#v/b lore

[stabknives]

The V/B half of this ask!

I hear all of you asking me: what is V/B. Who is V/B. Can you please shut up about V/B it's very annoying how you keep talking about them like we should know what those letters even mean.

Well, I'm here to tell you, they're my little guys. And one of them is a girl that's not a girl. And the other one is an evil indie film director. Yayyyyyy.

TW for stalking, threats, noncon, violence, psychological torture, and more!

1. Starting simple, how did they first meet?

Hooboy! What a doozy. Need to give some context first. It's important to know they have several 'first meetings', thanks to the way V steals faces...

Anyway. B has always had an intense and wide eyed love for Hollywood. He's been a cinephile for as long as he's been alive, and would watch old vcr tapes until they broke in his family's garage on a beat up old box tv.

Movies were kind of his escape from a rough home life. He was the youngest of nine kids in an evangelical household, and his parents were… not very nice people! So he dreamed of one day escaping the farm and leaving for the big city.

So he leaves the very day he turns 18, hoping to make it big someday. Part of him desperately wants to be an actor, but he doesn't think he's cut out for all that attention. Instead, he'll settle for being a costume designer. He's great at sewing, and as long as he's involved in film, he knows he'll be happy.

He knows it.

B passes V on the street one night after coming out of another interview for an internship he definitely won't get, downtrodden and teary eyed after just. Utterly embarrassing himself throughout the whole interview. No, he doesn't have any references or credentials. But he's willing to work, and he's good with clothing and makeup, honest! Please don't send him away again- you'll call him back? You really swear you'll call him back…?

He leaves. And he knows they're not gonna call him back.

It's pretty important to me that B wasn't doing anything special or wrong to have what happens to him next happen. Sometimes violence just finds you. And follows you. Regardless if you deserve it or not.

B collapses under a streetlight crying really hard. He's embarrassed but there's nobody around, and he's been in the city for months now and he's still working at a dirty video rental store, no closer to his goal of working in showbusiness. He doesn't have any friends in the city, he's lonely, and he kind of wants to give up.

He's mid sobbing session when someone taps him on the shoulder. It's some guy with a handkerchief smiling down at him. Very friendly. And handsome. The guy sits with him for a while. Tells him not to give up on his dreams once B volunteers his whole life store like a. Naive Simpleton. To this perfect stranger.

This guy is really funny. Charming. He's a good listener, and he's got kind of an offbeat sense of humor that shocks a few giggles from B. B really hopes they can be friends, but the guy leaves before he can give B a name. (But he said they'd see each other again 😬 and they will.)

This guy is V. And he takes a shine to this. Crying farm boy he saw on a street corner. V loves the way B looks crying! Very photogenic. A face made for filming. But V has all the time in the world, and he likes to savor his meals. The thrill of the hunt and all! Yuck. So for nearly three years, V plays. Tag. With B. Idk what else to call it.

He leaves things at B's door. Gore in brown bags with a smiley face drawn on the stinking wet paper. Deranged letters shoved in his mailbox talking about how B is going to end up raped and choked and dead in a ditch near his house, so his siblings find him covered in blood and bodily fluid. A bouquet of flowers from a secret admirer, and if B reaches in to pull out the note B gets cut up by a bundle of razorblades hidden in-between the dethorned rose stems (how ironic! I'm sure V was laughing it up at that one. 🙄 You're so clever.)

And all the while, V and B are having other first meetings. Each time, with V wearing a different face. The face of a friend. A shoulder to cry on. The face of a stranger. Someone following him home, too close for comfort, enough to have B hyperventilating by the time he stumbles into his rundown apartment and slams the door shut, looking through the peephole to see someone's eye staring right back at him.

B is coming unglued. But he's still pretty when he cries, and they're about to have their last 'first' meeting.

He goes to the bar with a friend, someone he's known a long time. They're visiting the big city from out of town, and they wanna treat B to a few drinks. B is excited. It's been ages since he hung out with J, and he kind of has a major crush on the guy. J is a laid back guy, super relaxed, and he's exactly as B remembers him.

B's phone dings again. He's gotten these mysterious texts for years now, and if he ignores them, bad shit always happens. (Someone breaks into his apartment and soaks his sheets in fluids. Audience gets to pick the fluid. You're welcome. Things go missing, or. Sometimes a single stuffed animal is left on his pillow. Just to mix things up.)

