#madeline & giles

[paystery]

apple white rant because i love ever after high and just reread the first book

it bugs me when people say they hate apple white because i feel like most of the time they don’t actually have an understanding of her character

her whole life she was told that the only way she could ever be happy was if she followed her destiny and signed the book. then she would be safe. the ways she went about it were very much wrong, but in many cases they weren’t really her actions but rather the actions of adults speaking through her.

also, even though she’s in a position of privilege, she has never held any power over her own life. in the books her and raven go on a quest to see what will happen if raven doesn’t sign, but it was manipulated by grimm to ultimately lead to a dead body as proof of their demise. the books do a really good job at showing the fact that she’s genuinely terrified for her life rather than her happy ending. it’s also specified in the books that she doesn’t think raven will actually become evil. she just thinks that raven will poison her and then continue with a life that will satisfy her (an over simplification but still)

a big part of the reason she’s so keen on having her story (outside of the grooming from all of the adults she trusts most) is bc when she was a kid she almost died and it solidified in her that the only danger she wants to face is the kind she knows she can survive, which does pose a threat of harm for others but it helps people understand her character a little bit more

anyway, in the first book she was more than willing to help raven find an alternative ending. insistent that she helped raven find a happy ending along side her before sealing their fates. even though she really wanted the fairytale ending, she broke rules and helped raven. their journey was corrupted by milton, though, and ultimately led to a dead body that claimed to have wished to sign the book.

she still displays selfishness throughout the series, but she’s a complex character and doesn’t deserve to be simmered down to a greedy, selfish, spoiled princess that’s mad because she won’t get a specific happy ending.

also her relationship with briar in the books is so cute

another interesting detail is before raven refused to sign, those not considered royal were called commoners instead of rebels

and it goes into better detail about what people see in the story book of legends and how they react to it

also apple can’t swim. idk if they mention that in the show

im such a freak about this series omg

[missperfectlyfinewrites]

starter for @milkteethss // madeline & giles

When Madeline had become a lady in waiting for the Queen, this was the last thing she thought she'd be doing. From helping her dress, to looking after the babies to making sure the Queen was okay, none of her duties had really involved the King before.

At first, she wasn't quite sure why she had been picked. She wasn't the only lady in waiting, that was for sure. Perhaps one was too docile, perhaps one was a little too older, perhaps one didn't quite have the body that might be wanted. Perhaps Madeline was just the perfect package, sweet but slightly stubborn - giving him a challenge? Pretty blonde hair, perky breasts, sparkling blue eyes, maybe there was something about her. Madeline wasn't one to talk about herself in that manner but if she had to figure out why, perhaps that was why. Maybe she'd pissed off the Queen too, but Madeline just knew to nod and go do the duties, even if it was something rather different.

The only thing was, Madeline really wasn't experienced, like at all. She wasn't sure if that would make the King even angrier or if it might be something that made her even more exciting, the fact that she was a virgin.

She hesitated at the door to his chambers, before knocking, pushing the heavy wooden door open just slightly, to expose a hint of her soft blue dress and a hint of her blonde hair . He wasn't expecting her, so she didn't want to make him even madder.

"Your highness?"

[turnthebrookepage]

[lotrmusical]

HI! i saw u reblogged the West end hadestown and said you've seen it so i have to ask, thoughts on hades? the character switch when he goes very camp on chant (reprise) threw me for a fucking LOOP. i had been crying beforehand but I was just like desperately holding in my laughter after that. the "young man" up against the door frame? I almost pissed myself. and his legs....

OH MY GOD. OKAY. YES

i'm the wrong person to ask about this because whenever a stage performer turns up the camp to 100, worthwhile questions such as 'is this the best considered acting choice for the character' don't stand a chance. they are completely overshadowed by the gay part of my brain emitting whirring noises. i enjoy it too much to care

but anyway my actual thoughts on zachary's hades are as follows:

i like when hades sucks. i enjoy when he gets to be a melodramatic loser and a villain-y villain, because it makes orpheus managing to get through to him hit much harder for me. so zachary hades with his sleazy attitude and the kind of warped enjoyment he's getting out of playing at being powerful and manipulative fulfilled my every wish. tailored to me specifically

i especially enjoyed his acting when he starts to break down a bit for epic 3, his scared/angry/shaken/lashing out was all delicious

direct quote from the messages i was sending people about the show after i saw it: i will say that he was not very.. idk.. plausible?? in chant 2 convo with orpheus specifically bc he was having too much gay fun strutting around the revolve to sell the lines about keeping a woman lmaooo

also i'm extra sad that we don't have the 'now it thickens on my tongue / now it quickens in my lung / now i'm stricken now i'm stung / it's done already' lines in his kiss the riot any more because they're some of my favourites and i want his gay take on them

