#straight from Minion island

[kairitai]

❤ ENEMIES TO LOVERS W/ MIRIO TOGATA FT. SHORT READER ❤ Repost of the fic because my dumb ass DELETED IT :((

WARNINGS: swearing, slight suggestibe themes. bickering and general bullfuckery with my scrungly <3

You absolutely despised how positive this man was, why is he so loud all the time? why does he tell lame jokes? how is he always so smiley? isn’t it tiring?

You scoffed whenever he entered the room, you rolled your eyes when he addressed you and did all sorts of rude things just to get a rise out of him.

Of course he noticed all the stank faces you threw at him for just breathing in your general direction. And quite frankly he’s had enough.

That’s perfectly fine, two can play that game.

“Ey Mirio, you got the notes to the class? Your fucking lamp post of a body was blocking my view from the board.” “Bold of you to assume I was even taking notes, Lord Farquad.”

After that its CONSTANT BICKERINGGGG. The both of you keep trying to find some way or the other to get on the others nerves.

Very entertaining to see you two fight, “Better than Love Island” quotes Tamaki.

“You have the personality equivalent to a wet sock covered in glitter”

“Real.”

“Talking with you feels like putting on an itchy sweater that’s six sizes too small.” “Fells like I’m pouring straight bleach into my eyes when I look at you.”

“FUCK YOU, GO TO HELL” “Noted. Savin’ u a seat, you want the kiddie size or are you big enough to sit in the regular ones?”

Does the stupidest things to get your attention, takes out all your pen cartridges, blunts your sharpener, flicks erasers at you, messes with ur binder notes mixing subjects, sending u pictures of minion tic tacts saying “Look its you <3”, vandalizing your textbooks ect ect.

Unrelated but he’s got u saved as “Fucky Faced Chihuahua” cause he heard you got him saved as “Sentient Shitstain”

He’ll shove his hand to cover your entire face to silence you. “Ah pupupupuh shut.”

Favourite past time is commenting on your height and watching you get all huffy and red about it. Constantly using your head as an arm rest, putting your favourite mug on the top shelf and hiding the stool you use loves seeing you jump to get it and snatching stuff from your desk which you left unattended dangling it over your head. He is fully entertained when you bark at him.

He’s normally un-phased at your snarky comments and playfully goes along but one rare occasions he’ll let you have it.

“God help you if you interrupt me one more time for I am going to pour cement into your ears”

“YOU LYING, CHEATING, DUSTY LITTLE FUCK TRUMPET-”

“Your smooth brain cant even recall what a participant phrase is, let alone you being able to comprehend the concept itself.”

Zero chill during sparring session. none at all.

Oh you think you’re besting him bc you manages to land a singular punch on him? bet, he’ll body slam you further asserting how small you are compared to the absolute giant he is.

Somewhere along the lines the bickering and taunting turns into passive aggressive flirting and its just glorious.

“I am going to smother you with a pillow shut the fuck up” “BET, who’s dorm?”

“That is the ugliest fucking shirt i have ever seen you wear.” “take it off then if you have a problem with it??” “…” “...wAIT-”

[nativehueofresolution]

i was struck recently by how often armand cries during the devil's minion chapter. armand generally tries to present himself as cold and disaffected, and when he has emotional outbursts, they're usually angry ones. he tries to keep up this attitude with daniel somewhat (his whole 'oh i didn't even notice you gone' type routine when daniel returns to night island), but it seems like he really can't quite pull it off in the manner he normally does. he gets affected by daniel's words in a way he's not used to.

the description of his crying being uncontrollable, like he's awakened a lost side of himself he can't handle, is so interesting. armand was isolated for so long - he was enslaved and then a cult leader, he goes from one extreme situation to another. and when he and louis fell in love, he sabotaged their relationship so thoroughly in a way there was no need to argue, because they went straight from the top of the world to rock bottom. there was nothing really to say, just resignation. even when they break up armand just walks away in a manner where louis thinks he's coming back later. their passionate love affair had become cold and sterile. whereas daniel and armand are on a roller coaster ride, 'misery and ecstasy united by love' all wrapped up in one relationship. and the ups and downs made both of them emotional - prone to heated fights and dramatically reuniting.

i don't think armand knew how to handle the hot and cold of it all. if daniel were only ever cruel, he could close himself off and try to shut off his feelings (i think this is kind of eventually what happened during their tva era break up), but daniel also loves him and makes armand's life exciting and puts up with his insane questions and experiments. he can't turn off the vulnerability he had to have to enter into the relationship - making daniel his guide to modern life, trusting what he said about how things work and being willing to look foolish. as a result, daniel's insults actually sting, and he can't just stop worrying about daniel when he storms off or is self destructive.

he also cries tears of laughter during the chapter.

this time daniel isn't really responsible for the tears. but i think it speaks to how emotionally free he was during that time (like i don't think he was crying tears of laughter with the children of satan, you know?). and the fact that he had home to watch it in, technology he knew how to operate, a companion who would watch it with him over ave over... that's a result of the life he had with daniel.

and so he cries when daniel's dying and cries when he turns daniel. because either way, that life has come to an end.

daniel sees it as the beginning of their life together, and is baffled armand would be upset now they can finally be together forever. but to armand, it's the end of this disastrous, messy period of time that reawakened his heart after being so closed off. and he knows it will never be the same. but he does it anyways, he breaks his one rule even when believing it spelled certain doom for them, because that's how much he'd come to care after everything. and in the moment of truth, the depth of his true feelings - the fact he could care so much, that after years of misery he actually wanted to live now, and he only wanted to live if daniel did - that still surprises him.

[illusionarylibrary]

𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓓𝓻𝓪𝓰𝓸𝓷

CW: Mention of death, spoilers

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- The snow fell harshly, blizzard sweeping through the northern islands. All was as usual.

- Well, all except for the attack on Minion Island. Marines vs Pirates. But you couldn’t be bothered. Why would you care? After all, you weren’t personal with either side, not to mention humans themselves.

- Humans. Those vile creature that tried to hunt your kind to extinction. Your memory was perfect, each detail from the last 200 years were intact. But that was a story for another time. Right now, you were swerving through flying nets, diving cannonballs, and avoiding capture.

- You were the infamous Light Fury.

- Child of the skies and glider of clouds. As big, if not slightly bigger, as a Clydesdale Horse. Your scales were like pearl, prettier than any kind. With your plasma based fire, you could make yourself invisible for in a moment’s notice, like a magician disappearing from the stage.

- Disappearing.

- Now how come you didn’t just use your disappearing act and fly away unnoticed? Well, where was the fun in that? It wasn’t like you got much action from the humans when you hid away.

- If you wanted to hide, you could. If you wanted to make your presence known, you could. These humans were nothing to you…but oh, how wrong you’d be.

- Just a normal day of flying, agitating the humans, and then going on with your peaceful life. Though, it wasn’t part of the plan to find a stray human child wandering the snow banks of a village’s outskirts.

- He was tiny, frail even, drowning in his ragged brown cloak. It reminded you of a potato sack. The child’s hat was strange as well. Kind of like a snow leopard- that’s besides the point.

- His face was painted with a bright red hue, his nose running and droplets leaking from his eyes. He was in distress.

- The spots on his skin didn’t help his appearance.

