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Ok.. THAT is funny. I loved the Romanov tie in as well. I named my daughter after Anastasia Romanov, so it is nice to see a forgotten family resurrected like that. I cant wait to read this!
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Love it! Can't wait to read more!
Lachlan in the bachelor.....lmao. Although I think I too would prefer his idea of elimination ;-)
To read the rest of the interview, go to the actual interview
Hope to post some more soon with some of the other vamps at the castle.
I was once asked to describe my characters by imagining how they'd answer a series of interview questions. I thought it was such a brilliant idea that I decided to do just that, and interview a few of the characters from Vampire Origins.
I have started with Lachlan, Alex and Renee - three of the vampires from the series. Over the coming months, I'll be adding more of the characters as a way for you to get to know them.
Hi guys, this is my first time interviewing vampires, so please forgive me if I... um... ask the wrong questions. I really want to make it through this interview with all my blood still in my body. Right, I'll start with a few simple questions. If you'll just take it in turns to answer each one. And don't worry, you can't hear each other's answers.
If you could go on a date with any celebrity, who would it be?
Lachlan: Well, I have been with a few actresses in my time, though they usually seek me out, not the other way around.
Alex: I'm over celebrities. They are so vapid and narcissistic. Give me a real woman any day.
Renee: I've dated many celebrities over the centuries. On my current wish list are Channing Tatum, Ian Somerhalder and Jensen Ackles. Oh yeah, and that hot Aussie, Chris Hemsworth. Hmm, maybe I'll take his brother, Liam at the same time...
So you've all been alive - or is that dead - for a while. In that time, how many people do you think you've kissed? Just give me a ball park figure.
Lachlan: 283,742.
Alex: More than my fair share though I'd trade them all in to have one more day with Kristiina.
Renee: You think I keep count? I've been kissing boys for 300 years. Way too many to count. I have kissed four girls though, if that helps.
Give me a number: how much would it cost for you to eat Hilary Clinton's recently trimmed toenails -- all ten of them?
Lachlan: Are you serious? What the hell would I do with her toenails?
Alex: I'm not even going to bother answering that. How infantile.
Renee: Her toenails? Are you serious? Who thought up these questions? I would drink her blood for free though.
Umm... you're trapped in a helicopter with Denzel Washington, Boy George, and Cindy Lauper... What happens? Renee: Oh that's easy. Throw Cindy out the door, feed on Boy George and have my way with Denzel. He's so sexy.
Alex: Nothing. They leave me alone, I leave them alone.
Lachlan: Toss the men, feed on the woman. She's too old to be of use for anything but sustenance.
What would your autobiography be called?
Alex: The Eternal Search for Neverland
Lachlan: My Life in Exile.
Renee: My Bloody Valentine
Who is your favorite athlete?
Alex: I've never really been that in to sports.
Renee: I couldn't really narrow it down, sorry. I love all sports - the bloodier, and more violent the better. At the moment, I'm kind of seeing the captain of our local hockey team, Max. He's pretty sexy. You know, brawn over brains does it for me every time. Easier to control.
Lachlan: Seriously, what is with these questions? Ask another stupid question and you die
Tell me a little about your family.
Lachlan: I live with my Aunt Veronika and my cousin Angeline. They're pretty much the only ones I care about. I have a grandmother. The bitch exiled me for disobeying that stupid Cambion rule about not turning humans. I also have a mother, but she shunned me along with the rest of the clan. Until 18 years ago, I had a father but he was executed for running off with a werewolf and bringing that bastard abomination, Caleb, into the world. He has his uses, I suppose - his ability to take the form of any animal he kills is pretty handy in a fight - but if I had my way, he never would have been born. I suppose Tash qualifies as family too. I did turn her, though I'm beginning to think that was a bad idea. Must be my Cambion heritage that makes it so hard to turn a human. The first one died within a couple of days and Tash? Well, she refuses to act like a real vampire, preferring to drink that pathetic swill Vlad passes off as an alternative. I give her another six months. If she doesn't come good, I'm cutting her loose.
