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Omg I probably will come out as crazy, but ever since Thor movie came out I had this head-canon of Tom Hiddlestone as Louis (I know “too British not enough French”) but now with that post of Chris as Lestat I just…oh god I need a minute…

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You’re not crazy, he was kind of a Louis/Nicki hybrid in Only Lovers Left Alive (which you should see if you haven’t!)

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Hiddleston is so fun, too, he could actually be a pretty great Lestat. He would be a gorgeous whimsical asshole ❤

Have this. Fanart by reapersun and derlaine.

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You’re not the only one who’s mentioned Hiddleston in VC casting discussion, and the British thing is not a dealbreaker. He’s an actor! Look at Stephen Rea’s performance as Santiago. Stephen Rea is NOT a 19th century Parisienne, and he did a FABULOUS job of becoming exactly that 😉

ooc: You know, the world premiere of the musical was in SF–which for non-broadway weirdos means they do sort of a test run of the show before heading to Broadway–and the version I saw was pretty gay. But I have no idea what they changed when they went to NYC. Sad it didn’t do well. Loved the cast so much.

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Yes, I was aware it was very well-received in SF! Hence my excitement when it was announced that it would come to NY.

Yeah I don’t know exactly what they cut, only that a lot was cut, and that the show I saw was so… bare… it just seemed very stripped down. Sets and things were not so glamorous, the singing seemed kind of limited in a way… I think there is a recording of the SF show somewhere on youtube, I should watch it for comparison.

Fortunately garama must have seen it, bc he did some fanart that was directly inspired by the musical:

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i honestly think rose added to the otherwise very male-dominated story by having her own pov chapters, and i thought her story was kind of a nice side thing?? maybe thats just me lmao

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shroudsinvenice:

vagabonddaniel:

merciful-death:

ooc; Ehhh, she just felt very out of place, we got literally no explanation as to of who she was and why Lestat was there (which I guess we might get that in Blood Paradise), and her story read very much like Mary Sue fanfiction I would have read when I was twelve years old on fanfiction.net.  But, of course, as I’ve stated before, Lestat himself is a Mary Sue, so I guess I can’t put a whole lot of judgement there.

I think my issue with Rose is just that I don’t see what she actually gave to the story.  She seemingly had a major part, yet I feel like if she was subtracted from it all, the story would remain the same.  Anne’s guilty of doing this thing where she introduces a bunch of new characters, yet never actually fleshes out any of her previous characters.  We got all of this stuff about Rose, and yet we had chapters where Armand, Bianca, and Daniel were all within the same house and didn’t even acknowledge each other’s existence.  Hell, Armand was practically not there throughout most of the book.  And I would have honestly taken chapters of Bianca explaining what she’s been up to over Rose’s seemingly random story.

But that’s also just my opinion.

Same. I have a problem with throwing in a pointless female character just to have more ladies. Especially when you’re literally adding 6 or 7 people to the cast (or bringing them back from the dead). A lot of the stories were redundant or totally pointless (Killer… Cyril?) but Rose not only felt exactly like a low-rent Mona or weird new Jesse, she never serves any purpose or does anything interesting (this is also true of several of the men, especially Killer.. why Killer? We don’t care. We liked Baby Jenks, not this dick.) We’re supposed to care about her because we’re told Lestat and Louis do, but that’s it. It’s just not enough. If I were her editor, I’d have begged her to cut the Rose stuff for the sake of pacing. There’s no immediate need to pair Vikki up with anyone. 

And yes, if she wanted to add more ladies, Gabrielle was a bad ass – give her a chapter. Lestat is her son. We would care way more about her. Or Bianca! She’s seeing Armand for the first time in forever, seeing his fledgling for the first time, etc. etc. So many better options with established characters we already care about. 

That said, I get why people might like Rose. If she was a side-story, if she were part of a different book, she has some potential. Like Jesse, a girl raised unknowningly by vampires in some fashion is a cool concept. I just feel like it didn’t fit at all in this book. It needed more explanation and characterization than it got. 

I agree with you. Looking back, I liked Rose/her story well enough (though I felt she had too little personality) until she was treated as being irreparably!broken! by the knowledge of vampires – I’m sorry, she lived through all that horrible abuse at the school, but semi-sleeping through Lestat cutting off Rhosh’s hand and arm is the thing that breaks her? As someone once said, puh-leeze, babycakes! 

Also, Lestat of all people ought to know after what happened to Nicki that turning someone who’s having a mental breakdown involving vampires is not an automatic solution!

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Hi there, I just started reading the VC series and I’ve heard a lot of negative stuff about the new book Prince Lestat and it being quite horrendous. In your option is it really worth taking the time reading, or will it tarnish the good reputation of the series that I hold so far? I’m rather disappointed as I was hoping that the book was going to be fantastic but from what I hear, it’s really been nothing short of a let down.

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Prince Lestat is supposedly a stand-alone book in the series and can be considered an AU. It’s very cracky and the characterization is inconsistent with the rest of the series.

