#writingfish

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Djura tuned him out to avoid the incoming cardiac arrest of imagining Gascoigne around his beasts when they were weak and unable to defend themselves properly.

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I struggle with depression. I offer you all the ideas I have given to the void because I want some to appreciate who I am and what I write.

YOU MUST WRITE DO NOT LET IT WIN

[ask-wei-wuxian]

Most embarrassing thing you've seen Jiang Cheng do?

Oh, what a fun question!!! Let’s see... 

One time, I saw him and Shijie walking on the pier. This was pretty common, actually, but Jiang Cheng has a bad habit of leaning on things when he’s flustered. I think Shijie teased him about something and Jiang Cheng forgot there were no pillars to lean on, so he fell right into the pond!! 

I burst out laughing, of course. It was just too funny! 

This sketch is the expression he gave me when he emerged from the water. The lilypad on his head made me laugh all over again. 

Ahh, good times. Thanks for the ask! 

[bedlamsbard]

writingfish replied to your post: Let me head this with the fact that I think I just...

That’s weird. Maybe someone on the city’s end got the schedule wrong or something? I’m assuming trash pickup routes work like school bus routes and that your neighboor’s might be on a different route.

Nope, this whole street is on the same day pickup! I went and checked the city’s pickup map just in case and while the next big cross-street picks up Monday, this street and the surrounding ones are very firmly Tuesday.  And the fact that it’s been all month, except for last week (when I think my neighbor came out and yelled at the garbageman while they were picking up across the street and it got picked up ten minutes later), is just weirding me out?

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Hey, will you provide any tips on how to get your work found by ppl or any discoverability features for lesser known creators who struggle to get exposure?

We have a few ideas for this, although they may not included be in initial beta, and instead be introduced following release. We are planning on having the main staff blog post information and articles to help people have a better online experience, and having information to help creators get exposure sounds like a good idea. 

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writingfish replied to your post: poemsandmyths: - you don’t need to be ‘called’...

“ if you dont want criticism, dont talk about it. invest in a diary.” - this last part needs to be applied to so many things

For real, like, this one piece of advice would solve like 90% of stupid arguments or “debates” on this here hellsite.tmblr.com

[hamelin-born]

LOS!Castlevania Chat Blog: The Girl!Trevor ‘verse.

My and @writingfish‘s various chats on the idea of ‘what would happen if LoS!Trevor was Dracul’s daughter, not his son’.

...btw - I was wondering. How would LOS Dracula have reacted if he had a daughter instead of a son? (Yes, girl!Trevor)

writingfish Probably the same way. A bit more surprised that the Brotherhood sent a woman after him though

hamelin-born I think that things would be - kind of different in a female!Trevor AU.

For one thing, I don't think Trevor would be raised as a warrior in this. I don't remember precisely, but I don't think the Brotherhood had any female fighters?

writingfish Probably not. They might make an exception since Trevor was 'fated' to kill Drac

hamelin-born I think, in case of a female!Trevor, they'd either have the choice of training her to be a fighter (and probably ignoring her gender and treating her like a boy)

 or they'd take the prophecy the other way - figure that the prophecy said 'Dracula's /blood/', and encourage her to get married young and have a lot of kids.

writingfish Yeah. For the latter, they probably wouldn't tell her about her father

hamelin-born For the latter, I think that - well. Even if Trevor (Did you know that Trevor can also be used as a female name? Thank you, google-fu!) is 100% human - she's still the offspring of the Prince of Darkness. I think destiny would probably arrange things so she came face-to-face with her father, one way or another.

 And, if we play to stereotypes - never underestimate a woman prepared to do ANYTHING to protect her children.

...idea

The Brotherhood comes for one (or more) of Trevor's kids, intending to training THEM up to kill Dracula.

They leave her alone, telling her they'll be back in a day to collect her son(s).

However, unlike her mother, Trevor basically thinks that no way in HELL is she letting this happen, packs up her things, grabs her kid(s), and runs like hell.

...maybe it's deliberate, maybe it isn't - but she runs straight to Castle Dracula.

