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In grand celebration of ACD’s birthday, the Red, White & Royal Box is officially live!

The RWRBox comes in two separate sizes, and each is chock full of FirstPrince jewelry, collectibles, and custom ephemera. Full details are available in the listing, but here’s a peek at each box, as well as a few of my favorite things.

Both boxes have decorative inside lids. The Curated Collection box sports a stylized “you and me and history” quote alongside firework art reminiscent of the collector’s edition cover, while the Complete Collection features a framed FirstPrince portrait by @ambiguouspenny, backed by architectural sketches of the White House and Kensington Palace and flanked with yellow and English tea roses.

(It is literally impossible to do that portrait justice in a photo. I keep trying, but it honestly has to be seen in person for full impact. The veladora art, meanwhile, has been my lockscreen for months.)

The canon ephemera was painstakingly recreated from real-life examples. There was no Wimbledon in 2020, obviously, but Alex’s gold-foiled pass is based on two recent tickets to the Royal Box. For Henry’s gold-embossed invite to the White House, I studied past State Dinner invitations until my eyes crossed (and went through four rounds of typesetting revisions to find the perfect Copperplate font). And as for his little souvenir from the Olympics… that was based on an actual ticket to a Rio 2016 diving event (not the finals, but still — I swear you can find anything on the internet if you just go far enough down the rabbit hole). Dates on the tickets are completely book accurate.

Both pieces of post-canon ephemera feature messages from Alex to Henry. Had to lean into my fanfic roots somehow.

Each bracelet comes with a set of standard charms by default (their initials, a wedding cake, a love letter, and either an aquamarine — their joint birthstone — or a silver heart and red, white, and royal blue glass pearls). Customization-wise, there are almost forty additional charms to choose from.

The silk ipê-amarelo blossoms are from vintage garlands made by a local vendor and sadly not available anymore. Which is tragic, since they’re absolutely perfect.

With a few exceptions (the trinket box, room spray bottle, noisemakers, and portrait frame) the non-print items included in each collection were all sourced from small businesses and independent sellers.

The stash of vintage and antique Austens amassed for this is probably out of control. They’re all hardcover and in fantastic condition, and span all titles (though it is, admittedly, pretty P&P heavy). The latest is from 1980, but the earliest thus far is that amazing pocket edition of Sense & Sensibility, which is from 1913.

The linen & room spray is skin-safe, though (for me, at least) it’s much more an atmospheric scent than a wearable one. For the record, the notes are “bergamot, clean linen, fresh cut grass, roasted coffee, a dash of cinnamon, and a whisper of smoke.” One of these days I’ll stop spraying my room down with it every night before bed.

Henry’s journal is covered in grey suiting tweed and has a tiny silver fox foiled on the cover, which makes me irrationally happy every time I see it.

Alex’s (lurid teal) “Hoe Dameron” kimono is fully embroidered, not screen printed. It does indeed have pockets. :)

I know I’ve teased this project twice already, but after months of building it bit by bit, it’s amazing to have it done and out in the world. I love these boys, and I’m so excited for the fandom to see everything inside. And to anyone who actually does order a collection, i just want to say thank you here — as a multiracial AfroLatina with my own ally to questioning to queer journey, Alex and his story mean so much to me, and I loved getting to bring it to life in this way.

You can find the Red, White & Royal Box here, with a full breakdown of what’s included in each collection.

A portion of each sale benefits the Broadway Youth Center, which provides basic needs, health and social services, and gender-affirming care to LGBTQ+ young people here in Chicago experiencing homelessness and housing instability.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask away — my comments and inbox are open. :)

(And for my fellow Tarlos folks: you’re up next.)

I am once again tagging the FirstPrince mutuals: @rmd-writes @welcometololaland @three-drink-amy @orchidscript @firstprince-history-huh @never-blooms @liminalmemories21 @cha-melodius @lightningboltreader @danieljradcliffe @actual-sleeping-beauty

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wip wednesday (firstprince project edition)

A few Fridays ago I teased the pet project that’s eaten every second of my free time for months. And in honor of the birth of everyone’s favorite obtuse fucking asshole, I’m posting a more formal sneak peek of the things coming very, very soon. Fellow FirstPrince peoples, may I humbly present the…

As I mentioned, this project is a collection of keepsakes and custom ephemera all about Alex and Henry. A full rundown of what’s included in both the Curated and Complete Collections will be available when the launch goes live, but here’s a closer look at some of the selections and a few details.

Both collections have custom components, including the ability to build your own charm bracelet and pick which signet ring you’d prefer (an accurate replica of the movie’s “H” monogram or a book-influenced Mountchristen-Windsor crest).

