Lovely chapter, especially with Alistair and Victor together. Enjoyed the various labyrinth myth references, and I'm so Tezcatlipoca brained that I had to linger over the phrasing with about an obsidian mirror. I'd like to imagine that Victor shows he embraces his sexuality by going as a sexy demon to a Halloween party, maybe Alistair goes as a priest for some role reversal.
You know what I came to the obsidian mirror reference by way of John Dee (who used one to talk to ghosts) but I just googled it and it sounds like his obsidian mirror was Aztec in origin, so you're actually more right than I am!
Yeah John Dee has his own role in the continual demonization of Tezcatlipoca via that mirror, I hate him for that. Also still not over learning he believed the angel Uriel ordered him to share his wife with another man.
Lovely chapter, especially with Alistair and Victor together. Enjoyed the various labyrinth myth references, and I'm so Tezcatlipoca brained that I had to linger over the phrasing with about an obsidian mirror. I'd like to imagine that Victor shows he embraces his sexuality by going as a sexy demon to a Halloween party, maybe Alistair goes as a priest for some role reversal.
You know what I came to the obsidian mirror reference by way of John Dee (who used one to talk to ghosts) but I just googled it and it sounds like his obsidian mirror was Aztec in origin, so you're actually more right than I am!
(also I love your costume ideas)
Yeah John Dee has his own role in the continual demonization of Tezcatlipoca via that mirror, I hate him for that. Also still not over learning he believed the angel Uriel ordered him to share his wife with another man.
Lord Vane: Dracula (obviously)
Father Ardelian: sexy nun
Danny & Sylvia: Mulder Scully X-Files couples costume
Silas: Freddy Krueger (just seems like a Freddy Krueger guy to me)
Right on!
ALISTAAAAAAAAAAAIR 😭😭😭
oh man I was not ready for this chapter to end! The tenderness is heartbreaking (and my whump-loving heart is also singing)
HE CALLED HIM 'BELOVED' <3<3<3
(the rest of the chapter was amazing too, it's just that 'beloved'!!!!)