- He couldn’t think straight. The sound of Doffy’s crew behind him, battling the Marines, made his head hurt. Or maybe that was because of his tears. His medical books did say that crying made headaches worse. He couldn’t breathe through his nose. His nose.

- Cora’s nose.

- The blood ran down Cora’s nose, his mouth no different. Cora’s face was covered with blood and scratches…no, his head was surrounded by red.

- Red. Red. Red, red, red red red- his chest was red. His blood was red. It was all…white?

- What was that? There that moved in front of him? Blue.

- Striking blue eyes were right in front of him. A…a dragon?! But- but he thought dragons were just of legend! The villagers never believed the marines when they told stories of that pearly white dragon slinking around in the clouds!

- Blue. Such electric blue eyes, pupils that of a cat’s.

- He was going to be eaten. Cora had just died for him, and now…and now he was about to die to a dragon. Cora’s deaths oils be in vain.

- He couldn’t- no more- his head hurt too much. His ears were ringing. His own cries made his brain want to explode.

- He felt back, tripping on his cloak as it grew closer.

- You could smell his fear. His tears were so salty. His cheeks and nose looked too red to be healthy…it wasn’t like you cared for humans, but you did spend a bit of your years studying the interesting creatures.And now, here, right in front of you, was a human youngling.

- Er, child. A human child.

- He looked like he was about to pass out, his chest rising up and down at an abnormal pace. Oh, you must be intimidating him. The moment you backed off proved you right.

- His eyes widened, confusion written all over his face. The little child looked so lost. He was…so sad. His cries like a tormented youngli- child. A child. Right, right, he wasn’t a youngling, he was a child.

- His cries wouldn’t stop though…they kinda hurt your sensitive ears. Your nubby ears were pinned to your head, eyes scrunched up at the high sounds of his endless wailing. Agh, too much.

- You darted into the sky.

- This little human child was weak. He was weak. Weak: lacking physical strength.

- But then again, so were you. You were in the same position as him. You were once wounded like he was. All so long ago. It was the reason you despised him.

- No. Not him. Not the youngling. His kind, the humans. It wasn’t even that long ago, about a hundred years prior…but that story would never be revealed to the world.

- Unless someone found those four red blocks those humans carved.

- You still wondered why they carved such intricate red blocks. But no matter. Humans were weak. That youngling was weak…you were once weak. But never again.

- Never again would you be weak.

- Right?

✶⊶⊷⊶°.•☆•.° ✶⊶⊷⊶⊷❍⊶⊷⊶⊷✶ °.•☆•.° ⊶⊶⊷✶

Ghost notes: Have returned, yes. For how long, no one knows. But the ghost had some time to spare and wrote on the plane…again. The ghost has an obsession with One Piece and HTTYD at the moment. Hope you enjoy!

[rollinouttahere-writes]

What would happen if it was adult Lucky who was present at oars awaking instead of lil Lucky? How would things turn out?

She is similarly stressed, but like her younger self, doesn't fully lose it until the Luffy's shadow is put into Oars. Unlike her younger self, she doesn't start yelling and screaming and instead is having a silent, internal nervous breakdown.

Oars won't initially notice her because he's preoccupied with eating the island into a famine, and this comes with the positive that Lucky overhears the minions talking about how eating salt would evict the shadow. She's still freaking out, but now she has a plan. She leans over to Perona and asks if they can go to the kitchen and get something to eat because she's hungry. Her plan is to get literally anything salty- or even just a straight up container of salt- and get Oars to eat it. He's inherited Luffy's appetite, it should be easy enough to accomplish.

The problem is that Lucky talking to Perona catches Oars' attention. One second she's talking to Perona and the next thing she knows she's being snatched up by a zombie giant possessed by her friend's shadow. Oars doesn't know why, but he wants to keep Lucky with him and gets extremely irritated when everyone starts trying to get him to put Lucky down, including Lucky herself who does NOT want to be toted around by a zombie thank you very much.

Of course, he doesn't listen and decides he's had enough and leaves. Lucky is screaming, Perona is throwing a fit that Lucky has been stolen from her, and Moria is trying and failing to do damage control. No one is having a good time.

Unrelated to Oars, but I have changed my mind on Absalom being a new suitor for Lucky and switched it to Perona. After doing the yandere masterpost and looking hard at the amulet's rules, I realized that it didn't really make sense for him to be yandere. He's such a shallow piece of shit that I honestly don't thing the amulet would have anything to work with. I think that the scar on her forehead would be enough to put him off from her entirely. So at least she doesn't have to deal with two maniacal cat-men back to back? She does, however, have to deal with being treated like a cute new accessory by Perona.

[witch]

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sorry for the delay! 48 animals. 5 rounds. 3 brackets. 1 tournament to settle it all. here in Creacher Contest 2022, the greatest minds in the history of this website (and you!) will gather to decide once and for all who is tumblr’s favorite little scrimblo bimblo. you all voted in the first round. now begins round 2 to decide the creacher among creachers!

THE RESULTS AND THE ROUND 2 LINK (under the cut!)

CARD 1: Pikachu (winner!) vs. Stuart Little: with 286 votes against Stuart's 39, Pikachu has claimed the most overwhelming Round 1 victory with a whopping 88 percent! Does he have enough Z-Power to maintain this momentum in the coming matches? Stay tuned!

CARD 2: Tom & Jerry vs. Perry the Platypus (winner!): in a heinous act one can only describe as homophobic, Tom and his husband Jerry have been taken out of the game in Round 1 after accruing only 110 votes (33.8%) against Perry's 215 (66.2%). Reporters are calling this tragedy the worst thing to happen to gay people since my straight sister learned how to say 'yass'.

CARD 3: Kirby (winner!) vs. The Lorax: Our orange friend (56 votes, 17.2%) may have powerful connections here on Tumblr via the Onceler, but even those could not save him from the super tough pink puff. His current location is unknown and Kirby (269 votes, 82.8%) has been spotted with a yellow mustache. Call the police.

CARD 4: The Minions (winner!) vs. Talking Tom This match was a bit closer, but thanks to everyone's efforts, Talking Tom (133 votes, 40.9%) has been fucking sent to hell. Anyone else remember the schoolyard rumor that Talking Tom takes pictures of people through his eyes? Like sure the whole thing is probably some datamining thing but that's literally not how anything works??? How was this a rumor????? Ok anyways Minions win (192 votes, 59.1%)

CARD 5: Dog (Columbo) (winner!) vs. Dog (Good Omens): War is hell... but today in this dog-eat-dog world, one sleepy fucking hound (186 votes, 57.2%) rose to the occasion and proved himself to be a certified sloppy floppy. (note: do NOT confuse with 'sloppy toppy'. the resemblance is coincidental. all basset hounds are sloppy AND floppy. think Mr. J's signature 'sloppy style' and we will understand each other and then kiss.) I know nothing about Good Omens and have nothing to add for the other Dog, who admittedly did well in his own right with 139 votes, 42.8%.

CARD 6: Bond Forger vs. Gunter (winner!): I honestly thought this race would be closer, but that probably says more about me than them lol. Taking 67.1% of the card with 218 votes, Gunter has defeated Bond (107 votes, 32.9) in a victory for secret aliens everywhere.

CARD 7: Silkie vs. Waddles (winner!): As a Gen Z elder (lol) who watched Teen Titans reruns on Boomerang, Silkie (79 votes, 24.3%) had my vote. Did this poll reach a younger crowd than me, or is Waddles (246 votes, 75.7%) simply that powerful?

