The Sibling Tag

I was tagged by-- er I mean, Molly and Emily were tagged by Tenney and Aria at The Bookworm Blog. And Felicity and Marie Grace were tagged by Caroline and Josefina at Hailey's Joyful Dolls. 

Molly and Emily: Thank you so much, Tenney and Aria!

Felicity and Marie-Grace: Thank you, Caroline and Josefina! 

                                                                    The logo: 

The Rules- 

 -Thank the person who nominated you.

-Link back to original post/award creator.

-Include the original graphic or make your own.

-Include a clean copy of the rules and questions in your post.

-Answer the questions.

-Tag 3 people or leave the tag open (make sure to let your nominees know).

-Pass on the old questions. (Each pair of nominees can add one favorite item category to the last question.)

Onto the actual tag-- 

Molly and Emily Answer the Questions:

Molly: Uh, is it time to tell everyone that we're not actually siblings? 

Emily: I mean we're not biologically related. We like being around each other-- and we like Anne of Green Gables have called each other "kindred spirits" and what not. We're close...but not siblings...though sometimes we have wished that we were. 

Molly: Right, so we can we change the title of the tag to be The Want-To-Be-Siblings tag? No? Anyway, let's move onto the questions...

What do you enjoy doing with each other?

Emily: Me and Molly like playing pretend-- 

Molly: Though we disagree on what to play pretend as sometimes. I always want to play Hogwarts, and be a wizard. But Emily, uhh-- 

Emily: I would like to play Lord of the Rings or Narnia. I understand that they are all Fantasy stories-- but Lord of the Rings has much better world-building than Harry Potter. 

Molly: *giggling* Hey! Well at least in Harry Potter, you don't need to be an old wizard in order to do magic, and can learn it by going to school! 

Emily: *giggles* fine-- I guess you're right. But next time we play Harry Potter, I want to be...Newt Scamander. 

Molly: ...He's from Fantastic Beasts...

Emily: I know, but I find the world-building in Fantastic Beasts to be ten times better than Harry Potter. Also the beasts! They're so cute! And I love all the details that are provided about them...

Molly: ...Okay. Um, I should add-- Emily wants to be a published Fantasy author so she can be really judgy about world-building sometimes...

Emily: I'm building my own world, so it helps to be critical of other Fantasy worlds, alright? 

What is one thing you like and one thing you dislike about the other?

Molly: I like how creative Emily is. She is always coming up with new ideas. However, I dislike how judgy she can be about stories, sometimes. 

Emily: I have to analyze them if I want to be a writer, Molly. What I like most about you, is how rebellious you can be. You will break rules sometimes-- other people don't like that but I admire that part of you. The only thing I dislike, and dislike not in a bad way, is how obsessive you can be about stuff. 

What is one thing one of you likes but the other doesn’t?

Molly: Emily loves High Fantasy stories. I prefer Low and Urban Fantasy stories. I just like the idea of magic appearing in the real world. 

Emily: But I prefer High Fantasy, because if you're telling a Fantasy story you may as well make a whole new world for it. Molly, of course, likes going on long hikes but I do not at all. 

Describe the other in 5 or less words.

Molly: For Emily: whimsical, creative, British-- 

Emily: British? That would be like if I described you as American. 

Molly: I wasn't done-- artistic, and thoughtful. 

Emily: Alright, I like everything else...But British? *laughs* That's just my nationality-- not something that defines my entire personality.

 Anyway, for Molly: rebellious, feisty, caring, sweet, and independent. 

Molly: Oh I liked that. 

Emily: And I forgot to add American. 

Molly: You're not over the British thing are you? 

Emily: Nope. 

What are the other’s favorite…

                                             Food/drink?

Molly: I like anything but turnips-- it can be anything, just not turnips. 

Emily: Alright? So you don't have a favorite food then. 

Molly: Nah, I just can't think of any food besides turnips right now, but I do have a favorite food...just can't remember it. 

 Emily: Well, I like french toast and blueberry tea. 

                                                  Sport?

Emily: Archery, of course. I want to be an elf, and the elves do archery in Lord of the Rings so of course...archery. 

Molly: That's hard, maybe hiking? Is that a sport? Or running? Something like that. 

                                                    Book?

