Devil's Minion - Blog Posts
Physically I am a present and functioning human being, mentally I am consumed body and soul by old man vampire yaoi
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)
the term daniel uses to refer to himself, "minion," having a different modern & archaic definition reflects their relationship so well
daniel who believes himself to have been nothing but a plaything who followed armand about for a decade and can be discarded easily, vs armand who loves daniel so much he doesn't want to keep living if he dies
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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.
i think it would be funny if the way Daniel found out about Armand being able to walk in the sun was like, them falling into bed and then cuddling until the sun came up but they forgot to put up the curtains so when the first rays of sunshine reach their bed Daniel absolutely freaks out
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.
I dearly love the trope in Devil’s Minion fics where Daniel’s daughters find Armand in his apartment and are immediately concerned that their father is some old creep dating a guy in his twenties. It’s never not funny.
But I started thinking how Armand might view this reaction.
He obviously expected it. To outsiders, his companionship with Daniel looks strange. But I can see him being oddly touched by their sincere concern for him. It would stick with him after they’d left and he wouldn’t immediately know why.
Then later it might hit him: so few people throughout his existence have noticed his age and tried to protect him. Noticed his age, yes, but it was never about keeping him safe. Quite the opposite, and he was much younger then.
Daniel would not harm him, could not harm him, like he’s been harmed before, but so few had ever attempted to intervene when Arun or Amadeo had been repeatedly hurt, if anyone had at all. Daniel could never do to him what had been done in the past, but even the casual worry and judgement from his girls leaves Armand with a sort of ache in his soul he can’t articulate.
There’s also the chance he wouldn’t realise why he felt like that at all. He’s not had the ability to unpack any of his trauma. He’s stuck in it, so the feeling, initially touching, turns to the usual emptiness that feels like a permanent part of him, except it’s deeper than it normally is. He doesn’t know that the feeling is actually a wistful longing for his previous selves to have felt even an ounce of that concern for his wellbeing.
he’s a 70 year old man. he’s a newborn vampire. he’s a bright young reporter with a point of view. he’s got a 100% divorce rate including a marriage that wasn’t even his. he’s a homewrecker. he’s bisexual. he was sexually attracted to both men in said marriage that wasn’t his. he looked a 514 year old ruthless vampire who psychologically tortured him in the eye and exposed his darkest secret that he’s kept for 77 years. and he’s going to fuck that newly single vampire the second he gets a chance. meet daniel molloy everyone
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
Promo photoshoot for IWTV season 3 question mark?? But seriously, if the actors do something like that — I might perish.
if Daniel’s eyes really change to the color of his maker's eyes whenever he thinks about him this is gonna get real embarrassing real fast i feel
He's a passenger survivor
You and him
Him and you
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IWTV SPOILERS
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THE OLD MAN IS GETTING FUCKED
I WON
I WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON SOMEBODY SEDATE ME
And did y'all know this is a scene from the book with old Daniel instead
The chase