#especially Vlad’s face haha

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For @green-with-envy-phandom-event, line art by @deathcomes4u

[tourettesdog]

DP x DC prompt where, after an identity reveal gone wrong, Jazz (who is freshly 18) grabs Danny and takes him to live in Gotham where she has a scholarship. Between Danny’s ghost powers and their parents’ hatred of Gotham (something about a ghost convention gone Very Badly, and Bruce Wayne refusing to fund their research), they’re willing to risk the crime rates. 

Danny can’t resist doing his Phantom thing because of his Obsession, and within about 2.5 weeks Bruce is fighting Jazz for custody rights of him. Well, not really fighting since they could absolutely use a financial backer so Jazz can focus on school. Jazz also likes the idea of Danny getting proper training from Batman to keep him safe, since she can’t just make him stop fulfilling his Obsession.

They’ve been staying in the manor for about a week when Danny and Jazz realize that they’ve completely forgotten to address Dani. She’s continued her traveling for the last several months, but Dani told them on her last visit she was getting a bit lonely and wanted to try schooling-- after first visiting Australia, that is. 

Danny and Jazz have kept in touch with Sam and Tucker, so they know that their friends will be able to steer Dani away from Amity Park and in their direction once she gets back... But, oh Ancients, now they have to actually address the clone in the room. And probably face a massive lecture from Bruce once he realizes they never mentioned their youngest sibling (and that they also just let her fly off to Australia by herself for two months without even a cellphone).

They’re not really concerned about the bats accepting Dani (they’ve already accepted that Danny is half ghost, which is a pretty high bar to cross), but they are Very concerned about the Questions her presence will invoke. 

Danny and Jazz have managed to keep a lot of Danny’s Bigger ghost exploits under wraps (especially the time travel), but they know Bruce is going to take one look at Dani and it’s going to open up the “Hey so my arch nemesis is Vlad Masters-- yes I have an arch nemesis, and yes that Vlad Masters-- he cloned me-- why? Oh, he’s a halfa like me haha funny story-- oh and it Might be a problem if he ever finds out we’re here so you can’t confront him about any of this” can of worms.

Danny can’t be sure if Bruce will respect his tentative truce with Vlad. He’s pretty sure his new brothers and sisters will want to flog the man within an inch of his fruitloop (after)life if they ever find out about how many times he’s electrocuted Danny.

So at this point they’re just waiting for Sam and Tucker to warn them of Dani’s arrival— and trying to come up with a good cover story in the meantime. They MIGHT be able to pass Dani off as his twin (between Danny being trans and Dani mercilessly catching up to him in height, it seems doable). Only... they’re pretty sure Bruce will call immediate bullshit on them being twins once he tries to find paperwork about Dani. Hell, he probably already has access to Danny and Jazz’s birth certificates and would definitely notice a third one just magically appear (if they even managed to falsify one).

Their next idea (and the winning plan) is to be truthful about Dani being a clone, but to lie about her origins. They decide to pin all of the blame on Pariah Dark since he can’t exactly dispute clone fatherhood rights from his sarcophagus. Boom-- scapegoat.

Within the week, they get a text from Tucker saying Dani is on her way. Within the day, she’s on the front step of Wayne Manor. Dani’s hair is shorter than last time, she’s now exactly Danny’s height, and she looks a little too like him for it to not raise immediate red flags with a family of paranoid bats and birds.

It’s an absolute mess as they try to introduce Dani to the family. Just an absolute plethora of questions about clones and twins. (Apparently, the Waynes have dealt with clones before and are Very concerned? Danny didn’t even mention the word clone, they just brought that shit up in the foyer like it was common knowledge. He has to unpack that later.) 

Jason happens to be there, and he’s just staring at Dani the entire time, trying to decide if it’s worth asking why Danny’s new twin(?) feels as dead as he does.

Dani, meanwhile, hears clones mentioned and just blurts out:

“Wait, did Vlad clone you guys too?”

Danny and Jazz belatedly realize they should have ran their plan by Sam and Tucker first. In a panic, they try to pass Vlad off as Pariah Dark’s real name.

Tim just looks up the one (1) Vlad in Amity Park and it spirals from there.

[chibishortdeath]

General Simon brainrot sketch page :3, as per usual, explanations under a cut. Apologies if my posts tend to be kinda huge and difficult to scroll past, I try to do the cuts to make sure they do the least inconvenience to anyone! (>-< ;)

Just the whole page in full ft. My thumb lol

Expression practice! Simon is feeling the weight of his situation rn alas :(. I’ve always imagined him being panicked the whole game; the overarching entire game timer really gives a pretty good feeling of dread imo. The two doodles at the bottom were attempts at multiple ideas I’ve seen floating around about the curse, but they’re kinda bad in execution looking at them no tbh. But the first one is based on the idea that the curse gives some vampire traits like sharp teeth and would probably lead to proper vampirism if he were to die from it. The second was general attempt at like skull practice and comparing facial features to skull structure, but oh my god the page kept smudging and I tried making it look ok with some random blood on there but it just made it look even sillier 💀.

These next two are based on two random like liminal space images I ran into on Pinterest and I drew them mostly because I suck at backgrounds and idk Simon’s Quest itself is like Castlevania: Liminal Space Edition a lot of the time, so it fits X,,,,D. The first one I really liked the composition of the path on the far side contrasted to the trees. Imagine the water is the purple cursed swamp :3. Hopefully Simon has laurels just standin around in there.

This second liminal space for Simon to be in was this neat nighttime photo of a graveyard! Trees are HARD TO DRAW, especially just in pencil and a solid black background. There’s blood on the ground and stuff cause he was just fighting some monsters, probably those two headed lizard guys. It’s the awkward stillness after clearing out an area of enemies.

The pose for this one is based on the LOL~lots of laugh Miku figure lmao 💀💀💀

Simon is very fun to put in exaggerated poses! Especially cause you have to exaggerate them more to get the same ratio of pose to negative space because muscles and armor. I had no idea how to make metal belt armor thingies sit in a like legs up floating sort of pose like this so they kinda bend a little weird but eh he looks cute otherwise. The other doodles present are one that says “brainrot” which is kinda making fun of my own dedication to an NES character 💀 and also cause haha rot like the curse. Also, teeny tiny Simon with a heart!!! :3

Yippie! Simon posing again! I think the first pose was inspired by this like random old anime style angel figure??? Idk I think she was just an original character figure and the pose was pretty different, I just used the reference mostly for the arm position. Anyway, he’s vibin, just sitting curled up and momentarily comfy. Alas, the horrors persist in the second doodle that was an attempt at showing how the curse kinda deteriorates him but he just kinda ended up having a scarily snatched waist and it looks more stylized than like sick. Also the armor kinda bends around him in a way that makes it look like it shrunk with him which is so dumb lmaooooo (XwX). I’ll have to revisit the concept eventually idk, just look at his face for this one XD. Hahaha tiny doodle based on Larval Rin on the left there, nothing to see here—

The main doodle is just Simon looking into the distance bewildered and holding the whip, standard stuff. There’s also a side profile doodle and an attempt at drawing crying again cause I was getting kinda rusty at both of those things.

Simon Belmont but if he was 2000s anime lol. A fun little style experiment, I might keep this as like another secondary art style. There’s also some doodles of a hanged man skeleton, the eyes of Vlad, a skeleton hand, and a couple little chibi Simon’s of various expressions.

More 2000s anime Simon, but in a more silly way like the art style change for joke sections. One is him just goofily holding up Dracula’s head, but it’s contrasted immediately with a more gritty usual art style doodle of him with harsh shading lol. Get you a man who can do both I guess 💀

I gotta practice more on backgrounds and composition and stuff, probably also get some curse effects consistent augh. Lately I’ve been on and off working on random things or just staring into space tired, getting back to using social media is hard and an exhausting uphill battle unfortunately (_ _ ;). Sometimes I feel like I should probably split these up into multiple posts to make things more visible and to put more focus on specific drawings, but idk I don’t really want to, it just feels weird to me breaking up a doodle page like that, if that makes sense??? Eh idk.

[eljeebee]

Two Lonely Vampires in a Penthouse

For the first time in my life, I feel uncomfortable doing nothing. When I was still under the contract, all I could hear were the whispers, and all I could do was to follow it. Kill something, be on a rampage. Now? Everything’s calm. It’s unnerving.

This penthouse is making me feel out of place. My sisters and I lived in warehouses, abandoned buildings, any place where there’s no other people. We had to hide after all, and poor vampires doesn’t have the means to hide well. If my sisters are still alive, they’d love it here, especially if they saw Valentina. They’d adore her, follow her in a heartbeat. If we have a heartbeat of course.

Today, the penthouse is silent. Lady Lana and Valentina are at the Strauds. Val wanted to help Helen or keep an eye on her, making sure that she’s not violent against me or something. As for the Lady, I had no idea why. I heard they had to go somewhere else after that. Heard they need to retrieve something back.

That Helen. Poor woman. I’d be crazy too if I can’t kill the person who killed my family. But I’m not crazy. Maybe her brain’s just weak. At least they wiped her memory clean. I think.

I’m alone with Lenora today. This chick’s weird. She’s a vampire, but she’s very interested in human customs. She cooks food, she eats it, she drinks other stuff that isn’t blood.

“Hey Lenora, what’s on the menu?” I teased.

