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“Lestat’s name doesn’t mean anything. It is a name that I made up. I search hard and long for names that are unique, and Lestat is, in a way, a mistake. There is an old French name in Louisiana, "Lestan”, and my husband’s name is Stan, and I thought I was using the old French name when I wrote Lestat . It was only later that I realized I had added a “t” for an “n”, and created a name that didn’t exist, so you might call it a Freudian slip. Lestat was definitely like Stan. His self confidence, his blonde hair, his blue eyes, his feline grace — all of that was inspired by my husband, Stan. So maybe it means ‘the Stan’.“

– Anne Rice (Source X)

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daniel-james-molloy:

interviewed-the-vampire:

//Im out if i see one more hate anon about the pacific rim au. I thought you people would get your shit together for 5 seconds so we could have some fun but I guess not.

//Shocking notion to the haters out there; if you don’t like it, no one is forcing you to follow or participate.  

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Filed under: #OH BUT THEY ARE #U HAVE TO PLAY WITH ALL THE KIDS IN THE SANDBOX, #THE INTERNET IS #A VERY SMALL PLACE #AND EVERYONE THERE HAS TO PLAY WITH EVERYONE #AND GET ALONG #AND NO ICEPOPS FOR #PPL #WHO #DONT ##LIKE ###TO ###S#HAR#E ###BLARGHLARRARGHLERARGGGHLE

… seriously I don’t even know what’s going anymore, but that gif is so perfect, like, dramatic zoom on confused bird is pretty much the best response to anonhate that we have. Clearly:

  • Positivity is considered hypocritical at worst, and fluffy at best (whatever, I still like it and will promote it, I still have a bunch of it in my queue),
  • and rational arguments against anonhate have done little to reduce it,
  • Because in the last analysis, Haters gonna hate.
  • In conclusion: dramatic zoom on confused bird

Happy Father’s Day! In two ways I guess. Thank you for everything in my mortal life, and my immortal one.

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♛ You wonderful creature, you’ve always deserved it all and more, mon bijou *embraces and showers her with kisses* 

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How on earth do you pronounce Louis’ last name? I have never really knew how to pronounce it. To be honest his last name is a mouthful.

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takemetocoffin-or-losemeforever:

i-want-my-iwtv:

♛“Pssssst: that’s not the only thing about him that’s a mouthful.” 

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Alright *shoves Lestat aside* to answer your question: How to pronounce Louis de Pointe du Lac: you’re lucky I took French in high school which has been EVER so useful to me in my adult life. NOT.

  • Louis: “Loo-wee”, with less emphasis on the “wee” part.
  • de: “dih,” means “from” in French.
  • Pointe: “Pwan” with almost no emphasis on the “n,” means  “tip.”
  • du: “due,” means “of.”
  • Lac: “Lack,” means, “lake.”

BRING IT ALL TOGETHER! Emphasis on Pointe and Lac bc of reasons.

“Loo-wee dih Pwan due

Lack,” “Louis from the tip of the lake.”

This has been your French lesson.

With the blessing of i-want-my-ivtv (praise be to you Uncle Lestan!) and one
shoulder left (sword-mishandling during a blessing happens a lot more than you
can imagine), here’s a
little tutorial on how to pronounce Louis’ name.

Warning: strong French accent incoming.

IT GOT BETTER. your French accent is impeccable. PARFAIT JUSTE PARFAIT. am I gonna need to coerce you into pronouncing more stuff properly in French hmmmmm?… also you pronounced Lestat the way I prefer, too, none of this weird Germanic “Les-DOT” crap Mater tries to get us to do.

ooc: PSA to the VC RP Comm

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vagabonddaniel:

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. 

You said you try to be the rper you want to be but what do you mean? I try but can’t always reply to posts right away.

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vagabonddaniel-recordedarchives:

Oh, anon, I’m glad you asked!

When I say I try to be the RPer I want others to be, I absolutely don’t mean replying to threads with ninja speed and being on top of your RP tumblr like being Lestat, etc, is your job. (Unless you have managed to make into a job in which case please explain how.) Everyone is busy and has obligations outside of tumblr. If you want to and can reply to things quickly, power to you! If you can’t, it’s not a big deal and anyone who doesn’t think your replies are worth waiting for you is probably not an RP buddy you want. 

What I mean is that I try to follow the Golden Rule: treat others as you want to be treated. Which means, essentially, put stuff out there, sending things out, foster interaction, and be open to being sending things to you. 

You’ve probably heard about reblog karma. This is a good thing, where if you reblog a meme, you send an ask to the person you reblogged from. Great. But how about instead of reblog karma, you think of it like RP Karma. This is a game that falls apart if everyone sits still and waits for things to come to them. 

