THE UNHOLY MASQUERADE – GREY MARL FITTED T-SHIRT
INSPIRED BY WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS (2014)

^IT’S ALREADY CAPSLOCKED FOR ME OMG I HAVE A NEED (THEY HAVE A LADIES’ CUT TOO OMG)

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I really want to know your stance on the musical – I personally love the score, but think that the book and production value tore it apart.

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^fanart by @garama, who must have seen it live or the video of it, and has drawn fanart based on the musical, so he must have liked it! This is one of my all-time fave fanarts of Nicki/Lestat ❤ i just want to buy a whole graphic novel in this beautiful heartfelt style is that so much to ask *cries*

Some ppl loved Lestat the Musical, and more power to them! I am jealous of them. IDK if you saw the SF version or NYC version, live or video of it, but I saw the NYC version live and I did not like it. I partially blame the NYC producers for that, bc they apparently stripped out alot of the flair and gay stuff, maybe they were afraid it was pushing the envelope too far? But isn’t that what theatre is supposed to do? *sigh*

You can find ppl who enjoyed it, and other stuff about it, in my #Lestat the Musical tag.


Sadly, I mostly feel second-hand embarrassment for Lestat the Musical bc I made the mistake of inviting my cousin to go w/ me. She was not in the fandom, and she was uncomfortable the whole time *facepalm* Idk I thought she’d be into it, but the NYC version we saw was stripped so bare, and there was little to engage with. I can’t even listen to the soundtrack! It just brings me back to how disappointed I was in the bareness of the production, at the whole audience’s lack of enthusiasm… much cry, very sad.

So I have to be cautiously optimistic about the adaptation in the works and hope that they considered Lestat the Musical and can avoid its pitfalls.

Don’t you think it’s a little pathetic that all you draw is fanart? Aren’t you like 45 or something? All you have to show for all your years of work is a bunch of drawings of Castiel. It’s fucking sad dude. You’re going to wake up one day and regret that you didn’t draw anything of your own that’s actually original.

euclase:

josephdauph:

euclase:

msarahv:

toastiel:

winjennster:

euclase:

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Good thing it’s my life and not yours then, huh? 

Gosh, you don’t even have to worry about what bills I pay. All you see is my hobby. Isn’t that nice of me?

You know what. No. I have more to say.

This pisses me off. The implication that 45 is too old for a woman to have fun is fucking bullshit. 

JJ fucking Abrams is 50, and he’s a fanboy. He’s making AUs, and he’s doing the exact same thing as any fangirl is doing only with a much bigger budget. There are plenty of dudes just like him, too. Comic book artists, writers, directors—all men, all older than me, (I’m 35 by the way, not 45) who are no different. The only difference is that their work is called work and not “being a fangirl.” Their work is respected. Even though fangirl is exactly what they are.

So fuck your jealousy, fuck your misogyny, and most of all fuck you for presuming to know a goddamn thing about my life and what kind of hard work I’ve had to do—not just to draw this well (read: better than you) but to allow myself to be happy about it when the whole entire world has decided I’m not allowed to be. Fuck you for every girl you ever made feel foolish or pathetic for not sacrificing every bit of herself to you.

THIS

You can’t hear it, but I’m clapping for you right now. This. All of this. It’s absolutely perfect. Go you. Fuck them.

Plus, dude, the Renaissance Era is full-on people being forbidden to draw/sculpt/write anything else than Greek and Roman Mythology(/fairy tales) Fanart (or Christian stuff). At the end of it there were debate over debate about “The Ancient and the Modern” as in : the Ancient had come up with the only possible creative stuff, now poor ol’ us cannot do anything better and don’t you dare be original. Tell any French person that Jean de la Fontaine was pathetic because he wrote fanpoems of Aesop and they’ll laugh in your face. The man managed to full on criticize the King who created Absolute Monarchy through poems that are still learned by every person in the country nowadays. Or say that about

Michelangelo or Botticelli. Most of these artists had fun and many loved Greek Mythology. The idea that everything “has” to be original stems more from a reaction to that time period than to an objective Reality.

Yes but EVERYONE YOU MENTIONED IS A MAN.

Michelangelo, Fontaine, Botticelli. Da Vinci, whoever else. Painters, sculptors, writers. 

