#killer-laurent

[covenofthearticulate]

Got a very special Vampire Wall Update for y'all!! I'm so excited to have @killer-laurent's brilliant art, based on my fic Out, Damned Spot

My heart is so full of love for all my fandom friends that made this happen— my fellow Louis stan @wicked-felina, who commissioned Laurent, and my love @monstersinthecosmos who gifted me this super shiny metal print that literally pops off the wall.

I feel so honored to have 3 different fan arts from 3 incredible artists on my wall, but this one especially makes me happy dance every time I look at it because I've never had anything made based on my writing so it just feels like such an act of love from all of my favorite people.

ahjsdgbksdahcf okay that's enough sap for now but anyway happy new year and thank you so so so so much to Kacy for this glorious addition to my Vampire Wall :)

#it's literally shinier than my fucking glass-paned portraits LOL do you have any idea how hard it was to get these pics #the gold is just so so gorgeous in person and ties in so well with the gold iwtv movie art #actually back to being a sap for one more minute: i was just thinking about how around this time last year #was when i first moved into this place #and before unpacking any of my boxes the first thing i did was hung up my art #and during a meeting with our bipoc affinity space (which is just a chill space at work) one of the ice breaker questions was like #what makes you feel safe? #and i lowkey teared up because i was like. curating my environment is what makes me safe like no matter where i am in the world #if i can look up and be reminded of the things that i love i don't feel so overwhelmed #having a wall with my favorite things gifted from my favorite people is so so so special i cannot overstate that enough #anyway i'm out here crying in the club thank you and goodnight #fan art #killer-laurent #fave #absolute fave

[xnervouscircus]

damen is a truly legendary protagonist. he wakes up in vere, the hostile rival nation that his country was at war with less than a decade ago, and he gives himself a whole internal pep talk to just act gentle and obedient so they won't suspect he's anything but the slave vere thinks he is, and then the literal FIRST thing out of his mouth to his captor and enemy is a smart-assed insult.

i mean, “what’s your name, sweetheart?" "i speak your language better than you speak mine, sweetheart" is also legendary. but. oh damen. you beautiful sassy dumbass. how did you not die by chapter 5.

#wow damen sure is lucky laurent wanted to keep him alive to torture and debase him as much as possible #if laurent weren't fully aware he had his brother's killer in his service that bitch would be d e a d #captive prince #michele.txt

[ninicaise]

if you ask damen he'd tell you he did not ‘fix’ laurent. sure, he fixed laurent's messy ass army and flaky ass council but he didn't fix laurent himself because he realized laurent is perfect <3 cue to laurent driving a man to suicide in the background

#and he's right about that too if damen got killed laurent would still whip his killers ass to death no doubt #before killinghimself that is. #laurent remains UNFIXED #damen x laurent

[hotfuss]

the killers with elton john, late 2004. photo by laurent denis

#the killers #brandon flowers #ronnie vannucci #dave keuning #mark stoermer #hot fuss #hot fuss era #hf era #early hf era #hf photos with fans #by laurent denis #striped vest #frosted tips #purple diagonal striped tie #this is probably the best quality this pic can possibly be #and i dug into the source code like a hacker to get it at maximum size #my stuff

[maneater2008]

#the chic diet #chic girl #chic heroin #90's #90's aesthetic #sweet serial killer #prada #pradamilano #yves saint laurent #ysl #ysl girl #yslbeauty #girlboss #localy hated #femcel #girl interrupted syndrome #female manipulator #lana del rey #lizzy grant aesthetic #lily rose depp #kate moss #angelina jolie #alana champion #female joker #female hysteria #girl blogger #girl blog #girl blogguing #gaslight gatekeep girlboss #it girl

[whyn0answ3r]

Oh, daddy did you know you still number one?

But girls, they wanna have fun

#i love nyc #esspresso #new york #leopard #print #sade #saint laurent #summer #rhode skin #hailey bieber #g eazy #tumblr girls #lady killer #clean girl #brunette

[rae-arts777]

I miss the killer au so much omg 😭

🤲 will you give me a morsel pls 🥺

I think a lot about the killer AU

(TW: Killing (it’s a killer au); Dark themes (I really don’t know how to tag this but keep in mind this killer au can get a tad graphic and has dark theme/implication)

I thought who else would be in it

I debate if Clark is another unfortunate victim to Laurent, but then I thought “what if he was a detective?” Still debate tho

Also, Laurent and Makoto 100% think they’re cleansing the world. They only kill “bad people” which is but isn’t true. They do tend to target horrible people, people they know the police won’t do nothing about and are untouchable. However both have killed an people who really didn’t deserve it, but they tell themselves that the person did.

