clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right

Logan Durante Twenty One Class of '14 Bartender at Franks' Psychic - Dream Manipulation Father to Lizzie Anderson

[joeysalvatore]

Joseph was totally freaking out. Seeing Samuel and Lee earlier had knocked him off his game and now his phone was buzzing - texts from Malia - and he was trying to be good tonight. Champagne wasn't gonna cut it though, was it? It was then he realised that there was a witness to his minor freaking out... Shit. "Uh, hey! How are you? Have you seen this selection of dips yet or what?" @havensdalestarters

[l-ogandurante]

"Ya know, you're right. They got all kinds of dips here; ranch, thousand island, and oh look!" Tony pointed right at Joseph, "A dipshit!" His point turned to a fist and he nudged his friend on the arm. "What the hell is going on over here? You're acting like your wife just walked through the front door and smacked Mireya."

[miss-molly-v]

"What a gorgeous party! Let me tell you, I know a few folks back in Manhattan who are seething that they aren't invited. I was telling Lee that. You've met Lee, right?" @havensdalestarters

[l-ogandurante]

"You came here all the way from Manhattan for this? Damn, didn't realise anyone cared that much about the Havensdale Valley elite." Tony shook his head. He may have once upon a time lived in New York, but he was a bit out of touch with who was important. "Can't say I have. The only contact I have with New York these days is with my dipshit best friend."

[l-ogandurante]

It’s Antonio Durante - 1999 edition!

Name: Antonio Durante Age: 33 years old Species: Human Occupation: Local sexy handyman Hometown: Havensdale Valley, CT FC: Dave Franco

Antonio Durante is a very passionate, romantic, charming and convincing man. He can sweep almost anyone off their feet, but he can never keep them. He can never make it work. Mostly, it’s his own wandering eyes (hands and other such attachments) that end up ruining the relationship.

A cheat, a scoundrel, a serial ‘this time I’ll change, baby’ type… it’s no wonder he’s two wives in and counting. Antonio is a mess of a man. He has his moments, of course. He tries and tries, and rarely succeeds. He tries to be a good dad and he is... sometimes. When he’s not being selfish, when he actually manages to be his better self.

At tonight’s party, Antonio is out in full form. His shirt is barely buttoned, his ass is shaking and there’s a high chance that wife #3 is in the room!

Notable Connections:

Lucas & Logan Durante: his sons, aged 8 and aged 4.

Lucas’ mom & Kyoko Durante: the ex-wife and the current wife/Logan's mom.

Charles Harvelle & Joseph Salvatore: members of the serial cheaters club! @its-jess-bitches, @joeysalvatore

[c-eylanfarhi]

"I didn't get that. Please, only repeat it if it's actually worth hearing." @havensdalestarters

[l-ogandurante]

"Lizzie asked you why The Very Hungry Caterpillar was so hungry?"

[its-jess-bitches]

The blow landed whether she liked it or not. There was a reason why she had compelled away her sad little starring role in Logan Durante's life. If there was anyone who could have made her stay, it was him. If there was anyone she would have followed over a cliff, it was him. Even if he hadn't said it, she would have known something was different. The tone of his voice, the look on his face. Logan remembered. It had all been for nothing.

"That's not really my style anymore," she replied, voice hoarse as she looked up to meet his eye. Dave had a point, she realised. The weaker she was, the harder it was to keep her guard up. Logan was everything to her, the girl she'd once been. Now, she could hear his heartbeat. Pick out the spot she'd gladly sink her teeth into. With what might have her last burst of energy, Jess whooshed! from the floor to the bars, pressing close to them. "Didn't anyone warn you that I'm dangerous now?"

[l-ogandurante]

"I see. So what is your style now?" Logan looked around the room at the cage, at the concrete floors of the McReid basement. "Cement? It's doing wonders for your complexion." He wasn't entirely sure how he was supposed to talk to her. Dave seemed to think that he was the key to getting through to her, but he wasn't even sure he fully understood the situation. He knew that she had erased a chunk of his memory and he was mad at her for that, but looking at her... that was just Jess. His Jess. And then he blinked and she was on her feet at the bars.

Logan couldn't help it. He stepped back, his heart racing. Hearing that vampires could move this way was one thing, seeing it happen in front of your eyes was another. Composing himself, Logan took a step forward again, his toes resting on the neatly painted warning line that surrounded the cage. Presumably, it would keep him beyond her reach. "That's pretty much all they're telling me." His eyes watched her carefully, trying to figure out how this could be Jess, but also not Jess. "Who did this to you?"

[its-jess-bitches]

Flashback: June 2014, McReid Cellar

Jessica couldn't believe that David fuckin' Perry had managed to get one over on her. It was embarrassing. And for what? Because she stole her precious Ruby's prom dress? Okay. Fine. She had been about to bite into her bestie's neck with any luck when he got her but still! Talk about excessive, loser, behaviour. And now here she was, wasting away in this damn cellar. Caged. Starving. Forced to entertain sad sack, after sad sack, trying to turn her humanity back on.

