perladivenezia:

interviewed-the-vampire:

BUT THINK ABOUT IT

Vampire Lestat concert tees for all. 

And think of the tacky shit we can do. Like I’m talking tacky in the best and most shameless way possible. Honestly this all needs to happen

“On Wednesdays we wear red velvet” 

Night Island shirts/mugs/keyrings/ touristy shit.

Shirts that say “Gorgeous Fiend” and “Team Lestat” 

//“You can pretend it’s wine” on a mug

“Devil’s minion” “Paint me with black wings” “No made by human hands” (or however that quote was) on T-shirts 

Also “Blood wife” and “Blood husband” towels

#AGREES AGGRESSIVELY

^Something like this? Hmmmm? by remarried

A quick search yields lots of bland or bad VC merch, probably unauthorized (hit the jump for it, but be warned, it’s not all that tasteful):

[zazzle.com]

[redbubble.com]

^A baby bodysuit

[cafepress.com] saying “I would BLEED for Lestat” ?? Gross. And yet, it’s for sale, $19.99. Does anyone really want their baby offering itself to bleed for Lestat?? Pretty sure he wouldn’t approve he did eat a baby once but that was a very awkward moment and wayyyy in the past.

The fact that such tasteless things as these exist, and are for sale, makes me think AR doesn’t know (or doesn’t care?) about them.

OR, since “Lestat” is an actual name (it actually did exist before AR used it), it’s not under copyright protection in the way that “Sherlock Holmes” or “Batman” is, being completely original creations. I’ve done alot of research on this and the best answer I can find is that it would depend on whether AR chose to pursue someone for doing it, and whether the courts would decide whether the fanworks were infringing (detrimental) to her fictional character and/or sales of the novels themselves. 

If anything, I feel like fanworks would promote her series and the courts would find in favor of the fanartists on this matter.

Use your own judgment. I would LOVE to make and promote VC merch, but IT IS treading on thin ice to do so.