//A fascinating headcanon, but it unfortunately doesn’t jive with my vision of Gabrielle—but that doesn’t make it wrong, just not for me! =)
I’m of the opinion (and, again, just my headcanon) that Gabrielle would have done as much as possible to avoid sexual congress with the Marquis. As a man, he both disgusted her and was an object of pity and derision. This doesn’t mean she wasn’t the “proper wife” when the moment called for it—she was raised to be such—but that she lived her role out to the extent of her duties and rather little else.
And, since my personal headcanon runs along with one created by the amazing Brat Queen—that the Marquis sexually molested Lestat, I’m of the opinion that Gabrielle would have had as little to do with him as possible.
I’d also hazard to guess that, after she’d given him a handful of sons, she pretty much washed her hands of everything that came with being the Marquise d’Auvergne—she’d done her duty, hadn’t she?
I think that, as she grew older, she was more and more withdrawn and more indifferent to anyone besides Lestat. Some of this occurred early on, but the final hammer would have been the death of her daughter, the last de Lioncourt child (as insinuated by Mater in TVL).
Thank you SO much for this lovely headcanon!
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You’ve been around tons of animals, which is your favorite to snuggle and breathe in the scent of? Also did you ever wear perfume when you were mortal?
Since memories triggered by scent are the strongest... Send my muse a scent and see how they’ll react to it.I do not “snuggle” animals.
But I enjoy the scent of dogs, actually. Dogs smell like they understand you.
And yes, I wore perfume. Santa Maria Novella, from the Officina Profumo Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella. You can still buy it today in the original store in Firenze, Italia.
Once, on a ‘vacation’ of sorts after his time on the chapel floor, I took Lestat there and told him to smell the signature scent. I was quite shocked at his reaction—he broke down weeping at the smell.
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To: annabellelioncourtMany thanks to viaticumforthemarquise who stepped in to cover a missed Secret Santa gift.
NOPE too cute!
what was your daughter’s name? did you name her, or was it someone else’s choice?
Mireille.
I named her.
☆ – happy headcanon
Lestat came earlier than he should have, born in November, a full month and a half before he’d come to term. Her body, exhausted after so many fully realised and failed births, simply could not carry him any longer.
Convinced that the babe would not survive, like so many others, the Marquis left the castle on what he loosely termed ‘business,’ leaving her alone with the priest, the midwife, and the pain.
He was born at night. Tiny, wailing, the priest advised they baptize him immediately, in case he did not make it until morning.
For the first time, she found herself in a unique position: this child would be named by her, claimed by her, perfectly clean of her husband’s touch or thought.
She named him Lestat. It seemed to suit him—his birth had been urgent, and so then might his name.
Later, the Marquis, furious that the child, both male and living, had not been named by him, went to the village priest and had the names “Christophe” and “Marie” added to the birth record.
But it didn’t matter. Lestat she had named him, and Lestat he remained. Hers.
And that had never changed.
Folks have called you cold (especially as a mother), maybe sometimes unfairly, so I was wondering if you might share a happy memory of Lestat as a wee boy? Pretty please?
-sighs wearily-
I have shared many already, have I not? But, then, you want a happy memory. There were so few in that house.
Lestat mentioned briefly in his book that I used to show him picture books of the places where I’d travelled before I was wed to the Marquis: Rome, Paris, Madrid, Athens, etc. And I do remember doing this, when he was very, very young—his little body tucked into my lap as I sat, cross-legged, upon my bed, a large book spread open before us.
He was always very taken with the colours of the paintings in the books—he has always had a great love for colour—and his small fingers would trace the images of ships, mountains, animals, running down and over the pages as I explained to him (sometimes in French, sometimes in Italian) what each place was and what it was like there.
Can you imagine it? Are you a mother? That sweet weight of his little body against my own, the smell of babyhood still in his hair, his voice forming words that were a charming amalgamation of French and Italian as he attempted, as toddlers do, to ask questions of me. The small gasps he might elicit at certain images as the pages turned, the trills of laughter at the animals, the way his body would shift as he would lean back to look in my face, as if searching to make sure these places were truly real and not some fairy tale I was constructing.
Very few of his companions are aware, I think, that that child still exists. That child is ever-present, hidden just behind the eyes of the man, waiting to be thrilled or wounded. I’d hazard to surmise that the few who see it are the ones who tend to stay by his side, despite his failings.
What is your favorite type of animal to kill and why?
Bears. And jungle cats.
With creatures like that (especially the former), the struggle is formidable, not to mention that the process of stalking with the latter is quite enjoyable.
Cats know when they are being hunted, and they do not like it.
Ever considered murdering your husband and making it look like an accident? if so, how would you have ended his life?
Yes.
Belladonna. Then, in his death throws, removing his manhood with a stiletto. I would feed it to him, but really, who has the time?
