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[see-arcane]

Do you like classic horror literature? Do you have a below-average fear of disembodied eyes staring at you from the screen while you try to read? Then have I got the Patreon for you!

Mine. It’s my Patreon.

It's where I’ll be compiling a number of preview chapters for works-in-progress as well as a few other eerie odds and ends that might not end up on Tumblr. Most of it is free, with the option to subscribe for extra goodies. It’s a hell of a lot easier to scroll through and you can chuck a little support my way too. Hope you’ll give it a gander!

The Vampyres

Set in the modern day, one very practiced bastard of a bloodsucker realizes that his fellow undead are disappearing, suddenly gone to dust and decay. Which would hardly bother him, except the entity responsible is now on his track. The eponymous Vampyre finds himself caught between a desperate investigation to uncover what this impossible psychopomp really is and making moves on an enticingly oblivious new victim he can’t wait to drain…supposing he keeps his head on his shoulders long enough to get a taste.

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Harker

Jonathan Harker opens and closes the story of Dracula. He’s the character who spends the most time with the dreaded Count in person. He's there for the torturous stay in the gothic castle, for the night the Dracula preys on his beloved, and the very end of the Count's undeath. But so many questions are left unanswered about Mr. Harker himself. What did he endure in those missing dates within Castle Dracula? What happened as he ran through the Carpathians? And what caused that eerie change on the 3rd of October? It’s about time we found out.

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Harker 🩸The Vampyres 🩸Nosferatu: Death and the Maiden 🩸Was Frankenstein Not the Monster?

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[drawsmaddy]

[ID: A digital drawing of Kattigan Vale from Critical Role. He's grinning, saying "Oh-ho-ho getting tense!" and cracking open a can. A little doodle to the side of Occtis and Julien looking angry with each other is labelled "posh boys bickering". End description.]

Rich pretty boys fighting is a spectator sport

[theatsthetic]

female-presenting vitruvian

[theatsthetic]

i appreciate the amount of people reblogging this despite me not really tagging this at all. im glad many of people feel the same anger i do.

[phillip-bankss]

grug dont have to change!

[cry-ptidd]

My tablet is still HS so here's some sketchbook concepts

[interestingmistakes]

Reblogging this manually. Op doesn't want credit for fear of being terminated.

[nayarazune]

C4 E027 Complicated Questions / C4 E028 Chasing Shadows

bonus:

[see-arcane]

ok ok I'm still thinking about your long Azune, Murray post (which I agree with a lot) and I'm wondering why do you feel like it's going to explode? honestly to me it seems much more plausible that the confrontation just never happens and it's another social situation that Azune managed to barely skirt the consequences of. I feel like he would much prefer that the positive outcome of this situation finally cements in her mind that whatever methods he uses he is very careful with the people around him, which I think is what she's really worried about. I'm curious to hear your opinion if there is something that makes further confrontation inevitable?.

It doesn’t have to be an explosion—assuming Marisha and Luis even have time to hash out this character-centered rough patch instead of focusing on pushing the story through, which would be understandable—but I think someone has to snap or put their foot down or otherwise have a cold slap of reality from a third party nailing the issue from outside their own relationship. If the whole thing winds up being confronted with something more hushed and sincere, I’d love to see it. I'm sure it's possible.

Yet from what we’ve seen of their dynamic so far, Murray’s far more kinetic and vocal than Azune is, and the only times we see him speak up on his own behalf it’s been either carefully chosen words in a voice that doesn’t raise, or else it’s with an eruption of tears and desperation that implores or self-berates, but doesn’t lash outward.

But neither quiet voicing of his fears nor a full panic attack were enough to really budge Murray on what she believes is true. That Azune is her best friend in this whole cursed world and there are definitely no invisible lines she’s drawn around him that trigger an immediate switch to suspicion, veiled threats, and implicitly stamping him as being so good at his villain role that he can’t possibly stop now no matter the risks to him. Nor does she need to unpack anything to do with how blithely she implied that sorcerers are lazy mages who don’t earn anything they have—unlike good hardworking wizards like herself—while Azune was standing right there, keeping quiet.

Which is all to say: Something needs to change.

Azune will either be forced to stand up for himself on this point or, if he truly can’t bring himself to get into it with Murray (as he apparently hasn’t managed for years), there needs to be a big disruption to their current status quo. Another character chimes in, either hero or villain. Maybe one or the other will have an insight that pulls the rug out from under them. Something. Because if things carry on as they are?

Brennan’s wheels were turning when he played the roles of King Gus and Lord Otto in that episode. Clocking the bait Marisha was laying with her anti-sorcerer comments with one, having Lord Otto scoff at the idea of Capt. Nayar being a mere wizard (derogatory) with the other. If Murray and Azune don’t confront this on their own, I foresee Brennan ‘PVP’ Lee Mulligan setting specific dominoes up to force the issue. Especially in the context of how well Azune’s being set up by the narrative, by his identity crises (plural), and the fucking dice rolls to get painted by any suspicious party as being the undercover guy who’s so good at his job it’s scary. And who among the Schemers is the most paranoid of the crew? The one with a new theory to pitch at every meeting?

tl;dr: I think if the characters don’t get a moment to actually hash this out in conversation, the stage is going to be set for something much uglier.

[real-kit-walker]

Ngl he's the perfect Nullus Tachonis fancast

[emily-axford]

CRITICAL ROLE: CAMPAIGN 4 Episode 28: Chasing Shadows

[lesbianpraetor]

You know the last few episodes of Critical Role have been good when it's monday and you are already vibrating in your seat about "Is it thursday yet". This next episode is going to be such a culmination of so much buildup and I genuinely haven't felt this excited about any new piece of media in ages. 14 people and 7 months of actual play and it does feel like they are going to land something incredible

[real-kit-walker]

Hilarious reminder that the head organizer for the Villa Aurora meeting is Ethrand Tachonis for some fucking reason

[jhoca]

Bachelors

The three bachelors who propose to Lucy in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897)! I laugh at the thought that it's like the Victorian Bachelorette (but in a funny satirical way like in Shrek). I love that Art canonically has a bunch of terriers (spoiler? lmao)

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[ithinkthiswasabadidea]

No one put Kattigan in a situation, ever. He can't take any more of those things. A situation will take him out at the knees

[tess-talks-inc]

Something to be said that both Azune and Occtis made observations about the other that the character themself does not think is true (Azune calling Occtis wise which Occtis immediately denies, Occtis coming to the conclusion that Azune has a great instinctual understanding of magic while Luis whispered "that feels wrong" after that was revealed and said which most likely aligns with what Azune himself would think as Luis created Azune)

idk something something they're seeing the good in the other, even if the character doesn't see it in themselves, which is fascinating, they may not know each other enough to trust the other but there is a sense of good that they see in each other

[captainofthetidesbreath]

because a gifset does not capture the experience of hearing it, and yes, those are the official captions

[utilitycaster]

no DNIs we just post content specifically catered to ourselves that will coincidentally alienate anyone with whom we would not want to interact