#devamp

[shark-on-bumblr]

Some sprites I'm really proud of

[nerdinsandals]

I wanted to see if I could draw Liko as a Gen 1 character! 💙

Instead of just changing the art style, I tried following the trends of the era to create a whole new design that looked believable for the time. For example, her outfit is based on Squirtle instead of Oshawott in this concept. :>

[Update: She has friends now!]

[veone]

[sbhelarctos]

Im still new here so forgive me if im swatting at an old hornet nest that should stay dead but yk i kinda like qwentin. maybe not necessarily romantic but i do like the little moments we see of them in weet coast avengers. like i can see that developing into a fun friendship for them

[klaytheguildless]

Charmander TCG

Card GB1 version:

Card: Charmander (Dragon Majesty 1)

[hadaura]

ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ 🎀ㅤ ೄ ㅤ 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑠ㅤ ✿ᩨ ㅤ

devamp ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ envampii

vampvirtual ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤvampdiente

vampdoli ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ vampwings

ositavamp ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ vampvies

guminolita ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ohgumis

bygumii ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ suavegumi

ungumi ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ diariogumi

gatitogumi ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ gumiwebsite

[preciouslittle-bhaalbabe]

oH GOD I can't find it anymore but I was browsing nexus mods and I saw a mod called "Astarion devamped" or something like that and it FLATTENED HIS TEETH, TURNED HIS EYES BLUE AND GAVE HIM HUMAN EARS.

HUMAN. EARS.

HE'S AN ELF. That part wasn't even vampirism!!!!

[eidetictelekinetic]

So I am. I am tinkering. With a Sanctuary daemon AU

And if you've been here a while you saw me liveblogging my watch and knew this was a probable outcome because I'm me

Anyway haven't gotten far yet but a) Helen's daemon is a wolf but an odd coloring so that people have often deluded themselves into thinking he's just an unusual husky or something

My reasoning is... well, similar to that time I gave Steve Rogers one, actually - wilder edge but also fiercely protective of who and what she cares about

And full vampire daemons simply never settled so when Nikola gets vamped his daemon ceases to be settled (I think she was probably a raven and it's still her favorite, not sure yet though)

She only has a few forms (and keeps this when he's devamped actually) but... uh... one of them is a wolf to have that connection

And they have made sure absolutely no one knows one of her forms is a wolf

[astrangergivingthestrangewelcome]

I don't really have a problem with the concept of killing a loved one who became a vampire in order to save their soul being portrayed unironically,that being said, I just know like I know if Bram Stoker was forced to write this scene with any of the male characters being devamped he would have used the word "purity" like 75% less and words like wanton and voluptuous not at all.

[sarcasticsciencefictionwriter]

For the Director's Cut, I'm going to ask about the Akhkharu Trilogy because those were the first fics of yours I read. But if you would rather talk about ⭐anything else⭐, please do - I'm fascinated by all your works!

Hiiii, sorry this took me so long to get to, but you get a novel in return! And thank you so much! I am definitely willing to talk about the Akhkharu trilogy!

Akhkharu Trilogy (Akhkharu, Sanguine Vampiris, Regina) Was spurred by my determination to join Whumptober for the first time back in 2023! The whole thing was inspired by the prompt "Feed me poison, fill me 'til I drown" which gave me the image of Helen being forced to drink blood until she was choking on it. For the second story, for Whumptober 2024, I used "Body Horror" but twisted it to Helen being horrified with her body's changes and "let the bedsheet soak up my tears".

I don't really remember my thought process on the creation of the original story beyond the prompt giving me an image (I burned myself out that October because I was doing some of Whumptober, and all of Fictober and Flufftober). But I do enjoy making characters suffer, even though I've been a little shy in sharing that in my fanfictions. Or at least was at the time, anyway.

