This is for Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines!!! This game has a lot of quests and some of them are not super linear, so a friend suggested i made a dirary to help keep track of everything, especially bc i go long periods without playing :) I'm loving the game so far!!
β οΈ it has spoilers!!
At first i was very reluctant with the idea of a wedding banner bc i felt it was too soon and i just don't like it in general, but when i saw everyone posting pictures with the dresses i got FOMO and made a whole ass wedding album.
β Headcanons that are taken as truth in this journal:
β’ MC is dating both Sylus and Rafayel, who also date each other. When she promised her soul to Rafayel in the God of the Tides myth she also promised half os Sylus's soul without knowing because of the Abysm Sovereign myth. So they are all soulmates!!
β’ MC sees Zayne as her best friend and they are very close. Xavier is her favorite person to fight with and they talk to eachother a lot because they are neighbors. Caleb is her older brother and nothing else. They went a long time without talking because of Kevi, but are starting to get along again. Her relationship with none of them is or ever was romantic.
β’ MC does not remember her past lives YET, but she will eventually.
Sylus's card dress was perfect for a wedding party! The good thing about having two husbands is that if one of them gives you an ugly ass short dress for your wedding you can just pretend it was always meant for the party!!
Unlike Sylus, i believe Rafayel would love scrapbooking effortlessly. If he didn't already do it before MC started, i think he would start with her before she even asked.
He loves taking pictures, making art that Thomas can't sell and expressing his feelings, so i guess he would find it fun. In the timeline i think he would start a bit before Sylus, but in general the content would overlap with Sylus's Journal and MC's scrapbook.
[Since writing in the scrapbook in game is kinda hard because of the fount limitations and all, there's not a lot of text and i will yap about what he was thinking when making each page in this post. I apologize in advance.]
β Headcanons that are taken as truth in this journal:
β’ MC is dating both Sylus and Rafayel, who also date each other. When she promised her soul to Rafayel in the God of the Tides myth she also promised half os Sylus's soul without knowing because of the Abysm Sovereign myth. So they are all soulmates!!
β’ MC started seeing Sylus and Rafayel at the same time before Sylus and Rafayel started seeing each other. With everybody's consent, of course. The start of the relationship between the two men had nothing to do with her since they are connected by soul too.
β’ MC does not remember her past lives YET, but she will eventually.
β God of the Tides β I think that once MC signified the scrapbook as something to hold memories he would retroactively make pages for the memories he has with her. I suppose he never shows her these pages.
β Lemurian Sea God β I felt like lying adding pictures of him smiling in that era :) but i believe he would add a page for it because it's important. I think making this pages while being in a happy relationship with her would be a way of closing that cycle.
β Memories of Lemuria β There's no one better than Rafayel to register the beauty of his ancient home. Maybe he would be influenced to do it after MC made the Linkon City page in her own journal, expressing how important Linkon is for her. I wonder if he drew pieces of the temple in Romirro in the middle of his Lemuria pictures to see if she would remember.
β Mo Art Studio β Maybe making these pages one right after the other serve as a symbol that he finally has a home again. It does not fill the hole of Lemuria, but he is not alone anymore. All the following pages are focused in his present and future.
β Daylight β I wanted to make pages for the different forms of art Rafayel has a connection with. It's easy to associate him with painting and sculpting but i think he has a lovely relationship with photography too. I am an artist who mainly draws myself and i have a lot of fun playing with cameras as much as i know nothing about them because i find it really fun trying to transfer the color and composition knowledge i use for drawing into photography. So there's a date at the park they had especially for taking pictures (i don't think every picture he took is in that page, they're probably in some gallery, the page is more of a memoir of the day itself).
β Nightime... β As a contrast to the planned and super-produced photos taken before i wanted a more intimate representation of that form of art, something less planned and edited but still artistic. I thought an intimate moment would be fitting for that. Since the previous page is about landscape pictures i wanted the other one to be with models too. I wanted something sweet like, Rafayel walked into them and saw beauty in the moment because he loves them, so he took the photos. And as Rafayel really likes to make art no one else will see, i think he would like taking pictures he can never show anyone.
