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So, I’ve actually stopped reading the VC after “The Vampire Armand” (of course I picked up again at “Prince Lestat) – what do you think, should I read “Merrick”?

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Yes, READ THE BOOK!

Idk, I would always advocate reading the books, as cracky as some of them can be, bc there are always moments that are really great! Single lines worth digging up, some phrasing that hits you #Right in the Feels. Don’t you want to know what happened to Louis, David, and Lestat, before PL? You don’t have to agree with it but the ride is always at the very least stimulating… you can always just skim it for plot points if reading it is too much of an investment.

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[^bookwormmykitty from here X]

If you like Louis, especially yes! This is a story he gets a starring role in. It’s cracky but heartbreaking, and it changes the dynamics of the relationship between Louis and David, and between Louis and Lestat, and also there’s a strong FEMALE character?! Who is NOT a Mary Sue (ok she has some Mary Sue elements but whatever I liked her)? Woah. 

It also changes Louis physically, gives him the powers we see him use in PL, and it also allows him to experience a new level of intimacy with Lestat (and others potentially) that he refused to have before. It changes him emotionally, but we don’t get too deep into the specifics on that, but I think we’re starting to see those effects in PL. 

My main issue with it is that it would have been SO MUCH MORE fun from Merrick’s (or Louis’!) own POV, rather than David’s. David was largely a third wheel and I didn’t really care about his youth in the jungles. More interested in the voodoo that Merrick could do, and especially how she used it on Louis ;A; <—Hopefully not really spoiling anything there bc I’m being really general in that statement.

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[^Melodie Monrose as Merrick and Jackson Rado as Louis de Pointe du Lac]

antoineandthepiano made this lovely aesthetic pic set and description about Merrick, but there ARE spoilers there, FYI. antoineandthepiano’s description is gr9 tho and worth being spoiled for. YOU MAKE THAT CHOICE YERSELF THO.

I don’t remember if Merrick spoils any other major plot points from books that come before it, I don’t think so. I recall it as being almost a standalone novel. 

I’m trying to get together an Armand cosplay and I need help figuring out outfit choices. I’ll be doing a modern Armand and I don’t really know what modern outfit choices that I could use. Can you please help me owo???

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Yah sure! First of all: @chrissydeath and @amadeo-child-of-the-renaissance are fab Armand cosplayers/artists and also @sheepskeleton​, who has drawn Armand in modern outfits, they’d probably have better suggestions than mine but I WILL TRY.

I’d suggest looking at fanart of Armand, and unfortunately, I don’t have my #fanart collection divided into different characters so I pulled a few memorable ones out for ya here ;D Go ahead and jump in that tag for more, if u dare.

The crucial part of any Armand cosplay is his hair, of course, but everything else is p. much up to you. What would you headcanon he wears? Sometimes he likes to be all decked out in pricey fitted clothes, but he also has a sense of humor, he probably went for all kinds of silliness in the ‘70′s (and he still goes to 70′s themed parties bc of course he does), but I think he’s most comfortable in tight black pants or skinny jeans, a loose t-shirt (Daniel’s probably), and a well-worn light-weather jacket. He looks great in fur for winter, too.

In no special order, some fanart w/ Armand in modern fashion.

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[X by @remarried, ~art gallery chic~ turtleneck and mid-thigh coat w/ what looks like trimmed black fur lining. Leather gloves would be good, too.]

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[X by @sheepskeleton, keepin’ it casual with a plain collared cotton shirt and denim jacket]

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[X Look it’s @chrissydeath as one of @garama‘s versions of Armand! ❤ such attention to detail right down to the belt! I really like Armand in a v-neck.]

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[X by @superhiki, Diso inferno indeeeeed! AVIATOR SHADES YES]

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[X by @garama,I am diggin’ Armand’s fringe top w/ V neck, tight magenta leather (or pleather!) pants, & classic converse kicks combo but Lestat looks wayyy hotter.]

Hit the jump for a fewwww moar…

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[X by @sheepskeleton, simplicity]

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[X by @sheepskeleton I couldn’t crop it for size, just too gorgeous!]

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[X by @sheepskeleton I am really digging this leather and stripes w/ loose engineer boots look. Very 50′s greaser/80′s punk.]

Let’s be honest all of your followers are your acolyte(s)

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[X] Awww you sweet thing! I’m sure there are some who fit that description… I don’t really ask much in terms of loyalty. Having a hungry audience is pretty much reward in itself ♥u♥

——->——->——-> DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA how long I obsessed over this stuff alone?? Well, okay, I had a few RL VC friends who had to bear the brunt of my… outpourings. Dark times…

so i just started watching iwtv (finally lol) and oh my gods i want to love this but the casting hurts so much

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I’m not sure if you’re referring to Antonio!Armand specifically but u probably are, and I know, I know… he is the fandom’s punching bag, I KNOW. 

