#is this vampire-coding? am i vampire-coded???

[dangermousie]

Top Dozen cdramas - 2024

This can obviously change but nothing truly exciting looks to air for the rest of the year so that's unlikely. My Top Dozen for the year are likely be set in stone.

It's a very idiosyncratic list which has two mini dramas, three moderns (!!! for me that's insane) and a lot of vibes dramas.

12 Hard to Find - all vibes all the times. A tragic romance that feels like a Gothic fairytale, this is what minidramas could be.

11 Love In the Desert - out of all the dramas on this list, this is the one that screams most "a good time." It's a romance and visual feast and webnovel madness and sexy good time and it made me cry.

10 Fortune Writer - a mini that is so smart and meta and fun about narratives and fate and villainy and fighting the story itself. So clever.

9 Derailment - a puzzle and a love story, telling most anything about it would be a spoiler but this story about a rich girl from 2025 who seemingly wakes up in a parallel universe in 2023 in body of a poor doppelganger, and the young man who was in love with the original has everything including addressing what it must feel to people to have a transmigrator possess a loved one.

8 Tender Light - the ending was just - it's the reason it's not n1. But the rest of this drama about an abused wife and an idealistic young man refusing to bow to societal pressure was just exquisite. It addresses morality and loneliness and complicity and sacrifice. Just incredible. Poetry in motion.

7 Will Love In Spring - a modern romance cdrama? In my list? Is the world ending? But seriously, this is such a gorgeous, realistic yet intense exploration of love and loss and trauma. It made me utterly reevaluate Li Xian to boot.

6 Snowfall - this is such a fever dream of a mood piece of a vampire romance, with seriously BDSM and gay vibes, as well as utterly incredible canon age gap ride or die OTP with Ouyang Nana bothering to act for the first time in her life and Vengo Gao embodying a gentleman vampire to perfection. Li Muge remains one of my favorite directors for a reason.

5 Heroes - the story of three very different men all consigned to the dustheap of history by changing times (the best swordsman in the era of guns, a former imperial guard of a regime about to be overthrown, a constable obedient to obsolete code who studied for imperial exams which got abolished) as the Qing dynasty is about to fall, this has fights, humor, three (!) separate love stories, philosophy and utter and complete heartbreak. The performances, the ideas, the filming and the writing all combine to make a bleak masterpiece with a 99% death rate (I am not kidding, only tertiaries make it out.) If I were in charge, it would get all the awards.

4 The Legend of Shen Li - the one truly mainstream idol costume hit on the list. It's an adult, passionate xianxia that reunites Zhao Liying and Lin Gengxin as deities and battle powerhouses in a love story that is so full of yearning and passion and intensity I feel like peeking through my fingers. This is everything xianxia romance tries to be and almost never is. This just might be my favorite xianxia of all time, tbh.

3 Eternal Brotherhood - a dark horse whose existence I didn't even know about before it aired. Visually stunning despite its tiny budget, this narrative about three sworn brothers in a kingdom and world in crisis, is pitch perfect in its humor, its intensity, its tragedy and its themes (also THREE!!!! amazing love stories despite not being a romance-centric show.) The battles, the friendships, the traumas, the darkness at the heart of it all!

2 Fangs of Fortune - the sole drama that can rival JoL2 for me (only caveat is it's still airing), this is visually the most jaw dropping drama I've ever seen, but it's also high fantasy the way it should be - making me feel so immersed that stopping feels like coming up from a deep dive or waking up from a hypervivid dream. It has impeccable performances (many from actors who I don't normally even like), and its plot and relationships and themes - fate and sacrifice and choice and found family bonds and trauma and so many other things - make it feel as if it was made just for me.

1 Joy of Life 2 - THE drama of 2024 for me. It's somehow better than the incredible first installment. It's funny, it's heartbreaking, it has insane performances, a narrative that hits all my personally favorite themes (a person trying to remain human in an inhuman world, righteousness not being weak), a large cast of fascinating characters who feel like they live in front of me (there are no throwaway roles in this), my favorite ship of the year (though it's not even a ship-centric show) and above all, Zhang Ruoyun's live wire of a performance as Fan Xian, arguably my favorite cdrama character of all time. It should not work yet it does. Brilliantly.

