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moreespressoformydepresso · 3 months

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What are your honest thoughts on all Descendants boys? From both books and movies?

Oehh that’s a good question! I’ll base most of this off of the movies because I remember them more clearly. Sorry this is so late, I needed some time to sort out my thoughts. Let’s see:

Ben: cutie, golden retriever energy, needs to grow a bit more of a spine but as a recovering doormat I vibe with him.

He’s got a good heart, and he’s definitely going places, but I have no idea who decided a 16-year-old should be king. Hilariously, he’s a better king than his dad because he cares about all of his people, not just the “heroes”. But still, he’s 16, let him have his dumbass teenage years. He’s still in his phase of wanting to please everyone and that isn’t gonna lead to the best decision making. You’re king, Ben, you can overrule your girlfriend’s selfish idiotic plan of closing the barrier. Just tell her “the barrier was opened for you to come through too. If those kids aren’t worth the risk, does that mean you aren’t either? Should we throw you back?!” And she’s change her tune real fast. You gotta give some tough love sometimes.

Jay: cool, I wanna know his gym routine, pretty funny but rash, needs Carlos to temper his brand of crazy (love their bromance).

I love the narrative parallels to the movie Aladdin. Jafar thought himself so far above a street rat and now he’s raised his son to be one so he can continue being a con-man. In the movies, Jay is actually a very accurate representation of your upbringing shaping you into who you are. All Jay knows is stealing, he’s never been taught to pay if he doesn’t have to, so to him stealing’s perfectly fine. It’s normal. It’s a lot more subtle than the whole “who doesn’t like being evil” bit, but the core idea is the same: when all you’ve ever known is one perspective, that’s gonna feel like the objective truth because you’ve never had a chance to try a different one.

Carlos De Vil: Best (movie) Boy, my baby, I love him. What a little nerd (affectionate).

He’s a big part of why I willfully ignore the absolute stupidity that is the third movie’s ending. I’m sorry Mal, wtf is wrong with you??? You set your supposed friend’s abuser free for nothing but some empty platitudes and dare suggest you’ve become an empathetic person?!?! In the books, we get a lot more insight into just how horrible of a mother Cruella is, but even in the movies we see he’s had it bad because of how jumpy and nervous he is. Disney is still Disney so we don’t get much of the healing process, but we see how he calms down and adjusts to a normal life over the course of the movies when he’s out of the bad situation, which is pretty good by Disney standards. Cameron Boyce did an amazing job playing him (R.I.P Cameron) and seeing an abuse victim get comfortable within their own skin and getting the happy ending they deserve is always fun.

Harry Hook: Insane (affectionate), most fashionable drama queen ever, absolutely crazy, more than a few screws loose but in the best way possible, he’s hilarious.

So on the surface, Harry’s pretty simple. A dude who’s lost his marbles and flirts with everyone. He probably has some kind of moral compass, since he didn’t rip Mal’s throat out with his hook when she revealed her little stunt in D3, but it fell overboard at some point and couldn’t be found so nobody knows what it is except Harry himself. Also, he has his sane moments, like during that same confrontation in D3 I mentioned before where he says “And you, King Benny... you're probably gonna throw us all back inside.” It’s the first time I’ve heard him sound… not like Harry. It’s sombre and defeated, a little disappointed maybe? Either way it’s really good acting and it implies he can act completely “normal” but he just chooses not to, which makes me like him even more. He’s just a dude living his best life despite the circumstances he was born into.

Gil: adorable, hilarious, kinda clueless but in a good way.

I love characters that have no idea what’s going on half the time but are absolute sweethearts trying their best. He’s like- the opposite of his dad in every way and I’m living for it!

Gaston Jr and Gaston the third: I don’t have much to say on them, let alone separately, so they get a section together.

Honestly? I don’t remember having an opinion of them. They made Evie happy by wresting, which is cool so they get points for that. Seem like they’re trying to out-gentleman each other to win Evie’s heart and since they’re not being creepy assholes about it they are objectively better than their dad. Very much brawl over brains, the two of them, with their constant wrestling reminding me of Carlos and Jay except they’re both the muscle. Kinda cute sibling relationship, even if it’s in a VK-typical villain-flavored way.

Anthony Tremaine: squeeeee, my type is pretty boys who sigh in annoyance at everything, I guess? We only get scraps but I happily cradle them to my chest.

