Darkness, blood, and age.

All right, so in case you hadn't noticed (I did drop hints).... I'm kind of a fan of dark, mysterious, vaguely vampiric things. Not all the things I like are like that, nor do I like all gothically influenced things... but let's just say, like a growing number of people, I see beauty in the dark.

So here's to that. Beauty in the dark.

Hades was always a favourite of mine.
I also made my own interpretation.

Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes
As best as I can tell, the source tracks to here.

I've actually been reading Picture of Dorian Gray. You'd be surprised how often people seem to totally abandon the numerous descriptions of Dorian in the book. Dorian is not merely described as pretty. His hair colour is specified as blond, and his looks are described as innocent, to the point that people don't believe anything against him because of it. He should never look like a 'cool beauty' type. This picture is by kakao-bean. I also enjoyed this portrait of the infamous young man, but chose to leave it out because it doesn't quite show the darkness as well as the above did. 

Pretty pretty pretty. By nayelemontre.

I believe the credits for this image are
contained within the image itself. However,
this reiteration isn't. So that's the link
I'm posting in relation to the image. 

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by tatouji

Demon-ish thing.... link.

  My previous eerie post contained a lot of similar content. However, in this case I am focusing on things inspired by times long past- which will explain the amount of vampirism you'll find here.

This picture is not fanwork of anything. It's just plain old gorgeous. Art is by Kailyze.

By Tokala

Barnabas Collins.... 

Meiseki does the best Faust stuff!

'Lady Murder' by Somnicide

Madness

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Vlad and Lacrimosa de Magpyr.... Discworld vampires! I'm currently in the middle of reading Carpe Jugulum. credit

Also, because I couldn't resist adding a
picture of everyone's favourite
coffee-addicted transvestite vampire- Mal.
Monstrous Regiment is awesome.
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And to round out our discworld extravaganza... Susan Sto Helit!
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The strange disconnect of people with food.

Aww, cute puppies and kitties!

We do a lot of things for our pets. We cuddle them and feed them and wash them and play with them. Some people dress them up in cute little dollie-style outfits, some people have portraits made of them. We treat them like we might do our children.

Which is not really an issue, don't get me wrong- I'm all for loving your puppy or your kitty. The issue arises when we hear about other places... like asia... where nobody sees puppies as any different from any other animal. So they get eaten... just like any other animal. And the pet lovers flip shit. How dare you treat animals like that!

Could you imagine eating this cutie?
credit for the image

Again, I have no issue with raising the standard on how we treat our food, and I wholeheartedly support not butchering animals just because we think they're tasty.... but here's the issue. We complain loudly about how evil people in asia eat dogs, cats, and dolphins while we happily consume factory-farmed meat, farm fresh! Sounds like some people need a bit of a reality check. And by some, I mean lots and lots of people.

Actually, from a blog post
by a vegan person,
hooraying the fact that
a dog meat festival got cancelled....

chicken farm, 

Photograph by LM Otero/AP

National Geographic

If images like the one on the right upset you, then how come the image on the left is shrugged off? Yeah, sure, chickens and pigs and such are 'food animals'. But does that mean they should be mistreated? Honestly, a hint... if it icks you out to think of your puppy there, you probably shouldn't be buying the product.

lexidh

So do me a favour. Before you buy that hot dog, imagine it was dogs that went into it instead of cows and pigs. Grab the veggie version, check where your meat comes from and how it's treated, and pay the things that die for your tasty meals a tiny fraction of the respect they deserve. okay?