#Vampire Expert

[don-dake]

《天涯孤客》 (Lonely Traveller to the Ends of the World)

《子連れ狼》 主題曲翻唱 (Cover of 《Lone Wolf & Cub》)

主唱：鄭少秋，合唱：珍珍 & 佩佩

(Lead: Adam Cheng，Backing: Zan Zan & Pui Pui)

亞洲電視台 《殭屍道長》 [1995] 主題曲

(Theme for ATV's 《Vampire Expert》 [1995])

作詞：蘇翁，作曲：𠮷田 正

(Lyrics：So Yung，Music：Yoshida Tadashi)

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#［女：夜靜更深對朗月　朗月清輝亮

je⁶ zing⁶ gaang¹ sam¹ deoi² long⁵ jyut⁶，long⁵ jyut⁶ cing¹ fai¹ loeng⁶

Facing the clear moon in the deep stillness of the night, it shines especially bright.

　　行遍天涯離開家園沉痛看月亮

haang⁴ pin³ tin¹ ngaai⁴ lei⁴ hoi⁴ gaa¹ jyun⁴ cam⁴ tung³ hon¹ jyut⁶ loeng⁶

Since leaving home to wander to the ends of the world, looking at the moon has filled me with a sense of deep pain.

　　何堪天涯回首家鄉　夜夜暗盼望

ho⁴ ham¹ tin¹ ngaai⁴ wui⁴ sau² gaa¹ hoeng¹，je⁶ je⁶ am³ paan³ mong⁶

How can I carry on in the world when I long for home, long secretly for it every night?

　　笑對朗月　月光光照地塘上

siu³ deoi² long⁵ jyut⁶，jyut⁶ gwong¹ gwong¹ ziu³ dei⁶ tong⁴ soeng⁵

I can only smile at the luminescent moon, as its moonlight shines brightly upon the embankment,

　　照著歡暢團敘愉快　溫暖處樂也洋洋］

ziu³ zoek⁶ fun¹ coeng³ tyun⁴ zeoi⁶ jyu⁶ faai³，wan¹ nyun⁵ cyu³ lok⁶ jaa⁵ joeng⁴ joeng⁴

casting out a delightful recollection, filled with warm and joyful scenes.

★［男：遠處裡隔阻千里白雲晚望

jyun⁵ cyu³ leoi³ gaak³ zo² cin¹ lei⁵ baak⁶ wan⁴ maan⁵ mong⁶

In the far off distance, separated by white clouds and late-night longings,

　　想　想　想　別離後寸心怎會不思鄉

soeng² soeng² soeng²，bit⁶ lei⁴ hau⁶ cyun³ sam¹ zam² wui⁶ bat¹ si¹ hoeng¹

longing, longing, longing, how could one not long for home intensely after bidding it adieu?

　　每夜每朝抱愁眠　悲痛流浪

mui⁵ je⁶ mui⁵ ziu¹ pou⁵ sau⁴ min⁴，bei¹ tung³ lau⁴ long⁶

Wrecked with restless sleep day and night, I can only wander sorrowfully,

　　故地故苑最是難忘　空盼望

gu³ dei⁶ gu³ jyun² zeoi³ si⁶ naan⁴ mong⁴，hung¹ paan³ mong⁶

old haunts are hardest to forget, just a futile hope in the end.

　　啊…　深秋滿地風霜最斷腸］

aa³… sam¹ cau¹ mun⁵ dei⁶ fung¹ soeng¹ zeoi³ dyun⁶ coeng⁴

Ah…late autumn is the worst, the most gut-wrenching time!

女：月亮光光　月亮光光

jyut⁶ loeng⁶ gwong¹ gwong¹，jyut⁶ loeng⁶ gwong¹ gwong¹

The moon shines bright, the moon shines bright!

　　月亮光光　月亮光光

jyut⁶ loeng⁶ gwong¹ gwong¹，jyut⁶ loeng⁶ gwong¹ gwong¹

The moon shines bright, the moon shines bright!

　　陣��秋風送柳浪　朗月光且亮

zan⁶ zan⁶ cau¹ fung¹ sung³ lau⁵ long⁴，long⁵ jyut⁶ gwong¹ ce² loeng⁶

Sporadic autumn wind brings with it a wave of pleasure, as the moon shines ever brightly.

　　人去天涯萍蹤飄流何處有岸

jan⁴ heoi³ tin¹ ngaai⁴ ping⁴ zung¹ piu¹ lau⁴ ho⁴ cyu³ jau⁵ ngon⁶

Those who wander to the ends of the world seeking where there is land,

　　離開妻兒懷想家鄉　異地兩處望

lei⁴ hoi¹ cai¹ ji⁴ waai⁴ soeng² gaa¹ hoeng¹，ji⁶ dei⁶ loeng⁵ cyu³ mong⁶

who have left their wives, children and home, only long for them from a strange place.