Uhmmm so Anthony’s personality is mostly up for imagination? The only canon information we have is that he’s most likely Anastasia’s only kid (someone on Tumblr pointed out that, in the scene with the wicked step-daughters, he’s referred to only as their cousin, not their brother) and he’s very bored with his cousins’ antics. Given A Twist In Time the potential drama is endless. Every time Anthony’s mentioned we’re reminded he’s pretty and has good style, and I love that for him. Dude lives on an isle of junk and still looks like a supermodel. Lots of room for my own ideas while still remaining within the realm of “could be canon” with just enough base in there that I’m not just creating an OC, and as a writer and artist that’s all I need tbh.

Hadie: cute, deserves better, I need more of him and Mal bonding

Mal’s half-brother, son of Hades, very cool. I like that he’s trying to turn good and having a hard time, because that’s very realistic for someone who grew up not knowing anything other than evil. Descendants 2 tried to tackle it with Mal, but failed miserably. We know Hades sucks as a parent in descendants (neglect is abuse) so that’s not gonna help him.

Dough: Awww he’s so cute with Evie 🥺

No really that’s it. He’s a nerd that gets the girl, has some very funny moments, but honestly most of his character is centered around Evie? And they’re cute together it’s not a bad thing but there isn’t much to analyze. He’s understandably pissed about someone like Chad getting all the girls while using them, but that’s also only ever seen in relation to Evie.

Chad Charming: what a bitch (derogatory), total coward, I hate him but he’s funny.

So I have no issue with characters who conduct themselves terribly (I love Audrey, (fanon) Anthony, Uma, and many others from many fandoms) if, and that’s a massive IF, they have a good reason for it. And I’ll count “because I can and I want to” as a good reason, because by that point you have someone who’s mean and owns it. I can appreciate the self-awareness and usually those characters are very extra so it’s entertaining. If not that, there needs to be a reason they are the way they are. Audrey has the pressure from her grandmother (and the borderline verbal abuse), Uma has the very real grievance of living in squalor on a run-down island full of the worst of humanity because she was born, what does Chad have? He’s spoiled. A spoiled brat. And he goes from that to an overtly whimpering coward with none of the pretense of superiority in any field. His one saving grace is that he’s a massive joke.

Diego De Vil, Clay Clayton, Gonzo, Jace and Harry Badun, Herkie, Aziz, Jonas, Lefou Deux, Li Shang Jr, everyone else I missed: no opinion, because they’re not relevant enough for the writers to give them a personality.

I have nothing I’m sorry. I barely remember reading their names and I don’t remember anything from the scenes they’re (mentioned) in to get an idea of what to talk about here.

That was… a lot lmao

#disney descendants #descendants #descendants anthony #descendants jay #carlos de vil #descendants carlos #descendants ben #descendants chad #chad charming #descendants gil #gil descendants #harry hook #descendants harry hook #hadie descendants #gaston jr #gaston the third #anthony tremaine #character analysis #?? i guess

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shellyseashell · 8 months

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What are your headcanons about the other parents of the VKs?

pretty sure i’ve talked about them a few times before, but idk where, so i’ll just make a list here. these are just the ones i actually have headcanons for, and that are actually canon characters.

evie: esteban

jay: just someone from the street

carlos: i like the idea of bruno, but i’m not sold on it. maybe cruella was married for like a year.

hooks: zarina

celia: no one specific, as long as she’s a half sister to freddie and uma

freddie: ursula

claudine: a romani woman who was sent to the isle

gil: a pirate

dizzy: hans

anthony: the baker from cinderella 2

uma: dr. facilier

hadie: persephone

jade: sarousch

desiree: shan yu

ginny: idk about her father, but i like her mother being cassandra

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panthera-tigris-venenata · 1 year

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What is their go-to drink order?

First of, let's assume everyone is of legal drinking age, whatever that might be.

It's sixteen. If Ben can be a High King at sixteen, he can bloody well drink. I'm not taking criticism on that one.

Unsurprisingly though, Ben has never had as much as a champagne.

And Jane is stuck drinking kiddie fake-champagnes well into her twenties.

Now Audrey? Oh well. Her favourite is rosè, champagne, Skinny Bitch (vodka & soda) and Pink Gin & Tonic. If you pick an aesthetic, you bloody commit to it.

