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nordleuchten · 6 months

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From blood suckers, devils and daemons

I have to say that Halloween is not really my thing, I commemorate different things today – but I still could not resist taking a peek into La Fayette’s correspondences in search for some “spooky terms”. Unsurprisingly, there is not too much on this front. La Fayette used words like devil, spirit, horror, blood, etc. often enough, but mostly in different contexts (the men are in a great spirit, the horror of slavery, where the devil is Clinton, etc.) Nonetheless, there are a few interesting passages to be found that might fit the season

The Marquis de La Fayette to Henry Laurens, ca. January 5, 1778:

Remember, my dear Sir, what Lord North promised to your most cruel and tyrannic ennemys, when he foresaw in one of his speeches that dissensions should take place one day or another amongh the several States, the several members of Congress, and facilitate in the succès and vengeance of a master who is now as thirsty of your blood as he was before of your liberties and properties.

Idzerda Stanley J. et al., editors, Lafayette in the Age of the American Revolution: Selected Letters and Papers, 1776–1790, Volume 1, December 7, Cornell University Press, 1977, p. 213.

The Marquis de La Fayette to the Chevalier de La Luzerne, June 16, 1781:

After having slipped rather fortunately between the enemy army and our stores, we made a junction with a few riflemen. Lord Cornwallis seemed not to like these hilly terrains and withdrew toward Richmond. We make it seem we are pursuing him, and my riflemen, their faces smeared with charcoal, make the woods resound with their yells; I have made them an army of devils and have given them plenary absolution.

Idzerda Stanley J. et al., editors, Lafayette in the Age of the American Revolution: Selected Letters and Papers, 1776–1790, Volume 4, April 1, 1781–December 23, 1781, Cornell University Press, 1981, p. 186.

The Marquis de La Fayette to the L’Abbé Fayon, April 13, 1778:

I am so possessed by the daemon of war that I have totally abandoned myself to military occupations.

Idzerda Stanley J. et al., editors, Lafayette in the Age of the American Revolution: Selected Letters and Papers, 1776–1790, 1778; Volume 2, April 10, 1778–March 20, Cornell University Press, 1979, p. 24.

The Marquis de La Fayette to George Washington, May 14, 1784:

I know as Much as Any Conjurer Ever did, which Remind’s me of our old friend’s at Fiskills Enterwiew with the devil that Made us laugh So Much at His House (…)

Idzerda Stanley J. et al., editors, Lafayette in the Age of the American Revolution: Selected Letters and Papers, 1776–1790, Volume 5, January 4, 1782‑December 29, 1785, Cornell University Press, 1983, p. 216.

I am confident that the men had some sort of mock séance at Fishkill. I believe that there is also a similar story about Hamilton and some acquaintances pranking party goes by pretending to see and speak with ghosts.

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the-anxious-youth · 1 year

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ℜ𝔢𝔮𝔲𝔢𝔰𝔱 ℑ𝔫𝔣𝔬

Characters I write for, newest at the top (* means favorites):

One Piece: [Closed]

Buggy*

Nami*

Koby* (I hc Koby as trans bc of @tinfairies (go check them out), but if you want me to write him as amab let me know)

Luffy

Zoro

Sanji

Shanks*

Mihawk

Alvida

Usopp

Helmeppo

House of the Dragon: [Closed]

Aemond Targaryen*

Aegon II Targaryen*

Helaena Targaryen*

Alicent Hightower

Rhaenyra Targaryen

Daemon Targaryen

Jacaerys Velaryon

Harwin Strong

Slashers: [Closed]

Bo Sinclair (House of Wax)*

Vincent Sinclair (House of Wax)

Lester Sinclair (House of Wax)

Thomas Hewitt (Texas Chainsaw Massacre)*

Bubba Sawyer (Texas Chainsaw Massacre)

Brahms Heelshire (The Boy)

Michael Myers (OG and RZ)

Jesse Cromeans/Chromeskull (Laid to Rest)

Baby Firefly (House of 1000 Corpses)

Tiffany Valentine (Chucky)*

Yautja (Predator)*

Jed Sawyer (Leatherface 2017)*

Johnny Slaughter (Texas Chainsaw Game)*

The Walking Dead: [Closed]

Daryl Dixon

Rick Grimes

Maggie Rhee

Turn Washington’s Spies: [Closed]

John Graves Simcoe*

Ensign (Thomas) Baker*

Benjamin Tallmadge

John Andre

Marquis de Lafayette

Edmund Hewlett

LA Noire: [Closed]

