#c: effie

[tywysoges-g]

“I hope you know that us living so close means I’m going to be dropping in a lot more often. I feel like we’ve been drifting, then again... a lot has gone on.” She said with a half-hearted laugh. “How’ve you been since the incident?”

@effiestuart​

[beaufort-a]

“I feel my life has been missing my second favorite Scot.” He mused with a grin. “Just because things imploded with your sister, doesn’t mean we can’t still hang out.”

@effiestuart​

[rennarita]

[startrekucast]

Star Trek 2x08 - "The Changeling" Review

We’re going where NOMAD’S gone before, maman! Cause we're gonna rub nubs with Nomad, a carbon unit-nullifying nuts-and-bolts type. Be careful, maman -- the utopia-seeking, string riding robots might erase your memory for the length of an episode. And then you'll have to listen all over again!

Episode Reviewed: Star Trek 2x08 - "The Changeling"

Hosts: David C. Roberson Effie Ophelders

Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek in production order. Guiding her on this journey: Dave, a stalwart fan of almost four decades who rewatches along with her, provides trivia, insights and the occasional excitement-stoking minor spoiler. 

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[n0-al-3n8y]

only way to survive, walls and walls of protection, always

never let someone too close

[earthdcfended]

It's canon.

[flwrsmyth]

ㅤㅤ    ｡୭̥‧₊˚┇𝓝𝓮ᴡ ρȯʂᡶ 𝄒𓏲࣪ . ☄️ 𝄒 p𒀭st ๑ﾟ˛𓍊𓋼

ㅤㅤ    𓂃 ࣪៙͘⸳⭑ࣶࣸ 🅖𝕚𝐯e̲ ✿ꦿ𝕮ꪹ𝘦𝗱ỉтṡ –ﻌ–ა ָ࣪ ۰ !さ

ㅤㅤ    𓍊𓋻𓍊 % . . 𝗹𝘪𝗄ȇ̈ ꪮя 𝚛ᴥb̶𝕝ᴏ𝐠 𖥻 🦚 !? ✫៳!

[deathsmallcaps]

Ok I’m probably not the best person to say this, but I’ve been seeing a lot of (as of right now) accurate insults on how the CGI approach for the Live Action Little Mermaid movie, but please be mindful that you don’t take things too far, and *especially* don’t start going after Halle Bailey (Ariel’s actress) and to a lesser extent, Ariel the character.

Antiblackness is still an issue in a lot of fandom spaces, and it doesn’t just come out as using nasty slurs or stereotypes. It manifests as drawing Black characters lighter and/or with more white features, it comes out as removing Black partners from ships, and it starts out as plausibly deniable insults that get the door open to microaggressions and outright nasty comments.

I’m not saying that all discussion of the movie should be stalled, or even if it turns out to be an artistic failure, that it doesn’t merit discussion. I’m saying that you shouldn’t extend your vitriol to the characters and actors.

If you really feel the need to insult her, it might be worth a little introspection. Ask yourself, “Do I resent that they changed Ariel, or that they changed Ariel in this way?”. You’re not irredeemable if your personal answer isn’t kind. Just be more careful, try and observe how that sort of world view affects your behavior to others, and then course correct.

A lot of little kids would love to see another Black Princess. A lot of little kids would love to have a Black mermaid as a main character. Hell, a lot of adults would love those too. Black fantasy characters have long been excluded, transformed, killed, merely in the background, relegated to stereotypes, villainized and have hardly ever in the spotlight, especially in major productions.

Don’t make it harder for kids (and adults!) to see themselves on screen. Don’t ruin their wonder. So don’t make unkind comments. Keep it to yourself. Frankly, Halle looks beautiful, and I can’t wait to see the sparkles in her fans’ eyes as she swims across the screen.

[skittlewaffle]

I’m hyperfixated on Wilson 😳

some friends and I have been braining HARD about Wilson, his wife Bree, his daughter Milly, and other characters like Effie the librarian (belonging to @crazedauthor) :) not pictured is Kris (@shawncoper1’s OC ;; HI SHAWN I found u and i love u btw HRKFJGJ) ;; I love our brainrot sm u don’t understand

PAGE 1: how Wilson gets with Effie ooooo ;; transitions into page 2

PAGE 2: uhhh I JUST WANTED TO DRAW WILSON MAD because he is super nice and extremely not confrontational and he NEVER gets mad. something just REALLY pissed him off (then i ran out of ideas lmao)

PAGE 3: oh no sad backstory shit :((

PAGE 4: me tryna design characters until i ran out of ideas and drew the gardener and the librarian uwu

PAGE 5: actually the oldest page haha, both a flashback and mid-story thing

[krskrash]

[kohappink]

ˏˋ ╎ ⁀➷❤️🍒´ˎ˗ⁿᵒ ⁿᵒ ⁿᵒ ⁿᵒ ⁿᵒ ᵗᵉᵃʳˢ ⁿᵒ ⁿᵒ ⁿᵒ ⁿᵒ ⁿᵒ ᵖᵃᶦⁿ ⁿᵒ ⁿᵒ ⁿᵒ ⁿᵒ ⁿᵒ

[tywysoges-g]

After the near-disastrous interaction with Biel, Gwen had been on the hunt to find Hafiz. She’d know what to say, she always knew what to say... even if it was partially her fault that Gwen was feeling the way she did currently. 

