#Bram adoptive parent arc come on

[la-esmerqlda]

One of my favorite dynamics in Bungo Stray Dogs is the one between Aya and Bram Stoker.

They’re both incredibly interesting characters in their own right. But they work surprisingly well together, they have an ability to naturally work together that Dazai wishes Atsushi and Akutagawa had /hj. For Bram, someone who is seen either as a monster or as a tool, having someone who genuinely seems to care about his well-being is certainly new to him. Because for someone who claims they have no interest in human affairs whatsoever, it took him all of ten minutes to start helping Aya. I think for Aya, having someone who (as I see it) respects her ability to do things and help is something she craves. Bram doesn’t question her for wanting to do something and help, in fact what he really does is try to help her by giving her information. And then there’s just the aesthetic of the dynamic. A ten year old girl who managed to outsmart a whole ass military general and is committed to saving the world; and the centuries old vampire that just wants to sleep that she stole, who has no interest in human affairs but is perfectly fine helping this small child.

These are just some scenarios I think would be a great addition to the series.

1. Aya gets the mark Fukuchi has on his hand and is able to use Bram’s ability to stop the vampirism.

2. Aya helps get Bram his body back. There are three ways this could go.

2a. Aya gets Bram his body back and then they both beat the shit out of Fukuchi.

2b. Aya gets Bram his body back but is severely injured in the process. I actually like this one more, here’s why. It would be a direct hit to the idea that Bram doesn’t care for other people, because I’m convinced he would be devastated. Thus, he would fight Fukuchi as an act of revenge, and we could see his full vampire powers in his anger. Aya would be healed by Yosano, or something along those lines.

But also imagine the ADA wondering why all of these powerful vampires have been defeated, and Bram walks up to them (with his body back), holding a severely injured Aya, and begs them to help her. The character development.

2c. Aya gets Bram his body back and is mortally wounded in the process. Now hear me out— what if Bram had the ability to just… turn someone into a vampire normally, like himself? Not as a part of his ability but just as an aspect of being a vampire. What if in an effort to save her, Bram turns Aya into a vampire. They both get to fight Fukuchi as vampires.

This is mostly self indulgent because I love the idea of Aya having to be taught by this old ass creature how to be a proper vampire.

Bram: “We sleep in coffins, it’s only natural.”

Aya: “Can I put stickers on it?”

Bram: “…What are these stickers you speak of?”

Aya: “I’m going to decorate it with stickers and glitter.”

3. Bram adopts Aya because Aya’s father is awful to her. Aya deserves better, and Bram actually seems like he’d be a great parental figure. Imagine Aya’s middle school graduation, and this literal vampire shows up like “Yes, this is my adoptive child. I don’t bite, I promise.”

ASAGIRI IF YOU HURT EITHER OF THEM I WILL NEVER RECOVER.

[vampyrasa]

here you can find a few notes regarding my portrayal of  𝙲𝙾𝚄𝙽𝚃  𝙳𝚁𝙰𝙲𝚄𝙻𝙰  that i consider to be especially important. these may be what are most overlooked or forgotten in threads, or just things that i personally think are important to differentiate him from the canon that currently exists.   do not reblog this or i will physically explode.

        my portrayal is not vl*d the impaler.  this decision came after months of speaking to romanian and hungarian writers in and outside of the rp community who expressed incredibly displeasure toward the books, movies and other media that consistently portray a folk hero as an evil and malevolent vampire.  while my count does still take the titular name (which can be read about here), he is not at all related to the historic figure. he is not a prince, he was never voivode, and is originally from (and rules) in transylvania, was adopted, etc.  his crown/throne as boyar is illegitimate and was won through despotism. at most, he would have been a lord or very possibly a vicomte before his parent’s death.

        my portrayal does not like being called ‘’vlad’’. this dimunitive is his least favorite, despite it being used by comrades and friends for well over a decade. he has always been fond of his full name, vladislav (rather than the hungarian form, vladislaus), and what few dimunitives were used by members of his immediate family; vladik, volodya (volodislava) and the most common: vadya. 

