Alright so I was looking at references (to draw a character) and ended up doing a bit of research on academic dresses & graduations uniforms! I only find a couple of things so if someone have more infos I will be very interest!
So in Bloodborne we got those dear uniforms :
The one with the robes is very classic of what people in old classic university still wear for big events and graduations such as in the U.S.A or UK. A decades/century ago they did wore those uniforms of course way more often. Now we wear mostly casual clothes.
(This image always made me think of Byrgenwerth. With the balcony and all. That remind me of a post I made a while ago I have still no clue what those balcony were use for!!!)
At first, I discovered that between a bachelor/licence degree, master degree and phd/doctorate you aren't going to get the same clothes. Plus, colours can differ depending of : the level of the degree, the school or the field you graduate in (can differ depending the countries as well).
Bachelor outfits are the most simple ones with not a lot of colours for most of them. Sometimes they don't have hoods but depends. Sometimes they seems to have very large selves like the Byrgenwerth one. The master ones have a bit more colours and I read generally long sleeves but that depends? Then the phd/doctorate ones are generally very colourful! And like the last sources below v They even had even more beautiful outfit for very important members (so I guess Willem pope outfit still make sense XD)
As for the colors it really depends the country etc but I read red is often associated with medicine and surgery (what a coincidence!). White / purple or even red is for theology and blue could be for sciences (Byrgenwerth/willem researches seems to be quite a mixt with theology/sciences so make sense).
(@katyspersonal we did talk a while back on colours on clothes meaning but hey it had have academic significations that fit well too! So in the end, drawing Laurence with white & red clothes is even more accurate now! XD) Oh I wanna draw him in an entire red academic dress now...Future drawing idea ).
Also I forgot to mentions that there's the hat/trencher that's part of it as well. It's not part of the set in the game but ennemies have it.
Also little side note: some dress have stripes or ermine bands on the clothes that represents their grades and also "academic curiosity, academic honesty, and academic courage."
So i suppose the garb Micolash, Damian & co have would look more similar to a master degree one? I guess?
But I won't throw any rocks at Fromsoftware even if the ones we got might not be too much detailed/ accurate because they sure did their homeworks to find and design those clothes. They aren't historians and they probably found a lot more things than I here (plus Japan don't have those dresses too). They're not going to design like 5 different outfits in the game too XD. (Yes I want more details for my story bc making things way more complicated is way more accurate I guess...) We don't know how exactly those types of institutions fonctions in Bloodborne universe too. And it's a fantasy world after all. So it's free real estate
I dunno if you guys @pyro-madder @karnaca78 @secteel or others could know more about it đ€
But for now it's all!
Sources :
PS : I found this piece of medieval scholar dress and it really look like the same as the guy in the cainhurst painting and cut content Beltran!
They are probably wearing a "simarre". Some magistrate/ university professor / religious clothes people would wear. So pretty oblivious and what we thought @heraldofcrow
Itâs been a long (long, long) time since Iâve been active here, and the reason is that Iâve spent the last couple of years working on my own book!
This story is a mixte of everything I love reading about: brotherly love, arranged marriage, fantasy universe, and much more.
Hereâs the resume:
« As the Kingâs third child, Elias was supposed to be the sweetheart of the nation, just as the media in every country had claimed before his birth.
That should have been the case, but a twist of fate had him born without any abilities, unlike all the citizens of his country.
Although the information was kept secret, his father had locked him up in their castle, forbidding him from leaving the premises.
Elias had made up his mind that his whole life would be this way; going from one room to another, with only a few people to talk to. But his fatherâs death changed everything : now, in order to keep him safe from a potential war between mutants and non-mutants, his brother, now King, has no choice but to marry him off in order to send him to a non-mutant country.
After spending his entire life locked away, Elias discovers the real world and all the beauty that comes with it, while navigating his new relationship with the stranger chosen by his brother to be his husband. But security is only an illusion and Elias will have to learn who he can trust in order to survive. »
Thanks to Abby, who edited it and helped me along the process, you can finally buy it on Amazon here!
(Btw, Iâm also on Instagram if you want to come and say hi)
Last movie I watched : A Better Tomorrow by John Woo. It was fun ! Randomly sat through it bc my dad put it on the TV while i was at his and mom's house.
