#blood moon sonata

[thenighteternal]

𝕬𝖓 𝕺𝖑𝖉 𝕾𝖆𝖉 𝕲𝖍𝖔𝖘𝖙 - ℜ𝔢𝔡 𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔞𝔤𝔢

[thenightling]

Unexpected Goth music

In the 90s you had the curious dilemma of both trying to avoid the title of Goth and also being accepted in the perceived Goth community. And there was an unfortunately high number of gatekeepers. You'd get asked what your favorite Goth artist or song was and for whatever reason "That doesn't count." or "That's actually Punk." or 'That's Death Rock, not Goth." or "That's too mainstream, that's not REAL Goth." And it got very irritating. So I'm going to list some of the things I think fit under the Goth genre that many would either not consider at all or would think "don't count." Disclaimer: This list does not contain obvious bands like The Cure, Siouxsie and the banshees, or Bauhaus. Once you remove those you'd be surprised how limited the selection of "real" Goth starts to feel. ______________________ And now here are the things that have (in my own experience) been classified as not Goth despite really fitting the criteria. Aurelio Voltaire - Sometimes considered Goth folk or "Dark Cabaret" or even "Death Rock" (1988 version of The Night) Aurelio Voltaire pretty much personifies Goth music. From his Gothic Neo Victorian / pirate look to such songs as Raised by Bats, Land of the Dead, Vampire Club, and the Neil Gaiman's The Sandman inspired "Come Sweet Death." Aurelio Voltaire is so Goth that I can't help but think there are other reasons people may not want to count him such as unconscious racism. (He's Cuban and has released Spanish language tracks.) Danny Elfman - Perhaps today most well known for his movie scores, particularly the iconically Gothic Nightmare before Christmas (where he was multiple voices including Jack's singing voice), Danny Elfman used to be the front man for the band Oingo Boingo where he had such songs as Dead Man's Party, Flesh 'n blood, Weird Science, No one lives forever, and No Spill Blood. These are arguably Gothic themed but not Gothic "style." However I do feel there is some Goth leanings in his 2020 album Big Mess which was officially released as the genre Industrial Goth. The Hex Girls - This band was invented for the 1999 Scooby Doo animated movie, Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost. Representing Gothic fashion, Wiccan spiritual beliefs, and environmentalism the band was meant to be a Gothic inversion on The Spice Girls. Defined as "Eco Goth" though arguably pop their songs actually were really good including "Earth, Wind, Fire, and Air" (though admittedy it should be Earth, Water, Fire, and Air), The Witch's Ghost, and Hex Girl. Inkubus Sukkubus - Considered Pagan Rock, they are definitely Goth, including the songs Sweet Morpheus and Vampire Queen (and several other vampire themed songs!) Blackmore's night - Neo Medieval folk rock band. You know... I think once you get called "Neo Medieval" you get a free pass to call yourself Goth. That's just my opinion. Including the songs Locked Within the Crystal Ball, The Darkness, and Shadow of the Moon.

Within Temptation - Symphonic Metal / Gothic Metal. One question... have you listened to them? Just listen to Angel, Stand my Ground, The Fear, or A Demon's Fate. Eden's Bridge - Progressive Celtic Folk Rock. They have two songs dedicated to Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost. I know one song isn't enough but still... Sonata Arctica - Metal but some of their biggest hits are about magic and more commonly werewolves. Cain's offering - Again, Metal, but the subject matter is decidedly Gothic. Kamelot - Power metal but they have two albums that retell Goethe's Faust parts 1 and 2 (Epica and The black Halo). In fact pretty much everything they do is of Gothic inclination. Richard Campbell - Metal but he did an entire metal opera retelling the novel Frankenstein. I think that's pretty Goth if you ask me.

Smashing Pumpkins - Considered Alternative rock. There was time where just about anything vampire related was advertised with Bullet with Butterfly Wings. And the band is named after a popular Halloween prank. The lead singer is also a professional poet.

Alice Cooper - Welcome to my Nightmare, Keepin' Halloween Alive, The Ballad of Dwight Frye (actor from classic universal monster movies), Gimme, Black Widow (With Vincent Price). He also performed in Tim Burton's Dark Shadows.

Marilyn Manson - Once Classified as industrial Goth, he was denounced by many Goths as "too mainstream" or "Not Goth enough." The man did covers of Danny Elfman's This is Halloween, David Bowie's Golden Years, Annie Lennox's Sweet Dreams, and Lost Boys' Cry Little Sister. That's pretty Goth if you ask me. My Chemical Romance (MCR) - Do I really need to elaborate wit this one? David Bowie - Mostly considered Glam Rock, Bowie has dabbled in all genres and Heart's Filthy Lesson was definitely industrial. Aurelio Voltaire did a Goth sequel to the songs Bowie wrote for Labyrinth. And Bowie's Scary Monsters and Super Creeps inspired Danny Elfman. You can't get more Goth than that (In my opinion). Even Bowie's album Hours drifts into Emo territory. Prince - At the very least he had a Goth aesthetic. I think if he wasn't black people would be quicker to realize he could fit as Goth. There's a lot of unconscious racism among some (not all) Goths. Michael Jackson - One word. Thriller. He also had The Boogeyman's Gonna Get ya with The Jackson Five, and later Ghost. But once you get Vincent Price to rap you should automatically count. The Rasmus - Rock but most of their songs are decidedly Goth and probably should count such as In the Shadows, Ghost of love, and Lucifer's Angel. Sarah McLachlan - Though considered pop let's be honest. Every Goth and person in the 90s "vampire Scene" had her Surfacing album or at least heard Building a Mystery. Before her music started playing in ASPCA commercials you heard songs like Adia on Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Savage Garden - Though definitely pop they get an honorary mention for having songs inspired by Anne Rice and for naming themselves after a phrase invented by The vampire Lestat to describe the nature of the world in The Vampire Lestat novel by Anne Rice. Sting - Though not always Goth, Sting was in the Gothic horror movie The Bride and wrote a song from the perspective of Louis in Interview with the vampire called Moon over Bourbon Street. Stevie Nicks - She got an American Horror story: Coven tie-in music video and practices witchcraft. That's like hitting a Goth bullseye. Johnny Cash - Wore all black all the time and did a cover of a NIN song that is considered better than the original version, Hurt. Sir Elton John - Glam / Pop rock but he gets an honorary mention for composing the Lestat Broadway musical and having a full demo album that was never officially released and can only be found through dubious / underground sources. (Or Ebay if you were lucky in 2006...) Honorable mention to Bobby "Boris" Pickett for having the first Gothic themed song to get banned in the UK (Monster Mash) for being "Too morbid." You can't get much more Goth than that.

[amarynthian-chronicles]

Our Guest Chapter 1

Vampire!Sun, Vampire!Moon, Vampire!Eclipse x Hunter Reader

(You arrive at a sinister and luxurious castle with the innocent intention of checking why its mysterious residents haven't been paying any taxes or utilities for the past several centuries. Very useful excuse for a vampire hunter to have when trying to do some good old infiltrating. The three vampire lords however, fully intend to capture and seduce you, but that is a bit difficult when you keep asking them about their financial books. Will they be able to make you theirs? Are they onto your little schemes and playing along? Will you finally get that plate of cupcakes? We'll find out)

“There is a beautiful and delicious darling waiting at our castle door, brothers.“

“This is practical, normally we have to go out and hunt for one of those. Apparently the whole process switched to free postal service.“

“I can taste the tantalizing sweetness in their veins even from here. All shall envy our fortune, no other lord of the night will ever have access to such nectar.“

Three vampiric aristocrats were huddling together behind the velvet curtains, trying to get a discreet peek at the unexpected visitor that had rung the castle doorbell, disturbing their nocturnal activities. The boys had been on their best behaviour. Trust them.

Prior to this, Marquis Moon had been composing a new sonata, writing notes in expert penmanship before playing the piece beautifully, but no beloved was there to hear it. Viscount Sun had just been in the middle of painting a new masterpiece, creating wonders with each stroke of his brush, but he had found himself in need of a model to pose for him.

Grand Duke Eclipse's craftsmanship was unmatched when it came to jewellery, his combinations and designs of precious stones and metals resembling physical manifestations of poetry, yet no beauty had been available to wear them, no delicate fingers to offer home for his rings nor lovely neck he could adorn with gold and rubies.

How convenient of you to come and solve their problems, dear Y/N!

You stood at the door, umbrella in hand, calm, smiling, without a care in the world. Possibly wondering why it was taking so long for someone to come to the door. Truth be told, it was a pretty big castle, maybe the residents just needed time to get from one side to the other, you never know.

The three brothers eyed you through the window with hunger, lust and curiosity. It was quite cold outside and your cheeks were red. You were doe-eyed, delectable, theirs for the taking.

Moon's preternatural senses were sharper than those of his brothers, capable of detecting even the smallest of details when it came to analysing a living creature, perfectly appropriate skills for a hunter of his calibre. He could hear the stable rhythm of your heart, memorising it as if it were a beat of a musical piece, something he should use in composing. He could make a whole symphony with your heartbeat as inspiration for tempo, the flow of your sweet blood serving as inspiration for the flow of his music.

Moon spoke, his voice almost a raspy whisper:

“Most unusual, not a single trace of fear in them. Posture almost immaculate, joy and confidence in their bearing, almost as if they just entered an amusement park. Shall we give them a little scare? The steady cadence of their heart could use some excitement, every calm melody needs a good crescendo from time to time.“

Viscount Sun huffed, disagreeing:

“Fear adds such a bitter taste and ruins both the palate and the palette. Various emotions change the chemical components of the nectar of life, different combinations create different flavours, similarly how different colours form various new shades on the canvas. Just look what a soft little thing they are. Such a delicate disposition, definitely not made for this type of weather nor your sadistic chasing games, Moonie.“

“Do not spoil my fun, Sunny.“

“Why chase when you can entice?“

“That is a very interesting way of admitting that you are tragically bad at tracking prey.“

“If only you were as good at throwing compliments as you were with throwing insults, you wouldn't have to chase anyone in the first place.“

Eclipse held up a red beryl gem and gazed at it, as if silently asking a question. A green mist appeared within, whispering to him in a language only he could understand. He listened intently, maroon circles appearing in his golden eyes for a swift moment, before disappearing. All in due time.

