#lamia of the dark

[mournfulroses]

John Keats, from Complete Poems and Selected Letters; “Lamia,” (edited)

[crownedinmarigolds]

Drea the Lamia for @girlnextvore - one of my headshot flash sale commissions! I always loved seeing Drea on my dash and was stoked beyond measure to be commissioned! Thank you! <3

[lesamis]

1810s dashboard but it's niche drama

💛 heartofanna Following

imagine cancelling someone for saying war is bad

🧵 sharethewoe Follow

#didn't expect better from w*rdsworth but some people i rly thought i could count on…… #anyway we will live to see this empire fall. can't stop history lol (via @heartofanna)

speaking as someone who was press ganged at the age of 17 to serve in his majesty's royal navy i couldn't be more grateful for your poem. young men like me are cannon fodder and you spoke for so many of us. fuck napoleon but fuck parliament even more.

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chatterpwned-deactivated78345629743

stable forgiving virtuous flourishing in my lane definitely not buying poison moisturized unbothered never been better

chatterpwned-deactivated78345629743

me when i lie

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🏛 mynoseisfine Follow

Settling this once and for all. What does the public actually think about the Parthenon marbles debate:

🦉 realminerva Follow

lol i know it’s you lord elgin

🦉 realminerva Follow

like we joke and all but fully aside from the fact that removing the sculptures from greek soil was vulturine and opportunistic etc, it’s really just the tip of a frankly gigantic mountain of imperialist bullshit. let’s not pretend we haven’t been brutally killing hundreds who resisted oppression in india, LITERALLY BOMBED A NEUTRAL EUROPEAN CAPITAL, and embarrassed ourselves in the charge against napoleon for years now. pathetic ass empire & evil as hell to boot. @mynoseisfine the greeks who carved your marbles millennia ago would kick your tory ass so hard

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🎀 emmawoodhousestan Follow

how do i still keep seeing thomas chatterton's final post being reblogged, wtf is wrong with you freaks??? he was seventeen it was tragic and horrible and happened ages ago. he was a kid just let him rest

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🍎 masque-off Following

callout post for @castleyeah @lordsidmouth @officialcoe @parliamentofficial: they oppress, murder and famish the british working people & also suck majorly

⛪ castleyeah Follow

sour cuz you’re unfit to have custody of your own kids huh

🍎 masque-off Following

proud to be the dad of a newborn who could already rend your pudding spine asunder with a mere glance

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🦆 mallardturner Following

finished this today 😊

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😎 chadeharold Follow

why is it always “you’re risking your life and legacy & will get yourself killed before the age of five and twenty” and never how was swimming the hellespont the hellespont looked fun was it fun

🎭 loved-joanna Mutuals

ohhh my god you swam the hellespont five years ago?? wooow should we tell everyone?? should we throw a party?? should we invite famous hero of greek myth leander who swam the hellespont

😎 chadeharold Follow

@loved-joanna look we never had any beef & don’t have to start this now. it’s cool that you’re sticking up for my ex, you guys were friends first, but just know that i’ve always trusted your opinion on my work & genuinely respect and admire you & would still be up for a collab whenever.

🎭 loved-joanna Mutuals

yea sure why don’t your lips collab with my ass

😎 chadeharold Follow

on it boss

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#literally call me. down if you are

🍂 endymion Follow

sorry is it me or is the assassin who stabbed german bootleg wordsworth kinda…… 🥵

💄 biprincesscharlotte Mutuals

JOHN KEATS????????

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#i'm p sure this is the author of lamia thirstposting on main??? help

🌾 huntsmanx Follow

romanticism this romanticism that why don’t you romanticise universal suffrage and rights for labouring people

🌾 huntsmanx Follow

anyone else in jail for seditious libel

🏹 axelaidtotheroot Mutuals

lmao i'm one of the “anyone else”s and i know you’re enjoying family visits and apparently some kind of cushy armchair situation, plus tons of books. try being in here as a spencean dude they won’t even let me learn how to write. worst of all some evangelical came by yesterday just to proselytize & put me “on the right path” fml

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y'all i don't feel so good :/

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[looceyloo]

COMMUNE

I've been kicking around sketches of this moment in the campaign for a while now (like a few years...) and finally worked it out!

Even though Lamia is mechanically a sorlock, in practice she's flavoured more like a Grave Cleric. Unfortunately her patron the Raven Queen was really elusive/never directly contacted her, and since she didn't have access to the Commune spell, things got a little difficult. At one point our party got so desperate for any sort of direction, we broke into the catacombs and I RP'd an intense Speak with Dead ritual that I burned a high level spell slot on while the rest of the party had to distract guards and monks. Thankfully the DM allowed it to essentially work as the Commune spell!

