Justice, the virtue where everyone is given their due. Atticus is an old Tremere, though how old is kept vague by himself and the Pyramid alike. He sees the big picture, and always keeps the greater world in mind when making every decision. Clans rise, bloodlines fail, swaths of Cainites meet final death and dozens more are born. It is balanced. The world is maintained. There can be no daylight without night, and no pleasures without agony. Every year feels like it is the next step to the Final Night, but Atticus does everything in his power to ensure that he and the vampires strong enough to make it will get to keep going.
Day fourteen, the last entry of Fangfest 2025! Atticus is our eldest Tremere, a seemingly jolly mentor amongst the Pyramid - but like all old Tremere he's a cunning old fox. His end goal at this time is a permanent way to silence the Beckoning, as well as maintain balance within the Kindred community. Ranging from one clan dies and another thrives, the erratic and unworthy reaped while the cunning and strong may be fruitful. He has a lot on his mind and has had a long time to refine it.
Thank you to everyone for letting me draw these and for tolerating it! Haha! I had a blast and am so thrilled I got to do Fangfest three years in a row and succeeeeeeeeed!!! Can't wait for next year already!
(Atticus is a collaborative character made by us and some dear friends! Love this papa.)
Cooper Bell- A newly embraced malkavian, professional homless man, thief and all around menace.
In his short unlife he almost singlehandly managed to:
- Burn down primogen's house
- officially start out a full on camarilla/anarch war
- pissed off every anarch council member to the point we cannot take him for any important conversation we have with them
- get a bloodhunt called on him,keeps evading getting captured by sheer luck and being an idiot
- made camarilla belived he is an actually capable old anarch mercenary, ( by luck and being an idiot yet again) and now has to deal with an assasin hired just to finally deal with him.
Despite making the rest of the coterie public enemies by association we still love this big old fool
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I can't wait to see what everyone makes!
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If you’re thinking of joining this year’s fest, check out our full rules, dates, and requirements under the cut. There’s only about a month until prompting begins - so it’s never too early to start thinking of your prompts! 🦇
ABOUT
HD FangFest is a festival created to explore any and all things vampire and Drarry. Whether it’s dark and angsty, light and fluffy, dystopian, slice of life, or anything in between, as long as it’s got Harry, Draco, and vampires, we want it.
RULES
Prompting and self prompting can include any genres, settings, tones, and plots, so long as they involve vampires and Drarry. Neither Draco nor Harry has to be a vampire; they can be vampire hunters etc, so long as there are vampire characters and/or vampirism is crucial to the plot. Side pairings are absolutely allowed, but Drarry should be the main pairing.
All participants must be 18+.
Prompting does not require you to write for the fest, nor does it guarantee you a position in the fest.
Minimum word count for fics is is 1k. We ask that you aim to keep fics under around 50k, give or take, as your very busy mods will be proofing each fic.
Participants for fics will be capped at 35. In an effort to keep as many slots open as possible, mod participation will not count toward this number.
This will be first come, first served, with proxy claiming allowed. We will also have a 5 person waitlist in the case of drop outs. There is no participant cap for art. Collaborations are more than welcome.
All fics must be beta read prior to submission. We reserve the right to request you get a second beta if your submission has a large number of typos and errors. If you need help finding a beta, the mods may be able to assist you in finding one with enough notice; please reach out to us as soon as possible if you think this might be the case.
While withdrawing from the fest is fine, please let us know as soon as possible that you’ll need to so that we can reach out to those on the waitlist. If you don’t think you can commit to fulfilling your prompt, consider waiting until next year to participate.
All works should be newly created for HD FangFest - that means no sequels, WIPs, or previously published fics.
This fest is not anonymous, so feel free to talk, workshop, and hype throughout the Drarry fandom!
TIMELINE
(this timeline is subject to change!)
Prompting: Jan. 1-30
Claiming: Feb 1-20
Fics due: May 1
Posting begins: June 1
PROMPTING
Prompting will be open from Jan. 1-30, 2022, and will be conducted via Airtable.
We invite you to be as creative as you like with prompting! Give us vampire fluff, vampire angst, vampire enemies to lovers. Give us reimaginations of classic vampire media, or something entirely new - vampire hunters, vampire blood transfusions, vampire spy thrillers, vampire coffee shop AU’s. This fest is an opportunity to really push the boundaries of the vampire genre, and we can’t wait to see what you come up with.
