#kostya x zavulon

[vole-mon-amour]

Part 2.

"Привет." "Привет," she smiles. "Я приехал за тобой." (...) "Костя, подожди, послушай, я тебе всё объясню. Он всё про меня знает, я ничего не могу сделать. Он меня чувствует, понимаешь, нет? (...) Я не могу его снять." "Я помогу." "Не надо. Он тебя убьёт." "Я не боюсь." "Я боюсь."

Dude, their romance. His body language. I fall into this pit every single time. Idk why but between the book romance for Alisa and Igor (?) and the movie romance for Alisa and Kostya, I definitely choose the latter. There's something so special about them to me.

And then Zavulon DOES kill Kostya. If only Alisa let Kostya leave when he tried to. No chalk needed, just let Kostya leave. :( I wonder if she could actually leave Zavulon alive. I feel like he's so cruel, he wouldn't let her, especially not for another man, ESPECIALLY not for a vampire, and not for such a weak one.

Then again, in the book he lets Alisa die, and her lover dies, too, so Kostya dying and Alisa losing her mind our of grief is kind of fitting here.

Also, Kostya mostly feels young when you dress him appropriately, but then in this scene, he does feel and look like a grown—mature, even—man that misses his woman and wants to fight for her.

I feel like if Alisa didn't try to take off the ring so furiously, Zavulon might have not checked on her. Kostya would leave and would have been alive later. Then again, Zavulon came to take her with him, he didn't want her to miss the start of the party. *deep sigh* Dude, the hets from my early teenage years got me again.

"Устал твой папа. Ты уж его прости."

The asshole drugged Anton and then acted like he knows nothing and it's all Anton's fault. He's horrible. I love him. Anton and Zavulon's relationship in the movie is very predatory, but then he also tried to kill Anton in the book, so. It, at the very least, is a start.

Can they pls kiss?

"Инквизицию вызывать?" "Не спеши. Ещё не все собрались."

Dude. The way he looks her up and down, with the raised eyebrows, with that little smile. Amused? But then also, she's his WIFE. Is he still attracted to her in a way?

How familiar she is with him, too.

Does the movie imply that they've been together for a long time? But as far as I remember, they weren't married in the first movie & there's not that much time passed after it.

The way he looks at her makes me think that they once made love. That she once was in love with him. Maybe he was in love with her, too. Or close to that, considering his history with his exes and that he's around 2000 years old.

"Давай выпьем." "Ну давай, коль не шутишь." "На брудершафт." "Доиграешься, Городецкий. Сдам тебя Инквизиции."

Also. It's a shame they didn't have that brüderschaft drink. I would have loved to see it & would have more content for the ship.

Kostya 🥺 Out of everyone casted in the movie, he's probably the one I imagine when I read the books. Make him a bit younger, around 19, like he's supposed to be in canon, and that's it. That's a good Kostya.

There's this little moment that looks ridiculous as stills, but Kostya mouths to Alisa to leave with him and Alisa catches it and shakes her head. She's scared. I'd like to gif this. I probably won't but I'd like to at least remember this.

The visual is kinda cool (after all, Kostya and Zavulon are a fun ship in the books) but Kostya deserved SO much better. Look at how scared he is, how significant the power imbalance is. He tried, he really tried to shake off Zavulon's grip, to push him away. Watching this, I'm now thinking Kostya could have left alive if he didn't attack Zavulon? :(

Either way, cheers to the actors for going all the way. Honestly, Zavulon with his tango? Holding Kostya so firm, with a hand on his neck so that Kostya can't free from his grip. And there IS some kind of passion/chemistry in this.

Ugh. I'm in my feelings about so many things in this movie.

They deserved BETTER. 😟😥

There's something about this angle. Zavulon is dragging around dying Kostya. Anton tries to stop Alisa and to get the chalk from her.

"Остановите её, дядя Завулон." "Её уже не остановить." "Тогда я сам." "Она сильнее тебя, Егор, подумай." "А если её убить?" "Мелодрама, Егор, ��е мой жанр." "А что же тогда делать?" "Думай, Егор, думай." "Вчера, в Сумраке, я воткнул в неё иглу. Теперь я могу её выпить."

First of all, I really like that Zavulon leaves the decision to Egor. He lets and ASKS him to think on his own. He teaches him. And when Egor thinks of the right decision, Zavulon raises his eyebrows, promoting Egor to act.

I also like that Egor wants Anton to become the dark one. I like that Zavulon sees that "Anton is getting darker." He should have been with Zavulon, not Geser. We were robbed. Lukyanenko was a coward for not going there.

[altaere-rin]

Я нашел мейкеры только для того, чтоб делать моих любимых Темных, когда нет сил рисовать

Не осуждайте меня

I only found makers to make my favorite Dark Ones when I don't have the energy to draw.

Don't judge me.

[vole-mon-amour]

Spoilers. Part 2.

In this post, there are mostly moments for Anton x Zavulon (my beloved), Anton x Kostya, Zavulon x Kostya. And a bit of Zavulon appreciation. :)

Part 1 is here.

