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nixnephili · 2 years
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Bram Stoker (from Bungou Stray Dogs) becouse he does NOT get enough content man- Nix
Full body exterior cloak + interior outfit 🦇
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serotoninarts · 2 years
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just liked the idea of them hanging out after a fight, fixing their weapons and talking
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quinnk1n · 4 months
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I like to believe that vampires stereotypically wear all black because their undead bodies are freezing cold and wearing black will absorb more warmth.
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snuff-loves-men · 4 months
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ALP Character HCs
⋆GN!Reader + NSFW HCs
⋆list includes: Connor Temple & Johnny Harker
*note: I jus wanna get this shit outta my drafts
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Connor Temple ✮
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Pre-relationship
• Met you when he attended college and immediately latched onto you
• You humored his ridiculous conspiracies, enjoyed his passion for prehistoric things and theories and had similar interest in movies
• Was thrilled to have more friends
• When he pulled out of college, you sought him out, it worried you that such a bright peer dropped college for seemingly no good reason
• He sort of accidentally maybe told you a bit about the anomalies and what he was doing with Professor Cutter
• You obviously thought he was batshit insane but lo and behold, he was telling the truth
• You figured that out the hard way when you encountered an entelodont fresh out of a rip in time
• Needless to say that changed your view a bit
• So you became a sort of witness to the whole ARC operation until you were recruited to be “the help”, basically just doing whatever the main team didn’t do [like paperwork…]
• After a few months of working there you, Connor and Abby started to get close, forming a little group
• Occasionally when you weren’t held up at work or they weren’t risking their lives, you’d all hang out.
• It was a cute dynamic for a while
• Until you and Connor started to hang out seperately
• Bringing him over to your flat a handful of times w/out Abby
• When Abby caught wind of this, she had a bit of a feeling where it was heading
• You and Connor ended up becoming best friends, spending pretty much any spare moment you could with each other, Abby sometimes tagging along for the adventure
• Then another noticeable dynamic started, where you would start messing with Connor and he’d be blissfully unaware of the fact you were joking
• Has no idea what’s going on when you flirt w/him
• Thinks it’s just a “fun friend dynamic” at first
• Uh-huh, cuddling up with your homies during movie night is suuuuper normal, Con.
• You don’t hold your friend’s hand from time to time? Psshh, weird.
• You gotta cry into your bros arms every now and then, y’know, for your health
• Abby points out the fact that you’re actually being very forward w/him
• He doesn’t believe her at first and just excuses it but she quotes some of the most unhinged things you’ve said to him and it finally clicks
• Slowly he starts to flirt back and you jump on that shit immediately
• He pulls a “make me” and you almost explode
• Struggles to get acclimated to using the humor he used w/ Abby on a guy
• He gets it but it takes a minute
• Eventually you two get into a sorta will-they-won’t-they because it’s Connor and he’s perpetually confused about relationships
• You close the deal and give him a kiss plus an extensive talk on relationships bcs he needs deets
• Everyone in the ARC catches on pretty quick
• Of course they clown on you two for it bcs duh
• Once Stephen saw you two have a tender moment and just ragged on you for like 5 minutes and Connor got super embarrassed until he realized he was joking
• Abby was super supportive but also your biggest bully
• She mostly picked on Connor but every now and again she’d change targets
• Overall lots of figuring each other out and starting some cute little dynamics
Established Relationship
• Lots of time spent in each other’s work spaces not getting work done bcs you two were fucking around doing random stuff
• He also stayed around your place and eventually moved in cause when has he ever held down a flat that was his?
• You had to fully mold him into a better roommate there was absolutely no way you were gonna put up w/ that
• Steals ur shirts and over-layer clothes [borderline klepto when it comes to clothes]
• Has made you late to work so many times
• Can’t cook for shit so you have to do it for him
• A very good helper in the kitchen but otherwise culinarily inept
• Loves helping you with chores and other various excuses to share some cute domestic moments
• Had to be retaught how to do laundry cause what the fuck was he doing before??
• Asked you to help decorate his room when he moved to your flat and you made fun of all his nerd stuff [he claimed you were jealous of his collection]
• Harasses you to come to movie nights w/ Tom and Duncan
• Movies nights just turn into all four of you talking over the movie and ranting abt your opinions on it
• Lots of debates abt in universe realism and plot holes
• Con infodumps relentlessly about Star Wars or other such sci-fi type movies/shows whenever he’s given the chance
• You two go back and forth about your fixations and listen to each other equally because ur gross and in love
• Enables your fixations like you enable his
• Otherwise has a bit of trouble listening the first time and has to be reminded of things
• Very grateful for your patience with him
• Lots and lots of affection and compensation for “dealing” with him [it’s really not that bad but he feels guilty so you let him]
• Insanely loving and affectionate in private but dials it back in public
• Has a weird thing with PDA, very on and off with it depending on the situation [usually PDA positive]
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• Gets turned on so fast
• If you touch him a certain way or talk to him in a way he likes there’s like a 9/10 chance he’s tomato red and tugging his shirt down
• Make a comment on his body and he’s beet red
• If you put your hands on his waist he’s fully leaning back and melting into your touch
• Mindlessly run your hands on his sides and he’s shivering at the feel
• He loooooves when you make him feel weightless, tossing him around or picking him up has him giggling like a schoolgirl
• Fully sits on your lap whatever chance he gets
• God forbid things actually get hot and heavy
• If you make out with him he’s whining and open-mouthed
• Touch his thighs and his hips twitch until he remembers himself
• Will crawl into your lap and grind on you if you let him
• Goes crazy for neck kisses
• Insanely easy to wind up
• Takes him a while to get over his virgin demeanor but he gets there
• Used to be a very selfish lover until he learned how much he loves making you feel good
• Either a service top or the bottomiest bottom
• Won’t turn down doing nothing but generally tries not to
• Sometimes he completely forgets in the heat of the moment and just lets you do whatever
• Eager to please at all times, will try pretty much anything if he thinks you’ll like it
• Once you find stuff you both like he wants it any time you guys do the dirty
• He figured out he liked being manhandled and you were on it
• If you push him up against a wall it’s over
• Not like he weighs very much but it still makes him feel special
• You also made a habit of overstimulating him because he cries but still tries so hard to keep from pulling away because he still wants it
• On certain days he’ll specifically seek out that treatment
• Likes to feel powerless against you [really he just likes the attention and how it feels but that’s his “reasoning”]
• Vibrators.
