And on the topic of vampire musicals...

[winter]

Lestat is closing this Sunday

With 39 "official" performances, I believe it did even worse than Crawford's version of Dance of the Vampires. Considering Elton John's comments about a new kind of vampire musical with "no garlic, no crosses, absolutely no dancing vampires", I can't help but chuckle a little. Like von Krolock in my icon.

I pity the cast, though. They assembled such a lot of talented people, it's not their fault the music was trite...

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[fyrie.livejournal.com]

Trite being the polite word for "a load of bollocks"? :)

[winter]

You said it, not me :P

The cast album is supposed to still get released, though. Here's to ostnotes - I actually want the last Armand song...

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

EJ has given up on the concept of writing original music anyway and what gave him the idea he could possibly write anything remotely Gothic?

[winter]

Possibly Anne Rice after a few drinks too many at one of Madonna's parties ;)

I mean, his only qualification for writing Lestat was that they're both gay icons :P

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

*cackles* And even then, at least Lestat has some semblance of taste and discretion ;)

[winter]

*eyes her chuckling VK* I think there's a story there.

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

As long as you don't do RPF with Elton encountering VK, I think I don't mind... ;)

[winter]

Herbert's the only one to have met him, briefly, in the eighties. Mutual sneering ensured.

Johannes, on the other hand, says a gentleman doesn't kiss and tell, but "semblance of taste and discretion" is not a phrase he would apply to Lestat ;)

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

*snickers* I bet :D

But compared to Mr John? ;) I mean, wigs as big as your body are extremely tacky by anyone's measurements.

[winter]

Both the boys lived through the seventeenth century, so Herbert's guilty of wearing such a wig to a ball or two. On a dare, he tells me.

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

At least then, they had the excuse. EJ is just an egomaniacal prig who doesn't like anyone stealing his thunder.

[winter]

Not arguing about that :)

(And huh. VK has just suggested that personality-wise, Izabela and Lestat had a lot in common.)

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

Sounds about right. She really wasn't the nicest of young woman.

[winter]

That... explains a lot, actually. I shudder to think what would have happened, had she lived.

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

Makes me appreciate my Elisabeth (or however it was going to be spelled. I'll write it eventually) and the fact she and Johannes were so well suited. The number of times she had to gently tug him out of the library was ridiculous :)

[winter]

Incidentally, it's interesting that we both ended up with Elisabeth-variants as our VK-wifelet names :) Even if they are polar opposites.

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

I'm also amused how different our kidlet Herbie backstories went as well :D Isn't it fun? :D

[winter]

Well, we do have somewhat different VKs and Herberts too ;) Mostly because my VK is more emo with less grr, and my Herbert is... more delicate, I guess, and maybe more monstrous at once, in the end.

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

My VK is grr? Hee! I didn't even notice. *pets the vampie* And more delicate? Seriously? :D I suppose mine was broken into messiness early, so yes, although emotionally, when he shatters... *eyes the piano and sighs*

[winter]

Well, he does go feral occasionally ;) My VK, not so much. He's more about the pride, and going feral Is Undignified. Hubris is his defining characteristic - from the way he thought he could cheat death, then cheat vampirism, then raise Herbert to be normal despite being a monster...

And my Herbert's broken into messiness early too, but he doesn't build quite that emotional shell. It's who he is - that dancing-with-the-devil mentality, let the bad times roll and to hell with everything else. He would be quite puzzled if anyone started looking for his hidden depths.

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

*pets VK* He claims that is entirely not his fault. There are some aspects of his nature which are just beyond his control. (Personally, I blame Barton and that clawing, crawling, screaming-with-rage creature in one of the Unstillbare videos...)

And Herbert... oh, Herbert. Why did he have to go and stop being my resident puddle? It was so much easier on my fragile little heart that way.

[winter]

My VK breaks occasionally, and can be poisonous, but it takes a hell of a lot to get him to let go. Later on, when the darkness draws him in and the shadows obey his will, it gets easier, but it's still a cold and proud fury that he wields. (Not much of an explanation, you'll have to come and see Dziedzic writhing on the floor at the end of Tanzsaal to get it :P)

I think the main difference is that your Herbert is aware of his hidden depths, though he'd prefer not to have any. Mine's a creature of instinct, very puzzled as to what other people see in his personality (as opposed to his stunning looks). Quietly, he thinks everyone from dad to Lucifer must be a little touched in the head.

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

*pokes VK* Silly feral vampie on this end. And oh, he gets cranky at me calling him that :D And I really, really want to find a good profile shot of Barton as Krolock, because oh, he was a beautiful man. (HEE! 3 weeks!)

A lot of this comes from Herbert being so very loved and raised to be loved so passionately. Dad gave everything for the boy - everything he did was for Herbert, right up to being turned. Though dad didn't realise, those early childhood losses of his have stuck with him so fiercely, because the people he lost were those who loved him dearly. He'd definitely prefer to be just pretty, witty and gay, but some things can't be helped.

(And seriously, it was meant to be a one shot for fun! GAH!)

[winter]

3 weeks yay :D

I think one of the differences is that your Herbert retained the capacity for simple, innocent love. Mine, only for dad. The rest of the world is very unlucky when Herbert decides he loves them.

(So was Todesglocken. Dammit.)

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

Retained the capacity for it, but spent 4 centuries pushing it away, because he was terrified of what it could do to him. Oh, I hart him so.

(*g* On the plus side, together we've created the biggest Tanz fics in the history of ever and will soon be able to aim for world domination :D)