#marimand

[chasiufan]

quick doodle loosely based off this tweet cause it’s such a cute concept….

[nanathebunny]

rkgk | my luminous master

[carabinerdrawing]

the turning of Amadeo

[this-world-of-beautiful-monsters]

drives me glass-eating batshit how Claudia and Amadeo were both teenagers rescued (or "rescued") from violently traumatic situations and taken in by paternal gentlemen vampires who taught them about the world and kept them safe and spoiled them rotten and loved them so so so much in profoundly unhealthy and dehumanizing ways. Claudia and Arun both entering the vampiric world as blank slates (like Claudia remembers her pre-turning past but we only get the barest details, it's hardly ever mentioned) and a wash of divinity, angel imagery and merciful gods. then as Claudia and Amadeo grew they started to pick up on the things that were off in their world and display aggressive behavior (Claudia's killing spree and Amadeo's The Shining moment, etc.) only to be physically punished for it. and then they experience the brutalities of life outside their maker's protection (Claudia under the floorboards and Armand under Rome) except she's able to come back home hardened and confront the realities of what's been done to her while Armand never gets that chance, he's stuck with the Children of Darkness, he's stuck deifying Marius, he's stuck clinging to ritual and tradition and all the things Claudia defies like breathing.

and then they finally cross paths and they're inverted mirrors of each other, Claudia the grown woman desperate to escape her teenager's body and Armand the grown man who wants to be loved and precocious and fascinating like he was as a teenager. Claudia being able to effortlessly pull off the veneer of innocence that Armand has to work so hard to maintain and she's not even grateful for it. she's got the youth he wants, she's got Louis's love, she's more free than Armand has ever been, she fought back against her Maker and got away with it, it's not Fair, it isn't right. so Armand punishes her with it, subjects her to the same cycle of objectification and dehumanization and violence that Amadeo went through (because it could be Worse right, he could be Donating her right). and when that's not enough to make up for everything he's missing he fucking kills her in an elaborate show just like she killed Lestat with the elaborate show that was Mardi Gras, only his writings recording the process damn him just like her writings damn her, their need to leave some mark of themselves above all else consuming everything.

and after killing her Armand spends years dragging around with a Louis who hates him just like Louis dragged around with a Claudia who hated him. he's the good nurse for Louis the way Claudia was and he competes with Lestat's ghost the way she did and he watches a fragile life with flowers growing from dead things all come crashing down in ash and dust like she did, all because of what he did to her. and at the end of the day they're both fucked-up kids whose most commonly used last names stem from the fathers who fucked them up and they could have lived each other's lives and in some ways they almost did.

[vamptember]

𝖁𝖆𝖒𝖕𝖙𝖊𝖒𝖇𝖊𝖗 𝕻𝖗𝖊𝖘𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖘…

In honor of International Women’s Day, we will be hosting a week-long event taking place March 3 - March 9 to shine a spotlight on Anne Rice’s beloved female characters and/or the genderswapped versions of your favorite male characters! 💖

Create fic, art, playlists, moodboards, headcanons, meta, and anything else you can think of that centers the beautiful, brilliant, dynamic ladies of TVC! Base it on the books, the movie, the show, the musical, or even that other movie! Canon or AU!

𝕽𝖚𝖑𝖊𝖘 & 𝕲𝖚𝖎𝖉𝖊𝖑𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘

Each day has THREE prompts in case one doesn’t speak to you! Pick one or combine them or rearrange them, it’s up to you! Make it SFW or NSFW!

Genderswapped and trans versions of canonically male characters are welcome! There are so many dynamics and possibilities to explore!

The event isn’t femslash exclusive with regards to NSFW content but it is highly encouraged!

AO3 collection here!

Tag your posts #vamptember so that we can reblog! If your post isn’t showing up in the tag, please don’t hesitate to send us an ask with a link!

𝕿𝖊𝖑𝖑 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖋𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖓𝖉𝖘 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖘𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖙𝖔 𝖘𝖕𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖉! 𝕻𝖗𝖔𝖒𝖕𝖙𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖑𝖔𝖜 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖈𝖚𝖙!

Day 1: Darling Daughter | Bejeweled | Rosary

Day 2: Sleeping Beauty | Cradle | Starring Role

Day 3: My Sister's Keeper | Puppy/Kitten | Hairbrush

Day 4: Mistress | Garden of Earthly Delights | Venus

Day 5: Hell Hath No Fury | Butch/femme | Devour

Day 6: Cowgirl | Looks That Kill | Mother's Milk

Day 7: Queen of Hearts | Lingerie | Betrothed

[graphic by @mariusderomanus 💕]

[vampire-dove]

Anne Rice, creating TVC: And when ALL the ships are problematic, none of them will be.

[ashpkat]

angel

[arduennadubaidivorce]

Reading the Armand bits of blood and gold today

Marius being jealous Armand loves his father more than he loves Marius✨

Armand loving his father so much because his father refused to abandon him to starve and rot in the Monastery of Caves ✨

Marius leaving Armand to stay brainwashed and rotting with the Children of Darkness ✨

They're so fucked up, Your Honour. I can't wait to see them on TV.

[joinmeindeathh]

Marius and Armand

I'm not very fond of coloring can you tell

[chasiufan]

their reunion in qotd ;;

[tulinokkaelain]

Posting lovey-dovey marimand two days after Valentine’s day. 😌💕

[desertfangs]

Feels like a good day to post this: Marius' hierarchy of needs

[marimanding]

Marius & Armand by @vamp4rebatscave

[this-world-of-beautiful-monsters]

while I'm at it I do kind of think that at some level, maybe even an subconscious one, the entire Loumand fight is about Armand trying to prod Louis into violently lashing out and reestablishing control the way Marius used to when Armand pissed him off. it's like the axe scene from the books, a point of Armand trying to be insubordinate enough, vicious enough, that he becomes interesting enough to be worthy of discipline. but Louis isn't the Marius 2.0. Armand wants him to be (one of the longest cracks in their relationship, at least from Armand's perspective), so instead of reasserting physical control like Lestat did with Louis, or Marius did with Armand, Louis self-destructs and forces Armand into the role of powerful caretaker instead.

[vcmicroficmay]

Microfic May Prompts 2025

Microfic May is back, babycakes!

This is a yearly fandom event to inspire short works of fiction in the month of May! The goal is to use these prompts to create short works aiming to be between 100 to 1000 words. (Though no one is going to be mad if you go a little over.)

You can post your work on Tumblr, AO3, anywhere you post fic. There will be a collection on AO3 as well if you wish to add your work there. Please tag @vcmicroficmay and use the hashtag #vcmicroficmay to help us find your work so we can share it, and feel free to message us if you think we missed your entry!

This even opens May 1 (though technically Week 1 starts on May 4, we're not picky!) See our other post for event rules. Late entries allowed! And special thanks to @rebelrevenant for coming up with many of these delicious prompts!

Happy Writing!

Prompts In Text Below the Cut

Week 1 (week of May 4)

Reverie Blood Tears Forgotten Filthy Parallel

Week 2 (May 11)

Unrelenting Fixated Refusal Bite Mark Epitaph

Week 3 (May 18)

Storm Abandoned Cabin Fever Rotten Afterglow

Week 4 (May 25)

Symmetry Instrument Obsession Sour Memento

Bonus Prompts (Any Week)

Internet Attention Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

[vampire-dove]

How I imagine the "Marius is alive" reveal will go