#margaret majer

[gracie-bird]

Margaret Majer's graduation picture. She graduated from Temple University with a degree in Physical Education. Later taught at the University of Pennsylvania.

[meldelen]

“Then ... does this mean that you’re ... all right, now? I mean, in the present? In our time?” He gestured. “Your skin isn’t gold anymore, you’ve lost the hourglass eyes. You look ... like you did when you were young, and we rode to the Tower, seven years ago. Will you be like that when we go back?” “No, my brother,” Raistlin said, speaking with the patience one uses explaining things to a child. “Surely Par-Salian explained this? Well, perhaps not. Time is a river. I have not changed the course of its flow. I have simply climbed out and jumped in at a point farther upstream. It carries me along its course. I—”

[doctorkaiju]

A poem about Raistlin Majere, in the style of HP Lovecraft, by ChatGPT, images by Stable Diffusion:

In the dark city of Solace, born of eldritch trees,

Raistlin Majere was the youngest, weak and diseased.

But his mind was sharp, and his thirst for knowledge grand,

He studied magic, and power in his hand.

He rose through the ranks, a wizard of dread,

But his ambition consumed him, and to the dark he was led.

He betrayed his friends, and made a pact with the night,

With Takhisis, the goddess of evil, his fate was sealed tight.

His health did fail, and his mind did unravel,

But deep inside, a glimmer of love for his brother did travel.

In the end, he sacrificed all, for his brother and the world,

Raistlin Majere, a tragic figure, his story unfurled.

[brittanybwrites]

Raistlin: Storm clouds, They come from the north. We have no time. No time! We must reach Xak Tsarsoth. Hurry! Before the moon sets!

Me at this point, getting a bit fed up with Raistlin rushing them: 

[alypagemage]

….

No, no no. No! no no no no RaiSTLIN I SWEAR TO SOLINARI-

Dammit, Raist! Now is not the time to get all pissy about how nature f’d you over you always were a whole person it’s not Caramon’s fault at least not intentionally now go sit down and comfort your twin-

Aaaaand he’s gone.

[darklinaforever]

Here's what inspired our beloved Darkling, my friends ! The unique, the wonderful, the great Goblin King : Jareth !

Because we're sick of hearing this bullshit about the Darkling being based on Leigh Bardugo's supposed toxic ex. It’s 2024 dammit ! (This is also clearly showing enormous disrespect to the author with this false story) The Darkling is firstly based on Jareth, the Goblin King. As simple as that. And if someone dare say that Sarah & Jareth (Sareth) is a pedophile ship I'm going to get really angry...

Oh. And the Darkling is also based on the character of Raistlin Majere, from Dragonlance books by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman :

[majeremorozova]

This scene hurt so much to watch. Tantai Jin is realizing that his whole life has been predetermined by the Devil God. He feels like no decision has been his and he has had no free will.

It reminded me a lot of this passage from "War of the Twins" by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman For those unfamiliar, the Black Robe wizard, Raistlin Majere has a plan to become a god, but he needs a Cleric of Paladine. a god of good, to help him enter the Abyss to kill Takhisis, the Queen of Darkness, so he can take her place. They travel in time, but they take the places of the previous people, who attempted to enter into the Abyss. Raistlin ends up feeling like he has been walking in the footsteps of Fistandantilus:

 “Master of Past and Present!” Raistlin laughed hollowly—bitter, mocking laughter. “I am Master of nothing! All this power, and I am trapped! Trapped! Following in his footsteps, knowing that every second that passes has passed before! I see people I’ve never seen, yet I know them! I hear the echo of my own words before I speak them! This face!” His hands pressed against his cheeks. “This face! His face! Not mine! Not mine! Who am I? I am my own executioner!”

I also choose to hope like Crysania that together, Tantai Jin and Li Susu can change the ending like she says here:

“No,” she said softly, her gray eyes looking up at him, shining in the bright sunlight that filtered through the leaves, holding him with her steadfast gaze, “we will alter time, you and I! You are more powerful than Fistandantilus. I am stronger in my faith than Denubis! I heard the Kingpriest’s demands of the gods. I know his mistake! Paladine will answer my prayers as he has in the past. Together, we will change the ending … you and I.…”

[silverglass83]

Food for thought...

