#mr.crepsley

[murloughs]

So, I've been playing Wolvden lately and I called one of my wolves Larten Crepsley and sometime I gets messages like this:

[darrsley]

[puppymortem]

"Mr.Crepsley loves life" and then he fucking dies

[theweirdspacejellyfish]

book recs

tiger curse by colleen houck

summary: when oregon teenager kelsey hayes took a summer job with a local circus, she expected to make some extra money. she never thought she'd be heading to india with a mysterious white tiger named ren- or trying to break a 300-year old indian curse. but thats exactly what happened. now shes face to face with dark forces, spellbinding magic, and mystical worlds where nothing is what it seems. and as she discovers rens true identity, kelsey risks everything to piece together an ancient prophecy that could break the curse forever

eighth grade bites by heather brewer

summary: vlad has to keep his vampire urges under control while dealing with the pressures of middle school. thirteen-year-old vladimir tod really hates junior high. bullies harass him, the principal is dogging him, and the girl he likes prefers his best friend. oh, and vlad has a secret: his mother was human, but his father was a vampire. with no idea of the extent of his powers, vlad struggles daily with his blood cravings and his enlarged fangs. when a substitute teacher begins to question him a little too closely, vlad worries that his cover is adout to be blown. but then he faces a much bigger problem: hes being hunted by a vampire killer

cirque du freak: a living nightmare by darren shan

summary: a young boy named darren shan and his best friend, steve, get tickets to the cirque du freak, a wonderfully gothic freak show featuring weird, frightening half human/half animals who interact terrifyingly with the audience. in the midst of the excitement, true terror raises its head when steve recognizes that one of the performers - mr.crepsley- is a vampire! steve remains after the show finishes to confront the vampire - but his motives are surprising! in the shadow of a crumbling theater, a horrified darren eavesdrops on his friend and the vampire, and is witness to a monstrous, disturbing plea. as if by destiny, darren is pulled to mr.crepsley and what follows is his horrifying descent into the dark and bloody world of vampires

alice in zombieland by natalie gold

summary: had anyone told alice bell that her entire life would change course between one heartbeat and the next, she would have laughed. from blissful to tragic, innocent to ruined? please. but thats all it took. one heartbeat. a blink, a breath, a second, and everything she knew and loved was gone. her father was right. the monsters are real. to avenge her family, ali must learn to fight the undead. to survive, she must learn to trust the baddest of the bad boys, cole holland. but cole has secrets of his own, and if ali isnt careful, those secrets might just prove to be more dangerous than the zombies

[fundashnee-rott]

Man Mr.Crepsley is a lot more gay then I remember. Like I know he straight but like I smell a fruit.

[earako]

Drabble so brain can settle down

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"Bah, you're even more like Seba now."

"Sir?" Larten asked, curiously glancing at Evanna's father. While he still held a strong dislike towards the small man he owed him his life...not thay Mr.Tiny every brought it up again.

"You were more fun when you were suicidal."

Larten's breath froze.

It wasn't the first time Mr.Tiny had made that comment. The few times Larten had bumped into the smaller man Mr.Tiny would complain about Larten no longer being an amusing act to watch.

The first time he said that, Larten had just brushed him off. If pressed for more information he's snap at whoever asked to mind their own business.

Gavner already knew. And when pressed for more a quick click of his tongue got the yoing man to drop it.

It did not work on Darren, though, stubborn boy.

From the expression on his assistants face Larten knew the boy heard.

He really did not want to have this talk with Darren.

"Mr.Crepsley..."

"It is neither the appropriate time, nor place. Disregard what you have just heard."

Mr.Tiny smirked at him.

Larten glared.

"The boy won't stay innocent for long, Larten. Gavner didn't."

"Gavner is not like Darren, and vice versa. Now I believe you came to talk with Mr.Tall?"

Mr.Tiny just laughed before leaving to go find the owner of the Cirque du Freak.

Student and mentor waited for him to leave before breaking the silence.

"...What did he mean by that, Mr.Crepsley?"

"It is an event long passed, there is no use dwelling on it."

"Mr.C-"

"Darren!" Larten snapped, causing the boy to jump. Darren braced himslef for a lecture when, to his surprise, his mentor's face softened.

"Please. Drop it."

Darren nodded.

If it was bad enough to make Mr.Crepsley say please...

