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PAIRING: Devil's Minion, Armandiel, Armand/Daniel however you call it

SUMMARY:

“Maybe you supernatural types could try knocking at the front door for once? You know, in case someone had their hand down their pants.”

“And where would the fun be in that?” The question was spoken aloud but it also hummed like a purr inside Dani’s head.

I'm now up to date with the IWTV show and I just want to say how excited I am for Daniel Molloy. I was obsessed with his character and Armond when I was young reading the books, and now it's just so great to see them be appreciated 🥹

What is the actual ship name??

There's so many mini interactions in the show, and I can't even get "you're lingering, Rashid" scene out of my head.

At your divine mercy

Did I lie? Did I fucking lie???

"I've never made one" -> The one.

prnt.

XV - THE DEVIL

10% off INPRNT

Based on this post.

Wake up.

Rest.

:P

the thing we all need to remember about book!DM is that in that wretchedly romantic scene in Pompeii where they kiss for the first time and Daniel thinks about how Armand looks like a giant bug and he's in love........... the thing to remember...... is that the whole time, while Daniel is having all of these sweeping romantic thoughts and getting kissed and bitten, Armand is rocking double denim

there's so much fluffy and soft armandaniel and them having beautiful kinky sex and not enough old fledgling daniel and his sire being spiteful, having hate sex and fucking each other up. i need to see these guys trying to bite each other to death first before i can get into the rest

everything reminds me of him (middle aged daniel molloy who gets lost in his work, ignoring his wives and daughters, but can't find anything to fill the void of loneliness generated by something he doesn't even remember)

I think in the future Armand should continue to do his gaslighting, subtle manipulation, narrative weaving, scheming etc except over non-consequential things, and Daniel should just continue to unravel these threads, puzzles, mysteries, lies etc and it’s like foreplay for them.

Thinking about how, whether he is conscious of it or not, Armand has already partially broken the cycle of abuse he was subjected to, simply by not turning Daniel when he was young.

The precise nature of Armand's very existence is a permanent reminder of what he was forced to live through, regardless of if he even has the ability to process the trauma in the first place. If he so much as catches his reflection out of the corner of his eye, he is reminded of the coveting and commodification of his youth and how the most innocent time of his life was weaponised against him. He is frozen there. His face looks so innocent because it creates a satisfying contrast with his actions narratively, but its also because he was. He was innocent. And that was stolen from him by selfish, greedy people who pretended their actions were out of love.

By letting Daniel go (assuming Devil's Minion era happened in the seventies), Armand protected him from this. Daniel experienced his entire youth and what it was like to age out of it without the fear of no longer having value like Armand did, and then came adulthood. He has lived to an age that Arun never could have dreamt of, that Amadeo was forced to realise, at one point, he would never experience, not in the human sense at least. He'll never have lines on his face like Daniel does. His worry lines and smile lines will never deepen. He won't develop crow's feet from squinting in the sun, which turned its back on him long ago anyway. His hair will never grey. Marius made certain of that.

But Daniel got to have all of that. His beloved got to live his life, fuck it up over and over and make a million mistakes. He had the freedom and the agency to do it. Armand will not see it, but he gave Daniel exactly what was taken from him so long ago. He is not just evil. He does not destroy everything. He gave Daniel the real gift, and now they get to move onto the next stage of Daniel's life together (after a couple seasons of slow burn I would imagine).

Just as he sees the tragedy of his past on his own face, he sees the potential he has to be different on Daniel's. He has immortalised true beauty in Daniel. The beauty of having lived a long life.

the head tilt brothers

tbh the funniest thing in iwtv is when louis is venting about his ex and the same time armand and daniel are eyefucking.

I’m a strong believer in Armand turned Daniel because he couldn’t stand Daniel hating him.

daniel after being turned by armand: well at least he can't read my mind to extract my worst moments as a punishment anymore

armand, who has spent the past 50 years studying daniel like a bug: i am about to recite your top ten personal failures from memory. i've made a tier list

You and him

Him and you

‼️ FLASH WARNING ‼️

happy pride to whatever the fuck louis, armand, and daniel are doing tomorrow night

need to learn how to draw eric bogosian for the sole purpose of iwtv season 2 old man yaoi