#but also knowing that that doesn't make the moment any less joyful and beautiful

[suchacomet]

scene vi - the awakening of spring: a tragedy of childhood by frank wedekind, 1899, trans. francis j. ziegler, 2011 // episode 4: switch hitter - a league of their own, 2022

[harkonnen-darkness]

• 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭(𝐞𝐫) 𝐅𝐞𝐲𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 Part One + 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 ⬇️

🖤 Part One ⬇️ >> Part Two >> Part Three?

Yes, I'm writing soft(er)-Feyd-stuff and will stick with it. But what exactly do I mean by that?

Soft by his gestures, but his thoughts...?

No, he doesn't tell you that he loves you. (At least not as we know it from everyday life.) You shouldn't expect flowers from him either. Other gifts, yes. But not something like this. The nicest thing you could get from him (and that you could really do something with) would be jewelry or clothes. Maybe bath salts. He's also not someone who makes jokes. Maybe very rarely, really very rarely. And if so, then ONLY with you. I don't mean that he teases you, by that. He always does, almost every day. He LOVES your offended face, your insecurity or your bright red head, full of shame.

What I can imagine and try to describe is, that his hands and gestures are gentle. That he strokes your body, when you're lying in bed together. That he purrs in your presence, because he feels comfortable and safe. At most, you can expect a fleeting kiss, whether on your lips, cheek, forehead or shoulder, when you both met in the halls or corridors for a few seconds. But expect, way more, that his teeth will dig into your skin. And that it's totally fine for him, when you starting to bleed. I could even imagine him doing it in public sometimes - suddenly biting you. Just because he wants to. He loves your "Ouch!". Feyd also loves to suck and nibble on your skin until bruises / hickeys appear. Absolutely everywhere. Your body already has scars from his teeth, but once you're his Baroness and wife? You'll be covered 100%. I promise.

His grin, this one grin that is only for you, is unmistakable to anyone. When he looks at you like that, you know he's thinking about perverse things. But it's even worse when he looks at you seriously and doesn't take his eyes off you for a second. His eyes will pierce you and watch your every move... there will be no escape. Once he has his eyes on you like that, looking away won't do you any good. As soon as you look in his direction again, his gaze won't have changed a bit. Once you're deep in his focus, it'll stay that way. Like a big cat targets its victim.

When you bite each other during sex, really hard, it can even go so far that he won't let you out of his 'tooth-grip'. He would even stop moving his dick. Especially if you've both bitten into each other hard. You bite less, but when you bite, he bleeds. And not just a little.

He wears your teeth marks proudly on his body, he would never hide them.

But he is someone who takes your No seriously. Even if he's so aroused that his good piece hurts. He doesn't want to inflict this kind of physical pain on you.

If he's thinking about it at the time, he'll even carry you on his hands and you can lean your head on his shoulder or against the crook of his neck. But there are also moments when he pulls you over one shoulder. He will definitely bite your butt or your thigh.

He loves to see you smile. Whether it is a shy smile with flushed cheeks when he whispers beautiful words to you, or your joyful and relieved smile when you could finally see each other undisturbed in the evening. He loves it when your arms wrapps around his body. He loves it when you kiss him, no matter where and how. And he loves it when you fall asleep very close to him or on top of him, on his chest. But he also doesn't mind using your breasts as a pillow and you stroking his muscular back.

He enjoys how much you adore him. When your pretty fingers dreamily stroke his chest and stomach muscles while you tell him stories from your childhood or or or. It is a sign to him that you trust and value him. However, he doesn't answer much, always very briefly. But he really likes listening to you. Unless he has questions. And if he has, there are a lot of them. Often difficult for you to answer.

Oh, he would protect you! And not just put an arm around you and tell the other person to shut up and leave. No, in most cases blood would flow. He has already sacrificed many lives because of you.

The Harkonnen is insanely obsessed with you. However, this isn't really healthy for you either. You don't realize (anymore) how he's manipulating you. Even if it's just little things. Gaslight King, for example.

He is also a control freak. It's not because he doesn't trust you. He knows that you would never betray him and Giedi Prime. Nevertheless, he has a handful of Harkonnen ladies who should regularly scrutinize you. Because he knows that you aren't telling him everything - and has a problem with that. He would get this information through the women.

He had studied all kinds of things about you at the beginning. Your habits, your movements, your leisure activities, your favorite drinks and food and much more. This hadn't really changed over the weeks and months. His eyes are always on you.

When you cry, which is rarely the case, he doesn't always know exactly what to do. He takes you in his arms, listens to you and tries to calm you down. Nevertheless, it is almost more uncomfortable for him than it already is for you. The last time he had cried was as a child. He had always seen tears as weakness. But his opinion had changed, a bit, when he saw tears of sadness in your eyes for the first time.

I don't know why, but I think it would be cute if he suddenly bit your hand and will be proud that you have to 'decorate' your hand with a bandage for the next few days.

