“damnitarmand is such an incredible Armand. Their prose is rich and beautiful and they manage to capture all of the different facets of Armand’s complex and mercurial personality so well. Their writing is always such a pleasure to read.”
// Eek! This is so incredibly kind. Whoever you are, come here so I can hug you immediately. You are wonderful.
Brief message of my own to all the writers, readers, fanartists, shy shadow-lurkers and lovely souls of the VC fandom: massive amounts of love and respect to each and every one of you.
So… There are
more than 300 people following this blog, and that’s unexpected and frankly amazing!
I know I
don’t interact much, not because I don’t want to but half the time I don’t
have anthing relevant to say, or I’m too “tired” to write in English (I think my
lazy brain is born tired…!). I’m always scared to make mistakes, and
afraid to be misunderstood *even if it’s always a risk whatever type of
communication is it*, so it takes me quite a while when I write something… which
inevitably ends up weird and full of mistakes haha. It’s easier to post silly
stuff, I guess it’s for me the best way to communicate with people! Everytime
you like, or reblog, I’m really glad to know I made someone laugh. *Oh gosh,
that’s so cliché! But I swear it’s true.*
Anyway,
thank you so much! I hope you’ll continue to enjoy whatever will be posted
here.
Awwww *u* such high compliments! Much thank. Very appreciate. THIS IS FOR YOU bc u know they totally roleplay too:
gairid‘s headcanon is the inspiration for the shoes ;]
The short answer is:
Which includes RP. You wanna RP? DO IT. We can always use more canon (and OC!) VC characters. Join in! I’m so sporadic with it, I wish I could devote more time to RP than I do but I have this daily chore thing i do called a “job,” very time-consuming, really cuts into my fandom experience grrrrrr…
You want some more? Hit the jump.
Let’s do this in bullet points, shall we?
AR waged war on fanfic in the mid 90′s. It was ugly. It drove the fandom underground and made fanfic very hard to find. Frowny face D:
We try not to tag her in discussions of fanfic or RP, basically, we don’t try to provoke her by making our RP or caches of VC fanfic known. Especially on Facebook, where she’s very active and might see it (and let’s not send her any links to fanfic or RP, etc.)
She’s never seemed to have an issue with RP, specifically. Maybe bc it’s not full-blown fic, and is collaborative? Noone knows. Maybe she’s not aware of it.
On a side topic, she seems to enjoy some fanart, she’s even publicly said she loves garama‘s work (I don’t have the proof rn, but I remember it).
Currently, she doesn’t seem to have an issue with fanfic. She hasn’t made a negative public thing about it other than this:
“…in 2012, Metro reported that Rice has taken a milder stance on the issue: “I got upset about 20 years ago because I thought it would block me,” she said. “However, it’s been very easy to avoid reading any, so live and let live. If I were a young writer, I’d want to own my own ideas. But maybe fan fiction is a transitional phase: whatever gets you there, gets you there.” “
Anything else I have on this subject is in my #war on fanfic tag, and I do try to keep it updated (sometimes other things bleed into that tag, like the ebook-tree.com/.net massive shitstorm around 4/2015)
TL;DR: She seems to have mellowed over time about it, so we can do it, but, just fanwork & play responsibly ❤
It may not look like it, but I try not to get too offensive to her. As difficult as it can sometimes be, we have to admit she did create these characters that have brought us all together, for which I’m endlessly grateful.
… he’s definitely on his way to completely exasperated.
Do you all have TagViewer? This thingie:
…bc the tags on this post ARE AWESOME:
(I totes mean that! In an internet sociable way, y’know <3)
Hit the jump for moar…
IKR?? I know it’s just a dude throwing grapes at another dude BUT THERE IS SMTG ABOUT IT OK. SMTG CAPTIVATING. Maybe bc it’s kind of the opposite of what sexay vampires should EVER DO? Maybe bc neither one of them can eat grapes?? It’s inexplicable.
Louis has perfected near zen-like patience bc honestly LESTAT HAS DONE SO MUCH WORSE TO HIM AND REACTING ONLY ENCOURAGES MORE.
And the calmer reactions:
#True facts.
#Accurate.
They’re only bothering to pretend bc in the books Lestat’s dad was living with them at the time. And he WAS BLIND SO THEY PRETENDED TO EAT DINNER WITH HIM FOR SOME SENSE OF NORMALCY.
ooc; I’ve received a ton of messages about this the past few weeks, so, no, y’all didn’t miss the stream. It got postponed due to schedule restraints. For that reason, here’s another big informative post regarding the stream that was postponed.
I will stream Interview with the Vampire on May 31 at 2PM CDT over at my channel.
There’s a chat on livestream, but we usually talk more on Skype, and the conversation always continues after the movie is done.
It’s basically tradition that we play Cards Against Humanity or Board Game Online after the movie.
Either shoot me your Skype or comment that you want in the Skype chat, and I’ll send you my Skype handle. (If you’re already on my Skype, just RSVP on this post or on Skype and I’ll get you on the list for the chat.)
You don’t need Skype to participate in the stream itself. Like I said, there’s a chat on my livestream page, but we usually just continue doing fun stuff on Skype afterwards and make it a fun fandom day.
Feel free to reblog this post. Everyone is invited.
“Why hasn’t anyone done any shoutout to nijah yet? Her OCs have the most interesting backstories and her ability to rp canon characters are shockingly accurate. And the mun is a bae. I feel privileged to know her in this community.”
//Goodness, I am touched beyond words. In three days I got three shoutouts all over my blogs. You won’t believe how hard I am trying not to sob right now.
This fandom had been very, very good to me. Especially considering how clumsy my rp and writing skill is. It always give me warmth and strength I need whenever or wherever I return. I enjoy rping here. And I like everyone here.
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