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How do you picture lestats band sounding? I always picture a danger says era My Chemical Romance thing

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I think that’s different for everyone, and #your headcanon may vary, so your headcanon is as valid as any! Who knows how true to canon the new adaptation will be? It would be fine with me if they want to update his musical taste/sound, as long as it seems in character. 

But canon-wise, Lestat awoke in the mid-80s, before MCR was formed. AR wrote TVL w/ the 70′s and 80′s in mind. She’s mentioned Bon Jovi was a major Lestat muse for her (she even included him on the PL dedication page).

There’s fanon that Lestat loves Bruce Springsteen, too. So I’d say he would sound like a mix of Guns ‘n Roses, Bon Jovi, and Bruce Springsteen.

When whoever was in charge chose Korn to be the sound for Lestat’s band in movie!QOTD, they weren’t aiming for canon accuracy, but it was an interesting take on it. 

There’s also a Lestat band on FB you can check out, I think they officially got AR’s permission to use the name. 

As someone who is deeply in love with VC, but behind on reading and lacking time…I’m a little embarrassed to ask…but what is Night Island? Is it an actual island? What’s the history there? Who owns an island? What do they do there? Or is it like a mini Vampire island/country, is there a king? Thanks in advance!

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There’s no shame in asking for a refresher on a canon thing ;] While I can’t give you the full history (check out the Vampire Companion for that), in brief: 

Night Island was built by the vampire Armand as a gift to his mortal lover Daniel Molloy, to share w/ Daniel, and it is vividly described in Queen of the Damned. I gather that it is in fact a complex built on a man-made island (which does not exist IRL sorries) off the shore of Miami, Florida, USA. Daniel describes it as such:

“And Armand, he was probably roaming the dimly lighted rooms of the villa, steps away from the tourists and the shoppers, yet utterly cut off by steel doors and white walls – a sprawling palace of floor-length windows and broad balconies, perched over white sand. Solitary, yet near to the endless commotion, its vast living room facing the twinkling lights of the Miami shore.”

“… the Night Island, Armand’s own personal creation with its five dazzling glass stories of theaters, restaurants, and shops.”

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[^This will be yer face if you visit there]

It’s meant to be a kind of universe of funtimes, where mortals can enjoy all kinds of entertainment, so it’s a big source of revenue for Armand, but more importantly, it’s where the coven gather and bond over a short period of time after a really harrowing shared adventure.

So, … what happened to Blood Paradise? omfg, I really thought she was implying she was going to write Louis and Lestat being together and… not in Atlantis

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Lestat: “Louis I was thinking we could be married under the sea.”
Louis: “You mean by the sea, that’s very romantic-”
Lestat: “Nonono, you misheard me. I said UNDER the sea.”
Louis: “We will drown.”
Lestat: “We are part mermaid, it’s totes cool”
Louis: “We are not getting married.“ 

Serious answer here.

hm. I miight not be reading the new book after all… has Anne finally lost it?? this sounds crazy.. So what happened with the title Blood Paradise?

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Your guess is as good as mine! I’m guessing Blood Paradise was pushed back to be published after this book. Could be that AR had this book ready and BP is not, bc planning a wedding is pretty complicated and all that! 

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And my guess, based on outside of tumblr discussions, for the PLROA (yes that is our new acronym gawds) book is that it will be mostly Amel telling us how awesome Atlantis was, and why it fell, and that there’s some unresolved thing for Lestat to swim run over there and fix, and then return to lounging around the castle or whatever they’re doing, bc the Proem seems to set up that everything’s been resolved and this is the report after the fact, like QOTD.

UPDATE: She changed the title of Blood Paradise to Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis:

FURTHER, that the Atlantis story had already been smtg she was working on for years and Lestat was added in later:

I have mixed feelings about Lestat. Especially with his parenting skills. I think I prefer Louis, honestly. ~ Random Vampire.

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Y’know tbqh Lestat had (1) a very finicky eater and then (2) made sort of a crime against nature so you can’t 100% blame his parenting skills. 

