#Elmer the vampire

[liquidtwilight]

Little guy loves being held

[smalldicksantiago]

love the fact that louis was like "did you save me?" and there's a slight pause with armand where you can see his opportunist brain go into over drive as he said "yes" louis gave him an opportunity and he took it. armand had no plan whatsoever, just made this shit up on the spot and was winging it for the next 77 years. if i was making shit up with no actual plan, i would have definitely been more aggressive in not wanting a two time pulitzer award winning investigative journalist into my home.

[incorrectlooneytunesquotes]

Elmer ...I think it's wike nineteen fifty thewee all ovew again. Ducks wunning amuck. (pauses) Guess we're just gonna have to hunt them down, thwow 'em in an oven, and burn them to ash.

[casp1an-sea]

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[telekinetictrait]

"There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor." (A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens, 1847)

surprise!!! here's some boys for y'all!

fashion just... didn't change as much or as drastically for men as it did for women. there's a few reasons for this, like the association of fashion with women, that fashion was one of few accepted ways of women's expression, that the way men were dressed was under less of a microscope... etc. etc. also, a lot of top hats were worn pretty much through the century, but i kept on forgetting them :(

1800s directory

cc links under the cut!

see my resources page for genetics

aleksander and anatoly : peebsplays' unrequited hair + regency activist outfit / historicalsimslife's regency suit + standhardheld's made for walkin' boots

barthélémy and burton : thesimsblues' brutus hair + get famous outfit / vampires outfit + standardheld's made for walkin' boots

cecil and ciprian : cliffirem's gavin hair + niksims vampireprincess sideburns recolor + peebsplays' collins regency set + standardheld's made for walkin' boots / happylifesims' vincent fashion set + suit

dalton and dylan : johnnysimmer's chris hair + niksims vampireprincess sideburns recolor + joliebean's viago outfit + vampires boots / happylifesims' 1830s greatcoat

edwin and elmer : johnnysimmer's vevesims' elias hair update + peebsplays' baby chops + historicalsimslife's authoritative aristocrat suit + mmoutfitters' fancy feet shoe recolor / happylifesims' 1840s suspenders outfit + horse ranch gloves + base game boots

ferdinand and frazier : plumbobteasociety's elm hair + simmerofthedawn's top hat evening recolor + peebsplays' albert facial hair + batsfromwesteros's victorian daywear with jacket (royalthornolia chronicles purple patterned recolor) + vampires boots / simmerofthedawn's top hat day recolor + theroyalthornoliachronicles' night at the opera set

gavril and godefrid : peebsplays' bertram facial hair + pandorasimbox's azariah sacksuit + base game boots / ameyasims' invested vest + pants recolor

harlan and hershel : igorstory's franz facial hair + batsfromwesteros' franz joseph hunting hat + lady-moriel's bureaucrat set + plumbobteasociety's foxtrot shoes / simmerofthedawn's top hat day recolor + linzlu's timely overcoat + ameyasims' invested pants recolor

idris and ira : kocatmeow's daryl hair + igorstory's franz facial hair + sylvanes' mysterious lord coat (tsr download) + plumbobteasociety's foxtrot shoes / chere-indolente's vanzetti's chore coat + ameyasims' invested pants recolor

jerome and judah : johnnysimmer's vevesims' luciano hair update + igorstory's brute facial hair + simmerofthedawn's top hat day recolor + lollaleeloo's victorian suit (tsr download) + plumbobteasociety's foxtrot shoes / simmerofthedawn's top hat evening recolor + vintagesimstress' 1896 cutaway frock suit + mmoutfitters' fancy feet shoe recolor

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[bigmack2go]

Newsies as things me and my friends said part 3

History teacher: (talking abt WW||)*coming up to dutchy*

History teacher: you. He would have liked y—

Dutchy: i‘m gay.

Mike: when was shakesbear?

Ike: idk mike, good question. When WAS shakesbear

Race: i’m just saying, the two of you are that Rainbow Autistic x Vampire Autistic Duo of our friendgroup

Elmer: i finally found someone who was gonna play dnd with me but i think i scared them away:(

Hungarian!Mack: When i tell you goodbye by saying “sia” this is not me saying “see ya” btw

Jojo: “stop tryna find loopholes in the bible” STOP TRYNA BE HOMOPHOBIC???

