#the carmilla curator

[thiscatiscreepy]

People will write a long post about how a transfem of color is evil abuser actually, with half the sources pulled out of their ass, deflect any and all criticism and get upset that you called them racist.

[amaclucky13]

FANFIC FEATURE FRIDAY

Are you ready? Have you worked on that TBR pile? Does that matter? Nope!

Are you ready? Are you? Did you finish last week’s fic? Does that even matter? Nope! Happy Friday loyal fanfic readers! I have another solid one for you this week! Are you a fan of jealousy fics? How about Carmilla the web series? Well, I have a jealousy fic based on Carmilla the web series from KindaTV. If you have never watched that series and you love gay romance where the two leading…

[the---hermit]

2024 reading wrap up

books I read (rereads in green):

Nature Human Nature And Human Difference by Justin Smith

Resurgir curated by Lorenzo Incarbone

Sandman: Overture by Neil Gaiman

The Pornographer by Restif De La Bretonne

Storie Brutte Sulla Scienza by Barbascura X

Only Dull People Are Brillian At Breakfast by Oscar Wilde

A Day Of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

The Ballad Of The Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde

Notes On Camp by Susan Sontag

The Prince And The Dressmaker by Jen Wang

Oh! Il Libro Delle Meraviglie by Leo Ortolani

Dubliners by James Joyce

The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen

Il Grande Ratolik by Leo Ortolani

Emmeline Pankhurst by Mariapaola Pesce and Paola Zanghi

Babel by R.F. Kuang

Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu

Her Body And Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

The Vampyre by John William Polidori

Passage On The Secret History Of An Irish Countess by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

The Daughtest Of Salem by Thomas Gilbert

Rita Hayworth And The Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King

Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

The Mysterious Study Of Doctor Sex by Tamsyn Muir

Apt Pupil by Stepehn King

Harrow The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Nona The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Miti E Leggende Dei Celti by Mila Fois

A Psalm For The Wild Built by Becky Chambers

The Southern Book Club's Guide To Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

Quando Muori Resta A Me by Zerocalcare

Storie Di Merda by Barbascura X

Richard II by William Shakespeare

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Norse Mythology graphic novel volume 1

Norse Mythology graphic novel volume 2

A Prayer For The Crown Shy

short stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Something Is Killing The Children volume 7

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

Life Isn't Binary by John-Meg Barker and Alex Iantaffi

Dream Hunters by Neil Gaiman

My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher

L'Idea di Medioevo by Giuseppe Sergi

Due Racconti di Vampiri - shoet stories by Frederick Cowles

The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher

What Moves The Dead by T. Kingfisher

The Fall Of The House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe

The White People by Arthur Machen

The Road - the graphic novel adaptation by Manu Larcenet

The Willows by Algernon Blackwood

A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

What Fiests At Night by T. Kingfisher

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison

Interworld by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves

L'Importanza di Chiamarsi Oscar Wilde by Licia Cascione and Tommaso Vitiello

Questioni di un Certo Genere by il Post

The Lord Of The Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

Storia Degli Stati Sabaudi by Andrea Merlotti and Paola Bianchi

I Belli Hanno Rotto Il Cazzo by Barbascura X

Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner

This Is How You Lose The Time War by Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar

Re:Dracula

The Adventures of Amina Al Sirafi by Shannon Chkraborty

Genderqueer by Maia Kobabe

The Forbidden Harbor by Stefano Turconi and Teresa Radice

Sacred Bodies by Ver

Seghe Mentali Cosmiche by Barbascura X

Costituzione by Maurizio Floravanti

Bi by Julia Shaw

Governo by Paolo Colombo

Graveyard Shift by M.L. Rio

A Babbo Morto by Zerocalcare

Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman

A Dog's Heart by Mikhail Bulgakov

the books I have dnf-ed:

The Last Man by Mary Shelly

Venerdì 12 by Leo Ortolani

The Dreamchatcher by Stephen King

Night Man by Leo Ortolani

La Donna Senz'Ombra by Hugo von Hofmannsthal

[j-psilas]

Each row is curated around a theme or idea, designed to give you An Experience™ when you read/watch/play all five from left to right.

