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[gradationsofevil]

PERMISSIONS

FOURTHWALLING: Considering his own canon relies on the fact that the novels are real, published works in-universe, I'm 100% okay with other characters knowing who Armand is, even if they're not from his canon. (If it's more fun to go in blind though, go for it.)

PHYSICAL AFFECTION: Armand seems - and often is - distant, but he absolutely can grow attached to others. He may be verbally and physically affectionate if he likes your character, and will tolerate a great deal of it being returned to him. For everything else there's mastercard we can see what shakes out; even if he doesn't like it, there's nothing wrong with some shaky or awkward CR.

PHYSICAL VIOLENCE: As a vampire, Armand has killed people. Literally thousands of people. Some of them were other vampires. He mostly gets away with this because of the glamour effect he can contrive, but he is also preternaturally strong, because why write about vampires if you're not going to overpower them, I guess?? Naturally with that said, I'm here for fun threads, not godmodding, so trust me...if you need to lay a beat down on this guy, we can figure out how. I've got basically no limits for violence beyond 'probably not killing him', if it makes for a good thread.

SHIPPING: This writer isn't interested in shipping. Armand is canonically bisexual however, and I'm happy with characters having IC discussions re: sexuality. Interesting note: all Anne Rice vampires are also canonically incapable of sexual arousal/attraction and are asexual, although they appear to retain their romantic preferences once turned.

OFFENSIVE TOPICS: See this comment below for a complete list. Armand's canon is a doozy, his specific history even moreso, and the author's handling of what happened to him doesn't help matters. The vast majority of what happened to him growing up won't be directly referenced without buildup and I would contact players oocly to check in before mentioning anything related to his history of sex trafficking and csa/grooming, however. Also see below for the opt-out post, if you'd like to specify anything you need me to avoid mentioning OR opt out of interacting with Armand entirely.


SOME BASIC PREFS/LOOKING FOR

→ melodramatic feelings
→ consensual feeding, both from mortal characters or from/to other vampires
→ slow burn friendship
→ mortal friends who can teach him about modern day life (night owls not required, he will happily dump characters out of bed to get attention)
→ exploring character's issues, both armand's and the other's, esp with realistically awkward/imperfect attempts at hurt/comfort
→ actual fights (physical, verbal, or both), especially when followed-up with resolution for after they're done throwing their tantrums
→ enemies-to-friends
→ the kind of purple prose about befriending each other that would make Victorian era authors tell us to chill
→ murdering done out of love/to protect another character, even if said other character is not happy about this