Yes, my fave is problematic. Your fave is also problematic. I am problematic. You are problematic. We are not all 100% politically correct perfect individuals. Someone saying something ignorant and that person being “the scum of the earth” are not the same. Please learn to recognize the goddamn difference.
Trying to spread some VC love around here, that last question for Lestat about what he thinks of the tumblr fans, you can/should point out the best points of the specific people in the fandom here.
//ooc; I have a policy of not singling out favorites as it often has the unintentional side effect of making those not mentioned feel left out 😛
We had a blog solely for that purpose, @vcpositivity, and also, for a similar purpose, @vcsecretgifts (which I helped to mod last holiday season and I still owe a substitute gift on!! My fic muse for it has not been cooperating). @vcpositivity had posted over two hundred positive confessions from members of this fandom in the five months since it opened, but had to go inactive shortly after achieving that milestone *cries*
Those blogs still have great messages of VC fandom love pointing out the best points of specific ppl in the fandom here (sadly, some those mentioned are currently inactive). Both positivity blogs are now pretty much dormant, but I hope we can resurrect @vcsecretgifts for this upcoming holiday season :]
However, it appears to me that our fandom is almost at a zenith of fanwork production right now, and the quality is also very high! Fresh fanart and fanfic are being made, analysis of the text continues to thrive, there is a palpable ripple of excitement (or anxiety, depending on your stance, lol) every time we get a scrap of news about the official VC adaptations.
The VC RP community has fluctuated in activity but it’s active, and there are muses to play with. There are also excellent Original Character muses (vampires and non-vampires) in fic and RP. They’re very creative in how they blend in as if they were always part of the Ricean verse, and even expand the supernatural rules of it.
I would advise you to go to the RPers and ask for recommendations of other members. You could also try my #VC Fandom Hunters tag.
Anyone is welcome to reblog this post and throw positivity towards anyone, or send them an anon message! (ﾉ^ヮ^)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧
surely Lestat, you look into your fans messages on social media? What do you think of the mortals of tumblr who appreciate your work?
♛Of course I do! I’ve been answering my fans’ messages on this account, and on other accounts as well (Have to maintain a variety of them, so you don’t know which of these is the real McCoy, can’t put Louis’ safety in jeopardy and all that, you understand).
I’m deeply touched that my fans want to dig deeper and ask for more than I’ve already given, I never could have predicted that their ravenous thirst would only increase over time. They’re never satisfied! I also keep their beautiful artworks and writing and go through them whenever I need a little ego stroking *smirks*
That there is such a glut of other vampire media out there and my fans still demand my stories, over and over again, just goes to show that they’re not just into my species as a whole, but specifically, the tales revolving around my coven. I read Sam Spade comics for him specifically; I’m not drawn to all fictional detectives. Something about him and his allies and enemies was compelling. Probably like that for my fans, and is there anything more flattering than being preferred?
My will gives me the strength to continue on the Devil’s Road, but my fans give me the responsibility of being their driver. I know that they ride along with me, and they are always in the back of my mind. Some of them are backseat drivers and would prefer I respect things like the speed limit, but I’m very good at ignoring backseat drivers by now *winks*
You are never too old for fandom
That post by @euclase that I reblogged has enraged me. I keep seeing time and time again, on Tumblr specifically, posts about how women are ‘too old’ for fandom.
I appreciate that the average age of Tumblr users is lower than other social media platforms but let me tell you fandom is not something you grow out of. I’ve been part of some form of fandom since I was a teenager. I am now coming up on 40. The only real difference is that I can’t stay up until 4am reading fic anymore because I need sleep. The passion I have for fandom is still there, I still write fic. You don’t suddenly stop caring about the things you love when you hit a certain age point.
If you think someone in their 30s or 40s is too old for fandom
I should introduce you to some of the amazing women in their 60s that I met through the Man From UNCLE fandom. Hell, some of my friends that I met through the Buffy the Vampire Slayer fandom back in the 90s are now in their 50s and 60s.
TL;DR You are never too old for fandom and if you think that’s true I pity you when you reach whatever arbitrary age you think is the cutoff point.
drew the armand in heels. i shoulda tried harder
and i wanted to paint a pretty lil heart right there.
Have you or Louis ever heard of or have ever been to a library called El Ateneo Grand Splendid? It’s a 100 year old Theatre converted into a library in Argentina. I’ve only seen pictures of it and it looks amazingly beautiful.
♛Louis recently dragged me to this place in Buenos Aires kicking and screaming, I mean, a bookstore? Go down deep into South America for a bookstore. I was livid. Had to distract myself on the jet there by furiously scouring the internet for a drug cartel or some other high-level evildoer group to hunt there. I protested the entire trip. I laid such thick disdain on him for it…
[X] Until I walked through the entrance and fell in complete love with the place. A theatre! Converted, well, really more of a library, than a mere bookstore! Brightly lit, with people seated at tables on stage, delectable smelling coffees served as a pianist filled the space with pleasant melody. Small areas on balconies where still more people immersed themselves in fact and fiction. The place had a sense of grandeur, there was an echo of the history, all the stories that were orally told there, and all the stories now being told in paper.
It warmed my black little heart to make that connection, that a storyteller is still a storyteller, and an audience member still an audience member, in different fashions through the ages.
I had to find my section, of course. All of my novels have been translated into Spanish, and there they stood on two long shelves. I saw several fresh young teens sitting on the floor with my books open on their laps. If they had looked up for a moment, I’m sure they would have recognized me.
When I pointed out to him that there were no copies of Louis’ book, so it must be unpopular, he had the audacity to retort that his book was a better seller than any one of mine, and a quick inquiry with a salesperson confirmed that they were indeed sold out of his book. WELL.
I autographed a few copies of mine and tucked them back on the shelf anyway.
