That is sorta funny, and tbh whenever ppl are talking about any Marius I think of our Marius first.
[X] ^There must be a VC joke here somewhere…
Awww merci beaucoup! I’m stuck in this fandom for life *laughcries* Your English is good enough, I understood your message ^_____^
The VC fandom is not so small as everyone thought it was! It was in hiding, and now we’re all coming out, and there’s all this fresh blood bc of the new books and the new movie adaptations and hopefully they will be a lot more true to the canon than movie!QOTD WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!
OMG A JEWELRY PERSON! [re: Lestat’s thumb ring] This was exactly what I was hoping for, that a jewelry person would see that post! I want to take hot jewelry classes so bad omg
(I can do coldworking w/ beads and wire, might try to sell those here at some point).
It could be done with moldmaking. You’d make a master ring with all the filligree detail (tbh idk how filligree is applied) and then cast copies of it in an affordable but durable metal. Maybe mine isn’t pewter, that’s what I thought it was, like those little figurines you get at Renaissance Faires… (like the dragon here) but if pewter is strong, then mine might not be pewter bc it has at least one hairline crack in it as you can seeee 😛
Yes, keep it in mind for next year’s workshop, message me privately, I could help come up w/ a design that might be easier to make. Like I said, I headcanon that Lestat has a lot of these, so it doesn’t need to be identical to the one in the movie ^______^
When you join you will be unable to eat cookies. Wouldn’t our fandom pastry be red velvet cupcakes tho?
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♛Bon soir, mademoiselle…. How jealous am I of your upcoming theatre soirée? It is the appetizer for the actual performance you’re part of, so in a word: Very. I miss the stage. I ache for the spotlights! I miss being part of a cast, and all the bonding and trusting that go along with it.
I’ll tell you what I told Louis all those years ago, as obvious as it sounds, it must be said: Don’t overthink things. He really did for a long time there, focusing on the mechanics of interactions and trying to come prepared with lines *hand waves* it was all totally unnecessary. Most people are already in a convivial enough mood at these gatherings, more so if they’re given enough sugar or alcohol, all you need do is go with the flow.
This must also be said: Please do not wear jeans. Even if everyone else is. You will stand out as taking it all a little more seriously in a skirt, dress, or really, anything other than jeans. What, are we all farmhands now? I look down the street and I see all these torn jeans, people pay extra for them to be “pre-distressed.” Please.
(Alright, I buy them like that, too, but I have to blend in! It’s part of the costume to fit in with you people.)
And if you find yourself not engaged in conversation with anyone, that’s fine. It’s sometimes to my benefit to withdraw from these groups to recharge for a moment (to grab a quick drink, you know…).
With the ‘exuding confidence’ part, since you are a practitioner of the theatre, here are a few points that helped me in the beginning:
Walk as if you are leaving melted gold wherever you go. Touch things, like your glass, as if your hands have the same effect. Gently but with intention. Focus your energy and attention on whoever you’re with, but know that you are glowing, even when you are simply listening. Theatre people love to talk, so just listening can have a lot of impact on them.
It’s always good to attend these gatherings with someone you are already close to, I do love dragging Louis or David around with me, but don’t tie yourself down to them. You can break away from them and then rejoin them throughout the evening.
Find something to compliment one of these new cast members on; jewelry is a good thing, people usually have stories attached to those items. Or a piercing that you find intriguing! Ask if it hurt, they’ll probably give you their reason for doing it, too.
If you follow that advice, it won’t fail to be a fun experience.
Gather stories from the new cast members.
Treat it like a kind of performance, is what I’m saying!
My cut scene images are the collection I’ve gathered over the years, from all over the interwebs. There are very few extras on the DVD and I have legit confirmation that Neil Jordan has been told that we want cut scenes, and he’s considering releasing them. The DVD has director commentary and some behind the scenes stuff as videos, those are probably on YT, too.
[^This guy should not be so close to Louis when he’s hungry.]