“Apple pie. We’re running out of apples; do you mind telling Valentina to get some?”

“Why not your sister?”

“My sister is the Head of House. She has things to attend to.”

Her tone changed, as if I offended her.

“And Valentina’s busy too? She’s not your maid. Isn’t she a Head of House too?”

It took her a minute to reply.

“Then why don’t you fetch me some?”

I took a deep breath.

When I got back, I saw her reading a book quietly in the dining room. She’d already served herself a slice of pie.

“I got your apples. I’ll put it away.”

“Thank you, Percival. Come join me, have a piece of pie.”

After putting the apples away, I joined her, and she gave me a slice. I’ve never tasted human food, only human blood, so I prepared myself to take a bite.

It was sweet like a virgin’s blood.

“Shiiiit, this is tasty!”

“Language, Percival,” she said, without looking at me, voice lilting.

“I don’t know what other human food taste like, but I think you got it. How do you know how to cook?”

She closed her book. She looked like she’s trying to process what I said. It seemed like she couldn’t, because blankly, she said, “I just know.”

“Nah, maybe you do that even before you reawakened?”

“I don’t remember that. What I remember last were my sister and I teacher Valentina how to fight. Oh, you should’ve seen her before, Percival. Hearing her screams, and shouts, and cries, it was beautiful. I’m glad she grew strong. Only she evolved, the rest of her clan degraded. How disappointing.”

This chick’s really weird.

“Hey, I evolved too, I think. It’s why your sister wanted me to be sacrificed and shit to your revival!”

“Really? But the Overlord, my sister, and my cousin did that.”

“Yeah, because Valentina didn’t want me dying. They said something about letting you heal naturally. Heal from what, I don’t know.”

She looked at me, face blank.

“But I am not hurt.”

Silence hung in the air. Valentina warned me not to mention anything about healing. She never told me why, but she doesn’t want Lenora to remember anything from before. Lady Lana seems like she wanted to, always asking stuff like “do you remember Lorraine and I used to watch the Zetts and the Asvangs fight each other to death?” or “do you remember dragging Valentina to our manor after a match so we can fight with her?”.

Horrifying stuff, I tell you.

“I misheard. Sorry. They probably meant me. I was really beaten-up last time. Haha, Vlad’s quite strong.”

“He is not the Overlord for nothing.”

She smiled.

“More pie?”

I declined.

She returned to her book. Smile dropping into a blank expression. She continued reading, like I wasn’t there. As if we never had any conversation. I left her alone.

I’m starting to wonder, what does their life look like from their time? I would always ask Valentina, but she despised it so much that she told me not to ask again.

With how the sisters retells their old life, I’m starting to think Valentina’s abused. And not just her. My whole clan.

Are all vampires like that? No wonder everyone’s afraid of us.

[atopearth]

Ikemen Vampire Part 13 - Vlad Route

I am so so excited!! Vlad is so beautiful and I'm even more interested in him after le Comte's route, so yay!! Off to a great start with the beautiful CG tbh, it's so prettyyyy!! I don't even blame the heroine for being so attracted to Vlad's ethereal beauty that she's been trying to look for him ever since she saw him haha, especially since he gave her a huge bouquet of flowers, like who wouldn't swoon?! Vlad smiling is the sweetest thing ever, I die for his smile. It's so adorable how Vlad told the heroine to work for him one hour every day after she finishes her shopping, and he's just been taking her around and trying to cheer her up and play with her lol. He's so sweet. Legitt, how can you not fall for Vlad when he plays the violin, invites you to dance and have fun? He is an angel🥲 Omg Vlad can tell jokes, I am dead, he's so cute. And he's so thoughtful and I love how he gives her flowers always representing something meaningful.

The heroine really is always so reckless. I kinda wish they didn't reuse the trying to save Vincent's painting scenario again in this route but seeing Theo and Vincent so concerned over her was really sweet so it's okay. I find it so sweet how the guys were actually gossiping about the heroine getting close to a guy outside all this time and how they wanted to introduce themselves, and how nice it would be if this made her decide to stay with them in this world. They're so cute!! Which makes it all the more saddening that this person had to be Vlad. I can't imagine seeing the person I love so calmly deal with a person like a "wilted flower" and yet look the same as usual. But I can't bear to hate them, especially remembering how Charles asked the heroine to please not hate them😭 I'm glad Napoleon talked to the heroine and discussed whether they could really just write off Vlad as just "evil". When Vlad came and gave the heroine the single red rose, I couldn't help but soften my heart for him. Like, I've been taken by Vlad the first time I saw him, but seeing the pure and genuine person he is that keeps his promises regardless of what happens makes my heart so happy yet hurt so much. He's the one who had to see the desolate future, the one who experienced it first hand and know how it feels to be all alone in a world of nothingness, and it's just impossible for me to blame him for his actions knowing how "kind" he is.

The heroine is brave for jumping into that door with the warped space not knowing if she'll be able to arrive at where she wants to go or not. Kid Vlad is very cute. Considering how the girl in the portrait looked exactly like the heroine, I'm not surprised it was actually the her who time travelled to the past and thus completing the time paradox but I guess it does make a bit more sense as to why Vlad listens to her. It honestly breaks my heart to think about Vlad having to face the fate of his whole family and clan massacred by vampire hunters at such a young age. A child with no one to rely on anymore and no one to care for him, and yet despite everything, he still turned out so kind. I wanted to cry when Vlad thanked her for finding him (in the closet when his parents said they're playing hide and seek) and said he'll find her next time. If they make the heroine Vlad's reason for living all this time and to not hate humans but instead the crimes they commit, how an I supposed to happily do the other routes where she doesn't end up with him? 😭 But I guess considering how Vlad is, he'll probably be happy for the heroine as long as she's happy. Considering she was the one who saved him when he was a child, I guess it's understandable that Vlad would be more receptive towards her ideals and the future she wants because he's only living in this world because of her existence, so how can I really fault him for changing his goals because of her? And I guess seeing her again helped him think that he can believe in humans again since she has always been as kind as she used to be in his memory.

I spent my gems and got the premium story for chapter 24 and I really enjoyed seeing the heroine tell him she wanted them to live side by side together and protect the world together because she didn't want him alone to carry the burden as some sort of divine child or god that is deemed to protect this world, but she wants them both to protect this world because they love both humans and vampires and they want everyone to live happily, just like his original wish, and I couldn't help but feel touched by that. Life was so difficult for Vlad because he was always 'alone', so even though his wish was probably the same, the methods he decided on changed because he didn't believe in people like he could back then, so I'm glad he's found the heroine again. They can support each other. It was so funny how the guys basically had a round table discussion on where the heroine would stay lmao. One thing I really liked is that Vlad was the one to ask the heroine to become a vampire so they could spend eternity together. Usually, the guy finds it difficult or they hesitate because it's a life of torture but I love that Vlad has confidence that they'll love each other for eternity and knows the heroine feels the same so him asking her to become a vampire felt like a strong profession of love rather than a request that I would be scared for the heroine to accept. I believe in Vlad's love for her and I believe in her strength that no matter what happens, they'll be able to overcome it together. I wish we got a snippet of their vampire life though haha.

Overall, even though real life ended up interfering and I took a long break from this route, I have to say it didn't diminish my feelings for Vlad at all! I really liked Vlad and his route was good. I enjoyed how we got to see how kind Vlad was and how that kindness caused him to go down a path others didn't accept. I empathised with him and loved him understanding his choices even if it hurt many people. I think what I loved the most was seeing the young Vlad and how all along, he has been looking for the heroine and also waiting for her to find him. I loved how they both cherished each other as much as the other did and I liked how the her from the past and the her in the present saved him and gave him hope to believe in the kindness of humans again. I won't say the route was perfect, but everything that I didn't like, Vlad's personality and sweetness more than made up for.

[agreyshirt]

So, I don't normally post for Danny Phantom very often, but I got this idea for a story for it that I'm probably never going to write, so I figured I'd dump all my thoughts about it here just so that they'd, y'know, be somewhere. Maybe someone will pick it up and actually do something with it, or maybe it'll start floating about torturing other people's minds as it is my own, who knows!

So, this idea is based off of a fanfic for another story I read for bnha called Nevermore (which is apparently heavily by persona 4, but I don't know anything about persona so I'm taking all my info from this fic lol). Due to another character's power, everyone in this story has to go into a manifestation of their subconscious and face their Shadows. In the fic, Shadows are described as a manifestation of the darkest parts of someone's personality, or "the parts of yourself that you pretend doesn't exist". So basically, I was thinking of taking this idea and thinking about what it would do for certain DP characters.

Another quirk haha about Shadows in this story is that they tend to have abilities that are the inverse of someone's actual powers, or a corrupted form of it, and if it's not it's because whatever said person is repressing is tied to their powers. For a bnha fic of course, this is very important considering every character involved has superpowers of some sort. For Danny Phantom however, this could probably only be applied to certain characters, but it might be fun to come up with something else to reverse about each character.

