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whomstwedointheshadows · 1 year ago

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Season 6 Nandermo Prediction: Monty Python to Seinfeld to the Office Finale

In Honor of Reality TV House Flippers, I Present Vampires in Court TV

*CRACK ATTACK*

To honor Serial Killer Guillermo and the show subverting the reality/ sit-com format, I need the Staten Island Gang questing to face off the Big Bad. The Big Bad has a Network. They track them down, expanding their own territory, nutty vampire death sentences and leaning in to dark humor. Gore, bodies, glory everywhere. Evidence to one former familiar, everywhere, as vampires now help with cleaning up as as they are more equal in the house.

The Big Bad is revealed to be a holy terror and also cute as a bloodthirsty bunny. Bunnicula, the Big Bad, if you will.

See Murder Husband dream fighting together, Guillermo pledging to do whatever it takes to survive and come home together, overcoming this comically adorable foe. The fight is more glamor shots, inspiring questions of fan service and striking home Yes This Is Homoerotic and Camp until they win, plot feels rushed to audience but it’s clearly just a set up for Big Confession Time. Obviously they are Fully Realized and Ready for It, now show us!!

Vampires done vamping with the fallen head home, masses of dead-dead/undead cut up, ready for further dumping. Incriminating, but just the usual work for a familiar now shared. Matching gore and relief for Nandor and Guillermo, a picture of intimacy.

All these dead in the name of Flirting, they openly acknowledge, laugh together. Nandermo is here, the scene is tipping in to a Big Confession, Big Kiss… something…

In swarm the police, Humans, incongruous immediately with sense of culmination of fifteen years of pining. Trucks, helicopters, tanks against stakes. Completely lost the romance, dark humor into a Gritty True Crime NARRATIVE.

Narration of Colin Robinson expressing ACAB, but an energy vampire has to feed, won’t it be great when this airs? First acknowledgment the footage is broadcasting somewhere and he feeds from the viewer.

Too tired to kill them all, too many to immediately hypnotize. Nandor bats, at Guillermo insistence, now begins comical on-the-run and hypnosis witness tampering from the vampires. Wackiness includes decorating courtroom based on family side, sculpture and blood fountain delivery… but Guillermo somehow gets one day house arrest with his mother, Nandor does his best to arrange a tender Spa Day and they’re summoned back to night court. Night Court is of course, more nebulously supernatural and quickly kicks out of Mortal Prison into Farce with Consequences.

Mainly: Can someone explain the relationship of a rampaging slayer to his vampire former-master-warlord as they’re claiming new territory? How safe is the wider supernatural community, and are they like, a new conquering force or …another Thing? What to do about this?

Return of lawyer Lazlo, reference to hating the English during all the court proceedings (and damn isn’t this the ending of Monty Python and the Holy Grail? Seinfeld? -that was only because they were cowards that ran out of budget or wouldn’t get characters together, classic comedy half hours end with a wedding), public acknowledgement Guillermo’s a fucking slayer/serial killer to Silvia de la Cruz, seemingly friendly with Nandor and show of being peaceful amongst the crowd of supernaturals and, rather than fury of a Van Helsing, she shares she knew Memo had it bad for his boss. (Clearly, the Slayer bloodline doesn’t activate into killer mode, or is more controlled, when she understands them and isn’t surprised.)

Cue talkback scenes about an effing clip show in court as evidence, Nadja mostly focused on famous like OJ and explaining the web of who was horny when because what when presented with evidence, wearing matching wigs with Lazlo. Mimics Office Finale allowing for further commentary, still centered around present character interests. Definitely charting the course of Nandermo, getting more off camera stories of observing the Pining. Murder is framed in the context of caretaking and making Nandor horny, like they’re going out of their way to explain (to Silvia?) how involved her son is in their unit and vampire relations. Also, he’s a badass so no one fucks with him or those under his protection. Thank g- there’s this badass footage that doesn’t show Memo in too much danger or really, really hurt.

Cross examination of Nandermo by Lazlo, first kiss revealed years ago off screen, fucking all season, I love you’d exchanged but ‘I’ll be with you forever, whatever it takes’ WAS exchanged in the previous episode before battle, thus honeymoon glow and downright joyous-sexually charged battle.

Lawyer Lazlo: Do you think we have a fucking documentary crew and now we worry about courtrooms? Gizmo killed a theatre of vampires to save us and we took over the fucking council. Yes, we’re callous, we’re cruel, we’re insensitive to mortal and immortal suffering if it doesn’t concern ourselves. We’re killers, including our dramatic slayer here who’s the youngest but catching up on body count, and we’re a family. We love each other. We will protect each other. We’ll end anything that gets in our way, whatever it takes. Nandor, you’re up.

Nandor: *to put a button on the unable to drink blood, totally able to slay Guillermo arc, see previous fights up to Bunnicula, reference to be together forever, whatever it takes.*

Obviously Nandor has already discussed a big celebration for a possible yet-not-planned turning, but Guillermo suggested simple and ‘like a courthouse wedding, yes’ - Both understand the offer is on the table and Guillermo just says when he’s ready, and it’s okay if that turns out to be never. His hesitation has remained his ties with his Mom. It’s yes to all his life with Nandor, vampirism second concern when he’s accepted and ready as he can be for the consequences, specifically loosing his mom, who is not brain scramblie’d and here today, seeing all of Guillermo and his vampires.

Nandor, a strategist: welcome to our wedding!! Look at the public awe of your many conquered foes! You’re so amazing as a warrior and my closest friend. I am PROUD for EVERYONE to know you’re incredible and I’m head over heels for you, forever. Everyone includes your mom, as my family too, who is not killing all vampires on sight now! And everyone knows if they fuck with your vampire or slayer family, we’ll kill them and enjoy it together! Do you appreciate my intricate ritual of planning a wedding after you went and said yes to forever before I could propose after our many escalating battles together?

Guillermo: so, even with the documentary crew, we’ve always kept our intimacy for us. Yes, it was kinda toxic, but Nandor is my idiot, except when he’s a genius. And it feels good. To be proud of us. They celebrated me. So, let’s party.

Cut to everyone dirty, raunchy dancing, sloppy kissing, exceedingly graphic reception cut for rating. New glitter portrait of vampiric Nandor and Guillermo, kissing, sparkly bare chests in the Tigris, captioned ‘Honeymoon’

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++Would love to see a parallel for the death of the historian in Monty Python leading to an arrest of King Arthur/Knights and the dead camera crew members leading to excessive workplace safety fines being the only lasting damage determined by the court.

+++Collin Robinson is somehow working for the prosecution, a corporate media outlet, and as expert testimony. No one is ever clear what the ‘trial’ actually is, he’s just fond of objections. Framing moves from court tv to royal wedding coverage, slowly edging the viewer wanting Nandermo confirmation about [yes, that is a glitter portrait from Nandor to Guillermo on 10 anniversary as master and familiar and here’s another one from later on their second anniversary.. of what? Well, how one can define a relationship is complex… oh! Let’s go frame by frame on these clips of their hands! ] confirming the bigger picture, Has segments devils advocating himself against Nancy Grace angry emotional vampire.

*** this is specifically a Crack!fic ideas playing with the idea all of Nandermo must be on camera, the viewer is primed for the next big step to be a confession or kiss, but what if we just jump straight to just married the dirty grinding, sloppy drunk kissing in public with all your family watching. Strikes me as a f-you to all the sweet chaste network gays, this is the suck and fuck show, babe

**** this is also a subversion of Guillermo resolving his arc as a vampire, having to be ‘ruthless’ enough, instead it’s about being assured in himself, what he wants, and cherished by those he loves. His found family accepting and making space for his family, because they care about his decisions and maybe he doesn’t have to choose, so they try. He’s gained the confidence in himself and is celebrated, welcomed, and supported by those he loves.