[weirdlookindog]

Clarence John Laughlin (1905-1985) - The Lamia Returns, 1941

[girlnextvore]

Did a full body reference for my Hecata Lamia Drea. Drawing butch vampires makes me feel SOO GOOD

[goryhorroor]

horror sub-genres • mythological horror

this horror genre is rooted in the mythos of a culture. these films are based on the legends we heard growing up that scared us. this sub-genre is closely associated with folk horror.

[virtuouswhitehatorganization]

Where Miss Heed Struggled In Evil Science Until She Got Help From Flug She Exceeded In Lying Classes

"Cecilia was never very apt at evil science, I remember asking her several times why she was taking that class, but she would just tell me that she wanted to be able to develop something special that would make the world see that she was special too. Somehow she managed to inspire me and that’s when I started to personally teach her everything I knew about evil science. I remember it was hard to get her to concentrate, she was a very lazy student and easily angered when things didn’t go right the first time, but after a lot of effort I taught her enough so that she could become the second best in the class.”

It's been emphasized that Miss Heed was never good at Evil Science due to being a lazy student and threw tantrums when things didn't go her way. It would take tutoring from Flug to make her become the second best in class.

However, just because she was a poor student in that subject doesn't mean she had to be failure in other classes. I can imagine she was actually good at some subject matter. One of which is being a good liar which actually does seems to be a trait that the Black Hat Organization values.

The villains' manual itself has a section all about focusing on being good liars. It's a trait probably a lot of villains value and Miss Heed totally exceeds at so I can imagine it was one of her favorite classes because she actually was good at it and her teachers actually give positive attention for this trait. As a result, she was happy she could get any sort of praise she could get since she was an outcast in the Academy.

They even have a criminal expert who is all about showing how deceive people named Joe Tiplaggio. Just imagine if he was also a professor at the Black Hat Institute where he could have shown tons of techniques to his students including Miss Heed who could have taken his lessons to heart and use them when trying to masquerade as a righteous hero while in private being an absolute brat to everyone.

I mean she used her skills as a liar to obviously deceive Flug into believing he was her friend and get to his thesis so she could use it for her own purposes. So I can imagine she already was on her way to being a great lying little rat who is willing to use anyone to get attention at all cost.

In her hero life, she really uses the power of deception to keep up her image to this day. She obviously used things like this in her instagram account to put up a false image like acting like she's her own community manager and she's a kind person, when in reality Anana Pina does all the heavy lifting and she really cares more about the perks of heroism while brainwashing villains, heroes, and even civilians to be her servants. Skills valued in a villain could also be used for a corrupt hero to use.

And probably the biggest whomper which is with the help her father, actual community manager, and even the news the lie that she was framed and that it was actually the villains behind her actions. And it will probably be followed by her book which would even further try to frame her as a victim and throw a couple of villains like probably Flug under the bus to get her reputation back. And the irony of this all of this would make her a magnificent villain if she actually tried being one instead of pretending to be the hero she's not.

[redratt]

women be scheming

some sketches -- Sylvie the Lamia taking her oath of service in 1993 before being embraced into the fold (in my setting / headcanon, the Cappadocians have been alive the whole time, a few of them managing to feign death and slowly build up a secret clan presence. In v5 stuff, she's a Lamia, and as such is in the Hecata, but ... uh lol. Lmao, even. Old grudges die hard, especially when you're raised to believe that your purpose is putting other vampires to the sword to even out blood spilled over the centuries). she's warm, bubbly, and works as a librarian.

the second one is of Kadi (left) and Tex (right), a pair of Thinbloods (Caitiff and Lasombra respectively). Tex's embrace was a deliberate insult to the Tremere who she worked under, an elder by name of Ruxandra; turning her favorite ghoul into a Thinblooded Lasombra spin-off was a petty slap after centuries of feuding between Ruxandra and Bianca (a Lasombra, old as hell, just a cunning little jackass on Death and the Soul).

Kadi, meanwhile, was embraced because the guy who killed her felt really bad about killing a human when he ate. So he turned her as an act of mercy! Or at least he thought it was an act of mercy but you know how it goes sometimes on this bitch of an earth.

They're friends!

The guy they killed in that picture is a ghoul who kept sexually harassing Tex, so they chopped him up and all that good stuff. Again, you know how it is.

These are both based, pose wise, off of Artemisia Gentileschi paintings.

[dravencroft]

During the latest session of the VtM chronicle I'm storytelling, Davenport by Night, my players both had Dementation-induced visions of some alternative versions of themselves during the most traumatic moments of their pasts.

Cah'Chiua the Lamia saw herself in the shape of the Incan moon goddess she worships, while Pascal the Toreador saw himself wearing the guise of a certain moth-themed Tremere who now inhabits his mind...

[cannedf0wer]

Beautiful Snake God For @darkandtwistedasmr ‘s ASMR Video!