β Exposition β Of course you cannot make something about Rafayel and art and skip painting. I was reluctant to add the exposition to add the gallery picture because i think the things he likes the least about being and artist all come from galleries, but i think he enjoys it at some level and even if that's not the case, it's integral to his current relationship with art anyway. Being in galleries built the identity he has to live with. I think he knows that and would add it.
β Siren Song β I think Rafayel's relationship with music is overlooked. It's not something we see him doing so often nowadays but something very present in his past lives and by consequence in his history with MC and in general.
I tried to express his possible relationship with it by building the page like a timeline: He had a friendly, casual connection with music as the God of the Tides, then a sad and difficult one after Lemurian Sea God and both frames are surrounded by pearls and tears because those are the same for a Lemurian, even though pearls look prettier to uninformed eyes, just as memories of one time seem to be happier than memories of the other but are in reality all mixed up and intrinsically connected.
Then the current Rafayel playing the harmonica is surrounded by a drawn background and the one playing the shell with MC is framed by a photography because he has more control on how to feel about music with less trauma around him. He can live this connection with Lemuria as he pleases, and as songs used to be a way to communicate with the sea creatures, he can use with to connect with anyone he wants on land.
β Set in Stone β There's not much to say about sculpting, but we see him doing that once in a while so it makes sense sculptures have a page for them too. I just got these diorama text messages where he made miniatures of Mo Art Studio and MC's apartment, so maybe it's an art form he can make just for fun, with not many responsibilities or memories attached.
β The Sky and The Sea β In my headcanon Rafayel remembers so he must have connected that Sylus is the vampire from his distant memory from another life. In my mind, this page was made when they talked about it.
β Abysswalker β I believe the theory that Abysswalker is set in the far future, so i didn't put it's pages with the other myths. I think Rafayel had a dream this would happen someday and painted these pages. Maybe after talking with Sylus about other lives. I think he has dreams about what Abysswalker will do in several lifetimes before it happens so he will actually be prepared to do it when the time comes.
[will add more pages later]
It might me hard to imagine Sylus scrapbooking but i figured he would do it if MC asked, so here is his.
I imagine that in the timeline of the other journals this is started shortly after MC's first journal and shortly before they start dating Rafayel, overlapping with MC's second Journal and Rafayel's journal.
[Since writing in the scrapbook in game is kinda hard because of the fount limitations and all, there's not a lot of text and i will yap about what he was thinking when making each page in this post. I apologize in advance.]
β Headcanons that are taken as truth in this journal:
β’ MC is dating both Sylus and Rafayel, who also date each other. When she promised her soul to Rafayel in the God of the Tides myth she also promised half os Sylus's soul without knowing because of the Abysm Sovereign myth. So they are all soulmates!!
β’ MC started seeing Sylus and Rafayel at the same time before Sylus and Rafayel started seeing each other. With everybody's consent, of course. The start of the relationship between the two men had nothing to do with her since they are connected by soul too.
β’ MC does not remember her past lives YET, but she will eventually.
β Partners in crime β I imagine that his first page would be about them since it was her idea (and he is lowkey that kind of boyfriend) and that it would be kinda simple. I tried to make pages for their hobbies too but i didn't know what to make him so i was like...fight? Sylus likes to fight? But it ended up just looking like a second couple's page.
β More fish in the sea β I imagine that once they started dating Rafayel, if he saw MC's page, he would bother Sylus until he makes a page for him too.
I was thinking about things they share to make one just for them and i figured they both are familiar with negotiations in the N109 Zone and they probably would probably perform well if they did that together. So that's what the second page is.
β His Children β Obviously, if that happened Luke and Kieran would imply they want a page too. And MC would obviously demand it was made. As Mephisto is Sylus's child just as much, there he is too.