• That’s it.
• Simultaneously his favorite and least favorite addition to the bedroom
• Loves when it’s used on him but also gets easily overwhelmed by it
• It’s so-so
• Face down ass up type of guy
• Takes that position pretty much every time you two fool around
• Likes when you grab his waist and get rough
• Also likes when you slap his ass but that’s only sometimes
• Emotional during sex, 100%
• Not the cry during sex type but gets very sappy
• Lots of “I love you”s in his horny ramblings
• Begs.
• Doesn’t even have to be prompted he just does it when he’s close
• So very vocal
• Not loud vocal rather he makes some semblance of noise the whole time, very whiney
• Likes being marked up with hickies only you two can see, he likes seeing the reminders of what you two did
• Lots of kisses and tenderness, loves feeling close to you during it
• Needy once he’s in the moment but usually doesn’t initiate
• If he initiates he is incredibly horny
• Those are usually the times he has to be touching you no matter what
• He’ll be all over you, constantly demanding your attention and touch
• Though it’s rare he ever gets like that
• Usually only if you tease him a bunch but never give him any release
• Not an overtly sexual person but obviously won’t turn it down
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Johnny Harker ✮
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pre-relationship
• Asshole.
• There’s no polite way of going about it he’s just sort of an asshole
• Has a bad habit of taking his anger out on you
• Fist fought you more than once
• Not a great start but any sort of relationship w/Johnny is hard earned
• He makes it difficult on purpose
• If you partner up w/ him on the job he will shit on you for any missteps or slip ups
• Has pointed a loaded gun at you at least once during a really bad fight
• You’ve kicked his ass [if you bring it up he’ll start shit all over again]
• Very bitter if you outdo him at something
• Once you earn his respect, he eases up a bit and cuts you some slack
• Takes a while but starts biting his tongue if you do something he disagrees with
• Starts to actually joke with you and let you see his less serious side
• He starts to act like a somewhat normal person once he knows you’re in it for the long haul and aren’t a coward
• Fights get less common but still happen bcs he’s perpetually pissed off
• One time you got hurt really bad and he damn near had a stroke, lots of conflicting emotions
• It’s hard for him to comfort people, he has a hard time not just logic-ing his way through other people’s problems
• Will always patch up your wounds and poke fun at you for getting them
• Same goes the other way around, you once stitched up a bad gash on his stomach and he couldn’t stop staring at you
• Would never in a million years admit to having feelings for anyone first
• You made the mistake of joke flirting with him once and he had a moment of “proving” how straight he was and it actually contradicted his whole point
• Gets butt hurt whenever someone jokes about you guys’ odd relationship
• Slowly starts to get defensive over you but will always deny it if you bring it up
• Finds any excuse to spend time with you
• He teaches you how to disassemble all of the guns in the armory and how to clean and work each one
• Tells you about any and all tech he has in the hideout
• Literally just wants to teach you stuff because it makes him feel good and brings you two closer
• Still, never gonna admit it
• After a really bad mission where you fully almost died he was livid pissed, simultaneously at you but also in general
• He took some of his frustration and worry out on you
• You obviously didn’t respond great to that after almost getting murked
• It turned to pushes and shoves until uh oh, you were against a wall
• It went how you’d expect, after a moment of high tension and debating wether or not you should throw a punch, he kissed you
• Hard and rough, almost hard enough to bruise
• Till eventually he dialed it back a bit to a somewhat normal make out sesh
• Still hot and heavy tho bcs duh it’s Johnny Harker
• Needless to say there was no prancing around it after that
• He started warming up to the idea of being a little more openly caring
• It was a hard lesson for him to learn
• Until this time he got badly hurt and realized he never wanted to feel like he didn’t get a chance to say what he truly felt for you
• So he sucked it up and started properly communicating and occasionally showing affection aside from the seldom shoulder pat
• You off handedly brought up your relationship and how you noticed a change in him
• That got him talking about how he really felt
• Thus, the relationship bloomed
established relationship
• it takes him a comedically long time to realize being in a relationship usually means showing it
• god forbid you try to show him affection when someone else is around
• does some dramatic shit like rip his hand away and look at you like you kicked his dog or some shit
• whenever you’re in private tho? he won’t leave you alone. he’ll be sitting right next to you, shoulders touching at minimum at all times. holding your hand or having you lean on him
• he’ll probably kill you and then himself if someone catches you, but it’s worth it.. probably
• so, so touch starved. it’s sad
• anytime you two have a cute domestic moment, he gets really existential and weird
• to him, any sort of relationship is hard to find and even harder to keep due to how he lives, so you were a total enigma to him
• it all comes back to him being grateful you’re there
• if you tell a soul he said those words he’ll punch you in the throat
• anyways
• going on missions together is always a massive hit or miss
• you’re either the perfect duo, killing vamps like it’s nothing, or constantly arguing and unable to find a good method
• most times you’re a good duo, tho, hold onto that
• insanely protective and possessive of you. like, concerningly so sometimes
• if any of his teammates act a certain way around you? he’s staring. if they joke flirt w you? he’s there. if they try some shit? his hand is on your waist and he’s starting shit
• not to mention if shit goes sideways on a mission, he’s like an animal, it’s scary
• will either fully deny he’s like that or be like “duh, what kind of boyfriend would I be if I didn’t murder someone for you?? tf??”
