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amalia: penance, quick! hold my hand!
penance: [takes her hand] okay, now what?!
amalia: nothing, i just wanted to hold your hand.
#the nevers (hbo)#the nevers#incorrect the nevers#the nevers incorrect#incorrect quote#incorrect quotes#amalia true#penance adair#source: tumblr#trudair#truepenance#amalia x penance#penance x amalia#source: incorrect-supercorp
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Miss Penance Adair and Miss Amalia True
I ship them with all my heart and since a scene like this doesn't exist (yet) i just thought I'd illustrate my headcanon ✨
In case you haven't watched the Nevers, what are you still doing??? Please check out this new genre-defying show!
#penance adair#amalia true#the nevers hbo#laura donnelly#ann skelly#hbo#the nevers#zephyr alexis navine#trudair#wlw ship#wlw post
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Started my 1,000,000,000,000th rewatch of the Nevers. Lord help me. I'm dead.
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Thinkin bout them
#these can totally be used as headers#this was in my drafts and I have to say... yeah#soulmates#the nevers#the nevers hbo#laura donnelly#ann skelly#truepenance#trudair#pamalia ?#that’s the one Laura chose on the shipping name thing lmao#idk they’re just cute and I’m thinking about them
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the way you’ve changed my life (penance adair/amalia true) — read on ao3
amalia can’t turn penance down when she asks her to play.
for @ancneun.
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It started by accident, one night after a particularly spirited stakeout that ended in a battle with Dr. Hague’s robotic men. She’d collapsed on the couch in the inventor’s workshop, greeted in the morning by the warm sun and her even warmer best friend next to her.
From then on, whether or not one of them was injured or hurt or otherwise preoccupied, Amalia found herself coaxed to lie down and rest. Some days were harder than others, but Penance always got her way. At least, with Amalia. She couldn’t say no to those eyes and that smile. And maybe, just maybe, she looked forward to letting her guard down and slotting herself in between the scientist’s wiry arms every evening.
The more time she spent with the younger woman, the more time she spent in the workshop, which was separate from the main building and soundproofed, to block outside noise from coming in and inside noise from leaving. Penance was even kind enough to set up a desk in the corner of the room, so both women could do their work in the same space. Amalia got her work done if she was focused; otherwise, she amusedly watched her partner tirelessly tinker and mumble under her breath.
She rubbed away the creases on her arms from nodding off at her desk and eyed the clock to her right. Half-past two in the morning wasn’t so bad. Looking across the moon-dappled room scattered with whirring objects, she understood why she wasn’t bundled up in a bed with a blonde inventor somewhere.
The inventor in question was snoring gently at one of her workshop tables, surrounded by bits of metal and wire and parchment. It seems they both got wrapped up in their work. The soldier’s keen eyes watched Penance for a while, tapping her fingers in rhythm with the rise and fall of her chest. It was calming, especially after the week they’d had. Too many people figured out that for Penance, Amalia would do anything. But it was true the other way as well. Penance Adair doesn’t make room in her life, or work space, for just anyone.
Next to her desk, under an oiled sheet of canvas, was a small but handsome piano. She had let it slip one evening that she loved to play piano and sing—but couldn’t openly do so, because none of the songs she knew existed yet. This frustration had been aired to the other woman more than once. Penance, of course, wanted to hear Amalia at the keys, so she scoured the streets and found an old upright, a console piano.
It was a little banged up on the left side and the keys were wildly out of tune, but between the two women they had the tools and the wits to get the instrument sounding like itself again. Amalia huffed a quiet laugh at the memory. Shoulders and hands brushing as they tuned the strings, the warm feeling in her chest whenever she made the blonde laugh.
When they finished, Amalia could remember the proud glow of success coming from her best friend. Having a working piano was great, but seeing Penance so happy was even better. She could feel the blonde’s smile against her collarbone as she embraced her.
On quiet nights, the Irishwoman asked very sweetly if Amalia could play a tune or two. She always obliged, without a second of hesitation. It felt safe to sit with her back to the entrance for once, with the golden-haired woman perched on the bench at her side, warm and constant.
She quietly removed the canvas cover, her lips quirking up as she ran her hand across the top lid. The sanded wood was soothing to touch. As she sat on the bench Penance had crafted her the leather creaked comfortingly. It reminded her of her old leather jacket, from another life.
The keys sat under her fingers, familiar and warm. They weren’t ivory like the piano she had in her time, but she loved the indentations in the wood, evidence of a previous owner. She pressed down, feeling the satisfying buzz in her bones as the chord rang out.
“Amalia?”
She stopped and turned on the bench, her reply sitting on her tongue. It dissolved when she saw the way Penance was looking at her. Slightly unfocused and sleepy, but full of adoration and tenderness.