I’s like to point out that I think someone needs to educate authors Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman on a person’s healthy body weight when it comes to Raistlin Majere from Dragonlance.

According to his stats on page 22 of the 1984 D&D Module: DL 5-Dragons of Mystery, he’s 5′9″ weighing in at 135 pounds. They repeatedly hammer home how sickly, frail, and skeletal he his throughout the books like he’s something abhorrent to look at.

Well, according to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute’s BMI chart, our buddy Raistlin comes in at a 19.9 on the scale. On the lowish end of normal...

This leaves me to wonder how people viewed skinny people in the 80s with so many macho man bulgy muscle flicks like Conan the Barbarian and the like... Anyway, images as proof:

[graceandfamily]

Portrait of Grace Kelly's parents Mr. John Brendan and Mrs. Margaret (née Majer) in 1956.

[erdarielthewhumper]

Related to this post, since y'all asked (@sweetwhumpandhellacomf @autophagay @whump-queen) and i don't feel like answering each of you separately; I was talking about the Dragonlance Legends trilogy by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman (mainly the first book of the trilogy, The Time of the Twins)

Allow me to quickly introduce the central characters of the story :D

First of all, we have the dark mage Raistlin Majere, who has a very bad case of being an edgy D&D pc. He plans to enter the Abyss to destroy Takhisis, the goddess of evil, and ascend into godhood in her stead, and is willing to do anything to achieve that goal, no matter the cost to other people or the world or even to himself. But to gain sufficient power to challenge Takhisis he needs to get his hands on spellbooks written by an ancient dark mage that were destroyed in the Cataclysm over three hundred years ago. And opening the gates of the Abyss may only be done by a black-robed mage of evil and a cleric of Paladine, the god of good, working together - this supposedly impossible condition having been devised long ago to protect the world from the devastating consequences of doing so.

Then we have Crysania of Tarinius; cold, strong-willed, and proud, but somewhat naive, she grew up as the sheltered daughter of a noble family, but traded riches and title for a life of a priestess, a Revered Daughter of Paladine. She is one of the true clerics who have been granted the ability to use divine magic. When Paladine sends her in a dream a warning of Raistlin's evil plans, she goes to confront him, and comes to believe that Raistlin can be redeemed and brought back to the light. Which is exactly what she sets out to attempt.

Then there's Caramon Majere, Raistlin's twin brother. Where Raistlin's power is in his intelligence and his skill with magic, Caramon's is in the strength of his body and his skill with a sword. Where Raistlin, as a child, was ostracized and bullied, Caramon was the popular one. And Caramon is endlessly loyal to Raistlin, and at least half his sense of self is built on being Raistlin's brother, and he wants nothing more than to have the Raistlin he used to know (or thinks he used to know) back. In the past two years, Caramon has tried settling down to live an ordinary life with his wife, but it hasn't really worked out for him.

And then there's also Tasslehoff Burrfoot, Raistlin and Caramon's former adventuring companion, of the "cheerful and well-meaning but doesn't usually think things through, has cleptomaniac tendencies, and is very good at getting himself into trouble and getting into places he definitely wasn't supposed to go" flavor of rogue. (He's a more static character than the three i mentioned above, but he's around so much that I feel I had to mention him by name.) Plus of course there's a number of various side characters.

In the first book of the Legends trilogy, "The Time of the Twins", Raistlin journeys back in time to find the lost spellbooks he needs, and other mages, in an attempt to stop him, send Crysania and Caramon back in time, to the city of Istar ruled by the priests of Paladine, to a time just before the disastrous Cataclysm that will wipe the city off the map. And Tas tags along with the two, despite really not being supposed to.