Whenever people use the argument “Renaissance art is just fanart of the Bible or Greek myth” or whatever else, they’re forgetting that all of that stuff was made by men. The reason it’s legitimate and the reason we hang it in museums and remember it isn’t because it’s fanart of the Bible—it’s because men did it.

The second men don’t do it, it stops being legitimate. Of course Renaissance art is fanart. OF COURSE IT IS.

I know fangirls who could out-scholar a room full of Shakespeare professors. I know fangirls who are the greatest writers, the greatest artists, the greatest talents you’ve ever seen. The most passionate, brilliant ladies speaking more passionately and giving more of their time to the things they love than any man. But because they’re fangirls—the operative word being girls—everyone is waiting around for them to grow up and stop this foolishness.

And what a huge loss. What a huge fucking loss.

The absolute best part is that, even if you caved into their stupid demands, they’d still complain, “Why aren’t you doing fan art any more? no one wants to see your original characters!” and other bullshit.

There’s no appeasing these fucking fools who sit and try to dictate how you should live your life, because it’s not that they are upset you are doing something, they are upset you are a WOMAN doing something.

You are 100% right, the reason that when I was in grade school classes talked about art and poems and stuff of people from long ago is because they were made by men and they are considered valid. The reason that women throughout time have sat down and used a pseudonym on their work is so that people would think they were men, so that their work would be taken seriously.

It’s all a stupid world, a world built by old white men who are afraid of people doing what they want, doing what they like, having fun, because they don’t understand it, because they are sexist or homophobic or whatever, they are afraid; They have power as long as you bend to their will and don’t do what you want, don’t enjoy your life, so screw them, scare them, do what you want and have fun doing it!

^^^^ SCARE THEM

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Do you know when or if or where the Anne Rice Fan Club’s ball will be this year? OR what its called?

It gets a different name every year, this year it’s “Midnight in the Savage Garden of Blood and Evil Halloween Ball.” I’ve never been to one myself, but apparently they are alot of fun, and lots of ppl dress up and/or cosplay as the characters!

It’s in New Orleans, LA, USA (almost always there, not sure if it has been held elsewhere) on 10/28/16.

It’s run by the Anne Rice Vampire Lestat Fan Club (main site, FB page) and it looks like they’re also trying to do “a pure New Orleans night out in the Lafayette Cemetery on Thursday night Oct. 27th to benefit Save Our Cemeteries…” so there’s that, too.

Looks like there will be an actual official Lestat, walking around Mastering the Ceremonies!

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VC Pokemon Go headcanons

Here are some I received as per my request, added some pics and my comments in italics ;D

@riverofwhispers: Headcanon: Trinity Gate is a Gym location. And Benji currently has the highest ranking Pokemon and controls said Gym for Team Valor.

Awww! #headcanon accepted.

@we-called-it-our-conversation​:

(1) Lestat has a Flareon [X] named Louis. He feeds it a lot of Pokémon candy and occasionally uses it to beat Armand’s gyms just so he can rub it in his face.

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^You had to pick a fire type for Louis…  lookit this cutie!!! #headcanon accepted.

(2) Armand has a Pokémon named after Lestat; it’s a Magikarp [X].

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^This offends Lestat. Lestat is offended. Armand explained it thusly: “Well it’s the only pokemon with a mouth as proportionately large to its body as yours is-”

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[^X by @feltstickers]

(3) Louis prefers not getting involved in this game.

^If that’s so, he’ll still be happy to wander around town w/ Lestat for hours on his hunts for Pokemon.

@hyakuya-lestat​:

(1) HC that Armand actually fell in love with his starter, but got frustrated with how low level it was. he went out to look for other of the pokemon, but ended up being to attached to the original that he spent an entire week focusing on just that pokemon in particular and now its super overpowered compared to everything else he has.

Awwww! 

#headcanon accepted.

(2) Hc that Louis actually really likes caterpie but is embarrassed about it. He thinks they are the cutest thing ever, and they are the main reason he wont let Lestat look at his phone.

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Yes definitely! Louis likes several grass and water types, and he loves collecting fanart of them. The whole coven would tease him if they knew about it bc he should only like FIRE types right??? 

#headcanon accepted.

[^couldn’t find that caterpie’s original source but I am 99% sure it’s by ItsBirdyArt]

(3) HC that Lestat has a pokemon named after all of his friends.

