based and diableriepilled

VTM sideblog, they/them. favorite clans: toreador, tzimisce, lasombra, giovanni, kiasyd. favorite edition: v20

[meat-week]

This is intended to be very low key! Do things at your own pace, follow the prompts or don't! Just make things about your fave Dragons and we're golden.

[mynqzo]

coterie gossiping about their sires

[wifeswarmacademy]

> a tzimisce begins talking about transcendance

> i ask her if she is planning on moving beyond life and death or just putting meat in weird shapes

> she doesnt understand

> pull out illustrated diagram demonstrating what is beyond mortality and what is a weird shape

> she laughs and declares "you cannot begin to grasp the secrets of azhi dahaka"

> look at her experiments

> its meat in weird shapes

[osatokun]

Embrace night for our new malkavian

[mortifying-macaroni]

[kavalyera]

sire & childe

commissions open + portrait flash sale

[ofthemasquerade]

Getting really into VTM is strange because like- what do you mean I’m in a fandom for a world.

[rynquestionmark]

—- trying to nail down my Troile designs

Mixing Phoenician attire with Greek and Egyptian, mostly due to how hard it is to nail down Phoenician references. Similarly, balancing historical accuracy with vampire cuntiness (very academic term). Troile fluctuates a lot between these three, but generally keeps the same face and body structure (ie, as a man, he doesn’t get super super buff, and as a woman doesn’t get super super slim).

The Sumerian/akkadian titles are still debated, as some are thought to mean broadly nonbinary, however I used them there with the interpretation of Kurgara being equated to transfemme, Gala being enby, and Pili being transmasc. Troile isn’t Sumerian, so none of them are accurate regardless, but they are what Sumur (an OC hi if this reaches beyond my followers) calls them as that would be his understanding of transness. Moloch, imo, doesn’t call them specific things depending on form, as Moloch probably views it more fluidity (Fem Troile isn’t Fem Troile she’s Just Troile, you see?), not to say either treatment is worse/better.

Due to how rich Carthage is (was :c), Troile mostly wears flowing fabric and gold, as it’s more comfortable and they don’t need to be active enough to merit more fitted/working clothes. The male version does not have the fitted shirt style most Phoenicians wear because of this AND because I simply find the T-shirt cut in ancient clothing ugly (sorry Romans).

This is a rough sketch so I don’t have many details to go into, but the snake diadem for enby Troile is intentionally referring to snakes as transformative figures/spirits, which feels fitting for a trans character :)

(I’m aware some people view Troile as just male or just female, due to the lore being inconsistent, and that’s totally fine, I just view them as genderfluid, hence the designs.)

Ok yap over

[asha-mage]

The thing about VTM really boils down to:

Is the lore cogent and comprehensible? No it is not.

But is it it's mechanical system balanced and easy to learn? Not even slightly.

Are it's writing choices free of problematic stereotypes and insensitive early 90s jank? Nope.

But the vibe? The vibe in fucking impeccable. 10/10, kick you in the teeth fantastic. Gothic modern horror drip utterly unmatched by all it's competitors and copy cats. Both defines the genre Gothic Punk and serves as it's only real example. If you want a story where the PCs are struggling against their own inner demons in a world that feels like it wants to strip away their humanity, you legit can not do better then World of Darkness.

[klomie]

I wanna draw some sketch comms, I just have no idea what to draw xd

[belthegore]

my art for @problemsynth's dollhouse: sotf zine. zulo parasite hole

[a-cherubikon]

[tag-the-vtm-oc-who]

tag the vtm oc who plays chess!

[luoniiel]

playbite vol. 11 💜

[endymion-in-stasis]

As much as I love vtm characters who subvert clan stereotypes, sometimes there's nothing funnier than a guy who is painfully typical of their clan. like of course you are Like That

[belthegore]

toreador antitribu idea that took ahold of me. tortured (and torturing) artist

[endymion-in-stasis]

see vtm is great because deep down everything is about power, hunger or existential dread. also being a gay loser