#and i argue that lilia has control over it most of the time

[whitenoface]

malleus’ one brain cell working in overdrive

context: he is looking at a goat

[twistedwonderworm]

Hello, anon here. Could I request headcanons of diasomnia with reader who enjoys drawing , giving the boys a portrait of them that they painted themselves? And when I say portrait, I mean a life-sized portrait. ( if you cant do the full dorm u can just do lilia, leona, vil, and cater. Ty! Also, ur writing is amazing!! Keep up with ur good work, and have a good day ╰(*´︶`*)╯♡ )

Of course you can!!!

Headcanons: Diasomnia with an artist!reader

Pairing: Diasomnia x GN!reader

Warnings: N/A

Word count: 720

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MALLEUS DRACONIA

Mal is pretty used to people painting portraits of him so this is pretty normal. What is not as normal is that his precious child of man is the one painting this newest portrait. Of course, he would rather you not put yourself through this kind of strain, but he wants you to be happy so he won't argue with you.

He's absolutely shocked when you present the portrait to him. A life-sized portrait of him, painted by dear human is the greatest present he could ever ask for. It also doesn't hurt that the quality of it is a much higher calibur than he thought aby human capable of. It is an absolutely beautiful piece and he's over the moon that you painted it just got him.

He has no problem praising you and work as highly as he can, nearly to an embarrassing degree. He can't help it though. To anyone else's eyes, it's just another portrait for Briar Valleys heir apparent, but to him it's so much more. He's just so flattered that you did so much work for him because you wanted to and not because his family paid you to do it. This makes this particular portrait his favorite out of all of them.

LILIA VANROUGE

Also not a stranger to portraits being painted of him, but like Malleus, he won't argue with you about you painting one of him. He has seen the other drawings that you've done, and the quality of your work has this fae very excited. He couldn't wait to see how this portrait came out.

When you finally hand him the finished product, the old fae is pleasantly surprised. Sure all of your works are beautiful and well done, but this portrait is absolutely breathtaking. Few artists he knew could make such a quality,life sized portrait.

After thanking you, Lilia tells you that he's going to treasure it. That's the truth. It's a heartfelt, amazing gift from one of his most favorite humans. He'd be an absolute fool if he didn't treasure it.

SILVER

He's really surprised when you want to paint a portrait of him. Sure, you two are very close but he doesn't believe he's beautiful enough to be immortalized in paint like that. Though if you insist, he'll let you paint. As long as you're happy, he's happy. If you need him for your model though, fair warning, he's going to fall asleep not too long into the session.

When you gift him the portrait, he is so amazed at the level of skill. Like in his eyes, it's the most beautiful portrait in the world and he will absolutely say so. He'll stop susing it if it's embarrassing to you, but you can't stop him from thinking it.

He'll happy put it some place where he can look at it every, still in shock that would make such an amazing piece of art for him. He decides to get you something in return as a thank you, hoping that the gift would mean as much to you as yours does to him.

SEBEK ZIGVOLT

"You want to paint a portrait of me, little human? Of course, you do. Who wouldn't want to a paint a magnificent fae?" Outwardly, he's cocky and cool headed about you wanting to paint a portrait of him. Inwardly however, he was freaking out. He was already confused by his feelings for you, but you doing something like that for him just complicated things for him.

When the portrait is finished and you hand it to him, he almost gives up his true feelings. He just stares at it for a long time before turning to you, using the time he was looking away to get control of his feelings. "This is a great piece of art, for a human." You ignore his words, smiling at the small thank you you heard him mutter before he quickly walked off.

He hurried back to his room so that he could admire the painting more and find the perfect place to put it. Despite being a full-sized portrait, it soon finds a place on the wall next to the portrait of Malleus. It's perfect. A portrait of his prince next to a portrait of himself painted by his most precious human.

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Ava Dawnstrider, (pronouns she/her) my twisted wonderland oc. Here is some background on her

Is a half human half bat dragon fey hybrid from briar valley

She only has her mom who is a normal bat dragon fey as her father had abandoned her and her mother when she was born because of Ava’s “deformities” that being her second pair eyes right below her normal eyes.

She is sixteen years old and is attending night raven college, and is one of only two girls at the school the other being yuu the main protagonist of the game.

She is the only other member of ramshackle dorm as she was sorted before she dropped her glamor and was still chosen to be a student and live with yuu and grim.

She has a dislike of loud noises and certain types of physical touch because of her enhanced hearing as well as trauma from being bullied when she was in school for her differences.

She doesn’t like people seeing her true from as she has been bullied about in the past, but with the help of yuu, grim, ace, and duces (as well as malleus and lilia) she is finally starting to get comfortable showing others her true form.

She loves anything sweet, as it reminds her of her mom and all of the sweets she would make to sell at the farmers market. So she absolutely adores when Trey makes her, yuu, and grim sweets as it reminds her of home.

Ava has a good bond with her teachers, mostly with Divus and coach Argus as she had to talk to them on her first day of classes and explain to them how she feels about their yelling and in the case with Divus, how any kind of physical injury from him using his “whip” on her would cause her to have a harder time to heal her own wounds. She has show them what her true form looks like and they start to changer little by little over the school year.

Ava has a massive crush on Malleus draconia as he is one of the first people to ever see her as an equal in dragon fey standers. She is too shy to actually tell him how much she likes him, but he understands that and is letting her gain the courage to tell him.

Malleus accidentally saw Ava’s true form when he had gotten through to her about how he trusted her to show him her true form at her own pace. When she did show him what she looked like without the glamor she has up all the time, he immediately calls her “the most beautiful and astonishing women I have ever laid eyes upon.” This absolutely breaks the barriers that she has set up to protect herself from the words of hate that had/has been spread around about her that she starts crying.

Malleus thinks that he made her upset about his off words comment, but is taken aback when she hugs him, and thanks him profusely as she cry’s into the hug. He then learns of her past and vows to keep her safe as he immediately bonds to the half dragon fey.

Ava knows about Lilia as her mother had been friends with him, so when she finally is able to talk to him about her mother and everything that had happened with her and her father, he immediately stats to treat her like his own kid. She doesn’t really understand why he changed to start treating her like one of his kids, but she doesn’t mind as she finally has a father figure in her life.

Ava, doesn’t like pomfoire, as rook constantly wants to either kill her as she is seen as “ample pray” for him to hunt or wants to try to get her to show him her true form. Because of this malleus had to full on threaten rook as he explained that ‘if he ever saw him try to pull any of his stunts on to Ava, he would personally end him for trying anything to hurt his treasure.’

Ava doesn’t have the best control of her transformation from her human to dragon form, so whenever she accidentally turns in to her dragon form, malleus will just pick her up (as she is still technically a whelp in dragon years.) and just hold her close to him as he growls to help her fall asleep.

Ava’s singing voice is something that she is very proud of, so she ecstatic when she was chosen to sing with Vil for the SDC. But she hated when he tried to use her as a model to use his homemade skincare products as her glamor only works to hid her appearance as people can still feel her skin and eyes below it. So she panics and drops her glamor on her face to show to Vil why he shouldn’t use her as a model. He understands and chooses to use someone else and is more responsive to what things he can use on her for her skin and asks her first if he can do her makeup for the competition when it gets closer and closer.

[deceitful-darlings]

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From: Twisted Wonderlandland

I match you with...

Sebek Zigvolt

As mean spirited as he comes across, Sebek is capable of being sweet...occasionally. At the beginning it was pretty much total disrespect, talking down at you for being human, and the fact that you tend to not argue due to your meekness is something that means he tends to focus on you because you’re one of the only people that listens to him whether you’re actually invested in what he says or not. But as one of the few people that does, he soon finds himself invested in you because of that, he can shout and brag about Malleus to his heart’s content, so of course he’s concerned about how you, a human who knows your place, is doing.

You’re a human therefore he'll see you as being foolish no matter what you do, you’re small and weak, so easy to hurt, so soft...not that he acknowledges the more pleasant thoughts for a while. It's only when Lilia notices the way he looks at you, really digs and pretty much forces him to confront his own feelings that he actually realises he feels something other than a different form of superiority. Of course, these newly discovered feelings don’t change that aspect of him, therefore they simply channel in a slightly different way to how they were before. He’ll come up with any excuse to keep you near, always going on about how weak you are, how even a pathetic human could do damage to you with you being so weak.

You’re weak, so that means you should listen to someone stronger than you, and he’s more than confident in his ability to surpass most of the students in other dorms, if that’s the case then you should simply follow him, it’s the chain of command and he’s above you. He’s not very tactful when it comes to expressing himself, so even his praise often ends up with some form of whip against you mixed in, which just makes a pure compliment from him that much sweeter. But even following Lilia’s advice and trying to be a little less harsh with you, he finds his possessiveness hard to control.

He’s strong and he knows it, he could beat any human easily, but he has to be there to beat them, a simple shove could be enough to harm you and they take only a few seconds! Not only that, but others lie, humans, beastmen, merfolk, the other, lesser fae, they’re deceitful and dishonest, and you just aren’t on guard at all, doing any little thing they want, it’s so frustrating from him. He can’t leave Malleus’ side, so you’ll just have to come to him, he’ll lower himself to sharing his room with you he supposes, Ramshackle is cold, and you can die from something so simple, right? Be grateful he’s agreed to take you on! He gets aggressive to anyone that interacts with you outside of his immediate group, and of course that frustration affects his mood towards you, so avoiding others becomes natural to keep him happy, his contentment gives you a little more freedom in the dorm to carry out hobbies, cook and bake for the two of you, read in front of the fire, but his insecurity will have him looking for any chance to remove those privileges, or at least exchange them. You were hanging out with Ace and Deuce, you clearly prefer their company over his so why should he let you hug him? Napping is lazy, you should be getting up when he is! But maybe you can sleep in if you come straight back to the room after lessons, no wasting time in the common room. His attempts at control are clumsy, but with your want for validation and love, it doesn’t even matter in the end.

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Lucifer

As the Avatar or Pride, Lucifer is the kind of possessive that builds over time, for you at least. He’s intelligent enough to know that doing things too quickly will get him noticed, and he’s prideful enough to manipulate you into his arms without there being too much of a fight from you. He takes note of everything that you do, all of your quirks and anything about you that could be useful for him in making it so things go to plan for him, he finds them quickly and efficiently without you even noticing, and he’ll come up with excuses or caveats for your hobbies and desires. After the years he’s spent dealing with his brothers as well as various other demons, he’s someone who knows how to find weaknesses in anything, he’s not the right hand man of the Demon Prince for no reason after all.

Napping in public is too risky, therefore you can now only do so in his room, the one place his brothers will never go, you get overwhelmed easily? To be expected of a fragile human, go and rest in his room where you’ll get some peace. The devildom is his home, he knows how dangerous it is so why wouldn’t you believe him? He’s such a trustworthy figure that you can’t even think to imagine that his advice has any other purpose than your comfort, not seeing the deathly glares he sends to any demon who tries to get even remotely close to you. Even if you tried to question him, he would simply give you a look that makes you shrink back into yourself, feeling guilty for even having thought of questioning what he was doing and if it truly was in your best interest. His unreasonable demands are easily hidden behind doing the bidding of Diavolo to keep you safe, and what reason would there be for you to not trust him despite being a demon?

It’s a slow process that you don’t even notice, because it is comfortable for you, getting praise from someone like Lucifer is hard to come by, but whenever you follow his orders to stay inside, to do something or not do it, to avoid talking to certain demons, he’ll tell you how well you did, sometimes even patting your head if it was a particularly difficult request for you. You are allowed to chat to his brothers, his punishments are enough of a threat to not have you doing anything silly, but why would you want to disappoint him in the first place? Just be a good girl and wait for him, he’ll reward you if you do, you can think about what you want from him while you snuggle into his arms on his bed. It feels like a normal relationship, as long as you do what he says at least.

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Your character analysis posts are really accurate! I like how you want to show that a character is a lot more than they show. It kind of angers me that there are people who headcanon the boys as something they're not, or they saying that they're this one personality trait only. What other characters from twisted get mischaracterized, at least in ur opinion?

THANK THANKK !! XD

I really enjoy going into depths of characters' personalities because damn- there were some big brains behind their creations!

This question was rather important so I couldn't decide on any specific characters to talk about, so I decided to list all of the twst characters and how they'd often get mischaracterized.

Mischaracterization isn't bound to twst fandom because as long as a there's a fandom, fanon interpretations of characters exist.

Almost any character in any fandom can be mischaracterized at some point, but it isn't always that noticable or important. Mischaracterization often becomes noticable when pretty different interpretations of rather 'popular' characters exist within a fandom, which causes many to argue over what the correct interpretation is.

For now, I'm dividing all of twst characters into "5 groups" to explain how each of them might often get mischaracterized.

Group A: Complex personalities

It's simple, these characters can be quite hard to understand. It's either because of having too many features at the same time, which makes them quite hard to read because we'll need to achieve a balance between all of their different personality aspects, or being quite secretive and mysterious which awfully bounds our knowledge regarding these characters and their personalities.

•Malleus Draconia: We previously talked about Malleus; the main reason of him getting mischaracterized is having plenty of spine-chilling features while having considerably childish and innocent hobbies at the same time. This opposition often makes it hard to decide on what the cannon Malleus is like, because it can hard to choose one between his darker side and softer side. What we need in order to achieve a rather cannon interpretation of Malleus, is a balance. Just as I previously said: Malleus isn't a baby, but he isn't a monster either.

•Lilia Vanrouge: Even without going into depths, you can tell that Lilia's personality is complicated as hell. Though I can't really tell that he's being Mischaracterized because the cannon Lilia himself can switch into a totally different personality in a matter of second, one moment he's a 90+ year old father trying to lead his children into he right path, one moment he's an unraveled neon teenager playing the ear-scrathing heavy metal with that guitar of his, and the other second he's an absolute monster which can creep the heck out of you with a simple "Boo". Lilia can also get plenty of different personalities through fanon interpretations:Yandere Lilia/Vampire fae/ Papa Lilia/ Daddy Vanrouge many other details which I can't go through now,but let me just say: A Lilia analysis would be rather long, and interesting one.

•Jade Leech: Speaking of reading characters, better know that this mister eel Leech is an absolutely tough one. You'll never know what he's hiding behind that friendly yet evil smile, or what intentions might be behind his extreme will to play the role of the butler and help everyone out. Understanding this Sebastian Michaelis complex is an absolute challenge and this is probably one of the things that makes him so Interesting, you always know that he's hiding something dark on the inside, yet you can't really tell what it is.

