#Kiwi the Nosferatu

[robotslenderman]

[VTM] Fic: Eagle Eyed

Title: Eagle Eyed

Fandom: Vampire: the Masquerade

Adjacent Sub-Fandoms: Vampire: the Masquerade -- Night Road

Main Characters: Female Nosferatu OC

Summary: Kiwi only wanted to go home, but with her passport and license stolen and her own stubborn refusal to ask for help, she's stuck in the US running drugs to get a ticket back. Shame her employer's gotten her hooked on a brand new street drug Kiwi doesn't even know the name of.

And that's just the beginning of her troubles.

#VTM #VTMNR #OC-centric #Kiwi the Nosferatu

[temporalreverie]

Guide to Acronyms You See Online!

lol: lots of laughs

lgbt: let's goooo, boy tits!

haha: haters actualize haunting attacks

smdh: suck my dick happy

onion: oh no, i objectified nosferatu

iykyk: in yakyakistan know your kindness

fhshskdhdjspahsajsjwhwh: foul happy smiler, have some kiwis don't have dates! jucier selection probably and heals sour aftertaste. justify seeming jaunty when he was here

#my posts #concept: keysmash into keyboard suggestion based acronym generation. result: 'just some just some just some.' resolution: write ur own

[maxwell-grant]

Might I please ask if you have an opinion of DRACULA? (Either the novel itself or the adaptations); having read both this novel and FRANKENSTEIN, I'm tempted to agree with the reviewer who wrote that one of these is a Classic and the other is actually Fun to read ... (-;

(Art by Cinemamind)

I completely understand the sentiment of "one's a classic and the other's fun to read" and I don't necessarily disagree with it. I don't read Frankenstein for fun, I read it because it's the book closest to me and it's heartbreaking to think about and it's got one of my favorite characters ever in it and it's got a stake in my soul I gotta renew every year. Dracula, however? Dracula is a blast and it boggles the mind as to how every adaptation can be so crushingly lesser in nearly every aspect. My hardcover edition with annotations is one of my most prized possessions.

It's interesting that people tend to talk about Frankenstein and Dracula like Frankenstein was cutting edge sci-fi while Dracula was archaic and folkloric, when it's really the other way around. Frankenstein is the story of an arrogant dipshit rejecting modern science and thinking to unearth outdated knowledge soon blossoming into a vicious cycle of savagery, where as Dracula is the story of an ancient predator adapting and trying to take over current society and fought by a ragtag team of upstanding citizens using modern tactics to stave him off and eventually fight him, desperately struggling to stay ahead of the curve as he wisens to their tactics.

This book was really ahead of it's time in so many ways. I could easily see excerpts of it, particularly the Demeter journals and Renfield's story, taking off as internet creepypastas or found footage horror films. Dracula's a story about a group of characters playing detective as they update their blog entries about the coming of an initially incomprehensible horror taking over their lives. It's a story that could work regardless of Victorian or vampire trappings, and we know this because Blair Witch Project and Marble Hornets are some of the biggest horror successes of the past decades, all of which follow the same general idea, except in Dracula, they don't just discover the true nature of the horror, they also start fighting back and ultimately destroy it.

Dracula's obviously a great villain, that goes without saying. I don't actually tend to take Dracula seriously much of the time because I'm very fond of comedy takes on Dracula and vampires, but that doesn't at all diminish his impact in the original book. He's barely in the novel for much of it which makes his every appearence Count, and the atmosphere as well as the many, many forms he can show up or be suggested at really help solidify what an incredible presence he can be.

He's the strange ruler in a foreign country, he's the kooky old man with weird customs, he's the creepy house owner tormenting a hapless guest, he's a barbarian who lives in nostalgia. He's the wind on your window, a dog on the street, a bat in your windshield, a storm on your ship. He's a predator in every way possible, he's a handsome aristocrat, he's a tragic victim of his own monstrous nature, he's a demon who threatens to consume all mankind, he's the fucker who assaulted your loved one and has to go down hard by machete right now.