Molly: Hmm...We've been discussing Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings a lot, and I am sure the readers know that we love those books. So let's answer with different books. 

Emily: Good idea. Though I am normally against Low Fantasy, (like really against it), I love The Secret of Platform 13. 

Molly: That's a good one. I love Ella Enchanted and Princess Academy: Palace of Stone. They are both very fairy tale-like Fantasy stories. 

Molly and Emily: And we're going to add one more question on...

                                             Bonus: Song? 

Emily: I have several favorite songs, but I am going to answer this with different songs than the ones that are on my profile. I am going to say "Come and Be Welcome" by Heather Dale because it reminds me of the world I am building: 

I also really like this cover of "Into the West" from Lord of the Rings: 

*Getting emotional* I listen to this when I am write emotional scenes.

Molly: Wow, it's going to be hard for me to top the epic-ness of those songs. 

But I like listening to "When Will My Life Begin" from Tangled and the Harry Potter soundtrack: 

Felicity and Marie-Grace Answer the Questions:

Felicity: Now it's our turn to answer questions!

Marie-Grace: Yes, that's very exciting. 

           What do you enjoy doing with each other?

Felicity: I like teaching Marie-Grace how to horseback ride. 

Marie-Grace: And I like teaching Felicity how to sing. 

Felicity: Basically, we like teaching each other stuff. 

What is one thing you like and one thing you dislike about the other?

Marie-Grace: I like how excited Felicity is about learning new things and stuff like that. And, I mean this in no harsh way, but I dislike how you constantly are disappearing and then reappearing all the time... 

(Marie-Grace singing)

Felicity: *nervous* Oh that, um-- I just tend to be very busy with...stuff. *Is trying not to reveal that she is a time-traveler* I really like how creative you are, and I love your voice. The only thing that annoys me is when I am trying to sleep and you wake me up at 3:00 o'clock in the morning with your singing. 

         What is one thing one of you likes but the other doesn’t?

Felicity: Marie-Grace loves opera, but I am not a huge fan of it. I don't really have the time to sit down to listen to an eight hour show-- 

Marie-Grace: Operas are usually about five hours not eight hours. Just a correction. Felicity has this fascination with the 18th century-- she is really obsessed with it. And while I love history, I am not a huge fan of the 18th century. 

Felicity: *nods* Yes...that. *aside to the readers only* that totally has nothing to do with me being a time traveler from the 18th century. 

Marie-Grace: What did you say? 

Felicity: Nothing...

                            Describe the other in 5 or less words.

Marie-Grace: Felicity is impulsive, cheerful, a trickster, and a good friend. 1..2..*counts* that was five words. 

Felicity: Thank you...Marie-Grace is wise, thoughtful, artistic, nice, and sweet. That's all. You're a really good friend and adoptive sister. 

What are the other’s favorite…

 Food/drink?

Felicity: Pumpkin Soup, it's just so delicious. 

Marie-Grace: I like King Cake. 

                                                  Sport?

Felicity: HORSE BACK RIDING! 

Marie-Grace: You don't have to shout! 

Felicity: Sorry, just got excited. 

Marie-Grace: I don't have a favorite sport, I don't like sports. 

                                                    Book?

Felicity: I like The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Treasure Island, and a lot of other books. I like the use of horses in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and I like that both of them are set in the 18th century-- at different points in it though. 

Marie-Grace: I like The Phantom of the Opera, because it is a story set in an opera.  

Marie-Grace and Felicity: And we're also going to add one more question on...

                                             Bonus: Movie? 

Marie-Grace: I like The Phantom of the Opera: the 2004 movie adaptation. I also like the broadway musical-- but that's not a movie, 

Felicity: I like Pirates of the Caribbean. I relate a lot to Elizabeth and Will Turner. 

  We tag: 

Nellie and Caroline at Dreaming of Dolls 

Molly and Chloe at Delightful World of Dolls 

Elsa and Loki at A Doll's Life For Me

Rylan and Andrea at Alone in Doll World 

The questions (copy and pasting purposes): 

1. What do you enjoy doing with each other?

2. What is one thing you like and one thing you dislike about the other?

3. What is one thing one of you likes but the other doesn’t?

4. What are the other’s favorite... 

Food/drink?

