#i really love Louis at this point in the show!

[funtheysaid]

IWTV 2x02 Initial Thoughts (Stream Of Consciousness)

- ooh the title card changed! I’ve been wanting to see the Eiffel Tower as a “fang” since season two was announced. WE IN PARIS BABY!

- ayooo three-way (interview) incoming

- Daniel’s “Paris sucks” aka “Paris is where my ex-bf is from and he sucks (dick), but not mine anymore, and no, I’m not bitter abt that, his city just fucking stinks (literally)”

- not two minutes in and Devil’s Minion is already flirting bickering

- ALICE MENTION alice!armand truthers are gon love that shit i just know

- “I’ll tell you what a woman is” That’s my sapphic-coded queen!!! 🕯️ pls S2 give me claudeleine 🕯️

- “Gauche” well, yes.

- Loumand: 🥰🥰 Daniel: 🙄 he‘s so second-hand embarrassed for them I can’t

- I mean, it’s crazy. What? We finish each other’s- I WAS WITH HIM FOR LONGER THAN LESTAT WAS WITH HIM WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN DANIEL PUT IT ON RECORD WEVE BEEN FUCKING FOR LIKE DOUBLE THE TIME …that’s what i…was….gonna say?

- Louis would be that faux-intellectual hipster who has his own darkroom full of overexposed and blurry, unfocused photos that are his “art” bc he took them on film (affectionate)

- Not claudia calling him out on it in the next scene “let me think I’m deeper than I am” okay honey you do you

- “She’s miserable but she doesn’t want to fuck with your too delusional left bank dilettante vibes” ahh the narrative foils are foiling, I see

- The show: Alice was pregnant, My dumb ass: OMEGAVERSE DEVILS MINION !?!?

- “joyfully joyless” MOOD.

- Claudia looking at Madeleine like “I don’t know if I want to be her or be with her” Dw babe it’s a rite of passage for all of us you’ll figure it out

- “Your French is ugly” 🥹👉👈 weally?

- “the dress for my body” LOOK I know what she meant, but I can’t help it that my mind is perverted

- LMFAO NOT GLORYHOLE PARK

- okay why Loumand playing with my heart “I will never harm you. And I never have” wtf wtf wtf

-Oh no the ole business card trick! we all know that’s Louis’ kryptonite he loves a man with credentials

- i like girls, but why is santiago kinda…

- Woah the Annika scene was really hard to watch which I think was the point but goddamn idk if I’ll be able to rewatch that part

- Estelle is my self-insert. I’m claiming her.

- “You both fucked Lestat!?!” HOW DID THEY KNOW WE WANTED HIM TO SAY THAT!?

- “He tasted of vermouth and annihilation” We both know you have no earthly idea what that man tastes like, Armand. Be so fucking fr right now.

- Did Armand just casually drop that he had a threesome with a father and son? I’m sorry, sir????

- “Now I know what two blood fat cocks slapping hands feel like” When I tell you my spirit left my body

- oh shit here we go. I’m a caged animal and it’s time for my weekly enrichment. give me my loustat.

- there’s a letter !?!? Wait wait I wasn’t ready for something like this wait stop stop please

- “all my love belongs to you. you are its keeper” just take me out back and shoot me at this point

- “it is a thin veil” fucking fuck why was that so romantic??

- the blood tears welling up in Lestat’s eyes I’m-

- “Rebound of my life” and in that moment, he spoke for the people

- WHAT IS HAPPENING???? Jesus Christ, they were talking about Alice and then it cuts to FUCKING ARMAND!?! This is not a drill. Everyone to your stations, this is not a drill.

- “You sold your Dad’s playboy magazines at recess” Hmmm? You’re telling me a “straight” teenage boy sold porno mags instead of keeping them for himself??? Yeah, I call gay on that one

- “she wanted to say yes” you motherfuckers.

- Oh shit Louis is pissy tonight rawr kitty got claws

- Devils minion girlies are thriving, skin glowing, hair silky, breath minty, pillow cold, stomach full, dreams sweet, and by Jove, we fucking deserve it !!!!