If she's doing shots with the pirates, she gets vodka, because Audrey post Queen of Mean is that bitch and fears no god. She could also do silver tequila.

Chad can't hold his liquor. He just can't. He has one (1) cider//Frisko and is crying. Audrey is suffering.

Anthony Tremaine gets some fancy brandy or whiskey on rocks. Again, Aesthetic, duh. Once he got this for Ginny Gothel and died a little inside when she declared that it doesn't taste any good and proceeded to pour Cola into it. Guess who learned to never ever do this the hard way.

Harriet Hook. Uuh. She has Problems. We know that, right?

On the Isle, she usually drinks Energy drinks with vodka, because she needs to stay awake, duh. Also rum, 'cos pirates, and red wine, 'cos Aesthetic.

If it's before noon, she gets a Mimosa, so she can feel fancy. Also espresso with vodka. Gin & Tonic.

Basically, you name it, chances are Harriet Hook has drunk it at least once.

She'd just like to forget and not feel, savvy??

Harry prefers rum and dislikes wine. He just has the vibes. Unless it's mulled wine which smells way better.

Uma also orders rum. She, however, really likes Pina Colada, but she won't order it herself, (because tough pirate Captain can't enjoy sugary long drinks, duh).

Don't worry though, Gil gets it for her every time he is getting them drinks.

Uma also doesn't pay for her own drinks, like, ever.

Gil likes ciders the best, even over beer, for which his father and brothers ridicule him. He doesn't care, though. He will also do shots of rum with the rest of the pirates.

CJ doesn't drink.

She has seen her family's hungovers and decided she is not doing thaz, thank you. She also dislikes the idea of losing the already poor control over her mind any more. It might not look like it, but CJ is a bit of a control freak.

Freddie Facilier drinks only when someone buys the drink for her. In which case, she'd choose a Chupito, a sweet shot with rum, lime liquor and cocktail cherry.

Celia Facilier doesn't drink and good for her.

Dizzy Tremaine is not allowed to drink. She doesn't particularly wish to, though.

Ginny Gothel mostly drinks wine, and if there is more fancy option available, she'll get Calvados (fancy apple liquor. It's good.) She is also not opposed to drinking Harriet's Red Bull with vodka though.

Claudine Frollo (once adopted by the Hooks). She also has problems, which, in this case, manifests as getting her drinks as vile as possible.

Campari Orange, as bitter as her soul. She can also pass it for an orange juice if she wanted. She's a hypocrite. (Campari Orange is legit good though). On similar note, Skinny Bitch, without the lime. She will do shots of pure vodka and drink Slammed-Tequila (shot of Tequila & shot of Sprite & ice), which is the most vile substance I have ever tasted. It feels like kerosene.

...Mal can't drink. I'm not taking criticism on that.

Evie and Carlos can do shots of pure vodka. Evie likes champagne more, though. She also has a vendetta against red wine, which was her mother's drink of choice, because it looks like blood, duh. Oh, and Aperol Spritz! (She and Audrey should be allowed to gossip and/or plan murder over a glass of Aperol. Ginny too. They'd vibe.)

Technically, Jay and Jade aren't allowed to drink for their own safety. Not because they'd drink too much, but because they insist on taking their usual Anything-but-the-pavement route no matter what.

One time, after some shots of Tequila, they convinced Audrey to go with them. She almost broke her neck, which might be because she refused to take off her high heels.

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idontliketomatoesleavemealone · 1 year

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Yzla: It's okay to keep secrets, everybody has some skeletons in the closet. Zevon: Wraiths in the attic. Freddie: Ghosts in the bedroom. Celia: Mummy in the kitchen. Dizzy: Enchanted armor on the stairs. Ginny: Slimes in the basement. Clay: Maybe a giant spider in the backyard. Carlos: Beholder or two in the garage. Hadie: Vampires are also in the closet. Anthony: the Isle is very unsafe.

