Literally What It Says

A separate blog to keep track of my favorite fanfictions and fandom-related stuff. Masterlist

[benedictisbi]

Hyacinth fresh off finishing lessons working doubletime to teach Sophie the dance steps by the time the Queen's ball starts

[callmefirefly]

My reaction to Benedict talking to Sophie at the end of episode 4:

“If you wish me to leave, I will. But the truth is, I stay away because you consume me. My eyes search for you in every room I enter. My heart beats when you are near. The reality of you has become more tantalising than any fantasy could be, and one I cannot live without. I meant it when I said you deserve better, and I am determined to give it to you and more. Sophie..”

“Be my mistress.”

[fluffycakesistainted]

The reason Sophie was so obviously and unabashedly enjoying herself at the Bridgerton masquerade, in contrast to “the other young ladies,” is quite simple: Those women were at work, while Sophie was on an escape from work (and a generally sucky life). The former is basically what she pointed out to Benedict—these events are how they have to secure their livelihood (and at the very least, get out their parents’ house). They ain't playin' around.

“Constantly pursuing you? While I can imagine that is taxing for you [lolz], you must imagine that those young ladies have spent their entire lives preparing for the pursuit. Hundreds of hours acquiring their accomplishments, endless fittings, not to mention the three hours alone it takes to do up their hair, for the five or six hours they will be at this ball. All in the hope that you might simply notice them.”

[didanagy]

BRIDGERTON (2020-)

BENEDICT AND SOPHIE

4.03 The Field Next to the Other Road

[queercuttlefish]

my guy fumbled so hard

[jennalouisecolemans]

Based on this post

[doreensladle]

My Mother Always Told Me I was Good with Directions

[apinchofm]

The known sired children of Philippe and Ysabeau's Lines

Much like their children, their grandchildren are formidable in various ways, yet different from their parents. Gallowglass was raised in a scion after his father left; Baldwin sired a daughter rather than a son as his heir; Marcus is a son of the Enlightenment sired by a sixth-century patriarch, and Jack is an enigma of his own.

[eglerieth]

after watching the show, I am now reading the All Souls trilogy for the first time, and here are all the details I love that weren’t in the show.

• apparently Matthew built Sept-Tours

• the incident where Diana almost flooded Sept-Tours

• the incident where Matthew DID flood Sept-Tours

• Phillipe is Greek?

• TABITHA. why does she worship Matthew so much, it’s hilarious

• a fascinatingly in-depth exploration of crests and seals

• Jack wasn’t the only child Matthew and Diana adopted in the past, there was also a teenage witch called Annie

• the two kids also had a very shaggy dog they called Mop

• Phillipe’s clock that he invariably exploded every year during the holiday season trying to “improve,” and spent the rest of the year fixing

• Matthew and Diana putting on a play for Emporer Rudolf, which included Matthew snoring obnoxiously and Diana glowing and floating

• Queen Elizabeth the first throwing a tantrum and launching miscellaneous objects like shoes and inkwells at Matthew

• Ysabaue stabbing Phillipe, reasons unknown

and most shockingly…

• BALDWIN KILLED DRACULA????!!!!!???

[notlostgnome]

I really want the full Baldwin killed Dracula story!!

[apinchofm]

The existence of creatures is revealed to the public.

Imagine the uproar on Wall Street when it dawns on everybody that Baldwin will never "age out" and retire, and since everyone knows that he's a vampire now, there's no reason for him to quit and disappear, so now they're going to be stuck with him forever.

Lmaoooo, they cried harder than they did during the 2008 crash. Hell, the beginning of the great depression.

The dynasties of bankers now tell their sons and daughters to be wary of Baldwin. He's not going to disappear and can likely kill you if you piss him off.

[notlostgnome]

October 13/Chapter 32 of the ADOW Read Time Read and my fave Baldwin quote:

Baldwin crouched down, folding his massive body so he could lock his uncanny, light brown eyes on mine. "Do you know what a gambit is, Diana?" "Vaguely. It's from chess." "That's right," he replied. "A gambit lulls your opponent into a sense of false security. You make a deliberate sacrifice in order to gain a greater advantage." ... "What happened at La Pierre feels like a gambit to me," Baldwin continued, his eyes never wavering. "The Congregation let you go for some reason of their own. Make your next move before they make theirs. Don't wait your turn like a good girl, and don't be duped into thinking your current freedom means you're safe. Decide what to do to survive, and do it."

--A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

[wylfenne]

I mean Baldwin has quite a temper in the books but he works in finance and the books are set in 2008-2009 so all things considered I'd say he took the whole thing as a champ

[radish101]

What do you want Hakinvar?

This idea living in my head rent free

[Insert some thriller, guns, smokes, mystery and a sprinkle of romance fantasy high AU plot]

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[smystered]

“I spent so long hating you, I forgot you were their child too

[dullgecko]

As Adaine gets older her visions get stronger, but also take her out of commission for longer.

Her first major vision predicting reality-destroying catastrophe had her collapsing and unresponsive for hours while her mind experienced MONTHS in this possible future.

[incorrectbadkidz]

Gorgug: Not my circus, not my monkeys.

Kristen: It is my circus but those monkeys are freelance.

Fig: Not my circus nor my monkeys, I'm in the audience as a paying customer.

Fabian: I have a minority share in the circus. So they're kinda my monkeys but I don't really care.

Adaine: I'm an unpaid intern at the circus.

Riz: Fuck is that my circus? And are those... yep, those are my monkeys.

[dullgecko]

Adaine isn't allowed to drive. She's actually barred from getting a licence because her visions are classified as a seizure disorder.

Adventurers aren't really the kind of people to take 'laws' into consideration when choosing to do something though so she HAS tried to drive without a licence. Trying to keep track of all the other people on the road triggered a series of mini visions though and she ended up with such a bad headache Riz had to drive her home and this was in a LOW traffic area of Elmville.

Begrudgingly she has accepted that she must be a passenger princess for the rest of her life.