Never Trust The Servants

Just stuff:) find me on ao3 i'm exit_pursued_by_hermione or on pinterest i'm fuckthemusicman read the pinned post

[ohgodthatcandlesmellsbad]

introduction

because I thought it was high time I made one of these bad bitches

I'm Bella, your friendly neighborhood crazyperson.

Pronouns: they/them

Sexuality: honestly who knows?

Interests!

Theatre!!!! My favorite play is Ballet Shoes (the Kendall Feaver version) but I also love classicish plays like Crucible and Shakespeare

Musicals!!! I felt this deserved a separate point. Operation Mincemeat, SIX, Beetlejuice, the list goes on

Mischief theatre

Swimming (I used to do it competitively)

Important info:

no nsfw, but as evidenced above I swear a lot. Like a lot.

I'm in London.

transphobes, terfs, homophobics - fuck off :)

Feel free to send asks or messages (and please tell me if I don't follow you yet)

Find me on ao3 at exit_pursued_by_hermione and on pinterest at fuckthemusicman

Fun facts!

I have a great memory for things like academic knowledge and random fun facts, but cannot remember anything useful (see: the time I lost an envelope with two hundred pounds worth of book vouchers from various birthdays)

I am terrified of needles. Like screaming-crying-trying to run away terrified.

I like music! I'm in two choirs, a musical theatre club, have singing lessons, and can play the guitar, piano, and recorder (I know this is the holy trinity of basic ok?)

These are all really boring. Now realising I'm not a particularly interesting person

my exam revision strategy is 'cross your fingers and pray'

I like activities which are fast and at least mildly dangerous (e.g. horse riding, surfing, coasteering, climbing, skiing)

If I go more than a week without swimming or a swimming-adjacent activity I become Sad

I can bake eclairs and macarons but not a basic cake

My go-to beverage regularly fluctuates between tea and coffee; sometimes I make tea with coffee because I don't have taste in food or drink

I like hiking and camping and sleep better zipped in a bag lying on what is essentially a yoga mat under a tarp than in a proper bed in a house

I like languages; I can speak decent Spanish, a bit of mandarin and Latin, am learning Ancient Greek, and I know enough French and German to survive on holiday.

I regularly pick up new obsessions just because there's nothing to do and I'm bored

I'm bad at sleeping so I exist precariously balanced between melatonin and caffeine

[godlessondheimite]

[hylian-prosecutor]

your honour that is my beautiful gremlin child and she did absolutely nothing wrong

[troutmemo]

this bastard again

(andrewlloydwebbersipad's master)

[odbuoyjemmity]

thing one: jupiter says that the gossamer line was created "thirteen or fourteen ages ago"

thing two: there is a ghostly hour in hollowpox dated to the avian age regarding a conversation about "self-projected travel on the gossamer" (perhaps an early meeting about the potential to create the gossamer line)

thing three: the wintersea republic is said to be beginning its ninth age at the start of book one (i.e. it has only completed eight ages)

thing four: squall says he created the gossamer line

thing five: the courage square massacre which led to squall's expulsion happened "around a hundred years ago" and is assumed to have coincided with the birth of the wintersea republic given his own claim to have had a hand in its consolidation and colonisation of prosper, sang, and southlight

conclusion: ???? i can't do maths someone help

[fatherisproud]

They may be a nazi boy band, but they're OUR nazi boy band 🥹

[asexualenjolras]

We officially live in a world where we have a clip of a proud Enjolras, proud of his friends and himself because of the cause, who smiles when Grantaire gives him a sly smile during the 'One Day More' march.

And we have a smiley Grantaire, who is proud of Enjolras and cares only for him, who gets to smile proudly because he made Enjolras smile.

Oh, Enjoltaire, you will always be the most special pairing.

[halzune]

Grantaire, in whom writhed doubt, loved to watch faith soar in Enjolras. He had need of Enjolras. That chaste, healthy, firm, upright, hard, candid nature charmed him, without his being clearly aware of it, and without the idea of explaining it to himself having occurred to him. He admired his opposite by instinct. [...] There are men who seem to be born to be the reverse, the obverse, the wrong side. They are Pollux, Patrocles, Nisus, Eudamidas, Ephestion, Pechmeja. They only exist on condition that they are backed up with another man; their name is a sequel, and is only written preceded by the conjunction and; and their existence is not their own; it is the other side of an existence which is not theirs. Grantaire was one of these men. He was the obverse of Enjolras.

Ramin Karimloo as Enjolras & Hadley Fraser as Grantaire

[ohgodthatcandlesmellsbad]

I unironically had this text exchange before I knew what Les mis was:

[ohgodthatcandlesmellsbad]

Okay i have absolutely HAD IT with the Denny translation. Wdym you're going to change all of the iconic lines, remove paragraphs at random, simplify things, and give little to no explanation for the thousands of references??? No.

[mono-socke]

day two: roommates

[hylian-prosecutor]

I feel like I used to be so good at writing and now everything I try to type out is awful and trite and the flow is all wrong. I fear I'm losing it for good this time

[miiilowo]

FTM PASSING ADVICE

- start wearing typically masculine clothing, like suits with wide shoulders

- people will tell you to not wear pinstripes because it'll make your chest and curves more obvious but think of it as a disguise to throw off their scent, like a zebra. it's urban camouflage

- start callin other men "boss" as a sign of respect

- always make sure to stay safe, keep a switchblade on you or a handgun or something

- consider your diet, work some carbs and fat in there for when T starts workin it's magic. im talkin pasta, pizza, lasagna

- tuck your hair up into a fedora if ya can't cut it

- remember to voice train, if you layer on an accent maybe it'll be less obvious, like a Brooklyn one if you're not already from there

- start snappin your rhythmically and intimidatingly when you find the poor bastard that owes the big man up top that several hundred grand who hasn't paid his dues yet. that'll show em who's the dominant man in the situation

- put a playlist of noir jazz music together and have it playing on your phone in your pocket so it follows you at all times, this is crucial to exuding masculine energy

- don't bind for more than 6-7 hours straight

[miiilowo]

the amount of people skimming this post or reading like the first 2 lines and maybe the last one and nothing else & going "umm... my passing advice? do whatever you WANT. stay HEALTHY." is so fucking funny

[ohgodthatcandlesmellsbad]

Currently playing a game called how many rules of safe binding can I break at once?

Currently up to 4

[ohgodthatcandlesmellsbad]

i am making responsible use of Chromecast access.

[fatherisproud]

Can you imagine how powerful this fandom would be without the time difference?

[for-the-love-of-the-arts]

There is truly nothing more gloriously entertaining than having a conversation about a very specific subject spread across like 3 days because half of us are in a completely opposite time zone.

Except for the rare occasion I’m up so damn late @beetlesyourjuice has gone to bed and woken up again lol

[beetlesyourjuice]

this is made worse by how often i sleep for like five hours lol

[ohgodthatcandlesmellsbad]

I love soulmate aus in general, but especially the ones featuring only seeing colours when you touch your soulmate because I take a perverse pleasure in watching authors attempt to describe colours.