#Marius is so unserious

[nightcolorz]

Marius implementing an unspoken rule for the palazzo boys where they should be showing off their ankles at all times (bcus of his ankle fetish) to the point where the boys almost only wears boots when marius can not see is genuinely so unhinged wtf 😭 to me this should be on the list of tvc’s absurd random details that r never brought up again alongside Louis eating grass, lestats tiny feet, etc, cuz like what

[usergrantaire]

les misérables + spotify playlists [template]

[ormymarius]

Orm is always on the verge of death I swear

[fayevalcntine]

I feel like Queen of the Damned (2002) exists in this weird realm where stylistically, the movie does fit into this weird niche of being a decent adaptation of the main plot of the book. It does try to update the music genre background by making it underground Gothic, and Akasha's casting/costuming/overall arc is more or less preserved. But then you also have Stuart Townsend not even attempting to do a French accent (afaik he keeps his own accent throughout the film which I found so funny). Lestat's backstory is completely changed, I presume for the sake of simply not having to bother with explaining like 400 pages' worth of The Vampire Lestat before getting to the main plot from QotD? Also, I can't not find it a bit insulting that the movie completely erased Louis and Nicolas for the sake of having Jessie be his final love interest. If I were to remove the movie from the books' backstory, I could see that subplot barely work (even though it's still not really grounded in any proper development beyond fascination on Lestat's part). But as an adaptation, it just feels like a complete misfire.

[mushroompoisoning]

Good friend, I ask of you because I trust you, what are these "The Mechanisms" you are so fond of?

Okay I tried to type out an incredibly long summary but tumblr deleted it so you're getting a semi-sane version instead

The Mechanisms are a band of immortal, space-faring pirates travelling the universe singing about the tragedies they witness for our entertainment!

There are nine main members you'll hear about, with the tenth - Dr Carmilla - having left much earlier and making her own music 👍 ( there is technically an eleventh but they're more of a mystery easter egg than anyone we know things about )

Quick lore thing: the mechanisms immortality works from the mechanical part(s) they each have. They can die and get injured, but they'll revive whenever the narrative wants them too. All logic in this universe functions off of Would It Be Good For The Story

The cast is:

Jonny D'Ville (he/him) is the ship's first mate ( don't let him tell you otherwise ) and he's got a mechanical heart

Nastya Rasputina (she/her) is the ship's engineer and girlfriend! Yea the ship - Aurora - is alive btw. She's got me hanical blood

Ashes O'Reily (they/them) is the ship's quartermaster and best arsonist! they've got mechanical lungs

Drumbot Brian (he/him) is the ship's pilot and the only one with a moral code. It's controlled by a switch which flips between Means Justify Ends and Ends Justify Means with no nuance. everything is mechanical except for his heart

Ivy Alexandria (she/her) is the ship's archivist! Pretty chill, cares more for books than violence but that doesn't mean she disapproves of the latter. she's got a mechanical brain

The Toy Soldier (it/its) is the mascot and whatever else they tell it to be! it just wants to be involved. will follow anything you tell it if you ask nicely ( or with enough force ). it's not actually mechanized, and is instead a sentient wooden man

Gunpowder Tim (he/him) is the ship's master at arms! madman war veteran who I love dearly. he blew up the moon. he's great. I pick favourites. he's got mechanical eyes

Raphaella La Cognizi (she/her) is the ship's unethical scientist! nothing is off the table when it comes to research. nothing. theory is she mechanized her, but iirc that unconfirmed. she's got a mechanical spine and wings!

and Baron Marius Von Raum (he/him) who is neither the ships baron nor doctor. he claims to be both, though. Deeply unserious fella. he's got a mechanical arm

^ here are some good images for crew reference

OKAY! Now onto actual music

They have six albums and a couple singles!

Once Upon a Time (In Space) is an unconventional retelling of classic fairytales

High Noon over Camelot is a retelling of King Arthur

Ulysses Dies at Dawn is a greek mythos adaptation

and The Bifrost Incident is a norse mythos adaptation

there's also Tales To Be Told volumes I and II, and the two single Frankenstein and Death To The Mechanisms ( technically that one is part of an album but the album is just a bunch of their other songs from already existing albums )

The tales to be told albums contain some of the mechanisms origins!

One Eyed Jacks is Jonny's

Lucky Sevens is Ashes'

Lost In The Cosmos is Brian's

and Gunpowder Tim vs The Moon Kaiser I don't think I have to say

Nastya has an origin song, but it was never officially put on anything. You can find it on the @mechanismslorearchive ( you can get any lore you want on there )

They also have a number of live shows ( you can find those on youtube ) and written stories on their website! I recommend these if you wanna get to know the mechanisms as characters better

that is the basic rundown. I'm not an expert on the mechs so if you're looking to talk to a metaphorical seasoned nurse instead of a med student I'd go to @bugsinthebayou or @gunpowderdtim (sorry for tagging yall)

[argesta]

Academia, in my fanfiction (or at the very least, the ones I gravitate towards reading)? It’s more likely than you think!