You may submit unlimited prompts. If you want to self-prompt, you should submit your prompt at the time of claiming using our Google form. If you submit a prompt through Airtable, it’s up for grabs to anyone.
Feel free to be as specific or broad in your prompt as you like, but keep in mind that if your prompt is claimed, the writer/artist can interpret it however they want.
Be sure to list any squicks/triggers you’d like to be avoided.
CLAIMING
Claiming will open at 12 AM EST on Feb. 1, 2022.
Each prompt can be claimed once for fic and once for art.
Fic claiming will close on Feb. 20, or when all 35 fic slots are claimed.
Art claiming will close when the sun consumes the earth.
When claiming, choose up to 3 prompts in order of preference. We’ll do our best to match you with one of your preferred prompts, but we can’t guarantee this, as claiming is first-come first-served.
If collaborating, please include information for all collaborators in your claiming form.
CREATING
Feel free to interpret your claimed prompt however you choose. It’s your creation!
Please be considerate of your prompter’s squicks and triggers while creating. Though this isn’t a requirement, please consider not gifting the fic or art to your prompter if you’ve included their squicks or triggers.
Fics must be at least 1k words. We ask that you try to limit fics to around 50k. Art must be a completed work.
HD FangFest is not anonymous, so we encourage you to hype, alpha, cheer and chat with the Drarry fandom as you create!
SUBMITTING
Upload your creation to the HD Fangfest 2022 Collection by navigating to the collection and clicking “post to collection.”
Be sure to fill out all fields as you would for any other fic: title, rating, tags, summary, etc.
Add the fest mod account as a co-creator by checking “add co-creators?” while uploading. Once you’ve checked the box, you’ll be able to add our mod account, HDFangFest, as a co-creator. (This step is necessary so that we can change the post date when fics are revealed. We won’t edit tags or content in your creation without your permission. We will remove ourselves as co-creators after posting.)
Click ‘post,’ and the creation will be added to the collection until it’s revealed.
Once finished, email us the following submission header so that we know you’ve submitted:
Title:
Creator/s:
Rating:
Word count (if applicable):
Art medium (if applicable):
Warnings/Tags:
Prompt #:
Summary
(Put your favorite vampire pun in the subject. Or don’t. We love you either way.)
Please warn and tag your fest correctly. We may request that you add tags or warnings if we feel that readers won’t be properly alerted as to content.
You aren’t required to gift your fic/art to your prompter, but you’re more than welcome to do so!
Dropping Out/Extensions
We understand that life gets chaotic sometimes! If you need to drop out, we only ask that you let us know as soon as possible so that we can reach out to those on the waitlist.
Similarly, if you think you might need an extension, please let us know as soon as possible. We’ll be as accommodating as we can, but we can’t guarantee that we’ll grant extensions in all cases.
POSTING
Posting will begin on June 1, 2022. We will be conducting a series of arcane rituals that consult the moon, the sun, and a number of eldritch entities to decide the order of posting. We aim to inform participants of their posting date in advance so that you aren’t left wondering when your creation will come out!
We highly encourage participants and prompters to interact with, share, and comment on each other’s fics at the time of posting!
GOT QUESTIONS?
If you have any questions about the fest or rules, please don’t hesitate to reach out to your mods on tumblr or discord: @corvuscrowned [crow #5501], @m0srael [mosrael#1526] and @jalesidor [versaceofficial#8571]. You can also reach out to us at [email protected]. We don’t bite! ;)
He cannot live without her, and she has asked for his changing bite. His gift of moonstones will ensure a successful transformation on this, their wedding night. "Moon's Gift" Watercolor and colored pencil on 9 X 12 smooth Bristol paper. 2009. #fangfest #fangfest2020 #goldenwolfartfangfest #wolfmate #werewolfbite #werewolfart #werewolves #werewolf #lycan #lycanthrope #lycanthropy #goldenwolf #goldenwolfen #goldenwolfart #christygrandjean https://www.instagram.com/p/CGGYVpipgRL/?igshid=1l1mgx1cwzh9v
Gluttony, the sin of excessive indulgence. Consuming more than one needs or should with no moderation or self-control. Daimund woke up for the first time as a Cainite in the garbage, Embraced in the middle of an attempted suicide by overdose. Perpetually in a daze, this holy roller and liar soothsayer is always seeking the next thrill, grinning like the devil in the face of those who'd try to control him. The king of the scene, a washed-up rockstar with an ever-shifting sea of followers, Daimund never lets himself lack.