Sun and Moon were still having their little argument and he decided it was time to put an end to it:

“Enough, we cannot keep them waiting out there forever. They will freeze before any of you gets a chance to do anything at all. We should warm them up.“

As you were waiting for someone to finally deign to answer the door, you took your time to admire the castle's exterior. You were very fond of such aesthetic and your inner scholar felt like a cat that had fallen into a whole basket of catnip.

Even in the dark of the night and heavy rain, it was fairly easy to discern that it was a place of splendour, its design a combination of Renaissance and Gothic architecture. There was a wide variety of turrets and towers, marvellous rose windows, loggias and galleries, facade ornaments containing statues of figures from Classical antiquity.

Nevertheless, Beauty always had an interesting tendency of holding hands with the Grotesque. Therefore, something lugubrious reigned in the air, a perpetual feeling of gloom, as if there were an echo of forgotten funeral bells, suspended between reality and imagination. Life and Death, Luxury and Decay, all of it intertwined in a shameless orgy of contradictory concepts.

October rain was a perfect proverbial cherry on top. Honestly, there was no better time of the year to make a little detour at such a place. It just didn't hit the same if one were to visit a sinister chateau in June.

The season of Autumn had arrived like an old friend, having just gotten out of its elegant carriage, clad in russet cloaks and vermillion capes, bringing gifts, ripe grapes and apples, calling for harvest and summoning everyone to bask in the final rays of golden sunlight before stern Winter shrouds the land with snow.

However, your particular journey had a few setbacks, forcing you to use all of your negotiation skills to get a local taxi driver to get you to the desired address.

The aforementioned driver was currently sitting in the parked car, keeping the engine running, waiting for your further instructions. He was looking at the building's imposing structure with an expression of visceral fear and the only thing holding him from simply driving away was the suspiciously large amount of cash you had given him to bring you there in the first place.

How lovely, all of our main characters were so trustworthy.

Other than your sudden presence, all had seemed to be perfectly peaceful in our dear castle, not a creature stirred. The bats were napping, the owls nesting, the spiders were wondering whether they should protect their web designs in the central intellectual property system. All was calm. Well, a few poor fellows in the dungeons may not have been having the best time of their lives, but you can't make everyone happy.

You had gotten yourself well-acquainted with the names and ranks of your targets. Pardon, “auditees“. Although, considering the nature of your visit, both terms could equally apply, the revenue and audit business was a cruel one. You had done extensive reading on the subject of their suspicious “economic activities“, along with all the macabre phenomena that had been connected to them. You should be feeling some sort of anxiety over the whole task, but honestly, you were rather giddy. You loved a challenge. What a wonderful way to spend the spooky season.

The heavy door opened in front of you. You looked upwards at the looming shadowy figure, a pair of golden eyes glowing in the penumbra, a deep husky voice greeting you:

“Do my eyes deceive me? A bright morning star is visiting us, is it dawn already? Welcome, welcome, bringer of light.“

“Good evening, sir. Please accept my sincere apologies for disturbing your household so late. You are the Grand Duke, I presume?“

“What a polite little thing you are. Indeed, you presume correctly. Now, why are you here in the middle of nowhere at such an ungodly hour? Lost your way?“

The vampire lord was looking at you as if you were the last scrumptious morsel on that side of the known universe, which could be interpreted as both flattering and unnerving.

Before you could answer, you noticed that two additional figures appeared at his side, a gaze of menacing crimson and one of ardent blue. You spoke, tone chirpy and cheerful:

“The Marquis and the Viscount! What an honour, I only heard the best about your artistic talents.“

“Oh, did you come all the way here for an autograph, dearest? Or perhaps a private performance?“

You smiled at them, tilting your head like a kitten that was trying to charm its owner into getting treats.

“May I come in? I will make it quick, I promise.“

The three of them gave each other a look, grinning as if thoroughly amused.

“Interesting, usually we are the ones asking such a question. Come in, come in! Do tell us, are you a tourist? We love tourists that desperately need assistance with directions. Adore them, very much so.“

“You love to help them?“

“Hm? Ah, yes, yes. Definitely love to help them.“

“Actually, I have been sent by the Revenue and Audit Bureau, I am here on official business. The usual, suspected tax fraud, unpaid utilities and so on. “

They definitely didn't expect that. Oh, no, no. Confusion reigned for a solid minute, before you casually presented your very legitimate credentials, letting them read. Sun was the first to break the silence with a slightly hysterical laugh. He reached to give you a little pat on the head.

“Are you now, my pretty? We still love making new friends, even when they come from financial institutions!“

“The taxi is waiting for me with my baggage still, so I won't take long and will just ask you a few preliminary questions. This visit was really just intended for me to announce that I would be conducting this procedure in the following days. I will be making a few additional visits during the week just for the sake of the inspection, then I shall be on my merry way with the report.“

“Nonsense! We cannot let you go back on the road in this weather. Besides, the local hotel is more terrifying than a graveyard at the witching hour. Do stay with us, we have plenty of comfortable chambers, we cannot let you fly away like a little comet in the night.“

“Oh, you are very generous, but that won't be necessary. Business aside, it is still a great pleasure to make your acquiantance.“

You extended your hand to them, expecting a firm and professional handshake. What could possibly go wrong there?

Everything.

Your eyes widened when the Grand Duke took your hand and kissed it, taking his sweet time. By the time he released it, your cheeks must have gone through several shades of red.

“The pleasure is all ours, morning star.“

As if that wasn't enough to make your heart skip a beat or ten, the Viscount and Marquis joined the fun, as well, each of them placing little kisses on your knuckles.

Alright, apparently neither side would be playing a fair game.

They knew exactly what they were doing. Their gestures and ministrations provided an excellent distraction, making you drop your mental defenses for a few precious seconds, enough for them to work their spell on you as you began to lose yourself in their eyes.

Several firm rules existed when it came to dealing with vampires and you just messed up the most crucial one: do not let yourself be mesmerized.

And yet.

Combine that with your natural curiosity and desire for knowledge, and there you have it, a freshly baked disaster, straight out of the oven.

Suppressing your fascination with the three of them had suddenly become a very difficult task. You had never seen such facial structures nor anatomy before. True, you had seen your fair share of weird things in your short little life, but you were still very much taken aback.

The three aristocrats possessed celestial features reminiscent of their heavenly namesakes, a perfect union of Beauty and the Grotesque, allowing such an appearance to be more alluring than simply awe-inspiring. The brothers were preternaturally handsome, of impressive height, wolfish grins always present, everything about them was perfectly tailored to entrap both willing and unwilling victims.

Sun's canines were discreet but still very sharp, appropriate for someone whose primary role was to lure and enchant. Moon's were far more prominent and intimidating, the rest of his teeth possessing a similar razor edge, fit for a predator meant to deliver efficient results. Eclipse's were the sharpest and most lethal, establishing his status of being the most formidable and terrifying member of the group.

Rich scents were lingering in the air around them, amber, vanilla, cardamom, rose oil, lovely, oh, so lovely.

It took you a solid several seconds to register the fact that you still had to use your words to speak, but the glow of their eyes was so magnificent, magnetic, such ethereal beauty, entire worlds were present in them, promising pleasures untold.

It was as if the concept of time had suddenly been shattered like a fairy tale mirror, seconds became centuries. How long had you been silent and simply standing there in pure adoration?

And yet, a certain part of you suddenly awakened, grasping the rest of your soul by the hand and pulling it out of the mindless haze, showing that it had power strong enough to escape the tendrils of darkness. You had a task, after all. Let's remain professional.

Unbeknownst to you, the brothers were somewhat shocked with your ability to get your mind back on track, even after direct exposure to the hypnotic power of all three of them. True, they had only been using a low level of their mind control magic, but it was still impressive, considering that most humans would simply choose to remain in the comforting embrace of oblivion. Why on earth would anyone choose to return to the cold fields of reality?

During all of that, your grip had slackened on the umbrella's handle and a suspiciously strong wind current blew it away right out of your hand before you even had time to realize what is going on, leaving you unprotected from the pouring rain.

By the time you had finally returned to your senses, you were partially soaked from the deluge and the wind was really not doing you any favours. You made a cute sneeze, followed by another.

“Pardon me. Now, as I was saying-“

Another adorable sneeze. You honestly hoped that this wouldn't make your reputation suffer one day.

Eclipse casually commented, smirking:

“You won't be able to last the drive to the hotel like that. Unless you are prepared to deal with potential pneumonia.“

Before you could protest, Sun eagerly trapped both your hands in his grasp, giving them a little squeeze and massaging them as if trying to warm you up. He didn't let go even when you tried to pull away.

“Goodness, darling comet, your hands are so cold. You will catch your death out there, we must insist that you stay here with us for the whole week. It is very cozy and comfy inside, we can build you a whole nest of blankets after a nice hot bath. Moonie, go get their things and give the good driver some extra compensation, will you?“

You blinked as Moon passed by with a speed that was certainly not normal by any means. You could have sworn that you felt the most tender of caresses along your cheek, a motion so swift that your eyes could barely catch it, but your nerves certainly did. It was difficult to supress a shudder.

Enthusiastic and almost mad with glee, Moon got all of your things from the car, hastily throwing a bag full of jewels in the taxi driver's face as additional payment, ignoring the man's muffled yelp, before dashing right back at the door, carrying your baggage as if it weighed nothing.

A few moments later the only thing that was heard was the rain falling and the sound of the car tires shrieking as it drove off, leaving you alone with your eager and enamoured hosts.

You made a little squeak of surprise as you were suddenly pulled inside, the door closing and making a dramatic echo in the stormy night.

A few words were in order regarding the noble residence. The whole castle served both as a comfortable home and as a convenient trap for newcomers. It was true that the classical process of hunting provided a wonderful thrill, a tingle so exquisite that nothing could compare. Chasing and tracking chosen prey, what a delight, sensing the beating heart, the warmth of blood, bliss beyond description. However, there were times when it seemed appropriate to play a more elegant game, inviting and letting the victims enter the web willingly.

Therefore, our handsome vampire lords had a habit of organizing ostentatious dance parties, having a very strict dress code where all the guests had to dress in accordance with the fashion of the late 18th century. A grand feast would be prepared, fireworks, concerts, luxuries that would place kings to shame, a decadent display of wealth and desire. The celestial vampires would then proceed to charm and seduce their victims, one by one, all of them giving themselves, mind, body and soul.