Even if we just threw out the 124 years of Dracula's history out, we'd still have enough material in the book not just for a great villain, but dozens of great villains and characters who could take just about any of these traits and run with them. And still, the thing that really, really stuck out to me about Dracula wasn't him, it was the other characters

Art by Kiwi

Dracula's cast is so, so underrated, so unfortunately sidelined as a result of adaptations that only care about The Count and try to give him all the dramatic weight and characterization and sideline all the other characters as merely bit players. Stories that twist Jonathan into a useless fop or an active jerk on the idea that he's the "boring" one, that diminish Renfield's story into just being a hapless and insane goon of Dracula, that make Van Helsing the only character who's even capable of putting up a fight and make him a generic badass, that completely neglect Quincy Morris even though he's great and everyone who discovers him is aghast at discovering "holy shit there's a COWBOY in Dracula?" like yes, there is, and he's incredible and everyone should love him and everyone WOULD love him if only the adaptations remembered he exists.

Adaptations that completely sideline Mina when, and I can't stress this enough, she is the most competent character in the book, one of the greatest pop culture detectives, a wonderful and compassionate and incredibly strong and intelligent character and the main reason why they even managed to win against the Count in the first place, and arguably the closest thing the book even has to a protagonist or hero. I'm not gonna go too into it here but, even putting aside the sheer awfulness of adaptations that try and force a romance between The Count and Mina, seriously fuck off with that, why is it that pretty much every "official" adaptation has had considerably less feminist interpretations of Mina than the source material written in the 1880s? It's a complete travesty (and yes, I'm including LOEG Mina in this, anyone who likes the book and character could have done that concept better)

I enjoy aspects of Dracula adaptations, mostly regarding certain actors's takes on the characters like Bela Lugosi (the only saving grace of that movie, honestly, but rightfully considered the iconic performance), or Peter Cushing as Van Helsing. I very much enjoy the Dracula adaptation Orson Welles did because it at least tried to stay faithful to the book. But regardless of their individual quality, I don't have much to say about Dracula adaptations that try to adapt the book other than "WHY in christ aren't you just sticking to what's in the book? Do you not see how GREAT it is, all the great things about it that are just waiting to be rediscovered and loved by new audiences? STOP WHATEVER IT IS YOU'RE DOING WITH MINA FOR THE LOVE OF GOD-"

So yeah I definitely got thoughts on Dracula. Utterly adore the book but thinking about how much of it's greatness has been lost in the adaptations kinda makes me a little angry. Of course, this doesn't extend to adaptations that tell different stories or just put Dracula into existing stories or reinterpret it. I love Nosferatu and Castlevania Dracula and Hellsing Dracula and Billy & Mandy Dracula and Sesame Street Dracula. Dracula's basically become a sub-category of monster in it's own right and there's no such think as too many monsters, or too many Draculas

I'm very glad that Dracula's public domain because it means not only can he just show up anywhere, but it also means that just about anyone can pen their own Dracula stories. Still, it would be nice if the other great characters of Dracula got brought along for the ride on a couple of those.

#replies tag #literature #monster tag #dracula #bram stoker #mina murray #jonathan harker #van helsing #quincy morris #i may have gotten a bit ticked off there

[reidecorating]

thank you my starling @joodeduarte​ for the tag!!

name/nickname: i prefer it if no one ever refers to me at all but if you absolutely have to, it’s mads, madison or any creative spinoff you can think of (ten dollars to anyone who can top madison square garden)

star sign: ♐︎

height: the same as boots the monkey from the american children's animated television series dora the explorer??

birthday: 4th of december

favourite bands: i hate this question because there are so many um, nirvana’s always in the back of my mind, THE KOOKS - but i’ve been listening to a lot of the velvet underground lately 

favourite solo artists: Taylor Swift, Taylor Alison Swift, t.s.

song stuck in my head: the first lines from pretty fly (for a white guy) by the offspring and its INFURIATING

last movie: part way through nosferatu (1922) - purely because of one of my foreign film fanatic friends, not by choice

last show: the news

when did i create this blog: june last year

what do i post: the same old forty year old man  

last thing i googled: ‘lenticular clouds’

other blogs: that’s for me to know, and you to not know

do i get asks: occasionally!! and it’s the most exciting thing, so if you’ve ever been in my inbox - this is my official declaration of love

why i chose my url: i think i was in the middle of redecorating my room and HAND CONSTRUCTING shelves to intentionally look like they’re from a 1960’s rubbish disposal unit and then bam i decided to try my luck on tumblr with ‘reidecorating’

following: 170 

followers: i don’t wanna reveal this as of this moment, because i have a milestone coming up (hopefully!) which is extremely exciting so!! for now just know i am grateful for all [redacted] of you <3

average hours of sleep: 7 hours and 18 minutes according to apple inc.

