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Vakaris Blackwood
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Hi! name's Vakaris (he/him; 36);
Your local nosferatu

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December with Dracula and with me. I have some wishes to you and for you, all on my blog!

And if you don't feel like reading all that, you can get me a birthday coffee: ko-fi.com/blackwood
a single image made out of two mirrored ones side-by-side of an alt guy with pink undercut hair. Only one eye (3/4ths of the face) is visible, wearing a lenses with two pupils connected by a slim line. through the skull pattern mask (unrelated / not associated with any groups, especially hate groups) a lot of smoke billows out obscuring the other side of the face. image by and of wannabekingpin aka vakaris
December 14, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Imagine the old-loves coming back to life the way you have them in your head. My example of that would be Oni. How I saw Muro vs how Muro looked like, lol.
muro hasegawa from video game oni, very old video game 3D model, a guy with purple hair and a leather jacket. muro hasegawa artwork by wannabekingpin aka vakaris, a guy with purple hair and very green eyes, with black orbit behind him.
December 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Waited a whole year to finish Blood Oath series with Bite of Justice by R.L. Caulder and it… Mostly didn’t disappoint. The supernatural world is about to change. Only natural not everyone cares about the new status quo. 🦇 #dracember #dracember2025 #draculabooks #booksky
bite of justice by R.L. Caulder, blood oath finale, fourth book, cover, portraying a blonde woman in metallic blood red dress on straps, with a long slit to show off her thigh, a large full moon behind her, and a gothic castle, everything blending into dark swirls of mist and blood. black-framed lg tablet is placed on a dark grey wooden table with various other items around, such as red tarot cards, nine of stakes the only one open, portraying vlad dracula in the forest of bodies, round black shades, lighter, snake charm, leather gloves. image and review by wannabekingpin aka vakaris.
December 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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We seem to be getting a lot of Dracula. And a lot of book adaptations. And a lot of gothic splendors in general. Whilst Abraham’s Boys(2025) wasn’t a great movie, it was still a delight. 🦇 wannabekingpin.substack.com | #dracember #dracember2025 #abrahamsboys #dracula
Abraham's Boys movie intro screen on a pc, lit from behind by a green colored rgb strip, shows a path through a grassy valley, with a tree in the foreground, and a figure barely visible in the front. image and review by wannabekingpin aka vakaris
December 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Love Vivian Shaw and her Dr. Greta Helsing series on a doctor for the supernaturals. I didn’t entirely expect more after the last book. Nor did I expect Bitter Waters to have Dracula in it. And so well written too. 🦇 wannabekingpin.substack.com | #dracember #dracula #vivianshaw #booksky
bitter waters by vivian shaw book cover, portraying a green inside of the house, with a tall french window through which a silhouette of a figure holding a smaller one is visible, with bats above them, implying something supernatural. black-framed LG tablet is placed on a dark grey wooden table, with various items strewn around, such as hellsing manga pages, lighter, a ring with coffin on it, earphones, leather gloves, round shades, black candle, a corner of a black faux leather notebook. image and review by wannabekingpin aka vakaris
December 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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I tend to consciously avoid match-3 types of games, because they’re extremely addictive. So, of course, Universe had to deliver me one with Dracula. No, this isn’t a complaint, please, more! 🦇 wannabekingpin.substack.com | #dracember2025
jewel match dracula collector's edition video game logo and main screen, showcasing a cliff with a large tower on top, and a small palace below, with what seems to be an ocean in between, on a dark, moonlit night. windows glow red, the moon is full. review by wannabekingpin aka vakaris save halloween city of witches video game scene with yellow words on top, portraying a cage with skeleton inside, holding a purple-pink glowing orb, behind it there's a noose, and a forest, with a fence in between. review by wannabekingpin aka vakaris
