#carice van houten character

[cissyenthusiast010155]

You’re Mine… ~Melisandre xFem Reader

Mommy… Master List

Requests & Prompt-List

Warnings: NSFW, 18+!, smut, manipulation, eating out, lap grinding, teasing, more implied smut, etc.

Enjoy (;

“Will that be all, ma’am…?” You nervously asked the woman.

Melisandre hummed in response.

“No… One more thing…”

“Yes?” You looked up and asked.

“Come sit on my lap” the red head hummed.

You gulped and nodded. You walked over to the woman, as she sat on the edge of her bed. You straddled her lap as you were told. Your heart was racing. The woman’s direct hands undid your flimsy garments with ease, exposing your tits to her. You gasped lightly at the cold air hitting your exposed chest.

“Do I make you nervous…?” She hummed.

Your breath hitched as her lips attached to your nipple, making you roll your hips into her figure.

“Y-Yes ma’am…” you stuttered, going deep red in the face.

With a pop!, Melisandre released your tit with a smirk

“I know…” she hummed.

Her hands found home on your hips and she helped you grind down on her lap. Your breathing became labored and your eyes hodded. Melisandre then suddenly stopped. You whimpered and looked up at the red head.

“Why don’t you show me how much…?” She wickedly cooed.

“H-how much ma’am…?” You choked out.

The woman’s lips grazed your ear.

“How much you love me…” she whispered.

Your breath hitched and your eyes widened as she looked at you. You gulped and nodded, standing up and easily removing the rest of our garments. Melisandre spread her legs with ease, and you placed yourself in between them. You’re tongue gingerly lapped away at the woman’s needy sex. Her hands weaved into your curls, pushing you deeper inside her.

“You’re mine now…” she hissed in pleasure.

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Melisandre Masterlist ~Coming Soon (;

#melisandre game of thrones #melisandre #Melisandre smut #Melisandre x reader #carice van houten #carice van houten character #game of thrones smut #game of thrones fanfiction #game of thrones #game of thrones fic #Spotify

[siktheon]

Melisandre the red priestess

For the night is dark and full terrors - Melisandre the red priestess. A fanart and interpretation of A Song of Ice and Fire character portrayed in a Game of Thrones by Carice van Houten.

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#game of thrones #melisandre #noai #digital art #artwork #digital illustration #digital painting #drawing #painting #portrait #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #george rr martin #art #carice van houten #lord of light #red woman #house of the dragon #hotd #hotd fanfic #lgbtq #lgbtqia #woman #illustration #character design #artists on tumblr

[kaitlinj16]

🦋365 Days / 365 Characters🦋

[300/365] Characters 》 Lady Melisandre

"There's only one hell, princess... The one we live in now."

❤❤❤

#lady Melisandre #Carice Van Houten #game of thrones #300 #character challenge #edit

[vinnianlovesdinosaurs]

House of the Dragon Hot Take except I don't care what number I'm on because this is a more important post than usual.

I feel like the majority of GOT/HOTD/ASOIAF fans see this post as "common sense" but a lot of you don't act on it so I'm just going to say it anyway. Stop threatening the actors. Stop bullying the actors. Stop threatening people that have different opinions then you (i'm SPECIFICALLY looking at toxic team green and team black stans right now.) I have seen people like Iwan Rheon, Carice van Houten, Jack Gleason, Sophie Turner, Kit Harington, Emilia Clarke, Tom Glynn-Carney, and Matt Smith get treated like absolute SHIT because of their characters, their appearance, their gender, and their acting. It is truly disgusting and dehumanizing to go on social media and see people sending death threats to actors and actresses because people don't like their character. I'll give examples on what I mean:

Iwan Rheon - Has been harassed for playing Ramsay.

Jack Gleason - Got sent death threats for playing Joffrey.

Kit Harington - Got sexually harassed in public numerous times and I believe threatened at least once for playing Jon. He also gets made fun of for wanting to be seen as more than a pretty face and body. He also got ridiculed for saying being randomly touched in public and having people practically harassing him about his appearance makes him reasonably upset.

Matt Smith - People bully him for his appearance, harassed him AND his MOTHER on twitter, and people accuse him of supporting abuse towards women because he plays Daemon.

