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Of what is your throne made? (For Alucard)

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//LONG-ass headcanon sesh for D, Alucard (Hellsing) and Adrian (CV’s Alucard) all kinda rolled into one.

So, since I don’t have radiantDecay anymore, I’ve sort of pulled back from the verse where Adrian BECOMES D. There was a lot of movement and timeline adjustment that had to happen for that one, and while it is in some way still possible, I’m not terribly interested in upkeeping a unique interpretation for a character that’s never really going to come into play. If you’re writing with D, it’s thousands of years after he was Adrian. If you’re writing with Adrian, it’s pre-1999 pretty much.

So, I have some documents someplace that I had written regarding D’s origins. The novels heavily imply that he’s somehow enhanced—y’know the movies hint at him just being super powerful Mary Sue turbo ultra dhampir simply because he is the son of “Our Sacred Ancestor” whomst we all pretty much know is Dracula himself right? Certain novels even hint that Mina Harker is his mother, if they don’t just outright state it. It might be the clunky translation (they really should have been more carefully transliterated because WOW some of those sentences just… don’t), but thus far it’s not been made CRYSTAL PERFECT CLEAR. However, I’m more than willing to run with that idea.

Dracula is, by the time Mina et. Al. come up against him, quite old, nigh ancient. I think that the Dracula of the Bram Stoker novel is or, rather, was the historical Vlad III Dracula Tepes (the impaler), born in the 1420s, “died” in the 1470s, iirc. Supposedly, the sultan at the time… Mehmed Fatih, kept his head in a box for a while before pinning him up on the walls of Constantinople, which the Turks controlled at the time. Ugly period in history for Eastern Europe… With Wallachia and Transylvania, in particular, two kingdoms in Romania, times were triple trouble. They were sandwiched between the Ottoman Empire to the east, then west was Eastern Orthodox Christendom—further west was Roman Catholicism and if you think THOSE guys didn’t fight, ding dong ur wrong!

BUT this period of violence produced one of the most well-known and controversial heroes (sometimes called a war criminal) of all time. Also he had a great ‘stache. Now when I write Hellsing’s Alucard, I roll with this same lore, so D and that Alucard could absolutely exist in the same ‘verse. It’s kind of a “darkest timeline” deal, a world in which the Belmont clan never existed. Before that even, Lisa never made Dracula’s acquaintance so the guy’s motivations are a little different. In addition, he is NOT Mathias Cronqvist, a tactician during the first crusades in 1090 AD. In that case, he would have revamped (PUN) his whole personality and integrated himself into one of the other great houses of Wallachia/Transylvania and re-emerged four hundred years later as Vlad the Impaler. That could work fine—not like he hasn’t got time—and that would have been around the time he met, and lost, Lisa. Now whether THAT part of history looks the same is dubious, since Vlad’s exploits during the period of his reign/deposition/reign/deposition/beheading are pretty decently documented. In this case, I’m going to say the Belmonts’ existence is in a timeline where those conflicts also may have played out differently. As these are all fictional worlds, I guess this’s up to ME atm. Nice.

So this is part “how I write D” and part “how I’d be inclined to write Alucard (Hellsing) in interactions that take place BEFORE the manga—like WAY before”. Since Adrian would have been a major contributing factor to the Belmonts’ strength from Trevor onward (so in the games idk if folks know this, but Adrian is Trevor’s father, with Sonia Belmont being his mom), that would also have contributed, at least in part, to the ability of the Belmonts to stomp Dracula and his minions.

With D, there is no need to include Mathias and his ebony/crimson stone conundrum, which does tend to throw a small monkey wrench in the ol’ gears (but not big enough I can’t adapt, trust me). The difference, aside from lack of Belmonts, is the origin of vampires. Clearly, they’re a magical construct or a spell-woven form of sentient life in Castlevania. In Vampire Hunter D, it’s heavily implied (once again, not outright stated) that the Nobility, some of them anyway, are simply a mutation of humanity (Dark Gene vs Light Gene, Lina’s whole deal, among other passages here and there), who also happen to be allergic to garlic, crucifixes, running water, and basic-ass Bram Stoker weaknesses. They’ve even got labs full o’ Nobles tryin’a conquer the sun issue.