Everytime Abby sits to eat dinner with them she’s terrified. Espically if there’s meat (no they’re not cannibals) but from all the horror Abby as witness, she’s terrified they do something twisted like trick her into eating human meat. Or she’s afraid it’s poison. Since they have threaten to kill her when she messes up.

One of Abby’s escape attempts, she quietly snuck out of the house through the basement celler. She should have know it wouldn’t have been that easy. She barely made it to the house gate until Laurent came up behind her and grabbed her. She kicked and screamed but Laurent was stronger, he covered her mouth and dragged her back and brought her to his lab. She thought this was it. She was going to die.

Laurent strapped her down to the operating table and left her there for the rest of the night. Abby cried softly, the blaring one light blub being her only source of light. She wasn’t sure how long she was down there for, but her wrist were red and stung from struggling trying to get out. Her throat hurt from screaming at the top of her legs for god know how long.

Makoto finally came down and unstrapped her. He gave her some water and food. He gave her a smile, it made her stomach twist how his smile seemed so friendly when he’s truely a monster. “Come on Abs, how about you go take a bath?” Part of her wants to believe somewhere deep down maybe Makoto does care for her in some sense.? But she’s always reminded he’s a monster, he’s not capable, but….it’s hard when he seems so genuine when he’s sweet to her…when him and Laurent are…somewhat normal…maybe they’re not total monsters..?

#great pretender #grepre #the great pretender #laurent thierry #makoto edamura #edamura makoto #great pretender anime #abigail jones #edaurent #edaurent killer au

[killer-laurent]

#Name: Killer Laurent #digital art #vampire #commisions open

[yuuminni]

jelly of his decision making ability arent u

#duri booki adventure #imagine training all this time to beat his bro's killer and still not even close to his level lmaoooo laurent got owned ❤️ (affectionate) #for real though... to admire your enemy and to resent your enemy... is it not the same thing..............

[laurentspeach]

unstoppable force (laurent’s hatred for his brother’s killer) vs immovable object (damen’s big tiddies)

#captive prince #laurent #laurent of vere #lamen #kings rising #princes gambit #damen x laurent #damianos #damianos of akielos

[merrivia]

Thinking today about Damen and how and why he’s disconnected from his emotions, particularly when it comes to the trauma of violence and killing. When he throws the sword to save Laurent in PG, we only realise how much it affected him because of Laurent’s reactions, not his.

This scene is more that just a milestone in terms of Damen’s romantic feelings for Laurent. I mean, it is about that primarily. This is love and care starting to truly blossom, as we can see in the aftermath with his overwhelming concern for Laurent’s safety:

He lands on one knee (ouch 🥺). The rough voice (the anxiety he felt 🥺). The way he’s checking Laurent’s body, ensuring he’s unhurt and okay (😔). We can see through Laurent’s stillness that he is overwhelmed by Damen’s strength, by what he has sacrificed to protect him. It’s one of the most famous scenes in the trilogy for a reason.

But that’s not all that’s going on. Laurent is genuinely apologetic that Damen had to kill an Akielon in this way, and is going to have to retrieve his sword (pulling it out of the man’s torso) and hide the body. I mean the fact that Laurent has to tell Damen to do that is really revealing- Damen knows better than to leave the body. He’s reeling from what he’s done.

All of the emotional weight is carried in the phrasing of “when it was finished” and “…was all he said”. Damen has to put it completely out of his mind, can’t say anymore, or doesn’t. He’s killed an Akielon and is hurting but can’t express it.

Laurent sees that clearly and says so when he sits with him by the fire:

Whatever was on Damen’s face, whatever he was feeling, we as the reader are not told. Laurent sees it though and I think it must have been something close to anguish. And Laurent doesn’t dismiss this as just loyalty to Akielos, either. He sees him in this moment and in doing so acknowledges that Damen is not a mindless killer. That it’s not easy; that it’s never easy.

Damen’s response is really interesting too. He deliberately misunderstands and comes at it sideways. He knows what Laurent is saying, but doesn’t address it. Instead what he says is: I have been trained to be a soldier and that means killing with no hesitation. And I’m experienced, I’ve done it, many times. He doesn’t want to engage with the pain, or the guilt that comes with killing, he can’t, because if he does…if he stops and acknowledges that, it could destroy him. It’s not just Laurent who can compartmentalise well.

Laurent sees through this misdirection. He knows that Damen understood what he meant. Killing always comes at a cost.

