Anon, thank YOU for being such a loyal follower! *cries* Imagine my RL best friend who has been “mutuals” with me for over 20 yrs oh gawds the poor thing… we’re in it for the long haul, we’ll be teasing eachother about the color of each other’s tennis balls on our walkers someday…
You’ve stuck with me through thick and thin, I hope I’ve changed somewhat since then, for the better. Is there anything you’d point out as a difference now from 3 yrs ago? What do you like best about my blargh? What would you want to see more of?
(CLEARLY IT AIN’T MY BLOG THEME APPARENTLY I AM INCAPABLE OF IMPROVING UPON ““PERFECTION”” *figuratively beats my real life best frien who is also my webmistress w/ a rolled-up magazine* *the figurative beatings will continue until she agrees to put my damn tags on the damned LEFT OF THE POSTS in the new layout like I FRICKIN LIKE THEM TO BE*)
To my knowledge, we don’t really have a name, like the Potterheads for HP or the Hiddlestoners for Tom Hiddleston 😦
We’re just “VC fans.” If I’m differentiating between different vampire media, I’ll say “Ricean vampires” or “VC vampires.”
It’s an old fandom, so old that I’m pretty sure it predates fandom being the recognized thing it is today. We were also strongly discouraged from creating fanfic, so maybe that’s why we don’t have a name. VC fanfic was underground, the fandom was in hiding, we didn’t want to draw unwanted attention by having a name. The Talamasca slogan might as well be our fandom’s slogan, too: We watch and we are always here.
Sometimes I refer to us as “People Off the Page,” to differentiate us from the VC Facebook fans who Anne Rice calls her “People of the Page.” More on that here. They used to be a formidable army she could sic on other fans/reviewers/etc., but things have been peaceful for awhile now, thankfully.
I used to refer to us tumblr fans as “fanged little trash kittens” or “fanged little trash monsters” more frequently than I do now. Probably had to do with the fandom trend at one point of saying “I’m such X-trash!/I’m trash for X!” meaning that you loved X thing/character. Seemed only natural that we would be fanged trash creatures. And it’s gender-neutral.
Any variation on the words Vampire and Chronicles doesn’t wholly work for us, since there are so many other Vampire series and Chronicles series.
//I’d like to suggest “Children of Darkness“
I second “Children of Darkness”. So dignified.
Yes, we have been called that, or called ourselves that, in the past! I’m sorry I forgot! Here, I made us a super classy badge:
(Font is “Dr Sugiyama” from http://www.1001fonts.com.)
Awww thank you, love for the blergh is always appreciated
❤❤❤
I’m sorry you don’t have IRL VC ppl to talk to… There’s a VC discord chat you might be interested in, go to @firelight-fading or @monstersinthecosmos about that 😉
Casual VC-resemblance discussion is welcome here, and even better when it appears to be the offspring of one or more than one of the characters, especially one of your ships. AR was inspired by various ppl in her life, created these characters (some of these characters were created 40 yrs ago and may have outlived their inspirations by now :-O ), and we see her characters come to life in real ppl around us who behave or appear similarly… it’s a kind of immortality.
I had a boss who told me that he was the inspiration for a beloved Pixar character. That character is going to outlive him, and fans of that character might see his mannerisms/character in ppl that they know, or they may take elements from that character as inspiration for their own OCs, so in a way, my former boss has been immortalized, even though no one knows his name. You can be namelessly immortalized. We have ancient fandom memes and we have no idea who made them (urls go abandoned, but also, there was so much fear about claiming your own VC works for so long), but we know them. Like this classic(OP of that gif was not the creator, to my knowledge).
So, ok, Dino Jelusić: I’d never heard of this person before, I see what you’re saying re: his voice/attitude for Lestat. And you’re right, he has the broody brunette look to him (also his hair looks REALLY silky soft A+++ haircare, whatever he’s doing), although canon!Louis has wavy/curly hair.
This is a younger Dino on the left, and more current on the right, I think.
The Lestat vibe is there, CLOSE YOUR EYES AND LISTEN TO THIS DUDE:
Pretty sure he likes 80′s rock, I’m getting some Bon Jovi and Axl Rose in
Dino, for sure ;D
I’d consider auditioning him do the vocals for Lestat’s music in the VC TV series, just sayin’.
Awww, thank you! That’s very kind of you. (I was hoarding this ask for a few days, sorry for the delay in reply.)
It warms my heart to see the fandom active, too! It’s always been waves of more or less engagement, but recently there does seem to be something of a renaissance. If the VCTV series happens, we’ll probably have even more engagement!
#InktoberVC and the @vcsecretgifts exchange both stimulated great fanworks, I’m planning on setting aside a chunk of time to go through and reblog those Dec. gifts here (I haven’t had a chance to read all the fics yet!) ❤ I’m hoping that more calls for fanworks get rolling in 2018, too, and I’ll make an effort to promote them. We can’t wait 9 months until the next #InktoberVC ;D
In this world in a time when we’re on the brink of nuclear war bc of reasons I can’t attempt to tackle on a blog for entertainment and there are people in power tirelessly dedicated to stripping away our rights one by one, people
determined to widen the class divide, people dehumanizing other real life people, and there is unpunished crime on a daily basis, I come here for an escape and to offer the same to anyone who likes this blog.
I hope 2018 is a better year for all of us, online and offline, Anon. *hugs*
This is my last post of this year in this blog.
Thanks to everyone who enjoyed my VCfanart! I’m shy as frick and not good at English yet so I can’t express my thoughts enough, but I’m always grateful to you and l hug you in spirit! (so If you feel like someone is hugging you, maybe it’s my doing! lol) pls hd
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