lucky number: i did my final level of calculus this year and cried so much so no numerical value holds any luck for me i hate math

instrument: primarily the kazoo as it requires little to no skill, but also piano, guitar (not well! just to accompany singing) and i also played the FLUTE up to grade 2 and then decided i wasn’t committed enough to orchestra culture and quit

what am i wearing: swimsuit and a giant button up because night swims are thrilling

dream job: anything that involves people and making an impact on them!

dream trip: i can't decide between exploring more of asia, a trip around europe that isn't planned at all and hiking trails in the south island (nz) and the moon because i want to see for myself if it’s real

nationality: kiwi, like the song

favourite song: the whole of the moon by the waterboys!!!

last book i read: the paper menagerie and other stories by ken liu and i’m fascinated by the simplicity of his writing style which powerfully conveys a multitude of messages

just a couple moots (no pressure ;) : @softspencerreid @summerygubler

#it was a bit long #i love to talk about myself there's so much to say because i'm obviously just so cool and interesting #and humble too #i was hoping one of the questions would be 'what is your greatest redeeming quality' #because mine would definitely be humility #i co-wrote that one kendrick lamar song #scroll down in geniuslyrics and you'll find my name #tag you're it <3 #BAqUeue

[spine-lizard-studies]

Cherry, banana and kiwi

Cherry: can you play any musical instruments or can you sing?

I used to play bass guitar but I haven't touched it for 3 years. It was really fun though and honestly, the bass has such an amazing sound it's still my favourite instrument. I definitely can not sing though.

Banana: favourite horror movies?

I'm not a big fan of horror movies but we used to watch them with my class in high school. I really liked Sinister. And I like the old Dracula movies purely for the aesthetics, same with Nosferatu.

Kiwi: what's something that fascinates you?

Uh, there are a lot of things... Okay here's 3 of them:

1. Rivals with sexual tension, makes me lose my mind tbh

2. Tall people, like people over 190cm

3. Biological signals as a whole

#thamks #i love answering these

[scarletarosa]

Grape, coconut, kiwi

Grape - If you could take a vacation anywhere in the world, where would you go?

My top choices would be Egypt, Italy, Jordan, and India.

Coconut - Favourite perfume?

Ah, that would be Nosferatu by Black Baccara Oils. It smells of patchouli, red roses, and a bit of tobacco smoke. 

Kiwi - What’s something that fascinates you?

A great many things. I am fascinated by the way different people think, the stars, music, artwork, and the strange entities that interact with me.

#asks

[walking-true-to-style]

Hi handsome! I want to see if you can just do all the prompts from asks youve reblogged the last 24 hours! Love you

Oh shit. Uh ok I’m gonna put them all under a cut

peach: do you have any piercings or tattoos?

Yes! I have my ears and my brow

raspberry: favorite flower?

Roses and orchids

lemon: do you have any pets? what are their names?

Yes! 3 cats. Juju, Mambo, and Ming

mango: what is your trademark?’

Probably my love for Queen, goth/punk aesthetic, and being a witch

passion fruit: how would you describe your style?

I’ve heard vampire glam and homeless chic? lmao

pineapple: sexual orientation?

I’m very fluid romantically, but I’m somewhere on the asexual spectrum

strawberry: favorite desserts?

Gelato, trimisu, and brownies

cherry: can you play any musical instruments or can you sing?

Yes, bass, guitar, uke, and I sing

grape: if you could take a vacation anywhere in the world, where would you go?

I’d love to visit Germany

banana: favorite horror movies?

I’m a fan of oldies like Night of the Living Dead, Nosferatu, and Dracula

blackberry: is your life an action film, a comedy, a romantic comedy, or drama?

Probably a melodrama honestly

pomegranate: when do you feel the most confident?

I never feel confident lmao

cantaloupe: what are your parents’ names?

Not gonna answer that oof

guava: dark & dramatic makeup or natural makeup?

BOTH. I literally just did both the last few days

tangelo: if you could be any mythical creature, which would you be?

Probably a hobgoblin

plum: favorite clothing brands?

I actually don’t know

coconut: favorite perfume?

I’m allergic to perfume actually. I love chai essential oils though!

lychee: satin or lace?

Lace af

blueberry: what do you want to dress up as for halloween?

I’m really excited to be Negasonic tbh

apple: what do you use more, tumblr or twitter?

Definitely tumblr

kiwi: what’s something that fascinates you?

