Heyyyy thanks for the compliments ♥u♥ You just saw the movie 2 wks ago?! omg wow you are very fresh blood for the fandom. Yummmm. Lestat has claimed another victim. If I may suggest, read the book. Let the movie be your gateway drug to the WHOLE SERIES *evil laughter*
Your murder families thing is hilarious! I love Hannibal/Lestat crossover action. Please do moar! Here’s one of mine:
I didn’t see Belle yet (it’s on my watchlist).
Physically I think he works, look at this smooth operator (we don’t need the context to know he is artfully cranking up the charm here):
Shirtless pic bc of reasons is this why ppl ask me about my casting opinions? You just want me to google these guys shirtless jfc don’t you: EDIT: Actually an anon informs me this one is Sam Heughan, but I’m leaving it here bc of reasons:
And his smile (necessary to the character) even has good dimple action,
but then, when I checked out a video, I feel like his voice is really low for Lestat:
Idk maybe he going for a lower register in this vid for a reason, but I see him more as Augustin or a young Lestat’s dad bc of that low voice.
*u* You’re welcome! It was actually really cool to collect my fave VC cosplayers in a nice masterpost. Agreed, the great dramatic/srs cosplayers are truly gorgeous. It does add something authentic when they choose their settings well.
Yes, I have seen carancerth before, he’s a very well put-together Lestat.
I think he looks more Lestatuesque in these other cosplays (from his FB page), it’s the lighting, the facial expression, etc.:
Lookat this lil medieval soldier. Very Axl Rose here. PERFECT HAIR.
Look at this lil smirk, damn son!
Gratuitous shirtless shot bc of reasons:
Fierce in messy hair, wolf fur probably not but whatever, and guyliner! (Could be Mael here maybe, too?):
Thanks! *u* You want my opinion on cosplay? Hmmmm *cracks knuckles*
Cosplay, for me, isn’t just about the looks, it’s also in the attitude. So if someone’s eyes aren’t the shade as described in the book it’s not a dealbreaker. I think I prefer silly/parody cosplays because it’s so hard to achieve the serious dramatic quality one gets with the added $$$, experienced professionals of cinematography, costume design, lighting, etc., that the film industry relies on when making films. When you aim for silly/parody, it’s truly more about the performance than the physical look.
That said, here’s an example I like of everyman as Lestat:
I think it works! Looking at his other pics, he’s really gone to great lengths to recreate scenes/relationships, and he’s got good Lestatuesque body language and attitude.
As for the Louis, yeah, in most of the pics he seems #ooc, but I think ^this expression is excellent! He’s got the “Lestat omfg STOP” just under his dignified veneer. Nice sharp French features, great outfit, looks like the right age. He could even work as Nicolas. If only this guy worked as well in his front angle as his profile *siiiigh*.
Melodysknight as Lestat gets massive points for also playing the IWTV pieces.
I have a cosplay tag if you want more, but for now (in no special order):
chrissydeath is a fave precious Armand:
Anne Rice and I agree on sheepskeleton’s lovely Armand:
This Lestat by variousnoises amuses me and looks good, too:
There are some great silly Lestat (and sometimes a Louis appears) cosplay videos, here’s one by DemonsWithTea:
And there’s this Lestat omg by Parle Productions:
There’s a great lestat-and-louis ask blog! Very accurate gif of Lestat & Armand discussing things civilly:
Obligatory hipster!Lestat by liquorandptsdvarietyshow:
Aaaaand have a terrible Louis cosplay by Daniel Tosh, but I don’t think he was going for accuracy (had to include at least one more male cosplayer here, what can I say, female cosplayers just seem to do it better!):
Thanks!
I would have put the answers under a cut but this new tumblr formatting is dumb… I figured it out now, clearly!
Thanks! *u* You want my opinion on cosplay? Hmmmm *cracks knuckles*
Cosplay, for me, isn’t just about the looks, it’s also in the attitude. So if someone’s eyes aren’t the shade as described in the book it’s not a dealbreaker. I think I prefer silly/parody cosplays because it’s so hard to achieve the serious dramatic quality one gets with the added $$$, experienced professionals of cinematography, costume design, lighting, etc., that the film industry relies on when making films. When you aim for silly/parody, it’s truly more about the performance than the physical look.
