taylor price
Not today Justin
will byers stan first human second
tumblr dot com
One Nice Bug Per Day
pixel skylines
bliss lane
wallacepolsom
Keni
Misplaced Lens Cap
cherry valley forever
The Bowery Presents
$LAYYYTER
JVL
Jules of Nature
noise dept.
KIROKAZE
occasionally subtle
Cosimo Galluzzi
Origami Around
seen from Mexico
seen from Türkiye
seen from Germany
seen from United States
seen from Canada
seen from Malaysia
seen from Türkiye
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Russia
seen from United States
seen from Canada
seen from Italy
seen from United States
seen from Canada
seen from France
seen from T1
seen from United States
seen from Germany
seen from Italy
@lorarabella
Natasha in every episode of War & Peace → 1x04 Part Four
Will you tell Prince Andrei when he comes that our engagement is at an end, and I cannot be his wife? -Oh, dear, we must have offended you deeply. -No, it’s nothing to do with that, it’s me. I’m the one who’s at fault. I made a mistake. But tell him, please, that he is released from the engagement, and ask his forgiveness. I’m sorry, that’s all I can say.
Arrival | Lucy & Arabella
lorlucy:
For the first time in her entire life, Lucy felt as if she were actually the ruler of a country and not just some noble who should be honored by the fact she’d been brought to the Catalonian court. She’d never been treated poorly by her benefactors, but she always felt that the fact that she and Dot were duchesses was somewhat downplayed.
But here she was standing across from the new queen of Avenia, speaking with her as a representation of the country she called home but didn’t remember. Lucy was endlessly fascinated by the new queen– the first female ruler beside herself and Dot in ages. It seemed like there was already an unspoken camaraderie between the two simply due to that fact.
“We’ve been settling in quite comfortably, thank you,” Lucy replied with a smile. “I must confess… I’ve been wandering around as if in a dream these past few days. I spent so much of my childhood reading about this palace and was always so eager to have a chance to see it in person… Its so good of you all to open your home to all of us. Its such an… an honor to be witness to such a historic occasion,” she concluded.
If Lucy sounded as if she were reciting a well rehearsed speech, it was because she was in a way. She’d never been coached on what to say by anyone from the court, but both she and Dot knew they needed to speak and act a certain way simply to keep the peace.
“I am sure you must be quite exhausted from all the activities. It doesn’t appear as if there will be much time for rest.”
“I am pleased to hear it,” Arabella replied. “And I hope you did not have any troubles on your travels?” She asked. She wanted to ask what it was like to cross the sea, but thought better of it. She wasn’t the adventurous little girl she once been anymore.
“It is beautiful,” She agreed, “But it can be a bit daunting. The first time I came here as a child, I remember seeing the silhouette against the setting sun and being left breathless at the sight of it, even from a distance. My governess had to explain that what I thought was the palace was only the stablehouse.” Even to this day, she couldn’t find the words for what she felt when she first saw it. Everything about it was magnificent. But it was also massive and there was a coldness to it when she compared it to Gloriet. There was a sadness, also, that surrounded it: one her father had left with his death. She hoped her guests could not feel it, too.
“It is rather,” She replied before she even had a chance to consider what she had said. Was a Queen supposed to admit to finding everything to be exhausting, even when speaking to a fellow ruler? She brushed those thoughts aside: she could hardly unsay it now. There would be time later to agonize over whether or not she had done or said the wrong there later. “There is much to do,” She agreed, “but I am happy to do it.”