My short answer is SKIP IT FOR NOW. Read #1-#4, those are SO MUCH BETTER. Then some of the later ones, like The Vampire Armand, Blood and Gold, and Pandora… after all that, you can go back to Prince Lestat and consider it a fanfic AU. Much less painful that way, less VC reputation-tarnishing that way ;]

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i haven’t read Prince Lestat yet, but did you not like it? i mean, i’ll probably read it as soon as i can, but i wanted yo know your opinion first. Also, are Louis and Armand in it?

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I’m about 25% of the way through my slow and painful read of Prince Lestat. I have to say that there are some bits that I DO like, I wouldn’t throw the whole thing in the bin for it’s cracky plot points (which are hella cracky). 

Yes, Louis and Armand are very much in it 😉

I started reading the Vampire Chronicles and I’m at The Queen of the Damned but I’m wondering if I should stop there? Or should I read on? I don’t to want get caught up with the ‘crackyness’ later on, you know?

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You started with The Queen of the Damned, or with Interview with the Vampire? Definitely read the first 3 books in the series, those are are good. 

The “crackyness” that we make fun of it for sort of happens at book 4, Tale of the Body Thief, which is still a great story (especially compared to the later books)…

I think you should read it all. Especially if there are certain characters you’re beginning to feel more of an attachment to. If you love Armand, for example, you should read The Vampire Armand. If you love Marius, reading Blood & Gold would be of interest to you. 

I think any VC fan should read them all, read lots of fanfic, and decide on their own what they consider to be “the real story.” Your headcanon may vary from mine, but that doesn’t make you a lesser/greater fan. You can ignore the crackyness.

Loving the characters makes you a fan *u* 

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[I know you’re busy as hell right now with real life stuff so I just want to send you some virtual hugs and thank you for making all of the hilarious memes and graphics. They make me laugh so hard. <3]

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omg thank u! Much appreciated. Notes like these give me such joy.

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If you are interested in where I’ve been, hit the jump…

I started a new job 2 weeks ago… the lead up to it was a month of difficulty, because I had to complete the interview process for the new place (3 interviews!), train my replacement, and tie up loose ends at my old job. Needless to say there were alot of unpaid late nights and I was too exhausted to do much fandom. 
And then, of course, Prince Lestat dropped. So I’ve been trying to read that slowly and painfully, to comb out little gems. There are bits and lines here and there that are actually good. I’ll be pulling them and sharing them at some point. If you guys think that entire book is a trainwreck, you’re not wrong, but I play the Devil’s Advocate about EVERYTHING, so this is included. I do see little glimmers of the Lestat we know and love in there… I’ll be sharing those bits when I can do so. 
Along those lines, I’m thinking of starting a new Dreamwidth account purely for my thoughts on PL and any other new books in the series… and I’ll link to new posts there. I owe you guys recaps of my PL read. 
Ya, so that’s my story! Thought you might want to know what happened to me. I still need to figure out a balance between fandom and RL. It’ll happen. 

[11/7/14 9:48:56 PM] Burnadette dpdL i-want-my-iwtv: AND THEN
[11/7/14 9:48:58 PM] Burnadette dpdL i-want-my-iwtv: I was thinking
[11/7/14 9:49:07 PM] Burnadette dpdL i-want-my-iwtv: about how Seth got Lestat’s dick working
[11/7/14 9:49:21 PM] Burnadette dpdL i-want-my-iwtv: and he probably WATCHED Lestat do that dumb chick
[11/7/14 9:49:38 PM] Burnadette dpdL i-want-my-iwtv: who was apparently hanging out reading books and textbooks in the Fucking room
[11/7/14 9:49:44 PM] Burnadette dpdL i-want-my-iwtv: the room with one-way glass
[11/7/14 9:49:49 PM] Burnadette dpdL i-want-my-iwtv: designed simply for fucking
[11/7/14 9:50:03 PM] Burnadette dpdL i-want-my-iwtv: And her eyes were too pale to be beautiful?
[11/7/14 9:50:25 PM] Burnadette dpdL i-want-my-iwtv: WHAT IS TOO PALE TO BE BEAUTIFUL YOU DICK?
[11/7/14 9:50:29 PM] Burnadette dpdL i-want-my-iwtv: *ahem* sorry

i-want-my-iwtv, ranting about Prince Lestat (via viaticumforthemarquise)

From what I’ve taken from everyone’s reaction of Prince Lestat, it it better off just not reading it?

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I’m reading it, even knowing spoilers, bc I’m searching for glimmers of OUR Lestat, the one we know and love, I’m searching for little gems of moments that are true to the characters, I’m searching for scenes that could be corrected with fanfic/fanart… there may be little bits that are salvagable… 

Even though I dispute it being MY headcanon, I’m invested in the characters enough that I am intrigued by the crackiness that their author has conjured up for them. Jump the shark/couch? This book has jumped the Empire State Building.