*****Listen, Nandor, was it kind of toxic to let your boyfriend get arrested and did you maybe plan a slaying rampage for the ‘gram- no one can quite prove, but good thinking if it was spur of the moment after the arrest, it tracks that a former warlord would yell about how awesome his spouse is and don’t fuck with us so they can have a bubble of peace due to the terror

#nandermo #wwdits meta #what we do in the shadows #wwdits 6 #Nandor the relentless #serial killer Guillermo #guillermo de la cruz #crack fic #someone please stop me #someone write this #silvia de la cruz

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sunnydaleherald · 1 year ago

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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter - Monday, October 2

AIMEE MANN: Man, I hate playing vampire towns.

~~Sleeper~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Forego Empty Promises (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure crossover, T) by arcanedreamer

O Christmas Tree (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure crossover, G) by arcanedreamer

Jolyne and Buffy: Spirit Cousins (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure crossover, G) by arcanedreamer

Blowing Off Steam (Resident Evil crossover, T) by arcanedreamer

Swoon (Spike/Drusilla, T) by a_sort_of_friendly_ghost

Lover’s Walk: Lucidity (Spike/Joyce, E) by LoTJ

Passing Mistakes (Gen, T) by NAOA

everything in the world changes, and nothing changes at all (Spike/Buffy, R) by disco-tea

[Chaptered Fiction]

Presumably Dead Arm Chapter 15 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Tragic

A Marriage of Inconvenience Chapter 15 (Buffy/Spike, R) by all_choseny

Of Things That Would Never Be Chapter 55 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Blond Goth Girl

Surviving Together Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, Adult only) by ionlylikebadboys

Buffy's Spooky Birthday Chapter 25 (Buffy/Spike, R) by VeroNyxK84

What the Drabble? Chapter 14 (Buffy/Spike, R) by VeroNyxK84

I remember who you are Chapter 5 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by Desicat

A Place in the Sun Chapter 24 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by honeygirl51885

Autumnal Shorts Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by VeroNyxK84

Vamp for Rent Chapter 3 (Spike/Xander, R) by forsaken2003

Lock the Door Chapter 2 (Faith/Buffy, T) by arcanedreamer

Meet & Greet Chapter 2 (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure crossover, G) by arcanedreamer

Kinktober 2023 Chapter 2 (Buffy/Giles, E) by Skyson

Post-Grave Chapter 1 (Buffy/Giles, Not rated) by Skylark62

[Image, Audio & Video]

Art: Faith by pocketsizedann

PODCAST: Normal Again S6 E17 (Buffy and the Art of Story Podcast) by lisalilly

[Reviews]

Spuffy, trauma and the Bathroom Scene by Flow

season 1 episode 4: teacher’s pet by slut-jpeg

season 1 episode 5: never kill a boy on the first date by slut-jpeg

[Fandom Discussions]

the incestuous, wrong connotations david fury is trying to implement between buffy and spike by silvermars

the amount of nasty thoughts i have about s4ats-s7btvs spangelus by fblckt

it would have been a better idea for Oz to also be gay by hermyohkneegranger

Spike and Harley Quinn are the same character by goodolreliablejake

Never forget that Buffy wanted her wedding photos to be taken at the cemetery by aphony-cree

Episode Battle: Goodbye Iowa vs Dirty Girls continued by multiple posters

Positives and Negatives - S6 continued by multiple posters

How Evil Was Spike? continued by multiple posters

Who did Angel hate? continued by multiple posters

FFH: Did Fred's Death Make An Impact?) by nightshade

How many seasons by Jakarisoolive

Are the later seasons shot with 4:3 in mind depsite also releasing in 16:9? by EgonHeart123part2

Random sad thought of the day by WhatName230

Favorite rivalries in the Buffyverse? by zmuda1234

Tabula Rasa - head cannon by johnnyorac

Gunn and Fred did what Tara did for Dawn with Connor by The810kid

I think I just traumatized my boyfriend by RaspberryMonkey5723

I would’ve loved to see Gwen and Angel as a couple by Sweet-Siren

XANDER - COMPLICATED OR BADLY WRITTEN by EstablishmentMost397

Thoughts on why Angel / Angelus seem so separated. (It's all about Dad and the religious upbringing) by greenisthefutureAMA

Can we talk about the Angel feeding off Buffy scene? by Hopeful_Routine8942

What’s a metaphor you think the show did really well with? by Anyanka_Tin

Buffy always questions popular expressions by Tsole96

Second time watchers- does it bug you how much they dumb buffy down? by Hopeful_Routine8942

Could this be the moment Angel stopped drinking human blood? by rfresa

Xander was an underrated hottie by Sweet-Siren

[Essay rec, French language] Buffy ou la révolte à coups de pieu, déconstruire le réel par le surnaturel by RadiKultMag

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#btvs #buffy summers #angel #ats #angel the series #Buffy The Vampire Slayer

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vortexf13 · 1 month ago

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Hola chicos, mi nombre es VortexFury, aquí les dejo un poco de mí

Vortex Fury

Nacida el 21 de noviembre de 2001

Edad: 23 años

Altura: 1.70 m

Cabello: castaños

Ojos: violetas

Personalidad: Firme, analítica, directa

Gustos y Preferencias:

• Comida favorita: Sushi y pasta al pesto.

• Fobias: Le teme a las profundidades marinas y a los lugares extremadamente cerrados.

• Música favorita: Rock alternativo, metal sinfónico y bandas sonoras épicas.

• Colores favoritos: morado, dorado, blanco y café oscuro.

Entretenimiento:

• Animes favoritos: My Hero Academia, Sailor Moon, Demon Slayer, Attack on Titan, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Bleach.

• Series favoritas (no anime): Stranger Things, The Witcher, Game of Thrones, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Mandalorian.

• Princesas favoritas: Mulan, Mérida, Moana, Kida, Raya.

• Películas Disney favoritas: Mulan, Hércules, Raya y el Último Dragón, Moana, La Bella y la Bestia.

• Películas de Pixar favoritas: Los Increíbles, Valiente, Coco, Ratatouille.

• Películas de DreamWorks favoritas: Cómo entrenar a tu dragón, El Príncipe de Egipto, Kung Fu Panda, Shrek 2.

• Películas de Blue Sky favoritas: La Era de Hielo, Río, Epic: El Reino Secreto.

Actividades favoritas:

Le encanta entrenar artes marciales, leer novelas de fantasía, analizar películas, escribir historias, explorar la naturaleza y practicar tiro con arco.

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manue-ringo · 2 years ago

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Chapitre 8 : La poursuite

Parker était en furie. Sa voix, tremblante de colère, éclata dans l’habitacle de la voiture :

- C'est de votre faute, tout ça ! C'est vous qui avez attiré leur attention avec vos histoires de vampires et d'occultisme ! Vous nous avez mis sur leur radar !

Son partenaire, Mulder, répliqua, sa voix empreinte de frustration et d'animosité :

- Moi ? Mais c’est absurde ! Ce sont eux qui nous ont piégés ! Ils nous ont surveillés depuis le début, c’est tout !

- Et vous ne vous en êtes pas rendu compte ? Vous n’avez pas été assez prudent ? Vous n’avez pas vérifié si on était suivis ou écoutés ? Demanda Parker, les traits déformés par la tension.

- Non, je ne m’y attendais pas ! Je pensais qu'ils étaient discrets, mystérieux. Je ne savais pas qu’ils étaient aussi dangereux et organisés ! Sa voix avait un ton condescendant, comme si la gravité de la situation était une simple mauvaise surprise.

- Eh bien, vous vous êtes trompé ! Et maintenant, nous sommes dans de beaux draps ! Parker avait accentué ses mots avec une véhémence qui trahissait sa panique.

Ils atteignirent enfin leur voiture. Mulder démarra le moteur avec une précipitation nerveuse, quittant le parking en trombe. La voiture fonça à travers la nuit, vers le domicile de Skinner. Mulder était à bout de nerf, ses mains tremblaient sur le volant, et la terreur qui l’envahissait s’ajoutait à la discorde entre lui et Parker. Cette femme, qui semblait se délecter de le juger et de le critiquer, ne faisait qu’accentuer sa détresse.

La tension entre eux était palpable, une électricité chargée de colère et de peur. Ils espéraient arriver à temps, avant que le Cercle de Salomon ne les rattrape.

