Two Fifty-One – Gairid – Vampire Chronicles – [Archive of Our Own]

Fresh fanfic by @vampchronfic! <333

Two Fifty-One – Gairid – Vampire Chronicles – [Archive of Our Own]

chyrsoprases:

VC Inktober Day 2 – Louis in a cozy fall sweater.

Alright, here’s the story behind this one: Daniel bought Louis this sweater as a gag gift, thinking it would be hilarious, but Louis didn’t get it and wears it around anyway. Lestat looses it every time he sees Louis wearing it.

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. 

Could we do a maker’s day event and submit gifts to this blog?

Yes, I think maker’s day gifts would be gr9, we get a lot of great fanworks for the @vcsecretgifts exchanges ❤ Having gifts collected on that page is really good bc it’s just for that, one easy archive rather than have things mixed into my stuff. Ppl are always welcome to submit things to me as gifts to the fandom or specific ppl!

– or even characters! Send a gift to my Lestat or another RPer’s muse! ♥u♥

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I had recently sent around a post asking if ppl were interested in a Spring exchange, and we got some good response on it publicly and privately, so I think we will proceed with it ^_____^

Maker’s Day should fall between Mother’s and Father’s Day, which would be June 1, but I’m away on a trip (JAPAN!) then, so it would be better if I was here to comoderate it, so next year, maybe June 1, but this year, I’m thinking April 1 or May 1. Would that work for ppl? 

I saw your recent post about Claudia’s murder of Lestat so I rewatched that scene on youtube. I had totally forgotten most of the details and wow. People bash Tom Cruise (for some pretty valid reasons), but everthing about his reaction and his words and expression was so perfect. They really captured that moment. Poor Lestat, I think because he was so happy he turned blind/naive in that moment when he asks Claudia if shes forgiven him and doesn’t think twice when she says yes. Claudia was being

(2/2) so cruel because she KNEW being really kind to him for once would make him the most vulnerable so she could kill him. And if that’s not evil I don’t know what is.


It’s one of the best scenes in the movie! And one of the most heartbreaking ;A;

“When Claudia starts her assassination plot by bringing him a human gift, Cruise’s eyes show Lestat’s surprise that someone has finally done something nice for him for the first time in the film… 

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In that moment, we realize that while Lestat is capable of love, he’s never been loved back.” – Amy Nicholson, Tom Cruise: Anatomy of an Actor 

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You are preaching to the choir re: Tom’s Lestat 😉 He may not have LOOKED 100% like Lestat but I thought his performance really captured the essence of the character. I think Kirsten took a lot of her acting cues from his Lestat, too. They were so well-matched that it was easy to believe that they were “father” and “daughter”; she seemed like a little girl version of him, inheriting more of his cruelty than his kindness, but definitely taking on both ❤

She really did lead him to believe that they had forgiven each other, and doing that one nice thing for him, to a person as starved for affection as he was… she knew it would kindle his hope for reconciliation, she KNEW that would make him the most vulnerable and YES that is pretty elite evil *cries*

moral-cipher:

//tbh if armand had been born in the 20th century instead of the 15th he’d probably be talamasca

^These tags tho!: #ooc, #way too much creepy psychic shit going on, #i mean shall we make a list, #out of body experience, #near death vision, #religious visions, #channeling god/trancelike state, #crazy telepathy skills, #projection of visions, #seeing ppl’s auras, #seeing and talking to ghosts, #(like srsly no other vampires besides david can do that???), #spellbinding/dazzling/confusing/calming ppl, #aka the mindwhammy,

Yeah, Armand seemed to exhibit quite a lot of abilities (these are a mix of pre- and post-turning), so maybe the vampiring just enhanced what he already had. 

Working at the Talamasca could have been perfect for him.

Excuse me Lestat but may I just say that Louis’ green eyes are very beautiful and sexy. It looks like he is staring directly into people’s souls when he’s looking at someone.

♛You may say so. He has no idea how delicious he is. No matter how many times he’s told. Probably for the best. 

He’s actually very sensitive about being objectified like this, so I try to keep my appreciation of him to my physical expression of love, rather than verbal praise *winks* 

What you’re interpreting as his “sexy” eyes, or that he’s capable of looking into people’s souls, that’s usually his ability to spellbind others, and he does it without even consciously trying to do so. It’s not just his physical attributes, it’s one of his vampiric gifts he hasn’t really needed to consciously hone. I wish that he would, though *dreamy sigh*

Hey Lestat I really need some advice… I accidentally didn’t give my dad a Christmas gift idk what happened I just ran out of time I didn’t know what to do and he called me out on it. Omg I feel like the worlds worst daughter. A total piece of shit. He wasn’t mad, just made me feel worse and now it’s just too late and I feel so horrible. We are really close, he got us concert tickets and I did nothing and rn I just want to dig a hole in the earth like Gabrielle so I can go to sleep for 10 years

♛My dear anonyme, this is not such a terrible crime. 

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You yourself are a gift to your father, and if he fails to see that, well, that’s his loss. Especially with how contrite you sound and how close you claim you are with him; the fact that he doesn’t take all that into account and allows you to feel like “the

worlds worst daughter” and “a total piece of shit” for such a minor transgression… not very fatherly behavior. Does such a person deserve a reward for that?

All of my fledglings, each in their own way, were gifts to me just by being themselves and my time with them was always far more valuable than any physical gift they could give. Seeing them blossom… being proud of them… knowing that they were made of the same material as myself, existing in this mystery with me, all that and more, those are the gifts that mean the most. …Even when they hate me, fight with me, and even try to kill me, seeing that ferocity in them still stirs in me a kind of thrill!

Don’t get this man a physical gift just because he’s thrown a tantrum over your not doing so. The concert should have been a gift from him of spending time together, not just his financial burden, which is how it seems he’s treating it.

Show him that you are the gift by doing something with him. Share a meal with him, play a card game with him, do some activity you both enjoy. If I was your father, that’s what I would have preferred anyway.