#vinelle

Vox so wanted to go to Heaven during the Trial. He tried all the way up to the portal closing. (He actually got rebounded off the magic of the portal after Charlie and Vaggie went through)

At the very least Charlie tells him that Alastor got his message. (Leaving out that it activated mid-trial when Alastor tried to make his argument for ending the extermination, it was keyed to the voice signature Vox remembered)

Vinelle sent along two letters (One from each) and a painting as "Alastor said he still doesn't like pictures." and Vox gave a watery laugh at that comment and the beautiful image of Alastor sitting at a cafe with what must be a teenaged (Angels Age Slowly) Vinelle.

Vox says something akin to how he missed so many years with his spouse and baby. Confusing everyone, because "Alastor was pregnant when he died", but Vinelle is very clearly a Seraphim.

Essentially, while Alastor was living his human life to past the point he would have contacted Rosie, Vinelle was just an undeveloped soul.

Alastor "felt" her appear shortly after and Vox knew he was pregnant when they met, but was so down to be the father because he loved Alastor.

Alastor was absolutely amazed when he realized Vinelle was still coming once he got to Heaven, it would just take longer because of her unique nature.

Vinelle has little pomme clock hands that mark her cheeks. Red rings instead of circles like Lucifer with short lines that extend up into spade arrows pointing at her eyes. A sign of her powers, different enough that no one ever catches on to her bio-father's parentage.

Alastor never wanted to talk about him.

Her eyes and skin tone are absolutely Alastor's. No doubt in Vox's mind.

Charlie is like 'I'm bringing my girlfriend, not my overlord helper who is good at public speaking and convincing people, sorry! I'll give your husband your message!'

Vinelle's soul appeared shortly after, but biologically she's both Lucifer's, AND Vox's, cause she needed a body and that required Alastor having sex with Vincent.

That being said, Vincent being fully willing to not just be the father who stepped up to Niffty but also Alastor's unborn baby is adorable, and Vinelle not asking about her bio dad because she knows Alastor doesn't like talking about him is also adorable, so we can make that an au of the au!

There's an art proshippper did of Vinelle, where she actually has both Alastor's brown AND Vincent's green blue heterochromia, and blue hair tipped with pink like Alastor's angel form - I love her having the little clock symbols on her cheeks, wings like Vox's in Vox dei, he looks at the art of her and is like 'SHE'S GOT MY EYES AND BLUE HAIR!!!' and cries.

Vincent is clutching those letters and painting and getting all teary eyed, while also crying about how old she's gotten he's missed so many years!

Charlie: uhhh, Vox? how come your husband is a four winged archangel and your daughter is a seraphim?

In Last Christmas, why didn't Aro take Jacob as a hostage when he knew Jacob was one of the two most important people in Bella's life? Yes, Jacob was grooming Renesmee, which was bad for her (and I'm sure he wasn't thrilled this had been happening to a little girl), but what did that have anything to do with not taking Jacob to the catacombs or something like Carlisle thought he would?

It just doesn't make sense no matter what or how I try to think of it. It ... kind of felt strange for him to banish Jacob instead of making use of him to lure in Bella so he could kill her (and maybe possibly Jacob, too, later).

It can't just be because his presence would make Renesmee uncomfortable, because while it's not great if she knows he's there (which she doesn't have to, by the way), one child being temporarily a little uncomfortable with the idea of her grooming babysitter being in the same castle shouldn't have Aro giving up one of the greatest ways to bring Bella to the Volturi (especially when Edward is there too, which means more likely Bella will come). He can always banish or kill Jacob Black later on when Bella is taken care of if it comes to that.

Sorry, that was long, but I don't really know. Could you explain Aro's reasoning in the fic?

Last Christmas by me and @therealvinelle

And ooh, thanks for the praise!

I believe Aro muses on this in the fic, though I forget which chapters.

The Context of the Fic/ Or Bad Day for Aro

By the time Jacob rolls around, Aro is swimming in hostages. Renesmee is a hostage, Carlisle Cullen turned himself in to be a fucking hostage/ensure Renesmee's safety, and now he has fucking Jacob Black.

And the thing is, Renesmee should be the golden ticket. This is the daughter that Bella raised an army for, that she nearly sacrificed everything for. This is the daughter Bella loves more than anything and should be the shortest leash for Bella imaginable.

Instead, Aro's jaw drops in real time as Bella somehow blames Renesmee for her being kidnapped when they forgot her at the airport.

What is even happening?

And alright, fine, they've decided they... hate Renesmee, for some reason, surely Carlisle... no Bella doesn't seem to care about Carlisle.

Basically, by the time we get to Jacob, Aro is past done. He has the daughter, he has the father, he doesn't want Jacob and he shouldn't need Jacob. The fact that he might is ridiculous. He should not be in this situation! Harrumph.

More Practically

But it's not just that, it's that Jacob's middle name is "liability". See, it's not just that Aro doesn't approve of the Jacob/Renesmee thing, which he very much doesn't, but that if he keeps Jacob around the chances of Something Bad happening are very, very, very high.

Not to mention Jacob's mortal, prone to shifting and attacking when stressed, and it's not unlikely an accident would befall him in Volterra that wasn't intended. And now Aro has a dead hostage on his hands that he has to explain to the external Cullens.

Jacob is far more trouble than he's worth, especially when Aro has two hostages that he knows at least mean something to Edward. Well, at least Carlisle means something to Edward.

For all Aro knows, he'd keep Jacob and suddenly Jacob would be Satan incarnate to Bella.

Basically, he doesn't gain much by having Jacob and the risks of something happening vastly outweigh the rewards. Also, Aro is done and tired and he does not like Jacob and does not wish to deal with him.

Oh, that's so sweet! Hope they make the flight bearable.

New episode has dropped! @therealvinelle and I spend over an hour talking about Tom Riddle's horcruxes: which are real and how real are they, what are horcruxes, and did Harry really jump into a frozen over pond in winter that one time?

Here on spotify.

this one meant to be a fanart to the prologue of The Man Who Would Be King, but I got a bit sidetracked. now, I'm not sure it can qualify as one

this one is renesmee and her horrifying gift cosplaying together as madonna and the child

this one shows my completely imaginative plot of Bella trying to create some good new year memories with renesmee after last year disastrous volturi visit. the photos look appropriately eerie

Oh my god! This is beautiful and I'm so flattered anon (and amazed the podcast induces fan art of any kind).

And by "announcing", I here mean "The Muffin and I have been thinking about doing a podcast, but before we commit to anything we want to suss out whether this is worth pursuing".

It's very early stages so far, hence our wanting your feedback. You get to tell us what you want this potential podcast to be. And if you're not interested in a podcast then let us know that too, and why.

Thank you in advance!

Look, @therealvinelle, praise for our fics! Glad you enjoy them so much, anon.

Space Oddity we tried our best and, as we revealed to readers, it ended in fire and brimstone.

As for the others, I know it seems odd, but those bunnies really were suddenly massacred. Yes, there were things we could come up with... but we realized we'd been here before. We had explored seemingly every angle in which the Cullens can fall apart and just couldn't feel it with "alright, this time our HP essentially OCs are the catalyst and in the mix".

We ultimately couldn't come up with anything interesting for them to do that we hadn't done.