Are You Okay Arnie?

Sometimes I try to write things...

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Okay, so I’ve been doing a terrible job of keeping track of all the want ads going on, but I don’t think I’ve seen anything quite like this. Basically I want to make a group of inexperienced rebel hunters. People who had a very rude awakening to the creature population and are very late to the party trying to do something about it. They’re all screw ups and screwed up, bumbling around and making even more of a mess of things. I’m also more than happy to plot with creatures who want some very vulnerable humans as cannon fodder/something to laugh at, or C.R.E.E.P. agents who want these dumb rookies to stop pissing in their backyards.

New Year’s Revolution

On the 31st December 2015 the world was torn apart. For some it marked the end of centuries of hiding. For some it was the validation of everything they had feared (no matter the irony of their so called defensive action inevitably pushing the world closer and closer to retaliation). But there was a third group: the ignorant innocent. Those who had been unaware, until now, of the true diversity of the people that walked the same streets and lived the same lives as they did. The creatures who had been living just in the periphery of humanity’s vision were suddenly exposed. And that knowledge came at a terrible cost for some. Husbands, wives, fathers and sons found themselves bereft, with family ripped away in a war they hadn’t even known they were fighting. Some of them mourned their loved ones. Some of them spoke out about the tragedy they had been put through and others remained quiet, choosing to grieve in private.

And some of them were angry and afraid. They had been hurt, dealing with losses too terrible to bear. They had been betrayed; how could they trust a government deceitful enough to hide their task force for so long and incompetent enough to let this happen? And their eyes had been opened to the real dangers lurking in the shadows. They banded together, forming a human rebellion that stumbled its way through equal parts justice and revenge. Trying to find something to fill the ragged void left by the people they’d lost.

If C.R.E.E.P. are highly trained, highly organised and enhanced beyond human capabilities, these vigilantes are desperate, turbulent and oh so fragile. These people have no idea what they’re doing. They’re unstable and violent, lashing out at any and every creature they can find. Any successes are the result of trial and error and they’re 50 years behind the government on that front. They act as if they have nothing to lose, but the truth is they can lose each other. With each botched operation their hatred is fuelled by their fresh losses, raking over scars that are still red and raw. It only makes them hungrier for revenge; a little more experienced, but a little less stable.

tl;dr • Human vigilantes • Only found out about creatures as a result of the NY massacre • Likely lost somebody close to them during this attack • Unstable and fractured chain of command • Inexperienced but motivated • Likely to get themselves killed • Running around trying to punch witches like total newbies • Pissing off all the wrong people

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Completed challenge for Victor Marlowe: That asshole.

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Love/Hate

Fall in Love with Victor Marlowe

It isn’t that he’s good, or kind, or friendly. Victor Marlowe is none of those things and has been called many things much worse. But it can be said that there’s never a dull moment in his company. He’s wild, exciting, and has this way of seeking out those darkest impulses and acting on them. With him there are no doubts, no fears, and there’s always plenty of blood. The master of indulgence, he keeps pushing and pushing until it feels as though there are no limits left. And just when everything is teetering on the brink of a blackness nobody can come back from, he reveals the briefest glimpse of vulnerability buried deep in the darkest recesses of his soul.

Fall in Loathing with Victor Marlowe

For every risk there are consequences, and Victor’s life is full of risk. He has no qualms about letting the consequences of his selfish actions shatter the lives of those around him, and the closer you get, the more likely you are to pay that price. He might not seem to feel guilt or regret for the things he has done, but other people are not so easily unafflicted. The worst thing of all is the poisonous belief that he might somehow change, that treacherous anchor of hope that holds people to him even at his very worst.

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30 Things You Didn’t Want to Know About Victor Marlowe

