#cassie the poodle

[incorrectlasthours]

Chain of Thorns Location Theories

(From a Londoner!)

Hello lovely followers! It’s been forever since I’ve made a theories post, but with Chain of Thorns just around the corner I figured I would use my London Knowledge™️ to predict/explain some locations that Cassie has mentioned and/or are featured in the character cards!

Just a disclaimer: I have lived in the UK for about a year and a half, but I am not British and definitely do not know every corner of this beautiful, absolutely sprawling city. HOWEVER, most of TID/TLH takes place in the London city centre/Zone 1, and I am very, very familiar with these areas. With that caveat, let’s proceed with our first location…

The Gate to Nowhere

There are actually three “gates to nowhere” in London, but the one Cassie has referenced is the one photographed above! Formally known as the York Watergate, this structure was built around 1626 (!!) as a part of York House. It was where the Duke of Buckingham would keep his boat (think of it as the equivalent to your boss’s annoying reserved parking space today).

I know it looks like it is nowhere near the Thames today (it is located in the Embankment Gardens - the Thames is over 100 meters away) but before the Embankment was built in the 1860s, the Thames really did used to swell up that far inland! (Yes, I’m excited!! Yes, I love history!!)

It was meant to be knocked down when the Embankment was built and the District line was created, but long story short they ended up changing their plans and building around it, so they just left it where it was. And guess what?

The Victorians HATED IT.

They thought it was ugly. They thought it was in the way (it was locked in 1890, and no one could pass through save the key holders to the city). They thought it’s columns looked like “the legs of a half-shaved poodle” (Clerkenwell News, 1871). Perhaps most importantly, the Victorians thought it was a “dark portal” which leads from “nothing to nowhere”

Yes, you heard that right. A PORTAL.

My theory is that the gate will serve as a portal in the books. Perhaps it will be the entrance to the theorized shadowy-London? Maybe James will have to pass through the gates to enter Belial’s realm? Maybe Belial will use the gate as a portal through which to unleash a demon invasion upon London?

Let me know your thoughts and theories about the Gate to Nowhere! And let me know if you like these location theory posts - I have three more planned (Paddington Station, from Thomas and Alastair’s card; Chiswick House, from Grace’s cover, and St Paul’s Cathedral, from James’ cover). If there are any other locations you want to cover, feel free to let me know!

#the last hours #tlh #the last hours theories #chain of thorns theories #chain of thorns #chot #london #james herondale

[curi0uscreature]

Can you tell me who Compton switches with in swapnauts and explain a bit more about him, since he’s my fave?

* Of course!

- He switches with Cassie, instead of a “green needle witch” he’s the “The Great Green needle animal whisperer” After a stress producing jail escape, he decided to work as an assistant chef in a famous bakery to fix his reputation while he was still in the area. He also worked as a vet and assistant teacher in order to get ends meet and get the right amount of money to flee the country. Certain amounts of time pasted and he came back when the world didn’t consider him a criminal. That’s when Lucy recruited him

- Him and Otto dated but mutually broke up during the motherlobe’s release, but that also happened to be the same day where Compton left to the forest

- He’s actually the founder of ‘Zootrual projection’ and found it out during his time in the forest

- He made Cassie’s mental animal projection a poodle and Otto’s a sea otter. They are both his favorite animals

#swapnauts #trevor.txt #Oatmeal Thoughts #psychonauts au

[blood-and-pizza]

Okay, so these two FNAF animatronic designs I made are the same character. The one on the left is from a fictional line I made up called the Kawaii line, and the one on the right is a Glamrock design.

She's gone through two name changes since I first came up with her. The name I last settled on was Cassie, but then the FNAF Ruin DLC came out and introduced Cassie the human, so... my cat animatronic needs a new name.

Does anyone have any suggestions as far as naming this girl? I can't think of a good one!

You know what, I'm just gonna name her Catie (pronounced like Katie or Katy).

