#desi dark faerie

[scarletsapphic]

DESI DARK FAE AESTHETIC~

(Again, completely based on my own opinions)

Rest of the series

Heavy, dark kajal

Dark and glittering lehengas, saris, kurtas, sherwanis and anarkalis with dupattas that cover their faces (so you dont recognize who cursed you)

Really dark mehndi that they made stronger with strong sarson ka tel (mustard seed oil).

Alta that makes it look like they walked in a sea of blood, and lips to match

Black and maroon bindis in all sorts of shapes

Large, dark colored metal bangles that glisten in the night but mysteriously make no sound when they will it

Large mirror jhoomkas and chandbalis

Loha (iron) nose rings and baalis

Heavy loha necklaces with shimmering jewels

Open, flowy hair or loose braids with woven flowers

They wear gajras made of mogra (jasmine) and roses, and they have a few leaves with thorns in them

The sounds of their payal echo mysteriously

They have long nails with remnants of sindoor and tika tinting their fingers

They leave the sweet scent of roses and jasmine wherever they go but it also makes your skin tingle

Always have a khanjar or a katar ready, but really, their looks can kill.

They drink the darkest, strongest chai and the sweetest sharbat

They can make you feel at home and switch to a living hell in 0.2 seconds

watch the instagram reel here!!! <3

[coming-of-age-witch]

in my herbologist ancient forbbiden knowledge sage green shwerd witchy era.

[shittily-reviews-books]

YA Novels that are Worth your Time

Spoiler warning given before review

The Lies of Locke Lamora 10/10

100%yes. Heist adventure, dark themes, revenge, angst a rollercoaster of emotions. Just a beautiful book.

2. The Secret History 8/10

Honestly don't read for the plot, read for the vibes and the good writing because it transports you until you feel like a 'romantic classics student' that 'no one could ever understand', because they don't 'appreciate the arts'. It's pretty cool.

3. TJ Powar has something to Prove 8/10

Just yes. Realistic Desi portrayal?? War against the concept of a beauty standard???? 200% yes.

4. The Final Gambit 6/10

Ngl kinda disappointed in the whole 'climax' scene that lasted a page. She really took Rick Riordan's advice. BUt the characters are still extremely dramatic so slay.

5. Daughter of the Moon Goddess 7/10

Beautiful writing, sexy male leads, smart female lead. Love.

6. The Theft of Sunlight 10/10!!!

I'm sorry poc female lead who doesn't have any powers but is smart, cunning, courageous and reaps chaos wherever she goes???? Murdering thief that loves her to bits??? YESSSS

7. The Stolen Heir 10/10

Spoiler Ahead for TSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

This whole book was a villain origin story and I didn't even realise it because I honestly don't consider chaining hot faerie princes in your basement bc they lied to you, as morally wrong.

Spoiler ended!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8. Chain of Thorns 9/10

Honestly was just there to have each couple (Herondaisy, Jucy, Talastair) smash. I wanted more of them being happy and in love and less of plot. Still really good though.

9. The Kinder Poison 9/10

It's really hard to find fantasy novels in which the lead doesn't have any special powers but is just trying their best to have courage and be kind. I think that's the ultimate superpower so yes, loved this book.

10. Love on the Brain 9/10

Enemies to lovers, smart NASA scientist, and good *smashing* scenes. what else do u need???



[elsternwick-rp]

And Now, For a Taste of Things To Come...

Good afternoon to everyone in Elsternwick! We hope you’ve been enjoying Moonlit Mayhem, our Halloween Event which is currently in it’s third phase, Blood Moon!

It will end after it’s next phase, called No Moon, where effects of the moon (or lack there of) can stick around with your muses for the next two weeks!

Our first expedition is still being run as well! Muses are still in another world attempting to stop a problem with marauding angels, and will soon reach a checkpoint, that is to say, the next phase of their journey

With this change, we are allowing anyone to “tag out” or “tag in” as each party reaches a new phase of the adventure, this will allow new members to join the expedition, old ones to take a break, or simply swap muses if they wish!

And finally, there are still Campfire Tales to be told around the story time fire! Your muse can spin a yarn and tell a terrifying... or humorous tale all year round! Just because Halloween’s almost over doesn’t mean we can’t indulge in more Elsternwick Tales of Horror!

After Moonlit Mayhem, we will briefly slow down on happenings but that’s for a good reason! (Though, there will be autumn themed activities still available!

Come December, Winter themed events will return from last year, including snow related events, chilling faery tales made real, and other cool events you can look forward to! Perhaps your muse has been naughty and will receive a visit from Krampus...?

