Lestat, I would like to get you tattooed one me to make feel safe, was wondering if you that you flatter you?

♛Hmmm… *rubs at his lips with two fingertips* I certainly hope you don’t intend to have this portrait drawn on you at life-size, if such a thing were even possible *smirks* It would be too much beauty for anyone. It’s nearly too much for me… *under his breath* such a burden.

I am honored that you’d want my image on your body in such a permanent way, my eyes and lips always pressed on your skin, touching you, but facing the world outwardly with you as well. So intimate… 

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Now I can’t help but wonder: Would you have me on the tender flesh of your neck? Or sprawled across one of the stronger muscles of the body, heralding your strength, a thigh? Perhaps somewhere prominent, you’d always have your “plus one” if I was on your arm *grins*

..Or, somewhere more concealed, covered by your clothing most of the time, existing in that secluded warmth between skin and fabric, only revealed to those you disrobe for? I could be your little secret. 

Wherever you choose to welcome me onto the canvas of your body, I hope my image tells you that I am there to protect and comfort you. Is that not the definition of making one feel safe, after all?

Dear my Charming Prince Lestat, in a post over a year ago you mentioned having made custom fangs made for a friend of yours molded off of your own. May you pretty please – with a blood drop on top – elaborate on that? And Louis, what was your reaction to Lestat getting his tattoo? (Your words, not his)

Oui, ma petite. I did mention that particular gift *smiles* and it is a gift that keeps on giving… It was a gift for a mortal we have grown extremely attached to, allowed his life to tangle into ours, and shared some very intimate evenings together. “Ours” not in the royal sense but in the Mine and Louis’ sense.

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Our beloved Brian Callahan drove into our lives one night by chance; he was assigned to chauffeur us to the airport on a night that we preferred mortal transit. Since then, he became a personal assistant, friend, and then even closer as a lover for one or both of us at different times… It’s difficult to say that fate was not involved. I don’t know that I would call it fate that brought Louis and I together, but a similar invisible thread must have brought Brian to us as the one that brought Louis and I together. 

During our more intimate moments, I’d wanted to see Brian with fangs of his own, wanted him to be able to pierce our flesh without hand-held blades (even as erotic as seeing him with an antique razor has been) or having us do it for him, but there is more consideration to be had over whether he wants the more permanent fangs. The custom fangs are fashioned of a white pearlescent metal that he can remove, but again, they are not just for show; the intention was for them to be functional and they are reinforced enough that he can truly bite, quite firmly and pleasurably. What he has are stunning and vicious training wheels *flicks fangs* We all enjoy them.

I will add here that the fangsmith who made his fangs had been very impressed with mine, and asked me, repeatedly, “Who did your work?” and refused to believe that they’re real. Finally I told him, “Magnus.”

And the fangsmith said he’d never heard of that designer. I replied very curtly: “He’s French and he’s dead.”

…Louis will answer your other question separately, about the time I had “Property of Louis” tattooed across my chest just to rile him, it was a trick that could only be done once, and his reaction far exceeded my expectations!


//ooc; I meant to write that fic about the custom fangs, and it’s @vampchronfic/@gairid‘s OC, Brian Callahan (click his name for more about him, but if you really want to get to know him, you’ll have to read Gairid’s fics on AO3!

Also, wow, I am beyond flattered that you dug that deeply into my archive to followup on that. *hearteyes* I had asked Gairid if I could write that fic with her OC, and she’s even given me notes and encouragement for it, but like many fic ideas, it’s fallen to the backburner. 

Your ask has renewed my interest in it… and maybe I’ll try to actually write it. Thank you for that!

^All of which also applies to the tattoo thing, too! We’ll see what Louis says in his answer about it. 

Dear Lestat, thank you for answering my question on matters of the heart; your insight is very helpful! I do have another important question, though. Would you turn anyone into a vampire if they asked for it? Is it entirely up to you? Or are there certain rules by which you must abide? Not that I would want to be turned, of course – I’m asking for a friend… (sounds credible enough, right?) Sincerely, H.