-> Part Two

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☀︎⋆.ೃ࿔*:･Pour and Fall With Me ☀︎⋆.ೃ࿔*:･

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ᯓᡣ𐭩plssss we need more nerd donnie x overenthusiastic reader pls pls pls. I needed something joyful and whimsical. This could be read as any Donnie iteration- but do note that this was written with rottmnt in mind.

ᯓᡣ𐭩 Oh to be the rain. To be a droplet of what the sky holds....

"Dee, look!" ,you said, pointing to the window, "It's raining!" You bounced up and down from your bed, with your arms gripping the window seal in excitement. You already had started making droplet races, you would lose your left pinky if the left droplet won.

"Yea..that's precipitation- it happens after condensation." Donnie said, lying next to your hips. He was squinting at his phone, wondering why the cheese ball man was actually here again this year. "Didn't you learn this in elementary?" "Well duh, you stinker. I meant look how pretty it looks." You sighed as you looked over the city. It was like the window became a portal, showing you a beautiful world a streetlights, the colors blurring to together into a wonderful array of cool colors. As well as the average person yelling at eachother on the street. And the constant traffic. And-

Well it doesn't matter. The point is, it made you feel joyful, as most things about nature cycles do. You also felt like swaying to a silent beat. Which gave you an idea...

"Hey DeeDee..."

"Yes my beautiful fantastical lover?" Donnie said casually. You felt your face becoming warm and your fingers trembling a bit.

"Wanna a dance in the rain with me on the rooftop?" You said, your smile growing. Donnie sat up and began grabbing rain clothes for the two of you, making sure to grab your boots so you could splash to your delight.

"Do know that if you get a sickness, or worse, hypothermia I will lecture you as I nurse you back to proper health." Donnie says, putting a coat on your arms, while slipping a hoodie over his shirt.

Getting to the rooftop, you began to sway your whole body, side to side. Your smile grew bigger as Donnie rolled his eyes, as his smile did the same.

Joining hands, you twirled, whooping as a particularly bigger raindrop plopped on your nose. The two of you were already drenched. You shivered harshly as you felt a line of water run down your spine.

Surprising Donnie, you suddenly stomped onto a deep puddle, splashing both of you guy's knees.

Donnie grimaced, but still chuckled lovingly. You took your arms, and wrapped them around his neck. Just staring.

How the city lights made his face glow a pretty ombre of reflection. How the drops of the rain would occasionally catch onto his goggles, pooling them until he leaned his head back to empty them, even if for a brief moment. You chuckled a bit.

Donnie spun you, making your world spin as thunder boomed around you. And when you stopped, lighting struck.

"Donnie," you said. "Donnie, I want you to pour and fall with me." You finished, your eyes dilating heavily. Donnie gasped softly, before pulling you into a devoted kiss. Pulling away, he shivered, letting out a deep sigh.

"Of course my love. You deserve nothing less."

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[flowerandblood]

Who is your favorite character in the impossible choice?

Well, I adore my Lady Baratheon!

I like that I managed to capture her complicated nature and that being around men didn't make her any less feminine - on the contrary, to the surprise of her sisters, after the wedding, she started wearing gowns more beautiful and bolder than them, appreciating her delicate skills persuasion and gentleness.

Her experiences with her father and brother helped her understand her husband's complex nature better, what he faces as a man. She didn't let him dominate her out of sheer fear, only because she knew, that it was his shell, that she had to break through.

She doesn't blame him for what he's become, only judging him for what he's doing in that moment and place. I love her character for being empathetic and trying to understand everyone's point of view.

I also love Borros and Royce in this story (we will have more of them and more scenes of father & daughter & brother relationship) because they are a wonderful male support for Lady Baratheon, knowing and understanding her perfectly, appreciating her intelligence and strong character, but also having a weakness to her gentle, joyful nature.

Helaena is also an important figure and the only person in King's Landing other than her husband, whom Lady Baratheon trusts. Her character will also recur in this story.

And of course, I love Aemond's complex character, his struggle with himself, his demons, traumas and madness, his inner monologues in which he tries to figure out what he feels and really wants, and how he slowly opens up to his wife of his own choosing.

Thank you for this question, my love!!!!

[jellicle-home-for-jellicle-ships]

Day 18 of Jellicle Ships Month:

Asparagus, Babygriz, Young Deut, and Chorus Tugger!

Today's theme is: the chorus/opening number version of four major characters!

It's entirely up to you how you intepret them.

Are these just the younger versions of the familiar characters? Are they different characters altogether? Are they relatives? or reincarnations? Or are we just removed into an abstract world of Essence of Cat?

And, most importantly for Jellicle Ships month: what cats are they closest to?

Let's have a look at them all...

(Photos and summaries below the cut.)

Asparagus / young Gus / "Peter":

Asparagus (or ‘Chorus/Young Gus’) is the chorus version of Gus the Theatre Cat, wearing just his base unitard with a ragged fringe around his neck and shoulders—and, in some productions, trousers. (Gus’ solo outfit includes a big cloak like an old blanket, and more elaborate makeup.)