OOC | Hugh & Arabella
lorhugh:
SAMMMMEEEEEEE!!!!!! I have a great need to do so!! That I still have not satisfied like a fooL hahahaa
That makes total sense!! And I doubt the Princes ever had any occasion/opportunity to be at Gloriet or anything (I suspect this is their first trip to Avenia, at all or at least ~since the revolution! But wo any Godolphins I can’t say for sure) so I’m gonna venture that this is, indeed, their first meeting! Or at least the first one they remember we can say that at at least hahaha
Absolutely!! I def agree that naturally, all things being even, they would deF be friends!!!! But yeah idk how politics will impact their relationship bc that possibility highkey exists!! esp since it’s still v unclear where Avenia now stands on the Catalonia issue!! It’s a tricky issue and it’s wise for her to feel it out before making a decision and Hugh ~does understand that ofc but he’s also noT a patient person esp now that it’s been 16 years and he just wants to go home and so I feel like he will def be like ‘YO SO HOW CAN I CONVINCE YOU IN THE NEXT SIX SECONDS THAT THE WAYNFLETES ARE EVIL AND GODOLPHINS ARE GOOD’ basically…tho much more lowkey than that alkdjfkljsdf hahahaha
But yeah!! He’d love for her to pick his brain on the issue he is 100% here to present every single ounce of information he has!!! He’ll be so delighted that she’s taking a frank and open interest and look at the subject too!!!!!! Bc he truly believes that the Godolphins are right so anyone doing that will clearly see that they’re right!!!!!! Not seeing that there’s also another side to it hahaha He also fully understands that she has to do what’s right for Avenia…but in his mind the Godolphins are right there, too so there’s thaT hahaha
i hate myself b/c i’ve just been snowed in for two days and i could have marathoned w&p but didn’t even think about it???!?!? :/ we are both fOOLS
But anyway, yes! Let’s just go with that this is their first meeting?!?!? And yeah, it is a little hard to say re: a lot of things since we don’t have any godolphins bUT I say we just decide on what we like until/if the day comes that we get them haha. <3
HAHAH tbh she gets it??? She wishes she already knew, herself, where she stood and tbh wants to make a decision as!!! soon!!! as possible!!!!!!!!! but she aLOS wants to be informed as possible and doesn’t want her decision to be a hasty one b/c it is super!!!! important!!!!!!!!!!
but she will soooo appreciate his input and yeah i feel like she will certainly grow to like him a lot as a person which is both happy and sad b/c yeah! new friend!!!! but also sad b/c she is also 100% certain that whatever friendship they develop would be able to survive if she doesn’t side with the godolphins!!!!
New Friends | Ria & Arabella
Ria hadn’t had many reasons to cross the sea that separated her nation from Arabella’s, and she’d never done so. It hadn’t, in truth, so much as occurred to her as something to do in her immediate future until policy had dictated it, but now that she was here, she found much with which to amuse herself. In truth, she missed home, but that wasn’t so very bad, what with all the pleasant distractions. Glorianus, itself, was stunning and beyond it the White City offered a host of diversions.
Indeed, Ria had planned on venturing out into Caermara, itself, but the day had turned stormy no sooner than she had awakened and she decided to postpone the outing. Instead, she breezed through the Queen’s capacious library, strolling past this shelf and that, reading the names of the various volumes on the shelves as she went, occasionally stopping to investigate one a little further. Still, she felt restless and the idea of sitting and reading, while a fond pastime, did not strike her fancy on a day she had planned on exploring.
Hearing a gentle tread entering the library, Ria turned to see who had walked in, spotting none other than the Queen, herself. Sweeping a curtsy, Ria went directly to her. “Good morning, Your Majesty. Fine day, is it not?” she said in a teasing tone as she grinned. “I had planned on investigating the city today, but it seems Providence had other ideas in store. What more local activities could you recommend a traveler?”
Arabella had been on her way to find Rora when her path crossed with the princess. Her cousin had been absent from breakfast and it was nearly afternoon and Bella still hadn’t seen any sign of her. It wasn’t especially unusual, but she was more concerned, today, with the weather. There was every likelihood that Rora, undeterred, had still gone out for her walk, the rain be damned.
In truth, Arabella herself had little idea what to recommend to the foreign princess. As a girl, she would have run slightly wild with Dea and Rora in tow, as they would pretend to be off on one of their adventures all while evading the notice of anyone who was supposed to be supervising them. She was older now, but she was also Queen ... and being Queen had left her with little time that was her own. She was hardly in a position to know what she might do here, herself, if she had the chance, little less pass on suggestions to someone she hardly knew. Her first suggestion would have certainly been the library, but Honoria seemed to desire something beyond that.
