#askbox: Helen

[wrylu]

Strauss would unironically listen to "Schau mal herein" by Helene Fischer and FLorian Silbereisen because he's addicted to German songs, coffee and wine :( He is a diva and would listen to Helene Fischer because he has wrong and incorrect opinions and loves Schlager!!! We should make him eat lemons for these war crimes!!! /silly

This is like the most canon thing you've ever said actually. Real modern au Strauss right here /Silly

[ruinpowder]

i'm getting a little overwhelmed with asks, i can't make people not send them to me but i don't think i'll be able to answer them all at the moment

[fiuworks]

more!! more of the i open the doorkeay AU! decided why not blitz out a michael counterpart to the Gerry timeline while i'm at it! it's not like i have a wedding to attend tomorrow....cough . smiles

one of these is not like the others . evidently....... michael gets like halfway into true distortioning while Helen is messing with him but between his legitimate stress trying to run the institute for her and actually having more than an inkling at what's truly occuring despite anyone's knowing so, Gerry manages to pull him back to a state of humanity. though, he doesn't truly recover up until the world collapses

he's much closer to coworkers Sarah and Sasha than Gerry, and is really torn up when Sarah sacrifices herself to put down the Circus for once and for all, because despite all she's suffered, Michael still thinks she was a good person. And of course, he misses Sasha too- but he didn't know her as well, being a 'secret pupil' tucked away in Research by Gertrude, and he regrets not getting to know her more before the Not!Them took her from the Archives

IOTDK Michael you're wonderful to me nobody will truly know you or see you for you even though your lover can See All and unfortunately that is ur fate

as always askbox questions always open i want to discuss and draw this au more....drawing prompts, q's, comments all encouraged

[forsaken-headcanons]

The Askbox reopens and y’all immediately get like 100 asks. Jesus christ.

Oh shit now I’m here I gotta figure out a headcanon. Uh I’m the anon who sent The Magnus Archives headcanons in earlier so here have some more:

- I don’t pay much attention to the unreleased guys but from what I’ve seen: Wanwood/Cerulean Corruption, Noli Spiral. Noli is very obviously spiral to me, his mechanics literally revolve around hallucinations iirc?

- Iii think the Spawn would be an entity cult. Centred around hating the End’s guts and worshipping the Dark, probably. Maybe a splinter faction of the People’s Church?

- I think in a proper TMA AU, the admin squad would be the Archival staff. Same alignments as previously mentioned. BM Jon, Shedletsky Martin, Taph Sasha, Dusekkar Tim. Audio recording by David Builderman, head archivist of the Spectre Institute, Robloxia

- IG along those lines, Wanwood Melanie, Chance Basira, Guest Daisy, Elliot Georgie, 7n7 Helen, and Two Time…Two Time Nikola . I Guess.

- Suppose that means Spectre is Elias and 1x1x1x1 is Peter. New crackship unlocked for you lonelyeyes shippers in the chat

omfg we NEED to relisten to this banger podcast all the names here gave us flashbacks istg. also about the asks. yeag. we all love yall sm tho so it dont matter /silly

OUGHH THESE ALL FIT SO WELL OML?? the Spawn.. ohh yes yes it Would. lonelyeyes gets a new parallel duo 💔 does that mean buildersky is real too. mayhaps

[rain-braiding-down-a-window-pane]

May I drop a harebrained Siegfried/Audrey theory in your askbox, since I've nowhere else to put it?

The real Siegfried, Donald Sinclair's, Audrey was a wealthy woman who bought them a manor house after they married and basically ensured he'd never be pressed for income again. (IIRC, *that's* when he finally made real-life James/Alf a full partner in the practice!)

Theory: Mrs. Hall is going to come into money. It's a bit odd that we've never heard a word about her relations other than Edward (have we? We've heard about the parents of every other major character) or what became of Mr. Hall - a random fortune could come from anywhere. Maybe the *reason* Audrey has never discussed her family is that there's something unexpected about them (well-to-do?) but they cut her off early in life for some reason - could hers have been a shotgun wedding? I think all we know about her wedding to Mr. Hall was that it took place during WWI and was small and hurried, right?

