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Hugs to those who were disappointed.

To the person who talked about disappointment versus hate - yes - I wanted to give a range of options for people to vote. Of course, the way people vote might in some cases reflect their own personality as much as their experience. One person could be incredibly disappointed and vote they hated it. Another could have felt the same, or very similar, but want to focus that they enjoyed some parts, or the performances.

And the same at the other end, of course - people who loved S3 may have had a similar experience, but there are a number of slightly different categories.

1 - 5, 7, 11: Nothing in S3 held a candle to 1x1, 2x5 and 2x7.

6: I loved the performances in S3, but not the writing. Accurate, the acting has always been peak--it's the one saving grace of S3. But the writing is so bad that I feel even worse for the actors, especially seeing so many interviews where they consistently described how confused & conflicted they were filming these nonsensical scenes.

8: I'm disappointed by S3, but loved parts of it. "Love" is too strong a word. I LIKED certain things, but IMO the reason 3x3 and 3x6 are universally seen as better than the rest is because they stuck closer to what made people love S1 & S2 so much: 3x3 had Daniel doing what he does best: interviewing vampires. But ofc the writing soured the experience--the entire Nickistat/Lesmand issue in 3x3 was thoroughly irritating. And 3x6 finally gave us Loustat--as rushed & unearned as their coming back together was. There really needed to be another episode between 3x5 and 3x6. Because 3x6 suffered from SO MUCH exposition dumping TELLING US about what the characters were up to, rather than SHOWING US. The playwrights overly relied on expositional crutches that work for the STAGE, not for TV.

9 & 10: I'm disappointed by S3, and didn't like it / I hated S3, but loved S1 & S2. This is closest to how I feel.

12: My feelings on S3 are complicated. Amen to that. I'm BEYOND disappointed; I feel CHEATED.

I'm so baffled, cuz S1 & S2 ELEVATED the source material from IWTV; in ways that S3 never did for TVL. AMC took the rather lackluster book!Louis and fleshed him out SO MUCH; giving AMC!Louis a far more complex backstory & personality; with more drive & ambition & gumption than his book/film counterpart; to keep us (not the racist Antis ofc) far more invested in his story & sympathetic to his experiences. S2 modernized the Theatre, and I'm so in love with how creative the projections were. Claudia's death was SO dang tragic that to this day I can't watch that scene without crying. But what did S3 writers do BETTER than Anne Rice did in TVL? In the pittance of scenes AMC actually bothered adapting (don't even get me started on 3x2), where does S3 ELEVATE the source material? Where are Lestat's motivations explained BETTER on the show than they were in the book? Esp. when half of what AMC!Lestat does/says made not a lick of sense in these convoluted AF 111 Failures.

AMC blew S3's budget on the music at the cost of sacrificing fundamental character development in the flashbacks. But even with the movie, I prefer the QotD soundtrack far more than AMC!Lestat's music about TikTok & toesies & talking more about Trump/Elon/Putin than he ever did to call THEE Enkil & Akasha by name--but GabriellA gets a whole song belting out her name over & over? Are they frikkin serious?

The Iwtv Rare Female Characters Fest celebrates minor characters in the show (and books!) who could use a little extra attention. It will run for five weeks, from August 30 to October 3, but there are no hard deadlines; if you find yourself taking a little longer, don't sweat it.

Fic, art, playlists, and any other kind of fanwork are welcome.

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The themes unfold weekly, but don't feel constrained by them. As long as you stick to the core idea, have fun and follow your heart.

No word counts, no deadlines. Any pairings are acceptable as long as a minor female character is the focus. You can go AU or follow canon from the show, books, or a blend of both. There is a show focus to the prompts but book canon is fine.

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Prompts are in the graphic, but also under the cut for readability. I will post a theme-specific banner at the start of every week!

she was loved and in love

im challenging myself to draw way faster and use big brushes to practice focusing on the structure and light instead of relying so much on detail brushes when I do portraits and it was fun