It is with extremely heavy hearts that we announce the passing of a fandom legend, someone who was instrumental in building up this fandom and -- this isn't hyperbole -- wrote the most influential and arguably greatest of its fics.
We have lost Cesare, who was a very dear friend to some of us and an inspiration to all of us.
She was in her early twenties when she started writing The Secret History, Lestat's retelling of Interview with the Vampire. Her deft turn of phrase, the way she wrote Lestat with such passion and insight, became legendary in fandom. There was a frenzy whenever she posted a new chapter; people wrote spin-offs of her work.
Many of us (your mods included) placed her on a pedestal, which she rejected. She was warm, approachable, always ready to collaborate and to advise. She brought people together.
She joined us for one of our very best years at the exchange, and of course people were delighted by her Christmas fic where only Cesare could make us fall in love with a story of Lestat getting engaged to a crazed poisoner.
Cesare spent a quarter of a century in this fandom and the mark she leaves on it is indelible. She will be sorely missed, but her incredible writing and her warmth and her kindness will live on.
We love you, Cesare. Godspeed.
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