So he goes into the bathroom, and asks for the hundredth, thousandth time, Why Are You Doing This To Me, and gets no response back. Which is odd. Usually they respond. They must be busy… but thn why send a text in the first place? Hmm.

B goes back to his table. J hands him back his drink, and B slams it back, before confiding in his friend about what's been going on. J comforts him, but B is suddenly slumping over. Drank too much, maybe.

B wakes up in a house he doesn't recognize, but J is there to reassure him. This is one of J's places. Having a wealthy family comes with perks. You're safe, B. And B is so glad to have such a good friend. Someone who takes care of him.

He can't help himself. He confesses, and J is flattered. Returns the feelings. They make love. How cute. Perfect end to a perfect scene.

V really enjoyed playing this part for him.

V drops the charade halfway through. B panics, because who wouldn't? Your new boyfriend just morphed into a stranger. You're getting assaulted by a monster. A doppelganger, a face stealer.

You thrash. You scream. You cry those tears V likes so much. Smile! You're on camera, btw. V finishes, choking B until he sees spots, mocking him, berating him. ("Do I look like J to you now? No, of course not. Oh well. Got anybody else you want me to be? Got a mother? A brother? A highschool bully? Or do you want a round with yourself? Aww. You look faint!") V does this for a living. He's a movie maker, and B is his new star.

So. Nice to meet you. Again.

[valfeathers]

i be like *thinks about L’s childhood* *thinks about L’s childhood* *thinks about L’s childhood* *thinks abo—

[la-galaxie-langblr]

today on random languages my brain is going 👀 at is biblical hebrew and biblical greek

[aro-arttorneys]

Happy new dgm update! As usual I’m more thinking about Them than anything else

[deus-ex-mona]

how long will chapter 5 even be my g o s h

[circuitsfantasies]

Children of a V-model (v13 fict)

Most of the machines on the surface of the old planet of mankind and beasts know somewhat about their maker, V13. The most familiar are the Gatekeepers, considered the left and right hand of the corrupted machine. They know his legacy and guard the gates of hell with their lives so no demon nor angel can leave without the permission of V13 himself.

Then the subdivision of v-models can be found everywhere across the plane of the once-dead planet. They consider V13 like angels consider their father... Holy. Though a machine's concept of holiness is far and few in between as a being of metal.

The Guardians herd and watch over the v and b-models. The Guardians are a sibling-type machine to the gatekeepers and function in a similar manner. But you? You're a v-model designated to grow and maintain a whole area of land like your other v-model kin.

You're a rarer type of camera head v-model. How are you even rare you wonder, but the Guardian you got used to calling "Lilac" says you "look so much like him." Who was him you wondered? Did you have a legacy to live up to? You didn't really have a name besides "vee" unlike the other models that had been stationed near where you were. You were a sunflower-like yellow with brownish orange lights and optic, you never helped but wondered who had made you? You remembered the cauldron, the familiar cradle for machines both big and small.

All that you knew was,

"Make the dead live again and never take your life for granted."

(RAHHH Circuits note!! I wanted to somewhat expand on the machines v13 had made but yeah!! mayhaps I'll do a model design sheet and yap about it we will see :]c)

[mint-is-here]

hey guyss,,,, if i did a like.. murder drones lmk au would you guys like. be fine iwth it??? pls i need confirmation

[impossible-rat-babies]

trying to think of how eshka, a dalish crow, ended up in the situation she did hrmmmmm

[wisedragonartisan]

Alphabet lore human

A:❤️🎧🍓 B:💙🌺🦋 C:💛💫🌻 D: 💚💫🍃

E:💙🪻🫧 F:🖤📼🎞️ G:💜🔫🪻 H:💚🪻🫥

I:🩵🍧🍬 J:💜🏄🎽 K:💛🦋🕶️ L💚😡♏

M:❤️♈♦️ N:🧡♊💫 O:💙😡♐ P:🩷🥰♓

Q:🧡🧑‍🦽🍂 R:❤️😖❤️‍🩹 S:💚🌿🐍 T:🩶🦈🧣

U:💚🌱🥝 V:💙⚧️🫐 W:💜🎎🍇 X:🤍☯️🥷

Y:🌻💛👘 Z:🌌🌠🌙

[alectothinker]

YAY YAY YAY i love hearing abt peoples ocs!!!!!! 💯 ❤️ 💘 🎂, u can pick and choose who u answer for

LUV U TILLYYY Ok answering these 4 my scifi-fantasy nightmare girl colt!

btw while ur here drop me some oc asks!!

