Now's when my life begins.

Now I'm itching for the tall grass, and longing for the breeze; I need to step outside just to see if I can b r e a t h e.

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get to know me meme ➸ [5/5] favourite female characters: Elizabeth Comstock Bioshock: Infinite (2013)

“Despite years of isolation, Elizabeth has a free-willed, almost childlike spirit. She has a biting wit and sarcastic humor, calling Booker out of his missteps without hesitation. At the same time, she possesses an immense amount of reserve and determination, as she is able to focus on her goals and move past stressful situations relatively quickly, though they are still shown to affect her deeply.” (x)

[nonsolidbodies]

What makes the girl different? I suspect it has less to do with what she is, and rather more with what she is not. A small part of her remains from where she came. It would seem the universe does not like its peas mixed with its porridge.

[vinterligfrost]

Her excitement was contagious, but at this point, Jack was sure he had enough excitement for himself tucked away. A chance for everybody to see him – they didn’thave to believe, they didn’t have to know who he was, they would just see him. Even the thought was exhilarating – and he still had his powers, that – well, that was just an added bonus. It would have been disappointing for him to end up without them, they were a big part of who he was – he wouldn’t be a Guardian without them, after all.

         “I can tell – See? I told you you’d love it, you just          had to take that first step. A whole new world is          opening up right at your fingertips, Punz! I think          what we can take away from this is that Jack is          always right.”

It was nice to see she hadn’t changed, but he supposed it might have only been a few months for her, compared to his.. many..many years. Time travel. Took a lot of getting used to, really. He leaned his staff against his shoulder and frowned as she began to lose that cheer. Thinking about her mother again, he assumed. Tch.

He blinked, startled as her hands grasped his, and marvelled at  the warmth radiating from them. That was a new feeling. He’d never felt warmth before – well, not for a long time, at least.

“Oh, uh, yeah, I am. See – You’ve been gone for.. well, a long time, I mean, I haven’t seen you like years, maybe.. like a hundred years or something? A LOT’s happened since you’ve been away, I mean, you just.. vanished one night, couldn’t find you, the tower was abandoned completely. Assumed you’d kinda moved with Gothel. Never found you again. I guess you came here, though..” He trailed off, and shook his head slowly.

“Uh, anyway. Turns out that I was actually human a long, long time ago, I.. well, I saved my sister and kind of fell into an icy lake, but The Man in the Moon saved me and gave me my powers. So, now I’ve got a whole tragic backstory going on. There’s a lot moreto it, but I guess this is how I looked before I went all frost spirit.”

He flashed Rapunzel an idle grin, shrugging a shoulder casually.

        “Oh, you’ve got no idea how much fun this is gonna         be, Punz. Fun is really my thing, now.”

[offryingpansandlanterns-blog]

It was true, of course, that Jack had encouraged Rapunzel to leave the tower before. He didn’t push - he never pushed - even on the occasions when Rapunzel actually seemed to want to leave. She could remember, so clearly, a frigid winter morning on one of his visits when she was a child, where she’d been admiring the snow outside. Jack had floated right up to her from outside the window and offered her a hand. No words, just a smile. And when Rapunzel had instinctively backed away, he knew to come in instead.  That was the thing with Jack. He encouraged and offered support, but never pushed.  “I don’t know about always,” she teased, but a slight coloring of rose dusted across her cheeks. She felt embarrassed for having waited so long. And now that she was out, though she wondered if it was the right choice, she was so thrilled to be experiencing it all. And even more thrilled that Jack was here to guide her through it. “Gone?” she’d interrupted before he had the chance to continue, and once he explained himself, Rapunzel felt her head reeling so much she got a bit dizzy with it all. Reaching up a hand, she placed it on her golden locks, as if trying to steady things from the outside. He hadn’t seen her in years? She’d disappeared? But-  “But that doesn’t make sense! I just left! Like- just left!!! How can I have been gone for years?? How could you have experienced all that stuff in the span of a few seconds?? How could this have happened? How could-”

Her words started to blur together until they effectively turned into gibberish and she gave an exasperated cry. She allowed herself to fall backwards to the ground, exhausted from trying to solve this puzzle, and earned a cry of confusion from Pascal as he made his way to her forehead to stare down at her quizzically.  “If I’ve been gone all this time...” Again, her thoughts turned home. To Mother. “What have I done?”