Les premières minutes de conduite semblaient avoir apaisé un peu leurs angoisses. Ils pensèrent avoir semé leurs poursuivants et respirèrent plus calmement. Mulder murmura, comme une tentative désespérée de trouver du réconfort :

- On va s'en sortir, on doit s'en sortir.

Mais Parker, les yeux rivés sur la route, lança d’un ton sarcastique :

- C'est vous qui le dites.

Le soulagement fut de courte durée. Une voiture noire surgit brusquement derrière eux, fonçant à toute allure. Mulder reconnut immédiatement le symbole du sceau de Salomon sur le capot.

- Merde ! C'est lui ! Cria-t-il, la panique dans la voix.

- Quoi ? Qui ça ? Demanda Parker, son anxiété augmentant.

- Le grand-maître du Cercle ! Il nous suit ! Précisa Mulder, le cœur battant à tout rompre.

- Comment il nous a trouvées ? Parker était maintenant accrochée à la poignée de la portière, son stress palpable.

- Je ne sais pas ! Il a dû nous pister ! Répondit Mulder, son esprit essayant désespérément de trouver une solution.

- Et maintenant, qu'est-ce qu'on fait ? Demanda Parker, l’urgence de la situation l’atteignant de plein fouet.

- On essaie de le semer ! Accrochez vous ! Ordonna Mulder, la voix rauque.

Il appuya sur l'accélérateur, le moteur rugissant sous l'effort. La voiture zigzagua entre les autres véhicules, les pneus crissant sur l’asphalte. Mais le grand-maître du Cercle restait collé à leur pare-chocs, klaxonnant furieusement et leur lançant des appels de phares menaçants. Il essayait de les forcer hors de la route, percutant et dépassant leurs trajectoires avec une agressivité effrayante.

- Il est fou ! Il va nous tuer ! Je vais lui faire la peau ! S’emporta Parker, la peur se mêlant à une rage désespérée. - Il faut tenir bon ! On n'est plus très loin ! Tenta de rassurer Mulder, ses yeux fixés sur la route, espérant que Skinner soit là pour les sauver.

Le domicile de Skinner n’était plus qu’à quelques kilomètres. Mulder priait pour qu’ils arrivent avant que le grand-maître ne les rattrape. Mais les espoirs furent brusquement anéantis lorsque le grand-maître, ne montrant aucun signe de ralentissement, sortit une arme de sa voiture. Les balles sifflèrent dans l’air, crevant les pneus de leur véhicule. La voiture, désormais incontrôlable, dérapa et se mit à tourner en rond.

- Attention ! Baissez-vous ! Cria Mulder, la terreur dans la voix.

Il tenta de redresser la voiture, mais les roues, sans adhérence, perdaient toute maîtrise. La voiture fit une embardée violente avant de heurter un poteau électrique. Le choc violent les projeta en avant, leur vision se brouilla alors que l’obscurité les engloutissait, les faisant sombrer dans l’inconscience.

#fanfiction #the pretender #miss parker #crossover #the x files

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softersinned · 2 years ago

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"Sweet thing," Astoria says at once, and there is a tone of urgency to her voice that betrays her even as she does not move and her expression does not change, "the love might be what's worth the most."

Matthew won't like it, she thinks idly, but Matthew doesn't like plenty of things that need to be said. And she doesn't like seeing Diana like this, ill-prepared and left with more questions than answers. She wishes she had a glass of wine. She hopes Baldwin is giving his brother hell.

"I was born in 1518." The corner of her mouth twitches upward into a smile, crooked and gentle and impossibly fond. "I have been alive five hundred years. I can speak more languages than most people will ever need. I was raised fluent in three. And in all my centuries, in all those languages, there is not a single word to be found that's sufficient to explain what I feel for him." She tips her head towards the door, where Diana can no doubt hear even muffled shouting. Baldwin is no doubt at his best, all his beautiful fury aimed like a weapon. "He is my heart, my soul, my life—all the poets across history have yet to come close to it. I was sired as an act of violence and revenge, I lost my family and my power and myself, I spent decades edging closer and closer to madness, and the first time he looked at me the way he does now, I knew I'd have done it all a thousand times over if he kept looking at me like that. Stubbornness is reason enough to endure, and you've been wronged badly enough that no one could ever argue that you aren't entitled to some revenge—but Diana, it's the love that makes it worthwhile."

She hooks her left hand over her shoulder, and she brushes a finger idly back and forth over the tattoo behind her ear. "There should be more to this than suffering," she says finally. "And you deserve more than constant self-doubt. Yes, this will start a war, if you continue. And yes, it will take a toll on everyone." Astoria settles more comfortably into her seat, lowering her left hand to trail her fingers instead along the outline of the snarling wolf's head across the back of her right. She does not offer platitudes of unconditional support. She wouldn't mean them. "The simplest solution will be that you become a vampire. Well, no. The simplest solution would be to leave him, but it seems fairly clear that's not an option for either of you.

"Matthew will try to talk you out of it because he's plagued by self-loathing of the worst kind: he's a good Catholic. We would find someone willing to sire you; I can think of three good options right now, and we would introduce you to them, let you have your choice. It's a painful process. It takes time, and it would require that you endure, again, but at the end of it you would be one of us, and the truth is that as far as the witches are concerned, you're already tainted by association, and you'll never be one of them again. But you'd also never again be as helpless as you were in La Pierre."

Her words are blunt, though her tone stays soft. "There are worse things in this world than to be a de Clermont, even by marriage. And there is nothing that compares to an eternity with the person you love more than anything." Her eyes flicker towards the doorway again, and she lets out a quiet, contented sigh. "But there's no way through this without some pain. You'll spend years reaching for magic only to remember it's not there anymore. Someday, the people you once considered family may come to put you down, like a rabid dog being put out of its misery, and you'll have to choose yourself over them. The light will hurt your eyes. The sounds of traffic will hurt your ears. You'll break everything you touch, those first few days, because you won't know how to control your own strength. And you will feel like the woman you were has died and now you're simply the woman you are, no matter how similar those two might be. But you will survive it." Her smile widens. The corners of her eyes wrinkle. "I did. Losing my magic was the worst of it, but it's a trade I'd make again.

"Your greatest challenge will be establishing who you are—as a de Clermont, as Matthew's mate, as Diana. Don't listen to him when he tells you that your success is because of your magic; he's bitter when he's not the smartest person in the room. Your success is because of your tenacity and your boldness and your skill. He will grow more insufferable with time and you'll bicker and fight and you'll love him all the more for it. His enemies will poke and prod at you, and you'll strike back quickly enough and fiercely enough to draw blood, so they don't repeat the mistake.

"Or you continue as you are. It will endanger him, and his family, not to mention your own. Baldwin will do what he must to protect his family, all of it, and I will do what I must to protect him. And much sooner than either of you are prepared for, you will age, and he will not. And if war doesn't take you from him, then mortal frailty and the passage of time will. This is, simply, life. What you are is a competent woman, Diana, and spellbound or not—" She's heard the word used enough times in the past day that she can guess at the limitations placed on Diana. "—you have your own power. Think like an academic. Ask questions. And let your decision be your own; Matthew doesn't get to make it for you, however much Catholic angst he insists on inflicting on the world."

STRANGELY , DESPITE THE LESIONS ON EVERY limb , the abrasions , the noise in her head - - she is more at ease than the days at sept - tours previously have allowed her to feel . astoria speaks to her as if she is a person rather than some other thing - - a problem to be dealt with . she wonders how much she can chalk up to her sustained trauma , and how much is merely astoria being herself . diana understands that astoria is baldwin's mate , but knows very little else to make a judgement of her character . she doesn't know any of them , really , nor do they really know her . and yet now , all of their lives are intimately bound . she snorts a half - laugh when astoria mentions her handling of a difference in philosophical opinion. truthfully , it sounds like something she'd do . her impression of matthew elicits an actual laugh , one that briefly reminds her of the pain in her ribs , and more still , solidifies the knowledge that while her heart seems to know matthew intimately , she does not really know him at all . there are others that have come before , and there are so many that will know him after .