(I don't see male!Sypha in the picture; for some reason, my mind's stuck on the image of Trevor as a single mom.)

writingfish Male Sypha could have died. Yes, that is how she would find the castle

hamelin-born Dracula would have no idea how to react to a mother clumsily holding a combat cross in front of her and her offspring, snarling that they're not HERE to challenge him or for any kind of trouble, they're hiding from the damned Brotherhood (child-stealing BASTARDS) and they'll be on their way just as soon as they find a way OUT of the damn place.

...Trevor's formerly non-existent combat skills increase by leaps and bounds in the combat-rich environment of the castle, especially if she has kid(s) to protect. It's learn or die - and she has a certain amount of natural talent

He'd be amused by the sheer length and bredth of the invective that Trevor hurls at the Brotherhood.

...I don't think the Brotherhood would have let Trevor know exactly WHY they wanted her son(s). They'd probably have said that one of them is 'destined' to destroy Dracula. (Trevor would be fully prepared to spit destiny in the eye if it came to keeping her kid(s) safe).

...I like the idea of Dracul visiting male!Sypha's grave, to sincerely thank his unknown son-in-law. For making his daughter happy, for encouraging her ‘un-womanely-like’ interest in weapon s(it saved her life when she ran with the kid(s)), for giving Dracul grandchildren - he would have liked to know male!Sypha. He sounds like a good man.

I kind of like the idea of girl!Trevor having more then one kid.

Or of being pregnant when she stumbled into Draculas Castle.

writingfish Being pregnant would be amazing. Panicked Dracul

hamelin-born Pregnant!Trevor would be very much like her father in that she'd be perfectly willing to see the world burn if someone tried to hurt her kid(s)

 writingfish Yep

omg, imagine if she goes into labor and Dracul is just like "shit, what do I do?!"

hamelin-born Trevor: Get a succubus in here, order her not to hurt, eat, or seduce me or the children, command her to help, and GET OUT!

And BOIL WATER!

writingfish The succubus is honored to help because everyone just wants them for sex and nothing else

Dracul just stands in front of the door fretting the entire time

hamelin-born Trevor figures that of all the female monsters in the castle, a succubus will 1) be the most familiar with human anatomy and 2) have the most experience with things related to reproduction

writingfish Yep, but they don't either because that's not what their there for. Everyone panics

hamelin-born Trevor is Fed Up. Does she have to do everything?!

She tells Dracul to get /someone/ boiling sheets, gets one succubus to stand by the end of the bed and report on what she sees, and for another to hold her hand, damn it!

The succubi get a crash course (literally Trevor screaming the instructions at them) on human reproduction and labor.

writingfish They are terrified and then they gossip with the incubi who are glad they can't father any children

hamelin-born And lo, the prophecy is fulfilled - because when Dracula looks down upon the face of his newborn grandchild for the first time, he is most certainly defeated.

writingfish Yep and he helps raise his grandkids and Trevor is torn between becoming a vamp and not

hamelin-born ...thought. That maybe Trevor /doesn't/ have a an uneventful (for a given value of the word) labor. She ends up - pretty severely injured, especially given that there isn't a midwife or healer, or anyone who actually KNOWS about childbirth in the Castle.

...Trevor's pretty sure she's dying. Dracul can hear her heart slowing, and makes her the offer.

Except this time, Trevor is very seriously considering it, because she /can't/ leave her kids, not when one is literally an /infant/. She can't leave them like this. She /can't/

writingfish Yep, so she takes it, but first has the baby

I think in this verse, she'd keep Trevor

But yes, Dracul shows up at the Brotherhood with an army

hamelin-born Trevor can't find it in herself to be particularly displeased. She regrets the loss of life, but Those Fuckers threatened her /babies/

(Dracul was fucking FURIOUS when he realized just what was going on - both with his daughter, and with his grandchildren)

It's actually a very difficult choice for Trevor. Because - because if she accepts her father's offer to Turn her, she might lose any chance to ever see male!Sypha again - and she loved him, she loved him, she LOVED him.

There's also the very strong likelihood that she'll outlive her children.