Carice van Houten - Got sent death threats for playing Melisandre.

Sophie Turner - Got bullied off of almost every social media at some point for playing Sansa. She's also the victim of almost every misogynist GOT fan on the internet all for playing Sansa.

Emilia Clarke - Has been sexually harassed in public and gets bullied online for being a "terrible actress" for doing what the script and director tells her because she played Daenerys.

Tom Glynn-Carney - Got rape allegations put against him on twitter because of the episode where Aegon rapes Dyana. They said that because Aegon is a rapist Tom is too.

I have said this time and time again, you guys are fucking EMBARRASSING!! Get a god damn grip on yourselves and instead of acting like morons who can't separate character from actor/actress go outside and breathe in some fresh fucking air.

#house of the dragon #game of thrones #asoiaf #hotd #got #matt smith #tom glynn carney #Emilia Clarke #Sophie Turner #Iwan Rheon #jack gleason #Carice van houten #kit harington #get a grip #you guys are so strange and not in a good way #team green #team black #team women #house targaryen #house stark #a song of ice and fire #house bolton #house greyjoy #house lannister

[thesinglesjukebox]

DJO - END OF BEGINNING

Keeping up with TikTok pop while we still can...

[3.75]

Leah Isobel: I kind of want to be a hater about this. "Stranger Things star makes budget Ariel Pink pop about growing up, goes viral on TikTok" is an insufferable Mad Libs narrative pitch. The lyrics feel cryptic in a bad way, like Djo is aware that he's traveling well-trodden ground and straining to justify himself. And yet, his acting background comes through: his hammy Boris Pickett affectations lock him to the beat, keeping the song from feeling overly self-indulgent. It's still a little mushy, but that's not a crime. [5]

Nortey Dowuona: Djo has rightly seized on his captive audience in order to launch his pop rock career, but it thankfully hasn’t spiraled the way the Childish Gambino project did to the point where there are insufferable fans and detractors duking it out over its merits -- mainly because it’s too good to be dinged, but not good enough to be more than a popular actor’s passion project. Adam Thein’s limp drums, which have aged badly since 2022, can’t keep the overwhelming pace of the synth riffs or the lumpy bass left in the background of the mix. They support the toplines rather than drive the song, as many a baseline has done, but that then leaves the topline to hold everything up, which it constantly refuses to do. As for Joe Keery, he is no Childish Gambino before 2012. At least it’s short. [4]

Alfred Soto: The Stranger Things actor is too old by at least five years to have taken Twenty One Pilots seriously. [0]

TA Inskeep: Owl City 2024. [2]

Dave Moore: The verses are synth fetishism worthy of an awkward Stranger Things teen romance subplot (derogatory), followed by a pale imitation of a Sufjan Stevens chorus (complimentary). The ingredients sort of work on paper -- I am only human, which is to say a dork who was born in the '80s. But the song just sort of sits there, like it was designed to be vaguely apprehended floating through a pop-up beer garden. [5]

Taylor Alatorre: Are we just supposed to take these younger artists' word that their work is primarily inspired by genuine Nineteen-Eighties music, and not the phantasmal refractions of it that were being created between 2008 and 2015 (and beyond)? Because whatever points I take away for roteness and facelessness, I may give back for honesty. Anyway, check out Twin Shadow's new single "To the Top" if you get the chance. Sound of the summer. [4]

Katherine St. Asaph: This is by a Stranger Things actor and supposedly sounds like the '80s. What it actually sounds like is the driftier, understated parts of '90s alternative radio playlists. And as someone who owns the Carice van Houten album, I fully support TV folks making vanity albums that don't sound like what you'd think. [6]

Mark Sinker: He’s singing “tear to cry,” but I first heard it as “diddikai”, the Romani term for a traveler not fully Romani. Maybe you can make something of this – musician who fashions his artistic persona round not being the character he plays in a multi-season Netflix series! – but I’m not sure I sensibly can. The song is pretty and mannered and flimsy; he’s way not old enough to have the wisdom he thinks he has.  [5]

Isabel Cole: "I wave goodbye to the end of beginning" is a great line, capturing the moment when you might not feel particularly like an adult but understand, suddenly, that until recently you were very young, and now you are something else. I do remember twenty-four! Unfortunately the actual song is a plodding, soupy nothing. [0]