“Are you fond of music?” She asked, “There’s a pianoforte in the room just beyond, if you enjoy playing. Or perhaps you should like to see some of the portraits and landscapes down in the gallery?” She offered, “Oh, and there’s always walking round the conservatory,” She added, “It is a lovely place to watch the storm.”
She surprised herself that she’d been able to formulate a list, so quickly. But it hadn’t been the first time that she knew more than she thought she did.
Stargazing | Arabella & Diana
lordianat:
Bella was pensive tonight, and little wonder why. The days since the awful news of the late King’s death were a flurry of breathless, half-nonsensical action, but the nights seemed to stretch by and by and by. Dea, herself, had always held Glorianus in awe. It was a palace, to be sure: an awesome construction in the true sense of the word, as its intent was, indeed, to inspire awe. The effect was certainly achieved. Yet, as someone who had always felt most at home amongst trees and streams and flowers, it felt cold and austere. There was much, Dea was sure, she could come to love with time, but it remained more intimidating than comforting. Dea had no doubt her friend felt the same, though Arabella’s feelings must be significantly more complex, for this had been always the home of her father and even Dea felt the echoes of him everywhere.
Reaching out, Dea wound her arm through Bella’s, companionably. Dea missed King August, as well. Of course, he was not her father and her own grief could not, she was certain, begin to compare to Bella’s, but she missed him, as well. He always been good to her and, too, he had always been good to Avenia. Dea had no doubts that Bella would do his memory justice, but she also recognized it as a most daunting task. For all the gold and diamonds, Dea could never envy Bella’s new position. No, for all its stresses, she preferred her own position infinitely. She should never wish to have lives rest upon her shoulders.
“It’s a beautiful night, isn’t it?” asked Dea softly as they peered up towards the moon. A warm zephyr stirred their hair and the gossamer of their gowns, rifling mischievously through the leaves of those trees that stood in magisterial attendance upon the palace. “I think those breezes blow from home,” she added, cheerfully. “See? It’s always with us, isn’t it?”
At the sound of Arabella’s question, Dea broke into a wide grin. “I did!” she exclaimed. In truth, she probably would have raved about the evening just to coax a smile from her friend, but in this case, she had enjoyed herself. Dea loved spectacles and parties and lively interaction second only to similar joys in nature, but she was also devoted to every new experience she’d ever had. For all that there was much that was intimidating, Dea had found much to like about their new lifestyle, as well.
“Very much. Has there ever been so cheerful a night of dancing? And oh! Those tarts chef made were just divine. Do you ever recall feasting so well at Gloriet? I, for one, do not! I don’t think I’ve ever passed such a night! Tell me, Bella, what was your favorite course? Oh! And whom,” she added, eyes glinting with teasing mischief. “Did you best like as a dance partner?” She paused. “Prince Alexander - is that how we should call him? - seemed utterly mesmerized! I believe you could quite gobble him up and he’d thank you most assiduously.” Dea, inexperienced as she was, had yet to fully take in the differences between political courtesy and genuine inclination when both were well and politely executed.
Dea turned to lean against the railing at the sound of Arabella’s second question. She was pink and quite tickled with herself, biting her lip. “Oh, Bella, since everyone is quite asleep, I don’t mind telling you something I’d not tell another living soul! Much as I delight in making conquests, myself, I think in this instance a conquest has at last been made of myself. He is Thomas, Lord Langrave, and I fancy he is quite as much smitten with me as I with him. He could scarcely keep his eyes off me, all night! And we spoke endlessly. He is Prince David’s - are we to call him that? - second usher.”
Bella found her friend’s comment to be sad and comforting, all at once. She longed for home; for the other life once lived. No matter what happened now, she could never go back to that. That peaceful life was gone. And even when she returned to Gloriet (whenever that might be) she knew that it wouldn’t ever be the same.
She was Queen, now.
“I miss it,” She whispered, softly, without meaning to. She didn’t want to be sad, just now, but it was hard not to watch what she said around Dea. She rarely kept anything from her. Still, she was determined not to dwell on things they couldn’t change and so she tightened her grip on Dea’s arm affectionately, “But one day this will feel like home,” She said, with a touch of optimism. She wondered, then, if it would, or if she would always feel slightly out of place here. She supposed time would tell.