Last TV show I watched : uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh i have no idea. The last time I mentioned watching a TV show in Mal's DMs was apparently that one time I watched a couple episodes of Mixte, a France 2 TV show, when I was at a friend's place. Which was a couple months ago by now. Idk, i don't watch shows.
Last thing I googled : "pride and prejudice movie costumes" (i wanted to check what the era it's supposed to be set in is called because idk shit about england's cutting of history regarding costumes)
Last thing I ate : Chocolate eggs
Amount of sleep : Generally 8 hours ? Sometimes 10 if i am very tired AND have been properly taking my ADHD meds.
Sweet, savory, or spicy : It's a tossup between sweet and savory tbh, depends on my mood
hi hi!! i love your ao3 fanfic so much. the way your explore the characters is just *chefs kiss* i am very excited, but also a bit sad to see the ending of no angels! i also wanted to share my appreciation of animating sideline characters like jean. i LOVE when authors do this. i was wondering if you had any interest in writing more mixte stories in the near future? even with another couple (josele #1 ofc đ€) or in a royalty or victorian era au? i am so curious how that would play out and how sideline characters from the show would become more dimensional, main characters! anyway, i just wanted to extend my gratitude and admiration for your work! amazing talent!
Hello! â€ïž (I am honestly putting off writing the last chapter of No Angels because I am sad to see the ending, too!)
MichĂšle, Joseph, and Jean-Pierre are very intertwined so I knew JosĂšle couldnât have a happy ending unless they were all on the same page! And to do that, Jean-Pierre needed some character development and I loved writing it! Commentating on the sexism and misogyny that was rampant at that school and in that time, was something I wanted to explore in JosĂšleâs love story and I hope I did it justice.
After Vassili posted on Instagram of him in character for one of his movies taking place in the Victorian era (sadly, he has taken the post down now), I had many thoughts about a JosĂšle story set in that time. But, nothing has solidified. So, for right now, I have no other Mixte stories planned, but I am glad the fandom is growing and I hope we continue to see more stories posted. :)
Thank you for stopping by and sending in this wonderful message đđ„°â€ïž
it is july 5th and you've finished you university degree. congratulations.
you've worked hard (and not that hard) for a couple of years. it has been a source of joy, distress and support, and you've finally made it out through.
you will be wondering why there wasn't a 22th bday letter. the reason is quite simple: i didn't felt like it. there was too much exhaustion and changes going around to sit and talk so definitively, to speak about an immovable period of time.
things have changed a lot. you included. and nothing much has been going on. you included.
last summer was, in so many ways, a closure of a chapter. you know that when covid hit, it felt like youth was over. little did i know, it's been quite recently that i learned that i wasn't to forward, i was late. this realization is quite funny, considering that in my favorite song i say "i'm gonna be late but i don't care". i've been late all along and i was caught up too much in the teenage mentality. recently i found out that aurea mediocritas was me opening the door, and i think i've just crossed to the other side and i'm closing that door forever. maybe i'm not locking it and maybe i'm going to keep the key very close to my heart.
you've fallen in and out of love. you've immersed yourself in knowledge (you know, knowledge heals disappointment), you've gone out more and more, explored your self-expression a lot more, met great people and had a great time. i know you think the only thing you do is to overthink in your bed, but you've kept yourself so fucking busy that you're impression is caused by the blurriness of so many experiences happening in so little time. recollection is a funny thing.
i strongly believe that the greatest lesson in this two years has been loyalty. to familiy, to friends, to time and place, to affection, to values, to emotions, to possible lovers... i think what i'm about to say is always been in me (and that's why i've felt and loved so passionately): you aren't at fault of how others treat your kindness or your love and you are not a fool for loving or caring, it's everyone else's choice to pay tribute and respect it. and if that's not the case, i don't want it. and that's the thing: i've learned to be loyal to myself.
obviously, for loyalty to be the lesson there has had to be a surprise, an appearance of an unexpected obstacle, of treason. and that's come with a lot of mixed feelings, that come to haunt me and every trace of trust in my life. and that's come with a lot of alone time, that has been put into use. i feel like i'm finally in a path of taking care of myself though the things that i do and devote myself to. and, most probably, that's a good thing, but the possible downturn of it isn't lost on me. it's just me, i'm on my own. i think a new me is peaking in, and i'm excited to meet him.