Had so much make his body Shine✨

Thank you so much DATW for Teach me about Australian culture and gave me chance to draw him!!

Meet Precious Snake god Here〜！ →

[crownedinmarigolds]

Happy Halloween to all from your local necromancers! The Hidalgo Household has welcomed their Hecata brethren in for a family get-together, and we even managed to get nearly all of them in for a family portrait! Everyone - this is STUNNING. Everyone looks so good dressed in their best to celebrate the day where the veil is most thin. What an awesome group this is - I hope I placed everyone well to show off these great looks!! I love them all!! Who's Who: Anansi, Imogen, Aydan, Rocco, and Holly @confusedwithglitter Bryce Milliner @salubri-outcast Dr. Winston Mccaine and Bacia @morticrows Lucio @hunter-slime-660 Sabina Rico @squiretinnion Demetra "Demi" Giovanni @salubri-outcast Marcello Marchetti and Ash @superfastsquiddle Dionosio "Dio" Giovanni @salubri-outcast The Hidalgo Coterie - Crystal, Noa, Nythanel, Bravo, Cori - by myself! Amadou @holly-bearie Sasha @rattenprince Diego de Mondellis @cynical-tuba Xochi @urbanknightart Mattia Faulkner @harbingerofskulls Marcello Giovanni and Mirabella @squiretinnion Rosin @milk-crafting Deirdre and Mallory "Mal" Corvinelli @wizzsp Bernadette and Beatrix Beaumont @renaissancebadboy

[orphanheirs]

Official WIP Intro Post

General Stuff:

Working title: Lambswool

Genre: dark fantasy, gothic horror, folk horror, historical fiction

Quick run down: In regency England, a misfit half-demon child belonging to a species of beings who guard the doors between the world(s) of the living and the dead enters the mortal world. An amateur magician unleashes an entity determined to tear apart the delicate balance between realms. Shit hits the fan.

Vibes: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Over the Garden Wall, The Witch, Interview With the Vampire (movie), The Company of Wolves, The Secret Garden, Sleepy Hollow, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, Labyrinth, Return To Oz

POV: Multiple POVs, third person, interlaced with diary entries and letters--so partially an epistolary novel

Some themes: death, breaking the cycle of generational trauma, forging one's own identity, adolescence, being the black sheep, being the sacrificial lamb, found family, isolation, anti-capitalism/colonialism, queerness, oppression, the "other", inversion of normativity, the predator archetype, "the empowered child", control/power, grappling with fate and history, making the future, etc...

Features: character driven, nobody's really the "hero" or "good guy" (whole point is everyone's a person/being the world traditionally sees as "wicked" or "evil"), fairies, witchcraft, sorcery, Stonehenge, romanticism, castles, ruined monasteries, graveyards, magic lantern shows, hearth cooking, early industrial revolution, early science, ballrooms, candelabras, desolate moors, ghosts, demons, consumption, melancholia, friends who are each others' beloathed, souling/trick-or-treating, dandies, dying 19th century waifs taking control of their own destiny, time travel, pretty dresses, the taste of butter, deals with the devil AND MORE

Story:

Set-up: England, 1810. The nation has reached a strength and prosperity never before seen, and advancements in technology and science are rapidly pushing the 18th century into the dizzying 19th. Industrialization is changing the fabric of life in hardly conceivable ways, and amidst the rise of capitalistic modernity it seems the belief in a lively and ever-present spirit world --so ubiquitous in previous centuries-- is under serious threat. But with upsets like mass crop failures, the ongoing Napoleonic wars, and multiple uprisings in recent memory, anxieties in this rapidly changing world are high, with some turning to evangelicalism and reactionary moralizing. Many believe the end of the world must be near arrival. Meanwhile, the world continues to largely be lit by fire, and one must still use the moon to light their way on a country road at night. And in the country there are those who still believe in quaint things like the Fair Folk and practice primitive charms. And in these dark places, in these cracks between the veil, tucked in the corners of the tangible, there are ancient supernatural forces yet lying in wait to stake their claim on the land of the living once again.

