adela , alesia , aline , amalberga , argitta

B — bertswinda

C — christiana

D — derdera

E — eadgifu , eithne , eulalia

F — fraya

G — gerberge

H — helen

I — idonea , ingrid , industria

L — lucilla

M — mechtild

O — oda

R — reine

S — sabilla , syagria

T — theodelinde , thurid

U — urraca

[starrieshq]

I RANKED ALL CANNON SHIPS FROM THE SHADOWHUNTER CHRONICLES

do not come after me this is just my opinion:) if I missed any ships please comment!

#1: Kitty (Kit x Ty)

#2: Thomastair (Thomas x Alastair)

#3: Malec (Alec x Magnus)

#4: Sizzy (Simon x Isabelle)

#5: Jordelia/Heronstairs (Cordelia x James)

#6: Kierarktina (Kieran x Mark x Christina)

#7: Sophideon (Sophie x Gideon)

#08: Morgenthorn (Dru x Ash)

#9: Clace (Clary x Jace)

#10: Gracetopher (Grace x Christopher)

#11: Jemma (Emma x Julian)

#12: Jessa (Tessa x Jem)

#13: Wessa (Tessa x Will)

#14: Haline (Aline x Helen)

#15: Arianna (Anna x Ariadne)

#16: Fairwell (Charlotte x Henry)

#17: Fairstairs (Matthew x Cordelia)

#18: Luke x Jocelyn

#19: Saia (Simon x Maia)

#20: Cabriel/Heronwood (Cecily x Gabriel)

#21: Blackdale (Jesse x Lucie)

#22: Grace x James

#23: Chalastair (Charles x Alastair)

#24: Nessamie/Lovegray (Jessamie x Nate)

#25: Banecourt (Magnus x Camille)

#26: Zara x Diego

[kaitcreates]

The Shadohunter Chronicles Character Showdown

First Round, Second Round, Third Round, Fourth Round, Fifth Round, Semi-Finals, Finals

Rosemary Herondale vs Arthur Blackthorn, (Feb 23)

Celine Montclaire vs Diego Rocio-Rosales, (Feb 24)

Maureen Brown vs Anna Lightwood, (Feb 25)

Christopher Lightwood vs Ragnor Fell, (Feb 26)

Julian Blackthorn vs Livvy Blackthorn, (Feb 27)

Bridget Daly vs Jon Cartwright, (Feb 28)

Nate Grey vs Sona Carstairs, (Feb 29)

Gabriel Lightwood vs Madeleine Bellefleur, (Mar 1)

Paige Ashdown vs Rupert Blackthorn, (Mar 2)

Valentine Morgenstern vs Kraig, (Mar 3)

Andrew Blackthorn vs Irene, (Mar 4)

Axel Mortmain vs Thais Pedroso, (Mar 5)

Kit Herondale vs Ke Yi Tian, (Mar 6)

The Dark Sisters vs Filomina di Angelo, (Mar 7)

Lucie Herondale vs Simon Lovelace-Lewis, (Mar 8)

Shiyun Jung vs Cameron Ashdown, (Mar 9)

Elias Carstairs vs Tavvy Blackthorn, (Mar 10)

Luke Greymark vs Will Herondale, (Mar 11)

Ash Morgenstern vs Matthew Fairchild, (Mar 12)

Sophie Collins vs Jaime Rocio-Rosales, (Mar 13)

Catarina Loss vs Tessa Grey, (Mar 14)

Jessamine Lovelace vs Woolsey Scott, (Mar 15)

Diana Wrayburn vs Magnus Lightwood-Bane, (Mar 16)

James Herondale vs Jesse Blackthorn, (Mar 17)

Sebastian Morgesnstern vs Ty Blackthorn, (Mar 18)

Julie Beavul vs Tatiana Lightwood, (Mar 19)

Meliorn vs Helen Blackthorn, (Mar 20)

Alexander Lightwood vs Arawn, (Mar 21)

Jace Lightwood-Herondale vs Michael Wayland, (Mar 22)

Raphael Santiago vs Kieran Kingson, (Mar 23)

Marisol Garza vs Hypatia Vex, (Mar 24)

Dru Blackthorn vs Ari Bridgstock, (Mar 25)

Eugenia Lightwood vs Bat Velasquez, (Mar 26)