Will Adams: When you've got an admittedly gorgeous arrangement of languid, synth-smeared indie-rock, the last thing you want to do is sound like a try-hard; and yet, Joe Keery's delivery of clipping every syllable makes "End of Beginning" almost embarrassing to listen to. [5]

Ian Mathers: There are some choices here I kind of like (mostly around the lyrics and vocals), but the guitar tone, the chiming synth sound, and something about the production overall feels instantly dated, like I'm already looking forward to me five years from now hearing this and going "yeah, a lot of shit sounded like that in 2024." [5]

Jacob Sujin Kuppermann: An absolute nothing of a song – but I know, deep in my heart, that if I had encountered this as a college freshman it would have absolutely rocked my shit. Keery is seven years too late for me, but I'm glad this exists for those who need it. Will I still feel this warmly towards this mediocrity if I have to hear it out in the world for the next year or so? Well, that's not my problem right now. [4]

[Read, comment and vote on The Singles Jukebox]

#djo #stranger things #music #music writing #music reviews #music criticism #the singles jukebox #Youtube

[ewanmitchellcrumbs]

I don’t want this to come out as objectifying or judging a woman’s body and I hope that you or your followers won’t see it as that.

I read the “Aemond’s a tiddy man, he just wants a big tiddy goth gf” and yeah as a big tiddy girlie I’m more than blushing lmao I kinda wished they’d cast someone who looks like Alys in the book tho. I bet Gayle will be great in the role, she’s just not the canon big tiddy witch from f&b. That’s okay tho cause we don’t really know how they’ll interpret her character in the show.

Hope you know what I tried to say. I was kind of nervous to say anything, not to sound rude 😭

I get what you are saying. However, what is written in the ASOIAF books for Melisandre vs. who was cast didn’t look as I’d imagined either, but Carice Van Houten ate that role. The casting has been spot on so far for both Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon, so while Gayle may not have the physicality of what you’d expect of Alys, that won’t matter once we see her play the part.

#asked and answered

[twin-scars]

Why is the ST fandom so damn toxic. I mean, it’s not the only fandom that’s toxic but fuck. Can people not separate actors from characters? Like, shit, great, the actors do their parts so well they make you hate the character for whatever reason...but then the actor by extension is hated???

Uhm. The show is fiction. The characters are fiction. The actors are doing their jobs. They do other shows and movies and model and stuff. They have friends and families and lives outside their work. They’re not their characters. They’re people. Dacre Montgomery isn’t an abusive asshole, but the character of Billy was written that way. Hate the character, not him. Millie Bobbie Brown is, gasp, not a telekinetic and doesn’t date ‘Mike’ in her actual life. Natalia Dyer and Charlie Heaton are dating in actual life, Joe Keery isn’t Steve Harrington, etc.

What actors/actresses do in their personal lives in no one’s business. And while sometimes paparazzi shoots can be cute, but some just feel far too intimate, like when Charlie and Natalia kiss. Leave them alone.

And people saying Grace Van Dien is just ‘begging’ for fame is ridiculous...does anyone know who her father is??? Casper Van Dien, one of my favorite actors in the 90s and early 00s.

She has worked for her ‘fame’ and is the sweetest person ever, but is dragged because she shipped Eddie and Chrissy and thinks Joseph Quinn is cute.

And fans of Steve hate Charlie Heaton??? (Not all, of course.) Joe Keery is friends with Charlie and Natalia, and he’d probably find it horrifying his fans are treating Charlie like that. The whole ST cast is like one big family, and even if they don’t hang out much together outside of work, they still support each other. They’d find it gross and awful that people hate their co-workers and friends because of a fictional character.

Hate the character, but leave the actor alone. This isn’t a unique problem to ST. I’ve seen it happen with GoT and gaming franchises. Poor Carice van Houten (she played the Red Witch in GoT) would get called offensive names and people told her they wished she would die. Thankfully she didn’t take it serious and nothing came of it, but damn.

Why is fandom culture so fucking toxic.