One place that has a TON of great stuff is Sara’s Shrine to the Vampire Chronicles, run by @thesaramonster. I have hesitated in sharing the link before now bc ppl will probably just download the pics and repost them, but @thesaramonster wants the traffic anyway. Please include the source link if you repost from her.
I’m so flattered that you want my headcanon *cries* So I’ll do Nicolas now, Armand in the next one ;] Previously: Louis.
Same disclaimer: #your headcanon may vary.
Nicolas is often compared to Louis, and I do see them as both being thin men, almost 6 ft tall, not huge in the muscle department, and they have similar hair color and texture (dark and wavy to their shoulders). They also both carry themselves in a fairly dignified manner, they both have long legs and yes, nice butts. But the differences are very apparent when:
A) You are within a few feet from them: Nicolas is more fidgety, often crossing and uncrossing his legs, changing positions, gesturing more when speaking. He has wider shoulders than Louis, and is small-waisted due to a high metabolism in life, he ate an enormous amount of food w/o any consequences. Not athletically inclined, just great genetics (altho I picture his dad as very barrel-shaped, which was part of why he liked to dress his son up so much, better model!). Conversely, Louis was malnourished and the quality and amount of what he was willing to eat/drink would have ended him if he hadn’t found someone else to do it first.
B) You take off their clothes: Nicolas’ high metabolism and hearty appetite (even in Paris, he was eating that great French bread and wine) made for muscles like a racehorse. More for savory than sweet; I don’t imagine Nicolas as having much of a preference for pastries, which he would eat only bc Lestat was something of a foodie and brought treats home now and then.
I would also imagine Nicolas is darker-skinned than Louis and Lestat, and this complexion further defines his muscles, especially when his skin is wet, all those sharp edges really shine ❤
[X] ^I couldn’t find a good human body as an example so here’s a thoroughbred. Not this dark color for his skin, example is for the muscle definition. Nicolas would not have been a horse that would let many ppl ride him, tho.
C) When you get very close to them: Nicolas has a sprinkling of birthmarks that are not mentioned in canon, which form constellations mainly on his face, neck, chest, and arms. Louis might have these too, but a lot less. Lestat liked to trace connections with his finger when they were in bed together and Nicolas secretly loved that ❤
^Kylo Ren has these facial birthmarks.
Also, differently from Louis’ blazing green eyes: I don’t think Nicolas’ eye color is mentioned in canon, EDIT: “His brown eyes were very big and trusting.”… “large sober brown eyes” I always pictured them as that great light brown w/ dark limbal rings that absorbs all the light in the area, almost gold in sunlight:
[X] He also has long eyelashes, longer than Louis’ eyelashes, and along those lines, for performances at the theatre, I headcanon that he let Lestat apply some guyliner for dramatic effect ;] Not that he needed it, but that he liked Lestat giving him that kind of special attention.
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I don’t know why I have to answer like this when I could just write “straight” and leave it at that
I think bc I just posted a pic of myself as a kid and so a question about my sexual orientation a little bit creeps me out
It would be easier if I was omnisexual bc then I could have a lot more options but ALAS.
ermagehrd thank u so much u sweet thing!
Idk about your friends not understanding the allure of the VC fandom. Some ppl write off all vampire media these days bc we’re so saturated with it. Some ppl write off the movie bc Tom Cruise is in it, or the problematic elements in the books are too problematic for them… there are alot of reasons ppl are resistant to VC and I don’t blame them, the series is not for everyone. Oprah walked out of movie!IWTV (after 15 min I think?)!
Anyway notes like this one mean SO MUCH to me. I’m not planning on inventing anything, proving myself in some kind of athletic competition, winning any awards, or leaving my mark in some other more societally-approved way.
If I can just share the love for this one pile of dysfunctional vampires w/ other like-minded ppl, and encourage the fanworks to keep the fandom alive, I’m perfectly fine with that. THIS IS MY LEGACY.
I-want-my-IWTV 