#comte route preview

[noirsariel]

I’m back! okay so!

Lucifer, I play OM on and off because phone storage but I have seen growth throughout the story and I like. Yeah he comes off as controlling... but It’s noticeable that it comes from a place of love, even if his brothers can be annoyed by it times in the end they also know deep down its care. As you mention he is the demon of pride so he’s always going to have certain traits but it’s good to see that despite there is still growth of the character. I think from obey me my 2 favorites have always been Satan & Lucifer.

Sariel! This man… when I started playing all the Rhodolite characters were already available, including Rio. I had no concept that certain routes were supposed to be done first so I picked the one that seemed the interesting after reading the previews, Sariel immediately caught my attention and I don’t regret starting with him. I like his personality a lot and I did notice that it’s hard for him to let go and relax and the self-sacrificing part you mentioned but that’s due to his past�� These were things about him that I felt I could relate to. And of course seeing him in other routes and story events is always entertaining. I love his interactions with Clavis and his relationship with the twins is very sweet. I also have a soft spot for his relationship with Jin. It’s so adorable to see that they just sit and drink to chit chat about the rest of the princes, they’re lots of love and care from both them, they’re always watching out for the guys 🥹 anyway, I also really love his character. Him, Silvio, and Keith are my top 3 from IkePri

Faust… 🙂‍↕️🫶🏻 he’s so… like… everything you said and I adore him 🤭 I liked him a lot in his route because I got to know him but then I read Charles route and it made me like him more. I know the route isn’t about him but the times he comes out I liked it. Despite the way he initially comes off, in his own way he cares for the people around him. Also I love that he’s a Priest but has his interesting relationship with God 😂 Faust, Comte, & Mozart are my 3 favorites of IkeVamp

Oh sweet Liam 🥺🫶🏻… from the routes currently available Liam is my favorite. From story events I’ve noticed I enjoy Jude, Roger, & Ellis as well, actually Ellis also scares me a bit so he’s in an awkward spot for me😂 anyway, Liam! I’m currently on my 2nd read of his route and gosh I just want to hold him close and reassure him. I enjoyed his route overall, It’s clear he’s trying really hard to deal with his demons and I love that growth in him. He’s a fun character, at times his flirting makes me malfunction but it’s fine 😂 he’s great 🫶🏻

YEAAH! I've been looking forward to this!

See, now Satan was a character I seriously overlooked in Obey Me Classic because like he was always coming off as one dimensional to me at first. He's angry, he likes cats, he likes to read, cool. Big mistake on my part and Nightbringer really made that come to light. I am glacial at these games so I am currently at the part where Raphael made the offer for the brothers to come back without Satan and man. Seeing him become more well mannered, more involved, more loved by his brothers made me appreciate him a lot more!

Funny enough, my first route was Clavis! I like him still, but by the end of the day, Jin and Sariel just rank higher with me.

And I am SO glad you mentioned their relationship! I think it's because a lot of folks don't play Jin's route (which, fair, I know he is not well loved in the community). I think because they're so similar in age that their relationship is so different versus Sariel's relationships with the other brothers.

It's interesting how Sariel purposefully ignores half of the things Jin does so he could help keep Rhodolite safe, even if it is stuff the public would not approve of (such as secretly giving aid to Obsidian soldiers so they don't die). It's interesting and I never see it talked about! Maybe I'll have to go through Jin's route again and start sharing it.

Faust's complicated relationship with faith is also another reason why I ended up picking him up. I have my own complications with Christianity before we even touch my actual faith. It's interesting to see how he navigates his role as a priest who does believe in God, but not in this benevolent "God loves you as you are" kind of way. There is an anger there that is so fascinating to pick apart. Ngl his line about tasting Jesus' blood also made me 100% more interested in him from the word go. It was just "YEAH MAN? WOULD YOU LIKE TO ELABORATE ON THAT???"

As for Liam, ugh I'm so excited to read his route again after I finish Harry's. Ellis though is a fascinating character. I think if I found him a few years ago, I might have been more interested in him than anyone else, but idk we get older and tastes change. I love how he plays off of Jude so much, he's such a fun character, just not one that I would want to personally date, if that makes sense?

[weirdwriter69]

Master Playlist Post

Here is a gift I would like to give the whole Ikemen Vampire fandom. I made playlists from all the suitors currently available in the English release of Ikemen Vampire. In each playlist, I took in account their route, backstory, personality, and the overall atmosphere the suitor has. I did my best to include a wide range of genres; however, most of the bands in them are labeled as rock or indie music. I will continue to update the playlists as I find more songs. Please let me know what you think! I hope y'all enjoy these playlists as much as I did making them!

(Tumblr won't let me show more than ten of the Spotify previews, so I did hyperlinks.)

Arthur's Playlist: A combination of punk rock and rock swing music to capture his inner turmoil and how he hides his pain behind alcohol and women.