In your last reply you mentioned chapter titles, so here I am to ask about the chapter titles!

And also how you decided who plays which roles. Ex. Santiago as Lestat’s oldest friend (from before he married Louis even) and member of his team.

I love this.... academia in my fanfiction more likely than you think... say that 😩

I’ll answer your second question first because it’s so, so good.

When adapting canon to an AU, what I’m interested in is the dynamic capture of a character over the static one. So by static, I mean a 1:1 parity with the character, a modern version of their job, direct translation of their personality, social status, identity etc. Dynamic essence is how they impact other characters + overall context.

To take Santiago - because he's this circus ringmaster in canon S2, this satyr, lurid spotlight figure, I could’ve easily just made him a tabloid guy, go the TMZ route. But that wouldn’t really convey what I needed him for - he’d just be a cameo.

Given that in canon he has such a fraught relationship with both Armand and Lestat - need but rivalry but resentment - I wanted to translate that above all else. And there is no better framing device for this dependency than to have him be this older, grizzled spin-doctor that has been working for “the cause” since forever, knows enough dirt to bury both Lestat and Armand, but does not have the resources to take on any of them individually. Armand himself is a new upstart that technically should be Santiago's subordinate, but in PV he comes with his own capital (the name and power and connections via Marius “eugh” de Romanus at his back).

To me, Santiago’s main draw in all his canon appearances is the fact that his power is so uncertain for all its apparent flashiness. His control is predicated on so many elements which lay behind the curtain (LITERALLY) and which we do not see until the finale.

We think he is calling the shots, but then: oh. You take a closer look and he’s no ringmaster or eminence gris, he’s just the town crier. There is no vertiable eminence gris in either IWTV canon or PV, because they’re all defanged. They are consequences of history and fatherhood, especially if you compare them to figures such as Magnus and Marius - these old men still moving pieces on the board from beyond the grave and/or before the start of the story.

Anyway, am I unnecessary and unserious for thinking this in-depth about it? Absolutely. Is this some artistic credo that I think all AU/fic writers should do? Definitely not.

It’s just the by-product of me outlining this AU-verse in 6 PoVs so far (Lestat, Louis, Claudia, Armand, Daniel, Nicki) so it’s inevitable that the world becomes part of the story. I’d love to get a chance to tell the events in PV from other characters’ point of view, or at least write more fic set in the same PV universe, so I just think of it as doing the planning in advance because I know it’ll come in handy later.

Chapter titles meta under the cut <3 sorry mutuals :’)

The chapter titles are all film techniques! Names come from either cinematography study (frame camera angle perspective etc.) or editing and transitional devices (montage, scene cutting and so on). They are mostly made for motion picture, but some are of course also used in other contexts like news live reporting social media etc. (though I do believe sm apps like CapCut come with their own name for stuff or whatever - I avoid platforming TikTok until it pays me).

I like taking this angle with all present & future chapters because it’s a clin to how the characters are mediating (and meditatizing) their experience through these like - artifacts and artifices.

I.e. TWO-SHOT being a wide-frame, single-take conversation between two people, with almost no one else (certainly #norealpeopleinvolved) entering or leaving the shot until the scene ends. CROSS-CUT being... well, to take it from the definition:

Cross-cutting is an editing technique most often used in films to establish action occurring at the same time, and often in the same place (...) can also be used for characters in a film with the same goals but different ways of achieving them. Cross-cutting is often used during phone-conversation sequences so that viewers see both characters' facial expressions in response to what is said.

Sometimes it's genuine - TWO SHOT really is just a two-shot, sometimes it's an irony/play on purpose/subversion, like SPLIT SCREEN showing on one level Louis-Claudia conversing on a literal screen, the proverbial split between Louis/Lestat, and the disturbing, growing similarity between Lestat/Armand as a common front (as perceived by Louis; being the split image of someone else, etc.)

Certainly I don’t need to oversell the point of why the performativity of editing and montage fits the universe these miserable girls are living in, or why the chapters are defined and sectioned through the techniques it would take to adapt them to screen. (Very clear that none of these characters can define their life without an audience, they’re so consumed with the self-narrative that they forget they are not only participating in it, but fully have the power to change it).

[pumpkinspice-prouvaire]

2 & 6 for ask game 🫶🏻

I love begging for asks and then ignoring them for DAYS hehe

2. OT3

honestly polyam triumvirate is so underrated. They're best friends. Can they not also be lovers. I say yes.

Also I have ABSOLUTELY been on my courfeyrac/marius/cosette shit lately. I would like to see them [redacted] [redacted] [redacted]

6. Show us a bit of a WIP!

hmmm having one of those days where I hate everything I've ever written but have this from a very short and unserious 5+1 fic I have vaguely started

“Oh no, I did,” Enjolras says, sarcasm dripping off every word. He’s been in a terrible mood since they arrived, but if Grantaire had taken a shot of adrenaline to the heart and had several vials of blood taken, he might be a bit cranky too. “I just thought my date seeing my face swollen to twice its usual size would be a perfect way to round off the evening.” He’s still a bit puffy looking, which means Grantaire has to contend with the fact that he’d still find Enjolras attractive with his face swollen to twice its usual size. 