[nomiliy]

Summary

Darius and his father finally have a heart-to-heart in a way the teen never thought possible. Whether he forgives Steve for all that he's done is still up in the air, but can he find peace in this new normal Darren and Steve constructed? Well, family photos, re-decorating, and Mr.Crepsley's mulled wine recipe can go a long way.

Here's the third and final chapter for my fluffy domestic Starren series! A lot of things kept pushing this series back (winter storm, work, personal live, etc.) but I'm really happy with it! I don't do fluff or 'gen' fics very much, but I'm beyond ecstatic to write a piece on Steve and Darius's relationship ❤️

They alone have such an interesting dynamic, but adding Darren into the mix just makes it all so much more enjoyable to explore. And I'm a sucker for happily married starren, so enjoy my shameless shipping and domestic fluff ❤️❤️❤️

I'm also doing a postmortem on the series if anyone's interested in participating! I'm writing up a text post on what inspired me to write the series, the themes, headcannons, timeline in relation to CDF, and what went well about the overall writing process. So if you have any specific questions, or if you just want to drop in my inbox and fangirl about Steve, Darren, Darius, or CDF in general, just shoot me an ask!

Preview Below

Steve Leonard stood at the foot of Darius’s bed with a wooden crate tucked under his arm. In his hand was a worn VHS tape, a relic he’d yet to look away from when his son stepped past the threshold.

Darius’s room used to be just a blank frame. For the past eight months, Dad would prattle on during their phone calls and send him video updates on WhatsApp. And, in Darius’s humble opinion, Gannen should put a cap on his Lord’s data plan. His phone would blow up in class or when he was at Oggy’s with video after video of wooden floors getting installed, built-in bookshelves cutting into the walls, double-paned windows with clear stain glass offset with reclaimed blah blah blah blah—

After months and hours of footage (and voicemails that went along the lines of ‘Check your damn phone! What, you finally get a girl? Don’t make me call your mum—Or Oggy, I know that fat little bastard will pick up.’), Darius’s room was finished.

It was filled top to bottom with the contents of his father’s childhood home. An air of nicotine, mothballs, and mildewed cardboard stuck to everything. That first day, when Uncle and Dad showed off that blast from the 90s, the stench of hand-me-downs weighed him. The bookcases, flush with the walls and glinting across from the windows, displayed titles in Hebrew, Greek, French, and a smattering of other languages Darius couldn’t even read. Dad’s full collection of monster books, horror VHS tapes, CDs of some bands called The Sex Pistols and Dio, and replicas of World War II weaponry practically overflowed onto the dark wood floors. And the crossbow laid on the wall, pointed above where Darius’s head was supposed to rest. That sight, looking into what formed and raised his dad, weighed on him too.

Now it was nearly a blank frame again. Dad stripped the shelves that lined his room. The books, music, tapes—everything was heaped on the ground, waiting to get packed up into wooden crates. But that crossbow hanged above Darius’s bed.

“Dad?” He called from the entryway.

He waved with that tape still in hand but didn’t look back. “Don’t worry,” he said, “I’ll be done before tomorrow’s over. Just gotta figure out where to put everything.”

Before Darius could so much as blink in confusion, uncle slid past him and settled at dad’s side.

Seeing the cup of mulled wine, he laid the VHS tape and crate on the bed to down half of the mug in one go.

Uncle couldn’t hold the smile back when dad grimaced at the mouthful. “You don’t have to down it so fast, love.”

“Gotta keep up,” he patted uncle’s hip, “you’re on your fifth bloody one.” He smirked over the rim before swilling down another quarter.

Uncle clicked his tongue with a playful ‘tsk,’ resting his chin on dad’s shoulder to look into his eyes. “And you’re a lightweight,” he said softly. “Nurse the rest of that one, and if you’re not absolutely smashed you can have more.”

“That an order, Prince Shan?”

“Oh, I wouldn’t dare think of such a thing,” he grinned and raised up on the balls of his feet, “my Lord.”

Dad conceded with a pointed smirk over his shoulder before they shared a chaste kiss.

“Are you moving me out?” Darius asked finally. He didn’t know what was worse: listening to their spats or their horrid, mushy, discount Game of Thrones banter.

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[incorrectcdfquotes]

Okay so this is a hc for larten that he experimented with guys in his younger years and is bisexual. He had a boyfriend once (probably a twink or a total hunk) but never told anyone. Darren: Mr.Crepsley, have you ever been with a boy? Larten: Yes. Darren: How many? Larten: Too many to count.

I think the vampires being bi was confirmed by Darren? Can someone link me that? 