•Cater Diamond: This might be rather hard to notice, but there's a lot about Cater which is left untold. Despite his sweet and positive appearance, his personality is actually a bitter-sweet complex of too many emotions and a pretty well-written background. The amount of info found through his voice lines and personal stories is rather amazing as if you're reading a real boy's life story! But this amount of detail and considerably dark aspects of his personality can make it really hard to understand what's going on in this mysterious mind; especially because of how he seems to be hiding a second face under that friendly smile.

•Jamil Viper: Jamil can be quite hard to read. He isn't really emotional and hardly ever expresses his true feelings. Even NRC students agree that he can be quite a mystery, from his past life and daily struggles to how many of his true feelings and intentions remained a secret until chapter 4. Jamil is a complex of pain, power, hatred and patience. His background is perfect example of a villainous story and how a child can grow to be a villain, which is quite interesting! Jamil's story is worthy of a detailed analysis and some time for all of us to understand what this guy has been going through.

•Rook Hunt: We often tend to know him as Pomefiore's "dramatic stalker", and he surely is! The fanon interpretation of Rook doesn't usually go against his cannon interpretation (Expect for the times that people get salty over his appearance or attitude- Which leads to the creation of countless Rook memes-) While it's true that he's more than just a French stalker, it can be hard to talk about anything else when it comes to Rook, because the cannon Rook tends to hide a lot about himself, leaving us with a considerable lack of useful information to use. He really got us all there, huh? Even as he's a fictional character and we're living in real life- he tends to control what we know and think of him-

characters that can also belong to this group: Leona Kingscholar, Idia Shroud, Vil Schoenheit , Floyd Leech

Group B: Ignoring important features:

This group can get easily mischaracterized, mainly because each and every of them has an specific feature that really makes them stand out. (Ex: Riddle's short temper, Azul's soft and sensitive side, Sebek's obsession with Malleus,...) But paying to much attention to that one specific feature often leads to ignoring everything else about their personalities, and gives them a pretty simple and fanon interpretation which can sometimes be the total opposite of the detailed and cannon one.

•Azul Ashengrotto: Azul's fanon picture had an extreme change after chapter 3, mainly because of how his background and breakable side was revealed; the cruel and heartless mafia boss turned into the soft and emotional baby. This sudden change in perspective stole the hearts of many fans and the fandom in general came to appreciate Azul even more, but at some point it caused his most important feature to be forgotten: Azul tends to be strict about hiding that sensitive side of his, so the Azul we get to see in general is the fearful picture of the mastermind who's taken the magics of many away, not that baby Octopus who used to cry whenever other kids bullied him because he was different. Getting to know his background and true feelings made us forget about his professional and strict side which is indeed the most important side of his personality!

•Idia Shroud: Baby boy, soft child, sweet tooth cutie, pretty little emo,...and hundreds of other nicknames to appreciate Idia and his iconic nature. But in contrast to what many assume based on his appearance and social anxiety, Idia is way different from just a shy yet adorable nerd; this guy is seriously hiding some evil inside. If you go through his stories and get to the points where he's thinking with himself, you'll see how different he can be. While he can't really get to tell these properly through his main lines, you can find him secretly insulting and nagging at how annoying some people are several times. It isn't just about being shy, Idia obviously dislikes many of the people around him. Focusing on his social anxiety and awkwardness causes us to forget how different he is when he isn't forced into a face-to-face conversation, also note that there are many thoughts going through this guy's brain that you probably hadn't thought of.

•Floyd Leech: While Jade's personality is obviously a pretty complicated one, Floyd's character is even more confusing because of his playfulness and seemingly childish manners. But it's important to remember that deep inside, floyd is just as mysterious as his brother. Describing Floyd as childish and dumb is equal to falling into Yana's trap, because Floyd is designed as an extremely smart and somewhat of sadistic character. It's so important to know that he's way more than just a chaotic eel or an playful idiot, Floyd literally has anything needed to be ranked among the most dangerous characters of the game, his personality along side his magic and genius can be quite deadly.

•Sebek Zigvolt: To be honest, many of us are just doing him dirty. Look, it's true that Sebek's often caught praising and talking about Malleus but please do not forget that Sebek as well has got his very own personality! Associating Malleus with whatever he says or does (especially through fanfictions) is somehow fading his character because most of the things I get to read or hear about him involves Malleus. Come on! This is Sebek that we're talking about, not Malleus! I understand that talking about Malleus is legit something he often does but while you're writing a fanfic, please remember that Sebek has got hundreds of features and personality manners to talk about other than talking about his "Waka sama". So instead of just focusing on his Malleus appreciation habit, try to get to know his very own features and personality! In many of fanon interpretations, Sebek is bound to doing nothing but talking about Malleus and only him which is pretty unfair! We should all take some time to talk about Sebek himself, not his obsession with Lilia or Malleus.

•Riddle Rosehearts: I understand where this is coming from, but I want to see something more than an angry Riddle shouting and screaming about the importance of rules and harshly forcing others into following them whenever I read something that involves Riddle. I see how being angry and turning as red as a tomato is his rather famous feature but we shouldn't ignore everything else about hum because of it. Other than his background and mentionable talents and abilities as the greatest dorm leader Heartslabyul's history, keep this in mind that Riddle did decide to try and change his way of leadership and reduce his obsession with rules after his overblot.

Characters that can also belong to this group: Vil Schoenheit, Rook Hunt, Kalim Al Asim, Silver, Epel Felmier

Group C: Ignorance/Lack of information

The reason with this group is obvious, we need to talk about them more often! While they're all great characters with interesting designs and personalities, it's somehow rare to see anyone doing a proper analysis of their characters, either because of not going through their details or stories, or even going through them but not finding anything special.

•Ace Trappola: Both Deuce and Ace are characters who have appeared through all of the chapters so far, which means that we've had the chance to get to know them better than any other character in the game! But their fanon interpretations are pretty simple and sometimes, boring. Most of us don't even realize that we're mischaracterizing them-! I often see them being pictured as either stupid or loud and troublesome. Ace for example, got a really strong plot about how he'd go through a relationship and his past experience in the ghost marriage, which can be a strong guide to how we should picture Ace in reader inserts, but sadly we're just sticking to fanon interpretations and don't give his personality the detail and cannon depth he deserves. Let's note that he can be quite evil, smart, logical and unpredictable too at the time.

•Deuce Spade: Deuce's case is pretty similar to Ace. I'm not saying that he's a totally different one from how the fandom is characterizing him, but come on, Deuce isn't just a chicken dummy! We've learned a lot about his relationship with his mother, his past life, his relationship with his close friends, his hobbies and his will to become a great magician so there's a lot we can say about him! Instead of just sticking to his clumsiness and sometimes, stupidity it's better to consider those features and details to describe him. Not only will it make us have more of a cannon interpretation on Deuce, but it'll also inspire us to create newer and more creative content for him!

•Silver: Look, while many of us love this sleepy guy, we need to understand that he isn't just a sleeping beauty or Lilia's cute son! Let's admit something, we're facing a lack of Silver content and even as we go through most of the existing Silver fanfics and content, it either has something to do with his sleeping issues or his relationship with idia, maybe some arguments with Sebek as well but it's rare to see anyone talking about anything else than these when it comes to Silver. His relationship with Lilia and Malleus, he way he appears in others' side stories, how he handles his tasks and the way Malleus and Lilia describe him is telling us that there's a LOT about him which we often ignore!

•Trey Clover: It's true that the cannon Trey isn't that different from the fanon one, but I can tell that the fanon Trey lacks quite a few of the cannon features. We're giving him a rather solid and sometimes boring personality of Heartslabyul's calm and collected mum who treats everyone nicely regardless of how reckless or annoying or rebellious they are. But the real Trey does express annoyance and uncomfortablitiy from time to time, he can even be quite sarcastic. If you come to get a close look, you'll see that Trey isn't always as nice as he seems to be.

•Ruggie Bucchi: I genuinely adore Ruggie's personality design, especially how he mostly comes of as a mysterious troublemaker but at the same time, he's being a tiny family man on the inside. Watching how he can be quite reckless toward other students in NRC (especially the first years) and on the other hand, be a pretty caring and protective sibling who really loves and cares about his poor family and is working his hardest to support them really brings the tears of joy to my eyes. Ruggie's story has got a lot to tell and this interesting design and personality really deserves more attention and supporters!

•Jack Howl: It's true that Jack doesn't really get mischaracterized , but he deserves to be talked about more often! Most of the fandom captured his personality really good and I can feel his tsundere-ish and protective vibes through most of the fanfics that involve him. He's got a rather calm and collected nature which gives him a more balanced personality compared to the rest of the characters, and can make it easier to understand the cannon Jack. He used to get really mischaracterized back in twst's pre-release, but after the game was released and we got to know the cannon Jack, most of those misunderstandings were solved. Perhaps the only thing that I wish to mentioned more often are the adorable details and his background, especially his relationship with his family and siblings.

Characters that can also belong to his group: Silver, Deuce Spade, Ace Trappola, Rook Hunt

Group D: The healing type (Iyashikei)

Look, the cannon interpretation isn't always the happiest or the sweetest. This group usually get mischaracterized because their fanon interpretation is presenting something better, something that more fans would accept and love. 'Softening extremely dark and unapproachable personalities' or 'spreading adorable and wholesome headcanons' are two common ways of the healing type. Characters with extremely bitter personalities usually belong to this group, because their stories can be too sad for the fandom, so many decide to go for a softer yet untrue way of characterizing them, which is sometimes good but going too far with the softening process often leads to creating a character that's nothing like the original.

•Leona Kingscholar: While I was working on my Leona analysis, I came to understand why some fans prefer the fanon Leona over the cannon Leona. Cannon Leona is quite dark and unapproachable, and you'll find his background and personality in general quite painful and sometimes depressing if you try to study the cannon Leona. Within all of the twst characters, he's got the darkest design therefore it can be quite hard for fans to accept his cannon interpretation. That's why some try to give him more of an affectionate and soft nature to make his personality seem less painful to go through. This sometimes create a totally wrong interpretation that goes against everything that the cannon Leona is, but at the same time many fans agree that cannon Leona on the other hand is just too dark to accept. We can tell that this fandom's favorite Leona is a balance of cannon and fanon Leonas, something neither too dark nor to childish and wholesome.

•Ortho Shroud: There isn't much we know about Ortho and his background, and I can't say that he's being directly mischaracterized either. Sometimes all we have to use in order to capture his personality are the fan- theories, which can really complicate stuff. Best way to know him is by paying enough of attention to his voice lines and hidden details, but it can end up being quite dark if you dig too deep- His background with Idia isn't directly mentioned but there are some dark details hiding through the story that can seem quite scary when you actually think about them, therefore many of the fans decide to ignore those details, and since there isn't much of Ortho content (mostly fanfiction) either, many (including me) decided not to mention anything about those dark aspects...

•Epel Felmier: Cannon Epel is quite different from the fanon Epel. Not saying that Epel is a meanie because he surely does have pretty cute and adorable aspects but the cannon can Epel can be quite reckless, mean and rude at the time while the fanon Epel is always described as a shy, cute boy(which is exactly what the cannon Epel hates to be described as). Going through his ghost marriage stories and voice lines, we can realize that Epel's rather bad with romance, and for now, he doesn't really seem to be interested in any love-related issues either. Writing reader inserts especially can be really hard if you're going to stick with the cannon Epel, therefore many choose to use the fanon Epel instead, a cuter and softer Epel who's quite acceptive and approval of being in love. A considerable majority of fans prefer this soft and cuter Epel, and this is why Epel mostly gets mischaracterized in reader inserts.

Characters that can also belong to this group: Malleus Draconia, Azul Ashengrotto, Cater Diamond, Ace Trappola, Lilia Vanrouge

Group E: Mischaracterized on main

Spreading false headcanons, not paying enough of attention to official details and simplifying complicated personalities are often counted as general ways of mischaracterization. Unlike the previous groups, this group doesn't really have a proper excuse for their mischaracterization, especially as we see some fans are being attacked and offended by some who tend mischaracterize characters in this way.

•Vil Schoenheit: We previously talked about Vil and how there's a pile of wrong information about him spread all over the fandom, from the one saying that he's trans and his pronouns are she/her (Many fans were attacked and forced to use She/Her for Vil) to the ones that are picturing him as a selfish character who cares about no one but his very own beauty, and is bullying Epel just because he envies Epel for being more beautiful than him. Look, regarding his relationship with Epel I must say that he's trying is hardest to make Epel be more mindful of his appearance and manners, he cares to help each and every around him look their best and isn't just focusing on his very own beauty. I meant to add him in group B because how many consider him to be obsessed with beauty and ignore everything else about him like his remarkable skills in leadership and other abilities in general, but considering the great amount of wrong information that is being spread around the fandom and is causing misunderstandings and arguments, I thought it'd be better to put him in this group.

•Kalim al asim: One sentence, four words: He is NOT stupid! While I insist that everyone in the fandom is free to have their personal interpretation and ideas regarding the characters and their personalities, keep this is mind that it's okay as long as it doesn't offend anyone else! How does it feel when Kalim stans are just watching others making fun of their favorite and calling him useless and stupid? Even worse, how does it feel when they're being told reckless stuff like: "Hey, you know that your favorite is the dumbest character in the game?" Let me clear 3 points right here: 1)Even if one's favorite is stupid, you do not have the right to insult them because of it even if you mean it as a joke 2)Nope Kalim is not stupid, generosity and caring for everyone around him with genuine kindness makes him a good and pure person, not a stupid one. 3) People who are saying that he's stupid because of not doing that great in school are just as funny as those who told all of us that you won't be any successful if you don't get good grades in exams. Lmao, dude this is the 21st century.

Characters that can also belong to this group: Floyd Leech, Epel Felmier

Well, I guess that's all? I couldn't talk much about any of them otherwise this would've gotten too long- So I just put a small intro of how each of the boys often gets mischaracterized instead. Okay it's awfully late lol I leave this now-

[aio-rya]

Theory — Malleus Overblot and Lilia's Participation

As I said earlier on the first part of the theory, Lilia's concern for Malleus is the same as a father for a son, since he raised the Prince and has been by his side his entire life —Malleus himself has said that Lilia is family, plus they both raised little Silver and, later, Sebek was left under Lilia's care.

