#support vampire rights

[ren-the-neverending]

[2-rustywings-2]

Doodle because I need her out of my head

The dracula jokes and vampire collar tickle my brain

[blenselche]

La Vie Boheme x Bubbline shitpost

My friend who thinks bubbline shippers are "found family incest* freaks" just got engaged to the guy she brother-zoned way back in high school. Sis coped too close to the sun now look what happened smh. What have we learned, class? Don't get uppity about ship dynamics, it might come back 'round to bite you.

[super-saiyan-dyke]

[crazykuroneko]

He really said this because he believed for 77 years that Lestat had abandoned him, that their 30 years of marriage was nothing for Lestat, and that Lestat really wanted and planned for them both to die, that Lestat loving him - a fact in their wedding vow that made Louis accepted the gift- was false, didn't he?

[malicious-metal]

Whipped up a real quick and messy reference for one of our chronicle's Nosferatu STCs, Doctor Zinovia Zorin! Initially starting out as a custom Shovelhead Sire option during one of our regular Sabbat mass embraces, she's kinda become a fan favourite among my players so now she gets to feature more often. A Necronomist, (almost) red-listed and living viral vector for the Scourge Virus, you do NOT want to be turned into the doctor's next test subject. Or maybe you do, judging by everyone who wanted her as their shovelhead sire. Now back to sketching some other quick fullbody refs for artfight, the curse of STing is having far too many characters to make proper non-sketch art for.

[maria-tries]

I think they did it but I just can’t prove it 🔮🩸🐺

a witch, vampire and werewolf bestie trio

[againwithpurpose]

I will hit like and/or comment on any piece of fan art I see (and leave kudos any fic I read) in the fandoms I’m into, as long as it isn’t racist, queerphobic or otherwise morally despicable. I will make extra, super sure to like the pieces that are made by people who are new to art or who express insecurities around their creativity but are brave enough to put their work out there anyway. It doesn’t matter if it’s a ship I don’t particularly favour or a style that’s not my cup of tea, I just want more people to be creative.

It sometimes makes me a bit sad to see that there are creations — even ones reasonably and appropriately tagged with popular and trending tags — that are met by crickets whilst other art, tagged similarly, spreads like wildfire in just a couple of hours. The latter art is often amazing and absolutely deserves the attention and praise, but let’s acknowledge and encourage new, developing artists too! Sometimes, when I’ve checked back on a blog, I’ve noticed how pieces that had received very little appreciation when I last saw them have been taken down. That never seems to happen with pieces that get a lot of attention.

People who never get noticed or appreciated will stop showing up or, worst case, feel like they’re not good enough to be creative. Let’s lift each other up, especially those who are new to art. Especially all of you amazing ”fan art celebrities” out there. Your encouragement would probably mean the world to many who are just starting out.

(Just look at Armand up there! He needs to be painted!)

[flaphack]

i love terry jr but it is SO FUNNY that he is now receiving karmic retribution for his shitty step kid behavior in the form of a stepdaughter that hates him

[technicallysecretchaos]

Hey Starry, you're so hot when you're getting revenge.

But maybe you should also get therapy?

[incomingalbatross]

Could the City Between and the Dresden Files conceivably share a universe? How would Harry Dresden fare in the City Between?

oh HMMMM

They might be able to! The main conceit of City Between, worldbuilding-wise, is basically that the Fantasy Dimension is occupying the same space as the Human Dimension as a default thing - Fantasy Dimension is Behind - and Between is the soft space in the middle that things and people can go through. This does not exactly exist in Dresden Files, but I feel like it could validly coexist with its worldbuilding.

On the other side of things, the fae and other Behindkind seem to live in a more limited world than the Dresden Files? They're very firm that humans don't have magic (though whether they're right is another question), there seems to only be one kind of werewolf, etc. However, this could easily mean that the Behindkind just don't interact enough with the human world to be aware of all the forces in it.