❝yes . scientific history - - alchemy, primarily . more often than not , i think he attributes any area in which i might know better to the usage of magic . and maybe he's right , but still - - how could i possibly know ANYTHING without having lived it ? the fact that i got newton down in writing really irked him . ❞ she shrugs . ❝ i'd put money on you in a philosophical debate , though . matthew's views are . . . a bit too introspective to really be generalized . ❞ it's a nicer way to say that he hates himself too much to interpret passages that speak of salvation when he considers himself damned .

despite her concern over the sofa , diana finds herself picking at a thread on a throw pillow . she is restless , still , even in a time of recovery . she needs to MOVE , and so she fidgets as she listens to what might have been . astoria makes it out to be the equivalent of a 19th century romance novel , in which the young woman meets the imposing , wealthy relative and is told that she simply WILL NOT DO. elizabeth bennet meeting the lady catherine de bourgh . it , somehow , does not sound EASIER .

just as soon as the theoretical reply is on her tongue , ( good to know . i'm not particularly good at dinner parties , so i thought i'd just expedite the process by upsetting the natural order of things and then getting thrown down a hole . ) it dissipates . eyes widen , and she nods slowly , as if she understands && yet cannot fathom what the other woman as just said .

she had never put much stock in sarah's prejudice against other creatures , particularly vampires . witches had savagery all of their own . she had experienced it firsthand . still , being faced with the standard practices of an ancient vampire family is still jarring .

and yet astoria glides by it elegantly , as if it is commonplace . and , perhaps , it is . she does not know this woman , she reminds herself . she does not want to pry . vampires are particular about their pasts, and as miriam informed her , they don't tell tales . but they surely have them . the conversation circles back , though , to the colossal elephant in the room . the simple solution that is far from it . the one , she knows , that matthew has REFUSED .

she yearns to go to the white table in her mind. to FIGURE OUT what everyone else is all too keen to solve for her .

❝ i. . . i don't have much magic to begin with. i never had the aptitude . it's chaotic , at best . not something i lived my life chasing . until i almost drowned myself because i was sad . i don't think i can ignore it now . ❞ she adjusts herself on the sofa with a wince . ❝ i know it's not worth much . really , i do . but i love matthew . so much. and i know this is worth even less , but i'm not really a 'start - a - species - war ' kind of person . i don't really know what i am . ❞ eyes dip down to the cushion she is fiddling with , as she suddenly feels too vulnerable to continue . she thinks , for a fleeting moment , that she wants her parents .

❝ so . . . prepare me . no one tells me anything. i'm not a vampire with thousands of years of lived experience, but i'm also not an idiot . i can handle it . i just need the information . ❞ she sighs . ❝ i need help ❞

#sheswoven #thread: sheswoven001 #('and for what' for me to READ for me to CRY OVER for me to REPLY TO)#(i feel so bad for matthew & baldwin because one day astoria WILL show up with matching tee shirts and leather jackets for her and diana)

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triste-guillotine · 2 years ago

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“La noche de Walpurgis” (1971) aka “The Werewolf vs. the Vampire woman” aka “Nacht der Vampire” aka “Werewolf Shadow” aka “La furie des vampires”, directed by León Klimovsky, with Paul Naschy, Gaby Fuchs, Barbara Capell, Patty Shepard...

#La noche de Walpurgis #The Werewolf versus the Vampire woman #Nacht der vampire #Werewolf Shadow #La furie des Vampires #León Klimovsky #Paul Naschy #Patty Shepard #Gaby Fuchs #Barbara Capell #Waldemar Daninsky #Countess Wandesa Dárvula de Nadasdy #Hispanic Horror

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lyzacide · 2 years ago

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Rencontrez les Erinyes dans la dernière chambre du Tartare. C'est Mégère qui vous "accueillera"... Et elle a vraiment une appétence pour le goût du sang. Après un certain temps, ses soeurs Alecto et Tisiphone seront susceptibles de faire leur entrée. Pour votre plus grande joie, bien sûr.

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Meet the Furies/Erinyes at the final Chamber of Tartarus. First, it'll be Megara that will "welcome" you… She definitily have some taste for the blood. Only after some time, her sisters, Alecto and Tisiphone, will appear. For your greatest joy, of course. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

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swampstew · 2 years ago

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Thank you for the tag @goldenandhappy and @wurm-food <3

◈ TAG NINE PEOPLE YOU’D LIKE TO KNOW BETTER!

favourite colour(s): rose gold, mint green, forest green; cerulean, periwinkles, violet

favourite flavour(s): gardenias, tulips, carnations, lilies EDIT: I thought this said flowers😭 — I’m a slut for chocolate, mint, sweet and savory.

favourite genre(s): romance, horror, supernatural, science fiction

favourite music: I enjoy listening to most music but currently going back to emo punk roots

favourite movie(s): Jurassic Park, Tarzan, Encanto, Grand Budapest Hotel, Mad Max: Fury Road, Zombie Land, Into the Spidervers

favourite series: One Piece, Psych, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aggretsuko, Black Lady Sketch Show, Steven Universe, Bee and Puppycat, Vida, Jane the Virgin, La Casa de las Flores, Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated

last song: Love from the Other Side - Fall Out Boy

last movie: Bullet Train

currently reading: I'm Glad My Mom Died - Janette McCurdy

currently watching: Bleach

currently working on: an art challenge, a fic cover, a fic art piece, a writing commission, blind date scenarios, two in-progress fics, short stories, and some cross stitching patterns

Play with us: @icy-spicy @cebuwu @greenmountainwitch @theluckychemist @yamat0 @shankss-magnificent-ass @noawithlove

Ask & Answered!

tagged by @toastdarling 🌸 thank you!

◈ TAG NINE PEOPLE YOU’D LIKE TO KNOW BETTER!

favourite colour(s): every shade of blue

favourite flavour(s): cinnamon, cherry, teriyaki

favourite genre(s): fantasy, magical realism, mystery

favourite music: honestly I'll listen to pretty much anything, from hard rock to classical music, but I have a special preference for 80s hits and Japanese indie

favourite movie(s): Pride and Prejudice (2005), Howl's Moving Castle, Shrek 2

favourite series: Good Omens, One Piece, Haikyuu!!, Gravity Falls

last song: Your body is a weapon by The Wombats

last movie: Glass Onion

currently reading: The house in the cerulean sea by TJ Klune

currently watching: One Piece, Buddy Daddies

currently working on: in a creative sense, working on a zosan royal au fic, several fanart pieces and a few fantasy au concepts I'm excited about; in a personal sense, working on my insecurities, hoping to improve my lifestyle by trying sports for the first time (kendo, specifically!) and studying for a competitive exam

@goldenandhappy @ftld42 @bryttdaffodil @doremiinas @ats0mi @mafuwara @miyakiyoomii @heart-cores @omiishii

