is this what starlight tastes like?

a heart as bright as the sun, and twice as warm

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She refused to be bored chiefly because she wasn’t boring

ㅤOFFICIAL DESCRIPTION: ㅤfair-haired, more starkly attractive than beautiful a woman capable of startling vitality, and superb efficiency

❝ She nods. Kirk eyes her, not unmoved by the determined anti-anticipation he sees on her face as she scrutnizes the planet. She's a strong, calm woman, very much in control of herself which emphasizes only more for us the flickers of emotions that do occassionally show through.

ㅤnotable skills: ㅤone of the leading minds in gene manipulation in the federation at the moment. an extensive background in alien biology. a pretty great ballerina to be honest. fluent in english, spanish, french, vulcan and andorian.

answer some questions and i’ll assign you a tarot card?
the lovers - the bounty of your heart is abundant. warmth extends from your fingertips, and your smile has the power to light the darkest of rooms. your presence is a comfort– a gift– it is something to be cherished. just beware of stretching yourself too thin; a heart cannot be full if it is constantly emptying itself for the benefit of others. extend that mercy to your own heart, so you may continue to love and let yourself be loved. your chest is not an empty cavity. / NUMBER: 6 / UPRIGHT: love, harmony, relationships, values alignment, choices / REVERSED: self-love, disharmony, imbalance, misalignment of values.Which Greek god do you share vibes with?
hermes - you literally were born and then invented mischief. like you were a newborn and you immediately inventedthievery and then lying. go you. Yes people are so annoyed by you sometimes, but you are so unbelievably charming that you get away with everything. who doesn’t love a charming rogue.What’s Peculiar About Your Soul?
your soul is... alluring - It draws attention from every corner of the ether… People come from far and wide to marvel at it. Statues, clay figurines, portraits are made in its likeness… Songs are written of its beauty and splendor. Every day it is greeted by hoards of ceaseless, staring eyes. Every day it is treated with visits from its enamored guest. You try with all your might to communicate with them. To engage with them. To be more to them than an object on display- unthinking, unfeeling. They can not hear you.

originally introduced in star trek the original series, portrayed by the grand dame of star trek, majel barrett, christine chapel is a nurse on the starship enterprise, first under captain christopher pike and later captain kirk. an interesting character, unlike others whose lives before starfleet can be summed up in one piece of paper, she had a fulfilling career before starfleet.an acclaimed scientist, she joined starfleet in her late twenties, it was her Second choice but her final choice. the life she dreamt of, the several ones she sketched out in her notebook as a child, none of them contemplated the stars, there was a lot to see right there on her beloved earth, with its sunlight and warmth.wanderlust is a tricky, unexpected feeling. it climbs up on your chest and forces you to shake yourself out of your routine. she misses the sun, and the feel of the grass beneath her feet, but the stars called out to her, whispered promises and finally reeled her in.this portrayal is primarily fixed on the characterization presented in strange new world, adding in the backstory and quirks also seen on the original series.

The sun was setting over the cottage. The pond was wearing a wonderful tissue of purple and gold and green and crimson..

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She was never quite ready. But she was brave. And the universe listens to brave.

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❝ love is the sun in the witch's hair

links: about & aesthetic, fighting style.chrisitne chapel was once a promising young mage. her powers manifested at the young age of six, disrupting the simple merchant life she was destined for, starting her on a path of endless possibilities. Christine excelled in her studies at the circle, demonstrating a connection to the natural world, holding great sway over animals and plants.with little memories of her life before, the circle became her home and her friends her family. they were a small, tight-knit group of young mages, generally regarded as the future generation of the circle.curious kids... they were children, after all. bright, young, hungry, was it any wonder that one by one they fell over the sway of blood magic? when they finally tried to involve her in their new studies, she balked. not only were her friends not the people she once knew, she had failed to notice the change they were going through, distracted by a project she had been developing with wynne.
this moment of blindness could be regarded as luck. when the templars discovered their crimes, wynne and others could prove she hadn’t been involved, saving her life.