Tommy boy: two limbs make no limb and my dance teacher is way to fucking happy about that

Sniper: GUYS WAS ANYONE GONNA TELL ME THAT SPOONS IN TINFOIL HAVE A MEANING???

Sniper:MY DAD IS THROWING A WHOLE SCENE THINKING THAT I’M A DRUG ADDICT RN

Spot watching tuck everlasting (not happy): SURE KID MAKE THE POOR INNOCENT FROG IMMORTAL WHY NOT

Albert: if i die, give my bones to Race

Davey: why

Albert: boy if i know

(Elmer: DID HE JUST SAY “IF”)

tHis one only makes sense in german. Sorry not sorry

Jack: ich hatte meine therapeutin jetzt seid fünf Jahren und heute ist mein letzter Termin.

Jack: ich hab bis heute nicht rausgefunden ob ich sie siezen oder duzen soll

Jack: und ich hb es auch nicht vor

[emilykaldwen]

Ooh, how'd you get into bookbinding? It looks really cool but I'm also intimidated.

Hi anon!

So I found bookbinding by seeing some of the binds @renegadeguild had posted and decided to do some investigating. I had seen people selling binds on Etsy (WHICH IS SUPER FUCKING ILLEGAL) and had always thought about bookbinding my own - I had watched bookbinding youtube vids via DAS Bookbinding for quite some time at this point but finding renegade helped me get into a community.

So I had a fic that I always liked to come back to read, a bunch of printer paper, some fabric, elmer's glue, and some museum board I had used for some dioramas I made. Along with some thread and a push pin.... that's how I made my first book! With materials I already have! You don't need to buy the perfect paper or proper book cloth or etc etc. You can make a book with just some things you have laying about the house. Even gluing together layers of cereal box to make book board is totally fine! I mean hell, I used some of the fake $2 craft leather from dollar tree for this last bind I just did (and honestly it worked out really well)

I already had Adobe InDesign, but plenty of people use Microsoft word. I also recommend Affinity Designer. One time fee for professional grade layout software that won't make you cry like Word does.

I have been thinking about putting together a tutorial of how I bind a book (am I avoiding writing? possible) so if this is something people are interested in? My next bind is laying out @vampire-exgirlfriend's fic, They Say I Killed You (Haunt Me Then) once she's completed that and has made any adjustments/minor edits to her story!

[wtchnghrs]

☆. BASICS !

FULL NAME : ZUHRAH ELMER

NICKNAMES : BONBON , ZURI , ZUZU , 4TH GEN SUPERSTAR

BIRTHDAY : 2 APRIL 2002

ZODIAC SIGN : ARIES

BIRTHPLACE : LONDON , UK

NATIONALITY : BRITISH-AMERICAN

ETHNICITY : SWISS-GHANAIAN

LANGUAGES : ENGLISH (FIRST LANGUAGE) , FRENCH / KOREAN (FLUENT) , JAPANESE (BASIC)

☆. APPEARANCE !

HEIGHT : 169cm / 5’6 ft

PIERCINGS : 6

TATOOS : 4

SEXUALITY : BISEXUAL

☆. FAMILY !

FATHER : ELIJAH ELMER (b. 1976)

MOTHER : FAITH MENSAH (b. 1978)

CAT : DOMINO

☆. FACTS !

BONNIE was born in LONDON but grew up in NEW YORK CITY from the age of 10

she can play the guitar, violin, piano, bass and bass guitar. she is learning to play the drums

BONNIE became a SOURCE MUSIC artist in JUNE of 2023 after leaving her previous company for mismanagement

she chose the stage name BONNIE because she loves THE VAMPIRE DIARIES

after 3 months of training, BONNIE auditioned and was selected to join SEVENTEEN on the NORTH AMERICAN leg of their ODE TO YOU TOUR as a backup dancer

at the beginning of 2023, her former company, ILLSV ENT, announced that she would be going on hiatus, though no reason was given. Nothing was seen or heard from her aside from prerecorded content and she stopped posting on her personal accounts, until her contract with SOURCE MUSIC and comback was announced in August

when she got her first win for LITTLE MONSTER, she accidentally dropped the trophy because she was surprised by how heavy it was

no one she is close to calls her BONNIE, they all call her ZUHRAH

because of her dad’s job, she has visited many cities around the world

when she was 14 she joined a dance crew and in 2019, one of their competitions took them to KOREA where she was scouted

despite her concept, ZUHRAH actually hates horror movies

[convenient-plot-device]

