#rip diego and jade

[calyxthenerd]

Write something with Marco! <3 Just whatever with him

I love you, do you know that? This is the greatest think you could’ve asked me to do

A tale of tears, love and airports

Life there was rough, the caretakers were too jaded by life to give a shit, the funds were too low to get them decent clothes and food, so everyone had rips on their clothes, not like those pretentious people wear because they think it’s cool, nothing stayed white for long, the showers barely worked, and Marco was so, so tired.

He woke up, and immediately raced to the kitchen to start pouring the stale milk and rock hard cereal they got from the donation boxes in the city that people thought were garbage cans for the food they didn’t want anymore, because the kids would be coming in soon, and those who were still growing needed some semblance of breakfast, and in came his favorite kid, Mariana, she still had that bright twinkle in her eyes, still not robbed of her childlike innocence by the terrible reality that her parents weren’t coming back for her and this dirty, sad place, was her new home, not that anyone there knew the meaning of that word.

“Buenos dias Mari” he smiled slightly, a tiny thing, after all, his life gave little reasons for him to smile, and ruffled her hair

“Buenos dias Marco! Feliz cumpleaños! What do you have planned for today?” Huh, it was his birthday today? He had forgot that day, lost in the monotoness of his life, it’s not like they were celebrating much around there, but he knew this year was special, this was the year he turns eighteen years of age, which means he gets to leave this rotten place, and he’ll be damned if he leaves his precious little Mari to get consumed by the gloom of this place.

“Packing, I’m leaving as soon as the clock strikes twelve” and his little girl’s smile drops, making him hate himself a little for it

“Oh, okay, I guess we’ll have to say goodbye…” and a stray tear, that looks foreign in her perpetually cheery face.

“You’re joking right? Ain’t no way I’m leaving you behind, pack your bag, we’re going to a, hopefully better place” he smiles again, tapping her shoulder slightly before going to pack, hearing the whoops of the little girl behind him, he was so ready for his new life.

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He had saved just enough money for two plane tickets to Madrid, and dinner at a cheap fast food joint on the way, and a cab to the airport- you get it, now, Marco and Mariana were on a plan, ready for the adventure ahead of them, all the plane snacks already put away in his raggedy backpack, that was falling apart, since they were still full from dinner, he decided to save them for later, you never know, then he looked as his little girl asleep next to him, looking way too thin for her age, and promising himself he would never let her starve again, before turning back to the movie he had queued up to watch, since he never got to see many films.

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At the airport he realized they had no money for the fare to any plaza where he could play his music to scrape enough to pay for a cheap motel so Mari could get a decent bed to sleep in, so he settled for selling.

“I can cook, clean, take care of kids, and for any amount of money you can give!” He yelled at passerbies, growing desperate as they all ignored him, from men in suits with briefcases to mothers with little crowds of rowdy kids, looking dead on their feet,

They all refused his services, until a boy, close to his age, if he dared to guess, with straight, long hair, falling over his face and way too much black around his eyes, he looked like the panda in the movie he watched on the plane “Hey, you can come with me and my mom” he pointed to a middle aged woman, who he looked nothing alike, that made Marco suspicious, so he pushed Mari behind him “and why should I? I don’t even know you, if you don’t hire me, I don’t see why I should go to your home” the boy frowned “Well, it makes you feel more comfortable, I’m Diego, and I want you to come because you clearly need help, and clothes, and a shower, and food, and a haircut, and you have a kid with you! You shouldn’t be left alone with a kid in an airport!” Marco sighed “fine, Diego” he said his name with the most contempt a malnourished and exhausted eighteen year old could muster, which, turns out, was quite a lot “I’ll go with you, but only for Mari, and if you do anything to her, I’ll kick your ass” he says as Diego guides him towards his mother, and introduces them “Mama, this is my friend… erm” he realized he never asked for a name “Marco” the Mexican boy filled in the blank “Right, this is my friend Marco and his younger sister Mari, I was wondering if they could go home with us, since they don’t have anywhere else to go?” One look at the dirty and way too skinny kids before her, and shepherded them towards her car “Of course, cariño, let’s go, kids”

“Gracias, señora” Marco mumbled “Oh, none of that, you can call me Marta or auntie, whatever you’re comfortable with, now let’s go, we need to be fast if we want to beat the lunchtime rush at my favorite restaurant!” And proceeds to violate several traffic laws as they go there.

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Marta catches them munching on plane snacks after they didn’t come to dinner, she almost cries at the sight, before closing the door and going back to her room and looking up adoptive parent forums

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After the third time in the first week, she sees Marco trying to scrub the toilets she sighs and calls him for a talk, by the end of it, they’re both crying

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The first time Marco came to her about nightmares, she cried, before she saw his frozen, terrified face, and was quick to reassure him, their relationship was much easier after that

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The first time her boys came home (pretending not to be) drunk, she cackled, oh so happy that the skittish boy she met that day at the airport, was now comfortable enough to let go of his full faculties before she remembered that Mariana was asleep just down the hall and shut herself up, rushing to help the boys to bed so they didn’t wake up their, now ten years old, little sister, smiling fondly at them the whole time

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When she went to drop them off at the airport for their flight to Buenos Aires, where they were moving, she was all tears, same as little Mari, remembering the beginning of their life together, three years ago, between promises to call and update her on their music careers, they said their goodbyes and mother and daughter left the airport, hand in hand, on a much happier note than the first time they did

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Her baby performing with his superstar friends in their city! Obviously she went to watch, and obviously she yelled at him for two hours on the phone when Marco told her the reason why that pretty girl was crying during her performance

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The second time she went to a performance, both her sons were there, and what a show it was! Her babies gave her, and not so little, now twelve years old, Mari, who had been bragging about her famous older brothers at school constantly, tickets, and if there was a stray tear falling down her face during the final number, well, no one was looking at her anyways, this evening was all about her superstars

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When she met her babies again, Diego was coming home to introduce his girlfriend, and share the way he finally met him, which would’ve made her mad, if her boy wasn’t so happy, having found his father, and this amazing girl, who had apparently dated both her sons, but who was she to judge? She had gotten up to some mischief back in her day too, and Marco, oh how proud she was of Marco, who was going to England to further his music career, she was so proud of her babies, and this reunion with her kids at the airport, rest assured, was the happiest one yet, but definitely not the last.

#marco tavelli #diego hernandez #violetta #thanks for the ask! #calyx writes

[larsisfrommars]

El Hotel De Los Secretos Ep.4 Reaction

@seismologically-silly this is for you amige

Isabel just found out Julio has been going under a false last name!! SLAP! Time for yelling and a lord dump from Julio lol, amazing how she immediately chills out once the air is clear. I guess shaking your sister’s bloodstained uniform in someone else’s face would make anybody go “Oh”.

That girl Felipe was sleeping with last episode is d e a d. Ximena I think her name is, Detective Ayala is on the case!

Diego & Lady Teresa are trying to figure out who the hell has a camera that could’ve taken a picture of Christina before whatever happened to her. Whoever that is miiiiight be responsible for the blackmail Diego has been receiving.

Oooooh I think the desk clerk overheard that shit about the camera (he’s also probably sus because Isabela asked about a camera before when she started getting suspicious of the situation).

There’s mold on the uniform (which means the red might be from that and not necessarily blood??) hmmmm

Funky pianist man with a fantastic mustache and MANY little yappy dogs

It’s so funny how Carlos Rivera is so like, tall and broad chested, yet tries to be as small as possible whenever he’s around his boss or his mom, funny and adorable lol

Lady Teresa Alacrón is about to find out about the Belén situation, omg Gomez is TELLING her that Andrés is the father and Teresa is… unimpressed? Idk man, I don’t trust a word this woman says to anybody.

Okay Felipe and Julio are talking, seems like Felipe knows something Julio doesn’t buy I’m having a hard time piecing together the details (my Spanish is limited). He’s very jaded and might just be pulling Julio along.

O shit okay Teresa is going to talk to Belén aaaaaaaaaaa. She seems to be condescending to Belén about the consequences of her actions. Sounds like she might know something about about her and Diego but isn’t saying it out loud. Yayyyyyy thinly veiled threats!

Aaaaa yes, leave poor Andrés with the I’ll behaved little dogs while the two blondies go do plot shit! Okay there’s something important (evidence?) in the water and Julio is ripped?!