But Trevor knows that her husband would forgive her anything, Anything. And she knows that her children need her NOW. And she would do anything, anything for them.

writingfish Yep and since I was reading the cv wiki again, at the very end, when the world is gone and humanity finally spreads to the stars, she and Dracul finally have their rest and see their family again

hamelin-born But until then, they can be parent and child. And - well. Upon thought - this is basically the same choice that Gabriel had, didn't he? He chose to do everything he did ultimately because he wanted to save people - to bring back his wife, maybe? Trevor chooses to accept her father's offer to be there for her children, to save people?

writingfish Yep and Trevor's kids ensure that the rest of the family knows to always keep them company for as long as they can

hamelin-born Dracul is just happy to have family again. Something of his beloved Marie still continues. Still exists.

Mental image of some Brotherhood Goon(TM) trying to sneak into the castle to 'rescue' female!Trevor and the kid(s). He is Very Surprised when Trevor 1) Very much does not want to be 'rescued' and 2) Pretty much utterly annihilates him. (Gabriel is So Proud).

...this could also be the precipitating factor prompting Dracul to lead an army against the brotherhood...

writingfish "go get him. I'll hold the baby"

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hamelin-born Sudden mental image of girl!Trevor's kid(s) naming her 'Alucard'. Because Grandpa is both Grandpa Gabriel and Grandpa Dracul, but their mom has only one name - this must be corrected! And thus, Alucard.

writingfish Pff. She tries to get them to call her Trevor, but it doesn't stick. Only her father calls her that

hamelin-born Her kids call her 'mama', of course - but they refuse to stop introducing her as 'Alucard' to everyone else, grandpa dragon excepted.

Dracul/Gabriel frankly doesn't care what they call him, but he finds being called 'grandpa dragon' very amusing.

writingfish They introduce him as grandpa dragon too. Everyone else is too terrified to disagree

hamelin-born Gabriel is charmed, and a bit amused - he never thought his whole 'Eu sunt Dracul!' would lead to /this/.

writingfish No one calls him Dracul though and he's a bit upset about that

hamelin-born This leads to Gabriel patiently giving his grandkids Latin lessons. (Trevor is relieved. She wasn't sure how her kids would get an education now that they live in Castle Dracula)

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hamelin-born *snickers*. Still, just imagine Dracul's /face/ the first time he meets Trevor. When he goes to confront the intruder who has tresspassed into his /home/ and instead comes face-to-face with a visible pregnant woman clumsily wielding a Combat Cross even as she steps between him and a small, terrified child...

writingfish Yep. It would be amazing.

"who are you and why are you in my castle?!"

hamelin-born Really, Trevor and Dracul are - very similar in this AU; they'd both burn down the world, do ANYTHING, for their loved ones.

Also: 'Your castle is the one place the damned brotherhood won't go /anywhere/ near! And if you come anywhere /near/ my children, I'll decapitate you!'

writingfish "What? Children? Why did you bring children here?....Wait......are you pregnant?! Why did you come here?! What is happening?!?!"

He'd be so panicked omg

hamelin-born 'The damn brotherhood wanted to /take my children/ away from me! They wanted to raise my babies to be living weapons! This is the one place those - those /murderers/ won't go anywhere near!'

The brotherhood might also have hinted that they'd really rather prefer it if Trevor married again and had LOTS of babies, which was an additional factor in her freak-out.

...Trevor is /relatively/ sure that they didn't have anything to do with male!Sypha's death. Relatively sure.

writingfish They keep trying to set her up with terrible men and when she runs away, she's disguised as a man maybe? And Dracul doesn't realize until he smells her blood

hamelin-born Trevor is /pregnant/ and mourning her husband, and when the brotherhood oh-so-kindly tells her that they will be taking her children, it's literally the last straw.

I suppose if it's early enough on, she could still pass as a man - if she has a kid, she could tell them it's a game, to call her 'papa' or 'uncle'

writingfish Yep and she starts showing signs while she's on the run and she's even more terrified when she stumbles upon the castle

hamelin-born Trevor knows she's outclassed - she barely knows how to fight, she's got the freaking Brotherhood of Light after her, she's currently facing the Prince of Darkness - but she is not going to give up. No. Not when her /children/ are at stake.