In addition, another adventure will be available early next year!

After the Necronomicon briefly went missing in October, it’s been acting more strangely than usual, pages are flipping through it rapidly, and worse of all, there’s even reports of the Deadites making appearances in Elsternwick! Your party is hired to investigate it, but soon after arriving, find themselves drawn into an ancient prophecy writ upon the pages...

Early next year, Shin will run a dungeon/adventure based upon Army of Darkness, a comedy/action/horror film! In this adventure, participating muses will be lost in time and trapped in the time of the Nordic Vikings, and their only chance of returning home to Elsternwick is to find the Necronomicon, lost in the woods of ancient times. Though little do they know, disturbing it will wake the Army of Darkness.

Trapped in Time, Surrounded by Evil... Low on Gas.

We look forward to any possible interest in this adventure, and will answer any questions!

Now, lastly, for the past year or so, we’ve been talking about our first “story” event, which is to say, an event that has a story around it and can be affected by the actions of those participating, this is unlike a seasonal event which is for fun and could lead to development if you wish, but overall has lower stakes due to being a holiday

We’ve been holding off on this event for a long time due to scheduling conflicts and other issues, as well as the sheer fact that these things take a whole lot of planning and thought, but we think that it’s finally shaping enough together for us to plan it’s coming!

The event is called Emotions Run High

During this event, a strange power from the nearby nexus causes things to happen all over Elsternwick, bizarre creatures are appearing, and people’s emotions are affecting them, and even creating them, and it doesn’t stop there-

The emotions are also capable of affecting the world around them, should it be strong enough! Strong enough anger may cause a fire, despair so deep it could cause things to wilt... And it can also affect people! It may make some muses change alignments, empower them, or worse.

So, how are you going to deal with this?

There will be multiple ways your muses can participate and help... or hinder!

Perhaps your muse is a therapist or a talker, that’s good! They can help others sort out their emotions before something terrible happens. In some cases, that’s better than a fighter

But what about the world? You can’t talk to everyone... in that case, your muse may need some help from another source.

Should you desire, your Muse can gain an additional power/form from another place, allowing them to fight the emotion creatures or effects on equal footing! Where this comes from or how it affects your muse is up to you! Perhaps they come become a magical girl or magical boy, maybe a Masked Rider, or maybe you just want to give them a cool additional power, it’s all up to you and choice and creativity is something we’d really like to focus on with this event! And lastly, if you’re feeling a bit more malicious and mischievous, we’re allowing muses to use this event for negative reasons as well, maybe you’d like to be villainous for a bit, or just want your muse to take advantage of this situation while they still can, that’s also an option!

But we’re open to suggestions since it’s still a bit out from happening! Either way, we’re quite excited for this and hope you look forward to it as well.

That should do it for now, we hope you enjoyed reading this look forward towards upcoming events, it’s been a fun year, but we hope to make this year, and next, even funner! We look forward to seeing you in Elsternwick!

[sinfvls]

          hey all you cool cats and kittens !  it’s carole desi from big cat rescue and i’m here to deliver a tubular trio to this glorious group. i’ve been on the hunt for a solid supernatural rp for idk how long and i’m so stoked to find a home in bloodshq  &  begin writing / plotting with every single one of you !  admittedly, their backgrounds are pretty underwhelming because they’re all new muses ( lord help me ) and i’m still getting a feel for them, and i have just a few wanted connections up for grabs listed at the end of each of their blurbs, so if you see any that strike your interest please feel free to slide into my ims ( but i’m also super open to anything, so feel free to hit me with your ideas too ! )  &  now without further ado, i give you  DAMON BELMONT ,  NICHOLAS SPENCER  &  VERONA ADLER. 

damon belmont  has been seen walking the seattle streets. the werewolf has been in town for  one week, and are known to be  aloof  but also very  loyal.  the  thirty seven  year old is the  vice president of the mongrels motorcycle club.  if you tilt your head and look at them in a certain light they might resemble charlie hunnam. their pronouns are  he/him.  damon’s werewolf gene is  triggered.

statistics & connections

doesn’t know who his parents are / were.  he was found abandoned in the woods of hayfork, california as a wee babe by a pair of hikers.  tossed into the social system, he hopped from foster home to foster home, until finally sticking with a woman named delilah belmont, who eventually opted to adopt him.

