#laszlo m

[alivedean]

hello LGBTQLMNOP community

[diioonysus]

dresses + art

[spongebob-connoisseur]

I can't fucking believe they pulled an M reference in SpongeBob

[dem0batz]

I fucking dare you to look me in the eyes and tell me that M Rasmodius isn't just Laszlo Cravensworth with purple hair.

[allthebestcowgirls]

# TEAM VICTOR LASZLO

[the-vampire-queer]

Congratulations to What We Do in the Shadows (2019) for winning round 1, bracket 6! (81.4% - 18.6%)

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What is What We Do in the Shadows (2019) about?

Summary: "Based on the feature film of the same name from Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, "What We Do in the Shadows" is a documentary-style look into the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of four vampires who've "lived" together for hundreds of years in Staten Island.The self-appointed leader of the group is Nandor the Relentless, a great warrior and conqueror from the Ottoman Empire. Then there's the British vampire Laszlo -- a bit of a rogue and a dandy and a fop, he might say. He's a lover of mischief and a great soirée, but not as much as he loves seeing Nandor fail miserably in every attempt. And then there's Nadja: the seductress, the temptress, the vampiric Bonnie to Laszlo's Clyde. Also cohabiting in the vampire household is Guillermo, Nandor's familiar; and Colin Robinson, an energy vampire and day-walker of sorts -- he feasts on humans, but not on their blood." Source: Rotten Tomatoes

Source: What We Do in the Shadows (2019)

Cast:

Kayvan Novak - Nandor the Relentless

Matt Berry - Laszlo Cravensworth

Natasia Demetriou - Nadja ...

Harvey Gullién - Guillermo de la Cruz

Mark Proksch - Colin Robinson

Additional information: This tv series is based off of the 2014 Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement film of the same name.

What is Renfield (2023) about?

Summary: "In this modern monster tale of Dracula's loyal servant, Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road, X-Men franchise) stars as Renfield, the tortured aide to history's most narcissistic boss, Dracula (Oscar® winner Nicolas Cage). Renfield is forced to procure his master's prey and do his every bidding, no matter how debased. But now, after centuries of servitude, Renfield is ready to see if there's a life outside the shadow of The Prince of Darkness. If only he can figure out how to end his codependency." Source: Rotten Tomatoes

Source: Renfield (2023)

Cast:

Nicholas Hoult - R.M. Renfield

Nicolas Cage - Dracula

Awkwafina - Rebecca

Ben Schwartz - Teddy Lobo

Shohreh Aghdashloo - Bellafrancessca Lobo

Additional information: There was a video game that released on Steam for this movie, titled Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood.

[drusill-a]

[WWDitS finale spoilers]

Aside from the obvious – the gross shipbaiting and mocking naive viewers who dared to believe an m/m dynamic could be treated as anything other than the butt of the joke – my biggest issue with the WWDitS finale is that it’s an ending that could have made sense… but at most after s2. Back then, we were still watching a story about characters who didn’t share any particular bonds (except for Nadja/Laszlo) and who were entirely static, unaffected by the things they experienced.

The thing is, the creators themselves realized you can’t build a long-running story on that formula – eventually, the characters had to evolve at least a little, and their relationships had to deepen so viewers would have any reason to root for them. And so Guillermo’s position in the group began to change – first, he earned their minimal respect, then a very solid place, until finally, in season 5, all the other characters had reached a point where they didn’t even hide that they genuinely cared about him a lot. The same happened with Colin, who at first was completely left out by the other housemates but gradually earned an equal spot in the group and developed that stupid yet sweet bond with Laszlo (erasing those memories was, imo, one of the writers’ biggest mistakes). Laszlo showed himself capable of empathy, which he proved again in s5 by helping Guillermo, and even Nadja, who used to completely disregard everyone’s feelings, had several moments in later seasons where she openly cared – at least in her own way –  about the others.