In the name of fairness, though, I do need to warn you that this is american high fantasy written in the 80s. Which means that it contains to varying degrees a number of the problematic and iffy tropes that are unfortunately typical to the genre and the time period. Crysania is... almost surprisingly well-written and complex, for a female character in 80s fantasy, and generally speaking I find her an interesting character, but she does still get a few misogynistic tropes sent her way and is nearly raped (only nearly, it doesn't actually happen, but if it's a particularly squicky topic for you, you might wanna tread carefully there) at one point in the second book. Plus then you have the "certain sentient races are fundamentally evil and/or stupid while others are neutral and elves for the most part tend towards good but are snobby assholes about it" trope which is always a bit questionable, and some other nonsense like that. I would say that for the most part the iffy stuff is either "that aged poorly/is a product of its time" or "the authors have some probably unconscious biases/didn't think the implications of this thing through" etc. rather than the result of active and malicious bigotry, and personally i approach these things mostly with the attitude of "there's no such thing as a morally pure book anyway and fantasy as a genre has traditionally had a huge problem with racist/sexist/homophobic/in some other way bigoted tropes so it's better to just try and be conscious about those while reading than swear off reading any over 10 years old fantasy books altogether", but your tolerance for these things may vary and it's up to you.

The amount of physical injury whump in the books is relatively limited (although if you're into magically-induced... i dunno, chronic illness, for lack of a better word, you're in for a treat with Raistlin), but the amount of angst, and the amount of manipulative and fucked up character dynamics are fun, and there's the occasional case where someone gets hurt physically as well. But do also keep in mind that healing magic is a Thing in the setting and Crysania is a cleric, and adjust your expectations accordingly (although near the end of the second book Caramon does get hurt a little bit at a point where Crysania has her hands full of other stuff and he ends up spending like half of his appearance in the third book limping around bc of that, so that was fun)

I'd also say that out of the three main characters, the one whose story the books are most concerned with telling is Caramon. (The Russian musical adaptation shifts the focus around more to Raistlin.) Like all of them are important and get time devoted to their perspectives and their stories, but ultimately I think the question the books are the most concerned with answering is whether Caramon is able to find his own legs to stand on and his own path to walk, whether he's able to find something better to build his identity on than being Raistlin's brother.

Also, the Legends trilogy technically is a sequel to Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy (Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Dragons of Winter Night, Dragons of Spring Dawning). Raist, Caramon, and Tas were all central characters in the Chronicles as well, and you'll also meet some other characters who were introduced in Chronicles, and there will be references to events that took place in that trilogy. Don't stress about it too much, I guarantee you that the Legends trilogy stands perfectly well on its own as a story even if you haven't read the Chronicles, I haven't read the Chronicles either (or, I started it, but never got further than the first book bc the pacing was sorta awkward and it wasn't very good at obfuscating the game mechanics so there were places where it was painfully clear that something was a game mechanic or that some moment was a dice roll with a certain result, and I just found it pretty distracting. The Legends is a lot better about it, idk if that's because it's not directly based on a playable commercial campaign or because the authors had just gotten better since starting Chronicles or what)

[gracie-bird]

Mrs John B. Kelly, mother of Princess Grace, arrives in Nice from New York to stay close to her daughter on the occasion of the birth of her first child in January 1957.

[meldelen]

