** IMPORTANT INFO RE: CAIUS
a study in. the mythological creature, darkened heart, bleeding dry, playing with your food, deep love for one, being alive for too long, removed humanity, joy in torture, the beating heart city below, the devil is not born but becomes, living long enough to see yourself become the villain
full name. patroclus caius
also known as. ---
date of birth. 1227 BCE
age. 3,250 / looks 23
pronouns. he / they
romantic orientation. aromantic
sexual orientation. asexual
occupation. leader of the volturi
species. vampire
birthplace. ancient greece
current home. volterra, italy
nationality. greek but basically italian
ethnicity. hellenes
language(s). italian, greek, english, a mix of other languages picked up in many years of living
significant other. achilles as a human, aro for almost 3,000 years and counting ( @agedrot )
faceclaim. sam reid
biography.
born patroclus to menoetius sometime in the year 1227 bce. yes, he is that patroclus. childhood best friend, confidante, and lover to achilles. after killing another child in a rage, patroclus was sent to live as the squire to achilles -- a child, but already destined to become a great warrior. just as homer suggested, patroclus follows his love to battle, eventually wearing achilles' armor to fight.
and this is where the story gets it wrong.
troy and achilles each want the body of patroclus, but little do they realize there was a man ( his name truly matters not at all ) who wanted it more. patroclus laid dying, but the blade of hector didn't kill the man. instead it was the fangs of a much older battle that took his life. and gave him a new one.
awaking away from the battlefield, patroclus believes this must be the god's realm, only to find out that his warrior's death was pulled away from him with force. he craved the taste of blood from the first moment of his rebirth, and it won't take long for him to become quite vicious.
there was one thing standing in the way of his greatness, and his name was achilles. to truly say goodbye to humanity, patroclus was convinced that his responsibility was to taste the sweetness of the death of love. before he's successful, patroclus does go to achilles in his tent, though it isn't his spirit as they don't have a body. what legend will say is the request for his burial to move on was really patroclus giving himself to achilles one last time.
success would come at the end of the trojan war, in the midst of boisterous celebration. achilles thinks he sees his lost lover in the distance, and follows him off to the woods... where the vampire breaks his perfect skin, and drinks him dry. turns out even a blessing from the river styx couldn't save the greatest warrior man ever knew from something gods should fear.
his maker considered this the moment of rebirth for him and gave him a new name: caius. rejoice.
for the next three hundred years, caius travelled with his maker from place to place, not quite realizing that all his maker had wanted was something vicious to protect him. vicious caius was, but that rage and anger was being used against him. he rattled the bars of his cage loud enough that he was heard by a grotesque angel.
aro came into his life at just the right time. caius was ready to be free of his maker, and aro was there to take his chin between his fingers and tell him that there was beauty waiting for him on the other side. beauty came in the form of rage. rage came in the form of tearing his maker limb from limb as aro stood by watching. covered in blood, caius was glowing with the primal heat of his passion. they kissed and caius has seen no reason to stop since.
there are whispers in the lower ranks of the volturi that caius is just aro's lap dog. he must be under some spell; manipulated into doing aro's biding. but the truth? caius stays at aro's side because it is there he feels most independent. he doesn't power or control -- he just wants to sink his teeth into everything. aro doesn't begrudge his rage, no aro calls it beautiful. for that they earned each other's loyalty.
for nearly three thousand years caius has been by aro's side. bringing out the worst in each other is their best quality. how could aro stay on top if he gave that up? caius maintains the coven and keeps watch over the fledlings. he teaches them how to give in to their nature, and more importantly how to never be someone's lap dog. all they have to do is pledge their loyalty to the coven.
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Fic Tag Game
Tagged by: @wincestation, @realisticintentions, @realmermaid333, @cosmic-lullaby, @suchaladyy, @beri-allen
1. How many works do you have on Ao3?
149
2. What's your Ao3 word count?
361,707 words.