Now, the point of this is to explain some facts I've noticed on the opening and some influence the ancient fae may have at the very end of this adventure.

We can split two points from here:

He find out something about his family which Lilia was aware of, but never told him was it an order or for his own sake —in case he don't know or what he know is not the truth. Obviously, this will break the decades of trust he had over his guard and, additional to it, we won't be able to comfort him. Lilia has been present over Malleus' entire life, which means he knows —maybe better than anyone but Malleus' Grandmother 『who is, according to Malleus conversation with Sebek, the Witch of Thorns herself』¹— what happened to his parents or even if she had something to do with that. I bet she hadn't, but this game has brought us many unexpected turns and we are, actually, talking about a Twisted place where fairytales are not what we have already seen.

Malleus is hiding something from Lilia, not only because he's always chased because of his royal title and he don't like it, but the feeling of loneliness growing up because of MC. He might be confused about his feelings but he is a Prince, he is one of the most powerful mages on NRC and he is one of the greatest five in the world —he is aware of his image and he will repress his feeling to keep it like that.

The first one is not that probable, why? Malleus himself knows about his parents or at least that's what he had let us see. And he loves his grandmother so much as even he helped her back home with throne issues.

But the second is some different matter. He has always been lonely, hasn't he? They were only Mr. Vanrouge and him and not always since Lilia used to travel a lot alone and her grandmother, as a Queen, had too much to deal with. He knew nothing else than an almost empty castle, though his excuse is that he is "used to it". We can even see that's not true at all when Lilia talks with Deuce on his SR Halloween Card about how he played Trick or Treat with Silver when he was a toddler, the kid knocked at the door and Lilia pretend to be a different person every time until his bucket was full of sweets and Malleus asked if he really did that and why they never did it together? Of course, since he helped raising Silver too, he won't argue and it was just "a comment".

But we take another theory: something about Silver. We know he's the adoptive child of Lilia but how? Why? What happened? We could argue that Malleus might have lost control over some village on his dragon form, but Silver is a 17 year old man, and Lilia said Malleus learnt self-control long ago, some time after burning his bangs but what if this is not true? Maybe Malleus had an accident and Lilia was in charge of easing such memories but considering the youngest fae's power it's less probable. We don't know how Lilia got Silver but what if he just arrived to the castle with him? What if there's some hidden truth in there? A fact is that, as we see on the Wish Upon a Star event, Lilia has always wanted peace but he painfully states that there has always been war between fae and human kind, even though there's peace now, he said history is a cicle. Malleus is sort of fond of Silver too, his own way, but what happens if he discovers something?

Now, we have assured that this Overblot will be Malleus —yeah, at some point I thought it could be Lilia or Sebek too since Silver... Well, is Silver, he's such a pure creature. Buuut... why? Grimm's Overblot. He has many of the characteristic references to the past transformations and maybe the most remarkable is a pair of huge dragon wings. And we know Malleus is a dragon fae.

Now, the relevance of Lilia on this arc which was re original explanation. Not only because of his relationship with Malleus, independently from the already mentioned theories, but because he is mastered on every magic too.

That leads me to this part of the cinematic:

Lilia Vanrouge is not only an ancient and wise fae but a very powerful one too. He may be gentle, sort of spontaneous and mysterious, but when he get serious, he is a mage to fear.

He's chasing Malleus trough the forest once, here, he is on a triple formation with Sebek and Silver, two men he raised and trained on magic and combat. The attack Lilia releases is very powerful, why would he need such kind of magic on a school?

As I already said, I don't like making theories out of the opening since almost none of the scenes have had any coincidence but the possible context of the two cinematic is just exciting.

Think it this way: Lilia is the only character who has lived long enough to get to know Malleus as well as he knows himself, as well his magic level is the only one who can get near, even for a bit, to Malleus' and the most important thing, prince Draconia listen to him and Lilia knows how to calm him down and how to comfort him.

If there is only one person able to fight and defeat Malleus power, is him.

1 — On the dialogue between Sebek and Malleus, the first one praises the prince's habilites over the Witch of Thorns'. Malleus asks him to lower his praises since "She was more powerful than even any of the other Great Seven. My power can't even hold a candle against my grandmother's. She's so advanced so there's no point on comparing us when she's on a whole other level."

ー・Φ・ー

I hope you enjoy this random stuff that just pop into my head. If you want to share out of here, please ask and leave credits~

[stormgardenscurse]

A Solstice Ball (Lilia Vanrouge)

About: Lilia x Reader (gender neutral) where Diasomnia invites you to spend the holidays with them back home, including the celebration of the winter solstice.

Warnings: None

Word Count: 2.6k

The Valley of Thorns, despite its rather prickly name, is a place that shines with an otherworldliness unique to itself.

It’s the same kind of timeless beauty that you’ve come to associate with Diasomnia. Even Silver, who is not fae himself, wields the aura. You’re a little jealous that they’d grown up in such a place, where mountains were aplenty and stars glittered clearer than you’ve ever seen.

And when you’re wandering around the hallways on a sleepless night, said stars lend you their company. It’s easy to gaze out of the windows since there are plenty flanking the walls. You’re currently staying in the castle and home of your friends, who were generous enough to invite you to celebrate the winter solstice together.

It’s tradition for the royal family to host a ball welcoming the Sun after a night of festivities - meaning the event would be run for almost twelve hours, starting with the evening and continuing into the next day, where the guests would eventually transition from the ballroom into the main gardens to witness the sunrise together. Malleus, for the past years, has been responsible for the ‘welcoming’, which according to Sebek was a magnificent sight, but Lilia insisted you not be spoiled of the details just yet, wanting you to witness it yourself.

Recounting the events that lead up to now helps calm your mind a bit, but the effect falls away briefly when you notice a figure walking down the hall toward you. While it’s unlikely they pose any danger to you, the suddenness of it spikes your heartbeat nevertheless. Many fae are undoubtedly graceful and agile in their movements, so it wouldn’t be a surprise to not have caught the noise of footsteps at first. 

However… This person is entirely soundless, and it’s only when you catch a glimpse of pink-dyed strands that you realise why.

Lilia settles into a kind smile as he nods at you in greeting, making his way to you. “Is something keeping you up, Y/N? I never took you for one to wander about at night.” He holds his chin to ponder it for a second. “Though young people do tend to retire to bed at later times...”

“You say that as if your sprightly self doesn’t do the same.” You shake your head, lips lifting amusedly. “Between your liking for strolls and gaming habits, I sometimes wonder how you find the energy to cause trouble.”

Lilia chuckles, “I suppose that was deserved, for my prank on poor Silver. He usually doesn’t express himself too explosively, so it’s always a treat to be gifted with the sight.”

“...If only that wasn’t at the cost of his risotto.” You lend him a scolding look, albeit jokingly. “He was looking forward to it too - Silver may never recover from the shock, poor guy.”

“The experience is sure to be a valuable one.” His eyes glimmer like garnets, and you’re suddenly reminded of their dark-red hue. Mysterious and lively, and somehow communicating a depth forged through his long-lived life. “A knight has to be alert after all, both on and off the battlefield.”

“...I suppose so. And knowing how dedicated those two are, they likely accepted that excuse?” 

“Indeed.” Lilia looks out of the window and at the landscape beyond. Part of you feels like he’s reminded of a memory, from the fondness in his expression. “Sebek and Silver are reliably hard-working. Even if they are mere hatchlings as of now, they will surely prove formidable someday. I hope you’ll be there to cheer them on when that time comes.” 

“Of course, I look forward to seeing them grow.” Your smile grows warm at the thought. “They want to make you and Malleus proud after all. Their resolve burns brighter than most their age.”

A comfortable silence fills the air, and you notice Lilia’s posture loosening a bit more. His gaze turns to meet yours, light and content. “Malleus and I have regretfully been busier with the ball’s preparations, but I promise to take you to our favourite places once this is over with.” Lilia makes a small gesture toward your hand, to which you give a nod, allowing him to interlace your fingers and place a kiss to the back of it. “It’ll be fun to show you around our hometown. There are some things you can only experience in the Valley of Thorns after all~ Like that shop that sells enchanted sweets! I’ve been meaning to make a stop there before we return to Night Raven College.”

Your lips quirk as you raise a brow at him. “Why is it that you sound more excited for that than the ball tomorrow? Just before break, you were reminiscing of the winter solstices you attended in the past.”

“While the event is an annual one, it is the first time you’re spending the holidays with us.” Lilia winks at you playfully. “That, I am more excited for. And seeing what attire the fairies have come up for you - It’s not often they take to someone and mend them an outfit, after all.”

“Please don’t remind me…” You groan at the memory. “When they took my measurements they wouldn’t stop arguing about the colors. And at the end they never settled on a decision, so I’m left in suspense!”

Lilia laughs at your mournful expression. “This group is known for their craft, so it’ll certainly be worth the wait. Both for you and me.”

“Oh?” You narrow your eyes playfully. “So you’re looking forward to that.”

“A chance to see you more stunning than usual is always one I’d be interested in,” Lilia counters without missing a beat. “I just have to be sure no one else steals you away from the ball before I can - There was something I’d wanted to show you tomorrow.” He gives your hand a light squeeze, eyes bright. “The surprise will be around midnight, so please bear with it until then.”

“I’ll try,” you laugh as he presses a light kiss to your cheek. “Tomorrow is going to be a busy day, huh?”

~

Looking back, truer words couldn’t have been spoken. Right from the moment you awoke till right before the ball, you were constantly moving about preparing your attire and helping the others run small errands, like delivering a message or checking on the status of the main hall.

The venue was pretty before, but now that guests have trickled in and the night has begun to celebrate, the entire place transformed into a magical sight.

Despite the late hours the event has journeyed into, the room is lit just like any other time of the day. The lighting helps keep you active, thankfully, while the crowd seems to never tire; dancers exchange partners while others conversed at another side of the ballroom. The melody that lives in the air takes turns being magically played and performed by musicians, though the transitions are so practiced and quick that you barely notice until later on.

To your surprise, you find yourself at no short of stamina throughout the night. Perhaps it’s the shared energy in the room, the refreshments, or the entertaining chats you’re led into, but time flies as swift as a bird.

From some spellwork, flowers that glow like stars float above the crowd, reminding you of lanterns. On occasion the odd one would wrap into itself and descend onto the crowd, by which a guest could catch it, watching the enchanted bud unravel and bloom. It would then start to shine, before drifting off into the air like a feather caught in a breeze.

Throughout the night the flowers take turns falling onto the crowd, earning the attention of those nearby with their soft but colorful hues. You’re starting to suspect the intervention of a friend as the shadow of one floats above you; the third one this night.

Despite receiving them multiple times, the sight of petals unfurling so gracefully never ceases to put you in a state of awe. This time it is one of gentle lavender, though tinged with hints of blues and pink. It’s unexpectedly light to the touch compared to its size, which is just a little smaller than your head.

The bloom eventually starts to float out of your grasp, by which you give it a little push into the air as it rejoins the sea of flora. A familiar face approaches you from within the crowd, his gaze lending itself to the sight above before settling on you.

“It seems that the flowers enjoy your company as well,” Lilia jokes, before extending a hand for you to take. He begins to lead you somewhere, sending a small smile your way. “People say that receiving them repeatedly is an auspicious sign.”

You hum thoughtfully, “I was starting to think that the places that they landed are being controlled by magic. Sebek and Silver were there the first time, then Malleus at the second…”

Lilia grins almost proudly, the tips of his fangs showing. “Third time’s the charm~ I’m glad to have witnessed you carrying that flower. It was a fitting sight, especially with your attire.”

“I still can’t quite believe it.” You admit, looking down at the fabric - it feels weightless on your skin, yet is still woven with such detailed patterns. “The fairies really outdid themselves, this feels like something out of a fairytale… I feel a little bad keeping it.”

“Well, seeing as it was a gift, you have every right to have it as a keepsake of tonight.” He reminds you, pushing a door open. It wasn’t the main one that guests entered through, but another on the side of the ballroom. The air is quieter out here, save for the castle staff that would cross the corridor every now and then.

With every step away from the ballroom, Lilia starts to shed away his formal stance and shrugs off the feeling of the party behind. He sighs a little, sounding more tired of the situation than physically exhausted. The fae catches your amused look as he raises a brow in return, his smile more mischievous and relaxed - just like his usual self, outside of events like these. “Oh? What an expression you’re making. Do I have something on my face?”

“Not quite.” You mirror his tone. “But rest assured I’ll let you know if you do~ I have a question though, where exactly are we heading?”

“The gardens,” Lilia informs as your arms loop together. It’s less of a childish act and more reminiscent of a knightly escort - perhaps it’s because you’re in a castle and just left a ball, but you’re starting to see more and more noble qualities in the things he does. “I’ve been wanting to show it to you for sometime, but now seems like the most appropriate chance. It does offer a view of Malleus’ welcoming later on, so we’re free to stay until the end of the event.”

“You still never told me much about it,” you muse lightheartedly, “You overestimate my patience, Lilia. I’m growing curiouser by the minute.”

“In that case…” He’s led you to an outdoor garden on the upper floors, which extends into a balcony that overlooks the grounds. “Would this do for now? It’s one of my favourite spots in the castle,” he chuckles, “I hope you'll enjoy it.”

How unfair. There were flowers of every kind dotting the bushes and growing into overhangings. With this amount of space, you felt like it could pass for an attraction in itself. It was different from the grandness of the ballroom decorations, but held its own with its serene charm. Lilia takes your reaction as a sign of agreement. He chuckles and bows toward you, offering his palm. 

“May I have this dance?”

You both start a simple one, more for the sake of enjoying yourselves and the cool air than trying to show off any moves. Although this doesn’t stop Lilia from adding a few twirls and steps to the rhythm as he hums softly, a tune that you swear you’ve heard before but couldn’t pinpoint where or when.

You wonder aloud of how your limbs hadn’t started to tire from the festivities, to which Lilia explains that the refreshments from the ball are suited to help replenish energy and revitalize the body, due to the sheer length of the event. The topic flows to other things, like an ice cream parlour he’d like to visit with everyone and how you’re adjusting to Twisted Wonderland. At this point the dance has also broken off into a simple stroll about the gardens.

Eventually you’re interrupted by the sound of doors opening and the chatter of guests.