most of these days, i'm thinking a lot about how each day it is more impossible to relate to love. it's been to many thoughts in this two years to be said in this letter. maybe it's best to not write it so i'm not able to remember it when i read this in the future when i don't feel so miserable about it. i suck, love doesn't; so love will not happen to me. if it makes you feel better, i don't feel that bad about it anymore. as i've said before, it is my fate. it's just that now i've sort of come to terms with it, i'm somewhat at peace with that.
the solace of (self-produced and self-fulfilled) prophecies will have to be enough until i really feel like i can have a life of my own. we both know that's what we need the most right now. i wonder if it will enhance my tendency towards quiet and hidden reckless foolishness or redirect myself into the most strict and abstract form of self-centeredness.
it's july 5th, just like the last letter that i've just read and it is so crazy to me that i'm writing this one on the same day. i was just about to release my first ep and now i'm working on finishing up the first mixtape. so weird how time and its loops always has a way to give meaning to everything i do. like all these letters.
either way, it feels like this is the time that you proclaimed to be happening three years ago. you just needed to grow up a little bit, to find yourself a little bit more and live trough a couple of more rough experiences. now, new experiences and opportunities and heartaches and trips and waits and meetings and jobs and friendships and emotions are so ready to be happening to you. you're (remotely) ready to be an adult, even tough no one really is. maybe it's best to say then, that the time to be a young adult has finally come. good luck, kid.
Bellatrix Lestrange has a daughter who befriends Harry AU
So...conception.Â
Well, Rodolphus and Bellatrix conceive a child on the order of Voldemort. Since Voldemort wants to live forever, he keeps in mind that his army would need an eventual replacement. And if Bellatrix is willing to spend so much time in Azkaban for Voldemort, than surely motherhood is less extreme than 14 years of torture. Plus, if they are unable to perform, well, Voldemort can always cast Impero.Â
I think the couple would still end up in Azkaban, Voldemort would still diseappear and the Longbottoms are here also. Also, I headcanon that they were fed some pain-relief cancelling potions by Rabastan who spiked their tea. A potion that blocks the bodyâs natural soothing reflexes, thus making the brain overflow with cortisol to the point of nerve damage. And it makes more sense then just the Crucio thing, because I try to be more scientific than J.K Rowling.Â
Now, in terms of name, the Lestrange family seems to be, for the British branch, have latinized Germanic names inspired by scavenging animals, and the French branche has Latin names based of creepy animals and concepts (although the girls seem to have perfectly normal names, if a bit rare). The Black family seemed to all have constellation names, mostly Greek and Latin. However, we all know J.K Rowling loves name symbolisme. Peonies, in French flower language are associated with bashful love (especially pink ones), apology (especially white peonies), shame (french expression: rouge comme une pivoine), compassion, wealth, passion (especially red ones) and remorse. In british flower language, it can symbolize unluck and luck, while for Americans it can represent wealth and marital bliss. In China, it can mean honor, beauty, luck and wealth, and in Japan, it can symbolize honor and bravery. The peony plant is mildly toxic, but have been used historically as a pain killer in small doses.Â
So for a character who tries to do good, and wash herself of the family shame to do what is right, the Peony seems right. So Peony Lestrange she is.Â
Now, by who she will be raised. There are multiple possibilities, including: grandparents and aunt, Andromeda and Ted Tonks, the Malfoys, and Walden Macnair and his wife (whoâs probably a psycho, because if heâs a walking stereotype and a more competant version of Jack Ketch, than he can be also married to a stereotypical Bourrelle, because why not pile up stereotypes at this point) or the Muggle foster system. I think the Muggle foster system would make her a bit to angsty for something like Harry Potter, but she can live with her grandparents and aunt, with maybe some cousins (I already made two OCs for this). Now, Andromeda and Ted Tonks would probably find it very strange having to raise the daughter from the family that disowned her, so that may not happen. Narcissa would probably welcome her niece with open arms, but Lucius, I donât think he would want the attention of raising the daughter of the two most infamous Death Eaters when he tries to distance himself, although he could just as well craft a story of socializing her into becoming a ârespectable young ladyâ, and Macnair might become responsable for the children of Azkaban thanks to some obscure law. I think getting her raised by the Malfoys, and have regular contact with her grandparents and cousins, plus Macnair, would give her a nice âframeworkâ.Â