Places That Awaken Us: Halloween (1978), Little Nightmares (2017), The Lighthouse (2019), The Shining (1980), Silent Hill 2 (2001)

Trials of Possession: The Exorcist (1971) and Legion (1983), The Exorcist III (1990), Faith: The Unholy Trinity (2022), The Babadook (2014), When Evil Lurks (2023)

Fractured Self, Tortured Self: The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1824), Perfect Blue (1997), Father of Lies (1998), Inside Mari (2012-2016), Slay the Princess (2023-2024)

The Dark Feminine: Carmilla (1872), The Witch (2015), The Bloody Chamber (1979), Ringu (1998), Rule of Rose (2006)

Now is the Time of Monsters: De Bello Civili, or Pharsalia (61-65 AD), Dracula (1897), Between Two Fires (2012), Fear & Hunger (2018), Fear & Hunger 2: Termina (2022)

Witness the Unspeakable: The Three Impostors (1895), The Great God Pan (1894) and The Hill of Dreams (1907), The King in Yellow (1895), "The Color Out of Space" (1927), Bloodborne (2015)

Family, Love, Obsession: "The Fall of the House of Usher" (1839), Crimson Peak (2015), Saltburn (2023), The Gift (2015), Creep (2014)

"Have You Read Devilman? Trick Question.": Devilman (1972-1973), Berserk (1989- ), Demon's Souls (2009), Death Note (2006-2007), Chainsaw Man (2018- )

Several of these categories have some crossover. Rule of Rose definitely also belongs in "Places That Awaken Us," and Devilman belongs in "Now is the Time of Monsters," as does Demon's Souls.

I could go on and on, but I won't list them all. Draw your own connections, if you like, and please recommend more texts to go in these categories!

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PLEASE LOOK UP CONTENT WARNINGS FOR EVERY SINGLE ITEM ON THESE LISTS. THERE ARE TOO MANY FOR ME TO LIST INDIVIDUALLY.

[leeeeeeeeech]

Vampires: The (almost) Ultimate List

It's no secret that I love any and all things related to vampires and vampirism, so I decided to use my spare time to curate a list of vampire-related media for my fellow enjoyers to consume!

Lil sidenote: these are all pieces of media that I personally enjoy. This is not a complete list of all encompassing vampire media by any means.

Classic Books:

Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Dracula by Bram Stoker

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

Powers of Darkness (Icelandic Translation of Dracula)

Classic Films:

Nosferatu (1922)

Dracula (1931)

Vampyr (1932)

The Lost Boys (1987)

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

Cronos (1993)

Blade (1998-2004)

Van Helsing (2004)

Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

Dracula Untold (2014)

The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)

Parodies & Cartoons:

Dracula: Dead and Loving it! (1995)

Hotel Transylvania (2012)

Scooby Doo & The Legend of the Vampire (2003)

More modern books:

Bunnicula by James & Deborah Howe

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black

Eighth Grade Bites by Heather Brewer

Blood Oath by Christopher Farnsworth

The President's Vampire by Christopher Farnsworth

The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice

TV Shows:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)

Hellsing (2008)

Dark Shadows (1966)

Castlevania (I only really liked the first season) (2017)

YouTube Vids (this one is kinda all over the place):

Vampire Biology by Thought Potato

Dracula: Slime Tutorial

Dracula's Kill Count by Dead Meat

Cronos Kill Count by Dead Meat

Last, but not least, vampire media I'm looking forward to!:

Blade (videogame) (2024)

Blade (2025 Film)

Nosferatu (2024)

This list will most likely grow in size as I consume more and more media. Until then, toodles!

[hellativity]

i am having such a blast curating an ebook library tbh. there are 384 books. is it hoarding? yeah. am i gonna read them all? nah. but i am gonna read a lot of them and it's so cool.

so let me proselytize for just a sec

I'm sure you already know about Project Gutenberg where you can get Dracula, Little Women, any of your high school lit faves, Carmilla, Sherlock Holmes, and loads more. I just downloaded a copy of Oliver Twist bc I've always wanted to read it. Will I? Idk.

I also just found girlebooks which probably has lots of overlap with project gutenberg, but may be easier to browse. most are free and some are like $1-2ish. I have been wanting to read Willa Cather, whose writing my granny really liked. Also lots of Jane Austen, Virgina Woolf, idk, whatever you're into. Today I downloaded A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains which is a nonfiction collection of letters from a woman traveling solo through the rockies in 1873

When I pay for ebooks, I prefer them to be DRM free. but luckily, there's a website to help you find DRM-free sites. Personally I buy a lot of ebooks published by Tor, which are always DRM free (although you have to buy through major ebook retailers). (Murderbot would Hate DRM, obviously)

On the more technical side of things, I use calibre to organize my digital library. It took me a while to come around to it, but the level of customization is awesome!

