“People of the Page” is how AR addresses all the people who follow/comment/Like her FB page, but more specifically… it’s her army.
Hold up, let me clarify. I, for example, “Like” AR’s FB page, so I see her posts on my FB feed. I like to read them, and sometimes I Like them, or comment.
The difference between me (i.e. part of the non-PotP VC fandom) and the real “People of the Page” is that they are fervently devoted to her and defend her at the slightest provocation w/out question (sometimes that’s good). For example, the big Amazon review conflagration. I actually haven’t read up on that whole thing so I don’t know exactly what happened.
ANYWAY, the bottom line is that these PotP often side with her on the NO FANFIC issue (and other issues that AR holds dear), which comes into direct conflict with the rest of the VC fandom, who DO support fanfic, etc.
So we might never reconcile our relationship w/ the PotP but we can coexist with them. Hope that helped!
ooc; I think the thing that bugs me the most about the “People of the Page” is how quick they are to become an army of actual bullies? Once upon a time, when Mater got bad reviews, she’d actually go on Amazon herself and throw a tantrum. She’d attack her own fans if they did something she disagreed with (ie: fanfiction). More recently, she’s tended to not be the aggressor herself. She’d post “look at this negative review” and encourage “discussion.” Many of the “People of the Page” would then jump to her immediate support.
An example that comes to mind is this time she linked to an independent blogger’s page. The blogger had not fancied Pandora, so rather than waste the book, she made the pages into paper crafts. I can’t remember the exact wording, but Mater said something to the extent of, “This person disliked Pandora so much that they found it necessary to cut it to pieces. Comments most welcome.” Tons of people flooded this indie blogger’s page and left her disgusting comments about how she was not enough of an intellectual to “understand” AR’s writing and comparing the reviewer to a Nazi. Rather than, idk, stop the bullying since AR now claims to champion anti-bullying, she applauded the “discussion.”
Legit the People of the Page sometimes act like the Cult of AR or something.
Wow.
I….
Wow.
YES, thank u for the excellent addition, merciful-death. I’d forgotten about the Pandora thing, which is a much better example. I was putting it very delicately, but yes, the real terror is the sense that they are her unquestioning army of minions and can do damage by the sheer amount of them. Now I can really use this post as a resource in the future when anyone asks the difference between PotP & the rest of the VC fandom.
ooc; Thank you. I appreciate this message a ton. I honestly hate it when I see people that feel left out and try to be there for everyone. As i-want-my-iwtv has said, there’s enough of a divide with the “People of the Page” and the rest of the fandom. No need for any more cracks. It’s too hard to have tensions. It’s much easier to let bygones be bygones, get along and just be kind to one another.
I started this thing when I was twelve or thirteen that I challenge myself to make at least one person laugh a day, because then I know that even for an instant, I’ve brought someone some joy. That’s what makes life worth living.
Put ◎ in my ask. My muse will answer any question you ask them. Even if it's secret.
devilsviolinist
Nicolas baffles me. I have no qualms with him nor a particular interest in him. It bothers me that he seems to view me as his replacement and insists on fighting me constantly. I do not care that Lestat loves him—Lestat loves many. I feel as though if he were to let go of his bitterness we might become friends.
ooc; Yeah, I dunno where to start. You mean a ton to me and have very quickly become an important person in my life. I always enjoy our conversations and look forward to talking to you. I feel like I can be myself around you without being judged and it means more than you or anyone else could possibly imagine. I feel a sense of belonging with you and that’s something I rarely feel with people. You’re a genuinely good person who cares deeply for others and you try to bring people together. And you’re super honest, which also means a whole lot to me. I WORRY THIS WILL COME OFF CLINGY OR CREEPY LOL. I’m really looking forward to New Orleans with you and everyone in the fall.
primusdux
Ah.
I do not know where to begin.
I love and loathe Lestat. I suppose I should say that he became the world for me in my twenty-fifth year, that I loved him the moment he appeared at my bedside. I spent the next sixty-some years fighting that emotion, arguing with him yet submitting more often than I’d preferred. Six decades and I had not come to terms with my own feelings for him, of which I hated. I despised all that he hid from me, the knowledge withheld, and yet as I have stated before, his charm is overwhelming. It took the littlest action to have me in his arms.