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coppolesque · 3 years ago

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Book list

Miss peregrine 5 / Let it snow / Histoire de Lisey / Le seigneur des anneaux 2 / + LSDA 3 / Twilight 1 / + Twilight 2 / + Twilight 3 / + Twilight 4 / Running man / Rêves et cauchemars / Le fléau / Insomnie /Différentes saisons / Orgeuil et préjugés / Emma / Raison et sentiments / Histoire de la Russie / Suzon / Claire / La Voleuse de Livres /Histoire de L'Europe / La Couleur des Sentiments / La servante écarlate / + Les Testaments / Alias Grace / Effacée / + Brisée / + Fracturée / Summerset Abbey / Olympe / Roméo et Juliette / Voyages de Gulliver / Anna Karénine / Le roi fantôme / La guerre et la paix I / + La guerre et la paix II / Dictionnaire de la mythologie / La mythologie Gréco-romain / W ou le souvenir d'enfance / Journal d'Anne Frank / Le monde de Sophie / Find me / Divergente 2 / + Divergente 3 / Carpe Diem / The Great Gatsby / The Virgin Suicides / Marlena / Girl, interrupted / The language of thorns / The Picture of Dorian Gray / Voyage au centre de la terre / Le Fantôme de l'opéra / Madame Bovary / Marie-Antoinette: femme réelle, femme mythique / La fille du train / The ballad of songbirds and snakes / Les contes des frères Grimm / Contes des particuliers / Les contes de Beedle le Barde / Traité sur la Tolérance / 20,000 Years of Fashion / Gravity Falls: Journal 3 / Oliver Twist / Tout savoir sur les vampires /Amour et Autres Enchantements /Atonement / Picnic at Hanging Rock / Macbeth / Hamlet / Lolita / Carrie / Frankenstein / L'histoire de l'art en BD / The Bell Jar / Valley of the Dolls / The Little Dictionary Of Fashion / Le monde de Charlie / The song of Achilles / Narnia 1 / + Narnia 2 / + Narnia 3 / + Narnia 4/ + Narnia 5 / + Narnia 6 / + Narnia 7 / A Series of Unfortunate Events 1 / + ASOUE 2 / + ASOUE 3 / + ASOUE 4 / + ASOUE 5 / + ASOUE 6 / + ASOUE 7 / + ASOUE 8 / + ASOUE 9 / + ASOUE 10 / + ASOUE 11 / + ASOUE 12 / + ASOUE 13 /The Secret Garden / Anne Of Green Gables / Black Beauty / Heidi / Percy Jackson 1 / + PJ 2 / + PJ 3 / + PJ 4 / + PJ 5 / Harry Potter 4 / + HP 5 / + HP 6 / + HP 7 / The Secret History / Le siècle des excès / Little Women / Histoire de l'extrême droite en France / L'Iliade / L'Odyssée / The Oxford Book Of Japanese Short Stories / D'une / Sense and Sensibility / The Complete Sherlock Holmes / Dracula / 1984 / Da Vinci Code / Don Quijote De La Mancha / Romancero Gitano / Le Monde selon Flaubert / La gauche en France / Histoire des États-Unis De 1492 à nos jours. /Manifeste du Parti communiste (Karl Marx) / Pensées pour moi-même (Marc Aurèle) / Le socialisme en France et en Europe: XIXe-XXe siècle / Sans raison (Mehdy Brunet) / L'Ami Prodigieuse 1 / + L'Ami Prodigieuse 2 / + L'Ami Prodigieuse 3 / + L'Ami Prodigieuse 4 /Middlemarch / I'm thinking of ending things / Bunny / Then She Was Gone / The Silent Patient / Evelina / Basic Writings on Politics and Philosophy /The Works of Lord Byron / The Four Fondamental Concepts of Psycho-Analysis / The Night Circus / Circe / All the light we cannot see / The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue / Turtles All The Way Down / Renegades / The Starless Sea / Legend Born / To Best The Boys / Stalking Jack The Ripper / The Betrayals / The furies / The woman in cabin 10 / Lovely War / Cruel Beauty /Luckiest Girl Alive / Some kind of happiness / Le diable s'habille en Prada / Vengeance en Prada / Sharp Objects/ Black Butler/ Valkyrie Apocalypse/ Les paradis perdus/ Le goût de Marie-Antoinette/ Coraline/ Rebecca/ Nevermoor 1/ N2/ N+7/ spirou et fantasio (55 tomes) / dents d'ours x 6/

#book list #246

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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Saturday, May 7th

WESLEY: Oh, God! Oh, God! GILES: (calmly) It doesn't seem too promising, does it? WESLEY: Stay calm, Mr. Giles. We have to stay calm. GILES: Well, thank God you're here. I was planning to panic.

~~Bad Girls~~

The Sunnydale Herald is looking for at least one new editor! Contributing to the Herald is a great way to get your Buffy on! Find out more here.

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Family's Fragrance (Buffy/Angel, G) by janas (angelthehero)

Reunited for eternity (Willow/Tara, T) by Aragorn_II_Elessar

Accismus (Angel/Spike, T) by Gabriel_Is_My_Guardian_Angel89

Good Work Deserves a Reward (Buffy, Stargate crossover, FR21) by cmdruhura

Superchaosvirgitasticexpealidoorbell (Xander, multiple crossovers, FR21) by Sithicus

[Chaptered Fiction]

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Shadowed Suspicion, Chapter 342 (Ensemble, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure crossover, T) by madimpossibledreamer

To Live In The World, Chapter 42 (Buffy/Faith, M) by IvorySteel92

Once More, With Fury, Chapter 7 (Willow/Tara, T) by Rutkowski

Alternating Skies and, of course, the Hellmouth, Chapter 20 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Popsy

Mon Coeur Battant, Chapter 13 (Giles/OC, not rated) by melancholyrises

Sandy Places in Tomorrow, Chapter 11 (Xander/Spike, M) by Raihne

Love is Blind, Chapter 4 (Buffy/Spike, M) by Cyllene

The Time Vampire, Chapter 1 (in Italian) (Drusilla, Doctor Who crossover, not rated) by Sayman

You Don't Know What You've Got, Chapter 20 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by lex_hex

Le chemin de la destinée, du courage, et la force de ses convictions, les chemins de son cœur... Le commencement, Chapter 62 (Buffy/Spike, Adult Only) by Violette-Milka

Bleeding Poetry, Chapter 31 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Dusty

Falling in Love, Chapter 23 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Wonder and Ashes

First Alternate, Chapter 4 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Soulburnt

Inhuman Behavior, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by violettathepiratequeen

United We Stand, Chapter 13 (Faith, Nikita crossover, FR15) by batzulger

Blind Date, Chapter 1 (Buffy, Riley/Sam, The Fast and the Furious crossover, FR7) by Buffyworldbuilder

Rebman, Chapter 1 (Xander, Chronicles of Amber crossover, FR15) by Traszgo

[Images, Audio & Video]

Artwork: Would you die for her? (Buffy/Angel, worksafe) by janas

Artwork: A Hole in the World, Angel the Series and Fool for Love posters (worksafe) by kurtney_

Lego: Giles's Apartment in Lego by rdh_3000

Artwork: Buffy S8 comic page remastered (Buffy/Spike, worksafe) by l0veisntbrains

Artwork: BTVS “Every Outfit”: “the Wish” (worksafe) by whatshisfaceblogs

Artwork: BTVS “Every Outfit”: “Amends” part 1 (worksafe) by whatshisfaceblogs

Fanvid: Poison: Buffy and Spike by Sunnydale Sunset

Fanvid: This Love (taylor's version)- Buffy x Angel by Bangel Bot

Fanvid: Buffy and Spike (Lust) by RICHIEV333

Video: Spike head sculpt by Rocco Tartamella

[Reviews & Recaps]

I just finished season 4 of angel and I have some thoughts by notlikethegardensofbabylon

BB Discusses: 5x13 “Why We Fight” continued by multiple posters

[Recs & search]

Fic rec: Three Little Words by Walutahanga (Lindsey, Angel, G) recced by avatarskywalker78

Person search: Anyone had the screenname Amandalovespuffy? by xxsoymilk

[Fandom Discussions]

things that totally happened in angel btvs: Gun helped an old black lady from his neighbourhood by angel-thoughts-dump

Wide shots showing the interior spaces [in Smashed] by chasingfictions

Them fucking the house down as destroying the domestic space... by anonymous and chasingfictions

the reason spike’s old desoto never shows up again after ‘crush’ by july-19th-club

What would Joyce have done if she found out about Faith’s living conditions in S3? by melonsmessymusings

Buffy/Doctor Who parallels by burrunjor

Titles of episodes in English and others languages: Season 7 (part 1) by Antho

The Writers treated Gunn better before he joined the team by The810kid

Thoughts on Willow&Tara? by potterhead123456

The way the Summers girls grieve by Legitimate_Bug5604

What were the elements that made people continue to watch [BtVS] that differed from other shows? by Excellent-Durian-509