[wineanddineloseyourmind]

Things that make me lightheadedly horny:

Someone telling me that they want me to dominate them

The thought of biting down on someone’s flesh and their blood filling my mouth

Eating just a tiny bit of raw garlic

[toadlessgirl]

when you guys said Interview with the Vampire was good I thought you meant like 'horny campy melodrama' good, not 'prestige television 2x5 may be the single best tv episode i've ever seen everyone involved in this deserves an Emmy HOLY SHIT' good

[hyohaehyuk]

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Love how Jacob gives the PR, diplomatic answer and Sam's just-

"ME AND JACOB SWAPPED LENSES ONCE" 👁️👄👁️

Lord, they’re really sharing every body fluid. i was about to say imagine them swapping fangs too but then i remembered they are molded to their teeth shape and that is the only reason that will prevent them 🤭

[birf]

I know nothing about bg3 but everything I’ve seen about Astarion is that he’s just these 3 guys mashed together

[faetouchedandfangs-hub]

Arcane Characters as VTM Clans

Singed - Tzimisce. I don't think I have to explain but I will. Because not only have we seen Singed do fucked bodyhorror shit on screen multiple times, but he's also a scientist and a scholar in the way the Tzimisce are scientists and scholars: feared, respected and left alone to do their stuff.

Silco - Caitiff. Because I feel like Silco is the type to get abandoned by his sire. I don't think any of the other clans fit. The way he was outcasted and then forcefully reentered Zaun seems more like "mistaken embrace" than "thinblood". And also why he was so willing to accept Jinx, another outcast, into his crew.

Vander - Brujah. Sure, Singed is almost surely making him into Warwick but that doesn't make him a Gangrel. Vander is heart to a fault.

Ekko - Nosferatu. Because the Firelights protect their home the way Nos protect their clan and the warrens. Ekko has that "family first" energy but in the Nos way rather than the Hecata way. And also the Firelights as a whole give me Nosferatu energy with the masks and the zipping around and the hiding.

Jinx - Hear me out. Jinx is a Toreador with a derangement. Jinx is a mad scientist and a tortured artist. She's obsessive and creative and definitely committed to the theatrics. I also think Malkavian masking as a Toreador would work for Jinx. I just feel like Malkavian by itself isn't right, idk.

Vi - Also a Brujah, because she wears her heart on her fucking sleeve. And she's a rebel, even in her Enforcer era. And because Vander is her sire.

Caitlyn - Ventrue. The whole Kiramman thing plus the rich as fuck, plus the pig righteousness, plus everything in her attitude. Also because of the audacity.

Jayce - Tremere because. Just because. No but like he just reminds me of the Tremere and because he has and will backstab people to accomplish his goals. Jayce also has a lot of enemies... very Tremere of him. And the whole scientist thing. Yeah, Tremere.

Viktor - Also a Tzimisce, though I feel like there are definitely other options for Viktor. But like the hexcore body shit is very fleshcrafting vibes. Singed could totally be his sire, but like the bond has def faded.

Sevika - Banu Haqim because she's so so deadly. Definetly a warrior. And because I feel like Sevika lives by her own personal moral code and that is very Banu to me. Also also because I have a soft spot for this clan and for Sevika.

Mel - Toreador, except instead of fans she has "her people", the people of Piltover and my god does she revel in their adoration and approval. And also she is an artist, a painter even though it's not a super prominent thing. She's just so Toreader coded, the outfits, the makeup, everything.

Ambessa - Lasombra, because she is ruthless and noble and because you know Ambessa Medarda definetly has Potence 5.

Heimerdinger - Heim really reminds me of a Tremere, but I don't think he is one. I kinda wanna say Ravnos because I feel like Heim has Chimerstry, but also Heimerdinger has fae vibes and might not even be a vampire.

[pixelatedraindrops]

A little drabble scenario idea I put together for @snivyartjpeg’s Kokolight Vampire AU 💜💚🦇

To Care for a Sick Vampire

Yuma seems to be even more tired/weak than usual one day and Vivia notices that something is wrong with him. He asks him if he wants to feed on any of his blood to possibly re-energize him. But to Vivia’s surprise, Yuma refuses the offer outright.

“You look tired, Yuma… Are you…hungry? Do you need to feed? I will provide for you anytime you ask…”

“…No.”

This concerns Vivia but then he notices how pale and sickly Yuma looks, even more than usual. He puts his hand to Yuma’s cheek, but it wasn’t warm. Of course not, he’s a vampire. They probably don’t get fevers to begin with since vampire blood runs cold. But he definitely wasn’t well, that much was certain.

Vivia decides to slice the palm of his hand with his large boxknife he keeps in his pocket and places it in front of Yuma’s face.

“You…need to eat, Yuma… Even if it’s just a little bit…otherwise…you won’t feel any better…”

Yuma looks hesitant at first but then complies as the scent of Vivia’s blood does tempt his urges despite his weak state. He leans his head down slowly and weakly licks and laps the fresh cut on Vivia’s palm. He does it very slowly, but he has a small expression of relief. Even if he wasn’t well, he did still want to eat. But he didn’t want to consume large amounts of blood in this state, in his fear of possibly losing himself due to the weakness and sickly feeling that he felt.

