The Marquise de Lioncourt

//Convention is over and Mom is tired!

The red ribbon around the throat was a personal history joke. Some French aristocrats wore red ribbons after the French Revolution, having escaped the guillotine.

Unfortunately the contact lenses were causing problems so I had to take them out even before meeting my Lestat.

One can really see where Lestat got his good looks from.

//still trying to cope with this. I don't think I can finish this picture.

Nicki and Armand during their short time together in the theater. I’m really curious what other people see in this one because I intentionally left some details out of my own idea for this drawing!

Being a violinist

PROS: •good finger dexterity

•tiny fingers

•toned arms (especially if you play fiddle music like damn)

•beautiful instrument

•you’re automatically smart if you play the violin. don’t ask why. it’s apparently a stereotype. just go with it.

•kids love you regardless. play something they recognize and they will love you.

•backpack cases

•you develop good hand-eye coordination and enhanced muscle memory

•covers sound 10000000x better when they’re played on violin. 100% confirmed by scientists.

•you get gigs VERY often when you’re for hire (seriously when did people get so demanding for violinists/fiddlers?)

•jam sessions!!!

•dexterity in fingers = 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

•music stores are your best friend

•electric violins are BAD ASS.

•violins are so diverse. they can be in jazz, bluegrass, classical, blues, swing, folk, gypsy, burlesque, ragtime, and basically every style of music.

•good vibrato sounds like heaven

•just basically a fun instrument to play. seriously.

CONS: •calluses. calluses. calluses.

•HICKEYS. Hickeys. Yes they are a thing, don’t look at me like that.

•*shoulder rest decides to fly out from instrument while playing*

•backache. arm ache. backache. fingers are sore. neck is sore. everything hurts.

•"Can you play Beethoven?“

•don’t even bother going anywhere with customs. they’ll hold you back because your instrument case looks “suspicious”.

•*bridge decides to snap out from under strings while practicing*

•"Can you play Devil Went Down to Georgia?“

•no matter how hard you try to make that fourth octave C sound pretty, it’s still going to sound like you stuck a fork up a baby bird’s ass.

•"can you teach me how to play it?”

•doesn’t matter if you rosin your bow; slurring to the open E string will make a godawful squeaking noise.

•"I promise I won’t break it”

•watching movies/TV with a violinist makes you cringe because it’s obvious they’re not a real violinist. (seriously, when they’re playing whole note open G they’re playing eighth notes on the E string. what the fuck.)

•"I thought violin and fiddle were two different instruments!“

•that song may sound cool, but don’t bother learning it when it’s in the key of C#.

•up bow. down bow. down bow. up bow. down bow. up bow. down bow. Wait, fuck. *erase*

•"no, I did not slaughter a horse to make my own violin bow.”

•that soreness in your wrist is from your countless attempts to perfect that vibrato. oops.

•tuner? check. shoulder rest? check. mute? check. rosin? check. bows? check. instrument in tune? check. sheet music? check. Advil? yes.

•you’re automatically a stuck-up snob if you play violin. that’s also a stereotype. don’t ask why. I have no idea.

•when your string breaks, it’s the equivalent to having your life flash before your eyes.

•electric violins and their equipment are worth your entire bank account. js.

•"play this song! right now!“

•*bow hits microphone stand*

•"sorry, I couldn’t hear you since my instrument is always in my ear.”

•everything hurts.

armand thinking up the memory of bianca during the whole santino business for some comfort, for @monstersinthecosmos who’d requested some armand and bianca:

not answered the traditional way for quality reasons + im dumb so

~Waiting for a Conversation~

This picture is one of my favourites. It was taken during Animuc in April in the restaurant belonging to the Hotel some of our friends stayed in. The receptionist of “Das Romantikhotel Post” was so nice to permit us a little shooting on their rest day.

I like the lighting and the pose ^-^

Me as Nicolas de Lenfent

The only playable glass violin in the world.

lestat plays the violin so horribly that the queen of vampires herself wakes from her slumber to scream pass it on

@musica-artium-optima-est

THAT IS WHY SHE STEPPED ON THE VIOLIN!

Lestat sucks at playing! He never played before!

Nicolas just told me the utmost syrupy thing and I absolutely love it:

“My love for you is bigger than Lestat’s ego.”

Well... ‘tis true... and not syrupy all all, mind you!

My pet peeve:

It’s Nicolas de Lenfent! Nicolas!

Not Nicholas! Never. Ever. Nicholas. 

And it’s Nicki!

Not Nici. Nici is a soft toy brand. Also not Nicky.

(And the S is silent. Because it’s french. Nicolas is french and so is his name.)

Nicki and Lestat

The last conventon was a lot of fun. Thank you again for the wonderful time @lestat-and-louis-de-lioncourt

New fact: Nicolas is taller than Lestat and he loves it >XD

Gosh! The Convention was so much fun and meeting @amadeo-child-of-the-renaissance​ and @musica-artium-optima-est​ again was an honor and the greatest pleasure. Sending lots of love to Munich, I miss you two already.

We SO have to meet again soon <3

i woke up at 6 this morning, wrote ‘malware is like vampires’ on my notes page, then went back to sleep.

@me: what the fuck

OH MY GOD BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO INVITE IT IN. YOU HAVE TO CLICK ON THE MALWARE TO LET IT TAKE OVER YOUR COMPUTER

You Wouldn’t Download A Vampire

^ I would if that was possible!

Who wouldn’t?