Isabel knows what it is and that whoever had it last was involved with what happened to Christina. Oh fuck and right on cue Diego shows up!

So Andrés stumbles into Belén and she immediately kisses him okayyyy.

Isabel is watching her mother and Diego like a HAWK, remembering everything Julio said, she’s starting to get reaaaaal sus of her fiancé methinks!

I think somebody(s) watching Andrés and Belén because Andrés is loudly reacting like only just now found out that Belén is pregnant. Now quieter she’s asking him why he lied to his mom for her, and he’s just like “I didn’t want you to lose your job”. Aww!

This could be cute or this could be a disaster for both parties. That’s a massive responsibility Andrés took on on a whim. Belén is also going really fast with the romantic aspect, I don’t entirely trust this or her considering she was playing around with Diego and we KNOW Diego is shady as hell. There WERE people watching! I’ll chalk it up to that for now…

Oh hey the desk clerk who overheard the camera conversation is back… and just planted a letter into the pile of mail Diego has on his desk, okay. OH! Desk clerk knows what happened to Christina and wants a bribe!! Oh shit!!

Alright! Andrés is dropping the “Belén and I are getting married, I’m gonna be dad!” thing on Julio is surprised (provably because he’s never seen them together before lol) but ISNT telling him he’s not the kid’s father. I wonder what’ll happen if/when Julio finds out ohhhhhh man!

Aaaaand now Isabel knows about the bribe and that Diego had something to do with Cristina, just got caught by the desk clerk too! aaaaaaaaaaa

Oh it WASNT the desk clerk who asked for the bribe! It was this dude in the bowler hat ok ok ok ok!

Julio really went “you know how we can get more money for your wedding?! I’m gonna go punch some people at thr bar and you can bet on me!” real classy Julio, never change 😂

Now HOLD UP. Maybe it wasn’t bowler hat guy and he was just the middleman?! Where did Felipe get all that money from??? Oh he’s using all of it to bet on Julio. We’ll see the winner in the next episode I guess!

Oop. I think the desk clerk just ratted on Isabel snooping in Diego’s room 👀

#ehdls liveblog #ehdls #el hotel de los secretos #the hotel of secrets #Isabel alacrón #julio olmedo #andrés salinas #lady Teresa alacrón #Felipe alacrón #belén Garcia #ángela gómez #period drama #telenovela #baby’s first telenovela #Lars watches ehdls

[chadflorian]

i hate how carlos and jay canonically had relatives on the isle that they just never mentioned or stopped to think “hm maybe we should talk to ben about getting them off the isle” helppp they’re lowkey terrible for that 😭

#descendants #disney descendants #disney’s descendants #carlos de vil #jay son of jafar #rip diego and jade #and diego was literally apart of the anti heroes club clearly he wanted to better himself #but carlos just did not give a fuck ??? 😭 #i’d be mad asl #WAIT then there was hadie who’s mal’s half brother #LIKE y’all are AWFUL think about your families 😭😭

[putonmyfavoriteshow]

S2 is a go and wanted to give some updates after about 12 episodes:

-Pablangie not being endgame is my villain origin story. I don’t understand how they still are getting teased so much when it’s clear Germangie* is endgame (bleh) like the longing looks they give?? What is the reason?? Either way they need to preserve this friendship better - I don't like to see them at each other's throats only bc they're bitter about the other's choices.

- I don’t like Jackie for obvious reasons but I enjoy the dynamic she adds to the teacher group. Beto’s hopeless crush on her is the best tho.

- Esmeralda is so good at acting I almost want her to be part of the family??? Jade getting jealous of her even tho she hired her bc she’s still “in love” with German is hilarious. Mati & Jade continue to entertain. I love that Jade has her little mail business! So cute.

- I’m so glad the kids stopped fighting -there was waaaaayy too many silly friend and relationship arguments going on at once since the season started, and I’m glad they mostly came to a head during the group performance of Juntos Somos Más which is so far one of my favorite performances. Just goes to show this show is best when everyone is united (I sound like Pablo but it’s true!)

- I like Ludmi’s plot so far. She’s clearly up to no good but she’s been playing her cards a lot better that now everyone is starting to think she’s changed and only Naty is on to her. And on that note I’m liking Naty being more nervy to call Ludmi out about her real intentions. Also the humor of her trying to play nice with Vilu/Cami/Fran cracks me up.

- I actually find Andres and the mayor’s daughter story pretty cute. I love him taking León’s advice and trying to befriend the security dude. Andres is such a precious silly bean.

- The motocross thing seems super out of left field but I’m kind of into it. I really like Lara so far - I mean shes a bit of the “one of the guys” stereotypes but I like her relationship with Leon and her frustration with Vilu from her standpoint makes sense (girl could’ve got Leon seriously hurt!).

- And I still like León and Leonetta. They clearly have a sweet connection and I like that he’s the one that makes her feel the safest and it’s clear how much he loves her. But they’re just so incredibly bad at communicating (Disney Telenovela 101). Plus he’s got his anger/jealousy problems that are not a good look. But he’s trying. I like how he is with Andres and how he’s always got nice friendships with Vilu’s friends outside of her. Like he helps Cami and Fran and him seem to get a long well. I can’t hate the guy - he’s got a very endearing smile lmao.

- Franletta is still otp tho and I’m being FED this season

- Diego is just as much a stalker that Tomás was but at least he’s funny and charismatic? I’m hoping he’ll have a solid character journey bc dude is very misogynistic asshole energy. But he and Leon’s diva fights make for a better love triangle if i'm gonna have to watch one lol.

- Marco is a much better bf for Fran than Tomas. So happy she finally has someone so completely in love with her instead of being second choice, but I'm still not really feeling their connection. Like it's very cute, I don't hate it, but I won't be ripped apart when they breakup. I'm also surprised by he and Diego's friendship - I wasn't expecting it, but it makes for a funny dynamic.

#haley watches s2 #violetta #violetta review #violetta recap

[strawberrysunrisewitches]

Layla Profile

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IDENTITY

Name:Layla Ida Caplan-Shields

Gender:Female

Birth Date: 29 February 2001

Species: Human

Blood Status: Half-Blood

Sexuality: Lesbian

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Ethnicity: Spanish-American

Nationality: English

Residence: North Yorkshire, England

THE MAGE

Wand: Alder 12″ Ukrainian Ironbelly horn 

Animagus: Jackal Buzzard with snowflake patterns on the wings

Misc Magical Abilities: N/A

Boggart Form: The spirits plaguing Reyna leading to her death

Riddikulus Form: She and her sisters covered in paint, laughing

Amortentia: (What do they smell like?) chocolate, licorice tea, paint, chillies

Amortentia: (What do they smell?) Lavender, Lemon tea, strong cologne, BBQ smoke, pillows

Patronus: Ukrainian Ironbelly

Patronus Memory: The first time Reyna asks her for help

Mirror of Erised: Her entire family including her grandparents the good ones alive and happy

Specialized/Favourite Spells:

Colovaria

Protego

Skurge (Initially cause she thought it’d keep the spirits away from Reyna) 

Episkey

Tempest Jinx

Diffindo

APPEARANCE

Faceclaim: Dalinah Arekion

Height: 4′10(year 1), 5′11(Year 7)

Weight: 160 lbs

Physique: BUFF AF

Eye Colour: Blue

Hair Colour: Very dark brown

Skin Tone: Slightly dark tan

Body Modifications:

She gets an industrial piercings in both ears, SHe has many tattoos

She has a tattoo of roses covering her calves going up to just above her knee

On her right shoulder blade she has a tattoo of a blue, pink and orange butterfly

On her right arm she has tattoos of black and red roses going down the entirety length of her arm 

On her lower back she has a tattoo of a night sky over a forest enchanted to have falling stars, 

On her chest she has a tattoo of a monarch butterfly resting on a flaming heart

On her left hand she has a tattoo of a starry pink rose

On her upper left arm she has tattoos of different kind of flowers

On her left forearm she has a black tattoo of a rose bush with birds

On the nape of her neck she has a tattoo of a licorice allsort 

Scarring: Two very large circular scars on her stomach from when an acromantula bit her

