#luca o'rinn

[aria-ashryver]

Terror Fest edits ft. my Immortal Desires / SICSIG MC, because:

its set in New England, just like ID was

I am physically incapable of seeing a corset without the urge to immediately put it on Luca ✨💅

[choicesficwriterscreations]

December MC of the Month: Luca O'Rinn

Please welcome December 2023's MC of the month! Each month, we will highlight one MC or OC that is currently on our Meet My MC / OC List. The MC / OC is selected randomly on the Wheel of Names, and eligibility requirements can be found here. We accept MC / OC profiles on an ongoing basis. Please feel free to send yours in!

This month’s MC of the month is…

@aria-ashryver 's Luca O'Rinn

More below...

In your own words, tell us what you like most about your MC / OC.

This little idiot just doesn’t stop. They are so damn resilient! I love their bravery, compassion and that Luca takes the time to make sure the people around him feel seen, heard and understood. Communication is important to him — he’s a little tactless or graceless with it sometimes, but he tries so hard to make sure the people he loves know it. I love how talented and inquisitive he is, and that he has such a strong sense of self — Luca just feels so bright to me, so vibrant and joyous. “Lightbringer” was an accidental name meaning, I just picked “Luca” at random when creating my MC because it felt right, but it really was the perfect choice for them!

2. Do you feel your MC / OC is like you at all? How are you alike or different?

Luca is much more impulsive than I am, and has a bigger social battery, but I think we are both the kind of people friends come to for advice and comfort. We are both musically inclined, both love hugs (probably more in my case), animals, and the beauty and magic of the natural world. I’m 6ft tall, Luca is tiny. Luca’s heritage is a nod to my own Scottish roots — my grandparents / great-grandparents emigrated from Scotland, and I’m lamenting the slow death of any Scottish cultural influence in my family’s day-to-day life as the generations pass. There are parts of me in Luca, sure, but ultimately they are very much their own person.

3. What is most important to your MC / OC? What is their motivation in life?

Authenticity, truth, and (this one might sound weird, but) movement. Luca will never be someone he’s not. For him, to live is to grow, to always seek out opportunities to find out more about himself and the world he lives in. 

They can’t stand being stagnant and idle, both mentally and physically; Luca is a dancer with a truly avid curiosity, so they just need to keep moving, no matter what they are doing. Right now for Luca, that means having intense, emotional conversations; breathing love into the world;  learning new skills; knuckling down on language studies; uncovering vampire lore; fighting to protect the ones he loves; doing a lot of introspective thought and trying to be a better version of himself with every day that passes.

4. What are their biggest pet peeves/dislikes?

Luca has a strong sense of social justice, so there are plenty of things that annoy them —particularly in regard to the treatment of other people; they’ll be the first to jump to someone’s defense— but in terms of more minor pet peeves, pertaining to him personally? Being called “bro” / “man” / “dude” by someone who obviously means it in a cisheteronormative way (and people who blatantly ignore the “they” aspect of their pronouns). Luca definitely picks their battles, and they are totally fine with being called any of those names by friends and family, but it often elicits an eyeroll coming from closed-minded and/or queerphobic people.

Also, early mornings. Luca is firmly of the opinion that mornings should be banned. No more mornings. The day doesn’t exist before 10am. He will never understand how Gabriel keeps getting up at dawn to go for a run. On purpose. That’s just wild.

5. If your MC / OC could change one thing - anything - what would it be?

Luca hasn’t had the easiest life, but it was one that led them to find Cas and Gabe. They would go through it all again and then some if it meant a life of loving those two and being loved by them in turn… but Luca sees how much Cas and Gabriel are hurting, too. How much they ache for a place of belonging. How deeply lonely they have been.

If Luca could change one thing, it would be for them, not himself. He’d bring back their parents. Choi Harin. Sofia Adalhard. Remiel Adalhard. He’d bring back Gabriel’s sisters, Raquel and Michaela. His grandmother, Sarah. His cousin, Joaquin. Cas’s halmeoni, Choi Miyoung. His harabeoji, Choi Yongho. Cas’s best friend, Ricky Harlow.