Alex: My father was the Tsar of Russia - the last Tsar of Russia I might add, before those bastard Bolsheviks slaughtered my entire family. My sister Anna and I saw the whole thing from our hidey hole behind the basement wall. Our mother hid us there just minutes before the Bolsheviks stormed our house. I cannot even describe to you the horrors of watching your family gunned down. I had a second family, after them. Ivan rescued us from the palace and took us to Romania. I fell in love with his daughter, Kristiina the second I laid eyes on her. To this day, I have never met a woman who could rival her for beauty. But Kristiina was taken from me too. By the man I now have to call father. Vladamir Strigoi. Oh, he's been known by a number of names - Vlad Tepes. Vlad the Impaler. Right now, he's bastardised my family name and goes by the name Vladamir Roman. I know I should be grateful to him for my immortality, but what is an eternity if I am separated from those I love? I do still have my sister, Anna. And Ivan - though nobody but Anna knows the truth of his origins. If Vlad knew... No telling what he'd do. Anna and Ivan. They're the most important people in my world these days. I'd do anything to keep them safe.
Renee: My real family? Geez, I barely remember them. Had a mother and father, of course. And a little brother. They've been dead a long time. My current family is made up of my creator, Vlad and his wife Veronika. She's not very nice to bitten vampires like me. You know, Cambion and all, so thinks we are somehow beneath her. Then there's Angeline, their real, blood daughter. Little psycho if you ask me. Cannot stand that kid. Veronika's nephew Lachlan also lives with us. We used to have a thing, back before I became vampire. Now he's my pretend brother. Still sexy as hell though, not that he's given me a second glance since I turned. Prefers humans over vampires. Gee, who else? Nataschia. Eww. We're supposed to be twin sisters, at least where the humans are concerned, but that chick is seriously defective. Don't know why Lachlan ever bothered turning her. Can't even feed properly. Will only drink from a glass, not a vein. The last two in our 'family' is Anna and Alex. They're real life brother and sister. Used to be royalty back in Russia, but their family were killed by the rebels. Vlad saw something in them and turned them. Anna's okay. Bit soppy, if you ask me. And she's always having those crazy ass visions. But she's always been easy enough to deal with. Alex... if I had my way... put it this way, what I feel for Alex is definitely not brotherly.
What car do you drive?
Lachlan: A Honda Fireblade motorbike and a black Hummer H1. With those two, I can pretty much go anywhere. Speed and accessibility.
Alex: Some Mercedes. A Brabus, or something like that. It's just a car. Gets me from A to B.
Renee: A bright red, Ferrari Spider. It's so adorable.
If you could be on any television show or movie, which would it be and why?
Lachlan: The Bachelor. A month locked in a house full of women trying to please me... I'd make a couple of alterations though. My eliminations would be so much better than what they have now.
Alex: I don't watch television or movies. I prefer to read.
Renee: Well, considering Ian Somerhalder is on my list of celebs to conquer, it would definitely be Vampire Diaries.
Who or what do you love more than anything else?
Lachlan: Apart from Angeline, I don't really love anyone or anything.
Alex: Kristiina. I will always love her, as long as I draw breath into my lungs. Second on my list is my sister Anna.
Renee: Blood and boys equally.
Would you rather be rich or free?
Lachlan: I'm Cambion. I'm already free. As for money, I have more than enough to do as I please.
Alex: Free, any day.
Renee: Why choose. I'm rich and I'm free... well, if you don't count the fact that I have to do everything Vlad asks of me. But he doesn't pay that much attention to me anymore. More interested in his Strigoi army and that silly project he's so obsessed about.
Beautiful or brilliant?
Lachlan: I prefer my women beautiful. There is something poetic about corrupting such works of art.
Alex: Brilliant. Beauty fades, or at least it would if we aged.
Renee: Hello? Have you met me? I'm both. Duh.
Happily married or happily single?
Lachlan: Single.
Alex: I'd give anything to be happily married with a family of my own.
Renee: Why settle down with one man when, as the saying goes, there are millions more fish in the sea? I'll stay single til the day I die.
How much money do you make a year?
Lachlan: No idea. Only the poor count their money.
Alex: No idea. I couldn't care less about banal stuff like money.
Renee: Make? None. Spend? Loads.
Did you go to college?
Lachlan: Not yet. Still having too much fun in high school. In another 100 years or so I'll look old enough to go to college.
Alex: Once. Back in the 30s, not too long after Vlad turned me. Waste of time, if you ask me.
Renee: A couple of times. I'm currently doing a stint back in high school, you know, to keep an eye on the humans. It's not so bad. There are lots of hot guys to keep me entertained.
What is your religion?
Lachlan: I believe only in myself. I do utilize the beliefs of a couple of wiccan and pagan religions though.
Alex: Russian Orthodox
Renee: Hedonism, definitely.