❝ within your veins contain a tranquility

links: about & aesthetic, fighting style, awakening specific thoughts(i) christine amell is an arcane warrior and battle-mage, playing an active role in all battles; despite her inexperience with fighting with a blade, she never shies away from picking one up to help her friends. during melee fights, she originaly used maric's blade before switching to the warden's companion.(ii) she adopted all companions, except the secret one;(iii) named her dog after king calenhad (christine was often found by leliana in the party camp, eager to hear old stories and songs and take her mind temporarily off the blight);(iv) crowned alistair in the landsmeet, only for him to die a day later by slaying the dragon — which she planned on doing herself;
left the capital as quickly as possible, she has no taste for politics, especially after landsmeet and the entire incident with the dwarves. she felt at times like she was the only sane person on the continent, the only person who was looking at the real danger. to have to deal with bickering nobles almost drove her mad;(v) honestly, i think this is why she crowned alistair. she always went with what her companions wanted, trying to give them everything they asked, completing their quests, always showing compassion when she could have been harsher / hardened them for the final battles. she knew alistair did not want to be king, but still she crowned him, because she didn’t trust anyone else there, he was the one person she knew would do the right thing and she needed that;she regrets that for the rest of her very short-life :) :)(vi) originally planned on giving up her post as warden-commander as soon as she could. she thinks of herself first and foremost as a mage, and has no desire to lead an army... things change, however, whe the events of awakening take place.

I will be wild, difficult to find, and impossible to forget.

• fairytale
• secret agent
• dc/marvel
• stargate
• dragon age
• modern
• top gun
• grishaverse
• bridgerton
• modern medical

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links: elysian headcanons, elysian aesthetic, general elysian info, lady audrey + powernear king ripley’s castle, if you are lucky or in need, you might find an old wooden cottage, so tightly wound by vines you might think it’s a part of nature itself, sprung up in the middle of the meadow; looking closely, you’ll see there is a chimney in the corner by the oak-tree, and the curling wood in front has a little brass knocker.when you enter the house, mint and parsley greet your senses, and in the corner, curved over her table, is the white witch. she is not a witch of a fairy-tale; no, in those stories, only princesses and fairies are kind, in this story, the witch is the one who opens the door and offers a place to rest, without expecting anything in return. all those who need a place to stay, or a potion, or even an ear to bend, find their answer here.it is not a grand house. there are no fineries, or servants and glittering jewels. lady audrey is no noblewoman herself, the title was given to her by the people and the powers that be have come to accept it. her woods are a sanctuary, outside of their rules and wars, an enclanve of peace and magic where all are welcome. the people of the forest have chosen her, and she in kind, protects them.

special agent 007, aka christine chapel is one of the best agents in the commonwealth (as she will correct you if you call her british as, despite her accent, she is still very proud of her australian roots). she is not the type to be usually chosen for this sort of work, getting along much better with the science geeks left behind than the field agents. she is a bit of a mad scientist herself.sleek, charming and not to mention (and she will mention it) brilliant, she is a top secret agent, tasked with helping to solve international conflicts.

links: aesthetic + verse descriptionThere was no warning, no sign of the transformation that was about to take place that day. The sun rose in the east, casting its warm rays upon Central Park, the new york skyline slowly becoming visible through the fog. PhD candidate christine chapel woke up, had her usual breakfast before heading to the university to assist in morning lessons and work on her research in the lab. it might be easy to assume that what had happened was an accident that started in a test tube. but nothing like that happened, there was no fire in the lab, no chemical reaction, she did her work and left long after everyone else.As she walked through the park, moonlight painting her already pale hair white, a stranger appeared before her, wielding a weapon and demanding her money and everything else she had on her. Although this was not the first time Christine had been the victim of robbery, something within her shifted. Her genes reacted to the fear and hopelessness she felt, and a bright light began to build within her, engulfing her entire body in a radiant white flame. The stranger fled, leaving behind a different woman than the one he had encountered moments before.Christine had developed an extraordinary power - the ability to manipulate energy. She could channel the energy of the sun and use it to heal or harm, to defend herself and others. Her power was strongest during the day when the sun was at its peak. the change also manifested itself physically, her once pale hair turning white. it always grows white, and no paint will stick to it.With a concentrated blast, she can even take flight, but the strain on her energy means she can't sustain it for long.she took a sabbatical from school, her powers were too much for her to handle at first. after a few months, she returned, quickly finished off her studies, which hadn’t been the plan (she had wanted to stay and impress her teachers and eventually become a professor). however, the powers changed her plans for the future, she had all of these powers, all of these abilities, she had to do something good with them.With her existing knowledge and this burning desire to affect change, Christine quickly obtained a nursing license and now works as an emergency room nurse. She also moonlights as a vigilante.ㅤnotes:ㅤ ㅤwhile i have primarily set her up as a mutant, depending on the thread, i might also write her as an inhuman. her powers were activated when she came into contact with terrigen when another researcher left a piece of it in the lab (and her curiosity got the better of her)

