AU where my SflV OC is a Vampire
(Main illustration at the bottom of the post)
(Also, this is my new pfp (this is still her normal form in her „pretending to be human“–body))
This AU is based on the species–swap art @greenvampiregirl did for me^^
So in this AU a lot of things are still the same:
She still has her three weird pet kitties, she got still raised by clowns and she still has a tentacle monster symbioting in her spine. But she was born a vampire.
The story goes as follows:
She’s an abandoned orphan who spend her first years in an orphanage but for vampires and/or potentially other monsters. Since she was literally just left at the doorstep with no clue on who her parents were, she literally had no name and was called Jane doe for a big chunk of her Childhood. The only thing her parents left her was her iconic scar over her left eye.
And as it is with kids, she got ofc bullied for it (and being an undiagnosed autistic kid just learning how to mask). Because of that she packed her stuff, ran away and jumped on a random train. After wandering some woods for days, she also found the spaceparasite, that immidiately attached to her spine and induced a really long time of struggling to get its mindcontrolling and body horror properties under control and regain control over her own body again. She eventually figured it out and is now living in symbiosis with it.
But during her journey she was captured by some bounty hunters who sold her to an asylum that payed for lost children. At first they noticed her vampirerism, declared he a monster and promptly sterilized her. Then a doctor (one who lost his license and was wanted by the government, but still!) started to notice her tentacles that sometimes grew out of her back, so he started experimenting on her… so she and her parasite freaked out and that’s basically how she escaped.
After a while of stealing– or scavenging for food/biting people and hiding from the sun in brans, abandoned sheds and rreestumps, she eventually found a circus with a freakshow full of monsters and got immidiately adopted by the Ringmaster. Since it was a Russian circus, she was named Ivana (later Ivané as a nickname) despite being clearly german. During her time in the circus, wich basically raised her and other stray kids communally, she learned an assortment of tricks, sewing and art, clowning and learning a bunch of languages to communicate with guests and a huge charisma boost. And a carriage she loves in to this day.
One day however, the circus burned down when she had just turned 18 (in vampire years) and a few, including her survived it. They stuck together for a while but eventually split up during WW 1 and 2 and since then she had been more or less of a washed up performer/artist, with three cats, a vagabond lifestyle and no proper education, who drags herself from (exploitative) job to job.
Whatever you can think of: a casino, a bar, a circus, a burlesque show, this gurl has had lots of experience in the showbussiness, but has reduced herself to use most of her skill out of bare necessitiy:
her Charme –> to get tips and maybe offer her body against some extra coin
her Circus skills –> to entertain the masses and to get jobs
her Vampiric powers –> mostly to escape from conflict or get what she wants
The only things she really does out of joy are drawing and spending time alone, with her cats, reading or just learning out of fun.
She has also stopped to look for romantic partners a long time ago. She had her heart broken and had disappointing experiences often enough to know that it’s not worth it to hunt for anyone’s approval or affection just for the hopes of satisfying longing for approval. Also she’s got no real sex driver towards anyone, except her dominant hand.
Most of the time she’s masking/putting on more of a very obvious Fassade made for entertainment during work or coming off more distant but not malicious, just tired and disillusioned by experience. She’s also smoking pipe. But if she sees someone being in need of help or hungry, she will be generous, share food or try to help. Really everything to forget her own misery!
If you manage to actually get her to drop her mask and warm up to you, she‘ll basically be loyal for life and protect you with all her power.
If you betray her trust however, she’ll play really mean, then deadly pranks on you, then maul you. Because if that girl learned another thing in life, it’s to fight! And not just to protect herself!
She’s also not really scary for sport, like most other vampires because she doesn’t need to be. She‘s got her wits and her tits, and that’s basically how she gets around. She will scare people for fun from time to time or to assert dominance though.
Also she crafted a fan wich she can use as a knife.
If you wanna hear more headcannons on how she fits into Sflv or headcannons on how she interacts with other characters, just ask in the comments ^^
