#about Vivian

[vicious--vivian]

𝒱𝒾𝓋𝒾𝒶𝓃 𝒱𝒶𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓋𝒾𝑒𝓇𝑒

Pronouns: She/Her Birthday: 31st December 1690 (326) Species: Vampire Turned: 1715 (physically 24) by Caius Jostein Alliance: Evil - Unaffiliated Location: Outside the dome (pacing like a tiger - recently escaped The Institute, Nevada)  

So What Happened?

The notorious Vivian Vandeviere, known for burning cities to the ground and leaving massacres in her wake, thought coming to Havensdale Valley was going to be fun. And sure, for a while, it was. Vivian let herself get caught up in the small town feeling, let herself get caught up in feeling, truth be told. She should have known better.

When Vivian was asked to prom of all things by Scott Smith, she accepted. It was sweet, you know? Nostalgic. It spoke to another life, another time. It was possibility and hope. She never should have let him string her along or dance with her that night. Little did Vivian know (until it was too late), Scott had been recruited by the Institute for a very special mission: the capture of their ‘most wanted’ vampire.

Vivian’s humanity got the better of her for the briefest of moments. She almost had a feeling... And then, in that moment of fleeting vulnerability, they got her. The Institute captured Vivian before the dome came down and dumped her in the deepest, darkest, most top secret cage that they had. While the rest of the world was on fire, while the rest of the Institutes fell, Vivian remained caged deep underground in the Mojave Desert.

It gave her a lot of time to think. To make a list of every damn person involved and how she was going to tear them apart limb from limb. There was a brief, frustrating moment where she forgot Havensdale as the dome came down, but apparently Engel thought it would be funny to let her stew in rage and returned her memories. The only other person she really spoke with was in the neighbouring cell-- a lost little girl who made her heart ache for the daughter she once had. Little did she know, that little girl was Grayson Lambert in shifter disguise. This would be important for later.

So yeah, things were not looking good. The days, months, years (it could have been centuries for all she knew) dragged on. It was obvious something bad had happened at the Institute on a global scale, but this damned place was still manned. The cages were still locked. Then one night... the alarms blared and the cages opened. The last person that Vivian ever expected to see come to her rescue was Ruby McReid (now a vampire!?) and what’s more, she was with her sister, Verity Vandeviere.

There was hardly time to argue, but Vivian made sure to rescue her little friend (Grayson in disguise!) as they fled the crumbling hellhole. The moment they were back in the sun, Ruby McReid turned on her. She just saved her life, but made it clear that if they ever crossed paths again, Ruby would kill her. Ha!

Vivian didn’t care though. No, Vivian didn’t care about anything except her revenge. She was going to make it rain blood in Havensdale Valley. She was going to rip Scott Smith’s heart out and crush it in front of him. They all have to be destroyed, everyone who was in on the plan to kidnap her. Vivian would not be stopped-- Verity couldn’t talk her out of it. Vivian only craved her revenge.

Furiously biding her time until the dome comes down. She is seething, she is enraged, she is embarrassed!!

Wanted Connections

tba

[agentvharrison]

Vivian + clothing choices

It's my hc that SHIELD agents aren't supposed to let people know they work for SHIELD (Vivian's cover story is a separate hc).  But at the same time, as Clint said in Avengers, "SHIELD has many enemies" and at least some of those enemies have the ability to know who SHIELD's agents are.  Therefore, it’s reasonable for SHIELD agents to be cautious.

As a result of this, Vivian won't set foot outside her apartment unless she's able to handle herself in a fight.  Just in case.

A large part of Vivian's fashion style is dependent on "can I fight in this?"  So skirts have to give her freedom of movement.  Tops can't restrict arm movement.  She'll wear stiletto or platform high heels at home or in a club, but she won't wear anything out on the street that she can't run in or balance on one foot in. She avoids earrings and good necklaces, only wearing necklaces that will break easily so it can't be used to hurt her.  Vivian prefers cuff bracelets and therefore avoids wearing bracelets at all.  Modesty is not a concern; she really doesn’t care who gets a glimpse of tit or ass so long as she’s capable of punching them in the face.