Inventory: (what do they carry on them?) big blanket, paint brushes and paint, many shrunken canvases, stetson, wallet, wand, glasses case

Fashion: She tends to wear ripped jeans, overalls and not very special shirts so she doesn’t have to worry about getting paint on clothing that she actually cares about which tends to be jackets and non ripped jeans but nonetheless she always has her stetson on her head

ALLEGIANCES

Hogwarts House: Hufflepuff

Ilvermorny House: Thunderbird

Affiliations/Organizations:

Hufflepuff House

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Prefects

Head Girl

Lord Family

Professions: Magical Tattoo Artist

HOGWARTS INFORMATION

Class Proficiencies:

Astronomy: P

Charms: O

DADA: O

Flying: E

Herbology: E

History of Magic: P

Potions: E

Transfiguration: A

Electives:

Art: O

Muggle Art: O

CoMC: E

Quidditch: Beater

Extra Curricular:

Dueling Club

Magical Creatures Club

Favourite Professors: Filius Flitwick

Layla likes how nice and approachable Flitwick is to all of his students

Least Favourite Professors: Professor Sinistra

Layla dislikes Professor SInistra due to the fact that Astronomy requires them to stay up past midnight when its cold and Layla hates the cold due to its effect on her 

RELATIONSHIPS

Sisters: Reyna Andrea and Amara Jade Caplan-Shields

Reyna Andrea Caplan-Shields(Rara) @cursed-ice-spirits​

Halfblood

Hufflepuff

Four years older

Brown hair, tan skin,  hazel eyes

Layla looks up to Reyna but always try to do things without having to ask her as she does not want to put more problems onto everything Reyna already has to deal with in her life and does anything she can to lighten the load even more..

Amara Jade Caplan-Shields(MarMar)

Halfblood

Hufflepuff

Two years older

Dark Brown hair, tan skin, and hazel eyes

Layla is also protective of Amara and after Year 1 makes sure she is always warm and keeps a close eye on her so she doesnt try swim in freezing water again. Layla will sometimes ask Amara for advice if anything is bothering her. Layla also tries her best to help Amara with her fear of Thestrals even if she herself can’t see thestrals.

Mother 1:Lauren Karina Caplan-Shields(Mama)

Half-Blood

Gryffindor

Brown hair, dark tan skin, and hazel eyes

Lauren taught Layla to always be brave and protect her loved ones with as much as power and fury that she can muster to make sure anyone who tries to go against her knows to never do so again. Lauren also instilled in Layla to be very kind to all she meets.

Mother 2: Rebecca Vivian Caplan-Shields(Mumma) @cursed-ice-spirits​

Pureblood

Hufflepuff

Black hair, light tan skin, and hazel eyes

Rebecca is the one who ignited Layla’s love for everything and anything related to art and is the one Layla will come to if she needs ideas for things to draw or paint which generally ends up being her family. After Reyna collapsed from exhaustion in Layla’s first year she also regularly bugged Rebecca for advice to help Reyna with her spirits and such

Father: Diego Caplan-Shields(Papa)

Halfblood

Hufflepuff

Brown hair, tan skin, and dark hazel eyes

Diego taught Layla everything she knows about dueling and fashion, he tried to teach her how to flirt but failed utterly in doing so and instead somehow managed to make it so she can’t flirt at all. Out of all of her parents, Layla is the closest to Diego and therefore her is the first one he will go to for any problems 

Love Interest: Hannah Firahel

Best Friends: TBD

Rival: TBD

Enemy: TBD

Dormmates: (Who’s in your MC’s dorm with them?)

Rebecca Firahel

Pets:

Riya: A european robin that followed Layla to Hogwarts from home

Vanilla: a maine coon-ragdoll cat that she adopted from the streets in her sixth year

Closest Canon Friends: TBD

Closest MC Friends:

Alaire Whitecross @hogwartsmysterystory​

Alissa Firahel

Amaranth Winger @thecursedvaultchild​

Grace Winger @thecursedvaultchild​

Hannah FIrahel

Rebecca Firahel

Rhett Winger @thecursedvaultchild​

Roxanna Firahel

Selene Firahel

BACKGROUND/HISTORY

Layla’s life before Hogwarts was largely uneventful besides the two separate times where her elder sisters saw someone die which resulted in Amara becoming scared of thestrals.

Layla’s first year at Hogwarts was quite chaotic when Amara almost died from Hypothermia rescuing her friend Penelope and Reyna collapsing from the demon plaguing her which worried her a lot and increased her want to protect her sisters very much

It is in her fourth year that she begins dating Hannah Firahel and starts Quidditch to take her mind off having to worry about her sisters for once in her life.

In her fifth year, Layla is chosen to be Hufflepuff Prefect as well as Hufflepuff quidditch captain

In her sixth year she and Hannah explored the forbidden forest where they were attacked by an acromantula which managed to wound her quite badly when she jumped in front of it when it tried to attack Hannah right before Layla blew it up with bombarda and she managed to reach the hospital wing before collapsing in Hannah’s arms

In her seventh year is when Layla gets her first couple of tattoos, she also is chosen to be Head Girl

After Hogwarts Layla opens her own magical tattoo shop in Diagon Alley where she offers normal tattoos and tattoos that she can magically animate. Four years after she graduates, she and Hannah get married with them having twin daughters, Aliyah and Eliana, 4 years after that. Once Rebecca retires from being the head of the Lord family, Layla takes up the position.

PERSONALITY

Layla is the stereotypical hufflepuff, very loyal and compassionate while also being very brave and protective of everyone she knows even her older sisters who suck at caring for themselves which causes her to worry about them constantly especially when they get hurt and she can’t help. She also is always willing to throw hands at anyone who badmouth her friends and family no matter who badmouthed them and she will never apologize for doing so even if she will get punished if she doesn’t  

As a prefect, Layla makes sure her friends don’t get into too much trouble but also knows when to lay off and have let them have fun especially when it comes to pranking Filch or Pince  

She also has no idea how to flirt at all and is a complete disaster when she tries but by god if flirted with she can go stone faced through it all and just brush it off even if she does have a crush on said person flirting with her

MISC

Likes doing morning runs much like Rebecca

Can get cold easily, although not to the extent of her sister Amara but worse than Reyna

her calf tattoo looks like this, her shoulder blade tattoo looks like this, her right arm tattoo looks like this, her lower back tattoo looks like this, her chest tattoo looks like this, her left hand tattoo looks like this, her upper left arm tattoo looks like this, her left forearm tattoo looks like this, her nape tattoo looks like this

Lolo is a nickname reserved solely for family and family friends, anyone else will get a strong elbow in the gut after the first time she says stop

She knows how to play the harp and lyre 

Her first name means Night in arabic and her middle name means work/labour

Really wishes she could fight the spirits that plague Reyna

She has a hebridian black plush that she sleeps with

#character profile #hphm #layla caplan shields #hpma

[maevelin]

Episode 1x05

1. Five has lived such a hard life. Truly. And in the end all that it mattered to him was to get back to save his family. He is such a cynic but he genuinely cares!

And he literally is a master assassin! That alone makes him one of my faves! 

Seriously though....An adult that is a master assassin trapped in a child’s body. Dude that’s rough LOL...Although imagine the options!

Although he does get a second chance and I feel that despite everything he may be the most emotionally balanced and driven person from their group.  Which does not say much because they are all messed up big time so even in comparison we are still talking about a mess but yeah.

Let us face it. He is the only one that actually seems to pay attention to his siblings. Klaus most of all. He actually bothers to ask and care for his well being too. Sure he is also interested in the time travel part but he actively cares for his family despite how smug he can be and how big his ego is. He is also jaded from time too but still has a heart. He is wise too.

And at least Five can see the bigger picture here. This is why I think has a plan otherwise he wouldn’t follow the handler that easily.

Although his only perspective is not the way to go. He needs more than what he can do alone. He needs his family. Not just to save them. But to let them save him too. Together to save the world.

Which reminds me.

“That’s murder.

...Jesus Luther, grow up”

Should I point out that Luther’s spiel about a code makes no sense when he does not have any? Not truly. Sure he has some morals here and there but are they his? His code was only the indoctrination he received form daddy dearest. At least everyone else took some distance and tried to form their own personalities. He remained the dutiful son. I wonder how is that working out of him lol

And he is so desperate to take upon the mantle of the leader...like dude chill. And if we go by age at this point you could try see past appearance if you are leader material and acknowledge that Five is actually much older than you and take that under consideration instead of dismissing him mentally because you only see your kid brother.

