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beansprean · 9 days

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Just a little convo that's been in my notes FOREVER because I meant to use it for something else, but it no longer fit after a while. Gave me a chance to practice painting lol

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ID: 1a. Close up on a side table in Nandor's crypt, laden with a glazed patterned vase, a wooden jewelry box, a line of books, and a single candle on an intricate vintage holder, lit and casting a warm orange glow on its surroundings. From offscreen, Guillermo says, "I've done a lot of thinking, and I've figured it out. I do want to be a vampire...but not for the same reasons I used to." 1b. Wide shot, knees up of Nandor and Guillermo standing facing each other next to Nandor's coffin, lit from the far side by candles. Nandor, wearing a typical tunic under a fur lined cape, stares quietly at Guillermo and idly knocks the knuckles of his left hand against the coffin lid. Guillermo, wearing a violet shirt and tie with red trousers and waistcoat, has his left hand in his pocket and his right placed palm-down on the coffin lid, a few inches from Nandor's. He looks at his right hand as he speaks: "The powers, the sexiness, the cool capes - I mean that's all great but I... I realize I could have all that as a human, too. And I have." 1c. Close up of their hands on the coffin lid as Guillermo's hand slides closer to Nandor's. He continues: "But what I want...what I really want...is to be a vampire..." 1d. Chest up of Guillermo as he looks up at Nandor with a confident smile, back straight, lit warmly by candles. He declares, "So I can stay here with you, forever. As part of this family."

2a. Reaction shot of Nandor, eyes shining as he raises his brows and fights down the happy, wobbly smile that threatens to take over his face. He echoes breathlessly, "With...me?" 2b. Wide shot, waist up of them both. Guillermo looks away with a flustered grin and clarifies, "Uh! Well, you know. With everybody. Nadja, and..." Nandor turns his head away as well, flustered and frowning, and mutters "Right, yes, of course." Guillermo continues, trailing off: "Laszlo..." Nandor grunts "Uh-huh." Their hands are still an inch apart on the coffin lid. Guillermo ventures, "But also..." 2c. Close up of their hands as Guillermo's slides closer again, the tips of his fingers bumping against Nandor's knuckles. Guillermo continues, "Specifically..." 2d. Close up on Guillermo from a slightly higher angle as he looks up at Nandor through his lashes with a shy smile and shining eyes, finally saying, "You." 2e. Reverse shot of Nandor from a slightly lower angle, looking down at Guillermo with open wonder.

3a. Waist up of them both in profile. Guillermo starts to say, "And I know that y-" but is interrupted when Nandor launches forward with his hands on Guillermo's cheeks and pulls him into a kiss. Guillermo's eyes fly wide, perhaps less surprised than he should be, and Nandor's close in something like relief. 3b. Repeat. Nandor's right hand remains on Guillermo's cheek as his left arm snakes around his upper back to hold him close. Guillermo presses into the kiss, opening his mouth to let in Nandor's tongue as his hands creep beneath Nandor's cape. 3c. Repeat. They continue to kiss, heads shifting to the side to allow Guillermo to slip his own tongue into Nandor's mouth. Guillermo has unfastened Nandor's cape and is letting it drop to the floor. Nandor's right hand has plucked off Guillermo's glasses and is holding them aloft as his left tugs at the knot of Guillermo's tie. 3d. Repeat. Nandor shifts his head to deepen the kiss further, right hand tossing Guillermo's glasses carelessly behind him and left curling around the back of Guillermo's neck. Guillermo, tie now loose and top shirt buttons unfastened, presses his left hand to Nandor's chest where his brooch has been removed to allow access to his undershirt. His right hand hovers behind Nandor's head. 3e. Repeat. The kiss finally breaks, but they do not go far, Nandor's left hand still hooked around the back of Guillermo's neck as he turns his head to kiss down his cheek. His right hand pushes Guillermo's vest off his shoulder. Guillermo turns his head into Nandor's, eyes still closed, and gasps out "Mm, you'll...ah..." His right hand is tangled in Nandor's hair and his left deftly snaps open Nandor's belt.

4a. Repeat. Nandor kisses his way down to Guillermo's throat, hands now pulling Guillermo's shirt from his trousers and sneaking his hands underneath. Guillermo arches his neck to allow him room to explore, right hand fisted in Nandor's hair to hold him there as his left slides under Nandor's open tunic front. Smiling with eyes closed in bliss, Guillermo continues, "turn me...after...right?" 4b. Repeat. Nandor pulls back from Guillermo's throat, eyes closed and smiling happily, to let Guillermo press kisses from his cheekbone to the corner of his mouth. Guillermo is pulling Nandor's tunics off his shoulders, the buttons on his undershirt undone and exposing his chest. Nandor's hands are busy at the front of Guillermo's shirt, pulling apart the remaining buttons. Nandor sighs, "Oh, Guillermo..." 4c. Repeat. Nandor fists his hands at the collar of Guillermo's now open shirt to pull him aggressively upwards, looming down on him nose-to-nose with a feral grin. He promises, "During." Guillermo melts and grins helplessly, hearts drifting around his head. /end ID

#wwdits #nandermo #mlm #guillermo de la cruz #nandor the relentless #what we do in the shadows #what we do in the shadows fx #my art #fanart #fan comic #image described #long post

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uhnoobuhhs · 8 months

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My thoughts on these last two episodes:

Though things seems to have gone back to what they were, I believe they are also completely different at the same time.

Because although being a vampire was Guillermo’s dream, I think in the years he’s spent with the vampires, the main reason he wanted to be turned was so he could be considered a valued part of the team

He wanted the vampires to see him like family, to care about him the way he does for them.

And that’s come true, all the vampires care and love and worry for Guillermo now.

They all demonstrated this in their own different ways this season:

from Laszlo actively trying to help Guillermo, showing up at his motel to apologize for not being as helpful (which was actually very sweet of him) to that final scene with Derek

to Nadja taking Guillermo to the vet and protecting him from being harmed

To Colin stopping by the motel to give Guillermo a farewell gift.

They all were worried about him. They all didn’t want him to get killed, that’s why they kept his secret despite knowing how hurt and upset Nandor would be. It’s such a three sixty from the beginning of the series. The found family vibes really made me want to cry in the best way.

(But since I am a huge nandermo shipper I saved my Nandor points for last because I’m gonna dive in DEEP)

I knew that we wouldn’t get a love confession this season, I believe that Guillermo will either be turned into a vampire in a last ditch effort to save his life (hopefully by Nandor)

Or he’ll eventually change his mind and ask Nandor again to be turned and I think if he were to ask again (after everything that’s happened) I think Nandor would do it if he believed Guillermo was sure.

Guillermo did mention to Nandor at the fake ceremony that he really still wanted to be a vampire. (So who knows I wanna keep hope alive)

But overall, I loved this season.

We got a rare peak behind the curtain at Nandor.

He not only deeply cares for Guillermo and can’t imagine losing him but he also knew all along that Guillermo was not ready to be a vampire.

(Remember that scene in s3 where Nandor tells Guillermo that vampirism is a curse? And that he cared too much about him to do that to him?)

