*In IwTV when Armand is teaching Louis how to use his powers*
Louis: Armand, I have to ask you… Is this a date?
Armand: A date???? This??? A DATE??? Hahahahahahahaha
Armand: *quietly* Would you like it to be a date?
Somebody said Humans would be the Mad Scientist species to aliens- like, aliens watch Back To The Future, and they see Doc Brown, and they think yes this is a human scientist, they’re all that crazy, these humans do such insane things with science.
I would like to offer an alternative.
Humans are tough. We can shrug off plenty of injuries, and we recover pretty fast from most others. Hell, we find minor injuries amusing (Don’t tell me you’ve never laughed at someone getting hit in the balls).
Humans have a skewed sense of danger. We think baby anything is cute- tigers, lions, alligators, whatever, no matter how scary they grow up to be- and even then there’s people that would happily cuddle up to a grizzly. Even less adventurous humans keep vermin as pets, or snakes, or dogs, that apex predator sub-species we made.
We are fascinated by morbid and scary stuff. We have a whole genre designed to terrify people. Tons of fantasy revolves around deadly monsters, plenty of which involve romance with said monsters. Lots of grim dystopias in sci-fi. Even children’s stories involve grandmothers getting eaten or witches getting cooked in their own oven.
And if you’re on this site, you know all the jokes we make about depression or social anxiety, or joking about wanting to die.
We aren’t the Doc Brown species.
We’re the Addams Family Species.
…ACCURATE.
“The Kubrick Stare, sometimes referred to as the Kubrick Glare, is a common camera shot of an actor in most of Stanley Kubrick’s films. The Kubrick Glare has been called the “heavy-browed look of insanity”. It symbolizes that the character in question is either really, really pissed or really becoming deranged, and the person they’re looking at is really, really screwed. Other times—usually when combined with a smile—it means they’re feeling really, really clever. Either way, it’s really creepy and ominous.”
When you are writing a story and refer to a character by a physical trait, occupation, age, or any other attribute, rather than that character’s name, you are bringing the reader’s attention to that particular attribute. That can be used quite effectively to help your reader to focus on key details with just a few words. However, if the fact that the character is “the blond,” “the magician,” “the older woman,” etc. is not relevant to that moment in the story, this will only distract the reader from the purpose of the scene.
If your only reason for referring to a character this way is to avoid using his or her name or a pronoun too much, don’t do it. You’re fixing a problem that actually isn’t one. Just go ahead and use the name or pronoun again. It’ll be good.
Using names or pronouns too much is a NON-PROBLEM – these words are “invisible” to readers. (I mean, you don’t worry about using the word “the” too much, do you?)
I have known many people who will hit the back button if a fic uses too many epithets. On the other hand, I’ve never heard anyone complain, “This author doesn’t refer to the characters by their occupation or hair color NEARLY enough!”
Just say “No” to epithets, kids.
Some advice for the writers in our fandom…
THIS.
THIS.
*SMASHES REBLOG BUTTON*
Seriously like. Overusing random attributes in writing pops off the page at me as much as BAD ADVERBS. I understand the temptation, especially when you’re writing same-sex situations and you need to keep distinguishing who’s who and whose limbs are whose when the pronouns alone can’t, but honestly like, it gets really cheesy really fast and it’s worth combing back over afterwards. Saying the person’s name 1000 times is less obnoxious, in my opinion!
Be careful! Slow down and work over it when you’re done to make sure you don’t do it too much! It’s so uncomfortable to read!
I just finished Merrick, and good Lord in heaven did I cry!! Why would she trick us like that?! First Armand and now Louis, what’s next! My heart can’t handle it, whatever it is
*hugs* I know your pain! Both were very hard things to put us through. I still remember how I felt when I first read *that part* in Merrick and I was like:
And then we didn’t even get the scene w/ Lestat… um… continuing to save the day night? C’MON.
(I still think Merrick would have been a far better story told from Merrick herself or Louis rather than being told to us through a 3rd wheel; oh well, it is what it is.)