If Luca could steal them even a moment with the people they have lost, then he’d do it in a heartbeat. He knows it's an impossible dream, but that won’t stop him from making sure that, at the very least, Cas and Gabriel know they will always, always be a part of his family. That the O’Rinns will always be there to welcome them with open arms.

6. What is your MC / OC’s favorite quote or song?

Luca’s favourite song changes with the wind, but at the moment they are making good use of Hozier’s “De Selby (Pt1)” to practice their (rusty) skills on acoustic guitar, as well as their pronunciation of Irish Gaelic (which they’d like to be fluent in — Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic share a root language, so they are very similar in many ways. Think Spanish to Portuguese!) Luca has a firm grasp of Gàidhlig, but the only fluent Irish-speaker in the family is their great aunt Morag. Given the O’Rinn’s ancestral ties to Ireland, Luca aims to fix that!

He’s also currently messing around with some original contemporary choreo to Lee Taemin’s “Just Me and You” and “Guilty”.

7. Is there anything else you’d like to share about your MC / OC? 

Luca has come to mean so much to me. I never intended to write about them when I first started reading ID —I had never written fanfic at all!— but the more I learned about them and fleshed out their backstory, the more I knew I had a story to tell. Rather than write a simple, short piece, fool that I am, I decided to dive right into a (currently) 250K+ word longfic centring on not one, but four romantic relationships (Luca x Cas; Luca x Gabriel; Cas x Gabriel; and the dynamic of the poly ship between all three of them). 

Despite being a retelling, I think “Starlight” gets a lot thematically heavier than Immortal Desires ever did, with a broader focus on worldbuilding and characterisation, and the experience of writing it has been so rewarding — I think in large part because of Luca.

I just adore them. So much. And I’m grateful to have them along for the ride while we find our way through this story together. There is no one else I’d rather have along for the ride. (Also, I’m sorry I make you suffer so much, sweet Luca. I promise your happily ever after will be worth every hardship 💖)

Thank you so so so much to CFWC for letting me gush about Luca!! If you would like to know more about them, you can read about them in my longfic, “Snow In Crimson, Starlight in Gold” on AO3, or find more on my masterlist.

[cadybear420]

Cas x Luca x Gabe at the beach

Because of my summertime blues, I ended up making swimsuits for Gabe and Cas as well as for Luca 🤠

Luca O'Rinn belongs to the amazing @aria-ashryver!

[aria-ashryver]

@choicesmc that's one of my favourite chapters!!!!! so so happy you're enjoying the fic lovely 🥰🥰 also how adorable is this art???? this was the first time i had ever seen art of the trio outside of their book sprites, so it's always gonna be a special one to me 💖

Immortal Desires’ trio at cinema. :))

[choicesjanuary2024]

MASTERLIST || WELCOME || PROMPTS || RULES || HOST

Listed in alphabetical order by artist name. If I missed adding one on this list, or missed reblogging, please let me know.

@aallotarenunelma

Chronicles of a Crimson Summer 11 (ID Fic & Edit, Cas x MC)

Songs that describe my pairings (ID & It Lives Songs)

@dutifullynuttywitch

Starlit night (WtD Fic, Troy x MC)

@inlocusmads

chosen family (CoP Fic, Trystan)

hello, goodbye ~ jimmy rose (CoP Fic, Jimmy)

laplace’s angel (CoP Fic, Trystan x MC)

meeting at a crosswalk (CoP Fic, Trystan x MC)

slam poetry (MAH Fic, Stevie x MC)

@jerzwriter

A Different Fate - Final Chapter (OPH Fic, Ethan x MC)

A Little Mess (OPH Edit, Tobias x MC)

A New Perspective (OPH Fic, Tobias x MC)

A Tipsy Winter Tale (CoP Fic, Trystan x MC)

Clucking Amazing (OPH Edit, Ethan x MC)

Different Destinations (OPH Fic, Tobias x MC)

If the hat fits… (CoP Fic & Art Commission, Trystan x MC)

It Always Starts Somewhere…. (CoP Fic, Trystan x MC)

Pen-sive (OPH Fic, Ethan x MC)

