#particularly from lestat’s pov

[mrsdulac]

Claudia and Lestat

#heavily inspired by hope tala’s moontime (great song and artist btw check her out) #idk #this song just makes me think of them #particularly from lestat’s pov #the second verse hits especially different #‘i wasn’t sure about these stars but i bore them.’ (claudia’s creation) #‘the sun comes quicker if you call her’ (lestat with louis) #‘but the moon isn’t beckoned by you and she was la lunar through and through’ (lestat with claudia) #and of course the ‘she was never supposed to be mine’ #idk maybe I’m reaching but #it makes me think of them 🤷🏽‍♀️ so have a moodboard 🥰 #interview with the vampire #lestat de lioncourt #claudia de pointe du lac

[fayevalcntine]

I agree about Lestat and Antoinette, I think people are confused cause she was her side piece for more than 20 years and cause there was a time, beginning of ep 5, when he was secretely seeing her and when Claudia exposed him he was clearly ashamed and uncomfortable so people wonder why he was so afraid of having been caught

Yeah, I think people are confused as to why he continued to be involved with her but it's not hard to chalk it up to her also being a convenient side-piece that Lestat needed for whenever he felt neglected or ignored by Louis. This isn't to place any blame on Louis and his own mental state throughout the years but given what he points out in the present, Antoinette shows up during moments where Louis was either switching up his diet and therefore feeling too weak to really focus on anything having to do with his and Lestat's relationship, when Louis is too worried about Claudia not eating (particularly since Claudia mentions Antoinette because she took to following her guardians around after Charlie's death), or through the 7 years when Louis was too depressed and preoccupied with looking for Claudia to spare Lestat a second glance. I think Lestat also felt ashamed when Claudia first mentioned her because he told Louis the fling didn't end up working out in ep3, yet in spite of this and his outburst at Louis later over Jonah, he's still apparently seeing her then. And in ep6 when Louis finds out that Antoinette is still alive despite Lestat being ordered to kill her, even he says that it was more to do with Lestat doing it to get a reaction and not wanting to be told what to do since he's a "brat". I think he's right about that but I also think it's consistent with who Lestat is to have someone else to go to because he carried different insecurities about his and Louis's relationship, and couple that with Louis's own complex views on vampirism, his sexuality, his diet and then his depression, it's easy to see why Lestat kept hanging around with Antoinette despite not caring for her at all. Like, she offered to leave with him, and he just flippantly rejected the notion because he wouldn't go anywhere without Louis.

#interview with the vampire #lestat de lioncourt #this btw isn't to say that I excuse Lestat for his outbursts #particularly in ep5; I just mean that when you see it from his perspective it's easy to realize that Antoinette is convenient for him #but meaningless at the end of the day #in spite of.....everything we see he does love Louis from his pov

[nalyra-dreaming]

"Worried about the Nicki/TVL content" here for clarification. I apologize, that came off like I didn't want to see TVL/Nicki. I'm excited to see Louis' journey through Europe and very excited for the theatre des vampires. I'm also very excited to see Lestat's backstory, including Nicki's part in it. What I meant is I'm worried that the showrunner might have been worried they weren't getting a season 3 so they packed in TVL and Nicki into season 2 so audiences got the backstory for Louis, Armand, and the theatre and how that ties to Lestat because they didn't want to leave questions because they may not get a season 3.

I want them to take their time with each major plot point and i wondered if cramming so much in was a hint that there was not going to be a renewal. But your response to my first ask was reassuring. I just really need to see the entire story play out before they end the show and I panicked so much advertisement of TVL in season 2 was an indication that this would be the only time we see it. Does that make sense?

Also, what plot points or storylines do you think we will see in season 3 in addition to TVL because the show always has more than one book or storyline going?

Ah ok :) It does make sense, but I honestly wouldn't worry too much.

For example Rolin talked about Lestat and Gabrielle at the SDCC '22 panel and so far there is no hint of Gabrielle - which makes sense, because Armand does not particularly like her... he probably omits her in his retelling of what happened.