Dracul is probably amused by the fact that this 'man' is willing to turn down the brotherhood and ended up stumbling into /his/ castle.

writingfish Maybe Dracul finds out because he tries to stab her in the chest and winds up ripping her shirt instead

hamelin-born Trevor takes his moment of dumbstruck WTF to stab /him/, grab her kid, and /run/.

writingfish She reminds him so much of Marie in that moment and he just stands there gaping for like 5 min

hamelin-born In the 5-minute head start she gets, Trevor ends up trampling through the Succubus' territory (outright ignoring them) and gaining their unwitting respect.

...in a couple novels I've read a person who is truly In Love is protected from a Succubus' effect. Trevor is still desperately in love with her deceased husband.

writingfish They are a little bit in love

hamelin-born Think Trevor's firstborn is Simon?

writingfish YES

hamelin-born Simon is a Good Kid.

Who is very frightened but also a little bit in awe because his mama is just so AWESOME.

Trevor, meanwhile, is frantically trying to find either a way out of the damn castle or a place where they can hide for a little bit.

Thus, Dracula is forced to play hide-and-seek across his own Castle, because even though he doesn't intend to hurt/kill the woman and her kid anymore, Trevor is doing everything possible to Get Away.

writingfish The succubi are of no help and Trevor and Simon somehow manage to charm most of the monsters they come across too, so Drac has no help

hamelin-born Either charm, run away from, or barrel straight through.

Dracula has one very INTERESTING moment when Trevor and Simon are running away from the manticore-thing (the beast that had it out for Trevor in MoF)

Trevor doesn't slow down when she sees Dracul, simply shouts 'OUT OF THE WAY!' and literally tramples him as she RUNS FOR IT.

 writingfish He takes notice of her features and wonders why they look familiar. Also, this was very similar to how he and Marie met, so he just sits and stares and tries to figure out wtf he's feeling

hamelin-born He has about three seconds to contemplate it before the manticore thing threatens to trample him as it chases after the mother and son duo.

Maybe he finally manages to catch up with Simon and Trevor in the mirror room?

...which is also the Throne Room, I think...

writingfish And finds Trevor glaring at the mirror and arguing with its spirit about her fate

It is part of the throne room

hamelin-born 'If fate requires my children to /suffer/, then I defy it!'

'And why are you calling me 'young dragon'?!'

That - probably adds to Dracul's befuddlement.

writingfish He tries to figure out how it got young dragon from Trevor, which is a familiar name. Marie had always wanted one of their children to have that name

hamelin-born 'There is no fate but what we make!' Trevor ends up shouting at the mirror. For once, Dracul is grateful he doesn't cast a reflection - he can sneak up on her.

writingfish He forgets about air movement and she whirls around

hamelin-born Probably shoves Simon behind her (again) and hoists her combat cross threateningly (again)

Except she's standing in front of That Damn Mirror now. And the mirror starts glowing.

writingfish They all stare into it, including Simon

 hamelin-born And past and future unfurl before their astonished eyes. They see Marie, crying on her bed as the brotherhood takes her child, and Trevor grips Simon tightly at a scene that strikes all too close to home.

She doesn't know who this woman is, but she empathizes.

But Gabriel know. Gabriel knows exactly who this woman is, and he gapes because - Marie. It's the first time he's seen her in years, and - a child. They had a /child/?

But before he begins to rave and rage, the mirror swirls again, and - it's. It's a fast-forward, and they see the baby (his child!) and -

And it's Trevor on her wedding day.

And Dracul KNOWS why the servants called her 'young dragon'.

 **

hamelin-born In the girl!trevor AU, I picture the castle's inhabitants calling Trevor 'young dragon' and Simon 'baby dragon'

writingfish awww

hamelin-born ...also in said au, I picture Trevor's second kid (the one where childbirth was so bad she let her father Turn her afterwards) as a girl.