#personal #i love charlie heaton and natalia dyer so much #and i adore grace van dien #what the actual fuck people

[tilbageidanmark]

Movies I watched this Week #124 (Year 3/Week 20):

Costa Brava, Lebanon, my 5th bittersweet Lebanese film, debut feature from a young female director. A family of five escaped the chaos of near-future, dysfunctional Beirut to a rural, isolated compound in the mountains. But after 8 years of building a loving nest for themselves, a landfill is being constructed next to their plot and their ideal world implodes. The city trash they tried to leave behind is following them here.

The wife is being played by Nadine Labaki, who directed the Oscar-nominated ‘Capernaum’, which I’m going to watch next. The two young girls are terrific too.

The trailer. 7/10.

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Another controversial first feature from a female director, Instinct by the Dutch Halina Reijn [who went after that to direct A24′s ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’]. An intense psychological thriller about prison therapist Carice van Houten becoming obsessed with an inmate, a violent serial rapist on the verge of being paroled.

Exploring female rape fantasies is a recipe for sensationalism and manipulation, when played out for example by male-gazing misogynists like Paul Verhoeven. But in Reijn hands this dark and ominous tale is (for the most par) told with nuance and ambiguity. A powerful 7/10.

The trailer.

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Massimo Troisi X2:

🍿 Re-watch: Englishman Michael Radford’s Italian classic Il Postino. A nostalgic and enchanting story of a simple postman and his friendship with Chilean poet Pablo Noruda on a small Mediterranean island in the 1950′s. Similar vibes as ‘Cinema Paradiso’, which came a few years earlier, and which also starred Philippe Noiret. A Massimo Troisi’s passion project, and infamous for him dying the very next day after principal photography ended. 10/10.  

🍿 Massimo Troisi was actually an acclaimed director, screenwriter and actor before playing ‘The Postman’. But his directorial debut comedy I'm Starting from Three (Ricomincio da tre), with himself as a shy, bumbling caricature of a young man, was nothing but funny. 1/10.

Both movies feature my favorite character actor Renato Scarpa, the memorable inspector from ‘Don’t look now’ (“Signor Baaxter!”).

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Paul McCartney: The Space Within Us, an infectious 2006 concert film, documenting his smashing “US” tour (37 US shows, 565,000 tickets sold, $77 million taken in), when he was 64...

The director of this documentary was absolutely terrible; He filled up the two hours with extremely fast zooms in and out, nervous camera movements, super-quick editing and too many sappy reaction shots of adoring fans in the audience (lots of parents and grandparents with children of all ages, though!). Also, too many celebrities ‘Talking Heads’ emoting how great McCartney is, which was off-putting. Still, the incredible performances of the band, the sensational, live-wire concerts, the enthusiastic music made it a tearful inspiration.

My best film experience of the week! 9/10.

On McCartney’s website, there's a list of 25 documentaries about him, which I will watch one by one, Inshallah.

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In the fine M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity documentary, he claimed that he was not an artist, but a mathematician. The film brings to life his  geometric-abstract visions. And while it touches on the relationship between him and Bach’s, it never mentions Gödel. Not crazy about the Stephen Fry narration. 8/10. (Photo Above).

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Documentary No. 3 of the week: Still, the new heartfelt Michael J. Fox bio-pix combines lots of re-enactments with footage from old movies, as well as some current heart-to-heart interviews about his Parkinson’s.

As a celebrity portrait, it wasn’t relevant to me at all, since I never saw any of his TV work, or even his movies. But the parts about his disability were powerful though.

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2 Russian classics that didn’t resonate with me:

🍿 First watch: Tarkovsky’s 3-hour-long experimental poem about memory, Solaris, his attempt to show that ‘Science-fiction films don’t have to be emotionally shallow’. It must have had a strong influence to the game ‘Myst’, being cultish, mysterious and atmospheric. But its slow-moving premise became so boring to me, that it took me 3 days to finish it. Comparing it to 2001 is unjustified. 2/10.

I planned on following it up with Steven Soderbergh’s later version, but then I hard-passed: Disliking science-fiction movies in general, and hating Hollywood remakes in particular is not a good incentive.  

🍿 The Cranes Are Flying, a Soviet World War 2 drama from 1957. As a political expression of the new era after Stalin’s death, it may have been be significant, but today it seems a simple propaganda piece, with some bold visuals. 2/10.

