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The Vampire Laws (according to the Children of Darkness).
Total of one hundred.
Written in Latin. The main coven was based in Rome, and Armand was sent from there to Paris. Is Latin his third language? ("French my fourth and poorest language").
They largely use the term "lamiae" for vampires (which makes sense given the part of the world), but not always.
The Five Great Laws
1. Quisque suum thalamum debet habere ducem e ... ponat ... doli.
(my translation) Each coven (literally „inner room“) must have its leader ... order ... Trick.
(used in the show) Each coven must have its leader and only he might order the working of the Dark Trick upon a mortal.
2. Dona tenebrosa numquam debilesdebile.. ... er.. aut iis qui necum potestatibus quidem obscuris suis vivere possunt debent.
The Dark Gifts must never be given to the weak ... or to those who cannot (in fact) live with their dark powers.
The Dark Gifts must never be given to the crippled, the maimed or to children.
3. Nullus lamia vampiris debet scribere historiam lamiae vel quamlibet veram cognitionem lamiorum netalis historia inveniatura mortalibus et credatur.
No vampire should commit to writing the history of the vampires, or any true knowledge of vampires, lest such a story be discovered and believed by mortals.
No vampire must commit to writing the history of the vampires.
4. Nemo lamia suamveram naturammortalibus unquam patefaciet et mortale vivat.
No vampire will ever reveal his true nature to mortals and lives as a mortal.
No vampire shall ever reveal his or her true nature to a mortal and let the mortal live.
5. Nullus lamia potestalium lamia destruere nisi quod dominus copuluspotestatemhabetvitae et necis super totum gregem suum.
No vampire can destroy another vampire except for the coven master who holds the power of life and death over his whole flock.
No vampire may ever destroy another vampire except that the coven master has the power of life and death over all his flock.
Other laws that are at least a little bit readable:
51. Lamia semper ad sep... re...bit vel uni simillimum.
A vampire is always ... or very similar to one.
52. Lamia non cognoscet gaudium.
A vampire will not know joy.
53. Non cognoscet lamia felicitatem.
A vampire will not know happiness.
54. Leges magnae lamiae ...olasse iudicatus exs... ... morte punietur.
The laws of the great vampire* ... judged ... will be punished by death.
*or more likely the great laws of the vampires.
55. Lamia(e) exilia punienda ...buntur in terra tumulanda.
Exiled vampires to be punished ... buried in the ground.
56. Lamia non ambulabit in locis lucis.
A vampire will not walk in places of light.
57. Vampires praedam e consortio rapient ...s profuxis[?] et vagi.
Vampires will snatch prey from the group ... runaways and vagrants.
58. Lamia nunquam cognoscet delicias vitae vanitates saeculi.
A vampire will never know the pleasures of life and the vanities of the world/age.
59. Lamia non requiret solatium foci[?].
A vampire will not require the comfort of a family.
60. Vampires nunquam carnalem delectationem cum mortalibus requirent.
Vampires will never seek carnal pleasure with mortals.
61. Vampires nunquam mortalium consortia quaerunt.
Vampires never seek the company of mortals.
62. Vivere inter homines ....nt labentibus annis lamia ad insaniam.
To live among humans .... the passing years ... a vampire to madness.
63. Vivere inter homines alios videre senescere ac mori sicut lamia nunquam sequila[?] lamia ad insaniam impellet.
To live among humans and see others grow old and die, like vampires would never, will drive vampires to insanity.
64. Lamia non ....patem quaerunt.
A vampire not ... seek.
65. Vampires in choro[?] delectationem non reg...rent.
Vampires do not ... delight in dance.
66. Vampires in musica non quaerunt ....tem.
Vampires do not seek .... in music.
67. Lamia(e) non[?] actibus[?] delectationem quaerunt,
Vampires do not seek pleasure in perfomances.
68. Vampires litterae** voluptatem non requirent.
Vampires do not seek pleasure in books.
**thank you lilium-in-blue
69. Vampires magicae non ....ionem requirent.
Vampires do not seek .... magic.
81. Factor amittit fac....diendi f.lli sui cogitationes ..c ...tium est donum obscurae largi...
The maker loses .... his thoughts ... is Dark Gift ...
82. Lamia in alias formas inc..sa europaea mutare poterit sed numquam in ...rundom africanum vertere poteris.
A vampire in other forms ... European ... will be able to change but never in ... African ... will be able to turn.***
*** I have no idea what this means. Words are missing and the whole sentence can have a completely different meaning than what it looks like now. My first thought was that it was some kind of reference to Akasha and Enkil. Please don't jump to conclusions.
