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lestydelioncourt:

when I read IWTV I freaked tf cause a little while after I was listening to New Orleans by Stevie Nicks and I had this amazing revelation because two things I love became connected!
but seriously:

‘I wanna brush by Anne Rice’
‘I wanna brush by the vampires’

I completely lost it when I connected to dots! Two of my favourite things came together.

OMG I didn’t know about this song! it’s *~beautiful~*

btw… cloudsinvenice would probably want this mentioned:​ Sting did “Moon Over Bourbon St,” inspired by book!IWTV ;]

‘I have stood many times outside her window at night
To struggle with my instinct in the pale moonlight
How could I be this way when I pray to god above
I must love what I destroy and destroy the thing I love’

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shotfromguns:

cloudsinvenice:

Credit: le boyfriend, inspired by dandelioncourt​‘s meme.

i-want-my-iwtv

Claudia, talent, u has it. He’s the heart of the ocean. With boobs. 

Source: cloudsinvenice

Hey, what kind of music does everybody listen to? I think we all know Lestat’s music taste but what about Armand, David, Louis and Marius. I imagine Louis listens to Nirvana or Hozier or classical music.

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I could write a thesis on this. DON’T WORRY I WON’T DO THAT.

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(BTW, if you’re just looking for music reccs, I have a VC fanmix, fanmix, and music tag for that)

First of all, you have to consider when are they listening to music? It can be solitary or social…

Armand ~

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  • Enjoys gathering a small audience and hiring live musicians to play complicated classical pieces. Or asking that vampires who can play things come and entertain them. He still loves Sybelle at the piano, even better that her repertoire has expanded beyond the Appassionata. Antoine has played lively duets with her.
  • Otherwise, Armand throws on huge wireless headsets while perusing art galleries. He’ll listen to anything others recommend to him, he shares a Spotify account so that anyone can try out his playlist, which has a broad spectrum of musical styles. 
  • Armand is drawn to works that are used in ice skating competitions, oddly. It is a recent obsession.

David ~

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  • Musicals, anything upbeat. Has a love for Spanish culture, Flamenco, like the Gypsy Kings. Without much urging, Lestat will put on makeup and dress up in a Flamenco gown and dance with David in public!
  • David’s rainy-day guilty pleasure are artists like Michael Bolton, for when he’s home alone, feeling left out of the coven activities.
  • He also loves Sting; the song that hooked him was Desert Rose, which Marius sent him on a mix-CD because of the Arabic singer, Cheb Mami.

Louis ~

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  • It takes a long time for Louis to warm up to new bands, and he likes a few pieces by Hozier which Lestat added to Louis’ outdated iPod. It’s an older gen model but it still works fine, so Louis doesn’t see a need to replace it. 
  • He prefers pieces without lyrics, ambient works that he can melt into while reading. 
  • The Blade Runner movie that Armand got him to watch the first time made Louis a Vangelis fan and a fan of film soundtracks. He often plays the Gone Girl soundtrack.

Marius ~

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  • Daniel and Lestat have introduced him to alot of modern music. Marius will listen while he paints. Marius is the biggest Hozier fan of the four discussed.
  • Whatever will inspire during painting, but he will also go to live performances of just about anything to be sociable ❤

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cloudsinvenice:

babyblanketcoughsyrupcarnival:

me, talking to a dog: you’re soft. are you even aware of your mortality? of course ur not. u pure, wholesome and sentient unselfish being. do u feel that? that’s my heart. i love you. look at those ears. here take my wallet

#also armand talking to daniel

#How to make a post a VC post

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cloudsinvenice:

Okay, hyperbeeb tagged me in the 10 Favourite Characters thing, and I decided to pick one per canon because otherwise there is a very real danger it would be nine Anne Rice characters and Tony Stark or something. Also, multiple versions of canon count as one canon, because otherwise the various Marvel and Holmes canons would get unwieldy:

1. Tony Stark; let’s get him out of the way first (MCU/616)

2. Sherlock Holmes (all the versions of canon I know except Sherlock; leaving Watson out of this kills me, especially in light of Elementary, but that’s the arbitrary rule I set up for myself)

3. Jane Watkins (Merrily Watkins series by Phil Rickman)

4. Hermione Granger (HP books/movies)

5. Arya Stark (ASOIAF/GoT)

6. Sarah Connor (all film/TV/comics incarnations of Terminator)

7. Marius (The Vampire Chronicles)

8. Roland Deschain (The Dark Tower)

9. Ykoriana (The Stone Dance of the Chameleon)

10. Astrid Magnusson (White Oleander)

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Hannibal is difficult because if you count the books as well it becomes a dead heat between TV!Hannibal and Clarice Starling. BSG is similarly tied re: Starbuck and Gaius Baltar, and for several other fandoms like Jonathan Creek, I have no clear favourite. 