Cole Phelps

Stefan Bekowsky*

Roy Earle

Jack Kelso*

Detroit Become Human: [Closed]

Connor (RK800)

Ralph (WR600)

Nines

Peaky Blinders: [Closed]

Thomas Shelby

John Shelby

Arthur Shelby

Finn Shelby

Johnny Dogs*

Bonnie Gold*

Alfie Solomons

Topics I will write about:

Violence, gore, etc

Dark!Characters and reader

Dub-con

Mental illness

NSFW

I will NOT write about:

Non con in any form

Incest outside of HoTD

Glorification of abuse

Real People

I write reader insert one shots and series, as well as OC works and reactions with multiple characters. I’m honestly pretty open minded so if you have an idea, feel free to ask! Worst I will do is politely decline. :)

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sikaposivo · 2 years

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antonilafayette · 2 years

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trinikins · 3 years

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Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette & Artemisia

Greek | From Artemis

Black Banded Jackal

Extroverted, rebellious, values freedom, commited, witty, bold, playful, group-oriented, cooperative, competitive, quick minded, communicative, straightforward, adaptable, perceptive, ambitious, loyal

#the voice of my soul #hamilton #hamilton musical #hamilton au #daemon au #hamilton daemon au #lafayette #his dark materials #hdm #hdm au

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floatyflowers · 2 years

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𑁍Masterlist𑁍

Oshi No Ko

Sister Complex Masterlist

Hunter x Hunter

Father! Kurapika

Jujutsu Kaisan

Father! Satoru Gojo

Another Father! Satoru Gojo

Death Note

Father! Light Yagami

Lotr/The hobbit

Grandfather! Thranduil

Father! Legolas

Dark Sauron

Father Morpheus(The Sandman)

The Boys

Father! Homelander Part 2

Hannibal

Father Hannibal Lecter

Dark! Hannibal Lecter, and John Wick x Young Mother! Reader Part 2

Stranger Things

Husband! 001 (Vecna)

Jason Carver P2

Father! 001

House of the dragon

Husband! Daemon Targaryen Part 2

The Adopted Princess Masterlist

First Husband Aemond Targaryen x Reader x Second Husband Aegon Targaryen

Husband! Larys Strong

Fairest of Them All | Aegon II, Aemond, and Jacaerys x Reader

Dark Platonic Mother!Rhaenyra Targaryen x Daughter Reader

Dark Platonic Father Aegon II x Reader

Dark Platonic Father Maegor The Cruel x Reader

Dark Platonic Father Aegon The Conqueror x Reader

Dark Platonic Father Aemond Targaryen x Reader

Dark Platonic Father Daemon Targaryen x Reader

Dark Father Aegon II x Mother! Reader x Son! Aegon III

Dark Platonic Rhaenyra Targaryen x Reader x Dark Platonic Alicent Hightower

Dark Platonic Mothers! HOTD/GOT (Cersei, Alicent, Sansa, and Rhaenyra) x Reader

Dark! Jaehaerys Targaryen x Maegor's Daughter! Reader

Dark Male! Rhaenyra Targaryen x Cousin Reader Part 2

Below the Surface| Dark! HOTD various x Reincarnated Reader

Dark Male! Daenerys Targaryen x Baratheon! Reader Part 2

Dark! Grown-up Lucerys Valeryon x Twin!Reader

Dark Male! Alicent Hightower x reader

Percy Jackson x House Of The Dragon x Reader Crossover.

Mythology

Dark Greek Gods (Apollo, Hermes, and Ares) x Reader

Dark! Eros x Reader x Dark! Anteros

Dark! Platonic Father Apollo x Reader

Dark! Achilles and Patroclus x Reader (Poly)

Wednesday

Dark! Male! Wednesday Addams

Percy Jackson

Dark Platonic Camp Half-Blood x Reader x Dark Platonic Greek Gods Part2

Eros' Daughter Fanfic Masterlist

Percy Jackson x House Of The Dragon x Reader Crossover.

