The fuckyeahlabynight Vampire the Masquerade Fang Fest 2025!
To be held June 1 - 14, 2025.
This year's theme is Vices and Virtues, as used in the nWoD system. In the New World of Darkness system (home of Vampire: the Requiem, amoung others...) acting within their Vices and Virtues are one way how characters regain Willpower, and often inform aspects of the character's personality.
"Virtues and Vices are held by every single denizen of the World of Darkness. They show the duality of morality, and give a character something to strive for as well as a tempting place to fall."
How it works:
This is a super low-key fandom event fuckyeahlabynight hosts each year. The point is to have fun and make something creative to fill the prompts.
Each day, starting on June 1 and finishing on June 14, post whatever fan work you've made inspired by the Vices and Virtues prompt (eg. art, fic, gifs, poetry, music playlists, mood boards, whatever). I am giving you several weeks heads up to aid your creative process. You do not need to focus on LA by Night, NY by Night, or Project Ghostlight. Feel free to use your vampire OCs if it pleases you to do so!
When you post your creations, please include the hashtag #fangfest25 so they can all be collected here. If you can't think of anything for a particular prompt, or are otherwise unable to finish, it's perfectly fine to skip it. It's also fine to post your creations late. So long as you use the hashtag and I'm able to find it, it will be reblogged here regardless.
As always, those who are not taking part in making fan works are encouraged to like, comment on, give kudos, and share their favourites! Part of the fun is seeing what everyone else has made. Collaboration is also encouraged, so reach out to your fellow Kindred and see what you can come up with!
More info on each of the prompts will be below the cut. See you in June!
Pride: Extreme self-confidence, arrogance, ego, vanity. When you exert your own wants (not needs) over others, thinking you are better than them.
Greed: Avarice, desire for material objects to the point of excess. When you WANT something that you don't actually NEED, at the expense of another.
Wrath: Sadism, anti-social, hot-headed, uncontrolled anger and fury. Using your anger in situations that are completely unwarranted and inappropriate, often leading to violence.
Envy: Covetousness, jealousy, paranoia that others want to hurt you for what you have. Similar to greed, but more specifically you want only what others have.
Lust: Uncontrolled desire, lasciviousness, impatience. (Not always sexual!) You need to satisfy your passions in a way that victimizes another person.
Gluttony: Epicurean, over-consuming, over-indulging, addiction. You may not necessarily be indulging in food. It also applies to drugs, drinking, etc. to the point of harming yourself or others.
Sloth: Apathy, depression, cowardice, ignorance, laziness and lack of gumption. When you avoid completing a task, whatever that task may be, and others are forced to do it for you.
Faith: Conviction, humility, loyalty, belief. (Not necessarily in a god, though this is often the case.) It offers you a feeling of stability and meaning in a dark, chaotic world.
Charity: Generosity, sharing, giving instead of receiving, compassion, mercy, altruism. You risk yourself to help another in spite of any losses that may be suffered.
Fortitude: Courage, stoicism, mettle, integrity, stubbornness. You are able to withstand pressure to stray from your chosen course or long-held ideals.
Hope: Dreams, optimism, utopia. You refuse to allow yourself or others give in to despair and horror.
Prudence: Patience, vigilance, restraint. You refuse to take action that feels good in the short term, in favour of actions that benefit you in the long term.
Temperance: Moderation, chastity, even-temperament, being frugal and balanced in all things. You never indulge in any kind of excess behaviour.
Justice: Righteousness, condemnatory, judgement, protecting those who cannot protect themselves and punishing the atrocities and cruelties committed against them. You do The Right Thing, based on what you think is the right thing to do, regardless of how it may set you back.
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Special note: Something to keep in mind when completing the prompts... In moderation, the vices are not always bad. A complete lack of pride, for example, can lead to zero self-worth and low self-esteem. Likewise, an excess of the virtues can also be a bad thing. For example, someone who is charitable to a fault may give away things they need for their own survival.
All these characters are from an RPG campaign called; Gehenna's Gates, set in the world of "Vampire The Masquerade".
Envy: Covetousness, jealousy, paranoia that others want to hurt you for what you have. Similar to greed, but more specifically you want only what others have.
Luc Gossens, Danya Vetranova, and Elizabeth De Lacy are the triumvirate of London. They are friends, and even family sometimes. And like every family, the sentiments can be quite complicated. Envy is something that they will never admit they have for each other. Luc envies Danya's ability to get what she wants without drawing blood, and envies Elizabeth's political abilities and how she easily stands out as a leader. Danya envies Luc's strength and determination, while she is always plagued with doubts and insecurities. She envies Elizabeth cleverness and knowledge, things that she never got to expand in her life. Elizabeth envies Luc's imposing presence, how easily he gets the respect he wants. She envies Danya's lovable personality that gets everyone around her to feel at ease. But that's also what gets them to learn from each others and become better people and leaders.
Hope: Dreams, optimism, utopia. You refuse to allow yourself or others give in to despair and horror.
Luc Gossens, Danya Vetranova, and Elizabeth De Lacy are the triumvirate of London. They are the bulwark against the Gehennah and the one actively trying to make the world a better place, for their friends and family, but also for everyone.
This was my other lust entry btw. Molly + Bailey, before I had Bailey's design down and she looked older. Revenants are good sources of blood, especially if you like a bit of flavor.
Finished a WIP from a bit ago for the Fang Fest 2025 event!
I figured this would fit best for the Wrath prompt, because of Leon's particular tastes and methodology in feeding.
Despite his Sires best efforts, a good chunk of his old personality still persists in him, including a seething hatred for people who prey on those weaker than them.
However he often prefers provoking his victims into actions that help him justify his own by pretending to be an easy target.
Reversal of predator and prey.
I wanted to do more of the prompts, but idk if I'll be able to with how chaotic my life is atm ;w;
Maybe I'll come back to them at a later time though.
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Asclepius, a salubri of many souls. Every sire back a long line exist in a gestalt soul. They are many, able to rely on the wisdom of many lives and viewpoints to look forward. Only recently having become the current host to the gestalt soul, they still feel confident.
My first little drabble for fangfest 25! This is the first prompt for pride, and features my oldest (over 600 years) Gangrel, Tiona. Who I need to talk about more ahaha!
One would think that Tiona's biggest point of pride was her work. The years, upon years, of books. Of various kinds, expanding across all forms of literature. Expanding across different names, aliases. Fans of many generations searching for her.
Reaching for her.
It was a close…third. The second closest point of pride was the kindred she considered her childe, Leon, and his adopted childer. A very, horrifically close second.
Other things have happened over her nearly six hundred and fifty years on this earth.
How often she changed "hands" was uncountable. The battles she led lost to time for most. The others that'd fall, begging, immeasurable. How she hid so well among the cities she began to call home is unknowable. How she still hides, writing her stories. Watching her little family interact, grow. One would think that Tiona's biggest point of pride was her work.