#victor durand iii

[kazoosandfannypacks]

OC Asks- Fandom edition!

rules: reblog this ask game and put the names of your ocs in the tags so your followers can ask you the following questions about them. if there's any questions you don't want to or wouldn't be able to answer, you can specify that in the tags as well. also, in the spirit of getting to know each other's ocs, please send at least one question to whoever you reblogged it from, and whoever reblogs it from you too!

🌊 ATLA: what element would they bend, or would they be a non-bender?

⭐SW: What do you think their job would be in a Star Wars AU?

⛺ PJO: Which cabin would they be in?

🧙‍♂️ HP: What's their Hogwarts house?

✨ ST: What color shirt would they wear in Star Trek?

🦸‍♀️ DC/Marvel: What superpower would they have?

🧚‍♀️ PH: What would their talent be if they were one of the Disney Fairies?

⏲ DW: Which regeneration of The Doctor are they most like?

👑 DP: Which Disney Princess are they most like?

🎲 D&D: What class would they play as?

💿 TS: What Taylor Swift era do they remind you of? [if you don't know taylor swift music, put another musician in the tags!]

[theadmiralsdaughter]

Maristella: How many times do I have to apologize for calling you 'the navy's bronze boy,' and 'a thorn in my side,' and saying that it would've made me faint again if the first thing I saw when I regained consciousness was your face?

Victor: Literally just once.

Maristella: No.

[unknown-songs]

BLACK LIVES MATTER

A list with black artists who have a song in the Unknown Songs That Should Be Known-playlist (Can be a black artist in a band or just solo-artist) (no specific genre)

Bull’s Eye - Blacknuss, Prince Prime - Funk Aftershow - Joe Fox - Alternative Hip-hop Strangers in the Night - Ben L’Oncle Soul - Soul Explore - Mack Wilds - R&B Something To Do - IGBO - Funk

Down With The Trumpets - Rizzle Kicks - Pop Dans ta ville - Dub Inc. - Reggae Dance or Die - Brooklyn Funk Essentials - Funk FACELESS - The PLAYlist, Glenn Lewis - R&B Tell Me Father - Jeangu Macrooy - Soul

Southern Boy - John The Conquerer - Blues Hard Rock Savannah Grass - Kes - Dancehall Dr. Funk - The Main Squeeze - Funk Seems I’m Never Tired of Loving You - Lizz Wright - Jazz Out of My Hands - TheColorGrey, Oddisee - Hip-Hop/Pop

Raised Up in Arkansas - Michael Burks - Blues Black Times - Sean Kuti, Egypt 80, Carlos Santana - Afrobeat Cornerstone - Benjamin Clementine - Indie Shine On - R.I.O., Madcon - Electronic Pop Bass On The Line - Bernie Worrell - Funk

When We Love - Jhené Aiko - R&B Need Your Love - Curtis Harding - Soul Too Dry to Cry - Willis Earl Beal - Folk Your House - Steel Pulse - Reggae Power - Moon Boots, Black Gatsby - Deep House

Vinyl Is My Bible - Brother Strut - Funk Diamond - Izzy Biu - R&B Elusive - blackwave., David Ngyah - Hip-hop Don’t Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down - Heritage Blues Orchestra - Blues Sastanàqqàm - Tinariwen - Psychedelic Rock

Disco To Go - Brides of Funkenstein - Funk/Soul Circles - Durand Jones & The Indications - Retro Pop Cheesin’ - Cautious Clay, Remi Wolf, sophie meiers - R&B Changes - Charles Bradley - Soul The Sweetest Sin - RAEVE - House

Gyae Su - Pat Thomas, Kwashibu Area Band - Funk What Am I to Do - Ezra Collective, Loyle Carner - Hip-hop Get Your Groove On - Cedric Burnside - Blues Old Enough To Know Better - Steffen Morrisson - Soul Wassiye - Habib Koité - Khassonke musique

Dance Floor - Zapp - Funk Wake Up - Brass Against, Sophia Urista - Brass Hard-Rock BIG LOVE - Black Eyed Peas - Pop The Greatest - Raleigh Ritchie - R&B DYSFUNCTIONAL - KAYTRANADA, VanJess - Soul