I have a couple ideas for characters already. For Valerie, assuming this takes place after Destabilized, I could see her Shadow representing her conflicted feelings about hunting ghosts now, what with now knowing that Danielle and Vlad are both human and ghost, but I'm not entirely settled on that. For Jazz, I imagine her Shadow representing how she constantly has to be the adult, how it can get frustrating being relied on for everything and how she wants some freedom for herself. (Maybe there could even be a scene near the beginning foreshadowing this, where Jazz mentions waiting to go to college so she can be around the house more and Danny knows it's because she feels like she needs to watch over him.) I could see Sam and Tucker's Shadows actually being found together and working together (a reverse of all their differing opinions and how this causes them to get into fights often), but they begin to argue and get into a huge fight when talking about Danny's accident, both of them blaming themselves for what happened. Maybe other students could be involved too, but idk exactly what would work for all of them, especially since most of them are literally background characters with no speaking lines.

But the one I've thought the most about is (as you might expect) Danny himself. Now, Danny would probably go into this situation thinking that his Shadow is going to expose him being Phantom to everyone there (which wouldn't be a problem if it were just Jazz Sam and Tucker, but that's where all the secondary and background characters come in to play). So while everyone else is dealing with their Shadows, he's trying to figure out how to get out of this with his secret identity still intact. (Maybe he and his friends split off from the group to find his on their own? Maybe they find his, but the Shadow tells him no and that he'll only show himself once all the others have been dealt with? Maybe one or two more people follow behind them and ask them what the hell they were talking about?) Eventually tho, Danny comes to the conclusion that there's no way out of it at this point, and that he should just get it over with asap so nobody gets hurt. They all finally meet Danny's Shadow, who tries to speak. Before he can say anything tho, Danny stops him and outs his secret himself, getting everything off his chest. With everyone there knowing he's Danny Phantom, he no longer has any secrets to keep, and his Shadow will go away and they'll be free, right?

But then his Shadow calls him stupid for thinking it'd be that easy. The thing he represses the most isn't the fact that he's Phantom. It isn't even his evil future self or anything relating to his secret identity. Danny's biggest secret is something he's kept hidden even from himself. The thing he represses the most is how much he blames himself for the ghosts attacks. After all, he's the one who got the portal to open, and without the portal there'd be no way for the ghosts to even get to Amity Park. In a way, Danny's subconscious equates this to him bringing the ghosts to town.

And here, I'm actually taking some inspiration from the Portal au too, because to represent Danny's guilt about the ghosts coming through the portal, Danny's Shadow is the portal.

(I even got some amazing art done by @darling-has-a-smol-heart for Danny's Shadow, but it's got some gore and body horror elements going on, so I'm putting it under the cut)

But anyway, that's basically the gist of it lol

(Left picture has slight afterimage effects, right picture has no effects)

[rexis12]

(FGO) What went wrong with Scheherazade

As people who have played FGO and Agartha have repeatedly complained, one of the characters that a lot of them tend to say was done wrong is Scheherazade. She was the Framing Device for A Thousand Nights, as a woman who was to be married to a cruel king and was used to tell 1000 stories that all ended on cliffhangers so that she could survive, but also spare the lives of future women since the king killed any that he married because of in-universe reasons.

Now because of such she’s normally seen as a pretty badass lady, who wins through guile and wit to beat the king/sultan that she was married to.

In FGO however, as a Servant (And implied slightly with her CE) she’s traumatised by the event of her life and now constantly fears death and is downright nuerotic about it. With an even further implication that in Fate she wasn’t spared and was actually killed after 1000 nights. It’s in her Bond Info if you want to check.

Now this is where people don’t like Schez, and in a way I can agree. However, I personally think that this is a neat change, simply because we get another Servant who’s life in the Throne of Heroes is fucked up because they became a Servant. Being summoned as one causing her to potentially face the very thing she spent her whole life trying to avoid, dying by a cruel king (Especially when you consider that most Mages in Nasuvers are ruthless pyschos). It’s a neat narrative way of showing that the Throne of Heroes and the Shadows of Humaniy inside them are still people/

So far as I can tell, the closest we get to Schez is Spartacus, and we’ll get to him later.

Now the main issue that I think comes from Schez isn’t just that now as a Servant she’s afraid of death. I think the main issue is that the made that fear a part of her comedy instead of her character and serious moments.

In Fate there are characters that often have funny haha moments with the bullshit that they went through in their lives.

Lancelot’s whole cheating thing, while people are somewhat sick of it, is treated as a funny sort of gag that people egg him on about. As such is Diarmuid’s own affair with Fion’s wife. Both of these are somewhat serious events, but the characters and the stories themselves try not to put too much weight on them so that when the joke happens it’s not completely jarring.

Compare and contrast that to Lancelot feeling like a traitorous asshole and Diarmuid’s genuine shame at non-intentionally betraying the trust of Fion, even though the events above are linked the feeling of this is treated as it’s own thing and further more are given much more weight. As such they don’t joke about it.

(Moriarty’s scene in Las Vegas with  Lancelot is a good example of such a thing)

Now Schez is afraid of death, as one should be, but instead of that being a very strong or powerful part of her motivation as a Servant or a character, it ends up as a gag instead of actually something serious. The only time when it was serious, was when at the end of Agartha when she listed off how horrible it would be to continually live and die as a Servant, and even then it’s hard to take it seriously when they joke about it so much before hand.

Now could they still have make jokes about it? Well sure, look at Vlad III and how sometimes the story pokes fun at his desire to not be remembered as Dracula. But even then, especially in his Interlude, the make it so that it’s moments of levity amongst a serious topic that he’s talking about rather than it being the but of the joke.

Instead of:

“Haha Vlad doesn’t want to be Dracula.”

It’s:

“Vlad is so serious about not wanting to be seen as Dracula, haha look at some of the things he did because of it.”

The motivation is not mocked, but the actions taken are made somewhat humorous.

Now I brought up Spartacus before, and I think that he’s a good example of this happening much sooner. He was a gladiator slave that lead a rather famous revolt, but eventually died betrayed by the pirates that he hired to get away sadge.

But as a result he was considered a Hero and could be summoned. BUT, the best thing about him is that he’s so afraid of being summoned by a Cruel Master that would be the same that treated him like a slave, that he would rather be summoned as a Berserker with zero-to-none mental capacity just because he hates the chance of being a slave again. He would rather be rememebered as this flailing madman, instead of the charismatic hero leading the slaves that he freed. The Throne of Heroes absolutely fucks him up, and he does all he can to counter such events.

In Apocrypha Spartacus was nothing as a character, he shouted about Oppressors but did nothing about the Humonculus that was breed and made to serve the black team, had no words properly with Amakusa who was a famously persecuted Christian in Japan, and died before he could run into what Avicebron did to his loyal student/follower.

His whole thing, while given a serious backstory, was not used at all and just seemed like he was there to be a raging object or obstacle. Not of his motives were really talked about, besides the barest of hints, and his ‘Death to Oppressors’ just seemed like things that were slapped on, rather than an actual character.

This was made worse in FGO when most of the time it’s used as a Joke. Spartacus would scream Oppressors at nothing, he would say it to nonsensical things and would come off as an idiot rather than anything else. It causes it to become:

“Haha Spartacus hates Oppressors.”

And it’s why Lostbelt 3 is where he managed to shine, because of the fact that LB3 actually looked at the motives of Spartacus and wrote a character with motivation. To stop not only oppression, but to help the little guys that would need it. He has an actual conversation about his thought process with the civilians, with Chaldea, with Goredolf. He gives a full on reason that is understandable, to him at least, about how and why he can defect. And when he’s faced with the largest form of oppression given.

And best of all he backs up his words by going against the big man (Qin Shi Huang) even sacrificing his ‘Not being treated as a Servant’ Rule because he wants to protect not only you but the people in the village. This is the guy, who if the material is to be believed, would take TWO Command Seals to just stop him from running. And he’d probably get his movement back to just decapitate you on the spot the moment you enter in his range.

Again there are moments of levity, but they come from his Berserker status as oppose to just his reasons. It becomes:

“Spartacus really hates Oppressors, haha look at some of the things he does.”

It’s why instead of him leading the village towards the Lostbelt Chinese army feels less like a joke, but more of a serious moment that he went to because of his motives.

Scheherazade doesn’t have that. Besides Agartha, her fear of death is played as a joke all of the time, and that kills what mights be a fun part of her character and how that explore how she and others might feel about it.

But as it stands now, instead of:

“Scheherazade really hates dying, haha here’s some of the things she said/done to avoid it.”

Right now, Schez is:

“Haha, Scheherazade is afraid of dying.”

[slashingdisneypasta]

Just learned that the 13th of August is International Wolf Day. And my brain decided to cross the streams a little bit with a scenario involving the Y/N and The Three Big Wolves polycule and Death from Puss n' Boots The last Wish.

(speaking fo which, what's your opinion on him, btw? Not sure if you already covered it in a different post)

I can just imagine Death hearing about all the rebirth stuff happening in their world and taking matters into his own hands to stop it. Y/N, of course, tired of going around in circles, always ending up with the prince instead of their good bad boys teams up with him to end the system.

The wolves, of course, follow. Cause there's no way they would let this new guy anywhere near their mate. He might seduce them with his fancy foreign words, and we can't have that!

I can see Death feeling sorrowful about how Kiddy snapped after dying so many times in such a horrific way (stones in the stomach and stuff), immediately bonding with him and Granny.

Bonding with Big Bad would probably take a bit longer, but I can see them becoming like an uneasy alliance based on mutual respect after Death saves him and he "returns the favor". ("you do know I can't really die, right?" "doesn't matter, we're even!")

