while we're on the topic of harry potter, i actually have thrifted the first 4 movies on dvd (among others, lmk if yall want a dvd collection reveal) AND bought a dvd player, so now i feel so much better about watching them all the time bc FUCK JKR
i have officially moved!!! still unpacking and stuff but im actually so happy im somewhere sunny! now that i have time (unemployment is a bitch) im going to write more! i may be cooking up a new modern aerion fic (we'll see if i actually finish it)
sorry i haven't written anything in ages, work was literally killing me (full time night shift at a supermarket D: didn't see the sun for AGES) but im moving to a new place! that's super sunny!!! i'm going back to school in the fall and going to live with a family friend until i get a job there! safe to say the stress of my life is feeling much better so hopefully i'll have more time to write! perhaps that part 2 to that aerion fic??? or if anyone has any james potter, sirius black, aemond targaryen, or jace velaryon requests!!
the urge to ask "how high r u" every time i smoke with someone new bc my biggest fear is being so much higher than someone and just yapping going on and on and they're not on my level
For context, I've had an au where Jaenara is in Aenar's generation brewing in my head for a while. She's the mother to my old Valyria ocs, particularly my main girl, Daenaera Belaerys! She will kick off my portrait series I'm starting with all my OCs! But I couldn't start that without giving her mother the moment she deserves. Her colors are somewhat derived from that one art of her and Terrax by Jota Saraiva.
Also, just since I'm very insecure about my art: the pose is stiff because she's very no-nonsense by this point BE NICE IVE NEVER POSTED MY ART ANYWHERE
~Jaenara in my AU~
Jaenara is the eldest child in the high-class Belaerys family.
Claiming the horse-sized Terrax at a young age, they grew together and formed a formidable bond.
At sixteen, she refused to marry until she had seen the world. knowing that she was the heir, she knew it was her responsibility to have her own heirs, but she refused to give up her dreams of exploration.
At seventeen, she began her flight to Sothoryos.
Returning at twenty, sun-kissed and defeated, she was still praised by the families of Valyria, going where none had gone before.
Finding peace with the idea of marriage from her journey, she marries her younger brother, Lucaerion, that year. Throughout their marriage, they had six healthy children.
The year they marry, they have their first child, a girl they name Aenyra. Finding her truest love in her daughter, Jaenara finds true happiness in her family.
Despite having a young child, Jaenara never lost herself. Terrax was never far from her side; they loved flying to cities on the outskirts of the freehold, visiting strange markets and returning with gifts for her daughter. Occasionally, she would take the infant Aenyra on dragonback.
At twenty-two, they had their second daughter, Daenaera. The girls loved each other desperately, just as Jaenara loved them.
Four years later, when they had their first boy, Aeryon, her father passed, leaving Jaenara the head of her family.
She struggled at first, inheriting a family with such a powerful name in the freehold. As she settled into the role, she became more stoic, tending to her duties.
She still made time for her family, though more of her time was occupied by politics. The attention to her duties was not without reward, however, as she began building the family wealth far beyond their already privileged beginnings.
Over the next four years, she began a reconstruction of the family estate, displaying their wealth. Jaenara and Lucaerion have two more children at this time. Aelyx, and later Haella.
At 31 years old, Jaenara was considered the most politically savvy woman of her generation.
She flew less during this time.
By the time she was thirty-four, she was pregnant again. declaring that this was her last child, with five perfectly healthy children that were all easy pregnancies. She believed this, however, cursed her. Her final pregnancy was miserable. sickness, fatigue, bed rest, she hated every moment of it. When Naelora was born, despite her inherent love for her daughter, Jaenara resented her.
Her eldest daughters, now fourteen and twelve, were as close as could be and found themselves taking care of their siblings when Jaenara found herself too busy.
She hardly flew anymore and sank into her cups in a depression. She was able to maintain her political position, but her family suffered.
When she was thirty-six, her world shattered. Aenyra and Daenaera were swimming in the water of their coastal estate when Aenyra was swept away by the tide. Daenaera swam as fast as she could to her father, who sat on the white sand, but it was too late. The sea had drowned Jaenara's first child.
After this, Jaenara became a cold woman. She focused all her attention on her politics, leaving her children in the care of her new heir, fourteen-year-old Daenaera. She never blamed her or Lucaerion with words, but they knew she did. Lucaerion was distant to begin, but now he was near neglectful. Daenaera took it upon herself to step up and be who her siblings needed
Daenaera's relationship with her mother became more complicated as she grew and the doom neared, but that's more her own story :)
at work rn and ran into my ex bsf's parents and they didn't know my mom passed away a few months ago and i completely broke down sobbing to them and i don't want to be at work anymore
at work rn and ran into my ex bsf's parents and they didn't know my mom passed away a few months ago and i completely broke down sobbing to them and i don't want to be at work anymore
guys is it a complete sign he doesn't want you if he calls you dude??? cause i used to be SO confident he wanted me but he recently started doing that... for context he's my coworker at my physical labor job so like that's kind of the vibe there but i still don't know