See You Leave - RJD2, STS, Khari Mateen - Hip-hop Sing A Simple Song - Maceo Parker - Jazz/Funk Have Mercy - Eryn Allen Kane - Soul Homenage - Brownout - Latin Funk Can’t Sleep - Gary Clark Jr. - Blues Rock

Toast - Koffee - Dancehall Freedom - Ester Dean - R&B Iskaba - Wande Coal, DJ Tunez - Afropop High Road - Anthony Riley - Alternative Christian Sunny Days - Sabrina Starke - Soul

The Talking Fish - Ibibio Sound Machine - Funk Paralyzed - KWAYE - Indie Purple Heart Blvd - Sebastian Kole - Pop WORSHIP - The Knocks, MNEK - Deep House BMO - Ari Lennox - R&B

Promises - Myles Sanko - Soul .img - Brother Theodore - Funk Singing the Blues - Ruthie Foster, Meshell Ndegeocello - Blues Nobody Like You - Amartey, SBMG, The Livingtons - Hip-hop Starship - Afriquoi, Shabaka Hutchings, Moussa Dembele - Deep House

Lay My Troubles Down - Aaron Taylor - Funk  Bloodstream - Tokio Myers - Classic Sticky - Ravyn Lenae - R&B Why I Try - Jalen N’Gonda - Soul Motivation - Benjamin Booker - Folk

quand c’est - Stromae - Pop Let Me Down (Shy FX Remix) - Jorja Smith, Stormzy, SHY FX - Reggae Funny - Gerald Levert - R&B Salt in my Wounds - Shemekia Copeland - Blues Our Love - Samm Henshaw - Soul

Make You Feel That Way - Blackalicious - Jazz Hip-hop Knock Me Out - Vintage Trouble - Funk Take the Time - Ronald Bruner, Jr., Thundercat - Alternative Thru The Night - Phonte, Eric Roberson - R&B Keep Marchin’ - Raphael Saadiq - Soul

Shake Me In Your Arms - Taj Mahal, Keb’ Mo’ - Blues Meet Me In The Middle - Jodie Abascus - Pop Raise Hell - Sir the Baptist, ChurchPpl - Gospel Pop Mogoya - Oumou Sangaré - Wassoulou Where’s Yesterday - Slakah The Beatchild - Hip-hop

Lose My Cool - Amber Mark - R&B New Funk - Big Sam’s Funky Nation - Funk I Got Love - Nate Dogg - Hip-hop Nothing’s Real But Love - Rebecca Ferguson - Soul Crazy Race - The RH Factor - Jazz

Spies Are Watching Me - Voilaaa, Sir Jean - Funk The Leaders - Boka de Banjul - Afrobeat Fast Lane - Rationale - House Conundrum - Hak Baker - Folk Don’t Make It Harder On Me - Chloe x Halle - R&B

Plastic Hamburgers - Fantastic Negrito - Hardrock Beyond - Leon Bridges - Pop God Knows - Dornik - Soul Soleil de volt - Baloji - Afrofunk Do You Remember - Darryl Williams, Michael Lington - Jazz Get Back - McClenney - Alternative Three Words - Aaron Marcellus - Soul

Spotify playlist 

In memory of:

Aaron Bailey Adam Addie Mae Collins Ahmaud Arbery Aiyana Stanley Jones Akai Gurley Alberta Odell Jones Alexia Christian Alfonso Ferguson Alteria Woods Alton Sterling Amadou Diallo Amos Miller Anarcha Westcott Anton de Kom Anthony Hill Antonio Martin Antronie Scott Antwon Rose Jr. Arthur St. Clair Atatiana Jefferson Aubrey Pollard Aura Rosser Bennie Simons Berry Washington Bert Dennis Bettie Jones Betsey Billy Ray Davis Bobby Russ Botham Jean Brandon Jones Breffu Brendon Glenn Breonna Taylor Bud Johnson Bussa