💯 HUNDRED POINTS SYMBOL — share three random facts about your oc that others may not know..

-> ok mini lore dump time >:)

--- freelance prop maker / art team / backstage person

--- she also owns a fuck off huge magically-powered rifle. for her other job

--- she has a dog (?) (not really a dog) (actually an ancient dog entity (tiangou) in low power mode bc they got injured by the BBEG) (and took refuge at colt's place bc she's got Food) (ie she is a spare monster parts hoarder and this is like an unlimited snack pantry for Magic Dog)

ok this is getting v long so more under the break!

❤️ RED HEART — what are three of your oc's positive traits?

--- super extremely tenacious (also can come off as Stubborn)

--- "resourceful" eg mansplain manipulate malewife (yes this is positive)

--- huge detail noticer (real) (very helpful when she's trying 2 tinker w stuff)

💘 HEART WITH ARROW — what and/or who do(es) your oc consider the most important to them?

--- paying rent

--- Getting Good at what she does (both stagecraft and pew pew)

--- however she Will be distracted by whatever shiny new thing comes her way so its whatever takes her attention hostage in the moment

--- also pissing off heptane, her "boss"

🎂 BIRTHDAY CAKE — when is your oc's birthday? how old are they? what are their sun, moon, & rising signs (if known)? what about their tarot card, ruling planet, & ruling number (if known)? do they fit the typical traits of these sun, moon, & rising signs?

--- girl idk anything about tarot or astrology however this bitch is theoretically a 20 y/o scorpio sun (astrology diagnosis is based on vibes & open to constructive criticism) (would b very cool if someone w tarot or astrology knowledge psychoanalysed her for me <3)

THIS WAS SO FUNN thank u again 4 asking 💓

[hadalpelagiczone]

uhhh I found some scans of these older Laurent Robotics ads and they have this guy on them?

Also why does he look younger in the last pic :/ these were published in the same year did they rlly not have another photo of him

[biitchcakes]

"she's like, your age." is so interesting to me and has made me laugh since they confirmed it because it means Jessica Drew fully Mothers™️ Gwen and Cindy while being in the same general age bracket.

also means she's a lot younger than a good number of her fellow Avengers when she's on the team.

[birb-reblogs]

I often see some variation of ppl saying 'I loved the last episode of CW season 2 but the rest of the season was [bad/forgettable/draggy]' or similarly, 'Season 2 was rushed/ruined by executive meddling and needed more seasons to tell its story' and like... I really don't agree w/ either of these points? All of S2's exposition and plot happens at the tail end of the season, and even if the season finale was spectacular and executed perfectly, that's terrible pacing and story structure.

S2's runtime was 264 minutes; 190 minutes of that were episodes 1-8, and 74 minutes made up the finale. 190 minutes out of 264 is 71%, which is to say that much of the fandom agrees that 71% of the season was completely skippable at best to unenjoyable at worst. Imagine if a friend recommended a 10 chapter book to you, and promised you that it got good but only after the first 7 chapters- if it hadn't dropped all at once on a streaming platform, I kind of doubt CW S2 would've retained viewership going into the finale at all.

Revealing the big secret of the General/tnwk backstory and then concluding that storyline all within one episode was a whirlwind, and there's no reason for it to have been paced so jarringly outside of a desire for shock value and a dramatic twist. CW's backstory sets the stage for the series, but the impact of the 'tragedy' and the potential to explore the different characters' motivations, development, and interactions in the present is kneecaped by having its delivery be so truncated (to say nothing of the character writing). Even if you like the bones of the story, where's the time to develop these ideas and the sense of build up/payoff.

[unproduciblesmackdown]

amnesia: the bunker release obviously turning my thoughts to cherished fun guy of a baker's dozen years, amnesiac daniel of mayfair. cherished game of as many years; meanwhile he Has the ranges: tormentor/tormented, good/evil, noble/petty, scaredscaredscared/bold as brass tacks. not to mention ofc his Some Guy ft. a very dramatic nature, a lot of introspection, but not much to show for it. i do love him & he's a great choice for [i want to do fun sketches] which i also did with call on me on loop which happened to be a song i associated permanently w/him, as well as the reason my art tag is corned beef

[kaikree]

me following every okami account that pops up on my feed give me that CONTENT

[kuroosdarling]

had service for like 20 mins and now i’m going back into the wilderness >_< !! hope everyone is doing well !! ^_^