Dark! Hades x Demigod! Reader

Chronicles of Narnia

Male! Queen Jadis 'The White Witch'

The Last Of Us

Dark Platonic Father! Joel Miller

Dark Joel Miller x Married! Reader

Star Wars Universe

Dark Platonic! Din Djarin x Reader

Historical Figures

Dark! Platonic Father! Saladin x Reader x Dark! Baldwin IV

Dark! Ancient Rulers (Ramesses II and Alexander the Great) x Reader

Dark Platonic Alexander the Great x illegitimate! Daughter

Dark Husband! Alexander The Great x Reader

Dark Platonic! Father Henry VIII x reader

Dark! Napoleon Bonaparte x Reader

Back to the past| Dark! Tutankhamun x Modern! Reader

Dark! Male Catherine of Aragon and Male Anne Boleyn x Queen Reader

Avatar the Last Airbender

Dark! Zuko x Fragile! Reader

The second wife| Dark! Ozai x Wife! Reader x Platonic Dark! Zuko and Azula

Dark Platonic! Fire Nation Royal Family x Non-bender Reader Part 2

Dark Ozai x Iroh's betrothed! Reader

Dark! Fire Nation Royal Family x Bloodbender Reader

Dark! Male Azula x Reader

Lolita

Male! Dolores Haze x Reader

Dark Manhwa/manga characters

Dark! Husbands (Erno Etham, and Camille Lafayette) x reader

Dark! Anime DILFS x reader

Harry Potter

Dark! Tom Riddle x Hufflepuff! Reader

Dark! Sirius Black x Reader

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Dark Platonic! Father Dracula x Reader x Dracula's Brides

Interview with the vampire

Dark!Platonic/Romantic Lestat de Lioncourt

Barbie

Dark Platonic Adoptive! Parents Barbie And Ken x Reader

Original Characters

Dark Platonic! Rich Father x Reader

Dark Platonic! Father Merman x Human! Reader

Dark Platonic! Alien Father x Toddler! Human Reader

Dark Platonic! Fathers as Zodiac Signs x Reader

Dark Husbands! Vampire, Merman, and Faerie x Human! Reader

Dark! Platonic Father and Mother Faerie x Human! Reader

Dark! Male Homewrecker x Reader (Late 1800's era)

Dark! Platonic Gym Father x Chubby! Reader

Dark! Human Apps (Duolingo, Tumblr, and Wattpad) x Reader

One Piece

Dark Platonic! Father Zoro x Reader

Migi to Dali

Dark! Migi and Dali x Reader

Disney

Dark Platonic Father Tarzan x Reader

AI accounts:

Character AI List| Character Link List

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anthonybrxdgerton · 5 years

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A Discovery of Witches reread

Last week I re-read A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness and it took me a long time to do it; I had to pause every few pages (sometimes paragraphs) because of the choices characters made I didn’t agree with. I will be doing my reactions about episodes as well (as soon as I re-watch them) and comparing the show to the first book.

My reactions, notes and everything under the cut. There are some trivia I forgot about, some minor changes book vs tv show, some stuff referencing the next books and what not.

BEWARE OF SPOILERS FOR THE BOOKS. IF YOU HAVEN’T READ THE BOOKS, DON’T READ THIS POST. Enjoy!

[ a discovery of witches | shadow of night | the book of life | time’s convert ]

the book takes place in 2009 in the span of 40 days

miriam and marcus have very different taste in music (The whole area seemed unoccupied, although from somewhere there came faint strains of a Bach cello concerto and something that sounded an awful lot like the latest hit recorded by the Eurovision song-contest winners);

marcus wears converse and he's BLOND (so are nathaniel and satu);

the killings that occurred at the time (a.k.a jack’s doing) were the reason matthew thought that vampires are going extinct and are not able to sire anyone else;

Patience, alas, was not the strong suit of Bishop women - you can clearly see that in the books as well as in the show;

sarah and rebecca's mother's name is joanna (which only matters to me because it’s my name too);

matthew came to oxford at 1989 (when he met hamish);

matthew was 37 eyars old when we was re-born as a vampire and baldwin was in his late twenties or early thirties. marcus was in his late twenties and diana is 33.

marcus is into red-heads (but phoebe is not a red-head, which will be notet later by baldwin or matthew (i don’t remember which)) ;

"I asked if you were hungry.” Why he continued to do so was a mystery—when was I not hungry? #relatable, I’m Diana here;

“I love your hair,” he murmured. “It has every color imaginable—even strands of red and black.” which will be important later on when diana’s hair change

matthew knows how to knock the cork off with a sword (and now i feel robbed that we didn't see it)

both matthew and hamish won all souls prize fellowship

"What’s your name?” I asked, smothering a smile. “Timothy,” he answered, rocking back on his heels. He was wearing mismatched cowboy boots, one red and one black. His eyes were mismatched, too—one was blue and one was green. “You’re more than welcome to check your e-mail, Timothy.” “You’re the one.” He tipped his fingers at me, pivoted on the heel of the red boot, and walked away. - i just love Timothy, okay? He’s a sweetheart PLUS he is somewhat important in The Book of Life

ashmole 782 has been missing since 1859 but gerbert had it a thousand years ago and “it is a strange book, is it not, Diana? A thousand years ago I took it from a great wizard from Toledo. When I brought it to France, it was already bound by layers of enchantment."

