Lestat totally needs someone to defend him. He’s a brat. He made such a damn mess that a woman had to climb out of the ocean and eat a brain to fix it.
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Your Description of Louis was perfection. Can you describe how you see the others?
Gosh thanks! [Anon’s referring to this post X]
I can’t do ALL of them there are so many VC characters (I’ll do Lestat tho), pick the ones you want described *u*
Lestat, who’s a better dancer you or Louis?
Lestat sounds like the kind of guy to become a Jerry Springer fan and contemplate inviting Louis and himself to the show. Maybe get Armand dragged in as well [We all know Lestat makes the most reasonable and thought-out decisions ever. Really].
Not sure about Armand’s willingness to be dragged into that circus, but this would be especially useful re: all the fledglings Lestat’s accused of making on a regular basis…
[As they walk out together]
Lestat: “SEEEEE? I can, in fact, keep my wrists in their sleeves on occasion. REALLY.”
Louis: “So it would seem, on this occasion.”
Lestat: “You’re not going to drag me back on this show next week with a new batch of accusations, are you?”
Louis: “Are you going to give me reason to do so?”
Lestat: “No, of course not! Maybe. Probably. BTW Did I tell you about this new musician I met? He is amazing…“
Louis: *sighs*
I hate when people ask me why I am always in such a melancholy mood. It’s part of who I am, and my past has shaped me to be this way. It’s seems that no matter how elated I get, I may never have my sunlight. May my deepest wishes never be granted?
♠ Dear Anon,
I deeply relate to your concerns and find it as irritating as you do when my attitude is questioned in this manner. I’ve often asked it of myself, whether this melancholy “mood” is simply an element of who I am, who I always was, and not only the result of what I’ve experienced.
I see others thriving in the sunlight, metaphorically, and I have yearned, at times, to strip away my burden and join them. I have only ever done that when in a state of mortal drunkenness, and even then, I never fully took leave of my senses.
But this pervasive feeling is not truly a burden, it has its benefits. Are we more introspective than others? Possibly. More sensitive to the pulse of life in a different way than they are. Not all flowers require sunlight, some can only bloom at night.
When curled up at home with
a good novel in my hands, only the song of the cicadas outside, and ambient lighting, that’s peace for me. I’m sure that you have similar moments. Your deepest wishes of happiness can be achieved in the simplicity of allowing yourself to enjoy the things you enjoy, and forgiving yourself for the way you are. Treat yourself as you would a very dear friend, not an enemy.
I was scrolling through your posts when I saw a production still of Louis wearing that coat he wears when he and Claudia arrive in Paris and he’s in a cemetery, maybe a cemetery in Paris? Is there any explanation for this production still? I’ve never seen it before.
That is a fabulous coat.
[X] Possibly a teensy ref to Lestat’s fur-lined cloak in TVL? Not fluffy enough to be wolf, but hopefully fake fur for the movie.
This is the image you referred to (it appears that he’s wearing the same coat with jacket underneath as in the screencap above):
I don’t know of any cemeteries that have multiple levels like that, what is that, stadium seating?, definitely not in NOLA (at least one of the cemeteries in NOLA is that crowded tho). There is a scene in one version of the script (thanks @thesaramonster!) that mentions a graveyard in Transylvania of course, when Claudia and Louis are on their own, searching for other vampires:
MONTAGE OF SKETCHES
A TRANSLYVANIAN VILLAGE, A GRAVEYARD.
RUINED CASTLE AFTER CASTLE, LOOKING INTO THE SKIES…
LOUISThe quest for these Old World
vampires filled me with bitterness.
We searched village after village,
ruin after ruin andI was glad when
always we found nothing. For what
could the damned really have to say
to the damned?
^So I don’t think Neil Jordan tried to include the scene in the book where they find and kill a zombpire, but that production still might have been sort of a reference to it.
But it’s especially sad that Louis still has that coat after Claudia’s been killed ;A;
Can you imagine how painful it would have been, returning to the hotel room he shared with Claudia, all her clothes and accessories exactly as they were when she left it last? ;A;
hello! how are you? i absolutely loove your blog! i’m kinda new to the fandom, so if you don’t mind, can you recommend me some vampire chronicles blogs you like?
Merci beaucoup! I’m good. Glad you asked this bc I haven’t done one of these in a year.
Welcome to our little corner of tumblrland, as I always say. Good to have fresh blood, pun intended of course.
[^X digging up an oldie from the archive bc reasons.]