But I don't think Rolin is going to omit her :) ... pass on the possibility to ... dip into that mess, too^^

And Rolin has already talked about Lestat's turning (and it being the literal worst of all the vampires' turnings) in the podcast back then, too. TVL is why Rolin wanted to do the show.

So. I wouldn't worry too much. AMC is financially out of the woods, the modus operandi seems to be the same as last season, and they are ramping up promotion, they are still developing the other shows, too. They said they are in for the long run, and there was once talk of 10 seasons... now I am not optimistic enough to hope for that much *laughs*, but... I'd love it :)) Definitely. Supposedly Sam was signed for 5 seasons though (off the bat). We'll see.

As per story lines... well, I mean, they will need to keep Dubai fresh, so that will develop further, and then, of course, in Lestat's past there is a lot they can hook into as well.

Magnus shows up as a ghost in the later books, too, so who knows, they might explore that aspect already (and there maybe the origins of the Talamasca???) in some kind of fashion. It would serve to introduce Benedict and Rhoshamandes here, too, given the later arcs. Marius' arc, of course, though if the rumor re Justin Kirk holds then they are going towards Marius' story and TWMBK (and possibly QotD) in s4 and s5. Gabrielle could be introduced in Dubai, and maybe bring in Sevraine, I mean Fareed is already there, the ancient vampires are there already, somewhere, out of sight, but there is a lot of possibility :)

And, of course, if they actually bring in Fareed again (which might be needed, given Daniel's health status), then Seth cannot be that far, and through Seth we could get an introduction to Gregory and Mekare, and Maharet, and Khayman, and... whoever else.

The Dubai TL is mixed up already, and I for one love it, because it allows for so much.

For example the piano music in the show... I would have loved it if that had been a live stream, of Sybille playing (for example). You know? Little things.

Sam said that there would be (more/other) cameo's coming in s2, so... I fully expect there to be more vampires, probably only apparent to those who know^^. (Just like last time^^)

Also: by now I do think we will get yet another revisit of episode 5 in s3. From Lestat's POV.

Because there is something there that I have touched on, that @cbrownjc has touched on... namely that we will now get to that the fight was more an actual "fight" downstairs, but even more interestingly, we will in all likelihood see why the fight rekindled upstairs. And... here comes something Lestat says in episode 6 into play, namely: "I don't know what possessed me that night."

Now, anyone who has read the last books (which Rolin as stated takes from) knows that Amel's awakening is bloody, drawn to violence, and that he takes over sometimes. He also likes to be in Lestat.

If the basic structure of the fight stays as it is there has to be a reason why that fight rekindled upstairs, and why it continued then with such a drastic power-imbalance, and why Lestat went on about his "nature", something which I have always found weird.

However, if they are already setting up Amel... I have theorized before that they might combine Akasha and Amel, since the actual threats (the burnings) are quite similar and it would be too repetitive for the show.

IF they are, indeed, already setting up Amel, then we will see the "reason" why it all went shit in Louis' POV next season, and then get the personal account of what happened there in s3. Louis won't be able to make much sense of it yet, neither will Armand, nor Daniel, and not even Marius (in all likelihood). But as these lines have not been come into play yet (and this show does not waste lines) I fully expect them to come back.

And then, if Lestat recounts the possession that story line can segue into s4 and s5 of Akasha/Amel rising, they'll probably skip the "core" going to Mekare first, I think Lestat will take it directly, maybe with the threat of Rhoshamandes thrown in or after, depending.

As I said before, I think they know how they want to do the first 5 or so seasons, and this... this is how I think it might come together :))

Obviously this is the "rough cut" - the details will be the most interesting thing.

What did Louis say in the trailer?

"We should get every detail right."

Indeed.

