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ryttu3k · 2 years
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Vampire: the Masquerade x His Dark Materials, part 4! This one went off into a different direction, where vampires still have their daemons. Most of the chat revolved around LaCroix and the Bloodlines cast and I wasn’t the main contributor for that so I’ll leave it to them if they want to post, but here are some notes on my own blorbos du jour, and the world in general!
For earlier speculation: initial post, daemon becoming the Beast version.
Bloodlines: LaCroix has The Fanciest Mouse named Amelie and I would die for her. Fortitude 5, you try and hurt the mousey and it's like trying to attack a rock. Lots of side-eyeing because. That's not a very Ventrue daemon, a mouse, is it?
Diablerie is Terrible you have to eat the goddamn daemon. Having a mouse is. Vulnerable. Abusive or controlling sires will often grab on to your daemon to control you, or to teach you control. Rude-ass sire having someone grab your daemon while they go to town on you with a sword. Can you concentrate while your soul is in someone else's hands? Better learn quick!
Lose your daemon? Time for wight! You just lost your soul!
Nines has a dog, probably a terrier / pittie mutt. Damsel has a kestrel, small but still very much a bird of prey.
Nosferatu daemons are either already comfortable with underground and dark spaces, or, uh, adjust very quickly. Odd combination of ones considered 'vermin' (rats and spiders are popular) versus beautiful and exotic ones (Cleopatras, natch).
Everyone assumes that Riga is Lettow's daemon. She's not, actually, she's still his famalus! His daemon is an armadillo. (She hangs out on his head under his hat. May or may not be a Ratatouille situation.)
Julian has a seagull and absolutely no one is surprised.
On to my blorbos! Beckett has a big ol’ she-wolf. Grizzled and protective. Anatole has a flamingo. Yes, there are flamingos in France. A good indicator of Anatole’s mental state is seeing how colourful and well-groomed his daemon is; she gets help from Beckett’s wolf (having had to bonk her on the head a few times with her beak when the pup would initially get dog slobber all over her). Lucita has an exceedingly sleek black cat. Looks dangerous and regal. In her early days travelling with Anatole, he would just curl up on the back of Anatole’s flamingo and watch the world go by. Fatima has an Aidi dog, and you know what they say about cats and dogs!
Myca has a raven who settled when then-thirteen-year-old Myca was told they were a mage. They didn't know everything their life would hold, just that it was going to be something bigger than they had ever conceptualised.
Gender, what gender. “Hey, why isn’t your daemon a girl?” “I don’t know it’s still like a millennium before I’ll learn about the concept of nonbinary.”
Ilias has a robin! Small and cute, intelligent, friendly and sociable, that lovely shock of orangey-red. Looks adorably bizarre snuggling up to Myca's raven. When he 'dies' and is absorbed by the Eldest, his daemon is absorbed too; when he's recreated, she is as well, this time as an American robin. Same soul, but made of different stuff now, in a very different world.
The Eldest's daemon is, uh, incomprehensible. How did fungi get in there? Best not to ask. Where does the Eldest end and their daemon begin? We just don't know!
The Dracon's daemon never settled! He's the Metamorphosist, you think he's going to be confined to just one form? Don’t talk about his identity issues. Does have a preference for birds, especially owls, but otherwise, his daemon is as fluid as he is.
There are paintings and frescos and mosaics of the Trinity all through Constantinople. Michael is holding on to the Dracon's and Antonius' daemons in a lot of them. True love, clearly. (This is sarcasm.)
All three Trinity members have birds of prey, actually! Michael and Antonius both have eagles (Antonius has a very Roman, very Ventrue golden eagle, Michael has a white-tailed eagle). The Dracon’s ‘official’ daemon, the one he’s seen in public with, is an eagle owl, largely to try and match up; privately she shifts pretty frequently.
Symeon also has a golden eagle. No one is remotely surprised, and Symeon took it as a good sign that he was meant to be Embraced by Antonius from the outset. Even when he wasn’t... well, it’s still a sign that even if he’s of Draconian blood now, his soul is still Ventrue.
Once, in 1204, Symeon had to put his hands on Myca’s daemon to fleshcraft them into an owl. Had to keep up the deception, of course. Both were sent to Michael, and when Michael reached out to stroke the ‘owl’, they shivered and puffed up in terror, because while Myca may have thought they were the Dracon, their soul still knew this was Wrong.