CARD 8: Temmie (winner!) vs. Puppycat: This matchup was super close! Temmie (176 votes, 54.2%) managed to beat Puppycat (149 votes, 45.8%), but there really was no clear winner until the end. This battle of what are basically two tbhs with animal features was certainly the most exciting!

CARD 9: Yoshi (winner!) vs. Chocobo: The only knowledge of Chocobos (98 votes, 30.2%) I have is from this stupid fucking Chocobo anthro art my friend used to spam my DMs with. I basically just needed a thematically similar animal to job to Yoshi (227 votes, 69.8%). Yoshi's Island DS was actually the first video game I physically owned as a kid, so he's kinda special to me lol

CARD 10: Little Buddy vs. Crab (winner!): I had personally predicted Crab's victory (231 votes, 71.1%), but not to such an extent! In only seven weeks. the release of Splatoon 3 (Splathreen) revitalized and expanded its title's fandom. However, it proved to be ineffective against the might of the humble crab, aka the only good thing Tumblr's done for April Fool's since the lizard election. RIP Wretched Tooth I miss you every day #wretchedtoothstandsfortruth

CARD 11: Mr. J (winner!) vs. Salem: L to Salem (114 votes, 35.1%), but you'll always hold a special place in my heart. Unfortunately, it won't be as special as the one reserved for Mr. J, Tumblr's favorite small cat and one of the few Tumblr famous bloggers I don't want to set adrift in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Now that that's out of the way: MR. J SWEEP COME ON EVERYONE VOTE FOR MR. J WE CAN DO IT

CARD 12: The Four Dark Devas of Destruction vs. Hamtaro (winner!): Once again, I haven't consumed either media here and have nothing to say on the matter. However, my friend was happy to hear that "the Danganronpa one lost". Part of me has to agree.

CARD 13: Toothless (winner!) vs. Stitch: Not only was this the closest match with Toothless at 167 votes (51.4%) and Stitch at 158 votes (48.6%), it was also the most controversial, yielding multiple complaints and one (1) death threat. While I sympathize and realize that putting two contenders as strong as Toothless and Stitch together in the first round may not have been the best move, I need everyone to understand that they have similar faces and must be grouped together for that. Thank you. Peace and love

CARD 14: Appa (winner!) vs. Lion: Did the ATLA fandom coordinate a move on this tournament? Because Appa (266 votes, 81.8%) beat Lion (59 votes, 18.2%) by a landslide! The representative of one of Tumblr's historically biggest fandoms losing like this surprised me, but if some sort of fandom participation really did occur, that makes me happy :)

CARD 15: Garfield (winner!) vs. Scooby-Doo: Report: After consuming no less than seven entire large pizzas, Scooby-Doo (149 votes, 45.8%) the dog was immediately rushed to the fucking vet. His owner, Shaggy was found similarly unresponsive. Sorry, Scooby: it was a close race, but nobody can beat Garfield (176 votes, 54.2%) in the art of eating Italian food and doing fuck all. Better luck next time!

CARD 16: Dimple vs. Moomin (winner!): Even after the coming and going of the Moomin (262 votes, 80.6%) fandom directly on my dashboard, all I can fucking think of is that gif of a blob of white mochi getting fucking pummeled in an automatic mochi maker that someone tagged '#moomin...' no matter what I do. That aside, he wiped the floor with Dimple (63 votes, 19.4%), who admittedly should have lost by disqualification anyways.

CARD 17: K-9 vs. Gary (winner!): Most important poll of the day, serving it up, Gary's (229 votes, 70.5%) way! Gary did great up against K-9 (96 votes, 29.5%), who is in fact this poll's only representative of SuperWhoLock. SuperWho would've thought he'd only rack up that many votes? Truly, no fandom can transcend one's early childhood.

CARD 18: Midna (winner!) vs. Morgana: In this battle of scrunkly little cat people, Midna (193 votes, 59.4%) was the definite winner, beating out Morgana (132 votes, 40.6%) by a decent amount. Whoever wins this tournament should be playable in Smash Bros 6

CARD 19: Puffles (winner!) vs. Chao: I feel like the Puffles (191 votes, 58.8%) won for the same reason Gary won: sheer power of childhood memory. As a kid, I always wanted the black one... was it locked behind the paid membership? It's been several years, so naturally I forgor. As for Chaos (134 votes, 41.2%): I am so fucking sorry to the person who said #CHAOSWEEP in the comments lol

CARD 20: Cousin Itt (winner!) vs. Tony Tony Chopper: the one piece wasnt real :(

CARD 21: Rigby vs. Mushu (winner!): Personally, I was really gunning for Rigby (125 votes, 38.5%). With Dimple so immediately out of the race, I was hoping for at least one representative of pathetic men everywhere. That being said, congrats to Mushu (200 votes, 61.5%)! Vote for him in Round 2 if you want him to job to Mr. J!

CARD 22: Luna vs. Hobbes (winner!): I read Calvin and Hobbes as a kid and only recently watched Sailor Moon as a feature for my anime club, but I can honestly say I like both. I still think a crossover would be gold! Show me Luna (117 votes, 36.0%) offering Calvin and Hobbes (208 votes, 64.0%) magical girl powers, Calvin rejecting the offer performatively and whining about lack of powers. That's 12 full strips of Calvin and Hobbes! Make it happen.

CARD 23: Ein (winner!) vs. Iggy: Ok quick tangent. I just looked up 'ein cowboy bebop' to find out what he does, clicked into the wiki and found a tiny, useless article only to then realize I was not on Cowboy Bebop Wiki but in fact the dreaded Heroes Wiki. This and Villains Wiki are the bane of my existence and I'd raise a glass if all parties involved were stranded on a snowy mountain. The Heroes Wiki entry for Spike Spiegel is 1980 words. The Bebop Wiki entry is 8000 words! Why the fuck would I ever want to read the latter? Why does it exist? Are there seriously people who browse Heroes Wiki, just clicking from unrelated protagonist to unrelated protagonist? It has absolutely no functional use in any fandom whatsoever! Any time I look up a fictional character, there's a 90% chance that the Heroes or Villains entry will be the one Google puts on top as if to say 'yeah, this is what you want. trust me.' And without fail, I click it every time! Since the Nazis who own Fandom made the mobile version of all their wikis the same fuck-ugly yellow, I can never tell until it's too late and I've wasted nearly forty seconds of precious time. If I was Elon Musk, not only would I not buy Twitter, I would instead buy Fandom, blow both of these wretched wikis off the face of the fucking earth and ban the IP adresses of anyone to ever type a single word into one of their useless, obtrusive entries. I cannot possibly overstate how much vitriol I bear towards these websites. Please vindicate me in the replies. Anyways, Ein got 265 votes (81.5%) and the other one got 60 votes (18.5%).

CARD 24: Snoopy (winner!) vs. Sakamoto: Snoopy got 195 votes (60.0%) and Sakamoto got 130 votes (40.0%). To quote my cousin's reaction when they found out:

"thank you snoppy"

here's the link to vote in the second round! i'll probably keep it open until 11:59pm est on november 3rd, that way i can get round 3 out in time for destiel day :)

finally, to conclude the post, here is a selection of my favorite comments from round 1 (view on mobile for optimal experience!)

thanks for playing! ~♥♛

[dailycharacteroption]

Roleplaying Races 15: Munavri

(art by Catilus on DeviantArt)

On Monday we looked at the caligni, and now it’s time to look at one final example of Azlanti survivors that were changed by their exodus. However, unlike many such survivors, the muavri were not corrupted or degenerated by the transformation, and are a rare bastion of good and righteousness in the often cutthroat world that is the Darklands.