• no in between
• loves food
• the way to his heart is thru food and a good drink
• whisky drinker probably
• make this man some home cooked food, give him a glass of cheap whisky, plant a kiss on him and he’s head over heels
• if he wasn’t favoring you before, he was now
• if you two ever fight, bringing him a plate of food will almost always make him more receptive to conversation
• listens a loooot better after a while of you two dating
• he becomes way less insufferable tbh
• overall, a very broody, protective partner who adores your presence in his life
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• low sex drive
• he just doesn’t really seek it out
• but catch him at the right moment, and he’s on you like a dog
• fresh off a mission, during a spar session or in the middle of an argument? he’s hard as a rock
• he’s an adrenaline junkie, so anything that gets his cortisol levels concerningly high turns him on
• he’s odd
• loves being kind of mean during it
• big into degradation, he thinks it’s so hot
• both ways, if you call him desperate or useless he’ll explode
• biting.
• he loves biting you and leaving a shit ton of marks
• he wants everyone to see that shit
• almost always plants a big bite right on your neck, it’s like his signature
• very proud
• always strives to make you as noisy as possible, abusing all of your weaknesses at once to achieve it
• orgasm denial is big on his list of yeses
• hearing you beg to cum gives him an insane power trip, and he’ll never get sick of it
• also makes an attempt to cum inside you every time, another ‘marking’ thing, but you think he just doesn’t wanna pull out
• you don’t blame him
• loves when you ride him, being able to look up at you and guide you through while not having to do as much work is heaven
• definitely holds you really tight no matter the position, he either holds your hips or wraps you up in a sort of hug
• even if he’s rough he still wants to be close to you
• very very selfless lover
• if you want it, he’ll go as long as you want him to
• still asks for some reciprocation from time to time and who would deny that face?
• he’s such a sucker for blowjobs oh my god
• fastest way to make him nut is probably giving him a bj
• he’s normally the grunting type, but he’ll get vocal during a blowie
• full blown whines and praise if you catch him in a really horny moment, he’d also have little to no restraint and try to fuck your face tbh
• he has a hard time roping in any of his physical impulses like holding too tight, pulling and pushing or whatever else, but he gets a handle on it eventually
• overall 10/10 good lay, definitely would be an even better hate-fuck
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jilted-love · 1 year
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Imagine McReid as Merlin AU tho. As in Merlin BBC. As in, Jonathan Reid is a nimrod vampire. Which means he can blend well with humans and no one can see past his vampirism. He can even eat normal food. He can walk under the sun. He just also happens to crave blood so badly it hurts. So he becomes Priwen's doctor because Myrdin Wylt tells him he is destined to save London but he needs Geoffrey's help and Geoffrey needs his. He is the most powerful vampire to ever walk on Earth and he is ally to the leader of the Guard of Priwen, Geoffrey McCullum. But he's sure his friends will kill him if they ever know. So he uses his blood and shadow powers to help them fight other vampires but discreetly while also struggling with not biting Geoffrey's prat head.
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ayahimes-archived · 9 months
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my sunday contribution is related to her vampire au :
ayaka enjoys drinking blood from the femoral artery . there's something intimate about kneeling in between someone's legs and then drinking from them down there . of course she'll give oral too
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myrddin-wylt · 1 year
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What do you think would happen if a nation gave blood or organ transplant? I like the idea that their blood/tissue would conform to the person it's given to and in some cases make them healthier (though they may get some...odd side effects, like knowing the emotions of those close by or a strange craving for the nation's favorite food). Mostly I like the idea of Arthur not drinking for a month so he can give it away, slamming himself on the operation table and saying "Let's hurry this up, I want a drink." Cause their organs will grow back so it's no big deal, just might take a few days.
.... isn’t the “organ donations can make you more similar to the donator, including taste in food” thing actually scientifically documented? not to that degree, but still. that would totally work as a headcanon. 
but okay. I have tried to answer this for like an actual hour. partly because, uh, not to be super cringe, but you caught me neck-deep in a Hetalia/Vampyr crossover where the character 'Arthur' in Vampyr (who never actually appears in-game) actually refers to Arthur Kirkland. this is a problem because your ask that was supposed to be just Hetalia is now fueling this crossover. 
