#layherzen

[darkartistyt]

this anon would love to hear ur thoughts on the toxicity and appeal of layherzen

Ok imagine: two extremely touch starved people who both desperately need therapy accidentally make each other's and their own issues worse

Things start out nice, as both of them realise more and more that they have a lot in common and are able to bond over it. They understand each other in a way that they feel very few could. They grow closer out of care for and a desire to help one another. They are able to fill the gaps in each other's lives in a way, hershel being to anton almost like a second sophia and anton to hershel like a second claire

But at the core of that is where the problems lie. Both of them have had a death grip on their pasts for so long, unable to fully move on from those they lost. But neither of them are able to recognise it, both in themselves and in each other. They think they're healing, because now they have each other, but little do either of them understand how wrong they are

With Hershel, it's pretty dependent on how you characterise him, but anton at least has already been shown to be obsessive and even a bit possessive ("Sophia belongs to me! You can't have her!"). Personally I feel like hershel, with everything that he's gone through already, is the type to cling onto his relationships with others out of fear of abandonment or of something tragic happening to them and him being unable to save them. Usually, this manifests in protectiveness, but Anton's not someone who really needs protection. Hershel also adopts the traits of those around him, intentionally or not, and that combination of things I think could provide an opportunity for him to reflect Anton's possessiveness

You have to also think, Anton's been completely alone for decades. He's a recluse in an abandoned town, waiting for the return of someone who he hadn't even realised had died. Sure, perhaps he could heal from it in time, but that's bound to fuck someone up for a while at least. Bringing Hershel into the mix here, while he thinks it could be exactly what he needs, is more likely to hinder any progress he was making than boost it

What appeals to me more is how it's a mutual thing, not just one person being too clingy and hurting the other. I don't usually like that, to be honest. But when it's BOTH? Hoho, now we're talking >:]

Gonna be honest, this is where things get a little off the rails. The specific way i think about this pairing hinges less on interpretation of them as characters and more on me being a fucking weirdo lmao

To me it gets to a point where they cannot and will not let go of each other. Even if one of them eventually figures out that there are some inherent issues with their relationship, they don't want to leave. Not only are they both terrified of losing someone they love yet again, but they both kinda feel like they own each other in a way. They're so tied to each other now that nothing less than death itself can pry them apart, like embers merging and growing into a bigger and bigger flame

Idk. The inherent eroticism of mutual ownership.........

[futurebritishgentleman]

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[wordsofawanderingsoul]

Happy October! Have some sexy vampire Anton hehehehehe

Listen this line was way too flirtatious to not redraw it with zest.

[darkartistyt]

I hate how my one super rare pairing that literally only 3 people ship is also the sole one in which i romanticise its potential toxicity

[darkartistyt]

Me: "i don't mind 'toxic' ships i think they can be kinda fun to explore and whatnot but idk not for me"

Also me: "what if hershel and anton unhealthy codependency? What if hershel and anton obsessive mutual possessiveness? What if hershel and anton

[darkartistyt]

layherzen au backstory (details subject to change)

pretty much the whole backstory of folsense is rewritten. the town came under attack by vampires (vampires are real in this au), and a great number of people died as a result. some were killed by the vampires themselves, others after being turned

sophia was attacked by a vampire, and while anton was close enough to hear her screams and rush over to try to help, he was too late to save her from dying. he tried to attack the vampire and ended up getting bitten pretty badly, so much so that the other people who tried to help worried that he would die. he barely managed to hang on by a thread

knowing that he would likely be murdered on sight if he were to leave the castle, he stayed safe at home and simply watched as the town quickly became smaller and smaller, either from people dying or from people fleeing. eventually, any vampires who didn't chase the townsfolk down moved on, leaving him alone

most of the events of pb remains the same until luke and hersh meet anton for the first time. he doesn't hide the fact that he's a vampire; both of them at one point notice his fangs. because vampires are real in this au, it doesn't come as that unbelievable to hershel, and he grows wary of anton's intentions behind letting them stay the night

things continue canon compliantly until right before the fight scene due to the obvious: katia isn't there. this of course means that the fight is not prompted, so anton instead simply continues his scare act, threatening one last time to kill and eat them both. hershel starts protecting luke, saying that he wont let anton hurt him, which takes the vampire by surprise. hes never had someone refuse to leave before. not to mention there's something about hershel's determination that anton finds respectable at the very least. still, he keeps up the act and leaves for a moment, giving them one last chance to flee, although part of him knows they are not going to take it