Descended from Azlanti sailors that were ambushed and abducted by the alghollthu in the wake of Earthfall, they were dragged down into the depths along the Braid, a supernatural waterspout that connects the Arcadian Ocean of the surface to the Sightless Sea in the Orv layer of the Darklands below.

Though no doubt the alghollthu had sinister plans for these abductees, perhaps planning on turning them into something similar to the azarketi gillmen, these Azlanti escaped and made use of their skill as sailors to ply the dark ocean aboard violet-sailed vessels made from carved ivory, where they settled on floating islands of a strange, jade-like substance.

This jade is highly psychically reactive, which made it unbearable for the alghollthu and many of their minions to approach, making it a sanctuary for these survivors. Over the generations, they adapted to the darkness and constant psychic power around them, becoming powerful and canny mystics in their own right as they prove a nearly inassailable nuisance to drow, alghollthu, urdefhans, and other villainous cultures in the depths.

Munavri look mostly human of Azlanti ethnicity, but their skin and hair is bleached of all color, making them seem at first glance to be albino. What’s more, their eyes radiate light from their natural psychic power. They typically wear jade armor chipped form the very gemstones they reside on, as well as leathers tanned from subterranean beasts.

It’s no exaggeration to say that the munavri represent the best of response to hardship a society can have, forging close-knit communities that are there for each other and treat each other like family beyond the bonds of blood, and forgoing brutality for carefully organized resolution of conflicts between their own. They also typically worship the various empyreal lords, with three spiritual leaders, each representing the empyreal lords of a particular celestial clade. Meanwhile, large family units are led by a protector-marshal that governs in the best interest of their people. That’s not to say that there are not dissenters or no room for individuality, but they often do focus on community first and foremost. Additionally, they treat friendly outsiders very well, and are eager to hear about the world outside their lightless nautical realm, especially the surface world.

As beings descended directly from the incredibly hale and brilliant Azlanti, the Munavri boast superior minds and bodies (particularly agility) with the exception of their strength, which is on the weaker side.

They also possess exceptionally long-ranged night-sight as well.

This, however, is coupled with a sensitivity to bright light.

Imbued with psychic magic, munavri have a knack for reading the psychic echoes on objects in particular, gleaning information from them.

They are able to take this even further, however, by reading the memories of how the object was used, allowing them to use unfamiliar weapons and tools with a surprising level of competence for a short while.

Like many Darklands residents, they also possess a bit of innate spell resistance as well, making them hard to affect with hostile magic.

Their psychic abilities also grant them telepathy, though it is limited to communication with other munavri only.

With having a positive bonus to every single stat except for strength, munavri characters can literally excel at any class or archetype combination, even strength-based stuff like barbarians with a little work. Which… will give a lot of GMs pause, and I can imagine many straight-up banning the ancestry outright because of that, or at least restricting it to games where everyone is playing something similarly powerful or higher-level games where such traits are less of an issue. If you do get to play one, consider that nautical options are appropriate for their life on a sunless sea, as well as various classes and archetypes that grant psychic magic as well. But again, they can excel in pretty much any field, so feel free to pick any class combination you like!

[desertfangs]

Does Daniel love Armand because he is a vampire and not despite of his monstrosity? I was under the impression that he loved the being inspite of whatever "evil" there is. I saw a post mention just this. That book Daniel only knew the charisma of the "evil" and therefore was so admanant in his want for immortality. But once the reality of violence unfolded after his turning, then came the horror.

I mean—and let’s preface this by saying this is my read only and I’m not telling anyone else how to interpret what we’re told—but in my opinion, it’s pretty obvious Daniel is enamored with Armand as a person and as a vampire.

He’s captivated by his laughter. He indulges his obsessions, his desire to fly all over the place, to spend their nights at shows, movies, boxing matches, art galas. He’s nodding off at shows, exhausted from running around at all hours of the night. I’ve mentioned before that he puts up with a lot, and that is the sort of thing you do if you truly love a person. I don’t get the impression that Daniel loves Armand despite him being a vampire, or even because of it. He loves Armand, period. All of him. The vampire and the curious person who wants to learn everything about the world, who wants to film things and watch movies and put his cigarettes down the garbage disposal. 

What we get in Devil’s Minion is pretty much Daniel’s POV and it is, in my opinion, almost a love letter to Armand. (I mean, maybe Lestat was able to sweet talk Armand into filling some gaps but it’s not like he’d need to, given that Daniel was probably happy to sit with him for three nights straight and recount their story. I imagine Lestat had a hell of a time cutting it down and wouldn’t be looking for more.) 

He loves “snuggling with dead things.” He seems captivated by the idea of Armand wearing the clothes off his victims. He wants to see Armand kill. Clearly he’s romanticized death at the hand of a vampire (and had done so with Louis, when he begged him to turn him!) and now specifically at Armand’s hand. Armand, who is regularly taking little drinks of him and giving Daniel little drinks of blood in return. But I don’t think it’s just because he’s a vampire that Daniel is smitten. 

Yes, he wants immortality. Because he wants to live forever with Armand. “What does it matter if you give it to me and it's wrong! There is no wrong! There is only desperation, and I would have it! I want to live forever with you.” 

As for “the horror” after he was turned, I’m not sure what you're referring to. There was a lot of horror going on, what with Akasha immolating their kind. Or maybe you mean his first experience killing, which happened during the aforementioned purge of immortals. Daniel was turned at the most chaotic moment. His first kill is clumsy. They’re rushing to the concert. There’s no time for Armand to gently ease him into it, no time to make it palatable. He needs blood. Armand does his best. Daniel has to face the reality of taking a life quickly and then move on. And honestly, I think he handles it pretty well all things considered? Not long after he’s asking if Armand likes him as a vampire and is worried with how well he’s vampiring, but he seems more or less okay. I think the reality was always going to be a little jarring and the circumstances made it more so.

But there’s nothing in any of the books that indicates Daniel ever regrets becoming a vampire. Later on Night Island, he’s asking the ancients about history and we learn he likes to let his hunger build, but there’s nothing about him not liking hunting or having issues killing. We know he goes mad later and canon never tells us why. Giving the timing, I always assumed it was due to thinking Armand was dead but your mileage may vary on that. And we know at the end of the series, he’s hunting just fine in Rio, and later with Armand, and then moves into Trinity Gate, none of which speaks to him wishing he hadn’t become immortal or even not wanting to be with Armand even still.

Anyhow, I feel like this is a rambling response and I’m not sure if it’s what you wanted to know or just me spewing thoughts on Tumblr after a long, draining day at work, but I do enjoy spewing thoughts about Daniel! So thank you for the ask, anon! 

[tobiasdrake]

Okay, time to check out The Messenger, which was released before Sea of Stars but takes place chronologically after it, I guess? Playing these out of order but here we go.

Exile from what? That's an ominous sentiment.

Minions of the Fleshmancer, then?