Akhkharu was fairly difficult for me, because when I was writing it, I felt the emotions were so flat for what I was trying to portray. I wanted very badly to do a fic where Helen was struggling and was completely outside of her comfort zone and control with what was happening to her. I love writing characters in situations where they're powerless and bad things have happened and they have to overcome it, they have to survive. For Helen in particular, it was writing a scenario where death is no longer an option for her. She is essentially immortal in terms of aging, but she can still be killed or kill herself, which is knowledge that she'd clung to. With Afina forcing her to become a vampire, that control over her existence, the comfort that she doesn't have to go on but chooses to, is taken away. She has to go on because there's no other choice. Nikola refuses to use the devamper on her because he doesn't know what it will do to her, being transformed so completely. All of her options over her lifespan are gone. She doesn't trust herself to be a full blooded vampire, especially after seeing Afina. Nikola forcing her to drink blood when she's resisting, when she doesn't want to, is another violation to her. She was turned against her will by Afina, fed on by a handful of vampires that Afina awakened, both extreme violations to her body and mind and the blood, to her, was a violation she could deny. Nikola's promise to kill her if need be, if she becomes a monster, is what allows her to admit to herself that she's fighting something she can't control and accept the blood, accept the help. Akhkharu is really meant to be a Helen story, even though Nikola is there, which is why there are sequels, especially with the line of a part of Helen embracing her new darkness.

Sanguine Vampiris was a toughie. It was meant to be an aftermath, the struggle after the initial trauma. Meant to be Nikola helping Helen when she was alone before. Helen is afraid of herself, which is at odds with her trusting Nikola. If she can't trust herself, she can't trust him, which he does use against her to get to accept and trust herself. She's afraid and still feels out of control and Nikola is there to help her. It's a gentle opening to them and friendship, mostly. Two people who deeply care about each other, because I didn't want it to seem like Nikola was taking advantage of Helen in her vulnerable state. It's shippy, yes, but it was meant to be a gateway to it, a peek at the gentle side, not the hip itself. Just two people who are there for each other, who are now vampires together, one reborn and happy with it, one forced into it and struggling. I wanted a lot of tenderness in that one, to contrast with the first one. The poor dears both needed it and I couldn't justify skipping the immediate aftermath when I could show that. Nikola helps Helen profoundly, by accepting her and showing her that she doesn't have to change just because she's a vampire. I love the tenderness and vulnerability between them in that story and was quite pleased with it.

Regina was.....an exercise in my attempt to write dom/sub for the first time. And in a nonsexual way. I feel it's the weakest entry in the trilogy, because I was struggling at the time, especially in/with the Sanctuary fandom, and I thought the story would help things go back to normal. I love the idea of nonsexual/platonic dom/sub. It's fascinating to me and I thought it could be a good way for Helen to start becoming comfortable with being a vampire and a way to indulge in the darkness she felt since her transformation, the part of her that wants to be a vampire queen like Nikola suggested. Nikola, for his part in this story, was more than willing to do anything for Helen, especially something like this. It was also a chance for Teslen banter! Which was really fun. It was fun to write Helen doing the roleplay to appease her "other half" and Nikola getting a kick out of it and enjoying it. Helen's awkwardness because it's not sexual was also fun to play with. She doesn't know what to do when it's just playing pretend and Nikola is having fun getting her to relax and enjoy it and explore safely. I also wanted to show them doing this a as good-intentioned, but not really planned out thing. Just banter and giggles and realizing they didn't think things out the best way. Some fluff and relaxation and getting comfortable with the new thing in their lives and just being together. It was fun to write, in the end, and I loved getting Teslen in there properly for the first time, with the willingness between both of them, and Nikola reaffirming to Helen that he's there for her and will do what she needs because he loves her. It's Helen healing and Nikola helping her with that and healing with her along the way.

I had two songs for this series.

"Achilles Come Down", which was the backbone of the first two, they wouldn't have existed without that song. The music, the tone, the lyrics, are all very important to Akhkharu and Sanguine Vampiris.

"Mary on a Cross" was also important to the last two, with Teslen. It autoplayed on me and it just worked with vibes.

"Your beauty never ever scared me"

That bit was just perfect for them.

The titles.....not my best. Akhkharu I adore, Sanguine Vampiris was desperation, Regina was...obvious, I think.

[wow-an-unfunny-joke]

If Dazai touches a vampire do they just devampireize???? It would make sense right?

