#can't help but cameo benji can i?

[faerywhimsy]

Day 6 - Bless this love that heals me

It didn’t occur to Daniel that Lestat would send word back of the news that Marius had been found. That all of them had been found and alive. It didn’t occur to him, because Lestat didn’t send the thought back to him.

Only later would Armand let him know of the word Lestat had sent back to him, the news along with Lestat’s love.

Word Armand had then shared with Benji and Sybelle, still in his apartment with him.

Benji shared the news more widely while Sybelle continued to share space and privacy with Armand. Daniel only knew about any of it when others in the blood began to join him on the terrace, filling as well the salons and the ballroom.

“What is it?” Daniel asked to no one in particular, feeling lost among the sudden swell of a growing crowd.

Somehow, Benji managed to make his way through that crowd and to Daniel’s side, that familiar fedora perched atop his head. No amount of any number of vampires telling him that a gentleman didn’t wear a hat inside had ever convinced him to remove it.

Daniel’s expression was still confused, though he’d heard Lestat’s name mentioned several times. Louis’ as well.

“He found them,��� Benji told Daniel, eyes shining.

“He…” Daniel trailed off, barely daring to hope. It was a completely different thing, as it turned out, believing someone was still alive versus having the confirmation of it.

“Alive!” Benji spoke the word, and Daniel just about thought his heart was gonna give out. He clutched a hand to his chest, just in case. “Lestat’s bringing them home now.”

Daniel felt his heart lift from his chest in the direction of his throat in time with his sharp exhale. He didn’t have anything to say, just, sometimes still when he was surprised, he would gasp in a breath. Marius had told him the habit would probably die away by his first century in the blood.

Marius.

Daniel looked away from Benji and towards the night sky in the direction so many others on the terrace were staring. How did they know which direction they were coming back in? Had Lestat also given that information when he informed others he was about to return?

Then, there. Daniel saw a vertical shape in the sky, and another one next to it, and another. They were still too far for Daniel to make out any features, but nothing human and nothing else could be mistaken for a vampire utilising the Cloud Gift. Especially not several of them flying towards Auvergne in a pack.

Lestat was the first one Daniel could recognise the face of. Maybe he moved faster than the others – or the others simply let him lead in deference to their Prince. In his arms was Louis. Lestat was gazing forward, as though checking their direction, or the number of his adoring fans, but Louis only had eyes for Lestat as he looked up to his husband’s face. Reunited again.

Daniel’s eyes moved from them to the person he next made out to the right of Lestat. Gregory. He too was carrying someone, and that was the one his eyes begged to see.

Marius.

Daniel would have stepped forward automatically then, with nowhere to go but down to the grounds if he didn’t gather himself for the Cloud Gift soon enough. It was still unpredictable in its use. Thankfully, the stone barrier of the terrace stopped Daniel from moving forward more than a step.

But his heart beat towards Gregory and Marius, moving ever closer towards him and the Château. Marius was clear eyed, and Daniel knew the exact moment Marius caught sight of him there against the barrier, for he shifted himself straighter in Gregory’s hold.

He then shared a quick word with Gregory, and Daniel could see the older vampire shaking his head at whatever Marius had to say.

When he glanced Daniel’s way again, Daniel was overwhelmed by the extremity and the number of emotions that took him. Fear, which he hadn’t allowed himself to feel since Marius had been taken. It overflowed in him now, causing him to gasp at breaths and feel unsteady. Relief, because he was there, Marius was there, right in front of him, alive and alive! Panicked, because Armand wasn’t here, and Armand should have been here for the reunion of all of them. It was important, and Daniel knew it. Impatience, because he both wanted and needed to be in Marius’ arms right then and this seemed like the slowest he had ever seen vampires move with the Cloud Gift.

And then Gregory was setting Marius down on the terrace, the rest of the crowd having stepped back to accommodate them, Lestat and Louis, and all the others. Gabrielle was there too, Daniel noted passively, but it was a stretch for him to look at anyone other than Marius.

He looked exactly as he had the night he had left. The dark red velvet robe he’d been in the night he was taken remained the same, only perhaps slightly more dusty. Daniel flung himself at him, not even pausing to consider whether Marius would be strong enough to catch him after his ordeal.

Of course he caught him. Caught him and held him tight in his large arms, laughing softly into Daniel’s ear as they just held each other until Daniel was ready to be let go.

[meraki-yao]

To bring some joy back and because I'm on the crossover ship train now I found this post on Little Red Book that summarizes Taylor's characters so far

Translation of the caption :

It's so hard to get a cross over ship, can the other five guys help out Marco?

I summarized TZP's characters. Didn't put ACD in.