without the crossover, I’m split between like. I really like your idea that the nations just don’t have blood types etc, and that the donated material would just conform to the host. but I also lean in the opposite direction, in that I don’t think normal human beings even could receive donations from a country? like... Arthur’s blood type is probably some immortal eldritch bullshit rather than like, type O, and receiving it would just kill most human beings. but my answer with the Vampyr crossover is that it straight up makes you temporarily immortal, which I suppose is technically compatible with “make them healthier” lol. which I’ll put under the cut because no one came here for Vampyr content. >_>
re: Vampyr. okay. I know no one asked but okay. at one point. without giving away any major spoilers for the game. at one point in Vampyr, a character who is at one point referred to as the Defender of Britain drinks the “blood of Arthur” and becomes the single most difficult boss in the entire game, bar none. mind you, his competition includes, without spoilers, vampire-werewolves and a character that is basically the male version of Lady Dimitrescu. he is 100% a mortal human being and he can still wipe the floor with all of them. 
and the reason my headcanon is “Arthur’s blood makes you briefly immortal” is because upon drinking this blood, it initially doesn’t look like this character changes at all? because it doesn’t make him a vampire or anything, he just kinda seems to get like, a caffeine boost... until you do something like [checks notes] shoot him point-blank in the chest with a sawed-off shotgun or make all of the blood in his body literally boil and combust and he shrugs it off like it’s no big deal. like it’s never explicit that the blood gives brief immortality, but even with game mechanics/health making human enemies unrealistically tough, I don’t remember any of them being anywhere near “shoot him 12 times with a shotgun and make his blood explode via vampire magic” tough. 
like good lord, he nearly kicked my ass on easy mode, and he’s legendary in the fandom for being an absolute fucking nightmare if you’re doing a pacifist run (ie hardest mode). and just to add insult to injury, he fights you using a medieval broadsword and a crossbow. literally everyone else, including the player, uses modern weapons and/or vampire powers, but Geoffrey "Defender of Britain” McCullum can and will kick your ass with a fucking sword, your shotgun and fancy vampire magic be damned. and I, for one, think Arthur Kirkland would be incredibly proud of him. >_>
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ganseyboiiii · 1 month
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If Miresy acted more like a 25-year-old honorary human in quarter-life crisis
It's late in the afternoon and Misery just woke up emerging from her closet. Sleeping on it did not work and she knew that she needed to reestablish her psychotherapy sessions with Dr. B. Unfortunately, being in the "Bride Exchange Program" kerfuffle that is her life, she knew there is only one person Were who can make that happen. She opened her bedroom door and went straight downstairs, hoping that she can find Lowe right away. She did not care that she was only wearing her Corpse Husband hoodie (with the hood strings all pulled up so that only her eyes are visible--and she's also wearing her trusty ol' Ray-Bans because she just can't with the light) and boyleg shorts. As soon as she walked in the living room, Lowe and his seconds (clearly in a serious discussion about pack matters) instantly darted their eyes on her.
Misery: Yo, Alpha, can you do me a solid and ask one of my jailers to set up a video call with my therapist? I promise, I'll pay for the session myself.
Lowe tensed his muscles at the sight of her. Misery's eyelids are swollen, eyes are bloodshot. She's been crying, or whatever version of crying it is for Vampyres, he thought to himself. He got so distracted with her eyes that when his own eyes travelled to her legs, his head jolted back to his seconds with a look that could slaughter an army of thousands.
Lowe: Leave. Now.
His seconds did as they were told, no questions asked. As soon as Lowe and Misery were alone, Lowe relaxed a bit, looking at Misery with the softest gaze.
Lowe: No tongue. Misery: Yes tongue. Alpha.
Lowe was not surprised that Misery would openly defy him, especially with how sarcastically she calls him Alpha. She curtsies at him, sarcastically, as she says Alpha, then walks away upstairs--perhaps to lock herself in the closet for the rest of the night.
A few minutes later, Misery hears a knock on her bedroom door. It was Mick.
Mick: Hey, "Miresy," I have Dr. B for you.
She was not surprised that Lowe was able to make this happen, but she was more surprised that Lowe made it happen mere moments after she asked for it. It made her think that maybe, just maybe, by some teeny tiny miniscule stroke of luck... this Alpha Warden actually cares.
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priwenshallprevail · 1 month
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Okay, so I'm going to attempt to get some replies done tonight. Can't promise I'll get a lot done , but .. . .. Also ! With The Order : 1886 cross over in my arsenal, I will soon write up an additional connection to the canon connection between Vampyr and Banishers : Ghosts of New Eden, as well as connecting the two of them to The Order as one big whole. Will also be looking to write up the Verse for Ian's ghost having attached itself to Geoffrey. A lot of new verses are to come in other words. The world in itself is expanding canonly, but so too are the floodgates of headcanons.
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romula96 · 2 months
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Having videogame withdrawal symptoms and I'm currently reading the book Dracula on my phone since I read the eaters of the dead already since I came on vacation... So...
Imagine, (west Europeans mainly, since I'm doing a self-insert) you're moving to England, just as the war ended but you still count as a refugee of the war.
All over the city you see posters, encouraging men to join the military and women to volunteer as a nurse, so you sign up at that one hospital like 10 blocks away from your rent place, hoping it might pay for your living. On the very first day, a new doctor is also hired, someone with a big name that you don't know anything about but try to remember his name in case you do meet. Which is a few days later, as he does one of his "rounds".
He has treated no patients from the flu, and you're very sure he has only actually talked with 3 so far, but he still seems like a gentleman, even if he tries asking too many questions about your personal life. His eyes may be bloodshot, his skin pale as snow with red and purple veins on his neck and around his eyes, but who are you to judge a world renowned blood specialist?
A few rounds later, which makes you curious since he can always sense when someone is sick and instantly has a medicine for it, you start to feel more at ease around him, not even questioning how he knows some information about you that you have only told to nurse Branagan. After all, that old lady Harriet also knows every gossip, maybe it's just like that.