#Anonymous #asks #ask nalyra #and yes I know that some will point to this as yet another abuse apology but that is not what this is ffs #that line Lestat said in ep6 is nothing random #and amel will be important I'm quite sure of it #ah well #amel #qotd #tvl #the vampire lestat #akasha #the vampire chronicles #prince lestat #future season speculation #amc iwtv #iwtv #amc interview with the vampire #interview with the vampire amc #iwtv amc #iwtv 2022 #interview with the vampire

[desertfangs]

I NEED YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE ARMAND/DANIEL BREAK UP SCENE IN TVA PLS

Not gonna lie, I would’ve loved for a more polished version of this to have made it into the book, the potential is there IMO as well as all the elements that make Devil’s Minion such an explosive, intense, compelling ship. The fighting, the yearning, the weird sexual analogies (this one didn’t quite land but it kinda always goes back to sex with them, doesn’t it?), the kissing in between hurtful statements. Daniel using INSECT parts for his models, Pandora trying to make him pay attention to Armand, Armand being sad and kissing Daniel while trying to fix things, but Daniel being too far gone at the time to even register the impact of his words. I NEED MORE.

Anon, I have so many thoughts, my brain is spinning.

I'm not sure I'd want this in the book or not, it's so hard to say now. I was absolutely baffled by Daniel's lack of inclusion in TVA when it came out, and and then suddenly he's there in B&G mad and being cared for by Marius, and I had to do a lot of mental gymnastics to figure out how I thought he got from A to B. I eventually decided him thinking Armand was dead drove him mad, which made the most sense to me. That is clearly is not what Anne had pictured, but at this point I'm honestly pretty happy with that conclusion instead.

I'm trying to imagine how it would have felt if this was included in TVA. What else does that change? Is Armand still bitter and angry? Is he more regretful? Does this mean we get any of his POV of the Devil's Minion years, including their break up? (Because that is the piece I feel is most missing from that book and what I deeply wanted from it in addition to filling in Armand's background.)

The idea that Armand abandoned the island to mortal hands--a reference to him selling it, I guess--would absolutely break Daniel apart. It does feel very much like something he would be devastated by but I don't feel we're given enough on this one page to really understand what happened. Armand left the others? That doesn't gel with anything I've ever thought. Armand always struck me as the one who was holding things together and was then heartbroken when everyone else left. So I'd need a more context into Anne's idea of how things played out there.

That said, there are pieces I like!

I love the idea of Pandora and Marius looking after Daniel together and Pandora trying to get his attention.

"I have no maker!" I mean, if Daniel and Armand had a vicious fight and Armand all about renounced him and left him wandering to the point where the loneliness and devastation of it drove him mad, then this is absolutely something I can see him saying. The way he talks about how Armand doesn't make others so clearly he has no maker is so full of bitterness and resentment I would love to see a fic unpacking that (Someone should write it! Maybe several someones!)

Daniel building his worlds with found objects and weird shit is amazing. Like it's so deeply unhinged that I can't help but applaud the creativity. I honestly wish I'd known about this months ago because I can totally see this happening as Daniel sinks into madness and I would have loved to have added a scene to my fic about that where Daniel is building a little town on the floor of some seedy motel with bugs and matchbooks and rubber bands or something. It's delightfully freaking weird and I dig it.

I love Armand asking after Daniel, which is another thing I think was sorely missing from TVA. The fact that he doesn't seem to care where he is just explained by his assumption Daniel hates him, but it still feels exceptionally weird to me that Armand wouldn't even ask, particularly after he almost died, and he doesn't know if Daniel may have tried to follow suit? This whole big thing just happened and Lestat is catatonic on the floor, I'd be accounting for my loved ones, no matter how we left things.

Armand losing all his anger and bitterness (does he have that in this version? He must have some, right?) when he sees Daniel in a bad state, clearly struggling, and offering him comfort is so precious. But also can we talk about "I didn't mean to abandon you..." ????? Armand ABANDONED Daniel in this version??? I just... that's so wild, I have so many questions. And then he kisses him??? That is precious. Look, I have wanted an Armand and Daniel interaction during his madness since we learned Daniel was in Marius' basement playing with model trains in Blood and Gold. And I think I would have been okay with this if we got some satisfying resolution between them afterward - we can have this hurt, but we need some comfort to end it on, you know? And I don't think that would have happened. I think Armand would have left defeated and we'd have been stuck with that in our heads for decades until PL came out and we get one freaking line about them hunting together, so.

