#i had a marvellous time ruining everything.'

[bronzebtch]

just a silly little thought but 💛 i just love the concept of rhea sort of being this, like, almost mythical creature. she exists mainly as a gossip, as a rumour. everyone just knew her as da3mon's unwanted wife, the "good and honourable lady of the vale who was so wronged by her husband", or the crazy bronze bitch who must've been so dull or so annoying or so torturous for her husband to endure. did the prince really marry? did anyone even remember the event? maybe it's just a group hallucination or a collective fever dream; maybe there was no rhea royce for how absent she was in the court, in the prince's life. much like how we were mislead with words when we first heard of her the first few episodes. and then she shows up and she's the most normal human being in existence. honourable, yes, a bit snobbish as well — but what lord isn't — but no fangs, nothing particularly horrid or wretched about her appearance. just a simple woman doing simple things.

#the last great american dynasty rlly got 2 me on this one #like imagine being known as the resident ghost / mythical creature / poltergeist-ish reputation #does she even exist? is she truly da3mon's monster? or is she so horrible that he'd rather fuck sheep ? #and then shes just.... some random woman skjdfhsjdhubw #she never? tries to tempt down the rumours #she knew what was spoken abt her. and she just... does nothing #just like the whole of this dragon empire — she knows she cannot defeat them; cannot defy them; protest them. #so she ebbs. she flows. she makes due with what she's given instead #never quite aspired to be noticed; but refusing to give in. #oh god just. the lyrics: 'who knows if i never showed up what could've been? #there goes the loudest woman this town has ever seen! #i had a marvellous time ruining everything.' #but do u really KNOW her? do you? IS she loud? DID she want to ruin everything? #everything abt her is heresay. #u do not know her. neither does her husband. does the world? #GOD I LOVE HER #UGH!!!!!! #GENERAL: OUT OF CHARACTER.

[precious-little-scoundrel]

And they said: there goes the last Great American Dynasty

They say she was seen on occasion pacing the rocks staring out at the midnight sea

And in a feud with her neighbor she stole his dog and dyed it key lime green

Fifty years is a long time, Holiday House sat quietly on that beach

Free of women with madness, their men and bad habits but then it was bought by me

#a little atmosphere that hit me like a brick a few months ago #who knows if I never showed up what coulda been? i had a marvelous time ruining everything #elvis fanfiction #elvis presley #Elvis aesthetic #taylor swift #taylor lyrics #last great american dynasty

[timetravelingcourtney]

These are a few of my favorite things.

Stickers available here.

#american girl #pleasant company #samantha parkington #taylor swift #I had a marvelous time ruining everything

[crystal-lillies]

alice takes a peek down the rabbit hole; or, what happens when I accidentally find a grifter-type news article on a subject I love

the ugly snort I made when I stumbled across a headline proclaiming that U.S. Comic Books are failing because of "wokeness" but Manga is thriving instead...

no joke, I felt like H.Bomberguy setting up a bit before a 4-hour long video essay as I found this article on my "new tab screen."

and I had to read it because my first thought, of course, was, "My dude," (the author is a man) "where the fuck have you been? Manga has ALWAYS been much more left and progressive than most mainstream U.S. comic books! You shot yourself in the foot right there!"

But, of course, I wanted to see if that point got addressed, and what else this article had to say, despite knowing that it was not meant for my eyes. The first mistake was that it claimed that manga was imported "non-woke" material within the first two paragraphs, while then much later acknowledging that what "might be called wokeness" exists in manga, particularly in LGBT relationships, even citing the outcry when the Sailor Moon dub censored the ships baked into the text of the story.

Yet...the issue is that U.S. comic books that have been behind in the representation department on many intersectional departments are now working to introduce more of these elements, such as Riri Williams taking over for Tony Stark as Ironheart when Iron Man is no longer around, or that Luke Fox exists in the Batfamily...with all of the other Batfamily around...or that Carol Danvers isn't as much of a fucking sexy fantasy doll than she was made out to be before.

Put a pin in that.

Another point brought up is how at "one time," comic book shops catered to a specific, niche group of people (a mostly male-dominated, juvenile-seeming group) and certain fandoms' toxic behavior soured the image in the public's eye...but NOW the stigma has LONG been GONE! ...I'd need a citation for that, my dude. (there wasn't one)

despite how many people go to Comic Cons around the world, being a comic book geek is still an oft-ridiculed and niche thing (as is the same for manga and anime, but it's a lot easier to find manga in my local Target than most superhero comics). and while some kind comic book shops do go out of their way cater to everyone, as someone who is Not Male and Not Always "Stereotypically Geek"-Presenting, I've had my fair share of judgement for my presence in those spaces.