How lucky she was to land in this time, meet this extraordinary woman, become fast friends, and work at her side every day. It was easy to love when Penance was involved.
“Come on, Pen. Let’s get you to bed.” She wove her way across the workshop to help the inventor to the couch. Penance initially batted her help away, but gave in eventually and snaked an arm around Amalia’s waist.
Lavender wafted in the air, the scent of her favourite person. Amalia’s cheeks had started hurting from all the smiling she was doing. Boy, her intimidating reputation as a badass fighter would be ruined if anyone saw how she treated Penance.
“Can you play something?”
After a moment’s hesitation, Amalia nodded and moved them to the piano instead of the couch. Once they were positioned on the bench comfortably, she ran through some chords before she really got into it.
“And that’s why birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it: let’s do it, let’s fall in love.” Her voice was raspy at the beginning like it always was, but a few bars in and it soon warmed into the strong alto she knew Penance loved.
“Romantic sponges, they say, do it. Oysters down in Oyster Bay do it. Let's do it, let's fall in love.” Penance leaned in her shoulder, brushing her lips against the soft spot behind her ear. Amalia could feel the vibrations against her whole left side, and she felt the warmness in her chest bloom again.
“Electric eels, I might add, do it, though it shocks 'em, I know. Why ask if shad do it? Garçon, the shad roe!” She sang the last line as she always did, in a very silly and very bad French accent. It landed exactly as she intended, the woman throwing her head back in laughter. She was so focused on Penance that she almost hit the wrong keys. Almost.
“In shallow shoals, English soles do it. Goldfish in the privacy of bowls do it. Let's do it, let's fall in love.” The last notes hung in the air before dissipating, and Amalia relaxed with a small sigh.
“What was that one called?”
“That was ‘Let’s Do It’ by a man named Cole Porter. He was an American who wrote songs and music. A lot of his music was in popular musicals of his day.” She stood and retrieved the canvas cover set on her desk, carefully sliding it over the piano.
“Musicals?”
“Basically plays but the story is told mostly or entirely in song. Sometimes they were visually recorded.”
She turned to find the blonde woman staring off into space. “Hey! No thinking thoughts at this time of night. You can figure out how to break the world after a bit of rest.”
“Alright…” Penance allowed herself to be led, finally, to the couch.
The last thing Amalia heard and felt was her companion humming into her chest. One of the few times an accident turned out well, and she was glad for it.
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#the nevers (hbo)#the nevers#amalia true#penance adair#amalia x penance#penance x amalia#truepenance#i still think truepenance is a stupid ship name sorry not sorry#truedair#trudair#ao3 writer#read on ao3#ao3 fanfic#trudair fanfic
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What do they know???
That they’re sooo in love!!! After S1Ep6 I’m even more convinced of it! I mean “Amalia” told Penance her true name(not to coin a pun), and they are always clinging to each other. More than that Amalia/Stripe told the Ghalanthi that Penence was her heart! I mean it’s SO obvious!!!
I will ship this forever!!!
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The Nevers (2021) - 1x04
#theneversedit#the nevers#amalia true#penance adair#laura donnelly#ann skelly#the nevers spoilers#the nevers 1x04#amalia x penance#femslash related stuff#but subtext#I was all set to use true penance as decided ship tag but someone mentioned trudair#which is adorable as well??#I continue to honestly love these two#the way pen can cheer her up#and just HOW FOND amalia is of her gosh#the third last gif#and only trusting her and admitting it!
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So... The Nevers. What's it all about? I've seen your gifsets and my interest is piqued. I 100% trust your taste in shows as you got me into Astrid and Raphaelle last year and am a keen follower of your wlw journeys haha
OMG where do I startttt. First, thank you for trusting me with your choice of shows to watch (and ships ^^). ♥ I always seem to choose the small fandom ships though :D
I call them Truedair but the fandom doesn’t seem to have come to a choice ... On twitter you have TruePenance you also have Trudair and that’s mostly the main ship names. I love “Truth and Dair” and ThunderCloud (when you see the scene in ep 3 you’ll know ^^)
No Ann it’s not Adue and no Laura it’s not Pamalia :D
Everything under the cut ♥
---------- General ----------
Ok so now ... a general comment about what the show is. Took it from wiki tbh ^^
The series is set in Victorian London and follows a group of people, mostly women, known as the Touched, who suddenly manifest abnormal abilities. Among them are Amalia True, a mysterious and quick-fisted widow, and her best friend Penance Adair, a brilliant inventor.
The Nevers is described as "an epic science fiction drama about a gang of Victorian[s] who find themselves with unusual abilities, relentless enemies, and a mission that might change the world."
