be true.

❛ no, miss. so full of pain. all of which is true. you manifest it any number of ways so you can make sense of it, but it’s inexplicable. so the mind creates order around it—phantoms, villains, demons. those things we understand and can name. but there is no name for it, vanessa. is it a dark root without a name from which grows illness. ❜ dr. seward of penny dreadful roleplay blog. written by rabbit.

[nctyourfriend]

hello pals and gals, if you’re still on this blog in 2018 and you feel the need to hit up my seward for whatever reason, you may find her on this multimuse that’s p much a graveyard of characters i refuse to let fcking die. i don’t really see myself using this blog in the future so that’s where i’ll be if you need me, or u may find me on my main blogs, mxdam and vorcotec.

[mxdam-a]

the blogs i’ll be staying active on in the foreseeable future:

mxdam, for lady tremaine of cinderella 2015

whatwakes, a lovecraft OC

vorcotec, for jane andrews of nbc’s emerald city

bitterglcry, a fantasy/semi-historical OC

margarethe and jane are probably my most reliable muses in the sense that i might have off days or even off weeks, but they’re always there in some capacity when i reach for them. karen is definitely in third in that regard, but that’s mostly because she needs a Mood™ to be written, and i don’t always have the resources to spookify every line.

of all these, i see artemisia being the least active, just because as a muse she’s pretty quiet and mostly wakes up to insist that we put on “talk dirty 2 me” and flex at attractive women for a while. maybe when i finally actually read the inheritance of rome and develop a specific cultural/historical context for her, she’ll be more active.

unfortunately, antiope’s not on this list. i had a lot of fun with her for a while, and she’s still kind of… in my mental cast of characters, but there’s so little of her. maybe i’ll return to her blog when we see her again in justice league, or when i read a really good book about greece, but until then, i’ll let the lesbian icon chill in her hammock and strum her lyre in the far corner of my mind.

i briefly had blogs for yellow diamond of SU and dr. seward of penny dreadful, as well as two separate multimuses. i don’t see myself returning to any of those blogs in the future. in terms of actual muse, i probably have the strongest sense of seward, still–she’s a character i value very much–but the PD fandom was very quiet even when i first made the blog; the incentive to return isn’t very strong.

[pattiluponeisagoddess]

I love her sm tbh.

[hephaectus]

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penny dreadful but they all get adopted by seward

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divineadmixture.

          Lily eyes the gramophone as it begins turning, begins the rhythmic ticking. She certainly can not speak of her crimes, or of her rebirth, while that machine is recording her voice. How easily that could have her incarcerated, in prison or Bedlam- take your pick. “I am attempting to rebuild my life and start anew, but my past plagues me… My cousin, Victor Frankenstein, recommended I speak to you.“

          It’s hard to miss the way Lily’s gaze moves to the gramophone. That, at least, is something for Seward to interpret, to plan with. She’ll have to make sure Lily accustoms herself to the device, or they’ll get nowhere. “Do you often follow the recommendations of your cousin?”

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mmeserpent.

    She remains unamused. “My husband included, it would seem.” From the moment she had first stepped into Seward’s office, the doctor has been highly critical of the state of her marriage. Hypocritical for a woman who, Catherine thought, had never been married herself.

          “I’m familiar with the class of man to which your husband belongs.” Seward knows the kind of destruction they wreak. She is, after all, the one who cleans up the mess they make of their wives, their children.

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arielshepard replied to your post: @arielshepard is only harassing seward because she...

{ FINALLY………… }

PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWERS

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[nctyourfriend]

all i can think of right now is dracula casually walking into seward's office one day and asking her to help him get over vanessa's death. like, "sorry for pimp slapping you at least fifty times, but??? i'm sad????"

          i can't believe vanessa died for this shit.

[nctyourfriend]

@arielshepard is only harassing seward because she finally has someone shorter than her to mess with :)~

[nctyourfriend]

@mmeserpent; ✗

          “You misunderstand me, Madame de Valois.” Seward is still smiling, if you can call it that. “I don’t hate men. I only have the benefit of long exposure to men.

          --That is why I disdain them.”

[nctyourfriend]

divineadmixture.

          “I suppose I was.” She’s perfectly allowed to changer he mind, isn’t she? She could leave now if she chose and still pay for the full hour… But she won’t. “The things that should be discussed, however, could hardly be covered in a single appointment.”

          “Then start small.” Seward reaches to the gramophone on her desk, fitted with a new cylinder, and turns it on. She does not always record the first session with a new patient, but she feels she’ll need it. The low, rhythmic hum of the machine is comforting, and when she leans back into her chair, it’s with a degree of tension removed. “What led you to make the appointment with me?”

[nctyourfriend]

here’s another “like this and seward will send you an anti-male joke” post

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-                                                                               @nctyourfriend !!

ALIENISTS, these new doctors are calling themselves. an oddly fitting name, gil-martin thinks; after all, there’s nothing more alien to mankind than the workings of its own mind. 

        “ —i let myself in. your secretary said you were occupied. ”

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          “I am.” Seward’s voice is curt. She looks up, but does not lay down her pen. “You may let yourself out.” Her dark gaze holds on him, trying to find his intentions--somehow she doubts he’ll be gotten rid of so easily.

[nctyourfriend]

i told u

[nctyourfriend]

honestly tho i’m switching back

[nctyourfriend]

nesuferatu replied to your post: i told u

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ITS MY BRAND NOW