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[desertfangs]

Do you think Marius ever viewed Daniel's turning through the blood and noticed the similarities, how his own experience of turning Armand was replayed 500 years later by his child with another mortal boy who wanted to live in darkness forever?

Do you think he was proud of the care Armand took with Daniel in his final hours and moments? That he may have reflected on his own traumatic turning and been glad that he was at least able to prevent Armand, and by extension Daniel, from receiving the dark gift in the same way?

Help I made myself emotional ☹️

You made me emotional! 😭 When I first read this I just stared at it for a bit and thought 'damn I really love these three.' So thank you for that! I do think Marius must have seen Daniel's turning through the blood but also, I can imagine Daniel told him all about it, too. What we got in DM is beautiful but I'm sure there are plenty of details left out and I can see Daniel talking about it one night when he's feeling emotional about being a vampire, maybe not long after his recovery.

I think at lot about that elusive time after Daniel is healed from his madness, before PL, when Marius and Daniel's relationship is evolving. I don't know how close or distant Armand was to them at that time--clearly he was not with them, but what kind of contact they had and how regular it was is anyone's guess. But I imagine Daniel spent a lot of that time reflecting on being immortal and how that came to be, and everything that transpired, and I can see him telling the whole story of his turning to Marius one night while they're cuddled on the sofa or just having a quiet evening.

And I do think Marius must be proud of Armand for how he did Daniel's turning, the way he shaved him and prepped him for immortality so lovingly, the way he used his illusion of the garden, etc. (I also wonder if it's something Armand and Marius ever talked about it, either on Night Island, or later. Harder to see that coming up, although then again, when Marius sees Armand again for the first time in centuries, he's got this shiny new fledgling, so maybe they did discuss it.)

But I especially agree that he probably loves that despite what may have happened afterward, both Armand and Daniel were born into darkness in the most loving and gentle way, nothing like how Marius was taken against his will and tortured and forced into it. And his own turning of Pandora, too, was sort of foisted upon him and done hurriedly, without preparation or planning, so having been able to give Amadeo that ritualistic, loving turning was probably so important to him, even though it was done under the pressure of Amadeo being on the brink of death. And knowing Armand did similar for his only fledgling must warm his heart.

These three have so much love between them. There's a lot of trauma and mess passed down, too, but having such a pivotal thing be done to them out of love is just.. so important. No matter how much Armand and Marius may come at odds, or how often Armand and Daniel fight, they will always have that and know they were brought into immortality with love and adoration. And that makes me emotional AF. 🤧

[butchybats]

Can I get a radium fact/favourite weird radium product?

HI THANK YOU FOR ASKING!! <3

One of my favorite facts about radium is that it’s in the same group on the periodic table as calcium and thus they share similar properties. Because of this radium can get deposited in the bones, preventing future absorption of calcium which causes brittle bones, as well as causing reduced production of red blood cells which causes anemia!

RADITHOR IS MY FAVORITE RADIUM PRODUCT!!! Which is literally just water containing radium LMAO but it was advertised as a miracle cure all medicine!! And then was taken off the market when everyone who used it started dying which is kind of a bummer answer hghg but yeah people really thought that Radium was super healthy

[mediocre-eternity]

The second half of the 20th century was rife with sub-cultures and counter-culture movements. Are there any that particularly interested you (or Daniel)? That you enjoyed observing or participating in?

This question can be answered many ways.

First of all, the passage of time is very different for me (and those like me). Time speeds up until it becomes an ocean of rolling waves. It seemed so sudden that I would need a smart phone and dress in completely different patterns and textures than I did just a few decades ago. Sometimes I see humans living and dying in the same way. There are here, they are gone. So subcultures crop up and hold my interest for a bit if they’re colorful enough, otherwise I always expect the young people to stand for some cause.

I myself was part of a subculture, when I lived. Me and my brothers dressed in a very certain way that told the church they weren’t going to control us. But— we were also spoiled boys and I don’t really think the Master cared what we bought with his stipends.