They were talking of the ball now, and Bella was thankful for the distraction. “I can’t imagine there has been!” She agreed. Certainly not that they had experienced, in any case.
“My favorite course?” She repeated. In truth, she hardly remembered the food: only that there had been so much of it. She’d been trying to keep the conversation steered away from anything too sensitive which, as it turns out when you are hosting two families: one of which murdered members of the other, is a rather difficult thing to do. She’d hardly had a moment to breathe, let alone eat. “I hardly know,” She replied. And then, teasingly, “I suppose the wine was rather good.” In truth, she hadn’t had much of that, either. It had been strong and she needed to keep a clear a head.
“Oh, he was no such thing!” Bella exclaimed, when her friend made the comment about herself and the prince. Despite her better efforts, however, she still colored slightly at the remarks and was unable to completely hold back her smile, “He is a very fine dancer,” She agreed, “And rather handsome.” She knew very little of him, but she could tell that he was a good man. There was something about his eyes that made her certain that he was both kind and genuine. He would make a good king, she thought.
Bella wondered if they did end up marrying if she would grow to love him. She was sure she would, at least in some way. Regardless of who she married, she prayed that her lingering feelings for Arthur Foix would fade. Even as she danced with Alexander tonight, she couldn’t help but wonder what it might have been like to be held by Arthur instead. She scolded herself for thinking that way: her future held many uncertainties but whether or not her relationship with Arthur Foix would be anything more than a Queen and her painter was not one of them.
“Goodness, I’ve never seen you speak of anyone as you speak of him!” Bella exclaimed, her smile brighter than it had been in a long while, “Nor have I ever seen you as happy as you seemed tonight. Oh, Dea, I am certain that he as smitten as you say – how could he not be? When was it that he first turned your head?” Bella asked. It must have been before tonight, she thought, reflecting on how familiar they seemed together. But until now, she had not noticed.
Dawn | Cecil & Arabella
Sunlight edged its colors over a glorious world. The white city glowed with splashes of red and orange as dawn broke over the new day. Cecil always rose early, rose to accomplish his goals, rose to begin his day, rose to hear the birds twittering in the trees as they greeted the morning sun. As the sun rose, Cecil took a his exercise, strolling through the gardens of Glorianus, mulling over the problems of yesterday and today and tomorrow. He had begun his mornings like this for as long as he had had this position and the familiar tendrils of sunlight were a comfort to him now that everything was so different.
There had been a time when the late King would accompany him, or else Augustine, or sometimes both, but most usually he took these early steps alone, lost in his own thoughts. There was a time when he had even relished those captured moments to himself, but now that they were both gone, he found he did not enjoy them nearly so much at all as once he had.
The late King Cecil had esteemed too greatly for words and Augustine, well, Augustine had been his dearest friend from the cradle. It was too lonely for words to have lost both in such a short and dramatic amount of time, a period of mourning that had also been punctuated by the death of Cecil’s own father. Tragedies, it was said, always came in threes. Cecil was grateful, if that were so, that there could be nothing further lurking around the corner to steal back whatever stolen happiness he had left.
Spotting another figure, Cecil stopped in his tracks to identify the creature in question, his breath stealing softly away as he recognized her. “Your Majesty,” greeted Cecil, bowing. “I did not expect to see you yet.” He paused. “Will you take the air with me?” he inquired, offering his arm. “There is, in my estimation, no sweeter time of day or night than this; no period more contemplative.”
They had, both of them, a great deal of need for contemplation, particularly that variety undisturbed by their international guests who would, as was natural, try to sway their thinking this way or that.
It was hard to sleep these days.
During the daylight hours, it was easier to be strong. She had to be strong. Everyone was looking to her: both bright faces with great hopes or sour ones who looked for any sign of weakness that they might exploit. She had every intention of satisfying the former while disappointing the later. But at night, she let her mask fall with the sun. She’d toss and turn, waiting restlessly for sleep to take her. She tried to quiet her mind, but it insisted on focusing on the problems of tomorrow and the grief of yesterday. Bella hadn’t learned to sleep well since the death of her father and she doubted it would be soon before she learned to sleep well, again.