Trevor names her Gabrielle.

writingfish Dracul has to go outsdide of the room to cry because he's so touched and doesn't want to get more blood on the sheets even though they're ruined already

 hamelin-born All of Trevor's kids are belmonts, because male!Sypha didn't have a surname.

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hamelin-born girl!Trevor is wary and suspicious of Dracul even after it's revealed that he's her father, but he's consistently kind and attentive to Simon and just so awkwardly enthusiastic about this parenting thing that she finds herself actually beginning to regard him as family.

I love the idea of female!LOS!Trevor managing to bulldoze her way through the Castle, toddler!Simon in tow, through sheer bullheaded stubborness, the determination that her kid(s) will NOT die here, and raw talent that is becoming progressively more shaped with each monster she takes down.

writingfish Yep. She gets hurt though and tries very hard to hide it from Simon

hamelin-born She does her very best to make Simon think that this - that this is a game. She's doing everything in her power to make him be less scared - Simon doesn't really buy the 'game' bit, but he does have an unconditional faith that his mom is unbeatable and everything will be fine. Trevor - tries very hard to live up to that.

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hamelin-born Oooh, in the girl!Trevor AU, all the creatures of the Dark would call her 'Young Princess'

And -  After she's given birth to her daughter, when she starts bleeding out because the bleeding just won't STOP - Dracul hears her heartbeat slowing, he knows the signs, he knows the signs better then anyone LIVING of someone dying of blood loss. And he makes her the offer.

And Trevor considers for a long, long moment, a thousand different things flickering through her mind - seeing male!Sypha again, eternity unwinding before her, long and lonely and barren, outliving everything and everyone she loves - and her children. Her bright, wonderful children who need their mother...

And she looks at Gabriel, and says. "Do it. Before I change my mind."

(I still think she wakes up with white hair. It's just - part of the aesthetic, now.)

And yes, I was deliberately mis-quoting LOS2 there.

...I kind of want to say that she wakes up to some Brotherhood goon trying to STEAL HER BABIES (and promptly drains them dry as her first act in unlife), but that - is extremely unplausible. For one thing, Dracul would be hovering over her and the kids like a - well, like a /dragon/ until she wakes up; anything hostile comes within 50 miles of the Castle, that thing /dies/. He is NOT going to lose his family again.

writingfish Nope. Maybe he changes into a dragon and perches on the walls sometimes

hamelin-born Trevor wakes up to her father brushing her (now-white) hair and her babies snuggled at her side. ...also, being as how she is neither greviously injured not actively fighting said change, she probably wakes up in a couple of nights rather then several decades.

 If Dracul does that, he should be warned that his grandkids will clap excitedly at the sight and beg to climb on his back, please please please?

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hamelin-born Like, I'm pretty sure that female!Trevor would be something of a tomboy in her youth. ...and probably try and teach herself to fight/practice with weapons in her spare time, despite the fact that the Brotherhood is probably trying to mold her into a dutiful wife and pop out a bunch of sons they can train to throw at Dracula.

female!Trevor defies them by marring male!Sypha - who is probably NOT a member of the brotherhood, but a wonderful, kind, loving, magic user/Speaker (?) that Trevor falls desperately in love with.

Male!Sypha probably raised no objections whatsoever when his wife took over the majority of the hunting for game for the table and accompanied him on long, dangerous journies.

[orionali]

Do you have any idea why Zobek didn't/couldn't read Alucard's mind in LoS2? Zobek seems like the type of guy who'd just randomly look into his minions minds, but he didn't catch onto the plan until the very end, which seems a little weird. It's bugging me.

I think the in-game explanation for that was that the Lieutenant’s armor is enchanted (that’s why it didn’t disintegrate), and that his helmet is equipped with a voice modifier and coated with a layer of special material that blocks all physic intrusion, including Zobek’s own. 

Or maybe because he was so totally sure of the Lieutenant’s loyalty -- the Lieutenant might be his creation, the travel book implies -- that he simply believed he didn’t need to bother. Another theory -- which I admittedly really, really like because it paints Zobek as a morally-ambiguous individual -- is that he knew everything, but accepted his fate. Just like Pan and so many others before him.