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Mika Kaurismäki is Aki’s older brother and the one who got him interested in movie making. My first film by him, Helsinki Napoli All Night Long was disappointing though: An European-Noir inspired by hardcore American crime stories, and even the cameos of Eddie Constantine, Sam Fuller, Jim Jarmusch and Wim Wender didn’t save it from being a poor parody. 1/10.

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You Can Live Forever, a shallow Canadian romance of two young girls, one of which is a Jehovah Witness, torn between her faith and her love. The other one looks like young Scarlett Johansson but can’t act like her. The flat queer coming-of-age against a fucked-up puritan background had no subtext. It felt auto-biographical, and it actually was. 2/10.

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Who done it?, My 4th (atrocious!) film by Basil Dearden. After 2 unsung masterpieces (’Victim’ and ‘All night long’), and another thought-provoking work (‘Sapphire), this was a terrible ‘Ouch’. A late Ealing Studios low-brow, un-funny ‘comedy’ and Benny Hill's film debut as a bumbling Inspector Clouseau-like fool. Very disappointing 1/10.

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“Put him in a straitjacket and give him an enema! Wait, give him an enema first, then put him in a straitjacket!”

Dracula, dead and loving it, the last film directed by Mel Brooks, an underrated (?) gothic parody. But he already did a much better Transylvanian castle spoof with ‘Young Frankenstein’, and this one just sucked. Leslie Nielsen sporting a Borat accent, and Brooks double-playing the Hungarian angle. The silliness of the occult, should be good for parodies, but not here. 1/10.

As a successful producer, Mel Brooks made ‘The elephant man’, ‘Frances’, ‘The fly’, others...

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2 British shorts by Sam Baron, both with the same Amit Shah:

🍿 Big ears, a little story about a gawky young man with large Obama-ears, who gets very bad news.

🍿 “Hi, I’m here for the orgy” - His earlier short was crisper (and funnier). The orgy, a 15-min. comedy about the same lonely, awkward man who goes to his first orgy. 6/10.

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I adored Jonathan Glazer’s three previous films (’Sexy Beast’, ‘Birth’, and ‘Under the skin’), so I’m eagerly waiting for what is supposedly a new disturbing masterpiece from him, ‘The zone of Interest’ (It was based on a novel by Martin Amis, who just died yesterday!).

Glazer used to have a YouTube channel with some of the many film-like commercials he had directed before branching into features. Here are a few of his standalone ads:

Stella Artois Ice Skating Priests, Last orders and Devil's Island (with Ron Perlman) *

Sony Bravia Paint *

Guinness’s Surfer and Swimblack and Dreamer *

Levi’s Kung Fu and Odyssey *

Wrangler’s Ride *

Barclay Bank’s Centaur (with Samuel L Jackson) *

Apple watch Flight *

More Here *

Unrelated: Christopher Walken Sky-dancing in Fatboy slim Weapon of choice, by Spike Jonze.

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Throw-back to the "Art project”:  

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(My complete movie list is here).

#movies

[bravenewolympus--hq]

𝒏𝒚𝒙, 𝒈𝒐𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕. this character is neutral, with no allegiances to any faction, and does not engage in criminal activity. suggested faces — please note, this character must be 30+ years old. brenda song; kaya scodelario; camila mendes; madelaine petsch; hunter schafer; adeline rudolph; tati gabrielle; shay mitchell; zión moreno; jordan alexander; alexandra daddario; eva green; katie mcgrath; lana parilla; janet montgomery; michelle gomez; kathryn hahn; carice van houten; rachel weisz; hannah john-kamen; sofia boutella; idina menzel; julianna margulies; paola núñez; carla gugino; ayelet zurer; janel parrish; meghann fahy. suggested occupations. socialite with a bad party habit, who owes the minotaur network a debt for her hobby; journalist working for a local television station or paper (with a small enough circulation, that they're desperate and itching to make a name for themselves); late night radio show host; hospital nurse, working the night shift; television-based psychic;

𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏.

