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Make Your Mark - A Michael Burnham Mix

Thanks for being a pinch-hitter @melimegreenleaf 

Girl Lunar Explorer - Rasputina ~ Hope On Fire - Vienna Teng ~ Let It All Out - Relient K ~ This Night - Black Lab ~ Cedarwood Road - U2 ~ Into The Fire - Thirteen Senses ~ Let The Rain - Sara Bareilles ~ Thistle & Weeds - Mumford & Sons ~ Dirty Paws - Of Monsters And Men ~ Let’s Go - Calvin Harris ~ This Time Around - Hanson

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[bethanyactually]

tagged by @a-mi-zivi. thank you! ♥︎

Rules: Answer the questions in a new post and tag 10 blogs you would like to get to know better.

A - Age: 42

B - Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska, USA

C - Current time: 1359 

D - Drink you last had: I’m drinking coffee right now

E- Easiest person to talk to: probably either my husband or my mom

F - Favorite song: silly rabbit, I cannot pick ONE favorite song! I’ll name a few faves that come to mind: for playing on the piano, one of Bach’s minuets or Sonata by Mannheim Steamroller. For singing, anything in four-part harmony but especially Christmas carols. Just general faves: Break Your Heart by Barenaked Ladies, Burn from Hamilton, Islands by Sara Bareilles, Sigh No More by Mumford and Sons, and many many MANY more. Also, anything I can sing along with easily, that’s in my range.

G - Grossest memory: Oh, maybe the time I was walking down the street in downtown Vancouver and a bird pooped on my head? Or any of the times I’ve been sick with a cold and have been so congested and coughed so much that I wound up vomiting. 

H - Horror yes or Horror no: NO THANK YOU.

I - In love?: Yep, happily married and in love with my husband. Also, kind of in love with my kids. And my cats. And whatever the last really good book or fic I read was. And coffee.

J - Jealous of people?: Yeah, sometimes. I get to experience a lot of cool things because my husband is in the military and we live all of these amazing places, and we’re very comfortable financially and we don’t have to worry about paying for healthcare...but then a friend will talk about all the yard work they’re doing to make their home functional and beautiful, or my mom will mention going to my niece’s Christmas program or I’ll see photos of people’s kids on FB with their friends that they’ve gone to school with since they were in preschool, and those things all seem like impossible dreams to us. Sigh.

L - Love at first sight or should I walk by again?: I am demisexual, I will not fall in love with you until I get to know you and we’ve bonded emotionally. 

M - Middle name: Ann. Super boring and common.

N - Number of siblings: one brother, 17 months younger. Three sisters-in-law.

O - One wish: that the president of my country gets impeached or resigns soon.

P - Person you called last: Uh...I think it was my mom? She’s the main person I usually call. Everyone else I text or email. :)

Q - Question you are always asked: Did you color your hair purple yourself?

R - Reason to smile: my 6yo asks me to give her math problems all the time, and it’s really nice to see her enjoying something that a lot of people struggle with.

S - Song you last sang: Dancing Queen by ABBA, because of a comment on a gifset I saw a few minutes ago. :) (It takes very little to get me singing.)

T - Time you woke up: 0930

U - Underwear colour: black

V - Vacation destination: our vacations almost always involve visiting people, since we live so far away from our family and loved ones. I’m really hoping to get to England soon, to visit @pepperf :D

W - Worst habit: procrastination, probably

X - X-rays: I’ve had my teeth x-rayed, and I think I had my chest and stomach x-rayed for some medical stuff last spring. I’ve had MRIs done too, and a mammography.

F - Favorite food: mango, fresh bread with butter, salmon nigiri, really good fries, homemade beef stew, roasted broccoli, et al

Z - Zodiac Sign: pisces

low-key, no-pressure tagging some folks from my recent activity: @socialblueberry, @crystalgemclintbarton, @thegracelane, @dorothyoz39, @violetren, @celerylapel, @jeremybrettfan, @selfishjean, @melimegreenleaf, @applepiips, and anyone else who’d like to do this. 

[cwnannwn]

For the headcanon ask game: carmilla, laura, leliana, and sera

So, I took forever to answer this, and it ended up being way too big. It was very good to write tho, I love thinking about headcanons for my fave characters!

For this Headcanons post.