So to know D, we gotta know his dad first. At the beginning, Vlad III is born to (big surprise) Vlad II. He and his brother are sent to Edirne as part of the Ottoman Empire’s “tribute” of however many young  boys from noble houses, to be trained in the ways of Islam and Turkish mannerisms, etc. This is more for pacification of that region of Europe, which is still Eastern Orthodox, than it is for real “peace”. It’s “peace because you guys are a good buffer zone between us and the rest of Eastern Orthodox-dom”, anyway. Every _voivode_ of Wallachia has to swear allegiance to either the Ottoman Empire or to the Eastern Orthodox church. While most of that area is EO, it’s in their best interest to swear to the Ottoman Empire. They’re bigger and closer. Vlad’s dad has done some underhanded shit, but he’s also a member of the Order of the Dragon and has propelled it to new heights within the EO and that’s where Vlad gets his name: Dracula, which is Son of the Dragon. So Vlad II’s immediate family are known as the Draculesti, which is fucking cool—it’s like “children of the dragon” and that’s not even his like, NAME name—it’s a frickin’ nickname, or sobriquet, as is Tepes.

In the world of Vampire Hunter D, vampirism appears to be a genetic phenomenon—ironically, a mutation. No Noble is going to admit that, OBVIOUSLY. And while it’s true, they were probably born that way, they’re still a mutant human derivative. Rather than mutating due to radiation or whatevermstthefuck like the actual mutants in VHD, they’re just born that way. So what I’m rolling with is Vlad III was born with that particular mutation and, kind of like my OC Toby, who is also a genetic vampire, it takes a violent or unnatural death to trigger the actual symptoms, else you’re just a normal-ass person. In fact, in this interpretation, I’m going to say that maybe quite a few people are BORN with that mutation, but if they live to a ripe old age and die, it never triggers. Most likely, the body is too enfeebled to handle it, maybe it dies after menopause/andropause? Either way, the body has broken down too much and there’s no material to work with.

That might also go a long way to explain the animosity many old vampires have toward humanity. Sometimes it’s straight up contempt, of course, but every single time, it seems to be a removal. Carmilla is a good example. Most of the time, her backstory involves a vicious assault that might very well have killed her. Imagine dying that way and waking back up to find that you had to KEEP living in the world that did this to you, that death is FAR far off. I can understand being VERY PERTURBED, to put it mildly. By the same token, what about war? How many folks die in war? Thousands? Millions? Of all those, how many have the mutation? Probably quite a few. Some folks might not figure out what’s going on and stay where they are, buried for decades, before just wasting away without sustenance—Vampires DO require blood, after all, to keep doin’ their thing. Plenty more are probably just torched in the sun. Since they were KIA, it might be rough finding their bodies in the first place…

So Vlad is beheaded—now this part intersects VERY well with Hellsing’s Alucard in my portrayal—and Mehmed Fatih keeps his head close at hand for a bit, probably talking to it. What happens when it starts talking back? We know Dracula has some SERIOUSLY kickass abilities and putting himself back together would definitely be one of ‘em, in my humble opinion. Mehmed dies not long after he achieves “victory” over Vlad the Impaler and no one knows where Vlad’s remains are. Maybe they up and walked the fuck away, hm? Maybe it was HE who ensured Mehmed’s destruction. How poetic would THAT be? Spoiler alert ||very||.

Now imagine going through everything he did—the guy had a tumultuous life. He might be one of the few, lucky ones who figure out that sunlight is a no-go, hide himself away, eventually go back to haunt his castle in the mountains between Transylvania and Wallachia. Now fast forward to the 1800s, MODERN TIMES (heehee okay) and one very ambitious realtor who wants to sell a creepy old abbey to some weird foreigner. Seems legit. Anyway by now we can see that Dracula’s gotten kinda nutty? He has three scary “wives” but he doesn’t seem to care much for ‘em. They’re obviously vampires, too, though I cannot recall if they’re turned by him or if they’re LIKE him—anyone who’s read it recently, do feel free to refresh me.