- daniel’s shaky “um- gulp” …….guys this is gonna sound crazy but i think there might actually be a god

- ooh the camera/photography being like a divide or barrier between Louis and his present situation. Like he wants to capture the moments, but only as if an onlooker and not a participant… interesting!

- “Who?” will never not be funny

- “Mon ami” in the same episode as “Mon Cher” FUCK ME GENTLY WITH A CHAINSAW

- “Armand for you” nah nah nah i changed my mind, you can do like Leatherface and shove that chainsaw in rough and hard

- Close up on Louis’ conflicted face, fire blazing behind him…. That’s not foreboding in any way. I’m sure they’ll all live happily ever after from now on :D

What a ride! Until next week! 🧛‍♂️🩸

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[desertfangs]

I’ve been thinking about Armand/Daniel a lot lately (as one does) and yes the whole thing is incredible but for some reason I can’t get this line out of my head: “In the midst of life they plunged”, and how perfectly it encapsulates their entire relationship. Like the IMPLICATIONS of it. Armand hadn’t actually had a life, perhaps only a semblance of it, in over 300 years, and this mortal boy gave it to him and offered him a shot at an actual existence. Full of experiences, adventures, discoveries, opportunities, romance, fighting, crying, LIVING. The highest of highs and the lowest of lows. Daniel giving Armand the opportunity to have a life and to reclaim his youth will never not make me feral ❤️‍🩹

Anon! It's like you're inside my head, because I, too, think about them all the time. That line though is really awesome and it does encapsulate their relationship so well. You're so right about this and you should say it.

Like, if you think about it, it's exactly true that Armand hasn't had much of a life for a long time. He spent decades with Louis, living in a shared misery. And while I fully believe they had tender moments during that period, I think it was few and far between. Armand wanted Louis to be his guide to the modern era, but Louis was too lost in his grief and pain and numbness to be that for him. When that finally ends, he spends the next decades watching over a sleeping Lestat, keeping the city free of "vermin" to protect him like a guardian who wasn't asked for.

And basically seems to be his life when Daniel crashes into Lestat's house and starts playing those tapes. He's just chilling in New Orleans, watching over the dirt where Lestat is buried, as life moves around him.

The Chase gives Armand something else to do, to focus on. He follows this young reporter boy around tormenting him and teasing him and in the process, he starts to delve into the modern era, learning about things Daniel does and places he goes and even his means of travel - accosting him on a train, in a taxi. He bails him out of jail. He orders dinner for him at a restaurant in the most unhinged way possible, but it's also the sort of thing you might do if you just want to push some of the limits around you.

And then they come together as a couple, finally, and then into the very midst of life they plunge! Armand finally has someone who will do all the things with him: parties, shows, concerts, museums, travel. Daniel has been patiently (and not so patiently) teaching him about the modern world for years already, so now they really dive in. And as you point out, they also plunge head first into a relationship, living together, existing together as a couple and figuring out what that means, and everything that entails, good and bad.

It really is Armand getting a second chance at his youth and his first opportunity in centuries to just be a guy and experience the world on the arm of this beautiful, curious, sardonic boy who loves him for what he is and who he is and is passionate and gentle, even as he can be defiant and argumentative.

It makes me feral, too. Like it's just so good. Daniel gives him the world and the love he deserves, and in the end, Armand gives him forever. And I just... love them so, so much. 😭😭💖

Thank you so much for this ask!

#and sorry it took me an eon to get to this my brain was absolute toast on friday #it made me happy to see it but i wanted to respond propery #anonymous #daniel molloy #armand #armand/daniel #the devil's minion #vc #vc meta #queen of the damned #answers in the desert #devil's minion

[nalyra-dreaming]

Hey, it's the DM anon. Sorry if I come off as too pessimistic, but I just want to address the reblog post

"Armand in the show doesn't need someone to introduce him to the modern world. He's already familiar with it."

