Tales of Rhine City: Impetus

The year is 2017. The location is Rhine City, a dark, violent, superstitious New England city riddled with crime… the perfect place for a coven of vampires to blend in unnoticed. The remnants of the once proud coven of Dracula settled down in the city, hoping to finally find some semblance of peace after their leader’s death in 1890… but that peace is soon to be shattered. Their old enemy Eve, the angelic progenitor of vampirism itself, has her sights on seemingly destroying the coven once and for all in revenge for fighting back against her.

But all hope is not lost, for the coven has been given something that their grieving leader Victoria had only dared dream of: a way to bring Dracula back.

But this city is far too big for just one story.Two powerful women clash to determine who deserves to reign supreme in the city. A gang of heroic vigilantes seek to right the wrongs of the city. A young man falls in love with a vampire and must come to terms with himself. A headstrong stripper seeks a way to keep her friends safe from harm. A vampire gets a taste of freedom and comes of age as she helps a friend get out of a horrifying situation. A young woman seeks answers about the fate of her father while also trying to unravel yet another mystery.

Unbeknownst to all, their stories are set to cross paths and interweave, and they will soon realize nothing in Rhine City is truly as it seems.

Tales of Rhine City: Impetus is book 1 of the Vampire Trilogy, written by myself and @lilmissrantsypants.

The website, complete with character information, can be found here.

Chapter List

Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

• Part 1
• Part 2

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Rhine City Shorts 

Home Sweet Home

The problem is I’m incredibly indecisive, which is why I’ve made twenty trillion polls. Though it seems like Shino is winning so I’ll get her as long as she’s winning tomorrow (and Diana can join the other former islanders in New Leaf when I finally get that)

(WARNING! This analysis contains RACISM! Seriously, just look at this fucking guy, holy shit! What were they thinking?!)

People always have different answers to why people just don’t know Wonder Woman’s adversaries to the same extent that they know Batman or even Superman’s, despite her being one of the Big Three of DC. Some say it’s because Diana is all about diplomatically resolving conflict, and thus ends up befriending her foes. Others claim it’s because she kills her enemies. I’m not sure if either of these groups know what they’re talking about because I don’t read comics as extensively as some, but considering what we’re talking about here I’m guessing DC wants to keep people from knowing her enemies because if they do, they’ll find shit like Egg Fu.

Like, just look at this fucking guy. Look at him.

Like I get comics were racist back in the day, but this one takes the cake. What’s even more insane is how they keep trying to revamp and revitalize the character in the modern era, from being a bad guy from Apokolips:

To… whatever the hell this is:

There’s got to be reason, right? Why are writers so dead set on trying to rehabilitate the racist communist egg man?

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shrewreadings:

fullyfunctionalminiaturebeehive:

doctorslippery:

soberscientistlife:

Not knowing that you have a villain inside you, a hero, and a bystander is a lesson that everyone should learn.

What is the quote from Jingo, by Sir Terry Pratchett, to the effect of “when someone does something terrible, we want it to be one of Them, because if it isn’t Them, then it is Us?”

“It was because he wanted there to be conspirators. It was much better to imagine men in some smoky room somewhere, made mad and cynical by privilege and power, plotting over the brandy. You had to cling to this sort of image, because if you didn’t then you might have to face the fact that bad things happened because ordinary people, the kind who brushed the dog and told their children bedtime stories, were capable of then going out and doing horrible things to other ordinary people. It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone’s fault. If it was Us, what did that make Me? After all, I’m one of Us. I must be. I’ve certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We’re always one of Us. It’s Them that do the bad things.”

Jingo. 1997. Pratchett, Terry. NY, London, and Ankh-Morpork: Harper-Collins. p. 205

wonderfulworldofmichaelford:

Currently trying to decide between Japanese demon deer and ethereal pastel goth deer as my island’s deer

The AC subreddit is making me self-conscious about wanting Shino 😞

Currently trying to decide between Japanese demon deer and ethereal pastel goth deer as my island’s deer

wonderfulworldofmichaelford:

Psycho Analysis: The Saint of Killers

(WARNING! This analysis contains SPOILERS!)

I have a confession to make: I enjoy Garth Ennis’ Preacher. Sure, a lot of it has aged like milk on a hot summer day, especially with how it portrays every single queer person in its pages as a freak or degenerate sicko, or how ridiculously edgy and tasteless it gets at points, but I think it has some really good messages in it, some decent dark humor, and even some cool and enjoyable characters here and there. And among the crazy cast of characters is the antagonistic cowboy killing machine known as The Saint of Killers.

A former Confederate soldier who reveled in killing, he one day met a beautiful woman and started a family, making him realize there was more to life than killing. But when they fell ill, he failed to save them due to the machinations of outlaws; after this he went on a brutal killing spree, even taking innocent lives. The last innocent life he took wasted his last bullet, and he was killed and sent to Hell which he froze over with his own hatred, He was made the new Angel of Death to get rid of him, he went on to kill some more, but not after shooting Satan’s brains out. Heaven eventually decided he was too hardcore, and put him to sleep until they need him for an assassination mission which leads to him tanking nukes, killing everyone in his way, and even killing God.

…Jesus fucking Christ, when I write it all out it sounds even edgier and more ridiculous than I thought. But is there any value in the grizzled Clint Eastwood wannabe? I mean, Empire ranked him #43 in their list of the 50 Greatest Comic Characters of All Time, What Culture put him at #57 on their list of the 100 Greatest Comic Book Villains of All Time, and IGN ranked him at #74 on a similar list. Are these publications crazy, or is he really that good at being bad?

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ruka-desuu:

romanceyourdemons:

“if he be mr. hyde, i shall be mr. seek” is such a funny line i can’t believe robert louis stevenson actually wrote that in the actual original dr. jekyll and mr. hyde in the actual year of 1885

me: there is no way this is true *pirates a pdf real quick to check it out* WHAT?!

wonderfulworldofmichaelford:

Psycho Analysis: The Saint of Killers

(WARNING! This analysis contains SPOILERS!)

I have a confession to make: I enjoy Garth Ennis’ Preacher. Sure, a lot of it has aged like milk on a hot summer day, especially with how it portrays every single queer person in its pages as a freak or degenerate sicko, or how ridiculously edgy and tasteless it gets at points, but I think it has some really good messages in it, some decent dark humor, and even some cool and enjoyable characters here and there. And among the crazy cast of characters is the antagonistic cowboy killing machine known as The Saint of Killers.

A former Confederate soldier who reveled in killing, he one day met a beautiful woman and started a family, making him realize there was more to life than killing. But when they fell ill, he failed to save them due to the machinations of outlaws; after this he went on a brutal killing spree, even taking innocent lives. The last innocent life he took wasted his last bullet, and he was killed and sent to Hell which he froze over with his own hatred, He was made the new Angel of Death to get rid of him, he went on to kill some more, but not after shooting Satan’s brains out. Heaven eventually decided he was too hardcore, and put him to sleep until they need him for an assassination mission which leads to him tanking nukes, killing everyone in his way, and even killing God.

…Jesus fucking Christ, when I write it all out it sounds even edgier and more ridiculous than I thought. But is there any value in the grizzled Clint Eastwood wannabe? I mean, Empire ranked him #43 in their list of the 50 Greatest Comic Characters of All Time, What Culture put him at #57 on their list of the 100 Greatest Comic Book Villains of All Time, and IGN ranked him at #74 on a similar list. Are these publications crazy, or is he really that good at being bad?

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