@theartofmadeline
NASA
ellievsbear
oozey mess
hello vonnie
One Nice Bug Per Day
Origami Around
Kaledo Art
$LAYYYTER
"I'm Dorothy Gale from Kansas"
RMH
Product Placement
2025 on Tumblr: Trends That Defined the Year
Mike Driver
styofa doing anything
art blog(derogatory)
I'd rather be in outer space πΈ
trying on a metaphor
Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her
cherry valley forever
seen from United Kingdom
seen from Brazil
seen from United States
seen from Germany
seen from Germany
seen from United States
seen from Italy
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from TΓΌrkiye
seen from United Kingdom
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United Kingdom
seen from United States
seen from Belgium
seen from Israel
seen from TΓΌrkiye
@occultologist
hello ! my name is salem . i am 21 + with he / they pronouns . this is an idie rp blog for RUPERT GILES from buffy : the vampire slayer . this blog will contain themes of found family , fatherhood , moral ambiguity , and the occult . as giles is a rare character , i will NOT be practicing exclusivity on this blog .
RULES / VERSES
she's always been sharp - much more observan than anyone would assume.Β she's easy to misread,Β soft,Β too quiet,Β clever enough that she knows the benefit in people believing what they wish.Β but she knows grief well,Β knows how to recognise it from a mile away.
and she knows full well when she's talking to herself. "don't worry about it." there's gentle empathy to the curve of her lips, as she glances around shop, deciding to redirect attention to something else. "is the dried mugwort here any good?"
HE ADJUSTS his glasses on his face , trying to scrabble together any semblance of normalcy in front of her .
β ah , yes . yes . what are you looking to accomplish ? β
Brows furrow at the thought of hindering the future by continuing her work. It was something she had been passionate about since a young age, and the thought of never being able to continue pained her chest like a lost love.
"I believe it's the lack of knowledge sought out by individuals these days. They aren't seeking out information from the past anymore, not the way they used to. It's all about new age technology and quick gratification." She complains, stabbing a cherry tomato with her fork and popping it into her mouth.
HIS BROWS lift as his head tilts . a concession .
β you certainly won't find me arguing in the favor of MODERN TECHNOLOGY . though i fear we've little choice in the matter . β
heΒ wasΒ impossiblyΒ cute.Β itΒ wasΒ aΒ miracleΒ thatΒ jennyΒ keptΒ herΒ lipsΒ offΒ ofΒ @occultologist.Β jennyΒ laughedΒ softly,Β βΒ interesting.Β maybeΒ weΒ needΒ toΒ makeΒ itΒ moreΒ regular.Β sprinkleΒ inΒ someΒ starΒ wars.Β youΒ doΒ needΒ toΒ getΒ withΒ theΒ times,Β rupert,Β βΒ sheΒ teasedΒ him,Β smileΒ twistingΒ theΒ cornerΒ ofΒ herΒ lips.
βΒ well,Β weΒ couldΒ readΒ draculaΒ byΒ bramΒ stokerΒ ...Β thatΒ mightΒ beΒ rightΒ upΒ yourΒ alley,Β βΒ sheΒ joked.Β βΒ i'mΒ notΒ jokingΒ aboutΒ theΒ bookΒ club,Β rupert,Β iΒ thinkΒ it'dΒ beΒ aΒ funΒ idea.Β you'dΒ actuallyΒ haveΒ funΒ unlikeΒ theΒ playΒ iΒ tookΒ youΒ to.Β so,Β youΒ pickΒ theΒ bookΒ andΒ weΒ canΒ meetΒ atΒ myΒ place.Β fridayΒ ?Β sevenΒ o'clockΒ ?Β βΒ sheΒ flirted,Β smirking.
THE SMILE on his lips is small but not lacking in affection . he scoffs softly . β i most certainly do not . i am perfectly content in my time , thank you . β
he regards her with something close to ADORATION while she speaks , and he has to catch up a moment before he can respond . β oh , yes . yes . i can certainly - i can do that . β
buffyΒ knewΒ theΒ risksΒ ofΒ keepingΒ angel'sΒ existenceΒ asΒ aΒ secretΒ fromΒ everyone,Β butΒ sheΒ wasΒ stuckΒ inΒ theΒ middleΒ ofΒ wantingΒ toΒ helpΒ himΒ andΒ wantingΒ toΒ protectΒ theΒ peopleΒ sheΒ caredΒ aboutΒ Β βΒ Β mostΒ ofΒ allΒ giles.Β sheΒ knewΒ theΒ damageΒ angelΒ hadΒ causedΒ whenΒ heΒ hadΒ turnedΒ andΒ thereΒ wasΒ noΒ reversingΒ it.Β sheΒ wishedΒ sheΒ couldΒ takeΒ backΒ thatΒ night,Β butΒ allΒ sheΒ couldΒ doΒ nowΒ wasΒ doΒ rightΒ byΒ @occultologist.