Calin Roquemore Calvin McDowell Calvin Mike and his family Carl Cooper Carlos Carson Carlotta Lucumi Carol Denise McNair Carol Jenkins Carole Robertson Charles Curry Charles Ferguson Charles Lewis Charles Wright Charly Leundeu Keunang Chime Riley Christian Taylor Christopher Sheels Claude Neal Clementa Pickney Clifford Glover Clifton Walker Clinton Briggs Clinton R. Allen Cordella Stevenson Corey Carter Corey Jones Cynthia Marie Graham Hurd Cynthia Wesley

Daniel L. Simmons Danny Bryant Darius Randell Robinson Darius Tarver Darrien Hunt Darrius Stewart David Felix David Joseph David McAtee David Walker and his family Deandre Brunston Deborah Danner Delano Herman Middleton Demarcus Semer Demetrius DuBose Depayne Middleton-Doctor Dion Johnson Dominique Clayton Dontre Hamilton Dred Scott

Edmund Scott Ejaz Choudry Elbert Williams Eleanor Bumpurs Elias Clayton Elijah McClain Eliza Woods Elizabeth Lawrence Elliot Brooks Ellis Hudson Elmer Jackson Elmore Bolling Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr. Emmett Till Eric Garner Eric Harris Eric Reason Ernest Lacy Ernest Thomas Ervin Jones Eugene Rice Eugene Williams Ethel Lee Lance Ezell Ford

Felix Kumi Frank Livingston Frank Morris Frank Smart Frazier B. Baker Fred Hampton Fred Rochelle Fred Temple Freddie Carlos Gray Jr.

George Floyd George Grant George Junius Stinney Jr. George Meadows George Waddell George Washington Lee Gregory Gunn

Harriette Vyda Simms Moore Harry Tyson Moore Hazel “Hayes” Turner Henry Ezekial Smith Henry Lowery Henry Ruffin Henry Scott Hosea W. Allen

India Kager Isaac McGhie Isadore Banks Italia Marie Kelly

Jack Turner Jamar Clark Jamel Floyd James Byrd Jr. James Craig Anderson James Earl Chaney James Powell James Ramseur James Tolliver James T. Scott Janet Wilson Jason Harrison Javier Ambler J.C. Farmer Jemel Roberson Jerame Reid Jesse Thornton Jessie Jefferson Jim Eastman Joe Nathan Roberts John Cecil Jones John Crawford III John J. Gilbert John Ruffin John Taylor Johnny Robinson Jonathan Ferrell Jonathan Sanders Jordan Edwards Joseph Mann Julia Baker Julius Jones July Perry Junior Prosper

Kalief Browder Karvas Gamble Jr. Keith Childress, Jr. Kelly Gist Kelso Benjamin Cochrane Kendrick Johnson Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. Kenny Long Kevin Hicks Kevin Matthews Kiwane Albert Carrington

Lacy Mitchell Lamar Smith Laquan McDonald Laura Nelson Laura Wood L.B. Reed L.D. Nelson Lemuel Penn Lemuel Walters Leonard Deadwyler Leroy Foley Levi Harrington Lila Bella Carter Lloyd Clay Louis Allen Lucy

M.A. Santa Cruz Maceo Snipes Malcom X Malice Green Malissa Williams Manuel Ellis Marcus Deon Smith Marcus Foster Marielle Franco Mark Clark Maria Martin Lee Anderson Martin Luther King Jr. Matthew Avery Mary Dennis Mary Turner Matthew Ajibade May Noyes Mckenzie Adams Medgar Wiley Evers Michael Brown Michael Donald Michael Griffith Michael Lee Marshall Michael Lorenzo Dean Michael Noel Michael Sabbie Michael Stewart Michelle Cusseaux Miles Hall Moses Green Mya Hall Myra Thompson

Nathaniel Harris Pickett Jr. Natasha McKenna Nicey Brown Nicholas Heyward Jr.