Myca's daemon is pretty terrified of Symeon's, especially after 1204 but still with some wariness before. Even when Myca is saying, "Don't be paranoid, he's never mistreated us, we love and trust him", their daemon just has... that little thought in the back of their head, "But what if..."
When the whole Dracon thing... happens to Myca, their daemons end up merging too. Mostly appears as Sascha's raven, but often with two sets of wings, two pairs of eyes, et cetera. Disconcerting as hell. Biblically-accurate corvidae. Sometimes it's hard to notice until you realise that there are extra eyes blinking through their feathers, or they spread their wings and there's another pair of snowy white ones underneath.
Just as a point of interest. Groups of ravens sometimes mob singular owls; owls sometimes predate on ravens.
'Angel of Caine' nickname pretty understandable, in that case. It's generally seen as a demonstration of Vicissitude, not "there's a methuselah fused to your soul."
Sascha learns not to touch their daemon too much. Because, well, there's someone else's in there too and that's a little too much intimacy, thank you. Touch-starved daemon. They’re right there but just - they can't bring themself to touch them because what about the other daemon.
The Dracon is canonically described as self-destructive and bitter, his daemon probably is similar. Both daemons seeking out others for physical contact as a form of punishing themselves/the other daemon/Sascha. The Dracon being yeeted means Sascha not only has to relearn who they are, but what their relationship with their daemon is, because they've conditioned themself not to touch them, ever.
Once, in 1550, ‘Myca’ and their ‘raven’ paid a visit to Symeon. It didn’t take him long to realise that something was very wrong. And then he looked over to their daemon, saw their raven spread their wings, and beneath them were a very familiar pair of owl wings...
Beckett may have seen the whole drama with the Dracon getting evicted, but seeing Sascha’s raven with no extra wings or eyes or odd colouration was so odd. He realises his feelings a bit quicker this time, although in fairness, his wolf daemon curling protectively around Sascha’s raven was a bit of a dead giveaway.
When Sascha and Ilias reunite, both are pretty wary at first. Sascha’s just gone through nearly eight centuries of hell and is trying to work out who they are now, and Ilias just got resurrected as a methuselah. Just... staring at each other. And then Ilias’ robin spots Sascha’s raven and goes !! and immediately cuddles up and it’s just like old times again, because after everything that’s happened, their souls still know each other.
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turbo-slut-420 · 4 years
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laracastrowrites · 5 years
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1. Favorite fictional characters this year
Ofc you know that Julian Blackthorn outsold, no one stands a chance, it’s almost rude, but what can he do, right ??? But anyways, other than him, in the book universe, let’s say, I have our Most Amazing The Best Shadowhunter of Them All The Superior Supreme Emma Carstairs (I’ve come to love and appreciate her even more after QoAaD, srsly, damn!) and also Tiberius Blackthorn (he’s always been my second favorite Blackthorn, really); I have Starr, from THUG; Locke Lamora, from The Gentleman Bastard Series; Aileana Kameron and Derrick from The Falconer trilogy; Kestrel, from The Winner’s trilogy; Andrew Minyard from All For The Game trilogy; Karou from Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy; Maitê from Amor Plus Size; Grace Marks, from Alias Grace; Celia, from The Night Circus; Jane Eyre, from Jane Eyre; Victor Vale, from Vicious; Rin and Altan, from The Poppy War; Xiomara from The Poet X; Zélie from Children of Blood and Bone. And that’s it from the book world. I have favorites in TV Shows also, like Anne and Marilla, from Anne with an E; Nell, Olivia, Theo and Luke, from The Haunting of Hill House; Vanessa Ives from Penny Dreadful (cause I watched the last season just this year); I also have some characters from movies, like Thomasin from The Witch and Malorie from Bird Box (I know it’s based on a book, but I haven’t read the book yet, so…) and well ,,,, I think these are the ones I remember now (damn, I think I’m getting better at picking favorites ig uh? lmao And I guess I Love Women LMFAO and don’t be fools at seeing Julian in the first place like this would invalidate things cause Julian might be a boy but his soul is as feminine as my reddest lipstick so dont you dare!)
