It’s funny you mention Lestat turning him bc the question was raised, when old age finally started to rear its ugly head… “What if we could heal him with-”
Louis: NO Lestat. No.
Lestat: Just an experiment to-
Louis: We’re not making a vampire dog that’s a crime against nature we have to draw the line somewhere.
Lestat: *pouts*
Louis: *glares*
Lestat: *pouts harder*
Louis: *glares harder*
Lestat: Ok confession time: I already tried to give him a few drops of blood and he was not at all interested. Repulsed really.
Louis: *ragged sigh*
Lestat: It was worth a try!
Louis: Then why were you even asking me?
Lestat: I thought he might prefer yours–
Louis: *slaps Lestat hard across the face and storms out*
I have never found a perfect VC timeline, I should make one myself… I don’t know of one that ends in PL (including or not including PL).
This one goes through Merrick, you should save it for your own ref bc that site could go down anytime. The author of it also chose some dates that I don’t think have canon evidence (March 2, 1791 is the date indicated that Louis meets Lestat,
It gets a different name every year, this year it’s “Midnight in the Savage Garden of Blood and Evil Halloween Ball.” I’ve never been to one myself, but apparently they are alot of fun, and lots of ppl dress up and/or cosplay as the characters!
It’s in New Orleans, LA, USA (almost always there, not sure if it has been held elsewhere) on 10/28/16.
It’s run by the Anne Rice Vampire Lestat Fan Club (main site, FB page) and it looks like they’re also trying to do “a pure New Orleans night out in the Lafayette Cemetery on Thursday night Oct. 27th to benefit Save Our Cemeteries…” so there’s that, too.
Looks like there will be an actual official Lestat, walking around Mastering the Ceremonies!
Yes, definitely! Lestat wears makeup often, typically at least guyliner (black or dark blue) and a lightweight (as in, not too “gluey”), organic lipgloss, with a rosy tint. Neither of them typically wear makeup that’s very scented or flavored, since they find those pretty chemically distasteful.
It’s canon that Lestat wears violet shades much of the time, which are not opaque, tinted just enough to diffuse a little of the dazzling effect of his eye color but allow the artistry of his makeup to be visible.
Louis will not put on makeup unless Lestat requests it, but does admit that it gives him an otherworldly quality. He prefers a light smokey eye and a hint of blush.
Despite his strenuous efforts to improve, Lestat is not as talented at drawing winged eyeliner, so whenever he wants that look he has to ask Louis to do it for him. Lestat also really enjoys playing w/ metallic powders [X]:
Sometimes Lestat will see a look in a work of art, magazine, or movie, and he wants to try it out on himself or Louis. He’s copied several of David Bowie’s looks. Some nights they both get all glamorous in order to better entice victims (murderous transphobic/homophobic bigots are a favorite dinner).
Louis’ first makeover was done by Claudia(fanart by @obsessional-ram!), and he resisted at first, but it was a battle he couldn’t hope to win as she pushed him down to her level and began applying foundation and eyeshadow primer. She went for an orchid-inspired look, w/ pastel shades and then deepened the contrast with his eyes with teal green and gold eyeshadow colors, a cool-toned smokey overlay, mascara, and warm lavender blush. A deep berry lip tint completed the look.
She also braided tiny light-colored flowers into his hair, and put him in one of the maid’s dresses.
When Lestat came out of the bath, where he had been for about an hour, he was struck by the enhancements and made some mumbled excuse as to why he needed Louis’ attention immediately… and privately. Claudia was very proud of herself for producing such a positive reaction, even though on the surface she kicked and complained at being thrown out of the house on an obviously unnecessary errand “Go get us more… ah… matches! From across town!”
The very next night, Lestat had her try out bold eyeshadows and powders on himself ;D
In canon, Lestat wears makeup at least for camouflage:
“I covered up my blue eyes, as always, with black glasses, lest their radiance mesmerize and entrance at random – a real nuisance – and over my delicate white hands, with their telltale glassy fingernails, I drew the usual pair of soft gray leather gloves.” – Tale of the Body Thief
“Ah, a bit of oily brown camouflage for the skin. I smoothed the lotion over my cheekbones, over the bit of neck and chest that was bare.” –
♛Désolé, mon cher, I would prefer to have the spotlight in your pleasurable dreams. Are you certain I was aiming for you? Perhaps there was someone behind you who deserved my wrath? I’ll tuck you into bed properly tonight.
Oh, and I don’t need such an army. I can usually handle these heated debates on my own. Well, to be a little more honest, gathering up such an army and getting them to fight together is an enormously taxing feat of production. Like herding cats. So perhaps it was some other gorgeous blond but incredibly weak vampire you saw, who would require such an entourage *winks*
Louis is truly an angel, is he not? *sighs dreamily* He’s saved me from terrible things, too. Mostly from myself.