Her hair is almost always tied up because she hates it in her face, but outside of her apartment it's usually french braided so that if someone grabs a hold of the pressure will be spread out across her scalp (I totally stole that from Tamora Pierce and Vivian absolutely got the idea from reading the Beka Cooper books).  Often she goes a step further and pins up the braid so there’s less to grab (I will find a picture of Nicole Haught from Wynonna Earp for a perfect reference).

[linkedin-offficial]

youll never guess where ive been

[yoshijammer]

if you're still doing the Paper Mario sketch requests, I think it would be fun to see Vivian interacting with Luigi (and maybe even his dog, the Polterpup)

I am SO sorry for the delay!! I thought I would be able to get back to these quickly but I got busy and also may have caught some art block. I think I'm better now.

I know Luigi not getting respect is a running gag of Paper Mario, but I always felt like Mario and his partners falling asleep during Luigi's storytime was out of character. I think Vivian in particular would take interest in Luigi, and Luigi would get along well with her too (despite her ghost-like ability to hide in shadows). Adding Polterpup to this was fun! I think Vivian would love him, but they'd sometimes give Luigi a scare.

The lighter sketch in the top right is basically an abridged version of a small comic I roughly sketched out for this, but I scrapped it because it didn't really make sense and I suddenly forgot how to draw Luigi. The sketch in the bottom left came from me wanting to fill in the space, then realizing I never explored the fact they both have siblings, but have a very different relationship with them.

Thanks to everyone for being patient with me! I will begin work on the next one tomorrow, I hope I can finish them much sooner!

[horrorlesbians]

she's just like me for real

[somarita]

i think they're both neat

[doubletalkingmaeve]

This blog is brought to you by an old man lover

[xerndrawz]

vivian! im so happy they honored her original story aaaaaa. i got the game im enjoying it so much

[aethersea]

it is funny though how kids' shows are so so so careful about death, no one's ever killed except MAYYYYBE the big bad, all those random side characters are fine, here have a quick shot of them before we leave just so you know they really did survive that 50-foot drop into a stormy sea,

and meanwhile kids' books nearly all agree that it's not an adventure until it has a body count.

[skeletonpendeja]

You KNOW I had to draw my girl!!

[moistmailman]

[agentvharrison]

Food questions for the Muse(s) 

@agentjjkelly​ asked: 🍹 - Your favourite drink? Alcoholic and non-alcoholic. 🍸 - Can you share a good cocktail recipe? ☕ - How do you drink your tea? And your coffee?

🍹 - Your favourite drink? Alcoholic and non-alcoholic.

“Alcoholic: whisky, neat.  Whisky stones are acceptable, ice is not.  Non-alcoholic: tea; my choice of tea depends on mood and the time of day.”

🍸- Can you share a good cocktail recipe?

“Mulled wine/glögg:

Red wine

Port/sherry/hard liquor (esp. vodka or brandy)

- mix as desired

Honey

Orange peel

Ginger

Nutmeg

Cloves

Cinnamon

Cardamom

Allspice

Raisins

Almonds

- add in as desired

Mix ingredients according to taste.  Heat over a low flame/a low temp in a crockpot.  Strain and serve.

I generally have a medium-sized crockpot full of this throughout the holidays.  Cheesecloth is your friend with this.  If you have access to a South Asian market, that’s definitely where you want to go for spices.”

☕ - How do you drink your tea? And your coffee?

“Tea is entirely dependent on the type of tea and when I’m drinking it.  Black blends are usually taken with a little sugar.  Sugar and milk are usually reserved for Earl Grey and sometimes British Breakfast.  Pu-erh and lapsang souchong are taken plain, though I may add sugar to blends based on them.  Green tea and green tea blends are usually taken plain, though there’s a few blends I take with a touch of sugar just to accentuate their natural sweetness.  Herbal tea and rooibos are often taken with a hint of sugar as well, though some blends are delicate enough that I’ll take them plain.  If it’s something non/low-caffeinated that I’m drinking before bed I’ll generally pass on the sugar.  I don’t really do white teas as I just don’t have the palate to properly enjoy them.  

“When it comes to brewing tea, I am incredibly finicky.  I keep a fancy kettle in the office at work so that I can brew water at the proper temperature for the tea in question, and I time my steeping appropriately.  I’m not necessarily a snob when it comes to other people drinking tea, but I am when it comes to my tea.

