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the timing of my vandal muse coming back as soon as con season starts to ramp up . :/c

#i have a con i'm prepping for this weekend ... AAAAAAAAA #i mean . ofc . not like my weeb shit EVER leaves . #( 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐄 . ) | outofcharacter .

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Abd Al-Wahhab Al-Bayyati, from “Modern Arabic Poetry: An Anthology; ‘The birth of Aisha and her death’, tr. Sargon Boulus and Christopher Middleton.

#( 𝐓𝐎 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓 . ) | queue'd . #( 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐒𝐓 . ) | musings .

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what  specifically  named  color  do  you  embody ?

aureolin .

you are the rock in every friend group, the pillar of your family, and the foundation of which others love to build their ideologies on. you are their pride and joy of knowing right from wrong, and you also pride yourself on it. the world loves you, and you love it. people count on you and you love to see them praise you for the things you naturally are good at. it's a wonderful time, for you. but the days are short when you believe in yourself, and the nights are oh so long when you don't want to sleep - after all, you have a mask to polish, don't you?

Tagging: steal it ! tagged by : stolen from @ratwhsprs ;)

#he's a rock indeed ... *nods* #the rock upon which your skull shatters . <3 #reading this & applying it someone like vandal makes me HOWL with laughter . #like . OKAY . THANKS I GUESS . #uquiz this man is unfathomably evil & many people LOATHE him . #( 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐄 . ) | outofcharacter .

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This Is Too Much Power, If I'm Honest.

#this edit SLAPS #FOLLOW CJ ! #so many characters !!! #promo .

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Margaret Atwood, from The Circle Game

#REAL SHIT !!!!!!! #( 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐒𝐓 . ) | musings .

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He's already BREATHING DOWN Alan's neck . B^) ( to alan scott pls )

"To put it politely, can you not?"

#immortalizing this . #finally . an alan scott <3 #THANK YOU CJ . #saved .

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" Tell me you missed me. " she's already on his lap

" EXCITED TO SEE ME AGAIN , are you , my dear ? " his voice , a WAR-WORN silk against the witch's flesh . a thrilling warmth , that ancient pitch of hers . her eyes , reddened & crimsoned ------ twin moons spilt by blood . the deepend scarlet of her lips , spread with love & hunger . and the woman spoke so gently , it ached to hear a single utterance .

his hands , wrought with violence , clasp her close , pulling her nearer . vandal lovingly sinks bone into her vicious jawline , across her thrumming pulse . tasting her divine blood . " moon-wed bride of mine , of course I missed you . "

@mundmutter

#SHE ZOOMED OVER TO HIM DIDN'T SHE #woman shuffle . #mundmutter #( 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐒𝐓 . ) | incharacter .

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me watching anything dc-adjacent : wow ... this could be improved by adding in that horrible , wretched caveman tbh ...

#it's called 'i'm annoying & wanna see my niche favs' #( 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐄 . ) | outofcharacter .

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is vandal a theatre kid

in a way . yes . more so in the fact of patronism rather than performing directly . however , i personally wouldn't put him ABOVE the idea of performing in something ? put him in an adaption of the odysessy , he'd do a good job . seeing as vandal could have easily seen a number of forms of the arts develop , i'm sure they would pique some bit of his interestss , in terms of the context they were created under .

probably prefers opera to musicals outright , though .

#LYDIE would be THE theatre kid outright tho lbr . #( 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐒𝐓 . ) | headcanon .

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Shōgun (2024) | Chapter 2: Servants of Two Masters + Aesthetic 4/∞

#watching this show right now tbh :) #( 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐒𝐓 . ) | aesthetics . #gif warning . #need to talk about this guy during his time in feudal japan...

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my fav thing about seeing another duplicate of my chara with nami @savcge is like ... my vandal is more ? historical , more of an absolute fuckin' barbarian who will split you in half . nami's vandal is more of a mad scientist weirdo who will fuck your life up beyond all repair , and both are totally valid & two directions of the same character that Make Sense . and i love the dissonance . i love the subtle differences . it's all *chef kiss* mwah mwah , delicious . crispy .

#also nami gives me interactions with my vandal bby characters ;w; #so i don't ...have to fic it myself . #OIHREFWIHOEHOIHIORE #I LOOOOOVEEEE THAT AAAAAAAAAAA #means so much . #( 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐄 . ) | outofcharacter .