And if that’s true, then Damen didn’t slaughter Auguste like an animal, but fought him and killed him like a man. Until Laurent’s perspective shifts on that, he can’t love him back.

Maybe also Laurent is the only person who has seen this side of Damen. Who acknowledges his humanity and conscience and addresses that emotional cost with him. Damen has been forced to lock so much of his emotions away and you can see here the start of how Laurent will unlock that side of him, which we will see continue in The Summer Palace.

I just think that emotional uncovering and closeness is so important and it’s why I love their relationship.

#captive prince #meta #lamen #laurent of vere #damen of akielos #damen x laurent #capri #just feeling a bit emotional today I guess

[homospockual]

you’ll forget the chill of love but not the strain

(both art pieces by @killer-laurent)

#vc #anne rice #armand de romanus #marius de romanus #the vampire armand #girlies when the stevie nicks heartbreak song hits

[irregularcollapse]

in Laurent’s mind at only 20 years old (barely a man, not old enough to rule or inherit, still a youth in the eyes of many, if not for being a prince), it’s not about Damen having killed his brother.

it’s about Damen having killed his brother,

leaving him exposed to his uncle,

and the years of abuse that did not stop when his uncle lost interest,

which makes Damen (in Laurent’s mind at only 20 years old) just as much to blame as his uncle is,

and no better than his uncle,

because all his life he has been told that the Akielon prince is a killer,

and a slave-owner with a storied reputation,

and slaves do not have choices (neither do children),

but first-born princes do.

and when a first-born prince kills the only shield that a child has,

then, well, to Laurent’s mind at only 20 years old,

he may as well have abused the child himself.

it is not about Damen having killed his brother, and Damen knows this as well.

“A slave laid hands on me and I had him flogged for it,” says Laurent, to his uncle, as much of a threat he can make with them both listening.

“You can’t touch your uncle, so you lash out where you can,” Damen observes, hitting the truth with his particular brand of honesty.

“He would have stopped you,” Laurent says, meaning both Damen and his uncle.

“I know that I hurt you,” Damen says, understanding. “It wasn’t right. You were just a boy. You didn’t deserve what happened to you. Is it so hard to hear?”

it is not rational to call Damen responsible for what happened, and it is not who Damen is, and it is not a fair way to lay blame, nor is it something that Damen should shoulder in any way. but in Laurent’s mind at only 20 years old,

captive,

traumatised,

facing death and worse at the hands of his own uncle, who will never let him have peace,

everything done to Damen is revenge against an abuser, in the only way it can be gotten.

this does not excuse it. it explains it. because everything done to Damen, was done to Laurent first,

when he was a child,

by someone he was supposed to trust,

and the justice delivered in their world is tit-for-tat (which initially Damen believes is the proper way as well),

until they both learn that forgiveness and choice are stronger forces for healing,

because it was one kingdom, once.

#captive prince #it is Not just about Auguste #it is about what Auguste represented #and recognising that is crucial to recognising the character development for both Laurent AND Damen #they BOTH must abandon black and white thinking #they BOTH must start to see nuance #or there is no way forward #and the reader needs to recognise that as well

[letoscrawls]

A little Dune fashion moment because my guilty pleasure is keeping up with collections and celebrity events just for the outfits and then redraw them on my blorbos 😔

first one is Chani wearing saint laurent ss23 because i saw Imaan Hammam wearing this piece at the oscars and it reminded me how much i dig this collection

and the second is one of the many outfit explorations i did for Feyd, i love to think he incorporates colors and motifs of his House into his style. The outfit is based on this killer look that Lee Jeno from NCT has been wearing during the last concerts

idk it's one of the coolest fits i've ever seen on an idol and he pulls it off so well and it just screams Feyd serving fashion week realness on Arrakis

#my art #dune #chani kynes #feyd-rautha harkonnen #dune art #i just see incredibly gorgeous people and go hmmmm let me just borrow your style for my silly little fanarts whoopsie >:)

[haesunflower]

the soulmates unfortunately series (zb1) [preview]

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ABOUT. here's the thing about soulmates, once you meet the one that is meant for you, you start to age. the biological clock starts to tick, and you are no longer the fresh faced 20 year old. years go by, and next thing you know it, you've grown old and wrinkly – right next to the love of your life. but here's the thing about y/n, she hated that.

y/n has had many soulmates in her lifetime, 4 of which had made a significant impact on her life. namely, her first husband, kim jiwoong. the man that she had a daughter with, zhang hao. the husband that raised her daughter, sung hanbin. and finally, ricky shen. (un)fortunately for her, her soulmates keep dying.

genre: romance with adult themes warnings: mentions of death, blood, character death, killers, cursing, etc. contains adult themes. each chapter will have specified warnings. note: yujin is not in this series as he is not 18 yet.

