#fun vampire facts

[chromatite]

Random vampire fun fact:

My vampires are able to contract a unique illness that causes their bodies to go haywire and 'remember' they're dead for a little bit. This results in them beginning to rot while still being able to walk around and talk.

It's mostly painless, it just causes them to really stink and make a mess everywhere for a bit and feel very lethargic and tired while their skin and muscles start falling apart, until their bodies remember that 'hey this isn't right' and repairs it again.

This is also inspiration for any undead/ zombie myths and stories humans might come up with in this world

[kaitcake1289]

in paris you gotta sleep with one eye open

[bishonenvoicedbyadyke]

thinking about the armand painting again and how violent its very existence is. like there's layers to this.....this is a painting that was paid for with your body. in it, along with cattle and dogs, you're pictured worshipping your abuser, kneeling at his feet. your skin is whitened. your features barely recognizable...... and now this painting is in a public museum here for everyone to see. like anyone can come and see your bare, vulnerable throat.

[amnhnyc]

Blah! 🧛 Though it has “fangs,” the tufted deer (Elaphodus cephalophus) is no vampire. This herbivore inhabits high-altitude forests where it feeds on vegetation. Only males sport the signature tusks, which are used in combat over territory and to attract mates. These canines can grow up to 1 in (2.5 cm) long. This species can be found in parts of Asia. It’s crepuscular, meaning it’s typically most active at dawn and dusk.

Photo: Николай Усик, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

[mustlovesteve]

I loved the first commission so much, I couldn't resist ordering another one as a parallel of sorts! This lovely drawing is by @toktopus-art. It's based on a scene from Chapter 26 of my vamp!Eddie/Steve-gets-Vecna'd fic, laughing at the broken glass.

Scene excerpt is below, and the AO3 link to the fic is on my pinned post.

Steve wished they could just stay like this, but there were only two more songs left on this A-side. “Hey, can I see your bracelet?” Eddie asked. If not for his all-too-casual tone, Steve wouldn’t have suspected anything. “Pulling out all the stops, huh?” Steve asked wryly. Eddie flashed a shameless grin at him. Chuckling, Steve tugged his sleeve down before lifting up his wrist. To his pleasant surprise, the glow-in-the-dark effect was actually noticeable. Eddie took a moment to share in the admiration of the bracelet before grabbing Steve’s hand and tugging it down. “This is better, yeah?” Eddie asked. “Huh?” Steve turned to look at him again, but Eddie was staring straight up at the sky. “Than just sitting in your car in the freezing cold by yourself, I mean.” “I had Freddie Mercury with me.” “I’m serious.” Eddie finally turned his head to face Steve again. His expression certainly matched his words. Steve couldn’t help but tense up at the shift in tone, though he was swiftly eased by the way Eddie’s thumb brushed across his knuckles. “I...hate that you even have to ask.” Steve managed to smile, even though Eddie frowned at that. “Yeah, this is better.” One song left. It wasn’t fair.

[protectoursharks]

can you do one about vampire squids ? 🦑

Vampyroteuthis infernalis or Vampire Squid

It's (very dramatic) scientific name means "vampire squid from hell". However, the vampire squid is not actually a squid! It's actually the only animal in the Vampyroteuthidae family! It's separated into its own family because it can't change color or produce ink. Instead, it turns itself "inside out" (as shown above) to deter predators.

Proportionally, vampire squids also have the largest eyes compared to their body size! They eat mostly zooplankton, marine snow, and other organisms waste. They grow to be about the size of a football and live to be around 8 years old.

There's even evidence that vampire squids have been around since the Jurassic period- almost 200 million years ago!

[illusioncanthurtme--art]

When I rewatched all the episodes last year, I deciced that frycook was my favorite episode... but I'm starting to think that game slave 2 is. I think about it ALL the time. I'd say not a day has gone by that I haven't thought about gaz stalking and terrorizing iggins - that may be exaggerating - but only a little.

Also Iggins is so fucking terrible and I love him so much. There is no iggins content and I have to make it myself :'D I kind of wanted this drawing to be prettier but I ran out of gas tonight and got impatient. I hope you like it anyway :)

[clarkgriffon]

'cause that's just the way life goes; i push my luck, it shows thankful you don't send someone to kill me; i love you, i'm sorry

[muppet-facts]

Muppet Fact #1234

Despite his resemblance to Bela Lugosi's portrayal of Dracula, The Count's status as a vampire is questionable.

While the specification chart in the 1998 style guides says Count von Count's only similarities to Dracula are visual, his profile on the Sesame Workshop webpage suggested that he is related to the famous vampire.

Additionally, the creator of Count von Count, Norman Stiles, said to performer Jerry Nelson that The Count is "a vampire, but not a real vampire."

However, in his WIRED interview, Count von Count said in response to the question "Is the Count on Sesame Street a vampire?": "Yes, but I am a vampire with an unquenchable thirst for numbers." This is in reference to traditional vampires who exhibited arithmomania.

Even though Count von Count has never been explicitly labeled as a vampire on screen, the current information leaves it ambiguous at best.

Sources:

"Specification Chart." In Sesame Street Style Guide. Children's Television Workshop. 1998. (Pages accessed on the Muppet Wiki.) https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Sesame_Street_style_guide_(1998).

Sesame Workshop. Character profile: Count von Count. http://www.sesamestreet.org/onair/characters/count_von_count. (Archive link to be added).

Plume, Keith. "Still Counting: An Interview with Muppeteer Jerry Nelson." Muppet Central. March 1, 1999. https://muppetcentral.com/articles/interviews/nelson1.shtml.

WIRED. "The Cast of 'Sesame Street' Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions | WIRED." YouTube. February 22, 2017. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fc2yFoq09ug.

[smokestarrules]

it's been literal years since either of these episodes aired so I can't possibly be the only person to notice but like. this is an intentional parallel, right. it has to be.

[alabaster-artss]

she would do A LOT of post break up baking trust

[creative-clawmarks]

feeding upon feeding upon feeding upon feeding upon feeding upon

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[skywerse]

gilly turnaround sheet

[genericaces]

i've been really into designing chibis these days LOL and wanted to make some stickers for myself. if anyone else wants to snag some you can grab em here! (there's leverage stuff too!)

[lesbians4armand]

something quite horrific about armand existing as the remains of amadeo, surrounded by paintings brought and paid for by the sins of his flesh, believing to have outlived their painter, their donor, his master. a boy- man- who was almost certainly disposable to these other men, not at their level surely, something to be used up until gone, thought of as less. but then outliving them all in so much power, yet still internally that vulnerable child. just surrounded by all these paintings he could destroy, but won’t, can’t. the paintings that were meant to be better than him, paintings where he’s purer, holy, paler. He was never supposed to be here like this so far removed from that Venetian studio. but he is. armand remains.

[erebus0dora]

there's one thing i need to share with IWTV fandom

bc book Armand is originally Andrei, which means nothing in particular (it is 'masculine', end of story), albeit looks like a nod to Andrei Rublev, a painter-who-became-a saint (wiki link if you'd like to know more)

tv show Armand is originally Arun, which is, ok, it's beautiful in Sanskrit

a boy named after the sun, right? RIGHT?

wait for it

practically the same word in Armenian is BLOOD

if it is an Easter egg, it's a brilliant one; if it is a coincidence, it's still amazing

and i am looking at Eric Bogosian rn

i hope the amount of language he can actually understand allows him to know this and privately cackle about this