#disney descendants #yzla descendants #zevon descendants #Freddie Facilier #Celia Facilier #Dizzy Tremaine #Ginny Gothel #Clay Clayton #Carlos de Vil #Hadie son of Hades #Anthony Tremaine

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elpodermediagroup · 11 months

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Laura Pausini, nombrada Persona del Año 2023 por la Academia Latina de la Grabación

La artista italiana Laura Pausini ha sido nombrada Persona del Año 2023 por la Academia Latina de la Grabación en reconocimiento a una carrera “multifacética y multilingüe“, informó la entidad este miércoles. “Su compromiso continuo de apoyar las causas de justicia social que están cerca de su corazón, incluidas la igualdad para las mujeres y las personas LGBTQ+ y el hambre en el mundo”, es una…

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#Academia Latina de la Grabación #Alejandro Sanz (2017)#artista italiana #Faenza #Italia #Joan Manuel Serrat (2014)#Juanes (2019)#Laura Pausini #Maná (2018)#Marc Anthony (2016)#Marco Antonio Solís (2022)#multifacética y multilingüe #nombrada Persona del Año 2023 por la Academia Latina de la Grabación #Pausini #Persona del Año 2023 #personas LGBTQ+#Roberto Carlos (2015)#Rubén Blades (2021)

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sophiatauruslife · 7 months

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Beaufort (Beau) Martin Swan and Anthony Elliot De Carlo from my original "Twilight" fanfiction "Midnight"

#twilight #fanfiction #original story #wattpad #beau swan #anthony de carlo #beau swan x anthony de carlo

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dragoneyes618 · 7 months

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How many fic ideas are you nurturing right now? Share one of them?

How do you choose which POV to write from?

Describe the creative process of writing a chapter/fic

How many? You mean I have to pick just one? ;)

Well, I can't.

So here are several.

I need to remember to write the second chapter about what happened to Claudine's poor cat. Then there's that AU where guards regularly patrol the Isle and catch Uma, Harry, Gil, Anthony, Diego, Jade, and Freddie coming very close to escaping, so they're all executed. There's that one in the De Vil Child series where Carlos and his cousins meet the Radcliffes. There's that other one in the De Vil Child series where Carlos and his cousins meet P. H. de Vil (in a universe where he was the only de Vil not sent to the Isle). And there's that one with Carlos and Jane and their future child.

How do I choose which POV to write from? Well, I've only ever written in third person POV, I think. I don't think I'd be able to write in first or second person. It would be too hard for me. Of course, I've never actually tried, but- Anyway, so I automatically write in third person.

My creative process of writing is basically daydreaming. The more I daydream about something, the more I can visualize it, the better I'll be able to write it. So I won't write a fic until I've spent way too much time thinking about it. Then I'll try to write it down exactly how I visualized it. Which sometimes works and sometimes doesn't.

Fic writer ask game!

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averycanadianfilm · 2 years

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Quantum Foundations: The Galactic Center File

Many astrologers have noticed the prominence of Saturn (dedication, discipline, determination, creations of enduring value etc.) and Jupiter (luck, blessings, inspiration, search for deep meaning and reliable knowledge etc.) in the natal charts of many scientists. The following statements depend on the accuracy of the birth-data, so if the publicly available birth-data is correct or even approximately correct then the following astrological facts are true (or approximately true). First, note, Isaac Newton: Saturn 19 deg Pisces 53 min conjunct Jupiter 14 deg Pisces 08 min and Werner Heisenberg: Saturn 14 deg Capricorn 43 min conjunct Jupiter 15 deg Capricorn 28 min, this is well known to astrologers and the significance of these placements is relatively straightforward. The prominence of the Galactic Center, however, is relatively less well known and that is one of the reasons I’m including the Galactic Center (GC) in ‘AveryCanadianFilm’. The following astrological aspects, for deceased physicists, are from publicly available birth-data.

Newton: Mercury 20 deg Sag 56 min conjunct GC 21 deg Sag 52 min.

Einstein: Sun 23 deg Pisces 30 min square GC 25 deg Sag 10 min.

Heisenberg: ASC 21 deg Gemini 07 min opposes GC 25 deg Sag 29 min.

Pauli: [Venus 20 deg Gemini 18 min conjunct Neptune 24 deg Gemini 55 min]

opposes [Chiron_R 24 deg Sag 39 min conjunct GC 25 deg Sag 28 min].

Max Born: Jupiter_R 27 deg Gemini 20 min opposes [Moon 24 deg Sag 25 min conjunct GC 25 deg Sag 13 min].

von Neumann: Uranus 26 deg Sag 23 min conjunct GC 25 deg Sag 30 min.

Schrödinger: Chiron 29 deg Gemini 56 min opposes GC 25 deg Sag 17 min.

de Broglie: Grand Trine in fire involving Jupiter-Chiron-GC

Jupiter_R 24 deg Aries 56 min trine Chiron 22 deg Leo 50 min trine GC 25 deg Sag 21 min.

David Bohm: Sun 28 deg Sag 01 min conjunct GC 25 deg Sag 42 min.

The following astrological aspects, for physicists still living at the time this was posted, are from publicly available birth-data .

Anthony Leggett: Chiron 25 deg Gemini 49 min opposes GC 26 deg Sag 00 min

Carlo Rovelli: Venus 26 deg Gemini 30 min opposes GC 26 deg Sag 15 min,

[Jupiter 21 deg Leo 52 min conjunct Pluto_R 26 deg Leo 06 min] trine GC.

#Hubert Hugh Burke #AveryCanadianFilm #huberthughburke #Astrology #Werner Heisenberg #Wolfgang Pauli #Isaac Newton #John von Neumann #Max Born #Anthony Leggett #Carlo Rovelli #Albert Einstein #Quantum Foundations #Galactic Center #Script #Louis de Broglie #David Bohm #Erwin Schrödinger

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tiredflowercrown · 2 months

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Descendants College AU

Or, like a general, they grew up in Auradon au.

Ben and Audrey are both Poli-Sci majors

Ben is a public relations minor while Audrey is an economics minor

Mal is an art major with a specialization in mixed media painting

Carlos is a computer science major

Jay is on a Tourney scholarship while being a business major

Harriet is an enginering major, who's on the verge of dropping out to get a 2nd or 3rd job

Ginny is a pre-med major

Anthony is a marketing major, using his knowledge to support his dad's shop

Diego is a fashion major who runs the school radio and constantly promotes his music

Ben meets Mal when as she is vandalizing the poli-sci building with her art

Maddy is using her knowledge as a bio-chem student to help in her cousins drug ring (willingly is debatable)

#disney descendants #ben descendants #audrey rose #ginny gothel #anthony tremaine #harriet hook #descendants #mal descendants #jay descendants #carlos de vil #diego de vil #mad maddy #college au

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audiemurphy1945 · 2 years

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The Captain's Paradise(1953)

#film #the captain's paradise #1953 #alec guinness #celia johnson #yvonne de carlo #anthony kimmins #alec coppel #50s #vintage #...

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lapseinrecs · 2 months

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To Kill A Dragon

By PBWritesStuff

On Archive Of Our Own

Status: Complete; 123,275 words

Summary: Life on the Isle of the lost is hard, but the core four are well adapted to it, thanks to the beatings and the constant struggle for survival. Their parents won't help them. Auradon won't help them. So these kids are going to have to help themselves, starting with a hostile takeover. Series rewrite, Dark AU. Now complete!

My thoughts: While the writing itself is nothing to write home about (actually, it could use some work, it tends to tell more than it shows), I really like works where there are uprisings, and people in power who do things that hurt others are hurt. Plus, it was a good, long, completed Descendants fic when I desperately needed one, so I’m rather fond of it. There are many gay relationships, references to sex, though no explicit sex (as far as I recall), implications of polygamy, as well as attraction between cousins.

#descendants #evie grimhilde #mal bertha #jay #carlos de vil #jane #anthony tremaine #ben

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panthera-tigris-venenata · 1 year

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Truth or Dare

For @isleofdarkness; @descendantsgiftexchange

I hope you enjoy! Oh, and I’ll add AO3 version & link to it in near future! (Anyway, the main ship should be Harriet/Ginny/Anthony/Diego. They are playing truth or dare and everyone is being a menace.)

„So let me get this straight,“ Jay says, casually leaning back against the wall, „Your cousin has a date with Harriet Hook, Ginny Gothel and Anthony Tremaine, and you want to spy on them?“

Well, when you put it like this… Then it doesn’t sound as great as it did in Carlos’s mind.

He gulps and answers: „Yes.“

„And you want me to go with you?“

„Yes.“

„To go spy on a bunch of people, at least three of which could kill me in pretty creative ways?“

„…Yeah?“

…No one is killing anyone, are they?

Carlos would like to think that, at least.

Carlos is a pretty good liar.

Jay’s face breaks into a grin: „Are you kidding me, man? Of course I’m in! I live for the thrill!“

„And you have a few bets going on by Sammy Smee,“ adds Jade from where she was listening in, because of course she was listening in.

„…Yeah, and that,“ admits Jay carelessly, „When do we start?“

Carlos breathes in to answer, but Jade cuts him off before he can speak.