        while bram stoker decided to ignore the russian and greek folklore that involved vampires being unable to go into sunlight, i have adopted it.  i’m very fond of the idea of them being averse to light and photosensitive. he will be burned if he steps into sunlight, especially during the summer months - this can be negated if he wears protective coverings, but he will lose most of his powers during the daytime as book canon decrees. 

          his castle is located directly on the border between transylvania and bucovina, hidden in the mountainous forests to the southeast of the borgo pass. this was not the castle he grew up in, but rather the place of his exile when his vampiric resurrection came to light. hence why it received the name castle dracula rather than the castle where his parents raised him near alba iulia.  before modern day, it appears that everyone in and around bistritz knows that he is a vampire. it’s not a secret until around the 1920s and beyond. 

          this character is both intensely manipulative and seductive.  he will come off as flirtatious if only to charm his way into your character’s good graces. his intentions are always bad.  usually to get a willing blood donor, or to kill the character in question - do not forget that he is a villain.  that said, i am not averse to him gaining actual friendships and/or romantic relationships.  i greatly enjoy when two characters click despite his atrocious personality.

         my portrayal of the count is a cold, malevolent and irredeemable villain. you will never, ever find me writing a redemption arc on this blog. despite me liking him as a character, i will always recognize the awful shit he’s done. from human extinction as a primary goal to his aggressive spread of vampirism, these are and will always be frequent topics concerning his behavior. i recognize that he has had a terrible life, but i also recognize that he is taking that fact out on the literal whole population of humanity. 

         he is incredibly strong.  he also possesses the ‘usual’ vampiric powers.  increased speed (though not to s. meyer’s extent), prodigious strength,  panther-like reflexes (book-canon) and the ability to turn into a bat at will. this portrayal will also acknowledge his lycanthropy, which allows him to transform at will into a hulking black wolf- and his ability to turn to mist to travel through small spaces.  that said, his weaknesses are also greatly acknowledged here. roses, silver of any kind, religious items (they do not hurt him, but calm him, see below...) wooden stakes, sunlight, etc. 

         my portrayal is not hurt by symbols of christianity, nor is the count a catholic.  he was originally raised in the know of the secret solomonari beliefs, worshipping zalmoxis as the dacians once did. it wasn’t until he entered his early teen years that his family converted to eastern orthodoxy. specifically hungarian eastern orthodoxy whilst continuing to practice their pagan beliefs and traditions in secret.  that said, he has a very strained relationship with God and Christ, being that he has actually been to hell. 

       the count has been alive for nearly 1,600 years.  his ‘physical’ birth date is 1432, but whilst in hell (mentioned above) time did not progress. he spent a little over one thousand years in the pits of hell being tortured for the sins he committed in the many battles across eastern europe.  he was assassinated after being pardoned for heresy on orthodox easter day of 1466. 

       my portrayal created vampires through this means. of course, when i say ‘vampire’ i mean the eastern european variety we see portrayed in a lot of media- moroi, strigoi, stryzga, verdilak, the ones clearly inspired by dracula.  he drank the blood of the devil when he sold his soul, thus creating what he is- and the beginning of ‘bloodletting’ that can turn one into a vampire. while trapped in stasis-hell enduring torture for a thousand years, the demons who fed off of him transferred this blood from their other victims, creating and spreading these vampires as far back as 3000 years prior to the common era.  in this way, he is sort of like the adam to (slavonic) vampire kind.  he has ever been a mythological figure.  and most people - and possibly even vampires - likely believe he is just a book figure or a media joke that does not exist.  but they know of him.  he is just as much a legendary figure as baba yaga, dimna juda or koschei the deathless.

       mina is not his reincarnated wife.  he was married to the duchess yelizaveta of volhynia.  i will never go that route. not only is it disrespectful to both women, it’s a notorious cop out of the wrongs committed by the count in the book, as well as his psychic link to mina murray- i do believe this could be written out in very interesting and thought-provoking ways, and i am not against shipping the two with extreme care and plotting beforehand.   along with this, my portrayal does not link vampirism and sex and never will, especially given that one of the adjacent female characters exclusively feeds on children throughout the book. while he and his partners may enjoy vampirism during sex, it is still just a means to feed and occasionally to infect.

      lastly  -  the count is a solomonari.  he was trained for seven years to utilize sorcerery and perform great feats of magick using king solomon’s knowledge. he also has ties to dragons known as balauri or zmei- each that have three fire-breathing heads.  

