#I'll cry dont look at me

[the-art-block]

Seeing your latest art of the nossies in the group new years picture reminded me of Wolf Mother (and her childe) as characters and now I'm DEEPLY interested in them as people and characters! I love their designs, just how much the curse affected them and am interested in how they fit into the Moonrise Nation story. (not that you have to reveal anything, of course!) Just admiring.

You're too sweet! YOU'RE TOO SWEET 🥺

These two have a lot of lore behind them (which I'm sure folks don't mind) so for the sake of brevity I'll try to keep it simple!

The Kindred population in the pre-colonial states was never that big, and it was kept in check by Kindred themselves - because the more of them that existed, the less food there'd be for the whole. These old laws regarding Kindred creation and conduct state that a Sire is responsible for their Childe for their whole unlife, and forbade any Kindred from having more than one living Childe at a time. Wolf Mother, original name lost to time, is a seven century old Nosferatu that was Embraced in the St. Lawrence River Valley for the crime of sabotaging the hunting grounds of another tribe in the locality.

Wolf Son, going by the name Jack Skinner modern-day, was Embraced 600 years ago by Wolf Mother for the crime of banditry. Probably like most Embraces, the relationship between them started out strained and unfriendly. Getting Embraced in the old tribe days was definitely a form of capital punishment and not something anyone really wanted. This of course is doubly true for an Embrace via Nosferatu, and the man that became Wolf Son took a long time to settle into his fate as a hideous living omen. When he did manage to overcome his grief and horror, he became a proper student to Wolf Mother and served alongside her in the assigned role of the Promiskeepers (The colloquial name for the Nos at the time) - which was to safeguard and dispense knowledge from both Kindred and Kine of generations gone. Things like: what to do when the seasons are uncharacteristically unfavorable, how to respond when a certain disease starts spreading, what to do with land that refuses to yield resources, etc. (Nos like Grandma Oginn also used to provide matchmaking services to her local tribes ;D) Additionally, in the old Kindred society, the Promisekeepers were tasked with keeping track of debts and contracts made between Kindred. The Nos of pre-colonial North America (at least on the East Coast) were basically your archivists and judges.

As the modern Moonrise Nation is attempting to reclaim some of the old traditions, both for Kindred and their human relations, Nosferatu who come into the faction are expected to take up this mantle of advisors and story keepers, to learn and preserve history, and be there to aid humans and other vamps alike when they're not sure what to do about a problem. Wolf Mother herself was a bit of an isolated Kindred back in her day, she roamed a huge tract of land and only encountered other undead and humans rarely. Still, she was widely known to be a neutral or friendly presence, and her child inherited the same nomadic lifestyle.

The pair would be separated when the first waves of Sabbat Kindred arrived on the continent on the crossings from Europe. They thought each other dead until very recently.

Wolf Son met with immigrant Camarilla Kindred in the 1700s and would later travel to Europe, where he would be installed as Sheriff over a Midlands Domain for several decades. Modern-day, he has come home to America, and is now serving as an Archon.

Wolf Mother spent most of the last few centuries in torpor near Lake Erie, and in the few years she's been awake again she's been singing into the night in hopes her long-lost Childe might still be around... Poor thing...

You can imagine the eventual reunion between them is gonna be super emotional. Not least of all because the Moonrise Nation is explicitly not joining the Camarilla, and seek to make themselves an independent faction.

I'm sure it's fine 🙃

[heartorbit]

i'm sending this endless melody to a nameless you

[citruscore]

sleepover redux

[spacedlexi]

maybe if i just put these screenshots together youll understand why i think their relationship just Works so well as it pertains to the characters and themes of S4 in general

neither of them know what theyre doing, but theyre figuring it out Together. the old ways are dead. and together theyll build a new future thats worth fighting for

[freak-phone]

more of a small peeve than a huge issue for me but i don't understand replies on my oc art... that is clearly captioned something saying it's oc art... with 'i thought this was (xyz fandom thing)' and nothing else. ok. why are you telling me this

[xejune]

new foe, or old friend

greyscale version & non-chromatic abberated version!

[bunnyboy-juice]

OH MY GDD I FORGOT TO TELL YALL MY WIFE CAME HOME YESTERDAY AND JUST. WOOP. PICKED ME UP LIKE NOTHING. AND THEN DID IT AGAIN LIKE 20 MINUTES LATER AGAIN LIKE NOTHING.

[ghostlyheart]

This makes me sad in a way that I can't possibly describe

[slashingdisneypasta]

Imagine your F/O walking in and catching you crying at the end of Toy Story 3.

[lazaruspiss]

my sibling is starting to write fic and it's so. like they've been drawing for forever and never seem insecure about art. but writing is still new to them! so the fic isn't working how they want it to. i got to point at their pile of like, 20 something filled full size sketchbooks and go, look, you've made all this art, practiced all this time to be good. and how many things have you written? 3? you keep going! you keep doing it and it will be countless one day!

[haveyouplayedthisgame]

No Man's Sky

[elvenbeard]

🏳️‍🌈 Vince & Kerry at Night City Pride (1/10) 🏳️‍⚧️

The first but not the last time they're going to NC Pride together :3 Japantown is decked out in rainbow colors, fitting for the city's party district. Vince had been to Pride before, but this is the first time he's attending fully content and confident in himself, looking back on a long and rocky road to get there. Being able to go with Kerry really makes the day (even if he can only keep him on his shoulders for so long xD but worth it!)

There's more to come, many shenanigans and shippy stuff mostly, but I wanted to kick my pride-themed posts off with this set (inspired by similar pics I've seen done by @the-quick-r3d-f0x and @pinkyjulien !!). I legit teared up making these (and typing this now 😭) seeing them both, but especially Vince, so happy and at ease and yeah... kadsöfasfjdsd like, 10 years before this he never could have dreamed of this moment.

Happy Pride 🌈

[crimeronan]

just burst into tears in a post office and immediately the entire world opened up to me. easy criers must have the best lives what the fuck. i should stop taking my prozac Immediately.

[totallyseiso]

Every time I see another anarchist express their views I stray further from anarchism into communism

[theflyestwhiteboyofthemall]

i miss them strong sudden wave of i miss them i miss them so much fuck ive been watching their photo too often they're so pretty but also it's so obvious we're miles away in every aspect im glad at least i attempted to right the nasty 2021 "separation" im disappointed in how 2022-2023 reunion went im disappointed in what i did. im glad i was only weak like once in 2024. i dont intend to fuck up this year ive been thinking off them too much i need to stop ugh sigh

[mo-ok]

been literally worrying myself sick over bullshit work stuff and having to talk to the most vile woman i've ever had as a manager about having the problem fixed

they realised the mistake on their own and called me saying it was fixed. maybe life isnt so fucking bad after all