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call us THE VANDALS the way we congregate like it's 455 CE & we're both drunk at the sacking of rome

#how nostalgic ... :)

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remember everyone, this is me & @savcge

#nami drew this very accurate picture of us <3 #( 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐄 . ) | outofcharacter .

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@savcge but do you see MY vision tho .

#REMEMBER ????????????

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it literally fills me with joy to know so many people are excited to see me back 🥺💞 melting into goo , this very moment .

#HOLDING BACK THE TEARS FOR REAL . #yous missed me ? AND the awful mans ? #( 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐄 . ) | outofcharacter .

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rasputin didnt become a fucked up sex wizard until he was like 30. your life doesn't end at 25 <3

#*nods* so true . #( 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐒𝐓 . ) | musings .

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CHILDREN   OF   THE   NIGHT.   a   collection   of   quotes   and   scenarios   about   vampires.   change   pronouns/names   as   you   see   fit.   These   were   all   taken   from   different   sources   of   fiction,   both   in   literature   and   audiovisual   media.   all   known   triggers   for   vampire   media   apply   (blood,   death,   murder,   gothic   horror, obsessive love   and   more).

SENTENCES AND QUOTES. change pronouns and names, locations as you see fit.

"I took mythology a lot more seriously since I’d become a vampire."

“None of us really changes over time; we only become more fully what we are.”

"A vampire, like a lady, never reveals his true age."

"How do we seem to you? Do you find us beautiful and magical?”

"The strength of the vampire is that people will not believe in him."

"Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!"

"The blood is the life!"

"Loving the monsters always ends badly for the humans. It's a rule."

“When people see good, they expect good. I don't want to have to live up to anyone's expectations.”

“Love is a vampire’s greatest weakness. And we are not weak.”

“You know that old saying. Once you go dead, no one's better in bed.”

“For a hundred years I offered ugly death to everyone I met, and I did it with a song in my heart.”

"I'm not human. And I miss it. I miss it more than anything in the world. That is my secret."

“I'm in love with a woman I can never have. The point is I'm in love with her and it's driving me crazy. I'm not in control.”

"Your life is pathetic. Your after-life doesn't have to be."

"Life sucks either way, Jeremy. At least if you're a vampire, you don't have to feel bad about it if you don't want to."

"You want a love that consumes you. You want passion and adventure and even a little danger."

"Sometimes the world turns good people into bad people."

"People have been after me for a thousand years, but I'm always one step ahead."

"Mother made us vampires. She didn't make us monsters. We did that to ourselves."

"Perhaps one day, in a year or even in a century. You'll turn up at my door and let me show you what the world has to offer."

"Do you have any idea how rare love is? In a thousand years, I have found it but twice, and when I have, I have honored it."

"You're a vampire, sweetheart. I don't think you'll ever be okay again."

“When you feel the blood rush in, you tell yourself that you’re gonna get through it; that you’re strong enough.”

“You’d be surprised how easy it is to forget the past, Elena.”

“I wanna rip into your skin. And I wanna feed on your blood. Under your skin.”

“I just want one taste. That''s all I need. I just want one taste.”

“There’s the briefest of moments before we kill, where we literally hold their life in our hands and then rip it away, and we’re left with nothing.”

“Do you know the secret to immortality?”

“The vampire bond. There is no human equivalent.”

“He was my mentor, my murderer, my maker.”

“When was the last time you drank blood?”

“Left you with a bit of a craving, didn’t it? One day that craving is gonna grow.”

“That's cause you took my life! I got nothing. I lost everything. I lost my brother. I lost my family. About to lose the last fucking thing I care about.”

“And then I watched you pull over and drain a dog. And run down an alleyway for two more rats. This is not a life!”

“Hunting is an art. You have the power to subdue anyone you want, but sometimes restraint is your most powerful weapon.”

“What does this taste like to you?”

“There is one thing about being a vampire that I must fear above all else, and that is loneliness. You can't imagine the emptiness. The void.”

“Vampires are killers. Apex predators whose all-seeing eyes were meant to give them detachment. The ability to see a human life in its entirety.”