she lived off the grid, in the backwoods, where she fended for herself by hunting for meat, growing her own produce, and even tended to livestock. damon thrived in this lifestyle, learning how to survive in the wilderness. he didn’t go to public school. instead, he was homeschooled by delilah, who taught him only what she valued to be of great importance. she wasn’t gonna raise no soft, yellowbelly who couldn’t fend for himself.

however, one day while out hunting, the two were attacked by a grizzly bear and it mauled delilah nearly to death before damon put a few rounds of bullets into it. there was no saving her, and she knew it. instead, she begged damon to end the pain. out of mercy, he killed her, and thus triggered the werewolf gene he didn’t even realize was in him. the confusion he had to deal with alone as a result was heartbreaking. he didn’t understand what he was, seeing himself as a monster whenever there was a full moon to unleash his inner beast. damon thought he was the only one of his kind, until he met a group of mysterious travelers.

the mongrels motorcycle club, what everyone assumed to be a band of criminals. damon first met them at a dive bar in town, where he’d been planning to drink himself into a stupor. they knew what he was immediately and offered him a home; a new family with them. while he had so many unanswered questions, the young werewolf also had nothing to lose, and so he joined the bloodmoon pack and never looked back. 

the acceptance and relief from knowing he wasn’t an abomination was overwhelming. never did he think that he would develop such a strong bond with another person, let alone an entire pack of werewolves. the bloodmoon pack has been travelling just about everywhere, stopping in areas to rest before carrying on again, living as vagabonds, and picking up “strays” / other packless werewolves along the way. he’s been with the pack for sixteen years.

( more tba yikes )

wanted connections

bloodmoon pack / mongrels mc members.  still need a president, sgt at arms, road captain, enforcer, chaplain, etc. info can be found on the wanted connections page on the main !

soulmate. listen, he’s been around the block and i think it’s safe to say he’d have found his mate by now asdjkhg. she could have already been with the pack when he joined, or joined after him at some point. completely open to plotting all the details. filled by cleo clarke

( more tba maybe sdjhfg )

nicholas “nick” spencer  has lived in seattle for  twelve years, and are known to be  broody  but also very  altruistic.  the  twenty one  year old human  goes to school at seattle university.  if you tilt your head and look at them in a certain light they might resemble finn cole. their pronouns are  he/him.  nick is  unaware  of the supernatural.

statistics & connections

born in los angeles, california to a pair of admirably gifted parents, nicholas spencer lived a fairly privileged first eight years of his life. his mother, a soap opera actress, and his father, a talented chef, gave both nick and his older sister a life full of love and luxury. yes, everything was absolutely perfect in their world. until it wasn’t.

at barely eight years old, nick was violently thrown along with his sister into one of the most traumatic experiences any child could go through; they lost their parents to a fatal car accident. being forced to move to seattle with his sister to live with their aunt, he didn’t fully understand what it meant; he couldn’t properly process what was going on. the pain of his loss was expressed more out of anger, feeling as though their parents abandoned them. and thus, nick’s out of control behavior was born.

suicide mention tw.  he struggled in school. his emotions betrayed him. instead of relishing a happy childhood, nick found himself pushing everyone away, getting into fights, sneaking out late at night to run around the city with his friends and get into all sorts of trouble with them. he couldn’t count on his hands how many times the police picked him up and brought him to his aunt’s doorstep. it only got worse once one of his best friends was found dead, written off as a suicide, though it didn’t add up in nick’s eyes and seemed so much more sinister. the young man was nearly deemed to be a lost cause, until he discovered his passion for writing.

language arts or literature was the last thing anyone would ever think to group with nick spencer. he was quite eloquent, sure, but the one thing he always did was play basketball at one of the outdoor courts in seattle. anytime he needed to blow off steam, to contemplate life, or just to shoot hoops, you could always catch him at the court. but his english teacher noticed how well he could articulate his thoughts and feelings on paper, and submitted one of his pieces to a writing contest, which earned nick the win and three thousand dollars as a prize.

bewildered by a talent he hadn’t even realized was in him, nick embraced it. he started writing in a journal ( which he keeps safely tucked away beneath the mattress of his bed ), documenting every feeling and thought as a way to express his emotions in a more productive manner. this talent earned him a full ride scholarship to seattle university, where he’s now a literature major with plans of either becoming an author or perhaps an english teacher, to follow in the footsteps of his high school teacher who he came to idolize.