Death joins the polycule at the end of the adventure too, of course. Though he's more of a fleeting presence (he's very busy after all), whenever he comes over everyone has a blast. It's good to know they'll have a familiar face nearby when the end comes too.

( I love Death, he's very hot XDD So intimidating!! )

I absolutely loveeee that Death is just 'fleeting presence'. Like, they love him and he loves them- but love comes in all shapes and sizes and sometimes its not always immediately there. Sometimes it doesn't have to be around all the time; And that's not a bad thing. Sometimes its gone until its back, and when its back its just how it should be. I love this concept in fiction and I wish it was utilised more ^^ Romance doesn't have to be 'I love you and you love me, now we're together forever'.

Like Vlad and Sophie in Anastasia! They're mad about each other but they haven't changed their lives to revolve around each other <3<3

And- obviously, I love the rest of this as well XDD Especially Bad Bad and Death having a tense relationship XDD They're both so hot in very different ways, haha. And Death and Granny bonding over grannys son Kiddy!! Ahh, that's so lovely. I can imagine it happens (It clicks) so casually, without words even; Kinda. Granny sorta explains what happened to Death (Though he already knows), and Death is listening because of the way Granny talks about it (Like he cares, like this life matters, even if its not really much anymore)... and silently, he decides; this wolf is okay. This one has some redeeming qualities. He can respect that.

[genork-the-fandork]

Hello! Hope you have a great day! If you have free time, can you please write short fluffy story about Raphael and Eloise? It'd be for anything, thanks a lot! <33

HELLO THERE! I was not expecting to see this when I posted that Ivan drabble, so thank you for trusting me with your request!

Note: Sorry I didn't answer this for a long while... 2022 was a rough year for writing.

Stars

Word Count: 650 words

A/N: I'll admit, I haven't played Raphael's route yet, so I'm writing this based off of the interactions I've had with him on Vlad, Bel, and Ivan's routes (and maybe some Aaron, though I don't remember if I saw him on there). I'm... very behind on Moonlight Lovers, haha.

The cool night air brushed over Eloise's skin as she drew in a deep breath. Sometimes, the mansion could feel so stuffy, a little too full, especially with the large personalities of all the vampires occupying it. Walking through the garden and breathing in air that wasn't populated by them was the only sense of reprieve Eloise seemed to get these days.

"Eloise?" a voice called, and she peered over her shoulder to find Raphael at the door to the kitchen, casting his head about as if searching for her. He shifted his grip on his rapier, and his face finally faced the direction she was standing in, even before she said anything.

"I'm right here." In a few steps, he was standing beside her, and though she knew he couldn't see it, she smiled up at him. "Is something wrong?"

"Not at all." His lips turned up in that kind smile of his. Eloise felt a sense of calm wash over her at the sight. He'd always had that calming influence on her. The other vampires tended towards... not violence, but they were not nearly as soothing as Raphael. Only Aaron matched his calm, but with his imposing stature and rugged appearance, it really was no contest. "A bit of fresh air does good for everyone."

"Ethan and Beliath seem to get plenty of fresh air," Eloise quipped, nodding toward the Moondance club that the two frequented.

Raphael chuckled. "I'm not sure the air there is as fresh as it is outside." He breathed in the night air for himself and slumped his shoulders a bit as he exhaled. "I assume it's beautiful out tonight."

"Oh, yes." Eloise gazed up at the sky once more. "Plenty of stars out tonight. The animals in the forest seem to be quiet as well. Maybe they're stargazing."

"That's an interesting thought." Raphael gestured to the bench not far from them, perfect, as he always was, in his sense of location. "Shall we sit?"

"Sure." Eloise followed Raphael to the bench and sat next to him, leaning back on her hands as she once more looked to the stars. Raphael, as if sensing what she was doing, also looked up, and Eloise longed to see the expression in his eyes. There was only so much you could tell with them covered, as she was starting to learn.

"Are you enjoying your time here?" he asked quietly, so quietly she almost missed it.

Eloise wasn't sure how to answer. She was slowly but surely befriending the vampires in this mansion that was supposed to be hers, but the days--er, nights--were starting to seem monotonous. It was only when she was spending times like these with Raphael that there was some color in an otherwise monochromatic routine. Finally, she said, "I think I am. You're wonderful company, Raphael."

He coughed a bit at first, as if he wasn't expecting such directness. But after a moment, he smiled down at her. "I'm happy to hear it. I want you to enjoy your life, even if we have interfered in that life a bit."

More than a bit, she thought to herself. But whereas before, she would have minded heavily just how much these vampires had messed everything up, she was starting to enjoy this lifestyle, full of vibrant characters and intriguing plot twists. "I really appreciate that, Raphael."

An awkward beat passed in silence before Eloise said, "Could we... could we stay here for a little longer? I don't want to go back inside just yet."

"Of course." Raphael placed his rapier at his side and offered his hand. "I'd be honored to keep you company."

She placed her hand in his with a shy smile and leaned her head on his shoulder. He jolted at first, but then he relaxed into her, and they stayed there for some time, their eyes tilted toward the heavens.

[weirdwriter69]

Ikemen Vampire suitors and of Montreal songs (based on vibes and/or lyrics) @kissmetwicekissmedeadly Everyone gets The Past Is a Grotesque Animal because Cybird loves trauma, and also a bonus, everyone gets Closer by Nine Inch Nails because they are all horny mf's. Note: The slashes are to divide the titles of the songs. (ex. Song 1 / Song 2) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Arthur - Blab Sabbath Lathe of Maiden / You Do Mutilate? / Plastic Wafer / St. Exquisite's Confessions Dazai - Touched Something's Hollow / my fair lady / Deliberate Self-harm haha (All depression vibes with a lol funny feeling) Sebastian - Nonpareil of Favor (especially the lyric "So I'm waking your ass up at 3 in the morning") / Your Magic is Working Shakespeare - Last Rites At The Jane Hotel (especially the lyric "I'm not the demon that I'm meant to be") / We Will Commit Wolf Murder / I Was Watching Your Eyes / Voltaic Crusher Jean - True Beauty Forever / Widowsucking / No Conclusion Napoleon - Bassem Sabry / Time Will Show the Wiser / Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games Leonardo - Expecting to Fly / The Hollow Room Mozart - Suffer for Fashion / Noir Blues to Tinnitus /Triphallus, To Punctuate! Theo - Marijuana's A Working Woman (mostly the lyric: "Maybe we should fight/It seems to make everything better") / Empyrean Abattoir (Bonus: Punch in the Face by That Handsome Devil to reflect Theo's rage against Shakespeare) Vincent - Triumph of Disintegration / Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse (Tried to find songs that shows his conflict feelings about how he has swallowed his emotions) / You've Got a Gift (because he is an angel) Isaac - Christmas Isn't Safe for Animals / She's A Rejector / Micro University Comte - chaos arpeggiating (mostly the line about not wanting to hurt the women he loves) / My Darling, I've Forgotten / It's Easy to Sleep When You're Dead / Miss Blonde, Your Papa Is Failing Charles - You've Had Me Everywhere / Soft Music / Partizan Terminus / If You Feel You Must Go, Don't Go Faust - Karlheinz Chop up Children / Get God's Attention by being Atheist / Rapture Rapes the Muses (Bonus: Hershey by Nine Inch Nails - as you can tell, I focused on Faust's conflict with religion) Vlad - So Chill Then / Stag to the Stable / I Can't Stop Your Memory / Erroneous Escape Into Erik Eckles / Death Is Not A Parallel Move ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Please let me know what y'all think or if you have any questions about the reasonings for some of the song choices. There are tons of more songs that fit the suitors just from of Montreal's albums alone, and a lot of songs work for multiple suitors.

[manunelle]

{Ikevamp} How many kids would they have? {Headcanon #1}

I’m finally continuing the masterlist that I organized months ago, so I decided to go with and Ikevamp prompt, since I hadn’t written anything for my vampire gay boys yet.  

Just like in my Ikerev headcanons, each character has a different partner/MC, so the children exist in the same universe. I’ll be posting the other characters any day now, so please be patient. I hope y’all enjoy it! 

Napoleon Bonaparte

One boy.

Literally the most sweet and polite child you will ever meet. MC and Napoleon did a really good job, thank god.

He’d look a lot like his dad, but his eyes resemble his mother’s. 

Participates in Napoleon’s classes and gets along with the other kids. I imagine them treating him kind of like a little brother, haha. 

Napoleon would always read to him before bed, and he always observed MC writing in her journal, so reading and writing became his favorite ways of spending time. 

Sleeps easy and quickly, just like his daddy. However, unlike Napoleon, he’s an early riser. 

Has frail health, so Napoleon and MC are always keeping an eye at him whenever he’s down. 

He doesn’t seem like it, but he’s actually really touch starved. Enjoys headpats, hugs, kisses on the cheek, on the head, on the nose, as a child he would always snuck into his parents bed in the middle of the night just so he could feel their warmth and be safe between them. 

Group that I picture him getting along with: Jean’s daughter, Mozart’s youngest daughter, Isaac’s son, Arthur’s son, Dazai’s daughter and Will’s daughter. 

Leonardo da Vinci

One boy as well. 

I think Leonardo would be reluctant to start a family with MC, since they don’t know if the child would be a human or a vampire. Just the idea of losing her to the unmerciful time is haunting, but losing a child? He doesn’t know if he will be able to move on after that. 