Eliza Rosewain vs Rafael Lightwood-Bane, (Mar 27)

Anush Joshi vs Seelie Queen, (Mar 28)

Church vs Cecily Herondale, (Mar 29)

Annabel Blackthorn vs Robert Lightwood, (Mar 30)

Beatriz Mendoza vs Malcolm Fade, (Mar 31)

Jocelyn Fairchild vs Max Lightwood-Bane, (Apr 1)

Imogen Whitlaw vs Jem Carstairs, (Apr 2)

Mother Hawthorn vs Chairman Meow, (Apr 3)

Manuel Casales-Villalobos vs Barbra Lightwood, (Apr 4)

Cordelia Carstairs vs Benedict Lightwood, (Apr 5)

Divya Joshi vs Lily Chen, (Apr 6)

Patrick Penhallow vs Alastair Carstairs, (Apr 7)

Isabelle Lightwood vs Mark Blackthorn, (Apr 8)

Amatis Greymark vs George Lovelace, (Apr 9)

Maryse Lightwood vs Elliott, (Apr 10)

Alexei de Quincey vs Elyas the Demon, (Apr 11)

Hodge Starkweather vs Henry Branwell, (Apr 12)

Camille Belcourt vs Auraline, (Apr 13)

Aline Penhallow vs Roland Loss, (Apr 14)

Johny Rook vs Stephen Herondale, (Apr 15)

Rayan Maduabuchi vs Alec Lightwood-Bane, (Apr 16)

Esme Hardcastle vs Jordan Kyle, (Apr 17)

Grace Blackthorn vs Evelyn Highsmith, (Apr 18)

Jia Penhallow vs Charles Fairchild, (Apr 19)

Horace Dearborn vs Max Lightwood, (Apr 20)

Emma Carstairs vs Mina Carstairs, (Apr 21)

Charlotte Fairchild vs Aloysius Starkweather, (Apr 22)

Janus Herondale vs Zachary Carstairs, (Apr 23)

Gwyn ap Nudd vs Clary Fairchild, (Apr 24)

Maia Roberts vs Gideon Lightwood, (Apr 25)

Thomas Lightwood vs Cristina Mendoza-Rosales, (Apr 26)

[bwoahtastic]

Pfft could help but think about DILF Max getting Charles and Lando gifts and Charles is a little sexy and Lando is getting a new PC or something. Well Max accidentally swaps them and Lando leaves and when Charles opens the gift with Max, Max about shits himself seeing it's Lando's PC.

Well Max tries to call his son but instead Lando calls Charles and is screaming and crying because now he's traumatized seeing the mold of a dildo and the card says custom made

Poor little Lando learned a little bit to much that day

KSKSKSKDIS

Max wanting to spoil his boys, buys Lando a new pc and Charles a handbag and some more 🌟spicy🌟 toys including a dildo molded to his dick lol. The boxes end up being similar in size and Max accidentally gives the wrong one to Lando, who needs to go home and help nico with something, maybe helping nico prepare as he is going into jest snd he needs his baby home before it hits so he can fuss over him and be a momma hen, before Lando will stay with Max during the heat itself.

Max seeing Charles unpack a pc and cursing, realising he got it all wrong! He tries to call lando but lando is already on the phone with Charles trying not to throw up because "WHY DOES IT SAY CUSTOM MADE, CHARLES?? WHY WHY WHY" and Charles is having a laughing fit aksksk.

(Also lando returning to switch the stuff and get his pc when nico's heat is starting, but Nico, who is single, kept the dildo.... maybe Max goes to help him tho? Charles is thr one to suggest, Heats aline are painful and Max and Nico know and trust each other (and Nico clearly likes Max's dixk still lol)

[cyanideteaorca]

Tomie

I like her, but not this colored sketch

And there original sketch, and also Aline Ruby from Mars Express (my wife) and Charles

[william-he-they]

Charles xavier headcannons because i can

If he where to wear jewelry hed wear pearl earrings.

He's trans ftm (he/they/it).

Hes bi. (And madly in love with Erik lehnsherr.)

His favorite tea is sleepy time tea.

I have a feeling he'd listen to hozier or autoheart or both if he lived in the modern day.

Loves cardigans and old Grampa sweaters.

