//Ohhh the “Chateau the Lioncourt” one it’s nice… quite expensive too…
Personally, I believe that if there will be a time to make fandom merch is now. AR attitude towards the fandom has been more laid-back lately, probably because she is writing VC books again and she needs a fandom to sell them to, so as long as she is still interested in sell books it’s unlikely she will send her attorneys to sue people. But I can’t blame anyone who is suspicious of course. One way to go around the law is thinking of merch with more vague references, and so less susceptible to copyright laws. For instance:
“My sugar daddy is a vampire” or “looking for a vampire sugar daddy” “Palazzo’s Boy” (random really big roman number) Great Family annual meeting Talamasca corporative t-shirts and polos Talamasca cricket team and polo team shirts “3rth Great Burning” commemorative t-shirt. Trinity Gate, New york.
I believe anyone in the fandom would get the references and still there are no characters names or actual quotes from the books and so no copyright infringement.
^Excellent points, I think all that would be acceptable!