That’s why I picture this child’s birth as something unexpected. 

After a lot of talking and thinking, the couple decided to keep the baby.

The boy is a bit quiet and aloof, but only those that are close to him know how caring and sweet he can be. 

Resembles MC in appearance, but with Leonardo’s amber eyes. Girls and boys are always gawking at him whenever he goes into town, but he never notices it. 

His parents are always the ones that start affectionate hugs. He just doesn’t know how to start those. 

Gets along well with le Comte. He’s like a second dad, and I think that’s sweet. 

I think Leonardo’s negative view of his nature as a pureblood vampire condition would not be a good example for his child. Of course he has no intent of causing it and would probably blame himself even more for being the cause of it, but I think it would cause a lot of insecurities for his child. 

He enjoys carpentry and sewing. 

He can play the violin! 

Just like Leo, can nap anywhere! 

Group that I picture him getting along with: Will’s oldest son, Theo’s son, Vlad’s son. 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

This man, lol. 

In real life, Mozart had 6 children (not sure if they all survived childhood though). So, I can’t not picture how chaotic it would be for Ikevamp’s Wolf to have 6 children. 

4 boys and 2 girls. 

The order goes like this:  Boy > Boy > Boy > Girl > Girl > Boy. 

Except for his youngest daughter, they all play instruments. 

His oldest son looks like him in both appearance and personality. However, I think he would be less uptight in some aspects, especially because he’s the oldest and he needs to be both caring and “strict” towards the youngest ones. Plays the piano. 

The second son always has a calm smile on his face, looking around as if he knows exactly what he is doing in this world. Spoiler time: he doesn’t. Is really insecure about the way he looks, the way he acts, how people perceive him and how he should act around them. Despite looking calm and polite, he’s one of Wolf’s children that always starts fights with his siblings (usually with his older brother or his youngest). Plays the cello. 

The third son is soooo sweet. Is the less problematic one in the Mozart residence. Is always smiling and trying to be supportive of his siblings, especially of the younger ones. Is a little scared of his older brothers, since they are always fighting and being chaotic. Plays the flute. 

Mozart would never say it aloud, but his oldest daughter is his favorite. Her personality is just like his and her looks are a mix between Wolf and MC’s.  Because she’s a bit arrogant and shy, she doesn’t have many friends. Is close to her sister, but because she doesn’t pay attention to what she says, has said something hurtful once or twice. Her oldest brother is her favorite, and she’s always bullying the third brother, so MC always has to interfere and even punish her sometimes (nothing physical, of course. MC is a good momma!) Plays the piano, just like the first son and her daddy. 

His youngest daughter is a cheerful little thing. Is really sweet and considerate of other people’s feelings. She’s a little clumsy and a bit of an airhead, so her siblings and the kids at school are always picking on her. Of course she’s aware of what is going on, but pretends she doesn’t because she doesn’t want to trouble her parents. Her hobbies are singing and baking. Can’t play any instruments, and because of that she feels distant from the rest of her family. 

His youngest son is a tsundere. He is always being teased by his siblings, so it’s pretty normal to hear him shouting around the house. He gets along the most with his second sister and prefers MC over Mozart. He’s really protective of these two. Besides his difficult personality, he’s really careful of what he says to other people and is really considerate of his family and friends’ feelings. He plays the tuba, which is one more reason for his siblings to tease him, because he looks even smaller whenever he holds the instrument. 

[rathologic]

What are your character design ratings (P1 in contrast to P2, better or worse) for all Bound/ non-NPC Patho characters? :)

i love your ambition! but I'm limiting this to top 5 and worst 5 plus comments for my own sanity. since there are 24 Bound and a sum total of 34 named characters who appear (with model) in both games

gorkhon's 5 top superstars:

WOW this ended up biased a lot towards p1. in my defense p1 is better and has better characters with better designs haha

p1 rubin: rubin's size is important and by god did the character designers make the most of it. his leather outfit is A) unique, B) fairly practical, and C) homosexual (in a loving men way and an outcast breaking societal rules about bodies due to necessary and innate circumstances way), emphasizing how despite All That he leans into his own distinctiveness and trusts his abilities. it all contributes to a clear concept of his background and motivations- you can tell he's gone through a lot for his age, even while his head scar usually can't be seen without fly mode or parkour. special note to the animation where he raises his arm to match the medical poster on his wall... overall so so lovingly well done. (p2 rubin: to be discussed later)

p1 anna: just such a visually solid and interesting figure! her hair went through a lot of development stages and I think the blond wig deserves its final spot, both as a representation of her character & as a design capstone... I really love the texture and detail on her face it's just totally contradicted by the game saying she's 18. (p2 anna: give her shoes for God's sake. I can't abide like this. Decent coat but it obscures so much potential)

p1 andrey: perfect. the desaturated color of his long coat matches really nicely with his white clothing, and who can resist a guy with spurs. his red eyeshadow genuinely iconic for our 1 canon bisexual man. only complaint is I think his handkerchief was too hard to see in the game and could've been made more distinctive (p2 andrey: the color coordination gets soooo unbalanced with his chest out. #boyboss but it's really not fun to look at him)

both vlad jrs: the designers did an INCREDIBLE job of representing young vlad through his clothing, height, and mannerisms, as an anxious, unlikeable young man under a lot of pressure who tries to do his best while espousing deeply fucked up ideals... evidenced by the success of tai lopez vlad and the number of comments ive seen saying "he looks libertarian" this is stellar character design

p1 lara: her crying cat face... again a really coherent design, the purple/olive layered clothing is distinctive and pleasant to the eye. I especially like the embroidery as a hint of textile history in the patho setting and a reflection of the Town's gender roles. her hair's lovely and the sturdy boots are a perfect allusion to her family history & willingness to take action (p2 lara: hate looking at her :( they smoothed her face they took away her details. she has nothing distinctive except implausible hair physics)

honorable mention: marky mortel :) both designs slap but again p1 is more appealing in terms of varied, balanced color choices

gorkhon's cringe compilation:

2bin (p2 rubin): gets his own separate paragraph because I despise him. he looks bad I think it's perfectly in line with how deeply the writers fucked up his motivation and character but he loses so many points for his plastic looking bald head texture. doesn't even get to keep the scar! his eyes also get lightened 50% which is a baffling choice (although 2's engine is awful at displaying dark eyes anyhow)

p2 eva: sighing and moaning and sobbing. "this woman 'dresses' in skimpy and half-undone clothing because it adds to her appropriation of the kin's customs character" it really doesn't. concept art had a lovely nose but it's not IN the game. miserable. might I add the 3 primary colors are a nice attempt but not adequately balanced with yellow, which is jarring (p1 eva: honestly I do think her attire makes sense for her character in this one, and the gold/white color coordination is lovely. narrowly missed the top 5 bc she also needs shoes)

p1 victor: literally the most nothing man. guess you don't need a "character design" when you sit behind a desk anytime you're not being observed. kind of works with his being underestimated in the story but Man (p2 victor: yay he has visual personality now :) the details like his torn shirt add a lot, but they /are/ details that are sort of hard to catch)

p1 khan: off the top of my head I can't remember anything about how he looks, which is usually bad from a character design standpoint. he's an important figure and a leader of imaginative children, so it feels really jarring to have him in average normal clothing (p2 khan: also a big improvement! p2 did a lot with the Kain family resemblance, and his attire mirroring and diverging from his estranged father's slaps... however khan's haircut feels odd given the setting)

alpha marble nest georgiy: If You've Ever Seen Him, You Know

[urlocalbunny]

My request is... Boys making reader cry. It could be in an argument, by accident... As you want! 💗💗

Aaron:

You and him were arguing because you had a few disagreements over the last few days where he took more days than normal to come back home after full moon.

"I mean, where have you been this whole time?! This isn't fair at all. I was worried sick about you and you're still here trying to sound right."

The thing is, it got very cold over the days and he was practically freezing, so he stopped by some places he knew to camp while coming back home at night. He got pretty upset when he found out you and him would fight.

"Well, maybe if you stopped to listen for five minutes, you would understand that it's snowing like crazy and I went too far, that's something I have no control over and it happens time to time. I can handle myself, y/n. I'm sorry if it's not the same for you. I know I'm too much already."

You felt guilty when the silence showed the window slamming against the frame. Snow poured inside but nobody bothered to close it. He was, indeed, having a hard time coming back home. You immediately started crying because you were so worried about when he would be back, that you forgot about how he would come back. In fact, he should still be on the road. He hurried home for you.

As soon as Aaron sees the tears threatening to spill, his voice also cracks. "No... What have I done... My beloved, please don't cry. I'm so sorry. I did my best and the fact that you seemed to be angry with me frustrated me, but please... Don't cry. What can I do to make it feel better?"

You hold him tight, apologizing and explaining how worried you were and how you didn't even care about the snow outside. He let a single tear fall into your cheekbone, as you hugged and apologized to each other.

Raphael:

The fight of the day was when Raphael had one of his days where he would think about Mag again. You felt insecure while you watched the scenes unfold, and how much he still felt attached to the woman he once loved.

Raphael barges in the room, making you stop the keys on the piano and watch him, but his face didn't look so happy. He leaned against the door frame in such a weird way that it looked ominous.

