i made a thing. let me know how long it takes you to win. I’M STARTING NOW WITH TALE OF THE BODY THIEF, I’LL LET YA KNOW KIDS. 4 BOXES ALREADY JUST FROM THE PROLOGUE.
‘Egg tempera paint’ and ’preternatural’ just about killed me!
Marvelous! Glistering! (<– other popular Ricespeak)
Thanks for the compliments! Glad you like my blog 😀
(I get this question in different variations every so often, it’s under my #Order of Operations for VC tag, if you want more thoughts on that.)
I always suggest reading all the books, but not everyone can or wants to do that. Those first 3 books tend to be considered as the best of the VC by the fandom in general, but individuals have different opinions.
I’d suggest you go on to book 4, Tale of the Body Thief, and read them in order, bc that’s the order in which AR explored her stories. I don’t know what aspect of VC you fell in love with before, so if you could tell me about that and/or your fave character(s), whether you have an issue with problematic things bc some VC books are more problematic than others… I could tell you whether you might want to skip Tale of the Body Thief, for example 😉
Another fanart of Lestat from the Vampire Chronicles. We drew it something like 15 years ago and the pic was taken with a camera from the original drawing… sorry for the bad resolution. ^^ Hope you like it all the same!
…For our third annual Vampire Chronicles Secret Santa exchange!
If you participated last year, or participated in any of the other exchanges we hosted after, you should be familiar with how this works. Think Secret Santa, but with no sharing of physical addresses. The gifts given are all shared completely on Tumblr, be it drabbles, fanart, awesome graphics, or what have you. We’ve had great turn outs the past couple of years, and I am definitely looking forward to seeing what great stuff you guys submit this year!
If you would like to join, you can sign up until December 2nd at 11:59PM CST. On December 3rd, we will be assigning all of you your Santas. So, feel free to swing by the rules page, and once you’ve read that through, go ahead and join!
Do the thing, ppl! @merciful-death and I are once again mods of this event.
We need fanworks now more than ever!
We’ve gotten a lot of entries, this is shaping up to be another great exchange ❤ Remember to sign up!
When we posted this LestatxLouis fanart in our old website, several years ago, it became very popular and we liked it quite a lot. Now we can see how amateurs we were and feel the need to make new ones. ^__^
Yes, I obvs enjoy our faction of the VC fandom here too! We’re all excited/ nervous/other… some ppl have nope’d out entirely, it’s a big mix *hugs*
Casting Claudia will probably not be an issue if they start with TVL, bc Claudia’s only in IWTV, and just mentioned in later books. It seems like AR really loves movie!IWTV, so I doubt she would redo that book.
But… let’s cast an actress as Lestat’s little sister for TVL, the 8th de Lioncourt child, and then have her play Claudia, too! The resemblance would be so heartbreaking! ;A;
For funsies tho, I must inform you… awhile back, @hyperbeeb suggested Mia Talerico [X], who just turned 9 on 9/17, and I have to agree!
[^She’s the kid from the “confused baby” meme!]
Mia’s had a long career already (IMDB says she was eleven months old when she started filming Good Luck Charlie, so that’s 7 yrs of acting, being directed, being comfortable in front of the cameras, etc.). I Perusing through gifs of her (thank u @child-actor-gifs!), I think she’s got what it takes. Physically, who can deny that she’s super cute, w/ doll-like features as described in the books, fiercely intelligent, adorable smile, and naturally blonde already (so we can save a few $$ on hair dye!).
^Here she is a little older. She almost looks like she plotting here… Look what she’s doing with her hands, conscious acting choice? I think so. Imagine she’s crushing a (breakable prop) porcelain doll’s face into shards instead! Yissss…
^Perfect disingenuous apology, very Claudia.
^”I want more…” hugs? Sure you do.
^So yeah let’s hurl her at AR!
(ﾉ^ヮ^)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧
I think we could also find a great child actress on Insta or YT, some fresh kid whose experience comes from making short vids under adult supervision so they are already accustomed to taking some direction bc kids are notoriously difficult to direct. I love Katie Ryan on Insta (@katieryan430) … It’s frickin’ BATS.
IIRC, there was alot of difficulty finding a 5 yo talented enough to play Claudia in movie!IWTV. Kirsten Dunst was the first they auditioned of one hundred actresses, varying in amount of experience, from around ages 5-12. The 5 yr olds struggled with the intensity that the part required… so I wouldn’t mind if they aged her up to 10 or 11. If they cast a 5 yo who looks perfect but can’t act like the frustrated adult inside, it won’t really work.
If Claudia’s in the new adaptations at all, I think it will be as a ghost (in later books, she sort of haunts the Rue Royale, Louis, and Lestat), which could also be animated and voice acted by an adult.
I-want-my-IWTV 