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inspiredbyabook · 2 years

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clara and the devil by @olivieblake and little chmura

what most people don’t realize about the devil is that he isn’t trying to hide

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olivieblake · 1 year

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Hi Olivie! I am back with some praise for “The Lovers Grim”!!! I did read this in November but life went crazy (as it always does) so I am just now sending you my praise. (spoilers included). This is a bit long but most of its length just comes from me sending quotes I loved so hopefully if you just skim those it won’t be as long, I’m sorry :(

I keep telling people that it was a lot sexier than the preceding books in the fairytale collections so that made it super fun overall!!!

Clara and the Devil: What a fun way to start! I love stories where the devil shows up and there’s temptation so I knew I was going to love this one, and I did! I love Clara, I find her super relatable to me. I keep notes in my notes app on my phone as I read your books and I just have written “this is just sexy and everyone is horny” so many times hahah (please take that as a compliment because it is). THE ENDING TOO LIKE 🥵 MY GOD I LOVED IT. Made me want to immediately go jump the WEBTOON, which I did and am obsessed with. The female version of the devil is 🥵 and I definitely have some theories on everything. I’m really liking the bargains with the universe part, I too make bargains with the universe in the hopes it will help me. I read the new update from yesterday too and ahhh so excited to see where everything goes. THE ART OF COURSE IS BEAUTIFUL SENDING MY PRAISE TO LITTLE CHMURA.

I loved this line from the story “I’d asked him to meet me on the beach in the middle of the night, which were terms the devil readily agreed to. He was very agreeable that way, which I hated, but which I also understood. He was reliably available for my sins.”

Both the “Apple’s a bit much don’t you think” and Devil’s food cake made me laugh hahahaha. I also really liked the line “There is more to being good than simply abstaining from vice.”

Once it Happens: OLIVIE THIS STORY!!! It’s truly a story I always dreamed of wanting and just didn’t know existed so I’m super thankful you wrote it. I also did cry as well as feel a whole range of emotions (which as an emotionally repressed person is some of the highest praise I can give you). I’m a lover of the idea of being in someone’s orbit/fate drawing people together/invisible string/soulmates so this story was exactly what I needed. I consider this (and La Petite Mort obviously which I actually reread in December as a pick me up with the audiobook-also fantastic-and loved it even more the second time around.Thanks for that book❤️) my two matches made in heaven. This story actually explains why I ship certain ships, like nicolibby for example, just because I find this type of dynamic to be a super strong and important connection so it makes it hard to fathom them being with other people (for me specifically). Even the bit where “Once it happens, it can't unhappen. It can't be undone.” made me think of “we met, so now we can’t detach” type thing. Most of my favorite ships have this type of dynamic so it made me love this story even more. This story is one I still think about 24/7 and it just made me think a lot/it said so much in so little and left such an impact on me. I think I tabbed every paragraph in this one like I loved it and could probably just sit here and write down every one and tell you all my thoughts etc but that would waste so much of your time so I shall refrain. Just know “I LOVE THIS STORY SO FUCKING MUCH” was written in my notes on this one about 100 times. Enjoy a few of my random rambles:

All the different times they could meet/that it happens and THE ICE CREAM SHOP BEING A COMMON THEME.

“They are children together, opening gifts. They are teenagers, discovering life. They are adults, and sad ones, and when he tilts her chin up for a kiss she breathes something into his mouth he's certain is one word: Finally. He will marry her within a year.” THIS MADE ME CRY

“They live separately and their lives never cross. His children will have her smile and her sense of humor, and neither of them will ever know it.” THEY STILL HAVE THE THREADS OF EACH OTHER IN LIVES THEY DON’T KNOW EACH OTHER (this also made me cry)

The ice cream shop closing 😭😭😭 and then figuring out they grew up in the same town and they think about how they could have met a thousand different ways and didn’t, it’s funny how they came so close and she says she’s glad it finally

THE ENDING PARAGRAPH I’M CRYING AGAIN

Literally thank you for this story and thank you for just writing all my favorite stories and books, much love❤️❤️❤️

Captain McIver’s Ship of Souls: This one was so funny and I loved seeing Arno just be confused about humans haha but I was so intrigued. My personal favorite thing was that the finfolk crave blood and the multiple blood sucking scenes, I don’t know what that says about me but hey it WORKS for me and made me just so very happy to see. THANK YOU QUEEN. The twist in this one was also super good, I didn’t see it coming. I have decided that Eilif from the TA6 universe is one of Arno’s cousins (it is canon in my heart and that is all that matters <3) Here’s some moments I absolutely loved.