He’s kinda senile and while he’s crafty, he’s outsmarted by a dandy, an ancient-ass doctor, a dude who cannot stop fainting, a man named Quincey (my husbando), and Jack Seward—nuff said. He has some kind of congress with Mina, though ofc it’s the Victorian age so the only penetration is that of his li’l toofers on her poor neck. Nom. I don’t think Dracula banged Mina Harker. I think that, in THIS world, a dhampir is a nigh-impossibility, because at this point (and their cool-ass vampire science might’ve changed this), vampires are The Undead™ and therefore cannot CREATE LIFE. Not even if they have a raging turboner (that’s a turbo boner, for those of u not in the know). So he bit Mina, but before he did that, Mina married Jonathan—like as soon as he got home. They were married and living together and doing the frickle frackle, presumably, before Drac shows up in London to mess up their day.

In this case and for the sake of sanity, to create a dhampir, the vampire must chew on a pregnant lady. The curse lifts from her when the master is killed, but his blood has already entered and changed the child; the process is much longer and more involved for an adult human, who has an immune system and much more ground to cover. If the smol bean was in embryo stage or even fetal, it had no defense and mom’s body provided it with everything, Dracula’s blood, included. The final set of letters in Dracula mentiones a young boy, Jonathan and Mina’s son, Quincey, named after their fallen friend. So little Quincey is a dhampir!

Now, a bitten vampire cannot, in this universe, turn anyone else. They can feed and create thralls, but they can’t make VAMPIRES. In Hellsing lore, if a vamp bites you and you’re a virgin, you become one—if not, you become a ghoul/zambolio thingamajigger. Integra narrates this for us pretty early on. But it’s not Alucard’s venom doing this. It’s the vicar of Cheddar Village, who is a manufactured vampire. He’s not a true vampire, not like Alucard. Now, Alucard DOES ask Seras if she’s a virgin ‘fore he kills and bites her, which makes sense… IF HE LOVED MINA.

Hear me out. So, he saw this strong-ass bitch and thought “goddamn I’m sick of my whiny, vicious wives UGH I need me a woman like that”. So he’s gunna turn her. It probably takes longer since he hasn’t been powered up by Hellsing and their dark science-magic shit, or whatever it was… OR as he chomps on ‘er, he realizes “well fuck me she’s preggo, so even if she changes, I can’t have her”. Pregnant blood has GOTTA taste different, all those hormones and shit, even early on. I think he did have some weird admiration-affection for her. His arrogance and greed, however, has taken him over, so perhaps he decides to change her slow, to make the fellas suffer. They’ve fucked with him so he’s gunna fuck with them, but I think it pains him a little to do so, because lbr Mina’s the woman of his dreams.

So when Quincey is born, he’s perfect, healthy, rosy-cheeked, and by god only Mina knows something’s amiss. Damned if she’s going to say shit to Jonathan, who’s liable to faint, the absolute fucking walnut. They live fairly well, having taken over the real-estate business from their wonderful, generous, dead benefactor. 

Much like Carmilla’s weirdo ghost, however, Dracula’s spirit absolutely lives on.

TL; DR D was born Quincey Harker. 

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🎵 If you're still accepting, maybe Zero? If not Zero, then Alucard!

First off thanks for the follow, hello, I love you let’s get mar--wait I’ve done this before, haven’t I? Not as funny the second time. ANYWAY, how ‘bout I do ‘em both?

Zero - Ghost [Gackt] 

I was very conflicted on this one, but then I decided to just re-look up the english translation and honestly? There’s so much pain--Zero genuinely feels he’s a blasphemous creation, too human to be considered a robot, but not quite human enough... plus he was supposed to KILL X??? The line “get lost out of my head” reminds me of the W protocol activating itself in his “fight” with Sigma in the X4 flashback.