At this point I feel that the only genuine emotions he has separate from his father are the incestuous feelings he has for his sister which is twisted on its own even more than the rest. I mean...

2. The end of everything?...Not everything...the end of something.

I admit that’s interesting. Also I always find it amusing. For every dystopian futuristic apocalypse humans act as if everything in earth is their survival and theirs alone when in reality either way Earth goes on and maybe even in better conditions without the human race in it. We are never humble when we imagine such a future are we?

3. Klaus....KLAUS.

Sure...let me start a new show I say...let me enjoy a new series I say... let me let it break my heart, rip it out of my chest and stomp all over it!

The scene comes with Klaus in the bus and I am in pieces. I can’t! And then the pain keeps on coming!

I can’t believe that all his siblings ever saw him as a joke when he is obviously hurting as much as they do if not more. And now...now it is all coming to a head and they still do not see it. Klaus barely moves and he talks slowly and is silent and looks as if he has quit life and they still don’t see it Unless he breaks down in front of them in all the dramatic crying and spell it out for them they don’t realize it. 

Five saw it . Diego had time to see it but even that had to be stretched thin for him to actually see his brother suffering. 

How can Klaus’ pain be so invisible to his family? How is that even possible? 

And the show keeps breaking him more and more and I...

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THIS SHOW THAT THEY HAVE TO KEEP HURTING KLAUS SO MUCH AND LIKE THAT? WHY???? HE DOES NOT DESERVE THAT! LEAVE HIM ALONE! STOP!

My boy is so depressed. In pieces. Suffering from PTSD of all sorts. 

And...Dave. HOLY SHIT! That picture. The sounds of the bombs...The war...Klaus is a Veteran...he served in the war...and is now suffering loss and post traumatic effects. SHIT!

OMFG! I CAN’T DO THIS! IT HURTS SO MUCH! 

I would like to add that I would also pretty much appreciate it if when Klaus says someone tortured him ...for others to actually oh I don’t know...MAYBE ACKNOWLEDGE IT?

- Kudos to the actor for his acting! Either it is his dramatic acting or his comedic timing. He owns it! 

3.5. Klaus’ and Diego’s scenes WERE PRICELESS!

And that ice cream truck scene..go faster!....WEEHEEEEE!

I Couldn’t stop laughing LMAO

4. I am getting more and more attached with Diego. His stutter and his anger. I liked the potential her had with Eudora and I got sad in the last episode when she died but as I watch the episode now I feel that as a plot it is the kind of one that serves for a male character’s pain and was a bit unnecessary. I don’t like the disposable woman trope for the sake of male development and here it feels so not needed because I am relating with Diego for reasons that don’t have anything to do with Eudora’s loss. His speech issues, his anger, the way he viewed his mom, his scenes with Luther and Klaus. All these things make him interesting and show layers in him. Sure I get his pain with Eudora now but they could have gone without that and I could have kept the ship you know!

Anyhow I start to relate to Diego a lot. And the fact that he actually bothered to ask Klaus if he was okay and then followed him and helped him surely helped me liking him even more. And they connected over their loss which is probably very rare for them to do so if it has even happened before (although we still get in the way the tragic bury your gays trope and the fridging of female characters)...but all in all when Klaus opened up to Diego and Diego was there...it broke my heart but also mended it a little bit too.

BROWNIE POINTS FOR THEIR BRAWL! GO GO GO! 

I think what in the end wins me over with Diego is that he gives the most sibling vibe out of every other sibling in the sense that when you pair him with any of the brothers and the sisters you immediately get the sibling vibe either it is the funny kind or the annoying kind or the strained kind. The caring is there, the annoying each other is there, the I am the one to mess with my family but no one else is allowed is there, I will kick their asses but I will always have their backs is there, the I can’t stand them is there etc. He fights with Luther and they ignite each other and you still see the brothers. Same with Klaus now. I got glimpses with Five. Even with Vanya even when he called her a liability while still being angry with her. With Allison too to an extent. That kind of dynamics with him work perfectly. 

I have seen him so far with his family and I just feel like how is how brothers act with each other or how a brother acts with their sisters and so on and with Diego is effortless.

5. The thing with Vanya will not end well. It can’t be a coincidence that she is getting her powers only days before the apocalypse.

So if she was taking the pills from her childhood it means that her abusive dad got her hooked on them and once she cuts them she gets energetic and happy and has a sharper edge to the way she perceives the world. And as always in such shows powers are related to emotions. Now that she is off the meds she gets her make up, she gets more confident in her responses, she is succeeding. And with the creepy guy giving her calculated nudges she opens up more and more. So the drugs kept her subdued? Why? There was a ripple when she was playing the violin. So she has powers too powers that were hibernating because of the drugs. 

And the end scene with the ripple going all through town...in the creep’s attic next to the violinist he killed was the book Klaus’ threw away in the pilot right? The one Pogo was looking? Their dad’s book. So it has something to do with Vanya and her powers that are now awakening.

How did her father screw up with her too? At this point it is more or less finding the ways their dad didn’t mess them up instead of the other way around.

6. Pogo and Grace. Something is definitely up and of course it all ties together with the end of the world right? 

And Diego had to be right. Mom is feeling things for sure.

7. Luther’s attitude tires me a lot even though I get where he is coming from. He is just so...righteous? In a weird way. And has the kind of alpha male traits I find off putting.  

8. I am finding Allison boring for the most part of it. The moment she is not in a scene I seem to forget she exists if I am being honest here so I can only hope that her arc is leading into something big.

9. Hazel and that waitress are kind of cute.

P.s: 

- That bar fight! LOL...Klaus HEAD BUTTING ASSHOLES and jumping on backs to get into the brawl! 

“I would like to apologize that you are depriving some village OF THEIR IDIOT!”

YEAH BABY! And the difference between him staying out of fights and throwing fire extinguishers in the first episode and now going all in. My baby has grown! 

- Loved the Easter eggs we got with the people/historical figures Five actually killed.

#the umberella academy #Klaus Hargreeves #Five #Five Hargreeves #Diego Hargreeves #Vanya Hargreeves #Ben Hargreeves #Luther Hargreeves #Allison Hargreeves #tua #fel watches tua #spoilers #1x05 #hazel #cha cha

[pinkbubbles-and-bigtroubles]

Colour Me In (Part 5)

Eliza gasped as a blue butterfly landed on her nose and giggled when she looked over at Calum. He had a yellow butterfly in his dark curls and his mouth was hanging open, eyes wide as he fed several others from his hand. He'd brought her to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

They'd started in the butterfly jungle and Eliza swooned at Calum trying to be extra careful with the tiny delicate creatures.

Next was the aviary where Eliza stared at the birds the zoo keeper brought out one by one following along with the script on Calum's phone. He seemed a little more skittish around the birds as they were brought up close, but he tried to play it off.  She marveled at the colors, and judging by the way Calum flinched when it opened its beak she guessed it was very loud.

Calum bought behind the scenes tickets so they learned about kangaroos for about an hour, even holding and feeding a baby roo. The park employees teased Calum about being a natural, being from Australia and all. Eliza noticed the side glances cast her way, some girls nodding at her and smiling in appreciation of the man she was on a date with. Other females shot her looks of pure envy and venom, but Eliza ignored them, she was too happy to care what anyone thought.

They grabbed a quick snack before Calum took her on a caravan safari through the Asian and African savannah. Calum had preloaded the guides script into his phone so Eliza could read along, but he kept poking her and pointing, signing “What's that?”

She'd sign back “lion, rhino, antelope,” and so on and the tour continued. A couple of kids sitting in front of them turned around to watch the impromptu lesson and were soon asking their own questions.

Calum grinned watching Eliza answer every one while still paying close attention to the animals they were there to see. He brushed a curl off her cheek tucking it behind her ear earning him a smile that made his heart catch in his throat. He took a video of her teaching the kids to sign “giraffe” and he couldn't help but think she'd be such a good mom someday. The thought unnerved him for a second, but he squeezed her knee and smiled back. The kids got distracted by their parents who felt bad intruding on what was obviously a date, and Eliza snuck in a quick kiss, pressing her lips to his briefly, just long enough to let Calum know he was already in too deep.