I wonder if this is what happened to Brugaves? We never did hear from him again after the deal with Aephorul was finalized. Fleshy promised to give him a new body, wipe his memory, and send him away to a world where he'd never have to face Solstice Warriors ever again

Then that was never followed up on, save for a brief glimpse of his shiny new monster body in some world somewhere during the closing credits. We know it was him because Erlina, who never died in the True Ending, was reunited with him.

Maybe this is that world.

Hey look, it's Resh'an. And I guess that's probably the hero riding his back, but I'm more focused on Resh'an.

UGGGGGGH I have been Ninja Gaidening for weeks and this guy is so late. Fucking Westerners have no sense of propriety. If I was riding a magic bird across the ocean, I'd get there on time, dammit.

There are so many fucking prophecies in this mythology. Too many prophecies. The ancient fables are just prophecy this and prophecy that. Legend has it that the moon goddess Luana once got so fed up with prophecies that she drowned a fish. To this day, no one's quite sure what the hell that means.

You know what, that's on me. I was the one that tempted fate. I do not apologize.

I should probably go take a look, though. You never know, this could be a wacky misunderstandi--

Not much room for ambiguity there.

Hey, I'm confused. The number of horns on each of your heads clearly implies levels of authority but then you also have a crown guy? Why does that guy get a crown if he's not the #1 Most Horniest?

You should go bicker about this. Somewhere else. Please. Thank you.

Buddy, you have no idea who you're messing with. Go ahead. Come at me, bruh. Hit me with your best--

OH THANK LUANA

I'm gonna be honest, I was talking straight out of my ass. I have no idea who I'm messing with but I'm pretty sure my basic-ass ninja skills were not going to cut it.

THERE HE IS! THAT'S THE GUY! That's the demon that Brugaves became. I would wave hihi but I am not the person that learned everything she knows from him. I am instead a very manly man, whoa ho ho look at my manly biceps.

You know what, his biceps are the size of my torso so this isn't a good time to boast.

Uh, okay. Guess Brugaves is a creepy voyeur now. You know what, that's fair; He did spend a lot of time with the Acolytes, some things might have rubbed off.

Have fun watching me poop, asshole.

Wait, the same Autumn Hills? Are we on Mesa Island right now? Is this Home World? I thought it was a third, unrelated world.

I'd like to take that as a compliment but your options are me, the old man, or a pile of corpses. Though I suppose winning by default is still winning. *chest puff* Yes, I AM the best candidate for the job and I appreciate you for recognizing my greatness! I will proudly be your--

Mail boy. I will proudly be your mail boy. ._. Okay.

We are. We are on Mesa Island.

Holy shit. What the hell happened to our world? Is this because Solstice Warriors became defunct as an organization after the last two trained warriors turned into gods and fucked off into space, leaving nobody to teach a new generation?

...

Oh. Wait. No. The multiverse is made up of different timelines, not holistically different realities altogether. So we might still be a third, unrelated world.

Looks like a full moon's risen. Before I venture forward into the Autumn Hills, I should take a moment to recite the lunar prayer of protection.

"Luana, may your beautiful and amazing radiance, way better than the sun, guide me in these dark times. May my blade drink deep in the blood of all fuckos and shitweasels, that I may carry out Mad Bitchin' Deeds in your glorious name. Also robots are valid people and your hair looks amazing like that. So let it be."

So our coins are Resh'an's Time Shards. Huh. That's. Odd.

Don't these only appear when he's recursing time loops?

That is definitely one of Resh'an's portals. Are we... Where are we going? Is this going to take me to the Archives?

That's. Not. Necessarily. A no.

What the fuck is this place? Are you Resh'an? I need you to tell me if you're Resh'an. Legally, you have to tell me if you are, because I might not be allowed to interact with you. I'm pretty sure I'm required to call you an 'assclown', whatever that is, and tell you "She hasn't forgotten" in a threatening voice.

I don't know why. My village is under siege by demons. I am not looking to make enemies. But that's what I've been told.

What does that fucking mean?

Ugh, the Scripture of Luana warned us that the keepers of lore are always full of cryptic bullshit but I thought she just meant that old history keepers have spotty memories.

Honestly, despite the demons all over the place, this place is kind of nice; Don't look at my health bar.

Sure, there's weird-ass turtle demons and stuff, but they're pretty slow and manageable. And the woods, lingering in a perpetual state of autumn as they always have, remain beautiful even at night. Mesa Island would be a pretty nice place to live if it weren't for, y'know, all that evil shit.

I mean, I could lived without that, honestly. Don't know why we installed so many deathtraps. I guess it was to keep the demons out but I'm the one having to bend over backwards to navigate while they're crawling all over the place, so who's this really fucking over?

The moral of the story is, always keep a killswitch for your defenses somewhere in your own camp.

[hekateinhell]

I sometimes wonder how the Armand/Daniel power dynamic works in tandem with the fact that Daniel is nearly twice his mortal age. Running with the idea that one's impulses/emotional regulation remain similar to the cognitive control of the age that a vampire was turned at, I think about Armand and his Coven Master Freakishness contending with the fact that at 500-something years old, he still wants his boyfriend to baby him. Pre-bedtime thoughts.

Gosh, I think about this all the time! Armand's power dynamics are my bread and butter (I don't make a lot but it's good, honest work).

Because yes — if we go with the theory that at the biological level, vampire brains simply cannot mature past the point that they were turned — it opens up this entire minefield of contradictions. I usually draw on Lestat for comparison and inspiration when it comes to this sort of Armand meta, just because we hear so much from Lestat's perspective and he is the closest to Armand's mortal age within their little cohort.

But enough about Lestat.

Devil's Minion (being only what, thirty six pages? it's unbelievable) leaves a lot of room for headcanons and various interpretations of what happened when. For the most part, I just don't see Daniel and Armand's big fights and Daniel running away from Night Island until much closer to QotD era (~2 years or so).

What I always noticed is how much more direct Armand seems to be with Daniel than Marius was with him. He cries openly! He expresses his emotions! He doesn't beat him bloody because he doesn't know what else to do with himself! (Because Armand totally and easily could've). It's not great but he's trying! Was Armand better than Marius? In some ways, yes. Was he worse? Also yes, in some ways. This is a whole other conversation though RIP.

Thinking about Armand's ability (or inability) to self-regulate and how much closer he allows (or is unable to keep) his authentic emotions from bubbling to the surface... it's a very raw and youthful trait! And perhaps it's a testament to how close he feels to Daniel, and how affected he is by their arguments and the discord in the relationship.

I wanted to be somewhat saccharine here and instead I'm rambling on, but I also do like to consider what their day-to-day life as a long-term couple would've looked prior to 1984-1985 (when Daniel really started deteriorating and then ran away for the final time).

What did it look like when maybe Daniel made a joke that Armand took the wrong way and then brooded about it or some similar scenario? Because even if he could read Daniel's mind, he couldn't reconcile the intention with the words that came out of his mouth. I wonder if Daniel ever straight up told him, "Babe, I can't read your mind, you have to communicate better than this." And Armand is just shocked that someone can acknowledge where he's at emotionally and guide him in the right direction.

There's a lot of things to factor in here, including what Daniel's own brain development would've looked like due to the lifestyle they lived, but I think either way, he would have definitely had the advantage over Armand in that sense at least.