“Captain,” comes the voice of Eli's first mate. He's the one who was last to jump on Eli's orders, Arno notes, and dislikes him slightly, though without any particular reason.” We love when a love interest hates a person for just not respecting their love interest!!! ONE OF MY FAVS

To Make a Man: So interesting!!! I was trying to guess what type of creatures they both were the whole time and the stakes were super high so it was so hard to put down. Marcelo has some great lines like ugh THIS MAN he was down so bad. The angst in this is god tier. I just love that they each brought a little bit of peace to each other for a time, and in my head they can find their way back together in however many years.

“Lina, Lina, Lina. You are the softness of your skin, the sharpness of your mind. You are the knife-edge of your humor, which doesn't look like humor at first because, on you, joy looks like suspicion. You are the distance you so meticulously keep between us. You are the door, the latch, the key I understand now that I am an invasion; even with my best intentions, you can only trust me the way you'd trust a flood. There's no choosing which parts of me you accept or which parts of you I want. We seep in through each other's cracks, all or nothing” I LOVED THIS LIKE MY GOD I LOVED IT SO MUCH

“He would have traded euphoria just to keep her, to make her the subject of his tedium. To live a colorless life in the shade of her bones, in the sound of her breath, knowing and eternally recounting the monotony of her details until he grinds himself down to nothing, never learning or experiencing another beautiful thing.” STOPPPP SO GOOD

“Someday, she thought, she would remember this for all that it was, and for all that it wasn't. She would resurrect this very moment into countless perpetuity and embrace the searing pain of it; suffer the boundless joy. Because it had been real. Every moment of it. Every blessed thread.” PAIN

Kill the Bachelor: Another dream I didn’t think to have but like two contestants on the Bachelor ditching him and falling in love??? Amazing. The TV script set up was so cool too it really made me feel like I was just watching episodes of the bachelor. All the satire in this was A+. This one also had me laughing a bunch. Anway, men suck and women are always better (but Josh’s crush on Lauren was cute too)

YAY woman in STEM!!!

“Do you ever feel like you're in this crowd of people and nobody really sees you? Like, you're there, but nobody gets you, you know what I mean?" Yes all the time

KARA (sympathetically)

“A sad day for all Bachelor fans indeed, Craig."

CRAIG (nodding)

"Sure is, Kara! And now, Andrew with the weather."

That made me laugh out loud

I’ll be sending my praise for YES super soon (hopefully soon at least lol I have condense my thoughts/praise to make it not a novel like I LOVED that book and CecilyPorter have joined the crowd of my beloved ships-they are up there with nicolibby, mayracal, and aldoregan for me and by now I’m sure you know how much I love those other 3-so yeah that probably says everything you need to know but I can’t wait to express more of my love of them to you later haha). I’m currently reading “Grow Your Own Optimist!” and loving it so far!

-Amanda

hahaha never apologize! I'm so happy you enjoyed the stories and I'm never mad about getting to know which quotes you liked. I agree, "once it happens" is one of my favorite stories. I feel like that one might be the olivie brand in brief summation? just... about love and life and time and fate and also blowjobs and ice cream. anyway

OH I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT CLARA POSTING AGAIN. I can't wait for you guys to see the end of this season. I mean obviously you know by now I'm obsessed with chmura's art but also I'm pretty proud of how the story ends, because I never intended to keep writing in this universe and wasn't sure I could do a sequel that felt the same way, but I think (fingers crossed) I managed it. I'm really excited to show you the finished product!

#the lovers grim #clara and the devil #filling the bucket

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atomic-chronoscaph · 6 months

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Häxan (1922)

#häxan gif #20s horror #silent horror #benjamin christensen #witchcraft through the ages #clara pontoppidan #the witches #satan #the devil #swedish movies #danish movies #20s movies #1920s #1922 #gif #chronoscaph gif

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inkrrred · 4 months

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Been thinking a lot of homulilly familiars..