3. What fandoms do you write for?
Wednesday currently. Teen Wolf for six years. Harry Potter, Hannibal, Thorki, Starker, Twilight (Bella/Carlisle and Bella/Aro), The Umbrella Academy (not that i got very far before getting obsessed with wyler), and Madrigalcest (Primarily Brumira)
4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
Overall?
Fuck It (Steter, Teen Wolf, 3,396)
When it Needs Fixing (Steter, Teen Wolf, 3,339)
Hostile Takeover (Steter, Teen Wolf, 2,781)
Absolution (Steter, Teen Wolf, 2,691)
Wandering in the Dark (Steter, Teen Wolf, 2,250)
In Wednesday?
Her Monster (Wyler, 708)
Hold Me Close (Wyler, 593)
Revelations (Wyler, 499)
Warning, She Bites (Wyler, 464)
Impressing Wednesday Addams (Wyler, 387)
5. Do you respond to comments?
Sometimes. I reply when I have something meaningful to add. Otherwise it'd get very repetitive and generic and that kind of soulless connection isn't really the point of this kind of thing. I adore my comments nonetheless and I read them a lot.
6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
Hold on. I gotta skim my list.
update: i do not remember some of these fics or what happened in them
Maybe Modi the Brave (MCU, Thorki). This was an angsty fanfic of a fanfic. There was a happy ending in the original fic, The Rescue by madwriter223
I'm not counting Absolution because it was immediately followed by a sequel. But technically, it did get me the most angry sobbing comments which i treasure to this day.
The Final Straw was angsty but it was also dumb and half-cocked and the closest thing to an embarrassment on this account. It was literally just a half-thought half-scene of my 18yo self's emotional state in 2018 that is very evident that I wrote this angrily in study hall. I wrote a lot of fic in that high school during classes. Like a lot. It was my school computer. I got plenty of use out of it. There was no structure or coherent plot. I didn't even hint at anything deeper to be explored in your own minds. I didn't want to look at it long enough or think about it long enough. I just wanted it out of my head. If I didn't have a strict no deleting my works policy, or hiding from my past art policy, I would probably have deleted it within the week of posting. I do not understand how it has the kudos, subscriptions, and bookmarks that it has. I guess it resonated. Good for y'all. I mean it.
Literally just the entirety of Tyler's Bad Year is meant to be about a very traumatic time in a young man's life and him surviving it. I'm not going to go through them and try to pick out "the worst" one. That's not really the point and it'd be largely subjective.
I'll Eat You Raw has an angsty ending but angstiest? I'm not sure.
I don't write a lot of bad endings. Open endings? sure. Complicated endings? Absolutely. But unhappy endings? No. I don't often have the desire.
7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
Jesus fuck we want to be here all day? Ok lemme look through shit again.
Wandering in the Dark has a whole story behind it. There was actually two versions. Only one was posted to ao3 and is the "canon" version. I wrote this fic for a high school assignment my senior year. We were assigned to pick a chronic disease out of a literal hat, then write a story around it. We had complete creative control so I took that chance to write teen wolf steter fanfic in class and actually have it be on task for once (I got an A in that class btw). The reason my teacher got a dark ending version is because by the time he got back to me on the maximum word count, I'd already finished the canon version and it was way too long. I couldn't trim the fat, so I wrote a different ending to shorten the story. That version is one of the angstier stories I've written. The one posted and linked above, is the very happy by comparison. This fic is also designed to be read by someone who doesn't know shit about teen wolf.
Through Thick and Thin was also extremely happy. As is Her Monster. Benevolent Gods was meant to be very hopeful. The Hale Pack (Undying) was the end to a series that was my baby for a long time . Like long enough you can see my writing evolve as you go. Part one was one of the first things i ever wrote. Like ever. The last part was years later. Jasper was meant to be a very light-hearted, happy story as well. It's extremely sweet and fluffy. You was also very happy and the epilogue cemented that happiness. Warning: She Bites literally had a happy end that unknowingly prevented a main character committing suicide in the near future. Saving lives by being horny. Wednesday Evening, and every installment in that series, is excessively happy as well.