You both started an argument because apparently, Raphael could feel your self-loathing over the whole situation and he seemed angry because you interfered with whatever it was that he felt. He was trying to get a point across that you didn't quite understand, until Raphael groaned and looked at you dead in the eyes as if he could see you and said it.

"Y/n. You will never be like Mag. Get this through your head once and for all!" Now, what Raphael was trying to say was that you didn't have to worry because you had another space in his heart that Mag wouldn't take away from you even if she was alive and tried, but you was so drunk in your own insecurities, that the remaining thought was the exact opposite.

When your sobs filled the room, Raphael dreaded the very first day he thought about Mag after meeting you. He ran towards you, cradling you and explaining he loves you now, and Mag was a part of his past life. But that's another story and he misses the life around that time and her company rather than her romantically.

You slowly feel the parts you didn't understand making some sense. "You are not understanding what I mean." "You are special to me, but it is different." "Mag is not here anymore, you are. I just miss her and need some time." "You are here in front of me, what are you scared of?"

You sighed in shame because you had made a mistake when it came to his healing, but Raphael didn't budge as you held each other close in the small bench.

Beliath:

Again, Beliath didn't spend the night at home and you were starting to get pissed. It's not that you cared about his parties, but damn, you were supposed to at least kiss and hug for a while, right?

"We're night creatures, Beliath. Night. It means we're only awake at night. Can't you spare some time for me? This is starting to get ridiculous." "Well, why don't you come with me instead?! You're saying this, but you're also barely making an effort too!" "So at least you're admitting you're lacking?!" "Don't be silly."

You sniffle, then attempt to strom off, but that's not on Beliath's plans. He blocks the door and you yell something he doesn't comprehend because of the sobbing. You are still young as a vampire and pushing him off proves itself hard while trembling in anger.

He sighs and rubs his face while his voice softens. "I'm an asshole, right? I just don't know what to do now that things changed. I thought you didn't need me anymore and I wasn't there for you... The truth is that I miss you every day. Not being able to sense you is... It's weird. I'm so sorry, baby. I've made you cry..."

You look at him, surprise in your eyes as you feel more tears prickling your eyes. You touch his face as he frowns and his sorrow surfaces. "I told you before... I don't know what to do with this and now that I'm feeling things for myself, I... I feel like you'll hate me."

"Beliath. I've seen you with purple eyes, all white and with weird ass veins in your body, clutching your stomach and being a drama queen. You're my man now." You look at each other for a while.

"You sure know how to cheer a man up." "..." "Don't you dare laugh at me." "I'm not g-HAHA-"

He hugs you to muffle the sound, sighing as a smile graces his face.

Vladimir:

Vladimir really didn't mean to be this negative on you and he didn't realize how much his whirlwind of emotions could resonate on you. He just wasn't sure of how much you loved him.

The argument started for a stupid reason. It was just a bunch of chores that he got into and he got a little weak from hunger. He didt realize he skipped a bite and you went to check on him after feeling rather weird.

The thing is, you tried to make sure he wouldn't skip meals anymore and it turned into an argument because he can't seem to understand that sometimes, he isn't being judged. People just genuinely love him.

After a while of slamming doors and arguing, Vladimir rubbed his face and sighed.

"I think you could understand that I'm over three hundred years old, y/n. I'm not stupid!" He sat down in the bed, glowering at you.

"Good God, Vladimir, that's not what I mean!" You sniffled, grabbing onto your pants and squeezing them. "Can't you just see I'm trying to take care of you?! I'm your partner, for fuck's sake. I honestly don't get you and I'm not capable enough to get through to you, a-and you're so over your own head that it gets hard for me to help you. Am I- am I even doing this right?"

He simply shuts you up with a kiss that knocks your breath out of your lungs and makes your head spin sweetly when you open your eyes. He's looking right at you, palms drying your tears and running on top of your face and neck.

"... I am sorry for doing this to you. Confusing you. It is being hard for me too, so please, just- please wait a little longer. I should not have worried you. You are more than what I could have asked for, my love."

Ethan:

Not understanding your man is something you had to get used to at first with Ethan. He didn't want to be understood and you had to deal with it for a while now.

The thing is, you never really knew when Ethan could strike with his good mood either. Sometimes it would be a little scary given your rough beginning. So when Ethan suddenly popped out of your door and caged you in his arms, you were a little scared.

He let a big, long sigh out, resting his chin against you for comfort. He seemed to be panting and that was all you needed to know that he was probably having a hard time keeping it together.

"It's going to rain. Don't leave me alone. Please." You didn't realize it, but you'd started sobbing. That was the first time you felt like Ethan really needed you. He cupped your face, a worried frown gracing his features.

"Babe, are you alright?" "It's just that I... I thought you'd never ask me to stay with you." This answer doesn't make Ethan happy. He closes the door, heading towards the bed and sitting with you, scoffing. His eyes scan your face as he dries your eyes.

Guilt crawls up his whole body, eating away at the little sanity he's saving. His arms tighten around you as tears stream down his face. He feels safe, sorrowful, small but at the same time, your protector.

He wasn't open to this things before. But, as the rain falls against the walls, he realizes it doesn't matter as long as it's good for you and him.

Ivan:

Being a chalice was stressful. Especially when you were a young vampire's chalice and significant other. Sometimes, Ivan didn't quite measure how he expressed his anger, and a hungry youngling was equally disastrous.

While Aaron and Vlad did their absolute best to handle the situation with you, it was hard for them to mingle into your affairs when you were romantically involved.

That's why Ivan was baring his fangs at you as you spoke to him as if he was a five year old to try and get him to move his ass off the bed and do something about his life.

That wasn't really nice of you considering he was having a really hard time with his maturing right now, you could confess, but he was really getting stressed out. You wanted to stop and admit you were wrong, but the pride swelling inside of you stopped you.

Although you felt your emotions as a human girl, Ivan was not a human anymore, when he finally snapped at you and calmly told you to stop trying to control him and changing him to your benefit, your next best reaction was to sit and cry.

"Why do you always have to be like this?!" You yelled, sobbing uncontrollably and fisting your pants angrily. "I can never win, right?! Ever since I tried to get my life together it seems... It seems like I'm supposed to be dead. But guess what? I am!"

Ivan stood there, quiet. You kicked and screamed, ashamed for throwing a tantrum, but you never really had the opportunity before in your life. He sat down beside you, holding your hand and giving it a squeeze.

"I understand you, love." He said, as he dries your tears. That was enough for you to apologize and make amends. Tomorrow was a new day.

[incorrect-ikevamp-quotes]

I'm back again (what a surprise lol), if you feel up to it would you mind writing hcs for Jean with the letters Q,T, Y & Z? If that's too much please feel free to take a letter or two off! Tysm 💖

Haha, no worries!! I could gush about Jeanne all day, I really loved writing these!! 💕💕💕 Under a cut because of length (we all know I’m a verbose thot 😂😂😂):

Fluffy ABC headcanons listed here for requests!

Q = Quality Time (how does he like to spend time with her?) 

Jeanne loves to do anything MC wants to do (within reason). Any amount of time with her anywhere fills him with bliss. (The heartbreaking alternative to this is that, while he understands they both have things to do that require them to be apart during the day, he misses her presence dearly.)

She wants to bake? He will sit there in the most embarrassing apron and chef hat known to man, and he won’t give a single fuck as long as MC is genuinely delighted and having a marvelous time. In a meadow overflowing with flowers? He’d enjoy the atmosphere alone, but the feeling is just multiplied a thousand-fold at the sight of MC weaving little flower crowns. She places one on his head and excitedly tries to show him how to make one himself, and he just smiles fondly. She wears the crown he makes no matter his lack of skill for the delicate task, and her insistence fills him with such unabating warmth. He struggles to do more mundane tasks and doesn’t really understand where all her energy comes from sometimes, but even so it brings him endless amounts of joy. Will escort her anywhere she wants to go without a single complaint; theater? You got it. Concert? Sure. Watching paint dry? Sick, time to get out the sword polish and chill. (It’s like Netflix and chill, only worse.)

The only places he will ever hesitate to bring her are places that are potentially dangerous; let’s say the black market, or the local casino, Vlad’s castle, etc. etc. He doesn’t like to expose her to unnecessary risks, but he also won’t stop her if she has a good reason/really wants to go. He’ll just glare at every potential threat and stick to her side like glue.

His personal favorite way to spend time though is in settings where they have quiet and privacy, where it’s just the two of them. Whether they’re in the gorgeous field full of lilies behind the mansion or cuddling in their bedroom, he is at his most comfortable and content wherever she is in his arms and they are left alone. (Let it be known that he doesn’t hate others, he just can’t help that he finds larger groups of people exhausting to keep up with--and he’s always on guard to ensure MC’s safety.)

T = Time (how long did it take them to get together?)

(I’m going to preface this by saying: I’m well aware that ikevamp speeds things up but I tend to see that as a narrative necessity; I think a lot of the men would work up to their romance more slowly, ideally.)

With Jeanne it’s a little funny because he develops affection/intrigue for people fast, so it’s fairly obvious when he starts crushing on MC. (I can’t stress enough, Sebas and Mozart are BOTH lenny face from like the first fucking day, it’s the funniest thing in the world. ANYWAY--). He’s similar to Leonardo in that way; there are certain qualities he inherently finds appealing, so he naturally gravitates to people that reflect them. However, a more abiding love--the desire to form a romantic bond with someone--takes more time for him. He and Sebastian share this quality (ISXJ amirite); they fall more and more deeply in love with the person they cherish as they form consistently pleasant memories in their proximity. More than anything, these two stoic characters need somebody that makes them feel safe, appreciated, and profoundly seen.