I believed for many years that he had perished by my hand in the theatre. Armand, ever eager to have me, lead me to believe such and I never questioned—humorous, because I did nothing but press Lestat with my curiosities. A combination of Lestat’s demise (in my mind) along with Claudia’s left me detached, and for a century, I merely existed, wandering about the world with Armand beside me, and then alone.
Lestat’s music roused me, and upon seeing him once more, I felt as though I had resumed living. And yet the two decades following were more difficult than not.
I worry for him constantly.
ooc; BAE. ouo The mun is A+, super nice, idk just really awesome. She’s a super talented writer and I love all of her accounts so much. I JUST WISH SHE WASN’T SO BUSY SO WE COULD CHAT MORE. >:c
lestattheonetruepope
Non.
asavagegardenindeed
ooc; YEAH LOUIS ALREADY ANSWERED LESTAT, SO. But yes, the mun seems like a sweetheart and I’d love to interact with them more! ❤
merciful-death: #Yes#Yes Lestat#She was quite insane#It is unfortunate you could never detect that fact#I told you to not go forward with that concert#I told you it was a ridiculous idea#Had you simply canceled the affair and left with me I would assume the return of your crazy ex-girlfriend would not have happened#But I suppose you are easily manipulated#I loathe that she created such an immense imbalance within yourself for multiple decades#It is her fault that you went into the sun#It is her fault that you traded bodies with a pathological thief#It is her fault that you began to see images of Satan#It is her fault that you were catatonic for five years#It is her fault that…all of the events you chronicled in your last novel that I can barely stomach#She dragged you into her own insanity#I fear she will pull you back again#I would kill her if I could#There are few things that would give me as much satisfaction as ripping her heart out and smashing it beneath my foot#I would set fire to the corpse#It would be highly enjoyable#But I fear that would break you#I would have to do it in secret#You could never know of it#Mon Dieu
TRUTH SERUM!
For the next 5 hours, my muse cannot lie about a n y t h i n g.
His mouth.
As he himself has described, it is impossibly expressive. It is certainly true that his emotions can be seen in his ever-changing eyes as well, but it is his mouth that he molds so perfectly to his mood.
His smile can charm any man or woman he encounters—myself included—giving him this image of some suave youth that’s holding a mystery you cannot quite grasp, yet so entirely desire. He needs not employ the Mind Gift on any of his victims of the little drink; all that is required is his smile.
Lestat pouts when he is upset or simply wishing to achieve something. He is well aware of how I cannot bare that ridiculously childish look upon his face. When he cannot win me over with that “shit eating grin,” as it would be called, he will pout. I am ultimately a “sucker” for it. I will disregard whatever previously held my attention with a sigh of exasperation before giving him that attention.
When irritated, he will set his lips in the finest line. An argument can be predicted by that stillness.
He can look quite intimidating when angered, which is another matter that he has written of himself. But it is not simply his “generous mouth” which gives that impression, of course. His entire face morphs into a look of rage. It is rare that even I encounter it; we’ve only had such intense fights a handful of times throughout our history.
Ah, but a description would be incomplete without noting all that his mouth is capable of as well. While his grins and pouts might throw me into submission, the way his lips work upon my skin win me over to him completely, of which he is also utterly aware. He will kiss behind my ears, trail down to my neck, whispering this and that all the way. We will share a kiss between one another, sometimes rough, other times slow and passionate, and it is in those moments that I can do nothing but give myself over to him. I ponder then if eternity could be comprised only of his lips upon my every inch of skin.
I can hardly blame those many that fall in love with him. He is, unfortunately, irresistible at times. A true Casanova, Lestat is.
ooc; No, not at all. I think Louis is honestly very tough. While he undeniably can be melancholy, he is and always has been a fighter, even when he himself might not have wanted to be.
There are many examples of how he’s actually a strong independent vampire that don’t need no man very willing to fight for himself throughout canon. His father died and he became the master of the plantation. That time he fought Lestat on the Freniere issue. When he set his own house on fire. When he kind of set Lestat on fire. When he set a whole theatre on fire. When he pretty much was like “ok bye” when Armand left him. When he basically survived those years by himself before Lestat resurfaced. When he legit never put up with Lestat’s bullshit from TVL onward. Lestat himself said that Louis acts as his conscience much of the time, and to be that conscience, Louis has to be strong.
There’s a reason he’s one of the only vampires to have never went to ground.
I think, to be honest, the only person that’s capable of making him “fragile” is Claudia because he feels/felt he’s responsible for all of her sorrows and anger.
I-want-my-IWTV 