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oh to be just a girl being sucked dry by your vampire gf in some far away gothic castle right?
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Laura and Carmilla, stolen kisses, from the Carmilla Illuminated Edition, by hirosemaryhello
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It's often said that Carmilla influenced Dracula, but usually it's left at that.
Hopefully I'll expand on this soon, but one of the Carmilla influences on Dracula can be found in Lucy Westenra:
- Carmilla and Lucy are both victims of a vampire who bit them and turned them.
- Both of them died ill, shy of turning 20.
- Both Carmilla and Lucy slip through cracks and locked spaces that are otherwise impossible to get through.
- Both are seen at night in white, at times bloodstained.
- Both of them move at night in a trance-like state when spotted by outsiders (among trees with Carmilla, among graves with Lucy). Lucy's sleepwalking could have been influenced by Carmilla's nightly trances, from when she prowls to feed.
- Both of them will choose a random victim at night, feed on them, and then leave them to their fate, to hunt another day (Carmilla with female townsfolk, Lucy with children). The difference is that Carmilla's feedings prove fatal after a few days.
- Carmilla and Lucy both have a target with whom they have formed a romantic bond. They see this person not just as a source of sustenance, but as someone they want to accompany them in undeath (Carmilla with Laura, Lucy with Arthur).
Lucy has similarities with Laura as well, in that both of them are also the same age, from an old, known family, in peril of turning into a vampire, and are kept in ignorance by parental/male figures. The narratives have differing attitudes towards the last point.
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I love when global trade gets disrupted
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opening commissions again finally !!
me and my gf are moving out soon and any extra savings will be helpful so since i’m back on here i might as well try this again !!
(don’t mind all my example pieces being bsd + the rest of my art is tagged #sketchades if you wanna see more <3)
- payments through paypal after the initial sketch has been approved (if you can't use paypal we can try to find another way)
- provide as much info as possible! references, descriptions, color palettes, pics, writing, anything you want!! you can also use my own art as reference if you saw details you like and want me to recreate it in your commission
- dm me about your idea and we will talk about it and decide whether it's doable, if it's very particular we might discuss different prices, i'm willing to compromise too!
- colours and different types of lighting can be discussed together and will not affect the price
- i generally don't do very explicit nsfw, and any mechanical stuff/machinery is not really for me, but again, sometimes i can make exceptions so you can still try to propose your idea!
- just send a message if you have any other questions i promise i’m nice <3
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i 🧡 annotating books
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Anonymous asked:
Laura: "I am noticing something sus about Carmilla after hearing the General's story. hmmm..."
Laura, seeing Carmilla's "beautiful figure" and "engaging smile" at the church: "omg BABE!!!!"
The General: [homophobic axe attack]
the older generation just doesn't get it: yes, she has fed from several people and many haven't lived to tell the tale, but. have they considered? just how pretty she is? god forbid women do anything, smh
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Anonymous asked:
Laura reading Shakespeare to Carmilla? He likes quoting Shakespeare apparently, who they read to keep up with their English, and Carmilla is likely more familiar with local literature, so it would be probably something different for her.
LOVE THIS SO MUCH
(I know this is like The R&J quote but let me have this carmie loves melodrama)
They both do. However! Let’s just say they have different interpretations of being ‘together in death’
Alternatively
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If you want a melodic, dreamlike, symphonic metal song based on Carmilla, incorporating passages from the novella, and interchanges from Carmilla's and Laura's POVs:
Moonflower by Blackbriar (on Youtube, music video). Spotify, and sample lyrics:
Mystical sleepwalker Will you destroy my dear heart? I feel part of it is already Buried in your courtyard
Let me lay down beside you Just like our childhood dream My wild heart bleeds for you I promise I won't show my teeth
But if I do, does it matter If you could lay in my garden forever? Oh, if you do, does it matter If I could lay in your garden forever?
I'll never recover From a reverie, you appear (oh, I'll be here) With the ardor of a lover You whisper in my ear: You are mine, you shall be mine You and I are one forever
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I call this series: Scraps from the Ipad (I don’t remember drawing any of these)
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AU where Laura drives the rest of the plot, is the one who knows how anagrams work, narrows down the number of sickly, brooding, seductive young women with imposing, mysterious mothers she knows, doesn't stay in a gilded cage, and her initial inquisitive spirit pays off:
Laura: "And your skin is pale, and you look exactly like the portrait of the dead Countess. Your teeth are sharp, and sometimes you speak like--like you're from a different time. You only drink chocolate. You saunter in sunlight. …How old are you?"
Carmilla: "Nineteen."
Laura: "How long have you been nineteen?"
Carmilla: "A while."
Laura: "I know what you are."
Carmilla: "Say it. Out loud. Say it!"