If all went well, and usually it did, the experience could be pleasurable for all those involved. One drinking from the neck, the other two relishing the sweetness on the pulsating wrist arteries. If things were a bit more amorous, all of them would nibble and drink the precious blood from the inner thigh area.

Sharing was caring, after all.

There was something beautifully intimate about the whole process. Drinking life. Hungry licks and bites, gestures of both a lover and a murderer. For an enemy, tearing out the heart and drinking from the source seemed like a worthy way of evening an old score, but for allies it would always be a pleasant little bite and a quick drink, leaving the victim alive and well.

They harboured a heightened appreciation of the human body. Flesh was aesthetically pleasing, beautiful, pulsing with life, warmth, all those wonderful things that were ready to be stolen. Blood illuminated by moonlight, blood illuminated by early rays of dawn. Art, it was pure art.

Furthermore, the brothers had additional powers conveniently associated with their artistic skills. Temporary enthrallment was a wonderful tool, but they created their own ways of ensuring a more permanent bond with those they allowed to live, assuring that no matter where they run, they could always be called upon and summoned like obedient pets.

Sun would sometimes use some of the precious blood as an additional pigment ingredient for his paintings, no different from Moon at times combining it with ink to write musical notes as he composed. It served as a type entrapment of the person's mind, having a part of them forever bound to them, their soul captured in their art, their music.

If Moon were to play a piece written with the blood of one person, they would immediately succumb to the pull, making haste to heed their master's call no matter what. Similarly, if Sun were to paint with that specific colour containing the blood pigment, he could make the person do whatever the picture was showing in that current moment.

Eclipse's ability was the most potent, he was capable of trapping the entire soul of a person in jewels, ensuring absolute control over their mind and heart whenever he wished. In death they would remain his prisoners, their spirits and energy his to use as he pleased.

Such magic was terrifying even in the world of vampires and therefore a majority of them had acknowledged the celestial brothers as royalty among immortals.

Now, let us return to your fun little predicament with those very sane individuals that certainly only had your best interests at heart.

Moon made haste to bolt the doors as soon as you were inside, of course. Sun's giggle was slightly maniacal as he winked at you.

“Security reasons, my pretty. You never know what beasts are lurking out there, dangerous times we live in.“

You pouted, removing your soaked coat and trying to get your hair to somewhat dry by combing your fingers through it.

“Oh, yes, that is quite true that one can never be too careful, my dear sir. In fact, I think I saw a few life insurance agents on my way here. Truly frightening creatures, the lot of them, wouldn't recommend meeting them in a dark alley under any circumstance whatsoever.“

Moon's voice was close once more, it seemed almost as if he moved as swiftly as a shadow, one could miss him within a single blink.

“There could be some other monsters wandering around, shining comet.“

“Such as?“

“Do you happen to know which creature of the Night feeds on the essence of the living, stalking and doing all it can to attract prey?“

“The HR department?“

Ignoring his confusion, your focus shifted to the grandeur of the interior. They weren't lying, it was undoubtedly cozy and wonderful to behold. Comforting heat was coming from the fireplace. Thick carpets with elaborate patterns were present all over the hardwood flooring. Walls were decorated with intricate tapestries and paintings, golden sconces, cabinets containing Venetian glass and crystal figurines, not a single surface was left bare. Vaulted ceilings, frescoes painted in each available bit of space, creating a wonderful effect that only a mad artist could concoct in a fever dream of divine inspiration.

Which is probably what had happened, considering Sun's habits.

However, elements of the supernatural and macabre continued to linger. Some paintings had eyes that seemed a bit too alive, while others would become more and more disturbing the longer you looked at them. Statues appeared to be capable of changing their pose at a whim and it was easy to miss the motion itself within a mere blink. Shadows cast from the fireplace were not following any law of physics, undulating and writhing on the floor as they please, sometimes creating monstrous shapes.

Marvellous. Beyond description, fascinating. Had it not been for your task, you would have gladly spent a whole eternity studying the components and properties of the whole structure.

You were brought back to reality when you realized that you were still very much shivering and that you really needed to get your hair properly dried.

You gasped as you suddenly felt Eclipse wrap his cloak around you from behind, pulling you closer to his form, his strong arms wrapping around your waist. Goodness gracious, was that a secret additional pair of arms he had?

“Sir!“

“There was no time to fetch you a blanket, consider this an urgent alternative.“

“Don't you think this is a bit of a compromising position?“

“Preposterous, that must be the feverish delirium talking. This cruel weather is detrimental for soft flowers such as yourself.“

“I suppose by this logic it must the delirium that is squeezing my hips right now?“

He purred in your ear:

“Relax, morning star, you need warmth, we cannot allow you to get ill under our care.“

“I think I am very warm now, though.“

“Hush, be still, let us take care of you.“

Viscount Sun made sure to get your attention once more.

“You know, sweetness, many have pursued us for various reasons, but tax evasion was never one of them. This is going to be a fun new experience for all of us.“

It was perfectly within your right to struggle and act indignant in order to free yourself, but you were aware that you had to be diplomatic and collected for the moment. Antagonizing your hosts would yield no results and would certainly make your job far more difficult than it needed to be.

You had to remain professional, it was a task like any other. Yes, your hosts were not really the best examples of sanity nor did they seem to be aware of the concept of personal space, but you couldn't let that distract you from your duties. Someone had to be mature in the whole situation, after all. You cleared your throat, trying to appear as dignified as possible in your current position.

Adjusting a bit, ignoring the fact that you were still being held tightly by four arms, you managed to reach for your pocket to get a little notepad and a pencil. It was a rather comical scene to behold, since you had limited options and an even more limited space to maneuver in, but by some miracle you were able to make a few scribbles on the paper. Such an action required the same skill level one usually achieves when trying to get work done with one cat asleep on their computer and five additional cats on their lap and head.

Sun was very much offended with you playing with the paper and pencil instead of letting him warm your hands. You spoke:

“Alright, I will need some basic information for now, such as source of income, registered businesses, unregistered activities that may go under the radar of the government. You do realize that there is an unusually large cemetery on the way here that is not even on the map?“

“I can answer all of those for you. Accumulated heirloom. Pleasure is our only business and business is doing well! As for the final one, well, it is such a tragedy how incompetent cartographers are these days, my dear.“

“Regardless, I still have to conduct a thorough investigation and write a report, it is a formal requirement. Also, it will be necessary that I take a tour around the place simply to inspect the installations. Since none of the utilities are being paid for either, I must see whether you have self-sufficient power sources.“

“Now, now, you can't explore all on your own, that would be against our rules. And you don't want to be a little rulebreaker. You cannot enter certain rooms or parts of the castle without our permission.“

“Understandable. You three can guide me during my stay, then.“

“Moreover, communication with the outside world is highly discouraged. So discouraged, that it is forbidden, actually.“

“May I ask why?“

“You may! We won't answer, but you definitely may ask regardless, your voice is so pleasant to listen to. Do you sing?“

“I am still processing the “no communication with the outside world with no explanation whatsoever as to why“ part, give me a moment. I think I need ibuprofen.“

“Oh, we do have that!“

Soft cloth suddenly fell on your head and you realized it was a towel. You slowly looked upwards, finding yourself face to face with Moon who was now shamelessly hanging upside down from a cord, crimson eyes as menacing as ever and grin impossibly wide.

You spoke, unsure how to even react properly:

“What on earth are you doing?“

“I was feeling excluded. And you needed something to get your hair dry.“

“How did you even get up there? You were at the door barely a few seconds ago.“

“In a very clandestine and stealthy manner, as is currently being demonstrated. Impressed?“

“Fine, yes. Happy?“

Moon giggled like a wicked imp, relishing the situation. Teasing you was slowly becoming his new favourite activity.

“Are you good at playing hide and seek, my everlasting aurora?“

To his surprise, you actually did ponder the answer to his question for a few moments. Finally, you smiled at him:

“The classical game has a predictable pattern, so I actually did invent my own twist once. I would count, the other person would hide, and then I would simply proceed to steal cookies from the kitchen without anyone knowing. Really practical. Free sweets, nobody knows who the culprit is, perfect cost-benefit analysis.“

Oh, he loved that. Moon definitely appreciated some good old-fashioned mischief and he felt an even greater desire to discover what made you tick. He reached with his hand, tracing along your jawline with his claws, before pressing the palm of his hand to your cheek, his wicked eyes never leaving yours.

“Naughty, naughty. You must be punished.“

“Retroactively?“

“With interest.“

“Good luck with calculating all of that. If you start early, you should be done by the next decade, give or take a year or two.“

Moon's mind was already imagining all sorts of scenarios that he had every intention of bringing into reality.

What a delight it would be to have you, play with you, chase you, catch you, taste you, forever and ever. Your blood was tormenting him, you were the golden apple stolen from a magical garden, ripe and delicious. He did not care how many pomegranate seeds it would take to ensnare you and chain you to his world.

One had to admire the dedication, at least.

He was familiar with that sly streak. Finally, a kindred spirit. You had something guileful within you, as if a joyful scherzo were constantly playing in your soul, lively and vivid, truly akin to an ethereal aurora borealis in the night sky, teasing mortals with its unreachable beauty.

Needless to say that Sun was simply not having this and he had to ruin the moment by intervening in the most mature way possible: by taking your pencil away.

“What is this I see? A hawthorn pencil? Quite sharp, I see. No, no, we can't have such a vile thing as hawthorn wood here, absolutely not, in the trash it goes where it belongs.“

You had every intention of arguing with him, but you were once again distracted with the fact that Eclipse was now diligently getting your hair dried with the towel as if you were a kitten they had found outside or something. Goodybe reputation, it was nice knowing you, write a postcard.

“I must say, nobody ever insulted my pencils before.“

Sun went over to the nearby desk, fiddling with some parchment until he found what he was looking for, returning with a triumphant grin on his face and a quill feather in his hand.

“You shall write with one of these.“

“I don't even know how to write with ink without making a mess.“

“Come now, I am sure you are a fast learner.“

You shuddered as he teasingly slid the feather along your cheek and neck.

