in conjunction with @bornburden‘s earlier post, this is about damien’s decision to name his son lucien darvell bloodmarch. after doing a bit of research i came to the conclusion that damien named his son in such a way that it tells the story of his life.
the middle name, darvell, is really the start of it all, inspired by the literary muse augustus darvell from lord byron’s ( george gordon byron ) unfinished story, ‘ the fragment ‘. it’s a story from the perspective a narrator following the life of a rich and elderly man, augustus darvell, up until his death and burial. byron’s original idea involved darvell returning to life as a creature of the night. this idea was picked up and completed by writer polidori in his novella ‘ the vampyre ‘. ‘ the vampyre ‘ was recorded as the first known literary representation of vampirism in 1819.
this ‘ rebirth ‘ in a sense is represented in the name lucien, which translates roughly to light. lucien represents the light of darvell being reborn, much like damien was reborn into the father figure he always wanted to be. lucien is also the light of damien’s life in that he’s a reminder that there are things in this world that truly embody the idea and concept of love, such as the way damien loves his son.
DEAD! one last thing before i leave for work: my lucien’s middle name is DARVELL. there’s a reason behind this that i am hoping to go into later, but this was @periodiic‘s idea and there is a ton of depth behind it. anyways ily all and i’ll be on mobile/discord til im off work <3
full name : lucien bloodmarch other names : lucy, the devil, hell child, emo title : high school student age : 16-19 gender : cis male sexuality : bisexual origin : probably comes from a long line of vampires. he will neither confirm nor deny in reality, he was adopted. origins unknown. current location : maple bay. nationality : american. ethnicity : white. spoken languages : english, beginner’s french. religion : agnostic, catholic roots. height : 5′7″ body type : lean and thin. bony and skinny. eyes : black tattoos : '666′ stick and poke an his right wrist piercings : eyebrow, four cartilage, lobes, medusa, snake bites. scars : none notable. educational background : high school senior social media : twitter, myspace, instagram smoking : smokes both cigarettes and weed semi-regularly. drinking : occasionally. drugs : weed, sometimes other narcotics and hallucinogens if offered. athletics : none hobbies : getting into trouble, painting, listening to music virgin : yes favorite drink : black coffee. favorite food : he isn’t very picky. default meals usually consist of a salad unless Damien wants to eat something with a bit more substance. favorite music : hard rock, anything in the ‘emo’ genre clothing style : blacks and grays, heaby makeup, tripp pants, hoodies, several jelly bracelets underwear type : boxer briefs
CHARACTER STATS ! (bold all that applies. italicize leaning. strike former.)
WEALTH —
$ financial. // wealthy / moderate/ poor / in poverty ✚ medical. // fit / moderate / sickly / disadvantaged / disabled / not applicable ✪ class. // upper / middle-working / poor / slave / unsure ✔ education. // qualified/ unqualified / studying / other ✖ criminal record. // yes, for major crimes /yes, for minor crimes / no/ has committed crimes, but has not been caught yet
FAMILY —
◒ children. // has one or more children/ has no children / wants children / verse dependent ◑ relationship with family. // close with sibling(s) (verse dep) / not close with sibling(s) / has no sibling(s) / siblings are deceased ◔ affiliation. // orphaned / adopted / disowned / raised by birth parent(s) / not applicable
TRAITS + TENDENCIES —
♦ extrovert // introvert // in between ♦ disorganized // organized // in between ♦ close-minded // open-minded // in between ♦ calm // anxious// in between ♦ disagreeable // agreeable// in between ♦ cautious// reckless // in between ♦ patient // impatient //in between ♦ outspoken // reserved// in between ♦ leader // follower // in between ♦ empathetic// indifferent // in between ♦ optimistic // pessimistic // in between ♦ traditional // modern // in between ♦ hardworking// lazy // in between ♦ cultured// uncultured // in between ♦ loyal // disloyal // in between ♦ faithful // unfaithful // in between
