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#Otp: nandermo
ineffably-human · 7 months
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The day Guillermo slaughtered a theatre of vampires, Nandor looked up and actually saw him. 'My name is Guillermo de la Cruz' burned like a silver knife in his brain. And that's the day Nandor started rooting for him.
Making him a bodyguard, insistent that's what he was. Watching him so carefully. 'Push back. Break the rules. Talk about yourself. I can't do it for you. If I do it for you then you've already lost.' Guillermo slapped him and his eyes lit up. Guillermo fought him, and he only wanted more. Guillermo said 'I can kill you whenever I want, I choose not to,' and it's what he was waiting for.
Nandor stands at the train station, feeling awake for the first time in months as he considers all the variables. The normal bite won't be enough, not for a Van Helsing. He'll have to drink someone right away, just to be sure. Will it feel the same for him, to hunt a human the way Nandor's watched him hunt a vampire? Maybe if they do it together. Maybe there's a lot that Guillermo can do very easily, if they do it together. Maybe there's a lot Nandor can do, very easily, if-
(...he's not coming. Well, familiars have balked at less.)
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It's such a genuine surprise when he reappears. Why everything happened doesn't matter, exactly; Guillermo doesn't fight to get any of it back. He's so angry, so ready to leave, and by all rights Nandor should let him. But all he can feel is the instinct to stop him. Perhaps if he has actual love in this house, something to fill the void... Maybe there's one more thing Guillermo can do for him before his exit.
It's a strange year. Guillermo is not in his service, so much as he's a friend charged with service. His mind is so pulled in different directions - raising the Colin-creature, helping at the club, buying his gaudy new clothes that aren't vampire-like at all. Talking on the phone, sometimes in the other language he speaks, sometimes in secret whispers Nandor doesn't try to figure out.
If Guillermo doesn't want him to know, then he doesn't. He can't begrudge him a life outside this house anymore. It's like Guillermo has remembered how to be human.
Maybe he has. Nandor takes him to fight, wants to see that fire in his eyes again, but Guillermo only wants peace. They never talk about him becoming a vampire. Guillermo doesn't ask once. At the wedding, Guillermo promises to always be there when Nandor is afraid. Nandor wonders what 'always' means to him.
When he meets Freddie, things click into place a bit. Nandor is happy for him, truly. Suspicious, of course - this is a stranger in their home, one who clearly doesn't know their secrets. But such a kind and engaging stranger. And intriguing, like a little secret corner of Guillermo Nandor has never been able to reach. Nandor has been so lonely lately, he keeps getting everything he wants and yet he's lonelier than ever -
Nandor fucks up. Nandor fixes. Or does his best, anyway.
Guillermo goes to London one day, comes home with a look in his eyes like something broken. They don't talk about it.
Guillermo is back to dusting. He sits beside Nandor and smiles, placid and friendly. 'So, what's next?' But he doesn't ask. And Nandor can't ask it for him. That's not how this works.
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And suddenly, Guillermo is a million miles away. Suddenly, Guillermo would rather be anywhere than with Nandor.
He talks about being a vampire for the first time in a year, but there's a strangeness to it. A wariness. When they laugh at the idea, he doesn't push back. There's no fire.
Something is wrong, honestly wrong, but Nandor can't bring himself to think about it seriously. Guillermo still runs from even the thought of their orgies. (So it can't be what he's thinking of, can it?) Their first big crisis as a household in a while, their bodyguard is nowhere to be found. (Is he a bodyguard anymore? A familiar? A lot more like Laszlo's familiar, these days...)
'I'm not going to be around forever.' Well, fine. He can survive that. He's survived far worse, and so has Guillermo.
And Guillermo is not just here right now, but is alive right now - wonderfully, blessedly alive - and Nandor won't be forced to think about his death for a while yet.
The one thing he knows for sure is that Guillermo would never do anything to hurt him, to hurt any of them. And maybe that's why it never worked out. You have to do so much more than survive, to be a vampire.
-- When everything that happened becomes clear, when his rage fades to anger fades to acceptance, there's still responsibility. Responsibility to his familiar, responsibility to his friend.
And when Guillermo's heart is too full, and spills over whatever bloodlust he had, Nandor wishes he were surprised. Guillermo has iron in him but it's been forged into a shield, after all this time. There are no little leftover bits Nandor might have helped him shape into a pair of fangs.