Sport? 

Book? 

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Do you have a sibling? If you so, what's your favorite thing to do with them? 

-Emily

-Molly

-Felicity

-Marie-Grace 

And...

-Quinley 

(This is still my blog after all-- even though you guys took it over 😉)

What's Happening in This Picture #10 (+ Winning Caption)

                                    Hello everyone, 

I'm happy to announce the winner of this round's What's Happening in This Picture: 

Congratulations, Anonymous you've won this round! Here's the caption: 

 Felicity and Elizabeth were playing a rather intense game of hide and seek. Felicity thought she had the best hiding place, but Elizabeth found her anyway.

                                               Now for a new photo to caption: 

What are Isabelle (left) and Marie-Grace (right) doing? 

Why are they wearing clothes that appear to be for different seasons? 

 Post your caption in the comments down below. 

-Quinley 

What's Happening in This Picture #9 (+ Voting)

 Hello everyone, 

I enjoyed reading everyone's captions. Now it is time for voting! 😃

Here are the captions to vote for... 

                                      Caption from CJ Kennedy at CJ & Ink  

Felicity is trying to flush out Elizabeth. "Look! It's Halley's Comet!", says Felicity. She knows Elizabeth will step out from her hiding place to look.

                                            Caption from Anonymous 

 Felicity and Elizabeth were playing a rather intense game of hide and seek. Felicity thought she had the best hiding place, but Elizabeth found her anyway.

                                            Caption from Don 

  Felicity is actually trying to protect the tree from developers who want to cut it down to build a new highway. Elizabeth is looking at a bulldozer coming  up the road.

And here is the way you can vote for your favorite one. You can either vote on this Google form here (which is anonymous, it won't record any information about you), or you can comment down below and choose your favorite caption from this post: 

-Quinley 

What's Happening in This Picture #9 (+ Winning Caption)

                                                  Hello everyone, 

                         I am happy to announce the winner of this round's What's Happening in This Picture?:

Congratulations, Don, you won this round! 

Here is the caption: 

The Beast has come to show Belle his new suit. Belle is reading a book on proper etiquette when having a beast over for tea.

                                                       Now for a new photo to caption: 

What are Felicity and Elizabeth doing? Why is Felicity hiding behind the tree? And what is Elizabeth looking at? Post your captions down in the comment section below. 

-Quinley

Red Coats on The Horizon (Part 3): The Mysterious Time Travelers

                                     Here are the links to part one and part two of Red Coats on the Horizon 

                                                          Greetings everyone, 

I am going to be continuing Red Coats on the Horizon and Tracey Comes to Visit! 

Since I started this series in 2018, before people started really coming to my blog, I recommend checking out the previous parts of the series, so that you're not confused while reading. (The previous parts are linked above).  

And just so you know, you can still vote for your favorite caption in this round's What's Happening in This Picture. 

Anyway let's begin: 

"What do you mean, another time traveler?" asked the blonde-haired woman. There were already a lot of time travelers throughout the different time period, so it seemed odd that one would go unnoticed. 

"I mean..." said the purple-eyed woman slowly, "that another time traveler has somehow gone unnoticed." 

"And you didn't realize that they existed until now?" 

"No," replied the purple-eyed woman. 

"Then you must go talk to them" said the blonde-haired woman, "and figure out how they got their powers, whether it be through a gift, or evil magic. If it is evil magic, you must put a stop to their time traveling once and for all." 

The blonde-haired woman paused for a moment, and then continued. "Then I can trust you both with this mission in finding the time traveler, in whatever time period they may be from?" 

Both the girls nodded. However, the girl with the purple eyes was worried about what would happen if the time traveler turned out to be time traveling for reasons that had ill intent behind them. And if the time traveler was evil, would they try and attack the academy? After all, if they knew how to time travel, surely they would know how to get to the place where time sat still...

"Good" said the woman with blonde hair, "then report back to the academy once you have found them..." 

And with that, she faded away. 

* 

Meanwhile, in 18th Century America, Felicity began finding clothes to wear. She knew she needed to disguise herself, so she figured the best way to do it would be to "borrow" clothes from Ben.