And of course, that’s how we got the romantic subtext between Guillermo and Nandor. Over all those seasons – from s3 up until s6 – I was certain it was a classic will they, won’t they dynamic that would end with them getting together. I just couldn’t believe the writers would spend the last 4 seasons making their relationship more equal and showing Nandor’s journey to realizing Guillermo genuinely mattered to him, only to do nothing with it – or worse, regress them back by three seasons. But the late s6 Nandor’s “no homo” attitude has very little in common with the Nandor from seasons 4 and 5, who was openly pining and lusting after Guillermo.

From Guillermo’s perspective, this ending is an absolute tragedy – even the end of the previous episode gave him much more hope. Maybe he’d lost his lifelong dream and still hadn’t found a new purpose, but he had found a family and a place in the world, with a potential chance to build something meaningful with Nandor in the future. I don’t understand why this episode had to undo all of that – to show us that none of his friends really listen to him, that the power dynamic with Nandor will always be uneven, and that ultimately he wasted 16 years, and no one would really care that much if he left. Considering how great Guillermo’s development was, especially in gaining confidence from s4 onward, this ending feels so unfair and insulting to his character.

I feel like the writers’ biggest mistakes have been forcing a return to the status quo after every season. After the breakup in s3, the characters should have stayed apart for at least an episode or two. Colin should have remembered that Laszlo raised him, and they should’ve kept their funny, fucked-up father-son relationship until the end of the show. Guillermo should’ve been a real vampire for at least a full season—or, in my opinion, permanently—because, as it turns out, the writers had absolutely no idea what to do with his character once he lost that goal. Relationships that had evolved shouldn’t be randomly reset by a couple of seasons just because the writers couldn’t be bothered to put in the effort to write anything new for them.

You can’t have your cake and eat it too – if the writers were so dead-set on giving us an  ending that says “nothing in these characters’ lives matters, and nothing will ever change,” they should have made the show half as long and spared viewers the trouble of getting invested in character and relationship arcs that ultimately went nowhere.

This is a comedy show that was supposed to make people feel better. After this finale, I feel mocked by the creators for believing that the queer ship they sold me for 4 seasons had a chance of being treated equally to an m/f ship. I’m also sad because the characters were regressed and left stuck in eternal limbo, and generally I feel ridiculed because the writers openly made fun of us for getting emotionally invested in the story they wrote for us.

And maybe the biggest crime of these last few episodes was that they weren’t even remotely funny—so you can’t even say they prioritized comedy over character development, because it failed on that front too.

[beansprean]

My Familiar’s Ghost part 67

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ID: Flashback to vampire Guillermo's first hunt. 1a. Wide shot of a middle aged man who looks suspiciously like Paul Simms in a BOSS hoodie and jeans walking down a suburban street at night. 1b. Close up on the man as he looks over toward a rustling sound offscreen. 1c. Zoom out slightly as the man backs cautiously away from a large hedge at the edge of the sidewalk where the noise is coming from. He says, 'Hello? Hey, if you're tryna rob me, I don't have nothin'.' 1d. Close up on the hedge as a dark gap in the branches widens, a pair of orange eyes with slitted pupils glowing from within. The creature says, 'Nothing?' 1e. Wide shot of the street as the man is suddenly pulled headfirst into the hedge with a cut off scream. 1f. Repeat. A fountain of bright red blood spits out from the hedge and splatters on the sidewalk. 1g. Wide shot on the other side of the hedge. In the foreground, Guillermo, wearing a canvas jacket and his old oval glasses, is clutching the man's body to him as he drinks messily from his throat, fangs buried to the hilt as he makes loud gulping sounds. Behind him stand Laszlo and Nadja, the former of which is scowling and trying to wipe off a splatter of blood on the front of his coat. He clicks his tongue and scolds, 'Fledglings are always so messy.' Nadja, arm hooked on his elbow, leans into him with a flirty smile and says 'I remember your first blood-feast, my darling. You were like a wild, hairy beast!'