Carmilla

Headcanon A: what I think realistically: As much as canon likes to ignore its own lore, Carmilla is a very powerful vampire. It’s not an easy thing, living for more than 3 centuries, especially with a creator like Lilita around. I headcanon each of the dean’s children developed a particular ability more than others, and for Carmilla, that is shape-shifting. Her panther form is her favorite, but turning into mist has proven advantageous more than once. That last one is an exercise in self-control, becoming another state of matter entirely is glaring proof of how well Carmilla has mastered her abilities.

Headcanon B: what I think is fucking hilarious: Talking about that panther form, it’s terrifying. Far larger than a normal leopard, with teeth and claws that are sharper than scalpels. And she acts like the laziest house cat around Laura. Sleeping away the day on Laura’s bed, leaving a veritable heap of cat hair, purring louder than a truck when Laura scratches between her ears, and of course, sitting in front of Laura’s computer when she wants attention (and to be a little shit). Laura’s favorite is when she can cuddle with the giant black cat, who’s far warmer than an undead creature of the night should be.

Headcanon C: what is heart-crushing and awful but fun to inflict on friends: Against the dean’s advice/orders, and under a bit of well-intentioned mockery from Mattie, Carmilla kept an eye on her mortal family through the ages. Most of them perished the same night Carmilla died, but one of her younger brothers had been sent for fosterage with some relatives. The servants under her power reported he grew up to be a kind man, very different from their father. To the Carmilla of those early years, reveling in bloodlust and excess, it shouldn’t have mattered at all. But somehow, it did. So the years passed, and she kept tabs his descendants. His daughter was smart, his son excellent with a blade, and so on. The coffin put an end to it, as it did to many things. After she got back in contact with Mattie, she learned the last of her kin, a boy no older than 17, disappeared in the Carpathians during one of the many disastrous offensives of Austria in the first world war. It shouldn’t matter, but that severing of the last real connection she had to mortal life hurt more than she could have expected.

Headcanon D: what would never work with canon but the canon is shit so I believe it anyway: This is actually a bunch of headcanons rolled into one, but Carmilla was well aware of the various confronts Mattie and the Dean had. In fact, Mattie asked Carmilla to join her in at least a few of them (both because she truly trusts Carmilla, and because, as said on headcanon A, Carmilla is no weakling). She never accepted the offer, first because she was too taken with the lavish life style Lilita offered, and later because she did not want to be interred again. The important thing is, tho both her and Mattie would desperately like to believe the Dean was dead, they would both know she is very very hard to kill, and would realize she was still around about, oh, five minutes into Mattie’s appearance in s2. Laura would have noticed the many glaring signs pointing to that too, and this all leads to many headcanons where s2 went completely different and so did s3.

For a shorter headcanon, Carmilla continues to be a vampire, and she and Mattie actually get to have revenge against Lilita over her literal millennia of abuse.

Laura

Headcanon A: what I think realistically: Whether Laura becomes a journalist or a professor, she never loses her knack for getting into supernatural trouble. One year she unveils a trafficking scheme focused on bringing fresh blood to vampires in Paris, in another a group of werecats shows up on her and Carmilla’s doorstep, asking Laura to investigate a rival colony and their recruitment methods, and so on. By this point, Carmilla just sees Laura off with a kiss and a promise to call if she needs any help.

Headcanon B: what I think is fucking hilarious: More cute than hilarious, but Laura is really ticklish around her ribs. Carmilla takes every opportunity to use this to her advantage, including to get Laura’s attention. It doesn’t annoy Laura, because the smile on Carmilla’s face whenever she hears Laura laugh is a beautiful thing indeed.

Headcanon C: what is heart-crushing and awful but fun to inflict on friends: Laura has suffered enough, so I don’t like thinking about more bad stuff happening to her. That said, among the few headcanons I have about who Laura’s other parent would have been, I have one that fits here. Laura’s mother left her and her father when Laura was around 12 years old. No real explanation given. One day she was there, and the next her wardrobe was empty, her car gone, and only a note saying she was done left behind. Neither Laura nor her dad recuperated from that entirely. She never told anyone about her mother leaving. So when Carmilla left in s2, that brought back a lot of bad memories that were never really put to rest, only buried. In the library, in the dark and with Laura’s conscience eating away at her for all the mistakes she’d made, she told Carmilla about it. Carmilla listened to her, quiet and attentive, offering silent support. It didn't make everything better, but it was a start.

Headcanon D: what would never work with canon but the canon is shit so I believe it anyway: Laura is wolfblooded. Either a werewolf or something close to it. She’s the kind that is born a lycanthrope, but her father isn’t one. Thus, one more reason for him being so overprotective of her. Laura doesn’t know much, or anything at all really, about her heritage. She only knows that once every week, she has to run around as a wolf, and it’s best she doesn’t let anyone see her. When she arrives at Silas, the woods around the campus prove perfect for that purpose. Strangely, she keeps catching glimpses of some kind of big cat walking around the forest too.

