Out of boredom, and as usual the seasonal outburst of my deep affection and sentiment for the Vampire Chronicles, I decided to give it a second go and ferret about in the tumblr world.
And apparently, all my fandom is there. And by “mine”, I mean the heretics who simply said “hell no” to “Mater’s” a) church and god preaching, b) The threatening of her own fans (at that time mostly teens!) because of fanfiction, c) her new literary directions so far as her own characters are concerned. And, of course, there are more…bu oh well…The force is strong with this Fandom.
Yes, it is!
^ duendology’s ReadMore is an accurate description of what happened to the VC fandom to split between People of the Page and as I like to call ourselves ’People OFF the Page,’ but really, it’s just the actual real VC fandom. I don’t include People of the Page as being in the fandom, they’re usually the worst at remembering/understanding/spelling the most basic names/events/etc. from canon ffs.
Tumblr is not really the best platform in terms of fandom discussion, but yeah, watch the RPers and ask them questions, you might find very good headcanons about the characters you might not have considered otherwise. You’ll find AU characters like female!Lestat queenofthesavagegarden! You’ll find fanfic (many really good VC fanfic writers have posted their stuff on AO3 and they mention it here). The VC fanart (I put a link to my tag for it, follow the artists you like there!) is here and it’s thriving. There are artists who even take commission for VC fanart.
To not feel like you’re standing on a highway with so much going by, you have to realize that in Tumblr, THAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. Let it go. You can’t see/read everything that goes by. It’s okay to miss things.
Your tumblr experience is yours to make, tho, so if you feel lonely, reach out, contact people, and the ones who respond may turn out to be your best friends ❤
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