Pietro & Azul (OPH Fic, Tobias x MC)

Stress Reduction (OPH Fic, Tobias x MC)

The Morning (WtD Fic, Eli x MC)

Trystan’s 2023 Holiday Recap (CoP Edit, Trystan x MC)

Twenty-Five (WTD Fic, Troy & MC)

@ladylamrian

A Prince for the Holidays (Blades Fic, Aerin x MC)

His Barbie, Her Ken (Nightbound Fic, Nik x MC)

Loyal to be Royal (Nightbound Fic, Nik x MC, Garrus x MC)

@liaromancewriter

Daddy’s Girl (OPH Fic, Ethan x MC)

Making It Work (OPH Edit, Ethan x MC)

Miami Nights: Before and After (OPH Edit, Ethan x MC)

New Year Wishes (OPH Fic, Ethan x MC)

Whatever It Takes (OPH Edit, Ethan x MC)

@lilyoffandoms

Alex as the Winter Princess (Nightbound Art, MC)

Aerin x Raine (Blades Art, Aerin x MC)

Aerin x Raine (Blades Art, Aerin x MC)

Ash Clark (ILITW Art, OC)

Captain Pandrosion Elara (AtV Art, Sol, Meridian, Kepler, MC)

Casey MacTavish (OPH Art, MC)

Coffee Date(s) (CoP Art, Trystan x MC)

Detective Lilah Rose (CoP Art, MC)

Ethan (OPH Art)

Gabriel Rose (CoP Art)

Imtura Tal Kaelen (Blades)

Inspired by Mal x Daenarya (Blades Art, Mal x OC)

Kajsiab (Alpha Art, MC)

Kieran (TCH Art)

Lancelot x Guinevere Silhouette (Guinevere Art, Lancelot x MC)

Leaf, King of Birds (TCH Art)

Lilah Rose (CoP Art, MC)

Luca O'Rinn (ID MC)

Mal Volari (Blades Art)

Marianna Howard (Desire and Decorum Fanart, OC)

Nia Ellarious (Blades Art)

Nora Rose (CoP Art, MC)

Sabastyan Thorne Case File (CoP Art)

Saini Rusanen (ID Art, MC)

Tatum x Aubrey (FA Art, Tatum x MC)

Together We Win (Blades Art, MC)

Trystan (CoP Art)

Tyril Starfury (Blades Art)

Wallace (Blades Art)

@lovealexhunt

Happy New Year (RCD Fic & Art Commission, Thomas x MC)

Helios - Emma’s Arylu (TE Art, Familiar)

#plantlove (OPH Fic, Bryce x OC)

Post Christmas Bliss (RCD Art Commission, Thomas x MC)

Spread Joy #841 (Blades Edit, Mal)

Tuneless Wonders (TE, Fic & Art Commission)

Valax (Blades Art)

@peonyblossom

Hades of House Nightbloom (Blades Art Commission, MC)

I Wasn’t Built For Iceland (AME Fic, Carson x MC)

We’ll Figure It Out (Untamable Fic, Kit x MC)

@stars-are-within-me

In Her Arms (CoP Fic, Vasili, Juliana)

The Skies (Blades Fic, Imtura, Ventra)

@tess-liam

Turning the Page (TRR Fic, Liam x OC)

@thosehallowedhalls

A 2AM Christmas Tree Farm [1/2] (CoP Fic, Trystan x MC)

Babysitting the Demonic Duo (CoP Fic, Trystan x MC)

Home without - Part One (CoP Fic, Trystan x MC)

Progression (CoP Fic, Trystan x MC)

Tabloids, or a story in 5 headlines (CoP Fic, Trystan x Emma)

[aria-ashryver]

SICSIG vs ID2

okay WHO at PB has been reading SICSIG?? 💀 BC I'm gonna need you to make triangle poly Cas x Gabe x MC a thing please and thank you (<- ok this is absolutely a joke, i'm just so happy so many things I included in my longfic have coincidentally lined up with canon!)

