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thevillain-s · 6 months
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Tulips 🌷 I’ve grown.
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galaxyheartfans · 2 years
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@moonlightravensblog
♞The Little Merman AU♗
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"All Character"
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thewritingpossum · 2 years
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It’s really not that funny but I’m still very amused by that one article from the daily telegraph that was like “Medieval body identified as Edward II’s gay lover” like damn, did Adam Orleton came back from the death to write that? 
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yourtrueface · 7 months
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Greatest Book Lovers in Books/Movies/Series Masterpost
1. Klaus Baudelaire - A Series of Unfortunate Events
2. Hermione Granger - Harry Potter
3. Alaska Young - Looking for Alaska
4. Mortimer and Meggie Folchart- Inkheart
5. Liesel Meminger - The Book Thief
6. Aziraphale - Good Omens
7. Charlotte Charles - Pushing Daisies
8. Suzy Bishop - Moonrise Kingdom
9. Bernard Black - Black Books
10. Rory Gilmore - Gilmore Girls
11. Audrey Hope - Gossip Girl
12. Kyle Scheible - Lady Bird
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grumble-all-you-like · 3 months
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Favorite Queen or Queen-adjacent medieval woman: Philippa of Hainault
"The most gentle Queen, most liberal, and most courteous that ever was Queen in her days."
It was difficult for me to choose a favorite, but in light of my recent hyperfixations on the impact of revisionist history, Bridgerton, and the modern concepts of race and identity, I felt like she really was the only one I could choose.
Phillipa is often touted as the perfect queen, similar to how Elizabeth of York is later portrayed. We know that she came to England during a very difficult and tumultuous time where her husband Edward III was a ruler in name only.
She was a patron of the arts and clearly intelligent, advising her husband in ways they could restore order after the financial strains the country had gone through. At one point she gathered the English army to face King David II of Scotland which resulted in his capture. Phillips even had a whopping thirteen children!
All of that is well and good, but the part of her so many people focus on these days is what she looked like.
There is a description of a girl, alleged by some to be Philippa, written by Bishop Stapleton during a visit to Flanders.
"The lady whom we saw has not uncomely hair, betwixt blue-black and brown… Her face narrows between the eyes and its lower part is more narrow than her forehead. Her eyes are blackish-brown and deep. Her nose is fairly smooth and even, save that it is somewhat broad at the tip and flattened, and yet it is no snub-nose… Her lips are full, especially the lower lip… Her lower teeth project a little beyond the upper; yet this is but little seen… All her body is well set and unmaimed; and nought is amiss so far as a man may see. Moreover, she is brown of skin all over, much like her father. And she will be of the age of nine years on St. John's day next to come, as her mother said. She is neither too tall nor too short for such an age; she is of fair carriage. The damsel is well taught in all that becometh her rank and highly esteemed and well beloved by her parents and of all her meinie, in so far as we could inquire and learn the truth. In all things, she is pleasant enough, as it seems to us"
*Note that "However, "Michael Prestwich's 2005 summary translates the description of the hair as "between blonde and brown" (the original is "entre bloy et brun"); Plantagenet England, 1225–1360 Clarendon, Oxford, 2005, p.215"
Now there's a lot of debate about this description - first and foremost, if it describes her at all. Ian Mortimer believes it describes her sister, Margaret, and wrote a rather angry response to the 100 Greatest Black Britons project including her as there was no evidence she was black "despite everything we know about them, their genetic background and culture of the period".
Whether or not it was Philippa, I do find it interesting that the historians who argue it is Margaret seem to miss what I think is a fairly obvious point: no matter which girl it was, they were full-blooded sisters and likely looked alike but also their father is described as having the same skintone.
In a time of a raceblind Hamilton cast, of Bridgerton, and My Lady Jane, I do think it's important that we acknowledge the importance of race throughout history - both how things were, and how they could have been if not for prejudice. I also believe it's important that we're mindful of the fact that there's a very modern perception that associates blackness with both skintone and originating from Africa at some point in time, so there's no way European royals could possess a darker skintone. Only it's not that simple.
The truth is there are no absolutes with history, especially history this old. We were not there. We cannot unravel the code of Philippa's genetics and state for certain what was there. We don't have a photograph. We don't even have paintings.
Hell, just look to how many people today are discovering their own history is a lie after taking a DNA test. The number of affairs exposed, secret adoptions, even incest is showing to be more prevalent than we believed. That's to say nothing of the expression of genetics and how a person might not "look" like the ethnicity they genetically are.