　　笑對朗月　月光光照地塘上

siu³ deoi² long⁵ jyut⁶，jyut⁶ gwong¹ gwong¹ ziu³ dei⁶ tong⁴ soeng⁵

I can only smile at the luminescent moon, as its moonlight shines brightly upon the embankment,

　　照著歡暢孩兒父母　溫暖處樂也洋洋

ziu³ zoek⁶ fun¹ coeng³ haai⁴ ji⁴ fu⁶ mou⁵，wan¹ nyun⁵ cyu³ lok⁶ jaa⁵ joeng⁴ joeng⁴

casting out a delightful recollection, of children and parents, filled with warm and joyful scenes.

男：去　去　去　去家千里夢迴故鄉上

heoi³ heoi³ heoi³ heoi³ gaa¹ cin¹ lei⁵ mung⁶ wui⁴ gu³ hoeng¹ soeng⁵

Go, go, go, to go home in my distant dreams,

　　悲秋風獨流浪那堪飄泊嗟風霜

bei¹ cau¹ fung¹ duk⁶ lau⁴ long⁶ naa⁵ ham¹ piu¹ bok⁶ ze¹ fung¹ soeng¹

as the melancholic autumn winds makes the journey that much harder to bear,

　　冷落疼心歲月無情飄泊流浪

laang⁵ lok⁶ tung³ sam¹ seoi³ jyut⁶ mou⁴ cing⁴ piu¹ bok⁶ lau⁴ long⁶

as time coldly and ruthlessly crashes on by.

　　哪日哪朝鳥倦還巢　春柳岸

naa⁴ jat⁶ naa⁴ ziu¹ niu⁵ gyun⁶ waan⁴ caau⁴，ceon¹ lau⁵ ngon⁶

When will the birds return wearily to their nests? Can't wait for the arrival of Spring!

　　啊…　秋深倍念家鄉最斷腸

aa³…cau¹ sam¹ pui⁵ nim⁶ gaa¹ hoeng¹ zeoi³ dyun⁶ coeng⁴

Ah…autumn intensifies my longing for home even more, the most gut-wrenching time!

女：月亮光光　月亮光光　月亮光光

jyut⁶ loeng⁶ gwong¹ gwong¹，jyut⁶ loeng⁶ gwong¹ gwong¹，jyut⁶ loeng⁶ gwong¹ gwong¹

The moon shines bright! (×3)

　　［重複 #，★　Repeat #，★］

女：月亮光光　月亮光光

jyut⁶ loeng⁶ gwong¹ gwong¹，jyut⁶ loeng⁶ gwong¹ gwong¹

The moon shines bright, the moon shines bright!

　　月亮光光　月亮光光

jyut⁶ loeng⁶ gwong¹ gwong¹，jyut⁶ loeng⁶ gwong¹ gwong¹

The moon shines bright, the moon shines bright!

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Translator's rambles: An oldie but a goodie! Watching “ancient” HK TV series recently has brought this classic to the forefront of my memories again.

I actually love this cover more than the original Japanese, and as someone who first learned of this song watching 《殭屍道長》 (1995) as a kid, I cannot not hear this song now without thinking of 殭屍 (Chinese hopping vampires)! Heh!

[mike-png]

Pre-vampirism Armand/Arun

[caleb-crow]

"He was from a little town in Massachusets, if you've ever heard of that, which in those days was a colony. But he wasn't a colonist. He was proud to be Mohican, with roots deep in the land and forest. He burned with such passion, about the world... about how the people-- the people, that's how he talked-- could win this thing called freedom. Even people like him."

I wanted to design who Olrox loved,,, and mayhaps, that one of his earrings, the iconic one, being the one that belonged to his first love?

[helianthus21]

while all the vampires keep yapping about history and morality or whatever, Daniel just couldn’t shut up about Armand and that’s why i respect him the most

[natdeviantrat]

can i call for a challengers redo

[not-a-very-good-dungeon-master]

Pictured. Maximillian Strauss finding out you're not a big fan of the Camarilla.

Inspired by an insult made by @mortifying-macaroni

[prest0allay]

so, question about ccwau -- was Scar born a vampire or was he bit? Also how does turning someone else into a vampire work in this world (I loved your fic btw)

Thank you for the compliment ❤️

Honestly, I still don't know what Scar used be. I don't think he was a human but something else. His ears are even different from Lizzies and Jimmys. I do like the idea that he somehow got turned into a vampire.

I'm not a vampire expert, so I went with my first idea.

Vampires multiply by sucking out most of the living victims blood, basically killing them and replacing it with their own. Or in the seablings case, sharing their blood while already dead. The process might not be 100% successful tho and might cause some side effects.

