Merry Christmas to @hitch-delish! The content is hardly Christmassy, but I hope it meets your expectations! Sorry that it was a little late.
– @gairid
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Gifts will be posting today!
This is it! Your Secret Santas will be revealed!
We’ve had a few people notify us that their gifts will be sent late. If you’re running behind, please let us know. It just better helps us work out if we should have someone else fill in for you. This time of year is stressful and busy for everyone, so we definitely understand. And it’s no big deal if you’re a few days late, though if you can have your gifts to us sometime today, that would be super.
This exchange has been stellar. The mods have brainstormed a few ways to make future exchanges even better. These events are a constant learning experience for us, especially as participation grows. As we did last year, I’m thinking we will do a Secret Valentine in February, as our mini-exchange following this one.
I would like to give a big shout out to @i-want-my-iwtv, who has been such a phenomenal moderator for this event. I (merciful-death) have had a lot more on my plate this year than I did last year, so her help has been so much appreciated. There’s a lot that goes on to make these exchanges a success, and I could not have done it without her.
I hope that everyone who celebrates it has a Merry Christmas, that y’all who celebrates other holidays have had a great holiday season, and that the New Year will be awesome for everyone. The VC fandom is full of many wonderfully gifted and kind people.
Thanks,
merciful-death
^All this, seconded, underlined, bolded. We are fortunate to have such a pool of talent in our fandom. I am impressed with ALL of the gifts.
;A; Thank u for the kind words, @merciful-death, I was honored to be part of it *hugs tightly* of course you know this means you’re stuck with me for the next one, if you’ll have me.
Two more days!
This is another reminder that the deadline to send in your presents is approaching! We prefer to have them all in by 11:59PM CST on the 23rd so the moderators can get them all put into a queue for the 24th.
Also, as a reminder, you are to send your gifts to our submit box, unless we’ve worked something else out. The reason we do this is so everything can be neatly organized on the page and won’t require anyone to go searching through 30+ blogs to find all the gifts. It also makes it so the posts are spread out throughout the day, rather than having everyone posting at midnight.
When submitting your gift, please note who it is for. i-want-my-iwtv and I actually don’t know who every single person is gifting to, since we matched up different groups of folks! Listing who you’re gifting to will make organizing the presents infinitely easier for us and we would much appreciate it. ❤
If you’ve had anything come up that will make the gift you’re making be late, or if you can’t fill your assignment at all, please let us know!
Thanks!
-merciful-death
Three more days!
Hey! This is your reminder that you have three days left to submit your gifts for the Secret Santa exchange!
When you are ready, send your gift to our submit box, along with any special instructions you may have for it. We will place your present in a queue to be posted on the 24th.
If there are any complications (such as if you are making a photoset; we obviously can’t receive that through the submit), message us and we will work something out with you.
Thank you!
Reminder *u*
Do you have any fanfiction recommendations? Personal favorites?
Fanfic?? there’s no such thing as VC fanfic… pfffft. What are you crazy honestly??!
^Lestat is laughing bc he knows I is sarcastic.
I have a huge list of faves. HUGE. But the thing about VC fanfic is that we still have to be sort of careful about sharing it bc of reasons (under the cut if you wanna know why).
MY faves may not be what you’re looking for as I tend to skew L/L, since they are the OTP I am hopelessly afflicted with, but I have some drabbles and links to fic saved with other characters in my #fanfic, and #damn you and your perfect headcanon perfection tags here. There’s also some fine stuff in the @vcsecretgifts archive.
Archive of Our Own (aka AO3)
has a mission statement about protecting fanworks from copyright infringement arguments, so I feel pretty safe recc’ing stuff that’s on there:
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Gulfport: A British Petroleum Fanfic (Part One) by hw_campbell_jnr – There are 2 parts and it’s incomplete but this is devastatingly beautiful long!fic. Hipster modern Lestat and Louis, Lestat going by a pseudonym, politics woven in, it’s just too good. It annoys me how good it is. I am annoyed. I would be less annoyed if it were COMPLETED.
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First Light by Rebness – Such feels, Claudia’s POV on her final night ;A;
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The Grim Brothers by Rebness – incomplete but it’s a fun little werewolf AU! I hope the author picks it up again someday.
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The Sexting Caper by Gairid – because sexting!
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The Haunting by Gairid – A haunted object.
- Gairid also has some excellent long!fics and collaborations with Leshan that are worth checking out, too many to list here.
- My stuff… see Burnadette_dpdL. De Motu Cordis is not my fave but has one of the highest hit counts. L/L lovey fluff *blushes*
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One Night in New Orleans by iskra667 – L/L dubcon angst, fluff, I just really enjoy it.
- Childhood memory – a harsh lesson is learned (not the official title) @devilsfool – a response to an Ask, a first kiss, child!Lestat.
- Lestat’s actual birthday (not the official title) by @viaticumforthemarquise – Gabrielle’s POV on the day Lestat is born oh gawds! Baby!Lestat
Hit the jump for a teensy fanfic history lesson.
In short, Anne Rice had waged war on VC fanfic in the mid-90s, sic’ing her lawyers on many fanfic writers, eventually breaking apart fanfic sites (“speculative fiction” or “spec” archives/communities) and driving many of these writers to stop writing altogether or do so in a more underground way.
