LEGACY.

& 𝙞’𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚—

[montclair]

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐋 𝐇𝐈𝐌𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐅 𝐖𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃𝐍'𝐓 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐁𝐄𝐘𝐄𝐃 𝐇𝐈𝐌. — ind. writing  blog  for  𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐧  𝐝𝐞  𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭  of  All  Souls  book  series. entirely  book-based  &  mutuals  only. a  fervent  exploration of  power,  grief  &  legacy;    how  blood  binds  you. a fragile world between sharp teeth.

est. february  2021. canon divergent. heavily  affiliated  with  @deathmaidened & previously @ balldwin. written  by  mara ( she/her, 25+ ). CARRD.

[patrick-stewart]

Toby Stephens as James Flint BLACK SAILS | 1.02

[blooddue]

𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐃𝐃𝐔𝐄 : 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐈𝐒𝐍’𝐓 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐎𝐑 𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐎𝐑 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐒. 𝐈𝐓’𝐒 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍. ind. writing blog for 𝐉𝐀𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐑 of Talamasca series. show based. mutuals only. private. iconless. this blog will feature mature themes and triggering material, don't follow if you're under the age of 21. written by mara ( she / her, 25+ ).

[montclair]

leaves this here a month later.

[kallycaat]

(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

[lifeinpoetry]

you move / from place to place like a disease

— Margaret Atwood, from "He is a strange biological phenomenon," Power Politics

[prinzessin]

“Last year I abstained this year I devour (…)”

— Selected Poems: 1965-1975; ‘Circe/Mud Poems’ by Margaret Atwood (via decreation)

[mcflymemes]

NOSFERATU PROMPTS *  assorted dialogue from the screenplay, adjust as necessary

i have felt you like a serpent crawling in my body.

love is inferior to you.

i am an appetite. nothing more.

you are my affliction.

even now we are fated.

you know nothing of him.

your passion is bound to me.

you cannot love.

i cannot be sated without you.

we must remain calm.

you know i love you both.

why do you hate me?

you have never liked me.

search everything.

this is madness!

i must see them!

don't touch me. i am not to be touched.

our love was supposed to be sacred.

kiss me.

i need no salvation.

you will put an end to all of this?

come to me.

hear my call.

you are not for the living.

do you swear it?

what's that, my love?

there is nothing to be afraid of.

take off your shoes.

i wish i could stay, my love.

i really must be off.

come in, come in.

i thank you for considering me.

you are too generous.

it will be a great adventure for you.

why have you killed these beautiful flowers?

let us put them in water.

forgive me.

throw them out.

you cannot leave.

i must tell you my dream.

please, no more of your childhood memories.

never speak these things aloud.

it is a foolish dream.

everything is well.

when i return, i will finally make something of myself.

i love you too much.

it's worth celebrating your adventure!

i envy you.

it's crushing, [name]. crushing.

i cannot resist her.

not another word.

do take care of [name].

there is a monster in the room.

we have each other.

you're hurting me.

i am proud of you.

please keep safe.

have you so little faith in me?

i promise.

remember, it's all for us.

you bring trouble with you.

i only wish to stay one night.

i have an audience at the castle.

leave here.

you are late.

i wish you to do as i request.

it's nothing.

come by the fire.

why ever did you bring that here?

you must put that away.

what might we do for you?

that was yesterday.

do you ever feel at times as if you were not a person?

we all feel out of sorts.

look at the sea!

i am not mad.

forgive me. everything i say sounds so childish.

how careless of me.

you are fortunate in your love.

i fear i am taken ill.

if it continues, let me know.

i have received nothing of any kind.

still no trace of him.

for heaven's sake, you cannot leave.

a moment longer... please.

i cannot resist you, my love.

can you tell me your name?

he is coming.

why haven't you told me?

i must leave!

i sensed something.

you look tired.

would you describe them to me?

tell me what you can. from the beginning.

this is no delusion.

the blood is the life.

i feared i'd never see you again.

what the devil is this?

it is past three o'clock in the morning!

forgive me for the troubles i have caused you.

get off me. give me room. i can't breathe.

you frightened me.

may i stay with you tonight?

thank you for loving me.

our spirits are one, so too shall be our flesh.

you are mine.

[sci-fi-gifs]

– Toby Stephens in Lost in Space 1x08

[undeanlich]

My father’s last words were You don’t deserve to outlive me. He said them to my brother, who told me he was referring to both of us. I don’t know. I wasn’t there at the end.

wake up new siken just dropped

[montclair]

i've yet to read the whole book, and not just the "baldwin parts", but apparently witches can now bottle memories. and they have been storing them on isola della stella. the exact quote goes: "...the Congregation* sent someone out to gather whatever memories they could find that had survived what a witch’s mortal body could not withstand. They returned them to Isola della Stella and put them into storage. Today, they’re among the most treasured relics the witches possess."

*witches on the congregation, not vampires or daemons, i believe. because no one knew about this (philippe did, but ofc he did - which makes you wonder, as ani pointed out, why didn't matthew know since he was the one who essentially drained his father, and in this universe, memories are also shared via blood... maybe we can explain it by "philippe's incomplete memories" because of the trauma but still ).

anyway, they share this information with baldwin. FOR SOME REASON. i can't judge this too hard because i still need to read the entire book, but i can't even imagine why they thought that this would be a good idea. no matter how much he cares about diana, if push came to shove, he'd choose his branch of the family. always. and he does still harbor some hatred toward the witches. meaning, if anything happens, if he feels like the de clermonts are threatened by other species, these people have just given him a new weapon to wield. and i cannot wrap my mind around this, who thought this was a good idea.

because no matter how much i shit on the way they treat him, ysabeau is absolutely right, you do need to be very careful about sharing information with him.

i don't know. maybe this will make more sense once i finish the damn book.

also! deb refers to him as the eldest son once or twice, and i REALLY DO HOPE she means the eldest living son because my dude, don't tell me you forgot. i only bring this up because she DID forget freyja. freyja is not on the family tree pictured at the start of the book. so... yeah.

[montclair]

“Your plan is what, Ysabeau, beyond adding to the city’s fireworks?” If looks could kill, Matthew’s phone would have been reduced to a mess of fried electronics and melted glass based on Baldwin’s expression.

“I would never share something so important as my plans with you, Baldwin.” Ysabeau purred like a cat curled before the fire. “Remember Jerusalem?”

Baldwin blanched.

“The memory palace has a tower, too, as I recall.” Ysabeau let her words fall on Philippe’s son like the glass shards of a broken memory bottle. “All you need to know is that I will be the canard this time, while Diana and Janet go to Isola della Stella and infiltrate Celestina.”

THIS IS WHY I WANT TO FIGHT THIS WHOLE FAMILY!!

[montclair]

have i finished book 5? no. but am i just combing through it for baldwin parts? yes, yes i am: Baldwin held up his hand for silence. The clash of conversation died down. “What will be done is up to Matthew,” Baldwin said. “And Diana, of course. It’s their responsibility to clean up this mess before the de Clermont family is publicly implicated in it.” When Baldwin had recognized Matthew’s kin as a scion of the de Clermont clan, he had made it clear that any problems stemming from our branch of the family were ours to solve.

[samuelroukin]

TOBY STEPHENS as James Flint in BLACK SAILS (2014—2017) Chapter XIV

[bebs-art-gallery]

A Serpent and a Heart by Jana Heidersdorf

[samuelroukin]

TOBY STEPHENS as James Flint in BLACK SAILS (2014—2017) Chapter I

[the-first-flower]