Politically it's a little trickier - the ruling class of Behindkind are fae, which ought to have some relationship with the Winter or Summer Courts of Dresdenverse. However, they have their own ruler, the King Behind, who is a sort of Fisher King-figure to the whole world/dimension of Behind. (I don't think his authority practically extends over everyone in his territory, but certainly there are no other sovereign powers in opposition to him.)

I think if you explained Behind as its own particular dimension of what Harry would call the Nevernever, and glossed over some details on both sides, you could make it work. The main points are A) putting it outside of Mab and Titania's jurisdiction, B) explaining why these fae don't have apparent history with the White Council, and C) minor details like "do these lycanthropes/vampires/etc. match any of the Dresdenverse ones" and "why do the Behindkind have Seelie and Unseelie lords that aren't in the Dresdenverse Courts."

(I do default to explaining other canons within the framework of the Dresden canon, simply because there's so much of the Dresden canon and it seems designed to keep fitting new elements.)

As for how Harry would do there?

Well. First point to make is that the titular City Between is Hobart, Australia. I do not think Harry would enjoy being in Australia. :P

Strengthwise, it depends where he is in his own series, but I think Harry would be a match for most of the CB players in combat. Taking fae and such by surprise is kind of his thing, and they're culturally arrogant enough that I don't think they would be prepared for either a human spellslinger or a gun. They're good at carnage! But he's very good at magical-mundane scrapping.

Magically, Between would probably annoy him because it's a lot more fluid than the dimensions and systems he's used to, but he'd also be fascinated watching people work it. He is a magic nerd, after all.

Morally and intellectually he would not vibe with fae culture, nor with Pet's three "psychos" in their earlier appearances. They have an explicit disregard for human deaths that would make him MAD. They're also pursuing a long-term serial murder investigation (focusing on fae murders, though humans have also incidentally died), which he would obviously get into the middle of somehow as an upstanding wizard PI. He would probably solve it significantly sooner, too, I have to say!

Man, that would be messy.

So yeah, watching these fae and vampire tramping through human society and brushing aside the collateral damage their society is causing, all while (inefficiently, as far as he can see) investigating an apparent immortal serial killer? Harry would be feuding with them very early in his own investigation. Hopefully not tipping over into outright war, but the relationship would not be smooth.

Oh! And there's a teenage human girl in their household who keeps trying to get everyone to play nice together. Tripping all his protective chivalry instincts.

He WOULD like Pet. He would be so so stressed about her but he'd respect her moral compass and determination, and try very hard to make sure she could count on him as a human ally. And Pet would appreciate that! She'd need him not to try and get between her and her psychos, because she gets attached to them quickly, but having the option of a human wizard protector who understands all her moral issues would be kinda great.

In conclusion... I think if Harry showed up during City Between canon, he could turn it into a Dresden Files book. I think his resolution to their issues might well be just as good as the way things go in their canon... but differently good. I wouldn't trade that universe for canon but I think it would be fascinating to see.

[niemensch]

Hear me out. (OG + SVSS) Luo Binghe? - He’s a fucking vampire. Yes. I am serious. Canonically.

Xin Mo? Vampire. Yes. I am serious.

Xin Mo and Luo Binghe together? They are either to be seen as toxic codependent 🧛vampire besties🧛‍♂️ or as one ✨unified✨ concept of one (1) vampire. Take your pick.

Also, In the words of Ch.4, Shen Qingqiu: “You are no simple demon, Luo Binghe.”

In my own words, if you are interested in Vampire LBH, my first (Vampire SY-centric) fic chapter inspired by this is out, and more to come, prologue with 5k for now!:)

Anyways! Let’s not get caught up in different mythologies and their cultural differences. There’s no vampire canon anyways. Biggest point to be made here, imo? Jiangshi - aka chinese Vampires do not suck blood to stay alive, but rather Qi, which can also be extracted in Chinese mythology through the act of dual cultivating.

They have long fingernails, white skin, some are said to have red eyes. While most of them are described as corpse-like trapped in a rigid state of movement, some texts also talk about the ‘stronger’ Jiangshi that are able to look almost human-like and move without any restrictions.

