Laura Hollis/Carmilla Karnstein
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| Pairing: | Laura Hollis/Carmilla Karnstein |
| Alternative name(s): | Hollstein, Stars and Candles |
| Gender category: | femslash, f/f |
| Fandom: | Carmilla (web series) |
| Canonical?: | canon |
| Prevalence: | very popular |
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Laura/Carmilla, also known as Hollstein, is a popular canon femslash pairing in the Carmilla fandom.
Canon
Laura and Carmilla initially had an antagonistic relationship, Laura's idealistic and adventurous nature clashing with Carmilla's laid-back personality. Their shared plight during the course of their first semester together led them to become friends and eventually lovers. They had rough parts to their relationship following this, however, and it culminated with their breakup after they were unable to resolve their differences amicably. Despite this fracturing of their relationship, Laura was still willing to save Carmilla by killing Vordenberg, an act which forced them to go on the run.
Later, having having worked through their relationship troubles, while preparing for the upcoming confrontation with The Dean, Laura admits her true feelings to Carmilla and they resume their romantic relationship. Laura ultimately sacrifices herself to defeat The Dean, freeing the latter from her torment. Carmilla demanded to join her in death, and was subsequently challenged by the Death Goddess, Ereshkigal, in a game of riddles, which she won, resulting in Laura being resurrected. Following Carmilla's restoration to life, the two of them depart the campus, and five years later are shown to still be in a loving relationship with one another.[1]
Fandom
In 2015, Hollstein was number 10 in most reblogged ships on Tumblr.[2] In 2016, Laura/Carmilla was the third most written ship for femslash pairings on Archive of Our Own.[3] Within the fandom itself, Hollstein is the dominant pairing.
Notable Fanworks
Fanfiction
- Fool's Gold by whatsthedamage
- In the Time of the Bells by MysteriousStranger
- I've Got This Friend by alipucca
- My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose by peerieweirdo
- On Your Ground by uncreativename
- the sun don't set if we keep heading west by Care
Fanart
Links
- “I never thought my world would return to such hues.”, Archived version by bigmammallama5
- just a moment longer, Archived version by valentinemichaelsmith
- Oops, my hand slipped again. ("How is Laura?") by toodrunktofindaurl
- yayyyy carmilla is back! by bevsi
- Your destiny is engraved into your flesh. by bigmammallama5
Gallery
Fanvids
- Carmilla and Laura | Monsters by Jess
- Shut up and dance with the gays! by softdeanoru (2017) (Hollstein are one of the queer couples included in this multifandom vid)
Meta
- "I know there's a growing number of iconic wlw couples in media these days...", Archived version by besiderunningwaters
Archives and Communities
- Laura Hollis/Carmilla Karnstein works on AO3
- [Carmilla, Laura] pairing filter on fanfiction.net (includes mature stories)
- Stories tagged #Hollstein on Wattpad
- carmilla x laura on Deviantart
- dailyhollstein on Tumblr
- fyeahcarmillaxlaura on Tumblr