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Yeah, yeah, I do one of these practically every three months, to the point that I now name them with the seasons. I’m making another because, a) new season, b) HOLY SHIT THERE ARE SO MANY NEW PEOPLE RPING IN THIS FANDOM SINCE I MADE MY LAST ONE, c) what the fuck I’m approaching 1k followers.
Hard to believe I’ve had this account two and a half years now.
Some special folks (A-I)archangeloftheunderground armandromanus askthebratprince a-misunderstanding-my-love black-winged-cherub caravaggiocupid coldinhumanity complisult damnitarmand dark-eyed-elegance darkveiledseer deadlyfixations epicureanmarius enfant-du-malheur everlastingporcelain fivehundredyearsyoung from-fiction-into-legend gorgeous-fiend forgotten-mayfair hidinghumanity immortal-gentleman infantdeath interviewed-the-vampire
Some special folks (J-Z)leprinceinsolent nonparisienne porcelainebrisee primusdux rare-and-elusive redeemedsatanist redhairedtwin redthelittlesprite reporter-boy riccardo-de-romanus rufescentreaper salems-little-sadist the-gentleman-chronicler telepathic-labrat thefinalhazard thevampire-claudia thevampiremael thyhumbleservant vagabonddaniel vagandoregina vampiresantiago viaticumforthemarquise vita—ante—acta waywardmartyr wretchedmother zairemalak
Other A+ RPers I follow (A-D)absolemcaterpillar agelessinatweedsuit amadeo-child-of-the-renaissance amadeo-in-flxmes anempathsbecoming angelustheancient ara-ne-um aspecificskillset astridundyingloyalty blackwood-tarquin bloodanddye bloodstainedcherub bravenotstubborn cantichange cherub-without-wings claudiaindarkness damnedtobeadoll dead-man-kings demiised desenchantee dhante-the-vampire d-lenfent
Other A+ RPers I follow (E-L)elegantgreek elvira-macabre evan-wheeler exceptvodka fabulousbratlestat fearsomeperfection firebrandxozera flaviusofantioch gingerhairedimmortal goldenhaired-sybelle iam-yourqueen ihatedeadlines ilbotticello itsnotmyrealname jarxth lestat-the-brat levoleurcinetique lo-gic-us lookingformonsters lucid-blood
Other A+ RPers I follow (M-R)madness-waits-out-there manic-ghost marcelmayfair mariusthevampire mekare-thelivingstatue mekare-thequeen mercythevampireslayer missmoiraohara mistressmaharet molloy-reporterboy monarchsilenti murderisarttome nijah ofpumpkinsandsass onyxcalamity pagos-suhketi-the-dybbuk pandoratheancient porcelainreeper puerinsidiosissimus put-the-needle-through redbloodedbrit rxsxrrxctxxn
Other A+ RPers I follow (S-Y)sanctum—daemonium shadowsuspended schrankenlos-frei sins-of-the-godless sugared-satyr sweettranzvestitefrankie swynford-de-beaufort sybelle-the-appassionata symphoniepourlediable thebiancasolderini thedanielmolloy thegodhasburned theominousbird thepharaoh-enkil thequeenalone the-revived-trickster theunknownfledgling the-van-helsing-girl thewitchofdarkness talamascan-princess talamascantraveller thinkingnonsensically thirdgenerationtalamascan vagabondangelchild venetianvenus vampire-santino v-is-for-vampire vittorioraniari whitelaceandxstrange wonderslittlehare xprodigium yougivebadhead
Other great Louis RPs. Go follow.gentlemanlymalice selfdestructivecynic thevampirecreole vampirelouis xlongedfordeath
Non-RP accounts that I will follow 5ever.aflyingmotorbike askavampirologist chrissydeath darlingpetitemorte devmin devmin-art gairid genius-of-221b hannibalsantlers instantdiamond i-want-my-iwtv jeffmoreau jimmyfalllons littleredmoon michaelgayland poisonforpigeons reasontoodreams shroudsinvenice the-oziad vampchronfic velveteden wicked-felina
Merci beacoup ❤
AND this is a good list for checking out ppl… lookit all these RPers wow!