“Oh, stop.“

We were all familiar with the saying about everything being about the journey and not the destination itself. Perhaps you could allow yourself some enjoyment in the whole affair. In all technicality, you did manage to get in the castle, so it was going well for now. Moon summoned a few ghostly servants to command them to get a comfy chamber prepared for you, as well as some dinner. You were rather tired and hungry, after all.

Eclipse gave your shoulder a little squeeze to get your attention.

“Now, morning star, since you are already here, could I interest you in some pretty necklaces you may like?“

You pondered his offer for a few moments, before shrugging, letting yourself relax.

“You know what? Sure.“

(continuation also on AO3)

[serenofroses]

Username song game

Rules are you name a song title for every letter of your username, and then tag as many people.

Was tagged by @spitzobsessed tyvm.

S - Sister Nightfall by Sirenia

E - Emocean by Lunatica

R - Red Blood Sandman by Lordi

E - Equilibrium by Tristania

N - Nemo by Nightwish

O - Our Solemn Hour by Within Temptation

F - Full Moon by Sonata Arctica

R - Runaway by The Corrs

O - Out of my Life by Omnimar

S - Shallow Life by Lacuna Coil

E - Enemies by Eleine

S - Sweet Revenge by Krypteria

tagging @darthvronton @maczacrevol @the-sith-in-the-sky-with-diamond @chaoticspacefam @sithcom @resumbrarum and anyone else who want to do this.

[albumarchives]

An Old Sad Ghost | Blood Moon Sonata (2022)

[aurora-daily]

Music recommended and/or mentioned by AURORA!

ABBA - Thank You For The Music

Advanced Language

Agnes Obel - Falling, Catching / Riverside / Dorian / The Curse (Robert Hampson Remix)

Air - Sexy Boy

Alice Phoebe Lou and Olmo - Devil's Sweetheart

Alt J - Fitzpleasure / Hunger of The Pine / Pulsher

Amanda Delara (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)

Amanda Tenfjord (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)

And Still I Rise - Wrecking Ball

Ane Brun - A Temporary Dive / All We Want is Love / Do You Remember

Anna of the North - Lovers

Annie Lennox - No More "I Love You's"

Antônio Carlos Jobim - Samba De Uma Nota Só

A Perfect Circle - The Outsiders / Weak And Powerless / Passive / Thirteen Steps (album)

Asbjørn - The Love You Have in You / Asbjørn

Askjell - The First Goodbye / L O S T M Y C O O L / Sofia

The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows / Revolver (album)

Beck - Blue Moon

Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata (Glenn Morrison’s version)

Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love

Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Sunset Village

Bjork -  Army of Me / Homogenic (album) / Human Behaviour / Hyperballad / Joga / Unravel / Violently Happy / All Is Full Of Love (Howie's Version)

The Black Keys - Lonely Boy 

Blondie - Heart Of Glass

Bob Dylan -  Emotionally Yours / Political World / Mr. Tambourine Man (live version) (mentioned as the first song she dug)

Cameron James Laing - The Way

Cats of Transistria - Good Night

Céline Dion - My Heart Will Go On (Titanic)

The Chemical Brothers -  Another World / Galvanize / Escape 700 / Hanna's Theme

Cher - Believe

Childish Gambino - This Is America

Claude Debussy, Alexis Weissenberg - Claire de Lune (mentioned as a song that impacted her as a child)

Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas

Coldplay - Fix You

College/Electric Youth - A Real Hero (mentioned as the song that got her through her teen angst)

The Cranberries - Dreams  

Crystal Castles - Air War / Celestica / Sad Eyes / Untrust Us

Daft Punk - Digital Love

Damien Rice - Cannonball /  Delicate / Volcano

Daughter - Youth

David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust / Blackstar (album) / Life On Mars? / Let’s Dance

dePresno - Forever

Dido - Here with Me 

Dina Ögon - Tombola 94

DNKL - Hunt

Dolores O'Riordan - When We Were Young

Ed Sheeran- No Diggity vs. Thrift Shop (& Passenger, Kygo Remix) / I See Fire (Kygo Remix)

Edith Piaf - La Vie en Rose (mentioned as a song which makes her cry)

Edvard Grieg - Morning Mood (Morgenstemning) / Solveig’s Song

Enya - Amarantine / May It Be / Storms In Africa / Ebudae / Boadicea / Watermark / The Memory of Trees (album) 

Eric Whitacre - Lux Aurumque

EvighetenYoung (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)

Fever Ray - When I Grow Up

Fka Twigs - Water Me

Fleetwood Mac - Big Love / Landslide

Florence + The Machine - No Light, No Light / Rabbit Heart (Raise it Up)

Frankie Valli - Can’t Take My Eyes Off You

Gabrielle - 5 fine frøkner

Gaahls WYRD (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)

Gojira -  Explosia / Mouth of Kala (mentioned as a song she loves that might surprise people)

Goldmund -  Image-Autumn-Womb

Great News - Now And Them (album)

Grimes - Flesh Without Blood

HALIE (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)

Hans Zimmer - Cornfield Chase

Henry Mancini & His Orchestra And Chorus - Moon River

Howard Shore - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Main Theme (mentioned as a song that she wishes she had written)

Imogen Heap -  Headlock / Hide And Seek

Iris -  Romance is Dead / lavender and heaven (mentioned as the song she wants played at her wedding)

Japanese Breakfast - Paprika

Jenny Hval - Golden Locks / Mephisto in the Water

John Williams - Hedwig's Theme (mentioned as a song she wishes that she had made)

John Wizards - Tet Lek Schrempf

Jóhann Jóhannsson - Arrival (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) / Kangaru

Johnny Cash (mentioned as the artist she likes)

Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now

Kate Bush - Cloudbusting / Babooshka

Khold - Myr

Kimbra - Top of the World

Kishi Bashi - I Am the Antichrist to You

Kvelertak (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)

Lana Del Rey - Young and Beautiful

Leif Vollebekk - Elegy

Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat (Live) /  Suzanne (Live) /  The Partisan (mentioned as an important song which her parents listened to) /  You Want It Darker (album) / It Seemed the Better Way / Greatest Hits (album) / Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye 

Lorde (mentioned as the artist she would like to collaborate with) 

Lou Bega -  Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)

Madonna - Frozen / Drowned world/Substitute for Love

Madrugada - Majesty

Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love

Massive Attack - Daydreaming /  Teardrop

Mastodon - The Hunter / High Road

Masterdon (mentioned as the artist she likes)

Matt Maltese - As the World Caves In

Max Richter - On the Nature of Daylight

Metteson - Under Your Shirt

Miki Matsubara - 真夜中のドア/ Stay With Me

Moby - Porcelain / A Seated Night

Moyka - Colder

Naaz (mentioned as the artist she likes)

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ft. Kylie Minogue - Where The Wild Roses Grow

Nick Drake - Pink Moon

Nicholas Hooper - When Ginny Kissed Harry

O. Martin - Nowhere Is Home

Paolo Nutini - Everywhere

Phoebe Bridgers - Smoke Signals

Poliça - Happy Be Fine

Prince - Sexuality

Put Your Hands Up for Neo-Tokyo - Get By

Queen - Under Pressure

Radiohead - No Surprises

RED MOON (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)

RHODES - Turning Back Around

Rockettothesky - Grizzly Man (mentioned as the first song discovered on her own)

Röyksopp & Robyn - Monument 

Robot Koch - Nitesky (feat John LaMonica)

Rudimental - Waiting All Night ft. Ella Eyre

Rusted Root - Send Me on My Way

RY X - Berlin

Sarah Brightman - Eden

SEA CHANGE - Above

Secret Garden - Windancer / Windancer

Seigmen - Monument

Sei Selina - Only When You’re Asleep

Sigur Ros - Svefn-g-englar 

Silja Dyngeland / Silja Sol - Stemning (DC#27) / Løgneren / Skrubbsår

Silvana Estrada - Lo Sagrado (album)

Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2U

Slayer (mentioned as an artist she likes)

Solå (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)Sondre Lerche - Why Would I Let You Go / Wrecking Ball (cover) / Palindromes / Sentimentalist / Lucifer / Bad Law / Patience/ I Love You Because It's True

Strange Hellos (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)

Stromae - L’enfer

Sufjan Stevens (mentioned as an artist she was excited to see at Panorama NYC festival 2016)

Susanne Sundfør - Silencer / White Foxes

Sushi x Kobe (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)

System of a Down -  Violent Pornography

Tame Impala - Let It Happen

The Prodigy -  Voodoo People / Smack My Bitch Up

The Secret Sisters - Tomorrow Will Be Kinder

Thomas Newman - American Beauty: Original Motion Picture Score

Tigran Hamasyan + Arve Henriksen + Eivind Aarset + Jan Bang - Hoy, Nazan / Holy

Tool - Aenema

Underworld (mentioned as an artist she’d collaborate with) - Born Slippy / Rez / To Heal / 1992-2012 (album she would put it at a rave party as a DJ) / Born Slippy (mentioned as the song that she listened to the most when she first started driving)

Vilde Tuv - Cellevevet / Det blåser ingen vinder inni huset

Wardruna - Yggdrasil (album) / Runaljod - Ragnarok (album) / Fehu / Algir-Tognatale

WDSTCK - Flowers

Wim Mertens - Iris

Wintergatan - Sommarfågel

Woodkid - Iron

Wolf Alice - How Can I Make It Ok?