O’Day Short family Orion Anderson Oscar Grant III Otis Newsom

Pamela Turner Paterson Brown Jr. Patrick Dorismond Philando Castile Phillip Pannell Phillip White Phinizee Summerour

Quaco

Ramarley Graham Randy Nelson Raymond Couser Raymond Gunn Regis Korchinski-Paquet Rekia Boyd Renisha McBride Riah Milton Robert Hicks Robert Mallard Robert Truett Rodney King Roe Nathan Roberts Roger Malcolm and his wife Roger Owensby Jr. Ronell Foster Roy Cyril Brooks Rumain Brisbon Ryan Matthew Smith

Sam Carter Sam McFadden Samuel DuBose Samuel Ephesians Hammond Jr. Samuel Hammond Jr. Samuel Leamon Younge Jr. Sandra Bland Sean Bell Shali Tilson Sharonda Coleman-Singleton Shukri Abdi Simon Schuman Slab Pitts Stella Young Stephon Clark Susie Jackson

T.A. Allen Tamir Rice Tamla Horsford Tanisha Anderson Timothy Caughman Timothy Hood Timothy Russell Timothy Stansbury Jr. Timothy Thomas Terrence Crutcher Terrill Thomas Tom Jones Tom Moss Tony McDade Tony Terrell Robinson Jr. Trayvon Martin Troy Hodge Troy Robinson Tula Tyler Gerth Tyre King Tywanza Sanders

Victor Duffy Jr. Victor White III

Walter Lamar Scott Wayne Arnold Jones Wesley Thomas Wilbert Cohen Wilbur Bundley Will Brown Will Head Will Stanley Will Stewart Will Thompson Willie James Howard Willie Johnson Willie McCoy Willie Palmer Willie Turks William Brooks William Butler William Daniels William Fambro William Green William L. Chapman II William Miller William Pittman Wyatt Outlaw

Yusef Kirriem Hawkins

The victims of LaLaurie (1830s) The black victims of the Opelousas massacre (1868) The black victims of the Thibodaux massacre (1887) The black victims of the Wilmington insurrection (1898) The black victims of the Johnson-Jeffries riots (1910) The black victims of the Red summer (1919) The black victims of the Elaine massacre (1919) The black victims of the Ocoee massacre (1920) The victims of the MOVE bombing (1985)

All the people who died during the Atlantic slave trade, be it due to abuse or disease.

All the unnamed victims of mass-incarceration, who were put into jail without the committing of a crime and died while in jail or died after due to mental illness. 

All the unnamed victims of racial violence and discrimination. 

...

My apologies for all the people missing on this list. Feel free to add more names and stories. 

Listen, learn and read about discrimination, racism and black history: (feel free to add more)  Documentaries: 13th (Netflix) The Innocence Files (Netflix) Who Killed Malcolm X? (Netflix) Time: The Kalief Browder Story (Netflix) I Am Not Your Negro

YouTube videos: We Cannot Stay Silent about George Floyd Waarom ook Nederlanders de straat op gaan tegen racisme (Dutch) Wit is ook een kleur (Dutch) (documentaire)

Books: Biased by Jennifer Eberhardt Don’t Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri Freedom Is A Constant Struggle by Angela Davis How To Be An Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo They Can’t Kill Us All by Wesley Lowery White Fragility by Robin Deangelo Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge Woman, Race and Class by Angela Davis

Websites: https://lynchinginamerica.eji.org/report/ https://museumandmemorial.eji.org/ https://archive.org/details/thirtyyearsoflyn00nati/page/n11/mode/2up https://lab.nos.nl/projects/slavernij/index-english.html https://blacklivesmatter.com/ https://www.zinnedproject.org/

[worklabournewsresearch]

Stress and Burnout: a Global Mental Health Crisis in the Workplace

“A new study says mental health challenges are hitting younger workers harder. In an international study by Teladoc Health, 61 per cent of 18-25 year olds say mental health symptoms have affected their job performance.”

“More than 35 per cent of workers between 18-25 years old had been diagnosed with a mental health problem compared to 27 per cent of all respondents. Responses also showed two thirds (67 per cent) of 18-25 year olds worry about their mental health compared to 47 per cent of all ages. Younger workers also expressed more feelings of burnout and stress – 42 per cent feel burnt out at work often or all the time, compared to 29 per cent of all respondents, and 41 per cent often feel stressed or anxious at work, compared to 30 per cent of all respondents.”

“Of the Canadian respondents, 27 per cent have felt stressed or anxious at work and 55 per cent believe they would be more productive at work if there was better mental health support.”

