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My sister loves Lestat and won’t quit talking about him (which isn’t a bad thing, I’m never quiet when it comes to Dean Winchester) and I’m considering reading The Vampire Chronicles. (She’s finished the series.) Is there anything I should know going into the series? Thank you! ;)

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I don’t watch Supernatural so I can’t really compare Dean and Lestat, but from the gifs I’ve seen, they both have a kind of flippant and bubbly nature, and they both have a lot of bravado to shield their vulnerability. So you might like Lestat for being like Dean, and if so, I would suggest you start with the Vampire Lestat rather than Interview.

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VC is basically id fic, it could even be considered porn. To my mind, VC is a more elevated version of the bodice-ripper trashy romance novels that you see at supermarkets, with some substantive stuff mixed in. Anne Rice writes the books she wants to read. It’s the AR lollercoaster.

Fanlore has a quote about Id Fic that I think applies to VC, too:

The idea is that Id Fic panders to the Id, or that part of us that likes things that aren’t always moral or ‘correct’ and bypasses a lot of our moral constraints and strictures. So they might just have like a lot of rape in them, or non-con, or ‘dub-con where the character eventually enjoys it.’ They might have things that we *know* are wrong in real life, but really dig in fiction: like captive/captor, or magical healing cock, or really dangerous powerplay, whump that is just extreme, or even just really unsafe kinks (like no signs of safewording ever). Id Fics used to be considered a ‘guilty’ pleasure, but there’s been a lot of work to reclaim them…. The Id is the Loki of our minds, and nothing’s gonna change that. *g* And indulging it in fantasy and fiction is both normal, healthy, and fun. 🙂

^So that would be what I’d want ppl to know going into the series, that if that bothers you, then you might not like it.

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As Tom Cruise put it so eloquently, “The movie is not for everyone.” No value judgement there; the movie and the books are just not everyone’s cup of tea, which is totes fine.  

How would you describe IWTV to someone who has not read the book or seen the movie?

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(I struggle to describe it to ppl, I usually cater the length and depth of my description based on my audience, for example, to describe it to my 7 yr old cousin (who loves vampires and was a vampire princess fairy for Halloween): “It’s mostly about a happy vampire family with 2 dads, and they don’t always get along with eachother or the world.”)

As Tom Cruise put it so eloquently, “The movie is not for everyone.” No value judgement there; it’s just not everyone’s cup of tea, so I don’t try to sell it. 

I will try to describe the story in the language of tumblrland:

“How would you describe IWTV to someone who has not read the book…?”

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“How would you describe IWTV to someone who has not read the book or seen the movie?”

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“How would you describe IWTV to someone who has not read the book or seen the movie?”

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“How would you describe IWTV to someone who has not read the book or seen the movie?”

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“How would you describe IWTV to someone who has not read the book or seen the movie?”

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You can also try my vc synopsis tag, but there be spoilers there!

….That last gif is also tribute to antoineandthepiano who loves that gif! And it’s appropriate here, bc if I think the person might actually like it, I do tell them to #READ THE BOOK in the hopes that I can make them one of us ❤

To me, Tom Cruise’s Lestat would have made a major difference if they used him instead of Townsend’s in that *atrocious* film titled Queen of the Damned. Tom Cruise’s Lestat was to me, the best adaptation of how I’ve always read him in the books. I’ve said something like that before, probably on this blog. But yeah, Tom Cruise’s Lestat would have made Queen of the Damned as a film for me more substantial and authentic. Lestat is the Brat Prince not Marilyn Manson wannabe. XP

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Well, dear, you are preaching to the choir, and we did actually just have this discussion 😉 
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 Clearly Tom would agree with us both that he was the better Lestat, he had a great time doing it! He seems to look back fondly on the character, even casual encounters like this recent Jack Reacher publicity thing when asked about Lestat, admits “that was a fun character.” 
I don’t know what the QotD director was going for, but he seemed to want a 90’s feel, from the fashion of everyone in the movie, and the music. Korn was one of the badass bands in the 90s. Maybe the director couldn’t get Manson and wanted him.
The whole of QotD was such a trainwreck that I don’t think even Tom could have saved it. Plus he was too old by the time that was made in 2002, he was 40. Not that he looked his age then, but he definitely didn’t look around 21, which is how old Lestat supposed to be. 
 
I’ll add though that as successful as IWTV was, it unleashed a storm of teh ghey rumors on Tom and I think he wanted to avoid encouraging those rumors by reprising that role in particular. Or taking any roles that seemed gay. I can’t think of any other characters he’s played post-IWTV that are clearly bisexual, even.