I think I remember my time with Daniel the best because I was so enamored with him that entire decade. I remember the goths, skinheads, art students… Hip hop was invented in the 1980s and I really liked the young men and women who would dress like Boy George or Cindy Lauper. A few clubs we would frequent in Greenwich had a leather-dress requirement. But there were so many in the 80s! And there’s hundreds more now. I’m not sure the difference between “new wave” and “dark academia.” Though again— I expect to see drastic styles in the human youth I associate with.

[covenofthearticulate]

Here's my best attempt at some vampire thoughts, specifically some thoughts about Louis and Daniel from when Daniel moves into Trinity Gate onwards

Louis gives Daniel a tour of all the best quiet hiding spots (bar maybe two or three he keeps for himself) for Daniel to use when TG is busy and overwhelming

They are binge-watch buddies, especially for incredibly niche documentary series, as well as any kind of mystery series where they like to compete to see who can figure it out first

Daniel builds Louis an incredibly detailed replica of the library at TG, that is built into the base of a lamp. The books even come out of the shelves and many of them are painted to resemble the covers of some of Louis favourite books (Armand helped with some of those). Louis has it next to one of his favourite reading spots in the library at court as a reminder of his other home

Modern day, they both still play wordle and refuse to let the other one live it down if they don't get a word and break their streak

I'm sorry your day hasn't been great, I hope it gets better, or at least that tomorrow is kinder to you

YEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!!

Daniel and Louis are such an underrated pairing, their dynamic is so interesting and they have much more in common than I think any of them realize ugh I love them so dearly

That first one reminds me of a headcanon someone brought up...god, I can't remember who now...but someone write a headcanon about Armand setting up a sensory friendly room for Daniel and Louis to share because they can get overloaded pretty easily. I love the idea of one of Louis hiding away somewhere, and the whole damn house is trying to look for him but Daniel is the only one who knows where he is. Maybe it's one of the many spare bedrooms upstairs, maybe it's a random closet that Louis has furnished with a beanbag and some batter-operated tea candles, but I can just so clearly see Daniel slipping into Louis' hiding space and being like "Hey, y'know Benji and Armand were looking for you." And Louis shifts a bit in his seat, gets a little comfier, and replies "I know." And then Daniel just.....takes a seat and joins him in the glorious silence :)

Also oh my god you got me choking up at the miniature library model, that is so lovely i'm SOBBING. Daniel utilizing his hyperfixations as an expression of love is so dear to my heart like I think especially with the models, it's something so intricately detailed which means Daniel had to really take the time to study every facet before replicating it. Louis of all people especially appreciates the attention to detail— he can be VERY particular with how he curates his space, so I bet every inch of that library was thoughtfully and intentionally designed by him

[rainbowcarousels]

4, 25 and 26 for the writers questions

4. What’s a word that makes you go absolutely feral?

Honestly I'm so basic that the old oh, ohhhh still gets to me every single time so probably oh.

25. What is a weird, hyper-specific detail you know about one of your characters that is completely irrelevant to the story?

Oh, that's easy, I know Daniel's whole background. My version of him at least.

His middle name is Michael, he has an older sister called Caroline who currently has a granddaughter at NYC. He is the weird distant uncle who seems to have a ridiculous amount of money to pay for schooling or medical things but that no one has seen in years and that said grandchildren consider it to be like a scooby doo plot where he must live in a weird castle somewhere. For a while, it's even true!

I just think Daniel after he's in a better place mentally tries to reconnect with himself and that does mean not only the parts with the befanged beaus but also parts of his mortal life that could slip away if he doesn't make a conscious effort to keep them in that crystalised vampire memory thing. He's one of the few left with living mortal connections and that we don't see more of that is a travesty.

