#straud asks

[stinkrascal]

do u think brie would like brainrot if so what brainrot phrases would she use

oh she'd love brainrot culture. shes the spokesperson for brainrot culture. she hasnt even looked at a book in 20 years. skibidi toilet unalive based and rizzed up im sure shes said it all

[gunthermunch]

SLASHED - day DOCE. the killers.

the truth is: there is no vampires in windenburg. instead, deep in the woods, there is a cannibalistic cult led by a tall pale man. he never gets his hands dirty tho, that's what his two most skilled and loyal followers (one more than the other) are for.

[feroshgirlsims]

Chapter 8.3 - Flesh of My Flesh

VLAD

Vlad talks over pancakes. He explains the pointy-eared man. He explains the light and the smoke and the way he’s noticed a glimmer popping up in the corner of his eye. He explains his theories, his anxieties, and the worst part of the whole thing—his attraction because it was inconvenient to be turned on by someone who might be imaginary.

They don’t dismiss him. They don’t argue.

“The world is a complicated place,” Nikolas says.

“You have systems,” Josef says, “You need to use them. You need to be tethered, or else you’ll float away.”

It’s the same thing he’s been told since he was a child. Vlad finishes his plate and curls up with his father on the couch while Nikolas gets a fire going. “I’m tired.”

“Of course you are,” Josef rustles Vlad’s hair, “Since you was a baby you never slept. You been riding all day and thinking non-stop. You need rest. You get cranky if not, hell, we all do.”

“But it’s not just sleep,” Vlad insists. “I feel on the cusp of something big. Like something is about to shift and I’ve just been waiting my whole life for it. But now I’m tired of prowling and pacing and waiting for it to come.”

“Soon,” Nikolas soothes when he sits down. “You just be patient. World is complicated, but things become clear when they’re meant to. In the meantime, I ever told you about the time I was chasing a target, and they ducked down a mine shaft?”

He has, but Vlad lets his grandfather tell it anyway because it's a good story.

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It takes a few more days before Vlad feels like he’s back to himself. They’re strange days. He sleeps a lot. He hears his parents argue, not the usual shouting obscenities and making idle threats, but the hushed whispers that tell him it's about something real.

He meets William for that barley bale.

He manages to turn in the bare minimum of his assignments—mostly perfunctory since he intends to cheat his grades, but it’s a good exercise. 

And he does catch up with Alice. He wishes he’d done it sooner. Yes, he’s still seeing an attractive pointy-eared man who might possibly be imaginary, but keeping track of her requires his undivided attention. 

Like now when she was supposed to meet him at the Commons over an hour ago. Vlad can tell she was here because she’s forgotten her headphones.

It was something other sims noticed, too.

—To their detriment.

He finally locates Alice in the graduate dorm study room. “Greetings, Magpie. I’m sorry I was away for so long. I wasn’t feeling well.”

She whirls around, “Oh shit! What time is it? How late am I? I’m sorry! Are those my headphones?”

“Yes,” Vlad says, handing them over. "And don’t worry; I entertained myself. What are you doing?”

“Nothing!” She groans. “Well, not really nothing. I need to research that secret society I’ve been tracking, but I don’t read or do books. I mean, I can, but it’s hard.“ Her head dips, and she tries to avoid his gaze. “I usually use a voice reader for anything long or listen to audiobooks, but for whatever Watcher-forsaken reason, the research machine doesn’t have a headphone jack or even Bluetooth. So now I’m stuck.”

“Would you like help?”

“I’m not stupid,” she replies fiercely.

“And you like books,” he adds, arching a brow. “You simply use an alternate method to read. I think you need an assistant. And as it turns out, I love traipsing through endless reams of text and boring books.”

Immediately, her eyes light up. “So, I’m the boss of you?”

The delight etched across Alice’s face at the idea of being in charge of him is enough to send Vlad into the stratosphere. It also spawns a fantasy that makes his pulse race. Something inside him unwinds and stretches. It wraps fingers around his rib cage and peers out past his heart, pleased and bound. 

“Yes, I do very well with specific instructions. Feel free to demand whatever you want.”

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(Part 4 of 4)

[literalite]

and i’ve come back changed i can feel it in my bones

[thebramblewood]

The Vatores Present... A Decennial Vampire Bash: Part V

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Helena: Lilith, hold on. Who's that? [shudders] Is he watching us?

