Hey there! This blog has sat empty for a while because I did not know what to do with it and frankly I forgot the email associated with it. But this is indeed the OG Gamble-ler mod— Rowan. That’s not what I was called back then but people change and oops I’m a trans man. My main blog is @castlevain but you can also find me posting memes @catboy . Anyway, I wanted to put at least one post up in remembrance of this character just for fun. I regret deleting all my posts, but I left this fandom because I was deeply unhappy with how some of the people I knew had been treating me. These weren’t just blogs that I RPed with sometimes, but people I went to cons with and deeply cared about as people. It’s a shame, but it is what it is and I know I made the right choice by getting out of that situation.
Gamble-ler, aka Luca Gambino, is a character I cherish to this day and I have some friends still that come from these days. Shoutout to Zach, even though we didn’t interact much until Thneedville High.
His theming was very mid-century, as a high-roller gambler who was addicted to risk to the point that it alienated the love of his life and he decided to fill the void with vice. Looking back on my personal tag, I see him being very playful and easygoing with other characters and it looks like it was fun. At his prime, I don’t remember how many followers I had, but it was plenty. I’m a little sore I’m not on the wiki, but what can you do… It’s enough that some people who used to be in the fandom that I run into in the wild have heard of him. That is strange enough.
Feel free to reach out to my main tumblr if you have happy memories of us RPing. I still write to this day. Mostly Vampire the Masquerade things. And I’d love to hear from you. Sure, these days were sort of cringey, but I can’t deny I enjoyed myself immensely.
I’ll be reblogging some of the old posts I can find that contain art, just for safekeeping, for the memories.
11/18/22 update: Because of the imminent demise of Twitter, I have seen some people abuzz about potentially returning to this fandom. It sounds fun to give it a shot, and I might do so. It’s been ten years! I can’t even believe that. But this is a special piece of my heart that I never fully gave up.