SPACE

watermelon: do you have a job? if so, what is your job title?

Yeah! So I offer music lessons/tarot readings but I also am going back to my old retail/receptionist job at the local music shop I took lessons at

papaya: what song describes your aesthetic?

Not sure honestly???

cranberry: favorite time of the day; morning, afternoon, dusk, or night?

Definitely dusk/night

nectarine: would you consider yourself an emotional person?

Yeah, but I regulate

orange: do you have long eyelashes?

Ish?

apricot: what do you do when you’re sad?

I play ukulele or watch a feel-good movie

star fruit: favorite sea creature?

Harbor seals!

dragonfruit: do you drink alcohol?

Not really. A few sips here and there, but really no

ADORABLE ASKS

1. Have you met your soul mate?

It’s possible!

2. Favorite color when you were younger, and now?

Midnight Blue, still the same lmao

3. Do you wear eye-shadow? What color?

I very often to like a gold/black smokey eye or a red/purple

4. Are you in love right now?

Very

5. In your opinion, is love at first sight real?

No. Attraction is, but love takes time

6. Are you an optimist, realist, opportunist, or pessimist?

I’m not entirely sure

7. First kiss details? (If you haven’t been kissed, reply how and if you would like to be.)

Sooo I was 13 at a convention and straight up it was by accident because of the pocky game. My first ROMANTIC kiss was at the same con when I met my ex girlfriend

8. Do you own stickers, an stationary?

I DO!!!

9. What’s your aesthetic?

Goth witchy goblin???

10. Do you wear dresses, and skirts?

No because dysphoria mostly

11. What is your hair like?

Short, black, messy

12. Does time go by fast or slow to you?

It depends I guess?

13. What time do you go to bed? What time do you wake up?

I go to bed between 12 and 1 and if I get a full night I’ll get up around 8-9

14. Favorite sweet food?

Gelato

15. Tea, coffee, or hot cocoa?

Honestly that’s how I’d rank them because I like them all

16. Space, Ocean, City, or Forest?

Space/Forest

17. Favorite game as a child?

Animal Crossing: New Folk and Pokemon Diamond and Pearl

18. Comfort book?

Bram Stoker’s Dracula or Gaston Leroux’s Phantom of the Opera

19. Princess, Fairy, Mermaid, or Unicorn?

Fairy

20. Do you fall in love easily?

Not really, but once I’m in I’m INNNN

21. Favorite word?

Susurrus or cacophony 

22. Describe your life in 3 words.

Doing my best

23. Do you dance? Slow dance?

I got a mean charleston. Slow dancing is often me dissolving into a giggly mess because intimacy makes me nervous and I’m a hella nervous giggler

24. Do you wear fake nails, or paint your nails?

Not usually, but I love black nail polish

25. Has anyone ever confessed to you?

Yeah, but Idk what they see in me lmao

26. Do you lie?

Sometimes

27. What makes you smile?

Joe Mazzello, Brian May’s instagram, my partner, music, my cats

28. Have you ever cried in a book or movie?

Only a few times, but yeah

29. When and who was your first crush?

When? Like 4th grade. He was like the super popular kid, and I was a literal outcast

30. Marriage or kids?

I don’t think about them often, but I doubt kids will ever happen

31. Are you superstitious?

Somewhat? Mostly with theatre

32. Who’s your 3 am thought?

My partner

33. Do you like candy? What’s your favorite candy?

Sometimes? I like crunches and kitkats

34. Favorite holiday?

Halloween! Or Purim 

35. Favorite season?

Fall

36. Cat or dog person?

I guess more cat, but I like both

37. Are you quiet or loud?

It kinda varies depending on people I’m around but usually quiet. More of a listener than a speaker yknow?

38. Favorite time period? (80′s, 60′s, etc.)

Victorian/70s/80s

39. Favorite fashion fad that went away?

Glam Rock 

40. The best dream/ worst nightmare you’ve ever had?

Best dream was being in a poly with my partner and Joe, worst nightmare I’d like not to disclose

41. Worst fear as a kid?

Was and will always be suffocation and enclosed spaces with a lotta people

44. Do you flirt?

Probably too much

45. What’s your style?

Answered sorta I guess

46. Do you blush?

When people compliment me, a lot. 

47. Do you feel everything, nothing, or you don’t know what to feel?

All three sometimes?