26. How do you get into your character’s head? How do you get out? Do you ever regret going in there in the first place?

Oh, this cuts to the core of me because I can't switch 'heads' easily. Usually, music and source material is how I get into the characters head but once I'm there, it's like I've selected my player for the day and I can't switch them out until my body's had a sleep reset. If I'm switching fandoms, make that 2-3 days of not doing anything at all so I can switch worlds in my head.

Sometimes I regret it because I get stuck. I was incredibly stupid earlier this week and wrote Nicki stuff and I've been stuck with him all week even though Armand's POV is what I need for what I'm working on next. I've palette cleansed with a trash fic, aka something not really good enough to see the light of day but I might hold onto it and make it better one day, so fingers crossed I can skip over now.

[auburnandamberangel]

Armand/Bianca for the ship meme

//I love them!! ❤️ So soft and yet ruthless but never with eachother. So much potential in canon we were robbed PL onwards !!! Never mind I'll just write myself

[fangsinclay]

#okay so we have Armand's 'plump and juicy' shorts#Daniel's 'Devil's Minion' ones#Now these for Louis#the options for Lestat are endless I know but once we pick one we have the whole gang kitted out

booty shorts that say 'i <3 heavily sexualized catholic imagery' on the ass

[desertfangs]

First: HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🥳 I hope you're having s great day

Second: Your post sparked a thought regarding Daniel's immortal birthday. You know how Armand views Daniel as a gift from Louis? I wonder if Marius thinks of Daniel as a gift from Armand in a way, especially since he was turned on/around Marius's turning anniversary 🥹 Daniel is the gift that keeps on being given lol

THANK YOU!

And oh my gosh, I was trying to think of how Marius would approach Daniel's mortal birthday (rather than immortal, this is a tangent) and for some reason I don't think he puts a ton of stock into those kinds of things, but I imagine Daniel thinking about it coming up or whatever when they were together in Rio would convince him to do something, maybe bring Daniel a gift and sit with him and ask about how the past year has gone and what he hopes for the next year.

Marius seems like a low-key birthday guy! Lestat will drag you out to the club and try to hook you up with some tall, hot thing and Armand is all about over the top parties in general, but Marius is more my speed I think. He will attend the party but he prefers smaller celebrations.

But back to your ask, I think in some ways Marius must see Daniel as a gift from Armand. However Daniel ended up in his care, he gave Marius a purpose and someone to look after for a long time, and after he healed from his madness, he became a companion. Marius, who has spent so much time fending off solitude and loneliness, and then he has this funny, curious guy to be with, all because of his own fledgling.

"Daniel is the gift that keeps on being given" LMAO it's so true though. 😂 I hope Daniel makes jokes about that once in a while.

Thanks again and thank you for the ask! 💖

[teethingpains]

𝔑𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔓𝔢𝔬𝔭𝔩𝔢 ℑ'𝔡 𝔏𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔗𝔬 𝔊𝔢𝔱 𝔗𝔬 𝔎𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔅𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯

Tagged by @0junemeatcleaver0 and @uncivilcivilservice

Last Song: Hoist the Colours (Bass singers version) by Bobby Bass

Favorite Color: Tough question, I like dark reds and blues a lot, but also may soft blues

Currently Watching: Just been watching crafting youtube videos ^_^''

Last Movie/Show: Handmade: Britain's Best Woodworker (this season wasn't as good as the last two imo)

Spicy, Savory, or Sweet?: can i have savory with sweet?

Last Thing You Googled: the name of the wood working show lol

Tagging (with no pressure to do it): @this-writer-needs-coffee @altocat @glamgoblin @fofoqueirah @complicitsacrilege and anyone else who wants to do this (I'm so bad with remembering people's names I'm sorry)

[auburnandamberangel]

Also the superstition of strong witches or those attached to the occult in general being perceived as stronger in magicks with red/auburn hair has been rolling around since ancient celtic times too. One of those tropes that never really went away, along with this being seen as impure or not innocent when you're very beautiful - Armand was kind of marked either way! Him being a divine conduit for ikon paintings marked him as other from the start. Marius saying no matter how beautiful his smile was never innocent (my dude what would you know about that anyway...)

