vampy dump 2: the sequel

[general_radix]

hey guys, guess what I've been spending the past two weeks on

Large image and lots of text beyond the link. Future dumps will probably be of the mini variety.

Comments

[hokuton_punch]

♥ ♥ ♥ Very good stuff, all of it. (I'll try to come back with a few more specific thoughts later when I don't have to get to work - feel free to prod me over Google if I don't manage it by Saturday evening!)

[general_radix]

^o^ (Alright! :D)

[hokuton_punch]

All right, an attempt is made!

- Fox!Tycho is illegally adorable and I love Enzo messing with him by calling him a pet. :D And her blood brass knuckles. OUCH.

- Tycho vs. Vince is always A TREAT. Get him, Vince!

- I really like Solange and Narcissa! And am super glad they'll be back. Little Leela and baby Tycho are way too cute. ;o;

- June is scariest bunny. >:D

- Lucy also sounds terrifying and interesting and I'm intrigued by this take on her! (... what can I say, rewatching RvB just reminded me how much I love mean ladies in fiction. /o\ )

- ... I'm afraid I don't really have much to add on the spirituality stuff, except it's definitely a tough and sensitive topic to handle and I wish you the best of luck with it. And I'm really sorry about your experience with the other artist; it never gets any less painful to run into bigotry unexpectedly (or even when it is expected).

[general_radix]

* Hehe. :D At some point Enzo will try and tell him that "pet" is a lot easier to pull off than "random fox that follows me around". Emphasis on "try".

* Durandal may be wise enough not to seriously antagonize Tycho after that fight, but I'll bet he couldn't resist looking real smug over Vince winning. XD

* I'm glad you like 'em! ^^

* June: (lots of rabbit-kicking)

* :DDD

* Many thanks; the hopelessly-optimistic part of my brain keeps saying that maybe one day this artist will change their views on LGBT people for the better, but at the same time, I keep remembering what Spacetwinks said once: you can't out-Bible these people.

[vulthuryol_majicue]

This AU is amazing! I feel bad over how religion causes problems for everyone in this series. Reminds me of the medieval ages where religion was politics and reveled in having easy scapegoats. Poor Durandal and Vince. V_V (Sadly still have scapegoats in this modern age...)

Fox Tycho is adorable although I don't think he likes being referred to as a pet! ^_^ Hee! Bat Durandal hitching a ride on Vince's shirt! ^_^

The lore about Durandal's mother is interesting! I hope she does come back soon! Awww!!! Little baby Durandal!!!

I still cheer when I see Vince beating up Tycho! YES!!!

Beautiful work! I hope you are taking good care of you hand! ^_^

[general_radix]

Mars being a much smaller planet than Earth, I bet all of it would be harder to get away from too, if that makes sense...

Fox!Tycho definitely does not like being referred to as a pet. XD Not even when Enzo gives him scritches.

Hehe. ^^

GET 'IM VINCE >:D

Thanks! ^o^ (I'm definitely trying to!)

[juzo_kun]

Great work! the Vince/Durandal at the bottom center has some great posing and expressions. And the worldbuilding is getting even more interesting!

I'm kind of brain-fried right now, but I've read the description and I'll come as soon as I can with commenting. (...for now I'll just say that I share a lot of what you wrote in the preamble.)

[general_radix]

Many thanks (and alright)! ^o^

[juzo_kun]

nnnnghhhh still brain fried. Can't English. Will try to English anyway, outcome uncertain.

On my parenthetical: either by age, upbringing, and the country I'm born in and living in, my views about faith/religion/using religion as a cover for power and abuse are rather biased. It's something that impacted and still impacts my life and the people I have dear in various ways and degrees since I had cognition of it, not as a big one thing, but more like a 'death by thousands papercuts' thing... and slightly less than half a century of papercuts, whoa can that make someone bitter. And I'm one of the really lucky ones in all this.

Usually when I dabble in escapism I tend to willfully ignore the topic completely, or use it in a completely symbolic and oblique way. And about symbols, I admit at first I shared the same doubt R. showed on discord; your reply reassured me a lot! And even if I forgot to comment (ehm... fried brain) I've seen your Harvest Moon characters and who they prey on... that's an interesting take of the usual symbolism (fantasy creatures preying on the worst humanity has to offer in a sort of revenge), if I got it correctly.

I'm joining Hokuton above in wishing good luck... I know about myself I won't be able to handle a topic like this due to the aforementioned bias!

...enough with serious stuff. Let's gaze upon the pretty!

Yes, Carmilla! I guessed right about who Laura was the servant of. And that they share a pair of earring. Is it there a history behind?

Hehehe, werewolves! Technicolor werewolves :D And a giant stoplight-red rabbit :D ("Is there something among you guys that can do a undercover mission???")

Mini-Leela and mini-Tycho are so adorable! Also fox-Tycho! ...I was starting to write "so all the three AIs are adorable in their alternate form" then I remembered Leela morphs to a giant spider. Uhm. Ooops.

Durandal's mother looks is so cool! And Durandal, don't overexert yourself, that's no good... anyway, being the only healer in the group kind of lead to this. Funny thing, to me the standard temper of people devoted to healing don't come as "soft and gentle", but more as "a monument to snark with a side of mother bear", hehe (Doctor McCoy, Ratchet from Transformers... I also might or might not have examples among my friends). Maybe for vampires is different!

[juzo_kun]

[Holy wall of text, Batman! I really went overboard with this °__°]

[general_radix]

Wish I had something useful to reply with wrt: the serious topics; I think I can at least say that, after that bit on Discord, I'm going to go back to the dA description for this pic and clarify my stance on things a little further. (And the assessment on Harvest Moon is pretty accurate!)

* Sort of, yeah; I imagine them being kinda like wedding rings.

* Well, Isabel and Connor might be able to pull off an incognito mission... XD (Hathor and Marcus are also close to natural-coloured, but Marcus has those piercings and Hathor's probably gigantic even by wolf standards)

* Vince isn't afraid of spiders, so maybe he'd think spider!Leela is cute too? XD

* ^^ Vamp!Durandal might be a combination of both (gentle around Vince and eventually his other allies, snarky to everyone else), though he definitely tries to pretend that he's solely the latter.

[juzo_kun]

No problem about that, and sorry for my venting ^^; every once in a while it happens.

* Cool! Are they in a relationship like Durandal&Vince?

* ...then I guess the whole "speaking" thing would be a giveaway for everyone :D

* Vince: "Oooh, pretty!" Everyone else: "IT'S A GIANT SPIDER!!!" Vince: "...it's a cute giant spider."

* Typical Durandal, hehe :D

[general_radix]

Sa'right. ^^

* Yep. :D (I'd say "Jezebel and Chris aren't available to be their wlw counterparts, so Carmilla and Laura are stepping up", but there aren't nearly as many parallels, if that makes sense...)

* Definitely. XD "I didn't say anything. Woof."

* XD XD XD (Enzo: "JESUS CHRIST I THOUGHT YOU'D BE A WOLF")

* Durandal, the master of "not fooling anyone". :D

[juzo_kun]

...is Enzo arachnophobic by any chance? :D

[general_radix]

Maybe a little. :D (As is Tycho, because that amuses me. They both make a point of never squishing spiders, though)