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@armsdealing | charles derane x love
“At least tell me they have ice cream in whatever hole in the wall city you’re from.” love sucks on his creamsicle for the last time before finishing it up. he looks at charles now with cherry lips, “theme parks? at least....” he pointedly makes a gesture “im sure where ever you’re from can’t be as sad as...this.” he snaps his fingers taking the tenth guess now on where Charles must have hailed from, “you’re from Michigan.”
@armsdealing said : ‘ i’m older than you, i know that much. old enough to tell you it’s time for sleep. ’ vitale
“Oh, fine.” Gently, her hand caresses her neck as if to relieve tension. It doesn’t work. She and Salvatore spoke on the phone the other night. The duration of the call did not matter, yet - Delores will admit to herself that it was a bit over a hour. For in those last few moments, she confessed that there was something she would like to tell him tomorrow. It would not be that easy, Sal would reply, as he had ‘some things’ to do tomorrow night. But even with that said, there was insistence she could just tell him now. A coward, she shied away. “It’s too much for tonight.” So here she was tonight. Thinking of how it should have been 6 PM in Brooklyn, however his home phone rung and rung. Annoyed, Delores thought it was probably some gangster shit that preoccupied him. Or another woman, perhaps. As long as Salvatore wasn’t dead, Delores didn’t mind what he was up to. Alas, Vitale was intervening. Telling her to get some sleep. Her business now became his business without the old man even realizing it. Delores merely sighs and for a moment, seems to consider retreating to her room like an obedient daughter. But, feet do not move across the floor. She actually settles more in her current spot, butterflies taking flight in her abdomen. Delores supposes - if she cannot contact Salvatore tonight -then Vitale could be the best person to confess this matter to?
“Before I go to bed, there’s something I would like to tell you. The only reason I’m awake...” she begins, “is because I need to tell someone, something, that is very important...”
“I’m pregnant, Vitale.” Even with the news released, the burden has not drifted off her. Not yet.
talk about lola's daughter's and what each of them are like, please!
I’D LOVE TO.
lola adopted elvira first, seven years ago when she was ten years old. he planned on possibly adopting a second child, but he wanted to focus on one initially and see how she felt about having a sibling. elvira expressed that she would like a sister, and so about six months later, lola adopted mari, at age fourteen. what elvira didn’t express is that she had wanted a baby sibling to bully, so she was upset that mari was actually older.
elvira and mari both had difficult childhoods prior to being adopted and spent some time in the foster system (which were important factors in why lola adopted them, coming from a similar situation himself). they didn’t get along well with each other, but for the most part did with their father.
elvira (who is now seventeen) has much more in common with lola, and they’re generally similar as people. it’s partly natural, and partly elvira imitating him, whether she realizes that or not. her speech is very similar to his (minus the louisiana accent), and she’s sneaky and manipulative. she’s far less compassionate than he is, if she is at all, which says something, since lola is not someone i would jump to describing as “compassionate”. she generally dislikes most other people, but will behave in a certain way to get what she wants from them. the only person she’s really fond of is lola.
she’s very intelligent, and her biggest interest is in makeup. she runs a successful youtube channel based around it, and loves causing drama online in the beauty community.
mari (who is now twenty-one) is much sweeter, and sort of naïve. she has a tendency to believe people’s intentions are good if they seem nice, which has led her to making some major mistakes. she has frequently felt like lola loves elvira more, because he seems to have a better understanding of her, she was younger when they were adopted, and elvira has deliberately made her feel that way. she’s very emotional and sensitive, and tends to get her feelings hurt over perceived slights.
she moved to california to become an actress, though lola wanted her to stay in new york and act on broadway. she’s been successful, and ended up marrying another actor, who unfortunately turned out to be a republican. her marriage has naturally put a strain on her and her father’s relationship, considering her husband is extremely homophobic.