All these things take a bit of learning (I am happy to help you) but here are some things I do with calibre: I always load in descriptions & make sure the book cover is the version I like. Then I set the tags to things that make sense to me. Once I click the "polish books" button, those changes get saved into the epub file

I use a Kobo ereader (btw i bought it on mercari - you don't need a new one!), and I have it set to automatically generate & update Kobo Collections based on my calibre tagging system. This is so helpful to have an "up next" list without having to make it on an e-ink screen

if you wanna get really hacky, look up some De-DRM and De-ASCM plugins for calibre. These can help you remove DRM from any .ascm files (such as, google ebooks you've bought in the past, or , ebooks you checked out from the library). It took me some trial and error to set up, but it took less than a day and the rewards have been infinite.

and finally, remember you can get a Seattle Public Library Card through their books unbanned project! I made sure to send a donation their way bc their collection is HUGE and has been great for me to find stuff I want to read. Don't forget your local library either

I still love physical books! But there are lots of benefits to curating an ebook library for yourself as well. If you want to give it a go, I hope some of these links get you on track <3

[valeriana-dioica]

Getting to know others meme

i was tagged by @friendamedes !!

last song: Little shop of horrors intro song/prologue! very fun musical. also not my last song but I have been really obsessed w "Amarillo by Morning" by George Strait lately... country music is very fun to sing

currently watching: I'm not watching anything rn but i recently finished season 2 of good omens and I watched the 2021 sequel to Candyman earlier today and enjoyed both of those things

currently reading: Making my way through Carmilla rn, and am technically halfway thru Good Omens but that one's been on pause for a while bc i got busy w school stuff and then forgot to get back to it lol. Also hoping to start and finish ancillary sword before i have to return it to the library lmao

current obsession: obviously tlt which is. the same story as it's been for months. however i also have been really into horror as a genre for a whileee so lately i've been trying to watch more horror movies and curate a list of good horror books to read and i'm very excited about that ! so if any of u guys have recommendations for good horror novels/short stories/movies/tv shows etc i am all ears 👀

i will be tagging uhhh @garaks-padded-bra @ds9jack @nomorethoughts

[styrien]

#styrien: a writing blog for laura, the narrator of le fanu’s carmilla and adapted for a variety of universes.

ask memes.

headcanons.

quick + dirty plot synopsis.

verses.

dni: minors, incest shippers, racists, transphobes, zionists, et cetera. we all know by now, right?

introduction: hi, my name is rose. i'm 28+, white, and my pronouns are she/her/hers. i work a full-time job and have a dog, so be assured activity will be sporadic - more on that later.

main rules: this blog is mutuals only, meaning that i only write with those who i follow and those who follow me. i enjoy shipping and plotting, but i have a full time job and a life outside this website. sometimes my responses ic and ooc will be sporadic, but it's not indicator of my interest. i do tend to be more likely to reply to things that are actively plotted and discussed. i also encourage you to curate your own spaces - if you need something tagged, my dms are open. if you no longer want to follow, i ask that you hardblock in order to prevent me from refollowing. i will forget.

activity notice: this is not a place for you if you expect constant in-character writing. this is not a place for you if you expect constant in-character writing. i do a lot of my thinking about my muses "aloud" on the dash. i do not follow people with time limits on interaction. when i follow you, know that it is with the intention of writing but never the expectation. i'm more than happy to cheer you on from the sidelines until we interact ic, or even never if we do. i get busy with life and work and i'm certain you do too. i rarely, if ever, unfollow for inactivity.

shipping: i do love shipping, and i am always down to clown. you can even send me shippy memes without us having to discuss it first as a kind of testing the waters thing.

[helluvacity]

Lucy had been about to knock on the door when the imp servant opened it for her. The difference in height would be made ever more evident in comparison to the servant. The empowered hellborn would smile as she was greeted, as if they weren't about to discuss something that could shake up the overlords' carefully curated status quo.

"Long time no see, Carmilla. As much as I'd love to get straight to business, I'd rather not just stand here in your doorway for it. Do you have a particular room in your manor for this discussion?"

This will prove to be an interesting meeting, Carmilla mused as she watched the limo drive up past the gate and to her manor from the living room window. As Lucille approached the front door, she nodded to one of the imp servants, who opened the door before it could be knocked on.

“Miss Lucille.” Carmilla greeted her guest.