Discussion Poll: you would you choose for a cross-over ship? (asides from Marco)

We've got Dustin (1Up), Shane (Minx), Noah (Embeds), Benji (iCarly), Zach (12 Deadly Days), and of course the lovely Marco (The Kissing Booth 2 & 3)

Then there's these two gem of a comment

Translation with notes in brackets because I can't find perfect words for some more colloquial words used:

For me: Marco and Tom, the idiot (affectionate) firefighter Shane with hot girl (please don't question it) violinist Johnnie, if Dustin gets Hexed by Timmy's witch friends (word use is specifically used to describe female best friends, like the kinds that are more or less sisters) they can pair up as well, Noah the reporter with titty (oh God but yeah that's the word) farm boy Mark, Ari the nurse with Luke who's suffering from a leg injury, and the rest are still figuring it out on blind dates

Translation with notes in brackets because I can't find perfect words for some more colloquial words used:

Marco and Tom is a common pair (it's the most popular crossover ship in the Chinese RWRB fandom); and Dustin that asshole can get with Jeff, Noah looks like he belongs to a mob, he can get with that kid who got paid 500 quid (Angelo, Nick's cameo in Legacy); Benji and Luke can do a genderswapped version (I have no fucking clue what that means); Zach died too quickly so I can't think of anything for him; Shane? Who the fuck is that? I don't know him! Just joking (doge meme) haha but seriously this long-hair hairstyle is entirely dependent on his abs (...that's the best I can do but basically they don't like Shane's long hair on Taylor); Nick still has Johnnie, Prince Robert from Cinderella, Elliot from Chambers to choose from... Maybe idiotic(affectionate) Shane with Prince dumbass? Now that's a Cinderella story

Yeah I don't know if I have a point here but yeah lmao

I'm still undecided about who I'm gonna pair Marco with in my Taylor Nick variant crossover iPartment rom-com lol

Oh also for some reason Benji's winning the poll

[chuplayswithfire]

This may be random but I'm so curious as to who you think which historical figure, pirate or otherwise, should appear in s2 whether as a cameo or to join the cast (and who they're played by). Love your meta!!

I have 0 ability to say who anyone should be played by, because, I am,,, famously horrible at all things related to remembering what people look like, unfortunately. Not faceblind per se, but because I have a 0 on my visualization score, I can almost never connect a name to a face (or voice for that matter) when it comes to picturing famous people outside of the context of a specific film, song, or property.

To drag myself on this one, lmao, I once watched the vast majority of the film Dream Girls which very famously features Beyonce and told my friends "that actress sounds familiar" after a song, to which they both paused the movie, turned to face me, and said "You mean *Beyonce*?" while I stared at them in confusion.

SO I can't imagine who any character should ever be played by, *but*, I would love to see Calico Jack style cameos of Benjamin Hornigold in season 2, as well as Anne Bonny and Mary Read. I think Hornigold is most likely, because he's already been mentioned before and because Ed is in a dark place, so I think it's very likely that we'll see more flashbacks to his past, and if he's trying to be this mix of the old Blackbeard and the Kraken, I think he's most likely to reflect on the person who taught him to be a pirate, and that's good ol' Benjy.

And I want Anne Bonny and Mary Read because I think they should be more of Ed's old friends, they should imply that a foursome happened (and Stede should be both terribly jealous and horrified because *you two also slept with Calico Jack? Even with the weird mustache*?). I don't imagine the cast will be growing much more with like, like, permanent members than it is now, but side characters who drop in and help or hinder the crew would be great, and I think Anne and Mary would be fun.

[acaciapines]

Hello again :)

I'm feeling much better than yesterday, which means you get a properly formatted ask! Yay!

I have been a bit busy churning out scenes on Gktb, which means that I unfortunately haven't read chapter 2 of your wonderful fic yet but I will get right on that as soon as this ask is sent, I promise. The sneakpeek really was exciting :)

I - need some help? In Gktb I've decided that snakes use scent-terms instead of names, so I came up with scent-terms for Asriel (Horns-Curling-Towards-The-Sky) and Kris (Soul-That-Matches-Family) but I can't actually think of a fitting one for Harry himself? I tried Egg-From-Unknown-Nest but that wouldn't gel properly in my head since he doesn't really care where he comes from so I tried Loved-By-Dam-And-Sire but that doesn't quite work either i think, please help?? If you were a snake what would you call a goat that can snakespeak I need to know

Gal and I say hi to the cast! Hey, what's all of your favourite fruits? I've said mine I think but Gal like mulberries more than anything. We're curious to know about you lot!

Thank you for posting the second chapter! Please remember to eat + drink something nice and take care of yourself! You've earned a break :) This has been a Daily Interaction Ask!

the sneakpeak really doesnt prepare for whats coming next nkgdfg but everything else is. yknow. either needs context or it spoiled my fun cameo characters.

ooh i love giving different animals different ways of seeing the world--10/10 for snakes having scent-names. that's very fun. and hmmmmm for a name maybe something like 'weird-smelling-snake?' bc if he can snakespeak i think if i were a snake i'd just assume he was a snake, too--just one that smells weird. what do goats smell like. 'snake-of-higher-ground' as a reference to cliffs maybe?

fruits! we have:

ada: i like grapefruits. i never eat grapefruit because cady hates them and let me be honest here, i do as well. but there is something about grapefruit that is alluring. it calls to me. sometimes we see dried grapefruit and i want to get it so badly. oh once we had dried pineapple that was pretty good. yknow what im going with any and all dried fruits. just for fun.

benji: ummm i dont know! i guess i like most fruits? pineapple is fun until the stinging gets annoying.

c: Apples. But only the crisp, fresh ones. Otherwise, I do not bother.

i have earned a break, i say, writing 3.5k words on my naddpod daemon au dfnkjfg. but thank you! i hope you like the chapter <3