The safari was about two hours long with Eliza alternating between signing for Calum and the kids and holding his hand enjoying the scenery. Every now and then resting her head on his shoulder so her hair tickled his face, and he noticed it smelled like honeysuckle flowers and coconut. Cal couldn't remember the last time he'd taken a girl out on a date and he'd never done anything like this before.

By the time the tour was over they were both hungry and the parents of the two kids offered to treat them to lunch at the restaurant on that side of the park. They wandered back through the park deciding to try the zipline even though Eliza objected not wanting Calum to spend any more money. He overruled her objections and flying above the animals she was glad he'd insisted. He'd gone first so he was waiting when she landed. Eliza was so overwhelmed at the days experience, and this gorgeous man grinning at her with his arms out, she couldn't help but throw her arms around his neck and pull him in for a kiss. His hands tangled in her hair and his tongue parted her lips when they were asked to move along. Calum frowned as he pulled back, leading Eliza back down the trail.

They held hands as they made their way out of the park, stopping occasionally to look at an exhibit and even popping in to feed some colourful lorikeets. Eliza laughed when Calum seemed to finally be warming up to birds until one pooped right in his hand. He looked so embarrassed and grossed out, she felt bad for him but laughed harder as she handed him a wet wipe. They stopped at the petting kraal so Calum could brush a goat which Eliza just had to get video of.  

They made their way to Calum's car, and he acted like he was gonna reach around to open the passenger door for her. Instead his hands found her waist backing her against the car. Eliza stood on her toes tilting her head up as his mouth came crashing down on hers continuing where they'd been rudely interrupted. The kiss was deep and passionate, his hands running down her sides gripping her hips, her fingers pulling his curls as her teeth grazed his bottom lip. He started to dip down to kiss her neck and Eliza pushed him away, suddenly.

“I'm sorry I'm sorry” she signed, wide eyed and shaking her head. She grabbed her phone.

I can't have marks on my neck. Where my mom and boss could see them.

Calum backed up and nodded before leaning in and kissing her lips again.

If I ever leave marks, they'll be where no one can see them.

Eliza's jaw dropped and Calum burst out laughing. He opened the door for her, before walking around and getting in himself.

I'm still hungry, let me buy you dinner

That's not how this is supposed to work ya know

Calum was using voice to text so he could talk to her while driving.

Don't care, you just dropped several hundred dollars taking me out today, I can buy you a pizza.

Okay fine, but let's go back to the hotel and let me get a quick shower before we get dinner.

Shower? Where?

I got a room this morning because I figured I'd be too tired to drive back tonight after getting up that early to drive down

How much is this costing you?

Don't worry about it, I can afford it and it was worth it to come see you.

Eliza got freshened up in her room and changed into a yellow sundress with sneakers and a white denim jacket over the dress. Calum was at her door looking handsome as always in a black tank top with an unbuttoned red shirt over it. Ripped black jeans and boots with his hair still wet from his shower, Eliza had to fight the urge to forget about dinner.

The desk clerk was a fan and insisted they try her favorite restaurant about twenty minutes away. The menu was California cuisine with a Greek twist. Eliza skipped it and went straight for the kebab, the smell of the lamb meat already had her mouth watering. Calum followed her lead and it was a slow night so the owner was also running food. He stopped to chat them up and they had a laugh how international the table was, a Maori-Scottish man on a date with an Portuguese-Iranian woman at a Greek restaurant in a Mexican named city eating Turkish food.

He insisted they take a shot of Ouzo on the house, only relenting when Eliza explained she was Muslim, insisting Calum take two in her place.

Calum texted her can you drive a stick? Eliza nodded with a wink and he took the shots. He nursed a beer for the rest of the night not wanting to get silly around Eliza. The liquor got him feeling a bit loose and he couldn't stop touching her. He kept playing with her fingers, rubbing her shoulder, bumping her knee with his, Eliza wasn't drunk but felt intoxicated by the attention.

The food was amazing finally breaking the spell as they concentrated on their meal.

Afterwards they were absolutely stuffed but the owner insisted they take some of his wife's famous kourabiedes, Greek walnut sugar cookies, with them to go.

They got back and Calum walked her to her room. Eliza stopped and pulled out her phone

I want you to come in and hang out, but I don't want you to think this is an invitation to fool around

Okay but you're looking really pretty tonight so I can't promise I won't try and kiss you

I'll consider myself warned

They ended up sitting on the bed holding their phones to chat. Calum was sitting up with a pillow behind him with Eliza sitting between his legs, her back resting against his chest. They were both fully clothed although she'd changed into yoga pants and an oversized t shirt with a sports bra underneath and Rocket and Groot knee socks.

If you're trying to look unappealing, it's not working, but what's with the socks

Maggie is Rocket and I am Groot

He giggled and she looked back at him receiving a kiss before settling back against him.

They stayed that way until after 2am. Cuddling and texting eventually putting one phone one the charger while they passed the other back and forth. Calum talked about his two girlfriends in high school and how awful he'd been to them. He'd had sex for the first time at 15 and he was embarrassed to admit he honestly couldn't tell her how many girls he'd slept with. After that he told her about the girl who'd convinced him he was finally in love. She'd been a drummer and a tattoo artist about a year older than him. He'd become jaded when that fell apart piece by piece until they hated each other. He never missed them as a couple, but sometimes he still missed her.

Eliza nodded she told him about her first boyfriend, Miguel who'd been deaf like her. They'd met at school, as there was only two high schools in the district that had ASL interpreter. They'd dated from sophomore to senior year, and he'd been the one to take her virginity, convincing her they would marry after college and live happily ever after. She found out he was cheating a week before graduation. Her second serious boyfriend was Patrick who she met in literature class her first week of college. They'd been together a little over a year despite Maggie and Kevin never being fully happy with the relationship.

As far as sex was concerned she and Miguel had been kids, sneaking around, figuring things out together, and it had been enjoyable. Patrick had been boring in bed, she knew enough to know that. When she'd gotten the courage to suggest trying something different he'd turned it around on. Patrick had blamed her extra weight and her lack of experience for his poor performance. Their relationship crumbled quickly after that.

Eliza felt suddenly bashful explaining her limited sexual experience and prowess.

I hope if something ever happens you won't be disappointed

Eliza felt Calum's whole body tense up as he read that.

You could never disappoint me, don't ever think that.

He turned her head so she was looking at him and mouthed “Never” before pulling her into a kiss.

Soon they were tangled together in a flush of heavy breathing, roaming hands and passionate kisses. Calum stopped and pulled away watching her face. Eliza was still unsure if she was ready for this and Calum understood that. He got up of the bed and helped her up.

“Not yet” she signed.

“I understand” he signed back before kissing her forehead. “I should go get sleep.”

He kissed her goodnight and went to the desk to see if he could keep his room until Monday.

The next day Calum slept till 10 but Eliza was already up and ready with a bagel sandwich and a coffee for him. She'd decided that since Calum had planned yesterday, and it had been expensive, that today would be the opposite.

They went to Balboa Park to explore the gardens. She only expected to be there a couple hours but the place was huge and breathtakingly beautiful. They marveled at the stunning Spanish-Moorish fountains in Alcazar Park, took pictures at the lily pond in front of the Botanical Building and delighting at the rare orchids inside. They grabbed a light lunch before heading to the carousel.

It was a gorgeous historic menagerie carousel with many animals to choose from.  Calum picked a horse but Eliza wanted the dragon. She smiled the entire ride her eyes kept wandering around taking it all in. Calum's heart was in his throat, and he couldn't stop staring. Reputation be damned, he liked this girl, and he had to make sure she knew.

The rest of the short day was spent wandering hand in hand through the Memorial Rose Garden, Calum memorizing which flowers were her favorites. Then the Japanese Friendship garden where they enjoyed strolling through authentic buildings and reading the exhibits.  He stole kisses walking down the paths before standing behind her holding her and resting his chin on top of her head while they silently watched the koi ponds.

Calum stepped back and turned her around to face him and raised his eyebrows carefully signing “want girlfriend my will.”

It took Eliza half a second to realize what Calum just asked her.

