#romanus

[anathemafiction]

looking back, romanus nearly dying in the first chapter of book one becomes even more insane once you have context of everything they’ve done thus far to stay alive. they somehow have the worst and the best luck.

Looking back, I'll add the option to laugh as you fall. I don't know why I didn't — I think, at that point, Romanus wasn't clearly defined as a character to me.

I can't think of a better way to characterize them than a pure maniacal laugh. You've lived through it all... just to die alone in darkness. Both Fate and God are sadistic bastards.

[kpeverlyfiction]

So I'm replaying The Golden Rose by @anathemafiction and I've been wanting to do this project for a while. I call it "A Kiss by a Dying Fire." Potential spoilers ahead if you haven't read it yet:

So this scene takes place after you escape the ministry building with Hadrian and Alessa. This is where Lexi and Hadrian are alone in the tavern after Hadrian asks Lexi if she will stay a bit longer. And he asks to kiss her and this is when they first kiss. The gash in her face I tried to represent where Joan had sliced her cheek in the ministry building in her attempt to escape. After Aurelius has her arrested for "bribery."

This is my OC Alexandria "Lexi" Romanus. Lexi is what she prefers to go by. She is quick witted and sharp tongued. But has a compassionate heart. She pretty much falls in love with Hadrian well about as quickly as he does. But she is a bit bolder in her advances. And she loves to see the poor man blush but she can also get caught off guard herself. Such as in this moment. Anyway sorry this is longer than it needed to be enjoy!

If you do share please try to credit it back here to my blog thank you:)

[kmnchii]

i replayed @anathemafiction's the golden rose and im still as in love with it as when i first did

[puffy-shirt]

Elisha, The White Company

Part 3 of my Interactive Fiction lineup! This is Elisha (El-I-sha, named for the Biblical prophet) from Golden Rose! I haven't quite finished book 1 yet, but I am loving it so far :)

Elisha is a devout, genuine, pragmatic, brutal, merciful, careful loner. And she is built like a brick house lmao

Part 1 (A Tale of Crowns)

Part 2 (The Arcana)

Commission info

[queenoftheimps]

Daniel Molloy has never been more relatable than when he visibly has the slow-sinking realization "Oh no, this man is about to forgive his boyfriend for all of it"

[celestialblueboy]

Thinking about Armand’s expression when he realizes Louis has been longing for Lestat during their entire relationship

Armand’s anger slips and you can see his heartbreak for a second… Assad Zaman you’re sick for this

[pacipinka]

*taps mic* is this thing on? Yeah okay so every vampire in the vampire chronicles is turned at critical a moment in their lives and beyond just the body they are in when they are turned, their mentality stays at that standstill for their entire immortality, Lestat was turned against his will, he was clinging onto Magnus begging him to be freed, so he’s constantly seeking freedom and only finding loneliness and thus turning back to people again and again, however he can’t STAND being told what to do, since he desires agency in his life so desperately, Armand was turned after years and years of abuse and lack of control but such a desire for genuine love, by a man he ‘loved’ so wholly who he felt was barring his love from him, he needs control in his life, he needs a ‘master’ but he does not desire it, it does not fulfill him, he is trapped in a room but the door is unlocked! Louis was mourning his brother, he felt like an utter failure and so he’s always seeking family, seeking people he can care for, he can coddle, he can prove he is good too, but he loves people who either cannot stand coddeling and need a sense of looseness to live (Lestat) or people who grow out of coddling who prove to Louis he will always fail the people he loves (Claudia), Claudias turning, in many MANY ways mirrors lestats in that it was against her will, she was stolen from her home, and in her immortality she desires freedom but unlike Lestat does not have the agency/ form to get it, she will always be small, she will always be looked down on, even by Lestat who cannot deny how much she is just like him *taps mic* ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME!! NONE OF THEM CAN BREAK THE CYCLE!!! TO BREAK IT WOULD BE TO UNDO THE VERY FIBER OF THEIR IMMORTAL SELVES!! THE CYCLE IS THE BLOOD THEY DRINK IT IS THE HEART IN THEIR CHEST AND IT ROLLS AND ROLLS DOWN THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF THEIR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER AND IT CAN NEVER BE STOPPED BECAUSE THEY WILL NEVER STOP LOVING EACH OTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!

[avituses]

The room that slants north

Super late to party but I stand with my cancelled wife

[erebus0dora]

i can't choose one, so let's have both, i guess..?

«I am the Devil's Minion, and he grants my every wish.»

brb here when i get some proper sleep for i still have a wish to rant on Eric Bogosian being actually a scary smart researcher in my bloodstream

[r3burials]

portrait painter

modeled after Sofonisba Anguissola, Bernardino Campi Painting Sofonisba Anguissola, c. 1559

[anathemafiction]

How does it feel knowing that you've written an mc that is just as loved as the ros? ❤️❤️

It's a blessing and a relief! I adore all my characters, but I made Romanus the main character for a reason. Not Alessa or Hadrian, nor the Pirate or Neia — although, admittedly, a Neia story could be pretty cool. A fallen angel burned at the stake who wakes up from death.

I want to tell all of the ROs stories, but it's Romanus I want to show the most. That's why I picked them as the protagonists, and I'm just glad that people are enjoying stepping into their shoes.

[bishonenvoicedbyadyke]

thinking about the armand painting again and how violent its very existence is. like there's layers to this.....this is a painting that was paid for with your body. in it, along with cattle and dogs, you're pictured worshipping your abuser, kneeling at his feet. your skin is whitened. your features barely recognizable...... and now this painting is in a public museum here for everyone to see. like anyone can come and see your bare, vulnerable throat.

[suddenly-frankenstein]

uhmhmhmmm just occasional thoughts about Daniel's interaction with Marius

[spell666ound]

If you had life eternal...

[asraeas]

It's you and me. Me and you. You 'n me. Me and you. You and me.

[queenoftheimps]

EVERYONE ON ALERT, THIS IS NOT A DRILL