[clownjail]

marius is so unserious oh my god 😭😭

[0junemeatcleaver0]

Anne unintentionally giving Marius a name that's just a three car pile up of surnames is so poetic to me; it's almost like she knew subconsciously that he's a deeply unserious individual

[nightcolorz]

I can easily imagine Marius hearing Daniel calling Armand "boss" and thinking to himself, yes, I approve of this as it is a modern word for "master"

Then he refers to Armand as Daniel's master while talking to Daniel and can't understand why Daniel looks surprised and upset, he thinks the poor child must not understand Marius's choice of words

Marius: you maker, your... "boss" as you say in this modern era

Daniel: 🤦 this idiot

Marius would be so confused by Daniel's playful, unserious term of endearment, by the fact that he came up with it all on his own and Armand doesn't ever enforce it, imagine if Daniel started calling Marius "Grandpa" or something equally unserious? Marius would not know what to do with it

Daniel: you are the original immortal idiot

Marius: I am your elder and you should respect me

Daniel: who is the boomer here, you or me?

PLS THIS IS SO FUNNy 😭😭😭 “I love how ur modernizing the classic master and fledgling dynamic for the modern age 😍😍” meanwhile they r just experiencing Banter and Affectionate Petnames

I love the idea of Daniel teasing Marius and Marius just has no fucking clue what he’s talking about😭😭 Daniel calls Marius grandpa and he’s like….thank u for referring to me as ur superior and elder… and Daniel is like 😦?? Lmaoo

[maester-of-spreadsheets]

Okay so I have queen of the damned on as “I’m drunk plz entertain me” background noise because it’s missing Aaliyah hours but I’ve never seen this so

1. Where! Is! Aaliyah!

3. Marius de Romanus as a name for a guy from ancient times is so unserious

3. This is supposed to be all spooky and gothic but the lighting is so much more colorful and bright than virtually any movie made after after 2016. It reminds me of watching Ringu for the first time last

4. Also reminds me of Scream 3 somehow. Early 2000s cheese hits different man

[kkotda]

⊙ leo ☽ pisces ↑ leo | infp-t

😋: soft things, soups, sunsets, cats, cloudy weather, cheesecake, cilantro

😒: stairs, jumpscares, roaches, hw, checking my emails, writing essays

❤️: kozume kenma, miya osamu, iwaizumi hajime, oikawa tooru (hq); tartaglia/childe, neuvillette (genshin); aventurine, sunday, boothill, jing yuan (hsr); marius von hagen, vyn richter, luke pearce (tot); inumaki toge, gojo satoru/geto suguru (jjk); kirishima eijiro, shinso hitoshi (mha); sylus (l&ds); sakura haruka, suo hayato, togame jo, sugishita kyotaro, miyoshi akihito (wb), hoshina soshiro, hibino kafka, haruichi izumo (kn8), monkey d. luffy, usopp, franky, nico robin, sanji, roronoa zoro, trafalgar law (op), nozel silva (blcl)

nice to meet you, you can call me: kenma’s sweet girl / marius’ muse / haruka's pretty lover / (togame) jo's sun / sylus’ precious gem.

my pokémon team: serperior, mimikyu, gengar, espeon, snorlax, milotic (unserious)

character equivalents: hinata shoyo/kageyama tobio, bokuto koutaro/akaashi keiji (hq), itadori yuuji (jjk), freminet/layla (genshin), crème brûlée cookie (crk)

uids (please send an ask/dm to lmk after you've requested!) * all are on america server except for crk which is on asia (dark cacao)

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honkai: star rail: 602804897 (herta pfp)

zenless zone zero: 1000606554 (paper bag pfp)

wuthering waves: 502943763 (baizhi pfp)

love and deepspace: 82000803513 (chibi sylus with vinyl pfp)

cookie run: kingdom: chesoo / RLVXX6132 (creme brulee cookie pfp)

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[mechanicalemotions]

and this is a review in blood and gold referring to marius as lestat's maker. you wanna take a few sentence reviews as gospel instead of actually reading the source material? please. marius's palazzo is not a harem, armand is not a sex slave, marius literally has no sex drive and armand is allowed to do whatever tf he wants within the rules of the fact that... he's living in marius's home. you people are so unserious, lmfao.

banging my head against the wall, screaming. fans on twt are discussing armand and armand's past as if him being a sex slave continued in the time he lived with marius. are they stupid?? marius specifically got him OUT of sex slavery. i'm so tired, guys. this fandom has been so ruined by the show fandom with zero media literacy, i'm actually annoyed as fuck.