Nanaimo News Bulletin, October 9, 2019: “Mental health impacts job performance of 61% of young adults: study”

Teladoc Health, 2019: “Tackling a Global Mental Health Crisis in the Workplace: How Employees View Mental Health at Work and What Employers Can Do to Help” (16 pages, PDF)

Burnout

“For decades now, researchers have been looking at the many factors that lead to burnout in the workplace. One blind spot, however, has been gender. Burnout affects thousands of workers in Quebec every year, and now a study by researchers in industrial relations and sociology at Université de Montréal has revealed just how markedly different the issue is for men and women”

“Many women have positions that offer little latitude in decision-making, meaning that their work only provides them with a low level of authority and decision-making power and makes little use of their skills," said Beauregard, a researcher at the Observatoire sur la santé et le mieux-être au travail. "This type of position, which men are less likely to hold, causes women to burn out."

UdeM Nouvelles, May 30, 2018: Women and work: For many, the lack of latitude in decision-making leads to burnout, a study by UdeM researchers finds.

Annals of Work Exposure and Health, May 2018. 62(4): 426–437: Gendered Pathways to Burnout: Results from the SALVEO Study (University of Montreal), by Nancy Beauregard, Alain Marchand, Jaunathan Bilodeau, Pierre Durand, Andrée Demers, and  Victor Y Haines, III

The Guardian, October 10, 2019: “Out of control: is too much work the real cause of burnout?” by Johanna Leggatt

[elultimocosmonauta-blog]