Or maybe the mysterious Mr. Hall is the one who comes into money, and leaves it to Audrey and Edward upon his inevitable untimely death.

In any case, Audrey comes into money and no longer *needs* her job, instantly negating the employer/employee barrier and the awkward power imbalances that go along with it. (Maybe she insists on leaving Skeldale since it would look improper for her to stay with no legitimate need for employment, and this precipitates Siegfried fiiiiinally making his move?)

I also think this will come at the end of the series, and may go hand-in-hand with S and A moving out and gifting Skeldale to James and Helen (which IIRC is also roughly equivalent to what happened in real life and has a sweet passing-the-torch-to-the-next-generation vibe). As much as I adore the Skeldale found family unit, the idea of Mrs. Hall becoming Mrs. Farnon and basically keeping on just as before but without a salary has always been a bit awkward. I don't think the series will end with two married couples living at Skeldale.

And anyways, I just love the idea of Audrey having a little Jane Eyre-ish arc and getting everything she deserves, dammit. It couldn't happen to a nicer fictional character.

(SORRY for just ranting in your inbox at length Pepe Silvia style, yikes, I'm just bursting with Thoughts™ and no one in my circle watches ACGAS!)

Feel free to drop me harebrained theories, I like reading them!

I too, would like to hear more about Audrey's past. Beyond her ex-husband, Edward and the Wrens, we don't really know anything else about her pre-Skeldale.

Like you, I struggle with the idea that if when Siegfried and Audrey do get married, Audrey simply carries on cooking and cleaning and whatnot, even though she's the lady of the house now, and for no money. I think she's used to her financial independence, and may struggle with the idea of being reliant on Siegfried for money. I also think she likes to be busy, so not doing all the jobs would be challenging for her too.

Audrey coming into a bit of money could help push aside those boundaries, and they could then approach the relationship more as equals. It could be quite a neat way, and a good catalyst, for them finally getting together.

I don't think the show is following too closely what happened irl, particularly when it comes to Siegfried and Audrey, so sadly, I don't think she's coming into money any time soon.

Audrey, however, really does deserve all the best things.

[queer-dw-tourney]

hello !!!! i would like to welcome everyone to the queer dw characters tournament !!! i thought it would be a fun thing to do for pride month :)

ran by @victoriawaterfield !!!

you're able to submit characters through my askbox, i'm going to keep submissions open for probably about four to five days. any doctor who characters are welcome EXCEPT the doctor and the master, for a few reasons, but mainly because i think they'd sweep. if you are submitting a character please make sure to include the source in which they are said to be queer, this tournament is open to extended universe characters as well, they don't just have to be from doctor who.

auto-qualifiers:

liz shaw (sapphic, lesbian or bisexual depending on the source)

mike yates (achillean, gay or bisexual depending on the source)

jack harkness (pansexual / omnisexual / bisexual depending on the source)

river song (bisexual / pansexual depending on the source)

yasmin khan (sapphic, presumably a lesbian?)

jenny flint (lesbian)

madame vastra (lesbian)

clara oswald (bisexual)

toshiko sato (bisexual)

bill potts (lesbian)

ianto jones (bisexual)

rose noble (transgender)

carla sunday (lesbian)

rogue (gay)

submissions:

gwen cooper (bisexual)

owen harper (bisexual)

oliver harper (gay)

ace mcshane (bisexual / lesbian depending on the source)

bernice summerfield (bisexual)

liv chenka (bisexual)

helen sinclair (lesbian)

tania bell (trans and sapphic)

sam jones (bisexual)

adric (bisexual)

leela (bisexual)

luke smith (gay)

valarie lockwood (bisexual)

cindy wu (bisexual)

fitz kreiner (bisexual)

christian purcell (gay)

chris cwej (bisexual)

calypso jonez (non binary, bisexual)

charlie smith (gay)

matteusz andrzejewski (gay)

nyssa of traken (sapphic)

tegan jovanka (sapphic)

izzy sinclair (lesbian)

trudy (transgender, lesbian)

jane austen (sapphic)

tanya adeola (bisexual / pansexual)

compassion (aromantic, asexual)

beep the meep (non binary)

bliss (bisexual)

heather (sapphic, presumably a lesbian)

roanna lockwood (sapphic, presumably a lesbian)

patricia haggard (sapphic, presumably a lesbian)

[mercurygray]

showing up late to the soirée with a no-pressure 🎬 for fred or cord, if you so desire!