2a. Close up on Guillermo's open mouth as he detaches from the victim's neck and throws his head back with a satisfied exhale, blood staining his lips and chin. 2b. Zoom out, Guillermo lowers his head and stares past the viewer, a shaft of light passing over his eyes and making them glow a golden orange. His tongue flicks out over his teeth to savor the blood on them. 2c. Waist up of Nandor, standing awkwardly nearby in his leather tunic and cloak, startling out of the slight daze he had been watching Guillermo in. 2d. Reverse shot of Guillermo still crouched on the ground as Nandor says from offscreen, 'Well done, Guillermo.' Guillermo literally glows at the praise, eyes wide and face flushed as a disbelieving little smile creeps up on his face. He replies, 'Th-thank you, M-' Nandor interrupts him, 'But now since you have splattered this chatty man's unvirginal blood all over the place, I will have to hunt elsewhere.' 2e. Low angle wide shot as Nandor transforms into a bat and flies off, calling, 'Do not wait up.' Guillermo stares after him from below, blood-covered hand hovering in midair as he lets out a meek 'Oh, okay...' 2f. Panel of Guillermo back in the present in his fancy red sweater and new glasses, continuing his talking head. He has his arms crossed and face dark with frustration, scowling as he bites out '...Yeah, we've really reconnected.' /end ID

[quanatural]

Peter Lorre's character actually adds up to an alphabet ...

Maybe the Y box is not rigorous, but Karl's name was stolen by Peter Lorre.We still don't know Peter Lorre of You'll Find out.

For October 4th, something I put together ages ago.

[diamondcitydarlin]

'but but but male friendship and platonic intimacy are important toooo!!!'

Okay I'm sorry I've been hearing this over and over and over again through the years, it seems to be go-to response of creators/writers/actors/apologists every fucking time a possible queer M/M pairing is shafted to the side and I'm getting so tired of it.

First of all, like I've also been saying SO MANY TIMES through the years, the depiction of platonic male friendship and intimacy in media really isn't some kind of uncharted waters situation like all these people want us to believe. I would GUESS that platonic male friendship and comradery makes up at least 75% (if not more) of media created since films first started being made and that really says nothing of all the literature that preceded. Hell, 'buddy cop comedy' is a genre all unto itself and usually depicts two straight men in the main roles (not always, but when it's anything other than two straight guys it's generally seen as a subversion of the genre). I'm not saying that platonic male friendship doesn't have it's place in media and needs to be done away with wholesale and all fictional male friends now need to fuck and date each other, I'm not saying that it isn't important to show platonic queer male friend characters (more on this in a moment), I'm just saying I'm tired of people acting like 'platonic male friendship' is some kind of underrepresented, underappreciated thing in media every time someone doesn't want to write a queer M/M dynamic when you could literally select any film made between 1920 and now at random and there would be at least a 7/10 chance it depicted two or more men as platonic hetero friends as the emotional crux of the plot. Like please stop gaslighting us and just say you didn't want to write the thing, this is so stupid.

Second of all, (and this is what really gets me) most of these pieces of media that have ended up pulling the 'BUT PLATONIC QUEER FRIENDSHIP' card already fucking have male and even queer male characters as friends in the cast, outside of the relationship in question or, at the very least, have the potential to depict that with many other characters in the cast. Since I'm primarily reacting to Shadows here, I'll use that as a perfect example; both Guillermo and Nandor are friends with several other male characters in the cast, both peripheral and main. If platonic male friendship and intimacy is so important, then what about these dynamics? What about Guillermo and Laszlo's weird blossoming friendship in season 4? What about whatever it is Colin and Laszlo have going on? What about Nandor and Laszlo (though ig they fuck so maybe they don't count bc remember, sex between men is either gross or funny and meaningless)? SEAN AND LAZSLO?? What about Guillermo and Derek? (REMEMBER HIM??) Hell, what about Guillermo's friend from the orgy who ends up topping the vampire, both of whom we literally never hear of again?? Why are Nandor and Guillermo suddenly the load-bearing 'platonic male friendship' of the show when there were many, many, many, many other opportunities to depict that both with and without them? Suddenly at the eleventh hour when it was time to commit or quit to the Nandermo slowburn, 'platonic male friendship' is just so important you guys??? The math ain't mathing. ANOTHER example of this actually done well WHILE FEATURING A CANONICALLY QUEER COUPLE was Our Flag Means Death. Stede and Ed had their romance, but there were also complex queer platonic friendships and dynamics between them and the rest of the cast and the cast among themselves. So, OBVIOUSLY, we can have our cake and eat it too here, can't we? CAN'T WE??