[ratfullyeverafter]

Ever after high garlic phone w/ @blajah-blaster and @capitan-copi !!! Part 1 :3

COPI WHAT WAS THAT FUCKING KNIGHT DRAWING TF ???? EXPLAIN YOURSELF SIR

[thesilliestofgals]

I know I mentioned in my Brooke post that I'd elaborate on my idea of a potential story arc that would utilize her more if asked, but I just can't keep it to myself anymore. SO!

The arc's main antagonist would be some old, possibly conservative Narrator, who takes one look at the story of EAH and goes "oh I can fix it" and just. Takes over the story! I'd think because of this Narrators' status, there wouldn't be too much pushback, at least from the adults. But Brooke? Brooke is furious.

Her blood boils further once she sees this Narrator's plan. This Narrator basically rewinds time and starts the story of EAH from the very beginning, and it's very obvious this Narrator doesn't really know what he/she/they are doing. Our cast are wildly ooc in the worst way, and everything about the story is just... wrong. None of the cast remember the original timeline/story, except for Kitty and Maddie (the rest of the Wonderlandians have severe deja vu), and maybe Milton and Giles.

Brooke confronts the Narrator, and, in a fit of rage, the Narrator, through some way or another, forces her into the story to get the obstacle out of the way.

The narrative/universe/lore/whatever bends to adjust to this new addition, and two results can happen:

A) Brooke becomes the daughter of the March Hare (idea courtesy of @calebs-hangout-corner).

B) Brooke becomes a "background character", but keeps her powers, to an extent.

Whatever happens, Brooke reunites with Kitty and Maddie, and with the help of the Wonderlandians (and maybe Giles?) work together to get the story back to normal.

I don't exactly know what the overarching message of this arc would be... something something rewriting can be bad sometimes IDK

ANYWAYS that's the gist of it, feel free to ask questions, or add your own ideas! :)

[gumjester]

Rehearsals, roots and realisations.

[yumnasfunblog]

Guys I think Giles Grimm may actually not be able to understand non-Riddlish due to his curse. I mean, Maddie has to ask him questions, instead of Giles just answering.

[eahmusical]

NEW SONG!! Not the best part of this song entirely, but it’s the least insane part. :) It was kinda recorded in a rush, since the composition of it in the moment is terrifying to us. The full thing may be one of my favorites so far.

—Frankie

[dw-flagler]

BLONDE WILDBOW CHARACTERS

Every wildbow character with hair color described as blonde or similar to blonde. Characters are listed in alphabetical order.

A character's category is determined by their debut appearance. Though Lisa Wilbourn appears in both Worm and Ward, she will be listed as a Worm character, and not as a Ward character.

WORM:

Ashley Stillons I (Damsel of Distress)

Ava ? (Cuff)¹

Brad Meadows (Hookwolf)

Carol Dallon (Brandish)

Crystal Pelham (Laserdream)

Dean Stansfield (Gallant)

Elijah Mathers (Valefor) (Later dyes white)

Elle ? (Labyrinth)

Emily Piggot

Eric Pelham (Shielder)

Gabriel Maxberry (King)

Glastig Uaine/Valkyrie

Greg Veder (The Worst)

Hero

Hoyden

Jaager Charles (Gasconade) (Appears ONLY in PRT Quest)

Jeanne Wynn/Brown (Citrine)

Jessica Biermann (Fenja)

Katherine Oldershaw (Grace)

Kurt Wynn (Harbinger/Number Man)

Leonid(?)