Oh and if you prefer Louis let’s not forget that all of Louis’ fledglings die.

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[X] ^Even tho that happened on nearly a nightly basis, there was a long period of good times, wherein the “one happy family” phrase was not used sarcastically ;A;

Ok so what song does Lestat enjoy singing for Louis the most?

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Heart – Without You. Louis hates this song.

♫I can’t live – if living is without you
I can’t give – I can’t give anymore
I can’t live – if living is without you♫

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you make all your own graphics and things right? Can you recommend tools/art programs etc that you use? I know photoshop is good but i can’t afford that :/

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Graphics that are watermarked w/ my url are mines, I also use other ppl’s graphics/gifs and include the sources*.

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I use a legal version of adobe photoshop to manipulate images and compress gifs, and a legal version of premiere to make video edits and pull footage for gifs. 

I don’t know of free programs to recc, ppl can feel free to reblog/comment w/ suggestions on that. I’m wary of freeware bc viruses ;A;

Sorry I can’t be of any direct help on that 😛

I didn’t watermark the images above bc they’re both screencaps, even though I did some manipulation to Claudia’s drawing to flip it and take her hand out. I decide whether to watermark based on how much I’m adding to it and/or how potentially offensive it is, so when it’s not edited very much or it’s pushing the envelope of offense, I don’t watermark it. 

*If all I’m doing is taking a gif someone else made from the movie and brightening it I usually don’t watermark or source it. The reason I don’t source those is that I am adding something to them, but since it’s just frames from the movie, it doesn’t really belong to either of us. 

Do you have any good L/L fanfics to recommend me? Or any post-PL fanfics? ( Also, I LOVE your blog <3 )

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Ah yes compliments are always welcome! Thank u *hugs* 

Fanfic?? there’s no such thing as VC fanfic… pfffft. What are you crazy honestly??!

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^Lestat is laughing bc he knows I is sarcastic.

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[^by Dany&Dany]

The thing about VC fanfic is that we still have to be sort of careful about sharing it bc of reasons. Even so, I feel compelled to give you something. And again, I try not to play favorites *sigh* but in the case of fanfic, I can be a little more lenient and rec a few things out ^_____^ The following content is slightly revised from how I answered an Ask seeking fanfic awhile back.

I have to recc my own stuff first (which is mostly L/L) on AO3 under Burnadette_dpdL. De Motu Cordis

has one of the highest hit counts. L/L lovey fluff *blushes* so maybe start there, but A Precious Material is probably one of my own faves.

Archive of Our Own (aka AO3) has a mission statement about protecting fanworks from copyright infringement arguments, so I feel pretty safe recc’ing stuff that’s on there but dL anything you like, just in case, bc authors also sometimes remove their works w/o warning.

Hit the jump for some reccs

  • Carriage Ride was a collab I did w/ 3 other authors, and is very short but sweet L/L.
  • Gulfport: A British Petroleum Fanfic (Part One) by hw_campbell_jnr – There are 2 parts and it’s incomplete but this is devastatingly beautiful long!fic. Hipster modern Lestat and Louis, both going by pseudonyms, politics woven in, it’s just too good. It annoys me how good it is. I am annoyed. I would be less annoyed if it were COMPLETED *forcibly nudges the author*
  • The Grim Brothers by Rebness – incomplete but it’s a fun little werewolf AU! I hope the author picks it up again someday *forcibly nudges the author*
  • The Sexting Caper by Gairid – because sexting! 
  • The Haunting by Gairid – A haunted object.
  • Gairid also has some excellent long!fics and collaborations with Leshanthat are worth checking out, too many to list here.
  • One Night in New Orleans by iskra667 – L/L dubcon angst, fluff, I just really enjoy it.

There are also drabbles and links to fic of L/L and/or other characters in my

#fanfic, and #damn you and your perfect headcanon perfection tags here. There’s also some fine stuff in the @vcsecretgifts archive.

For post-PL, you might ask @antoineandthepiano, @roselioncourt, and @viktor-de-lioncourt who are RPers set post-PL.