And how does a perpetually seventeen year old, ferocious vampire tell his boyfriend he just wants a cuddle and a kiss and the reassurance that — for this night at least — everything's okay and he's not going to walk out on him? Probably wallows in passive-aggressive silence and hopes Daniel shows him affection first. Indulges the feeling for a few minutes (because he feels safe enough to do so) before he snaps back into his caregiver/pest role and being the far older and more powerful of the two.

[yoshicolonoscopyfootageofficial]

Gonna write this up bc every time I see @dragongirltongue 's post about dragons as beings beyond the simple logics of mortal reasoning that can only be harmed in thematically resonant ways I can't help but apply that to the Elder Dragons in Guild Wars 2. Long post ahead.

Firstly, the dragons make up an integral part of the world. In roughly 10000 year cycles, they wake up, consume all of the magic and life in Tyria over several centuries, and fall asleep, the consumed magic slowly seeps back out until they wake up yet again. The births of stars coincide with Dragonrise, and when the commander sees the Eternal Alchemy, they see representations of the dragons orbiting the world. They are all incredibly massive, and their reach is even farther, as they exude their own energies that shape the world around them, and their breath transforms creatures, corpses, or even stones into their loyal minions.

Each dragon has a thematic weakness, which can only be employed during massive scale battles. The Pact commands fleets of airships against Zhaitan and Mordremith, both losing many in the process. Almost all of them have dedicated maps where you battle against them (Zhaitan gets a dungeon, which is kind of depreciated but still kind of a whole map, just not in the open world).

Now, to discuss each of the dragons in particular.

Zhaitan, dragon of Death and Shadow, is the first that the Commander has to fight with. Its domain is the sunken continent of Orr, which it has raised from the ocean. Orr sank after constant infighting in the titular Guild Wars, and its fate was sealed when its leader used dark magics to prevent the charr legions from conquering it as they had taken Ascalon to the north. Zhaitans minions are the Risen, the shambling corpses of the people and creatures of Orr, as well a their later victims. Many of its more specialized minions are the corpses of the old kings of Orr, who act much more directly as its eyes and mouth.

The player character enters Tyria in a time of conflict. The peoples of central Tyria are all divided into a variety of little factions. The core story culminates in the Risen invasion of Claw Island, prompting the player and Trahearne (a sylvari that shows up some in the earlier story beats, mostly for the sylvari story) rally the three major factions (the player is a member of one of those), eventually taking on Zhaitan in Orr. (this is when the player character takes on the Commander moniker) This campaign involves lots of deception (Risen mesmer tricks you into shelling your own troops, stuff like that) At the same time, the Pact takes on Zhaitan by targeting its foremost minions, weakening Zhaitan before cleansing the waters of Orr and producing airships using a combination of the technologies of the peoples of Tyria. Zhaitan's defeat is then the first sign that the elder dragons can be defeated and their destruction can be stopped.

Then, as living world season 1 starts, the next elder dragon of the narrative, Mordremoth moves his pawn, Scarlet Briar, in to the scene. Eventually, once she drills straight into the center of Lion's Arch to hit the ley line nexus beneath it. The burst of power allows Mordremoth to expand his reach out across Tyria while also reclaiming his hold over the Sylvari, who were meant to be his minions but were protected by the Pale Tree. Mordremoth is the dragon of Plant and Mind, and so he extends his influence through the minds of the plantlike sylvari, spreading paranoia throughout the scattered forces of the Pact.

Mordremoth's defeat comes at the end of Heart of Thorns, in the dedicated Dragons Stand map. The climax of the story has the Commander attack Mordremoth in his own mind. (Dragon of mind must be targeted in the mind)

The plot after this diverts a bit from fighting elder dragons as other plot threads from Heart of Thorns get focus. The ones that are still relevant to the Elder Dragons is the raising of the newborn dragon Aurene (more on her later) and the elaboration of the nature of the Elder Dragons (which I discussed earlier). Taimi (precocious young Asura) realizes that the dead dragons' powers are being spread out to the other elder dragons, while also destabilizing the flow of magic throughout the world. She also develops a machine that could pit the fire and ice dragons' magic energies against each other, neutralizing them without further casualties. The war god Balthazar, part of the other narrative thread of season 3, tries to commandeer this machine and goes on a rampage down the Crystal Desert to try and kill Kralkatorrik.

Kralkatorrik, dragon of Crystal and Fury, is a doozy who's been haunting the narrative the whole while. Destiny's Edge, a guild consisting of the initial mentor characters and the scholar Snaff, attempted to kill Kralkatorrik. Despite the aid of Glint, Kralkatorrik's rebellious daughter, the Human Logan Thackeray is called away to protect Queen Jennah (who he is immensely loyal to), and his absence causes the deaths of both Snaff and Glint. The guild is bitter and scattered until the campaign against Zhaitan, and most of them are grievously wounded, killed, or otherwise put out of action during Heart of Thorns, causing the creation of the Dragon's Watch guild. I've gone on a tangent, but basically Kralk's been around a while.

Also Aurene is Glint's daughter.

Kralkatorrik's weakness is, essentially, his own blood. Glint threatened Kralk. Aurene threatened Kralk. Almorra Soulkeeper, leader of the Vigil (one of the three factions of the Pact), who formed the Vigil after her warband was branded (affected by Kralkatorrik's corruption), was a tribune of the Blood Legion. Later, this weakness is more literal, as the Pact fashions weapons made of Kralkatorrik's actual blood to harm him.

After Kralkatorrik is defeated in Dragon's Fall, the plot turns to Jormag (dragon of Ice and Persuasion) and Primordus (dragon of Fire and Destruction). The elder dragons are all siblings, but these two have a rivalry going on. Jormag drove the Norn and Kodan down from their mountain homes, while Primordus drove the Asura and Skritt from the caves beneath Tyria. Jormag is calm and scheming, driving a faction of the Norn, the Sons of Svanir, to their service. Primordus has a much more primal drive, making stones and lava work for him. The climax ties back to Taimi's idea of pitting the two together, where the two are drawn to fight each other while Aurene tries to keep the fight going. They also both take champions, in the form of Braham Eirsson (Norn singlemindedly driven to kill Jormag) and Ryland Steelcatcher (Charr manipulator who starts a civil war to relive charr dominance over Tyria).

Last is Soo Won, dragon of Water and Life, the last of the Elder Dragons, and the first to come into being. At the beginning of End of Dragons, she starts to mentor Aurene, knowing her own time is not much longer. The dead dragons have been causing mayhem with the magical system, causing issues with Dragonvoid, manifesting as reflections of the previous dragon's minions. Aurene has to take up her mantle as the facilitator of the world's magic as Soo Won is consumed by the void. The battle with Soo Won, driven to senseless violence by the void, takes place over the Jade Sea, an ocean turned to jade in events part of gw1. In the end, Soo Won is tired, and speaks gently to Aurene.

Aurene still lives, but ends the End of Dragons post-expansion story by summoning Caithe and the Commander to tell them that she must enter a long sleep in order to properly develop into her new role. Aurene also dies at one point prior, killed in a failed attempt on Kralkatorrik's life, and she is only fine because she ate an ancient lich a while back so the necromantic energy is in her.

[dictee]

18, 19, 22 and 2 BUT not re loustat -- armand/Daniel.