Anton x Zavulon:

Curious to see how bigger problems would look for Anton. :) I'm sure Zavulon has maaany ideas.

Also, dude, he offers you his help in the next book, saves your life by sending you a teenage werewolf, and then gifts you his own car down the line. You're practically married.

This one is also for Anton x Kostya, but the way Zavulon kind of tries to comfort Anton? I'm biased. If I were to choose one ship in this universe, I would easily go for this one. Zavulon with Anton is everything.

I like how Zavulon gives Anton the knowledge of something so powerful, he never risked to try it. I get it, he wouldn't be too sad if Anton also died, but it's also some kind of support? To fight Kostya that is stronger than all of them Zavulon gives Anton just as powerful weapon? I love this moment.

This is a Zavulon appreciation, as much as Anton x Zavulon. Anton literally hears him in his head. C'mon.

Anton x Kostya:

A vampire, two Inquisitors, and one mage walk into a bar...

And he winked at him, you see. What is this if not flirting.

I could categorize it in a more generic post but I think this also shows Anton's feelings about Kostya. I like that he calls him "урод", as in what an asshole, here.

Judging by many things, Kostya had a one sided crush on Anton. And Zavulon? I appreciate him and his mind. I love me some good villains.

Also, "with curiosity". Also, "какой же от отморозок". Oh, Zavulon, I love you. Screw Geser, he's boring and a liar.

He did sound so sad about it. He really did want Anton by his side.

And another reference to Strugatsky Brothers. It's from Roadside Picnic and is one of my fav quotes.

Zavulon x Kostya:

Zavulon: canonically thinks that werewolves and vampires are lesser than other mages. Me, when something like this happens: I ship them. "Способный мальчик, перспективный." Sharing a glass of wine. :')

Also. I can only guess what Zavulon would do if he had Svetlana on his side. But no, she definitely belong to the light. She wouldn't work with the darkness. That's just not who she is.

"Ласково сказал Завулон." Guys. There was no need for this, and yet. Also, calling Anton and Edgar a good company? And "You'll like it"? Dude. I ship Zavulon with Anton SO hard.

Plus, all the things that Zavulon and Kostya could have had. How close they could've been. If this book didn't end Kostya, daaaamn.

On the other hand, it's kind of in character for Kostya? A sweet kid that got himself a Fuaran for the sake of turning everyone and making everyone equal. Except that they would still have to be initiated, so the outcome would have been a mess.

But then "Насмешливый взгляд в мою сторону". But Zavulon DID look at you. Yes, this is kind of a reach, but I find this one 👀.

[altaere-rin]

Лови мой ритм

Танцуй-танцуй-танцуй-танцуй-танцуй-танцуй

Catch my rhythm

Dance-dance-dance-dance-dance-dance

Сплин — Танцуй!

[vole-mon-amour]

it's truly wild to me when people complain about their ship "having only 2k works" and calling it a rarepair. how long, realistically, do you think it would take you to read 2k works? considering the variety and that some fics are literally multichapters longer than existing published books.

"but it's a big fandom, it's a rarepair for my fandom!!" dude. I have 2 fics for my ship. t w o. some of my ships have zero fanfiction and I have to write it myself. some of the fandoms for my ships are completely dead.

you would have to read non-stop without eating, drinking, sleeping, and taking toilet breaks to be able to finish those 2k works any time soon. and you still have fics to choose from!

realistically, I'm not sure I'd even finish 2k works and it would still take me years.

some of you are just spoiled. 🙄

[vole-mon-amour]

one thing that drives me wild a bit is how in the Day Watch (2006), in one of the takes, when Kostya goes, in awe, "yeeeah, your car is unreal", Alisa goes, "want me to gift it to you?" (aka "you like it? take it. it's yours.")

and then she does gift it to Kostya, and he uses that car to drive to the hotel, telling her he's there for her and to take her away from that place (which she would gladly agree to if that was possible).

and they are deeply in love, such a clear romance.

now, fast forward to I don't remember which book but Zavulon *literally* gifts Anton his car. and THEN Lukyanenko, being the asshole that he is, decided that naahh, they're not a thing, Zavulon is just Anton's biological grandfather and is so rich, he can just gift a car because he got bored of it.

dude. dude, the trope is literally romance in your movie. it's just for a male and a female. for hets. DUDE.

[vole-mon-amour]

your rarepair is not rarepairing unless it has zero fanfiction in the tag. i have found one playlist (i never listen to them, plus it's a language i do not interact with), one video (uses the same moment from the movie, doesn't add anything new), and that's it.

the movie came out 19 years ago. with a really good digging, i have found around 2-3 fics for the ship, but i, uh, not sure about its quality (and that language is kind of hard for me to read, i prefer English).

i guess i'll have to make gifs, so at least i have *something*.

[altaere-rin]

Ставлю метки, чтоб Тамблер не блокнул меня второй раз

Курение убивает. Даже вампиров

I'm putting up a warning so that Tumblr doesn't block me a second time.

Smoking kills. Even vampires.