vcpositivity:

“I was a sad,lonely kid when I found the VC. I found beautiful characters that were sad & lonely too; who felt wrong about who they were but were learning to live & love anyway. I saw myself in them & as I grew to love them, I grew to love myself too.” 

There are wonderful things in these characters and stories, I’ve definitely found more than one quote especially useful in my formative years. What are some of your favorite quotes/concepts? I’ve always loved this one:

“But you love books, then,” Aunt Queen was saying. I had to listen.
“Oh, yes,” Lestat said. “Sometimes they’re the only thing that keeps me alive.”
“What a thing to say at your age,” she laughed.

“No, but one can feel desperate at any age, don’t you think? The young are eternally desperate,” he said frankly. “And books, they offer one hope – that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, and falling into that new universe, one is saved.” – Blackwood Farm

annabellioncourt:

sheepskeleton:

vcpositivity:

“I would like to draw everyone’s attention to the work of the lovely and talented sheepskeleton. Not only is she a wonderful artist, she’s curious, sweet and delightfully bright as well. Seeing her art crop up on my dash is always a gift.”

No, you are kidding now, A SECOND ONE?! 

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oh my god, let me love you! ❤ Thank you so much! I’m so so so so flattered ❤ Complimenting my art is one thing but me as well? oh, too much

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uhh I can’t. 

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YOU DESERVE IT, YOU SHINING THING, YOU!

sheepskeleton:

!vcpositivity:

sheepskeleton’s art is a miracle. Her interpretations of the VC characters capture not only their physical features perfectly, but their essence of who they truly are. Each drawing of hers makes my day, and I cannot wait to see what the future holds for her art.”

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oh my sweet pagan gods of the Roman pantheon!!! 
Let me love you, whoever sent this! awwwww I can’t, this is so inceredibly nice! ❤ Thank you so so so much! This fandom is impossible!
I’m so glad my art is important for someone ^.^ And it makes me so happy that you think that I’m somehow able to capture these beautiful, complex characters in my imperfect drawings :* 

thepharaoh-enkil:

vcpositivity:

“The Maharet roleplayer redhairedtwin is a wonderful person. The mun is friendly and approachable. Through her beautiful, emotive writing style she brings life into her muse which makes it always a joy to roleplay with her.”

CAN WE JUST TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH I LOVE MAHARET-MUN FOR A SECOND LIKE JFC SHE LITERALLY MAKES MY DAY WHEN SHE SIGNS ON/TEXTS ME

vcpositivity:

directmydesire:

Omg! Hi vcpositivity !

Thanks for the follow! Love reading fandom ppl loving on each other.

Even though I’m totally unknown in the VC fandom, I’ve followed it and lurked around off and on since 2001 when I was just an 8th grader.

These books and characters are a huge part of my life!

Hey there! That’s a really long time to lurk around! We here don’t like to see people feeling like their on the outskirts of the fandom-we want everyone to feel welcome and like they’re a part of our community; so if you’d like, there are tons of great people that the admins here look up to who would be willing to make you feel more welcome, and maybe get your name a bit more out there! 

I personally know that i-want-my-iwtv, cloudsinvenice, and annabellioncourt are more than welcoming and would love talking to you and anyone else who wants to get more involved with the fandom. Also, you can talk to merciful-death and see about being added to her all-inclusive skype group to meet some great people. 

And of course, an amazing way to feel closer to the characters and other people of the fandom is to send in asks to any of the great roleplay blogs floating around. Not only can you ask them about personal headcanons, but some blogs will actually give you a chance to talk to the characters themselves. 

(This turned out waaaay longer than I had initially planned, and I definitely don’t want you to feel like I’m pressuring you into participating more if you don’t want to. It’s absolutely okay if you’re most comfortable lurking about. We just want to make sure everyone knows there are many open doors for those who want to feel closer to the action!)  

^Could not have said this better myself.

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cloudsinvenice:

vcpositivity:

To the anon who doesn’t feel welcome in the fandom:

I’m sorry, but I won’t be posting your confession publicly. I’m extremely sorry you’ve had a bad experience in the VC fandom; however, I would be very happy if you’d message me off of anon, and we could discuss your experiences in private. I’m sure that I could hook you up with tons of lovely people who would be open to interacting with you, and who would love to make you feel welcome. 

If any of you want to message me off of anon to talk, I promise not to post any of your messages publicly. The fanmail option is always there, and if you start a message with //, then I’ll know it’s meant to be private.

And as always, I want you all to know that every single one of you are welcome here!

Seconded. Nobody should have to feel unwelcome in this fandom. ❤

^THIRDED. I’m always willing to reply privately as well. Fanmail is best for that. 

There’s been too much drama in the past, we should aim to enjoy each other positively *u*

I wanted to give a shout out to sonoftheblood. You are so awesome. And I love rping with you.

vcpositivity:

i-want-my-iwtv:

Sharing this shoutout to sonoftheblood, even tho I think Anon meant this to go to vcpositivity

BTW I am not actually a mod of vcpositivity but I do think they are doing a great thing for the VC fandom! Send your shoutouts to them! 

Hey there anonymous! Even though the incredible mun of i-want-my-iwtv here has already published your shoutout, we’re still going to turn it into a notecard for you and stick it in the queue! 

Also i-want-my-iwtv, while we’re here on your post, we hope you have a very nice birthday!!!

Thank uuuuu ❤

…and thanks also for adding Anon’s shoutout to your notecard queue! #VC fandom love

I DO do bump ppl and share shoutouts occasionally, of course… I try to have wide open arms and not play favorites sometimes more successfully than at other times but u should all know that the whole VC fandom is cherished in my heart (maybe not the PotP so much), you guys make this fun and worth doing for me, too ;u;

I’m so grateful for vcpositivity bc that blog exists for the explicit purpose of a stream of fandom support and cheerleading, even better than I could do, much love to them ❤