diana's fingers were already colorful (mostly blue) especially when she was angry/stressed

Somewhere in the center of my soul, a rusty chain began to unwind. It freed itself, link by link, from where it had rested unobserved, waiting for him. My hands, which had been balled up and pressed against his chest, unfurled with it. The chain continued to drop, to an unfathomable depth where there was nothing but darkness and Matthew. At last it snapped to its full length, anchoring me to a vampire. - matthew could feel the chain if diana wanted him too. I think she weaved it subconsciously without realizing she’s using her weaver’s powers at the time

Matthew also knew his faults, anger chief among them. Typically, Matthew’s rage was so destructive that once the poison was out of his system, he disappeared for months or even years to come to terms with what he'd done - first reference to the blood rage

matthew used to be friends with marquis de lafayette

when marcus was dying and matthew told him about vampires, marcus thought he was tormented by a demon

“Holy God,” Marcus said softly. Staring at the picture, he tried to imagine what it would be like to receive a photo of his own father ripped to pieces and tossed into the dirt to die. - a.k.a. WAIT TILL SHADOW OF NIGHT AND NOW I'M CRYING I JUST LOVE MATTHEW AND MARCUS’ RELATIONSHIP SO MUCH OKAY

Matthew wore his pilgrim’s badge only when he was afraid he was going to kill someone or when he was thinking of Eleanor St. Leger—or both. - i wish they kept it in the show too especially since it created the tree of life in bishop’s house

My aunt was good with spells. Emily wasn’t but could fly for short distances and see the future.

Matthew’s books were arranged not by size but in a running time line. Those on the first bookshelf were so ancient that I couldn’t bear to think about what they contained—the lost works of Aristotle, perhaps? Anything was possible. - headcanon that he has books from a Library of Alexandria (maybe he got them from Philippe or Hugh or Godfrey?)

“It was spring, you were bored, and so you got up one morning and went to Italy to make war. Your father had to beg forgiveness from the king on his knees”. now I NEED TO KNOW WHAT MATTHEW HAS DONE

“Perhaps, but one thing hasn’t changed in all these years. Whenever there’s a crisis, there’s a de Clermont nearby.” - it should be their motto, really

diana has visions too - i know it's obvious but i completely forgot about it since the show didn’t include it at all except for episode 7 when everybody saw the past

Matthew was unusually tall for the time, though not as tall as he became once he was a vampire - being reborn as a vampire not only makes you stronger but bigger and taller too.

His mother strode forward and slapped him, hard, across the face. “How dare you ask that question?” i need to see it, WHY DIDN’T YOU INCLUDE THIS, SHOW?

marcus is "good at wheedling information out of people."

“And you are going to give me gray hairs—long thought impossible among vampires, by the way—with your courage, your firecracker hands, and the impossible things you say.” - i just like it and i wonder if deb already knew that diana would do that for him in the book of life?

Baldwin had him by the throat before the words were out of his mouth. Their heads close together, one dark and one bright, they rocketed to the far end of the hall. Matthew’s body smashed into a wooden door, splintering it with the impact. - friendly reminder that Baldwin is a much better fighter than Matthew and the show SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF MAKING HIM WEAKER

Vampires didn’t usually get all of their names (5) when they were reborn but over the years.

One reason the de Clermont family was so long-lived was that each member had different skills in a crisis. Philippe had always been the leader of men, a charismatic figure who could convince vampires and humans and sometimes even daemons to fight for a common cause. Their brother Hugh had been the negotiator, bringing warring sides to the bargaining table and resolving even the fiercest of conflicts. Godfrey, the youngest of Philippe’s three sons, had been their conscience, teasing out the ethical implications of every decision. To Baldwin fell the battle strategies, his sharp mind quick to analyze every plan for flaws and weaknesses. Louisa had been useful as bait or as a spy, depending on the situation. Matthew, improbably enough, had been the family’s fiercest warrior. His early adventures with the sword had made his father wild with their lack of discipline, but he’d changed. Now whenever Matthew held a weapon in his hand, something in him went cold and he fought his way through obstacles with a tenacity that made him unbeatable. Then there was Ysabeau. Everyone underestimated her except for Philippe, who had called her either “the general” or “my secret weapon.” She missed nothing and had a longer memory than Mnemosyne. - i really like it and i wish it was in the show too. That being said I really am interested what are the talents/skills of Verin, Stasia and Freya.