#homulilly #clara dolls #children of the fake city #familiars #pmmm #pmmm homura #homura akemi #puella magi madoka magica #madoka magica #pmmm rebellion #rebellion #kyubey #fanartist #fanart #witch #pmmm witch #devil homura #anime

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emira-addams · 2 months

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Hazbin Hotel - Carmilla x Rosie - The Devil is a Part-Timer - Headcanon

Carmilla gets trapped on Earth with her daughters and Rosie and Velvette, and they need to pretend to be family so as not to attract any attention among the humans as them being demons until they can return to Hell...

The last thing Carmilla could remember was her arguing with Velvette and Rosie knocking on the door

The Overlord-Meeting had just been over, an exhausting meeting and the main topic had been that weird hotel of Lucifer's disillusioned daughter and the probability of the end of the annual exterminations as a result of Adam's death

With the help of her daughters, Carmilla had been packing up her things, Velvette still sitting in her seat with her feet on the table, engaged in a very heated discussion with Carmilla while she tried to get home as soon as possible

Velvette was convinced that they had to fight back and bring down Heaven now while they still had the chance

Suddenly there had been a knock on the door and Rosie was standing in front of her

When Carmilla opened her eyes, she was lying on her back, damp green grass beneath her and the silhouettes of trees and shadows of skyscrapers above her, the red horizon of Hell had been replaced by a dark blue sky, planes and helicopters imitating shooting stars

The noise of the city was terrible, the volume unbearable, shrill sirens and car horns, she had to cover her ears and when she sat up, she realized that she was sitting on the ground in the middle of a park in a big city

Carmilla was not alone

Less than a meter away from their mother, her daughters lay unconscious in the grass, Rosie found herself on her side under a tree and a good distance away, in the mud on the edge of a small lake, they saw Velvette

"W-What happened?" Slowly Rosie came awake, shaking, her balance faltering, and Carmilla needed to help to her feet before the worried mother could go and check on her daughters

"Where are we?" Rosie also seemed completely overwhelmed by the volume, the bright lights and the sheer size of the city; she and Carmilla had never experienced such centralization and automation in their lifetimes

"We're on Earth..." Velvette tried desperately to rub the mud from her clothes, more concerned about her appearance than the fact that they had somehow escaped Hell and were now trapped on Earth

"Why are we on Earth? We have to go back to Hell!"

"What do we do now?" Velvette asks in confusion as they leave the park and stop in front of a large shop window, all of their images appearing strangely human in the reflection

"We'll blend in," Carmilla concludes. "We look like humans, so we act like humans..."

She has a plan and explains to the group that they need to be as inconspicuous as possible, they need to blend into the everyday life of a normal person as much as possible, they shouldn't attract any attention until they have found a way back to Hell and their first step in implementing their plan is to find a place to stay and food to eat

At the city library, Odette forges the right faked documents for them on a computer while the rest of the group searches for ads for cheap housing in newspapers spread everywhere

Odette chooses the obviously simplest option and makes their group into a family that has just moved here from abroad, Carmilla and Rosie playing married parents and Clara, Odette and Velvette becoming sisters on paper

"I'd also need your name for the records, Miss..." requested their landlady.

"Rosie!"

"Your full name with your surname, please, Miss..." replied their landlady, shaking her head.

"Oh... Please excuse me, my full name is Rosie Carmine! We're married!" Rosie pointed to Carmilla with a proud grin, while Carmilla quickly averted her eyes, desperately trying to hide the blush that was now creeping inevitably into her cheeks. Although Odette had already warned her mother that Rosie would be playing her wife, saying it out loud was another matter that inevitably made Carmilla's heart skip a beat. How was she supposed to get used to sleeping in the same bed with Rosie any time soon?

"You really do have three wonderful daughters!" their landlady enthused as she showed them their tiny apartment, which was a one-bedroom unit with an open kitchen and an adjoining bathroom with a shower.

"Don't get the wrong impression, I'm just adopted!" Velvette interjected.

"We still love her just as much as our other two daughters..." Carmilla pressed through gritted teeth as she pulled Velvette into a halfhearted hug. "Play along..." she hissed lowly as Velvette struggled unsuccessfully in her arms.

Carmilla gets a job at a fast food restaurant to make the money for rent and food. In addition, she enrolls her daughters and Velvette in school to maintain their cover. Rosie stays home most of the time, taking care of the household and her family, while she spends her free time researching on the internet and in the surrounding museums and libraries to find out more about their situation and a possible way to get back to Hell.

Velvette is very less than thrilled that she has to live under the same roof as Carmilla, play their daughter and go back to school.