…Perhaps that’s why I didn’t try to contact him before my… business trip to the Gobi desert. I didn’t want him to save me then, and I’m sure he would have tried his best to do so.
I do! I’m actually planning on making a better post about it, but for now, since I’m on mobile, all I can give you is:
Gallier House is the flat AR modeled the Rue Royale home of Louis, Lestat, and Claudia. It’s a historic location and they give tours there. Take one! See the Master bedroom! See Claudia’s room!
AR used to live in the garden district. 1239 First St. There is a little plaque about her there now.
Near AR’s garden dist. home is Lafayette Cemetary No. 1. There was a scene or two in IWTV that took place there, but it closes at sunset.
In movie!IWTV, Lestat watches Claudia kill someone right near the Cabildo in Jackson Square.
I think Louis kills a priest in book!IWTV in the St. Louis cathedral in Jackson Square.
Pointe du Lac plantation was based on Oak Alley plantation. They give tours there. Movie!IWTV was filmed there, too. Destreham plantation was also in movie!IWTV for Pointe du Lac plantation.
This is best!!! I’m so glad you liked it! The whole book series is straight up fabulous, and Anne Rice who writes them is such a sassy lady! Yikes I’m just so excited because I literally haven’t fan-girled over the Vampire Chronicles for YEARS.
^This is a legit screencap from her FB page, I just added the highlight. For the record, AR loves fanart, so keep it coming! ☆° ｡:.ﾟヽ(´∀`｡)ﾉﾟ.:｡+ﾟ ☆
As for the fanfic, here’s my long post on it, with a bunch of her statements about it, but basically, she ignores fanfic:
“I got upset about 20 years ago because I thought it would block me,” she says. “However, it’s been very easy to avoid reading any, so live and let live.
If I were a young writer, I’d want to own my own ideas. But maybe fan fiction is a transitional phase: whatever gets you there, gets you there.” – Anne Rice, Nov. 2012.
Still, her POTP occasionally bring things to her attention needlessly (like this blog post about someone’s bad experience in VC RP), with overly polite language like, “Anne, I hope that you’re aware that…” trying to provoke a response out of her. She still has rights and a lot more money than we do, so it’s important that we respect her.
Here’s some of the other fandoms I like to watch from a distance. I put an * on ones I guess I might qualify to be in, and/or that I feel obligated to watch/read when I see them. I think what I like best about other fandoms is finding more excellent fanartists and shipping discourse.
[Oh! Just remembered, you might want to check out my huge recc list]
Media in no special order:
Tom Cruise* – yeah I am a low-level Cruiser, throw in most of his 80′s and 90′s movies here in this bullet ^_____^
Tom Hiddleston – *sighs*
What We Do in the Shadows*
Only Lovers Left Alive*
Crimson Peak
Sherlock Holmes* (RDJ movies, mainly)
Hannibal* – primarily the TV series and secondarily the movies
Marvel movies (w/ subcategories for ships: Stucky, Stony, ummmm I like all the ships, really!)
Disney*
Pixar too, but not as much as the 2D traditional Disney movies.
The Shining*
American Psycho
Jurassic Park
The Walking Dead*
The Office
Arrested Development
Dr. Katz
Home Movies
Star Wars (movies only, not comics or novels)
Lord of the Rings trilogy (movies only)
South Park
Attack on Titan/SnK
Sailor Moon
Studio Ghibli, Miyazaki
the X-Files (the older series!)
the Addams Family (I love the Adult Wednesday youtube person!)
the Lost Boys
Edward Scissorhands
Other stuff in no special order:
CATS
FASHION
Goth goth
Halloween stuff
candles
photography/aesthetic stuff
glassware, handblown glass
architecture
animation in general
concept art/behind the scenes info
vintage portrait photography and art
classical art and sculpture
Places: Paris, New Orleans, France (<–duh), Greece, Rome, Italy, New Zealand, California, NYC.
I don’t think I have enough depth of knowledge* of other media to consider myself a real part of their fandoms, but I like other media, obviously, and I sometimes reblog it here under #Not VC along with other Not VC things. #VC Adjacent is for things that are evocative of a VC feel, even if only in the remotest way!
Admittedly, my standards are VERY high re: “depth of knowledge,” but the amount I do know about others might qualify me as being considered “in” some other fandoms. What even qualifies you to be IN a fandom? Just liking a thing? Or having headcanons about it? Enjoying discourse about it? IDK.
Yes, there are other VoCs in the series! I was trying to only mention a few so as not to spoil that anon, who is new in the fandom and has not read all the books yet!
I should have double-checked re: Benji’s race before posting. Pardon the error 😛
But I still disapprove of his unhealthy attachment to fedoras.
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