Lilith: Don't worry about him. He's just a dusty old windbag who wouldn't know fun even if it came up from behind and slapped him on the ass.

Vladislaus, telepathically: You reckless, impertinent girl. Your continual lack of discretion will be the ruin of all of us.

Lilith: Oh, stop being dramatic. And stay out of my head, old man.

Vladislaus: You'll one day grow to regret your ungratefulness, daughter.

Lilith: Do not call me that.

[eljeebee]

Hi, c'est moi 😎

If you had to describe one of your main oc's in ONE word, what would it be and why?

HIYA!

We'll do my ancient vampires hehehe

Vladislaus Straud | Benevolent

Lenora Beau | Reserved

Lana Beau | Vain

Valentina Asvang | Pride

Master Andres Aurum | Desperate

Amelia Aurum | Secretive

[icklemons07]

vladislaus wood

i would love some of vladislaus' wood

[bastardtrait]

📩 Simblr question of the day: Choose as many sims/ocs as you'd like for this question, What's something INCREDIBLY obscure and/or out-of-pocket about your sim/oc? Something that nobody (fellow sims and/or your followers and mutuals) knows 👀 (This could be things about their social skills, physicality and/or birth defects, or it could be something they vaguely remember, a dream they had that actually predicted the future, etc etc... whatever you come up with)

( p.s I'm [the SQOTD anon] planning on starting a separate SQOTD blog for these asks/questions, and I'm open for input on this :) ) ( p.p.s freely share this SQOTD around, anon or not, and use the # SQOTD ~ 💛 )

hello sqotd anon. this question honestly had me scratching my head; I don't have that many oc's that i share seriously on simblr so i think i'll go with my version of Vladislaus Straud.

(now you know i had to make miss thing over.)

what's there to say? I don't consider this Vlad to be the founder of Forgotten Hollow like the vanilla Vlad's bio implies. in fact, I don't think he's even necessarily related to that guy. I feel like heirs in this family can be born, or they can be created/ushered from humans in by master vampires. maybe this Vlad is just some guy that got turned by the last Vlad hundreds of years ago. he might do the same thing to someone else, or might fuck around and have his own kids. whomst knoze.

kind of explains why they don't look the same. which, good, because vanilla Vlad is not that girl.

[stinkrascal]

happy late birthday vladischnaus

close enough. happy birthday schnauzer straud

[notsooldmadcatlady]

Not my usual cc post but I was asked quite some times about this hairstyle so here it is. I have to say (and it's important) I do not make hair for ts4, I made this one for my lady Straud and it's literally my third hair mesh ever and it was made…two years ago, maybe. Or more… What I'm trying to say here is that this hair is not perfect by any mean and I cannot make it perfect. It works for me, and I didn't found any problems with this hair for all the time it was in my game, so for the people, who wanted to use this hair for their sims, here it is.

download (simfileshare)

If you have any problems with my cc tell me. I have no intention to ruin someone’s game and will try to fix it.

[queenmabsim]

the original daddy.

name

count vladislaus straud the first V

traits

evil music lover loner the original jaded

original timeline

fourth.

preferences

likes

piano & pipe organ harpsichord black, grey, white red baroque & classical music spooky music

dislikes

baking cooking wellness lullabies

fun facts

people love to ask vlad where he, or his family, originate from, and will always oblige with the answer of: the old country.

the only member of the straud family that vlad can remember aside from himself is his mother. she was a red-haired woman who often sang in the nursery. she was very fond of books and the piano. however, she was very ill in every memory.

while he may be evil, vlad is known to have a habit of 'adopting' black sheep, and will purposefully seek out the freaks, loners, outcasts, and others to harbor. he is both firmly possessive and wildly protective of them.

known sayings

"Ah. A new child of the night!"

[ to be continued...

[ethicaltreatmentofcowplants]

Ladies and Gentlefolks: The Asylum Challenge

I got tired of having Lilac cooped up in a bunker (and the main reason was because of the meanness bug anyway, which for me at least has been patched), so instead she is cooped up in an asylum! Onwards and upwards, eh Lilac?

So yes, we ('what do you mean, we?' she asks) are doing the asylum challenge, with some minor tweaks to the rules. Since the whole conceit of Lilac is that she shouldn't be there, I let her keep her regular traits (SELF-ASSURED, LAZY and FREEGAN) aaaaand since her housemates are pre-made townies, I likewise didn't alter them.

Although some, you may agree, should be locked up for something.

(Disclaimer: I know that institutions can be - to put it nicely - problematic, in the real world, and it is not my intention to make light of this. This is just for the silliness factor and other than doing my best to keep them bound to one lot, the Sims will be able to act as they do normally.)

The 'Guests'

Vladislaus Straud and Ted Roswell

One is in hiding from one rather peeved Henford-on-Bagley matriarch (and her hired occult duo). The other is regularly found conversing with the MOTHER plant.

And yes, this selfie was taken while one of them was possessed.

Jacques Villareal and Raj Rasoya

Ah, now we come to the actual criminal element of the joint. One perhaps had a more 'hands-on' role in being a single parent than through the regular court custody battle, while the other was found unaliving a workplace rival - then claiming that some entity called the Watcher made him do it.

Yes, Raj, you should truly be here.

Lux Demarco and L. Faba

Just for the sake of tokenism, the werewolf contingent had to be represented - and unfortunately Lux drew the short straw. L. Faba however is here because she chose to keep an eye on Vlad on behalf of the spellcasters' society, and they figure that as a MEAN sim, she may be able to convince him that she's actually on his side.

Meredith Roswell

No one is quite sure why she is here. Maybe she thought that the booking was a 2-for-1 deal aboard a cruiser, or in a luxury hotel?

Ma'am, we don't have hotels in the Sims 4...

[gunthermunch]

Oh, the devil in me said, "Go down to the shed" I know where I belong

[Transcript under the cut]

Lilith: well this little man is incredible Caleb: it's a perfect choice really, purple is his color Lilith: not what i'm talking about but i guess the glasses are really cool too Lilith: …what do i do? Caleb: you are asking me that? Lily you know exactly what to do Lilith: i know i want to stop Straud from ruining someone else's life. And i know i saw a kid sitting exactly where i used to sit before Lilith: …but i also know i can't just leave everything for The Hollow Morgyn: you're also potentially pregnant Lilith: …oh. Caleb: great honeymoon huh? Lilith: shut up. Morgyn: you're welcome. i'm almost an expert at this point, dear. Caleb: well. you have a family now, It's- Lilith: all i ever wanted. Lilith: sigh Lilith: maybe it all will fall into place… one day.

Bluma: YOU'RE LEAVING?! WG: girl you're getting monthly visits, don't even worry about it it was your dad's condition Bluma: did i… do something wrong? WG: hey- Bluma: di-d i say [breaks] did i say something weird?? WG: Bluma. Bluma all you did was being awesome and the best niece in the WHOLE freaking world. I'm only leaving because… i need to do something of myself. you have nothing to do with this Bluma: sniffles but this is your home, where are you going now? WG: i'm gonna try and visit my best friend. Morgan, remember? Bluma: y-yes WG: …i really need to go, do you understand? Bluma: n-no. not really Bluma: but sniffles i missed dad a whole lot while he was gone. i got really sad sometimes. and grandma says your dad is still gone Bluma: i think that's something i understand. WG: …good. WG: look i- i got a something for you Bluma: huh? WG: i din't want to look at this thing for a while. but i think you could like it WG: all yours Bluma: WOA THANK YOU UNCLE WOLFGANG!!… what is it WG: it was, well, my dad's. WG: it's full of stories. your kind of stories. Bluma: ooh that's so cool! and heavy! Ern…est… Munch! -and it smells SO old! i LOVE it thank you so much!! WG: just keep learning okay? WG: seriously. learn how to read and stay away from my phone. Bluma: yees!

Lilith: there you are. Bluma: mom, this is Jojo. Jojo, Mama. Lilith: that's the guy that's been terrorizing you this whole time? Bluma: …um…! i- think. so Lilith: sweetie… i want this to be the last time you keep something like that to yourself, got it? Lilith: …come here Lilith: i loved your bracelet Bluma: i'm [yawns] glad…

Gunther: aw she's already sleep. Lilith: it was a rough day for a little girl Lilith: i can't believe your mom told her about Ernest already Gunther: oh yes. i guess we can keep the heavy details for the future. Lilith. like we planned to. Gunther: Hi Proffesor X! I've been informed on your powers- Garry: big chomp Gunther: I missed you too Lilith: by the way, Morgyn says i'm pregnant Gunther: oh my god yes Lilith: [chuckles] and i really wanted to inspect that basement. Gunther: you can leave that to our daughter and me. She seems to know the way already. Besides, I might have some ideas…

[thebramblewood]

Can you tell I've been watching a lot of True Blood recently?

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Harbor Quarter Kiosk by @beetlemp3. Vampires by @madeofcc, @squea, @castawavy, @asimplevampire, and @eljeebee. Humans by @simsdaughters, @esotericas-sims, @elderwisp, @chrysosims, @crvptydgaming, @biffybobs, and me. This was an absolute dream cast. Thank you to everyone for contributing your very special Sims.

Helena: Where are we? It’s been like a ghost town for blocks now.

Lilith: Just because something seems abandoned doesn’t mean it is.

Helena: You mean the club is down…

Lilith: It’s hardly exclusive if just anyone can find it.

Helena: The last time you led me down a staircase to nowhere, it didn’t end well.

Lilith: At least now you can bite back.

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Helena: What’s this all about?

Lilith: [boredly] Just another fauxpire attempting to sink their nonexistent fangs into other humans again.

Helena: Fauxpire?

Lilith: Fake vampire, obviously. Nothing but cheap color contacts, Halloween store blood, and delusion. I almost feel sorry for them. No one that desperate will ever get turned. There’s a certain subset of humans who fawn over vampires like celebrities. They have their favorites, and they collect bite marks like autographs. Some vampires bask in the attention. Others would probably prefer to be left alone. These groupies offer themselves up willingly, but catch the wrong vampire on a particularly bad day… Well, there’s no guarantee they’ll live to tell the tale. Ironically, the risk of death is what makes them feel alive. Consciously or not, every last rubberneck who digs up vague allusions on obscure Internet forums and shows up just to gawk is lured by the danger.

Helena: Every day, my little human bubble seems more and more quaint. There are entire worlds of experience I never even knew existed.

Lilith: Let’s grab some drinks and find a booth.

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[in background] DJ Beatz: Make some noise for our headliner! Next up on the decks, it’s DJ Bunty Bakewell!

Helena: I have questions. About the past.

Lilith: Still? Wasn’t my private diary illuminating enough for you?

Helena: It painted a clearer picture but not a complete one.

Lilith: Fine. Ask away if you must.

Helena: In your last journal entry, you clearly wanted away from Straud. Yet here you are all this time later, practically next-door neighbors.

Lilith: [irritably] Can you not just pry all of this out of my brother’s brain?

Helena: That would be invasive.

Lilith: You sound just like him.

Helena: Don’t change the subject. Did you ever actually leave Forgotten Hollow? And if you did, why did you ever return?

Lilith: I’m going to need another drink for this.

[eljeebee]

For the dark oc asks. I can't remember the name of Sid's bio mum who is now a vamp but her. 3, 4, 8, 9

Thank you for the ask!

Actually, it's Sid's aunt, Elizabeth Swanson Helen Straud!

3. Has your OC killed a friend/family member/loved one?

None. Rather, she would kill for her family. Prior to having her memory "wiped out", the reason she agreed to be a vampire is to train under the Vatores and Straud and defeat the killer of her real family. The killer that was Percival Asvang. Things happened, and she wasn't able to avenge her family, as the vampires around her decided he gets to live, he won't be killed nor would he become a sacrifice to speed up Lenora's full recovery.

4. What appears in your OC's darkest nightmares?

As Elizabeth, prior to becoming a vampire, her nightmares are always her, reliving the slaughter of her family. Percival and her sisters moving as bats and mist in a dark stormy night, the vampires attacking their household staff, her parents, her beloved sister, until all that's left is the butler, and Sid.

Sometimes her nightmare would turn into something more sinister. The attacker is her.

These nightmares no longer happen when her memory was wiped clean.

8. Would your OC consider themself evil?

Again, as Elizabeth, she would. She left her only family, her niece, Sid, and she became the very thing she sought to destroy - a vampire.

9. Would you consider your OC evil?

No. She did what she thought was best. She did that to avenge her family and to protect her remaining family.

[icklemons07]

will straud

will he what? or is it like the name? who is Will Straud?