Even though their cover is indeed very convincing, their every move is watched by agents in black suits and black SUV's, which park in the street and near their apartment more and more frequently as the plot progresses. Carmilla is followed on her way to work, Rosie can't go to the supermarket alone once without agents following her through the aisles and Clara, Odette and Velvette are being tailed at school. Who are these people and what do they want from them? Are they well aware that they are from Hell?

I'm still working on this idea, it's in my WIP's and I'd love to write a full fic about it soon. It's more or less a slow burn Blooming Gun fic playing on Earth, with a lot of pure domestic bliss and fluff and some action (involving some secret demon hunting agents from the government), and Carmilla and Rosie secretly crushing on each other.

Carmilla thinks that Rosie is merely playing her role as her wife very convincingly and doesn't dare to explore her feelings much further, while Rosie desperately tries to give Carmilla the hint without actually having to say the words.

Clara and Odette have long since accepted Rosie as their other parent and are enjoying their second chance to live a semi-normal life outside of Hell with their mothers, more or less accepting Velvette as their sister.

After some time, several conflicts and some heartfelt conversations, Carmilla actually adopts Velvette as her daughter. The turning point in their relationship is a situation at school in which Carmilla takes Velvette's side as her mother and defends her as her daughter.

What do you think of this idea for a fic so far?

Do you have any suggestions or any wishes for scenes or content that I definitely need to include?

Masterpost:

Chapter 01:

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thefiresofpompeii · 1 month

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you know what this shot reminds me of?

this mtg face the raven artwork by sid mills

the musical score forming wings

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inkperch · 3 months

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Random headcanon:

Okay, so, I'm firmly on team 'Clara and Odette were adopted in hell' because like... It's a show about found family. Healthy relationship with an adopted family unit being the reason the main cast eventually win seems on brand, and a lot less convuluted than the shananigans it would've taken for both her human biological daughters to end up in hell and managing to find her. (plus I have a shitton of Carmilla hcs that don't have much room for her to be a mum when she was alive, but that ain't the point here)

I was rewatching the scene just before Whatever it takes, and I noticed that Odettes horns seem to be a headband, and obviously Out For Love made it pretty clear that Carmillas are just how she styles her hair. Meanwhile Clara's (as far as I can tell) seem real.

Odette and Carmilla both started wearing horns to make Clara feel better about her real, actual ones.

#Which like also ties into the suggested thing that the sinners forms are influenced by their earthly issues #See: Alastor getting the Acteon treatment.#I haven't figured out exactly why the horns would be a sore point in the first place yet tho #Maybe she was religious when she was alive? They're p.typical devil horns could be Catholic guilt #hazbin hotel #clara carmine #odette carmine #carmilla carmine #headcanons #No this isn't suspiciously timed Clara thoughts after saying I might do a fic about Vaggie being adopted by Carmilla what do you mean

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ashen-sky · 9 months

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Jing Yuan and Svarog should bond over having children.

Svarog: This is Clara, she fixes robots and helps people.

Jing Yuan: This is Yanqing, he bites.

Or

Jing Yuan 🤝 Svarog

Having children with no self preservation /hj

#anime devil's thoughts #honkai star rail #jing yuan #svarog #hsr svarog #hsr clara #hsr yanqing #hsr jing yuan

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lady-stefania-of-chaol-ghleann · 2 months

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#peter capaldi #doctor who #the universe loves peter capaldi #twelfth doctor #peter capaldi will always be my doctor #12th doctor #malcolm tucker #the devil's hour #the thick of it #criminal record #the Doctor and Clara

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clarablightt · 4 months

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i think we as a society should stop saying “sex” and start saying “sins of the flesh”

bring back saying cool things

#additionally: instead of party #try the devil’s sacrament!#txt post #text post #textpost #txt #clara says stuff

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oswincoleman · 2 years

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Steven Moffat shared a picture of him and Peter Capaldi at the premiere of The Devil's Hour (a show that stars Peter Capaldi, and was produced by Steven Moffat) on Instagram. Take a look at Jenna Coleman's comment on it!

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#jenna coleman #jenna louise coleman #peter capaldi #steven moffat #the devils hour #instagram #doctor who #12th doctor #clara oswald #Instagram

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olivieblake · 2 years

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Hi! How did you make cover for nightmares and nocturnes & ride or die? All your covers are amazing, but these really caught my eyes (and the stories dried up my tear ducts, thank you very much). Did you use vector art for that?