Thirdly, it is undeniable to me that there is an element of homophobia to this argument, as whenever the 'what about platonic male friendship' comes up it's usually accompanied by the implication that IF these two male characters were to be romantic and/or sexual with each other that would somehow diminish their bond. There's always an implication that them being platonic and sexless is somehow 'purer' and we should be grateful for it, and anyone who might have seen potential for and/or wanted to see something sexual and/or romantic between them is a weirdo gross pervert, which rounds us back to the very conservative concept that sex/romantic intimacy in general is just ew icky gross, inherently impure, especially (for some reason) when it could happen between queer characters. (Which, as others have pointed out, is a weird stance to try to take for the show that had NO PROBLEM showing Laszlo, Nadja-ghost and his friend he just finished raising like a son having sex with each other as a joke- that's totally fine and hilarious, but heaven forbid Guillermo and Nandor should share a chaste kiss or something)

Anyway, the point of this ramble-rant being, I REALLY wish people on these shows would just say 'We didn't want to do that' when it comes to a potential M/M queer pairing rather than trying to take some kind of moral soap-box stance about the inherent purity of sexless, platonic male friendships (especially when the show in question had opportunity after opportunity to explore that with several different characters). It's not only gaslighting an audience of people who are WELL AWARE of what media has consisted of over the past 100 years, it also comes with the implication that romantic/sexual intimacy between men is always way ickier than the alternative AND that anyone who felt it could have happened or wanted to see it happen is gross and weird. It's rude, it's demeaning and wholly unnecessary. Just say you didn't want to write it and go, thanks!

[peterlorres21stcentury]

Peter Lorre in fiction

So after all these years, I finally got around to reading Pandaemonium, a sweeping novel of decadent golden-age Hollywood, her community of displaced Europeans in exile, and an ambitious director’s doomed plan to turn a routine B picture into a Greek tragedy, in more ways than one. Narrated by Peter Lorre.

I’m not kidding about that.

Lorre is our viewpoint character for most of the narrative. Or at least, he is some manner of expy, an exported fictional version of Peter, who seems more heavily based on his creepier movie roles than any semblance of real life. And it’s really a shame because—it pains me to say this—as written, Peter’s narration doesn’t actually need to be here. He does provide his usual sardonic sense of humor, which is much appreciated. I can easily hear his voice, as it were, in much of the text. But there’s a weird obsession with his Mr. Moto character for some reason (not even a mention of Mad Love anywhere?) as if that’s the only thing that audiences would recognize him for in 1938. European audiences, at that! I doubt Europe ever saw distribution of a Moto film. No, they would know him best for M, or if they somehow missed that explosive sensation, at least they would know him from a string of musical comedies. Not that it really matters. This is all a fictional timeline, and the real Lorre did not set foot anywhere near Europe in 1938 for reasons that should be obvious.

DISCLAIMER: I have only finished part 1 of this novel so far, and these are just my initial impressions without having read the full work yet. But already I’m honestly not sure why author Leslie Epstein (son and nephew respectively of the famous screenwriter Epstein brothers, Philip and Julius) would choose such a dynamic, fluid, fascinating personage as Peter Lorre to be our narrator only to turn him into a tiny-dicked kreep and a pervert, forever trying and failing to entice women to reach into his pockets for a “present.” I’m not saying Peter didn’t flirt outrageously with every woman he met (he did) but I’m pretty sure he didn’t go about it so creepily. The running gag seems to be that every time Lorre finds himself near a woman, he starts sweating buckets, which releases his powerful natural odor of… almonds. Um. Ha-ha? If there’s a joke here I don’t really get it. I have no doubt Peter was one sweaty boi, if his impassioned performances onscreen were any indication (I sympathize, being one sweaty girl myself) but if he did smell like almonds, this trait has gone unrecorded by history.