"The sunrise." Lilia confirms in response to your questioning gaze. The two of you make your way to the balcony for a better view, where you can see Sebek and Silver accompanying Malleus to an open space that's elevated like a stage of sorts. Gargoyles guard the marble platform at its feet, though their presence is no comparison to the prince's, who stands facing his back to the crowd.

You briefly see the glint of a gem as Malleus waves his magic-pen in a swift motion, summoning a plant from the ground.

Or perhaps… It was more accurate to say that he grew it right before your very eyes, shaping the branches of what you realise to be a tree to form a circular frame of sorts. You doubt that any old magician could perform such a feat in mere minutes, judging by its sheer size.

Lilia smiles from beside you like a proud parent, though it edges into a smirk as he briefly mentions that this tree was more elaborate than last year's with its patterns. You're left confused for a moment before realising that it indeed has spiral carvings throughout its trunk and branches, ones that depicted the sun and moon, and even illustrating dancing figures and musicians. It held the story of the winter solstice and the ball that celebrated it, and you're left with your breath stolen from such a sight.

Yet the star of the show (quite literally, in a sense) only makes its appearance soon after - the Sun rises from the horizon and peeks between the mountains in the distance, accurately falling into the frame that Malleus created with the tree. He waves his hand once more, taking the moment to expand the light like a fracture.

You hear a chuckle from beside you as you shield your vision from the brightness. As soon as you lower your hand you notice a ball of light remaining where the Sun had passed, like a star captured in the frames of the oak. It still shone with a youthful light, as if daring its surroundings to challenge its worth.

"How temperamental," Lilia echoes your thoughts bemusedly. "I expect this year's tree to shine longer than the last ones."

The crowd bursts into applause as Malleus steps down from the stage. You're about to ask Lilia something when you suddenly realise how close his face was to yours.

"Is this another tradition?" You ask, studying his eyes.

"There is a saying about it, yes." Upon your answering smile, Lilia starts to lean in closer, a hand cupping your cheek. "Sharing a kiss with someone at the welcoming of the Sun is a good luck charm of sorts."

You can't help but laugh after pulling away, lips tingling from the contact. For someone mischievous, Lilia liked to use oddly innocent excuses to steal moments of affection. "Happy winter solstice, Lilia."

"May a fortuitous time be ahead." He returns, smile content. "I'm glad you're here to spend it with us."

[anekogia]

A few dark/sad headcanons I thought of about Twisted Wonderland characters

1. Riddle's parents are divorced

This is probably something a lot of fans thought, but the reasons I thought of were pretty sad.

As many of us know, Riddle's mother has been the one controlling everything in his life. However, where is his father.

Well, my headcanon is compared to his mother, Riddle's father is a lot tamer, and allowed his son to have a bit of freedom in his life. However, Riddle's mother disapproves of such lifestyle. As such, that let to a lot of arguments in the Rosehearts household.

Then, at a young age, Riddle's parents divorced, with his mother getting custody of him due to her being able to give Riddle a 'better' life. His father was allowed to see him, but was refused many times over the course of Riddle's life by his mother because she did not want her ex-husband to influence him into a 'frivolous' lifestyle. It went to the point where Riddle's father was cut of from their lives.

As a result, Riddle never had any paternal love growing up and also resented his father because he thought he never cared for him. However, deep down, he really misses him and hope that they would be able to have fun again.

2. Leona is repeating on purpose

As many of us know, if we exclude Malleus and Lilia, Leona is technically the oldest student in NRC. It has been stated by Ruggie during the Happy Bean Day even that Leona has repeated several times. However, it had also shown that the second prince is actually very intelligent (As seen in many SSR stories and said by his brother), and that his repeating may have been due to the fact he often skips classes.

However, what if he is doing all of this on purpose.

As shown after his overblot, Leona was treated unfairly and looked down upon in his homeland because he is the second-born. Though one may argue that the servants are speaking ill of him because he treats them harshly, that could be due to the fact the servants have been looking down on him even as a innocent child who did not understand anything. That could have lead to Leona growing up to having a cold attitude towards those who verbally abused him, and towards his older brother, Farena.

It was around that time Leona also started showing signs of depression, but he hides it cleverly.

It was not until he joined NRC where he started getting the recognition that he so craved his whole life. People praised and looked up to him, after years of getting looked down for his rank.

Not wanting to lose that, Leona purposefully skipped classes, knowing it will cause him to repeat grades. In turn, it will allow him to stay in NRC longer, allowing him to continue gaining the love and attention he so craved.

3. Ortho is Idia's older brother

As chapter 6 has not been released, I'm just putting this as a headcanon for now.

There has been speculation (and confirmation?) that Ortho his actually Idia's deceased biological brother who he brought back to life. However, what if instead of his younger brother, Ortho is his older brother.

Growing up, the Shroud siblings were very close to one another, despite the older being sickly most of the time. Being the shy one of the two, Idia was only comfortable with Ortho by his side.

However, one day, Ortho grew incredibly ill. Despite their parents best attempts to help him, he soon succumbed to his illness, and passed away while young Idia was looking into his room.

Instead of burying their deceased son, Idia's parents preserved Ortho's body, so they could continue seeing their son.

With Ortho gone, attentions has shifted towards Idia. As the healthy child, he was given immense pressure by his parents and the nobility to become a great and proper noble.

However, as he grew, Idia became even more closed of, turning to gaming and manga as a source of entertainment. It was also then he realized his parents are still grieving their loss.

As he was missing Ortho too, Idia studied hard and turned to technology to find a way to revive his brother. He also decided to build a new body for him, knowing his old one would be too weak to support him.

Then, years later, on his brother's birthday, Idia stole his body and hooked him up to a contraption his build specifically to revive him, much to his parents' dismay.

Though it worked, Idia's parents refused to accept the new Ortho, knowing that their son was nothing more than a machine now.

4. Silver is the heir of a Kingdom Malleus destroyed

There has been a lot of speculation that Silver is the descendant of Aurora (Sleeping Beauty). However, there has been more speculation on why Malleus and Lilia took in orphaned baby Sliver. So, I have a theory.

Sliver is indeed the descendant of Aurora, though it is kept a secret from him. As Malleus is hundreds of years old and is said to have a grandmother who's magic surpasses his, it is safe to assume that his is in fact the grandson of the Witches of Thorns, Maleficent, herself.

So, years before, there was a war between the Valley of Thorns and Silver's kingdom. As humans had nothing against the faires, they were destroyed by Malleus army. However, an incident caused Malleus to lose control of his dragon form, causing him to rampage through the Kingdom, despite him never having the attention to harm it in any way.

It was around that time Silver was also born. After he was born, the royals were forced to evacuate the castle and seek shelter. However, before they could, Malleus came flying into the castle, destroying it.

As he was about to burn the Kingdom into a crisp, Malleus heard baby Sliver crying from the distance, causing him to snap out of his trance.

Unable to process what he has done, he and Lilia first seeked out the source of the crying. Upon coming across the palace rubbles, Malleus quick spotted a young woman holding a bundle tightly in her arms.

Upon walking towards her, the pair recognized the woman as the kingdom's princess and realized she was holding a baby.

Malleus, overcome with grief, tried to safe the child's mother, but after failing, she told him to stop. The princess assured him she does not blamed him and that her kingdom was bound to fall anything due to their pride and selfishness.

Her last wish was for Malleus and Lilia always to take her newborn son and raise him to be a good person. She knew the heir of the Valley of Thorns was the grandson of the witch who cursed her ancestor years ago, leading to a hostile rivalry between the Kingdom and the dark fae. However, she knew that her son would be in the right hands.

Malleus accepts her request, on the condition that he and Lilia would raise her son to one day kill him.

The princess simply smiled at him before saying "You are a good person".

With the war ended, Malleus and Lilia brought the baby back to the Valley of Thorns. They named him Silver on the account of his hair color, and also naming him after the weapon that almost killed his grandmother.

Damn, this was longer that I thought. This was just stuff I thought of after rewatching the Twisted Wonderland playthrough on YouTube. I didn't think it would delve into difficult topics like the ones mentioned about.

Anyway, this is probably the only headcanon list I would make (most because I'm out of ideas), but if there is any specific dark/sad headcanons of specific characters you would like to see, do type suggestions, and I would review them.

Anyway, that's it for now, sorry if I made you cry.

[mugi-chan]

❞Dorms playing Among Us❝

ლ  Tea Order: All the boys: The Dorms Playing Among Us! 

ლ  Warnings: None! 

ლ Shop owner notes: I’m honestly not having a good week, everything is just seeming to go wrong so to cheer myself up I watched one of my favorite twitch streamer playing among us and thought what would the dorms be like playing among us. I know there is like fanart out there of dorm heads as among us characters and that also inspired me to write this! 

Sorry for not severing up any orders yesterday, like I said things just been going downhill for me right now! 

After playing a few rounds this dorm would develop trust issues with each other 

Out of everyone Trey is best at being imposter

Everyone trusts the Vice dorm head right? 

And Trey would take that to full advantage 

Deuce is possibly the worst when it comes to being an imposter 

He would try to lie but everyone would see right through his lies 

Ace would totally point blame at a crewmate and get them voted off 

Riddle is just confused, he never played video games before and Among us is a nice simple game to play with the Dorm

At least that’s what riddle thought 

Riddle is sus of everyone

He's that guy that goes “idk man he’s kind of sus” 

Cater is someone who takes a little to long to do task but great at doing vent murders 

Almost everyone round they are yelling over each other and not a single coherent sentence 

“IT’S DIAMOND-SENPAI, IT’S DIAMOND SENPAI”

“I WAS IN REACTOR, TREY WAS BEING CAMERAMAN ANDY AND SAW ME GO TO REACTOR” 

“I got off camera’s around that time” 

“THEN WHO WAS ON CAMERAS?!” 

They are a chaotic group

after an intense game they would all laugh about it over tea.

They are mostly a very tame group when playing Among us 

Savanaclaw would be all chill but very smarty about there plays

“Hey are you the imposter?” 

“Nah” 

“Eh idk man he’s kinda sus right now” 

Leona may seem lazy but he’s really good at switching the blame to another person

Jack is probably the best at being detective 

Sometimes Jack would stalk people to make sure their doing their task and not faking it 

He can deduce who is clear and who may the be imposter

Ruggie is best in Savanaclaw at being imposter 

He’s really sneaky and really good at vent kills

It’s crazy how good Ruggie is, every time he’s imposter he wins the game 

After some rounds of Among Us there is probably a fist fight going on in Savanaclaw over the game 

“I think leona is the imposter”

“Eh? Why do you think it's me?”

“I mean you were the last one out of spawn, and the body was found in spawn”

“You do know there is a task right outside spawn right?”

There really isn’t any yelling involve unless there are some hard accusations 

Then it’s whoever is that loudest 

When they start to yell over each other most people would have to turn down their volume or take their headphones off since their ears would hurt over how loud it was. 

Most of the time if the next room is playing Among us you can definiatly hear it 

So much threatening to hurt people just so much

This dorm is crazy good at getting imposters out 

Imposters can not win a single game in this dorm

Azul just knows who it is just from the first kill 

He would talk so much that it would eventually convince everyone to vote out the imposter

Azul is also the best at being imposter, he would do the same strat he does to get out the imposter

Everyone would believe him because he’s just that good at talking his way out of sticky situations

Jade is normally on the cameras seeing if anyone would commit a murder

When someone those kill in front of cams, he would pressure the imposter to come out 

And they always confess, Jade has a threatening voice that would even make Azul confess to being an imposter

Floyd is probably the worst at playing Among Us 

He probably gets vented out first because he couldn’t defend himself 

After some rounds he may be annoyed but when he gets imposter

Oh boy it’s genocide 

If Floyd and Jade are imposter they would win 

The only duo that can make the imposter wins

Mass genocide, they would double kill everyone 

And their master plan is to kill Azul first since he’s most likely the only one who can get both of them out 

If Floyd and Azul are imposters they would be arguing and throwing each other under the bus over everything 

If Jade and Azul are imposters they would be so manipulative and change the narrative so they would be clear

This dorm would definitely learn how to be manipulative after playing Among Us

Kalim is the worst at playing Imposter, he would lie right out of his teeth and everyone can see right through it 

Kalim may be bad at being imposter but he’s really good at being crewmate 

Jamil is really good at being imposter

I mean he manipulated his whole dorm into believing that he would save his dorm 

Jamil is super good at vent kills 

He would kill and slip in right before someone walks in

Trust issues was already there at first but now trust issues are high 

Jamil wants to do genocide but Kalim and the rest are like 

“Oh yeah we’re just doing tasks that’s all” 

“So Jamils the imposter?” 

They may be bad at being imposter but their super lucky on voting out the imposters 

“Hey so Jamil is acting kind of sus right now”

“Why am I being sus?” 

“Idk man you looked like you faked a task”

Jamil was An Imposter (1 imposter remaining) 

“Nooo Jamil why would you betray me like this (´；ω；`)” -Kalim

If Jamil and Kalim are imposters, Kalim would be the nice imposters who would barely kill anyone, while Jamil is out on a killing spree

If there’s one thing Kalim is good at it’s convincing people that Jamil is good person 

And people would believe Kalim 

Because our dorm leader is so sweet and kind that he wouldn’t defend a killer right?

Well Kalim also got that little dark side in him (that one sprite if ya know what I mean)

Why would Pomefiore play such a weird game? 

Uhh apparently Epel and Rook 

Epel heard Ace and Deuce talking about it once and wanted to try it out 

He knew Vil wouldn’t allow him to play it so he asked Rook if he wanted to play with some other pomefiore students

Rook thought this would be a perfect opportunity for Epel to open up to Pomefiore

When playing the game Rook found it really interesting 

He may have slipped it up to Vil about the game 

Vil would roll his eyes because he has heard about it from the other dorm heads

Rook would invite Vil to play a round with them if he feels like it

Vil would at first say no but after watching Rook play a round of Imposter, Vil was intrigued 

This imposter role is very interesting to Vil

Once Vil does come to try out the game he is very hooked on the idea of all of this 

A chance for him to shine above everyone

If Rook and Vil area duo it’s over

Their going to win no matter what

Rook is always backing up Vil and everyone just believes him

If Epel and Rook are Duo it’s just Chaotic, Rook would just kill everyone and epel would just not know what to do

Out of the three Vil is probably the best at being imposter

Rook would never vote for Vil so everyone would pretty much just lose 

If the imposter was not Vil or Epel they would kill Rook first just so they can even the votes

As soon as the game is release, Idia was already playing it with some of his online friends 

When it started to get popular at NRC he started to get a little shy on playing the game since that means there’s a chance that he has to play a round with someone from another dorm 

Unless it’s with Octavinelle trio 

Then he’s fine with them 

When he plays a round where he is really confident he feels really bold and starts arguing with people 

Out of everyone Ortho is the best at being imposter

I mean he’s super cute

Why would he ever kill someone?