P. S. - I still haven’t read My Mechanical Romance, but I can’t wait to read it. And the cover for that book is also amazing. P. P. S.- I never got the opportunity to say this, but congratulations on your success. I love all your stories and that collaboration with Little Chmura (Clara and the Devil) is something I’ve recommended to all of my friends.

hi! this is in my faq although the short answer is, as ever, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. I use adobe programs, mostly indesign and illustrator and I do use some vector art from adobe stock (you can see that in the ride or die cover specifically, I definitely didn’t draw those eyes!)

thank you so much for reading all my stories!! and appreciating all the art. I definitely got very lucky with my cover art all around, and of course I was kissed by fate the day @littlechmura found me. I can’t wait for you guys to see everything to come in Clara!!!

#frequently asked questions #my mechanical romance #that cover is by jacqueline li @jacqlnli on socials #clara and the devil

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dewdlepies · 1 month

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What does your Tav's parents look like?

Promise's Parents Clara and Ezra. Ezra is a devil and Clara may as well be one too.

She cheated on the man she married for status and wealth. Then when he fell in love with the child that came from her infidelity, she sold them to a hag.

Ezra was absent through a long period of time. Whether or not he was aware of Promise is up in the air.

#oc: ezra #oc: promise #oc: clara #elf #devil

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tardis--dreams · 3 months

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Watching the devil judge with german subtitles and just. Why is Elijah using formal you with Gaon?! He literally asks why she's using banmal with him/doesn't show respect. It doesn't make Any sense to use Sie

#honestly getting fond of rewatching things with german subtitles #but the formal/informal you thing is making me so mad sometimes #i checked the french subtitles and they used the informal version. as they should #istg german translators have the worst relationship with V vs T form #it's like rose and the doctor using Sie until she confesses her love for him #(and essentially the doctor and ALL companions using formal you throughout their entire time together #until they changed it with clara in season 7 at some point)#but god they use Sie all the time even if it's clear the people are friends and speaking informally in the original #it's so annoying #the devil judge #void screams

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emira-addams · 2 months

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Hazbin Hotel - Carmilla x Rosie - The Devil is a Part-Timer - Drabble

Velvette‘s Mother Figure

"Really good work, Velvette!" Carmilla complimented the girl, clearly impressed.

"Yeah, thanks, mom..." Velvette answered, still completely absorbed in her work and without looking at Carmilla. Suddenly the table went very quiet and Velvette looked up from her work, confused. Carmilla and Rosie were staring at her open-mouthed, Carmilla had put down her newspaper and Rosie's food had almost slipped off her fork. "Uhm... Why are you both staring at me?"

"You just called Carmilla 'mom'..." remarked Rosie. "You said "thanks, mom" to Carmilla!" she enthused.

"What?" Velvette retorted in shock. "No, never, I didn't, I said "thanks, man"..." she defended herself as the blush crept into her cheeks.

A knowing and very proud grin graced Carmilla's lips. "Do you see me as a mother figure, Velvette?" she inquired.

"No, if anything, I see you as a 'bother' figure, because you're always bothering me!" Velvette claimed, but continued to avoid meeting Carmilla's gaze.

"Hey," Rosie complained. "Please show your mother some more respect!"

"I didn't call Carmilla 'mom'!"

Carmilla shook her head. "Don't worry Velvette, I honestly take that as a compliment! Do you want to talk about it later with me over a cup of tea?"

"Yes, I'd really like that, mom..." Velvette grumbled sheepishly. "But neither of you will ever mention this fucking conversation to Clara and Odette!"

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thefiresofpompeii · 1 month

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all these shots of ruby one after another (someone on twitter said this part of the trailer is edited like everything everywhere all at once, which is what inspired this thought) remind me of clara’s echoes. the whole timey wimey plot this series SEEMS to be focused on how minute changes can affect the larger picture, but doesn’t it just feel familiar? (i suffer from acute clara disorder)

^i could be 100% wrong but. tell me that blurred-out face doesn’t look a little bit like jenna?

#dw #doctor who #ruby sunday #millie gibson #doctor who theory #doctor who meta #clara oswald #jenna coleman #fifteen #fifteenth doctor #doctor who series 14 #doctor who series 1 #the impossible girl #the devil’s chord

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