[cirque-du-freaky-memes]

Darren: “Mr.Crepsley handsome? How could anyone ever think that?"

Me:

[thevampire-of-bullfinch-street]

Mr.Crepsley: Oh, Darren! You are not a mistake!

Darren: I’m not?

Mr.Crepsley: No. You are a regret. Now pick up this shit!

[jaleeanimation]

Zbrush//Cirque Du Freak Mr.Crepsley Poster

[murloughs]

[mimiri22-6]

Holy Fucking Shit! That was one of the worst plane wreaks I've ever watched. Like holy shit. I have so many problems with this I'm gonna try and list it, just so this is easier for me to write.

Evra straight sucks. Everything about him is the worst fucking thing. Uncaring, wannabe musition (disgusting. How dare you), clothing probably sucks on his scales, I wasn't able to see how feet, but if I could see them, I'm pretty sure I'd see shoes(There's Literally An Entire Conservation About That With Sam!!). I just hate him.

Speaking of Sam, he doesn't exist in this universe. Nope can't have death to a beloved character, that'll make our audience's sad and not want to see whatever movie we make next! No, Sam was fucking replaced by one half of truska, yeah that's another thing. I'll talk about that next bullet point. Sam was fucking replaced by a love interest, damsel in distress, fury! She's not even that imaginative! She sucks!

Truska. Holy shit, truska! They fucked her up, too! How the hell do you fuck up this badly!? Speaks English, visions of the future?!! Fuck you! Her entire act was kind of stupid. Volunteer? You don't need a fucking voluteer truska, you grow you're own damn hair by yourself, you don't need no man! Also, speaking of that,

Crepsley what the fuck!? Crepsley and half truska? Am item!? Are you kidding me?! Fuck you! Speaking of forced relationships,

Darren and half truska, monitone, both of them suck. Regrow lady(who shouldn't exist)and two-belly(I think, I can't remember and I am not rewatching any of that thing for info), why and no. Teeth and tall head(who also shouldn't exist), why and no, again. Larten and truska, what? Where the fuck did that come from? It literally came out of left feild and sent me for a loop. I don't think I've read anything with those two interacting. It's like a crack shipp, what the fuck!? Even mr.crepsley and darren's relationship is forced. The scene on darren's house before Mr.crepsley throws him off is wrong. Darren hates crepsley at this point, he even thinks about killing him in the months following. They would never have a buddy buddy moment here, just an understanding of what must be done and the bookbag dialog bit.

I was disappointed by crepsley, too. His act was made into a stand up, flick of the wrist, thing! HE'S NOT COMEDIC!

Darren's parents don't seem to care, he doesn't seem close to his sister, his other friends don't exist, no futball was mentioned of played in the runtime of this wreak, the teacher was another stick in the mud idiot teacher trope, just remembered,

Evra's backstory was fucking shit! Found in a dumpster, not even saved from something he can remember being traumatizing. Two days fucking old, fuck you. Who took care of him? One of the preformers? Mr.Tall? Not even mentioned, just glossed over like the rest of this movie.

Darren is so monotone and perfect boy fucks up for once stereotype

Also, I don't think two-belly's was fat enough. The dude's smaller than a freaking sumo wrestler for fucks sake! A sump wrestler would crush him like a chip!

Mr.Tiny felt weird. I don't know if he becomes more prominent in later books, but just blatantly being the big bad, mafia, magical, man feels under him. The man walls around with a constant smirk on his face because I think he knows he's constantly the most feared man in any room he walks into, even if that room is the outside wilds.

...I can see all the faces of every little person. All little person was done wrong, no suprise, can't even get one of the simplest world building character wrote huh creator? Disgusting. They make noises, harkat is already introduced, the little people just randomly bite people, they show emotion, and Darren somehow talked to one, given, that one is supposed to be depicted as harkat, but still, it's the principle of it. They also don't seem ugly enough.

The Cirque has A BASE CAMP!? I don't remember if the cirque ever gets a base, but I extremely doubt it

Ok, the plot. Holy shit, idek.

Edit#I-don't-fucking-know: so all my bullet points for the plot were deleted and I'm loosing modivation for this hunk of crap, so this will continue, but it will continue very slowly and over time.

As a summary; this isn't even a good stand alone movie because of its pacing, cliche moves, and severly rushed ending because this NEEDS an action packed ending, that's just how movies do, it would make it stupid one note, obviously don't want that!