So for example, if 6 people on my dash post a meme and I have time, whether or not I reblog it, I try to send everyone an ask. Sometimes the memes require thought and I can’t think of a question or ask for everyone and that’s fine. Sometimes I’m busy or on mobile and just can’t get to it. But if I can and and I have time, I make an effort. Especially if it’s a “send a symbol for a headcanon” type meme, just send some out! You can copy and paste the same one into everyone’s box if you want. 

Beyond memes, if you think of a question you want to ask, say, Louis. Send it to a Louis you follow. Hell, send it to ALL OF THE LOUIS RPERS! Why not. 

Or if someone posts an ask answer or a one liner* your muse has a reaction to, comment on it! React IC! That’s the point. If, say, Armand posts a line like “Banzai trees are hideous!” Lestat can reply that he’s making Banzai the official Coven Tree, Louis can argue that his banzai in Trinity Gate is quite lovely thanks, and Daniel can complain that he has no sense of cultivating something and watching it flourish. 

I’m also a fan of reblogging replies you really love or sending people messages to tell them how much you appreciate their work. RP seems to be a hobby where everyone has days they doubt themselves, so a little positivity goes a long way!

TL;DR: Basically, when you have time, energy, and inspiration, put things out there. Reply to other muses’ IC asks & posts, send asks (anon or IC), reblog replies you like, comment on posts, send kudos out through VC Positivity or just in general. Be the RPer you wish everyone else was in terms of what you put out there. Because if you don’t send things out and interact and make RPland a happy place, no one is going to do it for you. 

(*Obviously check RPer’s rules and if they don’t want people responding to things IC, heed their wishes.) 

^THIS.

Same goes for interaction with fanartist, cosplayers, general fandom ppl, etc. Don’t wait from someone to drop into your inbox, reach out to them! Be the blog you wish to see *u*

Yo mom, what’s up with that movie night/livestream you were talking about 3 weeks ago? Still happening? Do I need to clean up my room, vacuum or anything? Say hi to dad, xoxo (lol lol)

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merciful-death:

ooc; I ended up having to cancel it for the day I’d originally scheduled it, but I’ll run another one soon.  Maybe next weekend…  I’ll have to see.  I’ll post no later than Monday if it’s a go or no-go.

We generally do a voice call after the movie, but no webcam, so no worries about cleaning rooms. 😉 I’m in my pajamas with no make-up on 99% of the time when I’m sitting at the computer at home and y’all wouldn’t want to see me.

Judging by the order of that vcpositivity post, if I’m the mom, does that make vagabonddaniel the dad and i-want-my-iwtv Uncle Lestan?

-SAYS HI TO DANIEL-

OuO I love rewatches! IWTV I assume? Hmmmm? It’s actually been awhile since I watched it rather than pulling 1-3 second bits for gifs 

Me as Uncle Lestan? Will take it. *salutes*  

While we’re flattered to be referred to with such titles, there’s enough room for many parental figures in a fandom! Definitely not excluding more moms, dads, and Uncle Lestans ;]

On the subject of parental figures:

Technically, for those who aren’t aware, Louis was meant to be AR herself as an insert. Claudia was based on Michelle Rice, the daughter AR lost at age 5 to

leukemia ;A; 

So Louis really is the mom of the series.

The name “Lestat” derives from “Le” which is “the” in French + “Stan” which is her husband, Stan Rice. She had actually intended the character to be named Lestan, and a typo led to him being Lestat instead.

Daniel, having been the interviewer that brought the VC into a published work, definitely should get some credit as a sort of father of the series ❤

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vcpositivity:

“Shoutout to merciful-death, vagabonddaniel and i-want-my-iwtv who are like mom, dad, and uncle Lestan for our community. They’re super nice people and great roleplayers, I want to thank them for the time they put on being pillars of our community, organizing stuff, leading discussions, creating content and in general being awesome and keeping us together.”

Awwwwww! What a lovely message! 

♥u♥

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I think I can speak for all three of us *~parental figures~* when I say all we want is to enjoy this fandom together with u all! 

~ ♥ ~

Personally, I love getting impressions from ppl just starting reading the series, as well as ideas from ppl who have already read and reread some or all of the VC. The headcanons ppl share are inspiring and the fanartists breathe visible life into these characters we all cherish. The silly stuff, the meta discussions, the RP… it’s a gift that keeps on giving to support such a fandom. 

So thank you for following us, for sharing back with us, and if I could quit my job and just do this for a living I WOULD DO THAT IN A HEARTBEAT so much fandom love back to you, and the original writer of this lovely sentiment.