ʙʀᴀᴠᴇ ɴᴇᴡ ᴏʟʏᴍᴘᴜꜱ : ᴀ 21+ ᴍᴏᴅᴇʀɴ ɢʀᴇᴇᴋ ᴍʏᴛʜᴏʟᴏɢʏ ᴅɪꜱᴄᴏʀᴅ ʀᴏʟᴇᴘʟᴀʏ. athens, new york: an island city, all trees and marble, glass and steel and highrises set against an ocean skyline. bustling and loud, crowded, but not without a bizarre sense that it must have sprung up overnight, somehow, when surely it must have always been here, no? on a clear night, you might even be able to see the lights of its more famous cousin, new york city, across the water…if you squint hard enough. it may not get as much attention as the shiny apple across the hudson, but those not so blinded by the lights must certainly have been coming here for years. is there something in the water here, too? no one leaves, not in any meaningful way anyway. feels like it has a special way of pulling you back in, if you try. they, that is anyone who was anyone or paid even an iota of attention to the evening news,, called him the minotaur. the media does love a catchy nom de guerre, doesn’t it? sells newspapers like hotcakes in the morning. ambrosia, whether it’s the latest designer drug trend or the latest pestilence sweeping the streets of athens, just depends on how tightly you clutch your pearls on sundays. must infuriate the police, don’t it? that without fail, by the time they arrive to any crime scene at all, all that’s left is the heap of little cream-coloured business cards, the red lines of a labyrinthine logo more taunting than they are helpful. between an epidemic of pearlescent powder, neatly parceled out in small plastic baggies, a tide of crimson bull graffiti, casinos and bordellos and the nightlife (oh my!), it’s no small wonder they call this an atlantic sin city. it’s a vice eat dog world, ain’t it? and anyone who calls athens home is just living in it. powerless, with no memory of their past lives, what's a god gotta do to survive?

#city rp #mythology rp #skeleton rp #discord rp #greek mythology rp #open skeleton #open female skeleton #open female #female skeleton #non olympian gods #nyx

[tvsotherworlds]

[cissyenthusiast010155]

Melisandre Masterlist

Mommy… Master List

Approach at your own risk… smut =* extra smutty =**

One Shots

You’re Mine…*

Oh and I take Requests, so hit me up with your ideas 😉 Requests & Prompt-List

#cissyenthusiast010155 Masterlist #got Masterlist #game of thrones masterlist #melisandre #got #got melisandre #Melisandre got #Melisandre smut #Melisandre x reader #game of thrones fic #game of thrones smut #game of thrones fanfiction #game of thrones #game of thrones x reader #game of thrones x y/n #game of thrones x you #carice van houten #carice van houten character #carice van houten x reader

[sanguisvirginis-arch]

due  to  my  muse  [ 44 ]  being  unshippable  i’m  not  going  to  ship  her  with  anyone.  not  but  seriously  anyone  who  thinks  40+  muses  are  unshippable  is  clearly  into  noah  centineo  and  has  no  taste.

#˗ ˋ ㅤ ╰ ㅤ 𝗼𝗵 𝗺𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀ㅤ › ㅤ ﹕ ㅤout of character. #( if you are into noah you do you babe but have you seen eva green? carice van houten? monica belucci? cate blanchett? ) #( i could list all the dudes as well because DAMN )

[donmarcojuande]

Game of Thrones women from the early seasons: Carice Van Houten as Melisandre, Indira Varma as Ellaria, Nathalie Emmanuel as Missandei, and Esmé Bianco as Ros, with Sahara Knite as Armeca in the last picture.

#game of thrones #beautiful women #carice van houten #nathalie emmanuel #indira varma #esmé bianco #supporting characters #missandei #melisandre #ellaria sand #sahara knite

[nerdsofentertain]

Game Of Thrones - Season 8

The official character posters (1/2) for the final season.

#game of thrones #got #final #season 8 #hbo #character #action #adventure #fantasy #romace #throne #drama #nathalie emmanuel #john bradley #conleth hill #gwendoline christie #liam cunningham #rory mccann #carice van houten #jacob anderson #pilou asbæk #iain glen #poster

[anneboleyns]

#gotedit #gotmelisandre #fantasyedit #carice van houten #melisandre #mine #mine: game of thrones #she's one of the most interesting asoiaf characters she deserves better writers #500

[viviane-lefay]

"She had an air of a queen but didn't hold the crown to back it up. The authority she carried was one she had made herself and bestowing a crown on her would do nothing more than add a fancy, yet useless, ornament to her. She was the first ghost King Boo had seen that didn't need a crown to hold the title of royalty."