Plot (will change/be added to as I develop more): A dying child summons a demon in his bedroom to help him run away from home and finds himself bound to serve the spirit. After spending his whole life within the walls of his family's mansion, he's simultaneously thrust into both the mortal world of his time and into that of the Other Side. After some time spent feverishly drinking from the cup of life to the point of excess with the encouragement of his new demon companion and plunging headfirst into delicious immoral behavior that flies in the face of the oppressive society of his time, he thinks he's made himself a pretty good deal. But soon he learns that the demon is interested in involving him in more than just juvenile delinquency, and in fact intends to usher in a new era where evil spirits, the dead, and Other Things will freely meddle with and torment the living. What's more, there's a species of guardian spirits who have previously prevented this from happening--ones who open and close the door between worlds in a controlled manner, ones who, particularly, steward the yearly lifting of the veil that occurs on Halloween/Samhain. And the demon intends to destroy them all, starting with a young member of their race who has foolishly entered the mortal realm, thus breaking an ancient covenant. The child is sent to search for and manipulate this being into the demon's clutches, which he finds more difficult than he anticipated when he accidentally makes the first friend he's ever had in the process. The two then journey around England, with the human child acting as the being's guide through messy mortal life. Together they survive off of the victuals they scare out of hapless cottagers they haunt along the way while the demon works to recruit more earthly and unearthly helpers to its scheme. It all leads up to a climax where the fate of the worlds, and of Halloween, is decided. There's also definitely going to be subplots and backstories.

Characters (so far) with example images:

Tristan:

A sickly, precocious 12 year old shut up in the gilded, but stifling halls of his family's country estate, Tristan is determined to do ANYTHING to liberate himself and live some life before he drops dead from his ailments. Even if it means summoning dark forces to help him escape into the outside world. Even if it means serving the infernal entity he conjured and helping it carry out its nefarious schemes. In fact this suits Tristan just fine. That is until he meets the demon's number one target.. [Tag: #tristan]

Crispin:

[combine image 1 and 2 in your head to get an idea of Crispin's unhuman appearance.]

A young member of a species of demon/human hybrids who strive to keep balance between the spirit and mortal realms. About 10 years old in mortal time. About ??? years old in nonmortal time. He escapes the horrors of his family's Hellish castle located in a limbo-like space, and enters our world. In 1810 his clothing and speech are about 200 years out of date. His nature differs from others of his species, so when he stumbles upon mortals, he yearns to join in with them..which is made a just a bit difficult owing to his monstrous appearance and the fact that doing so goes against every tenet of his kind. [Tag: #crispin]

Demon/Spirit (no name yet):

A Being of mysterious and extremely antique origin. Banished and chained beneath a neolithic ritual site for thousands of years due to its destructive intentions and dangerous power. Freed by the summoning of a little shit named Tristan. Takes the form of a comely young man. Immediately intends on being up to no good again; might fuck around and usher in the apocalypse. [Tag: #cult]

Witch (no name yet):

A seeress, cunning woman, and good old fashioned witch, she's a young woman living in an isolated cottage at the edge of a wood leading into Faerie. She finds herself the reluctant keeper of a half-demon charge who Shouldn't Be Here. She has to deal with all the challenges involved with rearing an inhuman child, on top of preventing him from wriggling out of her grasp and into the company of other humans. She instructs Crispin in mortal magic and gives him the first affection he's ever gotten. [Tag: #teacher]

Lamia:

Crispin's elder sister. A more typical example of their species, she is vicious, cruel, and perfectly at home in the house of horrors they grow up in. Nevertheless, she is fascinated by Crispin, and, dissatisfied/bored with the way their family operates, sets out after him for some fun. [Tag: #lamia]

Emrys:

A vagabonding sin eater of indeterminate age because he looks young, but is so ragged and worn down it's hard to tell. He performs an old and fading tradition as yet kept up in country places, which he believes has damned him to Hell. Meets the other characters on his/their wanderings and gets drawn into everything, resulting in a pretty intense identity crisis. [Tag: no tag yet]

Setting/tags:

Setting: Regency England/British Isles--a good chunk of the action takes place in the countryside of the southwestern English county of Wiltshire. Later the action moves to London. May also be other locations, such as Scotland or Ireland or maybe even America-- not sure of how big the scope is going to be yet. [Tags: #setting, #interior, #countryside, #woods, #england, #dailylife, #regency, #wiltshire, and more...] Will also be delving into different realms, such as faerie.

Other tags: #occult, #stonecircle, #cemetery, #fairies, #witchcraft, #halloween, #pagan, #mythology, #folklore, #ancient, #mementomori and so on...

"Soundtrack" playlist:

Wow, if you read this whole thing thank you so much!! I'm psyched to finally get this intro out and give you guys a more general overview of the story. Can't wait to share a whole lot more!!!

{All footage in the video above taken by me at my local cemetery/historic site. The song used is "May Song" by Martin Carthy. All the art used is historical.}

[looceyloo]

gently lays another WIP of Lamia onto my ever-growing pile

in her campaign we had to sneak into the catacombs to find a freshly interred body. as the rest of her party distracted the monks on watch, she performed a Speak with Dead spell (by cutting out a corpse's eyes and tongue and feeding them to her raven familiar) as a way to try to commune with the Raven Queen

[astarionsfavoritebhaalbabe]

A bloody treat after killing The Devil. 🩸

[wolfgirlboyjester]

bearer of the curse

(he/they)