The XX - Intro

Young Dreams (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)

And overall music without words like soundtracks, movie pieces or classical music

Sources (in no particular order and some might be missing as I’ve been working on that since February 2021):

“Aurora feirer Grieg” on NRK 2018, i-D interview “city guide: bergen with aurora”, INDIE mag interview “BLESSING OUR EARS WITH AURORA’S DEBUT ALBUM” 2016, Records In My Life (interview 2016), 2014 interview for GAFFA, Auto-Tune Interview for DIFFUS 2019, Aurora guest programs Rage 2019, NRK radio show “AURORA Up Close” 2017, “Like A Bird In The Night: Clash Meets Aurora” 2019 interview, Spotify Greenroom Wrapped 2021 With AURORA and Sub Urban, Mixtape with the songs for Kzradio, #TBT Mixtape for Billboard, 2016 Artist Survey: AURORA for Under the Radar, Records In My Life (2019 Interview), Nordic Playlist #83, Nine Songs: AURORA for The Line of Best Fit 2019, NPR’s Guest DJ: AURORA On Her Love Of Heavy Metal And Leonard Cohen 2016, IG story from March 2020, IG story from September 2021, Interview - Panorama NYC 2016, Tweet from 2016, Spotify's music & talk show 10 Songs That Made Me 2021, Playlist for Weibo 2022, Interview for NRK 2014, Interview with Jamie Taylor 2016, Playful Playlist for i-D 2022, Midnight Mixtape for Deezer 2021, Daydreaming playlist for HIGHJINKX 2021, ChillDaBeats #038 2021, AURORA’s official SoundCloud channel, NRK P3 - Plateprat (record talk) 2017

Special thanks to Amroth for the support and additional resources provided! 🖤

[sonataforsybelle]

are there any songs that remind you of Armand? if yes, can we pleaseeee get to see them 0-0

Oh there are enough for a whole playlist. I even composed a sonata for him, it was the first time I was playing something other than the Appassionata after my turning... But this one has been heard by very few ears and I will keep it private. So here are a few. I can explain for some, but the words escape me for most of them... Music expresses what words will not, you know, and for me, it is more of a mothertongue than english will ever be.

Liszt - Liebestraum No. 3

Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18 If you know the story of this concerto, I believe you will understand what I am trying to say. Rachmaninov wrote it after three years of deep depression and it represents his coming back to life and healing while looking back at the years preceding... Armand and I, we are healing each other. Thus I play it for him, but also for myself.

Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake Suite When we started going out together with Benji -- when we were still human and Armand lived with us, we went to see Swan Lake. It was my first night out in months, and I would say years when we're talking about any kind of leisure, and I was overwhelmed by the bustle and the noise. Armand held my hand and shielded me from the crowds until we had our seats and watched the ballet. I think I cried by the end...

Camille Saint-Saes - Danse Macabre I mean this one could apply to all of us vampires...

Now for a more contemporary selection... I don't think I need to explain these, they have lyrics.

Kate Bush - The man with the child in his eyes Liana Flores - Rises the Moon Beach House - Space Song more about "Armand and I" than strictly about Armand.

Beach House - Auburn and Ivory

AURORA - Blood in the Wine

tagging @ask-armand just in case...

[mioritic]

"Sebastian im Traum", Georg Trakl

in Georg Trakl, Dichtungen und Briefe (Salzburg: Otto Müller Verlag, 1970)

"Sebastian Dreaming (for Adolf Loos)"

Mother carried the child in the white moon, In the shade of the walnut tree, the ancient elderflower, Drunk with the juice of the poppy, the lament of the thrush; And silence A bearded face bowed over her in pity Quietly in the darkness of the window; and old home goods Of the fathers Lay in decay; Love and autumnal reverie So dark the day of the year, sad childhood, When the boy quietly descended to cool waters, silver fish, Calm and countenance; When he threw himself stone-faced before the raging black horses, In the grey night his star came upon him; Or when, holding the freezing hand of his mother, In evenings he walked across St. Peter's autumnal cemetery, A tender corpse lay silently in the darkness of the chamber And the other raised cold eyelids over him. But he was a little bird in the bare branches, The bell long in the November evening, His father's silence, as in sleep he descended the twilight spiral stairs.

2. Peace of the soul. Solitary winter evening, The dark figures of the shepherds at the old pond; Infant in the hut of straw; o how quietly The face sank into black fever. Holy night. Or when he, at the hard hand of his father, Silently climbed the dark Mt. Calvary And in the twilight recesses of the stones The blue figure of man passed through his legend, From the wound under the heart, the blood ran purple. O how quietly the cross rose up in a dark soul. Love; as the snow melted in black corners, A blue breeze caught itself cheerfully in the old elderflower, In the shadowed arch of the walnut tree; And quietly a rosy angel appeared to the boy. Joy; as in cold rooms an evening sonata sounded, In the brown wooden rafters A blue moth crawled out from the silver chrysalis. O the nearness of death. In the stone wall A yellow head bowed, silencing the child, As in that March the moon decayed.

3. Rosy daffodil in the burial vault of the night And the silver voices of the stars, So that in showers a dark madness sank from the sleeper's forehead. O how silent a passage down the blue river Pondering what has been forgotten, as in green branches The thrush calls a stranger to his downfall. Or when, holding the bony hand of the old man, In evenings he walked before the dilapidated wall of the city, And the other carried a rosy infant in his black coat, In the shade of the walnut tree the spirit of evil appeared. Fumbling over the green steps of summer. O how quietly The garden decayed in the brown stillness of autumn, Scent and melancholy of the old elderflower, As in Sebastian's shadow the silver voice of the angel died.

[nanshe-of-nina]

Halloween playlists:

[Playlist]

45 Grave — Evil

45 Grave — Partytime

Emilie Autumn — Dead Is the New Alive

Balzac — Inside My Eyes

The Birthday Massacre — Happy Birthday

The Birthday Massacre — Horror Show

Birthday Party — Release the Bats

The Brides — The Strange Passing of John Coal

The Brides — Whore Money

Bloody Hammers — Witch of Endor

Coven — The White Witch of Rose Hall

Creature Feature — The Greatest Show Unearthed

Creature Feature — Here Be Witches

The Cramps — Goo-Goo Muck

The Cramps — Surfin' Dead

Don Hinson & The Rigamorticians — Riboflavin-Flavored, Non-Carbonated, Polyunsaturated Blood

Einstürzende Neubauten — Ein Stuhl in der Hölle

HorrorPops — Where They Wander

HorrorPops — Walk Like a Zombie

Hamburger Brothers — Omar the Vampire

Inkubus Sukkubus — Belladonna & Aconite

Inkubus Sukkubus — Corn King

Inkubus Sukkubus — Song to Pan

Inkubus Sukkubus — Wytches

The Irish Rovers — The Banshee’s Cry

Jack Off Jill — Cinnamon Spider

Jack Off Jill — Witch Hunt

Killing Miranda — Burn Sinister

Mandragora Scream — Dark Lantern

Ministry — Everyday is Halloween

The Misfits — Die, Die My Darling

Mister Monster — I’ll Watch Them Die

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds — The Curse of Millhaven

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds — Red Right Hand

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds — Up Jumped the Devil

Richard O’Brien — Science Fiction Double Feature

The Ramones — Pet Sematary

Rasputina — Gingerbread Coffin

Shonen Knife — Devil House

Siouxsie and the Banshees — Spellbound

Skycycle — The Ghost Is Here

Skycycle — It’s Terror Time Again

Sopor Aeternus and the Ensemble of Shadows — The Inexperienced Spiral Traveler II

ThouShaltNot — The Haunted Phonograph

The Tiger Lilies — Start a Fire

Jill Tracy — Evil Night Together

Jill Tracy — The Fine Art of Poisoning

Traditional — Down in the Willow Garden

Traditional — Pretty Polly

Traditional — Twa Corbies

Traditional — The Lyke-Wake Dirge

Type O Negative — Black No. 1

Type O Negative — Wolf Moon

Vermilion Lies — Circus Apocalypse

Xmal Deutschland — Incubus Succubus II

Zombina and the Skeletones — Come On

Zombina and the Skeletones — Hey Weirdos

Zombina and the Skeletones — Island of Zombina

Zombina and the Skeletones — New Orleans Incident

Zombina and the Skeletones — You’d Scream If I Knew I Did Last Halloween

Instrumental: [Playlist]

Johann Sebastian Bach — Toccata and Fugue in D Minor

Béla Bartók — Music for Percussion, Strings and Celesta: III. Adagio

Hector Berlioz — Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath from “Symphonie fantastique”

Johannes Brahms — Hungarian Dance No. 5

Fryderyk Chopin — Piano Sonata No. 2 III: Marche funèbre: Lento

Coil — Main Title (unreleased Hellraiser Theme)

Philip Glass — Candyman theme

Gustav Holst — Neptune, the Mystic from “The Planets”

Gustav Holst — Saturn, Bringer of Old Age from “The Planets”

Gygory Ligeti — Requiem

In Slaughter Natives — Beauty and Bleeding

Franz Liszt — Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

Franz Liszt — Totentanz

Lustmord and Robert Rich — Hidden Refuge

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Dies irae from “Requiem in D Minor”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Lacrimosa from “Requiem in D Minor”

Midnight Syndicate — Born of the Night

Midnight Syndicate — Carousel Ride

Modest Mussorgsky — Night on Bald Mountain

Nox Arcana — Calliope

Nox Arcana — The Doll House

Nox Arcana — Haunted Carousel

Nox Arcana — Hall of the Witch Queen

Nox Arcana — Once Upon a Nightmare

Nox Arcana — Shock Treatment

Nox Arcana — Temple of the Black Pharaoh

Nox Arcana — The Witching Hour

Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff — Isle of the Dead

Camille Saint-Saëns — Danse Macabre

Michael Shields — Ginger Snaps Opening Theme

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky — Part I: The Adoration of the Earth from “The Rite of Spring”

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Swan Lake - 19 No. 10 Scène (moderato)

[senatushq]

NAME. Jonas Olander AGE & BIRTH DATE. 25 & June 7th, 1998 GENDER & PRONOUNS. Male & He/Him SPECIES. Daemonfey ( Draegloth ) OCCUPATION. Unemployed FACE CLAIM. Rainer Dawn

biography

( tw: self harm, attempted suicide, violence, blood ) Even in the modern era, Jonas was brought up in the ways of old his born pack upheld as sacred. Outsiders weren’t allowed for turned lycans or those from diluted bloodlines were inferior. The Olanders were part of a noble and ancient heritage that stretched back to the first Tiber alpha. It had been many generations since his pack had splintered off, but the stories kept the connection alive and burning in Jonas’ heart. He memorized the tales of his prominent forbearers, adopted the customs passed down on him, and found his natural place within pack hierarchy. For weeks they lived within a community, preparing for the four nights the moon they worshipped granted them their true strength. Moon after moon, shift after shift, Jonas became over the years what he was raised to be: a true lycan coexisting with the natural world. Every hunt was a tribute, every howl was a reminder of his heritage. He was proud to be born as he was and happy to serve his pack until the day he died.