At first I'm not the kind of person who loves Victorian London settings BUT this show honestly made me like love it ^^ (sorry youtube for all the Victorian dresses making videos I watched lately and NO I do not plan on creating one it's just ... hyperfixation) I love fantasy, I love sci-fi... so that's why I might like this show. The sci-fi part is the powers but also the big TWIST. (Nope won't tell you about it and yep I was sadly spoiled about it ... I know I shouldn't have went through the tag :D) Oh and also ... SteamPunk energy. I swear, at the start of ep 6 you will be ... Is it the right show I’m watching ? :D
It’s HBO so ... yeah sex and nudity sometimes are a thing. Sometimes it’s kinda dark but it also has humor and amazing lines/quotes.
There’s some White Old Man™ talks especially in the first two eps where they discuss in their closed clubs about the fate of the Touched ... You know :D Boring talks where you wanna rip their throats when they’re talking about woman/Touched but it’s kinda necessary to get the feel of the situation they’re in.
It’s created by Josh Whedon but after what happened in other shows he decided to leave the show after ep 4 and Philippa Goslett took back the showrunner chair. Then you have Jane Espenson as a writer ... Buffy, OUAT, Jessica Jones, ...
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---------- Soooo the characters ----------
You have Amalia True, the number one main char who has the ability to see glimpses of the future. She doesn’t control it, she doesn’t know when her glimpses will manifest themselves and she doesn’t know when she sees an event that will happen, when it will actually take place. "The most irresponsible, spontaneous, and psychologically broken hero of 19th-century London, and a danger to the British elite. She is dedicated to her cause and never turns down a drink."
So yeah, you've guessed it, she's the perfect anti-hero, absolutely badass (in a corset and dress nonetheless), dark soul/past character. Who ... weirdly (we all know it and love it in our ships) is all soft and loving when one Penance Adair is concerned. Shocker, right? :D I swear the hearteyes I’ve seen x_x She’s also very protective of Penance. She’s got PTSD and doesn’t like large crowds.
She runs the Orphanage where a great number of Touched are gathered and live as a community. She protects them, she helps some others to get to safety and so on.
She’s played by miss Laura Donnelly who’s perfect for the role and amazing at doing different sorts of accents because, you might have recognized her from Outlander (Jamie’s sister), she doesn’t talk the same way AT ALL in both series. Also I’m in love with her voice in the Nevers I don’t make the rules. She’s 40 but honestly looks way younger. MILF am I right? Also Amalia fighting scenes are amazing and Laura has done the majority of it by herself !
You might have guessed ... I immediately thought of Jessica Jones when I saw her face ^^ But that’s kinda irrelevant here. She’s beautiful and messy and my kinda gal.
Then you Have Miss Penance Adair “Amalia's best friend, and a Touched with the power of 'seeing' electrical energy patterns and a skill for inventing. She is both religious and heretically progressive.”
She’s an amazing inventor, creating all sorts of gadgets for Amalia to fight with :D Our own 007 ... She’s her BeSt FriEnD ... When you know, you know. (Xena flashback ^^) She’s her wife right hand man and goes in the field to help Amalia. They also have this cute dynamic where Penance name an invention and Amalia calls it another way (the right way) and they bicker about it lovingly.
She’s THE sunshine character. Amalia is the Sunshine protector of course. But we all know who’s the top in the relationship and it ain’t Mrs. True. All her interactions with Amalia are WIVES™. She’s the cutie, she’s the hope and compass of Amalia. She loves to touch Amalia too ♥ Amalia is her idiotic suicidal wife and Penance has to deal with that but she doesn’t love her less. Like Laura said, Amalia loves Penance more than she loves herself. We all know it’s because she doesn’t think highly of herself but also because who doesn’t love Penance.
She’s played by Ann Skelly and has an amazing, lovely, Irish accent (Laura is Irish too but not in the show). And OMG I just checked and she’s only 25 ? She’s 6 months younger than me and I’m kinda shocked because I thought she was at least 28 :D Listen to her saying ‘fabric of the world’ at the end of ep 1 and not fall in love with her I dare you. You’ll fall in love with Penance way before the end of ep 1 tbh.
---------- Queer rep ??? ----------
They are not canon, I prefer saying it before anyone thinks that they are. (Like Astraëlle)
I honestly thought they would become canon until Laura Donnelly called them sisters in a IG live ... (Honestly the showrunner might make them canon who knows) but like Astraëlle even if they don't become canon I don't even care. Their interactions are magnificent and their relationship is everything that’s good in this world. Like I said, they have the WIFE™ energy, they’ve know each other when the show starts for about 3 years. “You’re supposed to be inseparable.” is an actually quote from ‘the bad guy girl’ (Maladie) or as I could say the misunderstood woman who’s kinda crazy too though don’t get me wrong ^^ But everybody is his own hero in his story. Maladie = Disease in French.