He didn’t want to cause any further trouble for the agency, especially the Chief now that his secret was out to him. He also didn’t want to unexpectedly hurt anyone if his blood urges had gone out of control. It wasn’t safe for him to be blood drunk right now.

At least, that was his worry since he didn’t really understand how his vampiric urges worked due to his amnesia. But he didn’t want to take any chances if his current state wasn’t in good condition. He couldn’t risk causing any more trouble for everyone.

Even if that meant… starving himself.

Thankfully, this small amount of blood that Vivia provided for him seemed to suffice well enough. He stops lapping the cut, looking up to his tall human partner above him.

“…Thank you…Vivia…”

After a very small feeding, he transforms into his little lilac bat form and he tries to fly. But he was still too weak as he falls downward face down toward the floor. But Vivia catches him in his hands just in time.

“You’re too weak, Yuma… I will offer more to you…after you rest for a bit…”

Yuma spends the rest of the day resting/sleeping on Vivia’s hair/lap/shoulder/arms. The poor thing was trembling the whole time. And Vivia continued to feed Yuma very small amounts of his blood whenever he looked too weak, to which the tiny sickly bat would slowly lap up like a delicate little newborn kitten. Over time, Vivia ends up with multiple cuts on his left arm.

Later, Yakou enters the sub safely after seeing that the two were not doing anything TOO weird while they were alone. Seeing Yuma in bat form probably meant they were done. But then he looks to Vivia in shock noticing his left arm is covered in bloody self inflicted wounds.

“Vivia!? What happened to your arm?! Okay, what kind of crazy blood ritual did you two do this time?!”

Vivia gently places his right uninjured hand to where Yuma lay, and a soft weak sounding squeak came from the tiny little bat as he was touched. Yakou also settled his freakout down as he heard the weak bat’s cry.

“Yuma is…not feeling well so…I’m giving him only small amounts of my blood for now… But the blood of the cuts…don’t stay fresh forever…”

“Oh, I see�� well that’s not good. Is there anything I can do to help?”

“Just…leave Yuma to me, Chief…”

Yakou didn’t argue. After all, he had no idea how to care for a sick vampire.

“Okay, but don’t you dare die from blood loss, you hear me?!”

Vivia smiled without saying a word further.

It looked like it was now Vivia’s turn to look after and take care of his weak little vampire partner for the day. Time to repay the favor for all the times he looked after him.

~~~~~

[baconmoop]

Spike from buffy the vampire slayer walked so Crowley could run

[astriiformes]

The only problem with reading Dracula in the Dracula Daily style is that my non-renewable Interlibrary Loan annotated copies are going to be due in August :(

[identitty-dickruption]

who else up crying at midday on a thursday because they related just a little too hard to a fictional vampire

[justpreciousotomebabies]

Me, someone who really wants children at some point in life, any time I play a dating sim with an undead or inhuman love interest: I wonder if this character and my MC can make babies?

[vassothmercar]

realistically, I know that within the baldur's gate universe vampires are somewhat rare and there isn't likely a lot of our most well-known vampires myths so blatant signs of vampirism (ex: Astarion's red eyes, fangs, pale skin and very unsubtle comments by our standards) might be brushed over. additionally, with the weird colors available for hair and skin and so on, Astarion is not very unusual looking. I still think it's extremely funny none of the companions figured out he was a vampire spawn. Lae'zel has the excuse of not being from Faerun, but well. You can argue that:

Shadowheart, as a cleric to the goddess of darkness and the night, should know how to identify creatures of the night like vampires spawns

Gale, as well known wizard and a genius who has likely read countless books regarding magical creatures of all alignments should know how vampire's and vampire spawns feel in the weave

Wyll, as a MONSTER-HUNTER AND MONSTER-SLAYER??? who has spent the time since he made his pact HUNTING monsters in the Storm Coast, monsters which likely include VAMPIRE SPAWNS should have identified ONE OF THE MONSTER-TYPES HE HAS LIKELY HUNTED BEFORE???

Karlach... Well Karlach is on thin ice because a) I hadn't recruited her by the time I got Astarion's vampire spawn reveal and b) she maybe could have heard of Astarion while she lived in Baldurs Gate, but with her unwilling trip to the Avernus she likely has never met a vampire/vampire spawn so she has more excuses NOT to recognize Astarion.

[lovebeing-a-girl]

Damon Salvatore will always be my first choice.

[cowboyemeritus]

several fics i want to write but they're all about mary goore and the titles are all judas priest songs

[lesbian-sai]

Vampire Now. Halloween Now.

[wolfsbanekisses]

Sucks being into vampires but finding 99% of horny vampire content on here vaguely unappealing … not that it’s bad, but it’s not what I want. I want vampires that are nearly synonymous with incubi/succubi/concubi, I want proper monsters, not conventionally attractive models who daintily lap at surface scratches and are basically just people with superpowers and pointy teeth