sheΒ swallowedΒ andΒ lookedΒ downΒ inΒ herΒ lapΒ asΒ gilesΒ speaks,Β messingΒ withΒ herΒ fingersΒ nervously.Β sheΒ looksΒ backΒ upΒ afterΒ aΒ silentΒ moment,Β βΒ right.Β noΒ hiding,Β βΒ sheΒ agreed,Β noddingΒ once.Β βΒ whatΒ doΒ weΒ doΒ nowΒ ?Β aboutΒ Β βΒ Β angel,Β iΒ meanΒ ...Β β
β WELL , β he starts with a sigh , removing his glasses to inspect them . β we can start by making sure he's . . . well , angel again . while i trust you implicitly , buffy , you are somewhat . . . BIASED . β
jennyΒ listensΒ toΒ whatΒ rupertΒ explainsΒ aboutΒ theΒ missingΒ book.Β aΒ horribleΒ pitΒ settlesΒ inΒ herΒ stomachΒ andΒ theΒ hairsΒ onΒ herΒ armsΒ stoodΒ atΒ attention.Β thinkingΒ aboutΒ whatΒ hadΒ happenedΒ whenΒ theyΒ triedΒ toΒ resurrectΒ theΒ masterΒ stillΒ playedΒ vividlyΒ inΒ herΒ nightmares.Β theΒ thoughtΒ ofΒ themΒ possiblyΒ doingΒ somethingΒ worseΒ madeΒ herΒ sick,Β butΒ sheΒ neededΒ toΒ keepΒ herΒ cool.Β sheΒ wantedΒ toΒ help.
βΒ greatΒ becauseΒ weΒ don'tΒ haveΒ enoughΒ extracurricularΒ activityΒ onΒ theΒ hellmouth,Β βΒ sheΒ sighed,Β worried,Β butΒ sheΒ triedΒ herΒ bestΒ notΒ toΒ showΒ it.Β sheΒ looksΒ atΒ @occultologistΒ inΒ theΒ eyesΒ andΒ offersΒ aΒ reassuringΒ smile.Β faint,Β butΒ itΒ wasΒ there.Β βΒ it'sΒ prettyΒ late.Β whyΒ don'tΒ weΒ tellΒ herΒ inΒ theΒ morningΒ ?Β inΒ theΒ meantime,Β weΒ canΒ startΒ researching,Β tryΒ toΒ getΒ aheadΒ ofΒ them,Β βΒ sheΒ suggested.Β βΒ iΒ canΒ makeΒ coffee.Β β
HER SUGGESTION makes his head throb just slightly . his vision may have cleared and his balance has settled , but he did still get his brain fairly firmly rattled inside of his skull , and the idea of reading anything right now , much less very small print in too - large books , makes things go a little fuzzy again .
β if it's all the same to you . . . i think i could use a bit of a lie down and some tea . . . β
Farah rubs her temples in order to try to stave off an oncoming headache. "Only that their ranks appear to be increasing in number." Vampires are not common in the Otherworld, but one or two had apparently found their way through one of the portals between worlds, and were now turning fairies and humans alike. "And that, when fairies are turned, they do not lose their magic."
HE SIGHS deeply at this information , fingers rubbing the spot between his glasses .
β magical vampires . wonderful . and vulnerabilities ? are those the same ? stakes , sunlight ? β
armand doesn't need to investigate his thoughts to imagine the amount of mental work he was doing right now. his amber eyes follow as he paces the perimeter of the library, curious about what plans he might be concocting to get him out of the little predicament he found himself in.
( that the vampire put him in )
he nods, as if the answer were of any importance. β even i find myself drawn in by the computer's lure. β
and while he had remained straight-faced up until the moment he asked if he was here to kill him, the expression breaks. instead, he smiles, a mischief beneath the expression, a pleasure in the decision of life or death being in his hands.
β originally, yes. but you proved to be interesting enough not to kill. β for now, at least. β you can relax, i'm not a snake, i won't strike. β
RUPERT BELIEVES that the vampire doesn't intend to kill him . not immediately , anyway . but the comment about not being a snake ? well that one slides through giles entirely too cleanly as a lie . armand isn't coiled like a snake . no , he's liquid - LANGUID , even . a snake in the sun ( ironic . . . ) , content to know that its meal is only a short burst away .