BELIEFS —
★ faith. // monotheist / polytheist / atheist / agnostic / it’s complicated ☆ belief in ghosts or spirits. // yes / no / don’t know / don’t care ✮ belief in an afterlife. // yes / no / don’t know / don’t care ✯ belief in reincarnation. // yes / no / don’t know / don’t care ❃ belief in aliens. // yes / no / don’t know / don’t care ❀ philosophical. // yes / no / sometimes
SEXUALITY & ROMANTIC INCLINATION —
❤ sexuality. / heterosexual / homosexual / bisexual / asexual / pansexual / demisexual / questioning ❥ sex. // sex repulsed / sex neutral / sex favorable ♥ romance. // romance repulsed / romance neutral / romance favorable ❣ sexually. // adventurous / experienced / naive / inexperienced / curious / inhibited ⚧ potential sexual partners. // male / female / other / none / all ⚧ potential romantic partners. // male / female / other / none / all
☕ drinking alcohol. // never / sometimes / frequently / to excess ☁ smoking. // never / sometimes / frequently / to excess ✿ other narcotics. // never / sometimes / frequently / to excess ✌ medicinal drugs. // never / sometimes / frequently / to excess ☻ indulgent in food. // never / sometimes / frequently / to excess $ splurge spending. // never / sometimes / frequently/ to excess ♣ gambling. // never / sometimes / frequently / to excess
name : Lucien Bloodmarch nickname : Lucy (like, if you wanna get punched), the emo kid zodiac sign :
Sagittarius
gender : cis male favourite colour : purple, silver, black average hours of sleep : 12 hours or none at all last thing you googled : how to grow weed at home height : 5′7
MUN :
name : Fin nickname : Finny-boy, bean, idk call me whatever, yo zodiac sign : Libra gender : trans male favourite colour : lavender, pastel pink average hours of sleep : about 5/6 hours last thing you googled : stop it get some help meme height : 5'5
DEAD! ok i’m not good at wording headcanons because i never know where to start, but Lucien’s personality/interests is heavily dependent on who he is hanging around and befriends. When he was a child, around his time of adoption to when he was in sixth grade, Lucien followed after his dad, being ( for the most part ) kind and considerate, an open-minded and helpful kid, his few friends at school were like that, as well. He was rather shy and had never been that good at making friends, so he didn’t have any heavy influences or large groups of people to take after. By the time he hit sixth grade/middle school, his peers changed around him, and he complied with the changes, willing to fit in ( but was also extremely needy and DESPERATE to feel unique ) and quickly found himself befriending people who considered themselves as ‘gamers’ and ’otakus’, and quickly slid into that friend group, starting arguments online and using broken japanese in conversation at one point. Damien, curious and supportive, got into some anime with his son and became attached as Lucien was at the time. Around this time, symptoms of Lucien’s Major Depressive Disorder began to show and he began acting out more, getting upset sporadically, and locking himself in his room for days at a time, just watching whatever he could pirate and download. About halfway though sophomore year, Lucien began to realize that the weeaboo culture wasn’t really ‘in’ anymore, and found himself in a group of people that he found increasingly like-minded to himself, rebellious students who had taken up the Gothic lifestyle that had reminded him of his dad, and changed his whole wardrobe to accumulate with how his new friends looked. With encouragement and peer pressure ( mixed with his increasingly OBVIOUS depression ), against his own better judgement, Lucien began to rebel against his father and began failing his classes, skipping to smoke weed, drink, party, and vandalize property, becoming snarkier and blatantly moodier.