He looks amazing in lilac. (Not a headcannon just a fact)

He loves sun flowers and blue roses.

His favorite candle scent is vanilla.

And thats all for today thank you for your time remember we all have diffrent opinions and takes on characters if my takes dont aline with yours please just scroll instead of saying anything.

[princeofiron]

Hi! Are you looking for an 18 or over discord server for The Shadowhunter Chronicles? Look no further! We’re now open to all the books including the last hours and infernal devices! So if this is something you're interested in please read below to see who's available!^^

We also keep all the pdf book files if anyone is interested in jumping in a fandom!^^ (were chill and really nice!^^)

Below is who is available!

Tlh&tmi

Alastair Carstairs

Alexander Lightwood(tlh)

Anna Lightwood

Ari Bridgestock

Barbara Lightwood

Cecily Herondale

Charles Fairchild

Charlotte Fairchild

Christopher Lightwood

Cordelia Carstairs

Eugenia Lightwood

Gabriel Lightwood

Gideon Lightwood

Grace Blackthorn

Henry Branwell

James Herondale

Jessamine Lovelace

Jesse Blackthorn

Lucie Blackthorn

Matthew Fairchild

Oliver Hayward

Sophie Collins

Tatiana Blackthorn

Thomas Lightwood

Woolsey Scott

Zachary Carstairs

Tda, tmi, twp&dead tsc

Adaon

Aline Penhallow

Anush Joshi

Bat Velasquez

Beatriz Mendoza

Cameron Ashdown

Catarina Loss

Diana Wrayburn

Diego Rosales

Divya Joshi

Gwyn Ap Nudd

Helen Blackthorn

Jane Cartwright

Jia Penhallow

Jocelyn Fairchild

Lily Chen

Livia Blackthorn

Luke Garroway

Maia Roberts

Mason Hardcastle

Maryse Lightwood

Michael Wayland

Nene

Paige Ashdown

Patrick Penhallow

Raphael Santiago

Robert Lightwood

Ryan Maduabuchi

Seelie Queen

Simon Lewis

Thais Pedroso

Valentine Morgenstern

Winter

Zara Dearborn

[jamtoasties3316]

Piss omega oscar— all the omegas on the grid are generally available for free use for the alphas and at first Oscar is mostly ignored because he is so unreactive to being fucked, it’s not as much fun as making max for example squirm and squirt. But then after the first time fernando pisses on him it becomes clear what gets a reaction out of the little omega! Soon instead of a line for the toilets in the paddock there’s a line of people waiting to piss on Oscar. He’s one of the most popular omegas and of course there’s another line waiting to fuck him once he gets all wet and slick and needy.

Oh yes! All Omegas kept freely accessible to the Alphas, and Omegas like Charles and Max are super popular because they are so responsive and cum so hard for them, or Lance who would love anal so much!

Oscar is left aline a lot because he doesn't respond to anything, barely gets wet and just doesn't seem to have any opinion on what the Alphas do to him

Foe sure Fernando would make a show out of it once he realises what Oscar likes, has Oscar naked on hands and knees as he pisses right in his face, and to everyone's shock Oscar moans and sticks his tongue out, and on closer inspection that frigid little cunt is finally slicking up!

Soon there is a line of drivers waiting to piss on or in the Omega and Oscar is just a shuddering mess, pussy all red and puffy with arousal but no one is even touching him yet. He gets roughly washed off with a hose before his pussy gets fucked, soaking wet and messy!

[redladydeath]

Six actors who's names share a common root

Hannah (12) Jana Larell Glover, Anna Uzele, Hana Stewart, Annamaria Baranyai, Anita Gado, Hannah Lowther, Annabel Marlow, Anna Peller, Gerianne Perez, Analise Rios, Hannah Taylor, Anna Terpiłowska

Elizabeth (9) Ellie Jane Grant, Izi Maxwell, Ella Burns, Bella Coppola, Izabela Pawletko, Analise Rios, Leesa Tulley, Elizabeth Walker, Ellie Wyman

Laurence (8) Laura Dawn Pyatt, Lauren Byrne, Lauren Irving, Lauren Mariasoosay, Laura Blair, Lauren Drew, Loren Hunter, Lori McLare