In terms of looks, none of the HP main characters are describes as particularly âhotâ, mostly normal teenagers. However, many purebloods, at least from the âevilâ families, are shown as good looking, but sickly. We can have a slight mixt of the two by having her get a pale, ashy complexion and reddish dark, intense circles (if snakes can blink, Harry have magical hair and Snape have pitch-black eyes, she can have a slightly unrealistic complexion, plus itâs not that flattering to current beauty standards) giving her a shadowy stare.Â
And why would she rebel against her family. I think she would be someone who grows up feeling incredibly lonely, plus letâs not forget the casual relationships many pureblood wizards have with violence, and thatâs already a very bad mixt. Plus, I think she would be genetically pre-disposed to enjoy the thrill of the chase, both as predator and as prey. So, Peony would grow up a very depressed child, subconsciously desiring real relationship. Also, might have reoccurring nightmares from living under the same roof as a sadist, even if they donât harm her directly. Now, she would still be a proud pureblood used to grow up in an odd mixture of wealth and outcast hood, and be quite proud, and be hugely impulsive. Now, Lucius Malfoy is a sadist, itâs basically canon. Macnair is also a sadist (who tries to contend himself with animals, but is more than happy to move onto human victims), and Snape has some sadistic tendencies, but mostly show as verbal bullying and is not a serious threat. But I think her rebellion would be slow, and she would probably want, in the beginning at least, to still have warm relationships. Also, since the only reason she was born in the first place is to be groomed into becoming a death eater, so yeah, thatâs also something to consider. Also, living in such a social environment, would require if she lacks cunning, a great deal of bravery. So, for her to be into Gryffindor were she would have more opportunities to befriend Harry, she will have to be a little dumb dumb, and frankly quite clueless, especially with social life.
Ok, letâs hear about your favorite Gehrman and Maria happy AU!!
With pleasure!!!! :D
Ok so for context yesterday I refound this post :
And I was like "hey guys in my happy AU Gehrman could totally get or make something like this for Maria!" And then it spiralled into "oh I completely forgot to explain my bloodborne "happy ending AU" so there it is finally I guess. I think I only share to a couple of persons so far XD (I have a few others many different AU and darker but it isn't for today).
I already did a few drawings in link with it : here, here, here and there. Yeah with the gehrmaria ship involve so pass your way if that isn't your thing.
I did end up making the cottage house of the AU in Minecraft since a few months ago by the way XD I even have a tanner, hunter and a freaking cleric villager who now took possession of the house đđ even Laurence decided to live here now I can't. I would need to redo it I kinda screw up proportions I think. Sadly Minecraft bedrock doesn't offer to put many details. I guess it would be better in the sims? If someone knows a good game to built house (and 19th century one) I'm taking it!
So now about the AU it's kinda an AU of my fic verse who can be consider like an AU as well I suppose (even if I tried to stay as canon complaint as possible in this one). Like you can guess from the name Yharnam doesn't became hell on earth and most people don't end up dying horribly. I will copy paste below the summary so you I can explain it better.
Bloodborne happy/good ending AU Summary :
Basically after bloodborne game event (in my fic verse interpretation) our dear baby squid good hunter decided it was rewind time and give everyone a 2nd chance. Don't ask me how
Then it's not clear but either the souls of everyone were taken and yet back in their old self, decades earlier of if people from the past dreamed of the future or a weird mixt of both. But it's what happened. Decades before the game invent (Byrgenwerth era) people started wake up and remember events that haven't happen yet + message from the new great one that they were giving a 2nd chance to make things right etc. It feels like a very strange dream but they knew it was real. Some people remember more than other and they especially remember their own future and they lived/are gonna live+ a couple of other things in game event for exemple.
Now it's up to them to not make the same mistakes and make things right.