This leads to head to him starting college, again losing the majority of his friends to a lack of genuine interest in each other, rather turned off by their shallowness ( as the majority of the money they all shared ALWAYS ended up going to weed & they always seemed to contact him when they WANTED some (hence, he started carrying Oregano) ), he attempted to try out the Trad Goth aesthetic on his own, it lasted barely half a ( LONELY ) semester before he grew bored, and dropped the majority of his look, kept his piercings, grew his hair out, & covered up his shitty stick-and-poke tattoo with a professionally-done tattoo of a bat ( to think of his father ) and began dressing more casually, for comfort, hanging out in the common area of his dorm and befriending people he wouldn’t of looked twice at when he was younger. By this point, Lucien would be properly medicated and probably trying to make up for all the crap he put people through in his youth. He still isn’t perfect and lacks a true sense of stability, but he’ll eventually get SOMEWHERE.
DEAD! ok i’m not good at wording headcanons because i never know where to start, but Lucien’s personality/interests is heavily dependent on who he is hanging around and befriends. When he was a child, around his time of adoption to when he was in sixth grade, Lucien followed after his dad, being ( for the most part ) kind and considerate, an open-minded and helpful kid, his few friends at school were like that, as well. He was rather shy and had never been that good at making friends, so he didn’t have any heavy influences or large groups of people to take after. By the time he hit sixth grade/middle school, his peers changed around him, and he complied with the changes, willing to fit in ( but was also extremely needy and DESPERATE to feel unique ) and quickly found himself befriending people who considered themselves as ‘gamers’ and ’otakus’, and quickly slid into that friend group, starting arguments online and using broken japanese in conversation at one point. Damien, curious and supportive, got into some anime with his son and became attached as Lucien was at the time. Around this time, symptoms of Lucien’s Major Depressive Disorder began to show and he began acting out more, getting upset sporadically, and locking himself in his room for days at a time, just watching whatever he could pirate and download. About halfway though sophomore year, Lucien began to realize that the weeaboo culture wasn’t really ‘in’ anymore, and found himself in a group of people that he found increasingly like-minded to himself, rebellious students who had taken up the Gothic lifestyle that had reminded him of his dad, and changed his whole wardrobe to accumulate with how his new friends looked. With encouragement and peer pressure ( mixed with his increasingly OBVIOUS depression ), against his own better judgement, Lucien began to rebel against his father and began failing his classes, skipping to smoke weed, drink, party, and vandalize property, becoming snarkier and blatantly moodier.
This leads to head to him starting college, again losing the majority of his friends to a lack of genuine interest in each other, rather turned off by their shallowness ( as the majority of the money they all shared ALWAYS ended up going to weed & they always seemed to contact him when they WANTED some (hence, he started carrying Oregano) ), he attempted to try out the Trad Goth aesthetic on his own, it lasted barely half a ( LONELY ) semester before he grew bored, and dropped the majority of his look, kept his piercings, grew his hair out, & covered up his shitty stick-and-poke tattoo with a professionally-done tattoo of a bat ( to think of his father ) and began dressing more casually, for comfort, hanging out in the common area of his dorm and befriending people he wouldn’t of looked twice at when he was younger. By this point, Lucien would be properly medicated and probably trying to make up for all the crap he put people through in his youth. He still isn’t perfect and lacks a true sense of stability, but he’ll eventually get SOMEWHERE.
DEAD! Lucien has AO3 bookmarked on the home page of his phone. He’s lowkey still kind of a weeb and is the one who originally got Damien into Nar.uto when he was in middle school. He’s extremely embarrassed by that phase and claims that he’s long over it, mainly reading works of Junji Ito and other horror mangas ( and stuff like To.kyo Gh.oul and Dea.th N.ote, for the edge factor ), but still has an extremely weeb-y phase behind closed doors, watching sports anime for the fanservice along with stuff like Fru.its Bas.ket and OH.SHC. He always clears his phone’s browser history, but his bookmarks on AO3 are filled with shippy oneshots.
DEAD! i’m gonna keep this short n sweet for not, but like @periodiic, i headcanon my portrayal of lucien to have been adopted at a young age. idk when this will come into play or much importance other than expanding my headcanons about lucien’s mental state/meta, but i guess? just know that he ISN’T blood related to damien, but that doesn’t make him any less of family.