I think I am glad this version did not make it into TVA, but I would also love to read a dozen fics that try to make sense of all this because there are some delicious tidbits I think talented fic writers could explore and really work into something great.

#the vampire armand #daniel molloy #armand #armand/daniel #devil's minion #tulane #anne's notes #anonymous #answers in the desert #vc headcanons #vc meta #the vampire chronicles #vc

[cbrownjc]

Could you explain why you are ok with ep 5? I hated seeing, yet again, the battered body of a black character beaten to a pulp by his white partner, especially since such violence never happened between Louis and Lestat in the books. While I know white people can't understand and probably couldn't care less, I'm genuinely curious about your take on this.

Hi Anon!

Okay, first I'm sorry this reply back took the long time it did for me to answer it but, aside from wanting to think on it, RL things got in the way too. And then I also got caught up with some other writing I'm doing. And, as I said, I wanted to think this out before I wrote on it.

Now, first of all, it's actually not true wrt the books that Lestat and Louis never fought before. Someone other than myself has taken screenshots of passages in the book ITWV where such fights have happened. So I do not believe that it was out of character at all for them to have even had a fight in such a way, as such things did happen in the books. (And honestly, I didn't think it was OOC for Lestat at the time it happened before people started posting screenshots of the passages in the book that showed them fighting).

What has upset people is how visceral and beaten Louis looked by the end of that fight. (And no one is wrong for feeling that way if they do/did). It is disturbing to see a black man beaten in such a way by his white partner. And I actually don't think the writers were completely unaware of that imagery when they did this either. Not when you take into account the other pointed underlying racial dynamics the show did and highlighted throughout the season, before and after that episode. (From basically all of EP3, to Claudia mocking Louis telepathically with the "massa" talk in EP6.) So no, I do not think they were at all ignorant of the loaded racial imagery in EP5 after that fight.

And whether some views can forgive Lestat for it will be an individual thing, at the end of it all IMO. Some views may never forgive it, and I think that is completely okay. However, for me - and why I not only wasn't that shocked by the fight itself but feel I understand what is going on with it is - is 1.) as said, they did have knock-down fights in the first book, 2.) knowing Lestat does have that level of violence-ability in him as I noted when the episode first aired and 3.) and this is the main point - that there, strategically, some clear missing context going on here wrt that fight.

Because the entirety of that fight never once was told from Louis' POV. Until that moment when Lestat took Louis out into the courtyard and then up into the air, the actual fight itself was all told from Claudia's POV.

And that was clearly a deliberate choice. Not just to highlight what it must have been like for Claudia to witness this but because there is clearly something about that fight that Louis is holding back about. And no, not because he's lying about the fight having happened at all, and him being beaten in such a way. The fight did happen, and Louis did get beaten in the way we saw at the end. Because, again, what we saw of the actual fight was all from Claudia's POV, and Claudia would have no reason to lie about such a thing in her diary, where the account of the fight was clearly taken from.

No, it's because I strongly feel that something was going on during it that I don't think Louis can - even now - really process. And I have a huge suspicion about what it is.

We're now headed into book spoiler territory and I don't know how much you might want those, so I'm going to stop with that here. All I will say is that the pauses in the fight when we heard Lestat's voice talking are very, very important, particularly when it comes to what he's saying.

Part of this, and that fight, has to do with the very nature of what Lestat and Louis, and Claudia all are as vampires. Again, I'm really trying not to spoil anything here, because I suspect the show might reveal some of this in Season 2, particularly wrt Paris and the Theater Coven.

Though I don't think the majority of it will be talked about until Season 3 when we finally get Lestat's POV. And it might even be something that carries on over into multiple seasons.

I understand the POV of people who will never be okay with the fight and the imagery it left wrt Louis. But I really do feel the writers didn't do it without one, knowing how it would look, and two, that there is a larger, overall, story arc point going on here which ties into the fact that we are not dealing with human beings here.