Minor tangent because I cannot ever let things go: what’s so bad about the smell of almonds, anyway? I can think of worse things to smell like. Why almonds? Is he suffering cyanide poisoning? Is it some side-effect of his cocaine habit? And of course here I must clear my throat and put the nerd glasses on because ahem, ackshually, the real Peter had a morphine addiction, at least get the details right if you’re going to impugn his character like this, gawd. X) Or is this all part of the author’s barely disguised fetish, whatever that is? Not judging or anything, I’m just so confused.

If that didn’t confuse me enough, there’s an unusual mix of real-life names sprinkled among the fictitious characters, and I’m having a devil of a time trying to figure out why it was done this way. Lorre is referred to by name, even his original name Laszlo Loewenstein (or Löwenstein in real life but the former is how it appears in the text). But the director Rudolf von Beckmann and his star actress Magdalena Mezaray are expies of… several people? As far as I can tell. At first I thought they were meant to be parodies of Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich, but later on, von Sternberg and Dietrich were referred to by name, existing alongside their own parodies in this world, it would seem. Then, certain details emerge about the von Beckmann character, as he is called in front of Dr. Goebbels for some life-threatening accusations (a masterful scene, actually), which made me think he was loosely based on some mix of Fritz Lang and Bertolt Brecht. He’s certainly a Brechtian figure, what with his weak heart and unwavering disdain for the studio system, and the little fiction of being called up personally by Goebbels was a story Lang retold for years, to say nothing of his hidden Jewish heritage.

Anyway, all this aside… believe it or not, I’m actually enjoying the story (so far). The way it’s written is really quite cinematic (not surprising, coming from the son of a screenwriter) and is easily imagined as an old film, which is something I can appreciate. It’s how I like to envision my own writing as well: an imagined film that might exist in the past, but never did. I’ve heard from past reviews that Pandaemonium starts out strong before descending into nonsense, but we shall see. I’ll let you know if things get any worse. :P

[spongebob-connoisseur]

@gnome-adjacent-vagabond

This is what I think he was doing up Nosferatu's coat

He is literally just a cat(fish)

[pupsmailbox]

VAMPIRE ID PACK

NAMES︰ absalom. acanthus. acheron. achlys. adelaide. adoess. adonis. adorette. adrian. adrienne. aero. akasha. alaric. aletia. alfonso. alistair. allure. alluria. altair. alucard. amber. ambrose. ambrosia. amor. amora. amorette. amélie. anna. anton. anya. armand. ash. asher. ashlin. astrophel. atticus. avenal. bara. bashericus. batsy. batte. belladonna. bianca. bitelle. biter. bitte. blacky. blade. blaine. blair. blaire. bloodette. bloodi. bloodie. bloodier. bloodine. bloody. bram. cain. carmilla. carnamor. carrie. carrionyx. casimir. cathedral. cecil. cecilia. celeste. charlotte. chatelaine. ciel. clara. claude. claudia. coffina. corbin. cornelius. count. countess. crimson. crowley. culamia. cularnage. cupid. dali. damienne. damon. darcy. darling. dawn. deathema. desiree. destiny. devoure. dhampyre. dirge. dorian. drac. dracul. dracula. draven. drusilia. drusilla. duvessa. edgar. edon. eldritch. eleanor. eleleth. elisabeta. elivria. elizabeth. elspeth. elucius. elvira. enzo. esme. eve. ezra. fangcheska. faustus. felent. felicity. felix. feronia. frederick. gorey. gossamer. gothita. grimoire. guinevere. hannya. hawthorn. helena. hemlock. hesperia. irina. ivy. iztli. james. jasper. jericho. joshua. julian. juliet. karnage. kasha. keres. killian. kings. kiro. lacey. laszlo. laura. lazarus. lenora. lenore. lestat. lilith. lorei. loren. louis. loveina. lovelace. lovelita. lovelorn. lovesel. lovina. luci. lucia. lucian. luciel. lucien. lucienne. lucina. lucious. lycidas. lyn. lysander. lyuvr. macasma. maeve. magnus. mallory. marce. marceline. matthias. mavis. melancholy. melloic. mercer. merciful. mercy. mikael. mikaela. mina. miriam. miyu. morcant. morgan. morpheus. mortas. mortem. mortis. muse. nikolas. nocturne. noir. nora. nosferatu. onyx. orpheus. oscar. pandora. princely. rage. raven. redon. rhys. romeo. rosalie. ruse. sabrina. salem. sangue. sanguine. scarette. selene. shadow. silas. silhouette. silvias. simon. stoker. styx. suckite. sullivan. syilc. talon. tenki. theodore. thorn. thorne. umbral. valentine. valeria. vamp. vampelle. vamperina. vamperine. vampette. vampine. vampir. vampira. vampiress. vamplita. vamplyn. vampress. vampyr. vampyre. vanabas. vanpaia. veinessa. velvet. velvette. victor. victoria. viktor. viktoria. vile. ville. vincent. viola. violet. virtue. vlad. vladimir. voltaire. xander. xavier. yama. yves. zak.

