#lanistas

[tinknevertalks]

if you get this, answer with three random facts about yourself and send it to the last seven blogs in your notifs! anon or not, doesn’t matter, let’s get to know the person behind the blog <3 💜💜

Third set of three facts, coming up (then maybe my brain will ssssssssssh and I can sleep).

1) When I'm hungover, or sad, or ill, or just wanting something gentle, I watch Wall-E. (We randomly say, "Directive?" to each other in my house. No reason, just to say it. And we'll answer with, "Directive? Classified.")

2) I enjoy watching vids of sheep being sheared, and long form docs a la Swoop on YouTube.

3) My pain scale is by experience. Child birth comes second to tooth pain.

Oh hey, look, Rachel shouldn't post in the middle of the night, then edit the next day. It confuses me. 🙈😅 Have an extra fact for funsies.

4) My favourite colour is purple.

[sarcasticsciencefictionwriter]

I was tagged by @lanistas thank you so much! 🤍🥰

Last Song: Dollhouse by Melanie Martinez

Favorite Color: red!

Last Show/Movie: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (watched a rerun last night before bed)

Sweet/savory/spicy: sweet!

Relationship Status: single! :)

Last thing I googled: Sir Henry Thompson, 1st Baronet. (I was trying to find a Henry that James might name Henry after for a Sanctuary fic I'm writing.)

Current Obsession: Sanctuary (my hyperfixation for several years now)

Looking Forward to: I don't know. Not a lot to look forward to. 😞Let's go with seeing what people write for the Sanctuary prompt list I made.

No pressure tagging: @galactic-pirates , @chartreuseian , @truedairship , @crazymcwritesalot , @enigmatic-mystery-777 , @tina-mairin-goldstein

[platypus-quacks-too]

if you get this, answer with three random facts about yourself and send it to the last seven blogs in your notifs! anon or not, doesn’t matter, let’s get to know the person behind the blog <3 💜💜

My favorite color is purple

I used to study Latin, ancient Greek, literature in high school (no idea how to translate the concept of liceo classico outside Italy sorry), but ended up becoming an engineer

I am lucky enough and reckless enough to live a phase of my life when I do things like taking two days off just to go see a play with my current hyperfixation (in my defense, I am really bored rn with my job and I really have a big crush on her)

[stardustinthesky]

Stumbled upon your stunning Babylon 5 gifs while planning my B5 rewatch, fell in love with your tags and with your whole blog in general <33 Hope you have a wonderful day!

Thank you very much! Have a wonderful day as well <33

[stuckonaglacierwithmacgyver]

Get attacked!! ✨🌈SEND THIS TO OTHER BLOGGERS YOU THINK ARE WONDERFUL. KEEP THE GAME GOING🌈

Ahahaha thank you <3

[misscrazyfangirl321]

Happy New Year! ❤ May there be beauty, tenderness, light, and love in 2024!

Oh, thank you! Happy new year! May you have the same!

[inzaghismo]

oggi al lavoro il mio nuovo capo mi ha detto che faccio sempre facce di disapprovazione e io mi sono trattenuta dal dirgli ''perchè sei un coglione'' posso avere un premio

[terra-tortoise]

Lanista (he/him) -- Highest ring leader of the infamous Plague Pits (a misleading name, as the pits exist even beyond the Contagion, but the alliteration sticks), Lanista is old and grizzled and cruel. There are many who would pay for the anonymous entertainment of seeing dragons fight to the death against Beastclan and against each other, and even more who would pay to see their enemies dragged in chains to certain doom and suffering. And Lanista, formerly a minor crime boss in the Undercroft, took to overseeing the pits and the lavish lifestyle that came with it easily. With the chain of command between him and the individual pit leaders, he too remains relatively anonymous. He is being hunted, and he is keeping tabs on her with a cold, calculated, arrogant interest.

Kosey (she/he) -- Kosey is the child of two former pit fighters, raised on tales of the horrors his mothers faced in the arena and filled with single-minded revenge. She weaseled her way into pit after pit, destroying as many participants as she can--dragons that run the slaughter and those that spectate, and sparing those forced into combat. He knows his actions will catch up with him, but he'll free as many as he can, love and empathy for his mothers burning in his chest, blending into an unquenchable rage. She does not yet know Lanista is her ultimate prey, but her hunt for the king of the pits will begin soon enough.