This was kinda the point of my message. The main reason why the Devils Minion chapter is so popular is because it's not just a cat & mouse thriller; it's also a sitcom about a "normal" boy teaching a powerful 500 yr old immortal all about the modern world - the perfect blend of horror & romantic comedy. Logically I always knew that some of the relationship would be cut or altered when they adapted it to the show, but it looks like they're cutting all of the fan favorite scenes. (I will forever be bitter about losing 'Call Paris for me')

My fear is that the writers will change everything that made Devils Minion, Devils Minion. Whatever relationship Armand & Daniel have on the show will be brand new. I may be jumping the gun, but they've already changed the 2 reasons why Armand chose Daniel as his human companion in the first place:

1. He needed someone to teach him about the modern world and as the reblog stated, he no longer needs that. Which means we also won't get my other favorite scene: when Armand drags Daniel out of bed and demands he show him things in the city. He won't need to do that because he will already have explored these cities with Louis

2. He liked that Daniel wasn't afraid to stand up to him. But from everything the show, reviewers, and Eric has told us, '73 Daniel was just a bumbling idiot Yes Man. Where's the challenge?

And now we know that Loumand had several relationships with humans throughout the decades, some of whom got to live out their lives unharmed. So Daniel isn't even special, he's just the latest. Idk how the show expects to sell ArmanDaniel when they've erased everything that made them unique.

I know Assad talked about Armand's fear that Daniel knows Louis more than he does and the reblog thinks that might be the reason Armand falls for Daniel, but I'm nearly positive Assad was talking about Dubai Daniel not SanFran Daniel. The only connection Louis & Daniel seem to have in the 70s is their love of drugs, since one reviewer talked about how they're both fucked up during the first interview. I doubt young Daniel could stay sober long enough to have a meaningful conversation with Louis, let alone a meaningful relationship. So why exactly would Armand be attracted to him? I really hope the writers give us a real reason that's more than just "he likes him in the book. Y'all do the rest"

Anyway, thanks for allowing me to rant

:) All good.

But... I honestly would wait till the season has run. I do trust them when they say episode 5 and 8 are the game changers.

I know it's hard to stay calm when you have waited for so long to see a realization of something at all.

And... I don't think the "you can fuck them and I can eat them" humans (I hope everyone caught that line and that they attributed that to Lestat in s1^^) were anywhere close on the level Daniel will be.

I really don't.

Daniel is definitely special, as the interview in Dubai proves, imho. But... the timeline is different, that's all. Give it some time.

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[cbrownjc]

Absolutely love your speculations and thoughts.

What do you think Raglan James' plans of doing since he made contact with Daniel? He didn't only talk to him in that sushi clip, but apparently he brought him with him somewhere (That clip where Raglan says "The great conversion is real")

I know that there's the whole body thief going around, but wouldn't that have to do with David and Lestat? Do you think they're going to bodyswap Daniel with that young (indian? i don't remember well ahah) boy, taking David's place? Because why else would he be talking to him

Thank you have an amazing day

Hello! Glad to hear you like my thoughts! 😌

So okay, I gave a lot of my thoughts about Raglan James in this post. I don't think David is going to be on the show. I think part of his character has been worked into Daniel's story, and David's character has been cut.

Now, that said, I'm actually not sure if Daniel is going to get the Body Thief plotline . . . or, I guess I should say, I don't think the story from the book is going to happen one-to-one in the show. Because I don't think Raglan James is going to steal a younger body before he makes the offer to Lestat to switch. And that is why the character is being played by Justin Kirk. Because, in some later season, Kirk is going to be playing Lestat.

Because, as I noted in the link above, I do not think this show is going to have a bunch of white men swapping around the body of a young man of color. Plus, Rolin Jones has already talked about how tricky body-switching plots can be. The book version of the story had three people swapping around. Right now, I think they are going to streamline things down to just two people -- James and Lestat.