PRONOUNS︰ attack/attack. bat/bat. bi/bite. bit/bite. bit/bitten. bite/bite. bite/vamp. blade/blade. bleed/bleeding. blo/blood. blood/bled. blood/blood. blood/bloody. blood/drunk. bloody/bloody. bur/bur. castle/castle. charm/charm. claw/claw. clo/clot. cof/coffin. coffin/coffin. cor/corrupt. corp/corpse. cro/cross. cross/cross. crow/crow. crypt/crypt. curse/curse. cy/cyr. dae/daemon. dark/dark. dawn/dawn. de/voted. dea/dead. dea/death. des/desire. drac/drac. drama/drama. dri/drink. en/tombed. evil/evil. fa/fang. fae/fang. fang/fang. flap/flap. fly/fly. frill/frill. go/goth. gore/gore. goth/goth. grave/grave. gri/grim. grime/grimey. growl/growl. hau/haunt. hex/hex. hie/hiem. horror/horror. hx/hxm. hy/hym. hye/hym. hyr/hyem. h♱/h♱m. immortal/immortal. ix/ix. ki/kill. kill/kill. mist/mist. moon/moon. mor/morbid. ne/nem. ni/night. ni/nightlife. night/night. ny/nyx. pale/pale. para/parasol. phan/phantom. pink/pink. pyr/pyr. re/red. red/red. ro/rot. rose/rose. rot/rot. roy/royal. scare/scare. sharp/sharp. shift/shift. shx/hxr. shy/hyr. sh♱/h♱r. si/sire. silver/silver. spook/spooky. stake/stake. su/suck. suck/suck. sweet/sweet. syl/syl. teef/teeth. teeth/teeth. thxy/thxm. thy/thym. th♱y/th♱m. to/tomb. tomb/tomb. un/dead. un/un. undead/undead. upir/upir. va/vamp. val/valentine. vam/vamp. vamp/vamp. vamp/vampir. vamp/vampire. vampi/vampire. vampir/vampiric. vampire/vampire. vampy/vampyre. vampyre/vampyre. ve/ver. ve/vir. vex/vex. vile/vile. wi/wine. xi/xir. ♱. ⚰️. 🌑. 🌕. 🌙. 🍷. 🏰. 💉. 📜. 🕯️. 🕸. 🥀. 🦇. 🦷. 🧛. 🧛‍♀️. 🧛‍♂️. 🩸.

[phoenix--quill]

Prompt 27: Caught in the act

Pairing: Laszlo Kreizler/female reader

Rating: M (minors DNI!!)

Warnings: fingering, semi-public sex, interrupted sex

Length: 1.100 words

Summery: Perhaps the library of the Kreizler Institute is not the best place for an exploration of the female g-spot

Notes: Second entry in my kinktober and I’ve tried my hand at writing in 2nd person (which I actually like a lot for blank-slate characters). Feel free to tell me what you think and which you prefer

AO3

You weren’t quite sure how a discussion on female anatomy had lead to this moment but here you sat, on the large table in the library of the Kreizler Institute, with the famed doctor’s good hand between your legs.

You had been dancing around each other for months – a furtive look here, a flirtatious remark full of double meaning there – as you assisted the doctor in his investigations, working side-by-side with himself, John Moore and Sara Howard.

“Laszlo,” you cried out against the collar of his expensive white shirt as he added another slender finger inside you, stretching your walls while your body still longed for more.

