#but the Day was busy+

[see-arcane]

Re: Carmilla, Episode 11, The Story THOUGHTS

Ohhhh, this one was tasty. Just as an overall note: the storytelling cadence from Burgon and the ambient background were perfect in framing the whole thing. It sounded so plush--give or take the machinations of 'Millarca' and company

in the tone of an old friend, and calling me by my name, opened a conversation with me, which piqued my curiosity a good deal. She referred to many scenes where she had met me—at Court, and at distinguished houses. She alluded to little incidents which I had long ceased to think of, but which, I found, had only lain in abeyance in my memory, for they instantly started into life at her touch

Something is up with Millie's 'mother.' She can't just be an uncannily good performer--though she obviously is--because she has names, places, and events backlogged to mislead her target. Either she's a literal mind reader or Millie is and the murmured conversation before Mama starts acting was her passing useful information along.

I never saw anyone more taken with another at first sight, unless, indeed, it was the stranger herself, who seemed quite to have lost her heart to her.

^^^ This line is what grudgingly makes me give our future meeting with a certain golden-spectacled eleventh hour visitor a little leeway. We're coming up on a chapter where it will be stated that vampires, Carmilla included, are wont to put on a performance of romance and courtship while only wanting to dine and dash. To that assumption's credit, the General's experience does paint Millie in exactly that light. Because Carmilla, by choice or by craving, absolutely puts an act on for Bertha. Not to the level that we've seen her genuinely fixate on Laura, replete with plans to run away with her, but Millie is very much a Casanova. She does charm, seduce, drink, and move on to the next victim.

That isn't to say the assumption holds for her relationship with Laura, or even that the assumption is correct for every type of vampire, but. Yeah. Carmilla is a heartbreaker and a life taker and, leaving aside the eyeroll-inducing 'eVil LeSbIaN aFtEr YoUr DaUgHtEr!!1!' nonsense, she is very much the same kind of hunter as Lord Ruthven, if not nearly as sadistic. She's out here wooing pretty and virtuous young things until she gets what she wants and then she's out of there. RIP.

“I spent the interval in cudgeling my brains for a conjecture as to the identity of the lady who seemed to remember me so kindly,

(vibrating in Jonathan Harker) CUDGELING BRAINS QUOTE SPOTTED!! oh yeah and also

a gentleman, dressed in black, who looked particularly elegant and distinguished, with this drawback, that his face was the most deadly pale I ever saw, except in death. He was in no masquerade—in the plain evening dress of a gentleman; and he said, without a smile, but with a courtly and unusually low bow:— “‘Will Madame la Comtesse permit me to say a very few words which may interest her?’

Wait. Who are you?

“And with this injunction, playfully given, she walked a little aside with the gentleman in black, and talked for some minutes, apparently very earnestly.

About what? Who is this??

But at this moment she returned, accompanied by the pale man in black, who said: “‘I shall return and inform Madame la Comtesse when her carriage is at the door.’ He withdrew with a bow.”

WHO IS THIS WHO ARE ANY OF YOU MYSTERIOUS CARMILLA CREW

Really though, I wonder. I've seen a lot of theories about how the Comtesse might/must be Millie's real actual vampire mom or at least her sire, but that's never clicked with me, especially considering the Lore (tm) we unearth later. I'm more and more certain that her entourage has to land on one side of the coin or the other:

A) They're all vampires, or at least being steered by a main sire who parses everyone out in a new hunting territory.

B) Carmilla is the leader, coordinating a human crew's actions to plant herself near a desired target. Either she's paying them or coercing them. Because if this was truly a family affair, I'd have to wonder just why (SPOILERS) they all keep their distance and piss off into the horizon when [REDACTED] finally puts Carmilla in peril and puts her down.* If any of the crew are actually attached via love, where the hell will they be when Millie needs them?

ANYWAY

11/10 I am craving the next chapter

[crowcrate]

Kinda wanna do more characters in this style it’s so silly and fun

Edit: And i did :)

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[jurisffiction]

if tumblr ever does die, it's easy. if we were mutuals and had spoken before, contact me through discord dm or any of the surviving empire routes (messenger, instagram, whatsapp, imessage). if those are down or you never got my details but you do know my government name and location, send a letter to the general post office of my capital city. if we weren't mutuals or you don't know those details, leave a note in the comments section of my least-played amv on youtube like they did with historical ledgers on the walls of stores in pompeii. if youtube is down, pull out any bad screenshots of my posts (or fabricate some) and make some noise on r/HobbyDrama. if reddit is down, create an rpf tag on ao3 for my online persona and write your message into the fabric of a story. if ao3 is down, the discussion page for the wikimedia file upload of the largest scan of Landscape with the Fall of Icarus. if wikimedia is down, forums.whirlpool.net.au. if the internet is down we have no further business with each other

[eriochromatic]

blue, like the rooftops of the city over yonder blue, like the ghosts of brothers long gone

blue, like the crystalized hope of tomorrow blue, like my hair he'd braid gently when long

blue, like the ocean that drowned all my sorrows blue, like the smoke of my sister's last song

Day 8: Blue

[mouse-doubleo100]

poe poe: its impossible for anyone to leave exile, theres simply no way it can be done

cleo:

[thought-begone]

They had us watching lesbian sex and gay suicide back to back huh

[ardri-na-bpiteog]

Also increasingly aware that a LOT of people "manage" getting through the 40+ hour work week by sleeping less than is healthy and relying on stimulants like coffee and energy drinks to keep them going.

For people who are unwilling or unable to do this...work really does just dominate your life. Like we really should not have to rely on unhealthy practices just to have a social life or keep on top of housework or whatever.

I know I post about this a lot but I'm so TIRED all the time and it's just so depressing that this is how we're expected to spend the one life we have.

[frenchublog]

[stevenrogered]

I know this whole thing between us has been messy and hard, and both of us could have handled it a little bit better.

[ionomycin]

hunters

[lee-romee]

this is a great time of year to buy from native stores or donate to native organizations. you can figure out who's land you're on here, and below i've listed some (of many) businesses you can support ♡

B.Yellowtail --- jewlery, clothing, and home goods designed by Bethany Yellowtail, citizen of the Northern Cheyenne Nation and from the Apsáalooke (Crow) Nation

Cheekbone Beauty --- sustainable, low-waste beauty products from Jenn Harper, an Anishinaabe artist based in Canada

Trickster --- atheletic products from Tlingit and Deg Hit’an Athabascan siblings (Alaska)

NativeHumboldt on Etsy --- the artist, Shayna McCullough, and their fiancé make designs inspired by traditional designs from their culture; she is from the Yurok tribe and descended from the Hupa, Karuk, Redwood Creek, Pit River, Yuki, Wintun, Pomo (tribes in California), and Chetco tribe (in Oregon)

OklahomaThirtyNine on Etsy --- they mostly sell beaded work, particularly earrings, as well as some necklaces

xBeadsByMandyx on Etsy --- handmade beaded earrings, from a Cherokee veteran

food products, from wine to sauces to teas to mixes to fish to jerky and nuts, sorted by store with details beside each store

[candyguts336]

I really just can't wait for the next update, it gave me the enough boost to doodle some more!🌷🌈

[sunsestart]

My only offering this year for let Papyrus say fuck day

[ruporas]

PUNISHER [id in alt]

[honeyed-ghost]

Back at home my wife awaits for me.

She’s my everything.

My Penelope.

Based on Paolo e Virginia by Alessandro Puttinati.