1. Hates smoking – Victor thinks it ruins the blood, stripping away the buzz of drinking it. Not to mention the stale smell that clings to fingers, clothes and breath. 2. Always has to have the last word – he appears to be physically incapable of walking away from an argument or letting even the pettiest of squabbles drop without being the last person to say something cutting. 3. Treats books like trash – folds down corners, uses them as coasters for his drinks, reads in the shower. He’s even been known to tear out a page if it’s of particular interest to him. 4. Book graveyard – his home is like the worst organised library in the world. Stacks of books teeter beside his bed, old papers scatter the floor of the bathroom, and he hasn’t even seen his tv in a while. 5. Technophobe – no he doesn’t want to retweet or like something on facebook or represent his life through a series to tiny, ridiculous illustrations. When is everyone going to stop pretending that porn is really the only thing of value on the internet? 6. Classical snob – thinks modern ‘pop’ music sounds like a wardrobe full of bricks being pushed down the stairs. 7. Kitchen god – somehow knows how to turn even beans on toast into a culinary masterpiece. 8. Not a morning person – do not wake him up and expect coherent speech, or anything more than angry caveman grunting. 9. Snappy dresser – what kind of heathen thinks leaving one’s clothing in a rumpled heap on the floor is acceptable? This suit is a very expensive wool blend. 10. Stain remover – knows all the old wives’ tricks for removing blood stains from fabric. 11. Sings in the shower – it’s amazing how one man can sing every single note off key. 12. Fiercely protective – Victor doesn’t seem to care about a lot, but the things he does hold dear are defended to the point of almost sadistic obsession. 13. Use your words – expressing genuine emotions that do not revolve around punching somebody in the face has always been one of his weaknesses. 14. Man’s best friend – his meal of choice has always been werewolves. There’s just something about the violence simmering beneath the surface, the freedom of transformation, the fact that healing doesn’t diminish the pain of injury and that deadly bite that have always appealed to him. 15. Non, je ne regrette rien – Victor shrugs through life acting like the consequences of his actions don’t really affect him… with one hugely obvious exception. 16. Walks everywhere – has no desire to set foot on the city’s armpit otherwise known as the subway. 17. Overindulges – tends to struggle with knowing when to stop, particularly when it comes to blood. 18. Scarred – it isn’t immediately obvious, thank swift supernatural healing for that, but the skin of his neck to his ribcage on his left side sports a network of silvery scars. Almost like somebody literally tried to tear his heart out… 19. Elizabethan at heart – often reminisces about the past; the civil war, the great fire of London, the duels, the beer, the bear fights. Chaos in the streets these days just isn’t the same. 20. Coffee addict – very much enjoys the ritual of brewing a proper cup of coffee and will not sully the bitter drink with evils like milk or sugar. 21. Fashionably late – if you have an appointment with Victor don’t expect him to arrive until at least 30 minutes after the arranged meeting time. 22. Can’t swim – and grows increasingly nervous around large bodies of water. Has never tasted mermaid as a result of this. 23. Secret cuddler – once the blood has begun to dry and flake he occasionally indulges in small acts of affection. 24. Keeps a journal – when you’re as old (and as antagonistic) as Victor it becomes increasingly important to document the people you’ve wronged along the way… Just in case they decide to come back and bite you on the ass. 25. Selectively deaf – has the incredibly irritating habit of not hearing when somebody is telling him no. 26. Terrible driver – on the rare occasions he is behind the wheel he tends to act under the assumption that the rules of the road only apply to other people. 27. Sweet tooth – when he’s feeling indulgent he goes for fairy blood. It’s almost like the human equivalent of drinking syrup straight from the bottle. 28. The Count – re-reads Dracula every year to the point that he can quote large passages from the text by heart. 29. Cats – has a love-hate relationship with the creatures. One in which he mostly brings disdain for their tendency to shed hair everywhere and dig their claws into the incredibly expensive fabric of his trousers, and therefore spends most of his time trying to remove them from his person. 30. Never apologises – As incredibly verbose as he can be ‘sorry’ is not a word in his vocabulary.

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Moodboard: Victor Marlowe cares... sometimes.

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Moodboard: Victor Marlowe is an asshole.

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Moodboard: Victor Marlowe is a mess.

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"To survive myself I forged you like a weapon.”

                                                   Pablo Neruda

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Books & Coffee

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“A man cannot destroy the savage in him by denying its impulses. The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.”

                    The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - R. L. Stevenson

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i. oh, death - ralph stanley ii. scars - james bay iii. in the hall of the mountain king - edvard grieg iv. come away with me - norah jones v. non, je ne regretted rien - edith piaf vi. fade into you - sam palladio & clare bowen vii. he’s a tramp - peggy lee viii. breathe - alexi murdoch ix. sinnerman - nina simone x. walk on the wild side - lou reed xi. howling at nothing - nathaniel rateliff xii. waltz of the flowers - tchaikovsky xiii. work song - hozier xiv. clevor trevor - ian dury xv. late to the party - kasey musgraves xvi. blister in the sun - violent femmes xvii. all i care about - chicago xviii. leader of the pack - the shangri-las xix. i wanna be like you - the jungle book xx. hey eugene - pink martini

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New outtakes from Miles Teller’s photoshoot for Flaunt Magazine (April 2015)

“I always had ambition. I always knew I was going to go to college. I could party and do that stuff, but I always got straight A’s and a 4.0 and all that.”

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actual ray of sunshine - johnny tuturro

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