the wrong confidant ( 00 / 01 )

just when she thought they might be on he side of things, surprise, they’ve been telling catherine everything! maybe they grew tired of effie’s constant need to compare everything sshe does to her sister or maybe they realized catherine isn’t all as bad as she has claimed her sister to be. maybe they just want to spite effie. this can also go along with the idea of fake friends who are very superficial and knowing euphemia, she’d easily befriend someone if it meant they’d make her look favorable or give her connections that will benefit her in the future. this could also have more of a backstory potentially with the two never having gotten along all that well before to begin with. lots to explore.

never enough ( 00 / 01 )

a prince euphemia acquires feelings for that she doesn’t want to because he isn’t a crown. it’s shallow really, but effie wants to be out of her sister’s shadow and damn the consequences or what that might cost her. her track record isn’t exactly stellar when it comes to the match making front but if catherine can do it and pick someone that she literally made history with already, why can’t she? and if she can use them for something that would be to her advantage, why not. 

perfect match ( 00 / 01 )

. . . for euphemia. this would be a crown prince she has set her sights on and for all the wrong reasons, he’d give her a chance to step out of her sisters shadows. personality is the last thing effie is concerned about at this point, just the title he’d be able to give her and the image they’d be able to manufacture. now this prince could have absolutely zero interest in euphemia she’s just determined and blinded herself to the idea that someone wouldn’t like her or want the same thing she did. now, she had been through this once before and it hadn’t turned out all that well, but high standards, wishful thinking and determination to be better, the best even has her giving it another go. 

the bestest of friends ( 00 / 01 )

this would be someone euphemia only recently has realized is the closest friendship she has ever had with someone. they don’t compare her to her sister, they don’t fault her shortcomings and effie doesn’t focus on the image of the friendship and what it does for her over the actual friendship, rare indeed. they might even be each other’s best supporters for what the other wants. 

it’s a deal ( 00 / 01 )

euphemia has a goal she can’t accomplish on her own, they do too. the protests that started early november in scotland after the birth of catherine’s child had been what sparked this sinister idea, but if effie can use it to her advantage, why not? but she needs help. gambling her future on a crown prince will prove to be too risky and with the tools right in front of her it’s alwawys good to have a backup plan. so, exploit the protests, gain the full support of scotland and dethrone the crown, easier said than done and how to go about it without being so suspicious? catherine will surely find out — that is where this person comes in. whatever they need effie to help with, she’ll do it so long as they help her. turn a few against catherine in the programme and have other royals question her alliance to her own country even. she’s swedish now after all, isn’t she?  * lbr, this is gonna be a big fail but the consequences, fun. 

araya mahidol plots —

a political mentor of sorts? someone to help guide her, could either be the request of her sister or her mother. i think she would take it seriously if it was someone who intimidates her.

an arranged date situation, not so much a blind date, but her mom and your muses parent(s) are pushing the two to hopefully connect romantically and it’s not it :/

jin meixu plots —

frenemies perhaps? someone who can’t stand her, but acts nice and is v condescending toward her and makes her feel insecure and meixu is all about that self sabotage so she tries her best to be super nice so mb they’ll like her one day

someone who successfully uses her whether it’s for selfish reasons, political reasons ( it’ll have to be someone quite powerful and very manipulative bc she’s not that dumb. but it could also piggy back off the plot above? someone who doesnt like her, but wants to use her? )

yi san plots — 

anyone who wants to do anything politically with korea, i don’t have any set ideas, but i am open to anything if it makes sense

sorry he’s hard to plot :(

son haera plots —

[ 0/3 ]anyone who wants her billionaire tech husband to invest in something. could be fun to try to convince her to do something work related ( she might be that bored to take it on ). 

heartbreaks of the past ( 00 / 01 )

given how wendy wears her heart on her sleeve and falls in love easily, she has been the subject of many a public heartbreak. it seems like each one became messier than the last and this last one was pretty messy. tears. arguments. the works. like all the rest the breakup was public and caught on camera for all to see and trended on twitter for a day in addition to an extra few days for each country involved. there were even some videos that had language translations and wendy did become a meme, something she isn’t thrilled about to this day.   * exes in general would be a wanted connection too! ( 00 / 04 )

“ don’t you dare ” ( 01 / 01 )

the person who convinced wendy not to publish an article about them. it could be a negative or positive thing with this. maybe they didn’t want their name attached to whatever situation it was or it’s possible wendy was so involved in getting the facts and details that she didn’t take a step back to see what it had become — or that publishing such an article would have ramifications not yet known to her. if it’s the latter then this could have been a pivotal point that saved her journalism career from being seen as lacking all credibility. how they went about convincing her can also be positive or negative.  

scooby gang ( 00 / 04 )

she’s nosey. that’s not a secret when it comes to wendy and because of it she often gets herself in trouble, so why not add a few people who she drags along to help dig up some news or discover something they weren’t supposed to which of course means trouble for all involved. this can even extend to just a tight-knit group of friends who end up getting caught up in some of wendy’s curiosity.  

childhood friends ( 00 / 01 )

someone she grew up with who witnessed all the good, bad and awkward. a country with close ties to luxembourg would be preferred for this. just a friendship that was in its prime during those early years when they would play pretend and wendy would often play reporter, even if it didn’t make any sense. play pretend fairies? sure, but she was a fairy reporter. they could have kept in touch throughout the years but time and space created a distance that being in the program has only now begun to mend.  

ring around the rosie ( 00 / 01 )

as close to an arch nemesis as wendy is going to get, apart from the french, this is someone who knowingly sends her leads that go nowhere or distract when she is close to discovering something. their reasoning could be petty or it could be because wendy did something to them or maybe they have just never gotten along and clashed right from the beginning due to opposing personalities. 

tape recorder ( 00 / 01 )

wendy’s tape recorder, she wouldn’t go anywhere without it . . . only she did. she left it on record somewhere and it picked up some interesting information that no one else was supposed to hear, but she has and the people and countries in question don’t know, for now. what happens if they find out she knows? what was it she wasn’t supposed to hear? did she just walk into something she shouldn’t have? this can go so many ways but ideally would be something to do with a country talking about maybe invading another or something along those lines. 

𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐄𝐄𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓, 𝐂𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐒

strangers, acquaintances, friends, or even relatives  —  all are fair game, and only her closest family  ( namely, her husband and brothers )  are exempt from any sort of deception. causes are varied, as is the severity of her ruse, but such strategies are only used if they will somehow benefit areum, so it’s likely your muse would have come out of a betrayal worse off than before it. 

𝐀 𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘’𝐒 𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐈𝐒 𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐈𝐓 𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐒 𝐎𝐔𝐓

areum attended oxford from 2000 to 2004. she keeps tabs on her classmates, and has been back multiple times since graduation, both to attend reunions and conferences, even speaking at one in 2013. if your muse attended at the same time as she did they might know each other, or they could have met during one of her return visits. 

𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐋 𝐈𝐒 𝐀𝐍 𝐈𝐍𝐕𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐈𝐍 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐅

after she finished school, she traveled around the world from 2004 to 2014, living in one city for a few years and then moving on to the next. much of her focus during these years was on investing, but she was also purposeful about making connections with the reigning families and important people while she was there. this could have resulted in any type of relationship, positive or negative! 

𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐃𝐎𝐄𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐖 𝐅𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