She’d circled the party for what felt like hours, time seemed to move slower when things felt dramatic, before she gave up and made a beeline for the bar. After a couple glasses of champagne and a shot of tequila, something you probably shouldn’t mix, she spied one of her other friends. “Effie.” Gwen called out, a drunk smile forming on her face. “Please tell me you’re having a much better time than I.”

@effiestuart​

[dconscreen]

There ARE Stupid Questions

We have confirmation of when Creature Commandos is airing, news on some of the cast members that are coming back for Peacemaker season 2, plus Gunn basically gives a list of lesser-known characters he likes... Oh, and could DC and Marvel finally be teaming up for a cinematic crossover? Or at least laying groundwork? It's a mystery smothered in secret sauce and wrapped in a spandex suit! I can see it’s elongated clitoris.

CREATURE COMMANDOS

DC's Creature Commandos Release Window Confirmed

SUPERMAN LEGACY

Nathan Fillion Says Table Read in Atlanta Happening

PEACEMAKER

James Gunn Confirms He Has Finished Writing Peacemaker Season 2

Peacemaker: James Gunn Teases Season 2's Opening Credits Dance

Charissa Barton Returning as Choreographer

Cast Returns Confirmed

Continued Questions Regarding the Peacemaker 2 Timeline Shift

WBTEA

James Gunn Asks DC Fans What Dave Bautista's DCU Role Should Be

Gunn’s Take on True Canon

At Least One Untrue Rumor

Does Disney Own Batman For Television

Will Gunn Be Writing/Directing More?

Will Gunn Be Adding His Own Lore?

Are Newcomers Given Required Reading?

Characters James Gunn Likes

Questions About Directors and Casting

What is the Character Selection Process?

DC and Marvel Crossovers and Amalgam Universe to Be Reprinted -- Is This Preparation for a DC/Marvel Cinematic Plan?

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[rennarita]

[startrekucast]

Star Trek 2x04 - "Who Mourns for Adonais?" Review

Maman, you were right. The time is passed. There is no room for gods, maman. Forgive me, maman. Take me...

Episode Reviewed: Star Trek 2x04 - "Who Mourns for Adonais?"

Hosts: David C. Roberson Effie Ophelders

Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek in production order. Guiding her on this journey: Dave, a stalwart fan of almost four decades who rewatches along with her, provides trivia, insights and the occasional excitement-stoking minor spoiler. 

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[dragon-swords-prophecies]

Writing Excerpt: Enna's Prequel

In honor of the 2/3s winner of the poll I made last night, here's something I wrote last week.

(The winner was ''Anne gets rescued by a group of assorted sapphic women'')

Word Count: 1,227 Tw/cw: Blood/human sacrifice, murder, referenced death, the protaganist being afraid that someone close to them might die, fighting, weapons, blood. I think that's it, let me know if I missed anything else. Context: Anne got kidnapped by a necromancer (Eleanor) who wants to use her (and enna) as the sacrifice(s) to kickstart a summoning ritual. She wants to use them because of who their dad is (loosely an angel (if you know d&d they're assimar)) and the magic that gives them. This is the scene of Effie, Enna, Thea, and Lauralei all going to rescue her, because none of them want her dead or an eldritch being trying to kill them all. Effie is Anne's girlfriend/partner/future wife, Lauralei & Thea are her friends, & Enna is her twin sister.

At the bottom of four layers of catacombs was a secret trapdoor, guarded by a man named Barnabus. Now, he was dead. Enna pushed the door open and descended down the flight of stairs beyond it. She wasn’t expecting what was at their bottom.

In the center of the room was a carved stone circle. It was detailed with hundreds, if not thousands, of symbols and phrases that Enna could never hope to understand. At one side of it, placing half melted candles into worn grooves, was an auburn haired woman. She was taller than Enna by at least a foot and everything about her screamed two things. She was a necromancer, and she was rich.

Her dress was ebony black and made of fine, heavy cloth. It was the kind of fabric that it would cost a hundred gold just to get wax out of, but here she stood, wax dripping past her skirt. Her hair was braided into a crown, and at the top there was a hair comb. It had a blood red ruby in its center, and the rest of it was gold. Her make up was flawless, and her skin the color of clouds.