Lisa Wilbourn (Tattletale)

Marissa Newland (Sundancer)

Melody Jurist (Cricket)

Mike ? (Lightstar)

Missy Biron (Vista)

Mrs. Knott

Neil Pelham (Manpower)

Nessa Bierman (Menja)

Oliver ? (Oliver)

Principal Blackwell

Riley Grace Davis (Bonesaw)

Sam ? (Prism)

Sarah Pelham (Lady Photon)

Tammi Herren (Rune/Scribe) (last name presumed)

"Tom Moss" (Acidbath)

Victoria Dallon (Glory Girl/Antares)

"White Fairy"²

Blonde Adjacent:

Alabaster (white hair)

Kamil Armstrong (white hair)

Madeline ? (Winter) (white hair)

Paige Mcabee (Canary) (yellow feathers, hair unknown)

Polka (white hair)

Scion (gold hair)

Scrub (white hair)

The Simurgh (silver hair)

Worm has: 38 blonde characters, and 8 blonde-adjacent characters, for a total of 46.

WARD

Ashley Stillons II (Swansong)

Ashley Stillons III (Damsel of Distress)

Axehead? (Presumed)³

Bianca ? (Goddess)

Harbinger V (Limerick)

Hunter ? (Mincemaid)

Jay ?

Kathlee Rosenthal (Monokeros)¹

Lachlan ?

Lionwing

Moose

Mr. Drowsing

Nate ? (Reconciliation)

Paris

Rain O'Fire Fraizer (Precipice)

Ryan ? (Cradle)

Samuel Vasil

William Giles (Scapegoat)

Blonde Adjacent:

Anita Vera (white hair)

Christine Mathers (Mama Mathers) (silver hair)

Coiffure (silver hair)

Colt (Colt) (bleached hair)

Dino (silver hair)

Egg (yellow hair)

Engel ("glowing" hair)

Enyo (silver hair)

Foggy Idea (gray dyed hair)

Nailbiter (bleached hair)

Presley ? (gray-white dyed hair)

Vince Crowley (poorly-bleached hair)

Voltrage ("pale" hair)

Ward has: 18 blonde characters, and 13 blonde-adjacent characters, for a total of 31.

PACT:

Blake Thorburn

Chloe Duchamp

Diana Thompson

James Thorburn

Joanna Duchamp

Lea Duchamp

Lola Duchamp

Paul Thorburn

Penelope Duchamp

Peter Thorburn

Rose Thorburn Jr.

Rose Thorburn Sr.

Roxanne Thorburn

Sandra Duchamp

The Briar Girl

Blonde Adjacent

Malcolm "Fell" Atwell ("light" hair)

Pact has: 15 blonde characters, and 1 blonde-adjacent character, for a total of 16.

TWIG:

The Baron Richmond

The Duke of Francis

Duncan Lambsbridge

Emily Gage

Gordon Lambsbridge(?)

Helen Ibott

Jamie Lambsbridge

Jessie Ewesmont

Lord Carling

Lord King

Lord Leeds

Marcella

The Duke of Francis

The Twins (counts as 2)

BLONDE ADJACENT

Lady Glora ("pale of hair")

Lara (white hair)

Nora (white hair)

Twig has: 15 blonde characters, and 3 blonde-adjacent characters, for a total of 18.

PALE:

America Tedd

Anthem Tedd

Avery Kelly

Edith James

Eloise Miraz

Freak (of Freak & Squeak)

Gillian Ross

Liberty Tedd

Reggie the Composite Kid

Snowdrop

The Family Man

Ulysses Miraz

Wallace Davis

BLONDE ADJACENT

Mrs. Schaff (white hair)

Crooked Rook (white hair)

Gemma Duchamp (Grey hair)

Luna Hare (white hair)

Pale has: 13 blonde characters, and 4 blonde-adjacent characters, for a total of 17.

CLAW:

"Valentina's Mom & Sister"

Claw has: 2 blonde characters, and 0 blonde-adjacent characters, for a total of 2.⁴

Notes

¹ Both cuff and monokeros are noted to have dark hair in Ward while having blonde hair in their original appearances (Worm and WD Helena respectively).

² White Fairy is Mr. Gladly's girlfriend and a prolific redditor who is seen during the leviathan battle and the PHO greg interlude. deep cut. As a mortal enemy of greg veder, please treat her with appropriate respect.

³ Axehead is never seen in ward. However, Titan Skadi (who forms from Axehead) is described as having golden hair. I am presuming that this is from axehead the human having blonde hair.

⁴ Literally 1 person told me any characters from claw. i haven't read it. there's more than 2, but i haven't seen anything.

