…Omg your blog’s caption… applies to me and several others of us, I’m sure, also… “I’ve spent my life obsessed with The Vampire Chronicles and in love with Percy Shelley and I’m not about to stop now. Occasionally other things.”
^Except for the Percy Shelley part. I wish I loved poetry in general more. Maybe that’ll be another thing I work on this year, embracing poetry and finding the pleasure in it that poetry lovers do! I’ll have to start with him. Do you recommend any of his specific works for a poetry beginner?
Yeah, I would have wanted that, too… ;A; young David Bowie as Lestat, or older David Bowie could have been Lestat’s father, the Marquis!
Physically, even as a younger man, I think Bowie was a little too masculine for my headcanon of Lestat, but I truly believe he could have pulled a Tom Cruise and convinced us all that he was worthy to play Lestat bc of his acting!
This gifset is worth seeing in motion but still, this is SO Lestatuesque:
Fortunately for us all, David Bowie DID play a vampire in The Hunger (which also stars Catherine Deneuve as a vampire, she’s a fandom fave for Gabrielle!), check out @hyperbeeb‘s review of it [X].
This movie is fucking great. It’s got vampires, lesbians and David Bowie. It’s atmospheric and creepy and overall fucking brilliant. The last scene is a bit disappointing because there’s a lame bit of sequel bait but I can live with that because the film overall is so damn quality. Go watch it.
Thank u! What a lovely message to get! I’m deeply touched.
Look, full disclosure: this was a message from last year, but I felt guilty last year bc I didn’t want to spam ppl’s dash but I did anyway, and then this one…
In light of this past year, and various public and private discussions about what my role is in the VC fandom, I’m glad I saved the message for now, even though I’m very sorry to @tragic-black for holding onto it for so long, but… I couldn’t answer it in good faith a year ago., and now I’m ready.
I’m not the soul of the fandom. I’m a cheerleader. I just want us to get along, and I want more fanworks, and even the ones I don’t personally relate to, bc if there’s one thing I know to be true of our fandom after all these years: there’s something for everyone! Lots of different and equally valid ways to engage with canon and other fans.
As a birthday gift from me, I would just ask that you all take a moment to realize that YOU are the soul of our amazing vampire fandom. Everyone.
the ppl who lurk and just watch quietly,
the people who edit the music videos,
the people who make music playlists,
the people who make aesthetic posts,
the people who make photo manipulations,
the people who make casting suggestions,
the people who make and/or wear cosplays,
the people who read the fanfic and/or leave kudos/comments,
the people who write the fanfic,
the people who draw the fanart,
the people who commission it or just Like/Reblog any of the fanworks,
the people who share their headcanons with us publicly or privately and make canon richer w/ their ideas,
the role-players who take on the challenge of BEING the characters,
the muns who write OCs to interact with canon characters,
I’m sure I’m forgetting someone… 😛
You get the idea.
You are all the soul of the fandom, bc what is a fandom, except a group of… fans… who love a thing… together… in their own ways!
Reputable? Well, I think repute is in the eye of the beholder, y’know? I try not to play favorites, but I have promo’d RPers here and there. My Lestat and Louis muses are ask-only, so you can ask them things but they can’t go on to do full threads, the mun doesn’t have the time for that 😛
Try these tags, tho, you may find an active Lestat or Louis, and you can decide for yourself if they’re to your taste:
Welcome! Yes, what you see here on my blog are only opinions, which are based on my own reading of the books, my experience of movie!IWTV, and conversations I’ve had with other fans for all these years. I’m glad people have their own ideas, their own interpretations, I’ve learned a lot!
So what if one of the reasons why Louis loved Claudia so much was because Claudia somewhat resembled Louis’ wife?
It’s quite possible! Since Louis doesn’t have a wife in the books, only in the movie, we can only speculate about her. But I like to think Louis’ wife resembled the statue over her grave. I would think that Louis would have commissioned it, or been the one to choose it, but then again, it might have been in his family cemetery already.
If we look at the script, (you can do the google and you’ll find it), we get Louis’ wife’s name, Dianne de Pointe du Lac:
^BTW, I think the wife’s name is “Dianne” bc HELLO “Anne” Rice. “Die, Anne”? Maybe?
In the movie we know Louis’ wife died in childbirth and that’s all we really know about her and we never saw what she looked like. Maybe she had blue eyes and soft curly blonde hair like Claudia?
That’s definitely possible! There is a fic out there that suggests that Lestat would introduce himself as Claudia’s mother’s brother, hence their strong resemblance, and that Louis was in fact Claudia’s biological father. And that Claudia’s mother had died, and that her loving uncle was helping to raise her ❤
Make sure he gets home before dawn!, featuring Brian Callahan & Lestat de Lioncourt by @lousysharkbutt
I recently commissioned this fanart of @gairid‘s OC Brian & Lestat for @gairid‘s birthday (which was October 22!) *slaps myself with rolled up magazine for the delay* To my knowledge, this is the first fanart of Brain ❤ It’s based on this pic, More fanart of OC’s, people!
ANYWAY thank you @gairid (aka @vampchronfic) for writing some of my favorite VC fanfic, your writing really captures our beloved vampires, and your worldbuilding is so rich and vibrant, it’s such a treasure, and thank you for sharing your headcanons with us, and being a wonderful friend to me for so many years now. You taught me fandom etiquette by example when I was a baby fanged trash kitten. You’re an inspiration to me and many others in so many ways <333
Thank you @lousysharkbutt, I love your style, and the transparent
side panels definitely add a little extra pizzaz! You are in fact a magnificent shark butt, and a pleasure to work with in the commissioner-artist relationship. I encourage anyone to commission this artist!
LOOK AT THIS! LOOK WHAT @i-want-my-iwtv DID FOR ME! I SWOON! I DIE! Thank you SO SO much: this is so sweet and I love it to bits! Many thanks also to @lousysharkbutt for the wonderful art!
This means so much to me! (OMG, that’s my Brian there with Lestat!). Thank you also for your many kindnesses, your encouragement, your effusive and head-enlarging praise- and let’s not forget your amazing contribution to this fandom! I love you to bits, sweetie!
<3333 So glad u love it! The feels, they are mutual ;D
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