Dear Santa Lestat, I’ve been pretty good this year I think. I passed all my classes and even had a bit of a self discovery about my sexuality that I’m still working on. (I think I’m asexual), but it feels good to have somewhat of an idea in my head. I’d take whatever you feel like giving and pass my love onto the rest of the coven please! Happy Holidays!

 ♛Beth! Beth. You have been very good. 

As I am a student of the savage garden, there are no walls to my classrooms, there are limitless teachers, other classmates, group projects well sometimes I assign work to David because it does make him feel useful, aside from being my punching bag. However, I am tested. Often. And not always in the manner or at the time I would prefer *snorts* 

Merci, cherie, consider your love passed onto the coven, they are always flattered although they try not to show it that my adoring fans care for their well-being, too!

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Your gift is a stroll along the East river in New York City, a flight up to the top of the Brooklyn Bridge to gaze upon the twinkling lights of one of my favorite cities in the world. 

And a lifetime subscription to Cat Fancy, because you have cats! 

As for your self discovery, that is wonderful! Does it feel as if a weight is being lifted? Asexuality is a very real orientation. After Louis’ book, many people asked Anne Rice our ghostwriter whether we were asexual as if it was a bad thing. Not just Louis and myself, but all vampires. The term is very specific… and I am certain that I have mentioned that certain features no longer “work” the same way after we are turned.

I defy definition as always. You may consider us asexual if it helps you.

I can tell you that whatever your definition of sex is (and it can be so much more than merely penetration), love is absolutely possible, nay, necessary. I am just realizing now that my search for goodness, doing good… these things are deeply rooted in a desire to be praised, but more than that, to be loved. Isn’t that what we all want? That first love you feel for your mother/parent is without language, it’s that simple.

Sex itself is an act of closeness, of allowing oneself to be vulnerable to another, to nurturing and satisfying that other person(s) (hey, there can be more than 2!). There’s a spectrum in that. You can be vulnerable and nurturing to others outside of sex, too. 

*flashes her a smile, hops onto the window sill. Bows courteously and then takes to the air* 

Dear Saint–Santa Lestat: I have been pretty okay this year. I JUST won my fight against all sorts of mental problems that have been plaguing me and I am in the mood for change in a big way. I am myself again, not just a lump under the covers. I’m dyeing my hair, changing the style of my wardrobe, mixing things up–and I’ll take any gift you want to give me. Dark ones included. ;)

♛Dear Rae~ despite your “handle,” it appears that you are thinking very sensically; winning your fight against all sorts of mental problems is absolutely cause to celebrate, and makes you more than “pretty okay” in Santa Lestat’s book. *takes your hand and and kisses the back delicately* Be strong, there may yet be trying times, that’s to be expected. This comes from one who still deals with an assortment of inner demons of his own… which attack on a nightly, if not hourly, basis. As you can tell from any of my heartbreaking works of staggering genius. 

These changes you’re making, I do the same when the mood strikes, when it feels a new chapter has begun. I usually resort to interior redecorating, and retail therapy, as things like hair dye rinse away upon the first touch of water… piercings are somewhat irritating and the flesh closes when the metal is removed, tattoos fade away completely during the deathsleep. But I digress…

Santa Lestat hears you, darling Rae… imagine a dance between us, barefoot in the pale moonlight, on a rooftop someplace warm. I’ll bring you a dark red velvet gown to match your new look. It’s not THE Dark Gift, but it is A dark gift *embraces you gently*