Now coming back to the pin...making U.S. comic books and superhero stories more aligned with a wider, more diverse, "woke" audience, just like the massively successful imported (supposedly "non-woke") manga have been doing for many years...that's the real problem as to why comic sales are seemingly doing badly, according to you, sir? Not anything to do with the fact that translated manga is at a better price point for the value page-count and quality-wise, which you cited, or the fact it is more widely available to general intersectional audiences, which you ALSO cited?

The cognitive dissonance gymnastics is really something to behold. Sometimes, you really have to see it for yourself, and wonder how these writers are missing the point they're unintentionally making.

But, of course, I'm far from the intended audience that already agrees with the blind defensive ragebait.

and I do feel like H.Bomberguy now after having brought my head out of the rabbit hole.

if I wasn't so averse and terrified of putting more of myself out on the internet...I could see how easy it would be to go insane and make a 4-hour long video essay.

#flowerspeak #long post #comics #manga #really how many times I had to hold back my ugly snorts of laughter and incredulity #batman #iron man #ironheart #carol danvers #captain marvel #sailor moon #luke fox #batwing #really the problem is that luke fox exists. there's a black batman now. my dude. do you know how many people are in the batfamily. #batman is ruined because the batfamily is so large now and bruce wayne cannot do everything all the time everywhere. wow. #hey buddy did you know tim burton wanted robin to be black. did you know he wanted marlon wayons to play him. did you know. in the 80s. #also he's so mad that carol has a different fucking haircut. i wheezed. she's been desexualized! to him! that's the issue!! ghdghd DUDE WHA #get OVER yourself dude. how have you written so much garbage and gotten paid for it. this is the shit that gets cited in griftTube videos #thank you hbomberguy for being the muse behind my brief trip into this conservative media rabbit hole

[softersinned-arc]

so a quick update on some verses, which i'll be putting in my actual post soon:

dc astoria is a metahuman with hydrokinesis, though she keeps this very, very quiet, given that she lives in gotham and the last thing she needs is to do something that'll draw the bat's attention. it's a shame, then, that she's caught up with roman sionis. on paper, she's a part of his PR department, a valued member of the company with a knack for spinning the media that will surely take her to the top of the corporate ladder. in reality, she's much more than that: occasional delivery girl, frequent spy, manager of the night club used to launder money for her boss, and one of the black mask's numerous chess pieces, well and truly under his command after his help quite literally hiding the bodies years ago.

marvel developed with @aeternals and @boywebbed. a mutant whose control over water has helped her more times than she can count, astoria's power is very carefully kept under wraps. as one of the few employees of trysor, inc, she helps to manage one of the most extensive (and eccentric) collections of artifacts and antiquities in the country; and as a woman accustomed to getting what she wants regardless of the obstacles in her way, she is (perhaps too often) involved in less legal sales of artifacts she's obtained herself or that she's fencing for friends. (on more than one occasion she's used the money made from these sales to help fund the mutant underground.)

immortals universe developed with @montclair. built around amc's immortals universe (mayfair witches and interview with the vampire, with influence from ), but compatible with most other universes as well (including true blood). a witch through both her parents, astoria grim settled into her exile with surprising ease, taking with her the source of her father's family's power. careful to avoid catching the talamasca's attention, as well as the congregation's, astoria often keeps to herself, comfortable in a deeply haunted house and with the company of maeve roe, her family's banshee patron. astoria runs a small occult shop in town and in her free time is an avid collector of curses, focused on taking them apart piece by piece to learn the mechanics of any spell she encounters and to find a way to redirect that magic for her own use.

werewolf if asked, astoria will tell you that the hierarchy applied to werewolves (and actual wolves) is very much a human intervention; there is no biological drive towards alphas, betas, or whatever other labels might be applied. there's certainly no similar hierarchy among wolves in nature. she will then tell you that the reason she's labeled an omega by anyone curious enough to ask, even after all of that, has nothing to do with any sort of innate classification and more to do with the fact that she broke laws. laws like don't kill members of your own pack.

#i. she had a marvelous time ruining everything. ( about )

[fayhr]

STARTER CALL  for aoife’s a.cotar verse  !  hit the ♡ and i’ll write us up a little something 🖤

#“ . ooc ‚ i had a marvelous time ruining everything .

[emmafallsinlove]

kind of wanna make tlgad edit with emily gilmore because if there is any song that belongs to her, it is this one.

#there goes the last great american dynasty #i had a marvelous time ruining everything

[wickedthiswaycomes]

〔daniela nieves, 25, cis woman, she&her) Elaine Rivas was seen listening to you’re on your own, kid by taylor swift. Elaine is a pre-med student and known to be principled & stubborn.