Heavy is the head that wears the crown.
Last night had been more trying than normal. There had been enough to consider given her coronation and the arrival of the Waynfletes ... but the unexpected resurfacing of the Godolphins had complicated things further and she knew that soon, she would have to decide what to do about it. Every second of every day brought her closer to that moment. She prayed that, in the end, she would be wise enough to make the right choice for Avenia.
Unable to sleep, she finally gave up trying and dressed herself without the aid of her ladies for the first time since becoming Queen. She picked a simple blue dress; her golden hair cascading down her back. There would be time to adjust her appearance later, with their help, before breakfast.
She went immediately to the gardens: was there a better place to try to sort out one’s thoughts?
The gardens were quiet and still: the only sounds were the chirping birds and the distant sound of the gardener who had just begun his work. She’d been pacing through the rose garden but a few moments before she heard a familiar voice addressing her. She was more relieved to see her advisor than he could know. There were many moments where she felt so alone in all of this: but she wasn’t. Cecil Montbatten had been with her every step of the way.
“I couldn’t sleep,” She confessed. Arabella was aware that she must look exhausted, so she masked her worry with a bright smile, gratefully taking his proffered arm, “How could I, when the day is promising to be as beautiful as this?”
Natasha Rostova’s opera fashion | War and Peace
Arrival | Lucy & Arabella
Arabella smoothed the front of her dress with one hand before checking to make certain her hair was still in place with the other. The Argencourts, the Waynfletes, and the Godophins had all arrived within days of each other and Arabella was finding the task of playing hostess to all of them almost as overwhelming as she found it to be Queen. (Although, she supposed, it was because she was Queen that made being a good hostess especially difficult).
She’d met all of them, now, formally, but she was also eager to speak to each of them separately and, more importantly, in a less formal setting than her throne room.
Arabella was announced. She was informed that Dorothy was resting and would join them shortly (until Arabella insisted that she be left alone), but Lucy was there came to meet her.
“I hope you are your sister are settling in comfortably?” She asked, after they greeted one another, “If there is anything either of you need, I trust you shall let me know?”
OOC | Hugh & Arabella
Ok so first I just gotta 😍😍😍 bc these two faces together make me emotional always adhkkjfsf ANYWAY!!! I’m guessing - unless you think Arabella as a kid asp might’ve travelled to Catalonia w her dad or something? - that this is their first meeting? Regardless, Hugh is v firm in his belief that the Godolphins are the rightful rulers and his first ray of hope in a loooooong time was her father announcing Alexander’s betrothal to Arabella!! And he knows things are v! complex! rn but he’ll be forever grateful to the late king for ~trying at least!! Hugh is also v hopeful that Arabella might be of the same mindset as her father too! I mean he does somewhat doubt that the marriage will still go through if she helps reinstate them since that would be dynastically challenging to say the least hahaha buT he still hopes she at least means to help them!!!! But mostly he’s trying to sort through and figure out what’s going on like everyone else hahaha
On a personal level, I also feel like these two would really get along!! They’re both dutiful and energetic and kindhearted so there’s that at least!
Anyway!! How do you think she’d react to him?
ugh omg same!!! (also this whole rp is making me wanna watch wap again <3)
ANYWAY, so ... idk I feel like Arabella never did much traveling as a kid? I just imagine her childhood being pretty sheltered and peaceful and she never went anywhere (aside from a few trips to the city now and again) and that traveling the world was something she wanted to do with rora when she got older ... so yeah, I feel like they probably didn’t meet??? Unless the Godolphins visited them a long time ago and Rora was in the city at the time????
But yeah, that would have been a long time ago and a LOT has happened to both of them since then!!!! I definitely agree that they would get on super well on a personal level and that they could be super cute friends!!!! Ofc there is a lot between them, politically, that I feel like could def shape their relationship (for better or worse). For now, Arabella is still unsure about what to do, and she isn’t going to side one way or the other lightly!!!!! But for now, as she’s trying to decide, she 1000%% wants to hear what they all have to say on the subject as she tries to make the best choice!!! she really just wants to do the right thing, but she also wants to make sure that it is the right thing for avenia, too, and just hopes that those two things coincide!!!!