The fact that Nandor memorized Guillermo’s letter to him when they first met just speaks volumes about how much he actually loves Guillermo.

Nandor has grown so much this season, it was so refreshing to see. I mean all those self help books really paid off. Cause, not only did he set his own hurt feelings aside and forgave Guillermo despite how important loyalty and honor are to him but

he also didn’t act impulsively when it came to Guillermo transitioning. He let Guillermo experience vampirism and observed his reactions and emotions before stepping in.

(I hope we continue to see more character growth like this and that hopefully in s6 we finally get some romantic plot for these two because fuck I’m in too deep to quit this show/ ship lol)

#wwdits spoilers #wwdits #what we do in the shadows #laszlo cravensworth #nadja of antipaxos #colin robinson #wwdits nandor #nandor the relentless #nandermo #wwdits guillermo #guillermo de la cruz

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mulderscully · 2 years

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we have all been really focused on nandor this season and his changed behavior toward guillermo and his feelings etc because we already know that guillermo has been in love with nandor for years, but i've seen some people kinda imply that guillermo is genuinely over nandor and over wanting to be a vampire and i just do not think that is the case whatsoever.

i think guillermo is in self preservation mode now. i think in s3 he really fully realized that he is deeply in love with nandor, and perhaps in their time apart he convinced himself that nandor would never feel the same, esp after he met this mystery boyfriend. (who, btw, is essentially non existent in the plot so far. they've made no effort to make us care about freddie almost half way through the season which has to be a deliberate writing choice. we know the djinn more than we know guillermo's bf!) i mean, why didn’t nandor come and find him?

i find it interesting that they haven't addressed the fact that nandor was going to turn guillermo at the end of their trip around the world. last episode they mentioned the fight, but not that part of it and i really think it has to be because they're saving that for something momentous. nandor thinks that if he turns guillermo, he won't stay. but guillermo stopped staying for that a long time ago - he stayed because he loves nandor. and this fact is why guillermo is slowly pulling away. it's not that guillermo doesn't want the things he has wanted for 13 years, it's not that he doesn't love nandor anymore. he's just protecting himself for once - as he should!

i say this because if you pay attention to the scene where nandor asks guillermo to be his best man, you see palpable disappointment from guillermo that that is what he said and not anything about their trip or their plans. and then you see him make peace with it. like he loves nandor and he wants to be a vampire, but he's tired of waiting and getting his heart broken.

i know there is this idea that nandor "doesn't deserve" guillermo and i think that's boring because this is a show about vampires. all the relationships are morally corrupt to some extent! that's the FUN of it. but i DO think that it is absolutely essential for nandor to realize the depth of his feelings and to pine for guillermo for a while, because nandor always want things to come easily for him and loving someone the way nandor wants love is hard work. remember laszlo telling colin that it took him and nadja CENTURIES to get where they are? and nandor wants that. he wants that degree of companionship for his eternity, and i think he wants it with guillermo but he afraid at the same time. which is a Delicious plot!

i'm excited to see how this unfolds. to see nandor realize/accept his own feelings and then maybe confess them and see guillermo's reaction. i honestly expect guillermo to be angry at first. like i've been here for 13 years and NOW you want me? and then that evolving into nandor having to work through his fear of guillermo leaving him, whether it being from nandor losing his importance if guillermo is also a vampire, or him finding someone else or by death! no matter what, guillermo could leave him and i think that's another big realization he needs to have.

this is all just for them to even out their dynamic, and since nandor has been "above" guillermo for so long, they have to have him grovel and suffer on the floor for a while before they can be together as true equals.

also, this is just like absolute pooorn for people who have been in unrequited love for years. who doesn't want the person they have wanted and thought would never want them back just down atrocious for them for a while?? it's what he deserves.

#wwdits #what we do in the shadows #nandermo #guillermo de la cruz #nandor the relentless

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taxonomicons · 1 year

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My favorite detail in WWDITS is that the vampires clearly know how modern people dress and do not give a single fuck about it. I refuse to believe that their terrible human outfits are the result of being out of touch, they know exactly what they’re doing.

Nandor, Nadja, and Laszlo live with two other people who wear exclusively modern clothes, Colin and Guillermo. They even ask Colin to borrow his modern outfits for the Baron. All three of them are familiar with modern fashion and that’s without mentioning that all their victims obviously wear normal human clothes.

Nandor knows what a tide bleach pen is and how much it costs. Bleach would ruin most vampire clothes due to age. Interesting.

Even after assuming Simon’s nightclub requires capes none of them are that phased to be wrong. The most reaction we see is offense at the comment that the three are dressed “traditionally”. Even for vampires this group is way behind what’s “in” right now and they know it.

Jackie Daytona. Enough Said.

Nandor owns nice modern work out clothes that he knows are for the gym, but he still goes to Massive Fitness shirtless with his vamp pants. That’s not a misunderstanding that’s a choice.

All three vampires are attracted to a modern human for a long period of time. Are you telling me that Nadja didn’t pick up anything about human fashion from sneaking away with Jeff? Or that Laszlo has never noticed what Sean wears? Nandor falls for tons of people with tons of different styles. The Meg to Guillermo spectrum covers a lot of different clothes.

The polaroids throughout are all fairly period accurate for fashion! This is especially true of Nandor who is shown with both Gail (reoccurring fling) and Benjy (old familiar) throughout the decades in accurate clothing. Most of the intro pictures also feature the vamps in modern clothing!

Anyways don’t believe for a single second that those idiots don’t understand human fashion because they definitely do. Every time they wear their vampire clothes it is because they enjoy dressing that way and don’t care that they look out of place. Their poor attempts at human outfits are intentional mockery, not misunderstandings.“We wanna blend in” bullshit you all LIVE for the attention.

#Laszlo embraced nail polish and rejected everything else #anyways I think every single one of them would rock a crop top #wwdits #what we do in the shadows #nandermo #nandor the relentless #guillermo de la cruz #vampire slayer #wwdits fx #nadja and laszlo #nadja of antipaxos #laszlo cravensworth #laszlo #fucking guy #Guillermo #Nandor

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emmabirb8 · 1 year

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Ok ok, but have you thought about the fact that throughout the series, Nandor has saved or protected Guillermo's life just as much as Guillermo has saved and protected Nandor's? Because I have, and I am feeling Ways about it.

Obviously, Guillermo has always gone above and beyond for Nandor as far as familiar duties go, and he has slain countless vamps to protect not only Nandor but also the rest of the household. It's a given and it's been a given from the start that Guillermo would do anything to keep Nandor (and his other housemates by extension) safe. He has outright said they are his found family, and it definitely shows.

Well, in a slightly subtler way, the case is the same for Nandor. God, the things that Nandor has done for Guillermo - the risks he's taken, the knee-jerk reactions, the choices he's made? It is profound.

