Well, since the whole series (even IWTV, really) is based around Lestat and shit that happens bc of him doing the thing, we could make it his birthday which is November 7, 1760. We don’t have the exact date he was turned, but he was between 20-21 yrs old, and it was October, so we could say October 1.
The Anne Rice Vampire Lestat Fan Club has a ball for him (and the series) every year in NOLA on Halloween, but Halloween is already Halloween, we shouldn’t be greedy, trying to snatch it away from Halloween-lovers. Well, we could share… but anyway… I like the idea of the VC having it’s OWN day.
Could make it the anniversary of IWTV’s publishing. April 12, 1976.
Hello, welcome! Yes we certainly do have some great RPers, thank you!
absolemcaterpillar is not a VC character, but has fit into our ‘verse very well. I think they’re an Indie RPer more from the Alice in Wonderland fandom. Rather than attempt a description myself, full info on them is heeeere.
So, I’m not going to throw in my “Why fight eachother?” “When you can all love me together!” gifset w/ our fandom’s lead character, because that’s sugarcoating when gently#-swats with newspaper (thanks cup-of-lixx!), is so much more appropriate. A gentle swat!
Was this about the potential wedding of fictional vampires? I think that is the topic on which this conflict started. There were opinions on that and people felt that contrary opinions maligned their own. I think it’s worth analyzing why, so that when this happens again (IT WILL) we can all react a little more peaceably. Hit the “Keep reading…” for that.
Basically: serious aggressive discussions happen in every field, every fandom, every topic that exists. That’s part of Real Life. The word “fandom” doesn’t guarantee that everyone who likes what you like will have the same opinion about it, or that they will even like YOU.
I think we can all agree that we all care about these characters, and we all want to see them treated properly in canon.
1. OMG this is awesome! Show me the fluffy ❤ Let’s talk about the venue, let’s get *~David Tutera~* in here, ‘stat! I’m so so happy that my ship will be officially validated in canon, I mean, finally, no one can call them “just friends” if they’re actually MARRIED <3<3<3 I JUST LOVE THESE CHARACTERS AND WANT WHAT’S BEST FOR THEM.
2. UGH this is so lame! This is a mortal convention and is it really applicable to immortal non-human beings? Plus which, marriage isn’t for everyone (especially creatures who have difficulty with monogamy *cough cough* LESTAT who falls in love at lease once in every book *cough*) so why must it be forced into OUR series? Is it fanservice? Should authors do fanservice, even at the expense of writing out-of-character? I JUST LOVE THESE CHARACTERS AND WANT WHAT’S BEST FOR THEM.
From what I gathered, it appeared that these two very contrasting opinions led to:
Group 1 people feeling that Group 2 people were shitting on their enthusiasm, and
Group 2 people feeling that Group 1 people were being shallow and treating this series like cheap romance, in which no one can really be happy unless they’re married off at the end.
Whether or not either group is “right,” we all have our own way of engaging with it. Whether finding it an escape from reality and a source of joy and squee, or finding it a packed mystery worth examining with a critical eye, and everything in between.
Not everyone is leaving. No one needs to leave. The fandom isn’t full of these serious aggressive discussions, they happen occasionally. The internet/tumblr is big enough for everyone.
No worries at all! I only wish I could give you a better answer. You’re quite right, I think Pandora-specific fans are a minority as I rarely see any action about her on my dash… :-
There was a Pandora RPer around at one point, vita–ante–acta. I would go into her archive and find ppl she interacted with, they may be your ppl!
I only have 2 tags for her, and they’re pretty low on content but here ya go: #pandora and #the vampire pandora.
Anyone else here love Pandora? Reblog this for anon!
Messages like this make it all worth it *u* I’m always honored that people want my opinion, and I do really try to support it with canon or fanon.
Of course, #your headcanon may vary, and #ship and let ship. I know some ppl are very defensive of their headcanons, so always take my opinions as that – MY opinions. If you want to accept some headcanons, cool, if not, also cool ;]
Dear anon, this is an impossible question to answer a simple “Books 1-4″ or “Books 1-3, and then 5″ or such and so forth…
… as some ppl refuse to read Prince Lestat, or a bunch of the other books, won’t even give them a chance not that they all deserve a wholehearted chance necessarily…
Most of the fandom, in my experience, have had different gateway drugs to the series. I love collecting stories of how people first got into it (#I love these kind of stories tag). They first saw movie!IWTV or movie!QOTD and then read the corresponding book, or a friend gave them a random one from the series, or someone donated the whole series to them, etc. From there, some people read in order, some people skipped around.