A helicopter,” Baldwin said. “It was waiting in Clermont-Ferrand to take me back to Lyon. - does Baldwin have a house there?

”Fancy seeing you here, Miss Bishop”. It was what he always said when I sneaked into his study at home or crept downstairs late at night for one more bedtime story. FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT STEPHEN TOLD HER THE SAME THING IN LONDON TOO

Let me know if you need anything, Ysabeau.” Baldwin brushed her cheeks with his lips. - WERE THEY ENEMIES? FRENEMIES?? I THOUGH THAT HATED EACH OTHER WHAT IS GOING ON I NEED ANSWERS ESPECIALLY THAT YSABEAU SAID SHE HATES HIM IN BOL AND THAT HE TRIED TO BANISH HER FROM JERUSALEM ONCE

Marcus was Matthew’s son. He was my son. / When the door swung open, Marcus’s blue eyes met mine with a twinkle. “Hi, Mom, we’re home!” I JUST LOVE IT, OKAY, WE NEED MORE OF THEM IN THE SHOW

Marcus prefers whiskey even though all of his family loves wine

One morning Marcus turned on his heel and stormed back to the house, leaving his father alone in the old apple orchard. “Diana,” he growled in greeting before streaking through the family room and straight out the front door. “I’m too damn young for this!” he shouted as he left. - I LOVE YOU MY BABY DRAMA QUEEN

Gerbert had always wanted to be included among the Knights of Lazarus, and my father refused him time and time again. - which is why he sent Juliette to spy on Matthew and it gives interesting layer that he told about The Knights in the show. He’s so bitter loool

Stephen Proctor could timewalk into the past OR into the future hence why we saw him in the 1x01 - he wasn’t just a hallucination, he probably timewalked into the future to make sure Ashmole 782 is safe

also, at the end of the book, right before they timewalked, Matthew noticed that there are some annotations in his “Doctor Faustus” copy he made that he didn’t remember putting them there. - is this a sign that 16th century Matthew somehow subconsciously remembered Diana or his fight with Kit or something? I wish that was explained too because that’s interesting.

this is so long I’M SORRY. Overall, I had very hard time re-reading this book especially when Matthew was so possessive and controlling. I wanted to punch him every time he said or did something. Show!Matthew is definitely more bearable and les creepy. Also, I love the familiar/platonic relationships between Marcus & Matthew, Marcus & Diana, Marcus & Miriam, Miriam & Diana, Sophie & Diana, Sarah & Marcus and more. Too bad the show didn’t care about those relationships too much. As for the romantic relationships, I wish I knew more about Miriam & Bertrand, Philippe & Ysabeau, Sophie & Nathaniel too.

#a discovery of witches #all souls #diana bishop

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ao3feed-hamilton · 5 years

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by protaganope

The word "daemon" is an old one with several different meanings. In Christian writings the word is sometimes used to refer to a demon, or evil spirit. In Greek mythology, a daemon was a supernatural creature somewhere between god and man. In this world, daemons are more or less your soul worn on your sleeve. They appear as talking animal friends that accompany you wherever you go. As Philip Pullman once said, characters are "able to talk to their daemons, much like talking to yourself […] Like having a conversation with your conscience or your memory." Everyone has a daemon, but children's daemons can shapeshift to be any animal. When a child reaches maturity, their daemon settles into one permanent shape. This is thought to symbolise how, as we get older, our personality solidifies and settles.

Words: 1580, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 7 of November

Fandoms: Hamilton - Miranda, The Golden Compass (2007)

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: Gen

Characters: Alexander Hamilton, Hercules Mulligan, John Laurens, Gilbert du Motier Marquis de Lafayette, Aaron Burr, Angelica Schuyler, Elizabeth "Eliza" Schuyler, Margaret "Peggy" Schuyler

Additional Tags: The Golden Compass & Hamilton AU, that no-one asked for, it's a fun little idea i've been messing with, Alternate Universe - Daemons

from AO3 works tagged 'Hamilton - Miranda' https://ift.tt/2FtWPi4

#IFTTT #ao3feed #Hamilton #fanfic

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icarusandtheson · 6 years

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Complete AU List

These are all of my AUs so far – ones I’ve written, ones I frequently think of, and some that are brand-new with no content. Feel free to ask me anything about these, or about anything you think I might like. If there’s available fic, it will be indicated with a link. If there’s a tag, it will be linked in the name of the AU. Always under construction. To see the list as it updates, go here, or access through the info link in my description.