Her relentless desire to reach others in a positive way is the first thing that attracts Jeanne’s attention, but otherwise he is absolutely a slow burn when it comes to being committed to another person. He needs time to fall in love with all the little parts of his MC (all of which he finds endearing uwu), to develop trust and see that his MC can handle him, too. He knows he’s...a lot...so he can’t really be comfortably intimate without having the other person see the best and worst of him. If MC can face his past with sensitivity and earnest concern--without being overwhelmed--then he will well and truly be a goner for them. That’s the thing about Jeanne: he needs time to feel comfortable with his decision, but when he has decided he’s one of the most devoted lovers in existence. 

Given his necessity for security, he needs somebody who can see him at his most vulnerable without panicking and gently bring him back to himself--someone who doesn’t mind his wooden nature and difficulty expressing himself. I would say getting together would take at least a year and a half, at minimum. He needs somebody that, for all of his reticence and power, recognizes that he means absolutely no harm to anyone so long as they aren’t hurting him or anyone else. Under normal circumstances (rather than expedited ones), I imagine those difficult topics wouldn’t come up that quickly.

If we’re talking together as in hanky panky, I think it would take him a little while beyond that--but that would depend on his partner, too. If she needs time or doesn’t want it at all, he will wait any length of time or not engage at all. If she’s more desirous, he will engage faster and with more frequency. He likes being intimate and close to her, but would never insist on it if it made her unhappy. 

Y = Yes (how would he propose to her?)

When it comes to Jeanne, I think his proposal would be simple, direct, and entirely expected--but no less heartfelt and deeply romantic. He’s a man of few words, but whatever he lacks in eloquence he makes up for in charged brevity. He doesn’t much understand the social conventions/expectations tied to marriage in this era (and he does not listen to Comte either) so I imagine it comes to him naturally in the course of being with her.

It’s a few years into their relationship, and he’s smiling because she’s dazzling--whether it’s humming in the garden, or staring at the stars, or curled up close to his heart in his shared room; he just knows. Whether it’s a sin, or unconventional, or something he doesn’t deserve--none of those things are strong enough to deter him anymore. He wants to be the one that she turns to always when in need, wants to protect everything that she is--a sweet beacon in a world where he knows how easily that kind of brave light is snuffed out. Honestly more than anything, she just makes him feel like it’s okay to hope again, that it’s okay to want good things for himself and the future. He was a soldier once branded a traitor, but that isn’t who he has to be anymore. Now he has a choice; he’s free to move forward however he wishes. She taught him that.

“MC?” 

Bright eyes turn to him, smooth skin glowing in the moonlight beside him. She’s beautiful; he doesn’t think any amount of time will ever be enough to fully appreciate the blessing of her existence. As if she could hear his thoughts, she encourages him to share. She was always like that, always so perceptive and patient, no matter how much he struggled to articulate something. He much preferred the sound of her voice over his any day. “Is something on your mind, love? Something good happen today?”

He was fully aware he had none of the wit or charm that other men possessed, and while he wished he could be that for her--it simply wasn’t within his capabilities. So he used the words he understood best, following his direct nature: “Will you marry me?”

Her eyes widen a little, but the surprise is muted; it was more a matter of time than anything else. Even so her eyes glisten, and before he can try to calm her (her tears dissolved all his good sense, sent his heart into chaos), her arms are tight around him. He can hear her heart racing, even faster than his own.

“Of course I will! Yes, Jeanne!”

He’d hoped she wouldn’t hate the idea but her excitement, the tenderness that lingers in the way she cradles him close, makes him smile against her shoulder. His arms tighten around her, and he renews his vow to be her sword--the one and only man to protect her until the end of their days. (Yes, Mozart later drags his ass to the jeweler’s to get a proper ring 😂😂😂)

Z = Zen (what makes him feel calm?)

There are very few things in this life that bring Jeanne peace, but I think the highest things on that list would be MC’s voice/presence in general and his little babie Cherie (bonus points if the two are playing together, he just melts Mon Dieu 😭💖💖💖 ). 

He’ll often ask MC to read to him, if she’s so inclined, when his literacy improves. He loves the soft sound of her voice, and he wants to keep improving on his ability to communicate with more clarity. It makes her so happy when he leaves her coherent notes and manages to convey his thoughts with greater accuracy, so it really motivates him to keep striving. He likes it even better when she gets really into a reading, doing silly voices or changing the dynamics of her voice to fit the piece’s mood. It makes him smile; so excitable and cute. Though alternatively, she could be reading the phone book for all he cares; it’s enough to soothe him right to sleep. Sometimes--and especially when he’s had bad nightmares, retraumatizations, or when he’s overstimulated--she’ll fit him gently in her lap and just talk until he falls asleep. She’ll sing, read, talk about things they’re looking forward to, talk about things she needs to do tomorrow, talk about silly shenanigans that happened in the mansion recently; anything that will bring him back to her and her love. It really works to center him, to situate him back in the present moment instead of rattling around in his own head.

It’s honestly much like the sea and the shore, though there may be tides--the water recedes and surges--she will always be there to meet him.

Cherie is his baby girl and such a sweet kitty that he can’t help but smile whenever she bounds over to him. A little ball of energy, he’s always getting her toys, toting her around, and petting her gently. Whenever Cherie and MC are together in front of him, his heart about explodes from the uwus of it all; they’re his most cherished ones, and he loves to see them get along. MC will usually be giggling and cooing at the pretty tiger, and Cherie soaks up the affection with obvious glee. Just watching them is enough to make his heart so light--he can’t think of anything else that makes him relax down to the marrow.

He will also find a lot of calm after lovemaking, which is something that surprises him--something he never expected. Jeanne has a hard time connecting with other people; not because he doesn’t care, but because emoting in conventional ways can be a challenge for him. He doesn’t have He Who Must Not Be Named’s charm, he doesn’t have Napoleon’s easy confidence, he doesn’t effuse Vincent’s natural warmth. He’s aware of how little he emits tangible humanity according to the perceptions of others. It leads to him feeling isolated everywhere he goes, even if people don’t particularly dislike him. Even so, his MC knows that for all his struggle to express himself, he possesses a deep, fiery wealth of emotion and passionate feeling. He cherishes her willingness be vulnerable alongside him; to embrace the good and the difficult parts of him in stride. He is left awestruck by the extent of her fervor and loving heart every single time, and in the aftermath he finds himself at such startling peace with his existence. No pain, no hollowing loneliness, no guilt, no intrusive thoughts--just her warm body against his, so trusting--as she sleeps. He’s grounded in the moment, he feels tethered to her, and he doesn’t know how to handle the full feeling in his chest, the way his heart feels too many sizes too big. He spends many nights adjusting to that feeling of fulfillment, reveling in this new boon--among the dozens she’s already given him. Will wonders never cease?

[atopearth]

Ikemen Vampire Part 9 - William Shakespeare Route

Well, I guess now we know what happens if the heroine runs out of the mansion! I guess they already warned her before in other routes but yeah, Sebastian should have looked out for her considering how scary it must have been to just tell her that she'll be living with vampires and then be like bye lol, you can go sleep now. But I guess there needs to be a reason for her to meet Shakespeare and she should be glad he happened to be there to save her from these men. The CG was very beautiful btw! Awww, all the guys came out to look for the heroine! That's so sweet, I loved how Theo said if she wanted a walk at night, she should have barked instead of going out without her leash LOL, I died😂😂😂 It was sweet to see the heroine wipe off the blood on Shakespeare's face with her handkerchief, I think he was quite pleasantly surprised at that haha.

Shakespeare is really like her Prince charming since he keeps saving her haha. Shakespeare and the heroine dancing at the ball was so cute~ Anyway, pretty careless of Shakespeare to drop his book about all his research into Arthur and them all and their "antagonists". Unless he did it on purpose? Honestly, I would wager that he did it on purpose just to see how she would react and what she would do. Kinda sad to see the heroine's image of him shatter like that after how "twisted" she thinks he is now. I guess it's kinda cute how she wants to stay with him to make sure that he won't do anything bad to the guys? Haha. Definitely more cons than pros and a very interesting proposal, but I guess they won't bond if she doesn't do something like this so I'll welcome it. It was actually pretty hilarious how Shakespeare was eating the sandwich like a child because he was unaccustomed to eating stuff without a knife and fork, it definitely makes him feel more human and cute lol. It's really nice how Vincent pointed out how Shakespeare and the heroine really seemed to enjoy each other's company even if they didn't realise it. Also nice to see how much the heroine cares about Shakespeare's works and helped him take the stage costumes to safety when it rained. Despite everything, she does like his works and his passion for it. It's sad to think that Shakespeare believes that he has no worth as a person and only has worth as the playwright role that he has, so he feels that if he's unable to entertain others, his life is useless. It's just really sad to think about because everyone deserves a life of their own, especially since he's been resurrected from the dead! Like, imagine continuing to work for eternity because you feel like that's the only place that gives you a sense of belonging and yet at the same time it's the thing that's making you feel empty.