GENERAL ;;

full name; elaine rivas

nicknames; 

age; 25

birthday; april 9th

zodiac; aries

gender/pronouns; cis woman, she/her

sexual/romantic preferences; bisexual, biromantic

personality traits; principled, stubborn, nurturing, dedicated, 

BIOGRAPHY ;;

death tw, depression tw

Elaine Rivas had parents that were ridiculously, grossly in love with each other. It was something that she always laughed about with her parents and pretended to be embarrassed about when she was out in public with them, but secretly, she adored about them. They both doted on their only child and Elaine thought that she had everything that she could possibly want. Growing up, she wasn’t a particularly outgoing kid, but she had her group of friends and she loved each and every one of them. She was smart, all of her teachers had nothing but praise for her academics though they did suggest to her parents that she would benefit from speaking up in class more. 

Elaine’s world came crashing down around her with her father’s diagnosis when she was just fifteen. Her parents tried to keep her in the dark for most of it, but she saw the way that the doctors who used to be his coworkers and friends now filled an entirely different role in his life. Her mother grew quiet and reserved, almost brittle at times. While her home used to be filled with warmth and love and had been a safe haven for her friends, Elaine started to spend time at her friends houses instead. Her own was too quiet. 

After her father’s death, Elaine’s mother withdrew into herself and Elaine tried to step into the role of head of the household. She tried to keep things together for her mom, tried to take on responsibilities that she had never done before. She fretted over her mother while mourning her own loss. When it came time, she started her own journey to become a surgeon-- she wanted to follow in her father’s footsteps. She remained living at home, not wanting to up and leave her mom, even while her mother began to get back on her feet and tried to assure Elaine that she was doing better. 

HEADCANONS ;;

Elaine is an over compensator. She goes out of her way to try making things perfect for the people that she cares about. 

She has never been much of a dater. Since just about as long as she can remember, she’s had a crush on her friend’s older brother, one Broderick Tanner. No one else could really compare in her eyes. Now that she’s grown up, she’s forced herself to put herself out there and try out this whole dating thing.

Elaine and her father used to watch hockey together all the time and thus, she became a huge fan of the sport. She attends just about all of the games, usually dragging along whoever she can with her. 

WANTED CONNECTIONS ;;

Mentor - This could be either someone in the medical field that has taken Elaine under their wing or even someone that knows more of her personal life, perhaps a friend of her family’s. Elaine looks up to this person and feels a sense of ease with them.

A failed date - Give her someone that they tried to date (maybe it was even a brief relationship) and things just would not click. Maybe they try to keep things friendly now or maybe it’s one of those “quick, hide me, they’re coming” types of things. 

Maybe someone with an unrequited crush on Elaine? She’s been busy watching Brody with heart eyes, maybe someone’s been watching her with heart eyes?

#sero.intro #i had a marvelous time ruining everything | elaine rivas

[separatist-apologist]

Did you know that you’re marvelous??

💖💖💖

No YOU

#i had a marvellous time ruining everything

[galpalkirk]

happy birthday folklore

#happy birthday to i’m doing good i’m on some new shit #happy birthday to salt air and the rust on your door #happy birthday to they told me all of my cages were mental so i got wasted like all my potential #happy birthday to before i learned civility i used to scream ferociously anytime i wanted #happy birthday to balancing on breaking branches #happy birthday to a friend to all is a friend to none chase two girls lose the one #happy birthday to and if i’m dead to you why are you at the wake? #happy birthday to I’ve never been a natural all i do is try try try #happy birthday to don’t call me kid don’t call me baby #happy birthday to cold was the steel of my axe to grind for the boys who broke my heart #happy birthday to she should be mad should be scathing like me but no one likes a mad woman #happy birthday to i had a marvelous time ruining everything #happy birthday to just one single glimpse of relief to make some sense of what you’ve seen #happy birthday to your integrity makes me seem small you paint dreamscapes on the wall #happy birthday to don’t want no other shade of blue but you no other sadness in the world would do #happy birthday to a red rose grew up out of ice frozen ground with no one around to tweet it #taylor swift #what an album

[unknownths]

“ I don’t recall requesting the pleasure of your company. ” for sparkle!

Stretching one arm above her head, Sparkle sheds her disguise in a brief show of red light before hopping into the seat beside Sampo. "Aren't you lucky then? I'm feeling generous."

You won't be rid of me so easily.

Really, Sampo can't have expected her to simply leave him to his own devices after business was done. Besides, a good actor does their research. The more she studies her subject, the easier it is to pass herself off as them. "Just because our deal is over, you don't want me around? I've still got business here---You should introduce me to your friends! Doesn't that sound like fun?"