Chained against the wall was a woman who could have been Enna herself. She was small; slightly built to begin with and months of near starvation having taken their toll. Her hair was limp, her cheeks hollow and her eyes half closed. Her ankles and both her wrists were shackled, and one arm was bent in a way that no one’s should be. The only thing that told her Anne was alive was the twin pulse beating alongside her own and the slow rise and fall of her chest.

“Oh, excellent, you’ve made it just in time for the main spectacle,” she said, her voice filled with a malice that contained far too much glee for Enna to be comfortable with. Her voice was smooth—like velvet. “I would so hate for you to miss it,” Eleanor continued.

“What are you doing to her,” demanded Enna, feeling a short figure push against her back and knowing that Effie was behind her on the stairs.

“Oh,” laughed Eleanor, “Nothing I wouldn’t do to you. I was hoping I would get to kill all three of you, but,” —and here her voice took on a darker turn— “Zenderian killed the boy before I got the chance. Pity, that, but no matter. The two of you combined will be plenty strong enough for what is needed. Who knows, there might even be leftovers!” She giggled.

Enna let the arrow fly.

The giggling cut off abruptly. Suspended in the air in front of Eleanor’s throat was the arrow. It floated in space, bobbing gently in a nonexistent breeze. She reached up and plucked it out of the air like she was plucking a raspberry off a bush. “A steel tipped arrow. How… quaint.” Her lip curled, and she flung it to one side. It clattered against the flagstones.

Effie moved to Enna’s side, where she had a clear view of the room. She drew a vial from her belt, and hefted it in her hand as if to chuck it at Eleanor. Then she looked at Anne, and how close the two women were, and she lowered it.

“That’s right, little gnome. Just surrender now, and everything will be perfectly fine.”

“No! It won’t be! It isn't! You’re trying to kill my partner, who I love very much and would like to not be sacrificed for the birth of an eldritch demon.”

Eleanor stood to her full height as Effie withdrew a small crossbow from her back and two more figures moved past Enna to flank her and Effie. She drew a long and wickedly curved knife from her belt. It’s handle was worn, and the iron blade was sharp enough to gleam in the half-light.

“Oh, darling,” she purred. “Birth? No, this is just waking them up. They’ve existed for a long, long time.” She raised the knife behind her.

Effie hissed. “Fuck. You.” She pulled the trigger on the crossbow, watching as a pair of bolts fired straight for her.

Sure, she couldn’t use her potions. But that didn’t mean Effie was defenseless. She was a damn sight with a crossbow, and this one she had modified herself. The bolts weren’t steel, not completely. Copper did not, as a rule, mix particularly well with magic. It was practically impervious to it, which made it a very good weapon against spellcasters. In this case, necromancers.

Effie’s bolts shot, one and then another, cutting Eleanor off mid monologue. The first missed. It landed in the mortar of the wall behind Eleanor. The other didn’t. It flew straight into her upper arm and buried itself there. Eleanor screeched, and raised the knife with her uninjured arm. With the point she drew a careful line down Anne’s chest. The cut was shallow; about six inches long. It began at her throat. Blood began to bead along the edges, and slowly drip into the carvings below. It began to spread out in the carved circle. Eleanor began to smile. It was cold, and cruel, and the most terrifying thing Enna had ever seen in her life.

She didn’t know what scarred her more: Eleanor’s smile, or the fact that Anne didn’t react to the cut at all. The only sound she made was the slow ‘huff’ of her breathing, barely audible over the noise. At the same time, footsteps all at once began in the corridor to the left and immediately got louder. Temerity and Geir emerged from the archway. They were both armed to the teeth.

“Fuck,” said Lauralei, eloquently.

“You three deal with them,” said Thea. “I’ll get Anne.”

They nodded. Enna looked at Lauralei. “Make her feel it, will you?”

“Oh, she will,” said Lauralei grimly.

Just like that, the battle began. Enna dropped her bow and drew two of her daggers. She locked eyes with Temerity. The assassin drew her own blades.

“Fair fight?” she offered.

“Fair fight. No magic.”

“No bows,” countered Temerity. The two women circled each other.

“Fine. Three knives?”

“Don’t press your luck, Enna.”

“Alright. No bow, no magic. Agreed?”

“No magic, no bow,” said Temerity, and made the first move.

We must here pause in our narrative to clarify three things. One (1): Temerity was first and foremost an assassin. Her targets never saw her coming. Having one who could was throwing her off. That didn’t mean she was a shoddy fighter in the open—quite the opposite, in fact—but it did mean that just for the next few seconds, Enna had the upper hand.

Two (2): Temerity fought dirty.

Three (3): So did Enna.