Currently, she’s had conflicting stances on fanfic, but hasn’t made outright war at nearly that level. We try not to tag her in discussions of it, basically, we don’t try to provoke her by making our caches of VC fanfic known. Especially on Facebook, where she’s very active and might see it. She posted this on her FB in 2014 (I think):
2015 VC Secret Santa Gift Exchange
HEY. You. Yes you! With the fangs.
We have, in our gracious graciousness, decided to extend the sign up deadline to Thursday, 12/3, at 11:59pm CST.
… We actually have enough people for a lively gift exchange, but we both decided moar gifts is always better 😉 I’m telling you, I’d be thrilled to receive a gift from any of the people who have signed up so far.
Once signed up, we will be arranging the givers/receivers and will send out assignments 12/6. Due date for gifts will be 12/23, 11:59PM CST.
If you’re unfamiliar with this exchange, this is the second annual virtual Secret Santa gift exchange for the entire Vampire Chronicles fandom. It works just like your ordinary Secret Santa, where each person is assigned someone they must gift to and remain anonymous towards until the final day of the exchange. The difference is, this exchange is entirely virtual, and thus requires no sharing of any physical addresses. All of the “gifts” are fanworks, be it writing, art, graphics, fanmixes, etc.
For more information on the exchange, visit our rules page, then head over and join. Definitely check out our archive of gifts from last year’s exchange too, to get a feel for what this event is all about!
And feel free to reblog this post. The more people that join, the more awesome stuff we all get to enjoy on the 24th! Our turnout is looking awesome thus far. 🙂
So what do the VC vampires do for Thanksgiving and Christmas?
(You might want to check @vcsecretgifts for more VC holiday goodness!)
They gather together and be sociable! There’s an ugly sweater contest, just to irritate Lestat (it really does!). Daniel usually wins bc he is willing to spend hours hunting second-hand stores to find the VERY WORST, and most authentic, tacky holiday sweaters. In fact Louis lets him choose. Without fail, Lestat has to rush Louis home to tear off such an abomination.
#Your headcanon may vary on this, but Thanksgiving, being an American holiday, is probably ignored by most of the coven. Lestat has thrown feasts for small groups of gangsters bad guys, however, just to really enjoy drenching them in the finest alcohol so he can sample whatever’s in fashion. Sometimes Armand, Daniel, Marius, or others, join him in this.
Marius, too, throws feasts for mortals, but when he’s hosting, they’re as safe from him as the most of the Palazzo boys were; he loves the chance to argue things like politics and the current trends in cinema with collegiate people.
Xmas, too, may not be celebrated by all the vampires since most are secular in their beliefs, but they all like to do some measure of decorating for it. Lestat goes all out, with the biggest tree he can fit in the Rue Royale, layering it with ornaments and tons of tinsel (the poor cleaning crew are still finding bits of it 6 months later), and Louis has become very enamored with LED string lights. The fountain and plants in the courtyard is thoroughly threaded with lights in several pastel colors by December 1.
There was one year that Lestat felt required to top the tree with a most unusual ornament…
2015 VC Secret Santa Gift Exchange
This is your reminder that if you are wanting to participate, we need to have your form submitted by December 1st at 11:59PM CST. That’s Tuesday! Don’t miss out by forgetting to join!
If you’re unfamiliar with this exchange, this is the second annual virtual Secret Santa gift exchange for the entire Vampire Chronicles fandom. It works just like your ordinary Secret Santa, where each person is assigned someone they must gift to and remain anonymous towards until the final day of the exchange. The difference is, this exchange is entirely virtual, and thus requires no sharing of any physical addresses. All of the “gifts” are fanworks, be it writing, art, graphics, fanmixes, etc.
For more information on the exchange, visit our rules page, then head over and join. Definitely check out our archive of gifts from last year’s exchange too, to get a feel for what this event is all about!
And feel free to reblog this post. The more people that join, the more awesome stuff we all get to enjoy on the 24th! Our turnout is looking awesome thus far. 🙂
Do the thing. Give ‘n get the Gifts (ﾉ´ヮ´)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧
The 2015 Secret Santa Gift Exchange is happening!
We’re ready for our second annual Secret Santa fanworks gift exchange! Sign ups are open now through December 1st at 11:59PM CST. Check out the rules page, and then swing over and join in on the fun.
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 had an AMAZING turnout last holiday season, and we’re hoping to replicate it this year!
I would also like to give a warm welcome to a new moderator for this event, @i-want-my-iwtv. Thank you so much for your help!
The 2015 VC Secret Santa Gift Exchange is happening!
We’re ready for our second annual Secret Santa fanworks gift exchange! Sign ups are open now through December 1st at 11:59PM CST. Check out the rules page, and then swing over and join in on the fun.
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 had an AMAZING turnout last holiday season, and we’re hoping to replicate it this year!
I would also like to give a warm welcome to a new moderator for this event, @i-want-my-iwtv. Thank you so much for your help!
Merci, I’m happy to be a part of this sharing of VC fandom love!
I-want-my-IWTV 