[sterekbigbang]

Rewrite The Stars (63,625 words) by Winchesterek (@sterekbros) Art by @kelestialart For @sterekbigbang 2023-2024, Round 6 Rating: Explicit Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski, Lydia Martin/Stiles Stilinski, Lydia Martin & Stiles Stilinski, Allison Argent/Lydia Martin, Danny Māhealani/Jackson Whittemore, Scott McCall & Stiles Stilinski Additional Tags: Allison Argent & Stiles Stilinski Are Siblings, Roman Stiles Stilinski, Werewolf Derek Hale, Mates Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski, Gladiator Derek Hale, Slavery, Arranged Marriage, Top Derek Hale/Bottom Stiles Stilinski, Barebacking, Blow Jobs, Anal Sex, Anal Fisting, People As Property, Alternate Universe - Werewolves Are Known, Holy Roman Empire, Knotting, Good Pack Alpha Derek Hale, Full Shift Werewolf Derek Hale, Semi-Public Sex, Implied/Referenced Abuse, Adoption, Breeding Kink, Surprise Knotting, Mating Bites, Birth, compulsory hetero sex, Sex Toys, Gay Sex, Slave Derek Hale, POV Derek Hale, POV Stiles Stilinski

Summary: When Stiles receives his first gladiators as a gift from his father and becomes a Lanista, there is one who captures his attention above the others…one whose eyes gleam with hate, pride, and desire. Sold into slavery to avenge his family, Derek can barely conceal his contempt toward his new Dominus. Derek has a plan: kill Stiles and end the lineage of the Roman family that burned his family. For his plan to succeed, he must make a show of respect and obedience—even when called on to service his master’s desires. Derek is shocked to learn that in the confines of his quarters, Stiles doesn’t want to dominate his slave but to be taken by him. Even when Stiles learns of Derek’s plans for revenge, he knows he can’t live without him.

[firapolemos05]

No devil hides beneath my bed

Part 1, Part 2

AO3 CW: nsfw (minors dni), whumper pov, past noncon, promise of future noncon, pet whump, captivity, dehumanization, sexual slavery, put on display, intimate whumper, creepy whumper, multiple whumpers, cages, restraints, ring gag, forced arousal, object insertion, overstimulation, auction, noncon touching

Tonight Scarlet hosts the Lanista Society for a special dinner event. The Champion is the coveted prize, and Ivan is honored to have been the cause of it.

Champion taglist: @emmettnet , @ostensiblyfunctional

Ivan is left marveling once again at his superior's immaculate taste.

High Martinet Matar sure knew how to throw a party.

Her guests had been greeted with the finest. A banquet of gourmet Crescentine dishes and exotic delicacies. Fresh fruits and cheeses, tender meats and fish, spiced breads and decadent sweets, aged wines from the mountain vineyards. The finest money and magic could offer.

Their venue is just as grand, perhaps more so due to its creativity. A conjured demiplane Scarlet produced specially for this affair. Ivan finds it rather ingenious.

The woman was no stranger to hosting guests at her manor; he himself had been there only last week. But she limits those meetings to no more than a few people at a time. Fewer bodies are easier to keep track of. With large parties like this, comes the ever present risk of unsavory infiltrators. The Lanista Society held members with many enemies. The uninvited in disguise or potential rivals waiting for the right moment to snoop around. Larger groups made it inconvenient to keep tabs on everyone.

The demiplane removed that risk.

No need to worry about the unwanted loose in your home if you're not bringing them to your home to begin with.

And as a bonus, the spell's design was limited only by the imagination. And a wizard of Scarlet's caliber knew fine decor.

All which was fully on display for tonight's event. It was a special occasion after all.

On one end of the chamber, seated on a raised platform, was an ornate bronze cage. Round and domed at the top like one of those old-fashioned bird cages that didn't allow room for the bird to spread its wings. However this cage was far larger, for its occupant was no bird.

Scarlet found the perfect display for the Society's beloved Champion. An advantageous maneuver given he was the subject of business this evening. If Ivan had thought he looked enticing their first meeting a week ago, Scarlet had expertly ensured that the people present now would be incapable of keeping their eyes off him.

In fact, there was already a crowd forming around the cage.

Knees spread and wrists secured above him, the Champion was giving everyone a show with his trembling body. Years of fighting had toned his muscles, and the shimmering red velvet bands only accentuated them. Scarlet must have gotten the outfit custom tailored, for it turned the tiefling's form into a canvas painted with red. Velvet strips hugging his thighs and shoulders. Flowers of beaded lace climbing from hip to collar to the small of his back. Dangling garnets mimicked the appearance of dripping blood.

Absolutely exquisite.

Scarlet had elected to keep his lower region covered, draping that same black cloth around his waist that he'd worn last time. Ivan could see the sense; what was already being shown was enough of a free sample.

