@transylvaniateaparty submitted:

hei!
I love your blog so much!
And just felt like you might appreciate this.
First day I met him I was like “ wow. Marius De Romanus is real”
…. His name is Marius .. I shit you not. 
(and he has now been my boyfriend for 6 years) 


OMG that’s so sweet of you! I do appreciate it. A real living Marius! WITH THE BLOND HAIR. And he’s your boyfriend! Awwww, such feels. <333

In the pic he’s in the snow, it’s like he went back to revisit the rubble of his compound that Akasha wrecked ;A;

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And this is especially adorable on Valentine’s Day, whether you celebrate it or not, that you have someone you love to share it with (and nom on) is very special.

(If you guys don’t already follow @transylvaniateaparty, and you like goth fashion and aesthetics and such, check out their blog, do the thing.)

@laurasking​ submitted: I headcanon that when he’s out driving his Bentley (or other expensive cars), Armand carries a driver’s license that gives his name as So-and-so the Third, while the vehicle registration is in the name of So-and-so the Second…so any cop who pulls him over assumes he’s joyriding in daddy’s car.


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Yep, believable. Armand loves to f*ck with ppl’s perception of him!

Hey ppl, any ideas for good pseuds for Armand?

@laurasking submitted: If vampires had a TV soap opera, it would be called “All My Fledglings.”


Eheheee… and Lestat would have to be a leading character, as he is one of our more… erm… fruitful makers. He’s not at all embarrassed about it, either.

How does the fandom joke go? Every time X sound occurs, Lestat makes another fledgling? *facepalm* 

Tbh I think he’s just addicted to the act of doing it at this point. 

Master lestat may i ask a question of you. What exactly do you look for in a person in order to determine if you want to make them one of the damned? Personality wise more than physical traits and even then do you even look for any specific physical traits?
-forever yours crissabelle laffiate


♛Miss Crissabelle, this is a very difficult question… and I might answer differently now than I would have in the past, and may answer differently in the future.

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[X Lestat by HRFleur]

I don’t consider myself “damned,” not in the literal sense of the word. Not all the time, anyway. If I really did, I don’t think I could bring anyone into this life with me. I’ve always seen this existence more as an incredible adventure, why keep it to myself? In the same breath, not everyone can handle it, I can’t just give it out to every striking face and beautiful spirit that crosses my path. There has to be more to it than that.

Superficially, I admit I tend to be drawn to musicians and

dark haired people. Musicians because they have a passion for something, they needn’t be the best at their instrument but that they practice it and it gives them intrinsic pleasure outside of the applause of an audience… music is a language that speaks to the soul in ways nothing else can. Brunets, well, I admit I find them visually appealing, the darkness is a mystery, it begs to be touched, explored. There happens to be plenty of dark haired musicians out there so I can feel free to feed my heart’s desire in lusting after all of them and enjoy them without getting close enough to needing to invite them onto the Devil’s Road with me.

Appearance is always secondary to the inner qualities, and I can’t tell you what specifically those are. At minimum, the person has to know what they’re getting into, yes, you can live this life without killing, but killing is part of the fun as far as I’m concerned! At minimum, I choose people who are whole onto themselves and aren’t looking for me to complete them. People with their own pursuits. I’m not a babysitter. I’m not looking for a babysitter. 

It’s different for different people, but I would say that it all comes down to chemistry and I can’t define that for you. Patience is probably the main required personality trait.

The shape of their body does not matter to me, their gender, their age… it’s the indefinable spark you feel in their presence because the two of you are together. More than lust. Simmering joy in being with them, not because they entertain you, but because of what you can be together.


What you’re really asking is what I look for in a lover, because, with certain exceptions to this rule, the Dark Gift is for those who I need to keep with me forever, those who I can’t allow to slip away into the maw of time, if they’ll have me back. I’m not adopting a pet or taking on a student; that seems to end in disappointment sooner or later. 

So just being pleasant and charming is not enough. Real relationships have friction. I look for someone whose inner soul speaks to mine in ways no other does, someone for whom the fights make us stronger, because we have an underlying foundation of devotion to each other. 

Though I may fall in love easily, I do not fall in devotion easily.

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@laurasking submitted:

Armand is the best at masking his presence/thoughts because he had centuries of practice hiding his heart from Santino.

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Armand may be one of the best of the coven at his mind gifts, true. Lestat is very intimidated by Armand’s abilities ;D

I had to think about this a lot, maybe I’m misreading your comment. Hiding his heart from Santino (& Co.) for centuries? I’m not sure if he could do that. 

I would need to reread TVA. Just because Armand may not have believed in that religion, he may have eventually had feelings for his “teachers” there, and shared his heart to some extent. Why else be so passionate about trying to get rid of Lestat in TVL, so the Children of Darkness could go on with business as usual? If Armand was really that miserable, he could have killed himself, but he didn’t. When he became a coven master himself, he would have had even more freedom to do so if he really wanted to.