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lil' update~

//Hi Loves. OOF first time being on here on my laptop in months (everything MOVED AND CHANGED tumblr srsly STOP). Anyway I'm not fully ready to comeback yet, loves. I recently accepted a more permanent job than substitute teaching (yay) so I have that to prepare for.

Also, I have been BUSYYY. I went to go see Disturbed (they had Break.ing Benjamin as their opener and a Ukranian metal group that was pretty sick). I head banged so hard and lost my voice from screaming. Every chord and vocalization was a baptism, a holy transcendent experience. Not kidding, the child in me that listened to Disturbed and all those "nu metal" bands was appeased that night. Like FUCK it was almost an out of body experience, like it was my SOUL there not me (also I was....inebriated so XD).

Then this past Sunday I saw Les Miserables on tour. FINALLY GOT TO SEE A PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTION OF ONE OF MY FAVORITE MUSICALS. Then this Saturday I'M SEEING BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL AAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

Once I'm settled into my new job and everything, which should be by the end of the month, I hope to be back into the swing of it here. I also am toying with the idea of moving Vlad to a whole new blog (ya'll this one is NINE YEARS OLD) since I've lost essentially all my tags and my whole organization system here. We shall see.

Much love ya'll

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Watching Van Helsing (2004) and it seems I remembered correctly, the plot is to be bisexual and have fun

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Van Helsing has yet to beat the divorce allegations first brought up in 1879

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Clarice Lispector, from Água Viva

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Commission for @leatherfaceologist

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//I mean WOW I've been gone long 💔 Hi everyone. I want to write again even though I'm in another show, I have some more time.

Anyone interested?

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//Hey y'all. Just checking in. I finished my first week of rehearsals on Friday and I am still so pumped! I've only had four rehearsals last week and we have already covered so much material. I am constantly reviewing notes in my script and going over music. However, I only have two rehearsals this week, so I hope to find time to write!

Miss you all. Thank you for your patience as I try to find a rhythm between rehearsals, work, home life, and here 💚

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Halloween mode, You know...

Marishka, Verona ando Aleera, from VanHelsing Movie

Enjoy it!🦇🎃

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pyramultimuse​:

Gabriel had full intention of only sharing some kissing with the stripper he had gone home with. But the tender kissing didn’t last long at all. They were in the privacy of Vlad’s apartment, the need to hold back gone. In their right mind taking things slow was the best course to make sure that this wasn’t just a fling, unfortunately they were thinking with their other heads at the moment.

When Vlad moved to straddle his lap he eagerly pulled the other man close, holding him chest to chest as their lips melded together. One of his hands sliding down to cradle Vlad’s ass, no longer having to hold himself back from touching the very desirable man. 

This was supposed to be a friendly, romantically casual night to just be each other without any pretenses. To share the heart’s desires and secret aspirations while sitting on the couch until the hour would chime on the church bells a few blocks away, announcing the end of the resplendent evening. 

It started with soft, exploring kisses, tasting the man that had thoroughly captivated him. The first night upon seeing Gabriel, Vlad couldn’t help but feel a tug of lust in his veins...and that Gabriel had expressed a deeper interest in him! Astounding! For all of Vlad’s confidence in himself, he secretly clung to hope that this would not end in tears and heartache.

An audible inhale plunged into Vlad at the strong hand grasping his rear, Vlad curled and arched his back, dragging himself over Gabriel’s lap in response to the touch. “Mind where those hands venture, hm?” Vlad murmured against Gabriel’s ear, playfully chiding him but he had to be the tease he was and gently trace the lobe of Gabriel’s ear with the tip of his tongue.

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//I have a feeling I will be archiving/dropping some threads with ya’ll. I will contact any of you if I need to drop any threads through next week. I think that will help me have a clean, fresh focus as I have been absent so much. But, I will do my best with pumping out replies to what I have in my tracker first THEN those that I do not have muse/inspiration for will be put into the archives.

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vyrulent​:

Virginia’s smile was beaming. She was like that of her more youthful form, before the cold shiver of death had fallen over her. Such a smile was a rarity – it was simply a ghostly visage of the girl she’d once been, such a sight only known by a few vampires. Now the Count could consider himself in such a small minority. 

“I love your home. Certainly a lot better than some of the hovels I’ve hidden within in the past when my outfit was still small and on the fringe of society.” The red haired vampire had made a life out of creating chaos, creating anarchy for the powers that be. Anarchy had always started on the outside, on the fringes of good society. “But you should take a walk outside your halls. I can promise that I’ll not let a few new walls harm you in the night.”

Virginia does enjoy both the gentle and not so gentle teasing of the Count. It’s a strangeness to meet one’s personal heroes and to find such friendly terms, even in her gaze of respect and admiration. 

“It’s whatever you want it to be. Wear as you wish. Though, I’d remind you that most of these people find distaste in the rich and lavish.“

Vlad stood with a proud lift to his chest and a delicate slant of his head -- the creature was particular and took great pride in the lavishness of his properties like any bird would of their nest assembled with only the best materials. “Ah, but my halls are exquisite! Why should I seek out lesser halls? I understand what you mean, dear one,” Vlad intoned through a smile. He had gotten comfortable with his surroundings, having clung to the familiar shadows and the sound of silence only interrupted by the lament of the wind.

“I shall remind you that my riches and position have all been earned. True, my family was a defender for the Church and was the Emperor’s left hand by lineage, however I fought to keep it without whoring---” Vlad stopped himself with bow of the head and a thin smile.

“It is all history, is it not?” His interjection was a frail attempt at keeping the memories at bay. “Where shall your little dinner party be, Ginny? What shall they say, seeing you with the one and only Dracula?”