The Ley Lines / Ley Energy has an awareness of its own

Vampire Hunters return to Crimson Beech

And Libby is one of them?? (ok thats not confirmed, but I hope its true. Bc why is she all suspicious and remembering stuff? Pls be a hunter 🙏)

Sun poisoning comes on in stages of increasing intensity

There were survivors of the attack on Flagstone Cove

SPECIFICALLY EIGHT OF THEM (this one's just weird!)

Training sessions with the Coven Elders

The O'Rinn's bloodline is gifted - they can have premonitions (among other things)

Wait, Witches are real? Yeah! Vampires are too!

Cas was "bounced around" the foster care system as a child

(cw child abuse mention, death mention)

Gabe Adalhard loses his virginity to MC

(cw sex mention)

Daydreaming about their future together: Poly Edition

Luca

Gabe

Cas

[jerzwriter]

This is just gorgeous! sdfadfsadkjj! ❤️❤️

Luca O'Rinn for @aria-ashryver

For Day 19 of the @choicesjanuary2024 challenge (Theme Prompt: Rebirth)

My Art Ish Tag: @storyofmychoices @aallotarenunelma

[aria-ashryver]

Immortal Desires MC - Luca O'Rinn

ok folks. i call this one "aria tries to figure out how this art thing works (???????)". (photo refs used) its uhhhh real hard! I'm gonna stop! I just keep making it worse lmao

This is literally the third time I have legitimately attempted to draw something in the past decade. It looks nothing like the blorbo but yay for attempting new things!!! 🖤

[aria-ashryver]

Breakfast Roast

Book: Immortal Desires

Pairing: m!Cas x m!Gabe x nb!MC (Luca O'Rinn)

Ratings/Warnings: General, language

Words: 1K

Summary: Gabriel can't resist teasing Cas and Luca over morning coffee.

A/N: I got this super cute ask, and as I was thinking about how to answer it, somehow I blinked and a little fic happened? So here you go! Someone once told me the Starlight trio was the Idiots to Lovers trope and I couldn't agree more. This is just a little slice of Starlight Idiot Hours / Fluff in a nutshell, set a few years after the events of SICSIG

Tagging: @choicesficwriterscreations, @lilyoffandoms

Things were going alarmingly well for a Monday. Gabriel had completed his morning jog in record time, there hadn’t been a queue at the coffee shop, and he’d come away from his early-morning grocery run with a couple of unexpected little gifts in tow.

Cas was hunched over a bowl of cereal when Gabriel arrived back home, scrolling idly through his phone. He shot Gabriel a sleepy grunt by way of greeting as he set the bags down on the kitchen counter. The morning sun slanted cheery and gold through the open window, bringing with it the smell of fresh spring pollen and the droning buzz of bees.

Content, Gabriel stole a moment to inhale the sharp scent of the freshly roasted coffee beans he’d picked up. He flipped the coffee machine on to heat, and began to unload the groceries.

‘They were out of hot sauce, darling.’

‘Fucking again? Arson.’

Gabriel shook his head in fond exasperation. ‘They said it’d be back in stock next week.’

Cas grumbled, low in his throat like a churlish cat. ‘…Less arson.’

Gabriel laughed. He loved hearing Cas like this; all snarly and husky, his voice deep and gravelly with sleep, yet light and unburdened of anything but the most mundane of trifles. Cas deserved mundane. He deserved domestic and peaceful and happy. Gabriel could listen to him grouse about grocery stores forever.

Even after years of waking up next to Cas, it never got old.

Huh, Gabriel thought, bemused. That’s vampirism for you.

Mellifluous laughter filled the room as Luca bounded in from the hallway.

‘Less arson, huh? However will you cope?’ Dropping a kiss on Cas’s cheek as they passed, Luca skidded into the kitchen, their threadbare socks slick against the linoleum, sliding along until they bumped cheerily into Gabriel’s side. ‘Good morning gorgeous!’

‘Good morning to you too, mi corazón.’

Gabriel dipped his head to meet him; Luca’s kisses tasted of peppermint toothpaste and pure adoration.

‘I come bearing carbs,’ Gabriel said, handing them a greased paper bag, laughing at the muffled “oh my god, I love you” he managed to decipher from a mouth somehow already crammed full with an over-ambitious bite of cinnamon roll.