Source

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I really, really love that quote! It describes her so well.

Why, yes - she is a very lovely, elegant & regal spooky lady, and I'm quite sure that didn't escape the notice of her beloved monarch (as the respective fic I linked above so nicely illustrates).

Personally, I think he's just as enamoured by her as she is with him ... he's just not that good at admitting it. ;)

King Boo in the fic is so enchanted that he can't stop thinking about her, to the point that he's totally spaced out and loses touch with present reality (like, being called 11 times before even noticing, lol). If that isn't obsession on par with Hellen's ... well, then I don't know what is.

Frankly, I'm quite obsessed with her, too. I just love her design - it's very much my aesthetic! That mixture of Morticia Addams, Lily Munster, Frankenstein's Bride, Elvira, Emily from Corpse Bride, and some WoW Night Elf influence is just gorgeous!

Aside from that, I think she's an awesome character with a lot of potential. Oh, and she's a cat person, so what's not to love!? =)

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Speaking of design & character interpretation, I thought I'd share some ideas and headcanons on that matter (although most of it is already established, given this isn't really a re-design, but merely my personal take on that, which already is).

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Before I continue, a little clarification at first:

This is just about my personal opinion, interpretation & headcanon - and by no means lays a claim to general validity (nor does your POV, btw).

I have more of a pick & choose approach to fandom subjects, anyway, so I can customize the experience exactly according to my needs and wishes. This is fiction, after all - the realm of endless possibilities - where anything goes, and where there is a place for the preferences of all of us.

What this post, therefore, definitely is not, is an invitation for a debate regarding the “right” character interpretation, etc. - and all the potential drama that this might entail. If that is what you’re after, then I’d politely ask you to leave now, because all you are doing is wasting both of our time. Let’s just agree to disagree and move on, k!? I do my thing and you do you!

What I’m here for are mutuals.

I suppose, I made myself abundantly clear now!? Good.

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Now on to the actual subject of this post:

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The closest thing I have as a face-claim for Hellen would be a hybridization of Megan Fox, Carice van Houten, and Segovia Amil. (They have her characteristic features, such as a heart-shaped face with prominent cheekbones, a dainty nose, and these big, almond-shaped, almost feline-esque eyes. Aside from that, they also have her graceful and fine-boned, yet curvy and feminine built.)

[ BTW, here is a character moodboard I made with a pic of MF, who is my main influence for her look]

I imagine her to be quite a tall woman (5'11'')

her hair must be fairly long for her to be able to coif it into this huge bouffant style hairdo that she usually wears, so I decided ankle-length would be quite appropriate

although you can't see it, because her hair mostly covers this area - her ears are slightly pointy (I wanted at least some elven influence)

aside from the overall ghostly glow, her skin has a slightly iridescent shimmer about it - a little like being dusted by a finely powdered mixture of purple moonstone and amethyst (I'm talking about a natural property of her skin here, and not the powder she uses as a nervous habit of hers, which has a more mattifying effect)

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The only thing I'd like to change a little, because I'm not happy with it, tbh, is her turning into this banshee-like form, once she loses it.

I'd much rather prefer it to be a "monstrous" form of a different kind - one not any less scary, but a little less unpleasant to look at.

Since she has this association with cats via her beloved Polterkitty, who apparently happens to be one of the cat-like yōkai (such as nekomata and bakeneko) you find in Japanese folklore, I would really like the thought of Hellen turning into a human version of such a creature when she's angry - a "were-cat" of sorts (with fangs & claws, and all that) ... like a Kyuubi-possessed Naruto, or Bruce Banner turning into the Hulk.

Why yes, that IS an appropriate comparison - she did a Hellen smash with her desk after all. There wasn't much left afterwards. So it is understandable that Luigi was scared, given she'd be able to make mincemeat out of somebody that way.