Shakespeare's Playlist: A wild mixture of music across different genres to capture how Shakespeare wears many masks and his conflicted feelings about working for Vlad. (Ranges from Heavy Metal to Indie)

Dazai's Playlist: A whiplash clash of joyful music with sad undertones along with sad music with happy undertones. Dazai tries to play the role of the clown, but he knows more than he lets on. (Genre: They Might Be Giants is the best way to describe it)

Faust's Playlist: He questions his belief in God and the loyalty he has towards science while he tortures MC for the sake of love and pleasure (Rock with subcategories like Soft Rock and Sound Rock)

Charles' Playlist: He wants to know what love is, and he is willing to do anything for you despite all the pain of his self sacrifices. (Majority Rock)

Isaac's Playlist: He wants to be close to you, but he fears what would happen if he lets himself go. (Soft Rock with Indie)

Vlad's Playlist: He admires humanity, but his flawed love leads him to taking the moral high ground. (Metal & Rock)

Comte's Playlist: An immoral vampire who plays all as a noble, but who is he outside of the social gatherings? (Rock and Indie - There is a special easter egg in this playlist :3)

Jean's Playlist: Fighting with his vampiric self, he struggles to push for the next day. (Majority Indie)

Theo's Playlist: Passion for protecting the arts and rage blends to form the man before you; however, he has a soft spot for sweets and his brother. (Majority Rock)

Leonardo's Playlist: He likes to nap and keep an eye on the mansion, but just who is he? (Indie)

Vincent's Playlist: The happy angel finds himself unable to cry despite all the horrors he has witnessed. (Indie) Sebastian's Playlist: The only other human in the mansion is obsessed with the historical figures surrounding him. but he refuses to admit that he can more than just a mere background character. (Rock and Indie)

Mozart's Playlist: You disgust him at first, but the cold musician will warm up to you eventually. (Rock, Indie with some classical)

Napoleon's Playlist: He isn't sure why he came back as a vampire; however, as the first person you met as the mansion, he will keep you safe as he battles his inner demons. (Rock) Whew, thank you so much for looking at all these playlist. Please let me know what you think and how well they fit the suitors! Tagging those who seemed interested: @kissmetwicekissmedeadly @koco-coko @eyebagtree @olivermorningstar @yanderepuck @namine-somebodies-nobody

[edgarbright]

Ikemen Vampire Main Route // Charles chapter 23 thoughts

tl;dr Charles and his story are driving me insane and I love it so much

CHARLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Holy shi-- That scene in the church was SO GOOD, FULL COURSE MEAL, PERFECT BAD-END TYPE OF CONTENT, I GOT TEARS IN MY EYES.

I was ready to murder Vlad if it turned out to JUST be a dream lol (MC's reaction and response at the end were so on point so thank you, girl.) I hadn't completely forgotten that moment two chapters ago between MC and Vlad before she suddenly woke up in the mansion (I am an Ikerev Loki gal, after all, so this isn't my first fake reality rodeo) but the church scene was so good it kind of pushed that moment to the back of my mind.

Because at the same time, I remembered the preview trailer where they showed Charles's CG of him bleeding out in the church while the voice over had him apologizing for his crimes and for being born. I thought this was going to be the moment.

So the MC and I were both in denial that he was dead while she feels his body going cold in her arms :')

And all the while MC is talking about the things Charles wasn't able to experience, like seeing the sunrise over the ocean, and that she needed to keep her promise with him. She asks Le Comte to bring Charles back.

Cue me nodding my head and getting intrigued at the idea of Charles being freed from the Cult of Vlad (affectionate) and getting to live the idle, wealthy lifestyle of one of le Comte's collection.

Except le Comte says he can't, he can't, because he can't sense any desire to live coming from Charles. (And the way le Comte said it breaks my heart because you could tell he regretted being unable to help.)

At last, after trying so hard, Charles had truly and utterly given up on everything. And he did it in the most horribly perfect way: as the God of Death, as a man who had experience executing thousands of people with both axe and guillotine, he killed himself with one perfect strike.

(And while I greatly appreciate the fact Cybird acknowledged his expertise to let him die with such quick precision, insert a hundred more pictures of the crying hamster here because my heart is broken!!!)

Fun fact: between Ikevamp and Ikevil, this is the third route in a row that I've read that has dealt with a suicidal Love Interest (which, hello, Cybird, that is a wild stat??? why do you have so many LI like this??) At this point in the story, however, I feel like Charles has the route that has best handled the topic in a narrative-rich and nuanced way.

Charles is so incredibly tragic and real that he's looking for hope to the point of endangering himself. He's sweet and funny and wildly friendly. He's also drowning in his tragedy and so he clings to people who might save him, such as Vlad, someone he even calls a God, someone who promises him a better world, a world where he doesn't have to experience the things that hurt him, a world where he can be happy and loved and accepted. I was thoroughly entranced in the scene where MC gets kidnapped (at last lol) and she sees how easily Charles defaults his will away to Vlad. Even though Charles asks questions several times which show his hesitancy and doubts, it becomes clear he isn't seeking truth. What he really wants are reassurances that this is right, that this is OK, that he's not making a mistake.

