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ball-of-butter · 3 days

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red queen characters and their fav video games:

mare: grand theft auto 💀🙏 any gta game she can get her hands on but it started with the chinatown wars on ds

cal: missed out on a proper childhood so is treating his inner child to fnaf for the first time and idk… something something about the story being an overarching narrative about a brother trying to pick up the remnants of his family through his grief… he says he doesnt get the lore butbhe kinda does. also had a goat simulator phase for the same reasons but minus the angst

maven: i would like to say some really cool psychological game but this mf would probs love playing chess against a cpu the most 💀 silent hill takes second place though (he’s obsessed with the idea of a purgatory of one’s own making… hmm… i wonder why 🤔)

evangeline: mario cart (she eats anyone who even THINKS of playing as peach)

elane: some sort of dating sim methinks… maybe like those ikemen games (let her be y/n)

ptolemus: fortnite for the dances.

kilorn: also fortnite but he has one-sided beef with ptolemus on there who keeps trying to add him. he also has the toph skin and keeps wiping the floor with his ass (ptolemus has the miles morales skin)

cameron: the attack on titan vr game where the world’s best comedy is originated from

gisa: what remains of edith finch. cursed family narrative goes hard with these folk.

shade: hes a legend of zelda girlie.

diana: she genuinely doesn’t play any game besides minecraft because she gets forced it by other people. but i know she’d love red dead i just don’t think she could be convinced into playing it (tragic)

iris: virgo versus the zodiac would speak to her, i feel. she has a secret weird side that only indie games could tease out of her.

wren: star stable!!! secret horse girl lore.

thomas: resident evil 4 because depending what you headcanon him as hes either feening for leon or ada or both.

coriane: definition of stardew valley girlie. but considering what she went through maybe yume nikki would be a game she keeps close to her heart (someone check up on her).

elara: if the sims 4 existed in the red queen verse it could have saved a lot of lives. maybe even her own.

sara: she wipes everyone in super smash bros you best believe it.

julian: castlevania: symphony of the night… mm the grip it has on this nerd loser… do not even breathe the name alucard around him he will give you the entire dracula lore starting with le fanu’s carmilla.

dane: detroit become human. played markus’ storyline and bro suddenly was made to govern a democratic republic for the people by the people.

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thatonefandomfreak · 9 months

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rq incorrect quotes 👍

Mare: How do tall people possibly sleep at night when the blanket can't possibly cover you?

Cal: Mare, it's four o'clock in the morning.

Mare: So, you can't sleep, huh? Is it because of the blanket?

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Cal: If you got arrested what would be the charges?

Mare: Theft.

Farley: Disturbing the peace.

Cameron: Aggravated assault.

Shade: Arson.

Maven: All of the above. In that order, probably.

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Mare : Maven has no survival skills, his need to win has replaced them.

Evangeline : That can't be true.

Mare : Watch this.

Mare : Hey Maven, race you to the bottom of the stairs!

Maven: *Throws himself out a window*

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Kilorn : I can be your partner for the next race.

Mare : Sorry, Kilorn. It's a sibling race.

Gisa : Maybe there's a contest for lonely children after this.

Mare : It's only children, Gisa. A lonely child is what you're gonna be when I sell you!

#red queen series #RQ #red queen incorrect quotes #maven calore #mare barrow #cal calore #tiberias vii calore #kilorn warren #cameron cole #shade barrow #diana farley #evangeline samos #gisa barrow

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northernember · 1 year

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enjoy this stupid ass post lmao

#red queen #glass sword #kings cage #war storm #red queen series #cal calore #tiberias vii calore #cameron cole #impiled marecal #gonna make me some transparent busts one day of all the characters #so i can live out my fire emblem style text posts memes dream #couldnt decide who to make the 2nd person between cameron killorn or julian so honestly imagine whoever you want

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imjulia-andilikecats · 2 months

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THEY KNOW

#red queen #mare barrow #glass sword #war storm #king's cage #cal calore #maven calore #old meme #random #tiberias vii calore #mareven #marecal #diana farley #shade barrow #cameron cole #kilorn warren #everybody knows but them #love birds

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drewtanakagf · 4 months

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A Red Queen Social-Political-Economic Meta devolves into prison reform (bear w/ me)

links at the very end smile. ask me to elaborate a point or don’t idc. I will be talking more regardless.

