The redacted fandom after you say you still like William, a morally gray character, even through they LOVE characters that have done worse things like I don't know, KIDNAPPING AND TORTURING PEOPLE:
william solaire they can never make me hate you
fellas y'all cool with your girl making more money than you?
ladies y'all cool with-
DROP A WILLIAM LISTENER, AND MY LIFE IS YOURS
Vincent feel into a deep depression during the months following William invoking him, causing Vincent to frequently forget to fulfill his basic needs like bathing and eating. So, William would do it for him. William would fill up his bathtub and carry Vincent from his bed to the bathroom and bath him, he'd bring a blood bag or two to Vincent's room and sit him up and help him drink it while rubbing his back, he'd sit Vincent in front of himself and brush out his matted hair carfully so he wouldn't pull Vincent's hair.
The reason William sees Vincent as his child is because he had to take care of him in the way you would a small child - helping bath them, brushing their hair, feeding them, ect. William wants to care for and protect Vincent because once he started he couldn't stop.
I’m all for the hype about a video of Darlin meeting the Solaire Vamps, but I raise this. They met during the inversion.
We know that makers and progeny can feel each other’s emotions to an extent. I doubt that the wards could stop that connection, meaning William, Alexis, and Fred all felt Sam and Vincent’s panic when the shades appeared.
They all arrived at the stadium quickly, (Bright coming along too ofc) only to have to wait outside the wards. Once they fell they went searching through the crowd for their family. They find Sam in the chaos, just as they are about to zip over there. They catch sight of a giant wolf bounding towards him, only to shift back into a human last second to nearly tackle Sam into a bone-crushing hug, he returns it with just as much energy. The spectating vampires are caught by surprise as the two separate only for a split second before passionately kissing one another while holding each other as close as possible. This is the wolf Sam comes back smelling like? Fred is worried, but still happy for Sam nonetheless. Bright is surprised and confused. William is glad he’s okay and has someone to take care of him when he neglects himself in favor of others. Alexis stares at the exchange. Envy reigns supreme in her mind, not leaving much space for relief that Sam’s even alive. She watches as her progeny, and object of her immortal affections is held by someone else. She watches as the wolf clamps their arms around Sam as if to protect him from a threat that’s already passed, like the world nearly ended, and based on the way they held him so desperately. If anything were to have happened to him, it would have. It makes her blood boil. Eventually the two separate, the shifter pressing a gentle kiss to the top of Sam’s head. They look around and Sam catches sight of them. Bright and Fred run to him first, followed by William. Alexis hesitates, then follows.
Tank doesn’t miss the way Sam’s shoulders go tense under their fingertips as another vamp appears next to William. Her hair lays perfect even in the midst of a tragedy, her silver eyes didn’t look like Sam’s, or William’s. Their eyes are warm and kind. Her eyes are sharp and cynical. They can only assume this is Alexis, their grip on his shoulders tightens and they pull him closer. They weren’t there to protect him in the wards, but they’ll be damned if they let something happen to him now. Even if the thing they are shielding him from is his own maker and the first blood of a vampire king. They’d do it for him, they’d do anything for him. They would give him every star in the sky if he asked.
William stands in front of Sam as he briefly covers what happened, leaving out exactly what happened with Vincent and his partner. That’s for him to say. Once he finishes, William turns his attention to the shifter standing at Sam’s side. Said vamp notices William’s attention on the wolf, stiffening a bit. William extends his hand to the shifter, and they shake it firmly.