ㅤ*links: *ㅤ ㅤread her full verse post here. cute little aesthetic hereat the age of twenty-seven, christine chapel was talking circles around everyone in her field. primarily, she worked as a biochemist, but she was also writing dazzling papers about genetics, immunology and gene manipulation, the sort of brilliant mind that creates a bidding war. universities all over the world, especially in australia and america, as she is a duel-citizen, tried to dazzle her, and so did the american military.not a big fan of the military, not by a long shot, she quickly dismissed their offers, ignoring their promises of expanding her world view. stanford was her destiny and she completed her masters and phd there. primarily a researcher, she also works as a lecturer, spinning tales and driving undergrads crazy as she talks about the various moments human genetics seemed to act in unpredictable ways.
christine thought she was done with refusing offers from the military when an armed van showed up in front of her apartment, ordering her to get in — national security. she was taken to a base beneath cheyenne mountain and learned that the offer to see things no one had ever seen before was actually true; a gate, to far away worlds, she was immediately entranced.she was one of the many minds selected to go to another planet when the planet was being invaded. she wanted to stay, to help, but what could a biochemist do against a ship in outer space? that question remained in her mind as she stepped through the gate, coming together on the other side another person, someone whose mind was expanded and who was going to do anything to make sure this wasn’t the last time she saw a strange new worlds. ( season one finale )no one likes to be the last girl invited to prom, not even the american military. it took some convincing, some show of skill and a lot of her patented charm but she was brought in as a civilian consultant and becomes a member of sg-8.for six months, she goes on missions and studies the materials brought back, in love with her work. it helped that she finally discovered the secret project her fiancee roger kirby had been involved in; since the start of the mission, he was a member of sg-7. during a routine mission, he is taken by the goa’uld and made into a host; she is heartbroken, terrified and determined, working harder than ever before to try to find a solution.she looks for him on every planet, even when there is no sign she never gives up home and the universe punishes her for it. it gives her back roger, in his sweetest personality, he lures her away from her team, tells her everything is alright and that he was able to trick the goa’uld, it left his body. i’m so clever, he says in that way she always found deliciously arrogant. he continues taking her further away from the team, tells her they can’t go back yet, that he created some allies and he needs to return to the planet where he is still pretending to be a host.she is so glad to see him that the obvious red flags go unnoticed. so she kisses his cheek, and enters the stargate with him. ( season two finale )the sgc thinks she has gone missing, and mark her as missing in action. for almost a year, that is her official status with command, but she first believes that she was only missing for four months. roger, that is, the goa’uld inside of him, takes her to the planet, and for a month he pretends still to be roger, shows her everything he has supposedly built, the goa’uld who are helping him, and they all tell her that they are going to take the system lords down and release the jaffa and the human slaves, that the end is near. and she wishes she could believe them, but quickly she realizes that something is wrong.they ask her questions: about her team, about the base, about earth which she can’t answer. not due to lack of knowledge, but because she knows deep down that the man in front of her isn’t her fiancee, but a demon wearing his face. when they realize she won’t tell them anything, they reveal their true selves, torture her and drags her around various planets and ships, not bothering to hide anything from her.after all, he’ll kill her soon, a fact he continuously reminds her.just as she feels her will slipping away, the secrets forming in the tip of her tongue, a sg team saves her. finally, finally, after months things are finally turning out right, she can barely believe it! they take her to a base off world, say they can’t take her to earth right now, but that everything is alright.next they tell her that she has been reassigned to their team. but it’s not the same. she isn’t conducting analysis of the people they’ve come into contact with, or plant samples, she is helping them steal objects, helping them pretend to be a proper sg team, because... they aren’t. they are a rogue NID ( National Intelligence Department ) team. when she stops cooperating, they keep her locked up in the base, and make her work as a medical officer.the team leader once calls her — derisively — nurse chapel and it sticks. months pass and they eventually admit to everything that is going on, having grown tired of keeping this secret from her as they all live in close quarters. she had suspected as much; she acts shocked, but not completely disgusted. it works, slowly they give her more access to the base again and she eventually returns to active duty, the fact she was a proper sg member was the reason why they had taken her, so she could show them the protocol so they can blend in better.it is during one of those missions that she... accidentally tips the nox off. christine is trying to get them caught. she doesn’t care if its by the aliens or the government, all she wants, after everything, is to go home. weirdly, she feels guilty when they are finally caught, she actually did grow to care for some of the members of the team, they were good people... well, some of them. and they were alive, they were human, and after everything that happened with roger, being human is good enough. there is a moment in which she considers just giving up, joining NID properly because she just wants something to make sense.her conscience speaks louder than her troubled heart. she continues sabotaging the missions until finally they are caught. when she returns, the sgc and her team celebrate, she is alive and mostly well. she is able to prove her innocence, the nox remarking on her actions and they offer her a spot back on the team but she doesn’t feel ready, not nearly. she wants to stay on earth, around people she trusts for a little while. she wasn’t actually so bad at the whole nursing thing, and with frasier’s permission, she begins shadowing and helping the nurses on the staff, eventually pitching in as well. ( covers season 3 and 4 )eventually she returns to active duty on sg-4 and is given a field commission by hammond. 2nd lieutenant chapel.she continues with the sgc through the rest of the canon events. around season nine she starts growing tired and considers quitting and returning to stanford, but the prior plague, and all of the strange natural phenomena created by the ori remind her exactly why she joined the program.