Yep! And sends them into battle based on current vampire happenings. 

#headcanon accepted.

@annabellioncourt:

(1) I could see Armand getting OBSESSED with the game.

^Armand loves videogames, it’s practically canon.

(2) Louis Could Not Care Less; Marius gets annoyed by it, 

^Marius is probably annoyed by it bc it creates a lot of stopping in public walkways, and occasionally Old-Man-Shouting-at-Cloud Marius a little bit agrees w/ the “It’s terrible, the kids these days staring at their cellphones!” argument. #headcanon accepted.

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(3) Lestat takes ENDLESS selfies of himself with various Pokemon, and for the first month or two, cheats by using vampire abilities to run to all the pokestops and be master of multiple gyms.

^OH THAT SNEAKY BASTARD. But I think he’d let the younger kids beat him in battles, and act all dramatic about it. “How could you do this so easily?? I am crushed! I will cry myself to sleep tonight!”

(4) Daniel occasionally forgets how unhuman he looks and accidentally scares kids sometimes. And adults.

^Yes, especially with how still vampires can be, a kid has bumped into him once or twice, thinking he was a mannequin. #headcanon accepted.

Send more if you like!

superhiki:

I loved reading the part in Interview where Lestat is just utterly washed up and weak, it was so scary and so close to the edge of a catharsis for me- This kinda alternate-universe Lestat that Louis invented was one hell of a nightmare. 

Anyway, he doesn’t look as horrifying in this as he did in my mind when I read this part, but maybe I’ll draw that as well in the future sometime…

Pattern is from some virus laden vector website.

HEYYYYY MY DEAR I have a question. Do Louis and Lestat ever put makeup on eachother? And if they do, who prefers what style of makeup? (Like Lestat likes a winged eyeliner on Louis etc)

Yes, definitely! Lestat wears makeup often, typically at least guyliner (black or dark blue) and a lightweight (as in, not too “gluey”), organic lipgloss, with a rosy tint. Neither of them typically wear makeup that’s very scented or flavored, since they find those pretty chemically distasteful. 

It’s canon that Lestat wears violet shades much of the time, which are not opaque, tinted just enough to diffuse a little of the dazzling effect of his eye color but allow the artistry of his makeup to be visible. 

Louis will not put on makeup unless Lestat requests it, but does admit that it gives him an otherworldly quality. He prefers a light smokey eye and a hint of blush. 

Despite his strenuous efforts to improve, Lestat is not as talented at drawing winged eyeliner, so whenever he wants that look he has to ask Louis to do it for him. Lestat also really enjoys playing w/ metallic powders [X]:

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Sometimes Lestat will see a look in a work of art, magazine, or movie, and he wants to try it out on himself or Louis. He’s copied several of David Bowie’s looks. Some nights they both get all glamorous in order to better entice victims (murderous transphobic/homophobic bigots are a favorite dinner). 

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Louis’ first makeover was done by Claudia (fanart by @obsessional-ram!), and he resisted at first, but it was a battle he couldn’t hope to win as she pushed him down to her level and began applying foundation and eyeshadow primer. She went for an orchid-inspired look, w/ pastel shades and then deepened the contrast with his eyes with teal green and gold eyeshadow colors, a cool-toned smokey overlay, mascara, and warm lavender blush. A deep berry lip tint completed the look.

She also braided tiny light-colored flowers into his hair, and put him in one of the maid’s dresses.

When Lestat came out of the bath, where he had been for about an hour, he was struck by the enhancements and made some mumbled excuse as to why he needed Louis’ attention immediately… and privately. Claudia was very proud of herself for producing such a positive reaction, even though on the surface she kicked and complained at being thrown out of the house on an obviously unnecessary errand “Go get us more… ah… matches! From across town!” 

The very next night, Lestat had her try out bold eyeshadows and powders on himself ;D

In canon, Lestat wears makeup at least for camouflage:

“I covered up my blue eyes, as always, with black glasses, lest their radiance mesmerize and entrance at random – a real nuisance – and over my delicate white hands, with their telltale glassy fingernails, I drew the usual pair of soft gray leather gloves.”  – Tale of the Body Thief

“Ah, a bit of oily brown camouflage for the skin. I smoothed the lotion over my cheekbones, over the bit of neck and chest that was bare.”

Tale of the Body Thief