What a waste of time.

When she heard the door open, she rolled her eyes. She was weak but that didn't stop the sarcasm- "The zoo's closed today, thank you. Try again tomorrow." @l-ogandurante @v-erityvandeviere

[l-ogandurante]

This was crazy. This was all so... crazy. In the space of twenty-four hours, Logan had been broken from a vampire compulsion, had a lifetime's worth of memories returned to him, and been given a crash course on the supernatural- beings that had apparently existed in Havensdale since long before it was founded. Sure, he was grateful to Dave for returning him to his former glory, but this was a lot! And now here he was, slowly descending into the fourteenth circle of Hell- or however many their were- to try to get Jessica Harvelle to switch her humanity back on. Her humanity! What?

Logan appeared in her eye line, being careful to not get too close to the bars of the cage. Dave had been very clear about him not getting within grabbing distance of her, but like... she wouldn't kill him, right? "A day at the zoo and here I am without my animal crackers."

[lovatoprroud-deactivated2024080]

Darren Barnet in Never Have I Ever. (2020)

[l-ogandurante]

𝐿𝑜𝑔𝒶𝓃 𝒟𝓊𝓇𝒶𝓃𝓉𝑒

Pronouns: He/Him Birthday: 14th September 1995 (21) Species: Psychic - Dream manipulation Alliance: Good - Resistance Ally (contact for the underground) Occupation: Bartender at Franks’ Bar Location: Inside the dome

So What Happened?

Let’s do a quick rewind-- our main man here might have been kinda an asshole, but he was also sweet, charming and full of hope. Logan had a dream, he was gonna be a world-famous magician and nothin’ was going to stop him. Everyone knew that. Jessica Harvelle knew that more than anyone-- she knew and believed in Logan better than anyone. So, when Jess compelled Logan to forget her, she did more than erase their relationship, she took away Logan’s dream because now, no one had ever believed in and encouraged him. Not like Jess had.

Blissful ignorance, right? Only weird shit had been happening ever since then. A random reference to Jess Whoever here, mementos in his room that didn’t make sense, that guy Dave from school hanging around wherever Logan turned... He got to remember briefly on ‘human day’ when Jess turned human, but as soon as the day was over-- it was gone. He didn’t feel right, but he didn’t know why.

Life goes on. Logan takes Bonnie Brightman to the prom, only to be disqualified from the ‘prom king’ race for voting for himself. But c’mon! Who the hell was he supposed to vote for, huh? Greg? What a joke! He ghosts outta there and heads straight to the after party, where he has an iconic time! Logan looked hot, got drunk and talked shit about everyone (especially Jesse McArthur and Tyler Manning-- that fight? Embarrassing).

Then the next day happens and the world stops spinning. Leo and Effy die. Shit. Fuck! FUCK... Logan had known them both his whole life but he and Effy? They’d been together once, you know? And to his compelled memory (no Jess, remember?), Effy had been the only one.

Logan graduates, big whoop! He just wants to get the hell out of there when Dave Perry approaches him, again. He starts talking all this shit about vampires and Jessica, his memory getting wiped and having some fucked up plan to fix it all. Logan just didn’t want this dude to kidnap him and put him in his basement, so he goes along with it. With the help of Gwen Redfield though, they do manage to break the compulsion. It all comes flooding back.

With his memories back, Logan tries to help turn his Jess’ humanity back on. He tried everything he had to reach her, to get her to turn it back on, to be herself again... He was angry with her, he missed her so much. He loved her-- they were Logan and Jess! He even pulled out the story of how they first met in kindergarten, sharing his animal crackers with her. They were so close... but no win.

Founder’s Festival comes sharply around the corner and the whole town really does go to shit. Logan’s head is reeling! It’s all too much, you know? On top of all this, he’d been having these weird dreams too, but never thought much of them. Havensdale is a weird as fuck place, okay? And then the dome came down and they were truly trapped.

Logan finds out that Lana Anderson (Effy’s younger sibling) has been left alone in town with their youngest (baby) sibling. No parents, no Effy... He comes to see if Lana’s okay and gets more than he bargained for. It turned out that the youngest Anderson wasn’t their sibling at all... The youngest sibling was Effy’s kid-- and guess what? Logan Durante was the father.

In the single most adult moment of his life, Logan decides to move into the Anderson home to look after them both-- Lana and his kid. It’s not easy, but nothing ever is. Logan is a great dad who does his best every single day. He does magic tricks to make his kid laugh, keeps up his shifts at his uncle Frank and Frank’s bar-- a dicey gig these days-- and has inadvertently started treating Lana like another one of his kids.

Now pretty much besties with that guy Dave (love him, really), Logan became an above ground contact for the #Resistance and Franks’ became a semi-safe place for Resistance members. Nothing’s a guarantee, but Logan does what he can to help and share information.

And yeah, 6 months ago... Jess’ humanity came back on too. It’s complicated.

Wanted Connections

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