@armsdealing said : what would sal be like in a world where he'd never met delores? personality wise? future wise? / what is sal's political affiliation and what are his thoughts on politics + how does he get involved
SOMETHING THAT I KNOW - AND SAL ALSO KNOWS AS AN OLD MAN, is that if Delores wasn’t in his life: he would end up dying early. That’s just the way it is. He was wild as fuck in his twenties - a troublemaker, a man who stayed out all night hanging out or committing crimes, a man who easily made enemies. He was very involved with the streets, and he never knew when to stop acting a fool. Being with Delores (and having Cassandra especially) caused him to step back from being utterly involved with his old debauchery. Because she would force him, if not BEG HIM: ‘Don’t go out tonight.’ Let’s say he makes it out of his twenties, and he’s in his forties. Sal can still be reckless and also impulsive. He has a lot of anger in him when offended. Something I haven’t talked about on this blog really is how Delores eventually made him seek therapy when they were going through all of these changes in their relationship at this period. It’s why Sal’s more mellow as an old man, and more self-aware as well. He’d just be stuck in his destructive ways, nothing holding him down, and he ends up fucking with a more dangerous guy: and he dies in a bar. On a street. Wherever it was, it was public. SAL IS A DEMOCRAT, I had to come to terms with this when @pcplarstreet told me their Benny was a Republican for a while? And I just knew Sal had to beat the Republican out of Benny. No matter how old Sal was at the time, it just had to be done. He’s not an idealist when it comes to politics, as he believes a lot of them are as corrupt and self-centered as him. They’re just prettier to have in public, that’s all. Sal and Delores know some politicians on a personal level and Sal has -- pulled some strings -- done a few things... to put certain people in power, but you didn’t hear that from me.
“i think i cursed someone by accident today.” she says it, like it’s as simple and as casual as that. not as casual as the sight of her standing in the kitchen, wings exposed through her back while she’s sipping from the full container of juice from her hands — but it’s close. “they told me to fuck off after bumping into me, though. so it’s not like they didn’t deserve an accidental curse. or two.” • @armsdealing
♕♕♕ - that is 3 times
ALEX as if any list of this could be completed without mentioning my longtime love charles. granted, you have a lot of amazing muses i’m itching to get more familiar with and your gift for world building is UNREAL. the headcanons, the family histories, the musings and drabbles, i’m always in awe. and charles just feels like one of those rp touchstones for me, i heard and read so much about him for years before i got the nerve to mention interacting with him, and now he’s just an all time five. writing threads so sexy and so sad against him will always be a fave.
another mention to @orumad because it’s time to talk about the king of the castle, dominic caldwell. it’s wild to think that THREE WHOLE GENERATIONS of muses came from us just wanting to fuck around with a cruel intentions plot. we literally had no idea waaaaay back when that writing dom, daisy, lux, emmy and everyone would come to this, which somehow makes it better. as someone who writes two of his love interests, his uncle, his father, and one of his children, i am in NO WAY BIASED but come on, watching melly develop dom has been so much fun and she’s up for anything when it comes to where to go next. love that sad rich boy !
also dunno if canons count but we need to discuss how well @marredmarvels writes villanelle because it fucks me up ENDLESSLY. tony’s so good at capturing her voice in such a way that it makes her feel entirely like his own creation while also remaining perfectly in character. as with all of his canons, the insecurity i usually feel about attempting my own canons or throwing an oc at them always dissipates because i know i write with a legend who’s open to anything. love her, love him, love them clowns !
“ i’m not saying i’m going to, but ---- ” val stirs his strawberry milkshake, brow arched, attempting to look subtly upwards --- and not quite managing it. “ would it be weird if i called you dad? ” @armsdealing.
@armsdealing said : ❝ a man in my position can’t afford to be made look ridiculous. ❞ vitale
“You could tell me you don’t like Salvatore.” Personally, she never imagined that Vitale would willingly do business with the new head of the Cannizaro Family. Salvatore’s status aside, Delores can vividly remember him as a boy of sixteen. Girl watching, stoop sitting, troublemaking. He was a boy of the streets - a boy of no culture. It was not a stretch for Delores to silently define Salvatore Scozzari as a hood who got far with a combination of his brute strength and unshakable charisma. However - Delores would be damned to say that Salvatore was not an attractive dope. Lack of culture and all. But even so, it was not as if she was smitten or anything. Delores was grateful that Vitale only caught Salvatore presenting her a fur coat with a twinkle in his eyes, and not a moment in which her fingers slid across his jaw. Or where her breasts were bare. ( They had too many moments like that. ) “I don’t believe associating with him would be a poor decision,” Delores coolly says next, as if Salvatore has even shown interest in the older man. “It definitely has its benefits. He ‘owns’ all of the Italian men in Brooklyn, you know.” With that little remark, the left corner of her lip playfully pulls up.