The battle lasted long. The two guardians of the Tower, who watched the sight they had conjured up from the memories of the black-robed mage lying within their grasp, were lost in confusion. They had, up to this point, seen everything through Raistlin's vision. But so close now were the two magic-users that the Tower's guardians saw the battle through the eyes of both opponents. Lightning crackled from fingertips, black-robed bodies twisted in pain, screams of agony and fury echoed amidst the crash of rock and timber. Magical walls of fire thawed walls of ice, hot winds blew with the force of hurricanes. Storms of flame swept the hallways, apparitions sprang from the Abyss at the behest of their masters, elementals shook the very foundations of the castle. The great dark fortress of Fistandantilus began to crack, stones tumbling from the battlements. And then, with a fearful shriek of rage and pain, one of the black-robed mages collapsed, blood flowing from his mouth. Which was which? Who had fallen? The guardians sought frantically to tell, but it was impossible. The other mage, nearly spent, rested a moment, then managed to drag himself across the floor. His trembling hand reached up to the top of the stone slab, groped about, then found and grasped the bloodstone pendant. With his last strength, the black-robed mage gripped the pendant and crawled back to kneel beside the still-living body of his victim. The mage on the floor could not speak, but his eyes, as they gazed into the eyes of his murderer, cast a curse of such hideous aspect that the two guardians of the Tower felt even the chill of their tormented existence grow warm by comparison. The black-robed mage holding the bloodstone hesitated. He was so close to his victim's mind that he could read the unspoken message of those eyes, and his soul shrank from what it saw. But then his lips tightened. Shaking his hooded head and giving a grim smile of triumph, he carefully and deliberately pressed the pendant down on the black-robed chest of his victim. The body on the floor writhed in tormented agony, a shrill scream bubbled from his blood-frothed lips. Then, suddenly, the screams ceased. The mage's skin wrinkled and cracked like dry parchment, his eyes stared sightlessly into the darkness. He slowly withered away. With a shuddering sigh, the other mage collapsed on top of the body of his victim, he himself weak, wounded, near death. But clutched in his hand was the bloodstone and flowing through his veins was new blood, giving him life that would- in time-fully restore him to health. In his mind was knowledge, memories of hundreds of years of power, spells, visions of wonders and terrors that spanned generations. But there, too, were memories of a twin brother, memories of a shattered body, of a prolonged, painful existence. As two lives mingled within him, as hundreds of strange, conflicting memories surged through him, the mage reeled at the impact. Crouching beside the corpse of his rival, the black robed mage who had been the victor stared at the bloodstone in his hand. Then he whispered in horror. "Who am I?"

[skull-bearer]

Chapters: 5/? Fandom: Dragonlance - Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman Rating: Explicit Warnings: Underage Relationships: Raistlin Majere/Original Character(s), Raistlin Majere/Sturm Brightblade, Raistlin/Majere/Lemuel, Raistlin Majere/Scrounger, Raistlin Majere/Lunitari, Raistlin Majere/EVERYONE, Our boy fucks, Caramon Majere/Tika Waylan Majere, Caramon Majere/Miranda, Dalamar the Dark/Raistlin Majere, endgame - Relationship, Raistlin Majere/Bertrem, Raistlin/Nuitari, Raistlin/Nuitari/Lunitari, Raistlin/Dragon Orb Characters: Raistlin Majere, Lemuel (Dragonlance), Caramon Majere, Jon Farnish, Original Male Character(s), Sturm Brightblade, Scrounger (Dragonlance), Horkin (Dragonlance), Lunitari (Dragonlance), Solinari (Dragonlance), Nuitari (Dragonlance), Dalamar the Dark, Gilthanas Kanan, Tanis Half-Elven, Tika Waylan Majere, Bertrem, Dragon Orb - Character Additional Tags: Sex, A lot of sex, Raistlin fucks his was across eight books, The two biggest sluts in Solace, Not actually crack, Anal Sex, Oral Sex, Frottage, handjobs, Intercrural Sex, Masturbation, Good Sex, Bad Sex, Sex that's kinda in the middle, we're covering all bases here, Curses, Hurt/Comfort, Caramon and Raistlin having a healthy fucking relationship, holy shit, Love, Falling In Love, Teen Sex, Underage tag is for two sixteen year olds having sex, Consensual Sex, Enthusiastic Consent, Healthy Relationships, for everyone!, Raistlin is a bit less of a bitch here, Chastity Device, Kinda, Docking, Tentacles, Consentacles Summary:

There are many kinds of sex, and many kinds of love. A young Raistlin decides to master them all.

Chapter 5: Heartbreak There are many kinds of love. And love *hurts.*

[ao3feed-inheritancecycle]

Like fitting in a Middle Earth glove

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/mJitTeA

by BrotherofaStudio

Words: 4211, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 3 of Like Fitting in a Glove

Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Video Games), The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Hobbit - All Media Types, Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance - Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, Chronicles of Narnia - All Media Types, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types, The Dresden Files - Jim Butcher, Warcraft - All Media Types, World of Warcraft, A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms, The Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paolini