Day six! Daimund (and his "adopted" Gangrel daughter Victoria, aka Snare) work the Goblin roads in his Firebird, mingling with both Fae and Kindred alike... and hey man, the stress gets to you. Daimund isn't above over-indulging in tainted blood, strange blood, anything new and mind-affecting he can get his mitts on. This bitter pill of a vampire holds back the Malkavian curse with the next high, and when he crashes the world may just join him....
(Daimund belongs to @thesixthplaneteer, his first ever VTM character!)
AH! THANK YOU.
Envy, the sin of resenting others for their possessions, achievements, anything you simply don't have yourself. Jealousy running so deep it poisons you. Nythanel was told by his sire that he was destined for greatness, that he will become more powerful and beautiful after his change... but he was born "wrong" thanks to something strange happening during his Embrace. His blood weak, his connection to the Elders distant... a Thinblood. This seemingly random bad luck lead to roadblock after roadblock on Nyth's journey - the Giovanni after he helps Noa barely giving him thanks and the Tremere giving him the most bare minimum of respect. More like a curious experiment rather than a person. It drove Nyth mad, to see them think themselves better just because they were "born normal." That these gifts and privileges made them above him just because of chance. He seethes, and he WILL be more than all of them.
Day four of Fangfest! Here Nythanel is in Las Vegas, Nevada after he and Noa escape Mexico and the Sabbat. They are immediately separated from the other, the Giovanni handing Nyth to the local Tremere because they don't want to deal with him while keeping Noa at home. The Tremere recognize that he belongs to them, but don't allow him even acolyte status and essentially make him an errand boy. They even brand him, signaling to everyone his blood status. Nyth begins to hate the Pyramid, his Sire, the Giovanni, and even Noa for a time because they just have everything handed to them while he is forced to climb and climb with no end in sight. He does use this spite to make headway on Thinblood Alchemy but he is definitely full of rage in a cage until he and Noa get to really be together and talk again.
Fortitude is the virtue of inner strength and endurance. Remaining resolute in the pursuit for justice and goodness, even in the face of suffering. Stakebait Coterie are a bunch of underdogs in a world full of monsters who would use them and abuse them. Different people from different walks of life who have come together under one banner and found true camaraderie and friendship with each other. They're not taking any shit without biting back, and they're going to be doing it together.
OUR BABIES. Day ten of Fangfest! They're making big moves in Atlanta, and it may irrevocably shake things up for good... better or worse. Khloe, Ralph, Kyle and Christian are the four best friends that anyone could have!
(75% of Stakebait Coterie belong to @thesixthplaneteer!!)
Lust, the sin of illicit desire, the uncontrollable need for sexual gratification. The perversion of intimacy. Joaquin's plans for Noa were born from the best of intentions: protecting her from anyone that would hurt her. Strangers, friends, family, whoever. It's what an older brother does, after all. But on the night their family was killed before their eyes, something twisted inside of him, making the protection of his baby sister an obsession. And when their father - who had seemingly died in the incident as well - came walking through their front door days later, Joaquin knew their world was wrong. His need to protect Noa grew dangerous for the Family, he became angry and violent and defiant, and he was constantly beaten back down by his own blood to keep him in line. Noa. Noa. Noa. Thoughts of her being safe felt like the only comfort he could get some nights, but those thoughts grew darker and darker the older she got and the more lovely she became - completely vulnerable in the mansion, alone in her room as she studied. He tried so hard to focus on running jobs, dancing and drinking, other bodies... but his feet always found themselves right outside her door.
Day five!! My favorite horrible man... in this scene, it is the end of Joaquin's story (living at least!). The room he is in is Noa's ritual room in Chicago during the year 1999, where she is performing multiple rituals to heal Nythanel after his terrible injury. Joaquin had killed her ghoul Julian so Nyth's spirit may inhabit his body, and as a token of appreciation, Noa would give him what he wanted after decades: her. When she started draining him of blood during their union, he wasn't stupid, he knew she was using him for something... but he didn't care. Finally she was his, finally he was making her satisfied. Joaquin had killed so many people for her. Strangers, his own family, his own best friend, and he died smiling as he watched her on top of him.
We have many lusty characters, but Joaquin is one of the few actually merc'd for his lust I think. :3c (To explain his death, Noa is performing the ritual of false life which requires nearly a full human's worth of blood... may as well use Joaquin! No sense putting that to waste...) THANK YOU!!
