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i terribly needed a distraction - and imma upload a timelapse of this in a few days once i check if i am truly content with the result

the real reason book!armand didn't take daniel with him when he was feeding is that daniel would've become soo jealous if he saw armand do that whole easeful death thing with some other guy

Did I lie? Did I fucking lie???

thinking about Armand giving in to his weakness every few years or so and returning to Daniel for a night or two, and sometimes Daniel even remembers, and when he does, he thrashes in Armand's embrace and hurls insults at him bc clearly it's Armand's fault that he's being such a shitty husband to the wife he once claimed to love and a shitty dad to the kids he never wanted, and for a night or two he can pretend that the fault lies not in him just being a shitty person sometimes who cares more about his work than the family he created; and Armand, of course, believes his words bc clearly he poisoned Daniel from the inside so irrevocably that now he can’t form any lasting bonds with other mortals, and it doesn't even occur to him that it might just be your ex lashing out at you bc he's angry and still so very, very heartbroken at being dumped bc maybe, just maybe he still loves you and has, despite being forced to forget you ever existed, not stopped loving you even once

Wake up.

i think it would be funny if the way Daniel found out about Armand being able to walk in the sun was like, them falling into bed and then cuddling until the sun came up but they forgot to put up the curtains so when the first rays of sunshine reach their bed Daniel absolutely freaks out

vampire with a pearl earring

real rashid is stronger than any us marine, bro had his boss come to him and say “hey man you have the week off, i’m gonna cosplay you in a sexual way.” and then he came back to work.

I love how one day Armand was chasing and tormenting Daniel, and the next he was like “alright what’s so interesting about that damn book? Let me see the cover, explain it to me!”

Hot take, while I do think aging Daniel up was a good choice in that it opened up new avenues of exploration (and a potential DM amnesia plot!!!) I don’t think it actually was necessary to fix DM because maturity differences weren’t the real core of DM’s relationship problems.

Their flaws are still the same—old Daniel is still blunt and somewhat insensitive, stubborn and reckless and Armand is still controlling, condescending, melodramatic and above it all. These flaws were causing some tension but they weren’t insurmountable.

Old Daniel and B!Daniel also aren’t that different—Daniel at 20-24 is constantly scared Armand will kill him and still pushes back against him verbally with sarcasm and bite and expresses any and all frustration every chance he gets (it’s part of why he remains entertaining) just like 69 yr old Daniel.

This is only compounded once book Daniel realizes he’s not at risk of dying and has Armand just as wrapped around his finger as vice versa. Show Daniel is just a little more wrapped up in cynicism and hides his softer parts compared to B!Daniel who balances it out better imo, he’s not necessarily more mature.

They love each other’s “flaws” they acknowledge each others negative traits but mostly enjoy them. The actual core to their countless fights was the age old human wants to be vampire/vampire sees it as a curse dilemma. (Yes DM ran so Twilight could tip toe softly lol).

I think B!Daniel was absolutely 100% fair in feeling like Armand was treating him like a pet dog and would move on and not mourn that long if he died (even if this absolutely wasn’t true—we know this) and Armand wasn’t helping by belittling him when he did return home and not actually communicating that he did care that well.

However, that’s already been solved in the show—the second major problem (and break up causer) is an extension of the the initial one—Armand feels too unnecessarily guilty about the turning (and thinks Daniel hates him) and leaves—Daniel feels abandoned (and thinks Armand preferred him mortal).

I think a maturity difference issue would be more reasonable and less silly than their actual relationship problem which is weirdly banal given how weird they are everywhere else but nothing’s perfect.