β Ballroom β I love the concept of them going to infiltration missions and protocore auctions together. All of their lives revolve these situatuins in a way or another and i think they would have soooo much fun. I think it would be the kind of thing Sylus would like to remember, so he made a page.
β οΈπ SPICY PAGE BELOW DO NOT LOOK IF CRINGE
β ... β There's a page on Rafayel's Diary where he photographed Sylus and MC and i think Sylus would want it even. I also just know he would have a page like this so there it is.
β Beyond Cloudfall β The headcanon here is that looking into Rafayel's Diary would make Sylus open up about his own past lives. Talking would make him remember the dragon faintly until the picture becomes clear. Both were't sure they remembered, but now they know. So Rafayel would push Sylus to make pages too so he can organize the timeline clearly, he drew everything Sylus needed.
β Abyss β I never liked dragonlus with the short hair, i think it looks too modern, so i like to think she stayed with him so long his hair eventually grew way longer. That's what he kept it for his vampire persona, it's how he wa when they were together.
β Crimson Spirit β The "vampire" years he remembers very well. He spent a lot of time with this persona in the Underworld so it's easy to remember how he used to think and feel as Lord Sylus. The solitude too.
β Scarlet Thorns β This was a long life he and MC spent together, so it was hard to summarize. They have been all the way to the sea and back. So it's just vibes. I tried to organize these pages as a wall with frames, i like to think Sylus did this on purpose to reminisce MC's old house.
β Far Away Galaxy β The same way Rafayel has the visions about abysswalker, i think Sylus had an insight about this life and made this page. The reason for this is that i really wanted to make this page and needed a reason in lore for it to happen.
So, i have already talked about how much i wanted MC to have more female friends, so not only i decided that now her and Simone are best friends but i made my friend's MCs canon to my LADs universe and they are also my friends there <3
I added them in her journal by changing my MC's appearance to theirs, taking the pictures and them changing back to my MC, like i did with Simone. MC WILL HAVE HEALTHY PRESENT FEMALE RELATIONSHIPS IN HER LIFE THEY CAN'T STOP ME!!!!
This is a journal just for them (and their boyfriends a bit)
β Headcanons that are taken as truth in this journal:
β’ MC is dating both Sylus and Rafayel, who also date each other. When she promised her soul to Rafayel in the God of the Tides myth she also promised half os Sylus's soul without knowing because of the Abysm Sovereign myth. So they are all soulmates!! If you don't like it, don't read it.
β’ Zayne is one of my MC's best friends and is dating the MC with short hair and bangs. All his myths are canon to her and the three of them were all childhood best friends.
β’ Xavier is my MC's coworker and neighbor and is dating the MC with long hair and bangs. All his myths are canon to her and the three of them met after the girls started working for U.N.I.C.O.R.N.S.
β’ Tara and MC are way closer than they actually are in the game. MC always includes Tara in everything she does and loves her with her whole heart. They have a (platonic) past life connection too. Although Tara is her best friend, MC has a lot in common with Simone and they became very close recently.
β Day at the park!!! β I love these pages so much!!! Nothing much to explain, just seems like a super fun day β¨
β Art day β My friend who owns the first MC is a very talented artist. I am an artist too. So i suppose our MCs would be artists also, and since my MC is dating Rafayel i figured this is something they would do together. You can see my friend showing Zayne her drawing and he showing her an ice globe he made. You can also see both my MC and Rafayel annoyed that they think what they made suck.
β Secret Identities β Since i had a page with only one of my friends i wanted one with my other friend too. I noticed both their boyfriends have secret identities in N109 Zone (well, or have a secret identity outside of the N109 Zone) and that's the theme.
β U.N.I.C.O.R.N.S β I think the idea of them all being coworkers and being badass Hunters together is soooo fun!! No wanderer left in Linkon City.
