I gathered from the Ask about Armand a little while ago that you’re not deeply involved in issues of gender and such, but why did you persistently misgender Eli throughout your discussion of “Let The Right One In”? Eli is VERY clear about not being a girl, despite presentation, and actively brings it up in conversation as a potential roadblock to the romance should Oskar happen to be straight. The genital mutilation suffered in past centuries does not make Eli a ‘she’.

You’re right that I am not deeply involved in issues of gender, though I can understand being/growing up nonbinary/transgendered/gender-fluid/etc. in a culture that seems to only understand/reward the male/female binary would be very difficult, especially in certain parts of the world. The Armand post (about whether he might be androgynous and/or agender) got a good number of Likes, but most importantly, @jeffer-sin‘s comment (”i’m agender/genderfluid and i totally agree with this post thank you”) confirmed that I

answered it sensitively, as I always strive to do, especially with topics like these.

Re: Misgendering Eli, I feel like this is a headcanon discrepancy between us. Your points serve to convince you that she is not female, but they do not convince me. As always, #your headcanon may vary, so please do not take my opinion as law. Even an author can’t force an idea on their readers; people still ask AR whether Nicolas and Lestat were gay lovers! Some people clearly have a different headcanon than the author, but their headcanon is still valid.

This Wiki post describes the issue of Eli’s gender: “The original film ultimately leaves the character’s gender ambiguous, as the scene showing Eli’s scarred genitalia is not explained. …In the 2010 film it is quite clear that Abby was born female…” 

One of your points was the “I’m not a girl" scene. ^This is the one from the original film and I interpreted that line of dialogue as meaning that Eli is not human. In context, Eli seems not to know what a “girlfriend” is, or what “going steady” entails (even though Eli is centuries-old, maybe this is feigning ignorance for Oskar), so roadblocking Oskar from a romantic (maybe sexual) relationship seems a little premature. Oskar is 12 and I don’t remember him ever pressuring her in a sexual way, again, no reason for Eli to roadblock him against a romantic/sexual relationship at this time. Once Eli has an understanding of what “going steady” means, the moment ends with Eli agreeing to “go steady” and holding Oskar’s hand as they fall asleep. This little bit of tenderness may not fall under “romantic” in the traditional sense of the word, but it seemed like a sign of love and care which had nothing to do with gender. But that’s my own interpretation.

You mention Eli’s genital mutilation, but that is not explained in the films. From what I’ve read of the book, the character is referred to with female pronouns until the ritual castration is revealed, and then the character is referred to with male pronouns. It is up to every reader’s interpretation to determine gender of the character at any point.

I’m sorry that we disagree on this, and I understand that some people might not headcanon Eli as female. This is a blog that is here to highlight a certain fandom and is focused on entertainment, and where I do my best to keep it politically-neutral, fair-minded, and civil. That is my prerogative on my own blog.

If anyone is interested in more headcanons and interpretations, check out the links below. I am sure there are many many more, but these are good for a start:

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varangianguardian:

imahsoka:

azariel888:

wandie-wandie:

bemusedlybespectacled:

didyouknowmagic:

tlrledbetter:

addesin:

etherslide:

“Why I Wasn’t Contracted to Write Beauty and the Beast” by I have no idea who, and desperately want to know.  If anyone does, please tell me!

Edit:  Through knmajorblogs I have discovered the genius behind this piece of art.  The genius in question is LordJazor !  Thank you!

“she warned him not to be such an apocalyptic fuck hat to strangers”

“for who could ever learn to love such a cock waffle”

BLESS

THIS IS THE GREATEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN

Reblogged recently, but worth reblogging again.

Nothing can top this lol

“if he could learn not to be a pile of indigestible fuck”

I can’t breathe

This is the greatest thing ever

I CAN’T BREATHE

@decsterthankcrisco you are my favourite human right now

The last ask inspired me… have you watched, or do you know anyone who has watched, the Japanese vampire movie “Moon Child”? In a way you could dismiss it as just the product of two rock stars (Gackt and Hyde) indulging themselves wanting to be vampires, but I actually really love how they are (like you answered the other person) people first, vampires second. It’s very interpersonal, very political, one character just happens to be a vampire. Have you got an opinion on it?

I’ve never heard of “Moon Child”

before, so I’ll throw it out to my followers, has anyone seen this? Comment on this post if so. Hey, if I was a rock star, you better believe I would indulge myself in EVERY WAY HUMANLY POSSIBLE and you bet your a$$ that PLAYING A VAMPIRE IN MY OWN DAMNED MOVIE would be BUT ONE OF THE MANY MANY INDULGENCES.

Looks like it’s free on YT:

I skimmed the very lengthy description and hopped around the video. It doesn’t really seem like my kinda thing, tho, sorry :- 

Hopefully in bumping it here I’ve interested ppl to watch it and get into it w/ you!

Update: Good comments on this post so far! Much appreciated, maybe you’ll change my mind about it…

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fuck-yeah-vampire-chronicles:

Here was the Facebook Live video Anne Rice had posted on her page, what a beautiful cake!

Happy birthday, Anne Rice, the creator of our fandom, now 75 today, what a cool lady

@i-want-my-iwtv i think you’d like this-

Thank goodness they didn’t put 75 candles on that cake! and I assume w/ the chocolate icing that it isn’t red velvet cake but that’s ok not everyone demands RED VELVET EVERYTHING

Whatever your feelings are for our Mater Gloriosa, she gave birth to our fave characters and I, for one, will be forever grateful ❤

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fuck-yeah-vampire-chronicles:

@i-want-my-iwtv , @kotilae
You two a very rad okay omfg
And i just had to use the zoobe app for this

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Dude I am super touched, look @kotilae, this lovely fanged little trash kitten made us a video! 

