Interview with the Vampire:
“ ‘Don’t be frightened of my fancy,’ she said softly.’After all, the final decision will always rest with you. Is that not so?’
” ‘I don’t understand,’ I said. And a cold laughter erupted from her as she turned away.
“ ‘Can you picture it?’ she said, so softly I scarcely heard. ‘A coven of children? That is all I could provide…’ ”
Lestat has met the new “man-wolves.”
This bears a reblog in light of this past week’s announcement.
I’ve written 3 of what I call “hybrid” novels, in which the Mayfair & vampire universes collided. Some time has passed now, and I don’t think those novels were completely successful, I don’t think they’ve worn well.
– Anne Rice, NY, 10/15/13. Paraphrased, I can’t remember exactly how she put it, but that was the message. She doesn’t see a man-wolf/vampire crossover happening.
AND she also said that, although she discussed it with Becket hoping to make it work, a Blood Vivicanti/VC cross-over is not going to happen. So that answers THAT.
I had posted this ages ago, but it bears a reblog in light of the past week’s announcement and speculation surrounding Prince Lestat.
I should mention that the question asked of her was: “Do you see a crossover of the Wolf Gift and VC or Mayfair series happening?”
I was thinking about that line about “new seductive, supernatural creatures”. Hopefully it doesn’t refer to the werewolves (I haven’t read those books, but as a rule Anne Rice’s crossovers suck) but maybe it just refers to new vampire characters? Hopefully.
AR has actually admitted herself that she felt her Mayfair/VC crossovers haven’t “worn well” over time. That’s what she said at the booksigning I went to back in Oct of last year.
I haven’t read the werewolves books either, but I read someone’s recap of one of them, and well… let’s just say I’m more of a VC person. I’ve read some of AR’s other books, including the Mayfairs… none of it really captured me like the VC. Siiiigh.
I fear a werewolf/VC crossover. If the ”new seductive, supernatural creatures” were other vampires, why not just write “new seductive vampires” ? Ghosts would be fine, or even unicorns, or mermaids! Just not werewolves, omg. Let Underworld and Twilight mix werewolves and vampires.
My very specific fear is a Louis/werewolf thing. I hope his response would be as follows:
The monuments, mostly large erections of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, were dignified if luxuriant…
– Count Marius, M.R. James
THE ERECTIONS WERE DIGNIFIED IF LUXURIANT
YOUR BONER IS DIGNIFIED IF LUXURIANT
(via cloudsinvenice)
Tee heee, he’s like /our/ Marius de Romanus!
(you can buy this as a poster on Ebay)
Wow. How often do you see such a crisp production photo from this movie?
Rarely, actually. It seems there were few production stills released to the press at the time the movie premiered. I’m always surprised to find rare ones like this!
There must have been a set photographer… Gotta find him/her!