And what the hell, here’s the all-VC version:

1. Marius

2. Lestat

3. Gabrielle

4. Pandora

5. Jesse

6. Daniel (I blame you guys for this)

7. David

8. Mael

9. Bianca

10. Mona

Hi there! I just wanted to say that I’m a huge fan of your blog and contributions to the fandom~ I don’t know if this has been asked before (and of it has, forgive me) but as a fellow rper and VC fan I was just wondering what your opinions are on Rice’s loathing towards fan fiction? I’ve been tempted before to rp different characters from the fandom but the research I’ve done on Rice have discouraged me a bit from trying but you do such a beautiful job and it’s always so tempting!

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cloudsinvenice:

i-want-my-iwtv:

Awwww *u* such high compliments! Much thank. Very appreciate. THIS IS FOR YOU bc u know they totally roleplay too:

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gairid‘s headcanon is the inspiration for the shoes ;]

The short answer is:

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Which includes RP. You wanna RP? DO IT. We can always use more canon (and OC!) VC characters. Join in! I’m so sporadic with it, I wish I could devote more time to RP than I do but I have this daily chore thing i do called a “job,” very time-consuming, really cuts into my fandom experience grrrrrr…

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I have to clarify one thing – she HAS unfortunately had issues with RP in the past; when she found out about an RP forum a few years back, she had a cease and desist letter sent out (which I remember well because one of my best friends was wrongly blamed for having instigating that) to the domain owner. So, you know, enjoy VC RP cautiously, and let’s not give her reason to change that convenient policy of ignoring fic…

you know how you’re okay with Antonio!Armand? I’m also okay with QOTD Marius (i know I know) If only because unlike a man with long blond hair- QOTD Marius actually looks like a damn Roman!

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cloudsinvenice:

i-want-my-iwtv:

I will defend Antonio 5ever, so I respect you (and others) for defending actors in roles that others disagree with.

You have a valid point, and I actually rather like this production still is he wearing red velvet?? (I think it’s velour but it counts!)

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…and yet, we also have Lee Pace…

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The other interesting wrinkle is that in her book, Pandora describes him as returning to Rome from his wanderings with long hair, which was very much not done, it being a barbarian look. I like think that he let his hair grow so he could mingle better and get them to talk to him (in much the same way that people will – often unconsciously – alter their speech patterns to fit in) to get material for whatever he was writing at the time.

Of course, as you say, the situation with the druids was a whole other thing, but the fact he’d kept his hair long against social custom in the past explains why he doesn’t always rush to cut it in later times – apparently in Europe in the 15th century men could get away with whatever length they wanted, though I’m trying to narrow it down to 15th century Italy, or even Venice, because jesus christ I require all the Marius knowledge apparently… 

Hair! the musical: http://thehistoryofthehairsworld.com/middle_ages_renaissance.html

Yes, well, PL readers?

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duendology:

cloudsinvenice:

duendology:

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*coughs*

Damn, I don’t know if I could even…..

….know where to begin?

Curious why she wants to know. I mean, I can guess why…but hmm really?

Interesting; I actually have mixed feelings about her asking and about how far she should…

^Interesting little thread re: what People of the Page have responded to AR’s question. 

IDK what I would want. Fanworks kinda satisfy me in ways canon hasn’t, especially in getting more of characters I wanted to hear about and exploring existing canon ships. I take every new VC book as AU fanfic and can pick and choose things from it to assimilate into my headcanon. 

Yes, well, PL readers?

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cloudsinvenice:

So I just nominated Louis in the FFA Woobie-Off. After some deliberation I nominated movie!Louis rather than book!Louis, because Brad Pitt’s tragic face clinched it, and also he just seems so much more passive in the movie. We must hope for him to beat all the other woobies:

http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/140986.html?thread=741820602#cmt741820602