shovels and dirt

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I have examined the evidence and come to the horrifying conclusion that Trevor is the most competent adult in the OT3.

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Re: Bold of you to assume I would ever stop you

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Alucard definitely has never had friends his own age which is why he will Struggle with the whole group thing. I suspect he’s an introvert too which is gonna be fun with Trevor “No sense of personal space” Belmont and Sypha “I grew up in a caravan” Belnades.

Sypha absolutely did every idiotic reckless thing you can think of growing up and after a while the rest of the caravan was like ok, you’ve got magic, you’re a legal adult this is fine, it’s all fucking fine, you do you.

So in this time period standing armies were a little weird. They were mostly run by nobles and usually require you to be citizen of the country, able to pay your own way. Him joining a mercenary band seems much more likely. In war time they’d hire on with whatever noble could hire them, in peace they’d “protect” towns and villages for a fee. I imagine that he got promoted real quick, because part of his training as a Belmont would be been to teaching people how to protect themselves. I think it also fits his attitude towards the world. He’s seen some shit and has gotten burned for caring in the past.

College AU is the ugly result of hyperfocus and a anxiety spiral interacting. I got like 800 words into it was look nopenopenope Do Not Want. I still have to finish a holidays prompt and write more of history’s longest suicide note. I’ll revisit it in a couple weeks and see how I feel about it then. Cause it’s probably only 5kish in total, and I. Have. Feels.

But I want to pad my lead on history first.

So I’m still trying to figure out dw’s etiquette. I was on lj when I was a wee!bab in fandom but I joined like two weeks before strikethrough happened and was mostly there to lurk. When I did post it the com it was just xposts of fanfic. Is that where meta belongs? Cause I’m all for building the comm with meta if that’s a thing

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*Cackle* Well, they're all going to get a short lesson in communication then, won't they? All part of the joys of loving!

Sypha has magic, Sypha is also brutally efficient with her magic. The way the show choreographs her battles? Unf! I've seen it mentioned on youtube in the fighting clips but Sypha is always depicted with the most and the bloodiest kills. Her caravan probably just shakes their heads when she curb-stomps another monster.

Mercenary band is definitely easier for promotion and all this headcanon? Accepted. It makes too much darn sense.

Ahhh, the feel when too many creative ideas. Take your time really. They'll come. Fighting crime has me all intrigued.

I have even less clues about dw or lj etiquette. I only got on lj when google or a rec list led me to a fic there. The comm profile says only fanworks though, so I don't have a clue. But it's so dead, we need moar content! I'll even post a rec list if they allow it. That production article. Anything.

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Oh my god Sypha is the most ruthless person you'll ever meet which is why it's a good thing she's a pacifist.

probably the forces of darkness, 'cause then i can blend in magic and that the kind of nonsense that makes me really happy

I shot the mod an message asking about that and I'll let you know when they get back to me. I'd love to see your rec list even if they say no.

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Mod says "Hi! I'm also trying to get the hang of DW etiquette--but I would totally love to read meta/articles about the show on the comm! Please feel free to post meta/recs/articles and happy new year to you too!!"

So sounds like it's all good to them! I'll have to organize our like, six different convos into something readable but i'll get it up there in the next few days.

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I guess we're lucky Sypha was raised by her grandfather. If she had less of a moral compass the world would be so screwed I want to see her go toe-to-toe with Carmilla.

You know, even if you used the exact premise of of the show it would still work in a modern setting. Alucard and harem vs Dear ole' dad, Round Who-Even-Knows-Anymore.

And good to know about the mod's stance! Time to get compiling then. Should I start with the goatf***ing interview from 2007?

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Speaker morals! We’re just grateful Sypha has a moral code. Sypha is absolutely going to reck Carmilla sometime next season and I am Living for it!

You absolutely should start with the goatf**king interview

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*shudder* Sypha unleashed would be a terrifying thing to behold. Sypha unleashed with no qualms about the consequences of her actions...*shudder*.

Two ruthless women going toe-to-toe, the results will surprise you! Or not

Ahahhaha, let me organize things a bit. How do we share articles here? Do I post a link? Do I copy+paste the article?

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there's a tearjerker somewhere about Sypha watching Trevor and Alucard die and then fucking ruining whoever killed them. and then because she's not Dracula, she grieves and starts training highly effective monster killers, and saves the world at least a dozen times more.

Or Not.

I'd post a link with like an article summary and maybe a bit of commentary? That way the reader would have access to the full thing and aren't just seeing a big block of text and it gives the OP credit too.

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S T O P. HEY POLICE, THIS OVER HERE! IT'S GUILTY OF RIPPING MY HEART OUT OF MY CHEST, MY GHOST IS MAKING THIS REPORT.

Too late, I gave commentary and a link. Because I'm the kind of idiot who thinks everything is necessary.

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Imma write it...

Nice! I'm working on reading it in between these convos