EDIT: This is actually my oldest FNAF OC, did you guys know that? Here's some ancient art of her, also featuring her bestie, Prissy Poodle:

#fnaf #fan art #my art #cat #fan character #fnaf oc #cats #kawaii #glamrock animatronics #catie the cat #prissy poodle #mike schmidt #an ancient mike from the pre-afton era

[closetrewind]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Lululemon Wonder Train *Lunar New Year.

[lilmaymayy]

hey friends! this is just a quick intro post in case you want to know a bit more about me/the blog🤭

** DISCLAIMER**

PLEASE BE KIND in this blog i will not entertain ANY hate/aggressive/mean interactions THEY WILL BE DELETED OR IGNORED, in the past where i did respond, it never left my mind and i never knew how to react, leaving me to be negatively affected by someones fleeting thoughts. so to avoid anyones displeasure please be respectful and conscious of your actions and words!! if not- 👉🚪we dont need that energy here

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*im also on mobile so apologies for any bad formatting😭😭

hello! my nicknames may and i use she/her pronouns. when sending any msgs id appreciate a quick hello but as long as your being polite i will gladly respond. feel free to address me as may or any other (kind) phrase (e.g queen/baddie?? anythings fine as long as youre being nice)

do u see the theme😘

i like to keep my age off of here simply for privacy but i can assure you i am not a minor, but if you are, you are welcome on my page any time just be aware i do swear and the content that i reblog can be nsfw, but ultimately you are responsible for the media you decide to consume.

i do not write fics(i always reblog them tho😉/also beta! so if youre a writer in need just lmk) idk if i ever will(write)but i dont realistically see that happening😭.

in the search bar for my page you can see all these hashtags, i typically tag “give it a read💋” for any fics ive betad and “she speaks🗣️” for any post thats just me yappin💀

and any character names (like finnick odair, peter parker etc.) are the bulk of fics that i reblog and you can find works for that character under those tags!

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im a full time student based in sunny california😍, my favorite things have to be fruits(tops gotta be strawberrys, cherrys anddd green grapes), fics, and folklore (3 fav f’s💋) (and yes i am a swiftie). last time i took the personality test i got ISTJ, but i swearr im still an infp. every single test i took told me i was a hufflepuff (were not lame i swear), and even though i swear up n down that im a laurie.. i might be an amy😔( i want to be great or nothing😫) and a song that i just feel for is probably a three way tie between teenage dream by olivia rodrigo, this is me trying by taylor swift and dreamer by laufey(not someone i typically listen to but whenever spotify puts her song i always love it)

favorite artistss gotta be the big three taylor, lana and ariana (nothing offish theyre just my most listened) and drake.. and bad bunny.. and olivia.. and sza.. and beyonce.. and the weekend.. and rihanna

- if you want a grasp of my music this is a LINK to my most played playlist

- this is a LINK to my more lovey/ sweet songs, its all in the description💋

*if u give em a listen and u wanna put me on.. msg me!! id love to hear your recs

my hobbies include playing music, i play guitar(kinda goodish) and i wanted to pick up piano too (idk if ill ever get to this😭) i also found that i love to do puzzles, and i wanted to start scrapbooking (looks fun af lowk). a few other things i love is definitely just jamming out to my tunes, sleeping😫😫, watching movies, playing w legos😭, PLAYING WITH MY DOGGIESSS (i have two, rocky and lily both are maltese poodles💋💋), baking (hate the clean up tho) i also love selfcare, its always good to prioritize urself but i mean the cassie method of everything showers, lotions, body oils, body mists/ perfumes, face masks, skin care (allllllll the goodies) just to finish the day off with a fic (its deadass my nightly routine to shower, get ready for bed/unwind, tumblr)

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now onto.. CELEBRITY CRUSHES!!