How This All Started:

Me, writing: do you think that rq story aus (canon-divergence specifically) can work w/out the existence of silver/reds or at the very least power/no power dynamics, or rather, how well would the plot work without that?

Me, opening new doc: bc like, the rq story is built off the usurpation of the silver/red dichotomy and calling into question the validity of oppression with the existence of a third group which shares qualities of the two (if you wanna get sociopolitical with it).

TL;DR: Cameron Cole’s role in the narrative works as a connection between the oppressive systems irl and in the rqverse by her simply being a Black girl from New Town and a Newblood silent.

Norta’s Social, Political, and Economic System

Thinking about it more, I think that RQ can be seen as a racial-adjacent (blood, in canon) oppression story and class oppression story, but combining those lenses to more closely mirror what we experience in real life is, iffy at best. Since race as we understand it in our world is purely social while in rqverse there is a biological difference (which uhm. I don't end up talking about eugenics but let's keep that in mind yeah?) in which the system of oppression is made from. That system of oppression then allows for the discrimination of Reds in society, which can be seen at its worst in New Town and tech towns in general. Reds are at the bottom of the social ladder with no hope of climbing above their station.

Now as a class story, this is where economics would come in. And since there is no economic mobility for Reds, RQ as a story rooted in class falls apart. Basically (without thinking myself in circles) it cannot be only a class story and it cannot be a story in which both social factors and economic factors combine, since there is no sense of "class" in the Red's lives, all of them suffer. But this is true only in the Mare's point of view, the Silvers in universe are separated by high houses, low houses, and "common." Yet, this is only where we begin to see politics come in as the Houses are separated by respect and power as well as wealth. The connection to monarchy is viable for those in the Houses and is all draped in political pomp and shit. idk man it's one am and i'm thinking too hard. SO the sociopolitical works in tandem w the social-economical whilst for Reds politics is unfathomable bc they're second class citizens.

Prisons in The USA

WHICH BRINGS ME TO (the worse segue in history) TO CAMERON COLE *cheers whoops etc* I cannot for the life of me get over how Cameron is pretty much the only Black Red "main" character and she came from New Town, which is a place where everyone works to create for the rest of the country. This is a little too similar to the reality of prisons and like, the generational Blackness of it all is a lot for me to NOT look over.

Note: Prisons are long-term holding facilities where convicted people go to carry out their sentences, Jails are short-term holding facilities and most are awaiting charges or trial (Prison Fellowship).

One thing to understand is that prisons are rife with modern-day slavery, especially in the US (which rq was written in the context in). Last I checked, the US held about 25% of the world's prisoners, about a million people incarcerated, not to count those still in the penal system (like in jail, probation, or juvenile detention). Not only that, prisons are often private, not public, so there is an active economical interest in having as many prisoners as possible. You need bodies to make money in that industry. Not only that, prisoners work for little to no money and aren't even guaranteed to be able to re-enter society. In fact, many prisoners do not, the prison recidivism rate is still over a third in the US, meaning that over one-third of prisoners commit a crime again and become re-incarcerated (Wisevoter). There are a fuck ton of reasons why this is, mostly, in my opinion, the lack of effective reform programs. But you cannot deny that there is a corporate interest in having prisoners in prisons to make money and make profits for the low cost of labor. According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), prisoners make $2 Billion in goods only to be paid an average of $0.13 to $0.52 an hour, of which "the government takes up to 80 percent of these wages for “room and board,” court costs, restitution, and other fees like building and sustaining prisons. These wage deductions generally leave incarcerated workers with less than half of their gross pay" (ACLU). One more thing, who's populating these prisons?

