word game: reward

[museaway]

This week's word is...
REWARD

How to play: Find the word in any WIP and comment with the sentence containing it. Just the one, ideally! The less context, the more hilarious & interesting it can be.

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Comments

domestic vampires

[anakiddwrites]

“I do feel lighter like this, specially in this hot weather. Thank you. It’s perfect.” Karl grinned widely, looking at Solomon’s reflection on the mirror and feeling his hands placed on his relaxed shoulders.

“My pleasure, dear Karl.” Solomon puffed his chest with the pride of a job well done, rewarded with Karl’s smile and the pleasant process of braiding his hair with no rush or goal besides having a good time together.

“Now, for a final touch, if you want.” Solomon reached his pocket, showing Karl a small hairpin of white lotus flower.

Re: domestic vampires

[belovedstill]

The care, the thought, the gentleness 💕 That's such a lovely excerpt. I love that taking care of Karl's long hair feels like a reward to Solomon (and I agree, having it away from your back and face when it's hot is soooo good). My first thought when I saw the title and the character names was "!!! they're vampires???" and a laugh, I remember Karl being a stammering mess in the other snippet, was he a vampire there, too? And I'm curious about the way vampires work in this universe since Solomon has a reflection in the mirror (no criticism, I'm genuinely curious!).

I aww'd at the white lotus hairpin - the flower has some significance in my fandom, it's tied to innocence and Good Old Times, so I wonder if there's also something like this that it symbolises here?

Re: domestic vampires

[anakiddwrites]

aaa thanks so much, i feel extra cheesy every time i write them xD they just suffered too much in canon so i spoil them a lot in general.

ah yes!! they are always vampires dkljdkj or the equivalent of vampire from the anime! The series is Blood+ and indeed the vampires are different in many ways. They are called 'chiroptera' in universe, a species of bat monsters who drink blood rather than classic living dead etc. Humans can be turned only under special circumstances so they are very rare too. But in general they don't have vampire weakness such as daylight, mirrors, etc. Quite OP tbh xD it's balanced in the sense that only a Queen can create those so there aren't many around. And they have full monster forms too :3

Thanks for asking about the white lotus too!!! Karl is vietnamese and it's one of the country flowers meaning purity and resilience, the relation is 100% my headcanon about how Solomon likes to spoil him and relates him to this flower. Karl relates Solomon to yellow apricot, another flower proeminent in vietnamese culture that means good fortune and prosperity. plus solomon is a blond xD

Re: domestic vampires

[belovedstill]

That's a lovely way to feel when creating for your blorbos 💕 Ooooh, thank you for explaining about the vampire/bat species, that makes a lot of sense and is really interesting, especially with the limited way of creating them. Full monster forms! I imagine there are many ways of playing with that idea in fic.

Wow, now I'm extra happy I asked about the flower 🥺 That's really sweet, both the meaning of the flower (flowers!) and the homage to their native country. Also, a white lotus and a yellow apricot flower look very pretty together, just saying :D <3