Alright I ran through my list of fics. These were the ones that stood out. There's too many to really commit to one answer tbh. Especially because the way they're happy varies.
8. Do you get hate on fics?
Not really. Or. Well. I'm sure I do. I block antis on sight and I wholly reject purity culture, and I haven't really been the target of a major attack or anything. I don't get as many hateful comments as one might think, and I don't entertain the ones I do get. I've been accused of vile shit of course because of a fic I wrote. I don't remember what fic or even what ship it was for because I don't dwell on them really at all. Aside from that, I get more entitled but probably ignorant to how they come off as entitled comments that aren't really that big a deal. Just a bit of a peeve sometimes. I honestly think the majority of them truly believe it's a kind gesture when they say it.
9. Do you write smut? What kind?
Yeah. You could say that.
What kind? In a word? Intense. I could make a joke or a long elaboration on my niche in hyde sex and whatnot, but at the end of the day, intense. Even my most laid back, domestic, slice of life fics have a sense of intensity to them because otherwise I get bored and it feels soulless and it's just not my writing style.
10. Do you write cross-overs?
When I feel like it. When I have an idea.
11. Have you ever had a fic translated?
Yes! I have a steter fic on a russian fic website that was translated years ago. I have no idea which it was or if it's still there. Wait! I might remember. Yeah no. I don't remember. It wasn't the one I thought of.
12. Have you ever cowritten a fic before?
No. I've started to outline one before but it went nowhere and we both forgot about it.
13. What WIP you would like to finish, but doubt you ever will?
Harry Potter and the Night that Changed Everything.
I had a whole novel basically planned for it. Writing Bellatrix and a Harry who was raised by Bellatrix took a lot out of me emotionally, and I lost steam.
Also, a Bella Swan/Marcus Vulturi fic that i also had a novel length plot planned out, wrote three chapters for, and then lost steam when I left the fandom due to getting the life sucked out of me by a bunch of toxic people in the fandom killing my joy. Those chapters are just collecting dust in my files right now. I'd like to go back to it one day and finish it in some form or another. Maybe it's original enough I could actually just write an original novel out of the scraps I already have. Actually, to be honest, it is probably original enough that I could write it as an original story. There is not a lot of Twilight there that is necessary to the story and can easily be written out. Something to think about maybe. Ironically not the first prompt I thought up initially for Twilight that I then realized nothing about Twilight was necessary for the idea I had, and I just wrote it without Bella entirely. This is how my original zombie novel started and then immediately evolved into an entirely different thing that has nothing to do w Twilight. Like literally nothing. I had to work to put the Twilight into that one. Not the other way around.
14. What's your all-time favourite ship?
wyler (steter and tomarry honorary).
15. What are your writing strengths?
Dialogue and characterization
16. What are your writing weaknesses?
pacing. movement heavy scenes. Longer projects if only because I have less practice at them.
17. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?
Yeah. If it fits, I'll write it. I won't pretend to be fluent, but I'll do my best. Probably won't do anything too complicated for the sake of realism of my abilities. Especially if it's not Spanish which I at least have spent time trying to learn.
18. First fandom you wrote for?
Teen Wolf
19. Favourite fic you've ever written?
Listen...
We've established how well I am at picking one end all number one.
Fuck ok. back to the list.
Water of the Womb was one I was planning to write for almost a year and it turned out pretty good I think. Actually no.
No. It's not a fic that's been posted yet.
I think the favorite fic I've ever written is I Bit Him So He's Mine. it's my "Wednesday is a Hyde season one rewrite au". It's my first novel that is more than just a future novel. It's hit 40k and I have to start Act 2 still. It's my first proper murder mystery where the mystery is the primary plot equal to the romance. I've had a lot of fun with it, I've put my heart and soul into it, and I really look forward to calling it ready to post. Once it's done, you guys are getting regular updates for a long time.