Sorry I let this one sit so long, JJ! Just for funsies - I think I'll do both!

[if they were canon askbox meme!}

Fred

who the fandom ships them with: Brady, obviously, since they are too good for each other. Curt, for the pain, and Rosie, for the double drama of a love gained and a love broken and a good friends to lovers arc. Crosby, because...honestly who knows, but it's probably his big brown eyes and the fact that they share a few scenes. Yet unnamed guy at home OCs, yet unnamed Clubmobile girl OCs, and probably Helen, because she's there and they've both lost people.

why the fandom loves them: beautiful cinnamon roll, too good for this world, too pure. She's a great character for fic because she can and does share scenes with everyone.

why the fandom hates them: trite girl at home trope who needs to get lost. (The fandom can fight me.)

what the cast relationship would be like: I'm going to be very problematic and say that Fred might be one of the people who has died before the series gets made, so the only way the cast finds out about her is through the stories everyone else tells, which are, perhaps, inclined to be a little bit more rosy. Her daughter takes a great deal of pleasure out of finding out more about her mom. what was their audition scene: Fred's audition scene is one I haven't written yet where the girls are on a picnic on their day off and are talking about home.

Cord

who the fandom ships them with: Egan would be an obvious choice but fandom doesn't like being obvious, so also Gale, because of the friendship they develop. Mae, because they share a lot of scenes and the idea of them making out in the tower is hot. Laura, because ditto making out in a plane. Harding or Bowman, for the drama of being in love with an older man. Crosby, because he's...there. Jack Kidd, because they're both in the same situation of being 'left behind' and having Egan come home to find out Kidd got his job and his girl is very chewy. (Come to that, that would work for Harding or Bowman.)

why the fandom loves them: I don't think the fandom likes Cordelia very much, actually. She feels like a character that's trying too hard to be relevant, even though that's exactly who she was.

why the fandom hates them: She's cockblocking the Buck(y)s and we won't stand for that.

what the cast relationship would be like: Bucky is all in about talking to the cast (please picture this energetic old man waving a cane and parachuting out of airplanes at 90) and I think Cord is also a talker, but in a different way. She's spent a lot of time in her adult life speaking in front of congress about veteran's benefits and equal pay, but not her personal stories. That takes a little more doing.

[hellcat-niko]

ok to the one anon left in my askbox (you know who you are) Im fairly certain you know helen so you should rly talk to it lmao

[x-lee-cya]

thought you'd like to know that the one-shot is making progress from your idea! I am being hit by hurricane helene rn and my power's been going in and out so I've been working on it in spurts <3

OH MY GOD THSI IS SO GOOD TO KNOW EGSJSGEJEHJE TYSM!!! (also have no idea how long this's been sitting in my askbox, but if it's been a bit, sry for the wait, lmao - i didn't even realise i had any asks XD)

also hope everything goes good w the hurricane!! gl on the fic!! :D

[truedairship]

*makes my own camp in your askbox*

Helen/Nikola headcanons and since you said you went on a dive through Ranna, any Ranna headcanons as well, please. 😁 (If you have nothing for Ranna, pick any character you want!)

*scrambles to get some pillows and the biggest teacups I can find*

Helen/Nikola:

I talked a little bit about Nikola spending part of his 60 years in hiding with time!Helen here. That is a big, complicated one though, and putting my thoughts into words is difficult at the best of times😂 (as proven below). But ask and ye shall receive:

General Teslen ones though…

Okay so it is canon that Helen enjoys Nikola causing trouble (“well that’s what makes him so interesting”, Trail of Blood). I think that she (both in the past and post S4) sometimes is aware of what he’s doing/that he’s doing something stupid, but waits until it actually crosses her path before interfering because she enjoys disrupting his plans at the best (worst) moment.