“I’m William Solaire, though you probably figured that out by now.” The wolf nods,
“Tank.” William quirks a brow at the name, a nickname he guesses. He feels a tug of envy in his chest; right where Alexis and her feelings lie. Looking over to his progeny he catches her staring at Tank, silver eyes piercing holes in them. They pay her no mind, they are too focused on Sam. This only seems to aggravate her more. Fred and Bright stand close to Sam but pointedly far away from the wolf shifter at his other side. He doesn’t blame them. The scars covering their body give them quite the image. They are young vampires, Tank must intimidate them, even if Bright’s trying to put on a brave face for Fred. It’s not just their appearance either; Their aura itself was on fire. The energy surrounding them was feral and wild, yet they were in perfect control of that chaos. Despite what he assumed many others would say before getting to know them, he thought that Sam had found a wonderful partner. He could practically feel the fierce loyalty they felt for Sam radiating off of them in waves. Their strength would always be used for him, never against him. Yes, Sam was in good hands with this wolf.
To be fair to Vincent, so are most 19/20 year olds when it comes to stuff like this. So I know good faith can't even judge him for not realizing that.
Relistening to some of Vincents audios after all the summit shenanigans makes me wince a little bit.
The part in "Meeting Your Vampire Boyfriend's Maker" where Vincent says "you don't play fair old man"
And William responds with "and that is why I win"
Somebody call an 8th grade english teacher because i just discovered some foreshadowing
OR
The part in "Your Boyfriend's a Flirty Vampire Prince and ALSO a Cheesy Dork" when Vincent calls William a "Real Estate Kingpin" and starts quoting the Godfather to mocking William.
honey, you've got a big storm coming
Relinquish y'all William appearance headcannons.
Cause I have none.
Comment or reblog with it.
William has gray hair, but it grayed early on from stress. It is curly and put in a low ponytail. He looks at his hair every day because before it was turned gray, it was a nice deep brown. He didn't know it was gray before someone commented on how young he looked, even though his hair was gray.
He keeps his gray cause he doesn't want to think about that part of his history.
I feel that Vincent has baby face and he uses he bangs to hide how young he is. Porter only really found out in that conversation before summit.
Alexis cried her eyes out after Sam turned because she felt his anger and sadness about what had happened. Alexis had no idea even feelings from progeny could do that to someone.
Bright Eyes is taller and bigger than Fred. Part of the reason they became friends is that Fred hid behind them when someone was chasing him.
Fred grew his hair to hide his injury on his eye. Bright has a scar on their neck and a small one on their chin.
Sam, over two years after their turning to them, how he was turned. They were in shock to say the least.
Cause of porter absence from the clan he has slowly been gaining a new friend. Lovely still keeps in contact with their friends at DAMN they make sure plan events at night for them.
Bright after their fight with fred talk to Sam why doesn't like them. They get their answer but not the answer they like.
Porter and sam are two oldest members in the clan(biologically outside of william).
William still have his oldest crown that got made centuries ago.
Sam still has his award for best healer he got before being turn. He looks at it with somber remembrance.
A pair up with that I forgot to mention is that their fangs grow slightly longer too^^
Head cannon Nobody asked for but— whenever vampires get angry or enraged to the full extent, I’ve always imagined the sclera part of their eyes turn red, on some Castlevania type shit.
Currently screaming and kicking at the fucking floor. Throwing up, bleeding out, crying, pissing myself—ITS FINALLY HERE AND I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE FUCKING HYPEDDDDD AND SCAREDDDDDDD AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
Alucard/ Adrien vibes✨✨
But FR they look so good!!
I’m surprised it took me this long to get them out, I especially feel that way about the rest of the designs I have for all the others coming after— just bare with me they’re coming around slowly, but surely.
Small detail: I know Vincent described vampires having silver eyes with a slight tint of crimson, but I went the reversal route just cause crimson with silver undertone faded better lol Also I headcanon vampires don’t have eye shines because obviously they’re undead.
Vincent’s design is based off the lovely @itsdaifuku ‘s. When I was first working on the vamps once I saw her interpretation I couldn’t picture him another way, so credits to her ✨
[Bonus]
Who would I be if I didn’t also include—
Yes, him and Vincent have matching cross earrings.
I apologize in advance, for the person I will become, when the summit audio(s) come out.