 

She had taken clothes from him before and used them for a longer period. Maybe he wouldn't mind if she took some clothes for a one-time event. In fact, she was sure he wouldn't mind if she did it again...especially if in the end it helped people around her... 

And then she would also "borrow" some clothes from the historical reenactment place where Sarah worked. It would only be for a little bit...so Felicity doubted she would mind... 

Now about her alias. She was to disguise herself as a boy, so she had to think of a good name for herself...

She thought for a little bit and then came up with a name: Felix! 

Yes, she would go by the name Felix! That was a prefect alias. 

To be continued... 

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Do you trust the mysterious time travelers? Why or why not? 

-Quinley 

Red Coats on the Horizon (Part 2): The Plan

Hello everyone! Here is Part Two of Red Coats on the Horizon (You can read Part One here).
It was fun to write, and I hope you enjoy it, also...there is a surprise at the very end of the post not relating to the story ;) :

Elizabeth walked though the door of Mr. Merriman’s general store, 

she turned to Felicity, 

“Now we can talk.” she said, and walked to a corner of the room. 

Elizabeth remained quiet for a few moments but finally she said, 

“Felicity, I know this is a silly worry but—“ 

“—Elizabeth, if it made you nervous then it isn’t silly.” 

Elizabeth sighed, “very well, I’ll tell you what I saw…” Elizabeth looked down at 

at the floor and then after a few moments she blurted out,

“I saw a British soldier or, Red Coat as some people call them, by your house, I don’t know what they were doing , but all I know is, I am worried about your family's safety. I know it’s silly…but your family are Patriots and mine are Loyalists. What if they suddenly decided to do something to your family because of their disloyalty to the king?!” 

Elizabeth then with tearful eyes brought Felicity into a hug. Felicity sighed, 

“Elizabeth I am sure it will be alright.” she said, though she wasn’t entirely 

confident about it.

What if something happened? And what on earth was those Red Coat doing? Though, she wasn’t sure she wanted to say that out to loud to Elizabeth? How would Elizabeth react if she wasn’t entirely confident about it? She had heard about some awful things happening to some colonists and she had heard that it was the red coats doing. So would that mean that something awful would happen to the Merrimans? 

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                 The next morning… 

Felicity ran through the forest, she didn’t care whether mud got on her dress or if the wind tangled her hair that she had taken out of her bonnet. 

She couldn’t wait to get out of the annoying dress, and go to the modern time, also known as…the 21st century. 

She ran up to a tree, looked around to make sure no one was watching her, 

and then lifted up her necklace. 

Within a few seconds she found herself standing by a different tree, she smiled and then tucked her necklace into her shirt. 

She then walked around the tree, still thinking how on earth was she supposed to find out what that Red Coat was doing? Whatever they had been doing it was not good, she was sure of that. 

Her thoughts were interrupted though, when she realized she was not alone, in front of her sat Z. 

“Hi Z!” she said.

Z turned around in a snap, her eyes widened as she saw Felicity, 

“Felicity! You scared me!” she inhaled and finally said, “What are you doing here?” 

“I thought I would enjoy the fresh air. What are you doing here?” 

answered Felicity. 

“Oh.” said Z, “I’m just filming a stop motion movie…” she looked over the doll standing in front of her, “I do still need to take some more shots though…” 

Felicity sat rather impatiently waiting for Z to finish taking the pictures. She wished she had the patience that Z had sometimes, but she couldn’t help it she was used to action. 

A few hours later… 

Felicity enjoyed the feel of the wind flowing through her hair, despite it’s coldness she felt comforted, and she felt as if she could forget about her troubles…

“So.” said Z, interrupting the peaceful feeling she had had “How have things been for you?” 

Felicity sighed, things were not going exactly well for that matter, there were Red Coats around, and she wasn’t sure how to deal with them. If she had the power to, she would snap her fingers and make them disappear but she didn’t have the power to do so. 

“Not well.” she answered. 

“Oh.” said Z, “what happened?” 

“I can’t exactly talk about it…it, is too personal.” answered Felicity. If she told Z about it, Z would find out she was a time traveller, and that would not be good. 

Z nodded, “but if you ever feel like talking about it—“ 

“I’m fine but thank you.” said Felicity quickly. 