[thecarmillacurator]

Dear Future Wife: You, Me and Baseball

Hey Babe,

Red Sox won again today! They are killing the Blue Jays and finally gettin’ some leverage on the season, woot!

Speaking of baseball, do you like baseball? I hope so.  And I hope you’re the kind who’ll enjoy sitting out on the porch with me on a Saturday afternoon listening to it on the radio. Maybe with a beer in one hand and your other arm around me.

Unless it’s a nailbiter, somewhere around the bottom of the fifth inning, my mind usually wanders for an inning or two. I suspect I’ll lean my face up and run my nose along the edge of your jaw. I’d follow it, I’m sure, with a gentle kiss there to see if you’re possibly in the mood. If so, I’ll nuzzle one just behind your ear. Tug on the lobe with my teeth.

Hopefully, you’ll reward me with a happy mumble, and I’ll lay the flat of my hand between your breasts so I can feel your heartbeat. I imagine it will be slow and steady and strong. Maybe I’d like to speed it up: I’ll plant a few more kisses- maybe sucking my way down the side of your throat- and I’ll stretch my hand down around your side to pull our hips closer together while we’re stuck on the bench. Kiss me, will you? Something slow and deep. I’ll let my hand drift back over your stomach, then further down… There goes the button on your jeans. Slide my fingers in towards Home Base…

At which point I’ll see if I can get you to squirm a little. Depending on whether I’m feeling needy myself, or just enjoying making you feel good right there on the porch, Joe Castiglione may just shout “Home Run!” on your behalf while I’m pressing my face against your cheek and telling you how grateful I am you’re around and how I hope I’m presently helping your mind fully clench around that fact.

When we’re done- maybe it’s the bottom of the sixth inning by then if the person on the mound showed some endurance- I’ll lay my head on your shoulder, expect your arm to tighten around me, and settle in to listen to the rest of the game… the noise of the breeze, birds, and street a perfect Saturday background soundtrack.

I have this thing about dreaming of perfect Saturdays. And you’re always there.

Your FW,

---  @thecarmillacurator​

You all write great Carmilla fanfiction, but this is the stuff I write. ;)

[lazarustrashpit]

Invasive thoughts at 3AM

[isablooo]

When people hear I love using pinterest they're sometimes like 'oooh you should link your pinterest on your LinkedIn, I'm sure employers would love to see that.' But no I do NOT want an employer seeing my 50+ OC aesthetic boards, I think they'd be confused or concerned if anything

[ruiniel]

🔹Another Way | alucard x reader | isekai, modern AU, fantasy, slow burn | 20+ k | ongoing | Rating: M

🔹Spirit Wild, To suffer brief | carmilla x F!reader | strangers to lovers, wlw, pre-castlevania | 0.9k | ongoing | Rating: M

🔹In Aeternum | alucard x F!reader | 4k | ongoing | reincarnation AU | Rating: M

🔹Hidden | alucard x F!reader | 3.4k | ongoing | mutual pining, angst, smut | Rating: 🔞

🔹The closest warmth | alucard x reader | 2.3k | hurt/comfort, mutual pining, blood kink, angst | ongoing | Rating: 🔞

🔹A day like any other | alucard x F!reader | 0.5K | Rating: T

🔹Taken | alucard x F!reader | 1k | pegging, soft dom | Rating:🔞

🔹Scent | alucard x F!reader | 2k | comfort, light smut, period cw | Rating: M

🔹While we are silent | alucard x vampire!reader | 3.8k | Rating: 🔞

🔹Devour | alucard x reader | 11k | complete | Rating: 🔞

🔹Above us, the sky | alucard x F!reader | 2.7k | fluff, teasing | Rating:🔞

🔹Mirror | alucard x F!reader | 2.7k | angst, mutual pining | Rating: T

🔹Heights | alucard x F!reader | 1.6k | Rating: 🔞

🔹Trust | alucard x reader | 1k | rope bondage | Rating: 🔞

🔹The Night | trevor belmont x F!reader | 1.3k | Rating: 🔞

🔹Eager | alucard x F!reader | 2.3k | Rating: 🔞

🔹To forget | alucard x F!reader | 4.3k | Rating: 🔞

🔹Schemes | alucard x F!reader | 3.7k | Rating: M

🔹Cursed, blessed | alucard x F!reader | 0.8k | Rating: 🔞

🔹All those who wander | alucard x reader | 1.2k | Rating: T

🔹Guide me | alucard x F!reader | 2.3k | Rating: 🔞

🔹Wishes | alucard x F!reader | 2.6k | Rating: 🔞

🔹To be free | alucard x F!reader | 3.2k | pining, confessions | Rating: T

🔹Its claws dig deep | alucard x F!reader | 2.9k | jealousy | Rating: 🔞

🔹Flame | alucard x F!OC | 1.7k | emotional hurt/comfort | Rating: T

🔹Hollow | alucard x F!reader | 0.6k | Rating: 🔞

🔹A Place to Hide | alucard x vampire!reader | 1.5k | angst, emotional hurt/comfort | Rating: T

