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then one day daniel barges into marius’ chambers without knocking bc it's just mars, why would he? so daniel just comes in yapping away and he can't even tell armand's there. doesn’t notice any of the tension in marius’ shoulders. his fingers are tight in armand’s curls, holding his head on his cock, and armand can’t help but feel marius thickening in his mouth. in retaliation, armand sucks hard around it like the brat he is.

daniel doesn’t stay long, never noticing anything was amiss. as soon as the door shut behind him marius is hauling armand up and fucking him right on the desk. he has to rewrite some of the papers he was working on, but he has all the time in the world.

two nights later louis knocks on marius’ door to return a book he borrowed from his personal collection. he could just tell louis he’s busy, but the squeeze armand gives his legs tells him armand wants louis to come in. and who is he to deny his sweet son? louis being a weaker vampire means he doesn’t notice anything either, but it starts something of a game between them.

bianca solderini is one of my favorite characters in anne rice’s vampire chronicles, and over the years i’ve seen some debate over and misinformation spread about how old she is when she meets marius and how old she is when she gets turned. i’ve seen people claim anywhere from 15 to 35 so i wanted to compile a list of passages from the books that help us establish and build a timeline to better understand how old she likely* is over the course of the series.

*DISCLAIMER: we never actually get a definitive canon answer from bianca herself, so technically there is no correct answer, but from all the information gathered here we can speculate how old she is most likely to be.

we first meet bianca in TVA, but a specific age is never given. the first time we see bianca given an age is in B&G, where marius estimates she is either 19 or 20 when they first meet. (we’re putting a pin in him calling her a child for now.)

this will be our established baseline.

marius meets bianca, then returns to her a few days later to give her a portrait he painted of her. marius is incredibly attracted to bianca when he first meets her and fantasizes about making her his vampire companion. because of that fact, he decides to avoid her for months for her own safety.

during these months, bianca sends him a letter asking him to visit her, so he does. he then goes on to describe how after this he spends months visiting her.

marius again starts feeling the desire to turn her, and in an effort to clear his head, goes out on a gondola. this is the night he meets amadeo.

now, most people are familiar with this timeline. marius brings amadeo home that night, and we know they spend about 2 years together before amadeo is made a vampire, and only a few months together after that until the palazzo is burned down, amadeo is taken, and bianca is made a vampire by marius.

in my opinion, the pre-amadeo era where marius spent months avoiding bianca, then visiting her probably totals to around/about a year. therefore, we can estimate bianca knew marius for approximately 3 years before she is made a vampire by him. if marius is correct about her being either 19/20 when they first meet, that puts bianca at around 22/23 when she is finally made a vampire.

there is another notable mention of bianca’s age in the series. when lestat meets bianca in PL he says she appears to be perhaps 20.

now, given that bianca is over 500 years old at this point and we know how the blood effects physical appearance, i think this is perfectly in line with bianca being early 20s because there’s not a huge physical difference between someone who is 20 vs someone in their early 20s.

now we’re gonna take out the pin from earlier. i believe marius calling her a child occasionally isn’t indicative of her being an actual child when he meets her. just like how louis calls daniel a boy despite him being 20, and armand calls sybelle a girl at 25, most mortal adults are young to a vampire. i do believe it’s worth noting that marius repeatedly refers to bianca as a young woman from the first time he meets her. (not to be confused with the baby woman.)

in conclusion, while there is no actual definitive age given to her in the series**, i think it’s safe to assume bianca is somewhere in her early 20s when turned.

it’s crucial to note that armand and daniel have already been to the fair while daniel was human, where armand proceeded to make them ride the ring of fire until daniel puked over everybody

bianca and armand like watching the cotton candy being made and then carrying it around

pandora is a big fan of the demolition derby

marius hates the gravitron and refuses to ride, armand stands in it like a freak

tbh i don’t really see marius as a huge thrill ride person, so he dutifully volunteers to hold all the plushies won throughout the night for the others. single mothers love flirting with him while he waits and they think it’s soooo sweet he won so many prizes for his kiddos. what a good dad!

he will go on the ferris wheel with them (the polycule, not the single moms lol) and play footsies though

they do eventually bully him onto the tilt a whirl

i wrote about armand riding a mechanical bull in this fic and i stand by it!! but this is the first time marius gets to see him ride one and he’s so enthralled by it that the girls tease him about it for the rest of the night (should we leave you two alone? 🤭)

bianca and armand LOVE the himalaya

armand wants to get his face painted and marius is like 🙄 i could’ve done that at home 🙄 and better 🙄 for free 🙄

the zipper malfunctions and stops while they’re on it and marius (who is dutifully holding the plushies 🙂‍↕️) can’t help but be a stressed Fatherhusband about it and is breathing the down the ride operators neck about getting them out of there

bianca holds marius’ hand the entire time they walk through the hall of mirrors 🥰 pandora cackles when daniel smacks his face into it. armand politely tries not to laugh at his poor fledgling.

the fried food smell makes daniel nostalgic 🥺 he gets funnel cake and when they all get home they take turns drinking from daniel to see his memories of the flavor