Consider that Nandor a. as a vamp is not expected to care about his familiar beyond using him as a tool to get things done, b. believes acting "aloof," aka unbothered and unconcerned, is key, and most importantly c. struggles heavily with identifying, working through, and expressing his emotions. AND YET, without even stopping to think about it, he:

Stepped in to stop that hungry vamp at Simon's club (Manhattan Night Club)

Refused to let Guillermo be eaten by the Vampiric Council (The Trial)

Stopped Topher from drowning him (Resurrection)

Kept Guillermo's slaying a secret after discovering that he had dusted Carol (The Return)

Told Celeste to "be kind to Guillermo" when he thought she was gonna be his new vampire mistress (arguably, this counts bc he was making an effort to ensure Guillermo would be treated well and kept alive under Celeste's watch) (Collaboration)

Defended him against the wrath of Nadja and Laszlo (the housemates Nandor has known, lived with, and loved for far longer than he's known Guillermo) who were 100% prepared to kill him every single night for a month while he was imprisoned in the basement (The Prisoner)

"Yanked" Guillermo away from the line of fire when he was acting as bait for The Sire and attempted to fix the situation himself (The Escape)

Immediately dove into the sewage hole in the floor to rescue Guillermo when he fell in (Reunited)

Volunteered to battle him in place of a more dangerous vampire at the Night Market (The Night Market)

Made sure he was okay at the end of the fight after pretending to snap his neck (The Night Market)

Nandor is the KING of repression, but actions speak louder than words, babes. This is not even counting the times he has shown outward kindness, affection for, and attachment to Guillermo to the point where it's entirely too conspicuous for anyone to believe he's not in love with him. (Tho he's apparently managed to fool himself well enough, hasn't he? lmao)

Hell, I'm in a listing mood - let's recount those moments too, shall we?

Just off the top of my head, Nandor has canonically also:

Made Guillermo a glitter portrait depicting the two of them together as vampires as a gift to celebrate his anniversary of becoming his familiar (that he was clearly proud of and excited about and that clearly took a lot of effort and planning ❤) in the very first episode

Held him up above his head to help him reach higher places when dusting and held him up in front of a mirror so he could experience the sensation of flying (like what vampire does that fr???? he was down bad even in the earliest eps)

Become a blubbering mess worrying where Guillermo was while high on drug blood

On multiple occasions actually took him flying by wrapping his arms tenderly around him 👀, then admitted he was his friend out loud in front of Nadja and the camera crew as early as ep 4 after feeling guilty about accidentally dropping him during a flight

Played chess with him (and it's implied this is a regular thing for them 🥹)

Been visibly upset each time Guillermo has left - it's heavily implied he missed even the smallest gestures like the hand holding, and he outright verbally expressed his hurt feelings in front of the entire Theatre des Vampires

Been distraught enough after the Celeste situation that he attempted to "win" Guillermo back first by talking to him and then by giving him another gift with the "beating off" pillow, and then actually complied with Guillermo's requests to be more respected and given breaks after that

Taken the time to go down and keep Guillermo company while he was imprisoned in the basement and made a genuine attempt to give him better quality food

Urged Nadja and Laszlo to treat Guillermo with more respect and to try to take an interest in his life at the casino

Reacted in a way that wasn't even the slightest bit angry (and in fact, he appeared grateful for it besides becoming excessively horny on main) about The Slap

Said he has "grown to have some affection for" Guillermo out loud to his face (which, for someone as repressed as Nandor, is huge)

Offered a very blatantly romantic turning scenario in which he expressed a desire to share soil with Guillermo, which, again, is huge

Become markedly upset that Guillermo never showed up at the train station to accompany him on his trip

Started making steps in the direction of reversing their dynamic in s4 by doing things like helping Guillermo dry off and getting him a glass of water after he fell into the hole, paying more genuine attention to him and his life, expressing a desire for Nadja and Laszlo to be more serious and respectful of him, valuing his input (esp for the dick wish), and being appreciative of all the work he has constantly put in for him (whenever using his new penis 😏)

Offered Guillermo the position of best man at his wedding which was clearly of utmost importance to Nandor, even more so than finding someone to marry in the first place

Actually remembered the exact amount of years Guillermo has been his familiar/bodyguard and called him his "closest companion" in front of lots of other (arguably dangerous) vampires

Been so excited and proud of Guillermo's moves when he was battling other familiars at the Night Market to the point of exclaiming "that's my fucking guy!"

Called Guillermo his friend out loud again when he got visibly worried he may have killed him

Admitted to Guillermo that he was afraid right before his wedding (!!!!), looked at Guillermo longingly/lovingly, accidentally revealed his desire to literally hug Guillermo close and kiss his face through his wish about Marwa (!!!!!!), and took a moment to whisper sweet nothings to Guillermo and cover him up when he discovered he'd fallen asleep (!!!!!!!!!)

Dorkily but sweetly prevented Guillermo from falling in the bg shot of Go Flip Yourself (like, truly, why would he care omfgggg he's so in love it's making him look stupid)

Actually made a very misguided but solid follow-through attempt to fix the Freddie situation as soon as he realized how upset Guillermo was about it

IT'S JUST SOOOO MUCH!!! I've been going through the series highlighting Nandermo moments for creative idea purposes in these last few weeks, and I can honestly say that I believe there are possibly more instances where Nandor has hinted at or displayed his feelings toward Guillermo than there are of Guillermo hinting at or displaying his feelings for Nandor. It's fucking insane you guys. 💖

#what we do in the shadows #wwdits #nandermo #nandor the relentless #guillermo de la cruz #wwdits fx #nandor #wwdits nandor #wwdits meta #wwdits analysis #(it's not /technically/ meta stuff bc it's mostly just recounting canon facts but i'm tagging it anyway lol #nandor and guillermo #nandor analysis #my posts

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gerandor · 9 months

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You know. Nandor kept calling for Guillermo bc Guillermo was part of his family and he expected him to be there just like how nadja and laszlo and colin robinson and even the guide were there. But Guillermo wasn't there. He was off visiting his other family.

I know most of you think Guillermo not being there for his biological family was selfish. But i think its more appropriate to say that Guillermo still wanting to be part of his biological family even tho he had left them a long time ago to be part of another family was a selfish way of thinking. It's selfish and greedy of him to want to belong to both worlds which are the antithesis of each other. He has to come to terms with the fact that he chose to belong to another family a long time ago. Yes he did forget his mom's bday but that's bc he was concerned for his other family.

Guillermo has put himself at a crossroad where he wants to be in two different places and be two different people at the same time. But that's not possible and the fact that he's hurting is bc he can't come to terms with his decision.

And when he finally shows up at the house nandor forces him to face that dillemma and the decision that nandor thinks he has finally made. He tells him 'you have your life and we have ours' bc to nandor it seemed as if Guillermo had chosen his other life instead of the life he had with the vampires. Yes vampires are dramatic and Guillermo was only gone for a day. But it probably had more significance to nandor. Which family and life will you ultimately choose, Guillermo when you have to decide only one? I think Nandor, not knowing that Guillermo wasn't human anymore, feared that Guillermo would be choosing his other life and abandon him.