(He is an executioner through and through: someone else makes the choice for him. It's not his place to judge or decide.)

But in this way, Charles is just so wildly victim-coded to me in that I can clearly see him accepting abuse if it were called by any other name. When he speaks of his house calls, when he offers to let MC do anything--anything!--she wants to him, when we witness the group of men he lets beat him up (because he could have kept his truth without letting them abuse him), I dread to think what violence has been done to him in the dark streets of Paris that he has accepted in the past under the guise of the word love.

So the fact chapter 22 and 23 showed Charles realizing the solution to all his moral and ethical and emotional turmoil is to stop struggling and die, and that the story actually lets him succeed--albeit in a "highly possible future" scenario that Vlad reinforces will surely come to pass again at some point--hurt me in the best kind of way and I'm looking forward to how this route ends.

But Charles's highly probable suicide also brings up the question of why did Vlad pick Charles, of all people, to bring back as a vampire? Was Charles simply an ideal follower? Because the the key promise Vlad makes with Charles seems to make Charles somewhat useless for his plans: Charles won't have to kill anyone. What use is a perfect executioner who refuses to raise the sword?

The dynamic of Vlad, Faust, and Charles is wonderful though and I hope Vlad gives us a straight answer for the reason of his original experiment of MC teaching Charles love.

(Maybe helping Charles was Vlad's true experiment all along.)

[iphigeniainaulis]

That’s why Mrs. O reviews are so good. They are detailed but never overdecorated with words. While the former should give enough food for thought, the latter may leave readers with a feeling that there’s nothing more to expect from the story. 

If I may add, Galileo’s preview is indeed a pleasant surprise as it raises hopes of Ikevamp’s writing Renaissance. The symbolism behind the choice of flowers is so poetic and clever if we dig a little deeper into the meaning of helichrysum.

In ancient Greece there were numerous legends about strawflowers. They were woven into crowns of Apollo and Athena statues to represent their immortality. Nausikaa used helichrysum essence to remain eternally beautiful. The myths, however, called helichrysum the ‘sun flower’, for it was ‘as powerful as the Sun and as valuable as gold’. And this is such a brilliant reference to Galileo who spent his life defending Copernican heliocentrism and solar rotation. E pur si muove. And yet it moves. The Sun was Galileo’s life, and it was his death as well. 

Another interesting thing to mention, in my country we call this flower ‘bessmertnik’, the rough translation of which would be eternal flower. And the first thing that comes to my mind is how Vlad and Comte view themselves and other vampires as flowers that never wilt. Interpreting Helichrysum as the allegory of the vampire world can be further proved by Galileo himself, when he says that 

These white ones came as a fluke from a university cultivation program, not the color they wanted at all. 

Probably, it’s me overthinking things, but I get strong ‘vampire symbolism’ vibes from this sentence. As it’s heavily implied in the game lore, vampirism is not something all the residents are proud of. Most of them, if not all, view their revival as a sacrifice and a sin rather than a happy coincidence. This is something they didn’t want to become but had no choice to avoid because of destiny and an unfinished goal everyone of them had to accomplish. In some way, lesser vampires are indeed an unnatural mutation that was never meant to occur if not for *cough* a squabble between two old friends. 

The question is why Galileo identifies himself with this flower? 

To begin with, we aren’t even sure whether Galileo is a vampire or not. Of course, there are some posters where he is depicted with blood covering the corners of his mouth, but I wouldn’t base my opinion solely on those images. After all, Sebastian route contained the same image of him acting as a vampire although it..let’s say, it was a little bit different for the butler.

But since we see Galileo emphasising with the vampire flower, it’s not unreasonable to assume that he does have something in common with them. 

As of now, we haven’t really learned a lot about misalliances among the purebloods. Even if one of Galileo’s parents was a pureblood and the other one - mortal, I doubt that it could lead to numerous variations in terms of vampire genetics. 

Pureblood blood is extremely powerful. Therefore, it can possibly overshadow human one, thus leading to a child being born as a pureblood vampire. Another option - he becomes a dhampir but with a much longer lifespan than lesser vampires have. And here I use the dhampir term in its original way of describing a baby of a vampire and a human. Why? Because Ikevamp messes with terms a lot, therefore dhampires in the game are actually way weaker than lesser vampires (beginning of Napoleon's route). They are more ‘human’ in terms of their habits and basic needs (especially food), their life span is shorter, but they can go through transition into lessers if they drink enough blood. 

The most intriguing part here is Galileo assumingly serving as a vampire hunter (kudos to game designers who firstly blew my mind with the moon symbolism of the evil trio and now do this with Galileo and Drake costume design).

