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@lumiccu super super sorry that you had to wait until the last day for your gift but I was your secret santa this time and I hope you like this little santa Luna 💙

Hope you had a blessed holiday season and a good start into the new year as well :)

been a while since I drew Luna but they and their little family are precious to me🤲

Hi there dear fellows and Luna lovers. Sunday is here.

Don't edit this drawing and don't post it anywhere.

This really lovely Luna was made by an artist that is active on the fandom to support Palestine.

VNC sticker designs! (close ups under the page break!)

You can buy the stickers on my etsy store!

LIMITED TIME ONLY!! The fan merch on my etsy shop will only be up until March 2nd!

I’m quite curious to know who the “dangerous friends” who made Luna’s attire might be…and the special properties with which said garments could be imbued, since Vanitas emphasizes that Amelia should use a particular type of fabric to “mend the gloves and the cloak.” 🤔

Back in Mémoire 49, Luna mentions that “families of alchemists and magicians” tend to have amicable relationships with vampires; perhaps the clothes were provided by one such group of mortals?

You ever think about how interesting it is that Vanitas (and the Vampire of the Blue Moon) are accented with silver (including the hourglass charm in the manga version), which is supposed to be a weakness for vampires in most vampiric lore.

Silver is often used as a symbol of purity which often makes it an effective tool in lore against many supernatural beings (such as vampires, werewolves, undead, etc.) and it was considered a naturally occurring solution to getting rid of these problems. That’s why silver bullets work on werewolves and the undead can be kept back with silver.

With vampires, silver is said to burn and paralyze them in a lot of lore. Despite its frequency the actual effectiveness of silver on vampires can range from being enough to kill them from the burning purity of the metal to effects similar to a bad allergic reaction. Overall, the effects are not as bad as sunlight but can still be effective to deter them.

Most commonly, silver was used to bind and entrap vampires until they could be killed with other means (if the silver itself isn’t enough). A convenient trap and a way to hurt them all in one.

Similarly, silver is also why vampires often wouldn’t reflect in mirrors due to it being used as the base of a mirror’s reflective properties. Basically, they were too “impure” to show on the “pure” metal.

I say all this because I wonder if these properties are why Luna, Vanitas, and even Misha have silver accents and accessories. Because with their association with the Blue Moon, they’re supposed to be the destruction of vampires in the series. Or at least according to their world’s lore.

Because to vampires, silver is deadly.

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Also, correct me if I’m wrong but even with all the vampire nobility we’ve seen, while they were other precious metals and jewels, I can’t recall anyone who wore silver. Gold most certainly, and probably what’s meant to be bronze.