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Van Helsing has yet to beat the divorce allegations first brought up in 1879

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† Semi-Hiatus (Dec. 2022 - March 2023)

After a lot that has happened over the past two-ish months (the good/bad/ugly) it is more than obvious that I need to put RPing on semi-hiatus/low activity status. As many of you know, I have a lead role in a musical that will be running three weekends in March 2023 and I have to be off book for lines before the new year. Also, because I am a lead, I will have pretty much ZERO time in the evenings/weekends anymore until the show actually opens. And I also work pretty much full-time.

My hope/goal is to do RPing on some weeknights when I am not busy or wiped out, and of course on weekends that do not have rehearsals or other RL happenings. 

My definition of this semi-hiatus is this: sporadic, very limited writing. Replies will be written based on muse gravitation towards threads/muses. When I am around I will write at the most half a dozen replies. Also, I haven’t been, and will continue to not be around the dash very much, so contacting me via the IMs will result in slow/late responses from me. Please, if we are mutuals, do ask me for my dis.cord information as that will be a speedier way of contacting/chatting with me.

If we are friends/get along nicely, you are more than welcome to ask for my Insta.gram! As rehearsals begin and as I do more things in my life (because my insta.gram is SUPER boring at the moment and I hardly update because my life is boring?), I will be adding to my account much more often with stories/reels/posts. Maybe you can see/hear me during rehearsals, making new friends and just having fun doing something I love so much.

I love you all. Thank you for your unending patience with me. I do miss writing, and all the good things and feelings RPing entails, but I am so excited to be back on stage singing and performing after a long, involuntary absence!

(My standard pinned post is here.)

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@pyramultimuse​ ;••••; asked▬

Gabriel responding to the attractive and deadly gifset: "I've been asking myself that about you since we've met. Still don't have the answer to why, you just are."

“Me too...” Vlad sighed, sounding rather despondent that he had all this charm and sex appeal and he was at odds at what to do with it all. 

“I am that I am, am I not?” Vlad smiled, slipping with ease into his usual demeanor of suave and sensuality. “Designed by God, made by the Devil, wouldn’t you say?”

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          Often  found  guilty  of  trying  to  be  a  pleasant  guest  at  a  party ,  there  were  many  times  which  Viago  had  found  himself  staying  even  as  the  fun  had  waned  and  the  night  dragged  out  just  before  dawn .     “  Yeah .  You  would  have  to  clue  me  into  how  to  leave .  The  only  times  I’ve  found  myself  leaving  a  party  early  were  the  times we  have  been  run  right  out  of  them  —  or  that  time  Stu  murdered  a  guy … ”     For  his  friend’s  sake ,  he  won’t  admit  that  the  guy  was  a  vampire  murdered  at  the  Unholy  Masquerade .

Delighted  eyes  scan  about  the  dashboard ,  but  the  automobile  has  an  assortment  of  buttons ,  Viago  couldn’t  tell  which  was  a  radio  one  from  a  thermostat  when  given  the  option  to  select  music .     “  Oh ,  it’s  fine .  I  am  not  familiar  with  the  stations  in  this  country  to  even  begin  a  selection . ”     Still ,  he  had  wished  he  had  taken  Vlad  up  on  the  offer  to  play  something .  Hand  lifts  to  adjust  a  dial ,  but  still  he  relents .  Only  doing  so  as  a  tactic  to  avoid  the  question  being  asked  of  him  now ,  and  with  a  sigh ,  he  sits  back  and  looks  out  into  the  dark  landscapes  that  pass  them  by .

“  My  heart  still  longs  for  love  with  every  fiber  of  it’s  being .  I  cannot  help  that .  Oh ,  I  loved  my  Katherine  — ”     head  turns  to  look  at  his  friend ,     “  —  I  still  do .  However ,  most  of  my  time  loving  her  was  spent  alone ,  pining  for  her  over  the  decades .  I  was  only  able  to  share  my  love  for  her ,  with  her ,  for  a  fleeting  moment  before  it  was  taken  from  me . ”     He  can  feel  his  lip  twitch  to  fight  off  a  pout .  Gloved  hands  fidgeting  as  they  grip  at  one  another .  Somber  thoughts  only  shaken  free  by  the  roaring  of  engines  and  loud  chatter  and  cheers  from  the  other  side  of  the  car  park ,  and  the  dandy  jerks  head  over  to  take  in  the  sight .     “  This  doesn’t  look  like  the  Monster  Jams …  It  looks  more  like …  a  contra  dance  promenade . ”

“Not to worry. I have a distinct look I can give you...or if you see me become a mass of mist...you shall, as they say, get the hint. Social cues are not entirely lost to our kind, unless one has spent the better part of a century living without hardly any or no contact.” Vlad perked up at the mention of Stu (a roommate of Viago’s, Vlad assumed) murdering. “What is so special about murdering someone at a party?” Vlad questioned, his brows knitting together, “I thought it was entirely natural, depending on the sort of party, of course. There are parties for murder, and parties without the bloodshed.” Vlad had public kills before his own kin, what had been so ghastly about this Stu fellow and his murdering?

It was an innocent question, asking Viago if he was really looking to secure a romantic partner tonight. In one night. Vlad wasn’t so fanciful like that. However, when there was an individual he wanted for his own and would not be deterred, he pursued until the time was right for him to pounce. Vlad said nothing as Viago lamented and mourned for Katherine. He knew of the loss Viago endured, but now was not the time to discuss his own marred past. Only an understanding look was given to Viago after Vlad parked the Wraith on the driest area of dirt in the parking lot of the fairgrounds.

“You’re right...something is not entirely as it should be.” Concern marked Vlad’s tone as he listened. Hundreds of heartbeats, the overwhelming smell of oil, diesel and beer, the roar of massive engines. “Trucks? Cars? A vast number of humans? What is this, a massive parade?” Vlad questioned aloud as he opened his car door.