Philippa very well could have been "brown of skin all over, much like her father", or not.
In a modern society she might have considered herself to be black, or not.
The important thing is we should not take the current context of race and ethnicity and apply it to historical figures because we know they themselves did not think in such a manner.
It's fun to think about, and the discussions it brings up are worth having, but at the end of the day it's just supposition.
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ilikestuff69 · 1 year
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My X-Men Fancast
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Charles Xavier played by Mark Strong
Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto played by Jason Isaacs
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Scott Summers/Cyclops played by Mason Gooding
Jean Grey/Phoenix played by Katherine McNamara
Bobby Drake/Iceman played by Gabriel LaBelle
Warren Worthington/Angel played by Ross Lynch
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Logan/Wolverine played by Tom Hardy or Taron Egerton
Ororo Munroe/Storm played by Aja Naomi King
Hank McCoy/Beast played by Tyler Hoechlin
Raven Darkhölme/Mystique played by Claudia Doumit
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Anna Marie/Rogue played by Keke Palmer
Remy LeBeau played by Dacre Montgomery
Kathrine Pryde/Shadowcat played by Isabelle Fuhrman
Piotr Rasputin/Colossus played by Alexander Ludwig
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Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler played by Mena Massoud
Lorna Dane/Polaris played by Thomasin McKenzie
Sean Cassidy/Banshee played by Paul Mescal
Alex Summers/Havok played by Kelvin Harrison Jr.
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Emma Frost played by Jodie Comer
Jubilation Lee/Jubilee played by Madison Hu
Betsy Braddock/Psylocke played by Jessica Henwick
Victor Creed/Sabretooth played by Alan Ritchson
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Lucas Bishop played by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Armando Muñoz/Darwin played by Jacob Anderson
St. John Allerdyce/Pyro played by Jacob Bertrand
James Madrox/Multiple Man played by Glen Powell
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Clarice Ferguson/Blink played by Lyrica Okano
Alison Blaire/Dazzler played by Madison Iseman
Bobby du Costa/Sunspot played by Rome Flynn
Tabitha Smith/Boom-Boom played by Victoria Pedretti
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Mortimer Toynbee/Toad played by Levi Miller
ForgetMeNot played by Brett Gelman
Glob Herman played by Tyler Labine
Bailey Hoskins played by Mason Thames
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jazzy-flowerr · 1 month
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Inkwell Isle 4 age headcanons:
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[I don't remember any of the NPCs from Isle 4 sorry]
Glumstone the Giant: 100+
Charlie Left Legs [spider mobster]: 35
Mrs. Lola Left Legs [my headcanon name for the light bug]: 37
Cooper P. Sullivan [my headcanon name for the caterpillar]: 39
Francis N. Teeder [my headcanon name for the anteater]: 39
Oscar Goh [my headcanon name for the snail]: 41
Esther Winchester: 23
Mortimer Freeze: 148
Fighter Pilot Bulldog: 36
Yankee Yippers: 5-8 [all]
Sergeant O'Fera: 38
The Pawns: 19
The Knight: 30
The Bishop: 33
The Rook: 35
The King: 43
The Queen: 44
Angel and Demon: 1000+
Chef Saltbaker: 50
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dalekofchaos · 23 days
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Vampyr fancast
My other video game fancasts
FNAF
The Last Of Us
The Last Of Us Part II
Life Is Strange(New)
Life Is Strange Before The Storm(New)
Life Is Strange(Old)
Life Is Strange Before The Storm(Old)
Life Is Strange 2
Life Is Strange True Colors
Assassin’s Creed
Mass Effect
KOTOR
KOTOR II
The Force Unleashed
Resident Evil
Silent Hill
God Of War
God Of War Norse Saga
Mortal Kombat(new)
Bioshock
Bioshock 2
Bioshock Infinite
Skyrim
Oblivion
Dead Rising
The Wolf Among Us
Telltale’s Game Of Thrones
Telltale’s The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead  The Final Season
Red Dead Redemption
LA Noire
Detroit:Become Human
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Sims
Notice. Couldn't think or find anyone for the civilians from Whitechapel, The Docks or West End, but I got all the main characters and the Pembroke staff, so that's what's important.
