It’s never said explicitly in the books what the harmful aspect of the sun’s rays really are. Here have a gif of Claudia tiptoeing around the light bc of reasons.
Clearly, movie!Claudia can handle the bounced light from the floor.
As you do correctly point out, Ricean vampires can handle light sources at night, so it would appear that the UV rays are what differentiate sunlight from candle/electric/etc., so the UV rays could be the issue. I think there are other elements in sunlight that may be different, but I’m not a scientist, so I wouldn’t know specifics.
Whatever the elements in sunlight that are harmful to them, I think it’s because their vampiric parasite is always at work “perfecting” them, converting their organic cells to inorganic (well, preternatural) cells, all the time. Fresh infusions of blood fuel this process. The issue with direct sunlight is that it intensifies this process to the point that their host bodies can’t handle it, it’s painful, they have to get out of the light.
It’s an intriguing thought, whether a room treated with UV windows would be enough to protect the vampires! If I were a vampire, I probably wouldn’t feel wholly safe with the windows open, as the sun crept in… and Ricean vampires will naturally find shelter if any light touches them during the Death Sleep. So I think they would find themselves cocooned in blankets, or completely concealed under the bed, when they awoke in such a room.
The vampiric spirit of Amel, invisible to the human eye, was present more at night, possibly because his very substance couldn’t handle direct sunlight for similar reasons.
Of course you can freely drop such lovely messages my way, my fanged little trash kitten ❤
That’s basically what Lestat is. And Louis. All of them, maybe.
I am so deeply touched by your words. In real life, few people understand this passion of mine, and so I have to hide it from them, and it’s always felt a little bit shameful because of that.
But here, I can let it run totally wild, and to be praised for doing that produces the exact opposite – I’m an absolute delight? A fandom treasure?! My presence is appreciated? My little heart swells with pride ❤
I do need to be told, and often. I’m only human. I am your (cumulative to the whole fandom) fanged little trash kitten. At your service.
♥u♥ ONE OF US ONE OF US (Apparently we’re calling ourselves Children of Darkness now, btw)
(BTW our mutual facepalming over Lestat was probably about this post)
Yes yes, memeything/fanart/fanfic/fanwork inspiration is, in actuality, the highest compliment to this blog, bc that’s REALLY what I do it for. When I started this thing there was fanwork but it was (and still is) all over the interwebs, and in my opinion there is not enough of it there is NEVER enough of it, so I wanted to have a collection of it for everyone’s enjoyment/inspiration, and a good resource for the fresh stuff, too 😀
Wow, your journey to VC is so touching, that our precious Sheeps shepherded you to us, was it this fanart of
Tonio Treschi?
You read Cry to Heaven –> saw sheepskeleton‘s fanart of it > sheepskeleton‘s fanart lead you here > now you’re one of us!!
#I love these kind of stories, and we (I’m sure I speak for others, too) enjoy your presence here. Great url, btw! He is Emperor of the Undead, lol.
I enjoyed Cry to Heaven, I don’t remember it very well, should reread it. I seem to recall that the main character reminded me of Armand.
That’s my job, yes, I am the Great and Awesome Dealer of the VC fandom ❤ All of my addicts are wonderful customers hehehe 😉
Of course you may! Go right ahead and add translations. It seems like you were doing so already, if this is your page:
Anne Rice Vampire Chronicles México.I knew that people would download and repost things from my blog. That’s why I started adding my url name on some of them, so that people would know the source.
I don’t add my url on things that I worry are too offensive, or on things that I didn’t really add anything to, or make too much of an effort on, like screencaps and production stills 😉
2nd draft: 4/1992 (I know I mentioned it before but for those who missed it)
Aaaaand this one is a wonderful fan-made painstakingly transcribed comparison script of what made it into the final cut of the movie vs. what was in the book vs. the script. (This person is on tumblr now and if they want me to credit them, I’ll be happy to do so, just respecting their privacy if they don’t.)
This person even has images from cut scenes like this one:
YOURE WELCOME
@twistedsardonic tagged this:
*to read* – I heard the Australian release of IWTV had the trial scene – but I’ve never been able to find actual scenes to prove this – *looks hopefully at my Aussie followers/friends even though most of them weren’t even born in 1994 probs* – anyway I wonder if the script above has anything to say about that – also MORE ARMAND is always something I look for – IWTV – thanks Weds – fu’Queue! –
I-want-my-IWTV 