My unorganized thoughts after finishing The Dragon Prince season 5

Finished binging the season!!! I loved it. It dragged in places and that stupid fucking lemur thing is still the bane of my existence but I loved the character development and plot beats! I also loved seeing more of Terry. He has something deeply wrong with him <3. Also liked Viren completing his redemption arc, though I would have preferred the resurrection spell actually require Claudia to sacrifice herself or at least like sacrifice a limb or something to truly complete Viren's arc. He has no attachment to that fuckin homunculus thing, and his reasoning for not killing it being that "Dark magic led Claudia down a dangerous path, I'm not doing any more dark magic" is a little weak. I do appreciate that the way they did it gave us a whole scene of Aaravos talking about "our child" with Viren, peak evil gay, but it did a disservice to Viren's redemption arc. I get that it was kinda the only way, since Aaravos knows Viren would never hurt one of his actual kids at this point in his arc, but still. I also am really interested in how Zubeia being corrupted goes, how Claudia losing her leg goes, and what's up with that magic pearl. Is that really Aaravos's prison? Or is that the key to his prison? Loved Callum struggling with what he's willing to do under pressure to save those he loves, and how that's contrasted with Claudia, who's kind of a dark mirror for who he could become if he can't learn to let go of those he loves. Loved the reveal that he used dark magic to save Rayla in the Sea Legs episode. Also just really liked Finnegrin, he's a great character and I love his design. Love a ruthless evil pirate who wants revenge on the Archdragon of the Ocean for killing his beloved hermit crab, who keeps pet hermit crabs all over his office, and who has a neckline low enough to kill god. I also love Elmer! What the fuck is his deal though. Are there just plant trolls in Xadia now? Not opposed, just wanna know.

I also really loved Soren this season! I like how his kindness and unwavering faith in others is his greatest strength. Very sweet. That man is the One True Himbo. Dumb, strong, and most importantly, kind. Fucking LOVED seeing Tidebound elves this season. I've wanted to see ocean elves since season one! Fuck yeah! Janai and Amaya are so cute together. Same with Terry and Claudia, love a good fucked up couple. He's just like "I can fix her" and she's just like "No you can't but you CAN join me in my insanity." Callum and Rayla go back and forth for me; sometimes they're really sweet, but sometimes they seem almost forced and I'm just like... can't they be BFFs? Or in a QPR? I feel like it would fit better than a romance TBH. I also love how Villads was 1000% willing to get his hand chopped off for a few kids he met once three years ago. My kind of dude. Fuck that General lady, also. Like, how is Karim worth betraying your entire people and possibly ruining the future of your whole society?? Does he kiss you on the forehead sometimes? Please get better judgment you are literally a judge on the High Court. Also what is up with the Sunfire high priest? He's clearly hiding what's most likely a corrupted wound but why? And why side with Karim? I loved Kim'dael. Love an emo vampire lady with sapphic energy who could kill a man with her fingernails (literally). I like how she isn't strictly evil and has a clear goal that she acts toward with logic. She wants to be freed from her mercy debt so she can drink the blood of anyone she wants, and she acts with logic toward that goal. I still CANNOT wait for them to finally free Runaan from the coin. Honestly Rayla's parents come second for me because we just don't know them as people. But like. I wanna see the cut to Ethari standing over the pool and seeing Runaan's life lily rise to the surface again. I will cry and that is a promise.

Also, that bit where Janai has a nightmare where Aaravos tells her that her great-grandmother's fate was that Aaravos "swallowed her"??? Why are half the lines out of Aaravos's mouth innuendos. Is it the VA's voice? Does it just compel people to write his characters like that? Or is Aaravos just Like That as a person.

I mean like. Aarvos also flirts needlessly with Viren every chance he gets. Not even for manipulation because Viren is not into him, he's just incapable of not acting like that. Viren is definitely gay though. Like definitely. Even my cishet brother could tell in that scene where Viren is having a dark magic-induced fever dream about Harrow. Like oh you *liked him* liked him. Sure had a funny way of showing it, Mr. Kill The Princes. Anyway. Yeah that's my thoughts on The Dragon Prince season 5! Cannot wait for seasons six and seven, I'm sure they will be so cool.

