#she is no wilting rose

[bloomingdarkgarden]

Coming next week to an AO3 theater near you.

Justice for the Lady of Autumn

Autumn Burns Eternal | A multi-chapter story by ehoney on AO3

“She was a wild, wicked slip of a girl. She burned too brightly for this world.” ― Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

[crownedinmarigolds]

Fangfest 2024 - Day Nineteen - The Moon Embraced during her slumber some time ago, Lyubov has existed mentally only within her dreams - and after some practice and time, others' dreams - for decades. An experiment that supposedly was testing guerilla training tactics performed by her sire, the Tremere Atticus, who only at the turn of the millennia decided to free her from her endless and chaotic sleep. Now awake and walking around these modern nights, nothing feels completely real to her anymore. Or it all simply feels so mundane that it makes her bored beyond belief to walk around within the strict laws of physics. She is a relative master of the path of Morpheus, but at the cost of feeling anything, especially with the dulled physical senses that come with being Kindred. She craves extreme sensations, dangerous situations, ruthless people - even if the consequences are severely stacked against her. The Moon represents deception, illusions, hidden things and confusion. Lu sits by a waterfall of blood within her dream-plane, gazing at the onlooker and daring them to come and play.

[strange-doll-child]

Hmmmm more Evil Gracey

And a friend

[rain-on-wax-feathers]

egged c!hannah <333

[commander-gloryforge]

Ayzeelia dreamed of endless deserts, of raptors, of guns and blood dripping into sand. Ayzeelia dreamed of sun in her face, wind on her skin, heat and leather and blades. And when she woke, she learned of Elona. Her true home. Until she died, and her home became a prison.

Ayzeelia was killed during an ambush and awakened soon after. She lived a simple (after) life under Joko, mostly tending to animals in a little village. It clearly wasn't what she had wanted when she was a sapling dreaming of the vast desert, but that didn't matter now. It wasn't like she could complain, or think on her own at all. It wasn't like she could run away, she was a slave, with no mind. Until he died, and her prison became escapable.

And if there's one thing an outlaw is good at, it's escaping.

[amortean]

Sheila quite talented at origami and papercraft (it's the math nerd in her) so just. y'know. I have thoughts about her folding paper roses for D

[rosemaze-reveries]

mary’s ss tier turns her mirror into a guillotine this might be it for me

[halfhappyhooligan]

c!hannah ough

my brain every time i try to go to sleep:

[creamecream]

“All this money can’t buy me a time machine,

(No)

Can’t replace you with a million rings,

(No)

I should have told you what you meant to me,

Cause now I pay the price,

In another life,

I would be your girl,

We’d keep all our promises, be us against the world,

In another life, I would make you stay,

So I don’t have to say you were the one that got away,”

[hopefulstarfire]

I love transferring ocs into new fandoms when i get out of an old fandom. Its like moving houses. Letting them live new lives.

[sadgirlautumn]

I’ve been reading these violent delights and I really like it so far. I’m only 70-ish pages in and I was already having unhinged thoughts about it earlier. My only gripe is with myself because I’ve been too scattered lately to read for very long which sucks because I want to read it so bad but I just struggle to. 🙃

[crownedinmarigolds]

Obsessed with the fake naughty religious film in the Immortality game, based on a real book called "The Monk" by Matthew Gregory Lewis. I did a little study of my favorite shot with Noa - this book/faux film has inspired a VTM: Darks Ages AU of my girl so of course... In the scene - a stabbed girl bursts into the halls of the church during a celebration to finger the abbot who had tried to trap her in the crypts beneath. His prized cross in her hands. SO good.

[bonebare]

Aurora Tags!

[gestae]

VERA. ( tag dump )

[reyenii]

since edwin is very closed off, except for when he’s with his best friend, charles, costume designer kelli dunsmore reflected his buttoned-up mentality through his bespoke suit, complete with bowtie and collar. edwin’s outfit, along with charles’ period garb, were designed to help them stand out more in modern day port townsend. “i knew edwin would, because no one dresses like that now,” says dunsmore.

dunsmore wanted everything about charles to feel “a little bit cool and underground,” from his union jack and the who bull’s-eye patches to his checkerboard pins. his little cross earring and chain on the outside of his shirt are also meant to be homages to the ’80s.

in the show, crystal’s hero color is purple, which you’ll notice in her velvet coat and long silk letterman jacket, which dunsmore thought of as a psychic cloak with hand-embroidered patches, including the wilting rose of england.

her brown trench coat represents an explosion of everything going on in her mind. dunsmore decided the scribbled words and drawings are a result of crystal writing all over it to express her inner turmoil. there are even lyrics on there from the song she’s listening to on the tube when she meets the dead boys.

david’s connection with crystal seeps into her wardrobe, too. since david wears a flower shirt, dunsmore’s team hand-painted flowers onto crystal’s black boots. and niko is wearing a dark sweater with flowers on it when we first meet her, as an homage to crystal. the costume department also drew the same rune pattern the dead boys use to exorcise david in episode 1 onto crystal’s trench coat and on the tab of her wool bomber jacket. “so she’s always got some sort of protection,” says dunmore.

every color niko wears is inspired by what’s happening in that episode, from the green post-sprite exodus to blue when she’s feeling sad. niko only wears a white look, with nods to her japanese heritage, in the finale as a reset. the charms on her obi belt represent the colors she’s worn all season.

night nurse is someone who’s in control all the time and likes things to be in their proper place. dunsmore looked to vivienne westwood for inspiration, since everything in night nurse’s world is a bit exaggerated. (by the way, niko’s orange monochromatic look is a nod to her scenes with night nurse and night nurse’s red hair.)

since david is a demon, he finds a london boy that looks cool enough for crystal to find attractive. that meant dunsmore dressing him in a shearling jacket you’d find in “all the guy ritchie movies,” black pants and creeper shoes. the costumer’s mood board for “david the d” featured radiohead and amy winehouse and her husband blake, who often wore hats similar to the one you see david wearing in the show.

pay close attention to monty’s leather jacket and you just might spot an inlaid crow feather or two.

it’s not only esther who wears clothes with a gilt, old-gold color — cat king and night nurse also do as a nod to their villainy. (esther and cat king also have similar fur coats.) amidst her beauty, dunsmore wanted esther to be a little rough around the edges. she wears a cuff around her hand that’s adorned with a snake and a ring with teeth all around it to represent the teeth she’s collecting from all the little girls. her eye necklace is meant to be her witch pendant.

mischievous as ever, cat king has (cat) eyes everywhere and is aware of edwin’s affection for charles. so he wears charles’ socks the first time he meets edwin.

[alexandriteobscuraarchive]

~"That's quite the hoard of candy you have there, Nellie!" (for whispers verse Nellie~)

"Why of course! You have to have chocolate on valentine's day! I even grabbed some of the fancier ones from that shop down the street~" 'Fancy' didn't even do the sweets justice either, these were GOURMET CHOCOLATES MEANT FOR AN INCREDIBLY SPECIAL OCCASION. Getting sick from these kinds of chocolates might actually be worth it. "Here~"

Beaming from ear to ear the flaxen haired princess carefully opens one of the many ornate bags and offers it to her friend. "Let's EAT SOME OF THE BEST ONES before Mell gets back! I like the strawberry truffles the most but you can have one if you'd like~"