Statistically, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, White people make up 57.3% of prisoners nationwide while the next biggest racial group, Black people make up 38.6% (Note: This is by race, and the government's definition of race. Hispanic is considered as an ethnic group, which is why the data about Latine people is not on the federal website. Hispanic group makes up 29.7% of prisoners, to satiate your curiosity)(BOP). However, you have to take into account the rates compared to population. Let's take a look at New York State, which in the Rqverse includes The Stilts and Archeon. White people make up about 55% of the population and account for 23% of people in prison. Black people on the other hand, make up about 14% of the population and account for 49% of prisoners (PPI). Like WOW! What a jump am I right?

This disparity is again, attributed to many many things and long history of racial injustice and racist policing (looking at you stop and frisk, which is also a whole different problem i would LOVE to talk about), but as stated, has its roots in racial injustice and how the US never bothered to recover from slavery, Jim Crow, and treating minorities (most notably Black people) as second class citizens.

Cameron Cole

Okay, so now you have the IRL quick breakdown, let’s talk about Cameron Cole. Cameron Cole is a young Black girl who is from New Town and is a newblood with the power of Silence. That sentence is the core of her character as she stands in the plot (nothing about personality, we may get into this later idk yet. I have now officially passed 1k words on this. So. we will see fr.) Cameron’s identity as a young Black girl is not explored as, again, in the rqverse race isn’t a thing, it’s all about blood, baby! (that's what a vampire would say fr). So, in blood: she’s a newblood, one of those in-betweens that usurps the dichotomy yaddi-yadda, and is really just a socio-political thing, because Newbloods haven’t been around/ known for long enough in Norta to have bearing economically (class) and Maven decided to be Maven about newbloods in general, not just Mare’s standing as a Newblood ( he legitimized Newbloods as a blood group in Norta, essentially). But to get into the whole young Black girl, we need to draw the connection between prisons and New Town.

Okay, no more jokes (though that is true), Black people are seen as second-class citizens in the eyes of the systems in place today, and that is reflected in Red Queen as a Black character is a victim of modern-day slavery within that universe. Her existence calls for comparison between the oppressive systems in the rqverse and the world as we know it.

New Town is one of many tech towns, dedicated to industry, building all of Norta’s mechanical goods and basically the cornerstone of Nortan economy. Everyone in there is forced to work despite the horrible conditions and have no chance of entering society and for little to no pay (sound familiar?). While the prison system in the US is a continuation of modern-day slavery, New Town just cut out the middleman of the police system and put them straight into modern day-slavery. Making the notable characters from New Town Black draws all these lines together and provide commentary on our world today: Black people still can’t win!

Now, as a Black girl, even in the RQverse, Cameron is still saddled with the same generational struggles Black women face due to the intersection of their Black and Woman identities. (source: am Black, am a woman). Because not only is the woman expected to look after household affairs and family matters, but now we’re dealing with racial inequalities. It’s a lot on a girl’s plate right? Cameron and Morrey remind me of all the Black women who have lost the Black men in their life due to violence and my own fears for my brother each time he leaves the house.

Violence to us is like gun violence and police brutality and shit like that but to them is the war, where similar to the police system. Aw fuck new section time

The Lakelander War as Control

So my basic theory here is that the Lakelander war is used as the police system, not necessarily as like, actual policing but as a power move. It’s like Atlanta’s Cop City to me, a way to be like “heyyyyy don’t forget who has the power to kill you. Okie!”

Back to Regular Programming

Where violence is perpetuated by over policing and the war on drugs and such polices affecting minority populations irl, the war (and the duel things i forgot what they're called, and bowl of bones) exacerbate the uhm. Power dynamics. Reds are powerless Silvers powerful . “Look at what we can do” and shit.

Edit: Lynching is also in this category. It’s about power, yeah.

