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So I was the anon that lost her shit finishing TVL, lol and now I’m on QOTD. I appreciated all Rice’s lofty writing in IWTV/TVL but it got a little tiring sometimes. Now I have a new respect for Rice on how she is able to drastically adapt her writing depending on the characters’ POV (if that makes sense). And going from 40 BC to the 80s. I liked that chapter about baby jenks and the diction, humor and language. Maybe cause it was a hell of a lot easier to read +Do you have a fav book out of VC?
Hello again, anon that lost her shit finishing TVL! Keep us posted, I love these fresh impressions of VC bc I can never quite get mine back, that first experience of each of the books I’ve already read. And re-read. Although, I do bring smtg different to them on each re-read, as I’ve gotten older and had more of my own experiences and philosophical revisions to compare to our fave dysfunctional vampires’.
*nods* Yes, AR has shown us many voices in her writing,
I think you put it very well. She has given us POVs from the lofty to the much less lofty. The lofty POVs appeal to ppl who enjoy that and the more modern stuff appeals to ppl who enjoy that… @annabellioncourt helped me out on a post about the voice of Louis, his POV seems to draw on older literature, and he loves to read those books, so of course he would absorb that somewhat anachronistic flavor. Louis may be deliberately making his story a little difficult to read, as he is revealing a lot but also keeping some things secret, keeping Daniel at arm’s length.
^Footage of characters from their own POV chapters in one book vying for attention ❤
QOTD was a good collection of this bc she’s jumping characters a lot in that book, which she didn’t do in TVL and IWTV, except to have her main characters sit and listen to others tell their own stories. In those instances, we did get some variation in the POV, but again, it was through the filter of the person who later told/recorded the story for us, the readers (i.e. Lestat telling us about > Marius telling Lestat about > the Elder telling Marius about > the origin of the vampires! Check out @comixqueen‘s VC storyception!)
My fave VC changes over time, but consistently, it’s been TVL. Longer answer here. I did my own VC ranking awhile back, which I skimmed just now and still agree with.
TVL is my fave bc Lestat. LESTAT! He does have flaws, for sure. Flaws that could spiral anyone into depression. But his lust for life overrides everything ❤
^And I think part of why we all love him (those of us that do love him) against our own better judgment is that even when he royally fracks up, he gets back up, dusts himself off, and careens into the next car.
Lestat and Louis’ Love at RueRoyale ❤
For: The awesome @lestat-and-louis-de-lioncourt
I apologise for the lack of frocks midear :’) but when asked to do a fanart of Lestat & Louis that includes “Fluff and Love”… i couldnt help but interpret that immediately as ‘Of course fluff and love between those two scoundrels would be raunchy, rough and slightly NSFW’ hahaha.
…My brain, honestly *shakes head.*
Anyhoo, Merry Christmas all and i hope you like it! 😀
From: @Fictional-Nympho
This deep red velvet human heart cake is a perfect treat to make for Halloween. Here’s instructions on how you can make it.
It literally looks so fucking good omfg
We need this for when a VC cosplayer is willing to re-enact the whole QOTD scene involving eating a heart…
*~snacktime~*
^yah so I don’t have access to any photoshoppin’ tools rn but whatever… that is yours truly and @roselioncourt.
So LOTS of things happening and tbh I’m a little overwhelmed by all the info we’ve gotten in the last week, and the posts in response, some of which I’ve seen… and I was trying to keep up w/ it all on my phone the whole frickin’ time it was happening (I have 100+ tabs open *laughcries* and the phone is not a happy camper)… it’s a little overwhelming.
As Ron Swanson famously said: “Never half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing.” I’m gonna whole-ass all the things when I have the time this weekend, I got all your messages and plan to do massive replies. Also need to make a post about the PLROA booksigning, I took notes (altho there is a video of it on the official VC FB).
… I also have to read the new book (!!!)… I asked for spoilers and you should know that I *facepalmed* or “Oh, Anne”’d at almost every new piece of canon information.
So I read the first three chapters of Prince Lestat.
Enjoy the chronicle of my descent into madness.
(oh my God there’s so much book left, I haven’t even gotten to Daniel)
Flannery is in danger of being interesting, I’m sure she’ll vanish soon
^wELP you’re not wrong…
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Month before last someone on my Patreon requested Addams Family AU for the Murder Family and I love it ;w; Will is an ancient warlock full of dark and powerful magic and Hannibal is still a creepy serial killer who can’t get enough of his husband and Abigail is their daughter who keeps losing her head~ Extra points if you recognize Thing~
About the Lestat thing, I think it’s also the way in which the novels try to convince you that he’s real. Anne has a lot of faults as a writer but she’s excellent at that. The only other writer I have read that makes you forget their stories are fiction and not history in that degree is Hugo. But what Hugo does with events, Anne does with people. And I think a lot of it stems from how much Lestat feels real to her bc that’s what makes the parts of the story that try to convince you feel genuine
“WHAT HUGO DOES WITH EVENTS, ANNE DOES WITH PEOPLE.”
YOU PUT IT IN PERFECT WORDS. That’s exactly it, Victor Hugo’s characters are great and well drawn, but because of the third person narration, they are a little less personal; but his take on the events of Notre Dame and Les Mis (for the two best known examples), feel like actual accounts of history.
Sure, Anne’s got chararacters that are immortal walking between heaven and hell (litereally) but at the same time, they’re talking to you and just feel so real.
#eloquent eloquence #SEE THIS is what I’m talking about when I say I’m picky about other vampire media, these are strong and rich characters first, and they’re vampires secondarily.
“Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis” – Book Tour
@roselioncourt and your very own @i-want-my-iwtv will be attending in NYC Nov 30, 7:00 pm (Barnes & Noble Union Square)! Anyone else going to any of these?
If not, what would you ask her if you could ask her anything (we/someone might ask for you!)?
I-want-my-IWTV 