19. Fandom that made an unexpected comeback
Idk ,,,,,, ig I dont have one ??? Sorry =\
21. Overall fandoms of the year
All for The Game fandom outsold, honestly. I really love The Grisha Trilogy fandom (and also SOC fandom, but I feel TGT one is slightly funnier and salty (as salty as me), so…) and I love the small but strong and faithful Julian Blackthorn “fandom” LMAO, we are few but we are AMAZING, thanks for all of you Julian stans for existing tysm we are braver than the us marines, for sure! LMAO so yeah… that.
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togetherasap · 7 years
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Notes to self:
1) Reading all of Cassandra Clare’s novels for the first time within a month is not the best thing to do as your feelings are now forever shattered thanks to Will x Tessa (x Jem), Alec x Magnus, and Julian x Emma. Also, now you have to wait for new books to come out in real time… way to go, idiot.
2) It is not the best idea to read an additional ~15 of the best book series over the last 8 months, the likes of which have produced more profound OTPs than the last decade combined, including Kell x Lila, Warner x Juliette, Rowan x Aelin, Rhys x Feyre, Marco x Celia, and Arin x Kestrel.
This does not even cover my always and forever books: Harry Potter, P&P, The Count of Monte Cristo, East, The Truth About Forever
Other honorable mentions: Baz x Simon, Rhy x Alucard, Jace x Clary, Cath x Levi, Phedre x Joscelin
3) You’ll need another bookshelf to house all these new books you’ll eventually buy because you are weak. So much for restraint.
4) Attempt to refrain from posting about late night book marathon reading and/or ranting as you will probably regret it in the morning.
5) What is likely the biggest book hangover you’ll ever suffer will be upon you very soon. Apologies in advance to those who will have to witness this blubbering mess rambling about magic and wings and parabatai and love that transcends all.
6) Thank God for friends who will listen to you anyways when you do. I’m looking at you, @sententiousandbellicose.
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turbo-slut-420 · 4 years
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I started playing Muriel's route. I've avoided it cuz I think gruff, angry men are an overplayed trope. But tbh, he and Julian have a lot in common. And they both remind me very much of my boyfriend. A gruff, stoic, bundle of chaos with a martyrdom complex? That's my man. Both are very afraid to let people help, they push people away because they don't think they deserve anything good, and they're both very dramatic in their own very special way. And as much as all of it drives me fucking nuts, I love all of that about my boy, and about them too.
But they're all very caring, even when it hurts them. Even when they're pushing people away, it's because they don't want to hurt you. Even if they're wrong. They're both willful and stubborn, but that drive when properly applied does so much good. They're all so gentle and loving, and it's painful to see them think of themselves as burdens.
This got long but ultimately, what I think I love most about Muriel and Julian mad this game in general, is it got me to think about the qualities I value in a partner. And it made me realize that my boy, the love of my life, has them all. This game helped me fall back in love with him, silly as it might sound.
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turbo-slut-420 · 4 years
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I just started Nadia's route, and I've been questioning my sexuality a lot lately. I've always kinda wondered if I was bi, but Jesus a classy, Amazonian goddess that just wants to spoil me and mess with me in equal measure does it for me.
On an unrelated note, every time I play a new route I feel like I'm betraying Julian. My poor husbando. Although I get the feeling he would be open to an open or poly relationship.
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turbo-slut-420 · 4 years
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I just finished Julian's reversed route and my heart is sad.
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turbo-slut-420 · 4 years
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Would anyone be interested in Kestrel's backstory or even some fics with her? I haven't written anything in a long time but tbh this whole fandom makes me really want to draw and write again.
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turbo-slut-420 · 4 years
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Kestrel is hot 😝 Can you pretty please answer #8 for the Apprentice April asks?
Oh my god thank you. This is my first one.
She's big on gentle touches. Lightly brushing hair out of their eyes (especially Julian) and looking at them with all the love she can muster. Softly tracing patterns on their skin (or in their chest hair because she's a fucking dweeb).
On a more like, romantic note. She's big on acts of service and verbal affirmation. She showers her partner in compliments to the point it can make them uncomfortable (read: Muriel). She backs off if they say so but she means every single one. But she'll spend all day cleaning their home so they can relax when they get back, or make dinner for them, or a special dessert. She just wants them to feel special.
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