(Note: a lot of what follows can apply to the chorus versions of Deuteronomy, Grizabella, and even Tugger, so it won't be repeated for them.)

Depending on the production, Gus and Asparagus might be played as if they’re the same cat (just as Jennyanydots is still herself whether in her solo or chorus costume), or Asparagus may be played as a younger cat, closer to Skimbleshanks’ generation—especially if the actor is a good dancer!

In the Broadway revival, Gus' chorus persona was named Peter, making him an explicitly different cat.

Given his age, Asparagus can be conveniently used as a father or grandfather for a lot of characters (and as Gus’ son or younger brother, if you consider them as distinct characters). Obviously the character he interacts with most significantly is Jellylorum—even apart from his solo number, the characters are often close to each other onstage—and he often shares respectful or affectionate interactions with Deuteronomy and Skimbleshanks (e.g., during Skimble’s number in the 1998 film, or with Deuteronomy in the transition to ‘Pekes and Pollicles’ in the Broadway revival). Any of these relationships can be read as familial/platonic or romantic, depending on your headcanons.

One interesting possibility is that his fringe might be a ragged old version of something like Tugger’s mane, suggesting some family relationship there!

He rarely interacts much with the younger cats in most productions—but there’s a moment of byplay in most replica productions’ version of Tugger’s song which could be read as him also having a crush on Tugger! (Tugger mimes catching a mouse on the line “If you set me on a mouse then I only want a rat,” then tosses it to Asparagus, although in some interpretations he seems more interested in Tugger than the morsel.)

Babygriz / young Grizabella.

Grizabella's chorus double is deliberately designed to be unobtrusive, blending in with the other cats in a soft mix of mostly-symmetrical greys and browns.

The consequence is that she resembles almost every cat, in one way or another - so headcanons of relationships are free!

The crucial question - whether she is some version of Grizabella, older or younger or reincarnated or parent of or child of - is of course entirely up to interpretation. Here's what one (and only one) Grizabella actor said about 'Babygriz':

It's such a delight to perform the opening number with the whole cast! That moment is very important to me. Of course [that character] has a name! Her name is Baby Griz, but I call her Grizzy Baby. She has the same colours as Grizabella on her face. She's as pure as Victoria and doesn't know life's sorrows yet. She's a kitten. I think she rounds everything off. She embodies the beginning of life, in a family, before the choices and difficulties arise.

I'm often asked why Grizabella doesn't come back young and beautiful at the end. I think we actually see her at the start, as Grizzy Baby, like a new life, a blank page to be filled in. It's what Grizabella was when she was little. It's in that form that she'll come back from the Heavyside Layer - as a kitten.

She allows me to have a past with the group, a feeling of having danced with them before I couldn't do it anymore. And she's so joyful and light before she carries the weight of Grizabella's sorrow.

- Prisca Demarez, Grizabella, Paris 2015

That's one headcanon - feel free to incorporate it, or make your own!

Young/Chorus Deuteronomy

Like Asparagus and chorus Tugger, Deuteronomy's chorus persona can be regarded as a younger or alternative (or reincarnated?) version of himself, or as a different character entirely. In the Broadway revival, for example, he is named Victor, and seems to have no relationship to the character of Deuteronomy!

In general colour he usually shows a resemblance to Munkustrap, Victor, Grizabella, Jemima, Asparagus, and possibly Greycat/NBQ.

As a very tall actor is usually cast for Deuteronomy, this character is presumably a large cat—and as the actor doesn’t have to be as physically fit as the others, he may be more heavily set than most other characters onstage. Despite not being as venerable as Old Deuteronomy, he does still seem to have some social importance: he is almost always at the centre in the back row of the pyramid and the formation for ‘Naming of Cats’, which makes him seem to preside over the event. He brings spiritual (and vocal) weight to the opening by delivering the line “Do you know how to go to the Heavyside Layer?”

Chorus Tugger

'Chorus Tugger' is traditionally the Tugger actor wearing his usual base unitard without the mane, and with a smaller wig. He'll usually also have fewer accessories - gloves, belt, collar, some details of makeup, garter, etc, will be missing. Since he has to don a mane later, his unitard is more slender and less fluffy than those of other cats (so he could be related to less fluffy cats, like Cassandra).

The photos above show:

- a chorus Tugger from Berlin 2005 (same unitard as the final Tugger, complete makeup, different wig, no mane),

- a chorus Tugger from Hamburg (same unitard, slightly simpler makeup, different wig, no mane), and

- chorus Tugger for the Broadway-based revival (completely different unitard and wig, makeup a simple base for the full Tugger design).

In the Broadway revival he is explicitly a different cat, named Bill Bailey (no relation to the Tumblebrutus alter ego!). His unitard resembles a darker / bronze version of Mungojerrie more than anybody else, but his makeup and wig are symmetrical like those of (the original UK) Victor.

TL;DR: these designs are deliberately ambiguous and generic, intended to blend in with all the cats around them - so they could be related to anybody! Free family headcanons! Go wild!