“Relax into it,” he instructed gently and you could tell he was still trying to tell himself this was for educational purposes, though his flushed cheeks and hard breathing rather betrayed his feelings on the situation.

You nodded absent-mindedly as you buried your face in his neck, inhaling the softly spiced scent of whatever oil he used on his beard. For a moment you could focus solely on the feeling of his fingers pumping slowly in and out of you, his soft beard against your cheek and his clothed chest so impossibly close to your own, it felt like your corset had been laced too tightly. Then he crooked his fingers ever so slightly and angled his thrust more outwards and your mind blanked as whatever spot he hit caused white hot pleasure to shoot through you like lightning.

A voice in the back of your mind reminded you that there were still others walking about the building and you quickly bit down on his lapel, lest you let out the embarrassingly loud moan that was currently lodged in your throat. A low whimper still managed to escape you as you curled further into his chest, your hands moving from where they had sat on his shoulders since this whole thing began to the inside of his jacket, stroking up and down his sides and back, as the need to feel him ran through your pleasure-addled mind.

“Do you feel the difference?” he asked softly against your temple and you barely had the wherewithal to nod as he continued his ministrations against that special spot inside of you.

You felt his nose bury into your hair, his breathing filling your ear, and the thought that despite your compromising position he had yet to kiss you filled your mind as his ministrations continued between your thighs. You weren’t sure if he would welcome such an advance from you; despite your current situation, the two of you were not courting and you were unsure of your current activities were fuelled by romantic attraction or simply lust. Well, from his side anyway, you knew your feelings however hard you had tried to bury them; you had felt an attraction to him from the moment you had met. You had to at least try.

“Laszlo,” you stuttered out again as you moved to nuzzle against his beard before moving further up. You kissed the corner of his mouth before making eye contact, desperately trying to gauge his response.

His normally dark chocolate eyes were now almost completely black, his pupils were blown wide, and a faint blush filled his cheeks as he looked down at you, taking in your probably just as flushed face.

The two of you locked eyes for what seems an eternity though it could have been no more than mere seconds and you swore you could see the internal debate raging inside his mind. Then he surged forward, catching your lips between his own and swallowing the moan that fell from your lips. The urgency of his kiss took you by surprise and it was all you could do to follow along as he ran his soft lips along your own before slipping his tongue inside your mouth, all the while his fingers seemed to have slipped even further inside you. You felt both overwhelmed and on the cusp of exploding as you slipped one hand into his hair, ruffling its previously neat appearance, and leaned further into the kiss, needing him even closer. Pleasure rolled through you, as you felt like you were both on fire and drowning at the same time. Laszlo’s presence seemed all around you, inside of you, as his fingers picked up speed, his lips never leaving yours and even his weaker hand gently squeezing you leg.

“Doctor Kreizler, I found…”

“OUT!” Laszlo’s voice rang out loudly in the previous silent library and you heard the door behind you slam shut – and realised that you had failed to hear it open in the first place, too wrapped up in your own pleasure.

Both of you stilled and he withdrew his hand rather forlornly, finding a handkerchief to wipe his fingers on. His methodical movements and refusal to meet you eyes made you curl in on yourself and you wondered what he was thinking: did he hate you for having put him this position? His reputation was already precarious and rumours of him seducing women and taking advantage of them within the Institute could only do more harm.

Your thoughts seemed to spiral and you didn’t even notice when he turned back to you, regarding you nervously.

“They did not see anything.” His quiet voice made you look up and you seemed to once again get lost in his soft, comforting eyes.

“Of course.” Your voice sounded hoarse and you had to break eye contact when you felt hot tears well up.

With still trembling hands, you fixed the skirt of your dress and made to move off of the table when he spoke again: “Maybe you would like to accompany me to the opera tonight?” Your head snapped up at his hesitant tone. “John will be there too. Although he usually gets bored partway through.” You had rarely seen the doctor look unsure of himself and he quickly looked away and started organising a stack of books that had sat on the table beside you.

“I. I would love that,” you managed, your voice still sounded strange to your own ears but you felt a smile break out on you face.