call sign: the hare. when you see her fly, you understand why everyone calls her the hare. like the animal, she has a talent for navigating in the dark, and despite her sweet appearance, she is swift and strong, taking down her enemies before they even know she is there.

christine was born on fjerda. her mother was ravkan, a grisha, and her father otkazat'sya and fjerdan. they were supposed to return to ravka before she was born, but her mother fell sick and they ended up needing to stay there longer; the more they stayed, the more attention her mother called: she was a powerful grisha, and even without using her powers constantly, she still retained that sparkle, that otherworldly beauty. christine was just a few days old when they ran away, chased by witch hunters. they ran and ran, not stopping to eat or rest, their entire focus was protecting their daughter. when they finally arrived at a border town, this half-forgotten place, disliked by both countries, they collapsed and gave the baby to the first person they saw.they died a few hours later.the town had seen this similar things, were familiar with grisha reaching them half-mad and hungry, but a baby was a first. they buried the bodies and gave the child to a young couple; if she was otkazat'sya, good. if she was grisha, they’d take care of her as well. this was a town that was used to taking care of itself and not relying on anyone.while she was primarily raised by the young couple ( marya and fjedor ) christine was the sort of child who wandered and played with everyone. everyone in town loved her: such a bright, bubbly baby, so filled with life and love, she was never hungry or cold.when she was tested ( late, as the testers had forgotten the town for 5 years in a row ), christine already knew she was grisha. her powers had first appeared years ago and she had been taken under the wing of the town’s doctor, who was also a healer.she went to the little palace at fifteen and stayed there until she was twenty-five during the events of the second book ( she was in the little palace when it as attacked ). first learning, and then teaching and running the nursery. she is primarily a healer, but she showed some aptitude for tailoring as well.

