This forgotten castle (Château de la Mothe-Chandeniers) was abandoned after a fire In 1932. Seeing it up close is breathtaking. These days it seems like castles only exist in storybooks and Disney movies. What happened to the foreboding dwellings of our wealthiest ancestors? The truth of the matter is, while there are still many castles in Europe, many have fallen into disrepair and ruin over time. However, a group of preservationists in France are trying to save a 13th century castle that is slowly being reclaimed by nature. The story behind the abandoned property is just as fascinating as what’s left standing today. See an amazing video here.
[Anon refers to this post] Oh gosh, I’m sorry to burst your bubble, but Festivus is not a real holiday! But it is endearing, and I think there are ppl who practice it anyway.
Wiki explains it better than I can, and you really should try to watch the
Seinfeld
episode about it:
Festivus is a secular holiday celebrated on December 23 as an alternative to the pressures and commercialism of the Christmas season. Originally a family tradition of scriptwriter Dan O’Keefe, who worked on the American sitcom Seinfeld, Festivus entered popular culture after it was made the focus of the 1997 episode “The Strike.”
The customary practices are:
1) Festivus pole 2) Festivus dinner 3) Airing of Grievances
4) Feats of Strength 5) Festivus miracles
And I would love to see a VC fic/fanart with any of that involved 😉
Well, given that she’s not in their lives now, and there is some canon that they’re a ship, I would say yes. Louis still would have stayed with Lestat, he was the only vampire Louis knew. Although he did threaten to leave Lestat before Claudia appeared, I doubt he would have followed through with that.
Are childless couples any less committed to each other because they never had a child? Or couples who have lost a child, does that destroy the relationship they had that existed before the child was there? I don’t think so.
Kids can heal a relationship, or strain it, it’s all in the chemistry of the parents and kids involved. Claudia did bind Louis to Lestat for a time, and then she drove a wedge between them. Maybe if she hadn’t been brought into their lives, they might have been better off ;A; She got rather pointy near the end…
If dark content (be it fic, books, films) has helped you at any point in time, either for catharsis, for escapism, for the sense you weren’t alone, for the ability to face a real trauma through the protective lens of fiction, to understand another’s trauma, to build empathy, or just to help you get through a crap day, shoot me an ask (or more than one if you need to break it up). Tell me about it. Anon is fine.
There’s a lot of purity wank around here insisting there is no value to any work that isn’t pure pastel fluff, and that’s a dangerous myth. So if you’re comfortable, please, lend me your voices.
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