That said, here’s an example I like of everyman as Lestat:
I think it works! Looking at his other pics, he’s really gone to great lengths to recreate scenes/relationships, and he’s got good Lestatuesque body language and attitude.
As for the Louis, yeah, in most of the pics he seems #ooc, but I think ^this expression is excellent! He’s got the “Lestat omfg STOP” just under his dignified veneer. Nice sharp French features, great outfit, looks like the right age. He could even work as Nicolas. If only this guy worked as well in his front angle as his profile *siiiigh*.
Melodysknight as Lestat gets massive points for also playing the IWTV pieces.
I have a cosplay tag if you want more, but for now (in no special order):
chrissydeath is a fave precious Armand:
Anne Rice and I agree on sheepskeleton’s lovely Armand:
This Lestat by variousnoises amuses me and looks good, too:
There are some great silly Lestat (and sometimes a Louis appears) cosplay videos, here’s one by DemonsWithTea:
And there’s this Lestat omg by Parle Productions:
There’s a great lestat-and-louis ask blog! Very accurate gif of Lestat & Armand discussing things civilly:
Obligatory hipster!Lestat by liquorandptsdvarietyshow:
Aaaaand have a terrible Louis cosplay by Daniel Tosh, but I don’t think he was going for accuracy (had to include at least one more male cosplayer here, what can I say, female cosplayers just seem to do it better!):
merci beaucoup! *u*
it’s from here when i considered doing a whole series of Lestat modeling photomanips and i couldnt key out hair as well as i can now and it took awhile to do and well dang thats the story on that! :
No.
This is probably a good question for askavampirologist. I think some people think they are vampires for religious/physical/other reasons… I think there are probably diseases that simulate vampiric symptoms (light sensitivity, etc.).
It does somewhat comfort me in an odd way that if there WERE vampires, they wouldn’t truly be immortal, because the Earth is headed for the sun eventually, so unless they coordinate with NASA to ship themselves (and a starter pack of humans and animals to feed from) somewhere safer, they’ll end up as dead as us, too!
Santiago loves to persecute, he loved torturing his victims onstage, he’s a manipulative bastard! Even better when the victim is a particularly lovely creature like Louis ;]
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Yeah, I suspect and there is a secret fanfic that supports this theory that Santiago considered himself 2nd-in-command and maybe more to Armand, and he felt himself very usurped when Louis came into the picture, and had it in for Louis from the first moment Armand made heart-eyes at Louis.
Santiago was also a Vampire of the Rules, as long as following them worked for him. Louis had been an active accomplice in attempting to kill his own maker twice (THE cardinal undead crime); attempting to keep it a secret doesn’t engender trust in such a member, in fact it provides a good reason to feel threatened by them.
Excellent question! All of the above.
^That’s definitely not sexually-virgin blood there, but it might very well be not-used-before-in-a-ritual virgin blood!
Hopefully the alcohol in it cleaned it up a bit? Maybe knowing the source is what really grossed Louis out about it, ick.
I’m not a good resource on this, but I believe it can mean all of those. In some religious rituals, it means specifically blood that has not been used in a ritual before (as in, whoever it is providing their blood has not shed blood in a previous ritual before). Drunk before? Well if it’s been drunk, it’s been used already, not sure how you’d retrieve it for another use!
It is true that some cultures held virgins up as oracles, and kept them separated from society at large. That they were free from the mental and physical demands that come with having a sex life (I’m not agreeing necessarily, just guessing at their reasoning in a very generalized way).
The idea that a person who has not had sex yet could be counted on to have pure blood may stem from the fact that diseases were much more mysterious long ago; lacking treatment options, people died and/or suffered terribly from sexually transmitted diseases.
One would suppose you would want clean utensils for rituals, and clean ingredients?
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