-CELEBRITY not character, but if i missed any lmk😝

-this is a long one so bearrrrr with me

my top 5 currently is🥁🥁🥁

1. sam claflin (been obsessed, still obsessed, i dont see this changing *unless timothee wanna quit playin🙄)

2. tom blyth (tbosbas was life changing.. hes so💋💋)

3. andrew garfield (im considering moving my man up to 2 bc hes an og for this list likee hes been on my brain since he was fan casted as our remus lupin and will stay there😌)

4. jacob elordi (newest addition, saltburn edits is the sole reason why hes here plus hes so fucking tall like i deserve that height difference *for reference im 5 ft😈)

5. timothee chalamet (i love him so much BUT HES DOWN HERE BC OF KYLIE😭*he would be 1 otherwise🥲)

for other hotties ..

OSCAR ISAAC🥵🥵😫-i need this man in bed rn

charlie brushnell😘-new addition but again he is taking over just like pjo is

tom holland- zenny baby he is all yours but that man shirtless? YUMMYYY

tom hiddleston- only rzn to watch the thor series

theo james - YOU THE ONE FOUR ME hes so fine i watched divergent (still a great series) for him n i was not dissapointed

aaron t— johnson- i do not want to mention his 🤐 but he is so fine his calvin klein ads?? KICKASS??

ben barnes- shadow n bone.. YUMMY YUMMY🤭🤭also sirius? likeee runaway to my house?

cillian murphy- ik he lowk looks like he got a bad case of botox.. BUT CMONNN PEAKY BLINDERS???

callum turner- i knew i was hooked since that harry potter movie he has like 10 minutes in🥰🥰

dylan o’brien-ima be honest im not DIE HARD in love but this man was fine since maze runner and teen wolf n will be till hes in the graveee

henry cavill- enola mf holmes.. INTRODUCE ME TO YOUR BROTOHER LIKE😍😍😍 i need this man to investigate all my internal organs

hugh laughton scott- hes just so pretty i just😘

harrison dickinson- love at first sight of darkest minds😍😍( its a discontinued movie (supposed to be) series) i need him in more shit

joao felix- my bestie pmo fifa AND HE DOES NOT DISSAPOINTT

josh hutcherson- i could not make this list without pookie

matthew gray gubler- i need him to read me to sleep, sing me to sleep, talk about anything so i can sleep, he brings me so much joy with that smile and hes so sweetie pie i could go on forever

robert pattinson- TEAM EDWARD FOR LIFEEEEEEEE

drew starkey?- idk his name but hes the hottie who plays rafe cameron IVE NEVER WATCHED THE SHOW (or anything hes in) but holy shit that man is tall and pulls off ANY hair cut

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well if youve made it this far thank you for taking the time to read this! if you want to know some more about me msg me in any way and ill respond, maybe ill add that info here. thanks again for your attention! love you all😘

#she speaks🗣️ #introduction #whole explanation for what happens here #lmk if smt needs more elaboration ig? #but thanks for clicking!!!

[vaas]

honestly kitty is way more of a doggirl. i just add the cat ears in picrews cus its cute but shes like a blonde poodle honestly. cassie go nya

#.txt #ocs

[cyro-starfire]

Meet Samantha the golden retriever and Cassy the poodle! Both are extremely abusive, Homophobic and Transphobic, as well as Genderfluidphobic. Cassy is a TERF

Meet Julian the Cardinal! (Ik i spelled cardinal wrong leave me alone sobs)) he's your typical homophobic cishet man, before Cyro went into the final stage of figuring out who they are, this asshole would make hella homophobic, transphobic and racist comments, he was extremely racist towards knuckles in particular due to the fact the poor guy was the last of his kind, making super fucking insensitive jokes and comments such as "You should've gone with the rest of em, Mobius would be better off without your pathetic kind" he would gaslight the living FUCK out of poor Cy.

With all due respect, all that i request is for you to get your weapons, get your torture devices, and make these three peices of shit make them wish they were never born! You have my full on permission to squish them until their blood stains your hands. Thank you.

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT SUPPORT THE ACTIONS OF THESE CHARACTERS WHATSOEVER!!! THEY ARE MEANT TO BE UNLIKABLE CHARACTERS, AND HORRIBLE PEOPLE, I THINK RACISM, HOMOPHOBIA, TRANSPHOBIA, BEING A TERF, ETC IS ABSALOUTLEY DISGUSTING AND I DO NOT CONDONE IT! With that out of the way you have my permission to beat these bigots to death.