[kaoruyogi]

Another Tag Meme Monsterpost

I realize I’ve been tagged in a whole bunch of stuff lately, and I mostly haven’t been doing them because I haven’t been at my computer. I also wasn’t doing them because I’ve been in a funk lately, and we had a few bad days recently. Long story short, a co-worker died unexpectedly, we adopted a puppy who had aggression issues toward our dog and we agonized over our eventual decision to give her to a local rescue, I’ve been trying to find work in Washington so we can get out of SoCal, and my parents were over (that was awesome, it just kept me away from the computer).

So, let me start by tagging everyone who tagged me. I won’t be tagging anyone to do these memes, cause that would just be cruel and most all of them have been done to death. 

@gugle1980, @ladydracarysao3, @galadrieljones, @kagetsukai, @aerismoon, @thevikingwoman, @princessvicky01​, @inner-muse, @makers-breath, and @roguelioness​. Thank you all for your tags, and sorry for the spam that is about to occur.

30 Random Things About Me Meme

Rules: answer 30 questions and tag 30 people. 

Nickname: Red, Ginger, Ginge

Name: Amanda

Gender: Female

Star Sign: Scorpio

Height: 5′8″/173 cm

Time: 8:46 am

Birthday: October 30 

Favorite Band: At this very moment, probably Fleet Foxes, but there are too many I love to pieces for that to be anything but momentary

Favorite Solo Artist:  At this very moment, probably Andrew Bird, but there are too many I love to pieces for that to be anything but momentary

Song Stuck In My Head: Eivør - Trøllabundin

Last Movie I Watched: Dragnet

Last Show I Watched: Preacher

When Did I Create My Blog: Years ago, though I started posting in June 2016

What Do I Post: Cullen everything, fanfic, random musings...

Last Thing I Googled: 5′8″ in cm

Do You Have Other Blogs: I’m a mod for @cullen-in-command​ and I have an NSFW blog that you can ask me about if you want it

Do You Get Asks:  Occasionally

Why Did You Choose This Blog Name: It’s my tag for pretty much everything

Blogs You Are Following: 195

Followers: 1,049

Favorite Colors: Rainbow, then blue then green

Average Hours of Sleep: 4-8

Lucky Number: 17

Instruments: Voice

What Am I Wearing: Blue slouch t-shirt and black yoga pants

How Many Blankets I Sleep With: 1

Dream Job: Video gam attorney

Dream Trip: Next? Belgium to The Netherlands to Germany to Denmark to Sweden

Favorite Food: Italian or Sushi

Nationality: 98.2% Ashkenazi Jew

Favorite Song Now: I will never, ever be able to answer this question

Kissing Meme

Rules: name 10 characters you would kiss, then tag people.

Cullen Rutherford - Dragon Age

Alistair Theirin - Dragon Age

Nathan Drake - Uncharted

Joel - The Last of Us

Shadow Moon - American Gods

Zeke Tilson - The Brink (You can replace this with Mad Sweeney from American Gods if you want. It’s still Pablo Schreiber.)

Solas - Dragon Age (mostly because I’m curious?)

Blackwall - Dragon Age

The Iron Bull - Dragon Age

Knight Captain Rylen/Professor Bram Kenric - Dragon Age (I cheated)

10 Songs I’ve Been Listening To

Links are on Spotify or YouTube

Fleet Foxes - On Another Ocean (January / June)

Fleet Foxes - Kept Woman

Eivør - Mjørkaflókar

Royksopp - Forsaken Cowboy

Ludovico Einaudi - Promessa

The Rapture - In the Grace of Your Love

alt-J - 3WW

Joshua Messick - Woodland Dance

Gorillaz feat. De La Soul - Momentz

Thomas Newman - Accidental Happiness (from the “Passengers” score)

10 Questions Meme (from @thevikingwoman​ and @galadrieljones​)

1. Dream car? 

Audi R8

2. Favorite animated movie? 

Wall-E

3. Something you really want to learn to do? 

Fly helicopters and speak every language

4. What is your eye color? 

Hazel

5. A fanfic you wish someone else would write (any fandom)? 

I don’t really have anything i wish someone else would write. I like to write my own ideas.