[frostchosen]

           “It’s a Kingdom in Norway, settled within a Fjord.”

     Elsa thought back to her Kingdom with a small smile. It was truly      a beautiful place, surrounded high by Norwegian Mountains. For      twenty-one years, it was all she had known, and she had spent a      great deal of those years locked up in her room, so this step.. was      a big move for her. She was part terrified and part liberated, though      she was beginning to wish Anna was with her. It would have felt a lot      less daunting with her sister present.

     Rapunzel’s question drew a small smile out of her, and she nodded      her head in agreement. Arendelle did feel so far away.

            “It felt like a lifetime. I’m.. not very good with deep sea             water. We passed first through the Norwegian sea before             sailing through the North Atlantic Ocean.”

     Elsa looked down at her hands, curling her fingers into fists.

            “But I’m hoping the long trip will be worth it.”

[offryingpansandlanterns-blog]

"Fjord..."

The word sounded odd on her tongue. She hadn’t heard it before. “Is that like a hill? Or maybe the opposite of a hill, like a valley? Or is it something else? Is it a mountain?” Her brows furrowed as her mind struggled to find something that would match the word, as though if it sounded right, it had to be correct. “Oh! I know! Is it a waterfall?!” Her tower was by a waterfall. She could see that being a “fjord.” It seemed like it might make sense. Maybe.  She remembered reading about the geography of the world, though she’d never quite been able to place herself and Mother had never been much help. She never “had the energy” to answer all of Rapunzel’s questions about the life around her and the tower - it was part of why she dove into books so much in the first place.  “I guess I must not have been very far. But then again, I can’t seem to figure out where my tower went even though it was like super close when I got here. Unless I ran further than I thought... or the world is a lot smaller, maybe. I don’t know, I’m... kind of new to all of this stuff.” She laughed, a bit nervously, before shifting the subject away from herself yet again. ”What exactly are you looking for here? If you’re wondering whether coming all this way is gonna be worth it, then you must have really come here for a reason, right? At least, I’m assuming that’s what you mean. Although I guess I’m kind of hoping leaving my home will be worth it, too... So I guess it’s okay if you don’t want to tell me why, since I wouldn’t either....” She stumbled off into mumbling as she usually did, getting lost in her own thoughts.

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-About what?

My finger.

[gumibooty]

[offryingpansandlanterns-blog]

∟elizabeth → idle animations

[frostchosen]

          The sound of a quiet voice caused Elsa to turn her head, eyes wide           in surprise. She hadn’t expected someone to announce themselves           out of nowhere, and she cleared her throat, turning fully to face the           other woman. A small smile pulled up the corner’s of her lips. While           she was still.. new to meeting people, this may give her some much           needed practice. 

          She was in control now, she was calm, and she was happy. She didn’t           have to hide herself. 

          “Rapunzel.” Elsa repeated curiously. Something about that name felt           familiar, but she couldn’t quite place her finger on it. Shaking her head,           Elsa’s lips pulled upwards in a wider smile. She could understand the           other girl’s timidity and didn’t hold it against her. 

          “It’s nice to meet you, too. My name is Elsa. Queen Elsa of Arendelle.           It’s a pleasure.” She inclined her head politely, as she was taught. “But           you can just call me Elsa, I’d prefer that.” She turned away to observe the           lobby curiously. “Yes, I just arrived. It was a long journey by ship.” She           admitted. “But worth it, I hope.”

[offryingpansandlanterns-blog]

         Rapunzel felt her eyes widening the more this woman          talked. Queen? She’d read about those. They could be          ruthless at times, or kind. This girl seemed to be kind. She           hoped she was.                      “Arendelle? Where’s that?” 

         She couldn’t keep herself from asking, she was just too          curious. She thought briefly that she didn’t have a name          for home besides “tower in the middle of the woods,           somehwere." What was Arendelle like? What kind of place          was it? Would she like it? Would she hate it? Would the          people there all be like this woman seemed, with nice          faces and warm atmospheres? Or would they be the sort          of people wielding scissors and torches? She hoped that          all people were more like the former and that her mother          was wrong, to be honest.                      “It must be very far if you traveled over                      sea! There are so many large bodies of                      water in the world. Which one did you cross?”