The guests were permitted to touch, at least to the extent they were allowed without having to pay. And the Champion’s body was a buffet getting more attention than the actual food. Fingers traced the soft velvet, then slipped in between to caress exposed skin.

“He has the best reactions if you stroke his tail,” Ivan had informed them, and they were quick to take advantage.

The touches worked well to elicit forced pleasure, though perhaps not as much as some other things.

Scarlet couldn't allow her pet to spend the whole party glaring or growling at guests, so Ivan suggested a means to keep him occupied. Just a couple simple toys, one placed inside him and the other encircling the base of his tail where he was most sensitive. Both hidden from the guests eyes with a specially crafted belt that doubled to prevent the tiefling from making a mess of himself.

From how much he was trembling, struggling to close his legs, face flushed as he moaned around the ring gag strapped around his head, the toys were doing their job. And the guests were very much appreciating the sight. Ivan could see a number of people with their hands under their pants.

He couldn't blame them. They stood before a desperate succubus, beckoning them all with pleading huffs of breath and squirming hips. Ivan himself was imagining how pretty that face would look around his cock.

He would have to wait his turn.

Ting! Ting! Ting!

The rhythmic taps of a wine glass drew the attention of the masses to the head of the table where Scarlet stands.

“Now now, everyone. I know my pet has been an exciting treat for you all, but I do hope you help yourselves to the dessert table.”

There were more than a few bouts of embarrassed laughter. Ivan included, as he too nearly forgot to go fill up his dish.

“I'm pleased to see he has garnered such interest,” she continues. “Just a quick reminder that the bidding period ends in thirty minutes. The current highest offer stands at 2,500 platinum.”

Well, not too bad a price tag for the Champion’s first official patron (Ivan's previous night with him didn't count). And if this went to a formal auction at the end of the party, if there was still an active bidding war, that amount would likely grow.

But already, he'd be returning home tomorrow with a decent payment. In a deal that spoke wonders of her generosity, Scarlet had agreed to save a percentage of the funds for him. None of this would've happened had he not raised the suggestion to her.

Lucrative business indeed. Ivan could recognize many big names at this party. Politicians, industry tycoons, nobility, all those with plentiful riches and power. He wonders if he could convince some of them to assist him in forming a similar operation in Mężnydzik. Or perhaps a connected branch.

Those were thoughts for the future. Right now, he was enjoying the view.

The first moment the cage is clear of onlookers, Ivan walks over and reaches through the bronze bars to lift up the Champion’s head to face him. With how long he'd had his mouth held open, his chin was streaked with drool, but thankfully Ivan had the foresight to wear gloves.

“Just like I said, little devil,” he purrs, gazing into eyes that struggle to focus through the mind clouding sensations. The tiefling whines in protest as Ivan lets his other hand trail up his thigh. “I knew you'd be quite popular.”

There's a moment of clarity to the Champion’s stare. A moment he's able to fight through the tears and the unwanted stimulation and-

Oh. Well isn't that a nasty look.

Reference for the outfit here.

[tinknevertalks]

Well, top 5 Sanctuary eps right back at you :D

Lol, ok this is hard. In no particular order other than this is the order I remembered them in, my top five Sanctuary eps.

Requiem - this is just an amazing bottle ep, and Amanda in this ep? Bloody amazing. "I'm not that common," still gives me shivers.

Chimera - this is my comfort episode. If I'm sad or just want a direct hit of serotonin, I pop on this episode, or the next on my list...

Awakening - oh look, the Teslen writer loves the Teslen heavy eps. Who would've guessed(!) (Lol, I'll stop being sarcastic now.) But I love this ep. Helen working so hard to save Nikola, Nikola being all swaggerific, the text on the columns being the translated lyrics to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in the Elder Scrolls text the whole, "Hi."/"Hi?" moment between the two? Gives me life, waters my plants, clears my skin etc etc

Haunted - Helen in a waistcoat, need I say more?

For King and Country - Nikola explaining in a flashback who tf Adam is is great, but so is the deleted scene where he threatens Adam if Helen gets hurt, or the scene (might be in Hollow Men - it's been a long day and my brain is a bit pfffffft) where they show him the map, and Helen has a mix of The Five (original) and The Five: The Next Generation - I don't know why but it always strikes me as an Interesting Thing™.