VC HS AU
compiled from a chat with:
queenofthesavagegarden, vagabonddaniel, i-want-my-iwtv, merciful-death, viaticumforthemarquise, and damnitarmand
- TheatreJock!Lestat
- TeachersPet!Armand
- Marius is the the guidance counselor that was mysteriously fired from a junior high
- Louis and Lestat have quick sex under the bleachers almost every day
- and during L/L breakup times, Louis and Armand make out there
- And occasionally, Louis and Nicki make out there too
- Daniel would run the school blog and twitter
- and Daniel would take AP English and Journalism
- when Dan is having a really bad day he hangs out in Marius’s office and plays with Marius’s models of things.
- Louis would spend like 8 hrs telling Daniel his life story one sat nite.
- Louis would be the dirty hipster
- Louis would be the pretentious asshole running the book club
- who listens to all the music you’ve never heard of
- and watches all the indie films you’ve never heard of
- and he would have his hair up in a manbun
- and wear glasses
- and be a cute patoot
- Daniel and Armand would be that couple that is constantly breaking up
- and getting back together
- and you only know if they’re on or off if you see them making out against the lockers
- or holding hands or whatever
- I realize that these couples are the couples that the friend group dedicates their lunch talking about
- Armand would hang out with the goth kids, and they would consider him their leader, but he wouldnt comform to their all-black dress code
- and one of the goth kids, Santiago, is always trying to usurp him
- but the other goth kids still hold Armand up as the leader
- bc Santiago was kinda douchey
- Nicolas plays crazy violin music as bg tunes for the goth club
- Nicolas and Lestat once dated but had a nasty breakup and everyone knows not to ask either one of them about it
- Nicki is also first chair violin in orchestra
- Nicolas doesn’t hang out with the band geeks tho
- Which is so weird
- Nicolas is that musician who hangs out with the theatre crowd.
- Nicolas is Lestat’s ex
- who controls the student orchestra
- especially when Lestat has the lead in a musical
- and they have all these fucked up fights at rehearsal
- David is head librarian
- David is Giles
- and acts basically like Giles from BTVS
- And is also basically the good looking librarian people crush on
- He fucking is
- (ok but David is literally Giles)
- Jesse runs a ghost hunting club
- Everyone would make fun of her but she’s too cool and nice
- Jesse likes to sit in on everyone’s club meetings at least once.
- Jesse and Daniel would hang out and commiserate over their weird friends
- She would comfort him during his Armand drama
- And punch Daniel when he’s a douchebag
- Gabrielle is “Stacey’s Mom”
- LESTAT’S MOM HAS GOT IT GOIN ON
- Gabrielle is the MILF everyone can’t decide if they’re creeped out about or hot for
- INCLUDING Lestat haha
- but when anyone looks at her when she’s chaperoning a dance Lestat gets very protective of her
- Akasha is the ex-principle that everyone but Lestat hates
- Akasha wanted to make the high school an all-girls exclusive private school
- Akasha was fired bc she tried to expel almost all the guys
- And legit she did get alot of male students and teachers expelled
- before people caught on
- and realized what was up
- and how she and Lestat made out in the nurse’s office
- Mael is Groundskeeper Willy
- and he just grumbles at everyone
- to get off his lawn
- Jesse befriends Mael and is the only one who understands him
- He lets Jesse have meetings on his lawn
- Like in Home Alone
- and he gives her a bracelet that he found on the field years ago
- Mekare is the Principal of the Damned
- All she does is stare at everyone
- Maharet is the assistant principal who does most of the work
- Gabrielle has an affair with the Western Civ teacher
- And that is a new teacher, Bianca
- so that Lestat’s mom has hot lesbian affairs with his teachers
- Madeleine is the creepy Home Ec teacher
- and she has them making dolls for a whole semester
- “how does this help us-“
- "SHUT UP AND GO BACK TO YOUR MACHINE”
- Merrick was Louis’ rebound relationship from Lestat
- until Lestat somehow got her expelled for witchcraft
- you have to have the pagan chick
- who smokes cloves
- and burns incense in her car
- and corrects everyone who says “god” with “goddess”
- Merrick was scaring the goth kids
- by saying she could call down ghosts and also she had a jade dagger
- that she cut Louis with
- Yeah, Louis had a really freaky relationship with her
- he liked it at the time
- He kind of misses that creepy sex but then Lestat reminds him why he’s better
- and then there’s this little girl Claudia who is super smart for her age
- so she goes to the high school
- Who has a massive crush on Louis and tried to legitimately kill Lestat
- Louis humors her by spending time in study hall with her in the library
- and then she gets him to take her to the dance
- Khayman is the nice free period teacher that everyone loves because he lets them do whatever they want
- Santino is the drill sergeant gym teacher who everyone hates
- but they do what he says
- All the mean kids steal Flavius’ peg leg
- Pandora is the hot Ancient Civilizations teacher
A Gift
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From: viaticumforthemarquise / a-misunderstanding-my-love
A Gift
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