This isn't a story about vampires seeking redemption or a way back to humanity. With Rice's vampires, the longer they live, the more apart from humanity they become. That is, overall, one of the things the VC explores here. And they are all going to continue to do some really inhuman things, at least during these earlier parts of the story, towards people they love.

Over time, even as many of them, especially Lestat, learn better how to deal with that nature, particularly towards those they care about and love, those inhuman things about their nature will still be there.

So I think also having that view, understanding that about these characters, as well as everything else I talked about, (including something I strongly feel they are setting up as to why Lestat acted the way he did), goes into my few of that fight and why, when it happened, I honestly wasn't either surprised by it and am okay and want to see where they go from here with it. This is just all, personally, where I'm coming from it with it of course.

#Sorry it took me forever to answer this #I really do try and answer asks faster than this #ask #ask and answer #lestat de lioncourt #louis de pointe du lac #loustat #another opinion on EP5 #if people want to avoid that topic #or are tried of talking about it in general #race #tw: dv #tw: abuse #amc interview with the vampire #interview with the vampire #amc iwtv #iwtv

[o0anapher0o]

I've never done a fic rec list before but A Meal to Remember seemed like a good opportunity to start. In no particular order.

One of our reportes is missing by angstosaur. IWTV crossover with The Newsreader. Rated M. Louis/Lestat/Armand, Helen/Dale, Dale/Tim, Helen&Tim.

Louis sees Dale Jennings on the News and travels all the way to Australia to figure out what the hell Lestat is up to now. Obviously the logical way to go about this is break into the guys appartment and kidnap him.

This is just the best thing I've read in ages. The epic clash of firmly rooted in reality Newsreader and 'consequences aren't real if you're immortal' vampire world should not work as well as it does and it's a real joy to read. I particularly loved how beutifully the relationship between Tim and Helen was handled, as well as Louis getting to know Dale and seeing a lot of similarities between them I didn't expect to be there vs the chaos thrupple at peak insanity being generally horny and incompetent. It also has one of the greatest entrances of a character I've come across in a long time.

Renaissance by siahatha. Post canon. Rated M; Louis/Lestat

Louis and Lestat trying to make their relationship work in the modern day after Lestat spend a few decades in therapy. Louis still has some ways to go in that regard.

Deals a lot with Lestat's mania and Louis eating disorder. Also involves some genderfuckery.

Something about this one just really grabbed me. There are a lot of really cute moments that just show really well why Loustat are so great when they work and the heavy moments scatch that itch of 'why can't they just talk to each other' by putting them in a place where they can do that while still being true to their characters.

Practical Ethics by @prouvaireafterdark. Human AU. Rated E; Armand/Daniel, Louis/Lestat.

The famous Ethics Professor Louis fic. I tend to think of it as the Philosophy Student Armand fic but, eh, semantics.

So much fun to read and such a great set up. Strikes the perfect balance of keeping the characters who they are, especially with regards to Armand and his trauma, while toning the insanity to levels that wouldn't get them institutionalised in the real world.

And what I thought was gone by @nalyra-dreaming. Reunion fic. Rated E; Louis/Lestat.

Basically the part of TVL between Lestat putting out Rock videos and Louis coming to him from Louis perspective, set the amc universe. And then the reunion.

Nalyra has such a great way of getting into these character's heads. The journey from Louis thinking Lestat is still dead to realising he isn't to getting his hands on the videos and the book to finding him to them talking things out is so beautiful and emotional.

The Human Perspective by @bandedbulbussnarfblat. Part 1 of The Human Condition series. Rated T; Daniel/Armand.

Armand talks to Daniel about a mortal he once loved, whose memories he had to take so he could live a life.

Another one that hit me right in the feels. The longing! The dramatic irony! Having Daniel comment as an outsider on his own relationship is such a clever thing to do and very well executed.

Reformation by verseau.

Human AU. Rated E. Louis/Lestat.

Just Louis and Lestat being Louis and Lestat really. And Claudia. But make it human.