And Guillermo looking at the pictures of his biological family when his chosen family was (badly) trying to handle the situation is also significant. It shows that Guillermo at that moment is leaning towards his biological family and is still trying to force himself to belong to them. Even tho he hasn't truly belonged with them in a very long time. It shows that Guillermo isn't quite honest with himself and refuses to accept the consequences of a decision he had made many years ago.

Also did you notice nadja's reaction when Guillermo showed up? She said 'i don't have time for everything that you missed. Traitor. ' Meaning, she too had expected Guillermo to be there when shit was going down. But he wasn't there. To her too, he had chosen his other family.

#wwdits #what we do in the shadows #guillermo de la cruz #nandor the relentless #nandermo #wwdits spoilers #wwdits s5

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parttimesarah · 8 months

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💜My immediate reactions to WWDITS 5x6💚

* Flying frogs? With Guillermo’s immaculate hairstyle? **UPDATE: AND THEY CAN TALK?!

* Laszlo encouraging Guillermo to try flying is so sweet. It’s beginning to seem like Laszlo wants him to turn!

* “Making Pearl Jam” 😂 That’s a new one.

* I believe in you and love you too Guillermo! And you did it! … kinda.

* Oooo Colin’s eye makes him too interesting. Not what I thought! Tricky tricky teasers making me think this was a big plot point to do with him being a relatively young energy vampire. I guess Colin and Nadja just aren’t going to have any kind of multi-episode arc this season. It seems like all their stories will eventually converge on the Guillermo-being-turned plot.

* Yes, Nadja lifting Guillermo up! It’s so awesome to see her being a strong vampire lady!

* Why does Laszlo even have that energy draining/transference machine? **UPDATE: Ah, so he can have more sex. That tracks.

* Also, OMG, Guillermo’s foot is literally hanging off! How does that happen by falling flat on your stomach?

* Nandor encouraging Colin is adorable. He’s a good friend and just wants everyone to be ok.

* LOL the first big celeb cameo and it’s a hit and run (and then return and bore) by John Slattery

* Not the platform 9 3/4 wall into the familiar clinic. 😂

* “Ecsqueeze me?” has slowly made its way into my daily lexicon and it’s all Mark Proksch’s fault!

* Is John Slattery an energy vampire?!?!

* Guillermo’s “Oh hey, Nandor!” when he’s all drugged up and Nadja walks in is just so funny. They are SO not shying away from Nandermo this season!!!

* Of course you love Nandor the most, Guillermo! I legit thought they weren’t going to let us hear him say that (like I didn’t think we’d hear Nandor say he was going to space to impress Guillermo), but they did!

* YES! OH MY GOD, NADJA, YAS! USE THAT SECRET WOMEN’S VOICE! Find him, Nadja! FIND HIM!

* The Guide saying “Who rescued who” and yet she doesn’t have her own familiar. 😂

* Nandor giving Colin tips on how to be boring in the convenience store is… kind of in keeping with Nandor’s vibe and it’s adorable.

* Are you kidding me? Nandor is almost killed by giving up his energy for Colin Robinson right after Guillermo quotes Aliens while saving Nadja from a murderous vampire-familiar doctor? This episode is insane!

* The real question is how much does Nadja’s loyalty to Laszlo extend to her desire to help Guillermo? Also, hearing Laszlo say he wants to reverse the process of Guillermo’s turning was new. I had assumed he wanted to figure out what was happening, but actually full-on reversing it is interesting.

* Nice to meet you, Arthur Simon Santino, ex-boyfriend of Davy Crockett!

* Ok, who else was just waiting for Nandor to grab Guillermo’s face with his hand? That would have been… terrifying and amazing.

* I really got a taste of how upset Nandor will be when he learns about Guillermo’s turning and I already know it will destroy me.

* Ugh, Guillermo was so close to having the whole house on his side (except Nandor). But Colin saying he didn’t care was a good sign he’s back to his regular strength and probably won’t care what Nandor does to Guillermo one way or the other.

#I have the baddest feeling this season is going to leave me a broken husk of a person #Nandor’s gonna be so upset and Guillermo’s gonna be so mad at himself #and I’m gonna be shaking and crying in the corner #wwdits s5 #wwdits s5 spoilers #WWDITS 5x6 #WWDITS s5e6 #wwdits #what we do in the shadows #wwdits fx #what we do in the shadows fx #nandermo

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1im-perfect1 · 2 years

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Thinking about Nandor and his word choice how much of an open book in a foreign language he is, how he wears his heart on his sleeve while not even comprehending his own decisions and motives and him being dumb not stupid.

The sound effect in 3x08 when he says “I relinquish you of your service” it’s genuine all of season 3 is him slowly changing his behavior with Guillermo and the whole “vampirism is a curse” feels real and genuine because he’s being disingenuous, he has to tell 1 truth and 3 lies “I care about you” drowned by “My cold dead heart” a lie “your just okay personality” another lie “just a little bit” the biggest lie after the heaviest truth, from then on familiar is used as an insult he doesn’t really think of Guillermo that way, 3x09 and 3x10 are all about Nandor playing a part (and all of season 4), 3x09 is pure survival and self-preservation he’s hurting so it means it’s everyone else’s fault, they’re all beneath him and still underneath all the coping there’s tenderness that spills out with Guillermo (that he was so scared was gonna grow apart and instead Nandor is the one that constantly tries to get away).

3x10 is the most strategic Nandor and the most serious we see him, he’s carrying out a plan and that’s why I don’t think Nandor is as stupid or oblivious (as the show might make you think) he knows Guillermo enough to play him, he starts talking about leaving when he hears the door opening, he knows he hasn’t told anything to Guillermo (he would have been the first to know), he mocks him about not being a vampire and giving him one last duty, but at the same time has already a goal in mind he finds someone to plan the journey to rid Guillermo of having to work, he gets a little too excited when he sees Guillermo because he’s getting really happy about it to then before the fight recompose himself and go back into character telling things that would make Guillermo mad, the “You shooed away some assassins who gives a shit” is such a dead giveaway after him fighting a whole month to save Guillermo’s life and how grateful he was about having his life saved also I’m 75% convinced that he knew about the hypnosis...tiny problem he underestimated Guillermo’s reaction but I also think that’s why Nandor is so interested in him, he’s unpredictable.