“Coffee is taken with as much sugar and milk/creamer/non-dairy-creamer as possible.  Flavored creamers are preferred.  Anything to make it not taste like coffee.  Though, honestly, I’ve gravitated away from coffee in general upon realizing that with my ADHD it doesn’t actually do anything to keep me awake.  I never liked the taste anyway, so I’m not crying.”

[microwave-core]

my god i don't think i have ever seen a ratio this terrible. i am so proud of this community

[linkedin-offficial]

more vivian things

[ckret2]

I had just finished the first chapter of the Axolotl arc in WAIGLZ and reading the second.

Is he technically being a ghost ever going to come up past this arc to the other chapters in WAIGLZ later on?

Like,

"It was not like y o u were the one who viciously murdered me! I am mean technically your gruncles did not even kill a "living" being in the first place, according to s o m e people,

Bill shook his head, fanning away trillion year old resentment

-"you really think it was my first roadio? P l e a s e . So, try not beat yourself up about it kid, ok?"

Mabel looked up and stared at Bill.

"Wha- Huh??" Mabel said dumbfounded.

It would be crazy coolio to see it mentioned in the main fic.

Until I read your fic I never even thought about Bill being a spirit once, and now I feel rather silly wondering how he lived so long outside of his dimension :,)

Please have a truly wonderful day + happy holidays! ^ ^

Toodaloo!

I'm sure eventually it'll be mentioned again (I mean, for one thing, eventually we're gonna see the massacre) but probably not like that.

Like, Bill technically-being-a-ghost isn't some big secret or a major plot twist, and it doesn't fundamentally rewrite the rules around him and what he does. It's just what we see him do throughout canon.

He's a non-physical entity ("a being of pure energy!") that's apparently self-sustaining without needing sleep or food and impervious to injury and illness ("with no weakness!")

He's usually invisible to normal (living) people. He can possess people. He can move inanimate objects even though he can't physically interact with them. He can haunt dreams.

When he has the opportunity to make himself a body, he doesn't turn into something physical; his physical form is separate from him, and he can freely separate from it any time he wants.

This is mind-body dualism. Generally, mind-body dualism is a framework people use to express the idea that the spirit/soul is a separate entity from the body. The thing that's killed in Stan's mind is the spirit; the statue left behind is the body.

Meaning, before he had that body, he was spirit.

When he separates Dipper's spirit from his body in the exact same way Bill separates from his own body, he says, "Without a vessel to possess, you're basically a ghost!"

Bill usually doesn't have a vessel to possess.

Ergo: Bill's basically a ghost and he said so himself.

I haven't listed anything we didn't learn from Sock Opera and Weirdmageddon.

The ONLY question is "well BEFORE he was an energy being, did he have a physical body?" Whether he was born an energy being or became one later is in the realm of headcanon; and I suppose it's a matter of opinion if an energy being counts as a ghost if it's 100% identical to ghosts in every way except that it didn't previously have a physical body. You could argue that his eagerness to get a physical body the second he could implies he used to have one or was meant to have one, but that's speculation.

In every other way, he meets the criteria for a ghost the same way that tomatoes meet the criteria for berries. But when someone tells you "tomatoes are berries," it doesn't teach you anything new about tomatoes. You already knew tomatoes have berry-like traits, you just assumed they were disqualified because they're too big or too unsweet or too vegetably, and now you know they aren't disqualified.

So like—putting that word on him doesn't change anything about Bill. You've learned nothing new. The characters around him would learn nothing new. It's not a plot twist or massive character revelation; it's just a background fact that gets mentioned when it's relevant.

[introspectivememories]

best ending: they talk it out after lewis wins his 8th wdc and we end up with brocedes in each other's lives again. lewis shows up on nico's yt channel. nico is on lewis' insta. vivian dogwalks both of them for letting the divorce last that long. i join the convent because this is clearly a miracle from god and reblog gifsets of brocedes interacting from the chapel. rinse, repeat.

ending we're most likely gonna get: whatever the hell we have now. nico talks about lewis. lewis will say karting is the best time of his career. for two seconds out of the year, lewis will say nico's name. i will sob, rinse, repeat.

worst ending: they shut the fuck up about each other forever. they process the divorce and move on with their lives without each other. i will go on tumblr and reblog angsty web weaves about their relationship and what could've been. i take psychic damage. rinse. repeat.