Favorite character introduction?? by kurtney_

Xander As A Stand-In For Joss Whedon: Source? by Paranormal_Nerd_Girl

Is Xander gay in the comics? by SkippingPebbless

What are your unpopular opinions about the show? by lilac-poppy

Do you remember the first time you watched [Seeing Red]? by InfiniteMehdiLove

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uncomicmas · 3 years ago

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Reseña de DIE!NAMITE LIVES #3 a la venta el miercoles por Dynamite Comics ¿De qué viene? La exitosa serie regresa, porque no puedes matar a un ejército interminable de zombis ... Después de perder trágicamente a su primer Elegido contra la plaga de zombies, Vampirella, Miss Fury y lo que queda del Proyecto Superpoderes buscan un nuevo salvador, ¡pero Ash Williams es un cazador de Deadite aún más reacio que de costumbre. Esta vez, el Ejército de las Tinieblas tiene pistolas de rayos, superpoderes y un nuevo y brillante general: Evil Sonja, ¡que se toma muy en serio su papel de Reina de Hel! Trama Andrew Bryant, el Captain Future, desarrolló una estrategia para detener a los zombies usando zombies creados por laboratorio que no puede controlar Evil Sonja, sin embargo ella los vence con facilidad, aunque la estrategia de Future es distraerlos para que ataquen un satélite y enviarlos a lo lejos del espacio, su plan es algo torpe e ilógico. Pantha, Vampirella, Miss Fury y Death-defying Devil llegan hasta el trabajo de ASH para usar el libro Necromicon y deshacer el conjuro Ex Mortis y así acabar con los zombies, pero Ash piensa que quieren usar el libro para algo malvado y escapa para llegar a las manos de otra persona peligrosa. Miss Fury es mordida por un zombie... Este capítulo posee una narración muy dinámica que no pierde el tiempo con rellenos. Arte Posee mucha textura, que se mueve entre el terror y la acción. Resumen Ash tiene sus dudas en entregar el Necromicon a Pantha y Vampirella mientras Evil Sonja recibe un ataque inesperado Calificación 4.5 de 5 Créditos Escrito Fred Van Lente Arte Vincenzo Carratu Fecha de lanzamiento 18 de agosto Editorial y fuente de imagen @dynamitecomics #conanthebarbarian #redhead #conan #marvel #cosplay #indigonails #hrabia #sexappeal #rednails #indigo #comics #art #vampirella #drawing #dynamitecomics #comicbooks #comicart #redsonja #illustration #fanart #artist #draw #sketch #marvelcomics #vampire #dccomics #comic #pinup #dynamite https://www.instagram.com/p/CSstpB6Niw5/?utm_medium=tumblr

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tatyana-dreaming · 4 years ago

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Potenza irresistibile: Leonora is Unstoppable

aka an empowered reading of (yet another) tragic opera heroine

aka my thoughts on Il Trovatore pt 3

(title from Manrico’s line in Act 2: Potenza irresistibile hanno de' fiumi l'onde! - The waves of the rivers have an irresistible force!)

with pictures because I have provided you ample walls of text as it is

Quick aside before we get into the libretto: in part 2 I concluded that both Azucena and Leonora are the only ones who really get what they want in this opera, and I think it’s pretty clear with Azucena... “Sei vendicata, o madre!” (even if we are unclear if she intentionally organized Manrico’s death and/or was conflicted by it or not).

Leonora. “I just came out to have a good time and honestly I’m feeling so attacked right now.” @ Ines, @ di Luna, even @ Manrico at the end

Because, out of everyone in this opera, Leonora is... happy? (I mean, yeah, she’s kind of set 100% of her hopes and dreams on this guy, and when she thinks he’s dead, she’s ready to head to the convent to pray to God until she can be reunited with him in death, saying “un riso, una speranza, un fior la terra non ha per me!” - earth no longer has for me laughter, hope, or flowers! But look at her circumstances and context, and it’s still a choice she’s making, herself, about how she wants to live. Respect.)

[sociological examination about religious/cultural factors influencing WHY she would make that particular choice: coming to a bookstore near you in 2022]

“I swear go God, Ines (literally, I just did) can you just support me for once and trust me on this” (jk I love Ines she’s just doing her best too)

Okay, but to get back to the point... Leonora just has this sparkle. She’s filled with life and joy and happiness in the beginning (and - while yeah, my 21st century feminist me is like *facepalms* don’t make it dependent on another person, especially not a guy, especially not a guy who isn’t really even that focused on you as a person, but more as a possession he has to jealously protect from Rivals - her joy is revived when Marico returns and honestly thank gosh he does, since otherwise di Luna was gonna wreck those convent plans.) ANYWAYS - di Luna clearly sees and wants to possess this sparkle, clearly having none of it himself.

Some exerpts from the libretto of this sparkly joy none of the characters ever get....(di Luna tries, haha...“la gioia che m'aspetta, gioia mortal, non è!“ but learns that maybe trying to seize someone against their will isn’t the best way to Spark Joy)

We’ve got Act 1 - “Gioia provai che agl'angeli solo è provar concesso! ...Di tale amor che dirsi mal può dalla parola...” Joy only the angels can feel...such love that cannot be described by words! - Act 2, upon rescue by/reunion with her beloved - “Non regge a tanto giubilo rapito il cor, sorpreso!” My surprised heart cannot bear such joy! - and finally, Act 4, once she is certain of saving Manrico - “ Vivrà! Contende il giubilo i detti a me!” He’ll live - my joy strips me of words!

Gosh, for such a tragic opera (if you take it seriously), Leonora is just this bundle of joy. Even in Act 4. It’s impressive.

She just has this energy, and I think it’s some sort of radiance from self-awareness and knowing exactly what she wants. You also may notice Leonora doens’t leave a body count the way di Luna, Manrico, and Azucena do. Well, unless you count herself :( but my point is she’s not about hurting people to get what she wants. And Leonora makes it explicitly clear from Act I: “ S'io non vivrò per esso, per esso morirò” - if I cannot life for him, I will die for him.

Leonora knows what she wants and nothing, NOTHING, and NOBODY is going to get in her way! And HOO BOY does di Luna try! So the convent kidnapping shit he tried to pull with the “not even God can claim [Leonora]” attitude didn’t pan out... but it also proved to Leonora that God wouldn’t necessarily save her (convent-style at least) so she leveled up and remembered OH YEAH PLANTS! *cue Juliet line*:

“ I'll to the friar, to know his remedy: If all else fail, myself have power to die.“

And honestly, she’s badass about it, too. From Act 1, she’s pretty fearless, from the moment Ines expresses fear and doubt about her infatuation with Manrico -

INES: Quanto narrasti di turbamento m'ha piena l'alma! Io temo... What you say disturbs my soul, I fear [for you!] LEONORA: Invano! [You fear] in vain! (or: don’t fear!)

Leonora’s not afraid. She’s simply on a mission. Once Shit Gets Real and di Luna promises to kill Manrico, maintaining strict alignment with Mission “S'io non vivrò per esso, per esso morirò,” asking di Luna to “Piombi, piombi il tuo furoresulla rea che t'oltraggiò, vibra il ferro in questo core che te amar non vuol né può”- Let your fury fall on the evil girl who offended you; plunge your sword into this heart that cannot, will not love you!

[again, not condoning Leonora’s choices, such as throwing herself under the ‘di Luna is going to blame Leonora for all his psycho actions’ Bus, but I respect her making her choices and fighting back]

Of course, di Luna is like “YOU CRAZY!” and literally tells Leonora her blood wouldn’t be enough to quell his rage. “l tuo sangue, o sciagurato, ad estinguerlo fia poco!” - Your blood, wretch, would hardly be enough! ~really playing the romance here~ :)

Leonora doesn’t get the point, since in Act 4, she repeats her pleas to exchange her live for Manrico’s - still not getting the Blood is Not Enough memo, apparently - “Svenami, ti bevi il sangue mio!” - Take me out**, drink my blood!

**no, di Luna, she isn’t asking you out on a date (sorry it’s so hard not to just 100% shitpost this opera) - but I couldn’t find a better translation. You don’t really say “faint me” in English and I don’t think the direct translation is “kill” but “take me out” seemed like an acceptable euphemism.

Of course, Leonora ultimately ends up accomplishing her Mission. [Like I said in part 1, my initial reaction to her self-sacrificial death was just anger and disappointment. But in context, she’s pulling a valid Juliet move... her circumstances are awful and suffocating and there are very few ways out for her in the world she lives in... but she ends up exiting the game on her terms.

