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EeeeeEEE just got this fabulous commission from @rosenkranz-does-things (check out their sketch commissions HERE and their other commissions HERE) - this is by far the most Harriet of Harriets I have ever seen! The command this artist has on facial expressions is absolutely excellent, I am SO PLEASED with this!

(little context; Harriet's a vampire researcher, Victor's a vampire, both are characters from my story Bloodmood, which is largely a silly comedy story with some gore and monsters that I post about @bloodmoodtrash)

Image description for those who do not use alt text;

Double spread of sketch pages. Left page shows Harriet, a scientist, surrounded by surgical tools, a handheld UV light and a bottle of garlic oil spray. Below her is Victor, a vampire with pointy teeth and pointy ears. Right page shows Victor looming over Harriet, a hand cradling her face, and she stares up at him, finger on the trigger of the garlic spray but for the moment she has stalled on spritzing him; she's trying to keep her expression firm and neutral but she's caught like a deer in the headlights.

Taglist for Bloodmood stuff;

@transmasc-wizard @albatris @saint-nevermore @dragonfelling @write-with-will @aromanticsky @firesidefantasy

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"Mmm if you had headlice I could eat them and they'd be full of your blood," says Victor

"Shut the fuck up you weirdo," says Harriet, with enough fondness in her voice that it makes the vampire's heart ache

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Victor being able to smell Harriet is on her period and is very normal (not) about it. send post

This Is Incredibly True.

Fun fact; Harriet has a contraceptive implant so she doesn't get periods; however, when it's time for renewal (or if her arm gets badly scratched by a monster and the implant is slashed out?) she will get periods again and Victor will be very (not) normal about it.

Further note; this is not even 'standard vampire' behavior. Giles is sex repulsed and does not even want to think about that sort of stuff, and Luke, who is very into sex, treats period blood the same as all other blood.

Victor however? He's being a freak about it :)

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Putting this below the cut because it's spoilers and because I am being cringe and shipping my OCs BUT -

When Victor gets resurrected in the sequel he discovers that he was dissected by Harriet while he was dead and he is DELIGHTED by this, he picks her up and squeezes her tight exclaiming "OH MY GOD YOU ARE SO CUTE AND WEIRD!!!!" maybe smooches her cheek idk I don't make the rules. This flusters our gal who, once released from the embrace, mutters about the importance of proper anatomical descriptions and autopsies and vampire pathologies while blushing harder and harder. Weirdo 4 weirdo

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Ahhh I want to write something soft and cute about Harriet and Victor, I see things like 'OC kiss week' and stuff like that and I keep trying to mash their faces together like Barbie dolls HOWEVER during the events of Bloodmood they are not in any position to smooch, and in the sequel Blood Rites and Wrongs there are certain obstacles to any smooching. To summerise the issue here;

Before Bloodmood - they had a toxic relationship exchanging sex for cooperation in torture/science experiments

Bloodmood - they are enemies/coworkers learning to get along, with a telepathic curse acting as their 'get along shirt'

Blood Rites and Wrongs - ...one of the two characters is missing for this story

After the planned stories - I would love for them to put their differences aside and be cute together but it is difficult to imagine HOW. Harriet will be grieving Matt and getting together with the guy she cheated with Matt is kinda tacky behaviour. Also throughout the series she learns torturing people is wrong, so the basis for their relationship feels more sour... idk I gotta work it out for my own peace of mind...

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Ough the parallels...

Victor -

Victor was silent for a moment, contemplating this. Why was murder wrong? A normal person killing another normal person was bad, yes, but a vampire killing a mortal? That was just the food chain. He tried to digest this sentiment but he found the whole idea hard to swallow. What was really nagging him is that his first apparent victim was Belladonna, a girl he barely knew. It should have been Harriet.

Again, he reeled with horror. Where did that thought come from?! But he felt it as a palpable ache in his chest – Harriet was his, not this drunk stranger. His first kill was supposed to be special – not that he had been planning a first kill! – but he felt it should have been a crime of passion of some sort. This felt like an accident, a mistake, and not a very poetic one.

Harriet -

“You should have been on fire – this much healthy tissue means you were healing as fast as the skin was burning, which would have required several pints of blood. More than four. People pass out if they lose more than four pints. They can even go into hepatic shock and die, which means this,” she tapped his forearm with a finger, “this is the skin of a killer.”

He stopped trying to pull away and just stared at her.

“I’m right, aren’t I?”

“Um. You’ve been through a lot, maybe now is not the time to talk about this?”

“You’re deflecting.”

“So are you! Shouldn’t you be grieving?”

She let the silence say how insensitive his question was. She let go of his arm.

“Sorry.”

The silence continued. Eventually she sighed. “It was bound to happen at some point, you are a monster after all. I just thought in the end it was going to be me. Your first kill, I mean.”

He stared at her, his expression unreadable but somehow bordering on awe.

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Harry/Vic top 3 most unhinged moments???

I feel like the way their relationship started is all unhinged;

Harriet kisses Victor because she reasons that if she cheats on her boyfriend before he cheats on her then their relationship will be stronger and more emotionally stable. Victor reciprocates because, although this is an evil woman who tortures him all day every day, how often do you get a chance to smooch your evil scientist? Mwah!

Victor threatens to kill Harriet, thinking that she explicitly finds scary vampires hot. She did not realise she was giving off that vibe and assumes this is a genuine attempt on her life. She also finds this extremely hot and kisses him. This is how they end up in a sexual relationship.

Aaaand at a somewhat later point in their story;

3. Victor is DELIGHTED to find out that Harriet cut him open and ate his heart. He finds it incredibly cute and on brand for her. The whole concept makes him giddy; he may drink her blood but she has EATEN his HEART and also POKED AROUND IN HIS GUTS. She has BROKEN HIS RIBCAGE. Oh, ways to make the boys swoon...

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Sigh... Hoping some time after the events of Bloodmood that Harriet and Victor get together in a soft n cute way, because I am feeling sappy. The telepathy and parasitism may make it a wee bit toxic but I'm being sappy. This may not even be canon I just want to imagine a softer future for them.