Margaret (7) Małgorzata Chrusciel, Meghan Corbett, Meghan Dawson, Meg Dixon-Brasil, Megan Gilbert, Maggie Lacasse, Megan Leung

Christos (7) Kirsty "Zara" MacIntosh, Keirsten Nicole Hodgens, Cristina D'Agostino, Kristina Leopold, Christina Modestou, Kristina Walz, Krisztina Magyar

Helen (6) Ellie Jane Grant, Elena Breschi, Ella Burns, Elena Gyasi, Aline Mayagoitia, Ellie Wyman

John (6) Jana Larell Glover, Gianna Grosso, Jaina Brock-Patel, Janique Charles, Janice Rijssel, Lori-Jane McLare

Nicholas (6) Nicole Louise Lewis, Nikki Bentley, Nikolett Gallusz, Collette Guitart, Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert, Nicole Lamb

Alexander (5) Alexia McIntosh, Sasha Renae Brown, Alexandra "Zan" Berube, Aleksandra Gotowicka, Ji-sun "Lexie" Kim

Gabriella (5) Gabbi Mack, Gabrielle Davina Smith, Gabriela Francesca Carillo, Gabriella Stylianou-Burns, Gabriella Boumford

Jasmine (5) Jasmine Shen, Jasmine Smith, Jasmine Forsberg, Jasmine Hackett, Jaz Robinson

Julius (5) Juli Horanyi, Giulia Marolda, Julia McLellan, Julia Pulo, Jillian Worthing

Adal (4) Alicia Corrales-Connor, Alyssa Giannetti, Alize Ke'Aloha Cruz, Aline Mayagoitia

Amy (4) Amy Bridges, Aimie Atkinson, Amy Di Bartolomeo, Kara-Ami McCreanor

Courtney (4) Courtney Monsma, Courtney Stapleton, Courtney Bowman, Courtney Mack

Emil (4) Amelia Walker, Emily Rose Lyons, Emily Harrigan, Emilia "Millie" O'Connell

Katherine (4) Caitlyn De Kuyper, Kathryn Kilger, Caitlin Tipping, Kate Zulauf

Kayla (4) Kala Gare, Khaila Wilcoxon, Kaylah Attard, Kayla McSorley

Monica (4) Monika Nika Veres, Monique Ashe-Palmer, Janique Charles, Mónika Horváth

Sophia (4) Sophie Golden, Sophie-Rose Middleton, Fia Houston-Hamilton, Sophie Isaacs

