It's Epiphany!

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The Feast of Epiphany on January 6th marks the day the wise men showed up to bask in the glory that was Mary's twelve-day-old baby, Jesus Christ. It also traditionally marks the very end of the Christmas season (yesterday was the twelfth day of Christmas), and is the very last day you can give a Christmas preset without it being technically late. (In fact among some Catholic families today, it's a tradition to wait for Epiphany for Christmas presents, adding almost two weeks of sales to the shopping season, on the grounds of "Baby Jesus had to wait for his presents; so do you.")

And I wouldn't really know about any of that if Disney hadn't written a damn song about the holiday-- in Medieval France, this would've been the Feast of Fools. This was a real thing. ... Probably without the pole dancing.

So, here are my not-quite-late presents to you guys.

1. The Front-Laced Lady (83 simple kirtles for assorted body shapes based on Sherahbim's Lady gown)
2. Du Lac Revisited (Du Lac tunics for CM, and cotehardies for Maxis CF Aquilegia's Androgyny AF, AM, TF, and TM)
3. Bundles of Joy (my first offering of non-default infant clothes) PLEASE NOTE: Sexyfeet smocks and diapers seem to have fallen prey to Mediafire's nonsense. I have submitted a ticket but their 24-hour turnaround time is not so very fast at all. Please be patient, I'm trying to fix it (as even when I re-upload with different file names, they get taken back down)
4. Cross-Pollination (Cocomama and Kittylynn's Plantsim content smushed together like chocolate and peanut butter)
5. Baby Steps (82 toddler kirtles with Aligeth textures, plus bonuses)
6. Home is his Castle (48 mostly-Maxis recolors of Buggybooz's Nooks and Niches)
7. Scraps Post (the bits and bobs that didn't really fit into larger posts. No in-game pics.)

Only seven posts, but there's a LOT of content in them.

Please let me know if I screwed up any links anywhere-- I've been through everything repeatedly, but fresh eyes are always good.

Comments

Re: Disney nerd time!

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And that's a fair point about arranged marriages, but it's still... I would like to have one Disney princess who demonstrates knowledge that she is intrinsically involved in the political process. In her movie, not in her animated series (Jasmine) or in a direct-to-video sequel (Pocahontas). I know it's crazy-stupid of me, that people like to see princesses doing crazy things for love or freedom or love of freedom, but it's never just entertainment, you know? The only Disney future queen I can think of who stands up for her country and/or people and tries to act for the greater good instead of following her heart or trying to simply escape her situation... is Nala. ... Basically I think I want to watch a princess say "I'm not marrying any of them, because I love this kingdom to put one of those dipshits on the throne."

... So, apparently I want a movie about Hatshepsut or Elizabeth I as princesses. *facepalms*

Ahem. More definite time periods for Disney stuffs, you say?

Oh, so that way we still get the juicy story of just exactly who this mysterious Herbert is, too! I like it.

Re: Disney nerd time!

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Exactly. To all things.
(And seriously, watch Brave. Because, actually, that is sort of what her speech rejecting the suitors is. Except it isn't something 'just rejecting the suitors speech'.)

And yes- that is one of the series I have saved in a folder that is half tolkien art and half disney princesses or sailor moon in period clothing (w/ a tiny bit of Austen). I call it my "inspiration reference folder" aka pretty art, let's be honest.

FitzHerbert, so we have a good clue how Eugene ends up in a orphanage. But as I said- this is honestly the most thought I've put into Tangled. The movie really did as much for me as Emperor's New GrooveGroove.

Hey- I loved Princess Elionwy- and the book series more, for all that in the movie you don't hear about her kingdom you don't get the sense that she was running away or rebelling against anything internally. Talk about obscure.


Oh, I love to make happier AU explanations for stories. The problem with doomed couples only reunited in the afterlife being one of my story-telling hooks -as I was chatting about at the forum- and the dearest one to my heart is one of those doomed before it had a chance to begin and doesn't even have the 'reunited in the afterlife possiblity'... When you have those, almost as a coping mechanism, you learn to make "that happier world where things worked out a little better".
Like our family joke of, "No, no. Palpatine was eaten by the Zillo Beast. Anakin quits the order, never such a thing as Vader. Happy endings la-la-la-covering-my-ears; you still get the awkward family dinner where Leia brings new boyfriend Han and Dad is all "Where is your brother? He's late" aka Cloud City....


It's that classic trope problem of the princess never upgrading to Queen.

Kida? Is she the only one I can think of?


And I keep forgetting to type out half the points I want to make each time and sending off on tangents.