Hello, I was recently searching for ️Louis/Lestat fanfiction and came across someone saying that Anne ordered that there be no VC Fanfics online and I was wondering if this was true or not. If so, when did she say this and is this still in effect? Also, I write VC fanfics on Wattpad and you can find me @thevampirechronicles (: Also, I freaking adore your blog!

Hellooo there, thank you for the compliment! Fanfic?? there’s no such thing as VC fanfic… pfffft. What are you crazy honestly??!

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^Lestat is laughing bc he knows I is sarcastic.

In short, Anne Rice had waged war on VC fanfic in the mid-90s, sic’ing her lawyers on many fanfic writers, eventually breaking apart fanfic sites (“speculative fiction” or “spec” archives/communities) and driving many of these writers to stop writing altogether or do so in a more underground way.

Currently, she’s had conflicting stances on fanfic, but hasn’t made outright war at nearly that level. We try not to tag her in discussions of it, basically, we don’t try to provoke her by making our caches of VC fanfic known. Especially on Facebook, where she’s very active and might see it (and definitely don’t send her any links to fanfic!!)

There are a few fanfic sites where ppl have been writing freshly!!, one of my faves is Archive of Our Own (aka AO3). Lots of good things about that site, one of which is the ability to bookmark/download/comment/kudos fics. They also have a mission statement about protecting these fanworks from copyright infringement arguments.

I checked out your wattpad collection, didn’t have a chance to read any in full, but you’ve got unique ideas and crossovers. I’d suggest reposting to AO3, it seems to be a more heavily fan-trafficked site.

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