That is really the best compliment I can give: If those two were modern day humans this is what their relationship would be like: chaotic, toxic, destructive, co-dependent, full of issues, hang ups, addictions and love bordering on insanity. And brilliantly done, too. Pretty much all the trauma is acounted for and makes sense (in a human context), we get differnt POVs all perfectly in character and each giving interesting insights into their family and the different issues they run into over the course of their relationship.

#a meal to remember #fic rec #interview with the vampire

[bloody-wonder]

Until now, have you found any couple (canon or non canon) from any media (books, tv series, movies, anime/manga, etc) that the dynamics remind you of Neil/Andrew and Damen/Laurent?

if you're looking for dynamics specifically (as opposed to a full romance arc) the lymond chronicles, the queen's thief and empire of the vampire will scratch that damen/laurent itch.

it's common knowledge, at least in my niche circles, that cs pacat is a big fan of dorothy dunnett's work, that laurent is based on lymond and that his relationship with damen (down to specific scenes) was inspired by lymond's numerous boytoys. so reading the lymond chronicles after captive prince is constantly going aha! *leonardo dicaprio pointing meme*. what these books however don't have is a full romance arc with any of those men which is why you could say capri is, in a sense, a slash fic of the lymond chronicles. it's my favorite series of all time and i can't recommend it enough but it's also rather inaccessible in the beginning and has a steep learning curve - quite a commintment of your time and brain energy but so SO worth it!

the queen's thief is another series heavily inspired by the lymond chronicles and it has multiple ships that reminded me of damen/laurent: gen's love interest is very much a cast iron bitch and they do engage in an intense enemies to lovers romance, with some casualties. costis and kamet's story in thick as thieves is basically if the side quests laurent and damen went on were a whole separate book. and while not a canon romance like the previous two, whatever gen and costis have going on in the king of attolia is very reminiscent of the laurent/damen dynamic in book one (minus the slavery). two things to keep in mind if you decide to pick up the queen's thief: it's sort of ya (??) so the brutality and sexiness, while present, will not be on the same level as capri. and book one doesn't feature any of the above ships so, again, you gotta commit to the whole thing :)

now, while these two recs seem like no-brainers to me, i'm very excited to take this opportunity to yell about empire of the vampire from the rooftops AGAIN!! eotv is basically a story about epic quests and valiant deeds told by a jaded captive vampire hunter to his cunty vampire captor (who is blonde bc yes). jean françois is definitely inspired by anne rice's lestat (as the narrative format as a whole is inspired by interview with the vampire) but his dynamic with gabriel is just Peak Laurent/Damen Banter. "i speak your language better than you speak mine, sweetheart" and "hello, lover" galore! in fact, after i found out that pacat and jay kristoff know each other personally i became convinced that he had either read capri and borrowed the vibe OR *starts rambling about her conspiracy theory about how all australian fantasy authors drink secret australian magic juice that makes them write fun depraved sff, gets smacked on the head, passes out* where was i... ah yes, nasty gay vampires. eotv is very fun and very tropey, also very queer and sexy (esp book two) and it had my toxic yaoi needs covered however comma. jean françois/gabriel is basically them sitting in a room in the frame narrative and exchanging homoerotic barbs, while the story itself is about gabriel's past adventures (also very interesting but less homoerotic). it's unlikely that they're gonna have any sort of romance arc - unless someone reads the books and writes a fic of them. please.

alas, i still can't rec anything that comes close to what nora achieved with andreil. to me, the defining characteristics of their dynamic are two feral cats circling and sniffing each other, intricate rituals, overdramatic dialogue, aspec attraction (on neil's part). while one can attempt to find some of these elements in other stories, you cannot find all of them at once (aspec pov on relationships being particularly rare in fiction). there's just no other couple that manages to strike a perfect balance between the anime levels of drama and chaos on the one hand and the serious themes of trauma, acceptance, consent etc on the other hand. sorry, anon, ig we'll have to keep re-reading aftg until one of the aspiring authors i bet this fandom has a lot of writes their own book inspired by andreil🤷‍♀️