Michael: You burn down the storage unit?
T-Bone: Oh, most definitely.
Episode 1×02 “Top Banana”
I watched every scene where Louis burns something down. It really paints a picture.
Are you down with the sickness?
George, Sr.: They cannot arrest a husband and wife for the same crime.
Michael: Yeah? I don’t think that that’s true, Dad.
George, Sr.: I’ve got the worst [bleep]ing attorneys!
Pilot – 1×01
Inspired by vampiredevelopment, I tried one of these. It does work! This one was from arrestedwesteros, though. I’ll try not to step on either of your toes too much with these. I didn’t tag it as mine since it’s technically your idea *bows humbly.*
Those sound like a lot of really positive changes. I can start sending you questions when I think of them–my main topic of contemplation is what would be the science behind burning in the sun? Prince Lestat missed a huge opportunity to answer a lot of questions and if you want me to, I can send you all of my questions regarding Anne Rice’s vampires and the traits of vampires in general. Sorry for not being more active!
Well, I can not answer questions in the book about Anne Rice’s vampires, as that is copyrighted stuff right there, but you are more than welcome to ask me anything you want. Though I am not an expert in Anne Rice’s vampires. If you want to talk to an expert, I would turn you towards i-want-my-iwtv.
And as for the science behind burning in the sun, well, the first vampire to actually be effected by the sunlight to the point of death was Count Orlok in Nosferatu. The reason he disappears in the sun was to avoid copyright infringement on the ending of Dracula. So historically speaking, there is no lore to suggest that vampires would actually burn in the sun. In Dracula his powers were weakened but he did not burn. I think the main idea that vampires hunted at night is because humans slept at night, which left hours of mystery around what happened in the dark. If someone died in the night, or got sick in the night, they had no clue what caused it. It was much easier to think a creature from beyond the grave did it because the darkness is scary and science was lacking.
But if we want to say sure, vampires burn in the sun, we have to think “why?” The first reason might be the same reason I burn in the sun. They are pale. Pale people burn in the sun. Another reason could be because they are damned, and as such are not allowed to live in the illumination of God. God created light, after all. And if you think about it, Lucifer is known as the Morning Star, so it makes sense that vampires would have to live under the light of the stars.
Hope that answers your question for now! I will go into further detail in the book.
My idea was the vampires in AR’s books.
They say (or seriously imply) that vampire blood is flammable. Also in one of the books the vampires can absorb blood through the skin if they really really need it. That made me question the permeability of their skin—our skin is selectively permeable. Our body can more or less decide what to let in and out. What if their skin was less selective? Still hard to the touch of course but more open to diffusion by osmosis?
What if it had a susceptibility to certain radiation from the sun, which when it went through their skin, ignited their very-flammable blood?
This radiation can be IR, visible, or UV in nature, I haven’t been able to decide yet. UV light vibrates at the highest frequency of the three so it /seems/ more conducive but then UV light is blocked by glass and they could not be burned through a window. IR radiation is felt by humans as heat so that’s another likely candidate.
As you can tell, I like to steer away from religious reasoning. The science behind vampires and other creatures is my favorite thing. 🙂
Thanks though!
^This explanation is interesting.
- Re: Ricean vampire skin being more/less permeable than ours, well, it is described as having a different texture and sheen so that would make sense.
- Skin being permeable to absorb blood: blood is absorbed through the skin in movie!IWTV, during Louis’ transformation, and blood is absorbed through the skin in Merrick, during Louis’ other transformation (I think there was a line of dialogue, smtg like, “his whole body is drinking it!”)
- BUT vampire skin is not permeable to dirt, they’re often described as not able to get all that dirty? Like the filth doesn’t really cling to them. The hardness probably contributes to that.
