So… There are
more than 300 people following this blog, and that’s unexpected and frankly amazing!
I know I
don’t interact much, not because I don’t want to but half the time I don’t
have anthing relevant to say, or I’m too “tired” to write in English (I think my
lazy brain is born tired…!). I’m always scared to make mistakes, and
afraid to be misunderstood *even if it’s always a risk whatever type of
communication is it*, so it takes me quite a while when I write something… which
inevitably ends up weird and full of mistakes haha. It’s easier to post silly
stuff, I guess it’s for me the best way to communicate with people! Everytime
you like, or reblog, I’m really glad to know I made someone laugh. *Oh gosh,
that’s so cliché! But I swear it’s true.*
Anyway,
thank you so much! I hope you’ll continue to enjoy whatever will be posted
here.
I hate to post this again, but this is another reminder to please keep our ask box free of gossip, hatred, or anything regarding rumors of who runs this blog.
//Seriously, guys. If you can’t keep yourself from sending hate or gossip or rumors to a POSITIVITY BLOG, maybe like.. put some tabasco on your send button or something so you learn.
I find it pretty ridiculous that people would send negativity to a positivity blog, what exactly are you trying to accomplish? Has vcpositivity ever condoned or offered to investigate or encourage gossip, hatred, negativity, etc? No? Then why send it to them?
There are people who need to hold grudges and be negative, maybe it’s a shield against further hurt? Is it fun? I can’t understand it. Don’t really want to.
Why not keep private matters private, forgive ourselves for our trespasses (we’re imperfect! Stop expecting people to be some idealized version of perfection! I’ve definitely done this myself and I still feel bad about it, but I’m a work in progress, too), forgive those who have trespassed against us, knowingly or not (the Lord’s Prayer is actually a pretty decent serving suggestion for life in this regard), and promoting positivity. And THAT is incomprehensible to some people.
Carrying a grudge is heavier on the carrier than the person the grudge is against, but that’s just been my experience. Do you really need someone to kill themselves for you to feel better? Really? Do you think you can remove anyone from the face of the earth who has ever wronged you? People who have felt that way have been considered, historically, to be the real bullies.
Why waste these feelings on those people who have upset you? When you could be writing angsty fanfic we could all enjoy, or making a playlist of the angriest music (may I recommend NIN? Try “Burn,” I’m sure Louis would approve), doing some angry fanart… If you’re doing it for popularity, rather than try to cut someone down to make yourself feel bigger, try channeling these feelings into something you can release back into the world.
Maybe you’ll even get more popular for this constructive approach ;]
Even if it doesn’t lead to popularity, it’s amazing how being creative can relieve the anger.
No one ever deserves to be sent anon hate. NO ONE. EVER.
My fascination, my love for this character is against logic and basic survival instinct. It’s like this urge to pet a tiger because it’s such a beautiful animal. I mean, you know it will rip you into pieces and probably feast on your heart and meat, but you’re doing it anyway… you’re reaching your hand to touch this magnificent being, even if’s the last thing you’re about to do.
More seriously, since I saw the movie before reading the books, I pronounce the final “T” of Lestat, while it’s usually not the case in French. So, theoretically, in modern French, the pronunciation would be something like “lesta”. But it sounds kinda silly, and there is an awful lot of exceptions to the “t” rule. Furthermore, “Lestat” hugely looks like the Occitan word “estat”, prononced “S-taT”. And guess where Occitan, an old language still used nowadays, is spoken? In south France, which include Auvergne. So, in a very twisted way, “LestaT” as an old french name is making sense. At least if you accept the idea that “the state” is a decent name for a person.
OuO very informative.
AR says it was a typo of Lestan, “Le,” French for “The,” + “Stan” for her husband, Stan Rice, and the typo with the “T” stuck. In a way, Uncle Lestan is actually how AR intended his name to be.
In canon, Lestat explains in Blackwood Farm that his name is just the first letters of his siblings’ names:
“What an unusual name, Lestat,” she returned. “Does it have a meaning?”
“None whatsoever, Madam,” Lestat answered. “If memory serves me right, and it does less and less, the name’s compounded of the first letter of each of my six older brothers’ names, all of whom – the brothers and their names – I grew up to cheerfully and vigorously despise.”
^This could work, but we only know one of his brother’s names, Augustin.
Discussing this with viaticumforthemarquise-archive… maybe Augustin (or one of Lestat’s brothers) told him that just to hurt his feelings, like “YOU ARE SO WORTHLESS THAT AT BIRTH OUR PARENTS COULD ONLY MUSTER THE CREATIVITY TO TAKE A LETTER FROM EACH OF OUR NAMES” *SLAPS*
Lestat: *screaming internally*
They told him this at a young age … and he never questioned it ;A;