They both have what seems like male love interests too. One for Amalia who honestly I’m not a fan of. He’s cheating on her wife with Amalia so ... let’s not ship them. And then you have an adorable being as Penance’s LI aka Bird guy ^^ aka Augie. He’s a cutie like Penance and honestly if they go that way I won’t be mad.
Now ... the CANON queer rep ... I give them from the top of my head so if I forgot some sorry and please add them in the comments !
Amalia : She’s bi or pan ... given by an info in ep 6. Won’t spoil.
Hugo : pan man, of course we ship him with Augustus (Augie). Give them to me. They aren’t canon.
Won’t spoil it but there’s a repressed (kinda homophobic it feels like or at least not well in his shoes) gay man in the show too who’s as much as a main as Hugo and Augie. I personally am not a fan of him.
Nimble Jack is they/them (probs ?) not sure about it but the person playing them said this : “androgynous trans character” they’re not a big part of the show though so only a supporting char.
You have Bonfire Annie who looks kinda close to Maladie at some point so yeah probs not canon but she seems to be pan too. supporting char too
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It has for now 6 eps because it stopped in the middle because of covid but s1 will have 12 eps overall ... 6 more eps will prob come in april or summer 2022.
If you can’t tell, yes I’ve become obsessed with this show and this ship. I love them with all my heart ... They’re blonde x brunette, sunshine x sunshine protector, they’re wives your honor.
OH AND I ALMOST FORGOT ... You’ll see miss Claudia Black in ep 6 and let me tell you I so ship her with an other character ^^
#The Nevers#Amalia x Penance#Truedair#Truepenance#Whatever you wanna call them even though I love Truedair#the nevers presentation#Nevers:S1#TheNevers*#Truedair*#TruePenance*#long text post#long post#text post#ask#phoneboxrock#Reblog to share awareness of the show ship please ? ;) tks
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Penance Adair + Amalia True = Adue or Trudair?
#The Nevers#True Penance#Amalia True#Penance Adair#Laura Donnelly#Ann Skelly#The Nevers edit#My edit
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[their first meeting]
amalia: pleased to meet you. i’m amalia true, head of this orphanage. lavinia notified me of your arrival. and you are?
penance: not as straight as i thought.
#the nevers (hbo)#the nevers#incorrect the nevers#the nevers incorrect#incorrect quote#incorrect quotes#amalia true#penance adair#trudair#truepenance#amalia x penance#penance x amalia
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amalia: [under the influence of opium, points at pub] we can't go in there, it says "18+" and there's only two of us.
penance: [equally high] you're so dumb, true. we'll just invite more people!
#the nevers (hbo)#the nevers#incorrect the nevers#the nevers incorrect#incorrect quote#incorrect quotes#amalia true#penance adair#trudair#truepenance#amalia x penance#penance x amalia#source: incorrect-supercorp
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amalia: i hate being touched.
amalia: the last time i touched another person, it was 2005. in hand-to-hand combat.
harriet: penance is literally hugging you right now.
amalia:
amalia: this means nothing.
#the nevers (hbo)#the nevers#incorrect the nevers#the nevers incorrect#incorrect quote#incorrect quotes#amalia true#penance adair#harriet kaur#trudair#truepenance#amalia x penance#penance x amalia#source: brooklyn nine nine
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amalia: it's not gay if i want to date penance as buddies, right?
harriet: i'm not an expert but that sounds pretty gay.
annie: i’m an expert. that’s gay.
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amalia: describe yourself in one word.
penance: yours.
amalia: disgusting.
amalia:
penance: say it again.
#the nevers (hbo)#the nevers#incorrect the nevers#the nevers incorrect#incorrect quote#incorrect quotes#amalia true#penance adair#trudair#truepenance#amalia x penance#penance x amalia
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penance: there’s only one thing worse than dying.
penance: [rips paper away to reveal ‘amalia’ written above ‘dying’]
amalia: [nodding] me.
penance: no!
#the nevers (hbo)#the nevers#incorrect the nevers#the nevers incorrect#incorrect quote#incorrect quotes#amalia true#penance adair#trudair#truepenance#amalia x penance#penance x amalia#source: tumblr#source: incorrect supercorp
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penance, to the orphanage members: now, the maladie rescue mission wasn’t a total success, but only she and some… townspeople… died. well done, all around.
amalia: [under her breath] that’s like saying the titanic almost made land.
penance: [kicks amalia in the shin]
#the nevers (hbo)#the nevers#incorrect the nevers#the nevers incorrect#incorrect quote#incorrect quotes#amalia true#penance adair#trudair#truepenance#amalia x penance#penance x amalia#source: wynonna earp
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