#queen fine

[marascomics]

“I built my own garden, where people like us will be safe. But it isn’t paradise without you.”

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[chicken-mc-nuggets]

this was gonna be a vampire in the garden screenshot redraw but then i was too lazy to draw and render all the flowers. this anime made me sad

[mermaidhugs]

A place where vampires and humans play music together. Eden.

[tworfling]

[mermaidhugs]

There must be a paradise waiting for us, somewhere

[mermaidhugs]

Singing is a form of healing

[bsoulstone]

My personal Vampire in the Garden Sequel Idea

Just watched Vampire in the Garden and, inspired by how bleak the series is despite ending with a bittersweet note, I came up with a sequel/sequel fic idea which partly inspired by original Frankenstein story by Mary Shelley and what I know about Kratos' brutal journey in Greek Saga of God of War series. Rather than Momo, the story centered around a new protagonist I called Forsaken, a monster who bring forth utter annihilation on Vampire Kingdom and Central (human military faction Momo used to be part of) as punishment for engaging a pointless war for too long.

Anyways, here's its full synopsis:

A byproduct of Vampire Kingdom's horrific experiment which unleashed some time after Momo and Fine's defection for their quest to the paradise where both races supposedly live in coexistence, Forsaken had no recollection of who she was, let alone how she became something neither human nor vampire. Fighting for Vampire Kingdom's cause, Forsaken seemingly became the key for her side's victory as she lacked vampires' common weaknesses and too powerful for even human soldiers in their mini-mechas to handle. Many notable figures of Central's side perished at her hands, Kubo Nobarashi (Momo's uncle) included. When she confronts Central Commander's chief Rei Nobarashi (Momo's mother), something horrific happened; the two turned out acquainted with another in bad way with Forsaken finally remembered that she used to be a human commander whom Rei Nobarashi left to die during a disastrous mission long ago. What made such betrayal so bitter for Forsaken was both her helplessness in facing power struggle among her superiors which led to her men perished for nothing to begin with and Rei Nobarashi condemning her for her disillusionment over the pointlessness of the war between humans and vampires. The fact that Vampire Kingdom commissioned inhumane experiments which changed her following such betrayal only made it worse.

After killing Rei Nobarashi by 'tearing her into shreds' as vengeance for aforementioned tragedy, Forsaken broke free from her vampire handlers' control and slaughtered everyone in Central and subsequently 'turned the whole place into a wasteland'. To Vampire Kingdom's horror, Forsaken began slaughtering its people also, starting from her handlers. Through ensuing carnage on both sides, one thing was certain; believing both factions could never mend their ways, Forsaken opted to destroy them both so they won't have to fight each other anymore. Eventually, Vampire Kingdom fell also. No news coming from either sides' lands ever since.

With her purpose fulfilled, the exhausted Forsaken, having regained much of her human form (experiments which changed her turned Forsaken into something inhuman) wandered aimlessly until she stumbled upon the community where humans and vampire live in harmony — the very community Momo founded at the end of Episode 5. Moved by the idea of both races living a peaceful coexistence truly possible after all, Forsaken decided to tell said community's elders — older Momo among them — her story. Everyone was taken aback by how she singlehandedly and brutally ended the war between humans and vampires at the outside world by eradicating both sides, especially Momo who learned that their guest had killed her estranged mother. Forsaken reassured them that deaths of people who wronged her, Rei Nobarashi's in particular, had not brought her peace; rather, her crimes have made her even more miserable than Rei Nobarashi ever was, especially with realization of her now met her nemesis' daughter. Advising Momo to cherish everything she had built for humans and vampires, Forsaken committed suicide by tearing her own heart with last bit of her strength, ending her tragic life once and for all.

The story ends with Momo staring forlornly at the now lifeless Forsaken and, to her surprise, a picture of Rei Nobarashi and yonger Momo on the her hands. Despite everything, Rei Nobarashi still hold onto memories of their time together...

Darker than original show, isn't it? Probably, I wrote this blog as the way to cope with its bleakness. Queen Fine, Momo, Aria, and even the jerk Allegro deserve better😭

P.S.: I didn't think much about how Forsaken looked like and what she could do until reviewing this post. Perhaps she vaguely resembled Fine a bit appearance-wise albeit with stitch marks and glowing cracks all over her body. Her bat-like monster form even looked like Fine after taking the serum in episode 5 albeit more monstrous and glowing cracks being more prominent. Infinitely stronger, faster, and more resilient than vampires who transformed by aforementioned serum are one thing but, outright immune to UV light was another. However, vampires responsible for Forsaken's unwilling transformation clearly overdone the last part as in actuality, she somehow gained the ability to absorb and weaponize UV light in the same manner as Godzilla with nuclear radiation (probably?). If anything, Forsaken was basically a walking UV bomb throughout her long rampage against Central and Vampire Kingdom. Thankfully, Forsaken had spent too much energy in removing both from the map by the time she met Momo's community to share her story thus pose little to no harm to vampires there.