December 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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It took me a while to get through Curse of Dracula by Kathryn Ann Kingsley, the second book in Immortal Soul duology. Whilst appealing in many ways, it was slow all throughout 🦇 wannabekingpin.substack.com | #booksky #dracember2025 #dracula
curse of dracula by kathryn ann kingsley book cover, portraying main protagonist Maxine, in a black shoulderless dress, black hair, very pale skin, framed in gold art deco style frame. black LG tablet is placed on a dark grey wooden table, with hellsing manga open under it, portraying alucard waking up from a dream, and various other items. such as rings, a bracelet with a snake charm, lighter, black candle, earphones, black leather gloves, leather-bound notebook. image and review by wannabekingpin aka vakaris
December 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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There were very many expectations going into Nosferatu (2024) movie, directed by no other than Robert Eggers. Cinematography, acting, story. Didn't expect it to be this genuinely horrifying, with a monster that has zero chance at redemption arc: wannabekingpin.substack.com #dracember
three yellow tickets with circle and an f letter in the middle of it scattered through it to a movie Nosferatu. There's various other data on it, such as the title of the cinema, QR code to scan, seat, row, time, date, price. Tickets are held by a hand with black painted nails, the rest remains very dark and indiscernible. Image and review by wannabekingpin aka vakaris
December 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Fifth year of #dracember, and it's better, more beautiful, than it has ever been. Come, join me in some dark revelry! 🦇 #decemberwithdracula #dracember2025
hungarian copy of Bram Stoker's "Drakula", white cover, with black silhouette of a castle, two red-lit round windows and the general shape of it reminicing that of a creature, a beast watching you, red roof framing the shoulders and top of the head, with spikes uptop like bat ears. red moon behind the top most peak, and bats flying across the white sky. the book is placed on a magazine with claes bang as dracula, all on a dark wooden table with various other items around, such as black leather gloves, a page from Hellsing manga which shows Alucard as Vlad Tepes, and a dragon ouroborus ring. image and post by wannabekingpin aka vakaris Vlad the Last Confession by C.C. Humphreys book, blue, with an armored knight on an armored horse, wielding a sword and a banner with a dragon, its tail coiled, among many other soldiers, halbards and pikes posed to strike, implying ottoman empire soldiers due to crescent moon visible on one of the enemy's banners. the book is placed on a magazine spread on bbc (2020) dracula, with claes bang as dracula, and a candleholder. image and post by wannabekingpin aka vakaris.
December 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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2025 Autumn Favorites: wannabekingpin.substack.com
A dark photograph of October, picture looking down on the pavement, sidewalk by the street, with red tiles with bumps for vision-impaired people. Vakaris aka wannabekingpin stands on it, black boots, black jeans. There's a puddle by the sidewalk, with yellow leaves strewn through it. A photograph of autumnal view, taken from inside a pine woods, visible in the foreground. Farther in there's a river, its banks covered in shrubs and reeds, and another section of woods, tree leaves all yellow due to the seasonal changes. Image by wannabekingpin aka vakaris
November 30, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Great way to end November, and, in a way a year (iykyk), with The Woods all Black by Lee Mandelo. Beautiful, dark, queer story set in the old rural Appalachia and all that this setting entails. 🐼 wannabekingpin.substack.com | #bookreview #booksky #horrorbooks #lgbtqbooks
the woods all black by lee mandelo book cover, portraying very dark woods, with nothing but slim tree trunks visible, and some moss on the forest floor. it's full of stylized eyes in a random pattern, to evoke an eerie feeling of said woods having eyes and watching. Title letters are yellow, author's name is white. black-framed LG tablet is placed on dark wooden table with various items strewn around, such as a black bandana with skull pattern, leather gloves, a framed picture of a wood carved devil, and so on. image and review by wannabekingpin aka vakaris.