#art #oc #ref #sonic oc #sonic the hegehog oc #sth oc #oc ref #sam #sam the golden retriever #Samantha the golden retriever #cassie #cassie the poodle #julian #julian the cardinal #tw racism mention #tw transphobia mention #tw terf mention #tw homophobia mention #tw genderfluidphobia mention #tw panphobia mention #tw bigotry mention #please torture them! #tw abuse mention #tw gaslight mention

[mystery-gems]

sora im gonna COME OVER THERE and GIVE YOUR PUPPY LIL HEAD PATS and you CANT STOP ME

THEN GET OVER HERE BOO AND PET PUBBY

—Sora

#for anyone who hasn’t been here in the past two weeks #Cassie - my puppy- is the small one with dark brown spots #the big pubby is a Great Prynese named Cotton who’s about 9m old :) #they’re friends now #if you can see the curly ball in back that’s Odin #he’s a show-poodle #why is he in there? #idk but he’s very handsome

[shawn-darkspine]

Cassie: Shaaaaaaaawn, if the earth is round, then why aren't we rolling at the moment

“Why are you asking me this? Are you high again?”

#cassie french poodle #shawn the wolf

[cassiemarin]

💖 my heart and soul 💖

#goose marin #cassie marin #toy poodle #puppy

[hallmark-movie-fanatics]

THE MAGIC RETURNS TO SUNDAY NIGHTS

CASSIE, ABIGAIL AND JOY HAVE A NEW MERRIWICK MYSTERY TO UNRAVEL IN SEASON 7 OF ‘GOOD WITCH’ 

PREMIERING MAY 16, ON HALLMARK CHANNEL

STUDIO CITY, CA – April 30, 2021 – “Good Witch” returns for a seventh season filled with mystery, Middleton fun and romance in “The Party,” premiering Sunday, May 16 (9 p.m. ET/PT), on Hallmark Channel. Catherine Bell (“Army Wives,” “JAG”), James Denton (“Desperate Housewives,” “Devious Maids”), Sarah Power (“Killjoys”), Catherine Disher (“Abby Hatcher”), Kylee Evans (“The Strain”), Katherine Barrell (“Wynona Earp”), Marc Bendavid (“Murdoch Mysteries”) and Scott Cavalheiro (“Carter”) star.

Cassie (Bell), Abigail (Power) and Joy (Barrell) try to figure out significance of the purple velvet pouches of soil mysteriously left for each of them, though they may not have to wait very long for the answer. Cassie and Sam (Denton) seem to be two ships passing in the night so they set out on a boating date, only to have engine trouble and end up stranded on an island where Cassie makes a surprising discovery. Plans for Abigail and Donovan’s (Bendavid) engagement party are in high gear thanks to Donovan’s overly eager mom Dotty (Paula Boudreau, “Workin’ Moms”), who is anxious for the couple to set a date. Meanwhile, Martha’s (Disher) very pregnant daughter-in-law Claire (Nicole Wilson, Robbing Blind) is there for an extended stay and Stephanie (Evans) and Adam (Cavalheiro) navigate their friendship now that he’s returned from his mission.

“Good Witch,” is a Whizbang Films Production in association with ITV Studios America. Darin Goldberg, Orly Adelson, Jonathan Eskenas, Craig Pryce and Frank Siracusa executive producers. Catherine Bell is co-executive producer. Janina Barrett serves as supervising producer. Colin Brunton is producer. Julie Lawrence and Angie Cassiram are associate producers. Jonathan Wright directed from a script by Darin Goldberg. “Good Witch” is distributed internationally by ITV Studios. 

LINK 

CASSIE, SAM AND ALL OF MIDDLETON FLASH BACK TO THE ’50s IN ‘GOOD WITCH’ 

PREMIERING MAY 23, ON HALLMARK CHANNEL

STUDIO CITY, CA – April 30, 2021 – “Grease” is the word on “Good Witch” when Middleton gathers for movie night in the park in “The Shell,” premiering Sunday, May 23 (9 p.m. ET/PT), on Hallmark Channel. Catherine Bell (“Army Wives,” “JAG”), James Denton (“Desperate Housewives,” “Devious Maids”), Sarah Power (“Killjoys”), Catherine Disher (“Abby Hatcher”), Kylee Evans (“The Strain”), Katherine Barrell (“Wynona Earp”), Marc Bendavid (“Murdoch Mysteries”) and Scott Cavalheiro (“Carter”) star.

Cassie (Bell), Abigail (Power) and Joy (Barrell) learn the origins of the enigmatic purple pouches of soil that were left for each of them but this revelation brings more questions than answers. Cassie’s foster brother Vincent (Gianopaolo Venuta, “Taken”) goes in search of his birth mother and makes another connection instead. All of Middleton flashes back to the fabulous ’50s for a “Grease”-themed movie night in the park, with everyone decked out in poodle skirts, leather jackets and saddle shoes as they gather for a fun night under the stars that ends with an unexpected romantic gesture.

“Good Witch,” is a Whizbang Films Production in association with ITV Studios America. Darin Goldberg, Orly Adelson, Jonathan Eskenas, Craig Pryce and Frank Siracusa executive producers. Catherine Bell is co-executive producer. Janina Barrett serves as supervising producer. Colin Brunton is producer. Julie Lawrence and Angie Cassiram are associate producers. Jonathan Wright directed from a script by Vincent Pagano. “Good Witch” is distributed internationally by ITV Studios. 

LINK

#good witch #s7 e1 the party #s7 e2 the shell #hallmark channel #press release #link #hallmark original series #season 7

[thejakeformerlyknownasprince]

What kinds of morphing do the kids use for fun when they're not trying to fight yeerks, other than the flying around as birds we see in canon?

I actually LOVE how much morphing for fun we get to see out of the kids in canon.  Yes, it fades away somewhat later on in the series as they get more serious and the war eats more of their lives, but a non-exhaustive list off the top of my head:

Cassie joins the dolphins at the Gardens for one of their dolphin-ball games (#4) 

All the kids take Ax to the movies because they want his opinion of the new Star Trek film (#8)

Cassie elaborately rationalizes that she’s morphing fly to spy on controllers, while also admitting to herself that she’s morphing fly because it’s the most fun morph she has and she’s bored out of her mind waiting for news of Rachel (MM1)

Cassie and Rachel do Cassie’s science homework by becoming rats (#9)

Marco and Jake attend an open-air Alanis Morissette concert as dogs, “because Alanis might be a controller” (#10)

Tobias reads books over people’s shoulders while they’re at the beach, and occasionally does Rachel’s homework for her, because he’s a giant nerd (#13, MM3)

Everyone gatecrashes the opening ceremony of a new Planet Hollywood location in bird morph (#17)

Jake apparently spent a while hopping around on suburban rooftops in tiger morph for shits and giggles after first getting the morph, an incident I’m still sad we didn’t get to see in canon (#21)

Ax can be found at the food court, eating an ill-advised number of cinnamon buns, pretty much any time Tobias leaves him unsupervised for more than 10 minutes at a time (#28)

Over half of Rachel and Tobias’s dates involve flying around for the hell of it (#27, #33)

Don’t know if this counts, but Tobias and Ax only show up to various social events in human morph because it’s entertaining for everyone (#13, #29, #33, #35)

Marco briefly attempts to pitch a new Star Trek series to the NBC producers in the guise of a magical psychic poodle, before Rachel talks him out of that idea (#35)

Tobias is in the habit of flying around gradually accumulating enough dropped money for him and Ax to morph human and splurge at Taco Bell (#38)

As Jake points out, Marco wouldn’t be morphing lobster just to get his car keys out of his swimming pool if he wasn’t seriously in need of a hobby (#54)

I’m probably missing a bunch.  Anyway, a big part of why I love that motif is that it feels so realistic.  Like, it feels like what ordinary middle schoolers would do if they had the power to change into animals.  Only Jake is somewhat responsible with the morphing, and he’s not that responsible either.

#animorphs #animorphs meta #morphing #anonymous #asks

[closetrewind]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Lululemon Wonder Train *Lunar New Year.

[timeisacephalopod]

My favorite things about Supernatural upon rewatch:

-Human!Castiel is The Saddest Sack

-Have y’all seen that post about fearing the fandom making a character liking a food their whole personality (a la Thor)? Well, the Supernatural writers beat the fans to it by making burgers (and meat more widely speaking) and pie personality traits for Dean.

-Dean is clearly bisexual. Like its shocking how weirdly accurate they were with writing a bisexual character and it was almost all because he acted Like That about the vaguely homophobic gay jokes the show is littered with. Anyway, they shouldn’t have been shocked the fans wrote him as bi when it was so fuckin’ obvious.

-Sam Winchester in any form where he isn’t really Sam: Soulless!Sam, Ezekiel-But-Turned-Out-To-Be-Gadreel!Sam, any Sam that isn’t Sam is my favorite Sam.

-On another note all The Flavors of Castiel that we get to enjoy. Endverse!Cas, Human!Cas, God!Cas, RegularAngel!Cas. I love a show that explores what characters would look like and be like in other universes, essentially.

-The world building is actually kind of cool once they get past their weird bible fanfiction phase. The Men of Letters thing in particular is a cool idea and I would have loved to see more of that world explored rather than the overwhelming Christianity.

-The toooooooooxic view of family this show has lmfao its such a running theme and its wild that the show seems to have a lasting Thesis of Family Is the Best And One Must Do Anything For Them Including Selling Your Soul And Bringing Them Back To Life Once A Season At Least. No joke, pals, this is legit.

-This show is fucking batshit wild with its plot and concepts and it does so shamelessly. This is actually my favorite thing about the show and something I think all television should adopt because its kind of a great blend of ridiculous and gritty.

-really plots from the show include: Sam having to reenact a commercial for genital warts because an angel trapped him and Dean in his crazy alternate universe where they also played roles a Japanese game show. Dean went to Christian hell where he tortured souls and while that sounds Not Good the concept is so fucking ridiculous that its laughable. The Wizard of Oz is part of the Supernatural universe. A character in the show writes a series called Supernatural and is confronted about it by Sam and Dean. Dean is vaguely a dog in one episode and he can also talk to animals. He checks out a fucking poodle. There is copious amounts of time travel. So much time travel.

-Hunters: witches are bad and we kill them! Also hunters: use spells and magic on a regular basis to do all kinds of shit without a hint of the irony.

-I’m sure you’ve all guessed I didn’t so much enjoy the Christianity in my Cheerios this morning but I will be damned if I don’t like Lucifer. Its actually kind of a Thing- if someone has The Devil or The Devil But Only In Metaphor in their work I like that character, its just Needed. I have yet to find a piece of media this isn’t true for and Lucifer from Supernatural is no exception.

-Sam fucking left his brother in purgatory, didn’t even look for him lmao. Anyway, I kept trying to pinpoint when I decided I thought Sam was a selfish pompous dick and it was then, but I only remembered that when I rewatched that part of the show.

-I didn’t actually really like Charlie that much the first couple times I watched the show, but I actually enjoyed her more this time around because I got past the overly flowery presentation of fandom in her life that always struck me as pandering to the audience. Charlie, beyond that pandering, is still a cool character that I like.

-”They ate my tailor!”

-Sam Winchester’s dick really is Cursed but no one ever mentioned that Dean is also Cursed, but in the opposite direction where he’s actually kind of good with a person and it could be a genuinely good match but then The Hunting Thing catches up with him and they all end up Fucked Over Severely in some way or another. Victims include Cassie, Lisa, Ben, and Benny to list a few.

-And finally, the fact that this show used to make gay jokes almost every episode about Sam and Dean, and it still remained a running joke throughout the series, and yet they seemed surprised both in the show and out that fans shipped wincest.