And then nurse Crane is missing, who have eyed you suspiciously every time you two were in the same room, but you still miss her voice when you assist Dr. Strickland and Dr. Ackroyd. The doctor, Dr. Jonathan Reid as you have came to know him, comes around and starts asking questions and of gossips, that make you quite sure that he has met Harriet Jones recently. Something about.. Whitechapel, you can't be bothered really, the most you have spoken with her is when Dr. Edgar Swansea appointed her to show you around. And you're pretty sure you have seen him chatting with a lady with red hair. You have snooped around, (only for the hospital's benefits, of course) and found out it's one of the main moneybags as the staff calls her, someone who pays so the hospital can remain open.
They seem to have met each other already, although only now did they exchange names. Which doesn't bother you at all, why should it? It's not like you have any connections with the doctor. Even if he healed you freely from a disease you didn't even know you had. Or saved you from a mad patient when you accidentally wandered too close to the closed morgue. Okay, you might have developed a slight crush for him but who hasn't? You're pretty sure Pippa would be glued to his side if she wasn't already taken.
It wasn't until he started to be seen less frequently, some nights not even coming back to the hospital when you started missing him, mainly since he was still the main part of your dreams. It's professional, you try to remind yourself, and remember how fond he looked of lady Ashbury with a clenching heart, before readying yourself for another night shift. This night will be different, you tell yourself, this night he will recognise me! Not as a background character, but maybe as a potential lover? Or at the very least a close friend? No time to think about it as you hear his voice, already chatting with Dr. Tippets, offering him medication for his fatigue which he developed only that night..
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ruindunburnit · 1 year
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Question for the House of Night fandom:
Should it be "vampyre fledglings" or "fledgling vampyres"?
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orionali · 2 years
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This once and for all proves that I've got too much time on my hands. But that's okay because I can spend some of it doing what I love and that is...
Edgar Griffith Swansea is the most fascinating character in Vampyr. Even more so than Jonathan (despite him being the protagonist) and Elisabeth (despite her well-rounded backstory). I suspect this has something to do with him being the de facto villain of the story, but this meta won't be about how wrong or right he might've been or the ethics of it all – that's an entirely different bag of worms altogether and it deserves a dissertation of its own. That dissertation may come as a separate analysis at a later date.
This particular meta is going to be more about Edgar as a character. He was purposefully shrouded in mystery by DONTNOD, but in this essay, I will endeavor to explain and justify a few of his unique 'attributes' that I'd observed throughout the years and across numerous playthroughs. All of the following is headcanon-y, but I will use as much of the established canon as I can to validate my claims. 
Call this the exploration of my biggest headcanon for him.
And it's:
He's not human/mortal.
Evidence: his gameplay statistics, the lack of a final thought – one of the hallmarks of the Embrace gameplay mechanic, his apparent inability to comprehend what is good and what is evil, and the fact Myrddin can, for all intents and purposes, read his mind (if he's turned).
To start, let's compare Edgar's statistics to his superior's, Usher, who's a vampire of some unknown bloodline capable of divination and mimicry.  
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Edgar has better statistics across the board which is weird since Usher is the vampiric Primate of the Brotherhood of St. Paul's Stole, his boss, and who Myrddin characterizes as a “dreadful power.” Although, frankly, this can be explained by saying Usher is making Jonathan see what he wants him to see – which would fit his powers. Still, that doesn't quite excuse the fact he can be mesmerized and killed like any civilian post-Dawson pillar choice. Or that he will die should the West End fall. 
Do not misunderstand me: I'm not saying Usher is an ordinary vampire. On the contrary, I'm positive he's immensely influential and possibly very old. Otherwise, Wyllt wouldn't draw so much attention to him. And yet, this only adds to Swansea's mystery. Why on earth would he try to overthrow the Primate who has been doing this job for 16 years? The Primate that's “dreadfully powerful?” Is it even feasible? What does he stand to gain? Does he have allies or is this a one-man operation? Edgar doesn't strike me as brain-addled or suicidal, so he must have a foolproof plan.
And this plan, in all likelihood, hinged on him becoming a vampire. Or maybe something more, since I do not think one average Ekon will be able to overcome whatever Usher is.
Furthermore, Edgar, in tandem with Sean Hampton (and other NPCs like Mary and Vicar Joseph Larabee – more on those two later), does not yield a final thought if Jonathan resolves to Embrace him during his pillar choice. This fact is never clarified... But neither was this the developers' oversight – as confirmed by the developers themselves. 
Sean does not have a final thought because he's a Skal (i.e. undead) and Skals do not have final thoughts. But on the other hand, we've Usher who has up to four final thoughts. So this raises a question: if all vampires and ghouls are undead, then why do some leave their thoughts behind? It's never canonically elaborated on, but the fact that Edgar doesn't have one despite appearing alive/human remains.
(As for Joseph and Mary, Joseph – according to Mary if she's the one who Embraces him – has a final thought, and with Mary herself, it can be argued that her 'sweet brother' line is her final thought.)
Moving on, there are the uncanny parallels between Edgar and Myrddin of all creatures. Myrddin is notorious for being so detached from humanity that he doesn't recognize that what he's doing is wrong. In his eyes, he's committing all those awful things to protect England. The ends justify the means. This motif is echoed in the last sentence of Edgar's biography: “[…] I’m not even sure he recognized the magnitude of his actions or how misguided they were.”
As for Myrddin reading Edgar's mind... Normally, Myrddin is careful in his choice of words, but in this case, he pointedly says that [Edgar] considers becoming the new Primate, almost as if he's aware of what Edgar's thinking at that very moment. One can potentially excuse this by Myrddin somehow utilizing the Maker-Progeny bond, but from what we know, this bond can neither skip over a generation nor does it affect Makers all that much. It's always the Progeny that suffers. 
Other arguments include Myrddin somehow overhearing Edgar talking about his ambitions, but I do not think he is all that interested in anyone/anything besides his Champions/appeasing the Morrigan. He himself says that he stays out of “petty political intrigues.” Edgar too, I trust, would be smart enough not to blabber about possibly the greatest coup in the Brotherhood's history.
On a related note, it's also worthwhile to note that in his last conversation with Jonathan and when discussing the fates of all of Jonathan's possible Progeny, Myrddin doesn't have any advice when it comes to Edgar (unlike with Dawson and McCullum). Compare:
[Dawson] “With your Progeny at [the Ascalon Club's] head, it would not be long before this Ekon assembly catches a second wind. To discreetly control its plans is your decision to make.”
[McCullum] “In [the Guard of Priwen's] leader you now have a spy behind enemy lines. By guiding your Progeny, you may yet protect your immortal friends for some time to come. That is if you dare.”
[Swansea] “I foresee trouble for [the Brotherhood of St. Paul's Stole] now that your Progeny considers becoming the new Primate.”
As one can see, with Swansea, Myrddin flat out says that he'll be going after Usher, and further implies that there's nothing Jonathan can do as a Maker. This is odd because, out of all the likely candidates, only McCullum, explicitly, would be the only one able to defy Jonathan's control over him. Dawson too, but only because he has some magic baubles.
All of this begs the question: if he's not human, then what is he? I have a few hypotheses, but the hottest off the press one is this:
After Jonathan defeats the Morrigan, and she has a brief exchange with Myrddin, she offhandedly remarks that “[Myrddin] has always been [her] most amusing son,” establishing the fact she has other offspring, and that they're presumably just like him. And taking into account the existence of Myrddin's corporeal form (as evidenced by Jonathan's flashback) and Usher's mimicry skill, here is what I propose.
One of the Morrigan's other unseen sons is pretending to be Edgar, and this son is hellbent on thinking of new ways to awaken her. That, and he's spying on the current Champion.
He equalizes Myrddin's meddling. 
If you're still here after reading that, permit me to clarify.
It's readily apparent that Edgar is unlike other civilian NPCs (barring only the Baker brothers, but those two are just a shout-out to Waiting for Godot, so they do not count). He doesn't have a final thought. His blood quality behaves abnormally – instead of becoming more valuable with each hint unlocked like all other NPCs, Edgar stays at full 6000 XP up until his pillar choice. His dialogue more often than not foreshadows various plot-relevant characters and twists.
“I feel it wasn't mere coincidence that led us to that part of town. There was something as yet unseen that set that chain of events in motion,” — a jab at Myrddin (and himself with this hypothesis).
“[Harriet] could also belong to a new species,” — foreshadowing the fact she's a Disaster.
“[...] if vampires are eliminating their own progeny, then dark times are upon us,” — foreshadowing the Red Queen and how she's eradicating vampires as well as the general populace.
And then there's his role in the epidemic... Not to mention the meme that his 'forethought to bring clean clothes' has become. But if in earnest, how did he know Jonathan would be passing through and that he'd need a change of clothes?
I say that what he's done to Elisabeth was a conscious choice. He was fully aware of her not-so-cured state and used her blood to bring about another epidemic. And he was ordered by the Morrigan to meet Jonathan after his rebirth, keep an eye on him, and help him acclimatize to his new condition. 
(On paper, it was Usher who bid him to go to the Docks and gather information, but I'm not sure why Usher chose Edgar of all the Watchers to investigate. Edgar was required at the hospital, and the Docks commotion was caused by a Skal. For a Brotherhood that supposedly bans vampires that have lost their humanity for good, that feels like too small of a fish to fry. Not to mention that Skals have been wreaking havoc all around London since mid-October. 
Usher may have divined what happened to Mary – according to the writers – but I doubt he'd know about Myrddin's intentions to sire some guy right as he got off the boat. In fact, Usher doesn't mention Jonathan once in his personal notebook.)
But, orio, how does this hypothesis work with Edgar's pillar choice, I hear you say. True, the pillar choice handles Edgar like he's a mortal: he can be murdered or turned. But for this headcanon, I propose that he's feigning. He can't be killed, and even if one chooses Embrace, he'd just reanimate later on. As for his potential turn... That is a bit more tricky to justify, but...
He does somehow get back to the hospital in one piece if he's turned. He, a fledgling, navigated a city chock-full of Skals and trigger-happy Guards. This becomes much more impressive if one recalls that even Jonathan, given his lineage, needed a decent hour's sleep before his powers awakened and that no other likely Progeny of his had it this hard. His parishioners helped Sean adjust, Redgrave in person tended to Dawson, and McCullum wouldn't be attacked by Priwen. How did a vampire, reborn scant hours ago, manage to do that? I do not think the Guards would let him pass just like that.
Perhaps Jonathan's blood did more than just turn him.
PS: If you're familiar with my fanfics – the Hippocratic Oath and Godsblood – do not worry: Edgar there is a bona fide human (even if he becomes sort of a ‘adopted son’ to the Morrigan in GB). This 'the Morrigan's other son' headcanon was spawned just a month or so ago.