Well clearly that was a lie, he acts super innocent that in fact Idia wouldn’t even believe that Ortho was the imposter

Idia and Ortho is deadly duo 

Idia would go on a killing spree while Ortho would be distracting the rest of the crew 

If people are accusing Idia for being imposter Ortho would go full cute little brother 

That would make everyone feel guilty for ever thinking that Idia was an imposter

If people were accusing Ortho for being imposter, Idia would hard defend Ortho over everything 

Ortho really loves playing this game because that means he gets to spend time with his friend and his brother at the same time! 

Ignihyde probably has like 3 Among Us servers going on that is always so full

Ohhh boy this dorm is old but they really enjoy this game

But it is always split

Sebek being Sebek would defend Malleus up and down 

Not even Lilia can convince him that Malleus might be the imposter

“NO NO MALLEUS-SAMA WOULD NEVER”

Everyone has their volume really low because Sebek’s voice is so loud that at low volume it sounds like Sebek is arguing at a normal voice level 

Silver is probably AFK most of the round 

Lilia would always be taking his sweet time doing task

Sebek ABSOLUTELY hates the admin task (the card swiping one) he wants to get his task done so he could be by Mallues 

Malleus is just wandering around wondering how to do all the task, especially simon says 

If Sebek and Silver are a duo, they are really good imposter duo

They would vote Sebek out first since he has a loud mouth 

But since Silver is almost always AFK he can kill people that check if he’s still afk

Silver is best at playing imposter 

His afk tactic is always so smart 

Sebek is the worst at playing imposter 

All it takes is Malleus asking him if Sebek is the imposter and he would confess

Lilia and Malleus is probably the worst at playing imposter 

Since they are who knows how old, technology is really hard to control 

Especially trying to control the  WDSA keys 

Lilia would always love playing this game with everyone since he wants to know what the kids are up to these days 

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Touch / Jake x MC (Analeigh)

(a/n: Just finished playing Endless Summer Book 1 and holy shit is it good. This story is actually one of my favorites on Choices. The MC is amazing and duh Jake Mackenzie. I don’t really know what happens next, I’ve seen some spoilers, but I’m super excited to find out! I hope you enjoy.) 

SUMMARY: Something draws Jake and Analeigh to each other. Neither of them are exactly touchy-feely people but when it comes to the other, things are different and they can't help but give in. As they embark on the journey to unravel the mysteries of La Huerta their touches go from necessary and awkward, flirty to thoughtful, purposeful and eventually sensual

Touch / Jake x MC (Analeigh)  

The first time Analeigh and Jake made contact were on the steps of the Control Tower.

Jake didn’t even know why he invited her. She was just some curious college kid…that he decided to start calling ‘Princess’. He didn’t understand why he did that or why he had invited her to come and check out the Control Tower with him.

There was just something about her. It was like he was drawn to her.

She was pretty he reasoned, hell she was gorgeous. Snarky too, he noted thinking back how he immediately gave him a nickname after he gave her one. ‘Top Gun’ he scoffed to himself. Bet that wouldn’t stick. Not like he would see her anyway. He was leaving tomorrow and she was staying for the week.

She chatted with him as they headed up. Making conversation probably, but she knew all the right questions.

Analeigh couldn’t help be a little flustered when she first met Jake. How could she not be? He was the second person from her dream to suddenly come to fruition within just minutes of waking up from said dream. But in typical Analeigh fashion, she recovered quickly mostly because she was distracted by Jake’s instance on calling her ‘Princess’. She hated nicknames for obvious reasons due to her namesake. But she surprisingly accepted Jake’s without hesitation and instead of arguing she played along, which was helped by the fact he called her annoying and declared him ‘Top Gun’.

There was something about him. 


Maybe it was the whole dream thing? But she reasoned that she must have caught a glimpse of him in the airport before taking off and that’s why he appeared in her dream, remembering that she read somewhere that you can’t make up faces so all the faces you see in your dreams are faces that you had seen before. So it couldn’t be that. 


He was different, she knew that, and despite their first meeting and the plane ride and all the other things that could have distracted her when they landed. He still played on her mind. Analeigh had always had a talent for being able to read people. To know who they were or at least make a good guess from just getting them. She got the sense that Jake overly sarcastic, in fact, she knew that even form their brief meeting. Probably a bit too confident for his own good. Too honest to be liked by everyone he encounters and a bit of a hot head. Though those were all just assumptions. The only other thing she definitely knew was that he was handsome. Very handsome, but you only needed eyes to see that. But she ignored those thoughts and played it cool. Feeling like herself again she accepted his invitation to go check out the Control Tower.

Analeigh talked when she was nervous. She didn’t even know why she was nervous. She was so busy trying to concentrate so she could stop being so damn nervous. She was getting frustrated with herself that she didn’t even know what she was saying.

“Someone to come home too…someone to listen to you…someone to hold you all through the night…” She rambled, oblivious to the smirk that was forming on his face.

“You offering Princess?” He smirked.

For the first time in a long time, she didn’t know what to say. She always knew what to say.

A string of somewhat reasoned words came out of her mouth but they hardly made sense. Who was this guy and how could he do this to her? He moved then the conversation on, much to her pleasure.

And that's when it happened.

The step beneath her feet cracked and she felt momentary weightlessness as she was about to begin her fifty feet descent when an arm wrapped around her and pulled her close, keeping her from falling.

Pure electricity upon contact… It was brief though as he quickly released her to the step in front of him. But they both felt it but of course, ignored it. Both blaming it on adrenaline as they continued to tease and talk on the way up to the control tower.

The second time it wasn’t so easy to ignore, the feeling. It was only a few minutes later. Upon discovering the abandoned control room. Jake and then Analeigh was distracted by the barrage of blue and red lights that pulsated from the island itself, that suddenly appeared from rather ironically out of the blue. Analeigh placed her hand against the glass alongside Jake’s. As they stood by each other their free hands bumped against the other.

On instinct, Analeigh reached for his hand. Their fingers enlacing together immediately without hesitation. As if something was pulling them together, both of their usual caution thrown out the window.

“What hell is that?” Analeigh breathed, her eyes transfixed.

“I…don’t know,” He stuttered, surprisingly.

They both turned to face each other. Watching the colors in each other's eyes until it stopped and they stepped back their hands still holding onto the others. And that’s when they felt it. That comfortable feeling. The electricity back. Jake didn’t want to let go, it was addictive, but he of course did. Playing it off, they both did.

But neither of them could shake the feeling nor how much they wanted to feel it again. The effortless combination of their hands made them both feel like they were made for the each other. Analeigh told herself not to be so stupid, she’d only know him for less than a day. Jake told himself that he was being stupid.

But then they held hands again. This time it was the following day as they along with Alister, Quinn, Diego, and Lilia as they all ventured into the pitch black passage.

They had spent some more time together at this point as they had ventured alone and found the bunker themselves while climbing the cliffs together. Jake had shared a surprising amount of her, shocking himself as he spoke. He was usually so cautious when it came to discussing the topic of himself for obvious reasons and yet he spoke freely to an extent. After it all, he looked for reassurance asking why she had ventured out with him. Before he asked Analeigh had been asking herself the same question. She was so confused as to why she kept feeling so drawn to him. Analeigh had always been more logical than she had been emotion based and impulsive. Though she could act one emotion when needed, her default setting you could say had always been logic. And yet when it came to Jake she acted on impulse and for some reason, her impulse was to spend as much time with him as she could. So when he asked she didn’t know what to say, so she went on impulse again and she was most surprised herself.

“I don’t know what it is but…I want to be near you. I feel safe near you. Is that weird?” She confessed and then sought reassurance.

“Naw,” He teased with his famous smirk fixed upon his face, “Just dorky and a little on the nose. Classic Princess,”

In spite of what he said. At that moment he saw her differently. He felt differently towards her. He felt this need to protect her, keep her safe just like she had said. He didn’t understand it but he went with it. Analeigh, on the other hand, was sure she had humiliated herself.

Regardless, while in the cave as they held hands. The feeling came back. It was like whenever they were touching they could tell how the other was feeling. Jake felt her tense as he led them through the cave.

“You still with us, Princess?” He asked, hiding his concern in his sarcasm.

And even though she reassured him. He still worried. Giving her hand a sly squeeze as they continued on their way. He felt confident holding her hand. He didn’t feel so alone anymore. This time he held on for as long as he could. Then the fox led them to the handprints. The two right-handed imprints. Once again on impulse, Analeigh volunteered Jake. He complied without protest and then they were transported to the mine.

Analeigh was beginning to enjoy their silly and sarcastic conversations. They brought a smile to her face and even for a second they helped her forget all the craziness that was going. Perhaps that’s why she suggested rather childishly that they take cart through the mine over walking.

Jake was surprised himself but obliged anyway. They had fun until they crashed through the barricade. That need to protect her came over him once again. He shielded her which consequently led to tumbling on top of her which ended up with him with his head in her lap. He knew it looked rather compromising. He was flustered, not wanting her to get the wrong impression, he was embarrassed and he never felt like that. What was she doing to him? He told himself to think of something Jakeish to ease the awkwardness but nothing. He fumbled as she stared down at him and realized where he was after asking if he was okay.

He could feel himself blushing as he lifted his head. He cursed himself before stuttering.

“Er…that wasn’t on purpose…”

Analeigh was surprised herself. For the first time, he was off guard. She rather enjoyed it and took the opportunity to lighten the mood for him, saving him some embarrassment.

“I could get used to the view,” She winked, shifting, still technically underneath him.

“You should be so lucky,” He quipped regaining compose and moving aside so she could sit up and he helps her down.

“Should have guessed how that was going to turn out,” He commented, “It’s always the same,”

“So riding Jake… I mean…” She said without thinking and then correcting herself, “So a ride with Jake is rough, wild and fun as hell?”

“Easy Princess, you’ll have to buy me dinner first,” He chuckled, relishing in her embarrassment before leaning in and whispering in her ear, “You have no idea,”

That was the start of a series of escalating encounters between them. The atmosphere between remained friendly and flirty for the most part but as time progressed an underlying tension grew between them. The best kind of tension but it was still tension and it made things difficult at times. They were continuously getting flustered around each other.They were finding it hard to control themselves and also finding it hard to only see each other as companions and somewhat friends. And these encounters weren’t helping.

Some were easy to play off and see the joke in.

For example, back at The Celestial Analeigh had decided to show Jake some of the clues that she had been collected along the way. One of the orbs slipped from out of her hands and rolled under the table. She divided under the table from her side to retrieve it. Jake was just sitting at the other end opposite her. As she was under the table he suddenly got up so instead of turning back she just popped her head out from the other side. His side. As she did she saw that Raj and Craig had come in. Their eyes widen as she came up from under the table.

“What’s going on here?” Craig questioned, enjoying himself as Raj waggled his eyebrows suggestively at them as Analeigh walked over and stood by Jake’s side.

“What? Nothing. Not that. It’s not what it looks like, okay?” Jake stuttered his eyes widening as soon as he caught what they insinuating.

Analeigh found his embarrassment entertaining. Then she saw it.

“Sure, they’d believe you more if your fly wasn’t down,” She winked, joining in.

All three of them burst out laughing as Jake momentarily flushed a deep red, spinning around and pulling his fly up.

Other times it was much harder to ignore.

Like on the rock and they decided that to keep themselves warm that they would sleep next to each other. They chatted looking up at the stars for a while but the tension grew. It weighed heavily around them. After everything that had happened, they were still on a high from all the fighting as well as content from finally eating. They were feeling good, inhibition was low and it was too difficult to resist the temptation, to give into temptation of holding each other.

“You come closer. I don’t bite,” Jake suggested, confidence in his voice masking his slight insecurity that she would say no.

Analeigh obliged much to his relief. Resting her head on his shoulder and as she did his heart quickened. She only noticed as she focused on the rise and fall of his chest.

“Feel better?” He checked.

“Much,” She reassured, her breathing becoming shallow as she felt sleep starting to overcome her, it’s onset probably due to her new comfortable position.

“Don’t drool on my shoulder kid,” Jake quipped as her eyes shut.

“I’ll try,” She grinned into his skin as she shifted to make herself even more comfortable, tucking into the side of his body effortlessly.

The last thing she saw was him smirking at her in the moonlight. The next morning she woke up with a jolt after her strange experience with Raj. In doing so she hit Jake in the face with her elbow which caused him to wake up in a similar fashion.

“Holy hell princess, you almost gave me a heart attack, what’s wrong?” He asked frantically, looking at with concern.

“Weird dream,” She shrugged off, “Sorry about your face,”

As she said the word her hands went to his cheeks to examine his face.

“Are you okay?” She questioned, peering at the mark that was forming on his face.

“Yeah fine,” He reassured, confused by her behavior.

After technically sleeping together but not in that way on the rocks, their interactions became less awkward and tense. They relaxed a little as some of the tension had slipped away. Jake stopped ruffling her hair whenever she did something impressive or when she escaped danger and he was relieved that he was okay and just needed to touch her to make sure. But his brain stopped him from doing what he wanted to do. Analeigh stopped finding excuses herself to squeeze his arm to give her boost of confidence. Now she just did it, knowing he wouldn’t mind.

But it was still hesitant any interaction. They were always initially reluctant to have any contact in fear that the other wouldn’t like it or even worse wasn’t feeling the same way they were. And they kept feeling this way despite every time being reassured that it was okay. Jake was hesitant when she suggested that she rub sun lotion on her but as soon as she insured it was okay. His hands were hesitant over her skin as she laid in front of him. At first, he was rough and forceful but he could easily excuse that as it was massage. But soon he eased up, soaking the feeling of her skin. The electricity was back and for the first time he noticed that she felt it too, he saw how she would hold in her breath after he touched her again after taking it away even if it was monetary. Analeigh was just enjoying the experience as much as she could. Unsure if it would get any further or if they would ever get the chance if it did.

