venus in scorpio

Ivy | 25 | Thai | She/Her | a VTM sideblog

[ivy-arikel]

VTM Character Analyses

Hiya people,

As a part of the process of writing my fanfic Beloved, available on AO3, I’ve been collecting some key quotes to help me characterize the canon characters in the fanfic better. I thought I’d share it with the fandom, in case anyone else is interested.

Characters:

Calebros

Aisling Sturbridge

[arsonkuma]

Aisling Sturbridge, High Regeant of Clan Tremere, New York, circa 1935. Technically not my PC’s sire, but every Tremere in NY reports to her one way or another.

[zeiinoviah]

[poltaweist]

Gotta draw The Nasty every now and again or my soul and bones will atrophy.

[ryttu3k]

Hi my name is Sascha Dark’ness cel Frumos Myca Vykos and i have a dead ex named sascha (that’s how i got my name) and i have long ebony black hair and icy blue eyes like limpid tears and a lot of people say i’m the angel of caine (AN: if you don’t know who that is get da hell out of here!). I’m related to Symeon but i wish i wasn’t cause he’s a major fucking weirdo. I’m a vampire but my teeth can look however i want them to because i can fleshcraft. I have pale white skin. I’m also a Koldun, and I go to a magic school called Sabbat where i’m in the sixth generation (i’m 1,038). I’m a goth (in case you couldn’t tell) and I wear mostly black. I love Hot Topic and buy most of my clothes from there. For example today I was wearing a black t-shirt that said “they/them/that bitch” in shiny white letters with matching white lace around it and black leather pants that were skin tight and black stiletto heels decorated with the bones of my enemies. I was wearing black lipstick, white foundation, black eyeliner and red eyeshadow. I was walking outside Los Angeles. It was raining and snowing and there was no sun, which I was very confused about. A lot of Camarilla stared at me. I put up three middle fingers at them.

*stares into the middle distance*

[yuzu-zi]

“Fashion Never Dies”

Prince Hellene Panhard… I love her look and her outfit from vtm shadows of New York so much. Just look at this style…

[its-sixxers]

Athanasia: disappointed by her bloodline since 400 BC.

based on this wonderful ask

[frownyalfred]

readers: if you want an author to update and it’s been a while, talk to them about their headcanons and characterizations for that fic. ask them why they made the choices they did.

9 times out of 10, you might spark something :)

[grob-trava]

nosferatu x toreador pairing? yes.

[draculasswife-deactivated202212]

Nosferatu by Giancarlo Montalbano

[iravaid]

ily 2004 vampire the masquerade bloodlines. 

Ily janky ass unplayable combat mechanics and rushed ending levels entirely dependent on combat. Ily people trying their goddamn best to translate the pen and paper rules over to video game rules and still not Quite getting there but still having some things good to show for it. ily grungy disgusting streets and alleyways and sewers and warrens and bars and murder scenes and the strange people that inhabit them. Ily Confession and Asylum and Asp Hole and Last Round, and how distinct the bars are from each other aesthetically. Ily goth and punk fashion and music inspiration. Ily fangs showing in vampire npcs as they speak. Ily the absolute shitshow LA is and that you can see how the city is being pulled apart by the goddamn seams because of the brewing tensions and that no matter the outcome, the city loses.  

I love you John DiMaggio’s performance as Smiling Jack and his behind the scenes scheming and meddling and violence. I love you Grey Delisle’s performance as Jeanette and Therese and the reveal of the sisters for first time players. I love you incredibly animated character performances in both voice and character model, leaving iconic and lasting impressions from multiple characters. I love you detailed monster designs from Ming Xiao’s cephalopod war form, Andrei’s draconic Zulo form, the many szlachta of the sewers and their small details people would otherwise miss but are still there regardless, and Zygaena’s hammerhead shark hengeyokai form. I love you Pisha and her weird little organ pit in the abandoned hospital. I love you zombies in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery whose presences are never really explained. I love you ghouls who are both normal and Freaks: Mercurio and Knox and Romero and Vandal. I love you Nines’ faint country accent. I love you Chunk <3

I love you asshole women Imalia and Damsel and Therese. I love you bitch men Gary and Isaac and Beckett. I love you Lacuna Coil playing during the credits. I love you Lecher Bitch playing in the Last Round. I love you Bloodlines Theme and the rest of Rik Schafer’s album. I love you Deb of Night. I love you utter terror of the Ocean House Hotel ghosts and Griffith Park werewolves. I love you malkavian insight and nosferatu isolation. LaCroix. I love you Rosa and her prophecies and the replayability of the game from both a clan and informed context perspective

[iwilltryalittlearter]

Task successfully completed ❤️

[mejev]

I guess i could say Zariat has a type

[shaydh]

A Beckett I drew for @ancientwinters 💕

[sawasawako-archived]

characters who have an unwavering sense of duty my beloved

[sawasawako-archived]

stop stop it’s going to turn into a fatal flaw!

[blighted-elf]

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt - Kindred of Elysium part 1/?

[iravaid]

i love that part where he tells everyone to shut up too, like even the music gets turned down lol. nines is the kinda guy who doesn't talk that much, but when he does, EVERYONE listens.

YES! It's funny but it's also a really good example of that recurring theme that Nines is a man who a lot of people respect but doesn't want to lead, while LaCroix is someone who desperately wants the power a leadership role provides, but No One respects him

Like!! It contrasts the nocturne theatre scene; Nines tells a crowded dive bar full of rowdy vamps/humans to shut up and they DO. LaCroix holds an official meeting in a place built to have everyone's focus on the person on the stage (him at that time), and just about every character present are talking over him or not paying attention at all. VtMB has a fair number of faults, but i think the character establishment, like that, is really good