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I’m not sure if you answer this already, but in your head or in your mind, how does the” mate pull” works? I always see people writing “ as soon as they lock eyes, they knew they were the one that they were there mate “ always made no sense to me to me. You got a build that relationship. I see it as a little crush from both sides, but getting to know each other then falling in love, then boom mates I don’t see it as oh my God he looked at me. He’s my main type of thing it honestly my biggest pet peeve when people write that, because why would I wanna be forced to be someone’s mate because we locked eyes. I read a story on Wattpad of a Alec fanfiction that he became aggressive and wouldn’t let go of YN because they locked eyes and he felt protective over her and that he knew that she was his meat makes no sense to me

So tell me how with the “ mate pull “ work on your eyes 

Okay! Let’s tackle my HCs for how mates work!

In my HC, “bonds” developed out of a psychological need for vampires to have them. Not only do they rarely meet other vampires, it’s even more rare that they’re inclined to get along with other vampires.

However, on some level, vampires do desire community and love. Much like for humans, at its core, this desire is based in survival. That being said, for the reasons previously mentioned, these bonds can be incredibly hard to form on their own. Relationships are hard to build when you’re incredibly isolated and constantly worried about survival. Thus, bonds developed as a way to streamline this process.

In my HC, bonds can form for many different close relationships — namely romantic and familial.

When one encounters a potential bond, they will feel a “pull”. These are incredibly overwhelming when first encountered but require both parties to actually put in some kind of effort to build the relationship. That being said, people with particularly strong bonds may find it exceptionally difficult to stay away from one another even if they both want to.

I also think that bonds can form over time. Even if they hadn’t initially had a bond, if two vampires become incredibly close a bond may start to form between them.

And just a few more small things to know about bonds in my HC:

Evolutionarily, bonds are the basis of what vampires would go on to call “covens”.

Vampires can feel multiple bonds in their life times. These are a mix of familial and romantic bonds.

Vampires who’s place in a coven may be in jeopardy or can otherwise be disadvantaged by potential mates, are less likely to feel new pulls and tend not to feel as inclined to pursue bonds (this is how I justify vampires like Demetri & Felix not yet having mates). This is because bonds are ultimately about survival, they’re less likely to form if they’re a threat to a vampire’s survival.

PS. Yes, I hate weird possessive mate-bond shenanigans. There’s absolutely nothing romantic or attractive about it. I may have been more inclined to it when I was younger but as an adult, I cringe.

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Greek yogurt is not the only white creamy substance of Greek origin I want my mouth —

*I am forcibly removed from the throne room*

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Reasons Carlisle left Volterra

Demetri

Realizing he’ll never have Aro entirely to himself

Alec and Jane arguing over legos constantly

Felix pointing and laughing at him randomly

Marcus being emo

Caius complaining about him smelling like rat blood

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if a man ever breaks up w me the same way edward breaks up w bella ill never recover

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dont mess with us rosalie fans, there are only like 5 of us

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Repost if you can hear this

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I completely believe that if Esme saw this she would be telling Emmett off (and maybe Carlisle for not saying anything!)

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𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘎𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥 While the Higher Guard are permanent fixture's in the hallowed halls of Volterra, there is also The Transitionary Guard that is managed by Santiago primarily. These members of the coven come and go through the ages, though most of them stay for at least a century before they part ways with The Volturi. . Cast: Liam Samuels, Sosheba Griffiths, Lee Soo-Hyuk, Medalion Rahimi, Lewis Bryant, Olivia Cooke, Tony Thornburg and Geri Steenkamp.

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Absolutely honored to recurve such high praise! I love your blog so much as well! 💕💕

(And my apologies for the inactivity, school is kicking my ass)

For the ask game: wand, minotaur, and god 🦢🤍

𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐝 - Before I really wished to live in big cities, but at this point in life i just want to live in a cottage in the Scottish Highlands or something, not somewhere too warm.

𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐫 - If you woke me up at 5 am with a knife to my throat and demanded me to sing a song without stuttering; It would have to be "Shake it out" by Florence + The Machine. That song is me if you bottled me up and somehow made a vinyl. Alternatively there is also "Willow" by Taylor Swift and "Crystal" by Fleetwood Mac.

𝐆𝐨𝐝 - My top five when it comes to blogs... well, seeing as though I have been away for a while I have no idea who is around any longer sadly, but I will write down a list of some oldies and some newer ones I have found;

@the-volturi-diaries (I don't know how many times I have reblogged you at this point in time, but I am not sorry.)

@venusofvolterra (A little inactive right now but has some A+ character takes and I support it)

@writerman (Go read 'Thrall' right now.)

@wake-of-vultures (Go look at their art and read 'Cracks in The Crypt' right now)

@keepingupwiththecullens & @panlight (Classics ™)

From the Fantasy Ask Game

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Rewatching midnight mass

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Occasionally I'll randomly think about the Midnight Mass vampire vision of lights where you get the rays out and it kinda dances and then I'll think about how I basically get the same thing when I'm wearing my glasses became light reflects off the lenses and I've got an astigmatism

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Today we visited Volterra :)

It is a realy lovely medival town in tuscany

i know they filmes the move in montepulciano but we went to siena and Volterra is just 1 hour away...and its Volterra ;)

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Literally went “darn this a har- HEIDI!!”

Additional poll

(Not part of the tournament)

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Felix’s gf: I hate men.

Felix: yes! You should! All men are pigs! We are terrible!!

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For the smart but unsuccessful ruler I’d go with Heraclius, who become the Byzantine emperor in 610 and even though he successfully fought a pyrrhic war, he was sort of doomed to fail and lost Egypt to Arab invaders.

For straight up idiot (tho it’s hard to say any of them are idiots) I’d go for Didius Julianus who straight up bought the Roman Empire. The way he acquired the empire made him unpopular and therefore easy enough to over throw.

hello! as you know i'm writing a felix fic.

i'm including demetri's cats, and i've decided to rename some of them. that being said, i need some help on the two orange boys. i specifically need names of historic figures/leaders who were ineffective/unsuccessful rulers.

i need one who was actually kinda clever (but who ended up a failure), and another who was just a straight up idiot.

i'm leaning more towards greek, roman and italian, byzantine, and egyptian names, but i'm open to others (see anne, who was named after the english monarch and passenger ship to plymouth).

(also tagging @venusofvolterra who i've noticed is great with history but anyone is welcome to help)

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Gentle reminder that I don’t take hyper specific writing requests.

If you’re curious as to what kind of asks I do accept, it’s as simple as looking at my masterlist and seeing what kind of asks I do respond to.

(Hint: they generally concern hc, world building, and character analysis)