And then her thoughts came true. As she was plunged into the dark depths of the ocean. Sure that this was the end. All she could think about how she never told him who she felt, how he made her feel, how drawn to him she was. Regret consumed her and then it got a little lighter and then she saw him falling close by. Knowing that she couldn’t let it end like this she used the last of her strength to swim over to him.

Jake recognised the figure immediately. The same thoughts as Analeigh had began to consume him. So the relief upon seeing her was instantaneous. He brought her close to him, not wanting her to be alone and so he could hold her. One last time. They continued to fall but now their bodies were pressed together. They knew the end was coming. But for some reason they felt comfort knowing that their final moment would be wrapped up together, that feeling they had been both been denying, at the centre of the minds.

Jake met her gaze. Her eyes were still light as she looked back to him and not stormy like he was expecting. Jake had noticed that was Analeigh was happy her eyes would light up and when she was scared or upset they would go grey and stormy. He questioned. Was she happy? Not to be dying, no. To be with him, maybe…

And then she confirmed it of him, bringing her lips to his.

Their first and final kiss, passionate, frenzied, desperate but perfect.

Bringing what they suspected to their final smiles to their faces as they continued to fall. Then they both woke up on the beach alongside Sean. They became too preoccupied to talk about what happened. Both of them were unsure if they other even remembered what happened. They didn’t speak of it. And as they prepared the hotel to go against the Watchers they didn’t really have time.

The next time they were alone together was later that day. Jake was showing her some offensive techniques on the beach. Initially, they were too concerned about being ready to think about what had happened. Jake was fixing Analeigh’s stance when it came to one of the moves.

“Like this?” She questioned, trying to recreate the move he showed her.

“Better,” He replied before correcting himself, “Not great. Pretty bad, actually but better,”

She rolled her eyes at him but couldn’t but smile.

“Here,” He offered, “Let me show you,”

He bent down and moved her feet for her carefully ensuring that she didn’t fall over. Then straightening back up again his hands fell to her hips so he could readjust her stance. He stopped breathing as he did. Analeigh noticed but didn’t say a word. He realised how close they were standing. He noticed in the silence between them that her heart was beating faster. Her chest rising and falling as their faces were inches apart. Their eyes locked. But still not a single word was exchanged.

Estela appearing caused them to step away and pretended to be normal. Jake was flustered and Analeigh gulped as they stepped apart. Throughout the rest of the training session, they avoided eye contact, as they needed to focus and they were distracting each other.

More distractions followed and it was only an in a down moment later that Analeigh decided that something needed to be done. Well, with some help from Diego.

“Do I seriously need to spell it out?” He sighed dramatically, “Are you going to make a move?”

His eyes went to Jake and he raised his eyebrows at you. Her eyes widen in shock. How did he know, she asked herself.

“What?” She stuttered, taken aback.

“Come on Analeigh! I’ve seen the way you're acting. Flirting, teasing, the staring with those big heart eyes you do,” He explained, clearly enjoying himself, “So what are you waiting for? Go get some that steamy r-rated action!”

“Will you be quiet,” She hissed, her eyes quickly glancing at the oblivious Jake, “And do you seriously think that it’s the right time?”

“This might be our last day on earth,” He reasoned.

She knew he was right. She didn’t want that desperate kiss to be as far as it went. She didn't want to feel that some regret if things didn’t go their way tomorrow. No, she needed to know that he knew at least how she felt. As well as to find out of he really did feel the same way. She threw caution to the wind and walked over to him and despite being filled with reassurance and confidence she was still cautious. Or maybe just excited in anticipation.

She ended up poking his shoulder, unsure what to do when she finally ended up behind the seat he was sitting on. As they began talking she leaned over to be closer to him. She made small talk for a few seconds as she built up the courage.

“I was wondering if maybe you want to come with me to my room?” She finally asked, her eyes focused on his.

The memory of sinking flashing in both of their minds in the seconds it took him to respond. They both remembered what happened and they both knew that they couldn’t go into this battle without spending at least one night together.

“Yeah, yeah I do,” He agreed, taking her hand as they made their way back up to her room.

Just minutes after Analeigh shut the door. Anticipation, caution, fluster, tension, attraction and everything that had been accumulating hit breaking point. Nothing needed to be said as all uncertainty was cleared with one look. Hearts quickening and bodies aching for the touch of the other, they gave in once again and this time their was no stopping. They were wrapped up in each other. Their problems, the danger, the craziness and the world melted away as they came together. The electricity of their first encounter coming back in full force and it pushed them to keep going.

Nothing was stopping them, Not even the concern of others overhearing them.

Caution no longer existed. As they trashed the hotel room in wake of their passion, moving as one with only one final destination in mind.

Nothing mattered but satisfaction, pleasure and the addictive electricity between them.

Mutual pleasure coursed through their veins as Jake’s hands slid further up her thighs and Analeigh tugged harder on his hair. He pulled away from her, his hot breath on her skin resting his forehead against hers momentarily.

He knew he was speaking for both of them when he said

“I’ve never wanted anything as badly as I want you”

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rosebuzz kids

been meaning to make this post for a while but rosa and buzz have too many kids (SIX) lol. but they live on a farm (which i will post about eventually) outside of houston so they have plenty of room.

jacob abraham “jake” goldman

born september 15, 2018

his biological mother is polly bernhardt, but rosa adopts him when he’s seven and has been basically raising him since before he was five

guitar and piano prodigy. has been obsessed with music since buzz gave him his ukelele as a little kid.

total metal head. all his sisters hate it except sil.

he’s in a metal band for a long time. rosa’s very into it (in a really nerdy mom way) and goes to almost every show he plays in the city. she always wears a bunch of their merch and calls herself their “roadie” (which jake hates). buzz comes sometimes but it can be too loud for him to handle. jake understands.

teaches guitar and piano lessons for a living when he grows up. he’s classically trained and goes to berklee after high school.

he plays drums in school band in middle school and is on the drum line for three years in high school. also plays bass for the jazz band.

started skateboarding when he was six and when they leave the city for the country, rosa designs him a mini ramp on their land since the roads are mostly gravel or dirt.

hates having his hair short

such a good big brother. older than the rest by eight years but he takes his role as a big bro very seriously and looks after his little sisters and brother. he never complains when he has to babysit when he’s older.

he doesn’t mind working on the farm but he’s not into it like his dad is. but when he’s eighteen, buzz shows him the greenhouse where he grows medical marijuana for local dispensaries - which had always been strictly off limits for the kids. it’s the first time jake thinks of agriculture as fun.

very quiet and introspective. most of his focus is spent on his music. frequently referred to as antisocial and was teased a lot as a kid.

lilia hannah “lily” goldman 

born may 21, 2026

very skilled artist. loves drawing and painting. she draws on the walls a lot as a little kid and her parents never ever paint over her drawings. they love to talk about her masterpieces.

could be found every morning before anyone else woke up watching cartoons in the living room. loved cartoons so much.

loves “old” (old in the 2030s) cartoons her parents show her. she dresses as finn the human for halloween four years in a row. 

draws cartoons all the time about her family. which her dad loves so much and always hangs on the fridge.

the first one she does is of buzz with a beard of bees when she’s three and he keeps it in his wallet forever

fridge features include grumpy old man jake and rosa as a superhero called supermama who appears multiple times 

becomes an animator when she grows up

very bubbly and optimistic, excited about everything but also very bashful and is constantly embarrassed by her family

to be fair she’s very awkward and usually embarrasses herself more than her family does

hates disappointing people and always takes too much on her plate to make everyone happy

is constantly way too hard on herself and gets stressed out very easily

she gets this from her mother, who can always tell when lily gets in that mood and tears her away from her homework to watch animated movies and decompress

sophia demetria goldman

born november 4, 2027

fraternal twin of silvia

they couldn’t be more different and they aren’t that close but sophia always stands up for sil no matter what.

total daddy’s girl. loves working in the fields with him more than anything. they talk for hours.

they spend so much time gossiping. buzz knows so much about the social hierarchy of every class sophia is in. he knows about every snotnose kid who was mean to his daughter and gives them dirty looks when he drops the kids off or sees them at birthday parties. 

she tells buzz basically everything about her life. they’re super close.

when she goes to college she makes buzz get whatever device they use in 2046 so they can message all the time. he iris messages her every time anyways.

goes to the farmer’s market with buzz every weekend and is always a smash hit with the customers. she knows how to play up her cuteness.

she’s just like the nicest, sweetest, most well-behaved kid. buzz and rosa have no clue how it happened.

loves flowers and gardening. they didn’t have a flower garden before sophia expressed interest, but buzz set it up just for her. she spends so much of her free time there. even if she’s not gardening, she has a hammock set up where she’ll do her homework or hang out.

ridiculously caring and selfless. 

the sweetest nicest bean ever. would not hurt a fly.

so smart. not just in school but rosa swears she got 100% of the athena wisdom gene. she gives amazing advice. 

ends up becoming a therapist when she grows up. and her home garden is magnificent.

silvia atenea “sil” goldman

born november 4, 2027

fraternal twin of sophia

she prefers “sil” to silvia

got buzz’s crazy curls

loves loves loves animals, bugs, and biology. has to be told several times by her parents to stop hanging out with wild animals on the farm and still doesn’t really listen.

she sneaks insects inside that end up escaping and it’s no fun for anyone. she did this with a snake once and got grounded for a month. never again.

whatever it is it usually ends up in sophia’s bed because they share a bunkbed. sophia has a complete meltdown every single time.

talks to caterpillars and chases butterflies when she’s supposed to be picking vegetables. also loves playing in the dirt as a kid.

seriously buzz and rosa have to wash her like three times a day because she keeps coming back inside covered in mud

reads all the time, mostly nonfiction books about animals. 

she enthusiastically shows pages about inchworm digestion to sophia, who screeches immediately

doesn’t get along great with her sisters but is super close with jake (also adam to an extent because they’re both science geeks). they’re both kind of social outcasts in school so he gets her really well even though he’s nine years older.

jake shows sil metal and she’s all about it

when she’s 10-11 and he’s 19-20 jake takes her to a couple of his shows and she has the time of her life.

on the spectrum. she’s has high-functioning autism. she mostly just doesn’t look people in the eye and when someone is saying something she’s not interested in she tends to tune them out completely.

tomboy/gender non-conforming. doesn’t care about gender norms.

not very interested in other people or in making friends. she has her own thing going on instead.

can be mean but it’s not on purpose

ends up becoming a wildlife biologist when she grows up. plays the doctor card nonstop as soon as she gets her phd. even her nieces and nephews call her “dr. auntie sil”

amalia michelle goldman

born july 12, 2029

her family often calls her ‘mali/molly’ but she prefers amalia

the most dramatic of the six kiddos because there’s too many of them and it’s really hard to get attention. she’s the kid who always has to cause a scene.

car rides are a nightmare. “mama! adam keeps poking me! tell him to stop right now!” “no i’m not! tattle!” “mama if adam keeps poking me i’m going to open the door and get out on the street and probably die!”

every time she gets sick as a kid she acts as if she’s going to die and writes a will where she leaves her jerk siblings nothing because they’re jerks who suck 

had a grudge against adam until he was like six because he usurped her as the baby of the family.

there’s an infamous family video of a five year old amalia pushing a crying two year old adam off his tricycle and it gets played at every hannukah and christmas.

somehow around the time they’re about 7/9 they actually become friends

your typical try hard nerd. very much like her mom. gets over-competitive about everything, total know it all, tries to take control of any room she’s in

president of like every nerdy club in high school

she loves using difficult vocabulary. everybody else hates it.

amalia and rosa have been prohibited from being on the same team or going 1v1 on family game night because it gets too intense too fast and then family game night is cancelled

consistently has the cleanest bedroom in the house

very logical and efficient. comes up with her own systems so she can be the best at everything.

becomes an english teacher. all her siblings say they feel bad for her students. she eventually becomes a principal. they say the same thing about the entire school.

adam emiliano goldman

born february 14, 2032

total mama’s boy. loves his mom and hangs out with her all the time. even in his teens. he doesn’t care what anyone says about that.

she calls him lovebug because he was born on valentines day

very smart, witty, and energetic

really a heartbreaker tbh

naturally gets attention by just who he is as a person

this enrages amalia

he loves school but always gets sent to the office for arguing with teachers. this happens throughout his entire schooling from kindergarten to senior year

rosa is so proud every time

very into his video games. and this is in the future so i bet it’s super cool and VR by then.

weirdly good at rapping and most of the family’s kinda unsure how they feel about this

gets into 90s east coast rap and buzz tell him he was there he was a toddler but he was there

he listens to so much old school rap it really amps him up

isn’t intimidated by anyone. constantly stands up to bullies no matter who they’re targeting.

he get’s buzz’s height - ends up being even taller at 6′4″ - and gets pretty good at basketball. he even goes to college on a basketball scholarship.

buzz hangs a hoop in the driveway and they play so much

buzz sees him playing basketball on tv for the first time and cries real dad tears

science nerd - loves chemistry specifically

becomes a research chemist

[crippledboyfriend]

Viktor fucks up his back in this one because honestly, I think it’s safe to assume something like this has happened with how he holds himself when relaxing, the simpleness and lack of shoulder rotations when we see him skating with Yuri compared to when he was younger, AND how he nearly started to explain something like this when Yuri touched his hair and they had a little argument.

Disc Damage

        Dizziness overcame Viktor and it took him a second, but he still impressively got back up and kept skating. His face felt hot, heated up with pain now in addition to just normal sweating. Viktor continued his routine as the crowd made worried noises.

        There was just about 10 seconds left. He could do this.

        Viktor spun and stopped himself short as he raised his arms in the air, struck with another blow of pain to his back from the motion. He gasped and covered up his inability to perform the routine as planned by gracefully crossing his arms and slowly bringing them back out. He did this as widely as he could, which was not very wide at all. The skater was glad that he thought ahead to take the improvisation slowly to decrease the chances that people would notice when he realized his limit.

        The crowd cheered as his song ended, and he slowly made his way off the ice to the kiss and cry.

        Yakov was red and shocked. He kept making dramatic gestures while lecturing Viktor who was just trying to sit down without passing out.

        “Viktor, what the hell?!? You fucked up your back, didn’t you?!?”

        “Yes, Yakov,” Viktor panted. “Yes, I did. Just, don’t act like you know we’re going to the hospital after the competition.”