But Nandor can’t predict others’ actions (Laszlo’s) and can't see through anyone else's lenses so the only way he can explain to himself why Guillermo didn’t come is outright rejection, it’s setting yourself up for failure "the worst outcome" accepting it without listening because you have to come to peace with it, knowing that if you heard it from that person it would tear you apart so you forgive because you don’t want to hear it. But how does he get Guillermo to stay now? He relinquished him of his service in 3x08 so he’s not his employee anymore and in 3x10 he gave him his last duty...mmm he’s been really lonely lately...without...him...check mate, he’s gonna propose in the same exact way as last time but this time to be his best man hoping that he will be jealous...he isn’t...Guillermo’s gonna stop him because it’s too hasty and ridiculous...he doesn’t...he’s gonna ask him impossible stuff for the wedding...he gets everything and also gets Nadja and The Guide to help him...he’s gonna object to the wedding...he’s the only person that doesn’t, well at least Nandor got what he wanted but his wife stops him from spending time with Guillermo and he has a boyfriend, if Guillermo likes his boyfriend what if he likes Guillermo’s boyfriend too but he can’t steal him away that would be cruel and he’s not a cheater, if there’s 2 of the same thing are there 2 or just 1? Everything is resolved him and Guillermo like the same thing but they’re not the same thing but they are, Guillermo is being confusing first he says they are the same thing but when Nandor tries to give him his Freddie he says it’s different, this isn’t fun anymore...well everything is back to normal and it’s wonderful isn't it? Guillermo isn’t his familiar, nor bodyguard, nor best man but here he is and single too...should he question why he’s still there or why he wants him there...nah

#don't know how many words long Nandor's meta no one will read #it got really erratic towards the end but his thought process is just too deranged to verbalize #No one understands Nandor in the same emotionally avoidant nd way I do #what we do in the shadows #wwdits #wwdits spoilers #nandor the relentless #guillermo de la cruz #nandermo #nandor x guillermo #wwdits freddie

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2offayyo-kzt · 1 month

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Why Sean is a "sad" and "empty" character :

(a far too long and elaborate shitpost)

based on this post by @hellsmell

I used my over analysis skills dating back from my BSD era, if you're familiar with my account, nothing I've written will be new to you.

I insist, it's a huge shitpost, not to be taken seriously !

A marriage on the rocks :

Obviously, this argument only applies to the period before the Brain Scramblies ep, but given that the Rinaldis renewed their wedding vows, it means that the couple had reached an important milestone in their relationship.

So their marital life had probably been going badly for several years already, particularly in terms of communication and mutual respect.

Trust issues and low self-esteem :

Sean seems to have major self-confidence problems, and therefore frequently lies to his wife for fear of disappointing her.

His low self-esteem became particularly apparent when his entire memory was erased, and his first reaction to learning that Charmaine was his wife was "I wish".

And their couple went sour probably the moment Sean took Charmaine's presence in his life for granted.

However, Sean still has doubts, even years after having won Charmaine's heart; even if his wife has agreed to renew their marriage vows (an act that shows the love she still bears for her husband)

When Sean might have been seriously financially ruined during the Casino episode, he confided his fears to Laszlo : "She's gonna leave me Laz... She's gonna leave me."

Sean believes that if he can't provide Charmaine with financial stability, she'll leave him at the first opportunity.

Psychologically and physically abused during his childhood :

Sean doesn't seem to have had a very easy childhood, even if he never seemed to lack in terms of money (studying at a private school, owning a car at a young age) his father (Franklin) was particularly harsh with his son.

As a child, Sean wasn't allowed to watch programs on PBS.

He was also forced to kill a deer at the age of 14, which can be impressive if you're a sensitive person. And he still seems traumatized by the event, or at least it left a deep impression on him :

"First time I ever saw something die. But it wouldn't be the last."

And in the Sunrise Sunset episode, it was very strongly implied that Franklin was even physically violent with his son supposedly to "settle" conflicts :

"Now, I'm gonna count down from three. When I say go, start swinging. First one to tap out, other one's head of the household."

All that scene also indicates that Sean was forced to take on responsibilities that he was not supposed to have.

A character who can't allow himself to show tenderness :

We can assume that this rough, probably macho education made Sean feel compelled to keep up a tough facade.

Anthony Atamanuik (Sean's actor) said Sean was perpetually either "confused" or "aggressive"

And Anthony would have liked, in one episode, for Sean to show a softer side of himself.

"But Anthony if you had to pitch an idea, what's an idea or storyline you think might be Seanie's"

"It would be fun to discover, something like soft that Sean does. Like some secret soft thing. Like he's part of a quilting group, or that he rescues birds in a Wildlife refuge in Staten Island. I think I want to find one piece of him that's like gentle."

And maybe that's where his obsession with Ocean's 12 comes from, to have a support that can serve as a healthy coping mechanism but that doesn't make him "vulnerable" in the eyes of the world and is easy to justify.

A character who abuses himself :

This idea mainly comes from what Anthony said during an AMA on Reddit, where he shared his personal theory on why Sean resisted to the frequent hypnosis :

"You know, it's like if you met someone who had a very hard life, they maybe self abused a lot when they were young but then they got clean, they got like sober right. Let's say they did a lot of toxic substances in their system when they were young. Sometimes those people just have a resilient immune system for some reason cause they like... abused themselves so much when they were younger. So I wonder if Sean had, sort of, you know, he drinks all the time, and seem not to care of himself that well, so maybe he's immune to the brain scramblies because he abused himself so much that he's immune to it."

But this is also reflected in the show, where Sean drinks a very large number of cans of beer.

He also suffers from a gambling addiction and is objectively an alcoholic.

Suicidal ?

So I'm extrapolating a lot, but it's interesting to note that when the Jersey Devil threatened his life, instead of shouting "help me" he shouted "kill me".

He also told Laszlo "You're my main man. I'd die for you."

So, obviously, it's to be taken with a pinch of salt, but it's perhaps indicative of his disinterest in living.

Parallels with the Joker :

So I'm bullshiting big time here, but I find it interesting.

When Sean was dancing at the Pride Parade, Anthony did his best to "march like Jack Nicholson's Joker"

In the 2019 Joker movie, Arthur took care of his mother in the same way Sean took care of his mother who suffered from dementia.

Note that the Joker's mother, let her son be abused : "Much like her son, Penny suffered from an unspecified mental illness. She was responsible for letting her former boyfriend abuse Arthur in his childhood"

To conclude, I think Sean gives me Sad Jester vibes, a comical character, but more profound and tortured when you take a closer look.

I can't believe I wasted two hours writing that lmao

#wwdits sean #sean rinaldi #wwdits analysis #wwdits meta #kztpost

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wolfnight2012 · 8 months

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So, how are we feeling about the theory that Nandor has been floating around the idea of turning Guillermo (or maybe even had a set date??) this season & thats part of why Laszlo & Nadja have reacted so strongly to Guillermo's (half) turning?

I didn't give Laszlo's whole "I'll convince Nandor to bite you" beyond it being a desperate (and delusional) plan from a panicked Laszlo trying to spare Nandor a terrible pain

BUT

In 5x06 Nadja claims Guillermo could have "been turned by a legend"

And she sounds really upset about that as well. Not just Guillermo's betrayal/how hurt Nandor will be, but that Guillermo wasted his turning. Which wouldn't make sense, unless she knew Nandor had started floating the idea seriously?

It would also mean Laszlo's plan to make Guillermo human again so Nandor can bite him a solid one. I 100% doubt Laszlo could convince Nandor to bite Guillermo if 5 years of Guillermo begging (and at points crying) for Nandor to turn him didn't sway him.

However, if Nandor had been considering it off-screen, AND both Laszlo & Nadja were aware of this, then these reactions/plans make more sense.