#dupliciti #in character › sparkle ╲ she had a marvelous time ruining everything. #hi sorry i take a million years i like to try and at least skim hcs first SDKFJH #sparkle who has been stalking people the whole time:

[deadlysmile]

tags part 3

#♡ 。 nothing we say is gonna save us from the fallout › interaction / short #♡ 。 i’m not a princess; this ain’t a fairy tale › interaction / para #♡ 。 this revolution; the time will come › interaction / multi para #♡ 。 i used to think one day we’d tell the story of us › interaction / novella #♡ 。 i used to know my place was the spot next to you › interaction / texts #♡ 。 the twist of fate when it all broke down › interaction / answered #♡ 。 she had a marvelous time ruining everything › queue

[thewinchestah]

I’m checking my World Cup 2014 tag (I’ve had this blog since 2014 my entire history is here) and I wanna cry cause I miss it so much. Also my tags from this time period 😭😭😭

But the thing that shocks me the most is…

NEYMAR.WAS.LIKEABLE.

HE TRULY WAS LIKEABLE AND I FUCKING LOVED HIM.

The day he got injured and taken out of the tournament was one of the >worst< days of my life I cried like someone had FUCKING DIED. I felt what my parents felt watching senna’s accident. I was so so broken. I defended this man like he was my kin.

And today no one can fucking stand him anymore. The entire country hates his fucking guts. He really played himself.

World Cup 2014, the 7x1, the whereabouts of the 7x1 and the political/social/cutural catalyst that this event was is my Roman Empire

#I’m not even going to say he had a marvelous time ruining everything cause it wasn’t even marvelous #it was sad #I love how Neymar today is basically football’s WHAT IF #what if he didn’t fuck everything up? what if he didn’t turn into a despicable human? what if he decided to play and not be a celebrity #what if indeed #how fast the night changes #World Cup #pond speaks #also idk if my alias here should be mari or pond. I guess both #seleção brasileira #football #Brazilian football #brasilposting #world cup 2014

[oflostdrcams]

Sydney Moore attending the New Year's Eve party (12/31/23)

#━━ 🌊 sydney moore ❮ i had a marvelous time ruining everything ⁄ visage. ❯ #sc #cornelia.nye #cornelia.event

[softersinned-arc]

a couple of things i'll eventually clean up into a longer post:

astoria did ballet as a kid. she started pretty late in formal training, only beginning at seven years old when she moved to venice, since prior to that she was being dragged between stockholm and reykjavik often enough that she couldn't have gotten any formal and maintained training. her childhood nanny, nina vogel, had been a dancer in her youth, and taught her what she could while she was with astoria. it was enough to get her in the door when she was seven, but she wasn't the best in the class by far. she danced for seven years, until she moved to london, and she didn't dance while there. by the time she'd killed the vetris, she was seventeen. between the three years without training, and the growing awareness of how deeply unhealthy she was as a result of the trauma, she figured that it was better to take a step back. she'd never loved it enough to think it was worth the very apparent body image bullshit surrounding it, or the emphasis on suffering as the way to greatness. instead, she spent the years with the vetris as a cheerleader, which kept her moving, allowed her to build her strength, and gave her some semblance of social power she could exploit.

and on the topic of power... in any modern verse, with or without magic, she is somehow involved in doing something illegal. however, this is fairly often theft - unless she's either able to run shit on her own, or she's been put in a position where she has to rely on someone else's kindness, whether to keep her afloat or to keep her alive. i have absolutely no interest in writing astoria as a member of the mafia (i think mafia aus are... a little weird, but that's just me); however, i could absolutely see her involved in some sort of organized crime. i'm just not interested in that particular organization. i'll have more to say about this eventually, but it's just sort of whirling around in my head because i'm thinking about her soa verse and how much i like astoria losing everything and having to rebuild herself, having the chance to build herself into something better... and then just becoming sooooo much worse.

finally, a reminder: she's a bad person. she's just a bad person. she's an antihero at absolute best but that's not often. she lies, she cheats, she steals, she manipulates, she does incredible violence, and she does most of this with a pretty clear conscience. she is selectively incredibly soft, loving, and even kind with people, but by and large, there is very little that will ever matter more than her own survival, and her own flourishing. morality and honor are never among those exceptions.

#i. she had a marvelous time ruining everything. ( about )

[fayhr]

    specifically within her a.cotar verse ,  aoife very purposely doesn’t tell everyone everything the mother shows her .  some things must happen whether they are tragic or not .  she saw rhys’ mother ,  sister ,  and father dying and said nothing .  she saw the mountain happening and said nothing .  she saw the war and said nothing .  and i’m sure that causes a serious amount of distrust and animosity toward her ,  but it’s simply her role .  there is a lot that aoife will warn everyone about ,  but it’s not always up to her and she has absolutely relinquished herself to the mother’s will .  also ,  things that she is called in this verse :  the harbinger ,  the herald ,  seer ,  and the mother’s voice .

#“ . meta ‚ in the cracks of light ‚ i dreamed of you . #“ . verse ‚ a court of thorns and roses . #“ . ooc ‚ i had a marvelous time ruining everything .