“Of course” she signed back at him beaming before raising up on her toes to kiss him.\

@wildhearthood @kiiiimberlyriiiicker1995 @cal-puddies @biba3434 @babygirlcashton @angelbabylu @itstheholls @5sos-ficssmut @cal-pal-cuddles @calumh-excess @1dthewantedlove

#calum hood #calum hood fanfiction #deaf #eliza #colour me in #asl #sign language #calum 5sos #calum imagine #calum hood imagine #calum hood fanfic #calum hood blurb #calum hood smut #5sos #5sos calum

[svnbursted]

♦ + ana

Conundrum unutterable to most, a striding wildfire with flaws and gashes and wounds beyond unblemished armor that the world gapes at, an empress exiling herself from her own kingdom the  way you have forsaken yours in flames and ruins — and a marred woman who sheds tears when love is confessed that night at the roof, cracks from the displayed transcendence, the ones you have grown to caress when quietude envelops the night. She’s the first eyes you see when you peel yourself from your raucous slumbers, and she whispers tranquility to your alarmed bones, contrasting the demeanor she brandishes when she has to conquer anyone who even dares stand in her path of glory. You’d think there would only be hurricanes with the two of you being forces of nature, lions and wolves baring teeth against all, nothing but heated passion and digging fingernails, but amidst all of that she loves you and she loves you so softly and you give all the fractured tenderness that you hold for her. You’re but a run-down poet, you can go on an ceaseless tirade about the iron specks in her eyes, or the way she lights up the room with her teasing and boisterous laughter or how you will bring hell and paint the town red with blood if it means keeping her and her son safe, but sometimes the silence just speaks for itself, sometimes when she kisses you a little harder and longer than usual you’ll know that she knows, both of you whose hearts have been ripped violently in half stitching into one, and you’ll remind her all over again as you bare yourself to her completely, earnestly, scars mingling with one another. You used to despise love, lacked, frightened by it and thus you let yourself be shrouded, but here she is, she made you brave again with her courage and she shapes the word into something that you whisper her everyday. I love you, you say as she opens her eyes early in the morning, dusk slithering and the sun pales in comparison,  I love you, you say as she meets you outside the club, on your way home, I love you and he loves you. You’re a great mother, you say as you tuck Diego into bed, I love you, I love you, marry me, as your eyes brim with ludicrous tears and she’s wearing one of your mother’s dresses. I love you, as she closes her drowsy, jaded eyes, don’t you dare ever forget that.

                                                       “Peace.”

                                                               @anabvlle

#&& answers. #p: anabelle #s: but god i look at you and know hell is just another place i'll go to keep you warm ( ana / heather ) #another one marty i'm sobbing

[displacedprincess]

BDRPWriMo Task #21

I did one part of this task already, 10+ characters I’d like to play. Now this list, will be 10+ I’d love someone else to play!

Any fc ideas I put are ofc hypothetical lmao

SO HEEERE is a list of 10+ characters I selfishly want to see here! Yes all o fthe open Elena of Avalor characters are on the list but! That’s not all!

1. Arista Triton (fc suggestions by McKala: Loey Lane, Johanna Braddy, Iskra Lawrence) 

Someone bring me my twiiiiin! Complete the Triton family, y’all! We’re so close! And really don’t take my fc suggestion too serious - as in, serious at ALL. I just like making fc idea lists when I’m bored. I wanted to attach potential fcs to all my Wanted Characters in case somebody was considering the characters but were stumped for ideas.

Ask Avarick, Sam, Lauren, and Kiara- I am always down to make a fc list.

2. Haley Long (fc suggestions by McKala: Chou Tzuyu, Wong Viian, Cao Lu)

Another teen! A dragon! HOW COOL. Give Pet her baby sister 2k19

3. Jafar (fc suggestions by McKala: JOHN ABRAHAM omfg, Omar Lofti, Adrian Pasdar)

Now that Arawn’s dead (rip), Swynlake needs a new evil sorcerer! And it’s a chance to do some cool worlbuilding for Agrabah, like Team Avalor’s done with Avalor!

4. Jasmine (fc suggestions by McKala: SO MANY. including Njoud Al Shammari, Dalal AlDoub,  Adila Sedraïa, Sonita Alizadeh, Claudia Doumit)

I’m honestly shook Jasmine’s not taken yet y’all! She’s a great character, you can go so many diff directions with her and HEL-LO worldbuilding!

5. Star Butterfly (fc suggestions by McKala: Prilly Latuconsina, Kiana Lede, Rola, Liza Koshy, Normani Kordei, Anastasia Tsilimpiou, Zara Larsson)

Y’all, again. The worldbuilding! Potential! Here! you can make her a magical princess from a another dimension how DOPE

6. Alonso Cordoba (fc suggestions by McKala: Taylor Zakhar, Diego Tinoco, Maluma, Carlos Valdes, Rafael De La Fuente)

Come play the snobby Avaloran noble turned refugee, childhood frenemy/pain in the ass of Princess Elena! Join Avalor Squad and get a piece of Avalor worldbuilding. Help me develop the Avaloran nobility, the pop culture, the youth culture. Being from Avalor is a cool enough plot, with the coup and civil conflict now, but being nobility? With a potential connection to the princesses? Woooo!

7. Armando Salinas (fc suggestions by McKala: tricky, bc he has to be Latinx and body diverse, but I have three possible ideas in mind and I can make gifs for them! They’re Harvey Guillen, Andrew Garcia, and Erik Griffin. 

Wow there HAS to be more body diverse Latinx men out there. But!!! Join the Avalor party y’all!

8. Taranee Cook!!!! (fc suggestions by McKala: Karidja Touré, China Anne McClain, Sammi Maria)

H O W are the guardians still just me and Silv? Come grab Taranee, Cornelia ,and Hay Lin for a w e s o m e plots, woooo!

9. Hay Lin!!!! (fc suggestions by McKala: Janice Wu, Lauren Tsai, Brianne Tju)

Join me and Silv! Play a Guardian! Travel across diff dimensions, weeeeee! Have the power of WIND, WOW

10. Cornelia Hale !! ! ! (fc suggestions by McKala: Ludovica Martino, Lulu Antariska, Zara Larsson, Liana Liberato)

Again! Come play one of the remaining three guardians of the veil. Corny has the power of EARTH, how NEATO is that!?

11. Professor Guadalupe “Lupe” Mendoza (fc suggestions by McKala: Rosario Dawson, Charo Bogarin, Jessica Alba, Velina Hsau Houston, Lana Parrilla)

COME PLAY A COOL AVALORAN WOOOO

Join me in Avalor world! Lupe Mendoza is so cooool, she’s a professor, a scholar, a genius, a really cool lady forced to flee Avalor because of the new dictatorship. I wrote her, Armando, Alonso, and the other upcoming Avalor skeletons wooooowooooo

12. Aladdin! (fc suggestions by McKala: Derrick Monasterio, Toni Mahfud, Jade Hassoune)

Y’all again! Think of the worldbuilding you’d get to do with Agrabah!

13. Li Shang (fc suggestions by McKala: Shawn Dou, Lewis Tan, Osric Chau)

Y’all how do we not have any Mulan characters yet??? But I would pay someone physical money for a Li Shang ahhhhh Free URL for you - thetimes-theyare-ashangin

14. Olivia da Silva (fc suggestions by McKala: Marina Nery, Bruna Marzenique, Bruna Tenorio, Barbie Ferreira, Cierra Ramirez)

I made this skeleton woowoo! Come play an Avaloran character! A young sorceress honing her craft! Worldbuild Avalor with me, yaaaay! I put Brazilian-preferred on the skeleton for fc suggestions because the Avalor we’ve crafted in game is a bilingual society in South America with Portuguese and Spanish influence about equally. It’s not requiiired, like you can change her last name to be Spanish and not Portuguese, but! I tracked down a ton of Brazilian fcs with resources so!

#bdrpwrimomckala #bdrpwrimo2018mckala #bdrpwrimo #here's the promised list of 10+ characters i selfishly wanna seeee

[jade-romina]

Haunting A Vampire Cotd.

'You stopped when I asked you what the hell you thought you were doing shaking your head like a dog with my neck in your mouth.' She bent over, sticking her face right in Jade's and whispered, 'You heard me. You see me. You stopped. I can stop you again.'