I can only imagine we'd be given thee most painful reveal, like, Nandor happily telling Guillermo he'll be making him a vampire now & Guillermo just immediately blurting out "I asked Derek to bite me" </3

#never you mind #wwdits #wwdits spoilers #this still fits in with the 5x01 restaurant scene because the vampires repeatedly joke at each other's expense #imagine if Nandor made an EVENT of it?#like going full party-planning mode & guillermo doesnt know WHAT theyre celebrating #but laszlo & nadja look uneasy all episode #and in the finale 3-5min nandor happily explains that they will be celebrating guillermo's turning #and THEN #guillermo just spills everything #OOF #wolf's posts #nadja of antipaxos #laszlo cravensworth #nandor the relentless

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megaawkwardhuman · 10 months

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GUESS WHAT'S FINALLY HERE BITCHESSSSSSSSS!?!?!?

after a rollercoaster of a week for me y'all have NO IDEA how happy this makes me to say but

THE TRAILER FOR SEASON 5 IS OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and that means looking far too much into it!!!!! :D

OK so I have A LOT of thoughts so I'm going to do bullet points

right off the bat (hehehhe bat) nandor never fucking change XD love how he thought that would work

oh yeah speaking of nandor we have a scary lack of him in the trailer or at least what he's going to do this season (mom pick me up I'm scared for my cringefail)

to say what's on everyone's mind OH MY FUCKING GOD FINALLY LET'S GOOOOOOO

MY BOY DID IT HE'S GOING TO BE A VAMPIRE DFOJWEBOKFHEJBKGREHIWLGJHIGKFEIYWLEGUKFELIQPEGDFKIELYUQ;OWDGFKLHI3U1;O

well at some point? by the looks of it we're kinda getting a have your cake and eat it too when it comes to guillermo being a vampire and ngl kinda upset about it if it's going how I think it's going

I swear if he's practically normal until the very fucking end I will raise HELL

also I love how chaotic his turning is XD

"I WASN'T READY" NOBODY IS

colin for office babyyyyyyyy

I see everyone talking about colin and nadja BUT WHY IS NOBODY TALKING ABOUT THIS IJRBH302HGOUFRHI3YGUFE3HI2PUO LMFAOOOOOOO XD

also (DON'T QUOTE ME ON THIS) I think this is the first time we're seeing colin flirt/do anything remotely romantic or whatever to a dude in the show (which confirms that every main character is queer but we already knew that lol)

the scene with the microphone woke me up (well so did vamp guillermo but the mic REALLY woke me up)

so the guy in the promo WAS nandor huh

WLW NADJA LET'S GOOOOOO

love how outdated laszlo's medical stuff is

YAY HE'S NOT GOING TO WEAR ONLY SWEATERS SO HE'S POSSIBLY NOT GOING TO GO BACK IN CHARACTER AS I FEARED

d-did nandor bring guillermo to a basketball game out of jealousy?

IS THAT A HAMMER!?!?!

NANDOR WTF ARE YOU GONNA DO!?!?!?!?!?!??!

nadja pouring coffee on her date's plate XD

ayyyy the sire!

ok I'm assuming part of nadja's and colin's plots will revolve around getting a date??????

THE MALL

I'VE BEEN WANTING TO SEE THE VAMPIRES AT A MALL FOR A WHILE NOW JBIFEWE2OBJFEOGHPI2EFBEJOHIP2E THIS MAKES ME SOOO HAPPY

I'm assuming the store nandor is at is a hot topic/spencer's stand in

if it is PLZ LET THERE BE A LOOKING AT THE BACK OF SPENCER'S SCENE (for those who have never step foot in a spencer's it's basically a common mall store that has edgy shit and the back is known for having sex toys and other nsfw shit in it think of it as the edgy older brother of hot topic)

"that's how we all learn" UHHH TF!??!

glad to see laszlo accept guillermo and help him learn how to vampire :) (let's hope the others will)

also NANDOR YOU SAW NOTHING

DAAAAAAMN COLIN JESUS FUCK

by the looks of it nadja and colin's plots will at some point involve dating??????

AWWWWWW charmaine is supportive of sean

this has been said a million times but NANDOR IS FUCKING CUTE IN HIS SEAN COMING OUT OUTFIT!!!!!! THE LITTLE BELLY!!!!!!!

if I remember correctly (AND I REALLY HOPE I'M WRONG) but the last time we saw nandor THIS happy was during the wellness canter cluster fuck so I'm REALLY glad he's going to be happy this season

YOOOO SEASON 4.5?????? (1 I know it was a talk show in 4.5 2 yeah I made this joke already XD)

WHY IS NADJA A BLONDE?????

theory: whatever happened the guide is happening to nadja

the only thing to back it up: they both be blonde

AW SHIT WHY IS THERE A COP CAR?????

THE GUIDEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

COLIN X NADJA!?!!!?!?

I MEAN SURE I GUESS???????????????

YEAH SAME GUILLERMO

I'm assuming that what he said is in reaction to him being told he's a dhampir or he's immune or something like that

SHE'S TRYING TO GET SOMEONE TO FUCK HER GHOST

hUh weird but ok????

and finally WHAT'S WITH THE MOON SHIT?????

theory: guillermo only shows signs of being a vampire at night which is why he can go out during the day without being burnt to a crisp

overall IJOHEU2P1HIWJBGEU21RPHI2JLGRHILUFHIPUWEQJFU9WGFJDKHIEPQKFVDVGJR THIS HAS BEEN ON MY MIND ALL DAY HOW TF AM I GOING TO BE NORMAL I HAVE A PARTY TODAY?????? 😭😭😭

CAN'T WAIT DEPOJWBJDOEEFBOOEFONFEONFE

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beansprean · 2 years

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Guillermo tells us how to feel.

Like, consistently. He is the closest thing we have to an audience surrogate and HE tells us what our baseline expectations should be based on his reaction to the world. Luring virgins to a house of vampires to be murdered? All in a day's work! Chopping them up into bits and burying them in the backyard? Gross, but necessary! Re-deading your ex-wives in a Bachelor parody? Morally questionable but I'm not gonna stop you. Hypnotizing a man so many times his brain explodes and he dies? Sounds sad but can't talk, I'm embezzling and committing fraud atm. WWDITS is close to being an anti-comedy like IASIP or Seinfeld because the main characters are all awful people who commit terrible atrocities, but we DO care about them and their happiness because we are given that baseline to work from and know what to take seriously and what to laugh at.

The reason s4e9 felt so cruel was because Guillermo responded to it that way. Because HE was hurt and HE was upset and the last shot of the episode was his heart breaking on screen!! We are SUPPOSED to feel how he feels!! All season things have been getting better for him; he has been more appreciated and respected and has taken more control of his life and now the rug is pulled out from under him again. He/we are left wondering: Guillermo, what now? Is all this still worth it? Is it time for you to leave?

The vampires, as a rule, NO NOT CARE ABOUT HUMANS. They're livestock and free labor and occasional entertainment, and that's the way it's always been. (We haven't even talked about the fact that Nadja killed Sofia Coppola 😂😂😂) Vamps are too long-lived and jaded and used to killing to live for it to be any other way. Humans are playthings!! Unfortunately, that includes Nandor's wives. It includes Marwa, it includes Guillermo's family, and it includes Freddie. But it's starting to NOT include Guillermo.

