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duendology:

it’s a general observation of mine…

And a probable off-topic here as well but…

The life of the VC vampires became so uninteresting in every book after Queen of the Damned that I became genuinely interested in their lives before they become vampires.

ooc: I feel like for me… it’s just that things have gotten way too easy for the vampires, if that makes sense. TotBT was still ‘Okay WtF is Stat going to do to get himself out of this’. And MtD, while I disliked it at the time, still gives the vampires massive problems. There’s a guy who claims he’s a devil! A ghost of a victim is haunting a vampire! Is there a hell?!?! 

Later books, and especially Prince Lestat--and this was one of my two big issues with that book–sort of take away any of their problems. Suddenly they’re all too powerful for anything to be a real threat. And suddenly being a vampire isn’t even seen as bad! Vampires can have kids via vampire science! Maybe they can drink synthetic blood! The sacrifice for immortality isn’t there anymore and neither is the idea that it’s hard or not for everyone. It’s just handed out easily. it’s like they’ve turned from vampires into transcendent angelic beings or something, and it means there are no stakes. Want to be a vampire? Line right up! Why not! Let’s vampire everyone!

Maybe this is not where you were going, but I understand. I think as a fanfic writer or RPer, I like the cracks in canon–how did Daniel go mad? How did he get better? etc. etc. Because it’s fun to fill in the gaps with fic or RP. But I do wish we’d more of those stories in the books, because those are the stories I want. Not a world where vampires are happy-go-lucky creatures where nothing can harm them, I want to see them struggle with murdering people and wrestle with their own demons. 

So their lives before they were magically super powerful do become more interesting because they weren’t flawless. 

^I very much agree. Vampiring is so easy now. All one needs is a pair of fangs. 

I didn’t watch/read Trublood, Vampire Diaries, or Twilight, and so I can’t really declare an opinion on them however much I want to grrrrrrr

…But at least in VC, yes, a lot has been overcome, smoothed over, dealt with, and I think that’s partly what led to the crackiness we see in later canon. It may have been a need to create some kind of conflict again, but bc the earlier books had already resolved the juiciest issues, later canon came across as less dimensional.  

Again, I haven’t read/seen most of the more recent vampire media, but from what I have seen, my opinion is – and take this with a grain of salt, if you do love this stuff – these vampires seem declawed. Neutered. Their monstrosity has been watered down. Why? I don’t know. But they’re not interesting to me in that form. I can’t help but think that this has influenced Anne Rice in some way. 

Lestat would want to be a reality tv star, the other jobs take too much work.

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vagabonddaniel:

//One of my favorite things is idea of these vampires being on reality shows. Like just in general. But especially like ridiculous ones made up for them specifically. Like:

The Fledgling – 20 gorgeous young people compete to be Lestat de Lioncourt’s next fledgling by trying to win him over with one-on-one dates and their own charming personalities. Including a very special episode where Louis de Pointe du Lac gets to pick the people who get a date with Lestat. Hosted by Daniel Molloy. (Armand bribes the producers to let him into the editing bay and make an entire episode where Lestat rolls around on a bed complaining about the size of his feet and his other inadequacies.) 

The Talamasca Files – Follow awkward, can’t-say-no-to-vampires Talamasca Agent Stirling Oliver, as he flagrantly breaks his organization’s #1 Rule (”Do not engage with Lestat!”) and investigates supernatural happenings in New Orleans. Special guest appearances by the Mayfairs. 

The Real Vampires of Night Island – Immortality! Eternal youth! Constant drama! Watch vampires lead glamorous, picturesque lives as they navigate their way through a mortal world that hates them for their beauty and riches. Highest rated episode to date: “The Suit.” A red velvet riding jacket disappears from Lestat’s closet and he sets out to find the culprit. (Spoiler alert: it’s Marius. Spoiler alert: That’s all he’s wearing.) 

I mean, you know, for example. It’s not like I’ve thought about this a lot…

#it got better

i-want-my-iwtv:

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Armand bribes the producers to let him into the editing bay and make an entire episode where Lestat rolls around on a bed complaining about the size of his feet:

“Seldom did I see my feet in black socks. I knew almost nothing personally about my feet. They looked rather small for the twenty-first century. Bad luck. But six feet was still a good height.” 

~Lestat de Lioncourt, Blood Canticle

The five types of canon.

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vagabonddaniel:

duendology:

lostinsantacarla:

strangecousinsusanx:

saucefactory:

Canon: What actually happened.

Headcanon: What you think happened, based on the characters, settings, storylines and all reasonable extrapolations thereof.

Heartcanon: What you feel ought to have happened, quite divorced from rationality or sense.

Soulcanon: What you know happened, deep down in your soul, regardless of what anyone says. Including the creators of canon, themselves.

Crotchcanon: What your gonads wish had happened, or, alternatively, what turns you on.

Oh my goodness.

They forgot fanon which seems to be confused these days with canon…

So, what is “fanon” then?

//Fanon is stuff not in canon but that’s so prevalent in fandom that people have largely forgotten it’s not in the source material, ie, Daniel Molloy wearing glasses (which is Movieverse Canon, but literally never happens in the books). It’s headcanons that are extremely common or permeate the fandom so deeply it’s hard to separate them from canon, even if they never actually appear in the main material. (I think.. maybe someone else can explain it better.)