{At the subjective level, at least. Objectively, her only choices are a vampire who will suck her life dry [di Luna] - in which life might be merciless - or choosing to withdraw from life with Help from Plants [poison] - in which death is merciful. Again, sociological exploration of Leonora’s CHOICE ARCHITECTURE coming to booksellers near you. Might even include Alternate Ending: running away into the mountains with the gypsies instead, but we all know that isn’t part of Mission “S'io non vivrò per esso, per esso morirò.” Plus I think we are all familiar with the concept that as humans we are more likely to stick with the evil we know rather than strike out into the great unknown. Heck, somebody stop me, these asides will be the death by boredom or exasperation of us all. Wait, are you reading this!??! WOW and bless you!! Thanks and I’m sorry}

Unfortunately, Manrico has to be a little turdball and start cursing Leonora, being the jealous self-centered guy that he ultimately is, before he realizes what she’s done to save him. “Manrico I’m literally dying FOR YOU and this is how you repay me?”

In Act 1, she begs di Luna to see reason through his jealous rage, but by Act 4 it’s her own beloved, the person she’s organized her Life Goal around, who is displaying the same jealous, blinding rage, refusing to listen to her. “Oh come l'ira ti rende cieco! Oh quanto ingiusto, crudel, crudel!” Oh how rage blinds you, how injust, how cruel you are [Manrico]!

Oh, the sweet and cruel irony Leonora getting her unconditional, immense, “eternal” love dismissed because Manrico doesn’t get it the way he wanted it [i.e. uh oh are we going to circle back to possessiveness/jealousy? Is Leonora the only one - and granted, she is a little psycho/obsessed/infatuated à la di Luna, but without trying to POSSESS her object of affection -- who can love in a semi-healthy way in this opera?? apparently]. My poor girl. At least Manrico Comes to his Senses before she dies (just in time for him join Leonora’s fate himself). *sad cheering*

Let me end by emphasizing that Leonora did not die JUST to “save Manrico.” Yes, the libretto says “Prima che d'altri vivere, io volli tua morir! “ - Rather than live as another’s, I wanted to die yours. But to me, it’s pretty clear she’s dying for herself - dying as her own self, as hers (I mean, technically she never became Manrico’s “legal property” anyways if we want to get into the morbid lack of womens’ rights, so she wasn’t even “his” in that way). And in the end, choice architecture aside, the point is that all the way, Leonora knew what she wanted, made her own decisions, stayed true to herself, and accomplished what she set her mind to. Nothing and nobody stopped her. Who’s to say what else she might have wanted if she had had different opportunities, choices, knowledge, or most importantly had been born in a different context.

(*faceplams* had been born?!! She’s a fictional character god Karo go to bed already) (*peels hands off face* it’s okay you are processing outrage over the Female Experience and Leonora represents a lot of real women, living and dead)

I conclude. LEONORA IS UNSTOPPABLE. Let’s part with some lovely lines from our complex (if a bit compulsively devoted), tragic, yet joyful, empowered, and fearless heroine:

Tu vedrai che amore in terra mai del mio non fu più forte: vinse il fato in aspra guerra, vincerà la stessa morte.

You will see that never on earth was there a stronger love than mine; it defeated Fate in violent strife, it will defeat death itself.

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Screencaps from IL Trovatore (Met 2011) ft. Sondra Radvanovsky, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and Marcelo Álvarez

#first of all this is extremely long and I still don't know how to use keep reading so apologies for the spam #long post #il trovatore #verdi #opera #trovatore #mine #writing tag i suppose #sondra radvanovsky #idk i'm just going to tag her for now #i stayed up til 1am writing this for like. 3 hours. It's fine #im defintiely fine #i guess I just really love Leonora now look how far we've come #watch out if I do one of these for Tatyana Larina :O

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aion-rsa · 3 years ago

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What We Do in the Shadows Season 3: Harvey Guillén Wants Buffy to Train Guillermo

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This article contains spoilers for What We Do in the Shadows season 3 episode 3.

Things have changed for the Staten Island vampires on What We Do in the Shadows season 3 as they step into positions of power. This may not make much of a difference for Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch), whose new job as secretary of the Vampiric Council, is much like his fake job, at a cubicle in an office. But Laszlo (Matt Berry) may spend a little more in the potting shed. His love Nadja (Natasia Demetriou), is running the council, along with Nandor (Kayvan Novak), who’s familiar, Guillermo (Harvey Guillén), has been promoted to the position of bodyguard. It was easier than killing him.

Based on the 2014 feature film by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, What We Do in the Shadows follows four vampires, who have been roommates for longer than anyone cares to remember, as they cope with life in the modern world. Which is not held up on the shoulders of four horses.

Nandor the Relentless was a fierce and terrible Ottoman warrior, known for pillaging villages and turning the Euphrates red with blood. Guillermo worked at Panera Bread. The bond that ties vampire to familiar is a strange one. The pay isn’t great, the hours are daunting, and they don’t get employee-of-the-month plaques. The only real incentive is the promise of everlasting life as a ravenous bloodsucking fiend, and there is something of a hiring freeze at the moment.

British Iranian actor and voice artist Kayvan Novak co-created and starred in the British prank show, Fonejacker, and also can be seen alongside Matt Damon and George Clooney in Syriana, as well as the films Cuban Fury and the Walt Disney live action remake of Cruella. He plays three different characters in Men in Black: International. Harvey Guillén acted in the movies The Internship and in Netflix’s Truth or Dare, and his TV works include The Magicians, and Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist. He earned a GLAAD Media Award his role in the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Me What to Do” episode of Raising Hope, and made LGBTQ+ Latinx history by becoming the first queer Latinx actor to be nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Critics’ Choice Award for his role as Guillermo de la Cruz. Starting Sept. 2, Guillén will also host After the Shadows, a new talk show following and discussing What We Do in the Shadows.

Novak and Guillén hovered over Den of Geek to speak about Nandor and Guillermo’s new job descriptions, as well as old habits, cloaks of many voices, and Van Helsing DNA.

Den of Geek: I wanted to congratulate you on your characters’ new duties. Is it more fun running vampires or running from them?

Kayvan Novak: Has Nandor run from a vampire? I guess I have. I think they’re equally as exhilarating and frightening.

Harvey Guillén: I would say fighting the vampires is exciting with all the combat when that opportunity comes up. Yeah.

Guillermo took out the entire local vampire command, but couldn’t stake a vampire council docent. Is Guillermo getting soft?

Guillén: I don’t think he’s getting soft. I think the only reason that he even put himself in that scenario is because he knew that his old housemates, because remember he moved out of the house, his old housemates were in danger. I think at the end of the day we forget that he had mostly only humans in the house. And you know, what separates us from everything else in the world is that humans are driven by emotion and have a conscience and have a heart. So he couldn’t live with himself, if he knew that they were set up by the Vampiric Council to be eliminated at this theater. That’s the only reason he goes and saves his chosen family. Even though they’re total assholes to him, he is still loyal at the end of the day. He’s still loyal to these four vampires, especially Nandor. I think that he’s not getting soft. He’s just starting to see what’s important to him and what’s worth fighting for.

Did the “Cloak of Duplication” episode come up because you were already doing the impressions?

Novak: I guess the writers had an idea. They had a sense that I was a bit of a mimic and I liked doing impersonations. And I think they decided to kind of craft an episode around that. I was slightly apprehensive of the number of impressions that they thought I could do considering I had to do all of my castmates who, although I could do impressions of some of them, I’d never done it to their faces. So it was a new challenge. Not only to learn very quickly how to impersonate them with their help, because they helped me along the way, and they told me how to deliver some of the lines. But then having to do that in front of them, it took some concentration.

Whose voice was the easiest?

