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Hello dear, I just has a couple of questions for the authority on Tumblr! What’s your all time favourite VC book, which ones do you think are necessary to read and which ones would you say are the worst? Love your blog!

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Awwww… you sweet thing! ❤

While I’m flattered to be called the VC authority on Tumblr, I’ll accept it in just a tongue-in-cheeky way, bc if that were true, such a title would probably require real “administrative duties,” and other responsibilities that an Authority on smtg would have to perform.

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My fave VC book is probably TVL, but I wouldn’t be here if not for IWTV, so they sort of go hand-in-hand for me. I hesitate to choose one over the other. IWTV had the elegant language, the dark ambiance, the existential angst that had a big impact on my own spirituality, and it had the beginnings of the Louis/Lestat chemistry.

But TVL edges forward bc it had the origin of their species story (a whole new take on vampire mythology!), it had more acts of love, more comedy and more charm and I fell for Lestat like falling down a flight of stairs ;D Not bc he’s so damn pretty. For his refusal to quit, for how badly he fracks up but feels terrible for, and then keeps trying; for his insistence that there is so much that’s worth living for, that fascination can save him in the face of the meaningless emptiness out there.

-which ones do you think are necessary to read-

(I get this question in different variations every so often, it’s under my #Order of Operations for VC tag, if you want more thoughts on that.)

I really think IWTV, TVL, and QOTD are necessary. Those books contain the core main characters and take the time to establish those characters. Later books will revisit some of the scenes from those books from different character’s POVs.

Some ppl write off TOBT as being too wacky and MtD as being too religious, TVA as being too Armand… and then the rest rapidly fall off the edge of what ppl consider canon at all because they introduce a bunch of new characters and storylines that the fandom has yet to fully embrace as canon (including the books AR herself does not currently accept as canon, the hybrid Mayfair/VC books).

Hit the jump for more, cut for length.

-and which ones would you say are the worst?-

That’s up for debate and I’m sure for every book I mention I didn’t really like that much, there’s going to be a pile of ppl who loved it, as happens with the ones I liked and there’s a pile of ppl who don’t!

Under the cut are VC that I don’t feel added that much to the series other than being somewhat interesting diversions, and you can give them a chance and see what you think!

Vittorio – This is technically not a VC book, and he has a different origin story and is not part of the VC vampire group.

Blackwood Farm – This is mostly a story told to Lestat and he’s not very invested in it, I don’t think many (any?) of the new characters introduced in this book make any more than a mention or brief appearance later on. It is also fairly cracky.

Blood Canticle – The last of the hybrid VC/Mayfair Witches novels, very cracky, AR has said herself that these hybrid novels did not “wear well” over time, and has stated that they are not part of the canon she continued with in PL and beyond.

How do you pronounce your name, dear Prince? A friend of mine insists the A sound should be more nasal-y and Midwestern-sounding; ‘les-STAT’; I personally always thought it’d be more French-like; ‘less-DOT’; are either of us even remotely correct?

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//ooc: Mun’s going to take this one bc I know there’s some debate about his name, and part of the confusion is bc

in movie!IWTV it is pronounced more like “Les-CAT” with a somewhat softened second T, and there’s canon that has him indicating that alternate, “less-DOT” wackiness. 

My headcanon is that he prefers the “Les-CAT” version, in especially domestic moments, Louis will call him “ ‘Stat,” which, incidentally, is also the abbreviation for a medical emergency, which they both find humorous.

I just cut a random set of three shots w/ different characters pronouncing his name; Claudia, Louis, and Armand: I even did subtitles theses are the lengths I go to for you!

IIRC, we don’t actually see Lestat say his own name in the movie, but he presumably told Louis and Claudia how he prefers it. 

Personally, I prefer the IWTV film adaptation version, it feels warmer to me than that harsh “DOT.” AR was involved with that adaptation so she could have made a point to have it pronounced however she wanted, and Neil Jordan had worked with her very closely, so I doubt he would have overrode her on that but it’s possible he decided it should be pronounced differently to how she preferred.

IIRC, the books don’t actually indicate the pronunciation until several books in, and many ppl do not consider these later books canon anyway, but here’s a quote re: his name’s pronunciation:

From Blackwood Farm (2002), when asked his name: “ ‘Lestat, Madam,’ he answered, pronouncing it “Les-dot,” with the accent on the second syllable.“

TBH I wouldn’t even consider a native French speaker a total authority on this since “Lestat” was an invented name which came from Anne’s husband’s name, Stan, with “Le” added to the front for “The,” and she has said that she intended for the name to be “Lestan” but made a typo and VOILA! we have “Lestat.” So it’s not a name that’s really based on Frenchness other than the “Le.”

ANYWAY here’s an older post with some more thoughts on his name… and one of our fandom’s native French speakers (who is also a language teacher!), @takemetocoffin-or-losemeforever, even made a video pronouncing Louis’s name (and Lestat’s!):

So it’s up to you how you want to pronounce it but I go with movie!IWTV.

is there any chance we can get an 8tracks version of “Songs to Rot with Poetry By” ?