#book tag #so there's a dorothy dunnett cabal and an australian/new zealand depraved sff cabal #and pacat is in the overlapping section of these two circles #i connected the dots

[hekateinhell]

this is from a while ago but you mention on that poll about armand's love interests you have a few different ways you interpret the blood communion speech armand gives lestat about loving him. i'm curious what your takes are, if you don't mind sharing :) as a daniel/armand shipper, i've always read a lot into the fact daniel isn't name-dropped - as though he's an exception or what they have is something more than just love... though the out of universe explanation is probably just he was forgotten (also apologies if you answered this before and i missed it)

Actually, I know I talk about Lestat and Armand a lot and I've certainly spoken about that scene plenty, but I don't think I've broken down my various interpretations in post form before. I don't mind sharing but remember, you asked! ♥️

I have four basic interpretations, the first of which I use for meta purposes and the others for headcanons/fic as needed.

Interpretation 1: Armand does love Lestat the most. This is the canon read and the one I default to because it's quite literally in the text. I know with VC we tend to selectively 'read between the lines' (I'm guilty as hell), but there's also times where Anne meant exactly what she wrote and I do find it extremely consist with Armand's characterization up to this point.

I'm not saying it's necessarily a healthy love, or even a romantic one though! In my opinion, it's at least in part related to the fact that Lestat's almost always present when Armand's going through some of the most traumatic events in his life (neither of them exhibit anything close to a healthy attachment style). Because these are not two mutually exclusive things, I do tend to read them as having more of an all encompassing, soul-connection type of love. Both can be true.

From 'does anyone else know the size of your soul?' to 'in my wanderings, I always return to you' to 'I have loved you more than any being in all the world whom I’ve ever loved' -- Armand simply does not talk to or about anyone else like this in canon. The depth and intensity of Armand's love for Lestat has been a very persistent thread since TVL through to BC and it seems to be rooted in a genuine passion and appreciation for Lestat's character, flaws and all (because oh boy, can Armand list them all or what?).

I adore them as a ship, but this is not the scene in BC that has me kicking my little legs with glee (honestly, I find it tragic for all involved):

“Fool,” he said again. His voice was roughened now by emotion he couldn’t suppress. “I have always loved you,” he said. “I have loved you more than any being in all the world whom I’ve ever loved. I have loved you more than Louis. I have loved you more even than Marius. And you have never given me your love. I would be your most faithful counselor, if you allowed it. But you don’t. Your eyes pass over me as if I don’t exist. And so they always have.”

“I hate you as much as I have ever loved you,” he said. [...]. I understand the very definition of ‘hate’ when I think of you.” ~ Armand, BC

Like, it's heartbreaking! I don't want this like this! Your ask is related to Armand's POV and I've already posted at length how the text (and Anne) very clearly states that Lestat does, in fact, love Armand very much so I won't get into that further here, but... yeah, yikes. I want better for Armand, I want Louis. 🤧

I'm sad now.

Interpretation 2: Armand does not love Lestat more than Louis, Marius, (or Daniel). This seems to be the more popular read and I totally get why, and I can work with it in theory!

If Armand wanted to shock Lestat back to life and into reacting and doing something about the situation, throwing Louis's and Marius's names around seems like a decent bet. Loving Louis and Marius deeply is something that Lestat can understand, it's something he and Armand have in common; it's yet another thing that bonds them together for better or worse.

Daniel isn't anyone particularly special to Lestat, what would be the point in Armand bringing him up at a time like this? He's a cunning guy, he's choosing his words carefully.

Interpretation 3: Armand's straight up traumatized and broken thinking Marius and Louis are dead and gone, and he's desperately trying to cling to Lestat for dear life because he's the only one he has left (channel Anne and forget about Daniel for a second here). Unfortunately, all their issues that have been festering and compounding since 1791 rear their ugly head and explode rather spectacularly.

What you get is a combination of 'I love you more than anyone; I hate you more than anyone.'

RIP.