PLEASE No this is fun and fresh and not something ive talked about six billion times <3

18. it's absolutely criminal that the fandom has been sleeping on... this is a cop out answer but i DONT . care. threesome w louis. not enough threesome with louis its THERE in the books even though theyre not together at the same time it is ALL about the triangulation. daniel imagining louis when he's turned and "you were a gift to me from louis" etc. and it is OBVIOUSLY there in the show. i'm not biased in any way who my favorite character is has no bearing on this response

19. you're mad/ashamed/horrified you actually kind of like... anne rice's kept boy fantasy

22. your favorite part of canon that everyone else ignores also not an answer but like literally every word of the devil's minion chapter is fucking insane and therefore getting shortchanged. i will say that the voyeurism and blenders get well not too much attention but other things deserve attention too . what about the amulet of blood w the letter A carved on it out of tiny contorted human figures. what about the CAPITALISM of it all. the shopping mall island. "the riches were maddening him he wanted to possess all of this forever" immortality as somehow legitimizing unstable limitless growth of capital bc u are around to enjoy it forever and u cant die? has everyone read little kidnaps.

2. a compelling argument for why your fave would never top or bottom well first of all obviously armand is a career dom and also like if a stone butch was a gay man. second of all if they do go eternal sunshine theory with it in the show there is something DEEPLY compelling about a daniel who claims to be straight normal guy not only having slept w men in his repressed past but also crawled on a leash

[runningwithfangs]

Vampire Chronicles Book Review/Rant #3

The Queen of the Dammed

Wowowow congratulations to the world’s worst polycule on saving Vampirekind. 

Another super fun romp where so much happens, yes there is nonsense, but the nonsense is nicely paired with a lot of intense drama and high stakes. I like how Anne got around her own premise that the vampires are writing their life stories by it still being Lestat who writes it, but he’s gathered all this information from the other vampires that were actually there, even when he was not. 

The chapters being mini-stories and the many characters we meet, everything coming together in the end, it’s not just fun but so immersive. Anne doesn’t hold back in expanding her universe. At no point does it feel like too much too soon, or like the universe and characters are expanding faster than the story or getting out of hand. Anne is a fantastic writer.

In this book we start to see the world outside of our main vamps, the fledglings (Killer and the Fang Gang 🤯), the vampire bars, the Talamasca, the vampire cult followers, and so many new characters! 

Feminist Icon Akasha (is trying to kill most men). See kids, that’s what happens when you watch TV for 50 years straight.

This is one of my favorite books from the series, maybe one of my favorite books ever. 

Favorites:

It’s hard to pick! Jesse’s story is great, the dreamlike drunken nights at Maharet’s house with the vampires asking her about chocolate, the Great Family and the care and love Maharet has for them, her records and her family tree of lights, the attention and advice she gives them all, it’s just so sweet.

Devil’s Minion! I’ve been seeing fan art and posts about Armand/Daniel since I started this blog and did not get it until I read this. Now I GET IT, holy shit, it's chewing-through-drywall material. The horror of Daniel running for his life, being hunted, then suddenly they’re bonding, hanging out and doing all these cool things, Daniel admitting he loves to cuddle a dead thing?! The experiments, the smoothies, the madness from hanging around a vampire, the “I love you too much to turn you” vs “I love you too much to let you go on without me.” Insane. Horrible. Beautiful. I could rant about this section alone for so long. Oh, and learning how the book was published was neat too.

Getting little bits about the twins from everyone’s dreams, that repeating imagery of the cooked body, the heart and the brain on plates. I got really invested in this mystery, and once it all came together it was horrible but so captivating. It’s a great vampire origin story. 

Vampire road trip and vampire roommates at Night Island! I wish this part was longer and that vampires could stand to hang out with each other more, I want my vampire friends to hang out damn it! Jesse and Gabrielle became friends! Louis wants to know about his daughter’s ghost! Grandpa Khayman telling stories! Uncle Marius accepting that Lestat is gonna be little shit and no one can stop him!

Least Favorites:

The violence enacted on Maharet and Mekare, I know it’s to show Akasha’s cruelty but damn.

Smutt:

Lestat’s permaboner. Thanks, Anne.

Lestat and Akasha pinning each other back and forth on the bed and drinking from each other was kinda hot tbh.

Armand and Daniel in Pompeii when they start their romance, if you can call it that. Armand making Daniel have sex with other people while he watches 🙈

Nonsense Meter:

4/10 nonsense again. A bit of nonsense in the Devil’s Minion, and a bit in the Lestat training montage/kidnapped by Vampire Mommy part, but not a ton. Maybe it’s a bias because I liked this book so much and every story was full of drama, high stakes, and complex morality. 

Misc:

I can’t help but wonder what kind of research Anne was doing, I looked up some of the cities, artifacts, and locations she mentions and it checked out. Was she taking ancient history courses or just living at the library?! Gotta give that woman credit. 

I don’t want to get into a long discussion of Akasha’s idea that killing most men would allow women to bring about world peace and fix all our earthly problems, but as someone who has mostly existed as a woman in the world, I may have fantasized once or twice about Thanos snapping a bunch of men, sure, I get it. I don’t agree, I think money, isolation, messed up priorities, and lack of checks in power have more to do with *waves hand around vaguely* everything, but it makes for an interesting premise. “Tell me, my prince, what is the primary use of men now, if not to protect women from other men?”

[cbrownjc]

A question about Armand : when did he acquire this extraordinary fortune I keep hearing about (in the books)? Did he earn it in the 20th century? Was he still wealthy when Louis met him in Paris (i assume not to the buy-an-island level)? How did he acquire his fortune?

Hey Anon,

Armand got massively wealthy sometime in the late-70s or early-80s (it was during the Devil's Minion timeline in the books.) And he got his wealth mainly via treasure hunting. Because of his mind and spell gift abilities, he was able to locate some Spanish Galleon ships that had sunk and raise them, claiming their treasures. He was also able to find some historical artifacts - statues and whatnot - and sell them to collectors/museums and such.

Before his time with Daniel, with Louis, and even before then, Armand wasn't massively wealthy. He'd spent the majority of his vampire life in an underground cult, which was completely against living among mortals, which is the only reason having massive wealth would be for (and the cult wanted to kill Lestat for doing it).

After the cult broke up, Armand went straight into his Théâtre des Vampires era. IIRC, Lestat left them some gold so they could operate, but all the vampires - including Armand - lived at the theater as a coven, so again, no need for massive wealth or anything.

Once that coven was destroyed, Armand and Louis traveled the world together. Maybe Louis paid for things, IDK, it never says. But more than likely, there was a lot of stealing from victims involved, too, as I don't think Armand would have had any qualms about doing such a thing.

Oh, at this time he did have a house in Paris renovated for him and Louis to live in, which I don't remember how he got. (Someone let me know, did it ever say where that house came from?) He and Louis never lived in it, though, and it remained shut up and maintained by mortals.

Anyway, after Armand and Louis broke up sometime around 1929, Armand spent the next 40 years or so squatting in Lestat's house, waiting for him to wake up, not living in any type of wealthy lifestyle. And then Daniel stumbled upon him around 1974 or so. After their cat and mouse chase stopped and Armand felt - though Daniel - that he'd learned enough about the modern world, Armand built his current wealth, as I described, via treasure hunting and such.

With that money, he also bought a lot of real estate (he loves real estate), including the fabulous Night Island and Trinity Gate.

