Yes, if you buy this post right here, (which I do, and I’m also going to rebagel it bc why haven’t I yet? Maybe it’s buried in the queue…), in which @gojiro informs us that:
“…mirrors used to be backed with a reflective layer of silver — which, as the metal of purity, would not ‘interact’ with Vampires, who are the Devil’s work. However, modern mirrors have used aluminum as their reflective backing for many years now — and aluminum is not a ‘picky’ metal at all…”
So yes you may headcanon Armand as winning the Ugly Sweater Contest by standing in front of Lestat w/ a mirror as shown above by @superhiki!
…but I also really like the “hair dying parties with other vampires cause they can’t see what they’re doing in the mirror.” which still works for the vampires of What We Do in the Shadows, who live in the modern era, and can’t see their reflection in mirrors (but they can see it in photographs, IDK I JUST REALLY LIKE THE DYE PARTY IDEA so as Tim Gunn would say, “Make it work.”)
For Ricean vampires (idk the rules with others), I don’t think dye would last forever bc they can cut their hair, and the dye would be effectively removed.
Dye is a color treatment on material that’s basically dead and outside their bodies. Even though their hair does not grow longer than the length it was when they were turned, it can be cut off and will grow back their natural color. I don’t think the dye would vanish during turning, either, like nailpolish wouldn’t vanish during turning. The nail underneath would change to that vampiry glassiness, but not be visible. The hair would change in texture inside the dye.
With something like a tattoo, I would think that it could be permanent, if the mortal had them before being turned, because the ink is under the skin, but maybe the vampiric parasite would reject the ink as being unnecessary. I don’t think we have any tattooed vampires in canon to know for sure.
It’s a handy resource. I ought to reread it. (Y’all can get it on Amazon.)
It was probably intended to be the answers to questions AR gets alot about VC, plus some behind-the-scenes info and headcanons she had at the time. I’m not sure if it lines up with canon, but a good resource to have with your other VC books anyway!
//ooc; This sat in my inbox for 3 weeks and I was stumped, but from my research, it’s unlikely that Lestat would have eaten pizza in the Auvergne, as it might have been difficult to make tomatoes grow there at that time. I don’t know when pizza first came to Paris, he might have had it there.
@takemetocoffin-or-losemeforever, my French resource, informs me Lestat might have had tourte aux pommes de terre, which is Auvergne potato pie. It tastes like potatoes and cream, mostly. There might be other pizza-adjacent foods he might have had.
Is there a foodie in the house?
What foods does he miss, though? What foods would he have liked to try that didn’t exist during his time or were prohibitively expensive? Reblog/comment what you think, or message him about specifics.
♛Merci for the love from France, I can always use a few extra kisses from that country *smiles*
Viktor sent a card. I should be grateful. But it was most likely from Rose, and he merely signed it along with her, as it had an inside joke between Rose and I. Best father in the world? I think my second – fourth fledglings would beg to differ.
//ooc; mun doesn’t entirely accept PL as canon, but was willing to accept it for this ask 😉
For headcanons and to talk to a Viktor RPer, go to @viktor-de-lioncourt (who uses Jordan Sörbom as a FC) or @roselioncourt, both of whom care quite a lot more than I do about this character.
I liked this Freddie Fox in the Three Musketeers, but haven’t seen him in anything else.
^Possibly a typical blond dude kind of shot but this was the most Lestatuesque pic I could find in a quick search. He does look good in period costume, I’ll say that.
^And he is very cute here.
Not getting into further detail bc I’d have to check him out more. I feel like he looks too young for my own headcanon for Lestat… like, he could pass for 16. Maybe he could be a younger Lestat?
Louis does get stimulated by fire, and unusual or gorgeous things in nature, just the immersive quality of those things. When he looks at these things, he’s mesmerized by the interplay of colors and shapes, the movement even in a still painting or photograph, it’s an immersive experience for him. So I’m very picky about what I put in that tag, only things that I feel like he would want to watch for a good long while as if he could enter the work itself, bodyless, just mentally engaging with the composition. That’s very stimulating for him.
In my mind, Lestat’s porn is usually more related to fashion, I’m thinking of it as like, adjacent to his need for retail therapy. The idea of wearing something and what it projects out to the world about you, the tactile nature of wearing it and being touched whilst wearing it, the interplay of the lighting, space, and environment in which you wear the thing. Dazzling a crowd of people without needing to say a word. The storyteller/actor/sensualist in him loves the idea of drenching oneself in shimmering dream skins, so it’s another type of immersive experience.
^Now I’ve sort of convinced myself that their porn, altho dissimilar on the surface, actually sort of brings them to a similar state of mind. Something immersive, some level of deeper appreciation for nature/art. Some level of changing reality, and for creatures that cannot themselves change, maybe that’s what is stimulating.
Being turned into a vampire is an act of metamorphosis, it’s the greatest intimacy they can experience. I would think that things that remind of them of transformation and complete immersion like that would be stimulating in what we might consider a sexual way.
Lestat would probably also love watching the sillier porn tropes like the pizza delivery guy thing, but more bc of the comedy than it being sexually stimulating. Probably also likes to watch vintage or vampiry ones with Daniel and/or Armand, like Intercourse with the Vampire, they’re all rolling on the couch, giggling at it like 7 yr olds.
Although, Lestat can also be somewhat deviant and cruel, to his loved ones but usually to his victims, so I would imagine he has trawled the internet and video stores for… more legit porn to watch alone. Even so, I would hope that he wouldn’t be into any really gross kinks, nothing really degrading to anyone involved. But I can’t say for sure bc he is highly Problematic :[
Ah, yes, I can do that… books or movie? Probably both, I assume. That’ll take awhile to compile. Can’t promise I can do that very soon but maybe someone reading this wants to take it on? Hmmm? Volunteers? I still have the other proj of pulling ridiculous Lestat quotes from the rest of canon, which I have yet to sit down and do.
For now, try my #rue royale / #Another typical night at the Rue Royale tags, which have posts that I feel like are typical affectionate and/or arguing old couple™ stuff, not necessarily canon, but still… like this right here:
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