But consider perusing my #defending Antonio tag, where you will find my theories as to why they cast smne who isn’t remotely trying to be physically similar to the character described in the book (except for his wardrobe maybe?). His acting was still very true to the character so give him some credit for that. Very seductive of Louis. But yeah, Denis (played by

Louis Xavier Lewis-Smith) looks more like Armand should have looked:

The biggest reason for Antonio!Armand being that I think AR merged Santino and Armand for that movie bc of reasons. So treat him like Santino and that should lessen the pain *hugs*

a person who pays one of my favorite artists to make louise/lestat porn is a person i wanna be friends with

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;D I aim to please. Yes, we need more fanart always! But we also need more porn ❤ Tastefully done, of course! What I need is a huge pile of cash that I can shove at all my fave fanartists for moar…

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^Armand Santino also appreciates such fine art in this category.

Hello, I need the VC fandoms help remembering something. In the IWTV movie, there are the scenes where claudia has dolls and rejects them, and where she cuts her hair and learns it does not grow back. Question: where were these in the books?(1 of 2)

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(2 of 2) I remember these scenes somewhere in the books pretty vividly, but I just reread IWTV over again and couldnt find them. Did i dream them being in the books after years of watching the movie?

So actually, I couldn’t remember either, so I just skimmed IWTV, and neither actually happened quite that way in that book. But it’s still sort of canon bc Anne Rice wrote the script, and she was trying to incorporate later canon stuff where she could. 

In QOTD, Claudia mentions it in her diary: “Of course, he gave me a doll as usual, the replica of me, which as always wears a duplicate of my newest
dress. To France he sends for these dolls, he wants me to know. And what should I do with it? Play with it
as if I were really a child?…

He has given me thirty such dolls over the years if recollection serves me…

They would crowd me out of my bedroom if I
kept them. But I do not keep them. I burn them, sooner or later. I smash their china faces with the poker. I
watch the fire eat their hair.”

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[X] In IWTV, Claudia crushes a doll in front of Louis and she talks about being disappointed in baby dolls… she was pretty spoiled by her dads, so I would bet she got them at other times than just her “birthday,” too! Maybe the fanciest ones were received annually.

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^The haircut thing is actually something Gabrielle experienced in TVL. She had cut it and the next night it had grown back to its full length it had been when she died:

Her long heavy hair had slipped over
her shoulders again, and exasperated, she took hold of it in both
hands. Then suddenly she made a low hissing sound, and her body
went rigid. She was holding her long tresses and staring at them. 

“My God, ” she whispered. And then in a spasm, she let go of her
hair and screamed.

The sound paralyzed me. It sent a flash of white
pain through my head. I had never heard her scream. And she
screamed again as if she were on fire.

Hey, have any of you vampires argued about the whole white and gold, blue and black dress thing?

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Yes, in fact they did!

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Faceclaims: 

David: Sendhil Ramamurthy

Louis: Miles McMillan

Armand: Kirill Nikolini

Marius: fanart by @sheepskeleton 

Lestat: Martin Rolinski

Tweets from celebs [X]

can we add a ‘gabrielle de lincourt’s A+ parenting’ tag into this fandom?? because i saw the ‘howard stark’s A+ parenting’ in aou & i think gabs deserves one too

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Lol I know right? I do have Lestat’s A+ Parenting… 

But Gabrielle does come to the rescue when she’s needed!

[Indiana Gabrielle by @miyucchichan]

“I imagine in this moment Louis thinking “It’s not how I imagined to met my mother in law” xDD “

Some things Lestat learned from Gabrielle were good, tho, like giving really thoughtful gifts at the right time. Actually he gives gifts far more often and extravagantly than she ever could bc he became richer than she had been and also he came to associate materialism w/ ownership and love, and that giving someone things could possibly *~buy their affection~*. 60% of the time, it works all the time 😉

Gabrielle was not the worst parent. She was possibly a very introverted person further pushed into herself bc she was focused on surviving the situation she was put in. Locked in a loveless marriage in a freezing castle in the middle of nowhere. She’d lost 5 of her children, and by the time Lestat came around, I’m not surprised she didn’t give him much affection; she probably couldn’t bring herself to invest in him emotionally when the odds were so high that he would never live to adulthood ;A;

HOWEVER, on the good parenting side: 

  • she defended him against his father and brothers, 
  • she supported him going to school at the nearby monastery to get literate and have a better environment “with people who
    believed I could be good if I wanted to be.”     ;A;
  • she gave over her precious family heirlooms to buy him the dogs, mare, and gun that would take his hunting skillz to the next level, 
  • which led to his ultimate triumph over the wolves… 
  • she encouraged him to run away to Paris, 
  • and then stayed with him for a good decade exploring the world, before she finally went off on her own. 

Idk if I agree that she treated him SO badly, though she could have shown kid!Lestat a little more affection, he was starved for it. I think she did the best she could given her own personality and their environment.

Just wanted to let you know that I get all giddy inside every time I see that you’ve posted a thing! Love your blog!!

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omg thank you my fanged little trash kitten! I aim for that effect. I made this fresh just for you… hope ya like.

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