Why would he do that, if he is a vampire himself?

To my knowledge, there aren’t any tales about pureblood vampires becoming a vampire hunter, and there're very few of them featuring ex-humans who got turned and became hunters. Zero Kiryu, I’m looking right at you

However, I think I’ve seen enough previous of the new characters to feel that Galileo somehow distances himself from vampires  through the paradigm ‘me - you’. He pities them but in a very squeamish manner, mentioning how their (not ‘our’) existence contributes to various anomalies and turbulences in the world. 

Therefore, it seems logical to assume that Galileo may be a dhampir who objects his origins and relates mostly to his ‘human’ side. When Mitsuki has a dream (?) about meeting a stranger and seeing his past, she hears him being called out as a ‘sinful monster’ in prison. My guess is that Ikevamp writers will turn the Galileo affair from ‘heretic against Church’ to ‘heretic vampire against church’. Therefore, him saying that he was imprisoned because of the blood can explain why he hates the idea of lessers being turned after their death. Because he hates that other part of him he didn’t choose to obtain. It also makes his preview dialogue with Napoleon way more deeper, considering that Leon is a dhampir himself and doesn’t know anything about how it happened. 

Anyway, I’m so excited for the new routes to come. Thank you, Mrs. O, for making my mind boil 🌙

Galileo Galilei - White Day

"These are for you."

MC is startled when out of nowhere Galileo offers her a bouquet of white flowers, wrapped in paper. (I see that wrapping job there sir, nice attempt at casual) They're very beautiful, she can't help thinking, but she's a bit baffled by the gesture - especially given his usual, standoffish demeanor.

She asks why he's giving these to her, and Galileo reminds her how she gave him chocolates last month, right?

He's merely returning the favor. She hadn't had any expectations that he might, but she's happy regardless.

Aloud, she laughs a little. "You're a conscientious person too," she tells him. (Echoing the way he'd called her that for gifting him Valentine's chocolate as an apology for using his telescope without permission in their very first story)

"I just don't want to be in anyone's debt," he replies.

She gladly accepts the flowers and remarks on how beautiful they are, but she's not familiar with what kind they are. He tells her he's not sure of all the specifics but they're a type of helichrysum - although usually those come in bright colors. These white ones came as a fluke from a university cultivation program, not the color they wanted at all. (AM I THE ONLY ONE READING SOME HEAVY SYMBOLISM HERE?)

He says when he heard they were just going to be tossed, her words came to mind. (How she'd mentioned, when they first met, that she felt like even chance encounters can have meaning) And with her having said something like that, he thought she would treasure these new flowers.

She's kind of silently stunned he remembered her words like that.

"You can throw them away if you have no need of them. Do as you please," Galileo tells her offhandedly.

"No!" she gasps. "I'll take good care of them!"

Galileo just does an about face at that and walks off without another word...but as he goes, the last glimpse she catches of his expression seems softer.

Back at the mansion on the balcony, she's looking at the flowers again and musing how they look like she's holding shooting stars in her hand. Maybe the same thing had occurred to Galileo, which is why he wanted to save the flowers? Because he seems to love the stars so much.

