Your post on Leto bore a waffling tone in which you seemed to feign a thin scrim of concern. The Reddit post you cited employed victim-blaming language. To pity a rapist’s stunted career is not an obligation anyone should be expected to shoulder. To accuse an underage victim of being a gold-digger is not a mark of a person sincerely concerned with the interests of anyone but the rapist. And to call real-life rape or assault ‘non-con’ is to belittle actual, lived experiences with fictional terms.

After
careful consideration, I decided to delete that post and I asked
those who reblogged it to delete it also. If there are any reblogs or
screencaptures still posted, I disown them.

The way I
expressed my opinion may have hindered my intended message, to clarify:

I
have no pity for a confirmed rapist; I have great empathy for the
victims of any abuse; and I deeply respect the pain of their real
life experience.

This
is an issue beyond the scope of a fandom blog. I deleted the post because
I had not appreciated the hurt it might cause when I expressed myself
in the style that I did, along with citing the Reddit article, and I DO NOT endorse James Barbour in any shape or
form. I cited it so anyone could begin their own research on the subject. I realized that my overall treatment is not how I want to
approach this issue.

I
do apologize for my style of writing in that post; a heavy topic like
this demanded a more serious tone, and I attempted to add a little
levity since that is my naturally optimistic disposition. What appeared to be waffling was my attempt to present both sides of the issue without choosing a side, which I do not feel confident enough to do at this point with the information on hand. The use of the word “noncon” was an abbreviation for “non-consensual” which is a word used out in the world at large (I also abbreviate “people” to “ppl,” which is not a standard abbreviation, and I abbreviate out of the habit of writing on a fandom blog; it was not intended to belittle anyone’s experiences). I can understand why all of those things could be offensive to others and I am sorry for any hurt
that may have caused.

There
are many places where this topic can be discussed, but I don’t think that
it is appropriate on a blog that is here to highlight a certain
fandom and is focused on entertainment, and where I do my best to keep it politically-neutral, fair-minded, and civil. That is my prerogative on my own blog.

The guilt or innocence of the accused rests with the judicial system. As citizens, we have limited access to all the facts.

I
hope this clarifies and terminates this dialogue.

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neon-taco submitted: Boyd Holbrook was my Lestat visual. what do you think?


@i-want-my-iwtv replies: Oh I saw him in the Skeleton Twins! He was a hot scuba instructor w/ an accent. Australian, I think. He was good stuff. I haven’t seen him in anything else and I do need to.

I think he’s close enough in appearance. The pics you shared are from his former modeling days and he seems to have grown past the slightly feminine look he had in those shots, but I found some more anyway. 

They should doll him back up like this bc YUM ;]

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^Yes and Yes

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^YAS and YAS

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^Lestat asks Nicolas when to Do the Thing, not if.

Hit the jump for the gifs.


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^good smile action!

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^”Don’t fucking cry” face

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^”I just thought of such a good idea let me tell you about it” face

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^”It’s a GR9 IDEA C’MON” face

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^”Louis I’m feeling breathless plz give me CPR” face

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^”DEAL WITH IT” face

queenofthesavagegarden:

@VC fandom:

First off,chill. 

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It’s gonna be ok (U sure?But Sharon…ur saltier than all of us…)

Eh. Ur right . BUT look at this tweet

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For ya’ll who don’t know me (or rp in general) for the most part, we love our fcs. we had our casting director moment ( i know i did) and most of us study and look over interviews, movie parts, etc. I joke about how photoshoots are v canon (especially the oyster one rn i mean…imagine the only magazine talking about vc having a centerpiece on lestat with a crown and everything)  but the point is…i’m reaching .it’s not happening, it will never happen. i’m only freaking out over what i think should happen

Leto most likely isn’t signed on lestat right now, ‘’is that the lioncourt sigil?’’ is a question. josh saw blonde Leto and went ‘’omg!!!! he’s pref!!! he’s my fc!!’’ 

Leto’s not signed on rn, all josh is doing is fanboying and maybe hoping that it’ll happen. So relax. Enjoy the fact that austraila cares about  vc in 2016, cuz even THAT’S a goddamn miracle tbh.

EDIT: MY OPINION ON LETO IS MEANINGLESS,I NEITHER HATE NOR LOVE THIS. DON’T ATTACK ME ON EITHER SIDE.