- I don’t think window glass would be sufficient to block the destruction of sunlight on vampire flesh; Ricean vampires are always going on about the heavy curtains they use on the windows. It’s a combination of the UV rays and something else in sunlight that’s dangerous to them. Obviously they can be in a lighted room or stage just fine, so it’s not the visible light. Something else in the sunlight acts as a catalyst to burn the flammable flesh and blood.
- The susceptibility to the radiation from the sun seems lessened by the strength/age of the vampire, Lestat has his little tanning sessions where he can handle a level of burn that others just can’t.
It seems, since Louis is described as tan in Prince Lestat, that Louis has been coerced into joining Lestat on these tanning excursions. So OOC.
Those sound like a lot of really positive changes. I can start sending you questions when I think of them–my main topic of contemplation is what would be the science behind burning in the sun? Prince Lestat missed a huge opportunity to answer a lot of questions and if you want me to, I can send you all of my questions regarding Anne Rice’s vampires and the traits of vampires in general. Sorry for not being more active!
Well, I can not answer questions in the book about Anne Rice’s vampires, as that is copyrighted stuff right there, but you are more than welcome to ask me anything you want. Though I am not an expert in Anne Rice’s vampires. If you want to talk to an expert, I would turn you towards i-want-my-iwtv.
And as for the science behind burning in the sun, well, the first vampire to actually be effected by the sunlight to the point of death was Count Orlok in Nosferatu. The reason he disappears in the sun was to avoid copyright infringement on the ending of Dracula. So historically speaking, there is no lore to suggest that vampires would actually burn in the sun. In Dracula his powers were weakened but he did not burn. I think the main idea that vampires hunted at night is because humans slept at night, which left hours of mystery around what happened in the dark. If someone died in the night, or got sick in the night, they had no clue what caused it. It was much easier to think a creature from beyond the grave did it because the darkness is scary and science was lacking.
But if we want to say sure, vampires burn in the sun, we have to think “why?” The first reason might be the same reason I burn in the sun. They are pale. Pale people burn in the sun. Another reason could be because they are damned, and as such are not allowed to live in the illumination of God. God created light, after all. And if you think about it, Lucifer is known as the Morning Star, so it makes sense that vampires would have to live under the light of the stars.
Hope that answers your question for now! I will go into further detail in the book.
^Excellent explanation askavampirologist.
I have a tag for that (#vampire physiology), which includes Ricean and non-Ricean vampire phys. discussion bc it intrigues me, too! Always feel free to send me these questions 😀
I think that above explanation works for the Ricean vampires. Something to do with the amount of melatonin in the skin that protects humans (well even pale humans prefer to wear sunscreen!) that is lacking in even dark-skinned vampires. Plus:
- Vampire blood is also more flammable than human blood… when they describe drinking it, it has a notably different (fiery?) taste/texture “Like light itself,” I think is how Lestat described it.
- Their bodies are described as physically less heavy than human bodies, and that could be because 75% of the human body is made up of water. Vampires do not need water (outside of its use in blood transport, I guess?) so I’m thinking they lost much of the water-weight when they were turned, and are now relatively dry creatures. Making for excellent firewood!
The religious aspect works, too, in that they should not be allowed to enjoy the sunlit world anymore, but not all Ricean vampires believe in the same god or even in any god at all.
~*~FREE TO ALL INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE MOVIE NIGHT~*~
ooc; Bring your booze and munchies, because we’re celebrating the 20th anniversary this weekend with an Interview with the Vampire rewatch.
I’ll be livestreaming Interview with the Vampire on Saturday, November 15 @ 7PM Central Standard Time/8PM Eastern Standard Time. I’ll post the link to the stream probably at 6:50-ish.
Because Skype calls make things fun, if you’re wanting to participate in that along with the movie, please hit me up with your Skype name and I’ll add you into a group. If you’re not so into that, there’s a nifty text chat on Livestream too.
Anyone is free to join in.
Oh dear god the internet may not be able to handle this.
Don’t let anyone else ruin your life. Only YOU can ruin your life. Go ruin your life. Set your house on fire.
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