encore: modern era, presumably political but moreso a massive, sprawling episodic exploration of alex’s life. The Big One. I have forty years of this timeline figure out, and it’s somehow still not enough. there’s an ongoing series. everything on this blog is encore-related, unless otherwise tagged.

rachel lives!au: a modern au in which rachel never died, and brought alex to new york. she starts dating george, a successful lawyer, and somewhere along the line alex realizes he’s jealous for all the wrong reasons. quite possibly my favorite au, not counting encore, which means i ALWAYS have thoughts on it. there is fic.

magic!au: in which alex and george are happily together, but george doesn’t know about alex’s abilities (inherited from his mother). there is fic.

monster!au: alex gets bitten. george offers as much help as he can, up to and including giving blood. there’s feelings, which neither of them handle well. there is fic.

fae!au: alex is fae, george is… something, now, after finding himself unwilling to walk away from the strange, beautiful boy he encountered at the roadside and letting him take him home. presumably, the rev!set and the schuyler’s are also fae, but we haven’t seen then yet. there is fic.

Cut for length

angel!au: in which george is alex’s guardian angel. there is fic.

circus!au: washington is the ringmaster of a travelling circus. alex is a spectator who runs away with the circus. featuring: washington’s incredibly ornate wardrobe, the schuyler’s as fortune tellers (eliza for love, angelica for success, peggy for short-term predictions) john throwing knives with terrifying accuracy, lafayette spitting literal fire, and hercules absolutely killing it on the trapeze. also, it’s magic. there is fic.

paranormal investigators!au (lovingly nicknamed scooby doo!au): washington is a paranormal investigator, alex is his protege, the rest of the gang gets roped in to varying degrees – because alex alone with tomes and tomes of ancient knowledge is, frankly, the worst idea ever conceived. includes possession, many close calls, ghosts both malignant and benevolent, and pining. no tags yet, but a lot of unpublished fragments waiting.

hunger games!au: alex and eliza as co-tributes, washington as their mentor. eliza volunteers to protect angelica, who was reaped. presumably, they’re from district 12, alex from the seam and the others from the merchant class – however, i’m willing to be swayed. there is a bad end, and there is a good end. unfortunately, neither ends with everyone completely happy. not even a tag for this one yet. just trust me on this one.

daemon!au: a riff on the “his dark materials” series. probably one of the least developed – alex’s daemon shifts at several major life moments, him and george possibly have the same type of daemon (sometimes lions. sometimes not.) both Alex and Rachel have/had daemons the same gender as themselves.

superhero!au: in which washington is training a group of young heroes and alex has been on his own for far too long to trust that joining them is a good idea. he does it anyways.

#whamilton #au list #blog psa #tumblrs formatting continues to vex me #can you tell im procrastinating actual writing

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true-halloween-tales · 7 years

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2017: #2-WITCHES

Round about the cauldron go; In the poison’d entrails throw. Toad, that under cold stone Days and nights has thirty-one Swelter’d venom sleeping got, Boil thou first i’ the charmed pot. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.

- Macbeth.

It is now time to get to the bottom of the topic of witches - but we are staying away from witches’ bottoms! Once the topic of witches is raised, the cauldron of creepiness starts bubbling out witches all over the place. The Wicked Witch of the West is the archetypical witch, with the long pointy nose, green skin, black clothing, and conical witch hat. There were other Oz witches such as Glinda the Good Witch. Long before Oz, Greek mythology provided Medea and Circe. In Jason and the Argonauts, Medea mainly made potions and then ran off with Jason. Homer’s Odyssey had Circe trapped on an island turning sailors into pigs. The Middle Ages bubbled up Morgan Le Fay in the King Arthur legend. Shakespeare wrote famous plays with witches, such as in Macbeth. Witches were also featured in quite a few fairy tales. The Brothers Grimm’s Hansel and Grettel is perhaps the most famous witchy fairy tale. Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and the Margarita includes witches and the Devil galavanting with glee in Russia. Lloyd Alexander’s The Black Cauldron features the three witches of Orwen, Orgoch, and Ordxu who are actually helpful. Fritz Leiber wrote of witches in his novels, Conjure Wife and Our Lady of Darkness. Anne Rice wrote a three-book series, the Lives of the Mayfair Witches. But beyond literature, witches are also bubbling up in film.