Ok, so I might be procrastinating on a lot of things right now(my kfam ep89′notes’), but I just remember this existed!

Storytime(sort of):one time, several years ago when I was about, eh, 7, 7 ½, 8-ish(you know, in that age range), I remember watching this movie. It had a ‘circus of freaks’, one might say, in the movie.  I think I remember some teen hanging out a window and a certain ginger man in a suit of sorts. Only a few snipets I remember of this movie. there was even a classic bearded lady in the mix. I think she was important to the plot. I honestly don’t know why I remember this movie, its memory was only amplified when I made a connection years later. But I remember somewhat liking that movie. Boy was I fucking wrong(from what I remember/know/seen recently)

Skip forward, years later, I’m now 11 years old(Shit, that young? Shit! That long ago?!) I’m in a new school, now the fifth time and I’m starting to get a little antsy, but I’ve made a best friend within, like, 1-2 months, a little ground breaking if you ask me, she introduces me to things I wouldn’t have come across on my own, especially since all of it was electronic and one thing was off the internet. Internet? What? never heard of it. You Have A Tablet?! How does that thing work??! One day, we’re in the library and she’s trying to introduce me to this scary looking book. Me, still looking for the next Dork Diary book, not liking any horror what so ever(hell, I couldn’t even take the sonic.exe video she showed me. Why? I don’t fucking know, go back in time and ask 11 year old me), is extremely reluctant. No, I don’t like scary vampire books, where are my mystery novels? I eventually cave when she says she promises it’s not a horror and I read the back cover of the thing in my hand. It’s all black and red and I hate it. I only really take one book out at a time, and to stick with that pattern I walk out of the library back to our study hall to talk about something or other.

I finished that book in less than half a week. I think I could usually read an entire Geronimo Stilton in one sitting just 3 years prior, so maybe a day, at the most 2-3 if something was happening in those days. I talked to my friend about it and, there’s a whole series on this?! You’ve read the whole thing already?! The School Has The Entire Series!?! Sign me up!

I only got to book 2-3-ish before the school year ended and at that point I was already moved into a different school district, not close in the slightest(I was taking a van from my school district to my school that I actually went to)

My new school didn’t even have the next book in the series, but they did have the book after that one but then it skips again a whole 2-3, or something, books after that one. It was a fucking mess. the only bright side, is that they had the had the next two books of a different series I was reading, BUT the bastards didn’t have the last one! how does one screw up so damn badly!?

Anyway, somewhere in between then, before then, and now, I realized that that movie I watched all those years ago, was an adaption of this lost series, to me at least. it made me happy. But then, when I got accustomed to youtube a few more years later and remembered the dots I connected previously, I looked up and found the movie trailer. I was angry. what the fudge is this? why are you like this? that’s not how shit went down! how the hell is Steve already a vampanies??!

I haven’t watched Cirque Du Freak:A Vampire’s Assistant since I was 7 in that apartment next door. I’ve seen it’s now on Netflix. I should be sleeping. But I now have bigger things to deal with.

I’ll be posting again with the results of my fury and wrath.

[puppymortem]

🙃🔫

[maple-stars]

You can’t just fucking write about how mr.crepsley was saved and then just be like ‘jk he’s really dead’ fuck these books fuck me I’m no t reading anymore

[jaleeanimation]

Initial Modelling

Using the descriptions in the book and also basing it from some of my concepts, I done a quick model of Mr.Crepsley’s face, to give me some ideas and help me practise modelling in Zbrush. To create this sculpt I used the Human male head template in Zbrush, utilising the move tool to arrange his facial features into different positions and sizes. Using the tool I made the eyes bigger, moved his eyebrows so that they were pointing move down, providing him with a more evil look. I also moved the lips around a bit, making the mouth opening wider so that I could add two large canine to give him that classic vampire look that Crespley was. To make the teeth I used the creature create tool that lets you select certain features to use such as nose, teeth and eyes. With that I used the teeth, however I do think that they look too big and bring too much attention to his vampire side, which cant really be seen when Mr.crepsley is performing, as described in the books, which is the scene I am aiming to work with. I made the scar on his face using the rake tool, changing the spacing and size. I think that it looks quite good, however, could be seen as maybe more of a burn due to the texture of the scar. 

I think, looking at this whole model, there is a lot of improvements that could be made. I would like to play around with the actual shape of the face more, maybe giving him a thinner face and longer chin with a strong jaw line, making him have a more sinister look, drawing similarities to the iconic Joker character.