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If anyone has a spare minute today…
Could you head to my inbox or reblog this and tell me how you feel about marriage (whether you are married, in a relationship, or single)? Does it scare you, is it a long time aspiration, was it not what you thought it would be, etc.?
My current wip is going really well but dancing around the topic of marriage is something I struggle with because I feel like my idea of marriage was skewed during childhood.
Thelma
I never really thought about thelma’s back story too much before and seeing as I’m considering the story being in her perspective that’s probably important. She has come to resemble and represent a part of myself that I deeply admire, the parts of myself I used to hate and learned to change so I could be who I wanted to be, not who I was raised to be.
Personality:
she carries a tough facade to hide her emotional vulnerability. She is very anxious and her attitude leans on the cynical side. She not a body builder, but her towering presence is enough to scary most people who cross her.
Childhood:
she was the youngest of three brothers and she witnessed the death of her mother during a bank robbery when she was seven. Her family moved to Beverly, where her father continued to care for the children, but was absent for work much of the time and left the boys in charge of Thelma. They locked her in her room most of the time, where she found a love for reading adventure stories. While all of her brothers continued to live with their father, she moved out at 16, unable to sustain their continued physical abuse from their unhealed grief. She learned to fight for herself, but lost her concern for her own safety and self preservation.
Adulthood:
She met Eve in college and they moved in together shortly after graduation. After moving in together, Eve begins to realize just how deep seeded Thelma’s emotional issues lie. Although she does her best, she can’t even convince Thelma to entertain the idea that something might be wrong with her. Thelma clearly has a yearning for adventure and lacks the ability to sense danger that most people do. Although school teaches her the rights and wrongs in society, she fails to have a lot of regard for her own body.
“Coffee coffee coffee coffee...” I whispered, shuffling to the kitchen in my slippers. My mornings always begin before Eve’s.
Once the pot started to drip drip drip, I continued to the calendar where I circled today’s date, August 31st. In a soft cursive writing, the little box now surrounded by a black circle read, “Eve’s 26th Birthday”.
We’d had this weekend planned for months, but there was one thing I knew she wasn’t expecting. A few months before, I proposed to her but after just moving into a new apartment, I couldn’t exactly afford a ring. She accepted, and I promised that as soon as I could, she’d have a ring on that left hand.
Today was finally the day. I snagged the little blue box from my purse, poured two cups of coffee, and returned to the bedroom. I set the mugs down on the night stand and laid down next to her. She pulled me close. “Good morning,” I sang, “and a very happy birthday.”
Giggling, she rolled slightly to face me. Her eyes were red and puffy and when I started to prompt her about it she said, “I had that dream again.”
“Do you want to talk about it?”
She sat up, adjusting her pillow. I followed and handed her one of the mugs. “It’s just so incredible and...” she sipped, “I don’t know where my head came up with any of it.”
I laughed because I knew what she meant, “You have a beautiful mind.”
“And a scary one,” she sipped again, “this time was different.”
“How so?”
“This time, I was kidnapped.”
“Oh my god, are you okay?” I reached for her hand but she nodded.
“These people came for me and forced me to go there, to do what, I’m not really sure. We traveled across this island, but it had all different types of biomes, a desert, a forest, mountains, and not to mention the wildlife. It was magical, Thelma, but terrifying all at once. And I get the feeling that island is only the beginning of a much greater world.” She warmed her hands against her mug.
“Oh yeah? And what’s this world called?”
“They call it Othana.”
Hello, my love,
Please do not grieve.
I’ve flown like a dove
And you will not believe
But you are capable
Of more than it seems.
My path is traceable,
Just follow your dreams,
And know this is not what I planned
Just inevitable circumstance.
Trust our guardians
For they will lead,
And the historian
As you will need
To make your way
Through a very different world,
To see the day
As I always told.
I know I’ve left you with quite the dilemma,
But understand I love you, my dear Thelma.
Brief on Queen Aveline
The Marossans had a legend that said a demigod, Queen Aveline, would bring them the key to finding Irenos. They were also very close, despite the barbaric approach of kidnapping innocent Eve right out of the arms of her fiancé. She was not, however, the one who would find me, but her fiancé Thelma (my personal favorite of the Earthlings to visit Othana) escorted Alaine Milson to Marossa. I find this interesting; in every other timeline, Alaine makes the trip alone and dies. This one, the only timeline to have successfully defeated the Gods, completed its mission only by chance, because Thelma had decided without hesitation that she would rescue Eve. When Thelma and Alaine arrive in Marossa, Thelma dethrones Aveline and Alaine returns order to her people, while also reorienting them towards the legend of the Champions. Alaine assumes the throne of Marossa and it is in fact her two daughters that will become the Champions.
“Hello, my love,
Please, do not grieve.
I’ve flown like a dove
And you will not believe
But you are capable
Of more than it seems.
My path is traceable,
Just follow your dreams,
And know this is not what I planned
Just inevitable circumstance.
Trust our guardians
For they will lead,
And the historian
For you will need
To make your way
Through a very different world,
To see the day
As I always told.
I know I’ve left you with quite the dilemma,
But understand I love you, my dear Thelma.”
Queen Aveline
velynven replied to your post “Is royalty still a thing on Earth by the time Shepard becomes a...”
My brain immediately jumped to the DA2 regency AU.
Ooooooh. Were you thinking about Hawke or one of the companions as royalty?