Leliana

Headcanon A: what I think realistically: Leliana will be remembered as a pivotal historical figure, whether she’s Divine or not. She will be know as a skilled bard, a formidable warrior, and one of the main fighters for the better treatment of elves and mages. She’ll have an amazing legacy even by herself, but when the tales tell of her adventures with her lady Warden, both during the Blight and after, it’s the kind of stuff that legends are made of.

Headcanon B: what I think is fucking hilarious: Whenever she and Zevran were on guard duty together, they’d pass the time by telling every dirty joke in their native languages they could think of. Even tho Leliana took a little while to trust him, these nights made a strong friendship begin between them.

Headcanon C: what is heart-crushing and awful but fun to inflict on friends: Nope, canon has fucked Leliana over more than enough, as far as I’m concerned, she’s living happily with her lovely warden and their army of nug children.

Headcanon D: what would never work with canon but the canon is shit so I believe it anyway: It would totally work with canon, but Bioware would never do it. One of Leliana’s parents, probably her mother, was an elf. Both she and Alistair can see ridiculously well in the dark, for a human, and this gives Zevran and an elf Warden pause. My Tabris brings it up during one of their shared nights on guard, and Leliana confirms it to her. After they get together, and after the Blight is dealt with, Tabris takes Leliana to the Alienage often, and there Leliana learns more about a side of her family she would never have really know otherwise.

Sera

Headcanon A: what I think realistically: Sera and Leliana have an informal archery contest going on. Whenever Leliana has some free time, and is in the mood to train her archery skills, Sera finds her and they get to shooting some targets together. They both give pointers and advice to the other, and that’s how their friendship starts. I really like the idea of Leliana and Sera becoming friends.

Headcanon B: what I think is fucking hilarious: I can’t beat Sera and her bees here, but I like the headcanon she sometimes joins forces with Leliana to prank everyone in Skyhold. They are an unbeatable team together, as Cullen learns after he asks his creepy questions about a mage warden to Leliana. Sera doesn’t feel sorry for him at all.

Headcanon C: what is heart-crushing and awful but fun to inflict on friends: I feel bad even thinking about it, cause Sera deserves nothing more than good things in her life. If a romanced Inquisitor dies because of the Anchor, Sera goes into a spiral that’s very hard to come back from. It’s only her desire for vengeance on Solas that keeps her going after it.

Headcanon D: what would never work with canon but the canon is shit so I believe it anyway: Again, this should be canon. Sera and the Inquisitor have the best fucking wedding ever. None of that crappy, half-assed cutscene we got. It’s a big party, where many of the companions helped make the food and preparations, Blackwall was the best man for Sera, Cassandra and Iron Bull cried, Vivienne has an amused, is also somewhat bittersweet, smile through it all, Dorian was ridiculously proud and happy for both of them, Varric though it was the best kind of wedding he’d ever seen, Cole couldn’t stop smiling because he was overwhelmed with all the love he could feel from Sera and the Inquisitor, and even Solas had to agree it was a very nice party. Leliana and Josephine helped with the planning, and honestly both cried a lot during it too. There was food laid out in big dining tables, everyone could take as much as they wanted, and no one was made to serve anyone else. There were so many red jennys there, and the family of the Inquisitor, whatever their background, came in full force. It was one of the best days in both of their lives.

[cwnannwn]

How about hollstein, canon divergent au with them both ending up as vampires because that's how it should have been (for the three-sentence fic thing)

What do you mean canon-divergent? That is how the series ended, Laura turned after talking with Carmilla about it, and now Laura continues to investigate stuff and make out with her girlfriend forever. They visit Mattie every other weekend.  But sure, i can write vampire girlfriends!

Laura rested against the bed’s headboard, computer on her lap, typing as fast as she could. That was really fast now. Sometimes it still caught Laura by surprise, how fast and strong she was. Vampire powers could be pretty amazing. Like how she had managed to sneak into the police’s building, find a lot of evidence the chief was a corrupt jerk, and get out of there in barely 10 seconds flat. She was back to their apartment and starting on her article in 15 more.