She stares up at the night sky, thinking about his still unseen heart.

~~~~~~~~~~

MRS. O'S TINFOIL HAT RAMBLINGS:

I already blathered a bit in tags o a different post about the flower symbolism, but let me do it again. These are white strawflowers, which are also known as helichrysum, fyi.

Very lovely, and they dry and remain almost perfectly preserved, hence some of their other names: Everlasting, or Immortelle. They symbolize eternal life or immortality - but also something 'always remembered' and some take it a step further and go with 'eternal love'. Usually they come in many different colors of pinks and reds, or white with bright yellow centers.

This has me side-eyeing things so hard though because the very first story we ever got of his involves MC wandering the Timey-Wimey Hallway, being called and cajoled by a sexy voice she later figures out is Galileo's, and she gets to witness a bit of his past and his imprisonment. Drake's story definitely was just a normal, meet-cute on the street style, nothing as mystical as timewalking. I have a feeling this is going to feature prominently in his stories, along with the heavy emphasis that there is no such thing as a random meaningless encounter.

BUT ALSO, here's heavy tinfoil time! Maybe I'm looking too hard but the symbolism doesn't escape me here of him identifying with and feeling empathy towards these white flowers that symbolize eternity (all pale colored, much like our hero, no??) that are an unwanted accident. A misfire of genetics that's only good to be tossed away and culled. I STAND BY MY DHAMPIR/ HALF-PUREBLOOD THEORY.

[ikevampeventarchive]

Comte Route Preview

[This is an unofficial work based on fan-translation. Copyright belongs to Cybird.]

Warning: Spoilers Below!

——

—— …. Everything started on that day. The moment I met you, fate was put into motion. 

One month after night of the crescent moon, upon which I had stumbled into 19th century Paris. 

An unforeseen situation struck me, who was supposed to return to my original world. 

Comte: The time-space passage, it’s warping…. 

Comte: MC, I’ll surely figure out something about the door. 

Comte: I’ll take responsibility —— I’ll protect you. 

Having lost my path home, the one who supported me, who was trying cover up my anxiety by acting strong, was the Master of this mansion, le Comte de Saint-Germain. 

And in the midst of restarting my life at the mansion, I take le Comte’s hand, and come to know both a new encounter, and a new world….

MC: Comte, why did you request for me to be your partner?

Comte: I thought it wouldn’t do for your world to be limited to just the confines of the mansion. 

MC: My, world? 

—— Wrapped up in a dazzling life, I come into contact with le Comte’s sincere thoughts. However, on the other hand….

Comte: They probably wanted a friend who could be able to stand beside an immortal vampire  —

Comte: ….That is probably all there is to it. 

(I wonder why his eyes suddenly have such a lonely look to them.)

I catch a glimpse of the pain an immortal vampire carries within their heart, and while still unaware, my feelings for le Comte grow stronger. 

But….

MC: I’m…. Am I not fit to be your partner? 

MC: Not just a partner in form, but a true ——

Comte: … MC, you’ve merely misunderstood.

…. No matter how much I yearn for him, I cannot cross this boundary drawn between the two of us. 

Just as I begin to lose hope, an incident that changes our borders occurs. 

Comte: You’re, you’re unharmed…. I’m glad….

MC: Le, Comte….? 

Comte: I… don’t want to lose anyone… anymore….

(I don’t understand…. Le Comte must be afraid of something; the same reason why he’s become this desperate, too….) 

(But, right now  —— I want to hold him tight. Everything…. I want to accept everything for him.)

I want to really know le Comte properly. I want to know his heart. I want to reach him. 

….My besotted heart once again starts beating faster. 

—— On the other side, the fated consequences of le Comte’s past draw close, as if to entangle us. 

Vlad: It’s a nice moonlit night, isn’t it, Comte. How long has it been since we last met here? 

Vlad: I thought that if I gave MC a rose from this hill, you would definitely come. 

Comte: ….Did you get close to her for the sake of calling me here? 

—

Le Comte’s old friend and a pureblooded vampire… Vlad. 

Due to his intervention, the past le Comte has been keeping to himself comes to light ——

Comte: Say… if there was such a thing as a flower that never wilted, would you consider it to be beautiful?

Vlad: My, I wonder. What do you think about it, Comte. 

Comte: To me, flowers are beautiful precisely because they wither. 

Comte: However, us immortal vampires who continue to keep on living, it’s almost as if we are the flowers that cannot wilt, ourselves….

—

A heartrending past filled with bitter strife. A fleeting love lost to the horrors of war. 

The purebloods whose paths diverged due to love for a human  — 

As I unravel the truth of the different perspectives they came to see, and the wishes they carry in their hearts, I am also shaken to the core…. 

(This much isn’t the end. Vampires have — le Comte has lived — for a long, long time.) 

The more I learn about his past, his emotions, the more I am filled with hesitation. In front of an eternity without an end… my heart is paralyzed with doubt. 

Even so, the answer I’ve finally arrived at is… ——

Comte: In the midst of eternity, I found you.

Comte: If I cannot call this fate, what else should I label this….? 

—— If there is one desire that remains unchanged, even across the course of eternity….

It is ‘I want to be by your side’ ….. that is all.

[acrispyapple]

Le Mysterious Comte: Three Hints ☆

Old Comrades ♡

[autumn-ginkgo-leaves]

By the gods they’re both so pretty. I can’t wait for Daddy Comte’s route! 💛

[scummy-writes]