Feel free to comment or critique this little essay. I'd love to hear your thoughts! 
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jackjolene · 1 year
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Vampyr Headcanons
I figured that today of all days would be a good one to share my Vampyr headcanons. Be warned; I’m tying this to over to another favorite game of mine.
Having only Embraced those whose life was about to end (Dr. Edgar Swansea) or whose continued existence would harm others (Clay Cox, Edwina Cox, Father Tobias Whitaker, Seymour Fishburn, Venus Crossley, and Carolyn Price), Jonathan is able to convince Elizabeth to not take her own life. He immediately begins research on finding a way to completely purify her of the Blood of Hate.
Old Bridget takes care of their needs, bringing them supplies at scheduled intervals. At times, she will act as Elizabeth’s companion while Jonathan goes to visit his aging mother. After her death and funeral, which he is present at, he stays at the castle full-time, looking for the cure. His family’s butler, Avery Cork, comes with to serve and aid the last living Reid.
After over twenty years of hard work, he finds it at long last. After administering the cure, Jonathan, Elizabeth, and Avery wait with bated breath as he tests her blood for the Blood of Hate. To their eternal joy, the test comes back negative.
They return to London to find it much changed: The city has recovered from the Great War, from the Spanish Flu, and from the Skal Epidemic, and is flourishing. They make contact with their old friends and acquaintances from during the Epidemic.
For example, Charlotte Ashbury is overjoyed to reunite with her mother. Things have gone well for her cause; the fight for women’s rights and the equality between men and women has made great strides throughout the 1920s and ‘30s in the United Kingdom. 
At the Pembroke Hospital, Dr. Waverly Ackroyd has become its administrator. He isn’t too happy to see Dr. Reid after he disappeared into the blue. He has done well, both for himself and as the administrator of Pembroke, though, and Reid is happy for him on that account. 
Others have turned darker. Albert Palmer has risen through the ranks of the Wet Boot Boys, becoming their leader, and he is arguably worse than Clay or Edwina ever were.
Sadly, others have died in their absence. Darius Petrescu and Enid Gillingham have both died of old age. Both Rodney Grader and Archer Woodbead were brutally murdered, and Albert Palmer is the prime suspect.
Much to Jonathan’s annoyance and displeasure, he learns that a second Great War has begun. Only a couple of months earlier, the “Allied” troops were driven out of Europe and forced to evacuate in the “Miracle at Dunkirk”.
Jonathan and Elizabeth’s return couldn’t have been worse timed, as a few days after their arrival, the German Luftwaffe begins bombing London in what would become known as the “Blitz”. Jonathan Reid returns to the medical field as he begins working at Pembroke again with the influx of bombing victims.
A few months later, Geoffrey McCullum walks into Pembroke. During Dr. Reid’s absence, McCullum has softened his stance upon vampires, seeing as he has become one. When his status as a “Leech” was discovered, it created a new schism within the Guard of Priwen. Those loyal to McCullum joined him in creating a new faction, which rejoined with the Brotherhood of St. Paul’s Stole. Those who wished to kill him and continue indiscriminately killing vampires continued on as the Guard of Priwen.
McCullum is here to recruit Dr. Reid into the Brotherhood. As it turns out, the Nazis have their own counterpart to the Brotherhood, the “Thule Society”. Their goal is to uncover and weaponize various occult artifacts against the Allies, and their most effective tools are Ekons. A good number of Nazi officers, especially within the SS, are Ekons themselves.
There is a good chance that the Thule Society will try to cause another Disaster, such as the one that Dr. Reid stopped. As a powerful Ekon who has experience fighting other Ekons and stopping Disasters, Jonathan is a prime candidate to be inducted into the Brotherhood, which is currently working with the Allies.
Elizabeth is against it, but she ultimately concedes. She and Jonathan part ways as he goes to once again fight for King and Country. 
Between fighting German soldiers and vampires, and Embracing targets, Dr. Reid begins realizing the potential he denied him during the Epidemic. He soon finds himself catching up with McCullum, and then surpassing him, which is only right as his Vampiric parent.
Without a doubt, Jonathan hates the Nazi doctors in the concentration camps more than even the members of the Thule Society. They are a mockery of everything he has ever valued; they don’t deserved to be called “Doctor”. They are nothing more than sadistic butchers with scalpels instead of cleavers, and he Embraces them without hesitation. 
After the end of the Second World War, and after having stopped the Disaster that the Thule Society attempted to trigger, Jonathan returns to London and reunites with Elizabeth. They begin to travel, having long been confined by necessity and by duty.
Later in the ‘40s, an American tycoon tracks them down with an offer. He asks Jonathan to come and join a new society he is building, one “where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality”. This is the wrong message, as Jonathan cares greatly about the “petty morality” that this man so greatly despises. When Jonathan tells him about the cures he gave away for free during the Epidemic, the man leaves quickly, leaving behind a few choice words about altruism.
In early 1967, Geoffrey McCullum comes across a helmeted, suited figure attempting to make off with a child from the Docks. The fight with it is intense, as it is strong, fast, and can throw fireballs from its hand. After losing several good men, and nearly being set on fire, McCullum succeeds in bringing it down.
Taking off the helmet gives him one hell of a shock: It’s a teenage girl by the looks of it. She’s extremely tall for her apparent age, and very frail despite her perceived strength. Something’s not right about her, and McCullum knows just the man to find out what.