She heard Carmilla walking down the street outside, greeting her with a distracted ‘hey’ when she reached the door. Carm had gone out to get their weekly blood supply. The neighborhood Strigoi had been mostly amenable to sharing their sources, thought Laura was fairly sure Carmilla being older and stronger than their three leaders combined hadsomewhat influenced that goodwill. Anyway, according to these papers, the chief was working for someone pretty powerful…

Carmilla walked over, two mugs in hand, and offered Laura her favorite TARIDS mug. “Here you go Cupcake. It’s almost morning already, drink a little before going to bed,” she took the mug Carmilla offered gratefully. “Thanks Carm.” Carmilla got into bed with her, sitting by her side and reaching for one of her books while Laura finished her article. When the sun was almost rising, Laura decided it was enough. She set her laptop down by the bed, Carmilla doing the same with her book and lying down. Laura snuggled up to Carmilla, asleep the second Carmilla’s arm wound around her waist. All in all, being a vampire hadn’t changed much about Laura’s life. Only difference was that she had eternity with Carmilla to look forward to now.

Three-sentence au prompts thing.

[bethanyactually]

tagged by: @melimegreenleaf <3 rules: tag nine people you want to get to know better! 

relationship status: happily married

favorite color: sunflower yellow, turquoise, dark teal

lipstick or chapstick: lip balm (but not Chapstick brand because I hate that stuff)

last song i listened to: Tip of my Tongue by the Civil Wars

last movie i watched: Jupiter Ascending

top 3 tv shows: The Expanse, Elementary, Brooklyn Nine Nine

top 3 characters: Parker (Leverage), Jack O’Neill (Stargate SG1), Joan Watson (Elementary)

top 3 ships: Jeff/Annie (Community), Bellamy/Clarke (The 100), Sam/Jack (SG1)

books i’m currently reading: Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly and The Song of the Lioness series by Tamora Pierce

no-pressure tagging: @itsjeepers, @bekahbookwyrm, @donnatellamoss, @gabolange, @octobones, @sodizzymaking, @undercover-panda, @slytherin629, @carpediemily, and anyone else who wants to do this. 

[cwnannwn]

Leliana (for the character thing)

general opinion: fall in a hole and die | don’t like them | eh | they’re fine I guess | like them! | love them | actual love of my life hotness level: get away from me | meh | neutral | theoretically hot but not my type | pretty hot | gorgeous! | 10/10 would banghogwarts house: gryffindor | slytherin | ravenclaw | hufflepuffbest quality: How protective and loving she is. Both towards a romanced Warden, and towards all of her friends. and how, even after all the shit she’s been through, she’s still full of love for the people she cares about.worst quality: Tendency to stab people a little too quickly. No, the real one is the mirror image of her best quality: She loves people so much, she blinds herself to their flaws, and that can have some bad consequences.ship them with: Female Warden, Josephine, Morrigan, Cassandra.brotp them with: All of the above, plus the rest of origins companions and Sera. God, she and Sera would set Skyhold on fire, if left to it.needs to stay away from: Well, she’s quite dead by now, but Marjolaine.misc. thoughts: I love all dragon age companions, i really do. But Leliana is always going to have a special place for me. Her romance was so sweet, and she’s such a great friend for non-romanced wardens too.

Send me a character and i’ll answer those questions about them

[forlorn-kumquat]

4. what are some themes you love writing about?

Found family and strangers bonding and forming connections

[thesmilingfish]

inquisitorpsyduck replied to your post “inquisitorpsyduck replied to your post “Rec me something to watch! I...”

pain must be shared. I'm rewatching it now to see if it's any better but...no. I should have gone into my backlog of youtube videos or started my B5 rewatch instead.

I’ll watch it. Just because it looks so awful. It might not be until the weekend tho. It might be something I have to work up to. I don’t know if I’ll be thanking you when it’s over, however. 

thebluemeany replied to your post “Rec me something to watch! I want to expand my viewing horizons but...”

Entire first season of Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads is up on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgSogQEz_Xo&t=5155s And obviously, we're talking UK seasons here... and they only do two so you can get through the whole thing in less than six hours.

You know, I’ve never watched it. That’s so weird. Thanks for the rec. That might just be the ticket.

melimegreenleaf replied to your post “Rec me something to watch! I want to expand my viewing horizons but...”

Have you tried Crossing Lines? It's on netflix, 3 seasons, but only 34 episodes. It's a bit silly, but I like the characters. They are an European team of cops that solves crimes all around Europe, it make zero sense that they are allowed to do it, but it's still cool.

I’d never even heard of it but, man, it’s got a great cast. I’ll definitely check it out. Thanks!