[itsloriel]

Ph. via Madeline Giles

[calyxthenerd]

So, the revolution:

Raven doesn’t sign the storybook of legends, they find out it was fake, all the shenanigans that happen in the show

Darling wakes Apple up, they go back to the school. Darling is still a royal, but knows that she’s not meant to be a pretty princess who sits and waits for someone to save her. Apple is having an identity crisis and a sexuality crisis at the same time, she thought her whole life that she and Daring were meant to be, but she was woken up from a sleeping spell by his sister, and she knows how these curses work, so that can only mean one thing…

Meanwhile Headmaster Grimm, together with Baba Yaga and Rumplestiltskin, is arranging to have his brother transported elsewhere, and being extra ruthless with the school policies during the rebuilding, because he knows his control is slipping, but unfortunately, Professor Badwolf, Coach Gingerbread and Professor Piper, together with the Rebel Student Coalition, composed by characters such as Raven Queen, the Hood-Badwolf sisters and their strange cousin, Madeline Hatter and her gaggle of wonderlandian friends, the Beauty girls, that new pink transfer student, the short haired O’hair girl, and many more, ambushed them, setting Giles free, and the three just barely escaped, being so badly outnumbered

After that, Professor Badwolf, the one with the most authority and more leadership skills, assumed the post of principal, as the Hatters took care of reintegrating Giles into society, he started working on reviewing the guidelines, and quickly overruling many parts of it, the first being the illegality of Queer Relationships and Self-Expression, something that had caused his family a great deal of hurt

During the next few months, the RSC worked on reaching out to several counselors and therapists across the realms to help break through all the grooming the royals still held on to, specially the noble kids, it was a period filled with a lot of heart wrenching realizations, apologies and healing

Afterwards, they slowly started going back to normal, and the timetables looked a lot different, the science, language and mathemagic classe-ics were all mandatory for everyone, but subjects such as “princessology” “dragon riding” and “sword fighting” became electives, instead of mandatory based on arbitrary reasons, such as so-called “destinies” based on ancestrality

After their graduation, some of them started businesses, some of them started charities, some of them became gobletrotters, most of them have been arrested in at least 3 different occasions

And they lived out their lives, not happily ever after, but they had their chosen family, and that was enough

[missperfectlyfinewrites]

@milkteethss sent "you're so beautiful... even when you're crying" for: madeline & giles

She knew why he was saying it, to try and praise her, to tell her to keep going. But it didn't make it any easier, the pain still flickering up through her core.

Madeline let out another whimper as his hand came down against her ass once more, tears continuing to dribble down her cheeks.

"I'm sorry, I never should have disobeyed you, your highness," the blonde whimpers out, with a sniffle.

[turnthebrookepage]

[andromedavwrites]

Sorry if I’m yapping I’m just obsessed - sorry what ok continuing

Idk if you’re waiting reveal it or something but can you please say you’re fancasts (is it considered a fancast if you’re literally the creator? Or the half creator since it’s a reboot?) for your reboot?

I love eah fancasts / just fancasts in general and the way you’ve mentioned some of them in other posts makes me so curious

!!!!!

i never talk about my cast but here’s the list!!(i probably fucked up names on this, i have like five times)

these aren’t set in stone obv, and one of them is a joke bc i thought it would be funny if a certain someone played Rumplestiltskin-