Luca leaned against the counter, eyes sinking closed in sugary delight.

‘And gifts!’ Gabriel added, eyeing his two loves carefully.

Cas was barely awake, slouching about in his favourite sweatpants and one of Gabriel’s bathrobes, knuckling the sleep from his eyes. Luca’s hair stuck up at awkward angles, a smear of frosting clinging to their lip.

The pair of them were far too cute not to tease.

‘I got you a little something,’ Gabriel said carefully, casually, his mouth twitching at the corners. ‘Just there on the counter.’

He nodded at a small white box he’d set down on the counter, tucked between a potted plant and a carton of eggs. Cas shambled up to join them, slumping into a seat on the barstools with a jaw-cracking yawn. He stole a bite of Luca’s cinnamon roll as they plopped down beside him.

‘Wait, “you”, who?’ Luca asked.

Gabriel shrugged evasively, already enjoying himself far too much.

Cas’s eyes narrowed. The pair shared a suspicious glance, before Cas flipped the box open, pulling out the white ceramic mug inside.

He barked a laugh.

‘“Cute but dumb”?’

Luca snorted. ‘Well, that’s obviously for me,’ they said, reaching for the mug.

Cas jerked it out of Luca’s reach. ‘Well, hang on just a goddamn minute, O'Rinn. Who’s to say it’s not for me?’

‘Since when have you let anyone call you “cute”?’

‘Wha— I’m cute,’ Cas pouted. ‘I’m fuckin’ adorable!’

‘Cas, you’re six foot three, you’re covered in tattoos, and you threatened to fistfight a vending machine yesterday when it chewed up your dollar.’

‘Exactly.’

When Luca broke into a peal of derisive laughter, Cas cocked his head.

‘What makes you the default cute one in our relationship, huh? Being two foot tall?’ Cas crossed his arms, fixing Luca with a smug grin. ‘I’m surprised you can even see over the counter from all the way down there, New Kid.’

‘Oh! Short jokes now!’ Luca snarled. ‘Very funny. Ha ha.’

‘Yeah, I thought so.’

‘Won’t be laughing when I headbutt you in the dick,’ Luca muttered.

‘Woah, hang on a minute.’

Cas set the mug down, raising his hands in gentle placation. Gabriel allowed himself a small moment to be impressed — Cas, done with goading Luca after a bare few minutes?

That had to be some kind of record.

‘…let me find you a stepladder first.’

‘Oh, fuck you, Harlow!’

Ah. Apparently not.

Gabriel sorted some lettuce and avocados into the vegetable crisper, stowing away groceries while Luca attempted to shove Cas directly off his bar stool. He turned and fixed Gabriel with a bargaining look.

‘Gabe. Tell him it's mine. You think I’m cute, right?’

‘Of course I do.’

Gabriel’s smile turned coy as he poured the fresh coffee beans into the grinder and flipped it on, plucking up another bag of groceries to unload. The kitchen was quickly filled with the aromatic, chocolatey smell of his favourite arabica blend.

‘I think you’re both cute.’

‘Ha!’

‘Yeah, but— oh, shut up, Cas. Oi!’

Luca smacked Cas’s arm as he tried to steal a triumphant bite of their cinnamon roll.

‘But,’ Luca pressed, ‘out of the two of us, only one was so invested in a conversation they were having this morning in their own head, with themself that they walked head-first into a fucking doorframe, ergo—’

Luca snagged the mug, holding it proudly next to his face.

‘—I have clearly achieved peak idiot and this mug is mine. Hey!’

Gabriel stifled a laugh as Luca gaped at their now empty hands. He hummed idly to himself as Cas and Luca sprang from their seats, wrestling with each other in a desperate bid for "Cute but Dumb"-mug-ownership rights.

He passed a pleasant few minutes as the coffee brewed and Cas tried to stuff Luca inside his bathrobe — he was usually more of a tea drinker, in all honesty, but as this morning was proving, sometimes it was nice to indulge in the things that made you smile.

Love burgeoning in his heart, Gabriel finally deigned to unpack the second mug he’d purchased that morning, right as the coffee was done.