„Right now!“ she calls out and leaps off the roof, Jay only a blink of an eye behind her, and, wait, why is Jade going with them?!

Oh, who is he kidding.

Of course Jade is going with them.

In her opinion, there isn‘t any better use of her time than watching drama unfold. Relationship drama, bar fights, gang wars… She doesn’t care, really.

So Carlos sights and sets out after the two cousins: Diego’s date is just starting, after all.

…………..

The bottle spins and spins on the croaked floor, four people gathered around it and sitting on the floor without as much as a cushion. But hey, who cares?

Discomfort is temporary, as is life, after all.

A hand reaches in the middle of the small circle (...square?) and flickers towards the flask, as if to stop it. Two other voices cry out against it.

It spins and gleams as it catches the light, capturing Harriet Hooks’s attention in turn. Which could be a shame, since there is plenty to look at in this room, really, but. It’s shiny.

Harriet is a pirate and she could never resist the gleam. Besides, it’s starting to slow down:

Lazy anticipation builds up as the flask makes its last, agonisingly slow turns.

The bottleneck points to Ginny, the bottom to Diego, who leans back contendly and flashes his teeth in a semblance of a smile.

„Sunflower,“ he starts, and Harriet leans a bit forward in anticipation, ignoring Anthony’s soft chuckle, „Truth or dare?“

„Dare.“

Oh, this is gonna be good–

„Strip down to your bra.“

And indeed, the witch strips down with no hesitance or shame, only to immediately throw the blouse at Diego’s face.

„Fuck you, de Vil,“ she complains, „It is cold out there!“

„Is it now?“ Diego grins wider „I find it is rather hot in there.“

Well, that was smooth, Harriet will leave him that. Besides, she can’t say she disagrees.

And by the way Anthony winks at the other boy, she’d say he doesn’t disagree either.

She cackles at Ginny’s dark glare, and stills only when she reaches out to spin the bottle again. Harriet must say she doesn’t pay her full attention to the old battered flask this time, though maybe she should have, as the bottleneck lands on her this time, and before she can even blink, her girlfriend (if such thing can exist on the Isle), asks her „truth or dare.“

„Dare,“ she chooses.

„Great!“ a wicked smile plays on the witch’s lips as she requests for Harriet to hand her her cloak. Her red pirate cloak, would you believe it?!

„Fuck you, Diego,“ Harriet mutters and shots him a dirty look as she takes off the cloak and hands it to Ginny. The only person amused by this point is Anthony, that bastard, and Harriet dearly hopes that the next dare will fall on him. (she doesn’t think he’d actually chose truth, but hey, stuff happens.)

It is her turn to spin the bottle.

Anthony to Diego, it lands, and hey, fair enough. She winks at Ginny and Ginny winks back and giggles when Diego, too, chooses dare.

„I dare you to sing for us, right now.“

Anthony is always so nice with his dares, isn‘t he? So considerate. Making sure everyone will have fun with his dare.

„It would be my pleasure,“ Diego grins, climbing up to his feet. He uses Anrhony’s head as an armrest and ruffles his hair in the process: Anthony’s hands fly up to his carefully styled hairdo, and Harriet smirks a bit at his scandalised expression. She just loves it when he gets like this.

Then she leans back, and the sun shining through the half-closed blinds momentarily blinds her. She shifts, watching the light dance at the dust and reflect at Diego's white-black hair. (the de Vil hair.)

(Did she catch a glimpse of black-and-white through the window, or is it just a trick of light?)

And sweet heavens, does that boy have a voice. Harriet is sure that sirens would be jealous – at least the sorry things that remain of them at the port today.

In Harriet’s opinion, the song is altogether too short. She considers it the only fault of this little show, apart from the fact that Ginny still has her cloak, but let‘s not dwell on unimportant details, shall we?

Diego stops singing, bows down and spins the bottle in one smooth motion. Multitasking.

Harriet would give him a proper rumble for that, but that would require her to stand up: She settles for hitting her palm against the floor, while Ginny whistles and Anthony actually claps. Of course he does, poser.

As if Diego needed any more encouragement.

He bows again, and the bottle stops, pointing from him to Harriet, and Harriet can‘t quite decide how she feels about that wicked gleam in his eye. Judging by the direction of his stare, though…

„Dare,“ she states before he can ask, „Do be original, though, please.“

He pouts at her.

