#andrew bennett

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You don’t have to say anything. Always remember that. Many’s the person missed the opportunity to say nothing and lost much because of it.

AN CAILÍN CIÚIN | THE QUIET GIRL (2022) dir. Colm Bairéad

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The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin) 2022 | dir. Colm Bairéad

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An Cailín Ciúin (2022) dir. Colm Bairéad

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The Quiet Girl (Colm Bairéad, 2022)

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The Quiet Girl (2022) | dir. Colm Bairéad

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DC vs. Vampires #1, 2021 James Tynion IV, Matthew Rosenberg, and Otto Schmidt

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“Mystery”

Ryan Sook

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Especial Edições: Andrew & Mary

Decidi fazer essa ediçãozinha deles porque a música Vampire não sai da minha cabeça e combina com eles hehe

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I know it came out a while ago but there’s something so funny about how I, Vampire (2011) has one of its lead characters come out as gay right before (evil version!! of) the man he’s in love with rips out his heart and tells him that at least he can die happy because he gave him a pity-kiss right before killing him like ??? Lmao

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The Quiet Girl (Colm Bairéad, 2022).

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i… Vampire

Lutessa Luthor was the firstborn of Lionel & Lillian Luthor.

Tess, as she preferred to be called, was a girl who grew up when Lionel was fighting to make LuthorCorp a respected and influential company. Often, doors were shut just because the Luthor family was nouveau riche. This extended to social circles.

Whilst attending private schools, Tess was often ostracized by her more “old money” peers. Her other peers were either too intimidated by her or by her bullies.

At home, her father was constantly pressuring her to be more ‘Luthor’, for the sake of her brother whom she was expected to work for & support when he took over.

Her mother, while less demanding, encouraged her daughter to work towards those standards. She went so far as to hire tutors for etiquette.

In addition, Tess often had to step in whenever the family was between nannies and Lillian was too ill to properly care for Tess’s younger siblings.

The only freedom Tess found from both her family and position in life was within the club circles. In this way, despite her educational achievements, Tess became known as a party girl.

It was thanks to that “party girl” image that Tess finally found an “in” with the elite crowd. A crowd consisting of spoiled, bored offspring and highly pressured & stressed heirs. To keep her means of escape, she used her new position within the “in-crowd” to collect information that she provided to her father. Information that he wouldn’t have gotten without extreme effort by his contacts.

In this way, Lionel was able to blackmail, steal bids, take advantage of weaknesses, & other actions that greatly benefited LuthorCorp. Neither he nor Tess cared who got hurt. To them, they were fighting a war where they were the underdogs. The fault lay in their enemies who underestimated them.

Overtime, Tess became more skilled. She was able to get information more subtlety to the point her targets wouldn’t realize it was her who leaked information to her father’s company. This allowed her to remain within others’ good graces. At this point, however, Lionel had become powerful enough to have contacts in higher places. Tess’s freedom was threatened.

Her father then spoke with her about finding a fiancé for her that would be profitable for the family.

Depressed at the thought of her freedom coming to an end, she went to the ill-reputed Ace of Clubs. Whilst she was distracting herself, Tess was confronted by a former peer from school, one whose family was ruined by Lionel. Confronted by her sins, Tess fled from the club into an alley, sickened by her own actions to cater to Lionel. All for a false freedom, one that allowed her to forget how truly caged she was.

Crying and hopeless, Tess didn’t notice the figure slinking towards her. It was only thanks to her self-defense lessons that Tess didn’t die immediately when the figure pounced. One look at her assailant told Tess that the man – thing – wasn’t human. It looked at her with sadistic delight, like a cat not hungry enough to immediately eat the mouse.

Her struggles were short-lived despite how she kept herself in shape. The thin, spindly creature was far stronger than it should have been. Pinned to the wall, Tess could only keep struggling as the creature laughed and bent its head towards her neck.

A gunshot rang in the night.

Stunned, Tess could only watch as her assailant slumped and fell to the ground. Breathing harshly, Tess looked around wildly only to see an older man in a grey trench coat put away a silver pistol in his holster.

“Are you alright?” a thickly accented voice questioned. The sincere concern in his voice was backed by the man’s pale blue eyes.

Tess broke down crying. The man took off his coat and put it around her. He stayed with her and talked with her until a woman came running around the corner closely followed by a man.

Tess almost ran when the man came closer quickly noticing that he was of the same kind as It. Deborah, the woman, managed to reassure her that Andrew wasn’t an animal like her assailant. Whilst Andrew picked up the corpse one-handed, Deborah offered to take her inside to wait for a cab.

Tess refused to let go of her savior’s sleeve.

Dmitri, as he introduced himself, waited with her until her driver returned to the club. In the meantime, he asked her not to say anything so that her assailant’s compatriots wouldn’t find out about the events. The idea that there were more – god forbid – vampires within Metropolis was horrifying to Tess.

When she got home, she was subjected to her father’s scolding and her mother’s fussing. Alone in her room, she found herself uncaring of her now evaporated freedom and more for what danger was prowling in the city. Of the three ‘paladins of justice’ that hunted them. Of kind, gentle Dmitri.

A short time later, Lionel forced Tess to go to a high-class party to show that an attack by some drunk had no impact on a Luthor. Tess went through the motions, no longer finding delight in snaking her way through conversations. That was until she saw him.

Quickly yet stealthily going over, Tess asked to be introduced to the new face.

Dmitri Mishkin was the business lawyer and representative of Lord Bennet, a mysterious yet major stockholder in various businesses around the world. The lord is notoriously hands-off yet generous, donating millions to various charities.

Tess, however, was far more interested in Mr. Mishkin. Getting into a private conversation, she offered her help. When Mr. Mishkin asked why, she informed him that she knew he was trying to find ‘an old friend’ but didn’t know Metropolis circles very well.

She did. She just needs to know what to look for.

Bennet said no. Deborah said yes.

With Tess’s help, what would have taken months happened within a week.

While fighting the nest of vampires, the three hunters got a shock when Tess came in, far better armed than last time. After the last one was taken care of, Tess breathlessly asked if they had a job opening.

A few weeks later, Lillian received a strange letter with her breakfast. A few minutes later, her husband’s furious roar proved the contents of the letter true.

Lutessa Luthor had eloped with Dmitri Mishkin.

Furious at both his daughter’s disobedience, abandonment of her family, and her disadvantageous choice in husband, Lionel publicly disinherited her.

Tess laughed her ass off when she read about it in the society papers while having tea with her husband.

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An Cailín Ciúin, 2021 Dir. Colm Bairéad

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You don't have to say anything. There's many a person missed the chance to not say anything, and lost much by it.

The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin), Colm Bairéad (2022)