🔹Still waters | alucard x F!reader | 4k | hurt/comfort, post season III AU, unresolved sexual tension, emotional tension | Rating: M

🔹For each other | alucard x male reader | 2K | T

Will keep this updated. Some of my work is for 18+ audiences only. Further, this blog is 18+ only as stated in the description. Please curate your own experience.

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[ofarrowsandspacemen]

plz plz plz tell me you are gonna write a part 2 to your model au. i mean if you don't i get it i get it but I WOULD LOVE YOU IF YOU DID

YA KNOW you’re not the first person who asked about this and honestly i have a bit of part 2 written so i would keep an eye out for it as i’m an easily distracted asshole avoiding other fics atm 

SO YEAH SURE PART 2 SOON 

[tea-with-eleni]

Favorite vampire media

Having spent too much of my life hyperfocused on vampires, I have a curated list of favorite vampires in media. In no particular order: 

Dracula. It’s the original big name, it’s well written (except, possibly, for Braham Stoker’s strange ideas about american vernacular), and it has a good suspenseful plot. 

Carmilla. Predates Dracula. Short, gay, and was adapted into a pretty good web series - although it’s so short, the web series is a very loose adaption. 

In the Forests of the Night/Demon in my View, by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes. First real, true, vampire books I read when I found In the Forests of the Night on my fifth grade teacher’s bookshelf one rainy recess. I had my grandparents take me to the bookstore to buy the second. Good fight scenes. Good lore.

Luminosity/Radiance, by Alicorn. Are they Twilight fanfic? yes, to a point. Are they only loosely definable as vampire stories? Yes, although I would argue that Alicorn’s Volturi are somewhat similar to a smaller scale version of the World of Darkness Camarilla. A rare piece of literature that was actively beneficial to my overall mental health. 

World of Darkness - Vampire: the Masquerade. There’s so much to unpack here, I won’t even try. I’ve enjoyed pretty much everything I’ve read about this particular universe. 

The Sims 4 vampire expansion. I once played for about ten hours straight with no regrets. I do wish they hadn’t named the master vampire Vladislaus Straud though, because my brain files him next to Strahd von Zarovich on one side and a student I have named Vladimir on the other. 

Curse of Strahd, as written and the popular “Reloaded” version put out on Reddit. There’s a lot of good lore and I am deeply pleased by the way literally every single character has some kind of dark secret - whether they know it or not. 

I would put the Vampire Lestat on here, but frankly, later books got so weird that I just can’t? I also never really got in to the whole teen paranormal romance genre, probably because I am asexual and mostly couldn’t relate to straight teenage romance fluff. Vampires can be sexy, but in my opinion, that’s a hunting tactic and should always be treated as such first and foremost. 

[shortkingvi]

You ever think how the show confirmed bumbleby’s feelings to be romantic by Nora and Adam and fans are still trying to deny it. It’s amusing how they still try to jump thru hoops to deny it or say crwby is still queerbaiting. I’m sorry they’re not shitty people that would do that like you want them because you don’t like it and ship them with other people. which is fine you can ship them with other people minus incest/pedophile/abusive ships.

dude honestly i don’t even pay them any mind anymore,,, like yeah it’s annoying to see and i will never understand committing my energy to posting about how much i dislike something on this hellsite, but tbh at this point there’s nothing that will change their mind

some people want something to get mad at and will fight to find ways to hate on even the most innocent attempts for representation. i remember the days of carmilla when people would try to argue they were abusive and not like,,,,, a vampire human couple

so many fans in this fandom in particular will always think that hating on media = critical analysis which is,,,, v untrue. they’ll see the word critical and assume that means that if they like something they can’t critique it and then will just hate indiscriminately

anyways, my biggest recommendation is to just get that block button out and use it liberally. you owe ppl nothing on here and the best thing to do is just curate that experience until u have a good time