#42sunberries

[i-want-my-iwtv]

Would these qualify as Lestat-approved violet shades?

Yes, absolutely! Especially the purple to red, it's like a sunset ✨

Adding this to #those violet shades tag 💜u💜

[X by @42sunberries]

[monstersinthecosmos]

Dimples, freckles, honey?🌻

dimples - most attractive features of a person’s face?

I’m really into eyes and good cheekbones and nice jawlines. On women I like messy eyebrows and on men I like stubble. :)

freckles - most-worn article of clothing?

WITHOUT QUESTION it is my Nekrogoblikon hoodie that says THE STREETS ARE LINED WITH A MIXTURE OF FECES AND GORE really big on the back LOL.

honey - favorite term of endearment?

Depends who’s saying it but 9/10 it’s usually babe. :D For a select group of people I will also very happily accept duckie/duckling. 

[i-want-my-iwtv]

Hi! So when I get obsessed with something, instead of trying to get my friends to read or watch it, I just tell them the whole plot. And with all the weird different time lines and stuff it's kinda hard to explain vc, do you know if someone maybe made a timeline with all the events in order or something?

Hey! I’m really enjoying your VC fanart. Keep it up! 

So, spoiling ppl with plot points, that’s one way to drag fresh blood into a new fandom ;D I know I love being spoiled, I want the plot points before I read a book, so if your friends want that info… I have a few timelines, Idk if any are the definitive one, try my #timeline tag.

One timeline AR published is in the Vampire Companion, but it’s not up to date, but it’s through books 1-5 and you might still be able to find it online or on Amazon or somewhere else.

[i-want-my-iwtv]

So I've been in the fandom for about...2 weeks. In the middle of the 4th book right now. I've heard that the books get worse and stuff and I wonder if I should read all of them or skip some or...?

This is really hard to answer, and I nearly answered it privately, bc I don’t want to sow dissension in the fandom, it’s something ppl love to scream into the void about. But I see you’ve already started drawing some fanart for the fandom, so I want to encourage you to stay with us!

Some fans would tell you that #4 onwards in canon have certain characters being forgotten or mistreated by the author. I would say that there are storylines that are dark to the point that, even with my very high threshold for Crazy Shit, even I’ve had to close whatever one of these later books and just say, “omgz Aaaaaanne, whyyyy… We didn’t want this, nobody wanted this…”

If you’ve come looking for perfect cinnamon rolls, we only have one, Mojo, and he’s a dog ;)

I’ve heard that the books get worse and stuff and I wonder if I should read all of them or skip some or…?

So this depends on your definition of “worse.” They are a pile of dysfunctional hipster trash vampires, and several characters, but specifically the main character in the books, do some exceedingly problematic stuff, and, arguably, he is not condemned by the author in the text. There are fans who choose to disregard all the books from #4 onwards bc of that, and that’s totally fine. 

Your headcanon is your own, and you do NOT have to accept all of canon, and you do NOT have to interpret canon the way any other fan interprets it. Don’t let another fan bully you into thinking their interpretation is the Only one.

PERSONALLY, and I know I’m not the only one who feels this way: back in the old days we called the later books #the Vampire Crackicles (spoilers in that tag) and enjoyed them for the silliness, bc there is plenty of humor still in the darkfic. And there are those, like me, who want to read darkfic, too. We want to go there in fiction, and explore what the consequences of even the most atrocious actions are. Can a character who’s committed X crime ever be redeemed? Redemption might not even be about forgiveness from the victim, but the effort of that character to strive to improve. That can be so cathartic for the reader, whether the character achieves it or not, the inspiration can come from the fact that they TRY and FAIL! repeatedly.

I always recommend that ppl give each of the books a chance, even the most cracky have some good stuff in them.

For the most part I think we’re a kinder fandom than others, since we suffered through our own fandom creator waging war on our fanfic and driving us underground for years. And the fandom is pretty welcoming, but I’ve found it’s better if you know what happens in canon, and can talk about it with other fans, make fanworks about it, or whatev. Even to criticize. 

Like any social media, though, your fandom experience is what you make of it, follow the #vampire chronicles tag, find some bloggers you like, and reach out! 

[vcsecretgifts]

Title: you complete me

Daniel/Armand for @42sunberries :)

From: @damagedxmachine (aka @oberk0rn)

Rating: Mature Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Category: M/M Fandoms: Vampire Chronicles - Anne Rice, Vampire Chronicles - All Media Types, Queen of the Damned (2002) Relationship: Armand/Daniel Molloy Characters: Armand (Vampire Chronicles), Daniel Molloy, Louis de Pointe du Lac, Minor Characters Additional Tags: Fluff and Angst, Blood Drinking, Horror, angst with a semi-happy ending, Slightly Erotic Blood Drinking, mild violence Words: 3214

[sheepskeleton]

Hii! So im so in love with your art and I am myself only just starting to draw with digital art and I do enjoy it but I can't seem to be satisfied with anything I draw. I had to take a break for a couple of days and draw with oil again😣Anyway I wonder if you have any tips for me? Thank you and again you're such an inspiration for me🌻

Hi! <3 

tip one: be patient. tip two: be stubborn. tip 3: accept that you are probably never going to be satisfied with anything you draw 

now that those important things have been said, I recommend a lot of practice, and it doesn’t really matter what you draw. You have to drill your hand until your muscles remember what to do better than you do. For that purpose doing photostudies is great. Tracing also works pretty well. 

Brush settings and textures make a world of a difference. Look them up on the internet. There are whole blogs devoted to those things. 

And don’t get frustrated. My digital art looked like shit for the first few years... ^^” 

[lestvt]

Hi. I would do anything for you to continue Intercourse With the Vampire( the name is so funny to me lmafo). Pleaseeee keep writing it🙌🏻🙌🏻💖

hi lol i appreciate the offer but you don’t have to do anything cuz i’ve already been writing the next part for like a month now. it’s also going to be the longest one yet, which is the only reason it’s so late… haha…… 

actually, i’m at about 8k words atm with… idk 4-5k to go?? so, assuming i don’t just up and spontaneously combust once classes start again, i’ll have it posted by late august   

thank you for showing interest though!~ messages like these really do motivate me to write more. in fact, just for you i’ll go work on that fic right now! ;))) <3