Honourable mentions to: Kush and Icebreaker (they're like bookends in my head), Hollow Men, Normandy, and Animus. Oh, and Tempus for our Helen kicking Jack's arse so fricken hard. Yes! I have feels. XD

[sarcasticsciencefictionwriter]

Hi! How about top 5 female characters? <3

Hi! Thank you so much! 🤍

Helen Magnus (Sanctuary)

Sam Carter (Stargate SG-1)

Dana Scully (The X-Files)

Olivia Benson (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)

Clarice Willow (Caprica)

Bonus, because I tried to have variety above: Ranna Seneschal (Sanctuary) Chise Hatori (The Ancient Magus' Bride) Naomi (Supernatural) Serenity Lace/Storm (The Uncaged Series) Bliss (The Uncaged Series) Regina Mills (Once Upon a Time)

(We're going to ignore the overlap of actresses here and the lack of book characters, because book characters are wayyyyy more difficult)

[platypus-quacks-too]

🎵 , 🙃 , 🔮 and 🎤 for the ask game :)

Eccoci 🫶🏻

🎵 Last song you listened to? Onda Alta, Dargen D'Amico 🙃 What’s a weird fact that you know? In 1978 RAI aired a tutorial on how to regulate color tv with newly introduced color trasmissions (I'm watching a series about lesser known facts about Italian television in my defense)

🔮 What’s your dream job? Literally anything but what I do right now 🙃

🎤 Is there a song you know all the lyrics to? Several, and it's a little scary when it does happen I do know the lyrics by heart of something I would never suspect to lol For the ask, I would mention one of the very first I learnt: La Rondine, Mango (I'm really fond of it so watching his daughter Angelina singing it during last Sanremo was twice as emotional :') ~ 💖 ASK GAME 💖 ~

[bradshawsbaby]

Si Vis Amari Ama

A Roman Guide to the Daggers

Author’s Note: As previously mentioned, for the sake of authenticity and historical accuracy, the characters in this AU series will be going by Latinized versions of their names. In some cases, that means literal Latin translations. In other cases, I chose popular Roman names that begin with the same letter as the characters’ call signs.

I put this little guide together as a reference so that it’s easy for people to identify each of the Dagger Squad members in this story. I also included a small glossary of Roman terms that will be used frequently throughout the story. I’ll continue to add to it as necessary!

Trust me when I say that I love chatting about this stuff, so if you ever have any questions, feel free to ask!

Gallus (Rooster) - The top gladiator in the private ludus of Atticus Cornelius Juventus. Fights in the Thracian style. Originally from Britannia.

Carnifex (Hangman) - A champion gladiator in the ludus of Atticus Cornelius Juventus. Fights in the Murmillo style. Originally from Gaul.

Felix (Fanboy) - A champion gladiator in the ludus of Atticus Cornelius Juventus. Fights in the Retiarius style. Sometimes paired to fight with Pollux. Originally from Hispania.

Pollux (Payback) - A champion gladiator in the ludus of Atticus Cornelius Juventus. Fights in the Murmillo style. Sometimes paired to fight with Felix. Originally from Africa.

Caius (Coyote) - A champion gladiator in the ludus of Atticus Cornelius Juventus. Fights in the Secutor style. Originally from Egypt.

Magnus (Maverick) - A former champion gladiator. Earned the title of Rudiarius after being granted his freedom. Magnus now trains the young gladiators in the ludus of Atticus Cornelius Juventus. Originally born into slavery in Rome.

Hrodebert (Bob) - A steward in the household of Atticus Cornelius Juventus. Handles money and accounts, particularly accounts related to the ludus. Originally from Germania.

Phoenix - A slave girl in the household of Atticus Cornelius Juventus. In addition to daily household chores, assists the ludus’ medicus, Titus in the care of wounded gladiators. Originally from Greece.

Key Roman Vernacular:

Ludus - A gladiator school

Lanista - The manager of a team of gladiators

Medicus - Doctor or physician

Dominus - Master (titled used by slaves for the male head of household)

Domina - Mistress/Lady (title used by slaves for the female head of household)

Pugiones - Daggers (the nickname used by Atticus Cornelius Juventus for his champion gladiators)

Rudiarius - A gladiator who has earned his freedom

[frenchublog]

your art is so magical!! especially your tsom art, maria seems to be glowing, embraced by soft light, like, the mastery! the talent that you possess, wow <333

Thank you ! 🌞 your tags are very fun to read Lanistas, thanks for that 🤲

She entered the Captain's life and changed everything on her path, I picture her like a magical entity, a fairy waving her wand and bringing laughter, music, joy back in their life. At least that's what I try to encapsulate in my art...the other reason is that...I love sparkles ✨️ 🌊

So to conclude I probably will keep drawing sparkly Maria 🌞TY !!

[coyote-ralyn]

Lanista Cassius Flavius , Augusta Flavius.