“The book never said it /didn’t/ happen” i say as I rub my little fangirl hands together.

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vagabonddaniel replied to your post: anonymous asked:Hi! What’s canon?…

//I love that graphic. That edition of IwtV, the movie paperback, was the first copy i ever got. 😀 It makes me happy to see. Also good explanation of canon vs headcanon.

Merci! I really love the concept of “headcanon” as separate from “canon,” gives that old “Read between the lines” quote so much flexibility. 

That edition was not the first one I read (which was borrowed), but it was the cover for the copy I got for myself: 

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Can we talk about the star symbol? Check out that star symbol. 

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I wonder who designed it? And what did it mean? IIRC, there weren’t 5 books in the series at that point. Maybe just “5-pointed star looks cool so here ya go.” Is it significant that the star is upside down? Is it a subliminal witch-related thing? 

At any rate, I was pretty obsessed with drawing it on my hand in marker. Just now, I cobbled it together in pshop… I am AWARE that the angles are ALL WRONG but I AM TIRED IT’S ALMOST MIDNIGHT GIVE ME A BREAK AND ANYWAY IT STILL LOOKS COOL:

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^I considered getting it as a tattoo, w/ inverted colors. But can’t really justify pulling the trigger bc A) I’d have to clean up the design and I am lazy… and I know what it means to me, but B) I really would want to know who designed it and what exactly it’s meant to be?

Daniel stared hard at the creature before him, this thing that looked human and sounded human but was not. There was a horrid shift in his consciousness; he saw this being like a great insect, a monstrous evil predator who had devoured a million human lives. And yet he loved this thing. He loved its smooth white skin, its great dark brown eyes. He loved it not because it looked like a gentle, thoughtful young man, but because it was ghastly and awful and loathsome, and beautiful all at the same time. He loved it the way people love evil, because it thrills them to the core of their souls.

Daniel about Armand. The Queen of the Damned, Anne Rice (via perladivenezia)

//I love this paragraph so much because it shows how Daniel is a weird, morbid, twisted guy and he loves Armand for exactly the monster he is, rather than being blinded to his nature by his beauty or something. Which is why I think Armand and Daniel, for all of their problems, have something real: Daniel has always seen through his masks and his appearance and still been fascinated by the creature beneath the shiny veneer.  

(via vagabonddaniel)

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vagabonddaniel:

i-want-my-iwtv:

queenofthesavagegarden:

ooc: tbh. I want L&L wedding in BP, but I want it to be interrupted. Would it continue in the end? *shrugs cuz i’m not Anne Rice*  

Priest/Officiant: “If anyone present has any reason why these two should not be wed in holy matrimony, speak now or -”

Everyone raises a hand, the objections are heard (it takes an hour to get through them all), and promptly disregarded.

//^ THIS THOUGH>

EVERYONE will have like a list of reasons. Reason 1: LESTAT IS LESTAT 
Reason 2: ETERNITY IS A LONG TIME MOTHERFUCKER 
Reason 3: Doesn’t this legally make Louis a queen? He’s not a very good queen.
Reason 4: Look if Louis is going to be my vampire queen. I want him to commit. DRAG RACE IT UP BABYCAKES.

Lestat: *glares*

Louis: *sighs*

you know we all hate you and want you gone. leave the vc fandom. make people happy.

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vagabonddaniel:

merciful-death:

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//You know what we all want, anon? We all want the people who send anon hate and form hate campaigns, and start drama by spreading rumors to find new hobbies (knitting is good! And you can do it alone, without anyone bothering you!)

We want our friends to be able to log onto their RP accounts and not find an inbox full of hateful messages. We want people to be able to RP with anon on because anon is a big part of this game. We want to come here to blow off steam, distract ourselves from boring vampire-free reality for ten minutes, and to celebrate this series of books together. We want these kinds of messages to cease. 

What does the anon hate accomplish? BC honestly it’s getting redundant at this point. We got the message, we know what you think you want.

You know what would actually make you happy, anon? Probably not wasting your time sending messages like that, but instead, spending that time on a more rewarding hobby. If that means celebrating these books together, great! If it means something not fandom-related like knitting, ALSO great!

How tall are you compared to Armand? Is it a benefit or a detriment?

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vagabonddaniel-recordedarchives:

I’m not that much taller. I’m a couple inches shorter than Lestat. Maybe 5 inches taller than Armand, when he’s not wearing heeled shoes, and the man owns a lot of heeled shoes.

Pros: I can make short jokes. Cons: I get punched for making short jokes. 

That’s about it, really. 

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vagabonddaniel:

//It is my firm headcanon that Daniel Molloy taught Armand to drive, during Armand’s “learn all of the technology” phase. Which had to have been about the most frustrating and simultaneously terrifying experience of Daniel’s young mortal life. (Can you imagine trying to teach Armand to merge onto a freeway while he’s more concerned at watching the speedometer and asking how it works? CAN YOU?) 

“It’s not legal to drink while you’re in a car, Daniel.”
“STOP LOOKING AT ME AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE GODDAMN ROAD.” 

For this reason, I also think Daniel never stops giving Armand shit about his driving and always tries to insist on taking the wheel when they go anywhere together in a car (this is a fight he probably loses a lot.) 

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.