#winters ramblings #supernatural rewatch #in all seriousness this show is buckass wild and in some ways i really enjoy it #but in most ways what i enjoy is the nostalgia

[luna-amaquelin]

@sting-likea-stinger​

When Luna wasn’t at the vet clinic she worked as a petsitter. For the most part she was a glorified dog-walker, but she didn’t mind. It kept her out in the fresh air and she worked mainly within the borders of District X, which was a welcome change from her other job and the university. She felt more relaxed when she was there. The tension in Star City was so palpable that sometimes it was too much for her to handle.

She was walking two tiny beagles and a tall poodle when she caught sight of Cassie sitting outside a cafe. Slowing her pace, she smiled and gently tugged the beagles closer as they tried to sniff her shoes. “Hi. I haven’t seen you in a week or so. How was the meeting?”

#c: sting-likea-stinger

[dwindledglow]

── ✰. ┊HEADCANONS.

01 › FAMILY & BACKGROUND

one. in spite of the picture perfect marriage and the pretty image of a loving family whose lives are based on unity and trust, estela’s family isn’t particularly close. in fact, her parents don’t even live together or reside in the same country. giorgina, commonly known as gio, resides in cassis in the french riviera - where she’s been for four years now - and continues to work as a fashion stylist and fashion critic for some highly regarded brands and magazines, while miguel resides in their family mansion in barcelona and continues to control and lead the family’s business. it’s been this way for as long as estela can remember ; summers spent in between sitges and saint tropez, doing half of her education in barcelona and the remaining in paris before becoming an adult and moving to new york, visiting mom on spring break and dad at some point in the summer, playing pretend at christmas parties and social events. yet, despite the mild estrangement, estela has never felt unloved, ignored or abandoned. she continues to play her role as the golden child and refrain from inquiring her parents about the lifestyle they lead — or why neither of them would request a divorce and would rather keep a failed marriage on going just for appearance.

two. estela comes from money. you can go down generations and generations down on the family tree and you’ll have a hard time finding someone who wasn’t filthy rich in there. her grandparents on her mother’s side are aristocrats, people in a position of power with whom estela has never bothered establishing a deeper connection. from the little she knows, it would be worthless to do so as their ideals and ethics differ massively from her own. miguel’s, her father’s side of the family, have always been more open-minded people who have always invested their time and great chunks of money into organizations and associations that helped a variety of causes — those are lessons and ethics estela has kept. she recognizes her privilege and the fact her bank account is, in many ways, what feels like an unending resource of money and she’s aware she wouldn’t ever have to move a finger for the rest of her life if she so pleased but instead of allowing herself to splurge and lead a luxurious, extra lifestyle, she pledged to continue to work to support herself and only ever spend more than necessary in something she will truly value in the future.

three. every year, on december 27th, as an in-between christmas and new years, her family throws a massive event for all the company’s employees & respective families, their closest (read over 500 people who her parents need to be reminded of their names) friends and family. it’s one of the most overwhelming days of the year for stela and, wasn’t for the fact it’s the only change she gets to see everyone in the family — seeing as a family brunch follows on the 28th — she would absolutely dread it and everything that comes with it.

four. her relationship with her mother isn't always as amazing as it looks from the outside. the girl loves her dearly, going as far as saying her mother is her favorite person, but the truth is, often times, if stela doesn’t make the effort to reach out, gio won’t either. growing up, gio only ever wanted estela to be perfect — look at what you eat so you don’t put on unnecessary weight, please go and change into something appropriate, watch out how you behave - this is a very important event, why didn’t you score the highest mark?, you should see the hairstylist to fix that lifeless hair. for giorgina, love and affection wasn’t the most important to give a child - discipline and a perfect image was. image all the woman has ever relayed and cared about, and quite possibly one of the reasons why she not only ruined her marriage, but has managed to make her own daughter grow more and more distant from her.