Ginny bursts out laughing: „He will need to think about a new dare, then!“ and „Boys only think at that one thing–“

„Excuse me?“ (That was Anthony, if you couldn’t tell.)

„Oh, shut up, Sunflower,“ blushing Diego, „As if you are any better.“

Now it’s Ginny’s turn to sputter out an appalled „Excuse me?!“, though a bit more aggressive than Anthony’s was.

„Aww, come on…“ she fake-pouts at her partners before they get into a full-on shouting match or a make-out session, and, right… Why is she interrupting them again?

„I don’t have the whole day, you know?“ she stretches a bit.

As if any of them had the whole day.

„Aww, bossy, aren’t we?“ coos Diego – who is still standing – and reaches out to ruffle her hair. Her hair. She playfully snaps at his fingers.

„Get on it, de Vil boy.“

„Can’t rush perfection, Captain Hook–“

Yeah, so, she has decided that she definitely doesn’t like that look in his eyes.

(„He has a point,“ states Anthony elegantly raising his palm up as if at some high-order meeting, for which Ginny proceeds to whacks him over the head with her blouse. Look how much useful that can be.)

„I dare you to exchange your jewelry with me right now and actually wear it for the rest of the week.“

Okay, that‘s not that bad…

Although you know what? No.

The things he calls jewelry are totally going to shatter her aesthetic! He wears a spiked collar around his neck, for heaven’s sake! And a cross earring – only one! Harriet is not wearing that!

„First of all, no!“ she protests, „Second of all, it’s literally only Tuesday!“

She shots a dirty look to Ginny, bundled up in her coat.

„Dare is a dare, Ettie,“ the witch laughs, while Anthony only nods.

„And don’t call me Ettie!“

Diego makes a „pay up“ gesture, and Harriet clutches her hand – fine, mainly the gold rings on her fingers – to her chest.

„Give that here, Ettie,“ Diego says, and so Harriet, in the spirit of the game, complies, cursing Diego all the way to hell and back.

„Good–“ Diego mutters, turning back to get into his spot, his hands full of Harriet’s treasures. Traitor, turncoat, backstabber–

Ginny bolts up and stands in front of him before he can even sit down.

„Gimme!“ she says, pointing at Harriet’s (!) rings.

Diego shrugs his shoulders and tells her to „pick whichever you like, Sunflower.“

…At least he couldn’t actually put it on her finger, what with his hands full. Small mercies.

On the other hand, he does casually drop another ring to Anthony, who immediately puts it on his own finger and admires how it fits and gleams.

Harriet barely contains the urge to irritably growl at her insufferable partners.

Anthony reaches out to caress her cheek, and Harriet leans into the touch, entirely against her will, of course. And don’t you dare suggest otherwise.

She can feel the cold metal of her ring against her skin.

„Take it easy, Harriet,“ he tells her, „It’s your turn to spin now.“

Harriet jerks back.

„Of course, of course–“ And with a flick of her wrist, the flask is spinning again.

Harriet struggles to pay attention to it, and Anthony even has to nudge her when it stops. Ginny to Diego.

Harriet lets her mind wander for a moment, and, really, why does she keep seeing black-and-white-and-red out of the window?

And faint traces of gold? That’s always suspicious on the Isle–

Oh, well, anyway.

There is a game going on, more interesting matters to focus on, you know?

…Besides, Ginny has been poking her into the shoulder for quite some time, hadn’t she.

Harriet makes a face at her: Ginny blows her a kiss, which makes Harriet laugh.

They play again, laughing, and leaning closer to each other as time goes on.

No one has chosen truth yet.

And she certainly won’t be the first to do so: she choses dare again and has to try and throw her dagger at a specific eye in the wood – now, you see, this is her kind of dare. She bows her head towards Ginny before she throws; she only hopes she won’t accidentally tear down this whole shackle.

She misses, but only by an inch or so, and that would be because she didn’t bother to actually stand up or aim. And anyone who says otherwise is a dirty liar.

It’s her turn to spin again.

The bottle lands on her and Anthony: he sights dramatically while she grins in a manner that some might describe as a bit maniacal. She doesn’t care for other people, though.

Now, she should have it here somewhere–

Anthony watches her fumble through her pockets with increasing worry.

Yes! Here it is!