♛I’m printing your message to show Louis AND Armand that at least ONE PERSON finds my insight very helpful! And thanked me for it! On second thought, Armand will probably suggest that I sent this message to myself but Louis knows I don’t do that. He knows I would invent a longer pseudonym, he knows I couldn’t bear to have an alias go by only one letter *smiles*

As much as I enjoy the act itself, no, I wouldn’t turn just anyone into a vampire if they asked for it. Other vampires in our coven might have a different answer, but I choose people who I can’t release to death… and the reasons for choosing them vary.

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As far as rules about it, well, a few of us, myself included, have broken the no-underage people rule, but that is still one of our main guidelines about it. There’s no board approval to do it, but we all try to keep our emotions in check and not turn every sexy tattooed barista we meet, not every musician whose talent we long to preserve for eternity. I admit I have something of a taste for musicians…

You have to understand that the Dark Gift is not an exact science, as with mortal pregnancy, there’s no guarantee of a good outcome. Every time we do it there is the chance that the person will die in the process, if they lose focus, if I lose focus, if the vampiric spirit fails to adhere to theirs… if there’s not enough blood to exchange,… so many ways for it to fail, and if Louis had died that night… I don’t like to think about it. There was a good chance he was ready to choose Death over me. 

And then, there are worse things than death. Nicolas seemed to be an animated corpse at first, and I could barely stand to look at his face, devoid of his own expressions, barely functioning… and then when he woke, I couldn’t celebrate that either. He was another someone I barely recognized. Was it the Blood or was it something he always had within him and kept from me? I might never know.

Dear Lestat, what are your holiday plans? With whom will you spend Christmas Eve? ~

♛I usually like start off my holiday gatherings in a large group social setting, with our mortal social circles mingled with the coven, dancing and live music, then gradually move locations and shed people as the evening wears on, making smaller and smaller circles of interaction, from the impersonal to the more personal, coven-only at some point… I dream of having a heated blood fountain at one of these and Marius keeps shooting me down! He has such a limited idea of fun.

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All this until, if I play my cards right and behave myself well, it ends up with just Louis and I alone together in a secluded little spot, or back home, tangled together somewhere with enough time before dawn for a little celebration of our own, if he lets me if we feel like it.

I feel like Lestat, Jareth, Thranduil and Lucius Malfoy are all brothers from different mothers. The resemblance in appearance and attitude is uncanny. Crossover with those four is much needed.

THERE WAS AN EXCELLENT POST ABOUT THAT LIKE A YEAR AGO let me show you it! [X]

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@deslea: 

Once upon a time, there were three brothers. Their land could not hold all their egos, so they divided their kingdom into three. One ruled over the elves, one over the goblins, and the third over wizards.

@xenophonrisingThere was a fourth brother, whom the other three did not speak of. His name was Lestat, and his rule took a while to be implemented– eleven books, to be precise.

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@i-want-my-iwtv: “All of them had hair of gold, like their mother. The youngest one in curls.”

Re: “Marquis.” Apologies. I thought as the living descendant, the title would have devolved upon you, even should the French government not recognize it. It was an honest mistake, no need to bite my head off. What would you prefer? Your Highness?

♛Alright, accepted. It was unintentional on your part, but when you invoke him, well… it’s still prodding at sensitive scar tissue. I had a complicated relationship with that man. And anyway, he was stripped of that title during the French Revolution. Neither he nor I ever told Louis to address him that way. 

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What do I prefer? The title I’ve earned started out as something Marius had to use in order not to beat me to a pulp, then it was gentle derision, and has gradually become a job title *sigh* People seem to expect me to be equal parts “Brat” and “Prince” at this point. 

Monsieur is sufficient if you address me by title.

Hello, precious soul. You’ve been given a gift of a little chick. 🐣 It’s tiny and loves you. Please, take a good care of it.

♛*cupping the chick in his hands* Fortunately for you, this wouldn’t even make a decent snack, but as I am not equipped for petcare of this type, I’ll deliver it to someone better suited for this.