83. Veri filii dei potestatibus eam ...per fidem resistere possunt s.... ....e sunt creaturae infidelis damnatorum.
True children of God .... powers ... can resist faith ... are the creatures ... damned unfaithful.
84. Lamia corpora aquae salsae in aestus maximo et infimo .a.tum transibunt.
A vampire will cross bodies of salt water ... at high and low tides.
85. Ut tempus mortale depopulatur corpus lamia depopulabitur tempus ut anni decennia vertuntur in saecula millennii corpus petrificat et lamia volvitur in saxum.
As time destroys the mortal body, so the vampire will be destroyed over time, as the decades turn into the centuries of the millennium, the body petrifies and the vampire turns to stone.
86. Vampires victimas non relinquent ubi a mortalibus cognosci possint nisi tales dolores fuerint ut mors non sit causa praeternaturalia.
Vampires will not leave their victims where they can be recognized by mortals unless they are wounded in such a way that their death does not seem supernatural.
87. Lamia vera loquetur scobe[?] domino.
The vampire will speak the truth ... to the master.
88. Lamia domino suo asse obediet eique exhibebit quantum tale officium postulat.
A vampire will obey his master and will give him as much as such a duty demands.
89. Lamia ad omnes casus paretur.
A vampire is prepared for everything.
90. Lamia paratus ad immolandum se ad bonum testudinis.
A vampire is willing to sacrifice himself/herself for the good of the coven.
91. Paratus lamia paratus erit suum testudinum et dominum suum ab omnibusiminis externis et domesticis defendere.
A prepared vampire will be ready to defend his/her coven and his/her master from external and internal threats.
92. Super omnia custodiatte.
Above all, be vigilant.
93. Nullam lamia eg... posuere eget t.n.idunt quam.
No vampire ... needs to put ...
94. Si lamia in...niret socium lamia fractam testudinis regulas tali de..sta domino cousco referentur.
If a vampire ... vampire breaks the rules of the coven, such ... they will be reported to the coven master.
95. Defectum de .ae...is membris certi... facere faciet ..os criminum facitos[?] lamia ac s ... .a... miserit.
The failure of ... members ... will make ... crimes ... vampire ... will be killed/released.
96. Ignorantia testament.. regulae non erit acceptabile defensionem contra regulas praevaricationis.
Ignorance ... of the rules will not be an acceptable defense against breaking the rules.
97. Admissa in cr..am un ... via exeundi ...
Admitted ... way ... avoid ...
98. Pactum lamia s... et pacem[?] praesedit.
A vampire pact ... and presides over peace.
TL;DR: Very cult-like rules, calling for restraint, moderation, obedience. Lots of little callbacks.
Let me know if you spot any mistakes or can add anything. I'm used to translating from Latin, but not into English. Latin is a bit tricky, mainly because of the crazy word order.
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Interview With The Vampire – 2.03: No Pain
#interview with the vampire#cinematv#filmtvcentral#userthing#smallscreensource#dailyflicks#userstream#tvarchive#filmtvtoday#useroptional#cinemapix#usergayppl#iwtv spoilers#sam reid#lestat de lioncourt#i just love that quote and well it fits for this occasion
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I'm the reticent vampire of the Ninth Arrondissement. I walk the night capturing disappointment and regret as only the reticent vampire can.
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (2022-)
#interview with the vampire#iwtv#iwtvedit#iwtv amc#louis de pointe du lac#iwtv spoilers#perioddramaedit#tvedit#tvfilmgifs#cinematv#filmtvcentral#dailyflicks#mine#idk i can't stop thinking of the implications of the hobby of photography#maybe i'm just crazy but this recurring theme of identity and cameras being in the scene. also armand saying put your camera down etc as if#the lens of the camera put some separation between him and the ppl around. photography as an escapism method also#and i find interesting how he chooses to take photos of random slices of the lives of human life and gets critizied for it#as if louis tries to have one last tie with humanity through photography..'stealing' it through a photo in this whole bigger picture of#vampire pride vs his desire to distantiate himself from it.#i don't remember exactly what jacob himself said but smth smth louis PLAYING the part of the recitent vampire#anyways much to say..also i just find him very cute with this photography hobby thing fsdkjfsdkj
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INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
2x03 | No Pain
RJ: Omakase? Peruse at your leisure.