‘Yeah, I stopped but only just. I still killed you. I took your body and buried it. I treated you like you didn’t matter. Sure, I felt so horrible but there was a reason I was in that prison world. I killed before.’

Jade put her head back in her hands and clenched her jaw. She couldn’t cry, not now. 

‘I killed a girl I liked. I mean, really liked. I didn’t mean to.’ 

If that blood hadn’t landed on her, if Diego had controlled himself and not ripped that guy apart. If she’d stopped it from happening. It was all so fast. The cold, dead eyes of Inez started at her even now. She couldn’t forget them.

#RP2

[ruffoverthinksthings]

I've thoroughly enjoyed the Claudine/Frollo headcannons, do you have any in mind for Esmeralda/Phoebus? If the sequel movies are wiped from this universe, that means their son doesn't exist (or not yet). Also, do you have another headcannon for onesided fresme on frollo's part? How would he handle being unable to obtain her in this universe?

Ilike to believe the sequels and spin-offs are valid, as the bookseries (which is, as of the Rise of the Isle of the Lost, is canon…to a certain extent) makes reference to characters that could onlyexist outside of the original movies, such as:

Diegode Vil, presumably the child of Ivy de Vil from the 101 DalmatiansTV series, or a descendant from the rest of the extended de Vilfamily, and

Jade,Jay’s cousin and presumably the daughter of Nasira, Jafar’ssister from the Aladdin video game series

There’sa level of personal bias, with the amount of work I’ve already putinto expanding the world with my own ideas, but I think we can allagree that the Isle and Auradon would be a whole lot less interestingif we didn’t have the likes of:

Mozenrath(Aladdin animated series) acting as Maleficent’s longsuffering middle manager, and personal chew toy as an “inferiormagical being,”

LadyWaltham (Tarzan animated series) adding an element of sympathyto the Isle of the Lost with her regretting her brother Clayton andher nephew are still on there and unable to return, and

LadyCaine (Tangled: Before Ever After), who adds a deliciouselement of grayness and a MASSIVE stain on the otherwise pristinereputation all sympathetic Disney monarchs have.

Ontothe headcanons:

Phoebusbecomes one of the new Captains of the Guard in France once theoriginal forces are merged with, or completely replaced by the newlyestablished Auradon Royal Guard. Though the actual administrative andexecutive power lies much higher up the ranks (such as theCommander-In-Chief, Beast), he himself is an incredibly influentialmember, well-known and well-loved by the citizenship and the fellowsoldiers he patrols the streets with.

Auradonhad to rely heavily on translators, human and machine, or translatingmagic during its tumultuous first years, as everyone struggled tofind one common language for every state to use as the internationalstandard (it’s English still). A LOT of things get lost intranslation or don’t translate too good into another language, orsomeone gets VERY offended when someone who is fluent in both Frenchand Chinese tells you exactly what they meant, and howunflattering it is.

Andthis isn’t even going into all the numerous cultural clashes andfaux paus, such as one unfortunate Louisiana chef realizing you’renot supposed to serve pork to most Agrahbans until he was alreadyuncovering the dish...

Phoebusbridges the gap through his calm, professional demeanor, alwaysshowing politeness and civility to everyone whoever they may be, andof course, his sense of humour, given “a real workout” when hehas to figure out how to make someone laugh with universallyunderstood comedy (someone falling face first into a pile of horsedung), non-verbal humour (wearing a silly, pink, fuzzy bunny earswhilst on duty), and using simple plays on word that foreigners caneasily get, or are tailored specifically to their language.

“Inever quite realized eggs could be such a huge source of humour,”he muses when he has to speak to Spanish speaking citizens.

However,his usefulness quickly dwindled as the culture clashes settled down,people started learning English, and of course, the already olderPhoebus found himself growing ever older and unable to keep up withthe rapid pace of advancement and pop culture references in Auradon,not to mention his disadvantage of “not being gifted a smartphonefor my first birthday.”

Hehas an incredibly cushy administrative position that pays well,commands respect from his soldiers still, and gives him great hoursto spend with his family and other pursuits, but as he’s no longergoing out (or being allowed) on patrols and interacting personallywith the people in his jurisdiction, he can’t help but wonder ifhe’s just being eased into the idea of retirement, and Auradon issimply too nice to boot him for the much feared “chainsaw HR” ofsome corporations from BGU London.

(Forthose not familiar with the term, “chainsaw HR” is when entiredivisions, and numbers into the hundreds are suddenly, and oftentimeswithout proper recompense or retirement packages, fired or forcedinto early retirement.

It’sa play on the term “axed” for being suddenly fired, and chainsawsbeing a modern, much more efficient tool for the same job as aliteral ax.)

It’ssafe to say that at the age of 55 or so, and having already lived oneillustrious career then a brief revival, he’s having a midlifecrisis, not helped by the fact that many other Auradonians about hisage are feeling as obsolete as last year’s ayGem.

(“Butit came out just a year ago!”

“Yeah,but they updated to a new, much better firmware and hardwarearchitecture, all the hot new apps don’t even bother with legacyupdates.”)

Esmerelda has fared much better.

Shehas become an activist in this world, using the power of theinternet, the normalization of the “other,” and the erasure ofthe national and ethnic boundaries that once separated communities tohelp her fellow Romani people (I won’t use “gypsies,” as that’san offensive term to them), and other marginalized, and forgottengroups, such as much of the Wild Fae population.

Shealso owns and teaches at a dance studio, using them to train the nextgeneration of performers (“Be they for the street, the stage, orthe screen”), and waging a subtle campaign to remove the stigma forblatant and shameless use of sexuality.

I’vealways known Auradon is a conservative wet dream in many respects,and the fact that ripping a tiny tear in your skirt is considered“scandalous” by teenagers says a lot.

Beforeyou ask, YES, Esmerelda is still as desired and lusted afternow as she was BGU—probably even more so, now that we have thecombined populations of all the states, and she is a very popular andcommon presence on the internet.

Beforeyou also ask, Phoebus has long gotten over it and considers it “partof the package.”

Sheis one of the most knowledgeable and well-versed with moderntechnology out of the “Travellers” (Auradonians who were adultsor close to it Before Great Uniting), seeing as her troupe ofperformers have always been highly adaptable and all to ready to dowhatever it takes to survive, fit in with the locale they have foundthemselves in, and afterwards, thrive.

Thatthey have generally relied on being couriers and brokers ofinformation, and the internet basically being a giant free market ofinformation has helped GREATLY.

Withher religion, she still isn’t 100% on the existence of God, onlyever praying to Him during times of crisis or as a show of good faithwith the religious institutions of Auradon, but the Greek Pantheonhas given her hope that Supreme Beings like Him do exist.

“Atthe very least, He’s been very light on throwing down lightningbolts from up on high.”

(Thoughmuch less murderous and many other negative traits than the original,Disney Zeus is still INCREDIBLY fond of “warning shots.”)

Andonce more, before you ask, I can seriously see her making a cameo inthe canon as a guest dance instructor for the Descendants, if sheisn’t already a full-time staff member of Auradon Prep, and yes,she would definitely mentor Evie by showing her much healthier waysof expressing her sexuality and femininity without feeling like she’sdegrading herself, or turning herself into a “slab of meat in thebutcher’s window.”

Zephyrwas born BGU, and if my idea that the states had been communicatingfor a few years before the idea of fusing is canon, has a veryunique perspective of being a “Traveler Tot,” living with theideas and concepts imported over through the portals andcommunication crystals, before he got to live it in Auradon when thetechnology and materials could be more easily accessed and produced.

Heis still hyperactive and excitable as ever, though most of that wasbeing channeled into a combination of soldier training and becoming acircus performer like his parents; in his mind, there really isn’tmuch difference between the two, as they both require incrediblephysical skill and endurance, a sharp and creative mind, andrelentless, dedicated training, day-in, day-out.

“Itall really comes down to what you mean when you say you ‘slayedthem,’” he says.

Thisquickly changes in Auradon when he finds himself addicted to HeroRising, the video game that Carlos was seen playing during hisfirst night in Auradon. While initially Phoebus sees it as a good wayfor him to blow off all his excess energy and get some physicaltraining done, and Esmerelda tolerates it as he’s not going offstealing and rearranging stop signs, it evolves into something muchmore for him in time.