Aww I loved how they went shopping together and Shakespeare bought her gifts, and then when she told him about le Comte buying her dresses before, he decides that he needs to buy her dresses too hahaha, he's so cute. The poor lady agonised over Shakespeare enough that she finally decided to stab him? I really liked how the heroine confessed her feelings to Shakespeare after protecting him from the knife, and le Comte had to interrupt and take her back to the mansion, but I think it's understandable. He's overprotective but he thinks of all his residents especially her as his responsibility so of course he'll want to have her recover in a place he can definitely protect her. Shakespeare can prove his love for her later haha, since he's already missing her. I liked how the heroine told him that his life didn't need to be filled with suffering just to make such tragic and beautiful plays, and that even in writing plays that aren't tragic, people can still see the passion and love he has imprinted into his words, and that the most important thing is the feelings he puts into all his words. Well, regardless of Shakespeare's intentions, Vlad will do his own stuff (btw he is hot!), so yep sad that Shakespeare hurt the heroine but he's finally trying to actively do things to better his "wrongs" so can't really blame him. I'm surprised Shakespeare went in front of Napoleon when he was about to get stabbed, like I knew he would do it for the heroine if it happened but I didn't think he held that much guilt over having been a part of Wellington getting resurrected and going crazy and making Napoleon have to be the one to end him. I guess the heroine's thoughts and feelings got through to him and made him realise how much his actions have and can affect others.

Well, I was wondering why Shakespeare was so intent on doing it with her now considering she just woke up but he planned to die in exchange to protect the heroine and le Comte from Vlad (for leaving him) so I guess it's understandable hahaha. Very dramatic, but I actually really liked the heroine's answer when Vlad told her to die in Shakespeare's place. I love how she knew this would be difficult, because even though she would readily give up her life for him, she also knows that if she were to die, Shakespeare would be living in grief forever and thus basically "die", and it would be the same for her if that happened to him. Their lives are so entwined together that losing any one of them means killing them both and I think it was really sweet how well she understands that, and how much they really love each other. It was also really nice to hear how much Shakespeare respects and loves le Comte too!

Overall, I loved Shakespeare’s route much more than I thought I would. He really doesn’t give the best impression in other routes, so it couldn’t be helped imo haha! I really enjoyed the progress of their love story in this route, I found it really adorable how it went from fascination and interest blossoming into such a pure love where they both just really found enjoyment in spending time together and doing the things they loved together - him directing plays and her supporting his passion. Shakespeare was really so much cuter than I thought, and I loved how far he was willing to go to protect the heroine, and I loved how he expressed his love for her. I think it was really sweet how she helped him discover that he could venture into genres unrelated to tragedy and that his worth didn’t have to be substantiated by his writing, and instead he could be allowed to find other enjoyments in life. I think the way he handled stuff near the end with Vlad and the heroine was pretty dramatic, but I loved it since I really felt how strong their feelings were, and how much they really cherished each other. This route is probably one of my favourites, or maybe even the most favourite haha! Theo will forever be my number one in terms of personality and looks though haha~

[antihero-writings]

Such Fragile Things

Fandom: Castlevania (I wrote it for the Netflix series, but it works for SOTN too!)

Summary: Dracula thought love was soft, and breakable...but what he feels holding his newborn son is anything but. || Some Dracula and and Adrian feels.

Character focus: Dracula

Notes: I also posted this on my Castlevania blog @symphonyofthewrite if you want to check it out there!! (Decided to repost it instead of reblogging it because I wanted to use different notes here XD)

Chapter 1: His Son's Life

Dracula did not read romance novels. He wasn’t really one for novels in general, especially written by humans. Science. Philosophy. Medicine. Not flights of fantasy.

But the humans have a word for this…and it isn’t quite scientific.

That word is ‘love.’

…But that can’t possibly cover it.

But ‘love’ was always a silly little notion. Love was flowers and candy. Love was sappy letters and maudlin advances. ‘Love’ was sensitive and easy to break. ‘Love’ was soft.

But this… this is anything but soft.

This is a thing that does the breaking. It is painful, and sharp in the way it pierces him so thoroughly. It is tethered so tightly around his heart, that if he tried to sever its bonds his heart would burn, and quite possibly break.

This is daggers and I’d die for you. This is a stake stabbed through the chest.

And that is not what he knows of love.

The the baby boy murmurs quiet nonsense beside his sleeping mother.

Vlad stands over the cradle—(a cradle his parents made out of metal, and cotton, and dedication)—the fabric soft against his fingers.

His mother. A human. Completely, and thoroughly. No turning necessary. He could have turned her…but that would have sullied the pink of her cheeks, the red of her lips, the blue of her eyes.

So many humans are out for blood without thirst involved. He needn’t corrupt one that didn’t experience such desires.

Just an ordinary human, who was either brave or very stupid… or maybe a bit of both to walk straight into the demon’s castle. Maybe she was just curious. …He hoped it wouldn’t kill her one day, like the cat who meant well.

His mother. Lisa. With golden hair, and certain shimmer to her words too.

His father. Dracula. A vampire. The vampire. The king of night and all its hordes. A scary story, full of blood and death and the moon was full that night.

—(Could he even be a father after all that killing? Was there a father behind all that bloodshed? Dare he even try to keep something alive, when these hands were constructed to kill?)—

And Adrian. Just born, already with one foot in each world. Half human. Half vampire. The stars dripped from the ceiling, and the sun spilled in through the window.

Would they hurt him for it?

Would this fact grant him safe passage into both worlds, or make him hated by both? Had he cursed this being to a life of not belonging? Or had he given him an opportunity no one else had; to belong to both?

Would being Dracula’s son make him a villain? Or would it make him a prince? Would the humans fear and hate him? Would the vampires bow to him?

Would being Lisa’s son make him a hero? Would the humans accept him as one of them? Would the vampires exile him as a half-breed, impure, no matter if his father had a castle, and a crown, and fangs all too ready to sink into their necks?

Barely noticeable now, he has golden hair like his mother, and fangs like his father.

…He wonders how this creature, so full of light, could come from the king of night.

Then Adrian starts crying.

The king of night is uh…not equipped for this. He’s never comforted a crying child before. He’s made more than a few cry in his time, but he’s never been on the other end…it seems the much more difficult side of things.

He has half—(okay, more than half)—a mind to wake Lisa for help. …But Lisa has done enough for today. Surely he can handle one crying baby.

Vlad is careful not to let his nails pierce the child’s skin as he scoops him up, cradling him in his arms.

Adrian is so small. It doesn’t feel like he’s made of thumping, pumping blood and bone. He feels as if he’s made of glass, and Dracula fears he’ll shatter in his hands.

Dracula has killed so many things in his life. He has killed humans, and animals and, yes, another vampire or two. But he doesn’t want to kill this one. He is so desperate to keep him alive he thinks he might die himself before he saw anything touch him.

Lisa stirs, and Vlad moves the child further away so as not to wake her. He sits in the chair in the corner of the room, by the basket full of toys he will soon play with, and the alphabet charts he will soon learn with.

Dracula did not read romance novels. But he had once heard a lullaby, and he wonders if he can remember the lyrics.

At the gentle song, slowly Adrian calms down in his father’s arms, and looks up at him with those golden eyes.

And Dracula wonders if the world was always this big.

Vampire’s eyes are usually so cold and dark. But he is only half dark, and his eyes are full of sunlight.

He looks up at his father, this dark thing, the killer, the monster king. The creature they said could never learn to love.

And Adrian smiles.

When Dracula returns that smile, it is not an evil sneer tugging at his lips. It is like his face breaks, pouring out all the joy inside him. He leans forward and rests his forehead gently upon Adrian’s.

“My boy.”

******

Notes: 

First of all, stay tuned, because I'm probably going to post another chapter of this!! (Fair warning, though, it's gonna be pretty different from this one tonally...though very much related, and feels-inducing!!)

Don't know if anyone will believe me, but this is actually the first Castlevania fic I ever wrote!! This was actually the precursor to “If These Walls Could Talk”!!

 I was playing with how to start the scene, and I started describing that "Castlevania was not a good place to raise a child" thing that starts off “If These Walls Could Talk”. Then the way I was describing it started sounding like I was personifying the Castle, and then I was like WAIT THAT'S A BETTER IDEA XD So I kinda got more interested in that idea, haha! (By the way, if any of the lines from this fic are also in If These Walls Can Talk too, now you know why XD I didn't intend for there to be any repeats though.) 

Then a little while later I got a really nice prompt asking me to write a diary-style fic about Drac and Lisa recounting Adrian's birth, and I was thinking this ^^ fic and its images would work really well for it, so I didn't post it after that because I thought I'd reconfigure it for the diary thing.

I loved the prompt, but diary-style implies first person...and first person is really tough for fanfiction, and even more so a character like Dracula. It's weird, I love going into characters internal monologue, and I love first person (at least I do as far as my original writing goes), but in fanfiction when I try to write first person it feels almost like "I don't have a right to say I know directly what they're thinking"??...but it's weird, cuz I pretty much already do that... Sorry, I'm rambling! I really hope I can still write that diary fic at some point, but at the moment I'm still struggling, haha.

I've been wanting to get better at editing faster, and posting more often. Lately I've been going through my old/unfinished fics and trying to polish them up and post them, even if they're not perfect in my eyes. So I decided to go back to this one and finish it up anyways! If I do the diary one I guess I'll just have to use other images!