[fullofgutsndopamine]

big brother!hasanhalloween odds and ends

not a cohesive fic, mostly ramblings on traditions they do and whatnot

fitps verse (masterlist here)

hasan, who saves up money a few weeks before halloween, slowly pocketing it, taking careful note of which houses have different decorations

(on a folded notebook piece of paper, shoved deep in his pocket, because phones are a luxury he can’t afford,) you’ll see: 42 Elmer Drive pumpkinhead blow up or 26 Fulmer Lane has those ridiculously large skeleton men in front yard. best view is coming in from Anderson’s house saves up money from odd jobs (“The Samson’s have needed their lawn mowed for literal months might as well make a few bucks off of it”)

pockets the money away to fill his truck up, the one you hear before you see it, needs a screwdriver and a prayer to work most days-and drives her around town until her eyes get heavy and she sleeps against the window, hasan driving carefully to avoid potholes and he slowly putters back to the house.

and his sister loves it-she ohs and awes over the elaborate decoration, giggles and gasps at the skeletons and pulls on hasan's shirt like he didn’t take note of this for her, to make him see (“I see, sunshine, i see.”)

but still: his sister is disappointed getting home, their dark little house with the porch light that’s been out for months, the front step stair begging to give out, one bad step away from caving in: it’s hard not to compare.

so hasan picks up more odd jobs. she sleeps soundly in his bed as he works downstairs, fixing up the old bookcase to resell, sews old shirts with holes in it until his fingers are bloody from poking them, will take them to resell tomorrow, even if he only gets a few bucks (at best) for them. stays late in town and sets up and takes down chairs and tables for the local church group-

he waits patiently, collects the money and shoves it deep into his pocket and picks her up one day in his truck, the back tailgate filled with dollar store bags, the plastic spider web netting for the dying bushes out the front of their house, plastic pumpkins for inside the windows, plastic skeleton hands to shove into the rough of the earth, uses those plastic kids vampire teeth to decorate the flower box.

and what he can’t afford-sets down construction paper in front of her, markers he has to dip into water to make work again, and has her draw: scary pumpkin faces to keep monsters away, ghosts with large smiles, witches on brooks flying into the moon-proudly displays them on the front door, and in the windows, puts her on his shoulders and walks outside, her tiny fists filled with little chunks of his hair gently, as he oohs and awes over the pictures, the little paper ghosts on sticks that he sticks into the earth that lead up to the driveway, one good rain will take ‘em out (he watches the weather religiously after this, even though it’s a few days from halloween, pads outside at 2am because the rain chance went up and he’ll be damned if her halloween is ruined)

and costumes. makes do with what they have; the one year she was a hockey player (like her big brother) in his too big jersey that ate her up, or when she was a ghost in the old bedsheets he had been meaning to throw away but couldn’t make himself part with (“sunshine,” he says as he adjusted it over her, two crooked eye holes for her, “the rips make you look more badass, i promise.”) his old white button up and tie from his brief private school stay (before he got kicked out for talking with his fists) when she wants to be a teacher.

stays up late with her, whatever he recorded on VHS plays in the background; one year it’s a charlie brown halloween, the next year it’s Halloweentown-the two make little goodie bags, candy is expensive, everyone gets a single piece of candy, a little picture she drew gets tucked in, a sticker-it’s not much, it’s for her classmates, but whatever he can do to make someone’s halloween magical, especially if they’re stretching a penny as hard as he is-he’ll do.

loads her up October 1st, as soon as her eyes pop open, brings in halloween the only way he knows: the library.

puts her in the little red wagon, the wheels replaced so much now it’s a miracle it works, and surrounds her in halloween books; to read to her for bedtime, to tell her when he makes the little campfires in their backyard, (his face only illuminated by the ghoulish color of the fire, stands by the fire and holds the book up, much like a teacher, and reads in an animated voice to her, her eyes wide and mouth open the entire time, loves his stories-) to have her get extra practice in, all the animated kids movies on VHS he can find (luckily, vhs is not a hot commodity and he swears he feels as if he’s physically picking off cobwebs on the old battered paper cases) and loads her up again, the cart so full on the way back home that she sits on his shoulders.