However, no pack was above the laws of the wild. Shifting dynamics across the globe caused lycans everywhere to consolidate power. The rise of the Lupo led to an influx in Rome-bound pilgrimages, but the Olanders chose to turn their ears away from the howls. Thrive or perish, that was nature’s way, so a pack that operated on old, isolationist policies would have to pray their old-world strength was enough to combat an onslaught. A distant pack came, eager to usurp Jonas’ alpha and consolidate his pack into something else entirely. His outrage at the initial attack was shared amongst all the lycans of his family. The idea of their noble heritage being tainted by outsiders infuriated them. Still, his first field of battle was where he finally learned that conviction alone was not enough to protect what was cherished.

It was a brutal war and Jonas watched countless faces of those he’d known his entire life cut down before his eyes as he fought. His pack and livelihood were burning around him, forcing him to acknowledge the promises of greatness that had filled his head from birth as lies. The pleading prayers of his dying family were like a curse to his ears. Jonas couldn’t bear it, the sonata of failure shattering across the battlefield his spirit allowing something much darker to sprout in its place. Jonas rejected the death encroaching on his broken body and bit into the heart of the injured packmate clinging to life next to him. Then he did it again, and again, over and over until he devoured any trace of weakness the Olander pack exhibited in their defeat. He rose on his hackles, empowered by the fallen he absorbed despite how doing so disconnected him from the traditions he’d upheld and fought back. The assailants were ill-prepared for a sudden volatile and Jonas managed to slash through scores of enemy lycans before he was brought down, but he was eventually brought down. That was to be it for him, disgracing himself in the name of revenge only to die battered and alone. He cursed his fate, and himself, which made him prime real estate for the dark promise that whispered in his ear. Jonas had only wanted to protect his pack and he gave up his soul in the process, but it was all a waste. Why should he let that be his end though? He rejected death once, so why not again?

Jonas didn’t want to die, that’s all he wanted. But it was a bargain made under the most desperate of circumstances because his first coherent thought on the other side of the agony he endured was how he wished he’d gone out with the rest of his pack. The creature he’d allowed himself to become was vile, disgusting, and so far removed from lycanthropy that his own reflection made him wretch, even when he wasn’t in shifted form. He hated what he had become and hated himself for letting it happen, but there was no way out or through. Jonas had tried to find an out on his own more than a few times, but he traded his soul for power. The kind of power that was not so easily destroyed.

Jonas found salvation at his lowest point at the bottom of a pool of blood. Some of it was whatever unlucky creature he tore to ribbons, some was his own trickling down his flesh after hours of gouging at his immortal hide. He was a mess and that was his pattern, but one flash of an impish smile bearing down on him and Jonas lost the urge entirely. He had nothing, and then out of the blue, he had everything. He was a complete stranger to comfort and opulence. He knew he didn’t deserve an ounce of contentment after disgracing his bloodline. Jonas was prepared to live out the rest of his days in loneliness while he repented for giving himself to darkness. But alongside Napoleon and Carmine he could pretend at the very least. They were alike enough, and they were his pack. Plus, when they smiled Jonas found it hard to hate himself. He would never regain what he’d lost no matter how hard he tried, but maybe if he could keep this new pack of his safe then perhaps one day he’d stop regretting his rejection of death’s hand.

personality

+ uninhibited, pensive, consistent – stubborn, self-loathing, merciless

played by zen. est. he/him.

[yandereandreaders]

Fandoms and characters I will write

So first off, I need to clarify that certain characters will ONLY be platonic while others can be both. Drawing wise, I will only do the fandoms I list here but I will draw any that's not listed as well.

Other Notes, I can age or deage character. Characters can be shipped with other canon or the reader, i don't mind doing either. You should clarify what exactly you want; fluff, angst, flanst, yandere, nsfw, and so forth. You can even give specific details for the reader.

Also, feel free to give plot, suggestions, and just in general whatever. I want to get back into writing so it'll take me time but I promise I will get things down eventually. I will force myself haaa. Though if a plot really interests me it'll most likely get done quickly, but i'll make sure to also do things in order!

Aus are a go! As long as I know about them orrr I am able to look them up. Just tell me where to find it at least when requesting as there are also multiple source for certain things so which one you referring to.

Or even in fnaf's case, which variant of the character you want. If not specific, I will most likely just do their original form unless I have a idea for a different one. Orrrr maybe I'll just do multiple if I'm feeling up to it

Not sure what else to add but yeahhh. This'll definitely get updated as I get more interested in new shows/games and characters so keep an eye out!

🌺: Platonic

🌹: Romantic

🔞: NSFW

Homestuck:

Aradia Megido 🌺🌹🔞

Damara Megido 🌺🌹🔞

The Handmaid 🌺🌹🔞

Tavros Nitram: 🌺🌹🔞

Rufioh Nitram: 🌺🌹🔞

The Summoner: 🌺🌹🔞

Sollux Captor: 🌺🌹🔞

Mituna Captor: 🌺🌹🔞

The Ψiioniic: 🌺🌹🔞

Karkat Vantas: 🌺🌹🔞

Kankri Vantas: 🌺🌹🔞

The Signless: 🌺🌹🔞

Nepeta Leijon: 🌺🌹🔞

Meulin Leijon: 🌺🌹🔞

The Disciple: 🌺🌹🔞

Kanaya Maryam: 🌺🌹🔞

Porrim Maryam: 🌺🌹🔞

The Dolorosa: 🌺🌹🔞

Terezi Pyrope: 🌺🌹🔞

Latula Pyrope: 🌺🌹🔞

Neophyte Redglare: 🌺🌹🔞

Vriska Serket: 🌺🌹🔞

Aranea Serket: 🌺🌹🔞

Mindfang: 🌺🌹🔞

Equius Zahhak: 🌺🌹🔞

Horuss Zahhak: 🌺🌹🔞

Darkleer: 🌺🌹🔞

Gamzee Makara: 🌺🌹🔞

Kurloz Makara: 🌺🌹🔞

The Grand High Blood: 🌺🌹🔞

Eridan Ampora: 🌺🌹🔞

Cronus Ampora: 🌺🌹🔞

Orphaner Dualscar: 🌺🌹🔞

Feferi Peixes: 🌺🌹🔞

Meenah Peixes: 🌺🌹🔞

The Condesce: 🌺🌹🔞

John Egbert: 🌺🌹🔞

Jane Crocker: 🌺🌹🔞

Rose Lalonde: 🌺🌹🔞

Roxy Lalonde: 🌺🌹🔞

Dave Strider: 🌺🌹🔞

Dirk Strider: 🌺🌹🔞

Jade Harley: 🌺🌹🔞

Jake English: 🌺🌹🔞

Sonic:

Amy Rose: 🌺🌹🔞

Rust Rose: 🌺🌹

Black Rose: 🌺🌹🔞

Thorn Rose: 🌺🌹🔞

Blaze The Cat: 🌺🌹🔞

Cosmo: 🌺🌹🔞

Cream The Rabbit: 🌺

Dr. Eggman: 🌺🌹🔞

E-123 Omega: 🌺🌹

Espio: 🌺🌹🔞

Infinite: 🌺🌹🔞

Knuckles The Echidna: 🌺🌹🔞

Renegade Knuckles: 🌺🌹🔞

Knuckles The Dread: 🌺🌹🔞

Gnarly Knuckles: 🌺🌹🔞

Manic The Hedgehog: 🌺🌹🔞

Marine the Raccoon: 🌺🌹

Mephiles The Dark: 🌺🌹🔞

Metal Sonic: 🌺🌹

Miles "Tails" Prower: 🌺🌹🔞

Tails Nine: 🌺🌹🔞

Sails Tails: 🌺🌹🔞

Mangey Tails: 🌺🌹

Princess Sally Acorn: 🌺🌹🔞

Rosy The Rascal: 🌺🌹🔞

Rouge The Bat: 🌺🌹🔞

Rebel Rouge: 🌺🌹🔞

Batten Rouge: 🌺🌹🔞

Prim Rouge: 🌺🌹🔞

Scourge The Hedgehog: 🌺🌹🔞

Shadow The Hedgehog: 🌺🌹🔞

Silver The Hedgehog: 🌺🌹🔞

Sonia The Hedgehog: 🌺🌹🔞

Sonic The Hedgehog: 🌺🌹🔞

Sticks The Badger: 🌺🌹🔞

My Little Pony:

Twilight Sparkle: 🌺🌹

Applejack: 🌺🌹

Fluttershy: 🌺🌹

Rarity: 🌺🌹

Pinkie Pie: 🌺🌹

Rainbow Dash: 🌺🌹

Spike: 🌺🌹

Apple Bloom: 🌺

Scootaloo: 🌺

Sweetie Belle: 🌺

Princess Celestia: 🌺🌹

Princess Luna: 🌺🌹

Shining Armor: 🌺🌹

Princess Cadance: 🌺🌹

Ember: 🌺🌹

Gallus: 🌺

Silverstream: 🌺

Smolder: 🌺

Yona: 🌺

Sandbar: 🌺

Ocellus: 🌺

Diamond Tiara: 🌺

Silver Spoon: 🌺

Nightmare Moon: 🌺🌹

Queen Chrysalis: 🌺🌹

Adagio Dazzle: 🌺🌹

Aria Blaze: 🌺🌹

Sonata Dusk: 🌺🌹

Cozy Glow: 🌺

Trixie: 🌺🌹

Discord: 🌺🌹

Sunset Shimmer: 🌺🌹

Starlight Glimmer: 🌺🌹

Tempest Shadow: 🌺🌹

The Mane-iac: 🌺🌹

Cheese Sandwich: 🌺🌹

Sunburst: 🌺🌹

Autumn Blaze: 🌺🌹

Nightmare Rairty: 🌺🌹

Capper: 🌺🌹

Sunny Starscout: 🌺🌹

Izzy Moonbow: 🌺🌹

Hitch Trailblazer: 🌺🌹

Pipp Petals: 🌺🌹

Zipp Storm: 🌺🌹

Pokemon : 🌺🌹🔞

Any Pokemon, just give me a personality for them. Not much to say, not sure about writing any non pokemon here but ehh maybe in the future

MCYT NOTE:

First off, i'm shipping sonas, not the actual content creators. Second, if any members are on multiple series I will not list them but you can ask for them from that series, as long as I have it listed.