They both know that they’re not meant to have a “normal” relationship. Especially with how restless Nikola is. And Helen isn’t exactly the most domestic person either. Therefore, they won’t even try (as of yet at least) because they don’t want to ruin the relationship they have, attempted murder among friends included.

They have slept with each other on several occasions in the past.

IF they were to marry post S4/if they talk about it, I like to think that Nikola would be more willing to take her last name, or they’d use double ones.

They have never been Will they, Won’t they? but rather when will they and when won’t they. Because⬇️

They enjoy racking up the tension between them as high as they can as a game, only see how far they can go before actually colliding. (and frankly, some friendships are simply more fun with tangible sexual tension)

Although they’ve never actually discussed them, they are fully aware of each other’s limits. Nikola knows how much he can flirt with/annoy Helen without crossing the line, and immediately backs off if he comes too close (as proven when they’re in her bedroom in Animus). Likewise, Helen knows how to and how harshly she can rebuff him without him actually being hurt. Even if it doesn’t make sense to anyone else, they know where the lines are drawn. (Muddy explanation, sorry!)

On that note, I don’t think Nikola actually considered Cabal stronghold = Ashley might have been there in Trail of Blood. The face he makes when Helen mentions her feels very much like oh shoot I screwed up big time.

Continuing, Nikola’s over the top innuendo and flirting is less him actually wanting to get into her pants (obviously he wants to, but he knows that’s not really how to get there, see point three), and more just to annoy her and make her squirm (similar to how I enjoy horrifying my city-raised friends with weird horse-/general animal facts). Consensual bothering I suppose? He often does it just to make her smile, even if it’s from exasperation.

On that note, the scene with Abby’s zipper or whatever in her first(?) episode makes me see red because whyyy. That is never fun. (I would’ve loved it if it had it been Helen because they know each other and it would’ve been such a them thing but here it’s just- ugh. No.)

This is getting long but since you did ask

*realises worriedly that I should probably rewatch some sanctuary because wait what is actually canon and what is just my mad rambles when it comes to Ranna*

Ranna:

Helen overpowering and grabbing the gun-thing from Fallon followed by her accurately deducting what’s actually going on was the moment Ranna went all 🤩 and joined the Worship Helen Magnus club

In order to keep her position and everything, Ranna is very much cool, collected, detached, yada yada. Seeing Helen all fiery and very much openly caring for her crew (because that’s how she acted in Pax Romana) inspired her a lot and was part of the reason as to why she sent the coded message in Metamorphosis. (Connected to your point about her being 40-ish because I think meeting Helen made her rethink a lot of stuff)

Gregory has told Ranna about Helen, but what I like is that aside from the small meeting in S1, he hasn’t met Helen since what? 1909? Victorian era single father, combined with the general parents thinking their children are innocent thing… I mean Helen has changed quite a bit since then. Back to point one. Ranna realises Gregory’s stories don’t even begin to cover just what a powerhouse Helen is.

[best-nun-tournament]

I've finished all the Round 1 polls.

I have noticed that there were a few more entries that don't have propaganda:

Andrew and Aaron Minyard

Richard and Helen Gansey

Clary Fairchild and Sebastian Morgenstern

So if you're an All For The Game, Raven Cycle, or Shadowhunter Chronicles fan, send in a quick blurb about these siblings through the askbox!

[literally-just-there]

you said I could invade the askbox so here I am huehuehue. okay it's not actually me but YOU KNOW.

so. 👀 now that we know of everyone's favorite paintings, what are their favorite desserts? 👀👀👀✨

Oh my lord Kuroh is invading 🫣🫣🫣😂😂😂

Muehehe the desserts (or treats while we're at it).... *rubs hands mischievously* here we go 😁😁😁

🍰 • For Seeker : cranachan and vanilla ice cream

🍰 • For the Informant : cherry pie and airy bundt cake

🍰 • For Helen : lemon sponge cake

🍰 • For Smallcat : pear pie

🍰 • For Hammerstrike : anything with pistachios

🍰 • For Anna : blackberry tart

🍰 • For Ben : chocolate cake and hazelnut cookies

🍰 • For Clyde : chocolate fondant

🍰 • For Charlotte : pavlova with strawberries

🍰 • For the Dancer : Indian halva

🍰 • For Wei : Turkish delights (with green tea)

🍰 • For Hoggarth : vanilla muffins (with masala chai)

[tuppencetrinkets]

Sorted caps, Killing Eve S 1-4, assorted cast.