#iwtvedit#iwtv#interview with the vampire#daniel molloy#louis de pointe du lac#THEY'RE BOTH SUCH BAD LIARS WHEN PUT ON THE SPOT MY GOD#danlou#iwtv spoilers#vampterview#beegifs#jacob anderson#eric bogosian
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#interview with the vampire#armandiel#armandaniel#armand#daniel molloy#iwtv#vampterview#iwtvedit#tvedit#*gif#iwtv spoilers#gif heavy#long post#armand/daniel: *breathes* armand x daniel: 🪓🔨🏹🔪💣🔫#Daniel was so done with Armand's bs lmao#been thinking what Assad had said in his last interview. Armand often underestimates people#made caps for all of these scenes but half of them weren't necessary rip
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One thing Armand told the truth about was everyone falling in love with Lestat . ( Including himself look at him smiling in the last gif :)
#lesmand#armandstat#lestat x armand#armand x lestat#lestat de lioncourt#assad zaman#sam reid#interview with the vampire#iwtv#amc iwtv#iwtv spoilers#iwtv 2x3#iwtv s2#iwtv season 2#iwtvedit#iwtv gifs
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kill me again; show me the only way you know how to love.
#iwtv#amc iwtv#interview with the vampire#iwtv spoilers#loustat#louistat#louis de pointe du lac#lestat de lioncourt#dreamstat#art#mine#*24#lestat#louis#i usually dont like watching weekly dropping shows until at least half the season's out BUT. but... this scene made me rewatch and get#caught up with season 2. i spent my whole birthday (27th lol) watching iwtv babyyy#i had to do this in black and white at the start which i usually never do but i wanted the faces to look like them and b&w allows you to#see the contours of a face without the distraction of color muddling it so. went the extra mile on that#like it is genuinely much much easier to draw realistic shit in b&w but the problem is i like color. and recoloring b&w paintings#is a challenge of its own so it doesn't look shit. i had to repaint parts in color etc -_-. idk if i even like this lol#anywayy. my tortured saint louis <3
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Lestat seeing Armand for the first time in No Pain
#interview with the vampire#iwtv#sam reid#lestat de lioncourt#amc iwtv#amc interview with the vampire#amc immortal universe#2x3#2x3 mine#iwtv spoilers#mp
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#interview with the vampire#iwtv#iwtv spoilers#interview with the vampire spoilers#louis de pointe du lac#claudia#armand#lestat de lioncourt#daniel molloy#iwtv s2
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Okay I have to say it- S2 ep3
As a french speaking person I didn't understand jack shit about what they said
To be absolutely fair I'm a bit dramatic and it is a hard language to learn, there were a lot of words in a difficult accent and all the while having to pass the emotions and keep the acting on being absolutely great- it is hard
And it is not what I am criticizing, the actors made a tremendous job the best they could
But what the fuck happened in the script?
Like 'Un étrange' for 'Strange one' (lesmand first meet cute ''end'' of dialogue) when 'Étranger' or 'Inconnu' would have fitted way more
Like when lestat whispers to Nicki I don't understand jack shit what he says honest to God and no subtitles either so that's funnier
'gardes-tu ce garçon comme une mémoire ?' should have been 'comme un souvenir' is it so fucking hard to make researches in a language you put your story through?
'allons y' for shall we??? Like come on guys it's about going at it we don't say allons y LMAOOAOA especially in that context like bruv. Like it's just like saying shall we go? (Like out- shall we go not fucking in the open right where we are-shall we go) At leeeeast should have been 'devrions nous-' or a suggestion with an if 'et si on-' god fucking forbid they make a decent job at frenching the french lines
Something that bothered me at the theatre des vampires on ep2 was the name of one play: Une deuxième mari. It's Un* deuxième mari because it's a fucking Mari, refering to a man so a He so Un
Kudos for the short lines that both actors fucking nailed throughout. 'Je l'espère' of Lestat was vibrant an audio experience, just like the lines at the theatre when they first saw e/o 10/10 accent and pronunciation
Nicki supposed to be french with that knife cut American accent is killing me, couldn't they hire a french actor? Is it so hard?
Is it harder to have a pronunciation coach on set?
Again no hate to any actor but it takes away the authenticity of the experience.