Richard Armitage as Doctor Jonathan Reid
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Eva Green as Lady Elisabeth Ashbury
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Gary Oldman as Dr Edgar Swansea
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Colin Farrell as Geoffrey McCullum
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Domhnall Gleeson as Sean Hampton
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Natalia Tena as Dorothy Crane
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Katie McGrath as Mary Reid
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Paul Bettany as Lord Redgrave
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Kaya Scodelario as Old Bridget
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Imelda Staunton as Harriet Jones
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Helena Bonham Carter as Doris Fletcher
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Anthony Hopkins as William Marshal
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Mads Mikkelsen as Myrddin Wyllt
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Rebecca Ferguson as The Morrigan/Red Queen
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Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Fergal Bansha
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Brian Cox as Aloysius Dawson
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Maggie Smith as Emelyne Reed
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Jared Harris as Avery Cork
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Ella Balinska as Charlotte Ashbury
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Guy Henry as as Dr. Corcoran Tippets
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Lindsay Duncan as Nurse Gwyneth Branagan
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Alicia Vikander as Nurse Pippa Hawkins
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Daniel Kaluuya as Milton Hooks
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Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr Waverley Ackroyd
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Freddie Highmore as Dr Thoreau Strickland
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Corey Stoll as Harvey Fiddick
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Hasan Minhaj as Rakesh Chanada
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Aisling Franciosi as Thelma Howcroft
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Will Poulter as Thomas Elwood
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Tom Holland as Mortimer Goswick
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Because of Tumblr’s stupid 30 picture limit, I cannot add more pictures, so here’s the rest.
Vera Farmiga as Beatrice Goswick
Taron Egerton as Clay Cox
Robin Lord Taylor as Oswald Thatcher
Dane DeHaan as Newton Blight
James McAvoy as Tom Watts
Mandip Gill as Sabrina Cavendish
Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Dyson Delaney
Doug Jones as William Bishop
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toskarin · 1 year
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behold, cardinal mortimer, and see the way in which I have laid myself under control of the bishop. I am bishopric.
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fallin4fiction · 10 months
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Rotational Save Round 2
Bjergsen: Sofia and Ripp got engaged, Ripp moved in , and they had a science baby, (since they had trouble conceiving) a little girl named Rachel. Sofia also got a job in the Entertainer career.
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Elsa got to a B grade and also developed a crush on Alexander. She asked him to prom and he said yes. She voted for him for Prom Royalty. (Ignore the teacher in the back. That was Gunther’s non-existent husband from the previous round. I guess he didn’t like the kids taking pictures so close together)
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At the end of the week, Ripp and Sofia had a glitchy wedding on the top of the floor of the renovated Von Haunt estate.
Goth: Cassandra, now a YA , was still having trouble finding love, but she finally settled for a guy who seemed to be a son of Mei Prescott and Kristopher Volkov from the gallery. He was also a werewolf. The two got married in her family’s backyard, in the rain and had a son named Bishop.
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Alexander gained a crush on Elsa and they soon started dating. When he turned into a YA turned into a YA, he shared his birthday candles with Elsa. He promptly asked her to marry him. Of course she said yes. Oh, and Mortimer and Bellas’s son, Blake also became a child in this round. And Bella became an adult.
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Luna: Karmine had a birthday party to celebrate turning into an adult and of course she invited Lucas as well as her friends Alex and Elsa. Her little brother , Colby was a child and was doing horribly in school. Soon , Lucas also turned into a YA and he and Karmine played Simbles well after the party was over. It seems Lucas finally changed his mind about Karmine being basic looking
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Xochitl was feeling how much older she was getting and (accidentally) tried for another baby with her husband, Chester . She ended up having another son, named Clyde. ( So many boys in this save)
Karmine applied for college and didn’t get a distinguished degree but decided to go to Brotchester to earn a degree in business anyway. She went on a first date with Lucas and confessed her feelings. The two ended up making out in front on the toilets at the Hare and Hedgehog cafe and they also had their first kiss. They’re so cute!
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Munch: Lucas asked Karmine out on a series of dates and she even met his mother. Who seemed to think she was a bit naive?
He was picky. About woohoo and would turn her down sometimes when she initiated. He was having doubts about her at first and wondered if he should break up with her , but after having a talk with his mom and learning a lesson about love. He decided she was his soulmate and asked her to marry him during another date at the Hare and Hedgehog.
They WW at the cafe and Karmine ended up pregnant. Lucas asked her to move in with him. They had a son named Leland and then they got married in Tartosa after their son was born.