        “Viktor, that looked awful. Did you think at all that you might jeopardize your career by getting back up like that?!?”

        “We’re so close to the final,” Viktor breathed heavily. “I just want to get there. I can deal with this on my own time.”

        Viktor ignored Yakov’s muttering as he tried to pull himself together, breathing through the pain.

        Yuri Katsuki kept checking for updates from Viktor. His fall looked awful, and there was all kinds of speculation about it. Finally, Viktor posted a pale selfie from the hospital of himself on a drip.

        Yuri gasped, worried.

        “Ouch, ouch, ouch. I’m on some really strong painkillers after the spill that knocked me down to 4th place, but my back’s still killing me!”

        “Oh, Viktor,” Yuri whispered to himself. “Poor baby.” He couldn’t even imagine how his idol was feeling.

        Yakov parked in front of Viktor’s apartment. Fortunately, the painkillers were allowing him to tolerate the ride back from the hospital, and as much as Viktor wanted to be in his own bed with his dog who was not allowed to visit (he checked), a lot of him still wished that he was in the hospital getting attention, and able to just take another selfie in the white room for line after line of pity messages. He thought about taking a few selfies to save to post later as if he was still hospitalized, but he knew that he posts so much he’d blow the lie in an instant.

The medication was starting to catch up to Viktor’s stomach a bit, but that wasn’t going to make him ease up on it. These pills were quite the experience, nothing that he’d ever gotten before for routine surgery or minor fractures like the time he landed on his wrist.

        “Wait here,” said Yakov. “I’m going to put the damn dog up. It’ll be hard enough to get you to bed without her jumping on you.”

        “She won’t hurt me,” Viktor said weakly, but Yakov ignored him and let himself in with Viktor’s keys. Viktor got a bit nervous being left alone, but soon Yakov was back to the car, opening the door and helping the skater stand.

        Viktor’s lip trembled and he made an involuntary noise as he stood, ears ringing.

        Yakov didn’t want to hurt Viktor by touching his back, but he watched carefully, nervous. He wasn’t sure what all he could do to support the younger man.

        Walking with a hand on the car to keep him steady, Viktor took slow, small steps, not letting either of his feet get too far out from the other one.

        By the time they were inside, Viktor’s vision was going out and he knew he couldn’t make it to the bed. He sat down slowly on the couch.

        “Take a break,” suggested Yakov.

        “Definitely. I’m going to stay here until I have to get up again,” Viktor winced and gently lowered himself on to his aching back.

        “Vitya, that’s not what I meant. You’ll be more comfortable once you make it to bed,” Yakov gently grabbed Viktor’s arm, trying to stop him before he had gotten completely on his back. He failed.

        “I know, but the problem is I can’t actually make it,” Viktor nearly snapped at his coach.

        “I’ll try to bring the dog in slowly,” Yakov folded his arms, wanting to move on from the conversation. It was hard enough to argue with Viktor when he was dead sober.

“You know how she is, though,” Yakov warned as he opened the door to the bathroom and grabbed Makkachin’s collar to slow her down, guiding her as she tried to scramble across the floor. Her claws were making an awful racket, but it made Viktor smile like it always does. Yakov brought the feisty dog over to the side of the couch and she pawed up at him, trying to leap.

        “I’ll just pick her up so she doesn’t land too hard,” Yakov awkwardly scooped up the dog and put her on Viktor’s chest.

Viktor winced at some stinging pain a bit, but then he grinned and pet his dog as she got her balance and licked his face.

“Thank you,” said Viktor.

Yakov made some ice for Viktor.

“Can you move at all to put this on your back?” he asked, pulling Makkachin to Viktor’s feet.

“I’ll try to slip this under…” Viktor grunted and took a quick breath as he adjusted the ice.

“Okay,” Viktor sighed, and Yakov let the dog loose again. Viktor hugged her.

“Don’t use ice for long, though. Just 15 minutes at a time. Do you have a heating pad you could switch to?”

“I don’t think so,”

“Well, that’s easy enough to get,” Yakov put his hands in his pockets. “Can I do anything else for you?”

“I don’t think so,” Viktor yawned, a bit drowsy from the medication.

“Well, then I should get to the rink and help Georgi out. He’ll need extra practice for a while since all the time we’ll need to make up together after you heal will add up,”

“Wait, don’t go,” Viktor looked shocked, but he wasn’t actually that surprised. He just really didn’t want to be left alone, even though he figured his recovery would be with Makkachin for the most part. It scared him to not be able to control his body, and the pills were making him more outwardly emotional about it.

“Please, please, please don’t leave me alone. I know you have students, but I can hardly move.”

“Lilia will stop by in the afternoons frequently until you’re well,” Yakov promised, nodding. “We spoke a lot when you were in the hospital. She’ll be here soon. She knows when you were discharged.”

Now Viktor was actually surprised.

“She didn’t say that when she visited me in the hospital,” said Viktor. “I didn’t think you two spoke much anymore.”

“She saw what happened to you. It was important to both of us that we had a lot of conversation the past few days,” shrugged Yakov. “I can wait until she gets here.”

        “Are you positive that you want to take this now?” asked Lilia, withholding a pill from the injured skater. “You will only have 3 left after it, and it would be wise to space them out more than that considering the condition you’re in.”

        Viktor took the medication from her.

        “I’m sure,” As he swallowed the pill, his old ballet instructor carefully reached to fix his pillow, wanting to make it a bit more comfortable.

        “I don’t think this is healing normally,” Viktor couldn’t meet Lilia in the eye.

        “You fucked up a disc and you need to rest,” she snapped, brushing off the idea.

        “Lilia,” Viktor smiled.

        “I’m dead serious. You never take the recovery time you need. Apparently this amount of pain is necessary to make you follow doctors’ orders. Ridiculous, if you ask me,”

        “Do you think we could get more of those painkillers?”

        “From the doctor? No,” said Lilia. “The thought of that is laughable. I’m personally not convinced that you’re not addicted as is.”

        “How cruel,”

        “Get over yourself. That’s the kind of question you should’ve asked before taking one of your last pills,”

“It wouldn’t have changed my decision,” said Viktor. “It would’ve made me a lot less nervous if I could get more, but I need it now.”

“Just be sure to continue with your honesty and tell me what that does to your stomach so I can try to fix it, alright?”

Viktor nodded, not looking at the woman.

        “Could you brew up another batch of the same tea as earlier?”

        “Another?” Lilia put a hand on her hip.

        Viktor simply thanked the ballerina, knowing she’d do whatever he requested. He actually liked asking her for literally everything, and the pills helped curb his guilt.

        “When I come back, I’m going to check your wound,”

        “Again?”

        “It’s been 2 days. I’m looking at it once your medication kicks in,”

        “You can be a really tough nurse,”

        “And you, my dear pupil, can be a very difficult patient,” she said as she left.

        Viktor pet Makkachin, worrying that he WAS getting older. This recovery might not go as smooth as his others have.

        Lilia came back and sat the cup of tea down at Viktor’s side and took his hand, urging him to sit up.

        “Ow,” he complained.

        “Oh, woman up. I know it hurts,” Lilia firmly supported Viktor by his shoulder with her right hand and gently lifted his shirt with the left. She changed her tone into a more comforting one.

        “There, that looks so much better,” she cooed.

        “I have to have an infection,”

        “No, you’re fine,” said Lilia confidently, helping Viktor lie back down and fixing his hair. “This is just the most serious injury you’ve ever had. You just don’t know what to expect.”

        “This isn’t right,” Viktor insisted. “This isn’t like how I felt after I had surgery on my wrist when I broke it. Not at all,”

        “You don’t have an infection. It would look worse, and YOU would look worse,”

        “What’s that supposed to mean?” asked Viktor. “Pretty people can’t be sick?”

        “You’d be clammy and sweating like a pig,” Lilia clarified, touching her temple.

        “I’m shivering, though,”

        Lilia sighed.

        “You’re shuddering, Viktor…shuddering…” She gently stroked his cheek. “Perhaps I made you move too soon before the pills had a chance to fully kick in. Just because you’re acting high didn’t necessarily mean it was enough yet.”

        “Lilia, something’s wrong,”

        “Do you want me to take your temperature?” asked Lilia. “We should be passed that, but I can prove to you that this is no infection.”

        Yuri read over a new tweet from Viktor Nikiforov.

        “I had no idea how many things I was using my back for. I can’t do anything on my own right now.”

        Part of the wording excited Yuri even though it bothered him that Viktor wasn’t recovered yet. He would do anything for him. He’d give everything he had to wait on his crush while he healed.

        “Phichit, when did you say you thought Viktor would be back on the ice again?”

        Staying at home was boring for Viktor, so he was getting a bit better at taking care of himself and pushing though pain. But, he still stuck a thermometer under his arm, paranoid and looking for answers as to why he felt such sharp pain whenever he moved. He couldn’t believe that there wasn’t an infection or some sort of mistake at this point. He had a doctor’s appointment in just a few days, but it was becoming clear to him that he should stop whining about this online. People will speculate and might realize he’s done permanent damage long before he’s willing to talk about it. As awful as this was, he wasn’t willing to let it end his career.

        Viktor removed the thermometer. Normal again. He wasn’t sure what to do with the lack of new information.

        “Viktor, I brought dinner!” Lilia hollered, loudly shutting the front door.

        Makkachin leaped off the bed to find her as Viktor scrambled to put the thermometer back on the nightstand. He was more careful and meticulous about getting his shirt back over his head.

        “Thank you,” Viktor grinned, looking a bit disheveled. “I’m not sure when I’ll be back on the ice, but I’m getting better at managing at home, I promise.”

        Viktor looked away.

        “Even if I do ask you for most everything when you’re here. It just…helps to not do things that hurt…” Viktor was a bit embarrassed, but he continued despite this. “And I’m still in quite a lot of pain. I can’t imagine moving for enjoyable things, much less exercise,”

        “Oh, I know it still hurts,” said Lilia, looking in Viktor’s eyes. “Which is also why I know you can get back to skating soon if that is what you want. I’ve seen how strong you are. You can suffer and deteriorate through pain yet still do beautiful things while faking the most convincing smile.”

[christinaepilzauthor-blog]

Lady Spy

by Linda Fetterly Root

When the new Spanish ambassador Don Pedro de Zuniga arrived in London in the early autumn of 1605, he was given the names of seven individuals who were 'pensioners' of the King of Spain, presumably aristocrats who had rendered service to the Hapsburgs. The names were not made public nor were they presumed to have been revealed to King James.

THE LIST OF SEVEN 

Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton 

Charles Blount, Earl of Devonshire 

Thomas Sackville, Earl of Dorset 

Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, the king's First Minister. 

Catherine Howard, Countess of Suffolk, Chief Lady-in-Waiting to the queen; wife of a principal peer.

Sir William Monson, Diplomat

Jean Drummond, first lady of the Queen's Bedchamber

This was a time in English history when aligning with the Spanish was a precarious course of action. The years between the appearance of the Armada off the Lizard in 1588 and the peace overtures of 1604 were not nearly enough to erase the terrors of the Armada years from the collective English memory. And if that were not concern enough, two months after the list came into the ambassador's hands,  the Spanish threat emerged again in the wake of the Gunpowder Treason. Anti-Spanish sentiment was again stoked and the new ambassador was forced into self-imposed house arrest at Spanish Place, guarded by a cordon of English soldiers. It would not have served the fragile peace had it become know that seven strategically-placed personalities at the Stuart court were  in the pocket of the Spanish.

Of the seven on the list, two were women. Six were either participants or, as was the case with the Duchess of Suffolk, closely associated with principals in the negotiations of the Treaty of London of 1603, an instrument that ended hundreds of years of hostilities and decades of actual war between the English and the Spanish. If the seven names were to be made public, the first six could stand behind an argument that King Philip III was merely thanking them for the successful conclusion of an enterprise as beneficial to England as it was to Spain.

Seated at the English side of the negotiating table at Somerset House where the Treaty of London was signed were Thomas Sackville, Charles Blount, Henry Howard and none other than Sir Robert Cecil, who was considered one of England's vociferous critics of the Spanish. The only male of the seven missing from the table was Sir William Monson, who had gone to Flanders as escort to the retiring leader of the Spanish-Hapsburg delegation, Don Juan de Velasco, Duke of Frias, who while in the portrait, was too ill to participate in the negotiations. Monson had strong personal ties to the Hapsburgs and his status as a pensioner should come as no surprise. Nor is Catherine Howard's inclusion a puzzle. Long before the autumn of 1605, she was a well known conniver with a propensity to assert herself into most matters of consequence, a Howard, and the wife of one of England's highest ranking peers. Sir Thomas had the title but his Countess had the brains. BUT, WHO WAS JANE DRUMMOND?

To the casual historian, there is no plausible explanation for the inclusion of the last name on the list unless she was a spy. Jane (Jean) Drummond, the only Scot on King Philip's secret list was an unmarried woman and the third child of a well regarded but remote Scottish Earl. What prestige she may have acquired as sister-in-law of Alexander Seton, the powerful Scottish Chancellor, faded when Seton set aside Lilias Drummond for the same reason Henry Tudor discarded Queen Catherine for Anne Boleyn. Yet, while Lady Jane seemed the least likely to be of value to the Hapsburgs, hers was among the largest grants. The grants were given at a time when Philip III was nearly bankrupt, which begs the question: what services did Lady Drummond perform to warrant extravagant gifts and an annual stipend of 2000 Felipes?

Unfortunately, one of the most comprehensive sources of information regarding the influence of Queen Anne's ladies, The Politics of Female Households: Ladies-in-waiting across Early Modern Europe, (an anthology edited by Nadine Akkerman and Birgit Houben) is priced out of the budget of most researchers. Also, as pointed out by Linda Porter in her journal article, The Politics of Female Households, (History Today, Vol. 64, Issue 6, June 2014), the anthology has the weaknesses of having been written by graduate students of varying talents and being poorly edited. However, the portion dealing with the household of Anne of Denmark has much to offer about Lady Jane which is not found elsewhere.