‘Gimme the mug,' Luca hissed.

‘No.’

‘Ass. Gimme the mug!’

‘Fight me!’

Gabriel cleared his throat, his expression carefully neutral. ‘Coffee, anyone?’

Cas and Luca froze mid-grapple, eyes locked on the second mug on the counter.

“Cute but dumber”.

Moving in tandem, they rounded on each other, challenge on both of their faces.

‘Well that one’s obviously for me!’

[aria-ashryver]

Fae Changelings Edit Series (1 of 3) - Luca

Meet Changeling Luca in their ✨Moonlight ✨ & ✨Daylight ✨ aspects in this Fae!AU edit series! (Parts 1 & 2 will feature Changeling Gabriel and Cas).

Participating in Choices Community Events International Fairy Day | Prompt - Celestial

tagging: @choicescommunityevents @ladylamrian

Many thanks to @farizrz for the assets!

[aria-ashryver]

not sure if you like self recs, but ive been working on an ID longfic which is a canon-divergent retelling? POVs include MC, Cas, and Gabriel

[AO3 Link - EXPLICIT] snow in crimson, starlight in cold

(Just note it is poly cas x mc x gabe. But, idk, a couple of people have said I've made them cry, so hopefully the angst is angsting good 💖)

So quick question. I'm looking for a immortal desires book 1 rewritten but in cas pov. I think his confusion and turmoil and angst this man clearly goes through with MC would be great to explore. Can anyone help me? Please. It would be so appreciated🙏🏾 even if this Fandom is now divided.

[aria-ashryver]

*dreamy sigh* Luca, you pretty little slut 🖤

the new wardrobe in ID2 is bringing me so much joy, its so much fun to edit with these pieces 😭💖 (ty ty to @farizrz for the assets!! You're the best)

[aria-ashryver]

Starlight Trio Kisses

i saw @choicesmc's adorable picrew of Fiona and Gabe and immediately had to make one for the Starlight trio ✨ (I did some colour adjusting in post just fyi - don't go looking for the purple hair swatch bc there isn't one)

| [Link] to picrew |

[aria-ashryver]

And Then We Snap a Polaroid

Book: Immortal Desires Pairing: nb!MC (Luca O'Rinn) & m!OC (Viktor Ivanov) Ratings/Warnings: Teen, allusions to trauma and mental health Words: 300

Prompt: Liminality - Thresholds, Waiting Rooms A/N: Didn't actually mean to write a drabble for this edit series, but here we are lol

Tagging: @choicesficwriterscreations @choicesjunechallenge2024 @thosehallowedhalls @lilyoffandoms @stars-are-within-me

Backstage is for whispered secrets. Confessions. Broken things they carry that they need to put down.

Their words are safe to say, in places like this. When they wait to go onstage together --in the back alley, the green room, the underpass outside the dive bar-- their secrets are crushed and muddied.

Nothing is real here. Everything is muted cheers and the static hum of amps; cold night wind, velvet and leather, and hot, nervous sweat.

These places aren't one or the other. These places aren't quite real. So, the secrets aren't real, either.

I don't know how much longer I can keep doing this.

I'm scared of running into my father again.

I don't know who I am anymore. I don't think I ever really did.

I still have nightmares.

I just want it all to stop.

It is by unspoken agreement that they never bring these things up, afterwards. They remain whispered little shards of glass, tucked away in a dear friend's heart.

Maybe there will be a knife-edge of agitation in Viktor's performance as he clutches the mic... but then, he's always like that, isn't he?

Maybe Luca hisses and swears because he snaps a drumstick this time. But... they always have a lot of restless energy, don't they? It's nothing unusual. Nothing anyone ever comments on. The band have drinks and they laugh and snap photos afterward, and go on like nothing matters.

But Luca knows. And Viktor knows.

And if all they have time to do is squeeze the other's hand before the gig starts, then that is enough. A shared look, a hug, a kiss on the forehead.

It is enough.

Because their secrets are stolen away when they cross the threshold, spirited away into the air. Every time they step beneath the lights, they claim love, strength, courage. Every time they walk onstage, they decide who they will become.