Their creation myth is too big to summarise here since there are a lot of sources on it, but relevant for us: Injustice before (or after!) death triggers their transformation, something we also know to cause heart demons. They lose part of their soul concerned with morality and reason in the process and are controlled entirely by their hunger for Yang Qi, since they are Yin creatures.

Some sources also state that they turn others by ‘injecting’ a poison, that possibly enables them to control them too. Sound familiar yet? (Also, Blood Parasites? Hello?)

Let’s roll this Bingge-shaped fact-dough out, I only have so much space. I will start with a quick list and then go into more detail after for anybody interested. My sources in reply later.

Heavenly Demons are not ‘natural’, but were created - turned - because heavenly beings succumbed to sin - heart demons. Their descendants are said to unlock the full potential of their strength through being triggered into this state of moral degeneration again.

Canon OG Luo Binghe is constantly in a state of uncontrollable mindless bloodlust and sexual desire - he fills his harem with what SY guesses to be a three-digit number because he’s that insatiable, while committing countless heinous crimes, yet still described himself constantly caught in a state of hunger, never ‘satisfied’.

Xin Mo is the heart demon sword that both ‘turns’ and ‘triggers’ Luo Binghe into his ‘final’ strongest form - both of them are bound by this connection. OG Luo Binghe is said to run around with his sword wrapped in seals in order to try to contain it at some point and SVSS Luo Binghe himself is unable to escape the sword’s thrall alone, almost turning mindless in the process. - Only dual cultivation aka Qi injection via Shen Yuan (aka man aka Yang Energy) sacrificing his entire life force, absorbing his demon energy, the ��yin’, finally ‘saves’ him from turning so.

OG LBH’s harem? Here’s my theory as to why his vampirism meant he never, including narratively-spiritually-wise, was happy with them and always adding more in search of ‘final’ fulfilment.

Assuming y’all are on board with my vampire theory - pwease be - we established they need Yang Qi to balance themselves out, instinctively seeking it through mindless dual cultivation in some cases. We never learn a lot about cultivation specifics in SVSS, but assuming the often-used cultivation lore thread that women’s Qi tends to be mostly Yin-natured with way less Yang than a male cultivator naturally has? He was basically putting a band-aid on a gaping, gigantic wound that way, only getting so much Yang Energy through the sexual exchange. Even without Xin Mo, LBH has still been shown, both in PIDW and SVSS to be losing his sanity and morals btw. One of them ended up happy with just a single person though - and feeling fulfilled. What’s the difference between the two? SY. Guy with phallus. Phallus - Yang Energy. SY specifically? Man too. Yang Energy.

LBH is not just a fucking vampire, he’s by ‘biological’ impulse driven by his Qi imbalance, one attracted to male - Yang energy (or dick💛 to put it differently and a bit simplistic). He’s a 💁 vampire. Symbolically at least. That’s why the fix-it SVSS was gay. The power of healing cock. This concludes my essay on how OG LBH getting dicked down by a trans-woman in his harem could have turned him sane and saved the PIDW world, thank you.

🧛 End. Thank you.

I wrote a bit more about the details and mechanics of Jiangshi, so if you are interested just click to read more, but it’s not needed, just additional info.

Noted that this is just touching on the chinese side of vampirism, there’s enough for another essay about his western vampire traits, like inhumane beauty, thrall, blood and its control, fangs, red eyes, obsession, mystical powers, and so on!

Canon: Heavenly Demons are not born, but created. Why do we care? The reason for their creation is them succumbing to sin/darkness. They were heavenly beings that “fell” and turned into the demons we know them as in the process. It is even said that their heart demons are what makes them strong and/or keeps them going as heavenly demons. (Ch. 2 + 4)

While it could be argued that the marker of ‘darkening’ aka the Zuiyin mark on Luo Binghe’s forehead (according to canon) could happen to anybody and is a process of general demonification it does not make my vampire argument here inoperative. Luo Binghe’s race and acquittal of Xin Mo only applies to him, making his case a separate matter.

