I needed to share this: awhile ago I was looking up IwtV references and I found this
horrible publicity photo, holy shit you can tell they’re so tired and
they all hate each other so much
I wish Tumblr was around when
this movie came out because I guarantee there’d be a trash vampire AU
based on this pic where they all live in a van and it’s basically Little
Miss Sunshine/What We Do In The Shadows
I agree, weird question, but honey, ucametotherightplace ^________^
Vampiring can be very busy! All the entertainment (concerts, galleries, fashion shows), the charity balls, the netflix & chills, and they still have to wedge murder in, too.
[@vampchronfic helped out on this answer! Much appreciated *u*]
Jesse and Pandora arrive early and always ask the host(ess) if they need any help setting anything up.
David and Marius are always on time. Perfectly.
Louis is on time when he is not being dragged into lateness by Lestat.
Armand is variable; sometimes on time, sometimes fashionably late, but he always leaves first. His reasons are never questioned.
Daniel is on time when he goes with Marius or Armand, but on his own, always late (still consistently arrives before Lestat).
Lestat is always late bc he takes forever to dress up and dress Louis up and is easily distracted. It’s gotten to the point where Brian* has to lie that an event is an hour earlier than it really is just to get Lestat there /close/ to the starting time.
David chastises Lestat every time, Lestat laughs and laughs. David sends Lestat fancy watches with alarms set, accompanied by notes like, “So you’ll know the time. At ANY altitude.”
(*Brian Callahan is one of @vampchronfic‘s OC’s that I have come to aggressively accept into my headcanon.)
Gabrielle is never expected to go to anything (she moves around too much to be sent an invite and pays no attention anyway) unless she is in the presence of someone who got an invitation. She has little tolerance for mingling, but she does like David. They swap travel stories and he can usually impress her with his depth of knowledge of ancient ruins and natural wonders.
So I just want to make a shoutout post to @i-want-my-iwtv because I love your blog and have been following it since I got into The Vampire Chronicles. You’re my favorite.
{2/2} Yes, these are the Right Questions. You know that’s just my reference to the line in the movie, right? Not to be taken as intimidation, Armand may have meant it more like, “Ask the questions that I have good answers for so it will make me look smart and attractive to you.”
Yes, they can get drunk off of victim blood!
Lestat mentions it first in IWTV: “Wine…Both of them had drunk too much wine. I found myself tapping the fence posts with a stick to make a tune,” he laughed. “But I don’t like it, the dizziness. Do you like it?’ And when he looked at me I had to smile at him because the wine was working in him and he was mellow;… his face looked warm and reasonable…”
Okay whatever we know u LOVE it, Lestat.
But they can’t drink it directly from the bottle bc Ricean vampires lose alot of digestive anatomy when they’re turned. So their bodies just can’t metabolize it.
Which is pretty much the case w/ smoking, too. The other obstacle is that they don’t really aspirate. They sigh and huff and whatever for dramatic effect, but they don’t technically BREATHE. But how can they talk, then?? Well SOME air is passing through, but not the amount we mortals need.
I do think Lestat smokes cigarettes just to irritate Louis, and also to satisfy his oral fixation, his need to fidget w/ smtg, and as an excuse to carry a cool lighter around ;D
So as far as the Night Island coven collectively blazing it (this image is making me grin so hard #FANART REQUEST), they can take a victim like Rihanna here, let her do the work and look gorgeous, and then they can pass her around, respectfully. The rule is Bite-Bite-Pass ^,….,^
I think you’re thinking of smoking mentioned in movie!IWTV:
Louis: Perhaps you’d like another cigarette? Daniel: Yeah, I suppose I would. It’s not bothering you, is it? Louis: No. Daniel: No, I don’t assume that it would be, I mean, it’s not like you’re gonna die from cancer or anything, is it? Louis: No, I don’t think so.
In book!IWTV, Louis dispels the myth about vampires transforming into steam (I cut it a bit for length):
Daniel: And what about the rumor about keyholes? That you can … become steam and go through them. Louis: I wish I could. How positively delightful. I should like to pass through all manner of different keyholes and feel the tickle of their peculiar shapes. No. That is, how would you say today … bullshit?
“The fucking firetruck” is what made me lose it haha! Oh, I love your edits, darling
Merci *u* I love that one too! Ppl miss alot of my quality stuff bc it’s buried in the archive, get your shovels and go dig it up! That firetruck one was from Jan ‘16.
And I made these just now FOR YOU and they are pretty dark oh well I’m only a little bit sorry.
Don’t forget Lestat is half Italian and Yes Louis would like some.
Hi dear! I love your blog, this is exactly what I needed my entire pre-tumblr life. I am in the fandom since 2004 when I was 12! Back then it was all guerilla style fandom I think 🙂 But VC gave me taste for certain aesthetics for life and great friends/vampire family back then. Comforted me when I needed it the most. Just wanted to say that your wonderful blog reminded me a lot of that love. thank you. ❤
I love these kind of stories, when and how we became addicted fell into this, how we found each other and what keeps us here. Welcome this fresh blood, everyone!
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