So imagine itâs like 2-3am at Byrgenwerth, everyone wake up from well this dream/ nightmare and they basically remember everything that happened to them. So you haven hundreds of people outside in their pyjama. Crying, hugging, and some almost throwing hands with others đ quite emotional. I know itâs pretty crazy (i donât have everything settle yet)
*Yeah you have people who were basically bestie at the time almost punching each other because one betrayed the other years later lol and people who didnât like each other at Byrgen but become friends way later are hugging and crying. Some people were really confused xD like the one who die earlier on the timeline or weren't very important or just leave this mess early.
So of course you have Laurence & Gehrman crying and holding each other in pyjama in the middle of the dark campus. Then Maria show up in the distance đïžđïžÂ itâs even more of an emotional reunion.
So you have this 2 idiots then Maria show up in the distance, theyâre stunned and then Laurence tells him « what the hell youâre waiting for just go!!!» so he runs extremely fast (maria too) and they stop a few meters away from each other just staring. Then he tried to apologize says heâs sorry for everything. « YOUâRE SORRY?! » sheâs kinda mad and sad about everything that happened she kinda hit him but he is surprise itâs not that hard then she hugs him and they hug each other and cry. (Yeah the Doll is discuss a bit later it's all good)
At some point Laurence try to eclipse himself and Mariaâs like « you fucking stay here! » because she have things to say to this dumbass too.
So everyone reunite and all. With Caryll/ Rom/ Ludwig etc.They are hugging and all and then you have like Damian trying to kick Micoâs ass and nobody stopping him XD
Also Charles and Laurence threw hands đitâs a mess.
*People whoâre not suppose to be very friends at this era are in each other arms and some bff are like throwing hands.
Then Willem show up and tell everyone to shut up and calm down đ
Charles and Maria later go to Cainhurst to hug all their family who slightly remember all the shit too. And so it donât cause a war again as well đ because they're kinda salty about their nightmares were the church + executioners killed them.
Anyway they all kinda calm down and some times later theyâre all reuniting by Willem & Laurence because we need to talk about what the hell happened. « Yep that was real » now time to change it.Â
After this mess and discussing what the hell happened and « we need to changed things! » they need to make a big plan how to avoid the fishing hamlet pb and save the orphan. they also can't just not use blood because it does save lives so it's quite complex.
So years later (because the beginning of it during like Maria, Ludwig, Caryll & Rom's hm 3rd of 4th years of university) they manage to make sure the hamlet don't became fishmen, and help Kos give birth (she isn't dead yet but her physical body do die afterwards). And baby orphan is fine and taking care off đ
Then it's party time đ Well they still have things to take care of but I didn't thought of all the details yet. So Maria & Gehrman officially get together đ (never really happened in my main interpret, it's complicated) and some times later travel between Yharnam and other places to help people around (to put it shortly).
THEN they buy a house next to a forest and a small village and live there for some time, maybe start a family etc (see the drawing with the baby!! I won't get into all the family detail today through). So they got the cottage/country house âš
How they found it? Well funny story one day old hunters were on the mission (not the happy au but fic verse) and the mayor leave the house to them so they could sleep for a few nights and Gehrman really liked the house and even made a deposit for it for a few years if one day he wanted to buy it XD
Then after some time they accidentally adopt a lil dog too (before the huge white wolfhound years later) XD
Something like this. Need to find a name for this lil guy.
And recently I've been thinking a cat could be cool too. A really fluffy one
I made those 2 other sketches last year in link with the AU as well. I never share those so there it is.
And I have a fic planned (1-2 chap max for now), an entire summary, a chapter plan and even a few sentences written for this AU in particular. But idk when I could write it. And I could even have 2 versions depending the rating @_@ so maybe one day...
So yeah it's a bit messy but it's all the fluff & some other things I need. And that's it for now!
Fiber-Reinforced Plastic (FRP) Recycling Market: Insights for 2024-2032
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The report highlights the Market Summary, Industry Outlook, Impact Analysis, Porterâs Five Forces Analysis, Market Maturity Analysis, Supply Chain Analysis, Key Market Strategies, Market Drivers, Challenges, Opportunities, Analyst Perspective, Competitive Landscape, Research Methodology and scope, Global Market Size, Forecasts & Analysis (2024-2032).
Triton Market Research report states that the global market for fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) recycling is deemed to witness growth at a compound annual growth rate of 8.04% in revenue and 7.46% in volume during the forecast period 2024-2032.
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