Dream SMP:

Dream: 🌺🌹🔞

DreamXD: 🌺🌹🔞

GeorgeNotFound: 🌺🌹🔞

Sapnap: 🌺🌹🔞

BadBoyHalo: 🌺🌹🔞

TommyInnit: 🌺🌹

Tubbo: 🌺🌹

WilburSoot: 🌺🌹🔞

Ghostbur: 🌺🌹

Skeppy: 🌺🌹🔞

Quackity: 🌺🌹🔞

Technoblade: 🌺🌹🔞

Philza: 🌺🌹🔞

Captain Puffy: 🌺🌹🔞

Ranboo: 🌺🌹🔞

Hermitcraft:

Bdubs: 🌺🌹🔞

Docm77: 🌺🌹🔞

EthosLab: 🌺🌹🔞

GoodTimesWithScar: 🌺🌹🔞

Grian: 🌺🌹🔞

Impulse: 🌺🌹

MumboJumbo: 🌺🌹🔞

Rendog: 🌺🌹🔞

TangoTek: 🌺🌹🔞

Xisuma: 🌺🌹

ZedaphPlays: 🌺🌹🔞

ZombieCleo: 🌺🌹🔞

Empires SMP:

Scott Smajor: 🌺🌹🔞

SmallishBeans: 🌺🌹🔞

SolidarityGaming: 🌺🌹🔞

LDShadowLady: 🌺🌹🔞

The Life Series:

Bigb: 🌺🌹🔞

InTheLittleWoods: 🌺🌹🔞

PearlescentMoon: 🌺🌹🔞

Skizzleman: 🌺🌹🔞

Other series:

Witchcraft SMP

RatSmp

Evolution SMP

Five Nights At Freddy's:

Freddy: 🌺🌹

Toy Freddy: 🌺🌹

Funtime Freddy: 🌺🌹

Glamrock Freddy: 🌺🌹

Bonnie: 🌺🌹

Toy Bonnie: 🌺🌹

Bon Bon: 🌺🌹

Chica: 🌺🌹

Toy Chica: 🌺🌹

Glamrock Chica: 🌺🌹

Foxy: 🌺🌹

Funtime Foxy: 🌺🌹

Marionette: 🌺🌹

Balloon Boy: 🌺🌹

Circus Baby: 🌺🌹

Ballora: 🌺🌹

Mangle: 🌺🌹

Roxanne Wolf: 🌺🌹

Montgomery Gator: 🌺🌹

Sundrop: 🌺🌹

Moondrop: 🌺🌹

Vanny: 🌺🌹

DJ Music Man: 🌺🌹

Undertale:(Yes, all the aus)

Frisk: 🌺🌹

Flowey: 🌺🌹

Toriel: 🌺🌹🔞

Sans: 🌺🌹🔞

Papyrus: 🌺🌹🔞

Undyne: 🌺🌹🔞

Alphys: 🌺🌹🔞

Mettaton: 🌺🌹🔞

Asgore: 🌺🌹🔞

Asriel: 🌺🌹

Chara: 🌺🌹

Muffet: 🌺🌹🔞

Napstablook: 🌺🌹🔞

Mad Mew Mew: 🌺🌹🔞

Deltarune:

Alphys: 🌺🌹🔞

Asgore: 🌺🌹🔞

Asriel: 🌺🌹🔞

Berdly: 🌺🌹🔞

Jevil: 🌺🌹🔞

Kris: 🌺🌹

Lancer: 🌺🌹

Noelle: 🌺🌹

Queen: 🌺🌹🔞

Ralsei: 🌺🌹

Rouxls: 🌺🌹🔞

Sans: 🌺🌹🔞

Spamton: 🌺🌹🔞

Susie: 🌺🌹

Toriel: 🌺🌹🔞

Undyne: 🌺🌹🔞

Tokyo Mew Mew/Tokyo Mew Mew New:

Ichigo Momomiya/Zoey: 🌺🌹🔞

Minto Aizawa/Corina: 🌺🌹🔞

Retasu Midorikawa/Bridgett: 🌺🌹🔞

Bu-Ling Huang/Kikki: 🌺🌹🔞

Zakuro Fujiwara/Renee: 🌺🌹🔞

Deep Blue: 🌺🌹🔞

Quiche/Dren: 🌺🌹🔞

Tarurto/Tarb: 🌺🌹🔞

Pia/Sargon: 🌺🌹🔞

Berry Shirayuki: 🌺🌹🔞

Ringo Akai: 🌺🌹🔞

Masaya Aoyama/Mark: 🌺🌹🔞

Keiichiro Akasaka/Wesley: 🌺🌹🔞

Ryou Shirogane/Elliot: 🌺🌹🔞

Tasuku Meguro: 🌺🌹🔞

Steven Universe:

Amethyst: 🌺🌹🔞

Aquamarine: 🌺🌹🔞

Bismuth: 🌺🌹🔞

Blue Diamond: 🌺🌹🔞

Blue Pearl: 🌺🌹🔞

Demantoid: 🌺🌹🔞

Emerald: 🌺🌹🔞

Garnet: 🌺🌹🔞

Hessonite: 🌺🌹🔞

Holly Blue Agate: 🌺🌹🔞

Jasper: 🌺🌹🔞

Lapis Lazuli: 🌺🌹🔞

Pearl: 🌺🌹🔞

Peridot: 🌺🌹🔞

Squaridot: 🌺🌹🔞

Pink Diamond: 🌺🌹🔞

Pink Pearl: 🌺🌹🔞

Pyrope: 🌺🌹🔞

Ruby: 🌺🌹🔞

Sapphire: 🌺🌹🔞

Spinel: 🌺🌹🔞

Steven: 🌺🌹🔞

White Diamond: 🌺🌹🔞

Yellow Diamond: 🌺🌹🔞

Yellow Pearl: 🌺🌹🔞

Invader Zim:(

Dib: 🌺🌹🔞

Zim: 🌺🌹🔞

Gaz: 🌺🌹🔞

Tak: 🌺🌹🔞

Zib: 🌺🌹🔞

Splatoon:

Callie: 🌺🌹🔞

Hypno Callie: 🌺🌹🔞

Marie: 🌺🌹🔞

Agent 3/Captain: 🌺🌹🔞

Agent 4: 🌺🌹🔞

Marina: 🌺🌹🔞

Pearl: 🌺🌹🔞

Agent 8: 🌺🌹🔞

New Agent 3: 🌺🌹🔞

Shiver: 🌺🌹🔞

Frye: 🌺🌹🔞

Big Man: 🌺🌹

I will add more as time goes on and become more comfortable with more fandoms and characters (:

[shiro-neko96]

Hi.

So I just realized that I have been in various fandom for such a long time (i mean, not really, but it feels LONG). So with this post, I would like to deliver my gratitude towards all fanfic writers whose stories help sustain me throughout the years.

I am not an overly active person. In reading sites (ff net and ao3) you’ll rarely see me comment on stories (i know its not good, i try to leave at least a ❤️ when i can no longer give kudos, like, or bookmark,, don’t hate me pls). Writers often say (write?) to interact with them on various platforms, but i am an over-thinker with an overly suspicious personality; i want to interact but i will overthink all my interactions and will probably leave you on read for months and be overly guilty about it but still not gonna do anything about it.

Today i scroll through my ffnet acc, and was reminded of the thrill i felt when i first read interesting fics on that site (which later on introduced me to ao3) and I could think help but feel very nostalgic. Sadly some of the fanfic i mention is no longer available.

My first venture into the fanfiction zone is through the naruto fanfics. My highschool friend introduced me to fanfiction (and also bl in general), and i was hooked. And my first ever fanfic was ‘Hate’ by RenAfri (it’s in Indonesian, so if you can read it, go ahead). And then i was enchanted by ‘The guardian of the Moon’ by nateulm. (God i got so emotional just thinking of that story), next one is Shizuka na sonata by Paradoxical Pardigm ( i have to search google for this one because I cannot find it anymore and i did not remember the name, only the story) and shizuka na sonata was the story that introduced me to the pain of reading an incomplete story (i still love it very much and i thank you paradoxical paradigm for creating the beautiful story). After those, i browse the site for anything to devour,, and by chance stumbled upon many great stories by legends such as EmptySurface (i really love most(? I think I haven’t read all) their naruto and harry potter fics, thicker than blood is by far my favorite), and Cywsaphyre (the lives worth saving is *mmm chef’s kiss*; also wandererr). I found out i kinda like hp crossover with any fandom and fell into that rabbit hole for a while. Ridell Lee introduced me into Merlin by ‘Only A Boy’, Cosette-aimee’s a necessary gift is an absolute delight to read, brainthief’s 0800-rent-a-hero was a mind changing experience for me back then who worshipped the ground albus dumbledore walk on, seito’s basically all khr and yoi fics are like water after a long draught (a real life cinnamon roll series, we weren’t born to follow, to the beat of my own drum, if there’s a song in your heart-and consequently to the song as well), heir to the sky’s the rightful sky is what introduced me into khr, (i read the fic bfore i knew khr), fruitpastilles’ to live and breathe and live again and the summoning pact is something i didnt know i needed, metamorcy’s various fics of various fandom, ( contract, basically all khr fics because that’s what i was there for), SkyGem’s stories are wondrous (YOI retirement aus, every little thing, they call me freedom), blackkat’s rarepairs which are addicting (their stories are what made me so into madatobi, criminals do it better series, the last immortal is dead and gold series, as is the sea marvellous, backslide, basically all naruto fic actually) raendown’s soulmate story collection is especially sublime (not that their other fics are not!), what you knead by agentmarkele is a heartwarming entity that lives free in my brain, and MadMothMadame’s tobirama centric fics that brought me to tears. In the chinese danmei fandom I breathe in Sami’s and the same moon shines universe (including ridiculous future bullshit and other related verses; *adored* the juniors and jin chan’s dinamic there), trippednfell’s wangxian amazing, heartwarming, and relatable fics (i keep where’s your emergency open in my browser so i can bounce back and have my fill of goodness every once in a while), and many other lovely stories and authors i cannot possibly mention.

This post was meant to be some sort of thank you to all these writers, who have brought so much joy (and not so little tears) into my bleak life. I don’t think i would be the person i am today if i do not read your stories. And maybe this post will not reach you, and i am so sorry for that.

