“Have you looked in a mirror lately?”
“What’s a mirror?”
“That’s your comeback?”
“No, like- I don’t know what a mirror is because I’m a vampire.”
“Vampires can see mirrors. They can’t see reflections.”
“Hey! I may be a vampire, but I am ALSO a dumbass!”
Some years they stay together, if they’ve gathered for the holidays leading up to New Year’s Eve, I would think at someone’s home that can accommodate a large group or they rent a house somewhere. Whoever is hosting sends out the fanciest invitations, each year the current host tries to one-up the previous year’s card 😉
I’d imagine a gathering would look smtg like this, black-tie affair at times (but they’d bring casual clothes, too):
And they do the stuff they normally do when they gather:
Coven Game Night where some fool challenges Louis to cards and gets their ass handed back to them, even if/when they attempt to cheat
exchanging gifts – Daniel and Lestat compete in giving the best gag gifts.
there’s teasing each other about all the VC books, from the oldest to the most recent “So that ghostwriter of yours-” “DON’T YOU START WITH ME, ARMAND.”
Sharing pics they’ve taken from their year’s travels
Watching movies together in fancy screening rooms with couches, blankets, and pillows
improvised jam sessions for the musicians in the group
artsy sessions for the artistic ones in the group, although they do invite everyone, and Gabrielle has done a few gorgeous fingerpaintings that Lestat treasures
dancing to the improvised music or someone DJ’ing recorded music
BONFIRE and/or FIREWORKS (outside tho!)
Inviting very special mortal friends over for “drinks,” wherein the mortals are aware and consent to get drunk and then share 😉
marriage counseling (come on, cabin fever sets in and at least one pairing gets into a fight every time).
shameless flirting (sometimes causes the fighting that needs marriage counseling)
Other years, they go their separate ways and celebrate NYE on their home territory, or in smaller groupings.
This year, however, Lestat and Louis failed to leave on time to meet up w/ the coven in Florida and they landed on a beach in Delaware, made passionate love under the boardwalk as fireworks went off. After that they walked up to the water’s edge, wrapped up together in a big cheap beach towel they’d found under the boardwalk bc their clothes were bloody and shredded to bits! No surprise there.
They watched the kids darting around and Louis was, as always, intrigued by the sparklers waving swoops and shapes of fractured light. One little girl approached them to compliment their Frozen towel and handed Louis a sparkler. He was very touched and forgot all about the gritty sand sticking to the blood across his chest and backside (under the towel, fortunately!).
Lestat watched the light of the sparkler reflected in Louis’ eyes, and for a moment, it was as if they were both just mortal boys, delighted by and in awe of this simple magic as Louis drew heart shapes, circles, and infinity loops against the darkness.
I commissioned this for @sanguinivora! This is the second version, with the cool vintage photo effect. I love their expressions, and the overall composition, and Louis has canon!hair, which I know at least 2 ppl will appreciate, and anyway, here’s a typical evening in the Rue Royale, with Louis reading smtg to Lestat bc adorbz.
@chyrsoprases is a great artist to work with, highly recommend!
I commissioned this for @sanguinivora! I love their expressions, and the overall composition, and Louis has canon!hair, which I know at least 2 ppl will appreciate, and anyway, here’s a typical evening in the Rue Royale, with Louis reading smtg to Lestat bc adorbz.
@chyrsoprases is a great artist to work with, highly recommend!
headcanon that Daniel sends Marius a lot of classical art & history memes.
Marius pretends not to be amused but he secretly forwards all the super good ones to Pandora.
He does that thing that humans do where he gets a stupid little grin on his face whenever he’s texting her and smiles at his phone like a goon and everyone in the room knows he’s in love.
Alright, I am writing this all out again because I thought I answered it last night but tumblr decided to send it to the void instead of to my blog.
@wicked-felina ask and I shall deliver. If I talked about all my faves I would be writing about over 100 songs, so I’m just going to write about a few that I have specific characters or circumstances in mind.
(I Don’t Know Why) But I Do – I imagine a dimly lit yet cozy room in New York in the earlier 1960’s. Louis and Armand are slowly dancing to the radio, holding each other in their arms. This song comes on, neither admitting to the other just how much it encapsulates their feelings, but they look into each other’s eyes and they know.
When We Were Gods – Since the first time I heard this song I have gotten Lestat/Akasha vibes. While it’s not something I ship, I do find their relationship fascinating. They both display an almost naive infatuation with the other, causing them to love and excuse the very behaviours they condemn and slaughter others for. And the regret and the horror, as well as the remaining love which Lestat ponders at the beginning of TotBT is heartbreaking.
Rainbow in the Dark – This one is actually a bit of an in-joke for myself. Have you ever been to one of those shows where they adapt an existing work but add in hits from the ‘70’s or ‘80’s? The actors are all over dramatic and the songs only vaguely relate to the subject matter, but the audience as well as the actors are all having an absolutely wonderful time. That is my ideal adaptation of TVL. I feel as though it would really capture the spirit of the young Lestat. This song would be sung by Armand when he explains their ways to Lestat. “You’ve been left on your own, like a rainbow in the dark!”
Moving In Stereo – This is the perfect hunting song, particularly for Louis. Slow, methodic, yet almost mindlessly driven, creating a trance like state, the beat like the ebb and flow of the tide or the beating of a heart.
Korobushka – This is one of my all time favourite songs. A slow beginning gives rise to a feverish melody of strings. If you consider Prince Lestat canon imagine a ballroom full of vampires all dancing in perfect sync, twisting and twirling to the precisely organized chaos.
That’s all I’ll write about for now at least, since (like the playlist) this became far longer than I intended.
JUST BECAUSE I WANT EVERYONE TO ENJOY THIS FULLY – I’m linking the playlist again to save confusion. =D HERE!
Rainbow in the Dark is such an excellent VC vibe gotdamn haha. =D
Sometimes I forget that Louis and Lestat are more or less my age and blend in and could be just that vaguely gay couple walking down the street maybe holding hands and talking and window shopping but in fact they’re fucking lethal predators literally hunting.
They’re hunting when they chat you up at the bus stop. They’re hunting when they ask the group of obnoxious lads on holiday in NYC if they wanna join them at this really cool club where they know the owner. You’re being hunted as they sit beside you on the underground and look at you just a second too long for it to be comfortable. I fucking love the contrast and it’s pretty scary when I think about it.
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