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“ It’s time to start talkiiing ~ what did you do?! “

Being confronted only by Astarion for Alfira’s murder.

I’m having so much fun playing only with him in all honesty, you can tell how much love and time they’ve put into him specifically

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My Love Mine All Mine

Happy Valentine's Day!

#tanz der vampire #valentines day #herbert von krolock #artwork #herbfred #herfred #digital art #art gallery #illustration #portrait #vampire #my art #бал вампиров

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one new little detail in this art

#tanz der vampire #бал вампиров #herbert von krolock #portrait #vampire #fashion #details #couture #acsessories

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Carpe Noctem

Illustration for RMT ZINE

#tanz der vampire #painting #vampires #digital art #artwork #vampire #dark art #illustration #бал вампиров #herbert von krolock #herbfred #herfred #kirbert #realism #realistic #contemporary art #art gallery

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This is a gift, you know. I won't forget it.

#baldur's gate 3 #astarion #astarion bg3 #bg3 #bg3 astarion #astarion ancunin #artwork #vampire #dark art #portrait #painting #vampires #goth #contemporary art

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WIP

Soon

#tanz der vampire #vampire #artwork #digital art #art wip

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"Bram Stocker's Dracula", 1992. Art by me.

#dracula 1992 #dracula #bram stocker's dracula #vampire #artwork #digital art #count dracula #dracula book #painting #portrait #bram stoker #vampires #dark art #illustration

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Ok so

tdv ambiguous ending

-> sometimes ppl go "How can it be a good/narratively backed ending [in terms of Alfred and Alfred's story] when he was bitten against his will?" or people just interpret the ending as 'Krolock winning'. Yes, it's Krolock winning, but because of what the themes of the story are, in the moral sense Krolock was always going to win (and he says this and knows this). But he's a symbolic character so he doesn't win personally, it's just his cause that wins - over the professor's. Krolock doesn't win over Alfred because Alfred, just as much as Sarah, is the "bargaining chip". It's like saying that in a competition between two fishermen (Abronsius & Krolock), the fish lost. Like yeah but the fish was going to lose anyway

And like it's not a "good ending" in terms of morality/purity/goodness, but narratively it's also a fulfillment of Alfred's character arc - ie. because of what he said in Für Sarah (and the depth of the emotion he committed to) he doomed himself (to a sea of emotion and no land etc, forever and ever). Like, he's thinking that through his love for her he can persevere and defeat the darkness that looms over them, but the love and the darkness are actually one and the same. Sarah knows this and realises it pretty early on, and she decides it's worth it because she wants the freedom and the uninhibited emotion no matter the cost, but for Alfred the idea that he can somehow defeat the darkness by drawing strength from the love is the "big lie" he believes about the world, and hence he grapples with it throughout the show. And even at the end he hasn't necessarily come to terms with it - until Sarah is mid-bite.

Anyway I spent like 6 hours on this last night XD

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My obsession with Baldur's Gate 3 is forcing me to make content that I had absolutely no plans for. I'll probably draw something in the near future, but for now…. GMV with my beloved Astarion ❤ Song: In Strict Confidence - Set Me Free

#baldur's gate 3 #astarion #astarion bg3

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Herbert is so lonely and unsocialized. Bestie doesn't have any social decorum at all (at least not emotionally). He full on sais you have to be nice to me. You must be. It's a rule, a demand.

His following statement: I want to understand you.

This is his dilemma because how can he understand if the person he's trying to get to know feels like they are expected and forced to be nice to him/ behave a certain way towards him?

He even notices Alfred's obvious discomfort but doesn't recognize it as being his fault.

If Herbert is being played genuinely he has literally been around so little people (probably none that didn't get eaten at some point) that he has no idea how to treat them properly.

My guy is bored (like he sais in "Vor dem Schloss"), lonely and thinks that forcefully changing someone into a vampire will definetly make him less lonely and fix the problem at hand.

Herbert revolves around himself, simply because he has no one else to care about. It's all he's ever known.

He wants to give though, wants to feel. He is in touch with his very strong emotions. The expression of them however becomes problematic if faced with someone real/ an actual person to express them to.

After caring for himself for all of this time (except for his dad, who gives him plenty of parental love but obviously can't give him the romantic love he is so desperately looking for) he just doesn't know how to balance his own self/ his own emotions with someone elses feelings/ opinions.

This results in him being unable to make healthy conections and give his affections in a functioning, non overwhelming manner.

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I‘m once again listening to tdv and oh my god „Für Sarah“ is literally so dear to me because it not only establishes Alfred as being a poor little meow meow but also as fundamentally not the right person for Sarah.

Sarah is very much so looking for a strong, hardened man that is cold, determined, calm. She is looking for Krolock or at least what Alfred perceives the Count to be like.

And Alfred has realized that, he is aware of it but so caught up in his compassionate, gentle and soft self, as well as his own insecurity that he is okay with losing himself to be what Sarah wants/ needs.

And that willingness to let go of his personality/ morals in such a way is strongly connected to the stereotypical female gothic heroine. Alfred takes on the role of „gothic heroine“ right after he arrives at the castle. Maybe even before that. Alfred is active as the professor’s savior right at the beginning of the musical. But even then he is looking for guidance, someone to „follow“ (think about him shouting for the professor). He wants to be the „male hero“, saving the girl, that‘s who he understands himself to be but he is not.

Sarah however is all of those things. From the moment she decides to leave her home (going on the hero’s journey) she displays the stereotypically „male hero‘s“ determination, courage that Alfred is so keen to acquire. So naturally she goes on looking for someone similar to her. Someone that she can not only argue with but also learn from. She is looking for a way out and while Alfred is a good guy (in tune with his emotions, incredibly kind with a huge amount of compassion etc.) he is not and could not ever be her mental equal. He is literally willing to lose himself for her. Which would simply be unhealthy for both of them.

Alfred would not be able to give Sarah what she is looking for, which due to his caring, giving personality, would be his deepest desire/ wish for their relationship. My guy would probably break completely.

Like he literally sais that he'd give his blood for her. And it happens. In the end Alfred has given himself to Sarah completely and thereby lost his own chance of happiness (not ever reaching his academic goals, not being able to uphold his moral code because at the end of the day he will have to kill to survive).

Alfred gives, gives, gives and Sarah takes, takes, takes and through no fault of their own they just wouldn't be very happy together.

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#Tanz der Vampire #Herbert von Krolock #Герберт фон Кролок #Kirill Gordeev #Kirbert #Vampire

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Vampire Louis XIV

In the musical Tanz der Vampire, Louis XIV is a member of Count von Krolock's retinue. Once a year, the Sun King rises from the grave to join the sacrifice ritual.

#tanz der vampire #artwork #digital art #digital painting #portrait #vampire #goth #dark art #baroque #classical art #contemporary art #painting #vampire art #vampire aesthetic #aesthetic #dark #dark aesthetic

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ME

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"Prayer"

#tanz der vampire #бал вампиров #digital art #artwork #art gallery #illustration #portrait #fan art #digital painting #painting

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#hotd #house of the dragon #aemond targaryen #vhagar #digital art #digital painting #illustration #portrait #art gallery #game of thrones

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my old artwork

#tanz der vampire #artwork #herbert von krolock #fan art #herfred #herbfred #vampire #бал вампиров