So Cameron has to save Morrey from this violence. I have to fear about my brother and dad and cousins. Like there is a connection there please tell me you get it I will cry its three am now im almost 2k deep like.

Cameron, though, is not just a regular red, she is a Newblood and a silencer at that.

So how does she fight against her oppressors? She silences them, quite literally takes away their power. And isn’t that an apt metaphor for this all?

Okay i'm going the fuck to sleep. Thanks for making it this far. Here’s a freshly baked cookie (imagine a cookie here)

Links ( I gave up on the MLA LOL!)

ACLU: https://www.aclu.org/news/human-rights/captive-labor-exploitation-of-incarcerated-workers

Wisevoter: https://wisevoter.com/state-rankings/recidivism-rates-by-state/

Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) https://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_race.jsp

PPI: https://www.prisonpolicy.org/profiles/NY.html

Prison Fellowship: https://www.prisonfellowship.org/resources/training-resources/in-prison/faq-jail-prison/

#red queen #red queen series #cameron cole #red queen analysis #red queen meta #let me speak #we got to 1.7k words in like. two hrs. so #damn i need to be back in classes fr i only know the academic life

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nortaeventcouncil · 5 months

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Ultimate Red Queen Character Tournament: Round of 16 Results

Note: This past round was not the quarterfinals but the round of 16, my mistake!

Current Bracket:

Polls for Quarterfinals open December 8th at 8AM EST! Polls will be staggered by 5 minutes and posted to tumblr under the "ult rq character" tag

#ult rq character #red queen #mare barrow #maven calore #evangeline samos #cal calore #cameron cole #gisa barrow #diana farley #iris cygnet #i DID in fact forget about this #but never fear!!! we're back!

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snakerdoodlle · 1 year

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After many, many months of work and thought, this is finally done! I wanted to make a list of all the voice claims I imagined for the RQ characters so here we go!! Feel free to share your own ideas as well!

These are all subject to change (of course). I just put voices to whoever I could match, so sorry if this list is a little all over (more characters could be added in the future!). I know these aren’t all the best but for the most part it’s just how I see them so forgive me lmao :’] I tried my best <3

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Maven Calore: Better in the morning - Birdtalker / El Tango De Roxanne - José Feliciano (specifically 1:40-2:35)

Mare Barrow: Requiem - Laura Dreyfuss

Cal Calore: Theseus - The Oh Hellos / Thus Always To Tyrants - The Oh Hellos

Evangeline Samos: Catra - She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018 ver)

Elane Haven: Elizabeth Comstock - BioShock Infinite

Ptolemus Samos: Capitano - Genshin Impact

Wren Skonos: Sam - Tomb Raider

Diana Farley: Tess - The Last of Us (game)

Kilorn Warren: Caralee - Jay Armstrong Johnson

Cameron Cole: Lonnie - She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018 ver)

Sonya Iral: Arlecchino - Genshin Impact

Elara Merandus: Calia Menethil - World of Warcraft

King Tiberias: Pierro - Genshin Impact

Iris Cygnet: Mel Medarda - Arcane

Tiora Cygnet: Artemis - Hades

Cenra Cygnet: Ambessa Medarda - Arcane

Samson Merandus (this one is so random bye): Belos - The Owl House

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lucy-the-cat · 1 year

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Silly question, but what kind of pets do you think the RQ characters would have :]?

I think it’s funny to imagine Elara having one of those annoying tiny dogs that rich ladies have in movies. I also like the idea of Cal with either fancier dogs like Dobermans/Rottweilers (since he’s the crown prince and all) or big fluffy ones like mountain dogs, and horses of course, and him loving them like his own children. Then we all know Maven would have a cat, maybe a fluffy one that likes to sleep in his bed at night and almost suffocate him while he’s sleeping by laying on him

I’m a big animal person so I just like thinking about this kind of thing lol

Mare: Bearded dragon, when asked, says he breathes fire

Elara: Snake so she can talk to Laurentia, she starves the snake when she's mad at her so Laurentia starves when she scries with the snake and not infrequently threatens to behead it

