“When had it happened that arterial blood was not enough, and he must rip out the heart and suck it dry also? When had it started that he had to lick the most vicious wounds for the little juice they would yield? He could exist without this, yet he couldn’t resist it, and so he sought—or so he told himself—to make the very most of it when he feasted.” –Prince Lestat, Marius and the Flowers.
Fun fact: If you google “Those who must be kept”, this is the second picture to come up… and it was done by me… in December 2009. That’s 8 years ago!! And I still kind of like it. A lot.
The clothing is all wrong, of course…
I remember how proud I was about the texts having some meaning… I cheated a lot and just copied existing texts and changed some words in them… and added some “I’ll just write it like usual but with a hierogyph-font”…
It sais something like this:
at their feet
Left: “Mother of Gods” “Full Of Magic” “Ruler Of The Universe” Akasha
Right: “Ruler Of Eternity” “Great God” “The Perfect One” “First Son” Enkil
on the left See! They are the Beginning. She is the Mother. He is the Father. Those Who Must Be Kept. Protect and enshrine them, the progenitors of all vampires. They are our destiny.
*Beloved Son Marius, for us you give your freedom and your love. We will always remember you.*
They are the Beginning.
*** All those Names are the Names used for Isis and Osiris. (Except the “first son”)
(On a sidenote and before people come at me and accuse me of whitewashing: Read the books: As vampires they had Alabaster skin. On this picture they are supposed to have been vampires for quite some time already. So cut my younger self some slack, ‘kay?)
This is how we had our very fist contact… in 2010!!
Beautiful! I love these kind of stories!
(I’m sorry you felt you needed to add the side note about POC. This is a hotly debated thing. 1) AR was adhering to the vampire physiology rules she had already set in place in the first few books, that vampire skin becomes lighter with age, and 2) we do not know definitively what color mortal!Akasha’s skin would have been, given that not all Egyptians are necessarily dark skinned. Rami Malek, for example, is a light-skinned Egyptian-American).
Found this on pinterest (actual source is Bloody Vampire Fangs Necklace by Ideationox) just now, very sexy… But? It also looks like? This girl was bitten by a vampire? She turned into one? And then she ripped out her maker’s fangs??? And MADE THEM NECKLACE PENDANTS??!! UNGRATEFUL??!! RUDE???! !! (I’m kidding, it’s a v. cool necklace and a compelling image, but that was what came to mind)(no offense intended)
//”Oh, hush now. Be a bood boy, open up and drink.” Armand decided that it was time for Nicolas to take a break from composing, since the musician tends to forget to feed and then proceeds to breaking havoc in the streets of Paris once he realizes he’s half starved. Of course, the Grand Maître can’t have that and, out of the pure kindness of his heart, shares some blood. He doesn’t need an excuse to pin him down, okay?
“No, no, don’t let my vulnerable heart share in this sacrifice to lust!
Let him disgust me before pleasing me! Let him be what others have been,
an instrument that I can break before becoming the echoes of its
vibration.”
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