[virtuouswhitehatorganization]

Dr. Menace (Villainous Oc)

Name: Jonathan Buckingham  

Age: A century and half years old

Headcannon Voice Actor: Dwight Schultz (English); Octavio Rojas (Spanish)

Affiliations: Black Hat Organization 

Sexuality: Straight 

Occupation: Mad Scientist; Eugenist; Supervillain

Abilities: Longevity; Biokinesis; Superhuman Stamina; Superhuman Strength; Superhuman Reflexes; Superhuman Endurance; Superhuman Agility; Super Healing

DOB: February 12th 

Residence: Black Hat Island 

Ethnicity: British 

Personality: He is a very cruel and ruthless man who reveres science (especially how it can be used to create a super race of beings). He wants to push humanity past it's peak by any means necessary. He very much admires Black Hat so much that he wishes to make a being that could be as close as evil as he. He values brilliant minds regardless if they are heroes or villains. He does also want heroes and villains to breed together, especially if it can create the super human race he envisions. He also has a survival of the strongest mentality and has a low view of those he sees as weak. He does conduct himself in a sophisticated and polite manner even as he's doing something really horrible to someone. 

Background: He was originally a scientist from the Victorian era who became fascinated by superpowered beings and believed they were the first steps in evolution. He grew mad obsessed with trying to breed and experiment more superhumans that it alienated his peers who think he was insane. He was soon approached by a dark man who offered him the resources to be able to fulfill his dreams and he accepted. The man turned out to be Black Hat and he joined his Victorian era organization and was turned into Dr. Menace. He then throughout the centuries would use his powers to do experiments to try to breed powerful super beings and discard who he sees as inferior. He wants to see to it he can make a being that is close to evil as Black Hat. 

* He develops a thing for Mecha Max and thinks she's a great rival in genius. And even would love to reproduce with her. He wants to also figure out her lineage so he can figure out how she came out such a genius. 

* He is a frequent guest speaker at the Black Hat Institute. 

* He and Flug have worked together and appreciates his brilliance and believes he's one of the most brilliant scientists in history. He also secretly wants him and Max to get together to produce smart offspring. 

* He has a group of minions called the Raiders. 

* He is an admirer of Dr. Rapture's work. 

* He also wishes Penumbra and Sunblast get together to see the results of what their powers could entail.

* He is based on Mister Sinister.  

* He has a history of encouraging pairs in the villain community like Dark Phantom's parents. He does seem to think Dark Phantom is a disappointment and doesn't live up the potential his parents set. 

* He frequently is an adversary of Bastardos and has his eyes on pairing Polecat and Dr. Chip together to produce great potential offspring. 

* He also has interest in getting Green Rod and Coyote together to see what offspring they can produce. And continues to have an interest in them as they form a bloodline together. 

* He used to have more regressive viewpoints on race, gender, and sexuality but abandoned them as time went on. 

* He tends to use old school British slang and terms. 

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[uncivilcivilservice]

Current stuff

Tagged by: @desertfangs @covenofthearticulate @kf-tea and @rainbowcarousels (thank you everyone!)

current time: 18:38 pm

current mood: Head sore, but well fed and settled

current activity: Watching Shane and Ryan's new Ghost Files series on youtube and popping ibuprofen

currently thinking about: Mostly just about Armand and (vampire) Daniel breaking into Alcatraz for a laugh because the video I'm watching is set there. I think about them breaking into places to explore a lot, I think Armand would especially like places that were straight up abandoned and left more or less as they were with lots of stuff to look at.

current favorite song: Higher Window by Josh Groban (Song about trying to rekindle a marriage that is fracturing apart that has Louis/Lestat vibes imo) and Blood Upon the Snow by Hozier (which is my go to, quintessential Armand song) have been on back to back repeat for days so

currently reading: An illustrated book from the 70s about predatory animals called 'The Hunters' by Philip Whitfield

currently watching: Seems I've just got back into the Ghoul Boys, but until a couple of hours ago I was obsessively watching videos about maritime disasters for about a week

current favorite character: Daniel and Armand, my babies, by beloveds

current WIPs: I'll try and keep this to the ones I'm most likely to finish at... some point soon-ish?

Months late Mermay fic where Armand shows Daniel his nest of eggs and gets him to fertilise them

Fic where Armand watches back a film Daniel made of himself taking a walk around Night Island during the day (set during their seperations)

Devil's Minion era fic where Armand and Daniel are approached by a lost child and have to reunite them with their parents

Fic involving Armand restraining Vampire!Daniel in a collar with pins on the inside, hoping to have ready for Kink Week

Armand and Daniel sharing a drink 🥂🩸 the night they moved into the villa

Lestat drags Daniel away from a party at Court, and Armand finds them and decides he needs to reign both of them in

There are others, but these are my main priorities to finish, along with the couple of prompts still in my inbox 🫣

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I have a theory about Vyncent’s dad’s motivations. Major Prime Defenders spoilers for the Fauna arc in season 2 under the cut

So. Vyncent’s dad. wtf was wrong with him.

Like, he betrayed his dnd party, his besties, his pals, just to defeat the Lich, who would later go on to be defeated by three teenagers + Minerva. Like, if the Lich was super OP or had some hidden weakness that had to be exploited to make him beatable, maybe Vyncent’s dad’s decision would make more sense, and yet. Literally everybody knows you’ve got to find and destroy the Lich’s soul first. The Great’s only had to find and destroy a box. It was the Greats, the legendary heroes, vs a box and a guy who got bullied to death by a corpse, a minor, and a guy who’d eat fucking roadkill.

After turning this over in my head for a year, I’ve finally reached a conclusion, but we’ll have to establish a few things first.

1) Vyncent’s dad betrayed the Greats, and only the Greats. Once the Lich had the Greats, he would’ve just left for Prime, meaning that not only is Papa Sol not responsible for everything that happened to Fauna, but he’d been actively trying to prevent it. Bizly was also really pushing that Papa Sol hadn’t betrayed Vyncent, specifically, and had turned around and fought his ass off when Vyncent was caught in the crossfire.

2) The Lich set up shop on Fauna, literally less than a day or two’s walk from where Vyncent and Mama Sol lived.

3) While the prime defenders found the chest that used to house the Lich’s soul pretty easily, that was after it was empty, and therefore didn’t have to be protected. Back when it was in use, it could’ve been better protected by traps, minions, barriers, or it could’ve straight up been hidden. I don’t think it even had to be on Fauna. Finding it in a timely manner wasn’t guaranteed when the Greats were first heading off to face the Lich.

4) While the Lich kind’ve sucked when he was fighting alone, he did split an entire floating island into pieces, cut it off from the rest of the world, and rain death and destruction upon it for a year, so he was actually a dangerous threat, especially to non-combatants.

I think Vyncent’s dad didn’t sacrifice the Greats because he thought they couldn’t defeat the Lich, but because he thought they couldn’t defeat the Lich fast enough. The Lich was basically holding all of Fauna hostage— if the Greats weren’t able to find the Lich’s soul in time, then the Lich could’ve reformed and fucked off to kill Vyncent and his mom, and that’s a plenty powerful enough bargaining chip to convince Papa Sol to sell out his friends. And, since the reason the Lich wanted the Greats was to go to another dimension where he could never ever ever hurt Papa Sol’s family ever again, there was little chance of the Lich betraying him.

I think that interpretation gives a little more depth to Vyncent’s dad’s decision, works pretty smoothly with him turning on the Lich after the fact, and in general just makes him seem less like an idiot.