Novak: I guess the easiest, or the one that I had done was Colin Robinson. Because he’s got a very specific [voice]. It’s kind of the closest to mine in a way. And the rhythms of it, very specific. Nadja’s voice and Kristen [Schaal]’s voice, I couldn’t actually do. I can only kind of do their physicality. So, the voices you hear are not my voice. They’re the voices of the actual actors. Guillermo’s voice, Guillermo’s delivery, that took a minute to kind of get into that groove. And then Matt Berry, Laszlo’s character, I’d never really tried an impression of him. And it was really more the physicality that I got into to deliver those lines in that rhythm, that really was the key in. Because you’re always trying to find the key in.

Harvey, what was it like hearing Guillermo come out of Novak’s throat?

Guillén: It was great. Because I’ve seen Kayvan do impersonations of everyone, he’s a master. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him do me in a full scene. Like he would make a good joke or mimic me and say, “Yeah, yeah, now my friend,” and he does like a caricature of my voice, which is always fun, but yeah, “you’re my best buddy,” that’s like an ongoing joke on set that he always does. But to really kind of do it and kind of really capture Guillermo’s inflections and the volume where he placed him. I was like, oh my gosh, this is great. I was in awe. Like I was like, this is great. I had to do a double take, like that’s not me. That’s wait. That’s not me. Okay.

Blade, Buffy, the Frog brothers, and now Guillermo. Guillermo is the descendant of the greatest Slayer of all slayers. Is this nepotism?

Guillén: I don’t know if it’s nepotism because I don’t think he’s gotten anything handed to him. And he’s worked really hard for everything he has, and even now being the descendant of Van Helsing, it’s still not easy. Now, it comes with another wagon full of problems and choices to be made and predicaments that he now has with his housemates. But I would love to see some of those legendary slayers and chosen ones make an appearance and guide him, maybe help him out. Maybe Buffy pops in and says, I’ll show you how it’s done. That’d be great. Or Blade comes back, Wesley Snipes comes back. We’ve already had him. Who knows? But yeah, I would love to see someone show him the ropes or take them under their wing or, he’s learning by trial and error. And I think so far he’s doing okay. So maybe he’s a self-made Slayer in his own way.

When Nandor and Nadja were introducing themselves to the rogue vampires, you are each soloing, but hitting the beats at the same time. Can you just walk me through the rehearsal of the timing?

Novak: I think to really nail a scene like that, we’re both kind of focused on the direction of, I think Yana Gorskaya directed that scene. And that was just a case of us kind of working together, but also allowing her to kind of pull us through the scene to make sure that we hit those marks perfectly. It took some practice, took a few takes, took rehearsal, but you always know you’re going to get it. And you know that if you’ve got to get something that’s a bit of a challenge to get to, you want to be in the right company. And, and thankfully, we are because we’re in each other’s company.

Harvey, when you interject objections and you break and you look at the camera, they’re like hi-hat taps, are these scripted or are you doing it strictly on an intuitive basis?

Guillén: No, I don’t think I’ve ever seen it scripted for Guillermo that he looks at the camera. I think we do, as we do a rehearsal and we have our DP and our director follow us through rehearsal and whatever feels organic in the moment, there has to be an organic beat. Right? So, if it’s, most of the time it is Guillermo, because he’s the only human in the room, aside from the camera crew. And so, when he looks at the camera crew, it’s like, oh God, you’re going to film this, aren’t you? And the camera catches that moment. And it zooms into it. It’s like, you’re not, oh no, it’s incriminating. And so, as you connect with another human. Did you hear what he said? Or did you, I can’t believe they’re talking like this because who are you going to connect with the vampires who live in their own world of lust and pleasure and feeding. They don’t care, they’re immortal, but the humans in the room are like, we can go to jail at any moment for a lot of these things. I can get in trouble myself.

So, most of the time, when Guillermo looks at the camera, it’s either out of fear or it’s either like I’m smarter than them and you see that, right? So it’s like you saw that, right? But he can never say it. So he can’t verbally say what he’s feeling. So, their face does it all for you to the camera.

Did Guillermo and Nandor meet at Panera Bread?

Guillén: We talked about this. I think the idea that, if he was working at Panera Bread, it must have been shortly after high school or something. And somewhere along the lines, he must’ve met Nandor, he must’ve come in when Panera was closing and maybe tried to feast on him? Maybe, I don’t know. The backstory I gave myself was, he convinced Nandor not to feast on him and kill him, but to service him in return to become a vampire. That’s the backstory I gave myself. But Kayvan, what do you think?

Novak: I think whatever happened there’s CCTV footage of it-

Guillén: Somewhere. Yeah.

Novak: And I think that would be the best way of revisiting that because, if they didn’t have a documentary crew following them, then they’re relying on kind of just, incidental cameras, capturing stuff. I think it would be cool.

Guillén: I think that’s cool. Yeah.

Nandor is 758 years old, and going through an eternal life crisis. Is he becoming too Americanized or does Nadja have a point about there not being anything more to existence than just slaughter?

Novak: It’s a funny one because he’s been around so long, you’re supposed to eventually just blend into your environment and be taken over by and become an American or become a Staten Islander. And for some reason they live in such an insular world that they resisted this. But now for some reason, whether it be an emotional light that’s gone off in his head, he’s decided that no, he wants to humanize himself more and, yeah, be more like the people that he kills, almost. The world that he feeds off. He wants to be part of that. And I think, Nadja, she’s the cynic she’s like, stop dreaming. Stop. You know, there’s always that person that’s like, yeah, you could do that. But there’s lots of people that want to do that too, you know? And you’re like, oh, you’re right. I better not waste my time chasing pipe dreams. There’s always that person in the room and that person, for Nandor, is Nadja.

What’s it like to act against Nadja’s doll?

Guillén: Such a diva. Yeah. Difficult. Late to set. She always has to be carried. I don’t know if it’s in her rider, but the doll has to be carried by two, like men-

Novak: Dressed in green.

Guillén: Dressed in green. Yeah.

Novak: I actually did have to do a couple of scenes where there’s a montage sequence with me and the doll and we actually got onto some really funny stuff. I was teaching her sword fighting, a bit of a spoiler, but it’s very quick. I don’t know if it made it in but I was teaching her sword fighting and then I was like, well, we might as well have a sword fight. And then she disarms me and then she chases after me and I run. But I don’t know if that made it in the cut. I just decided that would have been a funny thing to do. To be disarmed by this doll. I think Nandor has a soft spot for the doll. Obviously, it’s a cool bit of special effects that’s for sure. It’s awesome.

What will you be getting Colin Robinson for his hundredth birthday?

Novak: A new contract. You know, his management team has been slacking.

I was talking with Mark Proksch about the physical comedy and Harvey, yours is particularly perilous. What’s the choreography prep like and making those fight scenes hit their funny marks?

Guillén: Well, I think physical comedy is just as good as you know, anything we do, so I mean, a lot of us do physical comedy in the show, but you never see Guillermo really in motion to do physical comedy most of the time it’s because he’s always so put together. So even with the combat and fighting, the note that Jermaine gave me for the finale was, Harvey doesn’t know he’s been at this. All right. So he doesn’t know what’s happening. So it was more of an idea that his face is like “what’s happening?,” But his hands were coordinated and bad-ass, and that’s the way I’ve been playing him. And now that he’s coming into his own, now he’s more relaxed into his own power of Van Helsing. But it’s also funny. It’s just funny to see someone who’s like a baby duck, like learning to walk for the first time. It’s like he’s trying. And you know, so that physical comedy comes in hand.

Kayvan, can you tell me what it was like working against Aida Turturro and learning to love after, after 37 wives?

Novak: Aida was a riot, from day one. She was a fan of the show, which is always wonderful and incredibly flattering. She was so into the show, she was so into the world and into us as performers. And I think that just, she had so much fun when she was there and we had some intimate scenes. The first time you see us, she’s on her back and I’m on top of her. And that’s quite an introduction. But she just went with it, you know? And it was just a lot of fun, a lot of fun with her and yeah, we just spoke to her today actually, and she was singing the show’s praises again. And she’s genuinely so excited. She’s not keeping her cool or trying not to be a fangirl about it. She was just super enthusiastic to be there. And you feed off that. You love that.

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What We Do in the Shadows airs Thursdays at 10:00 p.m. on FX.

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