LOL… um, I’ve only seen “Loustat” being used as a ship name for Louis/Lestat, in my decades of fandom I’ve never seen “Marmand” before. VC fandom tends not to be as into ship names, from what I’ve seen, but hey, I can see it taking off!
Fandom: Do you like “Marmand”?… Reminds me of Marmite… Has anyone tried this? I have a friend who LOVES Marmite.
Off the top of my head, and in no particular order:
- Salem’s Lot, by Stephen King
- Anno Dracula, by Kim Newman
- The Blood Opera trilogy (Dark Dance, Personal Darkness, Darkness I), by Tanith Lee
- The Blood Wine sequence (A Taste of Blood Wine, A Dance in Blood Velvet, The Dark Blood of Poppies, The Dark Arts of Blood), by Freda Warrington
- The Delicate Dependency, by Michael Talbot (the recently-published edition from Valancourt Books has a foreword by me!)
- Fevre Dream, by George R. R. Martin
- Lost Souls, by Poppy Z. Brite
- Midnight Blue: the Sonja Blue Collection, by Nancy Collins
- Still Life, by Michael Montoure
And, if you want super-sweet gothy YA vampires, the Vampire Kisses series by Ellen Schreiber are adorable.
Hey! Book reccs! Always a good topic.
It’s tough for me to answer bc I think it depends on every individual reader’s sense of humor,… even within “humorous/ dark tone as VC” there is a range*. So I can’t say definitively that these reccs are in line with what you’re looking for necessarily, but you can use this list as a starting point.
*Lestat dancing w/ Claudia’s mom’s corpse: Some ppl find this moment dark and hilarious and other ppl think it’s just disgusting, so… there is a range. Personally I find it pretty amusing.
(There are some duplicates on this list, sorry about that, but I wanted to list them by recc’er.) (And I added ** next to those that @gothiccharmschool just recc’d in two recent posts which I will reblog momentarily for you.)
In no special order:
@annabellioncourt’s Recs, and these are mostly her descriptions, too, compiled from other recc posts:
>>>>Moar recs from @annabellioncourt under Spooky Book Recommendations
>>>>Moar recs from @gothiccharmschool: here, here, and in her #vampire books and #vampire novels tags.
>>>>My #VC adjacent recs tag
Anyone is welcome to reblog/comment on this with other VC-adjacent book recs!
@hyperbeeb (<– is very well-read and took one for the team to read Blood Vivicanti!), @gothiccharmschool, @fyeahgothicromance, @thebibliosphere, (@annabellioncourt, too, but you are technically off the hook as I’ve already posted your recs!), got any recs for books w/ similar humorous/ dark tone as VC?
That is kind of an “out there” question, but intriguing! I’m sorry that I’m not familiar enough w/ the Batman villains to answer that
(here’s a wiki list), I’ve seen most of the movies but haven’t read the comics or had serious discussions about the characters, but I’ll open it up to the group. Anyone have answers for anon? @queenofthesavagegarden uses Margot Robbie as the FC for their genderbent Lestat muse, Lestel, and so that mun/muse may have opinions about how the recent Harley Quinn bears a striking resemblance to Lestel (or the other way around).
^Here’s fanart of Marius and Armand dressed up as the Dynamic Duo by @askvampnesia (aka @vampirebarons)
As a side thought: I headcanon that Lestat loves all the superhero movies, being a Sam Spade fan. Intellectually stimulating or just brawling or anything in between, he loves it all! I headcanon that, even though it was an older movie and thus lacking in the SFX we have today, Lestat really loved the Reeve!Superman where Superman was given the chance to give up his powers, and how that went very badly, and Superman had to then get them back in order to save the day.
Lestat would also probably have superhero costumes of his own and fly around in them. Would he wear a mask? Hmmm… Gonna need to see some costume ideas. #FANART REQUEST #FANFIC REQUEST.
[//ooc; If you are in fact deathly ill, please seek medical attention! This is just a fandom blog.]
♛Serious viral illness is one thing I definitely do not miss about being human. Although, the remedies for these, many of them didn’t exist in my time. Humidifiers! Detox baths! Electrolyte drinks in every color of the rainbow! Medications! We had bone broth and soup, herbal teas.
Art has long been a cure for many kinds of ailments, even if it only serves to provide mental pain relief. Advice on improving your art? Do what you love, explore it with an open mind, don’t criticize your progress too harshly. And share your drawings of us *smiles* Art has healing properties for those who view it, as well *winks*
You asked about hot blood, well, human blood is naturally the same as normal human body temperature at about 98.6°
Fahrenheit, which happens to be a perfectly palatable temperature for vampires. I think we sense it as hotter than that, since
mortals tend to enjoy coffee between 120°-140° Fahrenheit.
A little internet research tells me that:
I’ve never boiled blood or experimented with it to taste, but @roselioncourt certainly has been intrigued by working with blood in the kitchen. Any thoughts on this, ma cocotte? I bought her a cute little chef hat and apron, matching, of course.
I… ;A; I didn’t read the HP books, only saw some of the movies, I had turned this over to more qualified ppl before, check out this post, (it looks like your choices almost all align with @annabellioncourt‘s!) and anyone can respond to this one, too!
But what about the VC characters as STAFF?
Subjects:
But also: could/would a vampire even be accepted as a student or staff member at Hogwarts? What about the fact that they’d have to take/teach all their classes at night (if they were the kind of vampire that has to sleep during the day)?
This is interesting to me!
^They are pretty cute! Armand (Guy-Manuel) on left, Daniel (Thomas) on right.
^This fanart is very them, too. Daniel (Thomas) on left, Armand (Guy-Manuel) on right. I tried to find the source, couldn’t find it, if you know, please inform me.
I think Guy-Manuel works for my headcanon of Armand, really good sass going on there. Thomas not so much for Daniel but… this pic of Thomas in a sea of keyboards and soundboards (I think I see a moog?!) seems very Daniel!
That’s good that the police are concerned for your safety and have offered to give you & your crew a safe ride home! Yes, I would think that Armand does get this kind of interaction,
more because if the fact that he was under 21 when he was turned and not so much bc of the vampire beauty (from TVA):
I would never be anything but the seventeen-year-old boy you see now… [but] I am not a waif and never have been. I am a strong child.
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^Portrait of a Young Man 3., Botticelli]
Even if he looked “strong,” I’m an adult and it would concern me to see a 17 year old out in a bar late at night, too! I wouldn’t approach him myself, but I might worry that he’s in danger and alert a staff member. From my experience in many states in the US, it is a liability for a bar or club to have underage people even in their building, so most don’t even allow underage people in at all.
Armand probably has a big deck of fake ID’s that say he’s 21, though, and some people really do look younger than they are… combine that with his Mind Whammy abilities, so I’m sure he gets in wherever he wants.
Oh wow, no, I had not been on tumblr all day today, I didn’t see it until now… thanks for sharing it, yes! Very Lestatuesque! Lestat would probably be wild about YOI.
Can we get an ice skating AU plz? Writers? Artists? #FANART REQUEST #FANFIC REQUEST.
“If I want to sleep all day and drink all night, I’ll do it, damn you!”
– Lestat de Lioncourt
I’ve had this ask sitting here for far too long, Anon, I’m sorry for the delay on reply. Anyone is welcome to reblog/comment with mortal or vampire headcanons!
Also, @blood-of-the-rose posted the vampires as (alcoholic) drinks, you might want to check that out.
[^X digging up an oldie from the archive…]
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