The ephemera included in each collection tells a story of its own, following major milestones in Alex and Henry’s relationship timeline from first meeting to happy ever after. The various pieces have been gold foiled, holo-stamped, custom-designed, painstakingly replicated, and professionally printed (because I’m extra like that).

The perishable items are paired off in the Curated Collection — you can choose between Henry’s Earl Grey and Alex’s obleas con cajeta, or Alex’s cinnamon-spiked Mexican coffee and Henry’s Jaffa Cakes. (The Complete Collection comes with all four.)

The veladora art comes courtesy of the impeccable @ambiguouspenny, who also did a very special second piece for the Complete Collection (which you can get a little glimpse of above).

There’s a stash of vintage Jane Austen hardcovers just waiting for that Henry Fox bookplate.

The sad thing is, this isn’t even everything. I can’t wait for y’all to see the pieces I’ve saved for the launch, and exactly where and how that second @ambiguouspenny piece comes into play.

Since this sneak peek is bowing on one March birthday, it seems only fitting to drop the full reveal for the other. Ordering will officially open on March 27th. I’m just wrapping up the last little housekeeping things (in other words, please stand by while I photograph all forty charm options individually), but If you’d like to be notified when the collections are live, please drop your email here. No spam, I promise.

It’s the final countdown! Happy birthday, Henry.

Just a little heads up for my known FirstPrince mutuals: @rmd-writes @welcometololaland @orchidscript @firstprince-history-huh @three-drink-amy @liminalmemories21 @anincompletelist @never-blooms

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friday sneak peek (firstprince edition)

A few months back, I started an Astarion-themed Secret Santa gift for a BG3-obsessed friend. I don’t know the game, have never played, but the gift exploded anyway (as things like this are wont to do with me). So much so that, right in the middle of it, I had two separate (unrelated) people basically go "hey, you're doing all this for a fandom you don't even know… you should try doing it for a fandom you love."

And just like that, The FirstPrince Project was born.

Long story short, it's a (frankly unhinged) assortment of jewelry, keepsakes, practical items, tasty treats, and character-themed ephemera, all built around Alex Claremont-Diaz, Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor, and the perfect pair the two of them make. Something I could create from my love for these two boys, and share with the people who love them, too.

This image is just a little preview of some of the items included. Some are vintage, some are customizable, some are even one of a kind. As a few of you know, I'm a graphic designer by training and a creative marketer by trade, and this was a wonderful exercise in combining every aspect of my creative brain. I got to design pins, magnets, and every piece of ephemera, either from scratch or painstakingly replicated from a real-life reference. Everything here has been professionally printed or produced, down to the smallest detail. Best of all, the whole shebang includes two very special art pieces from none other than @ambiguouspenny.

There will be two separate sizes available: a Curated Collection and a Complete Collection. Fairly limited, but not ridiculously so. I'm waiting for the last couple packaging things to come in, and full details will be available shortly. (These will totally be ready in time for you to celebrate both boys’ March birthdays.) In the meantime, if you'd like to be notified when the collections are available to order, please drop your email in the Google form here and you’ll be among the first to know. And feel free to reach out, via comment or ask, if you have any random questions. 

Happy Valentine’s Day, y’all. 🥰

P.S. For my fellow Tarlos Girlies (gender neutral): I’ll have something for you very soon. :)

Tagging in my known RWRB mutuals: @rmd-writes @welcometololaland @orchidscript @three-drink-amy @never-blooms

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- Nichelle Nichols

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ok folks

I don’t think I actually have to spell this out

but there will be no prophesying, speculating, speaking into existence, etc about next year

no “I feel really great about next year,” no “I’d love more time at home to work on my hobbies,” no “surely it can’t be any weirder than 2020,” nothing

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I made these as a way to compile all the geographical vocabulary that I thought was useful and interesting for writers. Some descriptors share categories, and some are simplified, but for the most part everything is in its proper place. Not all the words are as useable as others, and some might take tricky wording to pull off, but I hope these prove useful to all you writers out there!

(save the images to zoom in on the pics)

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LADY AND THE TRAMP 1955, dir. Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi

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The Falcon and the Wiener Soldier series leaked scenes ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)🎬

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“I have full access to Raven’ synaptic network. She is ours”

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ROGUE ONE CREW →  LAST MOMENTS

rogue one novelization ( alexander freed )

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Where is the path to Wonderland? Over the hill or here or there? I wonder where… 

Alice in Wonderland dir. Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske & Wilfred Jackson

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Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king of Halloween Town, is bored with doing the same thing every year for Halloween. One day he stumbles into Christmas Town, and is so taken with the idea of Christmas that he tries to get the resident bats, ghouls, and goblins of Halloween Town to help him put on Christmas instead of Halloween – but alas, they can’t get it quite right.

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) dir. Henry Selick