BUT ANYWAY We have Louis back! I can’t see AR doing something like this to us again re: Louis or Armand bc the current trend is everybody getting along and living in peace, basically. I’m expecting more action from the Replimoids or the ghosts in the next book, or maybe a VC wedding between L/L like she’s teased before (and I only really want it if Lestat is a total bridezilla) but WHO KNOWS?
So I don’t think she’s going to do anything like this again to our faves but clearly nothing is off-limits, no one is really safe, so we’ll all just have to wait ‘n seeeee and get each other through whatever it is…
IDK that AR herself considers Merrick to be canon bc it’s not in the Official VC FB banner (it’s a hybrid VC/Mayfair) so if you wanted to just not accept it as canon that’s fine, too.
ENDLESS LIST OF MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS: LESTAT DE LIONCOURT
I am proud; I am an egomaniac of a being; I do love attention; I want glory; I want to be wanted by God and the Devil; I want, I want, I want, I want.
artist followers whose family members pay little to no attention to their work because they’re “used to it”: i love you and im so proud of how far youve come and how much youve put into your art and art style. youve come a long way and still have plenty of time to continue your artistic journey. other people not appreciating your efforts in no way reflects on you or your skills. may you continue to grow and thrive in peace. 🌸
would you happen to have any ridiculous Lestat quotes? im looking for new tattoo ideas thankssssss
Oooh! That’s a cool idea… Fandom, let’s gather some ridiculous Lestat quotes for a tatt on this post. Mention the book it came from, too, if you can.
Here’s some I grabbed from IWTV, they’re not all ridiculous but they might work as a tatt, anyways. They all sound like canon to me, but check a legit copy of the book bc these are from an unreliable PDF.
Ridiculous Lestat quotes from IWTV:
I’ll play the drum if I like!
- Stop looking at my buttons,
- Don’t fall
so madly in love with the night that you lose your way! -
You’re dying, that’s all; don’t be a fool.
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You’ll have to bed down with me this morning. I
haven’t prepared you a coffin. -
If I want to sleep all day
and drink all night, I’ll do it, damn you! - Now, I’m getting into the coffin, and you will get in on top of me if you
know what’s good for you. - The hell I won’t!
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He’s dead, you idiot!
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Don’t be such a damned idiot. Haven’t you ever seen a rat?
- Rats can be quite nice
- [Re: a shattered crystal glass that he shattered] You don’t mind, do you? I surely hope you
don’t, because there’s nothing much you can do about it if you do
mind. - I’d like to meet the devil some night, I’d chase him from here to the wilds of the Pacific. I
am the devil. -
I ought to drive your horse
into the swamps. You’d have to dig yourself a hole and smother! -
You whining coward of a vampire who prowls the night killing alley
cats and rats and staring for hours at candles as if they were people and standing in the rain like a zombie until your clothes are drenched and you smell like old wardrobe trunks in attics and have the look of a
baffled idiot at the zoo. (<— This is probably too long but a piece of it might work, like “Staring at nature like a baffled idiot at the zoo” which is my tag for cool nature-related stuff, and some ppl have even adopted it from me.) - You’re being morbid! It’s almost dawn.
- I
can give you death more easily than I gave you life! - Did I kill him or did I not kill
him! What’s your guess?
hey cupcake! how are you?:D you know a lot of VC and I was just wondering how do you think lestat, Louis, Armand and Marius react to someone who has healing powers? (even bring back from dead)? I’m sorry i’m just writing a weird fanfic hehe :P thanks!
I’m a cupcake, hmm? Delish! Your idea reminds me a little of Pushing Daisies, which has a pie-maker with the ability to bring dead things back to life with his touch, an ability that comes with stipulations.
I don’t know enough about your character’s healing abilities to really have an opinion 😛
How would you like the canon characters to react to such an ability? That’s part of the fun of writing a fanfic! Go for it!
Anyone is welcome to reblog/comment in response to Anon w/ their own ideas.
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