Plus Marius was potentially more inlive with a life with Amadeo than continuing to baby sitter silent gods didn't help.

what WAS her problem anyway

[rainbowcarousels]

5 and 11 for the writer ask thing 😊

What's something you've researched but haven't incorporated into your fic?

I do a lot of spicy research so I know what I think peoples kinks and fetishes are so I can use them as and when without needing to research it at the time. However, I usually end up using aspects of it so I'm not sure it counts. What would be new for Armand in the Devil's Minion era is probably the most recent one? Like finding out that he probably has no idea first hand how tomatoes taste was a wild ride.

For FF7, I did a ridiculous amount of research on bird wings (because for those unitiated, the chaotic redhead over there literally HAS a black wing rather than Marius being a dramatic lil shit about it) but I'm neurodivergent. The amount of times I have fallen down a rabbit-hole of research could result in a ridiculous amount of fic.

Is there anything important in your fic you think readers have missed/overlooked?

I know this is probably VC focussed but man there is one thing in JBSWM that no one has ever noticed and that is that my mega chapter for Halloween has a countdown to meeting Jenova. It counts from ten down to one across the 25k or so words of it and it's subtle, but I thought it would be a fun thing to put in there.

In VC, I think it's that Daniel only ever mentions one social media (instagram) and there is a reason for this. This is because I knew I wanted Louis at some point to introduce him to facebook and have them both find it really funny that Louis knows more than he does about something modern, though how modern FB is, that's debatable. I just think Louis probably posts like a plant mum and joins goodreads groups, so it's his social media of choice. Another part of it is that the books exist in universe and I don't know what Daniel would make of twitter opinions or tiktoks about the important people in his life, though I do feel like since Tumblr is so down with monster fuckers, he would be right at home here. The important part being that in the stars verse, at least where we are, he hasn't read Blood & Gold yet and in the words of River Song, spoilers!

[auburnandamberangel]

😥

For every  “ 😥 “  I receive, my muse will have to admit one (1) embarrassing memory from their past!           

There were so many I could choose from my mortal years as a hedonistic prince. Nothing could touch me seemingly except perhaps a dash of brief ruddy cheeked embarrassment. The sheltered youth, peeking out despite it all. One such occasion the master was away, I had no idea when he'd return. As was my custom I often slept in his bed, it brought me comfort when he wasn't home. I even wore his rich red robe, it dwarfed me to walk around in but reclined on the curtained four poster bed it enveloped me snuggly. So familiar almost as if he was there with me. Like my hand was his own reaching down to touch myself. Needless to say my blood pressure spiked twice when I was finished and realised he was studying me through the drapes at the side of the bed.

[bubblegum-blackwood]

KinkFest - lingerie

Armand's blonde boys decided to dress up for him 😉

inspired by this gifset and a convo with @uncivilcivilservice

[leslutdepointedulac]

9 People you want to know better:

Tagged by: @hekateinhell Thank you ily 💞💞

Three ships: Louis/Lestat, Louis/Armand & Nicki/Lestat

First ship: Honestly idk if I can remember what the actual first one was, but the first one I do remember is probably Bella/Edward

Last song: Fighting Myself by Linkin Park

Last TV show: Doctor Who but the og black and white DW

Currently reading: Re-reading Memnoch bc I like facing The Horrors apparently (it's for my VC re-read)

Currently watching: Nothing atm, I don't really watch a lot of stuff

Currently eating: Off brand Oreo cereal

Currently craving: Either VC angst or literally anything The Song of Achilles related (Ty Faye for inadvertently pulling me along into that fandom <3)

Tagging: @aunteat @cinnamonclove @effyrosemary @covenofthearticulate @paintaboveyourbones @butchybats @desertfangs @mothmage @uncivilcivilservice

[desertfangs]

For Daniel!

18. Do you prefer to see this character suffer or know peace? Angst or comfort? Both?

28. Do you get defensive about this character? If yes, then why?

18. Do you prefer to see this character suffer or know peace? Angst or comfort? Both?

Oof that's hard. Because in my heart, I prefer Daniel to be comfortable and comforted by those he loves. I want him to be happy. He's earned it. (They all have!)

And while I usually write fluffy or happy endings, I usually have to put him through the ringer a little bit first. (I love the hurt/comfort trope a lot.) Fluff and silly stuff is fun, but think it's really interesting what characters do in hard situations and how they manage to get out of them or what will make them open up and actually say the things they need to say to others, etc. So while I don't like seeing Daniel suffer, I do enjoy reading and writing fics where he's not having a good time and seeing how it plays out and what he does about it. Sometimes it doesn't end happily, and that's okay, too. Sometimes things don't.

But in my heart, he is often comfortable in bed with Armand or Marius (or both) and making the other person watch ridiculous YouTube videos about miniatures.

28. Do you get defensive about this character? If yes, then why?

No....? Maybe occasionally? I mean, I think in fandom one always sees takes or headcanons or ideas about characters that make you stop and go "Wait, what?" But I've really made an effort to train myself to go Huh, that's interesting take, I wonder why they think that? instead of knee-jerking to the "Wow, that's dumb" side of things. And I mean, let's be honest, sometimes you just Do Not See It and that's fine! We don't all have to have the same carbon-copy idea of these guys in our heads. (I'm sure plenty of people have the same reaction to many of my takes and headcanons, and that is also fine!)

With Daniel especially, we're not really given anything about his family life or backstory before the interview and even after he's a vampire, there are enough gaps in his story to fill a strip mall. So everyone is just extrapolating their ideas about him from what we're given based on their own ideas and experiences, and that's going to create a lot of variation. Which is fun!! We're not all gonna come to the same conclusions, and that makes things interesting.

I've been in this fandom for a long time and I've loved Daniel for a long time, so I have a lot of ideas about him built up in my head. I've had to reconcile new canon information with my mental image of him a few times over and that always caused some growing pains ('Oh he's mad now??? And building model trains? That's not mad!') And sometimes someone's take where at first I'm like "Huh, never thought about it that way" becomes my favorite new headcanon.

So in short, like... no? I certainly try not to be. And even if I don't jive with a take about Daniel, it doesn't hurt me for someone else to have it, you know?

Thank you so much for the ask!

[monstersinthecosmos]

tagged by @nothing-but-paisley “put ur Spotify on shuffle and write down the first lyric of the first ten songs that come on, post the poem that results” I'm going to do this via character playlists because I'm a nerd :) MARIUS PLAYLIST

see all the colours fading out with the sun a flooding slowly calms the restlessness rooted within the pitch-black heart you chose this path the household wanes oh, our poor nobility of blood they'll drop us broken and bleeding a cold wind is blowing i walked through water like dry land cataphatic prayer

ARMAND PLAYLIST your ageless eyes like flowers in the tracks of loss o lord, save my sinful soul i've come here wasted and with selfish saddened things this mind is tired of war you are sleeping unhampered by guilt when that light goes out this eve we learned how on our own in the silent cries i am not aware of all the reasons

DANIEL PLAYLIST my present to you when routine bites hard and ambitions are low lies so cruel it's like you tear the hurt from my arms clean, the cleanest i've been inactive veins animate every day i look the same she's lashed to the mast and me to the helm i am city out of the tar plains the night so still, so fine

TAGGING: @apoptoses @uncivilcivilservice @hekateinhell @fofoqueirah @covenofthearticulate @bubblegum-blackwood @cup-of-lixx @rijinks IF YOURE SOMEONE WHO HAS SENT ME ANONS ABOUT VAMPIRE MUSIC PLEASE DO THIS LOL