When I’m 80 years old and sitting in my rocking chair, I’ll be reading Harry Potter. And my family will say to me, ‘After all this time?’ And I will say, ‘Always.’
RIP Alan Rickman (1946-2016)
^Apparently Rickman did not say this but I think he’d agree with the sentiment
Louis and his experiences with one particular Christmas song throughout the years. Of course there’s also a bit of Lestat in there, because what would we do without him?
Inspired by one of @merciful-death’s great headcanons and originally written as a Secret Santa gift to her. @i-want-my-iwtv helped with feedback and improvements.
“First of all how dare you. I love it! …Very well done. I’m glad you took on the challenge of hitting all of her prompts, and it’s clear a lot of thought and care went into this.”
Some of my actual notes while beta’ing this lovely piece, in the order that the notes appeared:
Ursula? You mean from the Little Mermaid? IDK, not my department! But she is a fabulous character and I would love to see someone try to play her as beautifully as she was in the movie. Pat Carroll voiced her SO WELL.
EDIT: Thanks to @nodominion and @luffenmeihn for alerting me: Anon was referring to Ursula from Vittorio. Ursula was Vittorio’s maker.
I’m still not the right person to ask bc I never really considered Vittorio to be a Vampire Chronicles story (even though it IS listed in the VC Wiki), bc it seemed to always be intended as a stand-alone story:
“I have, however, nothing whatsoever to do with the “Coven of the Articulate,” that band of strange romantic vampires in and from the Southern New World city of New Orleans who have regaled you already with so many chronicles and tales.
I know nothing of those heroes of macabre fact masquerading as fiction. I know nothing of their enticing paradise in the swamplands of Louisiana. You will find no new knowledge of them in these pages, not even, hereafter, a mention.”
So I don’t remember it well enough to cast it 😛 Maybe I should give it a reread.
I’ll open this to everyone else. Anyone have thoughts on this? And while you’re at it, cast Vittorio, too. Might as well!
Or you could try to play a role for someone, keep them on the surface as long as you can… they may leave ANYWAY bc you weren’t willing to open up.
Let’s throw away the idea of capturing someone like a fish on a line and trying to claim them, some kind of bizarre ownership situation. Share as much of yourself as you are able to, and if they leave because of what they learn, then you can enjoy the time you spent together and be free to find someone who is more compatible with you.
You may never find someone who is perfectly compatible with you. OTP’s are a great thing to fantasize about but not necessarily realistic.
Be happy on your journey through this life, take care of yourself, and if someone shares that journey with you (as a friend or as a significant other) for a period of time, great, if not, also great.
Throw away the idea that you need someone to complete you. You complete you.
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