β Collections β If you saw my previous journal you must have seen i had a collection page for all the characters my MC cares about. I decided to finish this journal with one of those for my friend's characters too!!
β More Collections β I'm adding these next pages much later. My first friend i shipped with Zayne stopped playing the game and another friend of mine started and is a Zayne main too, so i'm editing her with Zayne from now on. One more friend also came to the family! She is a Sylus main so in this timeline she is single. I love their MCs so much!!!
β More Collections β Another one of my friends didn't download the game but was very interested in the camera mode and the little outfits, so i made a MC for her. We shipp her with Tara.
β U.N.I.C.O.R.N.S β There we are at work!! It was super fun to find everyone's favorite uniform and favorite weapon.
β Hangouts β This is just us making memories <3 Making these pages is sooo fun. Everyone picked their favorite outfits and their favorite activities i had to really think to figure how to make the activities work in the game. I'm really happy with the results too. I always thought MC needed more female friends in the game, especially among the Hunters Association, so i'm happy i can make these headcanons for her.
β Mission Undercover β I love the idea of them going to missions together and they all would look so pretty with their fancy outfits and it would be so funnnnn ugh i wish Mc had canon friends so baddd
β Happy Holidays β I did these pages around the holiday season. I love them!!!
Love and Deepspace has this scrapbook function i think is really cute. I love playing with it so i have got a lot of journals in game!!
This one is the "main" one, the one i think MC made first to sumarize everything she loves. (It has a lot of crowfish, be aware)
[Since writing in the scrapbook in game is kinda hard because of the fount limitations and all, there's not a lot of text and i will yap about what she was thinking when making each page in this post. I apologize in advance.]
β Headcanons that are taken as truth in this journal:
β’ MC is dating both Sylus and Rafayel, who also date each other. When she promised her soul to Rafayel in the God of the Tides myth she also promised half os Sylus's soul without knowing because of the Abysm Sovereign myth. So they are all soulmates!!
β’ MC sees Zayne as her best friend and they are very close. Xavier is her favorite person to fight with and they talk to eachother a lot because they are neighbours. Caleb is her older brother and nothing else. They went a long time without talking because of Kevi, but are starting to get along again. Her relationship with none of them is or ever was romantic.
β’ MC started seeing Sylus and Rafayel at the same time before Sylus and Rafayel started seeing eachother. With everybody's consent, of course. The start of the relationship between the two men had nothing to do with her since they are connected by soul too.
β’ Tara and MC are way closer than they actually are in the game. MC always includes Tara in everything she does and loves her with her whole heart. They have a (platonic) past life connection too.
β’ MC does not remember her past lives YET, but she will eventually.
β The first page was dedicated to her favorite people in the world: Her boyfriends. She loves to find parallels between the way they act bc she thinks it's lovely how much they match, so that's her focus on this page.
β The second page is for the other people that are present in her everyday life. She thought that if an alien or somebody from the future ever found her diary, it would be useful to have this introduction right at the beggining.
β Following this line of thought, the third page is focused on her work. She is very passionate about what being a hunter means and it is a big part of her, so i thought it made sense. Also an oppotunity to talk about Tara!!
β Next we have a page about Linkon City. I feel like MC has a deep connection with this city and that she cares a lot not only about it, but about the concept of home. This page was a way of her saying not only that Linkon makes her feel part of the world, but also that she feels at home both with Rafayel and with Sylus.
β Rafayel's birthday! In my mind this is the second birthday MC spent with Rafayel. The first was just the two of them, but this year Sylus was included too, marking also the first entry in the journal they were all oficially dating.
β Sylus birthday! I think that after MC and Sylus planned Rafayel a surprise, Rafayel came up with and idea for Sylus's birthday too. Since they are both into the fancy stuff and all he planned something MC would not come up with herself.