 They were interrupted by voices, 

“Isabelle, this isn’t a 70s themed show—“ came a voice, 

“—But, still I do think that your outfit is in need of pink and flowers, and—“ 

“It’s a country show, Isabelle!” protested Tenney. 

“I know that, but anything looks better with pink and flowers, and ballerinas—“ said Isabelle. 

Tenney sighed. 

“Isabelle, I appreciate you trying to pick out an outfit for me. But I can do this myself—“ she began. 

“But you want to look perfect in the show, don’t you?” interrupted Isabelle. 

“If your definition of ‘perfect’ is pink and frilly, then no, but thank you Isabelle—“ began Tenney. 

Z walked up to them, and raised her eyebrows, “Tenney, Isabelle. What exactly is going on?” 

“She won’t let me choose my own outfit—“ said Tenney, 

“She doesn’t like the outfit I chose for her—“ 

“Oh.” said Z. 

“Yes, ‘oh’! I can’t believe it, flowers won’t work in a country music concert for some reason!” complained Isabelle. 

“It’s not that it doesn’t work, in general for country, it’s just that for this concert it won’t work.” explained Tenney, handing Isabelle back the flower headband. 

“Oh.” said Isabelle, who seemed rather annoyed, “well then I am sure I can think of another fashionable outfit for you.” 

“Maybe.” answered Tenney, “as long as it isn’t pink, okay?” 

“Okay! but what about jewels?” she asked. 

“I, um, I would need to see the outfit to decide.” answered Tenney. 

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Much later… 

“…I haven’t yet gotten out of songwriter’s block which is so annoying, I’ve tried to come up with ideas, I’ve even looked through my songwriting book but no ideas came!” said Tenney. 

Felicity nodded, “have you listened to other singer’s songs? Maybe you would come up to ideas that way.” 

“No, I haven’t.” said Tenney, “I probably should.” 

They continued on their walk,  and Tenney told them that she was frustrated because none of the ideas for songs that were in her songwriting book worked. 

“Perhaps…” said Felicity as they continued to walk, “you should wait for something to happen, and maybe if that thing happens an song idea will come.” 

Tenney looked at Felicity but before she could respond, she was interrupted by a sound of a car as it pulled up to them. Felicity looked over her shoulder to see Sarah sitting in the front seat of the car, 

“Sarah? What are you doing here I thought you were still working—“ 

began Z. 

“Well…” said Sarah,  getting out of the car “I came home early.” 

“Why?” asked Felicity. She was surprised,  Sarah did historical reenactments and there was going to be a big event at the plantation soon. 

Sarah smiled, “They seemed to like my idea about doing a booth about Deborah Sampson, so they suggested that I pretend to be her for them, and teach people facts about her.” 

“That’s amazing!” said Tenney, “But who is—“ 

“Deborah Sampson.” finished Sarah, “she is a woman who disguised herself as a man so she could fight in the American Revolution. Since not many people know about her, they thought it would be a good idea for me to teach people about her.”  

As everyone else was talking, an idea suddenly sparked into Felicity’s head. What if she did what Deborah Sampson did, but she would not join the Patriot army but…spy on the Red Coats!

Felicity was sure she could do it…and maybe while she did it, she could help Elizabeth feel better about what was going on. 

To be Continued.... 

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Who do you think was watching Felicity and Elizabeth? 

Love, 

Quinley 

P.S.  Here is the progress of how my Newt Scamander doll has been going: 

I used this photo as my reference, 

(Image from Harry Potter wiki, http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Newton_Scamander?file=NewtonScamander-Profile-crop.png) 

It was very hard to find yarn the color of Newt's hair, but I managed to find a color that worked even though it was not the exact color, 

As for the doll, it was very hard to find a boy doll with the same facial shape or features similar to Newt, so I used a girl doll. 

Next what I did was cut her hair:

And then after I cut most of the hair off, I began gluing on the yarn: 

Doing Newt's bangs was somewhat difficult, but I think it turned out well. 

Here is how Newt's hair finally looked when it was finished: 

I hoped you enjoyed this extra part of the post. I plan as I continue customizing Newt 

to post the progress of how I am doing it. It will appear at the end of posts, but once I finish Newt, 

I plan to put all the parts together into one big blog post.