Thankfully, Dr. Jonathan Reid happens to be in London, and McCullum wastes no time sending for him. What Reid finds is... disturbing.
For a start, the girl has been mutated. Her blood is much like a Skal’s, the cells unstable, yet the mutations are very different. The powers that McCullum and his men reported about are very different from anything that an Ekon or any other kind of vampire is capable of, and in fact they’re very lethal to vampires (Fireball + Ekon = Dead Ekon). 
Besides the unusual height or the mono-color eyes (which reportedly glowed while she was alive), the oddest thing about her is a tumor of sorts on her stomach. It’s not like stomach cancer, like her own cells turning cancerous; this looks like it was something else originally, and then was grafted onto her stomach. Its cells are the most unstable and mutated in her entire body. Reid is at a loss as to where she came from or what she is.
Later, Jonathan and Elizabeth notice more and more reports of little girls being kidnapped in coastal towns and cities on both sides of the Atlantic. Remembering that the “Diver” was trying to take a child, they begin looking further into these incidents. They learn of an American named Mark Meltzer who has been drawing the same conclusions as they are in his own investigations. They decide that it’s high time they pay the States a visit again.
After arriving in the US, they just miss Meltzer before he leaves the country. After figuring out where he’s headed, they follow after him, coming to a spot off the coast of Iceland. They arrive just in time to see Meltzer’s boat attacked by monstrous creatures that emerge from surfacing spherical submersibles, that begin attacking their boat too.
To escape the creatures, Jonathan and Mary jump into the water and make it to one of the submersibles, hijacking it and setting it to take them back underwater. They are amazed when they see the sphere’s destination: A city resting on the sea floor. Jonathan is amazed further when he sees a statue bearing the visage of one Andrew Ryan, the very same man who came to him with his offer over twenty years earlier.
Andrew Ryan’s city of “Rapture” is real indeed. 
Thoughts?
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azurtaiarchived · 1 year
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a  heart  of  none  ───  one  of  the  many  things  that  separate  vutian  vampyre’s  from  most  other  beings  is  that  they  do  not  possess  a  heart.  literally.  instead  they  have  something  called  a  ‘soul  core’  positioned  right  behind  the  sternum.  this  core  regulates  the  flow  of  energy  (  maagi  tai  )  that  flows  within  their  body  &  regulates  organ  function,  much  like  blood  does.    therefore  when  these  vampyre’s  ‘bleed’  it’s  not  exactly  blood  that  escapes  the  wound  but  their  maagi  tai  that  takes  on  a  liquid  form  when  it  comes  into  contact  with  air.  it’s  important  to  note  that  it  has  a  high  viscosity  level.  the  color  of  the  maagi  tai  is  dependent  on  the  individual  or  in  some  cases  their  lineage,  meaning  it  can  be  any  color.  however   the  higher  the  magical  aptitude  the  darker  the  color  of  the  maagi  tai.  elyon’s  maagi  tai  is  ink  black  in  color.  more  about  this  will  be  explained  in  a  separate  post  .  
the  soul  core  makes  no  distinctive  sound  like  for  example  the  beating  of  a  heart  does.   however  to  those  that  are  highly  attuned  to  magic / mana / flows  of  energy  in  the  world  the  soul  core  seems  to  make  a  soft  almost  humming  sound  if  they  were  to  be  close  enough  to  put  their  ear  upon  the  vampyre’s  chest  .  to  those  that  can  hear  it,  they  describe  as  a  surprisingly  calming  bordering  on  hypnotizing  sound.  
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mslangermann-a · 1 year
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HEADCANON. vampires ekons are not simply monsters to lynn. they are manipulative, deplorable beasts. with elevated cunning no man could comprehend and a bite so cruel, they were not senseless. they knew what they were doing. they were intentional. deceitful. and like a prowling cat, they would play with their food until the mouse was beaten by exhaustion. only then would they feed. 
lynn’s married life was easy, despite moving from her home country, despite adjusting to a very english world. she had blake. they had each other through it all. but someone something would take that all away. 
for months, lynn would catch a figure out of the corner of her eye, a tall, pale man who greeted her with a fox’s grin. he never approached her, keeping his distance, and at first she thought him harmless enough. time went on and he began venturing closer to their home, talking with blake on the street, making plans. nothing but idle conversation, lynn tried to tell herself. and yet lynn still expressed her discomfort. blake saw nothing wrong, his voice almost a low whisper as he spoke. 
the conversations grew longer and soon blake invited the pale man inside their home. for dinner, her husband had said. he wanted to come for dinner. for days he would not leave and lynn could not understand why. each time she tried to ask him who he was or what he was doing, her mind would darken, the thoughts seemingly blown away. on the fourth night of his stay, he beckoned the couple into the kitchen. 
i was promised dinner, he told them. who shall it be? lynn’s heart raced, panic gripping tight, but she could not move from her seat. blake’s gaze dropped to the ground, his face blank. his mind far from this room. it was not until the pale man circled behind lynn, brushed the rapid pulse on her neck with the tip of his finger did blake speak up. not her, he said. not lynn. the pale man was happy enough to oblige and instead he was at blake’s side, sinking sharpened teeth into his neck. lynn screamed. her world went black and when she awoke her husband was lying on the floor, pale eyes cast to the ceiling. 
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bruisedconscience · 1 year
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..so my vamp au for Oliver where he k!lled his shitstain older brother…is not far off from other vampire stories :’)
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