Had to put these together because just it’s too damn funny.
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viking-vamp replied to your post “Hello, darling! I stumbled upon one of your Lestat gifs. A Lestat RPR…”
His (I’m assuming it’s a “he”) twitter name is Lestat, vampire @GreyEyesLestat. He wrote, “I’m helplessly irresistible!” and used the gif in which Lestat is dancing with Claudia’s mother corpse. Loved it!
Yeah so I checked it out, just this one:
Fortunately it has my watermark on it! So s/he’s actually driving traffic my way! Awwww yisss free publicity.
^so coincidentally that gif works as MY reaction, too ❤
Hello, darling! I stumbled upon one of your Lestat gifs. A Lestat RPR on twitter used it and I jumped when I saw it. (took a screenshot of it btw) I wanted to post it but couldn’t. (Sighs)
Hey, thank u! I’m curious as to which gif they’re using. Send me a link, or their twitter name.
I’ve said on here a looooong time ago, before I had so many followers *u*, so it was probably missed: anyone is free to use my gifs, tho I would appreciate being tagged (so I can enjoy them in their new setting) and/or being credited, bc they do take some effort to make ;]
The fact is that the gifs I make from movie!IWTV itself actually belong to the copyright holders for that movie, so I don’t have much more of a right to my gifs than the twitter RPer.
However, I tend to add the “i-want-my-iwtv.tumblr” watermark when I feel like I added/mashedup something unique enough to count as partially mine, which elevates the gif to a derivative work, rather than just a copy of the source material. Like this one, which is one of my faves:
You’ve been in the fandom longer than I have, so can you answer something I’ve always wondered? Did the Lestat fans go nuts when Rock of Ages came out (the movie)? Since its pretty much rock star lestat….
Exhibit A:
^Basically rock star Lestat.
Exhibit B:
More gifs/pics from RoA that I consider Lestatuesque.
As for the fandom reaction, tbh I’ve been a fan ever since the dark ages of speculative fic on geocities websites oh gawd i am old I survived the War on Fanfic from the 90’s... but I didn’t actually find the fandom as it exists now until after this movie came out (2012)!
At the time, I myself was excited along with a few RL friends who were my entire VC fandom at that time. We were pleased as punch.
I’ll speculate that the fandom ppl that loved Cruise’s Lestat (like meeee) were very psyched for RoA. Even now, I consider Cruise’s Jaxx to be an older, mortal, brunet, tattooed Lestat. That’s alot of AU there, but still.
In RoA, his character is similar to Lestat: that whole macho shell with a tender, bruised inside that just wants to be loved for who he really is. At the end of RoA, Jaxx ends up with someone who loves him for HIM, rather than the groupies who love his stage persona or want to bang him for his sexual prowess, or his money, or whatever. Same thing with Lestat. So many people want to fuck him, but very few put in the effort, or gain his trust enough to get to know who he really is inside.
omg VampireBarons [aka dont-forget-to-knock] what a lovely message! I am so very glad that this crazy addiction of mine has such positive impact, especially when someone like you is in need of cheering up ❤
Isn’t it kinda bizarre that most of this blog is actually pretty upbeat and silly for what the author of IWTV, and the director of the movie version of it, consider “the saddest vampires you’ll ever meet”? I mean, c’mon, these are murdering dysfunctional vampire husbands, families, blood spouses and such!
… and then you have this fandom who looks at all the characters as a bunch of preternatural hipsters who just need hugs and kisses.
One could ask what’s wrong with us. I think there’s a lot that’s right with us.
So I reblogged this before, but I actually wanted to stop and saying something, which is this:
Everyone who writes has felt that moment of “EVERYTHING HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE I’M A FAKE I’M A FAILURE I’M WORTHLESS,” and it’s always been over a moment like this one. That moment where you realize your idea has been done before. But here’s the thing. Ideas aren’t worthless, but they’re the pennies of your novel. They’re the smallest component.
Execution, on the other hand…that’s what does everything. That’s your dollar bills, stuffed into the jar until you have enough to go on the biggest adventure of your life.
So write your story where the mermaid falls in love with the boy who lives on land. Write him becoming a merman for her, or write him as a her, or write your sea witch as the heroine, or write your mermaid as a villain. Write a world. The idea, that’s a penny you found in the street. All the real value is going to come from you.
This, this, this. 🙂
THIS. Execution is key.
Also
Novels have been around for more then three centuries, maybe even more.
Do you think your idea hasn’t been thought up before?
No idea is original on this earth, no matter how creative it can be, one other has probably thought of the same thing in their life time.
In turn, what does it matter if its “not creative?” Fuck em’. Write what you want to write, you’re not a failure, you’re a visionary, and you know what the difference if between you and the ones who also dared to dream of the same things you dreamt?
You have the will and the determination to put it out there.
This is the Amazing Person Award. Once you are given this award, you are supposed to paste it in the ask of eight different people who, in your opinion, deserve it. If you break the chain nothing will happen but it’s sweet to know someone thinks you’re amazing inside and out!
Awww thanks, how sweet of ya ❤ I’m not worthy! yes i ammmm…
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