‒ 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱.

ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴍᴜꜱᴇ'ꜱ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʀᴏᴘᴇꜱ: ɢᴏᴛʜɪᴄ ʟɪᴛᴇʀᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴇᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴ

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CARMILLA.     giant featherbeds.  tightening a corset.  moonlit walks. killing for love.   cruelty for the sake of love.     love is always selfish.    romantic tragedy.   love to the brink of destruction.   nighttime rendezvous.   bloody kisses on soft skin.   death was the maiden.   a very strange agony.   claimed by the supernatural.   dreaming about your lover.    sympathy for the devil.   loving me to death.    candlesticks lighting up the palm of your hand.    a passion that wearies you.  killing the one you love.

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.   a single red rose laid out to be found. sensual voices singing them to sleep. a familiar shadow attending every recital.   love waits on the rooftop in the night.   two soulmates holding hands.   walking down long corridors.  retrieving something lost.  devoting one’s craft to them.   making them your muse.  the horror was for love.  painted faces on parade.   gentle touches in the dark.   revealing your darkest secrets.   beauty and the beast.  writing messages on the mirror. kindness conquers all.  letting your lover go. love never dies.

JANE EYRE.     loving the escape.  an impassioned affair.   being consumed by love. meeting your soulmate.   lace and silk.   thirsting for the perfect romance.   marrying for passion.   losing yourself in the face of your lover.  wedding veils and bouquets of pink roses.   maddened by love. finding warmth in the cold.   calling out for your love.  starting at the bottom. the fire cleanses all.  hiding your passion.  your love will destroy me / my love with destroy you.

THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY.   painting a portrait or sketching the face of someone you love.   meeting in secret. visions of your lover dying.  clutching a lovers clothes to your chest.   love so consuming you kill them.   protecting their innocence at all costs.   betrayal. polyamory.   devotion.   flowers for the one you love.   remembering the name of your first love. jealousy when you see them with someone else.    love so consuming you die for it. visiting the the place where you saw them the first time.  

THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO.   letters to your lover. marrying for love.   these bars can’t keep me from you.  motivated by love.   an avenging angel.  scorching jealousy.  love reborn.  devoted to memory.   it was all for you. going your separate ways.  commit murder for me.  an unstoppable hunger.   death comes for us all. the strongest love eventually grows apart.

DRACULA.    the holiest love.  girls love wolves.  the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.   violence is passion.    red lips, sharp teeth.   love letters in a diary.   unrelenting support.   getting lost in the woods.   coming home to you.   walking backwards into hell.   vengeance for my love.   even death won’t stop me.   we can live forever.    love is an open wound.   too much love to give.   bestowing your favor.   a never-ending thirst.   beauty even in death.   ravenous desire.  if only death had a heart to give.  a mercy killing.   these violent delights have violent ends.  

FRANKENSTEIN.    childhood friends to lovers.   they were something out of a dream.  arranged marriages.   learning to love.   was it all really worth it?   our guilt can know no bounds. vengeance, my love.   dismembered body parts.   my beating heart in your open palm.   your death destroys me.   adam and eve.   crossing the mountains. an antagonist in mourning.   paradise lost. the loss of innocence.   abandoning your dream.   the tempest on the horizon.   humans are the real monsters.   my love is wiser than my hate.

      ❝       𝙃𝙪𝙝  ? –      ❞       Quicksilver in hand  ,    lowered for just a flash as blue-aqua judges the position.    𝙸𝙽𝚃𝙴𝚁𝙲𝙴𝙿𝚃𝙸𝙽𝙶     𝙱𝚁𝙴𝙰𝚃𝙷     𝙾𝙵    𝚆𝙾𝚁𝙳𝚂     𝚃𝚁𝙰𝙽𝚂𝙵𝙴𝚁  ,    descending     𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒚     on his ears.       ❝       Oh  –  𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙡  …      ❞       Not to sound     𝐜𝐲𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥  ,    but they were a long way from their friends.    A bit ill-timed for that kind of pep talk.      ❝       If I die today ,   s’gonna be a     𝙇  𝙞  𝙞  𝙞  𝙞  𝙞  𝙞  𝙩  𝙡  𝙚    𝙩𝙤𝙤   𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚    for that  ,  buddy  !  –    ‘𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆   𝒕𝒉𝒆  𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕.       ❞       He jokes  ,    backing towards the other.       ❝      Hm  ..      ❞       Purse of lips as fingerless-gloved hands clutch weaponry a little tighter.       ❝       So man  –  what’s the    𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣  ?      ❞      A beat.       ❝       Hey   –  !      ❞       Light chuckle  ,    a funny realization  ,    breaking out into a short song for his play on words.       ❝     Who’s the man   -  ?   𝘁𝗵𝗲  𝗺𝗮𝗻   𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵  𝘁𝗵𝗲  𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻    –   not voodoo  –     𝙞𝙩’𝙨   𝙮𝙤𝙪  ,    𝙙𝙪𝙙𝙚  !      ❞      But  ,    just as quick to discern  ,    this wasn’t the time for antics  ,    clearing throat before adding.       ❝       So  ,    yeah.    𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓  ,    we got this.      ❞      A roll of his shoulders  ,     click of his neck  ,    short.       ❝       𝑯𝒆𝒉       . ❞      Offered as he lets the other lead.

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