Raven Queen played by Callie Haverda

Apple White played by Mckenna Grace

Madeline Hatter played by Momona Tamada

Briar Beauty played by Kyleigh Curran

Cedar Wood played by Maliah Baker

Ashlynn Ella played by Trinity Likins

C. A. Cupid played by Sarah Dorothy Little

Blondie Lockes played by Ava Kolker

Ginger Breadhouse played by Iman Vellani

Duchess Swan played by Rina Johnson

Darling Charming played by Clementine Lea Spieser

Farah Goodfairy played by Cheyenne Hinojosa

Cerise Hood played by Ashley Sarmentio

Daring Charming played by Tait Blum

Dexter Charming played by Jacob Tremblay

Sparrow Hood played by Dallas Young

Hunter Huntsman played by Mateo Gallegos

Humphrey Dumpty played by Issiah Russel-Bailey

Kitty Cheshire played by Miya Cech

Lizzie Hearts played by Sofia Chicorelli Serna

Alastair Wonderland played by Walker Bryant

Bunny Blanc played by Xochtil Gomez

Chase Redford played by Parker Bates

Courtly Jester played by Trixie Hyde

Meeshell Mermaid played by Sophie Grace

Jillian Beanstalk played by Brianni Walker

Hopper Croakington II played by Jentzen Ramirez

Melody Piper played by Oona O’Brian

Ramona Badwolf played by Symonne Harrison

She played by Izabella Rose

Poppy O’Hair played by Anais Lee

Holly O’Hair played by Mirabelle Lee

Brooke Page played by Pixie Davies

Gus Crumb played by Jace Chapman

Helga Crumb played by Camron Seely

Travis Thumb played by Amari O’Neil

Prudence Step played by Lilo Baier

Charlotte Step played by Ava Ro

Lily Bo-Peep played by Lotus Blossom

Zypherus Wynd played by Camren Conerly

Aquilona Wynd played by Trinitee Stokes

Charity Charming played by Kaylin Hayman

Clara Lear played by Scarlet Spencer

Mahlee Black played by Daria Johns

Coral Witch played by Michela Luci

Nathan Nutcracker played by Finn Little

Justine Dancer played by Priah Ferguson

Witchy Brew played by Pilot Saraceno

Nina Thumbell played by Ella Noel

Felix Princely played by Jackson Dollinger

Tucker Merry played by Miguel Cazarez Mora

Marsha King played by Alexa Nisenson

Jackie Frost played by Anya Taylor-Joy

Northwind Frost played by Logan Lerman

Milton Grimm played by Frank Whaley

Giles Grimm played by Kieran Mulroney

Baba Yaga played by Olga Kurylenko

Rumplestiltskin played by Danny DeVito

Pied Piper played by Collin Donell

Mad Hatter played by Paul Wesley or Alex Hefner

The White Queen played by Kate Winslet

Mr. Badwolf played by Con O’Neil

Momma Bear played by Nathalie Boltt

Papa Bear played by William Baldwin

Coach Gingerbread played by Hill Harper

Snowelle White played by Alison Brie

Elvira Queen played by Clemence Poesy

Good King played by Matt Lanter

Snow Queen played by Lisa Kudro

Snow King played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Lance Charming played by Dan Stevens

Bryce Frost played by Shailene Woodley

Pie played by ?

Butternut played by ?

Cheshire Cat played by Stephanie Hsu

Queen of Hearts played by Meghan Ory

White Rabbit played by Joe Arquette

Cook played by Olivia Hack

i have spent… so long thinking about my cast for this i would DIE if i got even half of these actors to play the characters in the reboot!!

[dvdmzjr]

So for shits and giggles, I watched a trilogy of loosely connected Hammer vampire films.

They were all somewhat based on the Sheridan Le Fanu novella Carmilla, rather than anything tied to Bram Stoker's Dracula. I'll do a short review on each. To start, The Vampire Lovers is the best of the three and the first in the series.

It was first in line, so it was able to borrow the most on the source material. It hits right out the gate with the best horror scene in the whole trilogy with an unexpectedly violent kill. Ingrid Pitt is the centerpiece of the entire movie. If you aren't feeling her performance, you'll probably hate it. Madeline Smith is rather silly as the naive damsel in distress. She's stunning, and was one of the most iconic starlets of the late 60s/early 70s Hammer films. But I wouldn't call it a great performance. Peter Cushing gives a surprisingly heartfelt, but sporadically placed performance. Honestly, besides the pretty revolutionary for its time (dating back to the novella) lesbian vampire plot, it's a fairly standard vampire tale. I'd watch it again.

Lust for a Vampire was the worst of the three and the second released in the series. Very melodramatic. If not for the violence and nudity, its plot and acting wouldn't be outside the realm of your average soap opera. The Giles Barton and Richard LeStrange characters were just two dudes creeping on girls in finishing school. The Mircalla and Janet characters were fine, I just don't know that they were given a lot to do beyond be pretty blondes for LeStrange to stare at. The discount-Christopher-Lee Count character just did not work for the tone of this movie. Bordered on parody. The ending borrowed more from Frankenstein than any vampire movie. I will not watch this again.

Twins of Evil was the second best and the final film of the trilogy. Peter Cushing and Damien Thomas did most of the heavy lifting. But it was hard not to love the performances by identical twins Mary and Madeleine Collinson. Punching well above their weight for most of the runtime, they were definitely the most memorable starlets of the trilogy. And the plot was a surprising indictment against extreme religious conservatism. There were a few lines that were legit digs against religious fervor and early modern societal witch hunts. I would totally watch this one again.