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Characters: Drizzt Do'Urden, Bruenor Battlehammer, Catti-brie (Dungeons & Dragons), Wulfgar (Dungeons & Dragons), Gandalf | Mithrandir, Saruman | Curunír, Elrond Peredhel, Aragorn | Estel, Alustriel Silverhand, Storm Silverhand, Dove Falconhand, Laeral Silverhand, Anastra Syluné Silverhand, R'hllor | Lord of Light (A Song of Ice and Fire), Raistlin Majere, Palin Majere, Caramon Majere, Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor, Black Hand of Sauron, Sam Gamgee, Frodo Baggins, Bilbo Baggins, Legolas Greenleaf, Thorin Oakenshield, Fenrir Greyback, Helga Hufflepuff, Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase (Percy Jackson), Ulmo (Tolkien), Harry Dresden, Melisandre (A Song of Ice and Fire), Kinvara (Game of Thrones), Benerro (ASoIaF), Moqorro (A Song of Ice and Fire), Thoros of Myr (A Song of Ice and Fire), Malygos (Warcraft), Ysera (Warcraft), Alexstrasza (Warcraft), Ariakas (Dragonlance), Tasslehoff Burrfoot, Laurana Kanan, Gilthas Pathfinder, Sturm Brightblade, Kilrogg Deadeye, Eragon Shadeslayer, Arya Dröttningu, Galbatorix (Inheritance Cycle), Orik (Inheritance Cycle), Usha Majere, Aslan (Narnia), Jadis | The White Witch, Caspian (Narnia), Nikabrik (Narnia), Ramandu’s Daughter | Liliandil, Ramandu (Narnia), Coriakin (Narnia), Trumpkin (Narnia)

Relationships: Catti-brie/Drizzt Do'Urden, Gandalf/The Simbul

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Middle Earth Setting

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/mJitTeA

[ao3feed-tolkien]

Like fitting in a Middle Earth glove

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/aDTpgCO

by BrotherofaStudio

Words: 4211, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 3 of Like Fitting in a Glove

Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Video Games), The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Hobbit - All Media Types, Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance - Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, Chronicles of Narnia - All Media Types, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types, The Dresden Files - Jim Butcher, Warcraft - All Media Types, World of Warcraft, A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms, The Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paolini

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Characters: Drizzt Do'Urden, Bruenor Battlehammer, Catti-brie (Dungeons & Dragons), Wulfgar (Dungeons & Dragons), Gandalf | Mithrandir, Saruman | Curunír, Elrond Peredhel, Aragorn | Estel, Alustriel Silverhand, Storm Silverhand, Dove Falconhand, Laeral Silverhand, Anastra Syluné Silverhand, R'hllor | Lord of Light (A Song of Ice and Fire), Raistlin Majere, Palin Majere, Caramon Majere, Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor, Black Hand of Sauron, Sam Gamgee, Frodo Baggins, Bilbo Baggins, Legolas Greenleaf, Thorin Oakenshield, Fenrir Greyback, Helga Hufflepuff, Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase (Percy Jackson), Ulmo (Tolkien), Harry Dresden, Melisandre (A Song of Ice and Fire), Kinvara (Game of Thrones), Benerro (ASoIaF), Moqorro (A Song of Ice and Fire), Thoros of Myr (A Song of Ice and Fire), Malygos (Warcraft), Ysera (Warcraft), Alexstrasza (Warcraft), Ariakas (Dragonlance), Tasslehoff Burrfoot, Laurana Kanan, Gilthas Pathfinder, Sturm Brightblade, Kilrogg Deadeye, Eragon Shadeslayer, Arya Dröttningu, Galbatorix (Inheritance Cycle), Orik (Inheritance Cycle), Usha Majere, Aslan (Narnia), Jadis | The White Witch, Caspian (Narnia), Nikabrik (Narnia), Ramandu’s Daughter | Liliandil, Ramandu (Narnia), Coriakin (Narnia), Trumpkin (Narnia)

Relationships: Catti-brie/Drizzt Do'Urden, Gandalf/The Simbul

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Middle Earth Setting

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[oldmovieactress]

Grace Kelly, A wonderful Lady

Grace Kelly was a renowned American actress and Princess of Monaco. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to a wealthy family. Her father, John B. Kelly Sr., was a three-time Olympic gold medal winner in rowing and her mother, Margaret Katherine Majer, was a socialite. As a child, Kelly took dancing and piano lessons and developed an interest in acting.