02 › SCHOOL & UNIVERSITY

five. as you would expect from the golden child, estela did exceptionally well in school despite the bumpy road moving schools and countries. she always excelled at most subjects despite not being particularly passionated about any specific field of study. she was the type of student you’ll see reaching for the material first, taking perfect notes and reviewing them right as they got home, while being very much hands on and striving to learn more and perfect what she was taught.

six. the move to france was brutal and a very rocky time for the girl, even if she has never showcased it or tried to make a big deal out of it. whenever miguel would call and ask if she was okay, she would answer with a perfect answer that relayed how she was doing amazingly, as per usual. whenever gio questioned her — and it wasn’t often — she made sure to display her good grades and panoply of friends to make her believe nothing was wrong and the move had been just fine. reality was different and she spent nights silently crying on her room, battling demons and an overwhelming anxiety, battling the voices that kept mocking her and reminding her that she wasn’t good enough in anything she did. 

seven. estela has only ever really dated two people, despite all the guys she’s been associated with. angel, the first one, she doesn’t even consider as dating since it was a child’s thing and they ended up separating after two months when the summer ended and school begun again. oliver, who she met while on high-school in france, was exactly the kind of guy her family would expect to see her with. well-educated, good mannered and charismatic, the brit had been the most pleasant breath of fresh air when stela met him. a sporty guy who was aiming for a scholarship in the states once high-school was done but still excelled at every other class, your typical prince-charming, at least, until he showed his true colors and ended up being the biggest disappointment of her life. turns out oliver really did wanted estela, but he also wanted marie and lily and sarah from back home and sade from the summer holiday... his motives to get on with stela consisted on the fact she would be good for his image and she was truly quite the catch, the full-package as he chose to put it — words that haunt her to this day — and when things didn’t exactly work as he pleased, oliver decided to dump stela in front of the whole school and make it the most humiliating experience by spreading rumors left and right about her and their past relationship.

eight. her choice of a degree has been majorly criticized by her mother’s family (and silently applauded by gio, herself). to begin with, they think it’s not acceptable such a bright young woman wouldn’t pick an ivy league school and then, she should’ve sought something more prestigious than a career in film and television. what are you going to do with that anyway? for her to not pursue a career in engineering or medicine or law is an insult for her family and for stela to pick something in the creative, art area — something so far from what the family’s business revolves around — is almost a disgrace to the vázquez name. likewise, the disapproval extends to her choreographer career and the fact she teaches dance classes. if she ever wanted to pursue something within the area, she should’ve naturally dedicated her whole life to being a prima ballerina and being featured in something worthy on broadway or a good ballet company — not contemporary dance or teaching at some unknown studio in new york. 

nine. family disapproval asides, estela is the happiest she’s ever been with her choice of majors and the opportunity to work in the dance industry, even if it’s not on a large scale. she couldn’t feel more thankful she gets to combine her passion for film and television with her passion for dance and teaching. often times, and courtesy of the way she was raised, she feels like an impostor and a fraud, like she doesn’t deserve her life or the opportunities she has, but when she looks at the bigger picture and can beat this feeling, she genuinely does think she’s the happiest and most free she’s ever been in her life.

03 › BITS & BOBS

ten. estela is a chameleon and a hurricane, all combined in one. she can make you believe she’s a saint and the next minute shake you up with her bold and blunt comments. that stems from years of being taught how to behave and how to mask her feelings and thoughts, her true self, just match the picture perfect image she exudes. she’s not afraid to say what she thinks — and boy, is that a lot sometimes — and she’ll check you right into your place if you try to step her down. on the same line of thought, she isn’t the pure soul her family likes to paint her as ( and they know it too ). she’s not afraid to voice what she wants and get what she wants, and whereas she’s always morally correct, she doesn’t mind turning tables when need calls for it.

eleven. she has two dogs and a cat. chai, a cream & white colored maltipoo, tofu, a cream & white shih tzu x poodle mix and shimi, a scottish straight cat. her life never allowed her to have pets before ( neither did her mother ) so estela took advantage of having moved to new york to get shimi, her first ever pet, and when she turned nineteen, her father gave her tofu as a birthday gift. she adopted chai in the beginning of the year.  

#* tbt : estela. #long post / #so you can blacklist it if you want since it's looooong