❝ if i loved you any less i might be able to talk about it more

even widows can be deemed to have good luck, and in the case of lady christine kirby, that luck is called william kirby. her son, born mere months before sir kirby – one of this century’s greatest scientists – is due to inherit his father’s large estates and holdings, and his mother, unlike many other young widows of my pages, won’t be run out of her house with the small dowry she brought to the marriageady christine kirby, neé chapel was the daughter of a landed-gentleman of small means. she had the fortune or the misfortune of catching the eye of the recently arrived roger kirby, when he bought the main estate in their county, who was already making a name for himself in the scientific field, his inventions making this former second-son of meager means into a wealthy bachelor. christine, whose curiosity was infamous in the county, quickly struck up a friendship with the older gentleman, and if not for her brother’s intervention, would have been the biggest source of scandal to hit this sleepy village a few hours away from london, since her own father’s untimely disappearance.they married. and from the outside, everything appeared perfect. she was a perfect foil for her husband, incredibly bright ( some might even say brighter than her husband ) and an enchanting hostess, their home becoming a regular haunt for every scientific-minded type in the kingdom. fortune even blessed them with two gift: a healthy son, named after her brother, and a knighthood for kirby, for his contributions to science [ if some of those contributions had his wife’s handwriting all over them, well… ]

❝ I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures.

it is rare that these pages praise a young lady’s ability in the piano, more often than not, i am forced to recount the latest smythe-smith performance, a dreadful affair. but last night, the charming, penniless christine chapel put up quite a performance.christine chapel, a penniless debutante, daughter of a second-son of a second-son, who is a guest of her aunt this season. she needs to make a fabulous match.her brother, despite his hard-work, won’t ever be able to make enough to sustain a wife, a mother, and two sisters. she has taken it upon herself to dazzle and find a match this year. two failed seasons is more than enough for her.

christine has two conflicting skills, that make her both very helpful, and, at times, an absolute nightmare for the medical team of the hospital.on one hand, she is an excellent nurse. that is undeniable. quick on her feet, a true jack of all trades, she adores research, and reads an improbable amount of medical journals,. on the other hand, she was trained by the military: most of her patient care experience prior to the hospital came from fieldwork, where it was all-hands-on-deck and the usual lines of doctor and nurse blurred. she is used to stepping in and doing things that, in a city hospital, are usually a doctor's domain ( her focus is patient care, if she can do something, if she can help, she is not going to stand-by and wait for the proper authorization.
she served 60 months in the navy nurse corps, in exchange for the military covering her education. she holds the same degrees as in her main verse, which means she is a double phd and can both diagnose and prescribe medication.... which means, ironically, she is usually assigned to triage, much to her chagrin.er specific notes . works in carol's clinic a few times a week, is a floater between er and icu

at the age of fifteen, christine chapel was struck by indecision - to take her gde and graduate early, to focus completely on her ballet career, or give up ballet in order to focus on entrance exams to pursue her dreams of becoming a scientist. she had two diverging dreams, to follow one, everyone said, she would have to give up the other.unable to copy with being limited, she choose the path which would allow her the option to regret and take another road later. ballet. she took her gde and focused for a year solely on her dancing, training with her instructors at the conservatory and at the age of seventeen, she joined the Boston Ballet's corps de ballet. three years later she became a soloist, and five years after she started her five seasons as the principal dancer with the company. feeling the need to branch her wings, she steps back from the boston ballet and starts accepting jobs which take her around the world, taking the time to figure out her next steps.ㅤnotes:ㅤ i'll usually play christine during her time as principal dancer of the company. christine never thought she would get this far in her career, imagining she would have at most a year as a soloist before. she always imagined going back to school to study genetics - something she still does in her spare time.
still, it is something that she thinks about a lot, giving up to chase her other dream... but 15 year old her was also right: science will alwyas be there, ballet has a timestamp and her time is running out.

Within, your flesh is an endless light

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I make no profit / like the sun I burn and burn

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Her aura is made of poetry, roses, and galaxies

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