Abigail (3) Abigail Sparrow, Abbi Hodgson, Abby Mueller

Aenor (3) Ellie Jane Grant, Ella Burns, Ellie Wyman

Danielle (3) Danielle Steers, Danielle Mendoza, Danielle Rose

Eireann (3) Aryn Bohannon, Erin Palmer Ramirez, Erin Caldwell

Hayley (3) Haley Izurieta, Hailee Kaleem Wright, Hailey Lewis

Laura (3) Laura Dawn Pyatt, Laura Blair, Lori McLare

Lucius (3) Lucy Aiston, Lucia Valentino, Lucinda Wilson

Natalie (3) Natalie Pilkington, Natalie Paris, Natalia Kujawa

Oliver (3) Olivia "Liv" Alexander, Olivia Donalson, Oliver Wickham

Rhiannon (3) Rhiannon Bacchus, Rhiannon Doyle, Rhianne-Louise McCaulsky

Sarah (3) Kala Gare, Sadie Hurst, Sarah McFarlane

Theodore (3) Terica Marie, Didi Romero, Dóra Csonka

Agnes (2) Inez Budd, Agnieszka Rose

Aisha (2) Aiesha Naomi Pease, Aisha Kardffy

Alan (2) Lana Zoe Jensen, Alana M. Robinson

Amanda (2) Amanda Lee, Amanda Lindgren

Ashley (2) Ashlee Waldbauer, Ashleigh Weir

Brian (2) Brianna Brito Mooney, Brianna Javis

Cassandra (2) Cassandra Lee, Cassie Silva

Cathassach (2) Casey Esbin, Casey Al-Shaqsy

Ceallach (2) Kelly Sweeney, Kelly Denice Taylor

Cennetig (2) Kennedy Carstens, Kenedy Small

Charles (2) Carly Mercedes Dyer, Caroline Siegrist

Chelsea (2) Chelsea Lorraine Wargo, Chelsea Dawson

Chloe (2) Chloe Zuel, Chloe Hart

Eloise (2) Eloise "Ellie" Sharpe, Eloise Lord

Eric (2) Terica Marie, Erika Herceg

Grace (2) Grace Mouat, Grace Melville

Hadrian (2) Adrianna Glover, Adrianna Hicks

Henry (2) Harriet Watson, Harriet Caplan-Dean

Holly (2) Holli' Conway, Holly Musgrave

Jennifer (2) Jennifer Caldwell, Ji-woo "Jennifer" Kim

Jessica (2) Jessica Niles, Jessica "Jessie" Bodner

Ludwig (2) Lou Henry, Rhianne-Louise McCaulsky

Maia (2) Maiya Quansah-Breed, Maya Christian

Martha (2) Marta Burdynowicz, Marta Skrzypczynska

Mary (2) Annamaria Baranyai, Marilyn Caserta

Matilda (2) Maddison Bulleyment, Maddison Firth

Melissa (2) Melinda Porto, Melissa J. Ford

Rachel (2) Rachel Rawlinson, Rachel "Rae" Davenport

Renatus (2) Renee Lamb, Brene "Bre" Jackson

Shannon (2) Shannen Alyce Quan, Su-jeong "Shannon" Pae

Sidney (2) Cydney Clark, Sydney Parra

Taylor (2) Taylor Iman Jones, Taylor Pearlstein

Victor (2) Victoria "Vicki" Manser, Viki Singh

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta (Spanish, 1841 - 1920) Aline sosteniendo un sombrero, ca. 19th century

Raimundo de Madrazo grew up in a family of painters. His grandfather, José Madrazo y Agudo, a student of Jacques Louis David, was a famed history painter who accompanied Charles IV of Spain during his travel to France. His father, the Romantic painter Federico de Madrazo, trained with Franz Xaver Winterhalter in Paris and was known as the best portrait painter in Spain. Yet the roots of Madrazo's mature style stemmed from the artistic influences of his brother-in-law, the great master Mariano Fortuny y Rosales. Like Fortuny, Madrazo worked with exuberant colors heightened with an exquisite comprehension of light. Influenced by the artistic currents in Paris, Raimundo turned away from the academic canvases favored by his family to embrace Belle Epoque subject matter. Specifically, his work focused on intimate full-length portraits in an intimate studio settings.

[isfjmel-phleg]

February 2023 Books

Death by Disguise by E. L. Bates

It was a pleasure to spend time with Maia and Len again! I enjoyed the Cambridge setting. The magical elements of the mystery were intriguing. And I'm curious to see where the new developments of the ending lead the characters, who are about to experience significant changes.

Freddy Goes to Florida, Freddy Goes to the North Pole, and Freddy the Detective by Walter R. Brooks

Frequently humorous, but I don't think I would read this series three at a time again (which is not the books' fault).

A Box of Bones, The Inn Between, and The Doll's Eye by Marina Cohen

A Box of Bones was my favorite of these (dare I say I liked it a little better than the also very good Small Spaces?)--readable blend of characterization and atmospheric creepiness. Also major points for the Lake Champlain setting and the mentions of the small town where I was born! It plays a small but significant role in the story.

The Inn Between was effectively creepy. I'm not sure how I feel about the ending, which leaves the protagonist in a place where ideally she shouldn't be, but yet the wording subtly implies this could change?

The Doll's Eye had an absolutely horrifying ending. Yikes. It was well-written but yikes.

She, the Adventuress by Dorothy Crayder (reread)

I acquired a copy of this one a while back and wanted to revisit it.

The Princess Aline by Richard Harding Davis

This one has an interesting history. The fictional Princess Aline was inspired by Princess Alix of Hesse-Darmstadt (the future Tsarina Alexandra of Russia), whom Davis was apparently infatuated with after having seen her once from a distance. Reportedly Alix's grandmother Queen Victoria and her daughters read and enjoyed Davis's book. Charles Dana Gibson's illustrations of Aline bear a resemblance to Alix too.