I Married a Witch was a 1942 comedy, but 1960’s Black Sunday is horror. 1962’s Burn, Witch, Burn was based on Leiber’s Conjure Wife. Vincent Price hunted witches in The Conqueror Worm, but he was the villain persecuting the innocent. Christopher Lee was voodoo-dolled by his witch daughter in The House That Dripped Blood (see 2018: #1-GREAT HORROR FILM ACTORS). Rosemary’s Baby delivered us a delightfully witchy Ruth Gorden. The Witches of Eastwick had three witches summoning the Devil, Jack Nicholson. The Blair Witch has almost appeared in three films and probably has the greatest name recognition for a witch in popular culture. Sam Raimi’s Drag Me to Hell was about a witch’s curse. Even Marvel superhero films have included the Scarlet Witch (see 2017: #10-SUPERHEROES). Witches bubble up in the cauldron of creepiness beyond film and into television programs.

The Addams Family includes the witches of Grandmama as well as that of Morticia. Lara Parker portrayed the regular witch character, Angelique, in the original Dark Shadows tv series (see 2016: #7-GUIDE TO DARK SHADOWS). A few years later she played a witch in Dark Shadows’ creator, Dan Curtis’ other cult horror tv series, The Night Stalker, in the episode, The Trevi Collection (see 2015: #5-GUIDE TO THE NIGHT STALKER). There was a comedy tv series with witches, Bewitched, including the witches Samantha and Aunt Haggadah. Witches have made appearances in Doctor Who in the episodes, The Daemons and The Shakespeare Code which offers witches Mother Bloodtide and Mother Doomfinger (see 2018: #2-GUIDE TO DOCTOR WHO). The three-season series, Penny Dreadful, centered around the witch Vanessa Ives who was well-played by Eva Green. American Horror Story had an entire season, Coven, about witches and introduced us to such noteworthy witches as Cordelia Foxx and Misty Day; the Roanoke season featured Lady Gaga as the primal witch Scathach. Most recently, Game of Thrones has included the child-sacrificing witch Melisandre, the red priestess, who resurrected Jon Snow. Men can also be witches as seen with Lafayette in the True Blood series. There are even cartoon witches such as Winnie the Witch, Popeye’s watery Sea Hag, and there is Broomhilda from the Chicago Tribune comic strip. They are also in video games such as in the Dark Souls series with Karla the Witch and the fiery half-spider, half-woman, Chaos Witch Quelagg. The cauldron of creepiness overfloweth with a bevy of witches!

What sort of classifications can witches be put into to better understand them? Dungeons & Dragons is a good resource for monster listings and the game includes: Sea Hags, Night Hags, and Annis. There are evil black witches and white good witches, even neutral gray witches. Most witches are alchemists and make potions. Some witches have additional specialization of their magical ability, such as with Circe polymorphing people into pigs. There are solitary witches in comparison to covens of witches. But there are not too many classifications of witches. Desert dwelling witches are certainly not sandwitches, hold the mayo! The term, death hag, is not a classification of witch, but is a type of person who morbidly goes to cemeteries, reads obituaries, and indulges in other death-related past-times. What best distinguishes witches is what they do.

What do witches do? Witches tend to have the same goals and activities in mind. They primarily stand over their large cauldrons cooking up hideous magical stews and potions; in a way, they are pharmacists. The common crazy concoction they cook up consists of children and babies; few witches are vegetarians. Witches are often known to lure children, catch them, cook them, and eat them. Otherwise, they have to go to “witches supermarkets,” cemeteries, and dig up dead children. Witches cannibalistic proclivities primarily exist so they can make themselves younger. Witches are often very old. To make themselves either appear younger or actually physically become younger are their goals. This is seen with the famous illusion of the Young Lady or Old Hag. Witches deeply need to appear young and innocent, and they particularly enjoy the deceit of helping witch finders. In The Blair Witch Project, no physical form of the Witch is ever seen. However, early in the film, an eccentric town local, Mary Brown, is interviewed who very much looks like a witch as well as having interests and educational degrees beyond her age. I have always thought Mary Brown to be the normal human appearance of The Blair Witch. Witches also fly on brooms, often coating the broomstick or themselves wth a greasy oil they make from the fat of cooked children. Witches enjoy staying out late at night, generally doing evil things, and they hang out with the Devil and his minions. Midnight is known as the Witching Hour. Witches often summon up horrible things from beyond as well as have familiars reporting to them, usually in the form of black cats. They cast spells and excel in black magic. Witches often seem to feed off of fear itself, as seen in the Blair Witch films with wooden x-shapes that are left about decorating the forest to terrify the victims (see 2017: #1-THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HORROR).

