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Welcome to VenusofVolterra! While I may exhibit a clear bias for a certain pair of Volturi vamps, requests/ asks are open for all Twilight vamps.

This blog is primarily for character analysis, headcanons, and discussing Twilight from a historical lens!

Notes-On Series

Demetri Volturi

Sadism & Violence — Part Two

Medieval Navigation & Astronomy As It Pertains to Tracking

Other/Gen

Vampires and Beauty Standards

Costuming Notes & Observations

Where They Got Demetri Right - In Addition

From the Main Gallery in Volterra

A Young Man Named for Demeter, painted by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, 1594

Felix de Volturi, as painted by Orazio Gentileschi, C. early 17th century

Girl With Piercing Eyes, painted by Johannes Vermeer, 1663

Headcanons/ficlets/musings

Demetri Volturi

Demetri Participates in Organized Crime, for the Greater Good, of Course!

Demetri’s Pillow Talk Includes Poking Fun at the Cullens

Demetri Takes in Strays

The Picture

Demetri’s Room is a Mess

Demetri’s Ideal Vs. Real Mate

Demetri’s Messy Notebooks

Demetri Would be a Toxic Partner

Demetri and Platonic Bonds

On Demetri’s wife’s death

Felix Volturi

“Let’s Stay In Tonight, Little One”

Felix’s Mate is a Menace to Vases

Wife-Guy Felix

Felix is Goth - In Addition

Felix’s Psychology and Kinks

A Bit on Melissa, Felix’s Lover in Human Life

Heidi Volturi

Heidi and Rosalie Shouldn’t Meet the Same Beauty Standards

Heidi x Rosalie

Other/gen/multi-character

The Volturi & The Culinary Arts

Felix & Demetri: Renaissance Buddy Cops

Mate Bond HCs

Volturi Religion HCs

Demetri, Felix, & Toxic Relationships

Scene Packs

Felix Volturi Scene Pack

Demetri Volturi Scene Pack

Demetri Volturi/Charlie Bewley clips — Interview with the Volturi

Felix Volturi/ Daniel Cudmore — Interview with the Volturi

Demetri tells us what’s the issue with newborns

Historical Asks

Felix Volturi’s Human Life and Romantic/Sexual Preferences

Misc. Asks

Why is VenusofVolterra called VenusofVolterra?

How can any of the vampires be poc if venom sucks the pigment from their skin?/ Felix and Demetri may have been intended to be POC.

How would one even win Demetri’s heart if in the Twilight universe?

How I Make My Vampire Visualizations

How old are the Volturi?

What are the Guard’s Kinks?

Sexuality HCs for the Volturi

How the Volturi Works

Do the Volturi Care When They Hear Each Other Having Sex?

How Often Do Members of the Guard Have Sex?

Character tags

Demetri • Felix • Heidi • Jane • Alec • Aro • Caius • Marcus • Amun

Other tags to check out

Musings • Volturi playlist • historical twilight • vampire visualization

#PLEASE let me know if something here doesn’t work right #twilight #demetri volturi #the volturi #felix volturi #aro volturi #alec volturi #jane volturi #volturi #caius volturi #the twilight saga #amun twilight #twilight breaking dawn #twilight eclipse #masterlist

gooberscollage

Excerpt I found in an old local paper

venusofvolterra

I’m not sure if you answer this already, but in your head or in your mind, how does the” mate pull” works? I always see people writing “ as soon as they lock eyes, they knew they were the one that they were there mate “ always made no sense to me to me. You got a build that relationship. I see it as a little crush from both sides, but getting to know each other then falling in love, then boom mates I don’t see it as oh my God he looked at me. He’s my main type of thing it honestly my biggest pet peeve when people write that, because why would I wanna be forced to be someone’s mate because we locked eyes. I read a story on Wattpad of a Alec fanfiction that he became aggressive and wouldn’t let go of YN because they locked eyes and he felt protective over her and that he knew that she was his meat makes no sense to me

So tell me how with the “ mate pull “ work on your eyes

Okay! Let’s tackle my HCs for how mates work!

In my HC, “bonds” developed out of a psychological need for vampires to have them. Not only do they rarely meet other vampires, it’s even more rare that they’re inclined to get along with other vampires.

However, on some level, vampires do desire community and love. Much like for humans, at its core, this desire is based in survival. That being said, for the reasons previously mentioned, these bonds can be incredibly hard to form on their own. Relationships are hard to build when you’re incredibly isolated and constantly worried about survival. Thus, bonds developed as a way to streamline this process.