Anjana Vasan - Pam

Camille Cottin - Helene

Darren Boyd - Frank Haleton

Eugenia Dodina - Tatiana

Fiona Shaw - Carolyn Martens

Gemma Whelan - Geraldine

Harriet Walker - Dasha

Henry Lloyd-Hughes - Aaron Peel

Kim Bodnia - Konstantin

Nina Sosanya - Jess

Owen McDonnell - Niko Polastri

Robert Gilbert - Yusuf

Sean Delaney - kenny Stowton

Suan Lynch - Anna

Turlough Convery - Bear

Yuli Ladoninsky - Irina

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[sneakydraws]

Sorry for coming into your askbox with random wap ships but have you ever thought about Helene and Vera,,,, their respective deprivation of motherly love,,, their role of impeccable daughters,,, there's so much potential for toxic yuri 👁️👄👁️

Never considered it before but i admit there's something there!! With regard to being perfect daughters, they've both got this malicious compliance thing going on, like... Both their mothers are unhappy with them for seemingly no real reason, they both act their societal roles perfectly but seem aware that it's not enough... I feel like their personalities don't immediately strike me as jiving together but who knows...

[kyeterna]

OC-tober day 11 prompt: colour palette

Hot cocoa and Helen with Efial from Cards Swords and Cups

"Aren't you tired of the establishment treating you like garbage just because you were not born in one of the 'cool' families? Aren't you tired of the constant -unjust- justification of literal eugenics? Don't you wish things could be better? Join the struggle with us, disregard the rules of a game set up to fail, change your fate in the process. Overthrow the C-T.A."

Helen is her name. You would know that because of how infamous she's become at the campus. A reputation of a brute, crude mannerless woman who picks up fights with everyone she disagrees with, a punk. She does look pretty intimidating. You don't exactly disagree with what she is saying- she does have a point, you just don't really like the whole set up. Isn't she always a little... too extreme?

Efial is his name. He is a total John Doe. There is nothing noteworthy about him. Yet he stands besides Helen. Maybe things are more nuanced than rumours have them be.

They (society) hate girlbosses like us (Helen) win. So they damage their reputation to deligitimise their causes. Sure, Helen might come off as unfriendly and kind of scary, but she is far from that. From a fantasy setting where magic, a talent reserved for few people is secret from the common populace. And with most mages being extremely conservative, there's even discrimination amongst mage classes both in economic terms and lineage terms. There are many flaws in the mage society and so she decided that if no one will fight for a better one, she will take the first step, and kind of started a student movement and became the face of said movement despite her wishes. The demands are simple "if non-mage populations can still be victimised by misuse of magic, they should at least know what happened. Use magic for the betterment of all humanity, not just mages. End the blatant discrimination of non-noble mages in all mage associated institutions" and more alike. Efial, while initially recruited as a normal member, has quickly become Helen's right hand man. On top of that they are great friends. I am sure nothing bad awaits them down the line-

From bweirdart's OC-tober prompt:

While I am doing this challenge mostly to keep an archive of my characters on tumblr (and to incentivise myself to draw them), if you, person stumbling upon this post, are curious and wanna learn more, my askbox is open >:3c

[ivystoryweaver]

I’m so late, my bad! I just saw your celebration post beautiful. Congrats on your 1k!!! You deserve that and more. Okay so let’s start off with asking you your top 3 questions suggestion:

Top 3 historical figures?

Heyyy thanks for the ask! You are too sweet.

3 of my favorite historical people are from my home state!

Two Amazing ladies: Rosa Parks and Helen Keller

And I'm a musician, so I'm definitely influenced by artists and composers. My 3rd figure is Nat King Cole.

Still working on your Orestes story, don't worry!

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