B E A U T Y - dir. Rino Stefano Tagliafierro

OBRAS DE ARTE / ARTS

Asher Brown Durand – The Catskill Valley

Thomas Hill – Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe

Albert Bierstadt – Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains

Ivan Shishkin – Forest edge

James Sant – Frau und Tochter

William Adolphe Bouguereau – L’Innocence

William Adolphe Bouguereau – Song of the Angels

Ivan Shishkin – Bach im Birkenwald

William Adolphe Bouguereau – Le Baiser

William Adolphe Bouguereau – Nature’s Fan- Girl with a Child

William Adolphe Bouguereau – The Motherland

Ivan Shishkin – Morning in a Pine Forest

William Adolphe Bouguereau – The Nut Gatherers

William Adolphe Bouguereau – Two Sisters

William Adolphe Bouguereau – Not too Much to Carry

Thomas Cole – The Course of Empire: Desolation

Martinus Rørbye – Entrance to an Inn in the Praestegarden at Hillested

William Adolphe Bouguereau – Sewing

William Adolphe Bouguereau – The Difficult Lesson

William Adolphe Bouguereau – The Curtsey

William Adolphe Bouguereau – Little Girl with a Bouquet

Claude Lorrain – Pastoral Landscape

William Adolphe Bouguereau – Cupidon

William Adolphe Bouguereau – Admiration

William Adolphe Bouguereau – A Young Girl Defending Herself Against Eros

William Adolphe Bouguereau – Dawn

William Adolphe Bouguereau – L’Amour et Psych

William Adolphe Bouguereau – Spring Breeze

William Adolphe Bouguereau – The Invation

William Adolphe Bouguereau – Nymphs and Satyr

William Adolphe Bouguereau – The Youth of Bacchus

William Adolphe Bouguereau – The Birth of Venus

William Adolphe Bouguereau – The Nymphaeum

Gioacchino Pagliei – Le Naiadi

Luis Ricardo Falero – Faust’s Dream

Luis Ricardo Falero – Reclining Nude

Jules Joseph Lefebvre – La Cigale

John William Godward – Tarot of Delphi

Jan van Huysum – Bouquet of Flowers in an Urn

Adrien Henri Tanoux – Salammbo

Guillaume Seignac – Reclining Nude

Tiziano – Venere di Urbino

Louis Jean François Lagrenée – Amor and Psyche

Correggio – Giove e Io

François Gérard – Psyché et l’Amour

John William Godward – Contemplatio

John William Godward – Far Away Thought

John William Godward – An Auburn Beauty

William Adolphe Bouguereau – Flora And Zephy

Louis Jean François Lagrenée – Amor and Psyche

Fritz Zuber-Bühle – A Reclining Beauty

Paul Peel – The Rest

Guillaume Seignac – L’Abandon

Victor Karlovich Shtemberg – Nu à la peau de bete

Pierre Auguste Cot – Portrait Of Young Woman

Ivan Shishkin – Mast Tree Grove

Ivan Shishkin – Rain in an oak forest

William Adolphe Bouguereau – Biblis

William Adolphe Bouguereau – Elegy

Marcus Stone – Loves Daydream End

William Adolphe Bouguereau – Head Of A Young Girl

Hugues Merle – Mary Magdalene in the Cave

Andrea Vaccaro – Sant’Agata

Jacques-Luois David – Accademia (o Patroclo)

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio – San Giovanni Battista

Roberto Ferri – In Nomine Deus

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio – Cristo alla colonna

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio – Incoronazione di spine

Paul Delaroche – L’Exécution de lady Jane Grey en la tour de Londres, l’an 1554

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio – Decollazione di San Giovanni Battista

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio – Sacrificio di Isacco

Guido Reni – Davide e Golia

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio – Giuditta e Oloferne

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio – Davide e Golia

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio – Salomè con la testa del Battista

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio – Davide con la testa di Golia

Jakub Schikaneder – All Soul’s Day

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio – San Gerolamo scrivente

Guido Reni – San Gerolamo

Pieter Claesz – Vanitas

Gabriel von Max – The Ecstatic Virgin Anna Katharina Emmerich

William Adolphe Bouguereau – Portrait of Miss Elizabeth Gardner

Jan Lievens – A young girl

Johannes Vermeer – Portrait of a Young Girl

Luis Ricardo Falero – Moonlit Beauties

Joseph Rebell – Burrasca al chiaro di luna nel golfo di Napoli

Luis Ricardo Falero – Witches going to their Sabbath

William Adolphe Bouguereau – Dante And Virgil In Hell

Théodore Géricault – Cheval arabe gris-blanc

Peter Paul Rubens – Satiro

Felice Boselli – Skinned Head of a Young Bull

Gabriel Cornelius von Max – Monkeys as Judges of Art

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio – Medusa

Luca Giordano – San Michele

Théodore Géricault – Study of Feet and Hands

Peter Paul Rubens – Saturn Devouring His Son

Ilya Repin – Ivan il Terribile e suo figlio Ivan

Franz von Stuck – Lucifero Moderno

Gustave Doré – Enigma

Arnold Böcklin – Die Toteninsel (III)

Sophie Gengembre Anderson – Elaine

John Everett Millais – Ophelia

Paul Delaroche – Jeune Martyre

Herbert Draper – The Lament for Icarus

Martin Johnson Heade – Twilight on the St. Johns River

Gabriel Cornelius von Max – Der Anatom

Enrique Simonet – Anatomía del corazón

Thomas Eakins – Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross (The Gross Clinic)

Rembrandt – Lezione di anatomia del dottor Tulp

Peter Paul Rubens – Die Beweinung Christi

Paul Hippolyte Delaroche – Die Frau des Künstlers Louise Vernet auf ihrem Totenbett

Elizabeth Jane Gardner Bouguereau – Too Imprudent

William-Adolphe Bouguereau – The Prayer

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio – Amorino dormiente

Augustin Théodule Ribot – St. Vincent (of Saragossa)

Caspar David Friedrich – Abtei im eichwald

[kazoosandfannypacks]

names + their meanings | the admiral's daughter

[kazoosandfannypacks]

🖤: what are your MC names? 💔: give a brief character bio of your 3-5 MCs ❣️: which scene has been hardest to write so far? 💕: what has your favorite scene been?

🖤: what are your MC names?

I spent a long time choosing meaningful names for the characters in this wip, and even made some lovely aesthetics of main characters' names (full post here!) so here's my three mcs first and last names w/ meanings!

💔: give a brief character bio of your 3-5 MCs

I answered this one here, so instead I'll tell you about a couple of my other characters!

Admiral Charles Arrington: Arrington joined the navy around the time that his eldest daughter was born, and due to his skill (and possible familial influence,) he rose through the ranks quickly, and was promoted to Admiral only eight years later. During the months in which his route to sail is more rooted in scouting than skirmishes, his daughter accompanies him at sea. She's one of his closest confidants, and understands her longing for the sea more than anyone else in the family does.