Guillermo can feed a family, or defend one, or defend himself. But he won't kill unless he has to, and his own survival - or his own happiness - is not a 'has to'. Fine. Guillermo has fought for him. Nandor can fight, too.
His own anger still needs a more constructive place to go. So he looks at Guillermo's wretched sire - who never even wanted to be a vampire, and then made a vampire so thoughtlessly. Who hasn't come to see Guillermo, who couldn't figure out how to help him, who doesn't even know that he's in pain.
Nandor drives a stake into the heart of a vampire. And it feels good.
Maybe now, he can also be angry at himself a little less.
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burymeinblack2022 · 2 years
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It IS living in my head rent free how Nandor just jumped into the sewage hole in the floor to save Guillermo without hesitation like. not a thought in that vamp's head... Before anyone could say anything he was already in it.. Just gotta save his boytoy... His malewife... Homeboy is down BAD and he doesn't even realize it lmao i- 💀💀
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patch3sthenightup · 6 months
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nadjaandlaszlo · 2 years
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no okay because there was a VERY apparent shift in the atmosphere during the fight, when it switches to swords and it starts getting serious, and Nandor really takes to it and he says Guillermo is really starting to piss him off and Guillermo has to genuinely ask whether it’s part of the game. and now i can only think of how that whole fight scene is a metaphor for their relationship. even before Nandor joined the fight, it’s Guillermo fighting on his own because Nandor asked him to, trying to please him. then Nandor joins in and he’s sure he’ll win and he’s not really treating it like anything more than a show, but Guillermo is being a cocky little shit (affectionate) and is still really into it. then the moment it gets serious, the moment they introduce the swords, Nandor starts taking it to another level and Guillermo doesn’t know if it’s a game anymore. the roles reverse and suddenly Nandor is taking it seriously while Guillermo wants to step back……..
i think my conclusion here is that the fight scene symbolises the changes in Nandor and Guillermo’s behaviour as well as changes in the nature of their relationship. it proves Guillermo has noticed the way Nandor is treating him differently this season but he’s not doing anything about it because he’s just started to try to let go and he doesn’t know if Nandor is still playing with him or if this really has become something serious. thank you for your time.
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emmabirb8 · 1 year
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Idk what exactly it is about Nandermo that just... scratches the PERFECT itch in my brain that I didn't even know existed, but I think part of it is the fact that they somehow encapsulate so many of the most delicious tropes.
I mean, just off the top of my head, they are:
enemies to lovers
best friends to lovers
mutual pining
repressed feelings/secret feelings
shared history
bicker couple
battle couple
weird kinks couple
ruthless devotion
the goofy one paired with the grouchy one
smol and tol
violence as a love language
the love is requited, they're both just idiots
interspecies romance
forbidden love/star-crossed lovers
make each other worse/stupider when together
codependent toxic soulmates AND
ultimate slowburn
ALL AT THE SAME TIME. Wrapped up in the most dysfunctionally functional little package you can possibly imagine.
No other fictional couple is doing it like them. Nandermo truly is PEAK romance. <3
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thewitchofstjohns · 11 months
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WHERE I STAND WITH MY OTPs
Was thinking about this the other day and thought I should write it down.
* JOHNLOCK: My very first OTP. I don't follow them or read their fics anymore, but I still adore them and collect their fanart. I'm sad there will never be a S5.
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* HANNIGRAM: I still read the occasional fic and collect fanart. My hopes for S4 are dwindling, but I still love them to death (heh). The darkest, most mysterious, intriguing and complex OTP of all time.
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* AZIRACROW: I haven't read any of their fics in a while, but am strangely feeling the need to now that we have a date for S2. Still collect their fanart too. They're just - I LOVE THEM YOUR HONOR
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* GENTLEBEARD: S2 can't get here soon enough! I don't read their fics anymore though - I'm not sure why. Maybe because they fell so hard and fast for each other in canon, anything else seems anticlimactic. I collect their fanart and impatiently await the arrival of S2. I love my gay pirates.
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* SYMBROCK: I can't help it, I adore these two dorks. Or are they one dork? Haven't read too much of their fic lately. I do still collect their fanart and think about how nice it must be to be literally one with your sweetie.