while hershel does still wish to figure out the truth behind the elysian box, there's also something about anton that he cant help but feel drawn towards. on one hand, he's definitely afraid of him; the man kidnapped him (poorly, but still) and threatened to kill him and luke! even if he was bluffing, his attempts to frighten them both still worked. on the other hand, hershel cannot help but want to know more about the man, and he cannot figure out why. perhaps it was simply his connection to the elysian box. perhaps it was the mystery surrounding his being a vampire. or perhaps it was more personal than that. after all, even from first seeing him, hershel had thought he was quite pretty, something which his voice and demeanour only added onto. and though it scared him, waking up tied up with anton leaning over him calling him "feisty", seeming more than ready to sink his fangs into him... but that cant be right, can it? if all this means what he thinks it means, surely those would have been aspects of himself he would have discovered by now. he's nearly fourty, for crying out loud, and never in his life had he felt this way that quickly, nor towards another man, nor in that kind of context! there must be something weird going on that hes just not fully aware of yet

and to say anton wasnt feeling confliction of his own would be to lie. part of him still wants to drive the two away as he had done to countless other trespassers, and yet there was something special about hershel. the man was determined, brave, protective; he didnt run away or try to fight when anton revealed he was a vampire, even maintaining his politeness; and admittedly, the loneliness had been taking its tole on him for quite some time. decades, in fact. he wants to believe that was the only reason why an ever growing side of him wishes to keep hershel around, but something in the back of his mind practically demanded that there were other factors at play here, that he isn't just desperate and instead actually admires hershel at least a little

it is at around this point that id want the front-story to begin if i were to ever turn this into something. my ideas for the general themes are as follows:

the beginning includes a lot of self discovery, mainly on hershels end. hes realising shit about himself that he feels like he should have figured out years ago and, if anything, is a bit ashamed of, especially once anton bites and turns him out of desperation to get him to stay

luke wants to help hershel, but he practically demands he leave just in case. luke eventually complies and rushes out of the castle. he goes to find chelmey and tell him what happened. idk what id do with that but it is a conflict that exists

yeah this part is basically just a rewrite of that one fic i wrote

while hershel and anton stick together, things go from awkward to normal and great and awesome to... "codependent in a spicy way" is the most appropriate way i can put it. its very much a thing where if youre uncomfortable with the very specific elements of their fucked up relationship youre not gonna like what i have to say about them. thats part of where my hesitance lies. i wont go into detail, you get the hint (i hope...)

its a fairly slow burn tho, so slowly in fact that neither of them realise how bad things are getting even when theyre in the thick of it. gives me the chance to play around more with unreliable narration

chances are, this is just going to be an au that i keep rotating in my brain instead of sculpting into something for others to enjoy, but i wanted to get my thoughts down in case it was interesting to people. itll definitely be more mature than what i usually make, but part of me does want to write a longfic. whatever i decide to do will depend on future me's comfort levels

[darkartistyt]

are laytumblr antishippers the type of people to call me a pedo for shipping a 37 year old and a 70+ year old or is that just a tiktok thing?

[darkartistyt]

me simping for anton ft my brother (@r3dnumb3rzzz) judging me

[darkartistyt]

hi guys

[darkartistyt]

If layherzen has million number of fans i am one of them . if layherzen has ten fans i am one of them. if layherzen have only one fan and that is me . if layherzen has no fans, that means i am no more on the earth . if world against the layherzen, i am against the world.

[darkartistyt]

rewatching pandora's box cutscene 18 i am re-realizing why that was the thing that made me realise hershel was bi...

[darkartistyt]

Anton and Hershel should be allowed to bite each other methinks

[darkartistyt]

vampire yaoi

[darkartistyt]

i may still make drawings/fics/whatever relating to pl (bc i cant stop the obsession no matter how hard i try) but im so done with the fandom. sayonara you weaboo shits

[darkartistyt]

i may have mentioned this before (i dont remember) but is it weird that i have wildly different headcanons for cm hershel vs gameverse hershel?

[futurebritishgentleman]

WHAT IS LAYHERZEN??

LAYTON X ANTON!!