Alucard - Emperor’s New Clothes [Panic! at the Disco]

I know this one’s weird, but I just love the imagery of Alucard as royalty (which he is), and then wanting more--knowing he can get it, because WELL, ALL THAT POWER... “I’m taking back the crown” is good imagery for his re-establishment of himself as the big monster on campus. Like, yes, he is a slave to the Hellsing Organization, but you can’t say Integra doesn’t let him have fun. 

For every 🎵 I get I'll post a song I associate with my muse!

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Now the short brunette narrows her eyes at Alucard. Staring him down. And before she can stop it, Darck speaks, "Is that to keep others at arms length for their sake, or is it to protect your self from getting close, Voivode?" And then she turns heel and walks away.

Ages have passed since anyone has addressed him by that title, though in truth, he sometimes looks back to his brief, on-and-off, turbulent rule and wonders if it is even an appropriate one. He much prefers the name the Turks laid upon his head like a hemorrhagic diadem: 

Kaziklubey.

It is a word uttered in the quiet places, at a low whisper, eyes darting, for fear it might summon something. Somehow, the way she has named him Voivode settles ill upon his shoulders and he shifts, never quite making to pursue, but perhaps considering it... 

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That sure as hell is one way to get a point across. Darck standing straight backed now, and scowling, while hearing that purring sound of his making skin rise with goosebumps. What a creepy bastard. She gently caps the lid of her coffee, and let's it vanish into a few whisps of shadow. "I can stop whenever I like. Unfortunately your ego is always with you, and you have to deal with it more than the rest of us."

“It’s more of a cushion than a burden, Darck... surely you’ve learned this about my by now.” He is picturing a gigantic airbag, or forcefield, through which nothing can touch him. It is amusing, to be certain, and Alucard’s smile, as ever, is broad.

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'!' shaming. Alucard is so full of himself it's incredible he can see beyond his ego. From Darck. (For Hellsing Alucard)

“That’s what my sunglasses are for... what’s your excuse?”

send me a ⚠️ with a reason my muse should be shamed

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Alucard, have you ever loved?

He shifts in his seat, sniffing and regarding the stranger. “How did you get down here?” The question comes from a place of genuine curiosity. One red-gold eye peers out from otherwise utter darkness as the king of vampires considers the question and whether or not it is worth of answer. He swirls the red liquid in his glass. It might be wine. 

“I have loved. A creature like me... was once capable of such a feat of consciousness and of heart. But my heart is hollow... it is ash and rot and plague. Come closer... and I’ll show you.”

Suddenly, whatever ambient light once existed in the basement is snuffed and replaced with a darkness so profound, it is palpable. 

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To Alucard: what would happen if you were to absorb the symbiote known as Venom? Or Carnage?

"If it hasn't got any blood..." The monster's shrug is indifference incarnate as he looks out over his strange spectacles at the intruder. "The blood is the life, as they say."

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Taking a few cues from my new favorite historical fiction novel, Vlad, the Last Confession, I’m going to be adding in a few historical fiction details to Alucard’s bio/backstory. In addition, I’ve got several headcanons about how he came to actually be king of the vampires. I might have different verses, depending on my partners, too… which is always exciting, right?

Under a cut because Vlad the Impaler was not a nice dude. [Skeletor I'M NOT NICE pic here]

Theory 1: Vlad, upon his death, is so accursed by God for his cruelty, but so venerated (in a weird, crusadey way) for being the spearhead of the cross against the wicked Turks, that he is granted eternal life, youth, and vigor as reward and punishment, for he must, to sustain his strength, dine upon the blood of humanity, a barbaric custom, hated on all counts by the Most High. This one’s kind of fun because it takes the old crusades into account and I lowkey dig god curses… CURSEVERSE