Bad for her opponent that she doesn't have any tails to remove, as a potential weakpoint, like Polterkitty does ... although I'm not entirely sure on that matter as yet (even if she did, it would be a quite risky, if not lethal, endeavour to remove one of those - Polterkitty was pretty fierce already, just imagine what Hellen could do ...).

As for the eyes turning red - that's fine, she can keep that.

That would be about it regarding the more visual design aspects.

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Now on to some thoughts on her name (no changes here, of course, just a little interpretation) ...

I've already pointed out in another post, how interesting, and fitting, I find the mythological references you can see there - one quite obvious, as well as another, that is a little more obscure.

The more evident one is, of course, the reference to Helen of Troy, who is said to have been the most beautiful woman in the world (of this myth, i.e. the Iliad), and there also are close ties to the goddess Aphrodite.

Frankly, I think this totally applies to Hellen, too, considering how lovely she is. She is merely a spooky version of such a lady.

Then you can also find the goddess Hel hidden inside the name, which was pretty much the Germanic equivalent to Hades, being the ruler of the Netherworld (also called Hel, or Helheim) - so there is the spooky theme again ... and, perhaps, an explanation as to why (in the fic) King Boo perceived her as someone with "the air of a queen", something he never experienced before with anyone he met.

If you combine these two references, the result is a "Dark Venus Persephone" kind of being - a sublime beauty, with the power and dignity that would make her a true equal to the god of the Underworld himself (... and his perfect match =D).

Aside from that, it might also be interesting to mention that the word "hell", which can also be seen in her name, is said to be derived from, or at least related to, the word "hel", and, in contrast to the terrible meaning it has in the Abrahamic religions, the Germanic one describes a realm of a more neutral nature - despite being a rather gloomy place overall (btw, the location of her hotel seems to be located quite far in the "north", as you can clearly see the aurora polaris in the night sky).

So, I think, the same could be said of Hellen, too, as I, personally, do not see her as a bad person, but rather as one of a more ambiguous nature. Which side is seen ultimately depends on how she relates to the one she interacts with, which can be either good or bad, as she is seen to be fiercely loyal to the ones she loves, but also quite terrifying, if you get on her bad side (which is when you get to see the "hell" part).

Finally, coming to her last name "Gravely", which, of course, quite obviously refers to the word "grave", and thus to her spectral, other-worldly nature.

What I think it could also give insight into, however, is a facet of her personality, as "gravely" - or the verb "grave" - describes a state of being serious or solemn, thoughtful, and, perhaps, a little strict (she definitely has high standards and expectations, both regarding herself, as well as others) - traits I can definitely see in her, despite the rather dramatic side of hers that she shows more openly.

Anyway, that is what I could derive from the information that her name provides, plus my own perspective on it.

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Besides Aphrodite, Persephone, and Hel, there are also some other goddesses who, I think, fit her symbolism-wise, and who inspired my interpretation of her:

Nut (Egyptian goddess of the Sky) - Hellen's beautiful indigo coloured hair reminds me of the night sky.

Bastet (Egyptian goddess of felines & sensual pleasures) - This, of course, I chose because of Hellen's association with cats, but there is also the affiliation with both moon and sun, which I also thought fitting, as I think Hellen's nature isn't just nocturnal, as her shining, golden eyes make me think of the early morning sun. There is also another aspect, tied to a headcanon I have of her, but I'll leave it at that, for now.

Sekhmet (Egyptian lion goddess of war) - A hint at my interpretation of her fiercer nature (aside from the Japanese inspiration).

Frigga (Norse goddess of the household & domestic arts, as well as marriage) - Since you could say that domestic arts are somewhat related to the hotel business, this is a goddess who reminded me of Hellen's hospitality and profession. The fact that Frigga also happens to be the queen of the Aesir also serves to both emphasize Hellen's position as the boss of this establishment, as well as her regal charisma (and what she is to King Boo imho ;D).

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Other than that, the archetype of Virgo is quite a dominant feature of her personality, as you can definitely see the traits that are characteristic for this zodiac sign (perfectionism, attention to detail, conscientious, service-oriented, helpful, analytical, etc.). Then there are two other signs which are also heavily featured in her characterization, as secondary dominant influences (in equal measure) - Scorpio and Leo.

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That is about it - for now.

Hope you like it.

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