November 29, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Dipped back into my TBR of the more recently released and found When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi. About… Well, what if the moon was cheese? | #booksky #scifi
when the moon hits your eye by john scalzi book cover, portraying an astronaut standing in space, on what should be the surface of the moon, but is, instead, yellow cheese, bright with reflected sunlight. Author's name is in yellow, title is in white. Black-framed LG tablet is placed on a table with various items strewn around, such as the moon tarot card, a few cards with their backs visible only, blue background with gold 8 pointed stars, lighter, leather gloves, snake charm, round shades, purple reeds, and other. Image and review by wannabekingpin aka vakaris.
November 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Alright. It’s time. Let’s talk about Clockworks of Oz by Casper Hedron, first in the trilogy of, I believe, the same title. And why both the book and the author are problematic: wannabekingpin.substack.com | #booksky #retelling #vakarisreads
clockworks of oz by casper hedron book cover, red, with leather-like texture pattern, and gold filigree, and a frame around the title, alongside a gear with a paintbrush and hammer in the middle, under author's name. black-framed LG tablet is placed on a dark wooden table, with various items strewn around, such as gold colored wooden plate in a shape of monstera leaf, waddled up piece of black paper, a lighter, a strap, and other things, alongside a few pieces of pride flag rainbow confetti. Image and review by wannabekingpin aka vakaris.
November 23, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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What a ridiculously beautiful game.
#saintsrow #saintsrowreboot #saintsrow2022
saints row 2022 reboot video game screenshot, portraying the original created player's character, boss, wearing black leather tights, boots, leather jacket with cloth hood, black leather gloves, a grey t-shirt with a skull graphic, and a chain. his hair is in an undercut, blue on the bottom, and pink on top, long sides on top braided back. he's standing in some kind of a theme park, with sunken ship display, a couple palm trees, a building with a show horse statue sticking out of it, and a flashing star, barely visible through clouds and dust in what seems to be a dust storm in the desert. image by wannabekingpin aka vakaris.
November 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Picked up Middle Spoon by Alejandro Varela via challenge. It didn’t disappoint. The book grappled with a topic of polyamory where one of the partners is too insecure to give it a chance, and how it affects others in the relationship. 🐼 #booksky #polyamory #lgbtqbooks
middle spoon by alejandro varela book cover, pink background with three pillows, two white and middle one - pink, with red color for title and author's name. Black-framed LG tablet is placed on a grey wooden table, with various items strewn around, such as a three of swords card, portraying a heart being pierced by three swords, a bracelet with lithuanian pattern, leather gloves, lighter, snake charm, and so on. Image and review by wannabekingpin aka vakaris
November 19, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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no words just bullets
#saintsrow
saints row 2022 reboot video game screenshot of the saints row gang boss, customized original character. the guy is wearing black leather tights, black boots, black sleeveless t-shirt with a skull graphic on the front, black gloves. Is sporting some tattoos and scrapes. Undercut is dyed blue on the bottom, and pink on top, long top sides braided. He's standing in a driveway to idols house, blacklight lighting up UV spraypaint in pink, saying "no words just bullets". There's three palm trees behind him, lit from the bottom with pink light. Farther down there's more trees in various soft lights, and stars in the sky. image by wannabekingpin aka vakaris.
