The Queen of Nothing - Hub

CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF EVENTS

Nobody's Queens

Nobody's Home

A Nice Cup of Tea

Let's Have a Drink, We Really Need It

Nobody's Birth

RECOMMENDED READING ORDER

Nobody's Home

A Nice Cup of Tea

Nobody's Queens

Let's Have a Drink, We Really Need It

Nobody's Birth

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CAUTION, THIS PART CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE TALE SERIES

If you haven't read the series, it's better to skip this section until after reading it.

LETTER TO SOFÍA

Tueuse d'anges, le Prêtresse de la Magie, that was your noble title, I remember when you told me the story; it gives me joy and pain to remember it. But I don't want to get off the subject of this letter. Which is pretty much to tell you how I feel, beauty.

It's funny because when I lost my father I was terrified of being alone in the world. Everything about being behind the Veil is so chaotic and frenetic. That terrified me, but I found you all and it ended up being the thing I loved most in life. It may sound silly, but I'd rather write it down again, for the old memories (which I really can't let go of). First I saw Claudia, I was walking into the Library for the first time and she was practicing how to resurrect rabbits hahaha. It was pretty funny at the time and we became good friends after that, we both helped each other a lot with the magic stuff. Then I met you and Sunny after that, oh my, you looked so beautiful. If my memory is right, you wore that big long uneven crown your sister gave you, a beautiful V-neck and those shoulder pads that I've always loved. Ha, that time Sunny tripped from the excitement of getting to see other black queens and made you fall down in front of me, I think I've loved you ever since that moment.

And well, I became a Nobody. That was not a choice, it was something that was going to happen, and I enjoyed that last day very much. After that, I felt dead, wandering in the world without purpose and without the people I loved. It was a very hard road, really, very hard. I shared everything with you, you were the person I trusted the most and I don't regret it at all. Since what happened to me with Gears, mom's death and my loneliness, you were the best thing that could have happened to me and I love you with all my heart. Wish me luck on my new path.

I really feel like a crazy woman writing this, but it gives me peace of mind, so, it was worth doing it one last time.

Letter from Cinderella, taped to the wall of her new home.

PREMISE

BLACK QUEENS

What do the Black Queens want?

In this story they don't really have a clear objective, since in the very concept of a Black Queen, coming from different timelines means they're looking for different things. But in this case they're only looking for the same things anyone else is: to be with their friends and enjoy their time together.

Why choose the Black Queen?

Because in itself she's a malleable concept, and in my opinion she could be used for emotional and tragic stories, but with a touch of comedy. As much as they are Queens, I see them as simple people with problems and stories to tell, something that I loved doing for this tale series. Also, the wonderful writing of Meeting Table by morhadow showed me a great appreciation for the Black Queens' characters and I took it as inspiration.

NOBODY'S CONCEPT

Why choose Nobody's character?

This one is different, I think I chose to use it because of the fact that Nobody is a being who is alienated from society and from everyone. He's in his own limbo and although he can interact with the outside world, he's usually immersed in himself. He is "Nobody", he means nothing to anyone and what may happen to his doesn't matter. I think this represents very well the feelings of helplessness and loneliness that the character possesses.

What does it mean when Cinderella becomes Nobody?

It's a way to represent the loss, which she knows is coming. It's something she can't avoid and it's simply told to her as if it won't matter. It hurts her a lot, so even though she knows she is going to lose her friends forever, she tries to keep a smile on the last day she will be with them.

MEANINGS

Meaning of the Home and the Monster

The Home is Nobody's mind, she locks herself in, she doesn't want to go outside because she will feel even worse, her own ideas and thoughts must be her only company so that everything will be "fine". Or at least that's what she believes. Despite this, she hates her home and everything that goes with being in it, but she doesn't want to take those problems outside. The sunshine is others trying to help her, but she is too mentally unstable to accept that.It would only crush her to know that there are ways to get better, but she simply doesn't have the ability at the time. The Monster living in the basement is a way of showing an addiction. It makes her feel pleasure in a few small moments, but ends up hurting her much more all the time, eating her from the inside.