Okay so, as to the preview for ep 2x03, well. I think what happened with Daniel toward the end of 2x02 is setting the stage for Daniel to contact or make contact with the Talamasca. I don't know if the Talamasca made contact with him before Daniel came to Dubai or will do so while Daniel is there already. But I think Raglan James will make some type of promise or deal with Daniel to make sure he'll leave Dubai unharmed or something if he gets info for them, particularly about the Great Conversion thing.

However -- I also wouldn't be surprised if Raglan James has already been kicked out of the Talamasca at this point, and is just acting on his own.

Anyway, I think the show is about to set up a 3-ep mini-arc in that people will wonder if Daniel is "betraying" Louis and Armand in some way, or if Louis and/or Armand really are going to kill Daniel or something and that the Talamasca really are trying to help Daniel or something.

And then, I think something that is revealed in Episode 2x05 will have Daniel feeling different about things again. And, if he's made some kind of deal with Raglan James, (thinking it was a deal made with the whole Talamasca), Daniel will back out of it either at the end of Episode 2x05 or the opening of Episode 2x06.

So yeah, I think Raglan James is here for a little mini-arc and will try and use Daniel to get info about the "Great Conversion" -- either for the Talamasca or just for himself and whatever plans he might have about it.

Now, as for if I think Daniel will get swapped into another body at all? Yes, I do think he will. But I don't think they'll have a new actor cast in the part of Daniel when they do it because . . . the show already has two actors playing that part. And there are other ways characters in the VC series have obtained a new body beyond just switching with another person.

But I don't think such a plotline is going to happen any time soon. This is something I really don't expect to see until just right before the Great Conversion storyline is about to kick into gear which, IMO, won't really begin until around Season 4 or the beginning of Season 5.

I hope that answers your question and have a pleasant day too!

#tale of the body thief #raglan james #Lestat de Lioncourt #Daniel Molloy #Talamasca #Interview with the Vampire #amc iwtv #iwtv #iwtv spoilers #iwtv season 2 #iwtv Season 2 speculation #iwtv book spoilers #ask #ask and answer

[bengiyo]

Only Boo! Ep 7 Stray Thoughts

Last week, Moo and friends put on an act for Moo's mom to sign the permission slip for him to participate in the competition. Mom saw through it and said that if he doesn't succeed this time she's sending him to New Zealand for reasons I am choosing not to speculate on because of the mom plot with Kang's mom. Kang's mom accepted him, but I feel like the show didn't connect her worries properly to specifics about the dad and her lack of support for the arts, so I anticipated homophobia in a way that really bothered me.

Are we starting on a dream sequence??

Excellent boy behavior from Moo to undress in front of Kang when he went into a panicked hurry.

EP 7: LOVE, OH LOVE

Potae, holding hands is not going to calm Payos down.

I don't mind the show returning to the opening scenes at this midpoint.

Oh no, now I'm feeling secondhand embarrassment.

All this hugging when you should be running!

Finally, Louis.

Potae is not ready for audition life if he's imploding after one like this.

Shone, why are you hitting on this kid?

Suddenly, the UMG theme.

I love Moo asking about the crush when Potae isn't around.

Hold on, Jang and Payos has potential. I am considering.

Kang looks better when Sea is playing him as fond.

Hold on, is the delivery guy coming back for this pot later??

Yes, Moo, troll Payos.

Truly, what was the point of Shone if he was just going to back off?

Interesting. I was kinda hoping only Payos would pass for maximum drama.

What in the My School President is this covered mouth kiss?

Oh good! Louis is back next week.

I'm actually looking forward to the group grappling with this missed audition opportunity. Moo overslept because he was too excited about his romance, and I'm curious how he navigates that going forward. I also liked Potae stressing himself out and needing to reassess how he talks to his team.

#Ben watches #only boo! #only boo the series #thai bl #bl series

[eddiediazismyhusband]

Hi Louis, are there any plot points/mentions on 9-1-1 that you wish were expanded further on the show (not just Buddie related)? For myself I'm still a little bitter they never mentioned all Buck did during the tsunami.

