Pros of being in the VC fandom: you get a lot of hot af vampires and a nice story.
Cons of being in the VC fandom: you’ll never leave it. There’s no escape. Welcome to hell.
None of us really changes over time. We only become more fully what we are.
1. RP is not a competition. You are not auditioning for the role of your muse. You aren’t trying to beat others out. You don’t own your muse or the muses who RP with your muse.* There might be 1 of your muse or 10, and that could number could change tomorrow. It’s not static. If you don’t like it, maybe tumblr RP is not for you.
2. No, seriously, RP is not a contest of any kind. It’s not about who’s “better” (who the hell decides that, anyway?) It’s not a race or a marathon or one of those irritating muddy obstacle courses. Fandom is giant celebration in a giant meadow and there’s room for everyone to play.
3. We are pretending to be vampires on the internet. It’s not serious business. Let’s all make an effort to be good to each other, yeah?
*Obviously you own your OCs, but the part about it not being a competition is still very true. It’s not.
Give me a vampire couple that’s been on and off again for like hundreds of years. Like they fight like crazy and break up and not see each other again for a long time but then come back together like nothing has changed and are all over each other in love. They won’t admit it but they’ll love each other forever no matter what, even if they’re not always together.
I love how werewolf/vampire/monster tv shows are now considered girl shows. Like, that genre is ours now. Fangs, claws, and the supernatural are now considered girl stuff, and that pleases me far more than I’d like to admit.
The first werewolf story written down was Bisclarvet. Written by a woman.
Mary Shelly.
Christina Rossetti’s goblins.
Ann Radcliffe’s Gothic horror castles. Angela Carter’s women with fur and fangs and fear of nothing.
Anne Rice telling of a woman vampire goddess. Shirley Jackson and the horrors rooted in our own suburbia.
Flannery O’Conner. Margaret Atwood at times.
Three sisters on the cold English moors writing stories of ghosts and death and wicked love.
Massive slews of ghost stories written by women and churned out by 18th and 19th century literary pamphlets.
“In all honesty, without all the fans who rp and make fanfiction and fan art about this series I would have lost interest a long time ago. You guys all bring these characters to life and are so passionate about them where Anne fails. Seriously, I have read fanfictions that are leaps and bounds better written and more interesting than her latest books. Keep up the amazing work!”
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