Atfirst, he’s the best player on the block, then in theneighbourhood, then the school, then the city, then the state, andfinally, one of the Hall of Famers in Auradon. As he grows older, hejust barely passes his high school subjects as a conditional for hissponsors support and working with the Hero Rising developersas a PR person, community idol AKA a “Paragon,” and beta tester.The height of his fame and success comes when the latest release,Hero Rising: The Lost Legion, features a new playablecharacter based off of him, and his unique dance-like fighting style:

“Twister.”

Trueto the name, his life is sent into a spin cycle after that.

Afew years pass, a new Hero Rising is released, and everyone isgushing over the new characters, and Twister gives up his place onthe cover art alongside the series “cornerstones” to give them achance to shine.

NewParagons are brought in as the old guard goes off to college, retiresfrom the business into different, less-demanding pursuits, or isquietly given a send-off as they simply aren’t as salable nor asgood as they were a few years ago.

Zephyrquickly realizes that while he’s still got it, these new kids areinsane, and have so many advantages he didn’t, like muchbetter nutrition, a much more generous school schedule, and havingthe infrastructure, the audience, and the sponsors for Hero RisingParagons already there, rather than helping spearhead them.

Hecontinues on, making less and less public appearances, awkwardlybeing one of the only adult Paragons in crowds increasingly filledwith little kids and teenagers, and new characters based off the newParagons get the spotlight.

“Everyonealready knows Twister, and played him to death in all the specialinstance maps, the players want someone new!”

Thedeath-knell of his career and the cold, hard slap from Reality comeswhen Twister is removed from the roster due to development costs, andthe fact that Zephyr’s fees and royalties were considered too highfor the relatively lower cost of a new, fresh face who the fans aremuch more eager to see digitized.

Heand Phoebus both find themselves facing obsolescence, being leftbehind by a world that has simply moved too fast for them and leftthem in its dust, as they were only ever good at one thing each:fighting, either real bad guys or fictional ones.

Andso, with Esmerelda’s love and support, the two go off to reeducatethemselves and train in the new industries and careers Auradondemands, incidentally becoming the inspiration for the blockbusterfeel good movie of eight years from this time of writing:

“WithHonours”

Thestory of how a father and son went back to college, forced to startfrom scratch in a brand new world, learning new tricks, makingstrange friends, and doing a whole lot of growing up they didn’tknow they still needed to do.

Nowonto Frollo:

Helaments his permanent loss of Esmerelda (unlike the other Villains,he harbours no fantasies of Claudine getting him off the Isle—notwhen there’s still so much Good Work to be done here in this landof Sinners and Nonbelievers), and takes the disastrous results of hisobsession and lusting after her as a cautionary tale, the catastrophethat befalls those who turn away from God and the Right Path, and howthey take the whole world down with them.

Publicly,he is “that” preacher yelling about modesty, the sanctity ofmarriage and sexuality, and how pretty much everyone on theIsle is damned for engaging in such scandalous, salacious acts likepremarital sex, sexual intercourse without the intention ofprocreation, and of course, homosexuality.

Privately,he seeks a form of redemption by raising a good, Christian child inClaudine, the child he would have born with Esmerelda and raised ifcircumstances had been different (yeee-eep), and is looking for awoman with whom he can have a much healthier relationship with, toshow someone from this Isle what marriage and the word “love”truly means than the perversion the Islanders have turned it into.

Asboth Claudine and Not Esmerelda will attest to, he’s failedmiserably on both counts, but as usual, is blissfully unaware ofeither.

[hollyoaksloversx]

Let’s Hear it for the Kids!

Rounding up a week in Hollyoaks (27th February - 3rd March 2017)

It was the week of Nathan’s funeral and poor Marnie was beside herself with grief and guilt thanks to Mac’s lies about her role in her son’s death. It wasn’t all bad, though, as the occasion brought Marnie’s Mother, Tabby, back to the village, complete with her cutting put downs. At the funeral, Marnie decided that it was the perfect time to confess to her ‘crime’, leaving Ellie sickened and Marnie quickly found herself ostracised by the family. However, after the funeral, Marnie not only discovered that she hadn’t really been responsible for Nathan’s death, but the truth about Mac and Lisa’s affair! Returning to The Dog, Marnie went completely off the rails and attempted to set fire to the pub but was interrupted by Freddie and Ellie. Noticing the state Marnie was in, Freddie and Ellie decided that Marnie needed professional help and arranged for her to go into hospital.

It wasn’t the best of weeks for Neeta, who found herself in trouble with the law when she ‘kidnapped’ baby Daniel. After receiving a phonecall from Grace, asking her to bring Curtis to her, Neeta obliged, but took the wrong buggy, sending Leela into a panic. Well, it’s an easy mistake to make: newborn, mixed-race Daniel and 19 month old, white, Curtis. It could have happened to anyone! Neeta eventually did the right thing and handed baby Daniel over but quickly found herself arrested! Despite those around her encouraging her to give Grace up, Neeta stood by her pal and refused to tell anyone where she was. Fortunately for Neeta, Grace chose to do the right thing and handed herself into the police. 

Meanwhile, Peri was still struggling to come to terms with her Father being a murderer and got into all manner of trouble this week as she shoplifted from the emporium. Despite returning the necklace, and promising Tom she would never rob again, it seems Peri’s become something of a kleptomaniac if the contents of her bag were anything to go by! It’s easy to see why Peri’s acting up, though. Not only is her Dad a murderer, but she feels that Leela has no time for her, and this became particularly apparent in the aftermath of baby Daniel’s disappearance. After Daniel was returned, a social worker, who’d received an anonymous tip-off arrived to speak with Leela, and she later received a series of creepy messages. It doesn’t take a genius to work out who’s likely behind all of this, does it? 

Diego’s plan to con Frankie hit an Esther-shaped bump in the road this week when she discovered his ‘business plan’ was blank. I found it quite sickening just how many people were willing to take advantage of Esther’s memory problems. We’ve already seen Kim’s antics here, and I wasn’t surprised by Diego, but Frankie ripping notes out of Esther’s book was particularly horrible. Willing to sacrifice her Grandaughter’s recovery over a man she’s only known for 5 minutes! What a cow! With the money from Eva’s will about to clear, Diego made plans to flee the village, taking the money, Myra and baby Carmina with him...

There was much excitement in the Osborne house as Charlie prepared for his lead role in the school play. However, the youngster was left devastated when Nancy was unable to come along due to a hospital appointment and Charlie’s moment in the spotlight was ruined when he froze on stage. Later, after discovering Nancy throwing up, Charlie snuck a look at her internet history and convinced himself that his aunt was dying...

Finally, a family project had little Matthew asking John Paul some awkward questions about his Mother. However, it seemed like John Paul’s explanation left Matthew with more questions than answers and the little boy later asked James to be his Daddy! Given James’ track record when it comes to Matthew, it was inevitable that James’ response wouldn’t go down well and John Paul was left enraged when left to comfort his upset son!

5 Things We Learnt This Week:

1. It’s weird to fancy cartoon characters. 

2. Darren really needs to up his taxi cleanliness. According to Alfie, Daz Cabs’ taxis ‘smell a little’.

3. Don’t trust Neeta with your baby...or your buggy.

4. Dirk loves a good ‘Storage Hunters’ marathon. 

5. When Frankie looks into Diego’s eyes, she sees her future. I think she needs glasses...

One Last Thing:

It was all about the kids this week as some of Hollyoaks younger stars took centre stage. I particularly liked Daniel’s reaction to Neeta’s horror at having taken the wrong baby!

Characters Featured:

Adam, Alfie, Charlie, Cleo, Courtney, Curtis, Daniel, DS Armstrong, Darren, Diego, Dirk, Ellie, Esther, Frankie, Freddie, Grace, Jade, James, Jesse, John Paul, Kim, Leela, Lisa, Louis, Mac, Marnie, Matthew, Nathan, Neeta, Oscar, Peri, Sally, Simone, Tabby, Tegan, Tom and Zack. 

Past Characters Mentioned:

Nico Blake, Cameron Campbell, Becca Dean, Eva Falco, Nathan Nightingale, Celine McQueen. 

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