#interview with the vampire#iwtv spoilers#iwtv s2#iwtv s2 ep3#armand iwtv#lestat de lioncourt#louis de pointe du lac#amc iwtv#amc interview with the vampire#lesmand
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"... a lot of it has to do with what's going on between us, he is sort of my uh ... nemesis throughout the thing. which builds through the whole season and comes to a big climax ..."
eric bogosian about 'armandaniel' in this interview
no because FFGGHHK 💀 imagine if we get devil's minion arc but like on a more modern-day nemeses (one-sided?) to lovers plane *wiggles eyebrows*
#a devil minion truther can dream okay#canon has never stopped me#devil's minion#daniel molloy#old man daniel#armand#armand iwtv#interview with the vampire#interview with the vampire s2#amc interview with the vampire#iwtv s2#iwtv spoilers#amc iwtv#armandaniel#armand x daniel molloy
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#down bad at first sight
#interview with the vampire#cinematv#filmtvdaily#smallscreensource#userthing#dailyflicks#useroptional#tvarchive#filmtvtoday#userstream#cinemapix#iwtv spoilers#*come to me plays in the background*#usergayppl#this was in my drafts so might aswell hit post
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Theory: Why this second 'Interview' is happening
So a few weeks ago, Rolin Jones said that there was a reason the second interview had to happen, which will be revealed this season. And we would learn the reason why one character needed it to happen in ep 2x05; then we would learn why another character needed it to happen in 2x08 (the season finale).
Now the person we will learn needs the second interview to happen in episode 2x05 will, IMO, be Louis. For now, he seems the most clear as being one of the two people IMO. For, as we saw in ep 2x01 Louis knows he hasn't been remembering everything correctly, but that he really wants to. At the moment, Louis has been (deliberately) sidetracked from thinking/wondering if anything else he remembers might not be fully correct but, by ep 2x05, he'll start questioning that again IMO.
Plus, for some reason, Louis is very insistent on this interview taking place and happening no matter what. Because just thinking over everything that has happened storywise up to this point? I actually don't think Louis is in any way fully aware of just how off his memories are. I think he knows something feels off or wrong but he can't quite fully place what that is.
So yes, IMO, Louis is the first character who needed the second interview to happen.
But who is the second character who needed the second interview to happen? Well, this theory very much includes book spoilers (that IMO the show is very much hinting at) to talk about, so I'm giving fair warning right now: this theory very deeply goes into something from the books, as well as tying into another theory I have for what might happen at the end of the season. So, just to be safe, I'm going to place this next part under a spoiler cut:
The character who, IMO, will be revealed as needing this second interview to happen, which we will learn in ep 2x08, will be Claudia.
Yep. IMO Claudia is the one who needed the second interview to happen. Or, more importantly, her spirit/ghost does.
And what clicked this for me is remembering something Delainey herself noted in an interview before the season started which was -- yes, Claudia's journals are there but even they can't give you a full and accurate picture of Claudia and her story. So how can Claudia speak and tell her story?
And that is where this second interview comes in. Because, if you know the book, Merrick, then you know that book contained what was thought to be an appearance of Claudia's ghost/spirit. But that wasn't the only book where we see Claudia's ghost/spirit. We also see her in Tale of the Body Theif . . . or, at least Lestat sees her.
And who was the main antagonist of TotBT? Raglan James. Who, hell, even if Justin Kirk really isn't Raglan James (and is actually Marius or someone else) still works IMO -- in the context of hinting toward that storyline that had Lestat haunted by memories of Claudia and dealing with seeing her "spirit" talking to him.
Because yes, I do think very much that Louis is seeing Claudia's spirit right now, in some way. Just like he did in the book Merrick.
And it's from seeing her spirit and just feeling that something is wrong wrt all of what's going on about it, that has Louis so insistent that this second interview has to happen.
And it's why four other people have come to do this same thing Daniel is doing and either ended up dead . . . or undead.
Hell because again, if you know the story in Merrick then you know Merrick Mayfair herself is the one Louis enlisted to help him summon and speak to Claudia's spirit in the first place; and she ended up putting Louis under a spell to make him turn her into a vampire.
Maybe that comment from Raglan James was a hint about that having already happened to the show's version of Merrick Mayfair. Who's maybe already been there to help summon Claudia's spirit in the first place?
Anyway . . .
IMO, Claudia's ghost/spirit is not only around, but IMO she wants what really happened to her to be known; the truth of not only why Louis and Lestat created her, but how she was failed by them and, most of all, the full truth of not only how she felt about both of them about it all, but also the truth surrounding her death (The Frankenstein Experiment) to not just be revealed but understood . . . mainly understood by Louis and Lestat.
And no, the reason Claudia's spirit wants this isn't benevolent. Just as the spirit of Claudia in the books wasn't benevolent when Lestat and Louis encountered her in them. What she wants, I think most of all, is for them both to face the truth of their actions and what that makes them (in her eyes).
I don't think Louis knows all this of course. I think he just knows Claudia's spirit is still around for some reason and that he thinks going over everything that happened wrt his life will help him figure that reason out.