ASK AND YE SHALL RECEIVE
(ﾉ^ヮ^)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧
Some ppl post IWTV or QOTD pics/gifsets or aesthetic posts, some ppl will post meta about VC and other fandoms, but I think the only other exclusively VC blogs (or as close as possible, as mine aims to be) are @vampire-chronicles-appreciation and @vampchronfic.
(The lists below are updated a little from a post I made about this a year ago, so some may be inactive now, but their archives might lead you to active ppl.)
Specifically VC blogs (in no special order):
- annericevcmexico
- jardinsalvaje
- myimmortalchronicles
- l–e–s–t–a–t
- loustat-de-pointe-du-lioncourt
- lestat-and-louis
- vcdirectory
- vcpositivity
- vcsecretgifts (not necessarily active but good fanworks there)
- vampchronfic
- vampire-chronicles-appreciation
- the-talamasca
- talamascaaa
- takemetocoffin-or-losemeforever
- vampiredevelopment
- textsfromthevampire
- withinthesavagegarden
- chrissydeath
Other blogs that often mention VC or other vampire or gothic yumminess:
- askavampirologist
- annabellioncourt
- gothiccharmschool
- fyeahgothicromance
- vampiresarechildrenofthenight
- sheepskeleton
- hyperbeeb
- cloudsinvenice
- duendology
You can also try these tags for RPers, headcanons, fanart, ppl looking for other VC Fandom ppl, and such in the VC fandom:
- headcanon
- headcanon accepted
- damn you and your perfect headcanon perfection
- fanart
- VC synopsis
- RP
- For RPers
- Bump
- VC Fandom Hunters
Here are some blogs that reblog a bunch of IWTV stuff. i’m not sure about the others, but the first two make gifsets, sometimes photosets, text posts etc 🙂
Ah, Louis. I have claustrophobia as well. So instead I sleep in a moselieum.
♠I no longer have the issue with enclosed spaces as I once did, it was a vestigial fear from my past, but one of the things that helped me at that time was focusing on something else, even a small object like a ring or buttons could help reduce my anxiety.
Mausoleums can vary greatly in size, but the ones I am most familiar with are the small structures we had in New Orleans where members of my family are buried. The angel statue here was my mother’s idea, she always adored angels.
Do you follow @therealtonheukels on instagram? I think it’s either Lestat or his son
Lestat and his son would both have an IG, and would get really annoyed when ppl confuse them (since they look so similar). Lestat maintains that his Insta is much classier with much better fashion, whereas Viktor’s in his greasy, sorta drug addict, grunge posing stage.
I don’t do IG, but Ton Heukels is chosen now and then as a Lestat RP face claim.
@lestatdelight-archive uses him ;]
[X]
He could probably make a good Lestat or Viktor.
I read the first three books, can I go right into Prince Lestat or is there more I need to know? (I read the synopsis for every book; because I have some sensitivities to certain topics, such as the first part of the Vampire Armand). I heard that Prince Lestat is a stand alone, and the inside hook indicates such. If I could I would read the entire series but due to triggers and my eight hour school day I don’t have the time. Sorry to rant, I just want to know what’s what
Sure, go on to PL! I hope you have more of an appreciation for the main characters since you know their background. I sympathize with your time constraints.
Prince Lestat CAN be considered a stand alone, AR said herself it can be treated like that. It’s just so stand alone that I consider it very Alternate Universe. You’ll see what I mean.
*sigh* It’s so strange that ppl want to rush to PL, but I guess it’s bc it’s the currently newest VC and the upcoming book is a sequel to it.
As far as triggering elements, there are some in PL. I won’t spoil you directly but I’ll just toss in some questionnable categories of things I remember being in PL (this is not all-inclusive, I may have forgotten a few bc I read it almost 2 years ago and I can’t read it again yet):
- An emotionally abusive relationship between a female college student and a male adult authority figure
- Other abuse of that female college student that she suffered as a child (not sexual but physical and emotional)
- Body horror (sort of?)
- Gorey moments (one involving a few amputations, one involving brains, some murder bc VAMPIRES)
- Lestat in a non-consensual blood-related attack moment (but he doesn’t get away with it unpunished)
- Weird ghost-related happenings
- Arson (*cough* Louis *cough*)
- Drug-addicted parent (briefly)
- Vampires & Science
- A sexual situation involving Vampires & Science
- A choir of underaged boy vampires
I-want-my-IWTV 