Nevertheless, it includes little of her history before Lady Jane Drummond accompanied Anne to England in 1603. For that, one must delve into the Scottish history of the years from the time of the King's marriage to Anne of Denmark and his ascension to the English crown when Elizabeth Tudor died in 1603. By then, Anne had already shown a preference for staffing her household with Catholics. Some modern historians argue that she did so with the king's knowledge and half-hearted consent. The popular opinion is he advised her to be discreet about it and agreed to look through his fingers if she kept her Catholic leanings in the closet. The king's ambivalence toward his wife's Catholicism raises the question of just whose agent Lady Drummond may have been. Recent research suggests if not an agent, she was at least a conduit for exchanges between the Stuart monarchy and the Catholic kings of early modern Europe which James wished to seduce to the peace table. Those who follow the politics of James Stuart's last few years as Scotland's resident king will recall he often lived apart from his Danish bride, Anne, whose sons were expected to live in separate households, a tradition which the queen found abhorrent and which caused an estrangement between the royals. When she was separated from her firstborn, Prince Henry Frederick, she launched an aborted attempt to kidnap him while James was occupied elsewhere. As was his nature, the king forgave her, but their relationship was never quite the same. As a part of her dowry, she had an entitlement to lands at Dunfermline and established a residence in the Abbey Palace where her second son, Charles I, was born. He was a sickly child, and thus there was no pressure from the Scottish lords to separate him from his mother. There was no political advantage and considerable risk in obtaining guardianship of a child who would likely die.

At the time of Charles Stuart's birth, the king's Scottish counselor and confidante, Alexander Seton, was still married to his first wife Lilias Drummond. They, too, had established a palatial residence at Dunfermline. It was likely during her confinement before the birth of her second son that the Queen met Lilias's sister Jane. At any rate, a few months after James Stuart's arrival in England to ascend the English throne in the spring of 1603, His Majesty ordered his consort to gather up their remarkable son Prince Henry Frederick and travel south, leaving unappealing, crippled Charles behind with his Chancellor and his second wife, Grizel Leslie. Queen Anne selected Jane Drummond to accompany her to Stirling to collect Prince Henry Frederick, heir-apparent to three kingdoms and a well-known crowd-pleaser.

By then she and Lady Jane were fast friends and co-conspirators. In the autumn of 1603 when the Queen arrived in London, one of Jane's first assigned duties was to staff the queen's household with priests disguised as servants, with the queen's confessor posing as her Majesty's falconer.   According to research contained in the book edited by Nadine Akkerman, Lady Jane Drummond's activities on behalf of the Hapsburgs and the Vatican were likely instigated by the queen and possibly sanctioned by the king, who possibly used them as a conduit to the Catholic kings with whom he wished to reconcile. This viewpoint is consistent with recent research indicating James I aspired to a legacy as the monarch who brought peace to the modern states of Europe by minimizing the religious differences between Protestant rulers and the Catholic kings. (see King James VI and I and the Reunion of Christendom, W. B. Patterson, Cambridge Studies in Earl Modern British History, Cambridge University Press, 1997). Jane's relationship with the Spanish and likely, the Pope, were not the least bit casual. She had even been assigned the code name Amadis, from a character in a medieval romance novel. She was a single woman and could not have gained her pension as a means of exerting pressure on a well-placed husband, for she did not marry reformed Scottish reiver-cum-courtier, Lord Robert Kerr (later Earl of Roxburgh) until 1614, after his first wife died. Her stock in trade was her actual or perceived influence over the queen. Before he was replaced by Don Pedro Zuniga in 1605, the Spanish ambassador Don Juan de Taxis, Count of Villa Medina, personally requested Philip III to grant a stipend to Lady Drummond, citing the numerous times she had passed on valuable secret information. While the extent of her disclosures are not known, it is likely she was also used to pass messages to the Spanish from James I when he himself could not.

Anne of Denmark

After the discovery of the Gunpowder Treason in November 1604, the queen found it politically astute to cut back on her Catholic leanings, which made Jane's position critical insofar as it provided an avenue for the queen to maintain a clandestine contact with the Catholic European monarchies and the Vatican. However, the Queen and Jane had a a falling out in 1617 when Jane's husband, who was by then the Earl of Roxburghe, attempted to obtain the guardianship of Charles without first consulting either the king or the queen. The popular Henry Frederick had died in 1612, apparently of typhus, and control of adolescent Charles was indeed a power play characteristic of Lord Roxburghe. When Jane was expelled from the royal bedchamber, the Spanish discontinued the stipend, a rather clear statement of why it had been awarded in the first place. Logically, this should be the end of the story, but it is not. Jane Drummond did not disappear from the world of power politics when her relationship with Anne ended. By then, she had already gained the favor of the heir-apparent Charles. When he married the Catholic French princess Henrietta Maria, Jane's stars were in ascendance. She remained an important figure in the Court of Charles I until her death. The circumstances of her last mission were not fully known until last year when its details were reported in The Guardian.

THE DRESS:

The year 1642 found Jane Drummond, Countess of Roxburghe, in the household of yet another Stuart consort, Henrietta Maria, wife of ill-fated Charles I. She had known Charles since he was an infant in the Scottish household of Alexander Seton. Between the Setons and his mother, he had spent most of his early life in the care of Catholics, until he was placed in the care of Sir Robert Carey and his wife, Dame Robert. At some point after his marriage, Charles I wished to make the Countess of Roxburghe governess of his heir, the future Charles II, but the anti-Catholic faction at the English court balked. Nevertheless, Jane Drummond was appointed governess of his other children. Charles and Henrietta Maria's marriage is said to have become a love match, and the royal household, however stressed, was a happy one. Unfortunately, domestic harmony did not save Charles I from his shortcomings or his inability to adapt to change.

King Charles, his consort and his children

Charles I and his allies (PD Art)

A scant few months before the outbreak of what became the English Civil War, the king's consort and a few of her most trusted ladies sailed from Dover to the Netherlands, ostensibly to deliver the princess Mary, who was five, to the protection of her betrothed, William of Orange. But that was not the true reason for the trip. Henrietta Marie was traveling to Europe to pawn the Crown Jewels, in order to finance a Royalist army. It was a highly dangerous mission, both practically and politically. Many of Charles's failings had been attributed to his Catholic consort. While the details of the mission are unclear, the fleet of twelve ships in the Consort's convoy was shipwrecked off the Dutch Island of Texel. The royal party either survived or was not at sea when the storm hit. Reports of the shipwreck are vague. With England soon to be at war, the event was overshadowed. However, in 2014, Dutch divers found the wreckage of one of the ships and among the items salvaged was an elegant dress, heavily embroidered in gold and silver threads and wonderfully preserved.

Courtesy of the Texil Museum

The discovery was not widely publicized until the origin of the items could be researched, but thanks to circumstantial evidence, a newly discovered letter from Charles I's sister Elizabeth of Bohemia, the Winter Queen, and the research of Nadine Akkerman and her colleague Helmer Helmers, the dress is accepted by most historians as a gown belonging to Jane Drummond, Countess of Roxburghe. The claim is largely based upon its dated style and large size.  At the time of the shipwreck, the Countess was 46 years old, stout, and no longer a fashion trend-setter.  Her inclusion on the mission is a testimony to the degree of trust and high esteem in which she was held by the Queen Consort and by King Charles, who sought to entrust her with his children.  If the mission to  pawn the Crown Jewels had been exposed, more than just gowns and trinkets would have been sacrificed. Jane Drummond, Countess of Roxburghe, died the following year.  King Charles was beheaded at Westminster on January 31, 1649.

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Linda Fetterly Root is the author of seven novels set in Marie Stuart's Scotland and early modern Britain. She lives in the Southern California high desert and is a retired major crimes prosecutor. She is a member of the Marie Stuart Society, the California Bar and the Bar of the Supreme Court.

Hat Tip To: English Historical Fiction Authors

[mugi-chan]

One order for a head cannon for the dorm leader’s normally chill s/o snapping at them over the smallest thing due to stress. During this outburst the s/o simply states, “I many not have magic but I can sure beat you in a fist fight, if you don’t stop!”

ლ  Content: Dorm leaders,“I many not have magic but I can sure beat you in a fist fight, if you don’t stop!”

ლ  Warnings: None!

ლ Comments: Yes, We love a feisty s/o! ᕦ(ò_óˇ) Sorry if their a little OOC

Riddle knew you were having a stressful week, he knew that 

But he never knew that his calm s/o would be like this 

All he did was ask if she can help out instead of sitting around 

You just snapped at him and started to ran on and on about everything that went wrong this past week

Riddle just sat there in shock not knowing what to do

I-is this how s/o normally is?

N-no they're always so calm and at peace 

He let is head get the better of him and started to argue back

It started to get really heated and Ace and Deuce quickly had to go grab Trey before Riddle or you did something really bad

As soon as you said “I may not have magic but I can sure beat you in a fist fight, if you don’t stop!” that made Riddle shut up for a while until Trey got there

When Trey got there all he saw was you fuming and Riddle sitting there in shock trying to process the words you said 

Then riddle was going to say something before Trey broke you two up 

It may take a while for Riddle to apologize but he will with a tea party and sweets 

Leona was just trying to take a nap until it was near the time to go to school

You had come in instead of Ruggie to get your lazy lion up

You were already stress due to Trein’s test that was coming up 

Leona didn’t want to get up 

“Ugh your so annoying” He groaned, he didn’t know what was coming from saying that

You just snapped and started to rant to him about how lazy he was and how he never does anything

Leona was just groaning and arguing back 

He never thought you were like this, normally you are just like him laid back and chill.

 I think it was that big test you were talking about 

When Leona heard you say “I may not have magic but I can sure beat you in a fist fight, if you don’t stop!” he just smiled

“Well if you think you can beat me, i’d like to see you try” 

Ruggie came in seeing you and Leona just going at it looking like you two where about to get physical 

“Okay, okay, let's break it up” Laugh with me was used to stop both of you from going anymore

After a scolding from Ruggie, Leona would sheepishly apologize to you 

Maybe hugging it out would work hopefully

Azul was already having a stressful week along with you 

So two stressful people one with magic one without magic what can go wrong? Well a lot can go wrong

Azul was stressed out by the contracts he had and you walked in wanting to be comfort after a stressful class

You tried to get Azuls attention, but it backfired and Azul snapped back at you 

You who where taken aback started to snap back 

It started to get heated and Azul started to insult your abilities

He started to insult you by saying you can’t use any magic and how defenseless you are

You fired back after being really hurt by that comment by saying “I may not have magic but I can sure beat you in a fist fight, if you don’t stop!”

Which made Azul stop and think 

This was true, you do have a physical capabilities that he doesn’t 

He isn’t use to his human boyd and hell he’s not strong enough to fight fist to fist without his magic

Both of you were sitting there in silence you trying to calm yourself down

He was also in shock on how you, a very laid back person can be like this. It both shook and yet intrigued him

Are you always like this when your mad? Or do you just hide your true self? 

Jade and Floyd were watching as this was the most interesting thing to happen today 

After everything settled Azul would immediately apologize to you saying how low it was for him to attack something you couldn’t control

Kalim just wanted to get your attention, Jamil was busy so he can’t hangout with Kalim but he knows his s/o is here so time to see if they want to hangout 

You were in his room trying to study for an upcoming test

He comes bursting in clamping onto you trying to get your attention 

You try to give him some while trying to study for this 

But sometimes this little boy doesn’t know when to stop and you just snapped 

You started to yelling and ranting about everything that has happened

Poor boy doesn’t know what to do, he’d be trying to calm you down but you keep ranting

He accidentally said something about you not having magic and you just fired back with “I may not have magic but I can sure beat you in a fist fight, if you don’t stop!”

The poor boy would just be even more confused trying to apologize

He was so use to you being so chill and always stop what you were doing to give him attention 

I think he just forgot you had a test coming up 

Jamil came into the room after being tipped of by some scarabia student that you and kalim where yelling in the room

Jamil saw you ranting away and Kalim just trying to help out by talking to you 

Kalim would apologize immediately for what he said but you also said sorry because you were just stressed

Vil knew you were stress he could see it on your face

You where sitting in the lounge trying to study as Vil was scrolling through Magicam

Vil made a offhand comment about your stress and that just made you snap 

You started to just go off with him over everything 

Vil would just dismiss everything 

He then pointed out how you don’t have magic. Why would you even be in this school? 

That hurt a lot 

You just fired back “I may not have magic but I can sure beat you in a fist fight, if you don’t stop!”

Vil was just in shock like, did his calm and chill s/o just threaten him to fight? 

Epel was loving all of this seeing his Dorm leader being told off 

Rook on the other hand was panicking thinking what to do to stop Vil and you from saying anything more that can ruin you twos relationship

Vil would just get up and walk away, with rook in tow. 

Epel just came to see if your okay, yeah you're okay but you were just stressed 

Vil would expect you to apologize first, but you also expect Vil to apologize first 

So it may take some pushing from Rook and Epel for you two to apologize to each other

It would be a short and simple apology but it would be sweet

You come in want to chat to him, he was doing some programing 

Poor baby doesn’t know what to do, he just wants to do his programing but you were trying to talk to him

You two were pretty stressed enough 

You with you classes 

And Idia with trying to get this programming right 

Idia would just say a backhand comment which didn’t sit right with you 

You would just started to go off on him 

Idia was shocked to say the less someone who he cares about a lot is mad at him? 

He would be just sitting there not knowing what to do 

In the middle of that you said “I may not have magic but I can sure beat you in a fist fight” 

Idia kinda took that serious and thought you wanted to fight him 

But you were just joking and had to explain to him that it was a joke 

A introvert like him would never understand these type of situation and how to handle them 

He may have to ask ortho if your normally like this

He only knew you for being very chill and relax like him 

An Apology from both are given and you two would just make it up by playing some video games

He is so confused, it’s the truth why are you so mad about it?

All he said is that you don’t have magic and that's okay 

You went from your normal chill self to ranting while pacing around the lounge

Malleus is so confused. What should he do?  He was trying to talk things out with you

Lilia may come in to see what was going on. 

Lilia came in to hear you say “I may not have magic but I can sure beat you in a fist fight, if you don’t stop!”

Yup and there goes lilia leaving the room how funny, a mere human trying to fight in hand to hand combat 

Malleus would find this amusing as well. He isn’t just trained in his magic fighting in hand to hand combat is something else he was trained in.

He would just use simple magic to lift you up and sat you down on a chair as a table and another chair come from across the room

He would sit you down and ask you to explain what is stressing you and how he can help 

That seems to be his way to calm you down

Later on lilia brought some tea to help ease your stress 

Malleus would apologize for not realizing how stressful you were. All of this must be so stressful for you and Malleus promised to help you with your stress

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