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* NANDERMO: This is the one I am very passionate about right now. Will they or won't they? It's clear they love each other, even after all they've been through. Their story is still being played out. I'm reading their fics voraciously and counting the hours until S5 arrives.
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toxic-yaoi-tournament · 6 months
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And The Toxic Yaoi Tournament Begins!
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I put in any pairing that got more than one independent nomination, with the exception of two that were only submitted once that I pulled in to plug the gaps, and Garai/Michio, my pollrunner's choice.
All the matchups on the left side will have their polls posted tomorrow, while the matchups on the right will have their matchups posted the day after tomorrow. All matchups will last for one week. Seeding was done based on how many works the pairing was tagged in on Archive of our Own.
Left Side (September 19th-September 26th):
Hannigram (Hannibal) vs. Garai/Michio (Tezuka's MW)
Louistat (Interview With The Vampire) vs. Nandermo (What We Do In The Shadows)
Bingqiu (Scum Villain's Self-Saving System) vs. Rudolf/Der Tod (Elisabeth das Musical)
Krisnix (Ace Attorney) vs. Lawlight (Death Note)
Right Side: (September 20th-September 27th)
Narusasu (Naruto) vs. Yoshiki/"Hikaru" (The Summer Hikaru Died)
Suzululu (Code Geass) vs. Xuexiao (Mo Dao Zu Shi)
Shuake (Persona 5) vs. A-ya/C-ta (Shuuen no Shiori Project)
Oh Sangwoo/Yoon Bum (Killing Stalking) vs. Vegaspete (Kinnporsche)
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thatqueercookie · 11 months
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sometimes i cry because nandor and guillermo exist together in the same universe
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porternash · 1 year
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ijs
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sumendi-blog · 5 months
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Ok, ok, Nandermo is over
Can Guillermo have, PLEASE, a vampire slayer boyfriend? I can't see him dating a normal human...and the homoeretic fights that this will result by Guillermo protecting his vampires while thinking "DAMN he's good...focus, Guillermo!"
Maybe I'm the one that needs to focus....
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diamondcitydarlin · 2 years
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I'M LISTENING
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ineffably-human · 7 months
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"Guillermo has always been completely loyal to me."
Because he HAS.
Because Guillermo has never even considered forcing the bite. He's never hurt a vampire in anything but self-defense. The only time his power wasn't to protect Nandor, it was to beg something of him: 'don't leave me behind.'
"I know you better than anyone."
Because he DOES.
He knew Guillermo was nine or ten when he realized he was... He knew how to push Guillermo into a fight to test his resolve. He didn't know Guillermo's last name, none of them did, but when he learned it he tattooed it into his brain and made sure he said it right, used it to make Guillermo feel like a knight.
"I can't believe you remember that."
'I can't believe that mattered to you. I can't believe I mattered to you. I would never have done this if I knew it mattered enough to break your heart.'
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burymeinblack2022 · 2 years
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Ok but imagine being Nandor introducing your familiar and it's some 19 y.o team Edward tiny Mexican dude you found at a panera bread who probably followed him home bc he said he was a vampire.... That's comedy babes the nandermo motion picture is unparalleled
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starkurt · 10 months
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Hello, I'm alive, and it's my birthday today! So naturally I'm spending it drawing Kurtermo LOL 🦇
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nadjaandlaszlo · 2 years
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anyway Nandor “always forgets” Guillermo is a vampire killer because he is used to nothing but kindness and care from Guillermo and forgets he’s actually a goddamn maniac because he only ever sees Guillermo’s love
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emmabirb8 · 2 years
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Other fans when thinking about their favorite fictional couple having cutesy moments together: 😍😍😍
Nandermo fans thinking about Nandor and Guillermo beating the shit out of each other in a fight (and Guillermo is clearly winning): 😍😍😍 👌👀👌👀👌👀👌👀👌👀 good shit go౦ԁ sHit👌 thats ✔ some good👌👌shit right👌👌there👌👌👌 right✔there ✔✔if i do ƽaү so my self 💯 i say so 💯 thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: ʳᶦᵍʰᵗ ᵗʰᵉʳᵉ) mMMMMᎷМ💯 👌👌 👌НO0ОଠOOOOOОଠଠOoooᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒ👌 👌👌 👌 💯 👌 👀 👀 👀 👌👌Good shit
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