[aria-ashryver]

If it helps any, SICSIG is

a canon divergent retelling of Immortal Desires

fkn HUGE lol (its a longfic)

currently up to the point of the Creator's defeat from book 1 (CH15/16ish)

basically an ode to Gabriel's tits

also so angsty in places though

also, the trio establish their poly dynamic via an actual conversation in the abandoned church in Chapter 16 (so, around the time of ID Book 1, CH8)

smut from CH13 onwards

it has TONS of original worldbuilding which ID2 seems to be weirdly matching beat for beat lmao

ID2 might be the faster read? And its so much fun having your MC feel central to the story! (Or... it would be, the MC is kinda sidelined in ID2, weirdly enough)

But if you want the lore to feel more grounded and thought-out (not to honk my own horn or anything sdjfhsd, just the ID2 lore is very inconsistent and all over the place), I'd give SICSIG a go first!

Honestly I'm so overjoyed that even a handful of people have found a bit of happiness and shed some tears over this story, if you ever feel the urge to check it out, I really hope it brings you joy too 🥰💖

now that id2 is fully released for vips, im remembering a funny memory of a time i spent like an hour PLUS trying to explain the plot of ID to my boyfriend ..only to realize halfway through my info dumping that i was partially explaining the plot of @aria-ashryver 's SICSIG forgetting it's not well...canon .. and had to retcon the entire conversation 😭

BUT IT SHOULD BE CANON GODDANMIT, EVERYONE GO READ HERE

THROWS LINK

[aria-ashryver]

SICSIG vs ID2 - Part 2!

bc there are even more similarities that it warranted a second post! (You can find Pt1 here)

some of these had me floored lmao. Spoilers ahead for Immortal Desires 2, up to and including CH14!

Vampiric Gifts exist

Cas has magic / a vampiric gift of his own

It was witches who first created the Talismans

Cas is scarred from being tied/chained up with silver

Cas swearing a blue streak when he's stressed lol

Gabe being forced to acknowledge his double-standard where Luca's vampirism and his own vampirism are concerned

Terri O'Rinn showing some steel when it comes to her child's safety

And she evidently has a mean right hook

Terri also being the one to make Cas cry when he experiences maternal love and care for the first time in his life

One of the trio punching through an enemy's chest cavity?! (Cas approves 😎)

This is basically an approximation of how Cas crying makes me feel T-T

CW: gore

MAJOR recurring themes/motifs of what makes a monster (this is a huge one in Starlight, and a super important part of Gabriel's arc 🥹)

(trust me, this is a culled-down version of the 56 mentions of "monster" i could have included lmao)

CW: suicidal ideation

Cas and Gabriel ✨holding hands✨ and thereby fundamentally altering the dynamics of their relationship forevermore (i can't believe they are basically married already, wow)

The Cas vs Gabriel Extremely Emotional Breakdown Smackdown!!

And then this last, silly, unimportant little detail of... oh, I don't know, GABRIEL HAVING A SECRET VAMPIRE HUNTER COUSIN???!?!?!

Like why cousin, specifically???? 👀 Lennox (after showing up out of fucking nowhere with zero groundwork or foreshadowing) goes on to elaborate that he's a distant cousin, several times removed --their great grandfathers were brothers-- but in Starlight, Joaquin Adalhard is a first cousin. Gabriel lived with the guy. They recognise each other on sight.

This one, out of all of them, is the wildest one for me lmao. WHY COUSIN??? WHY A SECRET ADALHARD VAMPIRE HUNTER COUSIN??? They could have gone "You're not the only one descended from Captain Adalhard" or "we are relatives, you and I" or "we share blood", but no, they went with cousin(ok, granted, that's literally the easiest family connection to make, bc there's lots of versions of "cousin" when you add the "once-removed", "twice-removed" etc, but still. I am CACKLING???)

Anyway, this was incredibly fun to make: if you are still reading and have no idea what longfic I am actually taking about, you can find snow in crimson, starlight in gold over (<-Explicit link) on ao3! I hope to see some of you there! 🥰

(obligatory poly!Gas summoning circle: 🕯⚫)