Oh, what a fun idea! I'll tag @solomons-poison, @fairy-marshmallow,@kazesuke, @tentari, @harajuku-cookie, @alby-rei, @drewadoodle-dandy, @bluemingrosa, @crystal13unny annnnnnd anyone else who would like to do it!

It's fun reading your answers, mo, haha! I'll put mine under a cut too.

What was your first impression of the game? Is this the first Cybird game you've ever played? I think I remember talking to Honey about the game, when we saw previews Cybird was dropping before it came out. We talked about how Dazai looked like an emo/au version of Shingen, and talked about how we'd play it. And no! Ikerev was my first one, surprisingly. I didn't play it much, I wasn't too interested in the plot.

Who was the character you liked most in the beginning, and is he still your fave? Leo was the first fave, even when I was wanting to punch him multiple times while reading his route. Now, he's lower on the list. I still like him, but he's not top 5....

How you picked your first route, and whose route was it? Was your favorite suitor available when you first started playing? Leo, because I really like the IRL Leonardo... When I was younger I had a lot of Da Vinci books and even got a plush toy of him. He inspired me to draw and paint!

An unavailable route you're looking forward to: Charles!

A character you thought would be different than how he is: Vlad... I had heard rumors about a terrible 're-education' scene he has a hand in, and after gearing myself up towards that, and the awful things he was doing in other's routes, I was expecting.......a lot more unhingedness...and instead he's just....???????? I like him, just way different than I thought.

Is there a suitor who you used to dislike, but eventually changed your opinion about? Arthur. I like him now though.

Do you remember your first story event? Uhhhuhuhuhhhh I don't remember the very first event, maybe the dancing with danger one? I think thats the first one they did? I played the game day 1 so!

Have you ever spent money on the game? Have you tried the free diamonds offers? *burns my billing statements from the past few years* Tapjoys are nice. During my first call center job, it was so easy racking up dia from tapjoys. But now it's more difficult. I still do them, but not as often.

Do you have a favorite avatar item? Is it a plushie or maybe a unique hairstyle? The one I use the most is the long gray ponytail from Jean's avatar check. It matches my Oc's hair to a T! Otherwise, I love the Isaac baby plush. Before the 'ikevampsexy' thing on twitter, I had it holding a martini glass...

Have you ever bought merch of your favorite ikevamp character? I have.............too much.....................................

Have you ever mistakingly spent your stamina not in the story event? 🥹

What's the luckiest you've ever been when it comes to the gacha? What about your most unlucky memory? hilariously, I have been more lucky in the (now discontinued) KR version of ikevamp. I got so many special cards and I was so happy..... For eng, eng wants me to suffer. I barely get any of the isaac cards I want! I think the luckiest I got was his snowfall one....there's so many I don't have....

The slowliest you've ever completed a route vs the quickest: probably Sebastan. I don't think I've fully read it, but I did complete it by spamming tickets during a collection event...

Do you use your 5 free chapter tickets daily? Not anymore, but I need to...

A moment in a route that made you cry and a moment in a route that made you laugh: I don't think any of them have made me cry. They've made me feel bad for a lot of the characters, but no crying yet. I always laugh when thinking of the residents pretending a fire was happening to get mc out of her room....they are so, so, stoopid....

Who is your favorite pureblood vampire? Comte!

Do you have a favorite CG? What about a favorite card? I love Isaac's ending cg where him and mc are at the university. That whole ending is the cutest... Favorite card? The illusive Isaac halloween card....him saying 'rawr'....pls......i need it....sob

Any famous historical figures you wished were in ikevamp? Hm.... Not off the top of my head. Would it be cool to have like...Poe in there? Monet? Others? Sure! But I don't know if I'd actually want them in there...

What card is currently on your home screen in the game? Isaac's wedding card from the recent wedding event!!!!!!!!!!!! He looks like a whore!!!!!!!!

What do you think about the suitors' pets? Which one is your favorite? They're all so cute 🥹 I like them all except for the birds Thank you for the fun game, mo!

𝟒 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐈𝐤𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐠 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞!

Ikevamp EN launched on the 1st of July 2019 - maybe you were there since day one, or maybe you've only started playing recently: here's a little game to celebrate! You simply answer the questions and (optionally) tag the people whose answers you'd love to see next! Happy 4th anniversary to all ikevamp players! 🎉🎉🎉

*~if you feel like sharing, you can find the days in the mansion counter in your profile in the game and add it to your questions ~* Also, while reading other people's answers, mind that there might be spoilers!

What was your first impression of the game? Is this the first Cybird game you've ever played?

Who was the character you liked most in the beginning, and is he still your fave?

How you picked your first route, and whose route was it? Was your favorite suitor available when you first started playing?

An unavailable route you're looking forward to:

A character you thought would be different than how he is:

Is there a suitor who you used to dislike, but eventually changed your opinion about?

Do you remember your first story event?

Have you ever spent money on the game? Have you tried the free diamonds offers?