Elane: A chittering parakeet that flies away if anyone else approaches but will perch on her finger

Maven: Black void shorthair kitten named Deathclaws that sleeps on his chest because she likes his heartbeat

Evangeline: Horse girl, especially a gray palfrey, the titular horse in the first recorded western folktale of marrying for love instead of titles

Cal: Big hunting dog that he's constantly feeding treats

Gisa: Mice so she feels like Cinderella

Coriane: A guinea pig that purs in her lap

Kilorn: An orange tomcat that started following him because he smelled like fish

Shade: A goofy hognose snake that's constantly playing dead when other people approach

Farley: Gives in to buying a rosy haired tarantula and a jumping spider, will show them to Silver ladies to give them heart attacks

Cameron: A sweet rat that nuzzles up to her and climbs all over her shoulder

#red queen #red queen series #mare barrow #elara merandus #elane haven #maven calore #evangeline samos #cal calore #gisa barrow #coriane jacos #kilorn warren #shade barrow #diana farley #cameron cole

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red-queen-incorrect-quotes · 1 year

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Mare, to see reactions: I’d die for you.

Evangeline: Then perish.

Maven: You will.

Cal: Please don’t.

Cameron, not even paying attention: Cool.

Shade: I’d die for you first.

#shade barrow #mare barrow #evangeline samos #cal calore #cameron cole #maven calore #red queen incorrect quotes

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redqueenincorrectquotes · 2 years

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Cal: I believe you and I are more similar than you think.

Cameron: That’s a terrible thing to say.

#Cameron Cole #cal calore #tiberius calore #incorrect red queen quotes #glass sword #kings cage #red queen #war storm #broken throne

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akuma-tenshi · 2 years

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a while back i was telling my friend about the newblood abilities in red queen and i was listing all the abilities i could remember and i got to cameron’s and they said “i love how cameron’s is just alt + f4″ and i think about that at least once a week

#rambling #red queen #newbloods #cameron cole

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ball-of-butter · 2 months

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i love that red queen puts family as the chief unit of love even above true romantic love like that for some reason is SO overrated in ya media. i dont think of the characters within friendship or romantic groups first, i unconsciously catergorise them into their family.

cal loves mare but cal will put maven first always and he loves his dad and his image so much he’s willing to sacrifice his character and relationship with her to fulfil the expectations set by his family and its not until realising what his MOTHER wanted for him that he lets go. and mare loves cal but she will always put her siblings and parents first which is why everything started with gisa and shade’s loss and it ended with her sister and the loss of her brother too. maven loves mare but he loves elara more even if she twisted him and elara loves maven more than the entire kingdom and thats why she twisted him. and elara couldn’t enact her plan to make maven king without getting rid of his love for cal first!! when shade gets killed mare HAS to kill elara because that is the only way she can make sure her pain is even with at least one person.

cameron does everything for her brother’s safety, she was willing to abandon her morals and dehumanise anyone standing in her way if thats what needed to happen. and after morrey was safe she quit— nothing was worth losing herself over except him. farley and shade’s love was so pure that it brought life and family to the farleys who were already broken with the grief of being halved. their love brought a daughter named after the death of the woman that destroyed the family, and it was so healing.

and that is what KILLS me about the samos family!!! that compared to all this unconditional loyalty— the samos family is a continuous act of playing at love and loyalty, when in reality volos and larentia could not care less about their children because they dont know how to. silver society never showcases this love and so then you have so many parents fucking up their kid in so many ways but doing it out of love because thats how they see it— all except volo and larentia.

so the samos family is an exception. i cant think of evangeline without thinking of elane and ptolemus and i cant think of ptolemus without thinking of evangeline and wren. thats their family. and at least evangeline and ptolemus experienced real love with each other, even if they were never taught it (evangeline’s fear over shade’s death was proof that she could imagine a world without him and it was one of the few times she was genuinely scared in the series).

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