Theory 2: Vlad Dracula is a “genetic vampire” that is, born to be a vampire, but only after he died. He can’t simply BECOME one. He has to die, but given his robust health (due to the vampiric gene) and his violent lust for battle and conquest (and for his throne and lands to be returned and kept under HIS rule), death by disease is unlikely. Fortunately for him (or unfortunately?) the final battle of his life happens in his, what 40’s? So he’s not terribly old when his vampire blood basically kicks in and brings him back. He’s killed by the Ottomans and dies fighting for his crown and throne, as he has done all his life. His burial location is unknown because he damn well isn’t in it. DNAVERSE

Theory 3: Someone initiates contact with Vlad Tepes and offers life eternal, in exchange for his soul. He never, in any canon, bears bite marks, so this is just a little more of that black magic shit—perhaps involving the philosopher’s stone of legend, or a deal with someone who has access to such a curse. Maybe a cursed being himself, such as Cain (mark of Cain being the genetic impurity of his half-satanic bloodline and whatever comes with that—maybe the bestowing of that upon a mortal creates a classic vampire), or Judas Iscariot (when you betray Jesus, even if it’s part of the damn plan, it doesn’t earn you marks with ol’ St. Pete). TRAITORVERSE

No matter what verse it is, however, the following still holds true:

Supposedly, according to Ottoman historians, the head of Vlad Tepes was delivered to their sultan, Mehmed II—and it was. It is said that he keeps it for a week before spiking it atop the walls of Constantinople. In fact, Mehmed keeps the head of his old, bitter rival, in a jeweled box made of Cyprus—the head does not rot. In fact, the head speaks to Mehmed, words of blasphemy and of wisdom, but mostly of complete madness. This is Vlad’s first time reassembling himself and it is not quick. In 1481, Mehmed marches with the Ottoman army, but upon reaching Maltepe, he becomes mysteriously ill. He is just beginning new campaigns to capture Rhodes and southern Italy, though his next voyage is planned to overthrow the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt and claim the caliphate. He becomes pale, bloodless, weak. There is, historically, evidence to suggest that his son and heir, Bayezid, had poisoned his father to hasten his own rule. But the reality is that Vlad’s words (which include decent battle strategies and also strange, deviant follies) entrance the Sultan, sending him to madness, and desire.

“Give me more,” Mehmed begs.

“How un-sultan like of you,” responds the head, whose once-green eyes have turned red. “Give me blood and you shall have more.”

How long has Mehmed been feeding his blood to Vlad? Perhaps since the day he received the head, though surely not long after. Either way, the court physicians are executed by his supposedly grieving son, so no reports of fang marks on the deceased Sultan’s body are made. Bayezid does the wise thing, at the very least, and returns the head to Wallachia, to Radu, whom his father had placed upon the throne there as a show of good faith in their relationship once Vlad was killed.

TL;DR Spite is a powerful motivator.

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pick five muses. What's their reactions to playing a scary game, like Slender or PT?

Sam Winchester – jumps, doesn'tlet go of the controller (because it's expensive), won't admit he'sscared but BOY HOWDY is this different than hunting, doesn't like thehelpless feeling, because you're never adequately armed in thesestupid things, questions the game's mechanics to disguise how freakedout he is

Alphonse Elric – doesn't playthem, because he's a giant suit of armor and his hands are too big.Watches Edward play, covered in a blanket because it MIGHT be scary

Piccolo – not scared. At all.Has played tons of these (don't tell Chi Chi) with Gohan and thenGoten and Trunks. Is very accustomed to waking up surrounded by kidswho're too scared to sleep

Alucard – hasto be introduced to the concept of video games by Seras (OFC), thenhe won't give it back because it's a new way to pass the time. Thepile of games near the system grows and Alucard hasn't brooded on histhrone in WEEKS

Mordecai – pretendshe's not interested to hide the fact that he's terrified. He's alwaysbeen afraid of zombies, but Jakobs Cove threw him over the top andall horror games mess him up. He can't even watch Lilith play,pretends to be busy when she pops one in

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