Do you have a favorite avatar item? Is it a plushie or maybe a unique hairstyle?

Have you ever bought merch of your favorite ikevamp character?

Have you ever mistakingly spent your stamina not in the story event?

What's the luckiest you've ever been when it comes to the gacha? What about your most unlucky memory?

The slowliest you've ever completed a route vs the quickest:

Do you use your 5 free chapter tickets daily?

A moment in a route that made you cry and a moment in a route that made you laugh:

Who is your favorite pureblood vampire?

Do you have a favorite CG? What about a favorite card?

Any famous historical figures you wished were in ikevamp?

What card is currently on your home screen in the game?

What do you think about the suitors' pets? Which one is your favorite?

Have fun answering! 💕

[write-it-motherfuckers]

It only took one glance around your partners dimly lit room, for you to understand exactly what had happened, your stomach instantly dropping at the realisation.

Being a pure blood vampire, your partner had the rare ability to turn humans into something called a lesser vampire, granting them an extended life and a small taste of the power that came with their inhuman nature. Although it had secretly broken your heart a little at the time, the two of you had agreed very early on in the relationship, that it was something they would never do to you.

Whether it was a desire to preserve your humanity, or a fear that turning you would change you somehow, you weren’t sure, but either way, you chose to respect their decision and simply enjoy what time you did have together.

Now however....that choice seemed to have been taken out of both your hands.

The memories of that night were fragmented and distorted in your mind, but still you could remember the fear you had felt as the other pureblood had held you captive in their arms, your body wracked with pain and steadily growing weaker as the injuries they had inflicted, started to overcome you.

You remembered the rage on your partners face as they saw you for the first time, just as you remembered the way their expression had shifted into raw panic, moments before your throat had exploded into agony as the other pureblood had viciously torn into it, right in front of their eyes. After that, everything had been a blur, though you vaguely remembered the feeling of them gently lifting you off of the floor where you had been callously tossed at some point, their voice nothing but a dull ringing in your ears as they desperately called your name.

The look of complete and utter heartbreak on their face, was a sight that would forever be etched into your mind.

Though you weren’t exactly sure if you had been turned from your attackers bite or from the actions of your partner after you had passed out, the fact that you were here right now, made it obvious that either way, you were no longer human.

It was something that should have filled you with joy, as now it meant that you could remain by your partners side for many years to come, but instead, all you felt was a steadily growing dread. 

Your partner had never wanted you to be turned after all, and though you knew it was slightly irrational, you couldn’t help but fear that they wouldn’t want you anymore, now that you were no longer the human they had fallen in love with. 

It was a fear that only grew even more prominent as you realised that they were nowhere to be seen.....and that you were completely alone.

[pseudofaux]

I enjoyed the latest conversation in the Comte route preview page a normal amount, I think.

[annicaax]

comte and vlad from the preview... this is way back in his past... and

long haired comte... ooh yeah.... the new bgm...

I feel his route is going to be (frustratingly) beautiful.

[arsnovacadenza]

FANFIC MASTERLIST

ALSO AVAILABLE ON My Writing Blog, AO3 AND WATTPAD

Ikemen Vampire

Jean x Napoleon

A Monster From Paris (Monsterverse!AU)

and so in my own tears I’m gonna drown

Courting with a Cat

Hope is a Dish too Soon Finished (previously Through His Stomach)

“I could use something to wake me up”  (part of Napoleon Birthday Prompt 2020)

if you hate the sunlight, come meet me in the dark

Ikevam 2020 Election Previews:

Jean’s Side

Napoleon’s Side

Punch-Drunk Love

quietly invite me to where you are

Sacred Monsters

Stilts (ft. Napoleon & Isaac)

Sway (Part I, tbc)

Two Hares Running Side by Side (Wartime AU) Part I, Part II, Part III

Une journée des plus joyeuses 

Un Paradis Perdu (Napoleon route canon divergence)

you heard that screaming shout in your mind

Modern AU (various pairings)

Tastes Like Diabetes (Napoleon & Isaac ft. jeanpoleon )

Isaac and his Lunch (jeanpoleon, Sebastian x mc, and third-wheeling Isaac)

Ficlets

Hurt/Comfort request from ginshoujo 

Napo Route AU Fluff

Rain

that special feeling (Unappreciated Character Month 2020)

when the light gets into your heart, baby

Rated M

Afterglow

Japonesque drabble

Summer Sparks

Toward the Gate of Stars

At your Discretion (Napoleon x Fem!Jean request from Anon) 

NSFW longfic Idea (feel free if you’re interested in writing this one!)

Napoleon x Wellington

Standoff (Post-Apocalypse AU)

Angsty fic request from nuclearwinterexe (feat. Napoleon x Josephine)

Isaac x Mozart

Conversation Over (Modern AU)

Stolen Batteries (Modern AU)

Good in Red (Gakuen AU)

Rated M

Easy Breezy

Leonardo x Comte

Buon Giorno (ficlet)

Some Like it that Way 

Like the Real Seal

Only if you Hurry (hurt/comfort request from anonymous)

Ficlet:

If Leocomte had a computer

Theodorus x Arthur

Hurt/Comfort fic request from delicateikemenmemes 

Reader Inserts

Goldfish Fireworks (Dazai x Reader)

General (Individual Characters/non-slash)

Home (Napoleon-centric with various characters)

In the entire world, a sound only I could hear (Napoleon & Sebastian)

Jean in the Dark (part of Unappreciated Character Month 2020)

Ikemen Sengoku

Nobunaga x Kichou