I liked the concept of this one better than the execution. An artist with rather shallow views on women becomes infatuated with a princess and follows her across Europe, only to gradually come to terms with the fact that she is unattainable and that he has actually fallen in love with a young woman he has been traveling with. I didn't care much for the protagonist, so it was difficult for me to get invested in anything he was doing, and the clarity at the end came maybe a bit too late to convince me.

The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo (reread)

Goodreads tells me I read this in 2011. I have no memory of it from then but liked it this time.

The Finches' Fabulous Furnace by Roger Wolcott Drury

A family moves into a house with a very small but potentially dangerous volcano in the basement. I was initially frustrated with Mr. Finch's approach to the situation; at first only he, his son, and the man who sold them the house know about the volcano, and Mr. Finch chooses to conceal this information from his wife and daughter on the grounds that it might worry them. The volcano affects significant things like the temperature of the house, and Mrs. Finch is naturally concerned, but her husband makes no effort to set straight her assumption that they have an unusual furnace. He and his son tie themselves in knots trying to conceal the problem rather than putting the problem out in the open and dealing with it. When Mrs. Finch and her daughter do find out, they have very realistic concerns, which the guys dismiss, and the daughter in particular wants to let the entire town know what potential danger they're in. By then, some important (male) figures in the town know too, and they also insist that the volcano be kept secret for the sake of appearances (heaven forbid a major town festival be compromised!). And it goes about as well as you would expect.

It seems to be a commentary on the importance of openly addressing problems with the people they concern rather than leaving people deceived/in the dark "for their own good." And that's a truth worth expressing.

Meet the Austins, The Moon by Night, and A Ring of Endless Light by Madeleine L'Engle (reread)

I didn't love A Ring of Endless Light as much this time as I did when I originally read (at what was just the right time--dealing with death was not so close to me this time around), but I do still like them, mostly for Vicky, who is very real and relatable in her struggles to figure out life. But I am begging this girl to, if she absolutely must date, date a boy who is a) her age and not a legal adult and b) not a condescending jerk. She repeatedly ends up with guys who are varying degrees of this.

If L'Engle absolutely had to keep bringing Zachary Gray back, I wish she would have just given him an effective, lasting redemption arc instead of handing character growth to him over and over on a silver platter and letting him reject it every. single. time. and keep on being The Worst.

The Boy in the Box by Cary Fagan

This was my Blind Date with a Book selection! I actually enjoyed it. The characters were engaging, and the world had that middle-grade-characteristic tone of being in reality (probably not magical) but just a little to the left in terms of bizarreness.

The Story That Cannot Be Told by J. Kasper Kramer

Middle-grade historical fiction set in Romania in 1989. I learned a lot about this aspect of history and enjoyed the narrative and its fascinating themes of the roles that stories take in a world full of surveillance and suppression and betrayals. Kramer weaves the young protagonist's retelling of a Romanian fairy tale in with the larger story to good effect.

And it had a happy ending! Stories in that sort of setting so frequently don't.

The Light Princess by George MacDonald

Enjoyable, in a Victorian fairy tale way.

The Faerie Door by B. E. Maxwell

Beautiful cover, and there was potential in the concept of a Victorian girl and a 1960s American boy having fantastical adventures together. Operative word being together, though. They got arbitrarily split up and the chapters alternated between each's seemingly unrelated adventure. Any chance for them to genuinely bond and affect each other's character development was gone, and the result seemed excessively long, derivative, and rather a slog to read, unfortunately.

The Little Princess of Tower Hill by L. T. Meade

What a difference over a century can make in how a story appears. I liked the protagonist, who wasn't really such a bad girl as the narrative seemed to think, and her male cousin, who is presented as a role model for her, comes across as condescending and obnoxious. There's a disabled girl from a poor family whom the narrative treats as only having worth when she can be of help/use/support to people with perfect health and/or more means. An interesting look at the rhetoric of children's stories of the time, but I can understand why this one hasn't been remembered.

Once on a Time by A. A. Milne

Very witty, as can be expected from Milne. The characters aren't always easy to like, but Milne does go out of his way to make them more than stock roles.

Along the Shore: Tales of the Sea by L. M. Montgomery

It was interesting to see some forerunners of characters and subplots from the Anne series (Montgomery was apparently straight up plagiarizing her own short stories sometimes).

Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel by Megan Morrison

Some of the action of this book dragged for me, but by the end it became a really interesting exploration of Rapunzel's relationship with the witch who exploited her. It's extremely difficult for this Rapunzel to accept the truth that she has been exploited by someone whom she considers a loving mother figure, and she spends a lot of the narrative making herself unpleasant and clinging to her delusions--they're all she has. Slowly, she has to accept the truth and figure out how to navigate the complicated feelings she has toward the witch. There's a surprising amount of nuance for a book on this age level, and I was intrigued enough by how this was handled to want to seek out the rest of the series.

The House of a Thousand Candles by Meredith Nicholson

There were some brilliant one-liners in this one. The Gothic-ish concept had potential. But the pacing didn't work for me, I couldn't warm up to the protagonist (what is it with the male leads from this era?), and it turned out to be much less of a page turner than I was expecting.

The Valley of Lost Secrets by Lesley Parr

Middle-grade historical fiction about evacuees in Wales during World War II--how two brother adjust to their new life and host family while getting caught up in some local mysteries, such as the identity of the human skull the elder brother finds hidden in a tree. (There are some similarities to the real-life unsolved case of "Bella in the wych elm," which I found fascinating.) Both readable and believable in its portrayal of the historical setting (which is of major importance to me in historical fiction). This author has a couple of other books, and I think I'll seek them out.

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

Well, that was utterly devastating, but what else can one expect from Sepetys? I learned a lot about an event I had never heard of and am quite impressed by the amount of research that went into this writing. Sepetys's author's note provides additional background and even a bibliography.

Miss Buncle's Book by D. E. Stevenson

Loved the premise of this one. It seemed to drag or get redundant as it progressed, and I don't think I'll look for the other books, but some of the characters were delightful. I was reminded a bit of the Mapp and Lucia stories, if they had had a much less cynical worldview.

No significant comics this month, just bits of things here and there.

[wtflife01]

I feel like Charles is a kind of person who doesn’t like remaining aline so not shocking he has a new girlfriend. How long they last will depend on how well Alex is able to handle being in the spotlight.

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[kaitcreates]

The Shadohunter Chronicles Character Showdown

First Rounds

Charles Fairchild vs Raphael Santiago(Feb 23)

Tavvy Blackthorn vs Jessamine Lovelace(Feb 24)

Alastair Carstairs vs Thais Pedereso(Feb 25)

Clary Fairchild vs Kit Herondale(Feb 26)

Tatiana Blackthorn vs Jace Herondale(Feb 27)

Annabel Blackthorn vs Anna Lightwood(Feb 28)

Ash Morgenstren vs Christopher Lightwood(Mar 1)

Amatis Graymark vs Jaime Rocío Rosales(Mar 2)

Matthew Fairchild vs Grace Blackthorn(Mar 3)

Henry Fairchild vs Maia Roberts(Mar 4)

Gabriel Lightwood vs Thomas Lightwood(Mar 5)

Malcolm Fade vs Tessa Gray(Mar 6)

Julian Blackthorn vs Aline Penhallow(Mar 7)

Johnny rook vs Mark Blackthorn(Mar 8)

Dru Blackthorn vs James Herondale(Mar 9)

Jem Carstairs vs Maryse Lightwood(Mar 10)

Eugenia Lightwood vs Stephen Herondale(Mar 11)

Michael Wayland vs Catarina Loss(Mar 12)

Simon Lewis vs Will Herondale(Mar 13)

Luke Graymark vs Gideon Lightwood(Mar 14)

Charlotte Fairchild vs Valentine Morgenstern(Mar 15)

Robert Lightwood vs Emma Carstairs(Mar 16)

Ty Blackthorn vs Anush Joshi(Mar 17)

Jesse Blackthorn vs Isabelle Lightwood(Mar 18)

Sophie Collins vs Jocelyn Fairchild(Mar 19)

Cordelia Carstiars vs Barbra Lightwood(Mar 20)

Ragnor Fell vs Helen Blackthorn(Mar 21)

Alec Lightwood vs Cecily Herondale(Mar 22)

Sebastian Morgenstern vs Kieran Kingson(Mar 23)

Cristina Rosales vs Magnus Bane(Mar 24)

Arati Bridgestock vs Celine Montclaire(Mar 25)

Lucie Herondale vs Lily Chen(Mar 26)

Let the battle begin!