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VC Wedding Hysteria 2k15. [X 6/26/2015]

^So I saw these screencaps going around and I felt like making a fresh post on them, w/ cleaner screencaps and a link back to the post for archival purposes.

Re: “They would never make it to the [altar],” well, Lestat will drag Louis kicking and screaming if he has to. He’ll make an honest man out of Louis. Nobody ships Louis and Lestat harder than Lestat ships Louis and Lestat. Really. Almost to his own destruction.

Let’s not forget this is also the post that she definitively defines their sexuality and I love this term:

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OMNI SEXUAL. Yesss. 

In the article, she describes the L/L wedding, so I finally decided to throw in my commentary bc you all love it, don’t deny it. Here’s a sample:

Benji would make a speech; so would Gregory; and also Gremt Stryker Knollys. And also Jesse. And others.

Their speeches are all going to be along the lines of a roast of Lestat and he will sit there and fake laugh and plot revenge. Gabrielle will be asked to make a speech and she will simply lean into the mic and say: “Louis, darling? He’s your problem now.”

Hit the jump for an invite to the wedding of the century!


Ha, no not really, but close enough, right? On with it:

“If Lestat and Louis were to marry, it would take place in the private chapel of Lestat’s chateau in France. 

Aww that’s really cute.

They would likely both wear their favorite velvet frockcoats— Lestat in red, Louis in black — in the old style, with a lot of white pearl studded lace at the throat and at the cuffs…

bc #FASHION. Tasteful white embellishment. Thank goodness Lestat’s not wearing a dress, or forcing Louis to wear a dress.

and they would speak their vows in a reverent whisper, and Marius, in a long simple burgundy colored velvet robe, would preside. They would exchange gorgeous and priceless emerald rings.

What vows can they make at this point? “I promise not to kill you again. Unless you ask me to. Even then, I would need some assistance. I’m not sure. Please try to behave in a way that doesn’t provoke me to want to kill you.”

The chapel would be filled with candles, incense, and white roses and white lilies, and all the closest of the vampire kindred would be invited, and the venerable old ones,

Yes ok I’m on board with all this…

including the great Servraine, Gabrielle, Gregory, and Lestat’s body guards, Thorne and Cyril, and other elders.

K for one thing you spelled Sevraine’s name wrong and secondly, what is Gabrielle wearing? Thorne had his eyes removed IIRC so I hope someone’s telling him what’s going on bc otherwise the whole thing is going to be a little less special for him…. And Lestat could explode like the state of Texas with his mind but he needs bodyguards? Not Best Men. Okay.

Armand in finest burnt gold brocade and lace would be best man for Louis.

Ok awkward former ex of 100 yrs is his best man now but whatever…

David Talbot in dark hunter green velvet and white linen would be best man for Lestat. 

David is worth his weight in gold and then some. He will be the one handling all the Lestat Bridezilla tantrums.

A choir of Vampire boys led by Notker would sing a cantata from Bach: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimmer — the Chorale or first part. (BWV 140)

^Okay the music sounds cool but WHO’S BRILLIANT IDEA WAS IT to turn a whole choir full of boys into vampires? Wasn’t the child vampire thing very not cool? Who were the Ad wizards who came up with that one….

Then a great ball would take place in the grand or great hall of the chateau: with Notker conducting a vampire orchestra and Antoine playing first violin and occasional solos. 

Lestat will dance around with Louis in increasingly dramatic fashion until Louis catches Jesse’s eye, manages to slip out and Lestat doesn’t even notice Jesse has tapped in until he dips her and almost French kisses her.

Benji would make a speech; so would Gregory; and also Gremt Stryker Knollys. And also Jesse. And others. 

Their speeches are all going to be along the lines of a roast of Lestat and he will sit there and fake laugh and plot revenge. Gabrielle will be asked to make a speech and she will simply stand up and say into the mic: “Louis, darling? He’s your problem now.”

After the first dizzying Tchaikovsky waltz and a few other Viennese waltzes, there would be a lot of Greek side by side taverna dancing on the part of the vampires, male and female, to Greek taverna music (electronic mandolins), and then the great arched windows of the ball room would be thrown open and those who could take to the air would go out in pairs and groups to hunt in Marseilles amongst the pimps and the dope peddlers.

No vampiry wedding is complete w/o a massive amount of murder at the end y’know? For refreshments. It’s better than a blood fountain, right? You know Lestat would make a mess out of that in 12 seconds. Or less. 

(There wouldn’t be too many young ones at the ball, as given their need to hunt, and their inability to defy gravity, they cannot spend long nights in the country; Lestat permits no hunting in Lyon or the neighboring French towns of his old homeland. So they would send their regards from Paris, London, Marseilles, Berlin, Rome, etc. )
It could happen.”

No kids allowed! No kids’ table even?? The invite will say, “You must be at least 100 yrs old to attend.” Daniel and Jesse sneak in anyway, and when asked by the bouncer vampires what makes them think they can get in, they point at Benji and Sybelle and are allowed access immediately.

(Anne Rice, June 26,2015: Coven Exclusive)

Ok so what song does Lestat enjoy singing for Louis the most?

Heart – Without You. Louis hates this song.

♫I can’t live – if living is without you
I can’t give – I can’t give anymore
I can’t live – if living is without you♫

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