And after four previously failed attempts Daniel was brought in for the simple reason that, unlike maybe three of the first four, Armand won't kill Daniel to stop this whole thing. (And, you know, if Merrick Mayfair was the first of those four, Daniel can't steal either of their blood to try and make himself a vampire.)
And can I just say, if this theory is correct, then I don't think Claudia's spirit is going to rest after she convinces Louis to do in the show what her spirit in the book convinced him to do. Because again, Lestat also got haunted by the spirit of Claudia in TotBT. And while I'm not sure he'd see her spirit in Season 3 when he begins to tell his story and POV of things (and so when we see Claudia it will be when she's alive during flashback sequences) I do think the show would be setting up for her spirit to do so going forward after that.
Because spirit entities do play a major role in what is to come in the overall story I think the show is heading to (which I and others think will be a combination of the Akasha and Amel threats in Queen of the Damned and Prince Lestat). Starting off by showing Claudia as a spirit entity can be used to begin to ease non-book readers into this concept IMO.
And all of this fits very much with why Armand not only doesn't want this interview to happen but still reluctantly let it happen. Because, if you know his backstory, Armand very much can see spirits and ghosts unaided. That is how strong his Mind Gift abilities are. So if Claudia's spirit/ghost is around in the Dubai penthouse, Armand would very well know that. And so would very much not want her spirit hanging around anymore if at all possible. Because of what Claudia's spirit could, at some point, communicate about him. ("My name is in some of those pages.")
Because I do think that while Louis does know about the role Armand played in Claudia's death, IMO Louis doesn't know about The Frankenstein Experiment. Because, in the books, nobody knew about that -- least of all Louis and Lestat -- until Armand himself revealed it over a century later in The Vampire Armand.
And the show is very much not cutting that moment out but, instead, has been hinting and foreshadowing about it.
I said in another post that I think Armand is, for lack of a better metaphor, like a little kid who wet the bed and now is trying to hide the sheets when it specifically comes to this. This is why he's against the interview happening because it being revealed will crumble the contented life he feels he's built with Louis in Dubai. Because Armand just craves love and being loved so much and not being alone . . . and is fearful he very much will be if this all goes in the direction it could.
One of Armand's major faults is that, when he loves someone, he tends to go way, way, WAY overboard in trying to either secure that person's love . . . or to keep it. If you know the book TVL, Armand did that with Lestat, (forcing himself into Lestat's mind and drinking Lestat's blood without permission), and that is the reason Lestat, in the end, could never trust Armand enough to be companions with him.
And Armand repeated that same pattern with Louis in Paris in allowing Claudia to be killed when, as coven master, he very well could have prevented it.
And now Armand is doing something way overboard, once again, in Dubai, in trying to hide the one thing regarding Claudia in Paris that Louis doesn't know about -- as well as keep Louis safe from doing something extreme if Louis remembers everything the real way it happened . . . as well as hiding the one thing about it all -- regarding Armand's own role in Claudia's fate that Louis still doesn't know about (and in the book Armand says he kept closely hidden until this moment).
Many book readers have always wondered about that Frankenstein reveal because, once Armand reveals it, it's never brought up again. We never hear how Louis and Lestat felt about learning about it. However, I think the show is very much going to give Louis and Lestat both a reaction to and about it when they learn of it. (And no, they are not going to kill Armand for it. But Armand might just be right to worry that Louis learning about it very well might cause his life with Louis in Dubai to be destroyed.)
So yeah, IMO, the second character that Rolin said would be revealed to be wanting this second interview in ep 2x08 is Claudia. And, IMO, this theory also fits with what Jacob said about this being Claudia's season more than anyone else's.
#Interview with the Vampire#amc iwtv#iwtv#Louis de Pointe du Lac#Armand#The Vampire Armand#Claudia de Pointe du Lac#Claudia de Lioncourt#Lestat de Lioncourt#Daniel Molloy#Claudia#vampire chronicles#the vampire chronicles#Merrick#Tale of the Body Thief#iwtv Season 2#iwtv Season 2 Theory#iwtv Season 2 Speculation#vc book spoilers#iwtv spoilers
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what's a little earlobe biting between co-stars
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AND I DON'T BLAME EVERY CHARACTER IN THE SERIES FOR FALLING IN LOVE WITH HIM
#lestat de lioncourt#interview with the vampire#iwtv#iwtv 2022#iwtv season 2#iwtv s2#iwtv spoilers#amc iwtv#loustat#lesmand#armandstat#nickistat#the vampire chronicles#anne rice
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