Like Nandor, we are supposed to FEEL THE GAME ENDING. He was having fun, making a new human to play with because he was bored of his old one and getting to spend time with his best…man and literally could not compute that any of this would be upsetting to Guillermo. Because why would it? They're only toys, they can always get more. (Here, Guillermo is already held separate and above other humans)

But Guillermo was upset! He was angry! He didn't think it was fun, he didn't think it was a game, and this human was IMPORTANT to him and we see Nandor falter, stumble over his words, get quiet and soft and ashamed. The comedy is over and he stops having fun. And he does his best (best is debatable but he is very stupid) to fix it!!

Idk if these events will be specifically addressed next ep because we have important Colin things to do and there had to have been a decent time skip between Freddie leaving and Memo going to London, but I want to point out that THIS IS THE DARKEST HOUR MOMENT. Nadja is losing her club, Laszlo is losing his boy, Colin is losing his youth, Nandor lost his wife/boytoy and Guillermo's trust, and Guillermo lost his boyfriend and got his heart broken for the upteenth time. Things SUCK FOR EVERYONE right now - and that's the point!! Ep 9 of season 3 ended with Colin Robinson DYING. Next ep, things will start to look up. Right before something insane happens that makes everything SIGNIFICANTLY worse and leaves us on a year-long cliffhanger! 😃 And I for one am excited to see it lmao

(Also Marwa sidenote bc look how they massacred my girl:

I will miss Marwa and I'm sad about her (I know not everyone was fond of her like I was lol but idk if the writers expected anyone to feel a way about her regardless), and I'm left thinking "is this even Marwa?" If she has none of her own memories or body or personality left, can we even consider it her? Does Marwa no longer exist? May be the best outcome for her mental state if she now exists only in 1300s Al Qolindar again lol. But if the wishes get reversed or something else happens to return her to Marwadom I'm hopeful she will pull a Derek and return one day!! Wwdits is well known for bringing back one-off characters, and Marwa was a season regular in like 7/10 episodes so I'm not giving up on her yet... My fanart will continue.)

#wwdits #wwdits spoilers #wwdits s4e9 #wwdits speculation #not art #nandermo #freddermo #marwa wwdits #I ain’t mad bc I try not to get mad at tv shows anymore I spent all my tears on spn but I am anxious for what’s next lol #my post.#I may have to wake up at like 6 or 7 wed morning to watch

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thetempleofthemasaigoddess · 2 years

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Being a vampire and discovering Nandor is your ancestor would involve PART 3:

This part includes the character of David from The Lost Boys (1987), but it’s not necessary to have watched the movie; you can simply consider it a placeholder name for (name)’s boyfriend.

*****

🦇 It’s been five years since you and Nandor discovered you are related; you love each other like a father and a child, you trust each other completely and have a lot of fun together.

🦇 Meanwhile, you’ve made friends with some other vampires in town, closer to your own age, which Nandor approves; the moment you, almost too casually, mention a new friend named David, though… something feels off, like you’re not telling him everything or are afraid of his reaction. He asks you about David, how you met him and what kind of person he is, but your answers are vague; Nandor then asks to meet your new friend, and you promise you’ll introduce him, but you never do.

🦇 Something’s off, he’s sure of it; Guillermo points out that he doesn’t have the right to stick his nose into your business, not least because you wouldn’t like it, and Nandor, who doesn’t want to make you angry, promises to keep his questions to himself. He’s still suspicious, though; what if this David is a bad lot, who could end up hurting you in some way?

🦇 Then, one night, the gang gets ready to go to an acquaintance’s 500th birthday party. You’re also invited, but you decide to stay home watching TV, even though Nandor tells you they’ll probably stay out until dawn; he doesn’t need to worry, you’ll be fine alone for one night!

🦇 Something happens, and the gang gets home much sooner than expected. Nandor opens the door of the living room calling for you… and finds you lying on the sofa, entwined to the body of a young blonde vampire with a mullet, kissing like only people who don’t need to breathe can, both of your shirts lying on the floor.

🦇 For a moment you’re both so surprised you don’t know how to react. Then… “(Name)!” he roars; “Nandor!” you shriek, and then together: “What the fuck are you doing/doing here already?”

🦇 Five seconds and the room explodes into chaos. Nadja, Laszlo and Guillermo are barely able to hold Nandor, who is trying to pounce on David (he doesn’t need to ask his name; now everything is clear!) to kill him with his bare hands; you beg/order him to stop, because your boyfriend did nothing you didn’t enthusiastically consent to; David, being David, adds fuel to the fire telling him he’s not afraid to fight an old man and you two have kept your relationship secret too long already.

🦇 Nandor freezes. “Boyfriend? Relationship?” he asks in disbelief. “That’s right”, you answer once you and David have both put your clothes back on, you’ve walked him to the door begging him to stop antagonizing your ancestor and you’ve gone back to Nandor, sitting next to him “David he’s my boyfriend, he’s been for three months already. I wanted to show him where I lived… and I wanted us to have some privacy”.

🦇 To say Nandor is shocked would be an understatement. He knows you’re a great person, beautiful, cool, so he should have known people would be attracted to you, and it’s also normal for you to desire a relationship… but. But.

🦇 Imagine a stereotypical protective parent; multiply by a hundred, and you have Nandor. “Who the fuck is this guy? Where does he live? How did you met him?” he asks menacingly, and you, not intimidated in the slightest, tell him the truth. David had lived in a small town in California called Santa Carla; like you, he is the only survivor of the massacre of his clan, and he arrived in Staten Island after wandering for a while, looking for a new home. You met in a local club frequented by vampires, you struck up a conversation… and the rest is history.

🦇 You take Nandor’s hand in yours, feeling sorry for him; you haven’t had a father figure for a long time and you’re old enough not to need one, but it’s not hard to understand what he’s thinking right now, and you’re grateful, but… “Listen, I’m sorry I lied about tonight; I should have told you all about him a long time ago, introduced you… but I knew you wouldn’t approve in any case”.

🦇 “Hey, that’s not fair…” “Well, do you?” “Of course not!” “You see my point? Nandor, please; I like David very much, more than anyone I met in a hundred years; he treats me very well. I think that if you met him, you would like him too; can you try, please? For me?”

🦇 He wouldn’t be able to say no to your pleading eyes even if his life were at stake; therefore, he promises not to stand in the way between you and David, and while the grateful hug you give him is very nice, he already knows he won’t be able to keep his word.

🦇 The truth is, he can’t stand David. He doesn’t like his clothes, that ridiculous mullet, the stench of the cigarettes he smokes every time he comes pick you up for a date, and his motorbike. He has a motorbike, for crying out loud! Why can’t he simply fly to places, like any normal vampire? What if he has an accident while you’re riding with him?

🦇 “But (name) is a vampire, master, I doubt a motorbike accident could seriously injure them…” “Shut up, Guillermo!”