If he touches bram (or I just Fyodor now?) would all the vampires be devamped?

[karmicpunishment]

i wish we got to see more of tachihara alone with his thoughts, and more of his actual personality. cause for like 90% of the times we see him he's putting up some kind of act, whether it's with the port mafia or the hunting dogs.

and while i don't think his fake personality is too far off base with his real one, i would've liked to see more of his quieter side. fingers crossed that after this arc (with him being hopefully alive and devamped) that we'll get to see more of the real him.

also this is because i find that people usually only ever write tachihara (except for a select few things ive seen) with his fully port mafia persona, even when getting a glance from his personal perspective and i'd really love to see more nuanced approaches to him more often.

[klaytheguildless]

Miltank TCG

Card GB1 version:

Card: Miltank (Astral Radiance 126)

[via-the-cryptid]

First off, love your snow queen au. Second, How would the episodes "stake" 1-8 change in this au? Because this could go in alot of different directions. Particularly the part where Empress would go after Betty.

why thank you! I think I’ve addressed the Empress in passing before, but now I’ll expand a little more on it, as well as the rest of the Stakes miniseries.

in another ask, I elaborated on the dynamic between Snow Queen and the Empress, so here I’ll talk more about how the rest of it goes with both Magic Simon and Snow Queen acting as Marceline’s supportive parents. firstly Marceline is a little less upset by the idea of living forever, since she’s got Simon and Snow Queen and Bubblegum (this takes place post-makeup), but she still doesn’t want to see her other friends and family die while she remains the same. she’s also growing upset with the idea of being a teenager forever, so she at least wants the chance to grow up. it’s also brought up at some point that as the (only) daughter of Hunson Abadeer… Marceline might just be incapable of dying. how would they know if she could die or not? it’s not like they ever tried.

So, Marcy takes the cure and devamps herself. Magic Simon and Snow Queen are a little sad that Marceline could die someday, but ultimately if their daughter wants to be devamped, then by glob is she getting what she wants. when the other vamps show up, Marceline also calls Magic Simon and is like ‘hey dad so. there is a bit of a problem called Ooo is being invaded by vampires again can you come help’ and obviously Simon and his wife are there within minutes. unfortunately they don’t get to impact the major battles much, as the group decided on a ‘divide and conquer’ battle plan and Simon and SQ were often somewhere else during the fights, but Simon does get to put VK in a magic bubble while they all decide what to do with him. He also joins the fight against the vamp cloud and manages to contain it for a while (SQ tries to help but ice isn’t very strong against vamp clouds and she’s more useful in convincing Marceline to fight again by telling her it’s okay to give up and be a cockroach), but ultimately Stakes ends the same way: Marcy takes down the vamp cloud and once again becomes a vampire herself, but is now a little more comfortable with it. She also realises that she’d feel bad about leaving behind all of her family and friends who are immortal, even if she’ll have to watch Finn & Jake die she’s still gonna have that support network who cares about her and will help her through it.

[itsdawnforyou]

Devamped nikola my beloved hes such a fucking grumpy pants but then discoveres magnetism abnormality (probably was buried under his electricity generation, which really makes a lot of sense since its two similar fields).

Vampires are just plain cool, Nikola.

[klaytheguildlessperso]

Got 2 cards in the queue, but I'll stop posting them on Sundays (so one card today and another next week) Also going to take a small break from posting (not from devamping)

Warning: venting

So far reblogging old posts had 0 effect, either Card GB pixel art is ultra niche (with 10 notes as average despite being from one of the most popular franchises) or my devamps are trash. And since I can see other people doing similar style (pokémon or other TCGs) with way more notes in few hours than I get in one month (or views on DA, but I'm giving up on DA logic), that must mean what I do is good to throw away and I should full-stop to focus on other things.

Yes it's not healthy to compare notes/views/likes with people who are posting for years and already are well-established while I started not even a year ago. But that's difficult to fight the urge to check these stats when looking at others' works.

I'll keep reblogging twice per week until Skarmory nevertheless, just to see if it has an impact at one point and for the lolz.