And when Buck and Eddie get married, what song do you think will be their first dance to? (I already made 3 playlists for them but Strangers by Maddie & Tae makes me go This is so them every time I listen to it. )

Thank you for making scrolling through the Buddie tag so much fun, Carly

ooohhhh im so gald you brought this up bc ive been dying to talk about it—

but in all seriousness i love this question!!

1. plot points i wish were expanded on more

i have a few but im only going to narrow it down to this one because it is something that has always kind if rubbed me the wrong way… but i really wish they could have spent more time exploring Hen’s relationship with her mom. I might be in the minority here, but to me the whole arc of Toni coming back into Hen’s life felt very quick and almost…. too simple? (not that it was simple at ALL but) As a queer person who has had a rocky relationship with my parents, it is always something i love to see portrayed in media more rather than just automatically jumping to the “supportive ally” trope as a way to make a story more feel-good if that makes sense. And i saw the bones for that in the storyline with Hen and Toni, but because of the state of the show at FOX that season i understand why they didn’t make it a bigger deal….. however i really wish they had!

(also i agree them never mentioning what buck did in the tsunami has always rubbed me the wrong way— i definitely feel like they all should have already gotten medals at this point for other rescues in the past so the fact that they only just now are getting them has annoyed me, but im just glad the firefam is getting recognition for something)

2. Buddie Wedding Song

I am kissing you on the forehead for this question bc i love love love love LOVE talking about stuff like this….

This isn’t for their first dance, but i have always loved the idea of Karen singing “At Last” during the ceremony (a la bones, which wasn’t what inspired it in my head but upon further inspection is actually really similar to what i would want their wedding to look like) bc i think the fact that we haven’t heard tracie thoms’ voice on the show yet is a CRIME.

As as far as a first dance song, i love the idea of them dancing to something softer— a couple that come to mind are Love Like This (Ben Rector) and Love Me Tender (Norah Jones). If they wanna cash in on the Adele hype now, i DEFINITELY wouldn’t be opposed to Make You Feel My Love (maybe even sung by Maddie so that we get JLH’s vocals again??). i also could see You Are The Reason (Calum Scott). If they wanted to go the taylor swift route, i could see You Are In Love, Enchanted, or even Daylight (which daylight would admittedly have me sobbing like a baby).

Also strangers by maddie & tae is SOOOOOO BUDDIE…. this wouldn’t be their first dance song, but Friends Don’t is such a quintessential Buddie song to me 👌👌👌

thank you for the ask, and your sweet note at the end! I really loved getting to answer this ask 💕💕

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[themirokai]

Suits Season 3 Episode 2. In which Louis literally talks about Harvey and Mike’s relationship as romantic. To quote:

Louis: I need the 411 on the breakup.

Donna: Are we in high school?

Louis: Life is high school. And I need to know if the prom king and his boy wonder are still an item.

Donna: What high school did you go to?

Louis: Donna, it's a simple question. Did Mike and Harvey break up break up, or did they take a time-out and, like, say to each other, "Hey, let's see other people and make sure that we're sure."

#but also #i really love Louis at this point in the show! #he’s such a good character! #they’ve developed him so well! #I was so sad for him at the end of the episode #and I think Mike would do really well to be mentored by Louis #because Louis was absolutely right #that Harvey does not love law #Harvey loves beating people #and obviously he’s very good at it #but that’s real different from being a good lawyer #and honestly Harvey is a shitty lawyer #ahem #organizational tags: #miro does suits #marvey #suits #suits tv

[itolerate]

iwtv textposts part nine

#Lestat’s LITERALLY worse but yeah sure he’ll make louis life all better yep #he’s like let me fix you pleeeessseee when he’s the one showing louis the horrors #it’s fine #I really dragged lestat in this one I’m sorry #I love him #iwtv #lestat de lioncourt #louis de pointe du lac #claudia iwtv #interview with the vampire #iwtv textposts #loustat

[beaulesbian]

Claudia: So, I’m supposed to kill him?

Louis: You don’t have to. There’s always the birds and the beasts.

Lestat: Or you can endeavor on an experience that feels like eating syrup while riding on the wind.