homemade halloween candy to pass out for trick or treaters, after they get home and light all the candles up in the house (“for the spooky effect!” he’d insist, and not to save money on the electricity bill that’s slowly killing him) she stayed up late the night before, kneeling on a little stool in the kitchen as she slowly, carefully, dipped the pretzels into the melted chocolate that he dyed purple and orange, listens with wide eyes and mouth open as he talks about their mama, and what they use to do growing up, his favorite traditions he wants to pass down to her

she’s stubborn, just as much as he is, stays up as late as she can curled into his side as they marathon her favorite vhs’ tapes. would wait until he hears her snoring to gently walk up the steps, her arms wrapped around his neck, to get her ready for bed.

[liquidtwilight]

[OC, Elmer]

Love my master. 🖤🦇

[incorrectlooneytunesquotes]

[The scene opens with a Masterpiece Theatre-like setting, with Elmer reading a book.]

Elmer: Oh, hewwo there, gentle viewers.

[He closes the book.]

Elmer: You caught me catching up on an old favowite. It's wonderful to get wost in a stowy, isn't it? Adventuwe and hewoics and discovewy - don't they just take you away? Come with me now, if you will, gentle viewers. Join me on a new voyage of the mind. A wittle tale I wike to call...Elmer, Swayew of the Wabbits.

[victorluvsalice]

-->And then it was time for everyone to converge on the greenhouse and help out Victor – specifically, by doing some targeted harvesting while he finished up his tending! I had Alice return to normal and rush in there to pick the coconuts, the pineapples, the soy and black beans (and evolve a couple of plants while she was at it), while Smiler picked a bunch of their herbalism stuff (with a focus on stuff like the noxious elderberries and poison fireleaf I didn’t have before). Smiler then dusted Victor’s bees with mite treatment, fertilized their noxious elderberries so they could evolve them up to nice level, and headed upstairs to have a nice bath –

-->And Alice got sent to the kitchen to make some more food for the food stand, using her new appliances! :D Because if we’re going to have a food sale, we need to have food to sell! She’d already made a garden pizza last playsession while at the store, which was already in the stand – I thus had her make a fresh batch of dough in the stand mixer, then bake up some banana split waffles, a loaf of artful focaccia, some minty mocha cupcakes (in the oven! :D), and a pineapple pizza! Yes, I was thinking a bit about food that Smiler would probably like, as they were the one who was going to be running the stand – sometimes I regret that they’re a vampire who can’t eat regular food in this save, as I know any human Smilers would be all over banana split waffles and pineapple pizza. In another save, Smiler, I promise! I’ll fudge things a bit in my potential future Valicer In The Dark save! XD

-->While Alice was getting her cooking on, Victor and Smiler were keeping busy with the last of the farm chores (while the chickens were keeping busy with a fox – I gotta get some more livestock upgrade parts). Victor FINALLY finished the tending (and deactivated poor Elmer to stop the bot from constantly trying to weed a glitched plant) and got the initial batch of super-selling done, then left Smiler to finish off selling everything while he cleared out the cow shed (and once again dropped the results on the ground next to said cow shed – I just had him put the trash in his inventory for later recycling). Smiler got Gardening skill 9 from all the super-selling (and harvesting the lemon tree in the corner that had gotten skipped in all the super-sell batching), which pleased me greatly –

And then I realized “wait a minute. Isn’t it supposed to be New Skill Day? Where’s the holiday thing?” Concerned, I checked the calendar, and confirmed that it was indeed a holiday – but that I didn’t have the overlay for it in the corner of my screen. Uh-oh. That DEFINITELY seemed like a sign the save file was on its way out. I decided not to worry TOO much about it at the moment, as New Skill Day is just a pop-up holiday, and not a particularly important one, and instead Alice box up the final pizza, slapped all the food in the foot stand, and had Smiler grab said food stand and gather everyone up to bring them to the Brindleton Bay Pawspital –

[casp1an-sea]

100 follower event!!!

I will draw a digital sticker for each of my followers. Just send me an ask with the character, person, or OC that you want me to draw.

