#serenity house

[moodboardmix]

Sylvan Serenity Residence, Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam,

Mahna Momenzade

[neo--queen--serenity]

Found family is such a huge theme in the Apothecary Diaries.

You have Luomen, raising Maomo from a young age, despite her being biologically his grandniece, but raising her anyway.

You have the Madame of the Verdigris House, who is Maomao’s maternal grandmother, but never tells her. She takes care of Maomao, helps raise her in the brothel the best she can, but tries not to show how fond she is of her.

You have Meimei, Joka, & Pairin, three famous courtesans at the Verdigris House who not only physically raised Maomao in her infancy (an imperfect process, as to be expected when one tries to collectively raise a baby in a brothel), but also breastfed her. These women staunchly refer to themselves as Maomao’s sisters, despite having been old enough to be her parents themselves.

You have Gyokuyou, who doesn’t have a good relationship with her own family, and actively distrusts them. She invests wholly in the women she instates as her ladies-in-waiting, treating them, instead, as her family, and as the only people she truly trusts. It’s for this reason that she asks for Maomao to return to her service over and over: because she trusts her, she loves her as a member of her own household. She shows defiance and even possessiveness when Jinshi’s involvement keeps Maomao from being her lady-in-waiting permanently, as truly trustworthy people are so hard to find, in her world.

You have Lakan, who adopted his nephew Lahan when Lahan’s own family rejected his genius and his potential for growth. Lakan, in general, tends to take in orphans and young children into his estate as servants, when he can tell they have specific talents that would be wasted when they grew older. One of his hobbies is fostering the talents of these strays he takes into his employ. Even if his motives are grey, he still drastically changes their lives for the better.

You have Chou-u, who Maomao indirectly adopted as her own (even though, age-wise, he’s closer to a brother figure for her). Since he’s lost his memories, Maomao is all he knows as a parental figure. She let him live with her, she tried teaching him medicine like Luomen did for her (even though it didn’t resonate with him). And when Maomao spends long stints away from the pleasure district, Chou-u experiences acute separation anxiety, though it slowly improves over time.

You have Ah-Duo, who acted as a surrogate mother to Lishu for both of Lishu’s tenures in the rear palace. Ah-Duo couldn’t have a normal relationship with her own child (Jinshi), so she doted on Lishu instead. This was a truly symbiotic relationship for them, as Lishu, for the longest time, had very few people she could trust or rely on as a friend when she was a consort.

And these are just the relationships I can think of at the moment!! The story has so many bonds like this. It’s one of my absolute favorite aspects of the series, and one that I think Natsu Hyuuga handles incredibly well.

[forestduck]

[murmel-malt]

Daenys Targaryen aka Daenys the Dreamer

i have so many thoughts about her it's insane

[redrosesandcharmingsouls]

Something about Helaena being the light of her family and thing getting darker for the Greens after she goes mad and Jaehaerys get killed .

[ayandagama]

Nale

[alteredstatesstuff]

better days

[terebelli]

[sbibbo0]

The New Pets of the House

Aurora Travelli

Ekaterina Novikova

Jutta Leerdam

Serenity Cox

Bea Caroline

Immy Barclay

Nadia Foxx

Sage Pillar

Sylwia Stasinska

Madison Wilde

Alessandra Ursache

[karynvienerblog]

[moodboardmix]

Infinite Serenity Villa, Jeju, South Korea,

Minoo Zidehsaraei

[the-rogue-mockingjay]

Bringer of Light ☀️

For yours is the Fourteenth Seat- the seat of Azem. Where you walk, my dearest friend, fate shall surely follow.

Portrait of O'ravi by @sunshinemage !! It's incredible, thank you so much!!! 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

[scoutingthetrooper]

[forestduck]

[neo--queen--serenity]

When the Corinthian sleeps with Carl in episode 7, I know that I, as the audience, was meant to understand that this is supposed to reveal more dimension and depth to him. It was the first time we saw him sleep with someone he didn’t kill; a bridge he didn’t burn with homicide. What I, as the audience, instead understood, was that not only does the Corinthian fuck, but he fucks WELL.

[braveryhearted]

My Tav making Astarion a little cloak ( patterns of black, red, and gold tee hee :3 ) so he can still stand in the sunlight after the events of the game. She's an alchemist and a Caldwell, she can make any object, okay???