Ficlets

All’s Well Ends Well (modern AU with OC)

Drinking Habits (modern AU)

Kichou’s snake pet (modern AU)

Untitled shorts (tag)

Wine

Rated T

A Court of Dragons and Fallen Angels (Demon AU, feat. Mitsuhide x Reader)

Rated M

birds of a feather

Make it Right, Till I Die

Stitches

Masamune x Mitsuhide

Ficlets:

Antebellum

Genpei War (Ikegen, Birushana Senki, historical)

Yoshitsune x Benkei

Ikegen ficlet (Rated T)

In Sickness and in Health (Rated G, Modern AU)

Morning After (Rated T, Ikegen-centric)

Pirate!Benkei (Rated T)

Yoshitsune x Shizuka

Male!Shizuka x Fem!Yoshitsune (Rated T)

Yoshitsune x Yoritomo

Crossdressing Yoshitsune (Rated T)

Mea Maxima Culpa (Rated T with mentions of suicide)

No Pairing (Mostly Rated G or T):

Yoritomo raises Yoshitsune

[mansions-maiden]

Comte's route preview is released. And I'm screaming! I can't wait to finally read his route and get to know him further. ❤️. This charming man who is going to live rent free in my head for the next couple of weeks 😘

❤️❤️so excited for it! ❤️❤️

[ikevampeventarchive]

[Preview] Comte Episode 0

Duration: 12/26 (Thurs) 04:00 PM JST ~ 1/30 (Thurs) 04:00 PM JST

[Story Set Sale Link]

[This is an unofficial work based on fan-translation. Copyright belongs to Cybird.]

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——.... This is the memory of the day le Comte de Saint-Germain opened the temporal door of the mansion. A long, long time before your first meeting.

A story unknown to anyone else, what could this day entail....?

(In truth, right now I should be with him, traveling to each and every era to revive the Great Men)

However....

(I’ve always been running away from “that” ....)

Comte: Ugh.... I, what should I even do.... 

All alone in the mansion, le Comte wars with his own heart. 

Then, he opens the door  ——

( .... This space; wherever it leads to and wherever it ends up, I don’t care) 

With no era that captures his interest, nor a single person he yearns to see, le Comte simply keeps wandering down the corridor..... 

( ——.... What was that?)

.... I... don’t want to — die. There, are still things.... I... want to... do —

The voice of a human yearning to live at the brink of death reaches his ears. 

Hearing this earnest wish, le Comte’s decision is....

Comte: ....Flowers are beautiful because they wither. But, if there were such things as flowers that never withered, then —

(Even if I were to warp such a thing, if I wish for these flowers to continue blooming, then I should....) 

[acrispyapple]

Le Mysterious Comte: Three Hints ☆

An Eternity ♡

[not-krys]

Wip Wednesday: Fictober Part 3

Final Wip Wednesday for September and the last one before Fictober goes into full swing. Three of them are pretty much done and queued for their scheduled dates, now I'm just scrambling for my next few.

This one is going to be the preview for Comte's Bday coming out on October 25th, plus as a celebration of his route coming out in October as well (aaaahhhhh!!!)

So, this year (instead of complete angst like last year, lol) I decided to take one of the saved stories I had and expand upon it, like I did with Theo's Sealed with a Kiss Story. This story in particular deals with the Cinderella-esqe story where the suitor was the prince that finds Cinderella/MC and falls in love with her.

No Comte yet in this writing, but I do like the description thus far.

Regular warnings apply: raw, unedited text so sorry if it's bad in some places, also short. Gonna be a Cinderella-esqe story so there is going to be mentioned/implied (step)parental abuse, so there's that as well.

Let's have some fun in the coming month, kay? See y'all on the flip side!

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The cold draft of the attic barely bothered her as she woke for the morning, her bright smile greeting the sun. She had been dreaming of the ball she had attended a few nights ago, the memory filling her heart with warmth. The soft glow of the lights then enchanted her, the dancers moved so gracefully, the roses in the garden smelled heavenly, and, most exciting of all, she had met with a refined gentleman. She hadn't learned his name but she had spent the evening with him, chatting about various things. He was quite handsome and easy to talk to, she wondered with a blush if love at first sight existed along with her magical fairy godmother.

With a contented sigh, she sat up to see the sun, likely the only nourishment she would receive today. Stepmother had found out about her sneaking out that night, not specifically that she had attended the ball, but stepping out without permission either way was a terrible offense. She had been locked away in her attic room since after the night of the ball without meals, her poor stomach reminding her of that fact. Her days thus far had been spent mending her raggedy clothes and daydreaming of that magical evening, glancing at the sole glass slipper her fairy godmother had thankfully left behind for her. She had lost the mate to it while fleeing the palace, now likely lost forever. She couldn't do much with just one glass shoe so she kept it in a place she could always see when she woke up, as a reminder of that wonderous single night.

After stretching the sleep out of her body, she washed her face and dressed for the day, her clothes more rags than actual wearable garments. She wondered if Stepmother would lend her money so she could buy some lengths of cotton or wool, or even to ask for her stepsisters' old dresses so she could make herself a new one rather than fixing her old ones still filled with holes and ages-old stains. She doubted it though, with how angry Stepmother had been at her sneaking out.

With a sigh, she set to work, setting her old dress across her lap and threaded her needle, starting as the morning sunlight caught the glass slipper, sending shimmers of light bouncing around the room.