In my HC, bonds can form for many different close relationships — namely romantic and familial.

When one encounters a potential bond, they will feel a “pull”. These are incredibly overwhelming when first encountered but require both parties to actually put in some kind of effort to build the relationship. That being said, people with particularly strong bonds may find it exceptionally difficult to stay away from one another even if they both want to.

I also think that bonds can form over time. Even if they hadn’t initially had a bond, if two vampires become incredibly close a bond may start to form between them.

And just a few more small things to know about bonds in my HC:

Evolutionarily, bonds are the basis of what vampires would go on to call “covens”.

Vampires can feel multiple bonds in their life times. These are a mix of familial and romantic bonds.

Vampires who’s place in a coven may be in jeopardy or can otherwise be disadvantaged by potential mates, are less likely to feel new pulls and tend not to feel as inclined to pursue bonds (this is how I justify vampires like Demetri & Felix not yet having mates). This is because bonds are ultimately about survival, they’re less likely to form if they’re a threat to a vampire’s survival.

PS. Yes, I hate weird possessive mate-bond shenanigans. There’s absolutely nothing romantic or attractive about it. I may have been more inclined to it when I was younger but as an adult, I cringe.

venusofvolterra

Greek yogurt is not the only white creamy substance of Greek origin I want my mouth —

*I am forcibly removed from the throne room*

#I’m on this vibe again

venusofvolterra

Reasons Carlisle left Volterra

Demetri

Realizing he’ll never have Aro entirely to himself

Alec and Jane arguing over legos constantly

Felix pointing and laughing at him randomly

Marcus being emo

Caius complaining about him smelling like rat blood

#this was where my content peaked

stargumiinterlude

if a man ever breaks up w me the same way edward breaks up w bella ill never recover

#unfortunately I have had this experience #it eventually gets better #it’s just very traumatizing in the moment

liljafish

dont mess with us rosalie fans, there are only like 5 of us

nostalgicbytch

Repost if you can hear this

forever-obsessed-with-twilight

I completely believe that if Esme saw this she would be telling Emmett off (and maybe Carlisle for not saying anything!)

jessicanjpa

She's fine with adopting a rabid newborn while Bella is still human but she draws the line at standing on the couch with shoes on!!

volterran-wine

𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘎𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥 While the Higher Guard are permanent fixture's in the hallowed halls of Volterra, there is also The Transitionary Guard that is managed by Santiago primarily. These members of the coven come and go through the ages, though most of them stay for at least a century before they part ways with The Volturi. . Cast: Liam Samuels, Sosheba Griffiths, Lee Soo-Hyuk, Medalion Rahimi, Lewis Bryant, Olivia Cooke, Tony Thornburg and Geri Steenkamp.

#new brain worm unlocked:#Liam samuels as a vampire

volterran-wine

For the ask game: wand, minotaur, and god 🦢🤍

𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐝 - Before I really wished to live in big cities, but at this point in life i just want to live in a cottage in the Scottish Highlands or something, not somewhere too warm.

𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐫 - If you woke me up at 5 am with a knife to my throat and demanded me to sing a song without stuttering; It would have to be "Shake it out" by Florence + The Machine. That song is me if you bottled me up and somehow made a vinyl. Alternatively there is also "Willow" by Taylor Swift and "Crystal" by Fleetwood Mac.

𝐆𝐨𝐝 - My top five when it comes to blogs... well, seeing as though I have been away for a while I have no idea who is around any longer sadly, but I will write down a list of some oldies and some newer ones I have found;

@the-volturi-diaries (I don't know how many times I have reblogged you at this point in time, but I am not sorry.)

@venusofvolterra (A little inactive right now but has some A+ character takes and I support it)

@writerman (Go read 'Thrall' right now.)

@wake-of-vultures (Go look at their art and read 'Cracks in The Crypt' right now)

@keepingupwiththecullens & @panlight (Classics ™)

From the Fantasy Ask Game

venusofvolterra

Absolutely honored to recurve such high praise! I love your blog so much as well! 💕💕

(And my apologies for the inactivity, school is kicking my ass)

#sweet things #volterran-wine

dioismybbg

Rewatching midnight mass

#midnight mass #🤝#twilight

stuckinthedeadlights

Occasionally I'll randomly think about the Midnight Mass vampire vision of lights where you get the rays out and it kinda dances and then I'll think about how I basically get the same thing when I'm wearing my glasses became light reflects off the lenses and I've got an astigmatism

#astigmatism or stigmata?#the world may never know #(I also have astigmatism)