[bloodwiine]

CHARACTER BASICS

Full Name: Silas Sanguis Nickname: Sisi ( only his brother calls him this purely to anger him ) Age: 46/961 Gender: cis man Pronouns: he & him Ethnicity: Chilean, Peruvian & White Nationality: Italian Education: Quite a bit, he's definitely taken up classes over time. Occupation: Recruiter & Enologist Hometown: Sicily, Italy Current location: Sanguis Point, mostly. Species: Vampire Written Aesthetics: a red stain blooming upon white sheets, the jagged side of the cliff's edge, a lonely mansion on top of a hill, your hands are stained with blood and your heart with tears & wine stained lips

trigger warning: mentions of death, blood,

CHARACTER APPEARANCE 

Face Claim: Pedro Pascal Height: 5'11" / 1.8 Hair Colour: light brown Eye Colour: dark brown Dominant Hand: ambidextrous Distinguishing Features: charming smile, strong jawline, tall stature, distinctive voice, intense gaze, chiseled features

SUPERNATURAL EXTRAS 

Abilities: immortality, superhuman strength etc., fangs, flight, he's mastered compulsion though he has to have feasted on fresh blood for it to be strong. Have you always been aware of your abilities?: I haven't always been a vampire, so, no. What supernatural creature is your character most scared of?: I've heard nasty rumors about werewolf bites, but I wouldn't say I fear them. I just do my best to avoid them during a full moon and all other times, have you noticed they leave a scent behind? Who or what would they die for? There's very few he'd die for now. Does your character fight or flee? Fight.

PERSONALITY

Positive Traits: charismatic, loyal, protective, resilient, noble,

Negative Traits: ruthless, egotistical, manipulative, self-destructive, lack of empathy, controlling, arrogant, vengeful

Neutral Traits: artistic, stoic, versatile sophisticated, diplomatic,

Goals/desires: take the power away from his brother

Fears: death, losing control, his family ( both of and for them )

Hobbies: wine tasting / making, traveling, social gatherings, music, literature, dancing & yoga

Habits: can be a night owl, drinking blood from a wine glass unless it's fresh, going on excursions and claiming they are for the court and to recruit / help more lost vampires

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT Q’S

QUESTION ONE: were you born on the island, if so, what kind of curiosities do you have about the world beyond? if you weren’t, what do you miss about the world outside veritas isles? 

No, though I do miss the freedom of traveling whenever I desire, I hate that I now must go through a bloody court to get permission. I'm nearly a century old, I don't need permission.

QUESTION TWO: what is your favorite part about the island? 

It is quite interesting and unique to be living in a place with so many different species, and it is quite nice knowing that vampires have more of a sway over the court than others do.

QUESTION THREE: if your character is supernatural, do they fear humans? if human, do they fear the supernatural? 

Not necessarily, or not anymore. He's worse than any human.

QUESTION FOUR: share a fun headcanon or fact about your character! this doesn’t have to be long, just something to introduce us to your character! 

Silas is the younger brother to Lazarus, growing up they were relatively close and they might've even said they loved one another. Deep down, that love is still there, though they'd never admit it now, but one might be able to guess given how they still live in close enough proximity after a near century.

ADDITIONAL HEADCANON

Sanguine Sonata is the name of his blood-infused wine.

WANTED CONNECTIONS.

more family members

enemy with benefits?

perhaps someone that he's somewhat friends with in the rogue pack

etc

[everlastingfable]

omg just over 10 years ago, in the back of my planner, I wrote down a list of my fav ___ and every 6 months or so I would update it. of course I did lose it occasionally so there’s gaps but I found it again

transcription under the cut. some of these are so embarrassing

september 2012 favourite movie: thor/the avengers favourite show: merlin favourite book: lost hero series favourite character: loki / merlin favourite color: dark green / black favourite song: silver lining what do I want to be when I grow up: animator eye colour that I want: blue / green

june 2013 favorite movie: how to train your dragon favorite show: supernatural / doctor who / sherlock favorite book: how to train your dragon favorite character: hiccup / jack frost favorite actor: matt smith / benedict cumberbatch favorite color: green & brown / blue & white favorite song: forbidden friendship piano song: forbidden friendship what do I want to be when I grow up: animator / screenwriter eye color: blue / green

june 2014 favorite movie: how to train your dragon favorite show: favorite book: favorite character: hiccup, jack, guy, nico favorite actor: favorite color: favorite song: piano song: forbidden friendship, let it go what I want to be: eye color: green

december 2014 movie: httyd / httyd2 show: gravity falls, the flash, over the garden wall book: character: hiccup, jack, barry, wirt actor: color: song: immortals, blank space piano song: stoick saves hiccup, stoick’s ship, the unknown what I want to be: eye color:

june 2015 movie: ? show: gravity falls, teen titans, young justice book: ? character: bart allen actor: ? color: ? song: centuries, rule the world piano song: centuries, arrival of the birds job: director eye color: ?

december 2015 movie: ? show: gravity falls, over the garden wall book: ? gotham academy comic character: tim drake actor: ? color: red song: everything stays piano song: blood moon waltz job: HAHAHA eye color: ? green maybe

august 2016 movie: ? show: young justice book: ? character: tim / bart actor: ? color: red / blue song: heathens piano song: heathens job: ? eye color: ?

jan 2017 movie: ? show: yuri on ice book: ? character: tim, bart, yuri, yurio, viktor actor: ? color: red? song: yoi, theme of king jj, history maker piano song: yuri on ice & you only live once job: no clue eye color: ?

january 2018 movie: coco is good show: voltron book: ? character: keith actor: jeremy shada (?) color: red / purple / blue song: thunder, believer, remember me piano song: believer job: idk eye color: ?

march 2020 movie: :( show: atla book: no character: keith, zuko actor: jeremy dooley ? color: red, black ? song: war, oot soundtrack piano song: gerudo valley, change, song of storms job: uh oh stinky (dental hygenist) eye color: no

november 2022 favorite movie: haven’t been watching movies favorite show: not actual fav but obsessed w/ rn, witcher favorite book: I’m glad my mom died or bring up the bodies for current obsession favorite character: jaskier, mark smeaton favorite actor: joey batey favorite color: don’t have one favorite song: inkpot gods, farewell wanderlust piano song: moonlight sonata, farewell wanderlust, hallelujah job: accountant now eye color: blue would be fun

my thoughts: funny enough ten years later I’m back obsessing over live action and brits again. the really cringy ones that were so hard for me to type up were june 2013 and jan 2017 just yikes. interestingly, I know I listened to bastille probably since 2013 and yet I’ve never put one of their songs as my favorite. I love that my favorite colors are 100% the colors my favorite characters at the time are associated with. this actually documents perfectly from when I started high school, through college, up to now. unfortunately the gap between 2020 and 2022 means my toa obsession does not get recorded. I might continue this. we’ll see when I find it again. although I probably won’t update this post

[unknown-lifeform]

Rules: You can usually tell a lot about a person by the type of music they listen to. Put your playlist on shuffle and list the first 10 songs, and then tag 10 people. No skipping!

Tagged by @amethysttribble! Thank you for making me expose people to uuuh the various songs I downloaded on my phone with a collection of stuff I started downloading in like middle school and gradually transfered from one phone to the next ever since. Cheers

Full Moon - Sonata Arctica

Blood Eagle - Amon Amarth

Why - Crisis Core soundtrack

Embrace of the Endless Ocean - Amon Amarth

Under the Apple Tree - Crisis Core soundtrack

House on a Hill - The Pretty Reckless

King and Lionheart - Of Monsters and Men

Master of Puppets - Metallica

Dreamkeeper - Xandria

Auslander - Rammstein

I tag @duttfisch @ava-stuck @effervescentdragon @rainbowcarousels @howdoistormspirit and whoever else feels like it

[lances-and-quills]

New W.I.P ( Burnt by Fate)

So a few months ago a random recommendation on YouTube had me stumbling upon a piece of fiction so insane that it inspired me to start up a new project (Don't worry I'm still working on my other work I'm just hyperfocused on this one for now.) That work was the Stockholm series of Fanfictions by Lilly Orchard. I was fascinated by some of the more evil characters and decided to use them as influences for the villains of this new work. Anyway here is the short opening prologue. (Trigger warnings for the following: Death in childbirth, mentions of grooming, and death of a loved one)

Prologue: Last Sunrise

“Aria, please…Protect him, my little…Crescendo.”

Aria watched the light leave her old friend’s eyes, tears in her own as she held the still-crying newborn.

Sonata was just…gone…just like that. Everything Aria had ever loved was gone now, her family, her friend, all that was left was the child writhing in her arms.

She looked down at the little one, splattered in blood and amniotic fluid, this was all that was left of her, a baby boy with an eye like cerulean waters.

She dried him off, cutting his cord and wrapping him in a swaddling cloth she’d purchased for this day.

It was supposed to be a gift for after Sonata delivered, she would wrap her child in the cloth, say thank you, they'd talk and then Aria would leave.

She hadn’t even had time to call an ambulance, she went into labor so quickly and delivered even faster.

And now she was dead, and Aria had to take care of what should have been Sonata’s child.

She looked out the window, to the town of Sandaras, it was a muggy morning, and mist lay heavy over the streets. She could just make out soldiers roaming about, their gilded plates marked with sigils of the sun god shining brightly even in the pale air. 

Still in a daze she walked out into the streets, and fell to her knees, still clutching the child. Both hers and the boy’s tears fell in rivers, from a mix of pain and sorrow.

“What…am I supposed to do now?” Aria looked at the cloud-covered sky, a mixture of rage and sorrow broiling inside her. It was all HER fault if not for that damn whore Adagio, Sonata would still be alive. If not for her barren womb Sonata wouldn’t have felt that she had to be a surrogate, if not for her grooming Sonata never would have met her.

“CURSE YOU ADAGIO! WRETCHED WHORE, BANE OF BANES! I…ARIA Inferima, DO HEREBY VOW THAT YOU WILL DIE! LET THIS WORLD ROT, LET THE GODS OF SUN AND MOON, DAWN AND TWILIGHT BECOME MONSTERS FOR I WILL DESTROY YOU AND EVERYTHING YOU HAVE EVER LOVED!”

She wept, clutching the babe to her chest, sobbing out her last promise, “And let this boy, your son, be the blade that carves out your wretched heart.”