β Phantom of the Opera photoshoot. I played this story where Rafayel was wearing this so i thought i should make this page. In my mind they watched the play together and got both so caught up in the music and the aesthetics that they improvised the outfits and did the photoshoot all by themselves just for fun at Mo Artstudio.
β Beauty and the Beast. Since i made a thematic page for Rafayel i thought i should make one for Sylus too. I found Beauty and the Beast to be the perfect story for them.
β Sakura-watching outing!! I figure MC would just make a special page everytime she had a day she really liked with people she loves, so i though i might add a few vacations and things like that. This seems like just a super sweet day.
β Snow trip. This i think it's far away from home, an actual days-long vacation they all took together. (I just really wanted to use this MC outfit it's so pretty π)
β Collections collages β I think MC is very passionate about her collections and i think having Rafayel and Sylus in her life would make it a lot worse. Rafayel & MC suck at Claw Machine and are not very lucky for the Meow badges, so they need Sylus to participate. Sylus, on the other hand, is addicted to collecting. I think with time it just becomes something she associates with her favorite people.
β MC's symbols. The last few pages of her journal are dedicated to represent the people in her life with things she associates with them. First page being herself, of course. I lowkey just picked the plushies and badges i think are cuter because it's hard to find symbolisms for her that are not already associated with other characters, but the grumpy cat is obviously because of Sylus. The rest was picked based on my personal preferences. The TV is bc i love fiction in all its forms. The First meow badge is bc i love movies and theater, the second one is bc i draw a lot and the one on the bottom bc i love gothic fiction and spooky stories.
β Sylus's Symbols. The crow is obvious, the dinosaur is because it looks like a dragon. The black sheep is easy to get too. The pirate cat is because of the dragon's habits of collecting shiny things and there is an extra step by pirates being figures associated with mermaids. The vulcan is also because of dragons and the cat with the guitar is about Sylus's delusion that he should produce music in any form.
β Rafayel's Symbol. The plushies don't need no explanation, they are literally him. I see past Rafayel in the narval and current Rafayel in the duck so clearly. The mermaid badge is just him also and that purple cat reminds me of him too, so i was inclined to pick badges that had it. It had a beach one and a music one wich were just perfect!
β Zayne's symbols. All the ice and snow themed things are just perfect. I'm glad there's a lot of sweet-themed stuff too because that fits Zayne just fine. The scientist cat was the closest thing i found to a doctor.
β Tara's symbols. Tara is just the cutest person ever so she got the cutest things ever. I imagine she would wear lovely, very feminine outfits outside of work, so that's the aesthetic i went it. The unicorn is meant to represent her spiritual and magic side and, well, U.N.I.C.O.R.N.S. The cat playing and waving also represent Tara's attempts to always include MC in the things she does.
β Caleb's Symbols. Caleb's page is full of information because they have a complicated relationship. The planes and the apple are just things he likes and the TV represents both his mechanical parts and his childhood shared with MC, since she has that plushie in her page too and i imagine they must have watched a lot of things thogeter growing up. The pinocchio badge represents his conflict about being real or not and the "real boy" thing being a cyborg brings to the table. The one with the pan is meant to represent that he likes cooking.
β Xavier's symbols. I picked things with pastel colors because they remind me of him. The bunny and the alien are simply things that represent him. As MC has no way to know that, i suppose it's just symbols she sees a lot around his home. The elephant is sleepy, as is Xavier. Xavier has a The Little Prince themed card so the badge matched it, the other two simply are space and sleep themed.
β Simone's symbols. So, we don't know a lot about her but i would really like MC to have more female friends, so in my head they hang out once in a while. It was really hard to find symbols for her. The TV is to represent her connection to tech, although unfortunately nothing actually related to her weapon manipulation evol. The fox is because she just overall has a fox vibe?? Like, she is smart and pretty. The cactus is the closest thing to an weapon we have ??? Anyway. The cat wearing green has a gun of some kind. The calico cat is smart. And the black and white cat is...pretty? I really wish we knew more about her.