5 min later:

#iwtv #iwtvedit #iwtv spoilers #interview with the vampire #loustat #louis de pointe du lac #lestat de lioncourt #claudia #claudia iwtv #mine #gif:iwtv #amc iwtv #amc interview with the vampire #this show is really a comedy asdsjd i love them all #jacob anderson #sam reid #bailey bass

[bethanyeliseart]

Vampire family - art nouveau portraits all together

#claudia #louis de pointe du lac #lestat de lioncourt #interview with the vampire #amc iwtv #iwtv fanart #the vampire chronicles #& here's them all together! #never shutting up about this show and will probably draw it again soon #they're such a Messy family but I love them #really wish I had access to a printer because I want prints of these #bethanyeliseart

[thomas-the-goat-of-satan]

god. Grace De Pointe Du Lac. strongest woman alive. I'm sososo serious. her brother kills himself. her other brother is gay. and weird. the gay part is Not the problem. the gay brother suddenly marries a white French man and almost completely disappears from her life when she arguably needs him the most. and then suddenly they both show up to her mother's funeral after months of not seeing him. because. he blew their door off it's hinges. normal things that normal men can do. and now they have a small orphan child that is just as unsettling as her brother's creepy French husband. her eyes are Also weird. "are you sure you're the right people to look after an orphan??" well they actually fucked her psyche up beyond repair, so probably not, Grace my love!! probably not. and that's not even to Mention what she grit her teeth through Before she eventually cut him off. he's never around when her and her family are awake. when he Does show up, he's incredibly strange around both her And her children. she comes downstairs after inviting him inside to spend time with them one night and she finds her newborn baby... On The Ground?? because her brother Left Him There, Apparently?? he almost kills her and her daughters?? with a Door?? also his eyes are GREEN now?? I'm serious!! strongest woman alive!! because me personally?? I would've checked out at my brother's brand new set of eyes. "like a church window." I mean. that Is one way to describe them.

#I really love Grace a lot #interview with the vampire #grace de pointe du lac #louis de pointe du lac #claudia #lestat de lioncourt #show #cloey talks iwtv #mine

[ibeoutchea]

Louis being willing to let Claudia go is such a testament to his love for her. He learned that holding on too tight only breeds resentment. Also that she is her own person, with her own set of feelings and can no longer be used as a distraction for his feelings (or Lestat’s ire). We see this when he calls her “sis”, acknowledging her autonomy as a person. Though it’s clear to both of them that he’ll never stop being her father. Her protector. Her knight.

He lets her go though it means he will have to live with loneliness her absence and Lestat’s continued dalliance with Antionette creates. A part of him wasn’t so sure he could even go through that a second time:

 “I teased the sun that night in Jackson Square. Thought about the walking cane and pile of ash they'd find in the morning. But Paul had forever ruined Grace's wedding night, and I would not do the same to Claudia on the anniversary of her escape. If I was to join Dante's World of the Self-Murdered, it would be another night.”

But he knows the price of that choice and won’t have another sister pay it. Instead he goes on to endure the life he’s accepted with Lestat out of fear of change, with only the comfort of knowing he put her happiness first pushing him forward and that has to be enough. 

#interview with the vampire #iwtv 1x06 #iwtv spoilers #iwtv show #interview with the vampire amc #louis de pointe du lac #claudia de pointe du lac #the vampire lestat #lestat x louis #louis x claudia #So much love between these two and the choices they make regarding each other 🥺 #he really would do almost anything for her and i say almost because he will not leave his batshit blonde brute

[tipsyjaehyun]

-- to love someone is firstly to confess: i'm prepared to be devastated to you // billy-ray belcourt.