🦇 But if he must be honest with himself, the real problem is you having a relationship, not your choice of partner. When it comes to love and relationships, Nandor is the unluckiest person in the world, and he’s terrified that it could be hereditary, or in any case, that David could hurt you in some way; you’re a smart, confident person who does not accept to be bullied by anyone, but what if he cheats on you, breaking your heart? What if he hits you, promises not to do again, is forgiven, and then does it again? What if he takes you away from him?

🦇 This is the thing that scares him the most. Your relationship with him and with David are very different, of course, but isn’t it normal for a young person to focus on romantic relationships, excluding the rest? How many vampires have an ancestor as a confidant, instead of a boyfriend? You have many friends already and he has never felt neglected, but this time is different, he feels it.

🦇 He doesn’t even want to think about you and David being intimate. He knows it has probably already happened, given the state you were on the sofa when he caught you and the fact you’ve been dating for months, but… no. He feels the urge to punch a wall (he does; twice). How dare that rascal touch something as pure and amazing as you? Does he even realize how lucky he is just to receive your smile? Does he thank his lucky star every day that you chose him as a partner?

🦇 Something Nandor hates is that his friends, who are also yours, not only don’t share his concerns, but they love David, and they approve of the two of you together. Nadja and Laszlo greet him like an old friend every time he comes pick you up, lend you their clothes for date nights, and even attempt to impart onto you their wisdom as experts on love and relationships. Even Guillermo starts to appreciate your boyfriend, knowing that he makes you happy and especially after David, who in turn has taken a liking to the familiar, takes him for a ride on his bike.

🦇 They, of course, don’t understand; no one does, except Nandor. You’re clearly happy with your boyfriend, you talk well of him, he gives you presents and organizes amazing dates for the both of you; but still, sooner or later he’s going to hurt you, make you cry or, worse, get you in trouble! You have already escaped vampire hunters once, and David is even worse at hiding his vampiric nature in public than the Baron was! Sooner or later he’s gonna get you killed!

🦇 Which means, of course, that he has to break his promise of not interfering with your relationship, to protect you. He doesn’t even try to forbid you from seeing David, since he couldn’t and he knows it; instead, he begins following you, hiding in the places you’re having your dates at, checking that your boyfriend is not doing anything to make you uncomfortable, ready to intervene if he does. He must admit that he treats you very well, and that you look happier and more at ease than he’s ever seen you, and this fills him with envy; he knows it makes no sense to be jealous of your boyfriend, but he can’t help it.

🦇 Nandor is not the best at passing unnoticed, and in the end, it happens; you and David are making-out sitting on a bench in a park at midnight, when a branch on a tree next to you breaks, and Nandor falls down with a scream.

🦇 You’re angry. You’re embarrassed. But most of all, you’re hurt. He had promised! You thought he respected you and your need for some privacy, can’t he see how inappropriate it is to be seen by a father-figure in a moment like that?!

🦇 Nandor hasn’t realized, but it hasn’t been easy for you recently. You love him, and you love David (you really do, and you had been planning to tell him tonight, hadn’t the two of you been interrupted) and it’s terrible to see them at odds with each other, your ancestor who doesn’t even try to hide his contempt for your boyfriend, and David who complains that Nandor hates him without reason and teases him every chance he gets. You feel conflicted, always having to justify one with the other, and you can’t stand anymore.

🦇 You and Nandor end up having a shouting match in the middle of the street; he tries to explain he’s acted in your best interest and just doesn’t want to see you get hurt, but you won’t hear it; his behavior proves that he considers you too young/naive/stupid to take care of yourself, and that he has seen fit to break his promise to you to do as he wanted. You can’t forgive him for this; in that moment, you’re pretty sure you’ll never be able to.

🦇 “I left home as a human to be able to live my life, so that no one could control me anymore; and now you do the same!” you scream at him. In the end you and David leave together, and the next night Guillermo packs you a suitcase and brings it to you, which means that you don’t plan on returning home soon.

🦇 Knowing that you’re now living with your boyfriend should send Nandor into a rage; it doesn’t. He has screwed up big time and he knows it; and now he has lost your respect, your trust, and you, maybe forever. How could he be so stupid, and so insensitive? He feared David would hurt you, and in the end he’s the one who did it!

🦇 Weeks pass, and Nandor is broken-hearted. He almost stop feeding himself, and he spends whole nights by himself, looking outside the window or wandering around aimlessly; his friends are worried for him, but they don’t know how to help. He has no idea where you live now; he could try and find it, but he doesn’t, having finally understood that you deserve your space and the freedom to make your own choices, even the wrong ones. He hopes you’re well, safe, and happy; but he knows he doesn’t deserve to wish for your return.

🦇 And then one night, out of the blue, David arrives. “Have you come to gloat?” Nandor asks tiredly, bu David is dead serious, so serious Nandor worries something terrible has happened to you.

🦇 “(Name) is fine, don’t worry; but they miss you. They are a wreck, they don’t smile, they don’t talk, they do nothing all night, they even lost their appetite! Listen, I know you don’t like me, and I don’t exactly love you either, since you made (name) cry, but something we have in common is that we both care for them, right? You need to come to out place, and say you’re sorry; that’s all it’ll take. Come on, don’t you want to make up for this mess?”

🦇 Nandor has known David for months, but suddenly it’s like he’s looking at the young vampire for the first time… and what he sees it’s not much different from what he saw the first time he met you: a young vampire without a home, who lost his family because of the hunters, and who needed a new place to stay, companionship, and someone who cared for them. No wonder the two of you connected! He does have ridiculous hair and those stinking cigarettes, but can Nandor really hate him?

🦇 In the end, Nandor follows David to a flat out of town, that your boyfriend has claimed for himself after he killed and fed on the owner; he decorated it a lot like the old cave he lived in with his friends in Santa Carla, but Nandor ha no interest for interior design.

🦇 You’re curled up on a sofa, looking more small, fragile and malnourished than the day you met him; seeing him step in you gasp, and Nandor, choked with emotion, can barely utter “(Name), I’m so sorry”, and that’s enough; you jump into his arms, hugging him tight, and there’s no need for words, you each understand what the other is feeling; forgiveness is asked and granted, and peace returns between you and your ancestor.

🦇 From that moment on, everything goes smoothly… almost. You and David get along great, you and Nandor are closer than ever, and your ancestor has learned to get along with your boyfriend; sometimes you catch them sharing a look… you wouldn’t know how to describe it. Not friendly (even though their relationship is slowly becoming less frosty; thankfully you’re all immortal, and you hope than in a century or five they’ll actually become friends!) but more like two people who have reached an understanding; they both love you and want to see you happy, and on that agreement they’re able to build a civil relationship. David comes to respect Nandor’s strength as an older vampire, while your ancestor is reluctantly forced to admire your boyfriend’s energy and disregard for safety and anonymity.

🦇 You spend some time with both of them equally, and David becomes sort of an “associate member” of the family, living on his own but dropping by whenever he pleases. He even convinces Nandor to come on a ride with him! “So, how was it, old man?” “Pleasant enough, I must admit. Say, would you like to learn to ride a horse?”

🦇 In the end, the people you love learn to get along and everything is perfect.

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Thanks for reading! This is part three of three.

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