Casper: Casper grew up with no father and only a fleeting and hazy memory of his mother, so from a young age he took it upon himself to watch over his younger brother, Adrian. They joined the navy together once they were both old enough, where Casper would later go from Ensign to Captain overnight after saving the admiral's life— and, of course, Adrian was promoted to Lieutenant alongside him.

Conroy: Conroy's father is the Professor of General Studies at the Royal Naval Academy, and inherited much of his father's intellect. His family has always been close with the Arringtons, and he's always been a loyal friend to Maristella, Verity, and anyone else who cares enoigh to get to know him.

Victor: Victor Durand III is the son of Commodore Durand. Victor has held Maristella in silent disdain since the day his father was passed up for a promotion to Admiral in favor of hers. He enjoys nothing so much as to match wits with Maristella and show her up, and once or twice he's succeeded, but the admiral's daughter, always a clever one, has outmatched him more times than he'd care to admit.

❣️: which scene has been hardest to write so far?

My current opening scene was difficult, as they often are. I didn't like the pacing of my original opening, so I had to redo it several times before I hit something I really liked. I'd also say the early middle chapters are the hardest to rewrite, because the book isn't at it's most exciting, for me, there, so I tend to procrastinate.

💕: what has your favorite scene been?

The final scene is one of the ones I replay to myself the most, as well as the climax. However, I'm also quite partial to a scene a couple chapters prior, in which my main character must make a decision to trust someone she despises in order to give herself her best chance to save her closest friend from a horrible fate.

Thanks so much for the ask! 💛🌻

💕 writer wip asks

[kazoosandfannypacks]

OC question!! What are the main characters (and everyone else you love to talk about) of The Admiral’s Daughter's favorite meals?

oooh okay so this is a very special question to me, because, for a couple of my characters, this isn't just canon-because-i-say-it's-canon, it's actually written in the text of the wip:

so yeaah! Admiral Charles Arrington is a pasta guy- I think his favorite is spaghetti! Maristella takes after her dad a lot and also loves pasta- and as mentioned, she really loves bowtie noodles and pesto! she also has an appetite for fish!

as for some of my other characters, let's see. Conroy loves warm bread with jam; can't get enough of it. Verity is a fan of mutton, methinks. Adrian really likes fish, typically mackerel, as well as fruit and boiled eggs when he can get them! Casper's a simple guy; he just wants a nice bowl of soup. Victor actually hates seafood with a passion but pretends that that's because he's too good for fish. He likes mashed potatoes a lot!

Thanks for the ask! Always happy to talk about my diy blorbos!

[theadmiralsdaughter]

sideblog intro

The Admiral's Daughter is a novel I'm writing and in the process of editing. It can best be described as a fictional period drama with fantasy elements and pirates. If that sounds awesome to you, feel free to follow along for updates, ramblings, snippets, and whatever else I happen to create for this work along the way! [a sideblog of @kazoosandfannypacks]

story summary: When Maristella Arrington, the admiral's daughter, meets a handsome young lieutenant named Adrian, he convinces her to join the navy. She enlists, alongside her best friend, Verity. A few days before her graduation from the naval academy, she receives word that Adrian's ship, while engaged in battle with a pirate vessel, was sunk, and he perished along with it. Maristella then sets out to get her revenge on the pirates who sent Adrian to his watery grave, which proves difficult when she finds that the pirates haven't killed him— they've recruited him, and she must join forces with them as well in order to save Verity's life.

current draft wc/previous draft wc: {14673/45841}

playlists: entire wip | adristella | music i like to write to

character intros under the cut!

Maristella Arrington: Maristella is the eldest daughter of Admiral Charles Arrington. She loves nothing more than spending a few short months of the year at sea with her father, and is fascinated by life at sea and naval battles. She is confident and loyal, which makes her a strong leader to those around her.

Verity Sterling: Verity has been inseparable best friends with Maristella since they were kids. She's skilled in swordplay as well as giving supportive advice, and she would do anything for those close to her.