48. Are you a crier? Do you smile?

I don’t cry a lot because I hate doing it in front of people. Of course I smile lmao

49. First love?

Lowkey it was Sasuke from Naruto. Sue me lmao

50. Last love?

My partner

#ziggy answers #anonymous

[glitch-bite]

ALL THE FRUIT QUESTIONS MWAHAHAHAH

oh jfc okie dokie here we go

peach: do you have any piercings or tattoos? my ears are pierced a couple of times and i have one tattoo on my left forearmraspberry: favorite flower? sunflowers for surelemon: do you have any pets? what are their names? I have 6 cats and 2 dogs the cats are: Boo, Rose, Julio, Georgie, Callie, and Scooter; and the dogs are Max and Steviemango: what is your trademark? proooooobably my resting bitch facepassion fruit: how would you describe your style? lesbian hobo chicpineapple: sexual orientation? pansexualstrawberry: favorite desserts? ben & jerry’s half bakedcherry: can you play any musical instruments or can you sing? i have like elementary knowledge of piano and clarinet and i would hope i sing pretty good i was a vocal major at one pointgrape: if you could take a vacation anywhere in the world, where would you go? i would go to the southern andes mountains near cusco in peru, that’s where my mother’s family is frombanana: favorite horror movies? i am a fuckin scaredy cat and don’t like horror movies really but there are a few that i can watch like an american werewolf in london, the uninvited, and nosferatublackberry: is your life an action film, a comedy, a romantic comedy, or drama? my life is a shitty independent movie about a depressed loser that never gets goodpomegranate: when do you feel the most confident? there are days when i actually bother with how i look, and i shave my legs for once and wear shorts. i may be fat but i dont fuckin care i think i have great legscantaloupe: what are your parents’ names? nunya & businessguava: dark & dramatic makeup or natural makeup? dark and dramatic is the only thing i know how to do when i try ‘natural’ i look deadtangelo: if you could be any mythical creature, which would you be? obviously im gonna be a fuckin dragon or some shit plum: favorite clothing brands? pfffffft im too big to have any brand loyalties with clothescoconut: favorite perfume? i love anything thats bright and fresh, they go well with my body chemistrylychee: satin or lace? lace, it’s easier to make stretchyblueberry: what do you want to dress up as for halloween? ghostbustersapple: what do you use more, tumblr or twitter? tumblrkiwi: what’s something that fascinates you? languages like i want to learn so many languages watermelon: do you have a job? if so, what is your job title? i dont have a job right now im just in schoolpapaya: what song describes your aesthetic? details in the fabric by jason mraz the sound is spot on and so are the lyricscranberry: favorite time of the day; morning, afternoon, dusk, or night? night time when no one expects anything from me and everything is quietnectarine: would you consider yourself an emotional person? 1000000000% yes im very emotionalorange: do you have long eyelashes? eh i guessapricot: what do you do when you’re sad? i cuddle with my cats and listen to sad musicstar fruit: favorite sea creature? giant squiddragonfruit: do you drink alcohol? yes please

#answered #anonymous #jfc this was a lot #thank you so much no one ever sends me asks

[robotslenderman]

Dusty snip

[Charlie] watched [Kiwi] go, standing there, arms crossed as he leaned against the wall. Watched her press the button to unlock his car — she’d never had a remote lock before. Watched her open the door. Watched her pause, and look up. He frowned, and craned his neck, but he couldn’t what she could see. Not from his position. On the edge of the roof sat Kaminsky’s eagle. It was watching her too. For a moment, the puzzled frown Charlie shot her made her want to let him know. But there was no point, was there? It was Kaminsky’s bird, not his. If it flew away, she doubted Charlie’d give a shit. So instead, she lowered herself into the car and shut the door. As she turned the keys in the ignition, she saw the shadow of the bird taking flight on the asphalt, cast by the light of the moon.

#Dusty writes #snips #Kiwi the Nosferatu #anyway I finished the first draft of her Embrace fic today #so have a snip

[robotslenderman]

Elisa: My boyfriend is too tall for me to kiss him on the lips. What should I do?

Julian: Punch him in the stomach. Then, when he doubles over in pain, kiss him.

Kiwi: Tackle him.

Dove: Kick him in the shins!

Lettow: No! Just ask me to lean down!

#source: tumblr #VTM #incorrect quotes #VTMNR #Elisa Mulgrew #Julian Sim #Kiwi the Nosferatu #Lettow Kaminsky

[robotslenderman]

I ve only read a select few fics of yours. but I absolutely love Kiwi an I’m curious what other clan they’d thrive in??

Kiwi would probably do well as a Ravnos, as she's always driving around and shit for Dove and is already one hell of an Obfuscator (Obfuscater?). So she's sneaky, and she moves around a lot.

#VTM #Kiwi the Nosferatu

[robotslenderman]

Elisa and Kiwi were Embraced within weeks of each other. Modian was basically the grandparent staying with the parents to help them with their newborn, but generally thinking everything would be fine because they're both responsible vampires so aside from a few bumps he's sure they should have a handle on it.

Yeah no that went to hell in basically five minutes

Dove: SIRE I PUT MY CHILDE IN THE OTHER ROOM WHILE SHE UNDERWENT THE EMBRACE AND NOW SHE'S GONE???? WHAT DO I DO

Kiwi, who's exactly where Dove left her: ????

Modian: did you seriously lose her ALREADY?

Lettow: yeah I left my kid on her driveway and she just went into a hunger Frenzy and massacred her neighbours, mind if I borrow some of your ghouls to clean up the mess?

Modian: Why did you leave her on her driveway? unsupervised?? wtf??

Lettow: it's a Gangrel thing?? she has to fend for herself for three months before I take her in

Modian: but WHY

Lettow: why not?

Modian: do you want an essay?!?

Dove: hello, my baby is missing??

Lettow: yeah mine went AWOL after the massacre but I'm sure she'll turn up eventually. that happens to Gangrel fledglings a lot.

Dove: nvm, found her! she was exactly where I left her all along??

Lettow: just got a phone call from the Prince. my childe picked a fight with a Brujah and murdered him. we're both in trouble now unless I do a few nasty favours for the Prince but I'm -- *wipes tear from eye* -- so proud.

Modian: are you going to supervise her now?

Lettow: why the fuck would I do that

Dove: Shit my childe is missing AGAIN

Lettow: oh crap mine just left another couple of bodies, brb while I cover it up

Modian: ಠ_ಠ

#The first few months after Elisa' and Kiwi's Embraces #were basically Modian facepalming a LOT #VTM #VTMNR #Modian the Nosferatu #Dove the Nosferatu #Lettow Kaminsky #Elisa Mulgrew #Kiwi the Nosferatu

[robotslenderman]

Kiwi: Guess what, I have flaws. What are they? Oh, I don't know. I sing in the shower. Sometimes I spend too much time volunteering. Occasionally I'll hit somebody with my car.

#source: the office #VTM #incorrect quotes #VTMNR #Kiwi the Nosferatu

[robotslenderman]

How did you fuck up your OC and why?

Stolen shamelessly and self indulgently from @bixbiboom 's anon. Fellow members of the Vamily are welcome to join in!

Madeline Jones: Fed her blood to Strauss to save him from torpor, resulting in her getting kicked out of the Chantry and Los Angeles because the Tremere freaked out about it. Did it to give her some time on her own, and to teach her that undying loyalty is not always rewarded, and is certainly not worth it when not reciprocated.

Meredith Jones: Maddy's disappearance destroyed her. That was just a natural consequence of Maddy becoming a vampire lol so it was not done intentionally, but it allowed me to explore something I don't often see touched on - what happens to the people left behind.

Jonathan Grey: Losing Meredith, his wife, sucked, but what really fucked him up was becoming a ghoul in his forties, and eventually having to cut off his own children to preserve the Masquerade for a bunch of people he hated but could kill his girls because he had to hide his inability to age. Did that honestly because I found it interesting, but it (unintentionally) also really hardened him up into the kind of person Clan Lasombra eventually found interesting - much to his dismay - setting him up for his own Embrace. This plays a huge role in his never ending internal conflict - the Brujah ghoul he was (rebellious, compassionate to ghouls) VS the Lasombra Kindred he became (scornful of weakness and losing control).

Elisa Mulgrew: Everything surrounding her Embrace, her kidnapping by Lampago, and basically up to VTMNR (and also VTMNR itself). She was on her own struggling to survive without a sire to guide her, and I did this to explore her as a contrast to Maddy. Maddy is very low generation so even though she was an orphan, she had a lot of inherent power that made her vampiric life substantially easier as it was harder for elders to walk all over her or otherwise coerce or intimidate her. Elisa, in contrast, was generation ten - not that high, but high enough she seriously struggled and barely survived her childehood. I found it an interesting back story and am often drawn to the concept of feral children. Even if they're childer instead of actual children.

Rose d'Eleanor: Like Elisa and Maddy, she's another spin on the lonely orphan concept and in a way combines both of them - Rose is low generation at gen six, but an orphan of possibly the most persecuted clan outside of being an actual Baali. How do you survive on your own when you're completely and utterly alone? At least Elisa could talk to other Gangrel. Rose had nobody but a mortal, unghouled mother to look out for her, and so entered kindred society at almost a century old. Like feral childer, I find the concept of someone struggling to survive on their own, and hiding in plain sight to do so, quite compelling - especially when that person resolves to build her own community and bring it back from the brink. She parallels another OC of mine, Liriel Lavellan, in a lot of ways.

Olivia Martin: Was blood bound to a man who kidnapped her and genuinely fell in love with him underneath the blood bond. Other than her captivity and the obvious consent issues, he treated her quite well. She eventually escaped him, but she was on her own and struggled even more than Elisa and Rose did, and often missed the safety and security of her captivity. Her struggles with freedom, her genuine affection for her captor and his treatment of her otherwise being quite good for a captive fucked her up way more than the actual captivity and kidnapping did and she really struggled to reconcile those complicated feelings. I did it because I was like "fuck it, I want to explore a relationship that has genuine love in there but is actually pretty fucked up in a way that's not full of arguing." Because it seems like most fiction only explores the toxicity of relationships in ways that involve constant fighting. It was really fun to explore.

Kiwi: Having to drive for the Camarilla despite her derangement - needing to use willpower to be visible, including any vehicle she's in - making her a complete fucking danger on the road. She lives with a constant, low level guilt, a knowing that this is a choice she made that she's responsible for, but shows no signs of stopping. I wanted a character who's more "human" (for lack of a better word) in that she was more willing to endure the guilt of being a danger if it meant taking the easy option of not rebelling against her sire and entire support system because she was scared of being on her own and without support in a world she barely understood.

Oliver Stonecreek: It didn't really fuck him up so much as cause a constant source of annoyance in his life, but being Embraced at twelve means that he has to take extra precautions regarding the Masquerade than most as he can't move around human society freely like Kindred Embraced at adulthood. I thought it'd be really interesting to see how his life would be different as someone who appears twelve, and his young Embrace means he has a perspective other Kindred don't due to "missing out" on experiences most other Kindred had as mortals.

#VTM #Madeline Jones #Meredith Jones #Jonathan Grey #Elisa Mulgrew #Rose d'Eleanor #Olivia Martin #Kiwi the Nosferatu #Oliver Stonecreek

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Kiwi: Yes, I am very multitalented. I can do many things. Driving is not one of them.

Dove: For the love of God, GET ME OUT OF THIS CAR

#source: twitter #VTM #incorrect quotes #VTMNR #Kiwi the Nosferatu #Dove the Nosferatu

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Kiwi fic excerpt that will probably be cut.

“Do we need to talk with her about the Masquerade?” said the cosplayer, Modian.

“Nah,” said the Polish guy. “I’m sure Charles has it handled. He’s discreet. Even the ones that don’t know about it keep their mouths shut because their regnants just tell them to.”

“Charlie’s an asshole,” said Kiwi.

Now they noticed her. The Polish guy looked amused, eagle preening itself on his shoulder. “Sure you want that getting back to him?”

“What are you going to do, dob me in?” said Kiwi.

“Dob?” said Modian, frowning.

“Sounds Australian,” said the Polish guy. “Mulgrew’s Australian. Has a similar accent, but more American. She said her father’s American.”

“He’s not going to be a problem, is he?”

“No. He’s in Australia with her mother.”

“I’m from New Zealand,” said Kiwi. “Name’s Kiwi.”

“Are their accents similar?” said Modian, as if she wasn’t there. “Because that sounds very Australian. I had to work with one of Sarrasine’s people once and he sounded like Crocodile Dundee.”

“Who’s that?”

“That’s exactly what the guy said when I mentioned it. They don’t have Crocodile Dundee in Australia.”

“What’s that? Some TV show? I don’t watch TV. I don’t know how to change the channel.”

“It is, yeah. Have you tried using the remote?”

“The what?”

#sorry but technologically illiterate Lettow will never not be funny to me #VTM #snips #Kiwi the Nosferatu #VTMNR #Lettow Kaminsky #Modian the Nosferatu #Dusty writes