6. If you could undo one historical event, what would it be, and how would you think the world would be different. 

I don’t believe in changing the past. The human race as a whole is incapable of learning unless it learns from its own mistakes.

7. When playing games, which class do you usually pick? Do you have a go-to class (mage/archer/healer/stealth/melee/etc)

I usually go with mages or something that can do long-rage damage, though if I’m clunky enough at a game, I usually pick something I can use to get up close and bash shit with.

8. Place you think everyone should visit, if they can?

The place they want to go most. Everyone is different, but everyone has someplace they’d like to go.

9. Video game character you would like to go drinking with?

I don’t drink, but I’d love to see the DA:I crew cut loose.

10. Favorite breakfast? 

Eggs Benedict with Cheesy Hashbrowns

1. Favorite small town? Real or fictional.

Whitefish, Montana

2. Video game or DLC you’re most looking forward to right now? (sans DA4)

Besides DA4...ummm...The Last of Us 2

3. Favorite fictional world? (i.e.: Middle Earth, Thedas, etc.) Why?

Thedas, cause it’s beautiful and complex, and Cullen lives in it.

4. Where/what was the best cup of coffee you’ve ever had? If you don’t drink coffee, what’s the best meal you’ve ever head?

That’s a really hard question. I’ve had amazing steak in Paradise, California. I’ve had amazing fish n’ chips and king crab in Alaska. I’ve had amazing sushi in the Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo. I’ve had amazing food down the street and on the other side of the world. I just love food.

5. Where/when do you do your best daydreaming?

Whenever and wherever I’m supposed to be doing something else.

6. Favorite TV show right now?

This is also a super hard question. I love Game of Thrones, I really enjoyed the first seasons of American Gods, A Handmaid’s Tale, and Harlots, Insecure is a guilty pleasure...the list goes on and on.

7. Is your canon Inquisitor reluctant about their power, or do they embrace it full-force, or something in-between? 

Something in-between.

8. What’s the best purchase you’ve ever made?

It might fall somewhere between my engagement ring (my husband and I split the cost) and my first law school book. Hopefully soon it’ll be a house.

9. Favorite or go-to clothing brand/designer/store?

Target. All day. It sounds silly, but they actually have really good quality, versatile clothes that I really like.

10. Are there any popular TV or video game character arcs that really bother you? How would you change them, if you could?

I get annoyed and bothered by a lot of characters, but I wouldn’t necessarily change them. They are who they were intended to be, and it’s not my place to say they are right or wrong.

15 Associations Meme: Belle

Rules: Repost and fill in the answers you most associate your character with to each question.

1. ANIMAL: Fox

2. COLOR(S): Rainbow

3. MONTH: October

4. SONG(S):   The Maccabees - WWI Portraits (these lyrics aren’t the complete verse, and they’ll read a bit disjointed at the start and end)

A go-getter, go-getter You’re the best of all You’ve seen it four, five hundred times on repeat You’re like a leftover better than a ribbon-tied treat Narrow roads, never limit, never temper your speed And when the river froze solid you’re still swimming upstream You’d hold your own in the presence of pauper and a king Leave a singing bird silent, make a hummingbird sing You are a rope-a-doper coming back queen

5. NUMBER: 17

6. DAY OR NIGHT: Night

7. PLANT(S): Hydrangeas, Coniferous Trees

8. SMELL(S): Pears, Peaches, Lilies, Garlic/Basil/Oregano Trifecta

9. GEMSTONE: Opal

10. SEASON: Autumn

11. PLACE(S): Skyhold, The Emerald Graves (once she finally goes (if ever))

12. FOOD(S): Pasta and Sushi, but in Thedas, Roasted Duck or a Ham and Cheese Sandwich

13. ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Scorpio

14. ELEMENT(S): Fire, Water

15. DRINK(S): Water, Fruit Juice