Adrian Alyward: Adrian joined the navy with his sister, Isabella, and they quickly rose through the ranks after their bravery in saving the Admiral's life at the Skirmish at Bedisa Sea. Upon meeting Maristella at the Admiral's Ball, he's immediately smitten with her, but their blossoming potential of a relationship grows complicated when he joins forces with the treacherous pirates that frequent her seas.

Isabella Alyward: {name subject to change.} After joining the navy so she and her younger brother, Adrian, can make a name for themselves, Isabella soon becomes captain of The Noble Guardian. When they have an unfortunate run in with a nasty lot of pirates, her fate is changed for the worse, and she must look to the brother she's always sought to protect to come through and save her from an unpleasant demise.

Admiral Charles Arrington: Admiral Arrington is in charge of most of the navy, and captains his flagship The Star of the Sea, but most his favorite role is that of dedicated husband, and of father of six. Though he'd never claim to have favorites, his soldiers and family alike know he has a soft spot for his eldest daughter, Maristella. Despite his fatherly concern for her safety when she joins the navy, he's excited for the opportunity it provides to spend time with her.

Victor Durand III: Victor has been a rival of Maristella's ever since she was eight and he was five and her dad got promoted to Admiral while his was still a commodore. He enlists in the navy just shortly before Maristella does, and while both of them would deny it, they grow to tolerate and even, on rare occasions, appreciate each other.

Conroy Lewin: Conroy's father, Professor Lewin, is the professor of general studies at the naval academy. He quickly becomes friends with Maristella and Verity, as someone who understands what it's like to grow up in a navy family. He enjoys studying and sharing information, and joins the navy around the same time as Maristella.

Lenna Arrington: Lenna is Admiral Arrington's wife, and she runs a tight ship at home while her family is away. While she's always happy to support her children and their dreams, a part of her still wishes her eldest daughter, Maristella, had chosen to settle down and get married instead of pursue a life of high-seas adventure.

Cordelia Arrington: Cordelia is eight years younger than Maristella, and though she's the closest in age to Maristella, they share little in the way of hopes and dreams, and Cordelia can't wait until she's old enough to attend some fancy balls and tea parties of her own.

Dylon Arrington: Dylon is the oldest boy among the Arrington children. There's a year in between him and his siblings on either side, and Maristella and her friend Verity often train him in swordplay, strategy, and, much to his chagrin, ballroom dancing. Of all his siblings, he's the one who looks the most like their father.

"Charlie" Arrington: Charlie is Lil's twin brother, named after their father. At eleven years old, he shows quite promise with his writing and creative thinking, but he often struggles with controlling his temper.

"Lil" Arrington: Lil is Charlie's twin sister, named after their mother. She loves reading and studying and is quite level headed for a child, at least, until you ask which of them is the older twin. She'll swear up and down that it's her, and though Charlie couldn't care less about which of them is older, he enjoys bringing up the fact that it's actually him.

Randolf: Randolf is the youngest of the kids, and his favorite thing in the world is when his dad tells stories and he gets to help act them out.

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13, 9, 8, and 7 for the writer’s ask game??? (if ya already answered some of these, feel free to ignore that one lol)

13. What feedback did you receive for your writing that stuck with you?

When I was a teen, I spent a lot of time on the Star Wars wiki forums, and one time I posted a chapter of an unfinished fic, and everyone said they really liked it and that my voice and style kept them hooked, and that's always stuck with me as one of my strengths. As far as negative feedback I've used the most, I've been told I italicize things a little too much 😅

9. Have you ever brought an OC back from the dead?

Yes. But I'm not saying who 😝

8. Which OC is nothing like you?

I'm gonna go with Victor Durand III. Besides the fact that he's super prideful and so am I, he doesn't really resonate with me as a character I can connect to.

7. Who is the OC who is most like you?

I have a few who are direct self-insert characters (mostly superheroes from a card game I made a while back) and some who are definitely-not-self-inserts-no-why-would-you-ask-that-hahahaha (Seventy from a Star Wars fic, for example) but I'm gonna have to go with my girl Maristella from my original wip.

Thanks for the asks!

Writer's asks!