β interesting ? β he queries , elongating this conversation for as long as he can manage . until he escapes , or is rescued . or . . . well , there is always the less - savory option . he casts the thoughts from his mind . he's survived this far . he brushes his fingertips casually over a nearby book .
β stuffy is usually the more common descriptor of myself . what could a creature like you find so INTERESTING in me ? β
γ €Β Β Β Β Β βΒ absolutelyΒ not.Β βΒ sheΒ smiles,Β mostlyΒ toΒ herself.Β howΒ niceΒ itΒ wouldΒ beΒ toΒ beΒ thatΒ naΓ―ve.Β it'sΒ hardΒ toΒ rememberΒ theΒ lastΒ timeΒ she'dΒ feltΒ optimistic.Β βΒ well,Β whenΒ iΒ wasΒ youngerΒ maybe.Β nowΒ iΒ haveΒ tooΒ muchΒ deathΒ inΒ meΒ toΒ beΒ anythingΒ otherΒ thanΒ aΒ fatalist.Β henceΒ theΒ cigarettes.Β βΒ aΒ smileΒ andΒ aΒ joke.Β allΒ withinΒ theΒ timeΒ spanΒ ofΒ oneΒ conversation.Β she'sΒ onΒ aΒ roll tonight.Β βΒ pardonΒ myΒ sayingΒ so,Β butΒ shouldn'tΒ youΒ beΒ jumpingΒ forΒ joy?Β β
HE CHUCKLES quietly , though there's a distinct undercurrent of melancholy lingering just beneath . he debates his next words , drawing in another breath made of smoke to give him time . he exhales it slowly and hums .
β bad knees , β he quips . but then considers his cigarette , flicking a bit of ash from the tip . β i'm not a fatalist , β he ultimately answers . β i SHOULD be . grief has followed me for a long time . but - β he shakes his head , eyes sliding back to look out over the horizon , over the world they've just saved ( AGAIN ) . β it makes the bright moments brighter . the wins more satisfying . the love richer . when it all may disappear in a moment . . . and sometimes it DOES . . . i don't know . it makes me savor it all the more . β
@solilacquist cont'd from x
HIS SENSE of adventure is tired , is where it is . he adjusts his glasses as he looks at the old drawing . a few liberties were certainly taken , he's sure ( a creature that monstrous rarely has abs so . . . HUMAN ) . he glances back up at the creature he knows is a vampire ( but how convincingly he plays the part of man ) .
β and you're proposing what , exactly ? that you and i go after it together ? β
β and thin out our numbers even more than they already are ? β she thought watchers were meant to be . . . i dunno, smart. mentors and all that crap. brows are worryingly raised, leaning in a little closer on her haunches and waving a hand in front of giles' face as if to make sure it's really him and that he's wide awake and sober. β no way, g - man. now, i'm happy to go it alone β but those chumps ? dead meat. you need like, a buddy system. β this last sentence said between bites of a strawberry twizzler, idly peeling strands of it while discussing battle strategy. because of course she is.
HE LOOKS vaguely disappointed , brow arching in that way of his that manages to look both paternal and childish .
β of course i meant in a buddy system , faith . i'm not a COMPLETE dolt you know . β not most of the time , anyway . - - - - at least he likes to think so .
look----- not to toot my own horn on main but like... i'm really good at writing giles' mannerisms. and i'm very proud of it. that's all thank you
Β Β Β Β Β -Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β WHAT WOULD AN ANGEL SAY? Β Β Β Β Β -Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β THE DEVIL WANTS TO KNOWβ¦
*through gritted teeth* every day i choose to be kind *barely restraining myself from violence* i choose to have compassion *tamping down the vicious bloodlust inside me* i choose to care and to be kind and to love
also the new person i'm talking to is so beautiful, he looks like he jumped out of a caravaggio painting. and they think i'm the cool hot one. which is actually insane to me. know that i'm beaming a picture of them into your head (imagine lightly brown skin, lovely black curls just below his chin, and a meticulous little renaissance style goatee. i'm not kidding you when i say they look like the main romance option for the main character in a book). i wish i could draw. i wanna draw her so bad. but alas....
i promise i'm still around. i just was out of town last week and only really have the opportunity to write for a couple of hours once a week so i can only et trou so many replies at one time. BUT I'M STILL HERE AND DON'T PLAN ON GOING ANYWHERE ANY TIME SOON!!
(sorry to the people who follow me on multiple blogs who are about to see this a million times)
i promise i'm still around. i just was out of town last week and only really have the opportunity to write for a couple of hours once a week so i can only et trou so many replies at one time. BUT I'M STILL HERE AND DON'T PLAN ON GOING ANYWHERE ANY TIME SOON!!
(sorry to the people who follow me on multiple blogs who are about to see this a million times)