CHAPTERS

chapter zero: the first few soulmates

chapter one: the man she first married, kim jiwoong

chapter two: the man she had a daughter with, zhang hao

chapter three: the man that raised her daughter, sung hanbin

chapter four: unfortunately, ricky shen

chapter five: the finale

PREVIEW OF CH ZERO. (below the cut)

“Got anything that’ll get me drunk in the next ten minutes?” 

You plopped down on the bar stool, haphazardly placing your purse next to you. The bartender is eyeing you strangely, as if in disbelief that you’re even inside their hole in the wall establishment. 

You sigh and pull out your identification card, a laminated piece of junk that tells you how old you really are. Scratch that, how old you are meant to be. He picks up the card and raises it up next to your face, comparing the woman in the picture to the you that sits in front of him. It reminds you that you need to get it renewed…again. After all, the last time you updated your photo was sometime in the 80s, reflecting a version of you with big hair and large colorful earrings. You don’t blame him for wanting to double check, contrasting the all-black ensemble you currently sport. 

“Listen pal, I just buried my daughter today. I would appreciate it if you could get on with it”. You might not blame him, but you are impatient. 

He slides your ID card back and pours you a whiskey on the rocks. “Sorry for your loss ma’am” he solemnly extends his condolences as he places your drink in front of you. You pick it up, raising it and nodding a “thank you” before taking a large gulp. It burns. 

You outlived your daughter. And you wonder if you’ve been going about life in all the wrong ways.

Atop the alcohol display at the bar is a small TV, flashing a report about a young woman named Somi who was murdered and found dead at her home – leaving her husband a widower. The news station flashed a photo of the blonde couple, sharing that they had just gotten married a week ago. She was beautiful. A shame. 

At that moment, a tall man enters the bar and decides to take a seat next to you. Other than the fact that he too, is dressed in all black – you feel a deeper sense of similarity. Like kindred spirits, you recognize broken souls like yours. You order two more rounds of the whiskey the bartender gave you. 

“I heard about your late wife in the news, I’m sorry for your loss.” You feign sympathy and slide the glass to the man next to you. 

He looks taken aback at first, but accepts your offer. Now facing you, he raises his drink to you. You do the same.

He’s strikingly handsome, with platinum hair and dark eyebrows. You also don’t miss that he’s dressed in Yves Saint Laurent from head to toe. He takes a peek at your ID card still laying on the table, making sure to catch your name. 

“Next one’s on me, Y/N” he says, taking another swig at his whiskey, finishing his glass. He calls on the bartender, and buys an entire bottle for the two of you. The bartender returns his credit card, with the name ‘Shen Quanrui’ engraved. 

“Thank you Quanrui, that’s very generous of you.” 

He puts on a small smile, almost no one calls him by his legal name. “You can call me Ricky” he says as he pours into your glass. 

“Alright Ricky. Here’s to life.” you raise up. It feels inappropriate to be clinking glasses on the day you buried your daughter, but you figured you could make an exemption. Ricky too, seemed to be going through the same thing with his late wife. 

“To life.” he responds, tapping his glass against yours. 

Just two broken souls who had lost someone important in their lives, drinking to fill the hollowness. You almost don’t feel the familiar bloom in your chest, tugging at your entire being like a magnet trying to find its other half. And if you do feel it, you pretend it’s the whiskey burning its place in your heart. 

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[kybelles]

laurent’s damianos vs damen dilemma is so fascinating… re his first pov in kings rising, he refers to damen as the akielon slave instead of damen or damianos. even internally, he refuses to say his name (damen or damianos) because to even name damen inside his head is to acknowledge him as his brother’s killer. he’s so deep in willful delusion that he tries his best to see damen as two separate people: one is the akielon slave he’s in love with, and the other is a coldblooded brother killer. the akielon slave is the honorable, hardworking and extraordinary man who was the only person who genuinely helped laurent after auguste’s death. the akielon prince is the barbarian who slayed auguste and caused the collapse of laurent’s entire world. the akielon slave is safe to love, the brother killer is not.

#captive prince #bpd by proxy 💗 #forever claiming if damen was indeed Some Soldier instead of thee damianos laurent would jump his bones from week 1 #l: are you a spy of my uncle? #d: what? no that’s disg- #l: cool. now i’m gonna show you Hole 🙈😳💋