Which are the most well known, supposedly real, witches? Folk tales do provide us with three well known witches. Baba Yaga comes from Russia, first written about in 1755. She was the typical old grandmotherly witch who created a hut that walked around on large chicken feet. She could be harmful or helpful, but was rumored to have a nasty nose. Black Annis is a witch rumored to live in a cave near Leichestershire, England since the Middle Ages (see 2011: #8-MONSTERS ON THE LOOSE 3). Black Annis is certainly less friendly than Baba Yaga since she is known to use her iron talons to grab children and devour them, later wearing their skins around her waist since she doesn’t shop at Versace. The Witch of Endor is not some witch from a Star Wars film ruling over the moon of the Ewok teddy bear people. The Witch of Endor is from the Book of Samuel from The Bible. She sees spirits rising from the ground and is a helpful and friendly witch…from The Bible?

Which is the most powerful fictional witch? Circe was either the daughter of Helios, the sun god or Hecate, the goddess of witchcraft. That would make her at least half divine, yet she was outwitted by Odysseus. The Graeae are a trio of divine witches from Greek mythology and are related to Medusa (see 2013: #2-MEDUSAS). However, the Graeae are old and share one eye, so they are handicapped. The Graeae is what inspires trios of old witches appearing in fiction such as in Macbeth. The Blair Witch certainly makes the top three since it is said to have killed more than ten people, often in rather groody and gory ways. 2015’s The Blair Witch showed the form of the Blair Witch if you freeze-framed the movie. It was very tall, thin, mostly naked, with stringy black hair and impossibly long arms and legs. Probably the monster form of Mary Brown. The Blair Witch clearly has little helpers or familiars, and it may have illusionary, hallucinatory, and mind altering abilities. It demonstrates an ability of manipulating time unlike any other witch. The Blair Witch may be the most powerful witch we have almost seen. But flying monkeys sure are cool.

In history were there really witches? No. Not at all. Old women who were sick were persecuted, tortured, and killed. It was an issue of people with bad brains contaminated with superstition and steeped in stupidity blaming others for their mishaps. Then those who were insanely religious moved into to glorify themselves while they tortured, oppressed, and killed others. Witch hunting clearly involved oppression of women, the mentally ill, and included the persecution of sexual deviancy. They fueled their witch hunting by believing that witches were going to unleash the Devil and bring about the Apocalypse. Books were written providing instructions on witch hunting, with the most well known book being the Malleus Maleficarum (The Hammer of Witches) from 1486. “Early modern artistic representations of witches articulated and perpetuated beliefs about witch’s bodies, emphasizing their diabolical power and moral weakness. The typical witch was depicted as old, and often naked (to display her sagging breasts, a sign of depleted and supposedly repellent femininity), with flying hair (a code for errant and uncontrolled sexuality). The cauldron—itself a perversion of female domesticity— also connoted a powerful, almost volcanic vagina (The Encyclopedia of Witches, p 132).”

What are the best witch films to watch for Halloween? The most recent critically successful film release was 2015’s realistic, The Witch. Rob Zombie’s The Lords of Salem is quite good. The Masters of Horror tv series episode, The Dream in the Witchhouse, is a particularly good and chilling adaptation of an H.P. Lovecraft story. But the original The Blair Witch project is one of the best. There are three magical foreign witch films I recommend. Suspiria is Italian director, Dario Argento’s best film. It was released in 1977 and includes the peculiar Udo Kier and Joan Bennett from Dark Shadows (see 2016: #7-GUIDE TO DARK SHADOWS). Haxan is a 1922 Swedish documentary that was banned in the US; watch the version narrated by William S. Burroughs. It is a creepy cornucopia of dark witchy images. Viy is a 1967 Russian film worth seeking out about a young priest who must spend the night in a haunted church; the special effects are unique.

I first became aware of witches when I was very young because a witch appears on Gypsy Witch Fortune Playing Cards which my grandmother owned. Have I ever actually known a witch? Yes, I worked with her at a strange retail store many moons ago (see 2009: #11-THE DIABLERO, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBES). But lots of people call themselves witches these days, for lots of reasons. Witches have permeated our culture from literature, film, tv, even music. Mort Garson’s delightfully danceable, 1968 album, The Wozard of Iz, has all sorts of witchyness. The topic of witches is very much like the two sides of the moon. One side is dark, nonfiction, and is full of innocent people being tortured and killed thru witch hunts. But the other side is illuminated, really interesting and creative, made of fiction and with possibilities of Halloween costumes and spooky movies. Life is a witch, then you fly.

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