Oh. Wait. She forgot to ask „Truth or dare,“ and he won’t chose dare if he knows what she has planned. So she asks now, and to her eternal delight, he agrees to a dare.

Victoriously, she pull out a flask, you know, that thin flat thing designed to be carrier on person?

Yeah, that one.

She unscrews the lid.

„Drink this,“ she dares Anthony Tremaine.

He reluctantly takes the flask, brushing his fingers against hers, and carefully sniffles the contents.

His nose wrinkles up in a manner that Harriet consciously chooses not to describe as „cute“ as he makes a long face at her.

„What is this? And where did you even get it?“

„Out and around,“ shrugs Harriet, „Some fancy drink I found in the barges.“

(It’s actually vodka mixed with an expired energy drink, a cocktail that has been keeping her up the last few days, but she isn’t gonna tell him that. She doesn’t fancy a lecture about her drinking habits and lifestyle right now.)

„I’m not drinking this,“ he states, „Absolutely not. And even if I did, I’d probably be risking a visit to the hospital.“

„Untrue. I drink that. And I’m fine.“

„…That has zero reporting value, Harriet.“ (Again, untrue.)

Harriet struggles to come up with an answer that isn’t just a string of vulgarities, while Diego leans over to sniff the flask himself and Ginny pouts at Anthony.

„What’s wrong with the hospital?“ she complains, „I work here!“

„Yeah, but that still doesn’t mean I want to visit it as a patient, darling.“

„…Not even if I put on my sexy nurse costume?“ Ginny asks, and Harriet almost chokes, trying to contain her fit of giggles, which would be unbecoming.

„Why do you even have a sexy nurse costume?“ Anthony asks weakly.

„Why, me and Harriet found it in a barge one time–“ Yeah, no, Harriet doesn’t think it’s necessary to elaborate on that. And yes, she’d also like to know why on Earth do Auradonians have such a thing as a „sexy nurse costume.“

Diego takes a sip of her spiked energy drink (alright, more like alcohol spiked with the energy drink, but who is counting?) and passes it back to Anthony.

„You’ll be fine, man,“ he says, „And you need no costume, Ginny.“

„Seconded.“ Because honestly, that thing is ridiculous. Impractical, too.

And it has print-on pockets.

Harriet would almost say that the creator of print-on pockets deserves the Isle, but even she isn’t that cruel.

Anthony wrinkles his nose once again and drinks, choking and coughing immediately after.

Something flickers behind the window, red-and-black-and-white, stealing her attention away from this frankly amusing sight.

She locks eyes with Carlos de Vil.

…………..

Carlos can only stand Harriet’s gaze for a fraction of second: He then breaks eye contact with a curse his mother would probably skin him alive for.

„Shit,“ he curses again, then he calls out at Jay, „Man, she saw me! What do I do?“

Jade breaks into cackles at that, which is decidedly not helpful at all, thank you for asking. Jay smirks too, casually standing up: „I suggest you run real fast,“ he says, „And pray that your cousin won’t let them kill you.“

With that, the Agrabah cousins take off, not bothering to climb off the roof; Carlos wastes few precious seconds wondering whether he should really try out their neck breaking path, and before he decides, well, it’s already too late.

The doors fly open and out marches one Harriet Hook, this time without her signature red coat.

Carlos decides that he isn‘t gonna test the nerves of his cousin and the other three any more today and bolts away.

„Wait for me!“ he calls towards Jay.

Wild laughter is his only answer.

…………

There are two more people watching the commotion, up on the roof few building off where they had just ducked behind the chimney. Two pirates in red coats, just like the one their older sister just temporarily lost in a bet.

„We’re not gonna help them, are we,“ more states than asks Calista Jane.

„Absolutely not,“ answers Harry, „Uma would have my throat if Ettie caught me,“ he adds, his voice half-a-whisper, and CJ giggles.

„Hey! I have stuff to do, you know?“

„Yeah, sure. Like making eyes at Uma–“

„Like doing rounds and keeping watch,you insufferable scallywag,“ he riggs her in the ribs, „Besides, we need to find a camera: Did you see what Ettie was wearing?“ He vaguely gestures towards their sister, then to his neck. CJ’s eyes light up with unearthly light.

„I know just who might have such a camera,“ she declares, and Harry rubs his hands and his hook together:

„Set course, then, sister dear.“

They are going to have so much fun with these photos yet.

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