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Video Games Challenge ➣ [2/10] friendships/relationships ➥ Elizabeth and Booker DeWitt ❇ from BioShock Infinite

“Ah! It’s a bee! I hate those things.” ”Just kill it.” ”No! It’ll sting me.” ”Elizabeth…”

[evarella]

[lagerthavalkyrie]

who are you?

[transaugustine-blog]

Elizabeth “Actual Disney Princess” Comstock + Disney songs:                 ↳ When Will My Life Begin (Tangled)

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“Her roar is an exulting cry, for hers is a song of freedom, a lioness rising to the Promised Land, and she dares to realize all she was created to be.” ~Wilhelmine Watcher

[frostchosen]

  Ever since her parents had been lost at sea, Elsa had found that boats made   her uneasy. When she had received the acceptance letter to the competition   and realized she would have to travel to it by the sea, she had some doubts.   Still, there were too many questions left unanswered about her powers,   questions she desperately needed the answer to. This was somewhere she   would have to start. She trusted that Anna and her advisor’s would keep things   running smoothly in Arendelle, and had point blank refused to have her little   sister join her on the voyage. If something bad happened on the journey to her,   then Arendelle would still need someone to rule in her stead. Anna was next in   line, so she would have to stay. 

Luckily, the journey had gone without any hiccups, and eventually docked at the place she would call home for the next few weeks or so. Letting out a small sigh, Elsa lifted her bags. She was determined to do this alone. She stepped carefully off of the ship, and began to follow the path that would lead her to the castle, which she could see in the near distance. It was beautiful, but there as something about it that was.. grim in comparison to her own home. 

She pushed open the doors and moved inside the main lobby, setting down her bags to admire her surroundings. It was very much unlike anything she had seen before, and she could tell she was no longer in Norway. 

“Jøss..Well.. This is it. Maybe I’ll finally get some answers.” 

[offryingpansandlanterns-blog]

         Rapunzel was having... an emotional day, to say the least.          She had done and seen so much, and she kept going back          and forth between overjoyed and excited, and overwhelmed          and guilty. She felt horrible for running away from home; for          causing her mother any possible pain or worry or fear. But          she was also so happy to be free; so absolutely in love with           the world around her.                      “Oh, Pascal....”           Reaching for the chameleon, who was currently seated on          the end of the handle on the frying pan that sat in her lap,          she let him crawl up her arm, where he frowned at her for          a moment before giving her a comforting nuzzle. The           feeling of his tiny gesture, just a tickle really, still put           Rapunzel at ease, if only a bit.                      “Thanks, Pascal. You always understand.”

         With a heavy sigh, she rose up again, tucking her frying          pan under one arm. It had seemed like the best object          in her tower to use as a weapon, and she was glad she          had it now. It made her feel just a little bit safer in a world          she’d been raised to fear.            Wandering into the main lobby, she’s surprised to see            the door open. Squeaking in a very mouse-like manner,           she quickly hid behind the nearest decorative statue. Her           heart pound in her chest; hands shook. That had been            close. Who knew who it could have been- Ruffians? Thugs?           Cannibals?? Swallowing, she gave a peak at the figure,           and instantly relaxed as she took in the frame of a young           woman, not much older than herself, she thought. With           wide, blinking eyes, she looked the girl over, and slowly           emerged from her hiding spot. She didn’t look so scary.                     “H...Hi. I’m... Rapunzel. It’s... nice to meet                      you? Um- You’re new. I am, too!”

         She gave an unsure grin, coming off a bit awkward, she          was sure. But this was new to her. When had she ever          met someone for the first time? Ever? She supposed it          must have been when she met mother. But that was          the only other person she’d ever known. Well, besides          Jack, but he wasn’t a person. He was a spirit. Of winter!          That was different; just like the stories of the man in the          moon, Jack was somewhat of a legend.           This was an actual human being. Just like her.

[mitakasasa]

“I want to see Paris… I want to see everything.”

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“Well, I want a puppy, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to get one!”