( more will be added later oop )

wanted connections

his three best friends ( see listed in wanted connections on the main ! )

someone he doesn’t see eye to eye with, maybe opposite in personality or morals. most likely someone he went to high school with or someone who also attends seattle university ( bonus points if they’re supernatural )

some bad folk he may have accidentally gotten mixed up with, either in the past or current ( or both sdfhkjg ). could literally be ANYTHING, maybe he saw something he shouldn’t have, maybe there’s some drug scandal he got mixed up in and now can’t get out of ??  

more tba eventually !

verona adler  has been seen walking the seattle streets. the fae has been in town for  three years, and are known to be  restive  but also very  fervent.  the  twenty four  year old works as a  bar & grill waitress.  if you tilt your head and look at them in a certain light they might resemble dove cameron. their pronouns are  she/her. 

statistics & connections

oakdale, louisiana.  born and bred.  she was raised middle to two brothers, one older and one younger, but was the absolute apple of her mom and dad’s eye, being their only daughter. her family was reputable, as were the strawberry fields they owned. people from all over the state would pay a petty price to pick a few cartons full of the famously juicy adler strawberries.

at a very young age, verona had to learn how to better control her emotions, which is very difficult for a child to understand and do. she was known for glowing tantrums, and levitating when particularly elated over something. however, in due time, the young faerie learned to hide these paramount parts of herself from the world surrounding them, out of fear over the potential backlash of human ignorance.

she’s been very personable her entire life, much like a light in a dark room. excelling in school, she mastered both academics and the social aspect, she was on the school’s yearbook committee as well as the cheerleading squad, and played an active part in her community as best as she could, generally through volunteer work. a true southern belle, through and through.

however, verona was exhausted. she couldn’t stand pretending to be something she wasn’t; hiding her true colors from the world just because the world was deemed to be much too censorious when it came to being different. while she adored her family and friends, she wasn’t being true to herself which left her unhappy behind closed doors. so, at the age of twenty one, she found an ad in the paper for a roommate in seattle and the city was evidently huge in comparison to her small town. the thought of living somewhere that was hopefully more accepting was an absolute dream, so she packed her things and made the move.

she’s been living in seattle for three years now, working at the same bar & grill she started off with as a waitress and she loves it. she loves meeting people that come from all different walks of life, the mixture of humans and supernatural is perfect. though she’s still a little put out by hiding her true self, she enjoys being surrounded by a bigger populace of supernatural beings that she generally doesn’t have to hide around.

( more tba probably ... eventually )

wanted connections

exes / flings / one night stands.  her friends calling her a slut is just teasing and gets a laugh out of her, a stranger calling her a slut will put vee in a full on rage, but all in all .... girl gets around.  NOT because she’s a sex fiend, but because she loves the idea of being loved, and therefore looks for it in all the wrong places sdfahkfjg. 

best friend ( supernatural only pls ! ).  she needs someone she can fully open up to without worry of being judged, rant / vent to each other about all the shit in their lives, talk about things they wouldn’t normally be able to talk about in the public, etc. a good wholesome friendship.

someone she annoys / who annoys her / or both.  girl is basically a constant ray of sunshine & agonizingly curious / nosy, and that probably presses at least one person. she can’t stand some who’s a grump without a cause & has an insatiable need to pick people apart in order to find out wtf happened to them / the reason why they are the way that they are.

maybe her brother(s) ?  i mean, if anyone wanted to pick them up, they’re free to snag !!

more tba later !

[scarletsapphic]

Desi Siren Aesthetic

based on personal opinions

Rest of the series

Tw- slight mentions of death, blood and drowning

Heavy and perfect kajal, the definition of "siren eyes" in desi font.

Simple but layered silver and iron jewelry that makes the most hauntingly beautiful sound as they move.

Dark clothes with a faint shimmer that's enough to catch your eye, but not enough for them to be all too visible.

Dark purple and red lips that are mostly covered by a dupatta, for their eyes to pierce you.

Venomous and sweet scents of roses and spices,

Nails to match the thorns of the rose.

Blood red alta and dark brown mehendi.

Their voices echo in abandoned temples and caves by the shore as they "practice" their raags.

The most delicate touches, most gentle grips, till they're not.

Their nails digging into your skin as they drag you to your death, their eyes locked on yours with the most sweet smile on their perfectly cracked lips.

Their ghagras would be heavy enough for the weight to help them pull you to the depths of the water.

The sounds of their feet running on the slippery stones by the river would echo in your heart forever.

watch the instagram reel here!!! <3

[scarletsapphic]

Lily's masterlist

Desi Aesthetic series

Desi faerie aesthetic

Desi dark fae aesthetic

Desi mermaid aesthetic

Desi siren aesthetic

I'm working on more I swear I just have finals rn 😭