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who in the world would dare do such a thing he belongs to you and you alone. what will you do once the culprit is caught.

♛Try telling him that. That he belongs to me. I admit I… need a lot of affection and he’s not always in the mood to reciprocate so I have to seek it elsewhere… but that doesn’t mean I love him or need him one little bit less.

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*huffs* The punishment will fit the crime and the criminal. Louis got a tongue-lashing. Verbal. He lashed back. It was a stalemate. We reached the same mutual understanding we always reach in such disputes, which is to say, nothing was resolved explicitly but we’re sleeping in the same coffin tonight so… win!  

What if you bite me and keep me with you for all the eternity?

♛Satisfaction is not guaranteed, ma petite. In every sense of the phrase.

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You do know that there’s more involved than simply a bite? I have to actually kill you first. It’s extremely erotic, but extremely painful. I have to actually forcibly pull your life away entirely – and you’ll fight me through it if you want to survive – and then feed a demon, a kind of cancer, into your body and soul. We still don’t know if it’s contamination or evolution. And it doesn’t always work.

There are worse things than death.

Every time the Dark Gift is given, a soul might be condemned for eternity. Some might say anyone I “keep with me” is condemned to the torment of my presence, or the desperation for me in my absence. Admittedly, monogamy has never been a strong suit for me. Not everyone is “tall enough to ride this ride,” if you get my meaning.

Reconsider your request.

So, I don’t normally do these bc do you really care? Do you really want to be reminded of the fact that I have limited media faves, that I’m pretty religiously committed to the one fandom like let’s be real it’s somewhat embarrassing that the only series I want to maintain a focused blog on is this trashpile of dysfunctional vampires wtf is wrong with me….

I’m taking this as an opportunity to reach out to ppl by tagging them, since I don’t do “Follow Forever’s” or “Follower Appreciation” posts/giveaways. I’m tagging first, putting my answers under a cut. To be fair, I can’t tag all of my followers, I would get such carpal tunnel syndrome, so I’m tagging some of the most recent ppl in my Activity feed who I’ve seen there often, and a bunch extra ;D


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Favorite…

Fictional Characters: LESTAAAAAAT OBVIOUSLY, Louis de Pointe du Laaaaaaac, Claudiaaaaaa, Armaaaaand, y’know, all the VC usual suspects so I’ll move on, Thor, Loki, Tony Stark, Ethan Hunt, the Torrance family, Joan Crawford (well she was fictionalized in Mommie Dearest sorta), Ursula (the Little Mermaid), Dracula (pretty much all versions), the vampires in What We Do in the Shadows, the vampires in the Lost Boys, The Walking Dead characters (I like them all!). 

Books: VC (obviously), The Shining, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, Firestarter, I like nonfiction books, like autobiographies, I liked the Marilyn Manson one (The Long Hard Road Out of Hell). 

Anime/Animated: I’m doing shows and movies in no special order: Spirited Away, Beauty and the Beast, Fantasia (the original), The Amazing World of Gumball, Bob’s Burgers, Robot Chicken, some older ones none of y’all will know so I’m leaving them out!

Favorite TV Shows: The Walking Dead, Oz, Married w/ Children, the Office, Arrested Development, Portlandia

Favorite Beverages: Diet Pepsi (altho I think Coca-Cola has always had better graphic design), Arizona Iced Tea (Green Tea), hot cocoa, cafe au lait, Iced Americano

Favorite Foods: PIZZA, Ethiopian (if you haven’t tried injera with all the yummy things on it you MUST), Chef Boyardee (I think I just lost my Foodie credibility with that one), cheesecake, mint choc. chip icecream, milkyway midnight, Kix cereal!

Last Movie I’ve Seen In the Cinema: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

Dream Holiday: Kinda want to go on set with Tom Cruise for at least 3 weeks to whatever he’s filming and basically be allowed all access to his process with his craft. 

Dream Wedding: Everyone in bathing suits because the vows would immediately culminate in a cake fight on the beach.

Dream Job: Official VC Fandom coordinator specializing in MERCHANDISE.