[ghost-oftheriver]

i think if i was turned into a vampire, it literally wouldn’t be an issue

“newborn vampires are feral” okay?? i’ve been suppressing the urge to bite people since i was a wee babe, this isn’t special

[arcadiiian]

the vampire armand, ca. 1500, venice

[letsbesharkfriends]

sorry I've got that thing where I faint at the sight of these pretty men

[hyohaehyuk]

Immortal_AMC: Vampires and scary movies go together like blood and.. well, vampires. #InterviewWithTheVampire #FearFest

[platoapproved]

How do you think Armand genuinely felt about his coven?

GOSH! An interesting question. In the finale he tells Daniel that he had complicated feelings and I don't necessarily think that was a lie...

But especially in terms of the performance, he seems so fucking sick of them.

This is the face of a man who has been trapped in close quarters with the same 12 theatre kids and their bullshit interpersonal drama for centuries, while also working a management position and thus having to mediate all their squabbles, assign tasks, and who knows how many other exhausting things.

I think he allows Louis to kill the coven mostly out of the same passivity that had him going along with the trial - it was already in motion, and some part of his brain had decided it was already inevitable. The one moment he ACTUALLY went against the coven was pulling Louis from the wall - in my opinion because Louis starving made him think too much about how he got wrapped up in the coven in the first place.

I don't think he mourned them even a bit. Because of the nature of his position - installed right away as the coven master in a precarious position of authority over those who might try to take power from him and do violence to him - it was never really community for him. They weren't his friends. There might have been some small similarity to a family (derogatory).

Basically my read is - he was accustomed to them. He didn't respect them, he didn't enjoy them, and he certainly didn't miss them when they were gone.

[mynqzo]

Hey heard you like vampires what are your thoughts on Twilight

it gets an unprecedented amount of hate mostly for being a show with an audience of young women and girls (so therefore people think oh girls like this so ew). its also undeniable that twilight very much shows the progression of how vampires are depicted in media and is an important facet in the history of vampire mythology especially in books/movies. it being a romance movie with cliche and maybe cringe scenes doesn't take away people's right to enjoy it and by extent its version of vampires (id argue that twilight vampires are just a spiritual successor to vampires like lestate or 'romantic vamps' in general)

with that being said, it is the straightest and most mormon vampire depiction which therefore makes it less enjoyable for me! vampires, historically, existed to represent minorities and people who were considered outcasts to 'normal' society and were first and foremost used as caricatures for racist, lgbtq-phobic and sexist stereotypes, so i feel like their reclamation by queers, poc and minorities in general is the only good way to depict them. bram stoker's dracula represented the english man's fear of jewish immigrants (and immigrants in general, the visual description of dracula in that book plays into popular caricatures of jews during those times), eastern europeans, and queer people (dracula and jonathan yada yada as well as the wives of dracula initiating a saucy moment with jonathan which was a man' job because the man was the pursuer and the woman was pursued, but the roles were reversed. also, i don't think i need to tell you how fangs, blood and the extension of dracula through his wives were used as a gay metaphor). and carmilla by sheridan le fanu, depicting the imagery of a predatory lesbian hunting for innocent upper-class women. during these times vampires were not yet characters with complex personalities and values, but folklore monsters in a way, a way to show an enemy and defeat it rather than learn to understand them, which was a product of its time.

fast forward to the vampire chronicles and especially interview with the vampire by anne rice, vampires became complex people, who's oddities were considered alluring, beautiful, queer and unabashedly proud of it. descriptions of androgynous men, womens love of each other, several nods to gay culture throughout the books with the characters themselves having more to them than just being monsters (with that being said there are several critiques of an interview with the vampire, esp the original book, it is by no means the creme de la creme of queer rep in vampire literature!)

so, circling back, twilight vampires were in themselves like that, kind of. edward wasn't exactly the most macho man as was popular to faun over in media, he was, kind of, more androgenous and sensitive and a character with complex values and thoughts - but that doesn't take away from the fact that the book is lacking a lot of soul and seemingly doesn't show the true reasons why vampires became so popular (amongst young queers especially who found themselves relating to this sense of otherness because of who they were. it is a very sanitized version of a vampire romance, which doesn't mean its bad or that people shouldn't like it! but i'm just saying.

huff

[kazz-brekker]

think i accidentally caused a monkey's paw situation because back when i watched the movie byzantium last year i was like "caleb landry-jones should be in a movie where he actually gets to play a vampire for more than 2 minutes" and now he is going to be in a vampire movie but unfortunately it's directed by luc besson and also seems to have the exact same plot as francis ford coppola's dracula movie

[sallysbutter]

Jacob Anderson for Men's Health (x)

[rottingbite]

Cinderella Summer is coming!