Chinese Vampires, aka Jiangshi? One (of two) originator(s) of their definition, Yuan Mei talks about the specifics of their creation: He reasons that the human soul is split in two parts, the po and the hun.

The po is yin aspected, it is the ‘animal’ instinct that is concerned with base desires like food, reproduction, etc. and associated with earth and darkness. - You may know yin as the feminine energy.

The hun is yang aspected, it develops later in life and is the ‘human reason’, associated with light and heaven. - You may know yang as the masculine energy.

In the case of Shen Yuan’s importance for LBH this is even more relevant. After all, we could interpret his ‘transmigration’ into SQQ’s body as his hun (‘the mind’) leaving his po aspect (‘the body’). Since SQQ’s body is considered dead and therefore without po (in theory, to be argued maybe) purely the ‘hun’ governs SY in SQQ’s body. Aka Yang Qi. The contra piece to the po of LBH, who is Yin natured by virtue of vampirism/heavenly demon race.

➡️ When a person dies their hun normally ascends to heaven while the po is left behind and absorbed back by the earth. When the po refuses to leave the body, caused by unjust death and grievances, the Jiangshi is created - characterised by being purely yin aspected, without any yang energy.

The missing of their hun part leaves them reduced to their animal desires - driven by constant violent bloodlust and rabid sexual desire. They are without reason or empathy - basically a sort of moral degeneration and loss of empathy happens. Sound familiar?

Here’s what canon has to say about Luo Binghe’s “transformation” into a Heavenly Demon:

“Luo Binghe was lost to his bloodlust. He didn’t know why, only that his head ached like it was about to explode, and he nearly collapsed to his knees. His entire body roiled with a desire to inflict savage cruelty.”

Further, the imbalance of Yin-Yang makes Jiangshi’s crave the missing yang qi, which they desperately continue to extract from their victims - mostly through Qi and sexual contact. In some folklore they can turn others into Jiangshi by “poisoning” them with their own blood/Qi, or even control them with it.

Hmmmmm. So, say someone happened to be in possession of a sword literally called ‘Heart Demon’, is also a heavenly demon who is said to get stronger with the harnessing of his heart demons? And this someone is implied, if not explicitly said, to be full of Yin Energy to the point it further spirals him into darkness while his sword continues to consume his mind and feed off his QI? Say, he also needs constant, unending QI injection by dual cultivating forever in order to stabilise his extremely imbalanced Yin-Yang, always in a state of ‘hunger’ and ‘lust’? To the point canon OG and SVSS Luo Binghe is noted to have lost his sanity and humanity to this need?

He also has long fingernails, pale skin, inhumane beauty, the ability to teleport (as Jiangshi’s do), manipulate blood/their life force in order to control others, is inhumanly strong….to just point out a few similarities.

—> Vampire✅🧛

Additional clarification: While Jiangshi are mostly seen as the chinese version of Vampires, that originates from a marketing strategy back in the 1970/80s to capture the western market in the movie industry. They are much closer to what we consider as zombie in western mythology, though there are quite a few important vampire overlaps too. In this specific case though, I see LBH as a western and chinese blend of vampire mythology so I took the liberty of still calling Jiangshi the ‘chinese version of a vampire’.

(Can you tell I’m totally, completely normal about this?💀)

[cassiline]

not an Armand apologist I actually think he did all of those crimes and it was very hot and sexy of him

[moodmoodthecrabking]

vampire!steph x human!pete moodboard requested by @bird-likes-to-fandom

[ameliorent]

The subtle horror of watching Armand, the former prostitute, asking Louis, the former pimp, if he's "asking or making" him with that little warble in his voice and that vulnerable look! After being told lately to strip and lie face down so he can get fucked! But Louis does it out of love but he doesn't want Armand to know he loves him! And Armand talks about how he's a coward during this period of time, when we can see he's been retraumatized so much so recently

[wholoveseggs]

I just binged interview with a vampire... And all I can think about is:

I love him, I hate him, I understand him...