20. What fic would you want to rewrite one day?
Out of the Fire haunts me. It was a lesson to learn. I had the desire to write a steter/hannigram crossover and zero plan of any kind outside that. It crashed and burned because I only had a first chapter in me. I recently met a local and successful author who recognized my ao3 username because of this fic and remembered me years later enough to compliment my writing (I cannot express how much that meant to me). Wait no that might have been Mark of an Angel which also haunts me, but I didn't have zero plan. I had almost no plan, and lost steam when I hit a creative block at a bad time. Normally, I'd have just sat down and workshopped a starter outline and wrote myself out of that block, but I lost steam so I never did. Different deal. Not as impactful in my creative journey. Out of the Fire, however, was very important to me because of why it failed, and remains very influential with every new project I start. Actually rewriting/finishing that project would be a defining moment for me as a writer, I think. At least to me personally.
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- 𝖥𝗈𝗋𝗆𝖾𝗋𝗅𝗒 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐𝗇: 𝗆𝗋𝗌-𝗌𝖺𝗄𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗍𝖺 -
𝘖𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘐 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘵.
𝘎𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘦! 𝘓𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵~
𝘼𝙜𝙚
20.
𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙨 & 𝙎𝙚𝙭𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮
They/Them - Pansexual
𝙕𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙘 𝙎𝙞𝙜𝙣
Libra
𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨
English & Dyslexia
𝙃𝙤𝙜𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚
Ravenclaw
𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙄 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜?
8 Years (On other platforms)
𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚
Music, Cats, People commenting and loving my work
𝙃𝙖𝙩𝙚
Doubting my writing, Loud things, Writing series cause I beat myself up over it (But I don't mind)
𝙁𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙨:
𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙧- Yellow (My room does not reflect. lol)
𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙬- NBC Hannibal, Adventure time, Steven Universe
𝙈𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙚- Twilight Movies
𝘼𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙚- Yuri on Ice!
𝙎𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣- Spring & Winter
𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙮- Indigenous Day
𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩- Lana del rey, Mitski, Ghost, Girl in red
𝙎𝙤𝙣𝙜- Jealous girl by Lana del rey
𝙆𝙥𝙤𝙥 𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥- BTS (They were my first but I'm also a multi!)
𝙈𝙮 𝙈𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙋𝙤𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧
𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙋𝙤𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙋𝙤𝙨𝙩 (2021-2023): Volturi King Sleep Headcanon Volturi Kings
(This was my first post to blow up, and I thought of it while trying to go to bed. I had fun writing it, but seeing the love for it is still amazing. Thank you!) 3rd most popular
𝙈𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙋𝙤𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧 (2023-): Love what's yours Eddie Brock & Venom
(I still remember the time I wrote this. I wish I could go back, as it was a good time for me. Everything was not doing anything; it was great! Thank you so much for the love for these two!) 1st most popular
𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙈𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙋𝙤𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧 (2023-): MHA Heroes Headcanon MHA Heroes
(All I can say is that I was thirsty for something like this, but on a different character, so I just made it, but on MHA heroes. Thank you once again for the love!) 2nd most popular
𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨
Everyone on this 𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧��𝙞𝙨𝙩. I write characters that I feel strongly about or are requested like 𝙊𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙍𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙢 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨, but I'll put my top 10 if you were curious. With reasoning.
1. 𝙎𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙮 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙞 - Especially when he was detective cause he was so much softer personality wise.
2. 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙡𝙚 𝘾𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣 - DILF.
3. 𝙀𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙚 𝘽𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙠 & 𝙑𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙢 - These two are just prefect, they balance each other out.
4. 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙨 𝙃𝙚𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙩 - Big thick softy, I don't need to explain anymore.
5. 𝙃𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝘼𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 - Grumpy and cute.
6. 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙚 - Thick.
7. 𝙎𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙪𝙨 𝙎𝙣𝙖𝙥𝙚 - Dark and Sassy.
8. 𝘼𝙡𝙛𝙞𝙚 𝙎𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨 - Love this man's mind and babbling.
9. 𝙏𝙤𝙣𝙮 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙠 - Everything. Also his eyes.
10. 𝘽𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙚 𝘽𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧 - Cute doctor that needs a hug.
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