“Don’t underestimate the allure of the darkness. Even the purest hearts are drawn to it.”

“End of the day, human life is just a means to an end. Our means to our end.”

“A mutual law of nature is the strong always take from the weak.”

“It’s better to have a flawed life lived than wasted rotting away in clay.”

“Hatred, a pure and perfect hatred that’s greater now than the day I first took your life.”

“A thousand years of history isn’t going to write itself.”

“I can’t be killed.”

“I’m the monster lesser monsters fear.”

"I have crossed oceans of time to find you."

"You don't know what you are asking of me. To drink from you."

"You need blood, take it."

"To walk with me you must die to your breathing life, and be reborn to mine."

"I love you, Stefan. We will be together again. I promise."

"You loved me once, you will love me again."

"I made him. Did you know that?"

"I never compelled your love. It was real, and so was mine."

"What did you think was gonna happen? She would look at you, see your real face and give you a kiss?"

"I could swap this life of shame. Swap it out for a dark gift. You just have to ask me for it."

"Vampyrism is, by definition, an afterlife."

"I'm not the one who was sleeping with one vampire while half in love with another. Your morality is a moving target. Mine is not."

"A man damaged by his demons and those demons are not dormant, they are hell-bent on killing me and everything I find beautiful. And you, you are beautiful."

"You are stronger now. Meaner. Sexier."

"They are like vampire royalty. The oldest among us."

"He is the original hybrid. Half vampire, half werewolf."

"We both know I could snap your neck and do my nails at the same time."

 “Viktor. The oldest and strongest of us. That night, he made me a Vampire. "

"Stop fighting who you are."

"I'll tell you what I know about death, Camille. Death dances silently in everyone's shadow, and she doesn't give a damn."

"Turns out, I have complicated feelings for a monster."

ACTIONS AND SCENARIOS. Add a +reverse for the inverse action. Change names as you see fit.

[YOU ARE NOT HUMAN]: sender figured out receiver is a vampire and confronts them.

[FEEDING HOUR]: receiver finds sender feeding on someone's blood.

[WHEN IS A MONSTER NOT A MONSTER]: sender touches receiver's vampire face, showing they are not afraid.

[YOU NEED TO]: sender offers their blood to receiver.

[ECHOES OF THE PAST]: receiver is a doppelganger/looks like a person the sender knew in the past.

[DEATH AND THE MAIDEN]: receiver and sender can't be together as one is immortal and the other is a vampire.

[MY MAKER, MY LOVER]: sender is receiver's sire and they reunite after centuries after.

[BOND]: receiver is senders fledgling and sender can feel them.

[ELIXIR]: receiver is hurt and sender, a vampire, feeds them their blood.

[SHARING]: sender tempts receiver to share a meal of blood.

[HUNTING THE HUNTER]: sender is a vampire hunter, and they found receiver.

[THE INVITATION]: receiver receives an INVITATION to stay at sender's gothic/ancient manor.

[DRACULA'S BRIDE]: sender wants receiver to be one of their wives/lovers.

[BLOOD FAMILIAR]: sender is a vampire familiar, a human bloodbag under receiver protection. receiver finds out another vampire had bitten them.

[CRAVING]: sender tasted receiver once and craved them again.

[INVITED]: after bring invited inside, sender shows up at receiver's home.

[LICK]: sender licks receiver's blood remains from their mouth.

[LAST RESORT]: receiver has to turn sender into vampire because they are dying. sender wakes up in transition.

[ANCHOR]: sender calms receiver down after receiver went on a bloodlust spree. sender reminds them their humanity.

[RIVAL COVENS]: sender and receiver are from rival vampire covens and they talk in neutral ground.

[HUMANITY]: sender is human and because of them, receiver is starting to feel humanity again.

[I'LL BE YOUR GUIDE]: receiver is guiding sender through the early stages of vampirism.

[RIVAL SPECIES]: sender is a werewolf/witch and receiver is a vampire. they fall in love/ally with each other.

[DHAMPIR]: sender is a half human, half vampire who just had their first taste of human blood. receiver finds them.

[REFLECTION]: sender looks in the mirror and finds out that receiver has no reflection.

#need blood writings please & thank <3 #( 𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐎 𝐇𝐎𝐀𝐑𝐃 . ) | inbox .