OOC | Cecil & Arabella
lorcecil:
Ahhhhh honestly Cecil is so!!!!!! glad!!!!!! to be able to be there for her <333333 Like, she deserves help and support and he is 10000% 24/7 there for exactly that purpose!!!!!!! But he’s also there to reassure her that, sure, she hasn’t had the upbringing that she might have had if she’d been heir all her life, but she can do this!!!!!!!!!! And she doesn’t need to regret her life bc its taught her kindness and honesty!!!!!! And other kings and queens have come to the throne w so much less to offer!!!!! And there’s still so much time to learn!!!!!!! And if she ever needs someone to lean on, she’s surrounded by ppl who are there for her!!!!!!!
‘cecil’s mere presence is key to making her feel calm’ BYE CECIL IS NOW OFFICIALLY CRYIN <3333333
Yassssss and honestly I think his first impressions of her, esp depending how old she was when they first met obv hahaha were just sort of passive like ‘oh that’s nice the king has a family she seems nice’ basically and didn’t really think that much about her one way or the other until later tbh hahahah kljdsfkljadskjlf honestly her first impressions weren’t entirely wroNG lbr hahahaa but he’s better underneath all that hahaha And yes!!!!!! Ultimately they both want the same thing for Avenia and that makes all the difference <33333333
Hahahah that totally makes sense!!! And honestly those feelings are much more recent!!!! I feel like, while I’m certain they knew each other etc, and were probably friendly, they probs didn’t see each other so much until after the death of her cousin when she became heir, about a year ago, and the feelings of ~that kind~ have sort of cropped up since then!!! I also deF think they lowkey took him by surprise like!!!!! one time she smiled at him/in his general direction and he was like ‘oh shiT’ and also ‘so that’s what this is’ bc things had sort of been changing and he hadn’t really put it all together until then but now!!! he has!!!!! and honestly he wishes he hadn’t hahaha esp noW that he gets to help her choose a husband!!!!! yaaaAaAAY!!!!!! (Cue someone being like ‘what about x dude for arabella???? he’s virtuous, handsome, and devoted to her!!!!’ and cecil being like *lizzie bennet voice* *picks at apple* ‘no i don’t think so he’s just, he’s just so…he’s just so rich’ and everyone’s like ‘…….’ jk jk He’s def doing his best to be objective!!!!)
Cecil, probably: It is a joke. Like all my feelings. *looks directly into the camera*
;DDDDDDD
alskdfjlkasjflkadjflkasj!!! and yeah honestly she needs that support and his belief in her goes a long way for her self confidence, which is def a little shaky atm.
Honestly, it’s probably a good thing that Arabella hasn’t figured it out/doesn’t even suspect???? B/c if she knew that’s how he felt about her, she’d feel the need to dismiss him??? Like, she wouldn’t want to, but she’d be afraid that his feelings for her would get in the way of him doing his job properly and yeah ://// but it would also break her heart to see him go!!!!! like they haven’t been working together for that long, but I still don’t think she sees herself managing at all w/o him
also, hahah i’m crying b/c I feel like bella was feeling super determined and like “yes, i can do this!!!!” and then the godolphins show up and make things sUPER complicated!!!!!! right!!!!! before she’s coronated (arabella: can’t i officially become queen before things get too weird and uncomfortable?? us: lol no) and yeah she’s really struggling with what to do re: alL of that and, at the end of the day it’s going to be her decision, but she will def take everything he has to say into account (probably more than anyone else :) )
Stargazing | Arabella & Diana
Arabella treasured moments like this: the quiet ones when the world felt still and she felt as though she might breathe.
It was late. She should be sleeping: they both should be. Tomorrow would be an early morning with little time to do much inbetween banquets and council meetings, but at that moment, Arabella didn’t care. She wanted this moment of carelessness to last just a little longer.