He nodded and flashed you a small smile of his own before going back to his books. “It’s settled then. I will have a carriage sent for tonight.”

“Until tonight then,” you said, unable to stop the smile from growing and you quickly made your discreet exit from the library and soon found yourself on the bustling streets of New York. Perhaps this hadn’t been a totally failed experiment.

[badass-queer-couples-battle]

Gay wrongs tournament, round 2 of the major bracket

* Canonically queer M/F couples and polycules are included in the definition of gay wrongs for this poll.

Propaganda:

For the Leverage trio:

No murder (except occasionally by Elliot) but the theifsom as they are sometimes called rob from every kind of evil rich asshole they can find. Three of the best criminals in the world. Be poly do crimes. 

A canonical (Word of God) triad who run cons with the ultimate goal of helping people. Hardison is a hacker, Eliot is a hitter, and Parker is a thief

For Nadja and Laszlo:

they're both bisexual vampires who are mildly terrible people who have been together for centuries and love each other deeply and occasionally get with other people to spice the marriage up. he continuously kills her reincarnated lover Gregor because whenever he shows up, she ends up upset. also he's jack the ripper and she ran a vampire night club that before she burned to the ground to get insurance out of she embezzeled a lot from.

They’re vampires, they’re married, they’re in love. They eat people together and have done so for hundreds of years. Bi 4 bi and in a rather open relationship but loyal to eachother to the end. Lazlo refuses to return to England because they disrespected nadja when they first got married hundreds of years ago. They’re adorable together and the weirdest goddamn people ever.

[cyancherub]

do you have any book recommendations for us :D

MAYBE SO.......!!!! u know i love talkin abt books!!!

well, ok since ive posted about most of the books ive been reading recently MAYBE i can also post about some that i ordered and am waiting to arrive??? because all of these sounded very interesting to me!!!

SO books i have coming in the mail:

surrealist novels:

the woman in the dunes by kobo abe

the hearing trumpet by leonora carrington

the melancholy of resistance by laszlo krasznahorkai:

the third policeman by flann o'brien

nadja by andre breton

(been really into surrealism lately if it isn't apparent. most excited for melancholy of resistance i think)

horror, gothic, etc:

bruges-la-morte by georges rodenbach

the damned (la-bas) by joris-karl huysmans

floating dragon by peter straub

classics, short stories, etc:

french decadent tales (oxford world's classics) by stephen romer

in watermelon sugar by richard brautigan

swann's way (in search of lost time, #1) by marcel proust

selected short stories by balzac

icefields by thomas wharton

some ive picked up recently & stoked to read:

ada, or ardor by nabokov (my most beloved author of all time)

carmilla by le fanu

nightmare alley by william lindsay gresham

a king alone by jean giono

twilight of the idols by nietzsche

transparent things by nabokov

dark water by koji suzuki

selected poems by jorge luis borges (also beloved)

trolled my goodreads for more recs

books ive read & enjoyed so far this year:

the iliac crest by cristina rivera garza

the tenant by roland topor (FAV!!! huge fav)

crimson labyrinth by yusuke kishi

pedro paramo by juan rulfo

carolina ghost woods by judy jordan

death in her hands by ottessa moshfegh

the unbearable lightness of being by milan kundera

in the lake of the woods by tim o'brien

disgrace by j m coetzee

goth by otsuichi

books i enjoyed from last year:

the lottery & other stories by shirley jackson

the vegetarian by han kang

rosemary's baby by ira levin

piercing by ryu murakami (an all time fav)

the bloody chamber by angela carter (fav)

starve acre by andrew michael hurley (also a fav)

the glassy, burning floor of hell by brian evenson

the devil's larder by jim crace

monstrilio by gerardo samano cordova

and as a bonus, literally anything by nabokov. i have a big book of his short fiction that ive been reading slowly for a long while. despair by him is my fav book of all time, hands down. he is a master of absurdism (and a master of every language he writes in).

ALSO!!!! if youre into poetry, anything and every single thing by: t.s. eliot, baudelaire, rimbaud, borges. i also love neruda's poetry but i have heard he was an awful man so keep that in mind