PERSONALLY, I first started with IWTV and at that time (1994) the movie was out but being rated R, I was too young to see it, so I read the books that were available at the time (1-4), in order. I also snuck over to a friend’s house to see movie!IWTV when it came out on VHS (I’M OLD), which we watched repeatedly, and it attained this *~forbidden-fruit~* sort of connotation for me which has never dissipated.
Then I continued and just read the books as they came out. Hard to imagine, but there was a time when we waited, not knowing when the next book would come out, or if there would be another at all. AR originally intended to end the series at Memnoch the Devil, which is probably why it ends like this:
“Let me pass now from fiction into legend.
THE END
9:43 February 28, 1994
Adieu, mon amour.”
THAT SAID, if you want to make VC fanworks (including fic, meta discussion, fanart, etc.) or do VC RP, it seems to help if you’ve read at least IWTV, TVL, and TVA (TVA might spoil previous events in canon but it’s really THE authority on Armand)(and read some fanfic!).
I think those VC contain the crux of the fan fave characters (Lestat, Louis, ((Nicki)), Gabrielle, Armand, Daniel, Marius) and scenes that have had alot of impact in developing the main characters. Your fanworks/RP will be richer if you know the background of the characters, because you’ll be able to refer to the events, or quotes, or take them as a jumping-off point in your work.
However, in the later books, you get new info, new characters, and new perspectives on previous events (example: Claudia’s diary entry in QOTD is heartwrenching).
♠ (Louis) I did notice you were less critical of my wardrobe last night than you usually are. Is that really what you want for your self-awarded “reward” ? The last Shakespeare performance we went to put you to sleep in the first act. It was somewhat embarrassing, especially because you had insisted on overdressing us both for the occasion.
I actually don’t watch it enough to say I’m a real Fannibal but I’ve seen some. I loved the Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal Rising, and Red Dragon. Lestat and Hannibal could make a great Murder Brothers team.
Lestat would take the blood and Hannibal could take the bodies. Nothing wasted!
Bonus 1: (Lestat gifs are mine, Hannibal gifs by lecterings)
I could write a thesis on this. DON’T WORRY I WON’T DO THAT.
(BTW, if you’re just looking for music reccs, I have a VC fanmix, fanmix, and music tag for that)
First of all, you have to consider when are they listening to music? It can be solitary or social…
Armand ~
♫
Enjoys gathering a small audience and hiring live musicians to play complicated classical pieces. Or asking that vampires who can play things come and entertain them. He still loves Sybelle at the piano, even better that her repertoire has expanded beyond the Appassionata. Antoine has played lively duets with her.
Otherwise, Armand throws on huge wireless headsets while perusing art galleries. He’ll listen to anything others recommend to him, he shares a Spotify account so that anyone can try out his playlist, which has a broad spectrum of musical styles.
Armand is drawn to works that are used in ice skating competitions, oddly. It is a recent obsession.
David ~
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Musicals, anything upbeat. Has a love for Spanish culture, Flamenco, like the Gypsy Kings. Without much urging, Lestat will put on makeup and dress up in a Flamenco gown and dance with David in public!
David’s rainy-day guilty pleasure are artists like Michael Bolton, for when he’s home alone, feeling left out of the coven activities.
He also loves Sting; the song that hooked him was Desert Rose, which Marius sent him on a mix-CD because of the Arabic singer, Cheb Mami.
Louis ~
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It takes a long time for Louis to warm up to new bands, and he likes a few pieces by Hozier which Lestat added to Louis’ outdated iPod. It’s an older gen model but it still works fine, so Louis doesn’t see a need to replace it.
He prefers pieces without lyrics, ambient works that he can melt into while reading.
The Blade Runner movie that Armand got him to watch the first time made Louis a Vangelis fan and a fan of film soundtracks. He often plays the Gone Girl soundtrack.
Marius ~
♫
Daniel and Lestat have introduced him to alot of modern music. Marius will listen while he paints. Marius is the biggest Hozier fan of the four discussed.
I-want-my-IWTV 