They stood out together, on her balcony. The sun had set long ago: the moon and stars now casting their light upon the White City. “It’s so beautiful,” Arabella breathed, “It looks so peaceful.” It amazed her: the difference in the city between night and day. It was so calm and quiet, just now. In just a few hours, it would be bustling again with activity. Not for the first time, it struck her how different it was here, than it was back home.
But this is your home now, a small, sad voice reminded her. Gloriet will be never be home again.
“Did you enjoy yourself this evening?” Arabella asked, turning to her friend, determined to think of happier things, “Who was the gentleman you danced so often with? The one who arrived with the Waynfletes?”
war and peace (2016), episode four.
OOC | Ria & Arabella
Arabella is a doll and Ria is determined to make a pet out of her!!!!! Or at least she would be if Arabella weren’t Queen of the most powerful of the three nations!!!!!!!! As it is…things are a touch more complicated esp bc the Godolphins are here and Arabella may or may not????? be engaged to Alexander!!!!! Either way, though, Ria is determined to be nothing but kind and considerate to Arabella, no matter how frustrating this situation is, and she hopes that she can maybe even persuade Arabella to see things the Waynflete way!!
Arabella 1000%% appreciates Ria being kind and considerate towards her!!! She knows she needs to take a stand one way or another, but it isn’t an easy situation to navigate -- especially since she’s got all of them under her roof as her guests!!!!! (bella: hahah wow thanks godolphins for this! perfect! timing!!!) Anyway, bella is definitely supER naive and trusting and probably thinks she and ria are on their way to becoming friends w/o picking up on the fact that ria’s #1 goal in the relationship is to persuade bella to take their side
ooc | Arabella & Lucy
Kate!!!! So idk if Arabella and Lucy have ever met before or not???? But she’d definitely considers the Argencourts to be basically family since they all have a shared cousin in Rora!
Anyway, I feel like Bella would adore!! Lucy if/when she gets to know her. I feel like they would have been fast friends, if they ever did meet as children (bella spent a lot of her free time exploring the grounds around her childhood home and going on lots of ~adventures w/ rora!)
She also knows that Lucy is a complete innocent in all of this and whatever Arabella decides to do/who to support, it will have a huge impact on her. She’s honestly v undecided at the moment about what the right thing is, b/c she knows that Avenia needs to come first, but sh also knows that so many lives hang in the balance and it isn’t a fun choice to make!!
ooc | Arabella & Dorothy
AHHH OMG ARABELLA FEELS!!! SO!! TERRIBLY!!! FOR DOROTHY’S SITUATION!!!
Honestly, she can’t imagine everything being so incredibly uncertain!!!!!! (I mean, things are pretty uncertain for bella, too, but I feel like she ultimately has more control over things than Dot who just has to accept whoever wins is gonna be her husband! Anyway, Arabella is desperate to find some! peaceful! solution to all of this but she’s very unsure as to what that is. :/
Also! I feel like she’d really love Dot just as a person?! And she’d considers her basically her own family, too, since they are both cousins to Rora/Augustine(rip)
ooc | Arabella & Lydia
I know we talked (briefly) about these two but omg! Arabella adores!! Lydia!!! Her optimism and her sense of humor make her such a welcome addition!!! Also (while she loves Dea so much!!!) it’s nice to have another lady who actually knows what’s going on haha. tbh i feel like she may even know more than bella in some cases??? I feel like bella has lived a pretty sheltered life since no one ever expected her to be queen and spent the bulk of her existence at her palace in the country and only came to court now and again. and yeah she’s often like??? helP???!?
ooc | Arabella & Diana
OMG!!!! BELLA LOVES BEA SO MUCH!!!!
She’s also so!!! happy to have her here w/ her!!!! They’ve been friends since childhood and having her around is the greatest thing!! She knows Dea doesn’t always know what she’s doing, but she really doesn’t mind that at all. (honestly bella is like: saME haha). Also! I feel like Dea is the 1 person she tells basically eVERYTHING to?!?!? I mean, she def confides a LOT in rora and cecil but there is definitely a need to protect and shield rora from a lot of things and she does view cecil as a friend, but their relationship is professional first, and friendly second, in her mind.
So yeah, she feels like can talk to dea about anything and honestly that’s huge <3