Meaning of the Cup of Tea and the Cake

The Cup of Tea and the Cake. The tea is really a way of representing moving on with your life after all, and doing so without looking back by letting go of all those moments you lived in order to carry on. While the cake represents the other choice, Nobody anchoring herself to the old happy memories of that person she lost. That is why Nobody suffers so much over making this decision.

Meaning of The Administrator

The Administrator is literally life, a being that plays with you, that is very confusing and that at any moment "hits you in the face". He is one of the most influential characters to Nobody, despite not being mentioned after their meeting (since she only wanted to remember the good things about that process). The Administrator gives Nobody only two options since she is confused and thinks there are very few ways out, hence his fast pace and mocking tone, which shows how confusing it can be to make a choice and how none of them is really the right one. Also, he was the reason why Nobody thought she wasn't able to do anything else with her life, since despite him giving her the chance to move on with the tea, she clung to suffer through the memories.

Meaning of the Walk in the Woods

Nobody was lost in life, she wandered without a purpose, but at the same time without looking for it. She had no reason to be alive anymore, but after her first attempt to escape she didn't have the courage to do it again. She was no longer feeling those small pleasures and the world around her didn't matter anymore. But living that way creates a lot of exhaustion and when she realized the state she was in, she simply collapsed. Luckily for her there was Emily to keep her company at that moment.

Meaning of the Nobody King and the Final Fight

This ending is the way to show the big direct fight between Cinderella and her problems. She finally felt that she was brave enough to be able to face her problems, fears and guilt directly (the Nobody King). However, the fact of having enough strength and courage does not mean that it was going to be an easy battle, sometimes feelings control you and hurt you, besides that with all of Nobody's suffering it's clear that this fight is going to leave scars to remember for a lifetime.

TIMELINE

ANTECEDENTS

Cinderella initially loses her father Dr. Gears in an accident at the SCP Foundation, so she develops a kind of hatred against it and decides to go to the Wanderers' Library to discover more about the anomalous. There, she meets Claudia Bellucci, who becomes her best friend and they have adventures all over the place. She learns that they are both Black Queens, and that they have a great fondness for magic. At a party, both Black Queens meet another pair of friends: Sunnhild and Sofía. The quartet lives many adventures, sad and happy moments, but always stays together. After a while Sofía proposes to Cinderella, and she accepts.

CHARACTERS

CINDERELLA/NOBODY

Height: 1.71 m

Age: 24 years old

The protagonist of this story, a usually cheerful person. Despite this, serious events such as the one she experiences in the series clearly affect her greatly. She suffered from depression during these events and dealt with the mourning in solitude most of the time, looking at her future without much hope. Nevertheless, she always tried to fight in order to move on. Besides, one can notice that she's very close to the people she loves, that's why losing them hurts her so much.

SOFÍA COURVOISIER

Height: 1.78 m

Age: 27 years old

Not much is seen about Sofía in this series, or at least not about her past. She has a somewhat complicated past with her father, as ended up fighting against him alongside her best friend Sunnhild, in a battle that desvastated the Foundation in her timeline. Even then, and despite being usually cold and calm, Sofía is a very loving and loyal person, always trying to find solutions to her problems and those of her loved ones. Right before the events of the series she had planned to propose to Cinderella, and although she was very upset prior to Cinderella's transformation into Nobody, she was also relieved to be able to have one last dance with her.

CLAUDIA BELLUCCI

Height: 1.70 m

Age: 39 years old

Claudia is Cinderella's best friend, a playful party girl who always brings a smile to her friends' faces. In her timeline, she started at a very young age to visit the Wanderers' Library, she kept a very good relationship with her father until his death, and she even got married. She met Cinderella at the Library and helped her when she was not fully adapted to the anomalous.

SUNNHILD MÉVOUILLEVÉ

Height: 1.86 m

Age: 25 years old

She bears traumas from her youth and also a very strong grudge against religion and her father. The other Queens helped her to support herself mentally for a while and then to grow as a person. She appreciates Cinderella very much and sees her as a younger sister, contrary to how she feels with Sofía whom she considers an example to follow.

THE ADMINISTRATOR

Height: 2.15 m

Age: █████ years old

He is the very embodiment of life, being annoying, strong, playful, mischievous, wise, but also cruel. He really wasn't looking to cause harm to Nobody, but he wasn't going to let her have it easy either, those little games of showing her tea and cake were just to test if she was really ready to take the next step.

