“Was this…what you had in mind, mon coeur?”
Louis had to cover his mouth to stop himself from letting out a bark of laughter, but he nodded nonetheless and took his time staring shamelessly at his present.
“You really do exceed all expectations,” He laughed, shaking his head in disbelief.
Coven of the Inarticulate Podcast Episode 6
– Like a Little Baby Michelangelo (with special guest Superhiki)
This time we have something very special for you! We are inviting a guest onto the podcast, but not just any guest – he’s one of the coolest people we know, and an artist responsible for many legendary Vampire Chronicles fan art pieces that you have definitely seen if you’ve ever searched for anything Vampire Chronicles related on the internet. It is of course Superhiki!
Hiki is a professional artist who has spent a lot of his time working in game design. We talk to Hiki about his view on the vampire chronicles, his favourite characters and what being in the fandom is like as an artist. Hiki enlightens us on what game design could learn from Vampire Chronicles, we talk Armand, collectors items and Death in Venice.
Finally the tables are turned as Hiki asks us VC sleepover questions!
You can find Hiki on his social media sites, Instagram, Twitter and Tumblr @superhiki.
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Coven of the Inarticulate is an international podcast about Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles hosted by @claudiasashes, @theballadofmrslovett, @monstersinthecosmos and @theraphaellus, 4 people who really like vampires!
We hope you’ll give it a listen!Don’t forget you can get in touch with any questions or comments you might have! We are on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr! @covenoftheinarticulate. You can also email us at covenoftheinarticulate@gmail.com
Our awesome intro music was composed by Kerem Koseoglu (@kerem-koseoglu)
Coven of the Inarticulate Podcast is a fully unofficial podcast created by four fans, we do not own the rights to any of the source material described in the episodes.
Wow, we really drew it 16 years ago??? We’ve improved since then and yet we still have feels for our vc fanart.
(That totally happened, Anon)(it’s practically canon)(Hopefully you didn’t land on anyone when you stepped off the balcony in your dream)
(2/2) Besides, I found this crazy place in Paris where people just love each other and are good to one another and never pressure anyone to do anything or judge them for their identities and sometimes I feel like I accidentally ended up in some sort of beautiful coven. And I’m the only human amongst non-humans there and now one’s telling me. :’D Sadly I’m moving out of Europe next month and I can’t stop crying over it. But I am lucky I got to experience this magic at all, if only for a short time.
So, by the way, did, like, everyone who at some point was heavily obsessed with the Vampire Chronicles end up being polyamorous?
I’m not sure about that correlation, I’m a heavily obsessed fan of the series and didn’t turn out poly, myself. But I wouldn’t rule it out as a possibility for me in the future. You’re the first that’s suggested a correlation between VC and heavily obsessed fans ending up poly, that I’ve seen. I’ve only known of a few VC fans who are poly, and I don’t know if VC was an influence before they identified as poly.
I come from this shithole of a small town in what is my country’s very own version of the ‘conservative south’ and I ended up both queer and polya (and critical of compulsory sexuality / amatonormativity) and sometimes I just can’t help wonder if it’s because of all the VC that I read. :‘D
I’m not sure about the affect of fiction on reality, do you think you might have
ended up either/both queer and polya without the influence of VC? Were there other influences? I know of several other fans who related to the characters (especially during formative years) and felt like their feelings and orientation were being represented in VC, they felt a sense of relief at seeing characters like themselves. I’m not sure if VC therefore turned them queer/LGBT+/etc, I get the impression that they already were what they were and VC gave them the confidence to embrace it and even officially come out to their friends/family.
I’m sorry you had to grow up in your country’s version of the conservative south, I can’t imagine how hard that must have been :[
(can you still use the word shithole or is that Trump-vocab now?)
Idk, I can see it w/o thinking of him, but I’m pretty thrilled about the ads reclaiming the word (I actually squealed with joy when I saw this one on a bus the other day!):
Besides, I found this crazy place in Paris where people just love each other and are good to one another and never pressure anyone to do anything or judge them for their identities and sometimes I feel like I accidentally ended up in some sort of beautiful coven. And I’m the only human amongst non-humans there and now one’s telling me. :’D
That’s wonderful, I’m so happy you found this beautiful coven! Where in Paris? Are some of them VC fans, too?
Sadly I’m moving out of Europe next month and I can’t stop crying over it. But I am lucky I got to experience this magic at all, if only for a short time.
Awwww that sucks :,( Well, “better to have loved and lost,” as they say. Maybe you can be the coven leader and create your own beautiful coven like the one you found in Paris! ❤
I don’t watch Supernatural so I can’t really compare Dean and Lestat, but from the gifs I’ve seen, they both have a kind of flippant and bubbly nature, and they both have a lot of bravado to shield their vulnerability. So you might like Lestat for being like Dean, and if so, I would suggest you start with the Vampire Lestat rather than Interview.
VC is basically id fic, it could even be considered porn. To my mind, VC is a more elevated version of the bodice-ripper trashy romance novels that you see at supermarkets, with some substantive stuff mixed in. Anne Rice writes the books she wants to read. It’s the AR lollercoaster.
Fanlore has a quote about Id Fic that I think applies to VC, too:
The idea is that Id Fic panders to the Id, or that part of us that likes things that aren’t always moral or ‘correct’ and bypasses a lot of our moral constraints and strictures. So they might just have like a lot of rape in them, or non-con, or ‘dub-con where the character eventually enjoys it.’ They might have things that we *know* are wrong in real life, but really dig in fiction: like captive/captor, or magical healing cock, or really dangerous powerplay, whump that is just extreme, or even just really unsafe kinks (like no signs of safewording ever). Id Fics used to be considered a ‘guilty’ pleasure, but there’s been a lot of work to reclaim them…. The Id is the Loki of our minds, and nothing’s gonna change that. *g* And indulging it in fantasy and fiction is both normal, healthy, and fun. 🙂
^So that would be what I’d want ppl to know going into the series, that if that bothers you, then you might not like it.
As Tom Cruise put it so eloquently, “The movie is not for everyone.” No value judgement there; the movie and the books are just not everyone’s cup of tea, which is totes fine.
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