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Karmine also managed to finish her first semester with a B. On their wedding night, she ended up pregnant again. This time with a girl. (Which I forced because the game tried to give me another boy🙄)
Oh and Gunther met the man who was his husband in a past life and although there were sparks, he was married to Miko Ojo. 😭Thanks Neighborhood Stories.
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thevillain-s · 2 years
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🍒🍒🍒Love Doctor 🍒🍒🍒
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galaxyheartfans · 2 years
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@moonlightravensblog
Dark Scales + The Little Mermaid =
♞The Little Merman AU♗
Betta Bishop/Ariel
Prince Dark Knight/Prince Eric
Ms. Chalice/Flounder
Cuphead and Mugman/Scuttle
Mortimer Freeze/Ursula
I hope you like it.😊
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dr-kahl-fan · 4 months
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Yes I caved
WELCOME to the dr kahl fan blog!
Requests are open!
Artists are 💙 (pfp art) and 🦇 (banner art)
Main is @blueopalsystem
Enjoy!!
NO CUPCEST, STAY THE FUCK AWAY
Ships we enjoy:
If any of these make you uncomfortable, sorry, they're comfort for me (NOTHING ILLEGAL!!)
Bold are ones you may see often
Stickler x Henchman
Dice x Devil
Devil x Henchman
Dice x Henchman
Dice x Stickler (I blame Dylan /lh)
Devil x Stickler (because of one fanfic I read)
Devil x Dice x Henchman
Devil x Dice x Stickler x Henchman
Kahl x Automaton (nothing in the games or comics (that I know of) shows them as parent/child, as I know it is only fanon. If it does become canon, I will be sad but I will not ship them anymore if that does become the case.. It's just a ship I find a lot of comfort in as someone who is robot objectum.. Sorry..)
Bon Bon x Djimmi x Beppi
Mugman x Chalice (show versions, nothing gross, they're kids)
Cala x Briney
Cala x Hilda
Cala x Hilda x Briney (Hilda and Briney are just friends)
Rumor x Hilda
The Angel x The Demon
Knight x Bishop
Rook x Bishop
Charlie (spider) x Light Bug
Grim hydra heads (I don't know how this happened)
Sally x Hilda x Mr Stageplay (Mr Stageplay and Hilda are just friends)
Sally x Mr Stageplay (how could I not)
Show Dice x Game Dice
Pirouletta x Ginette
Ol Ethan x Rumulus x Ginette (why is Ethan rum and Rumulus whiskey)
Pip x Dot
Mr Wheezy x Chips
Fera x Hugo (howling aces)
Mortimer x Glumstone
Mortimer x Jupiter
Chauncey x Ollie
Ribby x Goop x Croaks (NOT RIBBY AND CROAKS TOGETHER, THEY'RE BOTH WITH GOOP, NOT EACH OTHER THEY'RE BROTHERS, DO NOT TWIST MY WORDS)
Snail x Anteater (moonshine mob)
Baroness x Rumor
Fera x Esther
Light bug x Esther
Charlie x Hugo
May update if I remember any more
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period-dramallama · 8 months
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Review: Katherine by Anya Seton
I know I know I said I would have time at the end of last year, but then I got bitten by a plot bunny and after that I had my annual New Year holiday at my mum’s, AND THEN I got bitten by another plot bunny…
TLDR: an enjoyable read, but my high expectations were disappointed.
The plot
At times the novel was very slow, but it felt slice-of-life looking at different aspects of the 14th century: the plague, jousts, pilgrimage, murder, the Peasant’s Revolt. The title ‘Katherine’ is rather misleading because the world around her is much more interesting than she is, frankly. And while the pace is slow, the murder of [SPOILER] is a good source of dramatic irony: waiting for the characters to find out the terrible secret.
You can see the seeds of the dynastic dispute that will become the Wars of the Roses: Mortimer thinking that his descendants by Philippa will get the throne sooner than John’s descendants. Cob’s subplot with Katherine was good.
Also good on Anya for not lazily confusing her history and remembering that the young Hotspur of Shakespeare is not the same as the historical dude, who was much older than Harry of Monmouth. It was good to see Hotspur, although I think his fame from Shakespeare is probably the reason he’s in the book. At times the book is like a who’s who of 14th century England: Katherine meets Julian of Norwich. It’s also fun to see Chaucer and the references to his work and historical people influencing his writing. I liked his perspective on the Peasants’ Revolt: he’s hidden in his rooms, passing the time with his stories, so he comes out to see the destruction like that gif of the man who enters the burning living room with pizza.
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Gaunt confronts the archbishop at St Paul’s and it’s a great set piece.
More Wycliffe and John of Gaunt, please! I loved seeing John of Gaunt use Wycliffe for his own political ends. “John was truly devout in a hearty male way… he believed as his father and mother had believed, so Wyclif had ended by horrifying him.”
Whoever wrote that placard calling Gaunt a Flemish changeling…truly the winner of the Darwin Award. My guy, at least disguise your handwriting.
I did get a sense of the importance of religion to medieval people, which was good:
“What then was certain? What was there that would not shift and veer at the mercy of the winds of feeling?”
“Sanctity, the clergy said. Prayer. The practice of religion. The benevolence of the holy saints. The Grace of God.”
“He had not pointed out that the devil’s hand with the five fingers of lechery gripped a man by the lions, to throw him into the furnace of Hell.”
The action scenes, for want of a better phrase, are also well-written: “But on the second course he shattered the boy’s spear and, though his own lance point was broken off by the shock, he swerved Morel and, coolly slanting the butt of his lance into the boy’s armpit- beneath the breastplate, lifted him from his saddle and deposited him on the ground.”
The writing
“During the time of terror and hideous death there had been no dignity of mourning, and now in the honours done the Duchess they could weep quietly for their own dead, too.”
The plague sequence was well written: atmospheric, full of doom and dread.
Sometimes the writing was….IMHO, bordering on the silly. “Lay bathed in a moony light” “the blue Percy lions on their surcoats jigged in and out with their fierce breathings.” Anya, baby, don’t write under the influence. It’s not a good idea.
The medieval songs were a welcome inclusion that made the world feel more real.
There are some good turns of phrase in this book: “He’s swollen with pride and no doubt March has been puffing it with the hot air of promises.”
“Bloodshed-“ the friar smiled faintly. “Blood is all you knights understand.”
“There’s still the bishops! May the devil’s pitchforks prick their fat rumps until they’ve bled out all the gold!”
“like released bowstrings, the two hundred diners jumped to their feet and waited.”
Anya writes crowds and the mood of crowds well, she is good at depicting mass hysteria and mob mentality. “Already a dozen heads had rolled into the central gutter, which ran crimson. Vultures and kites perched high above on the house gables, watching as intently as the crowd did.”
There are some lovely expressions of emotion. “Humility struck Katherine, even shame that she had dared to expect love from such a man as this.” “Am I then nothing of myself? She thought with anguish. Can I not live apart from memories of him”
There’s humorous moments too. “The excited fishmonger had just caught sight of Katherine standing like a church statue beyond his angry wife.” “She held out a fat dimpled hand so loaded with diamonds that Katherine, as she curtsied, could scarce find space to kiss.” “There he may cool his ardours by taming the Scots, who are rampaging as usual. God bless them.” “They were recounting with relish the horrors of the revolt in London two months ago, while a Norfolk man insisted that they had had a worse time of it up here than any Londoner could know.” “Five children stood by a thatched stable which enclosed crudely painted homemade figures of the nativity, and loudly disputed whether the Baby were smiling or not.”
The characters
Take a shot every time Katherine’s beauty is mentioned or described. You will pass out.  There are fewer references to her beauty as the book goes on.
“She had beauty still, the thinness of her flesh but exposed the grace of her bones and sinews.”
…mostly fewer references.
“He reached out his finger to touch the white streaks at her temples. “Age on you has but added swan’s wings to your fairness,” he said wryly, “while I’m grizzled and hacked like an old badger.”
I said FEWER references, not none.
“They stared at each other in a struggle that racked them both, and she clung to the sudden enmity between them as a shield.” “They stood looking at each other, breathing as though they raced with time.”
The chemistry between John and Katherine has promise, but the development of the attraction is pretty thin. There is attraction between them but at almost halfway through the book, I still didn’t get what Katherine’s appeal was to him, apart from her beauty. She’s the main character, yet I didn’t get a sense of a personality. Philippa ‘Pica’ Chaucer might be brash and grating to the people around her, but at least I could describe her to you. What’s Katherine’s personality? Um…she’s beautiful? She’s a controlling parent to Blanchette? She’s a loyal friend to Blanche? And….um…yeah.
John goes from desiring Katherine to suddenly saying he loves her: it’s a very abrupt change in his feelings.
“Inclination and good taste” prevent Katherine from interfering in politics. It’s “men’s business” and she’s framed as better than that meddling realm-ruiner Alice Perrers (boo!hiss!)
It might seem hypocritical of me to criticise Katherine being apolitical- didn’t I just say I wanted Katherine to have more personality and now she has a definable personality trait I’m criticising it for not being the personality I wanted?
But I do think it’s a missed opportunity. Yes, I’m biased, I like scheming women, but I really do think it would be a more interesting book if Katherine paid attention to John of Gaunt’s activities, maybe even advised him. It would serve as a window into John of Gaunt, who he is, what drives him. There’s nothing wrong with wanting the quiet life but it does make Katherine rather passive. Dozens and dozens of pages go by without Katherine and the duke interacting. Their reunion at the end is lovely, but it would be even better if their relationship was well-developed. “This castle was his, the bread she ate, the clothes she wore came from his bounty. Like the hundreds in his retinue, like his children, like this young squire who stood waiting respectfully before her, she had no course but submission.” I like the realism of this passage, but again, it does feel like a missed opportunity to get closer to John of Gaunt’s inner workings. There is a scene where John confides in Katherine by her coaxing, and it’s a pleasant scene, but it’s all the more frustrating because it’s the only time. “His need for her deepened, he talked to her more freely about all his concerns, and he kept her with him constantly, showing her many public as well as private signs of his love.”
That’s the good stuff! I don’t want that information in passing, I want to see it happen! That’s what I want to read! Not Reminder no. 312 that Katherine Is Beautiful!
(Maybe this is a sign that I should be reading a novel about Alice Perrers instead. Or writing one? Eyes emoji.)
“But by night, sometimes she was with him in dreams. In these dreams there was love between them, tenderness greater than there had really been. She awoke from these with her body throbbing and a sense of agonising loss.” I was struck by the nuance and the pessimism of this passage. It was a different kind of love story than I had expected from a ‘classic romance’.
“She was no longer simply ‘Katherine’ she must adjust again to the various labels that the world would give her, and the demands fair and unfair that it would make.”
That’s great but I still don’t know who Katherine IS beneath all these labels!!
I did like this moment with Katherine during the Peasants’ Revolt. Anya astutely summarised some historical truths: she gets it right where Margaret Mitchell got it wrong:
“A good manor lord cares for his serfs,” she continued. “He gives them ale feasts and alms. In time of trouble he protects them, feeds them, and he administers justice for them that they have not the understanding to do for themselves. They’re like his children.”
The friar gave his rare chuckle. “You voice the arguments for slavery that are old as Babylon and have satisfied many. There are however others who prefer freedom to any benefits – I don’t know,” he added half to himself, “what is God’s law.”  
I was not expecting Katherine to imprison her daughter for disobedience, especially as the real Blanchette seems to have died younger.
(However, espousing the views of the time is still not a personality.)
“Katherine, who was always just, stroked the dark curls.” Always just??? Anya?? My sister in Christ, she bullied Blanchette into marriage, that’s not just!!
Anya definitely has Opinions about gender roles. Katherine’s femininity is Good and Modest and Natural, Richard’s femininity is Sinister and Unnatural.
“Ay, there was perversion of all sorts dwelling behind those tinted beardless cheeks, the gold-powdered curls, the tall slender body that bore itself so haughtily in violet brocade which gave forth a wave of scent as he passed.”
“Next came a giggling, mincing group of young men in skintight hose that showed their thighs, and more, and who wore velvet shoes with points half a yard long – Richard’s contemporaries and cronies.”
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Why is literally everyone in this novel more interesting than Katherine? This novel is like a bagel: a hearty ring, but the centre is a hole, a void.
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Greatest Book Lovers in Books/Movies/Series Masterpost
1. Klaus Baudelaire - A Series of Unfortunate Events
2. Rory Gilmore - Gilmore Girls
3. Hermione Granger - Harry Potter
4. Mortimer and Meggie Folchart- Inkheart
5. Kyle Scheible - Lady Bird
6. Audrey Hope - Gossip Girl
7. Alaska Young - Looking for Alaska
8. Charlotte Charles - Pushing Daisies
9. Bernard Black - Black Books
10. Aziraphale - Good Omens
11. Suzy Bishop - Moonrise Kingdom
12. Liesel Meminger - The Book Thief
13. Jane Eyre
14. Elizabeth Bennet and Mary Bennet - Pride and Prejudice
15. Eloise Bridgerton - Brigertons
16. Jo March - Little Women
17. Lisa Simpson
18. Belle - Beauty and the Beast
19. Matilda
20. Bastian - Neverending Story
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1morey · 2 years
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Every known Rainbow operator past and present (and NIGHTHAVEN operators)
GIS
Adriano “Maestro” Martello (2018-Present)
Antonio Maldini (1999-2012)
Aria “Alibi” de Luca (2018-Present)
GIGN
Alain DuBarry (1999-2012)
Emmanuelle “Twitch” Pichon (2015-Present)
Gilles “Montagne” Touré (2015-Present)
Gustav “Doc” Kateb (2015-Present)
Julian “Rook” Nizan (2015-Present)
Olivier “Lion” Flament (2018-Present)
1º Batalhão de Forças Especiais
Alejandro Noronha (1999-2012)
Spetzgruppa “A”
Aleksandr “Tachanka” Senaviev (2015-Present)
Genedy Filatov (1999-2012)
Lera “Finka” Melnikova (2018-2022 (defected to NIGHTHAVEN), rejoined in or before 2025)
Maxim “Kapkan” Basuda (2015-Present)
Shuhrat “Fuze” Kessikbayev (2015-Present)
Timur “Glaz” Glazkov (2015-Present)
AFEAU
Ana “Solis” Valentina Díaz (2022-Present) 
Special Air Service
Andrew Burke (1999-2012)
Eddie Price (1999-2012)
Geoff Bates (1999-2012)
James “Smoke” Porter (2015-2022) (Defected to NIGHTHAVEN)
Mark R. “Mute” Chandar (2015-Present)
Michael Walter (2008-2012)
Mike “Thatcher” Baker (2015-Present)
Paddy Connelly (1999-2012)
Peter Covington (1999-2012)
Scotty McTyler (1999-2012)
Seamus “Sledge” Cowden (2015-Present)
Steve Lincoln (1999-2012)
National Task Force
Annika Lofquist (1999-2012) (Under ONI)
NIGHTHAVEN
Anja Katarina “Osa” Janković (2021-2022)
Apha “Aruni” Tawanroong (2020-2022)
Charlie Tho Keng “Grim” Boon (2022-Present) (NIGHTHAVEN only)
Håvard “Ace” Haugland (2020-2022)
Jaimini Kalimohan “Kali” Shah (2019-2022)
Ngũgĩ Muchoki “Wamai” Furaha (2019-Present)
Belarusian Ground Forces
Arkadi Novikov (2001-2012)
Mossad
Ayana Yacoby (1999-2012)
David Peled (1999-2012)
Sharon Judd (2010-2012)
APCA
Azucena Rocío “Amaru” Quispe (2019-Present)
United States Army Rangers
“Bishop” (Unknown-2012)
United States Navy SEALs
Brian Armstrong (Unknown-2012)
Craig “Blackbeard” Jensen (2016-Present)
Meghan J. “Valkyrie” Castellano (2016-Present)
Miguel “Mike” Chin (1999-2012)
Garda Emergency Response Unit
Brianna “Thorn” Skehan (2021-Present)
FES
César Ruiz “Goyo” Hernández (2019-Present)
707th Special Mission Group
Choi Byoung-Ryang (2003-2012)
Choi Jae-Hoon (2003-2012)
Choi Youn-Suk (2003-2012)
Chul “Vigil” Kyung Hwa (2017-Present)
Grace “Dokkaebi” Nam (2017-Present)
Hong Min-Hyun (2003-2012)
Jung Park (2009-2012)
Jung Sang-Yub (2003-2012)
Kim Jae-Ho (2003-2012)
Kim Sung-Gun (2003-2012)
Kim Yu-Jin (2003-2012)
Lee Won-Ho (2003-2012)
Lee Youn-Jung (2003-2012)
Pak Suo-Won (2001-2012)
Seo Young-Lan (2003-2012)
United States Secret Service
Collinn “Warden” McKinley (2019-Present)
FBI Hostage Rescue Team
Daniel Bogart (1999-2012)
United States Marine Corps
Daniel "Bear" Malloy (1999-2012)
GSG 9
Dieter Weber (2001-2012)
Dominic “Bandit” Brunsmeier (2015-Present)
Elias “Blitz” Kötz (2015-Present)
Jorg Walther (1999-2012)
Marius “Jäger” Streicher (2015-Present)
Monika “IQ” Weiss (2015-2022) (Defected to NIGHTHAVEN)
CIA
Domingo “Ding” Chavez (1999-2012)
John Clark (1999-2000 (as operator))
Beredskapstroppen
Einar Petersen (2001-2012)
GEO
Elena María “Mira” Álvarez (2017-Present)
Ryad Ramírez “Jackal” Al-Hassar (2017-Present)
FBI SWAT
Eliza “Ash” Cohen (2015-Present)
Jack “Pulse” Estrada (2015-2022) (Defected to NIGHTHAVEN)
Jordan “Thermite” Trace (2015-Present)
Miles “Castle” Campbell (2015-Present)
JW GROM
Elżbieta "Ela" Bosak (2017-2022)  (Defected to NIGHTHAVEN)
Kazimiera Rakuzanka (1999-2012)
Zofia Bosak (2017-Present)
Delta Force
Erik “Maverick” Thorn (2018-Present)
George Tomlison (1999-2012)
Hank Patterson (1999-2012)
Homer Johnston (1999-2012)
Julio “Oso” Vega (1999-2012)
Logan Keller (2005-2012)
Mike Pierce (1999-2012)
Renee Raymond (1999-2012)
United States Army
Fred “Freddy” Franklin (1999-2012)
Mortimer “Sam” Houston (1999-2012)
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Gary Kenyon (2010-2012)
BATF International Response Team
Gerald Morris (1999-2012)
1st Special Operations Wing
Harrison (1999-2012)
Royal Air Force
Jack Nance (1999-2012)
GSIGR
Jalal “Kaid” El Fassi (2018-Present)
Sanaa “Nomad” El Maktoub (2018-Present)
Unit 777
Jamal Murad (2001-2012)
CSIS
Joanna Torres (2010-2012)
Jaeger Corps
Karina “Nøkk” Gaarddhøje (2019-Present)
EKO Cobra
Karl Haider (1999-2012) (under GEK Cobra)
MI5
Kevin Sweeney (1999-2012)
ELDYK
Kure Galanos (2001-2012)
Pyrotechno GmbH
Lars Breckenbauer (1999-2012)
Special Duties Unit
Liu “Lesion” Tze Long (2017-Present)
Siu “Ying” Mei Ling (2017-Present)
DGSE
Louis Loiselle (2001-2012)
Special Assault Team
Masaru “Echo” Enatsu (2016-Present)
Yumiko “Hibana” Imagawa (2016-Present)
STAR-NET Aviation
Mina “Thunderbird” Sky (2021-Present)
Metropolitan Police Service
Morowa “Clash” Evans (2018-Present)
COT
Nayara “Brava” Cardoso (2023-Present)
REU
Neinke Meijer (2020-Present)
Special Forces Group (Belgium)
Néon “Sens” Ngoma Mutombo (2022-Present)
Joint Task Force 2
Roger McAllen (1999-2012)
Sébastien “Buck” Côté (2016-Present)
Tina “Frost” Lin Tsang (2016-Present)
NSA
Sam Bennett (1999-2012)
Fourth Echelon
Samuel Leo “Sam” Fisher (2020-Present)
UEI
Santiago Arnavisca (1999-2012)
40 Commando
Shawn Rivers (2010) (KIA)
BOPE
Taina “Caveira” Pereira (2016-Present)
Vicente “Capitão” Souza (2016-Present)
Inkaba Task Force
Thandiwe “Melusi” Ndlovu (2020-Present)
FBI
Tim Noonan (1999-2012)
Paul Bellow (1999-2012)
SASR
Max “Mozzie” Goose (2019-Present)
Timothy Hanley (1999-2012)
Tori Tallyo “Gridlock” Fairous (2019-Present)
LAPD SWAT
Tracy Woo (1999-2012)
MI6
William “Billy” Tawney (1999-2012)
Unaffiliated
Kana “Azami” Fujiwara (2022-Present)
Saif “Oryx” Al Hadid (2020-Present)
Santiago Miguel “Flores” Lucero (2021-Present)
Unspecified
Brody Lukin (2010-2012)
“Deimos” (Unknown-On or Before 2012)
Emilio Narino (2001-2012)
Gabriel Nowak (2005-2010) (Defected/KIA)
Harry (1999-2012)
Kan Akahashi (2010) (KIA)
Monroe (2005) (KIA)
Directors
John Clark (1999-2010)
Domingo “Ding” Chavez (2010-2012)
Aurelia Arnot (2015-2019)
Harishva “Harry” Pandey (2019-2023) (KIA)
Unknown (2023-)
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