November 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Got Lights Out by Navessa Allen, first book in the Into Darkness series (of stand-alones) recommended to me by a masked content creator. It has solid dark elements to it and is overall pretty good, given it’s still straight. 🐼 #booksky #darkromance
lights out by navessa allen, first in the into darkness series of stand-alone books cover, portraying light blue or cyan skull in the center, one eye has a glowing heart the other an X in it. Book is loosely framed by same color flower pattern on the edges. Black framed LG tablet is placed on a wooden table, with various items strewn around, such as an ace card, a framed picture of a carved wooden devil, a black bandana with skul pattern on it, leather gloves, and such. Image and review by wannabekingpin aka vakaris
November 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Nothing prepared me for what Sinners (2025) movie was. Such classic, proper American horror film, set in Mississippi Delta, early 1900s. A dark story, full of passion, danger, and that raw desire for life. Can’t recommend it enough. 🦇 wannabekingpin.substack.com | #vampires #sinners
sinners 2025 movie title screen on a pc display, with black keyboard, and a black xbox controller under it, backlit with a red LED strip behind it, a hand at the front showing devil-horns. image and review by wannabekingpin aka vakaris
November 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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This is one of my most stolen pictures of Dracula book picture. If you want it for a mood board: you're welcome to it, I do not mind, just want to make this known if anyone ever wondered 🦇🖤 #dracula #vampire #moodboard
bram stoker's Dracula book in Lithuanian, red, decorated with filigree and damascus patterns in shapes that imply bat wings, skulls, and fangs, composed out of three layers of different depth red, and different pattern, the last one, framed between what looks like fangs, is an image of a dark castle atop a high hill silhouette with giant full moon behind it, and some clouds, alongside a mist falling around. the book is framed between a ceramic skull wearing a crown, and a vial of red liquid, placed atop a black bandana with skull and spades patterns on it. image by wannabekingpin aka vakaris
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Chuck Tingle books are always wild concepts, and Lucky Day is no exception. This time around we’re propelled into a very low probability event. Literally. 🐼 #booksky #scifihorror #chucktingle #luckyday
chuck tingle book called lucky day, words at an angle on a stylized and edited king level card, with mirrored images of the king portraying differet gruesome endings they met. black framed lg tablet is placed on a table, with a few items strewn around, such as gloves, lighter, earphones. image and review by wannabekingpin aka vakaris, the reading nosferatu
October 30, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Oh, things escalated. Things escalated in Ghost Money by Stephen Blackmoore hard and fast, finally propelling Eric Carter series from okay to great. Finished the fifth and am very much eyeing the sixth 🐼 #booksky #ericcarter #urbanfantasy #octoberreads
stephen blackmoore book ghost money, cover portraying a man in classic black suit and black tie, crouching in a smoldering supernatural fire in orange, pink, purple, and blue, with a dragon's shape coiling around him, as he looks somewhere to the side. white-framed tablet with stickers on it, is placed on a wooden table, with various items around, such as snake charm, round shades, molotow brand pen, mask, earphones, lighter, and similar. image and review by wannabekingpin aka vakaris, the reading nosferatu
October 29, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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October is treating me right. Wish they stopped raking up all the damn leaves though.

Have you watched or read anything autumnal? Recommend me something.

🐼

#autumnvibes #autumn #fall #october2025 #octobervibes #darkaestetic
A dark photograph of October, picture looking down on the pavement, sidewalk by the street, with red tiles with bumps for vision-impaired people. Vakaris aka wannabekingpin stands on it, black boots, black jeans. There's a puddle by the sidewalk, with yellow leaves strewn through it.
October 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Just me and my bunny, watching aliens kidnap people of Los Santos, as per every October / Halloween. Is bunny an actual person who has eaten a jack-o-lantern? Maybe, you'll never know.
GTA 5 Online video game screenshot during halloween event that tints everything greenish and gives a grainy film over it, as every night is stormy, torn by lightening and rain. On the left side of the screen, player's original character, with a little ponytail made out of his undercut, wearing a black t-shirt with skeleton pattern on it, is staring off into the distance above, likely seeing aliens. In front of him stands a hare, a bunny in brownish grey. behind them, a few trees and the Lost Santos city skyline. image by wannabekingpin aka vakaris
October 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Hop in, loser, we're going trick 'r treating.
GTA 5 Online video game screenshot of two characters sitting in a black car with green underglow, without the passenger door, so they're both are clearly visible. the passenger is looking at the viewer, hand in an inviting gesture. Behind them a residential neighborhood, a hill going up, with trees covering most of the view. Characters are dressed dark, in leather and t-shirts.
October 24, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Look at this October. Look at it.
A photograph of autumnal view, taken from inside a pine woods, visible in the foreground. Farther in there's a river, its banks covered in shrubs and reeds, and another section of woods, tree leaves all yellow due to the seasonal changes. Image by wannabekingpin aka vakaris
October 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM