#OBSESSED with hunting down vamps and are basically the terror of vamps in dahlia

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ok just relistened to cataclysm cause i hate myself apparently and J HAVE A HEADCANON THAT DARLIN MIGHT STILL BE ALIVE

so. the imperium au has a tendency to reflect the canon universe. like with starlight and avior in the meridian, everything with the sovereigns, and all that junk

so. in the imperium, alexis and quinn are a “thing” (they’ve been fucking for like 40 years but haven’t labeled it yikes) and alexis has a specific HATRED for wolf shifters

now in the canon universe, darlin and quinn had a ‘dalliance.’ now what if, imperium darlin and quinn had their little ‘dalliance’ but alexis found out. and because she ESPECIALLY hates wolves, wants to hurt darlin as much as humanely possible)as humanely as vampires are)

so they torture darlins unempowered friend to draw them out.

asher specifically states that by the time any of the other pack members showed up, darlin was already dead. and soon after david died in asher’s arms.

my theory is. that either quinn or alexis (kinda thinking quinn maybe) TURNED darlin so that they “appeared” dead. we don’t know too much about newly turned vamps, but we know that they are KNOCKED TF OUT when they first turn. (see lovely during inversion. they were OUT for awhile after they were turned) and also (i can’t remember if it was vincent or sam who says this) but during inversion one of the vamp boys said that shades don’t go after vampires because they’re “technically dead” or smth along those lines.

so maybe, the pack assumes darlin is dead when in reality they are just freshly turned and are coming off as dead. with the death of david (their alpha and asher’s mates) they don’t fully recognize the change in darlins core. they bury the bodies and go on their merry way. (not very merry but ya know what i mean) (also not to mention darlin is specifically mentioned as ‘that other pack member’ by literally everyone. i know it’s to keep stuff ambiguous cause they’re a listener character so they don’t have a canon name or like a canon nickname from the pack. but it’s just so. depersonalized. they’re just an ‘other’ while the only thing that matters is that david died)

long story short i’m in denial and i so badly want imp!sam and imp!darlin to interact

#my fav headcanin that people have for alive imp!darlin is that after david’s death they become #OBSESSED with hunting down vamps and are basically the terror of vamps in dahlia #so maybe freshly turned darlin just goes after vamps and after killing enough of his progeny #sammy wants to meet 👁️👁️ #anyways this is just a theory #prolly won’t happen but i’m in denial #i think erik is prolly done with the imperium au anyways #redacted asmr #redacted audio #asmr boyfriend #boyfriend asmr #redactedverse #redacted sam #redacted darlin #redacted asher #redacted david #redacted quinn #redacted alexis #sam collins #david shaw #asher talbot #alexis solaire #imperium!david #imperium!asher #imperium!sam #imperium!quinn #imperium!alexis #imperium!darlin