As a side note, The Administrator was watching the battle between Nobody and the Nobody King from afar.

EMILY MIRANDA

Height: 1.70m

Age: 27 years old

Emily arrived at Cinderella's worst moment, she was lost in life and felt with no purpose, but her conversation with Emily gave her a great boost. For Cinderella, Emily Miranda was her salvation, she thought she was worthless and was simply letting her life pass by, but feeling supported and understood allowed her to gain strength for the final battle.

THE NOBODY KING

Height: 1.91 m

Age: ██ years old

He is the living embodiment of Cinderella's pain, he is the mourning that Nobody can't overcome. For this very reason, his only objective was to harm Nobody. It may seem strange that in the end, when she manages to kill him, the Nobody King is happy, the reason being that the path created by the pain of mourning is for the person to be able to free themselves from that very pain, and the King knew this.

ARTICLES

NOBODY'S QUEENS

Summary: Nobody's past, and the promises she still has to keep. Along with the Queens that will accompany her for the rest of her life.

Trivia:

1. This is my longest article out of everything I've posted.

I had many problems thinking about how to depict this step of Cinderella to Nobody. I had many options on how to show it in the text and the truth is that I couldn't decide for one. But then I saw my ES-222 attempt in my mind and with that I was able to imagine a dance at the end of the tale, which I really liked to implement.

3. In this article I included some descriptions inspired by Edgar Allan Poe.

NOBODY'S HOME

Summary: Not everyone can be Nobody, sometimes your mind just can't handle being alone.

Trivia:

1. Well, this is quite obvious, but the article is a metaphor for losing someone and being left alone. The monster being some kind of addiction.

2. I wrote this piece thinking about how I felt and how I saw the world during a difficult time. Originally it didn't have much to do with the SCPverse, but after some adjustments I decided to associate it with Nobody.

Article's Testament:

I leave this article to extasis, as he gave feed to this thing. And more importantly, he supported me in the difficult moments that I used as a starting point to write this. Basically because of you and other friends I'm still here and I had the opportunity to continue sharing my works in the branch. ILY, Exta. Thanks.

A NICE CUP OF TEA

Summary: A good meal for Nobody, along with some unusual characters. The big question is, Tea or Cake?

Trivia:

1. This article's idea came to me after watching the tea party scene in Alice and Wonderland.

Article's Testament:

I leave this article to agente alan, he expressly asked me to give him this article and I understand why. He is the person who has paid more attention to this thing, besides Lechuga, and it seems to me that if you like something and you know about it, (as I know Alan has read my Nobody stuff) you end up being the most appropriate to have it. Well there is nobody better to keep it than him.

LET'S HAVE A DRINK, WE REALLY NEED IT

Summary: Nobody takes a short break and talks to Emily Miranda about her problems..

Trivia:

1. Emily Miranda is featured. Her character is originally from Emily Miranda in... "A MURDER IN ORANGE".

2. This article is more or less an example of how talking to friends helps you feel better in certain moments, that venting and feeling like you're being listened to gives you the freedom to think about things in a different way.

NOBODY'S BIRTH

Summary: The final battle of Nobody's great struggle.

Trivia:

1. It's the end of the series I worked so hard to make and I'm proud of it. :D

2. The promise that is fulfilled in this article is one that I actually made, and the truth is that writing that part was too hard for me.

3. I tried to add a chaotic pace to the plot and a more calm ending, to show how Nobody had managed to get closer to the peace she was looking for so long.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Making this series was quite an odyssey, and I had to struggle with many experiences, but part of this series was a kind of liberation for me and I feel proud to have completed it. Although I could never have finished it alone, so I will thank all the people who helped me in the hard process of writing it.

First of all, thanks to IndigoNattier, Heim Hayah, LechugaNinja, FearDoctor, LadyBatata, Agente Shuffle and agente alan for the beautiful art they made for the series hub.

Also, thank you very much oniricshogunsoldier and extasis for all the support you gave me in the most difficult moment of my life. I appreciate you guys so much for everything you did <3.

Thank you Bel, for having existed and being in my life. I will never stop carrying you in my memory.

And to Hopeful Heart, I love you, thank you very much for accepting me and joining me in all these moments.