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*gasps* I didn’t think anyone would actually ask for that! Okay I kinda did but I did the thing anyway bc I couldn’t resist… then I made this Blingee…

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I’ll ask Louis for the tracklist… If I get it from him, it’ll be under that tag, #Songs to Rot with Poetry By. 

You know Lestat gave it to him as half a joke, and half bc it really is music that goes well with poetry, candles, baths littered with flower petals, and all that hipster lovey crap they both like so much ;D

Louis do you like Lana del Rey’s music? She’s melancholic, elegant and gorgeous like you. You two could be friends and hang out in rainy nights to recite Lord Byron’s poetry.

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♠ A few of her songs are indeed hauntingly beautiful, a favorite of mine is Terrence Loves You. It’s on a disc Lestat made for me, fittingly titled “Songs to Rot with Poetry By.” It’s a prized possession.

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Would I want to meet this songstress? I have few mortal friends and they are not celebrities. I’m quite satisfied to have her lovely voice as a gentle accompaniment to my more introverted pursuits. Her music achieves a surreal effect, perhaps she has already befriended supernatural creatures. 

Lestat and Louis, I’m having a crisis. Yesterday, Lestat, I was reading your book while my mom was watching Family Guy and then Family Guy did this tribute to you and Interview with the Vampire. PETER GRIFFIN DRESSED UP AS YOU. I’m also doing a book project on your book, Louis. I heard Moon Over Boutbon Street the other day. My tumblr is littered with VC. My life is literally revolving around you guys and I’m dying. Btw I love y’all ❤

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♛Surely you will agree that this Peter Griffin character looks nothing like me, but yes, he gets some credit for trying. His “smolder” needs quite a lot of work. And for the record, my shirts do not ripple in the wind like that, is he taking lessons from Fabio?

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[^X <– Peter cosplaying in Family Guy’s “Hot Shots” ep!]

Your crisis doesn’t seem like that much of a crisis to us. The musician Sting is a fan, I’ve met with him and he’s a lovely person, delicious, too. The creators of this Family Guy show appear to be fans, they had another character in another series dress up as me on their American Dad show. Come to think of it, I, too, am an American Dad! 

There seems to be a renewed interest all around with the news of my books being adapted into film, and with the latest novel from our ghostwriter due in a week’s time. Seems like good attention all around, and all I had to do was sit around and wait for it *grins* Louis wants me to add that I’ll take bad attention over no attention, and yes, that’s true, too. Attention is attention! I’ll take it. 

What project are you doing on Louis’ book? I hope you’re tearing pages out and making them into origami figures, that would make better use of it… Alright, I’m not being serious… there is some truth in his book; he describes my physical beauty very accurately *smirks*. 

Yes, drown in our stories, like a fine wine. We love you, too. 

As much as everyone is freaking out about the description of PLROA, I’m wondering what people back in the ’80’s thought when they read the back of TVL. “So the asshole antagonist from the IWTV is now the good guy and he’s a famous rock star? She’s gotta be kidding me.”

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I was 2 yrs old when it came out, lol, so we’d have to ask someone who would be old enough to have that answer… @gothiccharmschool and @vampchronfic might know of someone? 

But I am about 99.99% sure the reaction in the ‘80s was alot more accepting, and even hungry for Lestat’s story, than our collective and understandable freakout reaction to this… thing… we’re getting now. 

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At least Lestat was just tryna have a rock career and explain his fuckups before he even met Louis side of the story, it wasn’t ALIENS + ATLANTIS + WHO EVEN KNOWS WHAT ELSE FFS!

Do you know any good VC playlists/mixtapes or fanfics (any type)?

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*~Yisss I have some stuff for youuuuu….~*

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I wouldn’t rate it good/bad/whatever, bc playlists and fanfic is subjective, you might not like what I like so here’s just SOME STUFF… Anyone is welcome to add/comment to this ❤

For VC tuuunes:

For VC faaaanfic:

*a writer I have the works of (about 30 total) and have permission to upload all of them but the pieces have to be in a specific order as they kind of relate to each other, and I’ve been unproductive in uploading the whole ouevre 😛 but it’s gonna happen bc one of their pieces is so great; it explores the night of Claudia’s 1st assassination attempt on Lestat from his POV and it’s HEARTWRENCHING. So if those already posted get more interest/hits I will probably be more motivated to post the rest!

May I just take this moment to express my immense appreciation for your tag “What the hap is fuckening” and beg permission to utilize said phrase outside of Tumblr?

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You may express and I will accept such appreciation but… I didn’t invent ithe phrase! I don’t remember where I heard/saw it from, but I use it outside of tumblr, so GO FOR IT. If you’re around kids or your parents, “What the hap is frickening” would probly be acceptable, too ;D

Here’s a memeything for ya. Fresh off the presses. Typo on purpose bc it looks funnier to meeee….

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//OMG Gabrielle having an underground glass lair or a few around the world) where she could see things growing in the dirt, everything within it is high tech. Like how Seth and Fareed are the Physical Doctors and Neurologists of the Vampire world Gabrielle would be the biologist, ecologist, geologist, etc of their world with her own team (well prob just only Eleni).

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Sounds good to me!