!!Read the instructions before you send your ask!!

this is an event that is open to any of the followers on my main blog or followers on my side blog @hux-and-gay asks to either blog will be accepted

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Jesus that was a lot

[riding-palominos-every-day]

 “what if aliens think we’re the aliens.” “the hell are you talking about-” perhaps Skittery and Race? (Bromance is great)

(also thank you! I love trying to get comedic timing right in writing lmao)

AH very late, apologies! Thank you for the prompt though, hope you enjoy :D

Racetrack Higgins had always thought himself to be a patient guy. He had to be, he was in charge of wrangling the younger boys both morning and night. Nothing ever really got under his skin.

Except Skittery, it seemed.

"I'm just sayin' Race," The other boy had never really cared much for his own sleep schedule, nor Race's, clearly, "what if aliens.. think we're the aliens?"

Not for the first time, Race found himself wishing Blink hadn't swapped bunks. The one-eyed boy snored, but at least he didn't spout nonsense like Skittery did.

"...What the hell are you talking about?" He asked, staring up at the bunk above as if the force of his gaze could shut Skittery up.

"Think about it," Skittery continued, "Aliens are only aliens to us because they're from other planets. So to them, we're from the other planet. Making us aliens, y'get me?"

Race thought for a moment. Another moment.

"Skittery. I have just had to spend half an hour reassuring Elmer and Buttons that vampires aren't real. If you start talkin' about aliens I'm gonna soak you. Got it?"

Skittery had a lot of... out-there ideas on how the world worked. Political conspiracies, theories on folktale creatures... every night he had some new concept to torment Race with.

"You don't get it, Race!" The bed creaked as Skittery shifted, and much to Race's despair he was shifting from his bunk down to Race's.

Oh joy.

Skittery settled himself at the end of the bed, staring at Race with an excited intensity never seen on his face during the day. Race stared back at him with a look of pain reserved only for the stupidest comments.

"Skit.. aliens ain't real. And if they were, meetin' you would make 'em wanna head back into space right away." Race mumbled, turning over in a feeble attempt to ignore the other boy.

"C'mon Race, a whole sky fulls stars an' planets and you don't think there's aliens?" Skittery scoffed, poking Race with his foot, "They're out there, and I bet they think we're aliens too."

Race had already had a long night. Finch had been extremely late coming home, sparking a flurry of panic, and Ike had taken nearly an hour to settle despite his and Mike's best efforts. He'd no doubt be up at least once to go take care of a nightmare, if not more. Somehow all of that was more appealing to deal with than Skittery's inane ramblings.

Some of the younger boys asked dumb questions, or came up with groundless theories on how the world worked. That was to be expected. But Race would've thought that at seventeen Skittery would've shut up with his conspiracies.

"Skittery." He sat up, nearly nose to nose with the taller boy, "Not that I ain't fascinated with all this, but it's gotta be nearly three. Now either get your ass back up on your own bunk and pipe down, or I'm sendin' you next door when one'a the kids has a bad dream."

He was up on his own bunk so quick Race felt the bunk shake. Satisfied, Race lay back down, until Skittery's head appeared in his line of vision.

"When the aliens get here, don't be surprised if they test on you first." He muttered, before retreating. Silence finally settled over the bunk room. Race closed his eyes, relieved that was the end of it- for tonight, at least.

[slaygentford]

thinking bout hannibal but also silence of the lambs extended universe as a vampire story so compelling because it has the weirdness and taboo that vampire stories as a genre are not able to have (not a criticism) while still having the whole thematic and psychosexual baggage of the vampire theme. horror/fascination/revulsion through taboo-violation (cannibalism)

also silence of the lambs archetypal work: the civilized vampire (lector) vs the uncivilized, barbaric vampire (buffalo bill). the politics of that are soooooooooooo fucking crazy too haha [tucks hair behind ear while kubrick staring]

ELMER I WAS literally, LITERALLY, about to make this post, when I was talking about thyestes, but then I was like no pull it back Emily be normal. but I was lITERALLYYLLYLYLYLY going to say, EXACTLY THIS, that there are THREE types --- I see two types and I also initially thought two types, BUT THEN, I started thinking, and so I raise you three -- of vampires/cannibals and one is the savage (androphagi/buffalo bill) the accidental/punished (jack crawford/thyestes) and the civilized (hannibal/lestat/chronos?). the way that we have the literal exact same brain.