#interview with the vampire #iwtv #iwtvedit #amc iwtv #louis de pointe du lac #loustat #lestat de lioncourt #the vampire chronicles #sam reid #jacob anderson #iwtv 2022 #guys i'm back!!! #did you all miss me? #its been tough but i swear to god this show!!!! #it brought me out of the slump #its soooooo good!! #like mind blowingly good!!! #i really love this show!!!! #im gonna be ruined by them <333 #ahh i forgot to add my tag #madebyrain #:)

[n0ne0ftheab0ve]

the thing is. lestat loves louis's worst self.

and like. how utterly painfully scorchingly romantic. someone who loves the darkest parts of you, will never recoil from your worst impulses, will never deny you comfort shelter love for even the worst thing you could do.

but. how do you build an actual relationship with someone who doesn't care about your self-improvement? who doesn't support you growing and becoming your best self, who actively denigrates you for attempts at kindness and empathy? how do you navigate on the day to day with someone who wants nothing more than for you to behave monstrously?

and for louis, his entire life he feels he's been loved/accepted only conditionally. loved by his family only for his good deeds, for managing the household and taking care of his siblings. loved romantically only for fleeting moments, stolen away from the everpresent watchful eye of a homophobic society. loved in spite of the omnipresent racism pressing in on his every breath. so of course the deeply encompassing love lestat is offering him is enticing.

but i always say, for me, love is someone doing the dishes for you. doing a mundane, annoying, everyday task just so that your beloved doesn't have to do it. doing it consistently. it's fine to be swept off your feet by someone, but most of life involves being on your feet. love means being able to build a life with someone. and life is full of mundane annoyances. so your love must be able to deal with mundane annoyance.

and lestat has no intention of doing the dishes for louis.

#loustat #lestat de lioncourt #louis du pointe du lac #iwtv 2022 #interview with the vampire 2022 #interview with the vampire #iwtv #lestat x louis #just some thoughts on their relationship as portrayed in the show #also. and i mean this should be obvious. louis is NAWT a reliable narrator. esp not vis a vis his relationship w lestat. #so like. lestat may ALSO love louis's best self! we may find that out in s2! but as portrayed in s1.... hmmm no #also for the record i think grace du pointe du lac ACTUALLY DID love louis pretty unconditionally #(although presumably not enough to excuse him breaking+entering and threatening her+her family.) #(or to excuse him eating her infant child shhhhhh. who said that.) #but like. she really fully accepted him for being gay. she knew he had a temper. she loved him as he was. but he couldn't see it. #edit: doing the dishes is a metaphor. they drink blood there are no dishes to do. #it's about stability and companionship in a relationship VS wild passion. it's abt interrogating the ideal of gothic romance. not dishes.

[max-vandenburg-is-life]

You know what really is enduring? Watching this fucking show

#the psychological damage i put myself through with every new episode #god i love this show #but there's something about it.... like every week it becomes more apparent #we really got to see these characters be happy..... we saw their relationships flourish...... we saw them be loving and kind to each other. #and now it's all falling apart. as Louis said the fantasy of happiness burst #and we see the characters become more and more miserable and more and more horrible to each other as time passes #and it's always for the same reasons. every time. there's nothing new under the sun #it's all so tragic but it's such a beautiful story #I'm not good with words so this is my best attempt i hope y'all understand what i mean #iwtv #interview with the vampire #louis de pointe du lac #lestat de lioncourt #claudia #jacob anderson #sam reid #bailey bass #itwv amc #anne rice's interview with the vampire #an original post no way

[dark-immortal-kiss]

You know writing problems and my emotional quibbles aside, iwtv felt like an entire fever dream that 13 year old me would never have believed was possible. I think that’s why I loved every minute of it even with all the changes, and in spite of the changes, because it’s what weirdo, goth, bi, misfit, 13 year old me desperately needed, and it’s what old hag me wants!

#maybe I’m nostalgic in my old age #but I can’t really begrudge this show of anything #because it’s the exact gay romp of a gothic romance that I’ve always wanted #I have the books as is and I love them #but this show is something else entirely #something that couldn’t even have existed until now #I loved it #iwtv #interview with the vampire #lestat de lioncourt #loustat #iwtv spoilers #louis de pointe du lac #amc iwtv #iwtv amc #iwtv 2022 #anne rice #the vampire chronicles