Interpretation 4: Armand loves Daniel most of all. And I think I typically tie it into the second one. Yes, Armand loves Daniel more than Lestat, Louis, and Marius. No, he's not going mention him to Lestat for reasons listed above and/or he's not going to downplay his love for Daniel like that. He's a gentleman!

Bonus Interpretation 5: Anne forgot Daniel, plain and simple; I waste years of my life.

All that being said, I don't think Armand walks around with a hierarchy in his head of everyone he loves. He obviously has an abundance of love to give and he loves so fiercely! Pick your read and run with it, I sure do ;)

#they're so dramatic lmao i can't it's vampire telenovela #you ask and hekate answers #vc #armand/lestat #armand/daniel #armand #lestat de lioncourt #daniel molloy

[downstairsbar]

director's commentary for claudia's pov chapter of reformation and grab the rings of saturn <3

for claudia’s chapter, the most important thing i wanted to get across was the loneliness, particularly the loneliness that often comes with being a teen girl where you feel completely isolated and removed from the rest of the world, and the type of teenage experience where the different facets of your life can’t piece together. and even though we do have all these cliches about not fitting in bc you’re mixed or have a gay parent or are second gen, those things are cliches for a reason you know like there really is going to be for a child who can’t process any of this a lot of turmoil and resentment and fear. and it was also actually really important to me to show that she was able to be difficult and hate her parents and desperately wish to be normal and resent their strangeness and dysfunction, and then still be treated with gentleness and care and patience, especially from lestat, bc if the idea of reformation is the entire thesis of this story, this idea where this can be salvaged, what already exists can be salvaged, then i need for there to actually still be setbacks. they’re not starting from new, that’s not possible, lestat’s failures and louis’ family issues don’t just disappear bc they’re doing better. like then it wouldn’t even really matter in the first place innit not in this story I don’t think. the measure of improvement relies on the necessity for improvement, so i wanted them to actually Be challenged. I didn’t want to act as if living in 2022 immediately evaporated her loneliness and betrayals, but maybe instead that the adults that fail her have the resources to do better and be better. so when i have lestat getting upset and walking away at breakfast, it’s deliberate. but she also did say something cruel. it can both be possible that a child says something they shouldn’t have said and also that a parent is capable of responding to that as a parent to s child. so I also wanted to play around with this idea of interpretation, where she first assumes they hate her and want nothing to do with her to her later finding out that lestat was trying to self regulate and the only way he could manage his temper was to remove himself from the situation. but i hope the reader still understands that claudia’s feeling of abandonment and loneliness were real bc they were hers and bc that’s her father and he owes her everything. but I didn’t want to make claudia some uncomplicated perfect template so yeah she does internalize some of the homophobia she learned from her grandmother, who she spent a lot of time with but so inconsistently and so strangely. children always notice so she was always going to notice being treated differently, and she has privileges that prevented her from seeing why. but i am generally of the mind that if she’s holding the bloody knife, then her dad shouldn’t have ran into her knife 🤷🏾‍♀️ and going through the pandemic as a teen is worse than world war 1 in my personal yet professionally informed opinion. I’m falling asleep so message again if i don’t make sense and I’ll clarify in the morning. love you

#qs #ask meme

[jellybellyblimp]

I wanna revisit the fight in episode 5, because I do believe it happened, however the perspective is kinda weird. So the last scene in 2022 before the fight is Louis reading to Daniel from Claudia’s diary, then the actual scenes in 193? are from Claudia’s perspective. The camera sticks with Claudia right up until the flying bit and once Louis hits the ground its back with Claudia. So Claudia is our POV for majority of the fight, but she can’t have know what was said in the air. Only Louis could recount that bit, so if he was reading her version of the fight, he must have filled in this gap. But are we seeing Louis’ recollection, Claudia’s diaries’, or both? Where have the lines between those versions blurred? We never actually see the fight appear in Claudia’s diaries, we only assume it exists in the form we saw or corroborates Louis because Daniel has never questioned it. But, and this is the really important bit, Louis’ perspective of Claudia is flawed.

I’ve seen some people confused about where, how, and why Louis is an unreliable narrator. In what areas has his memory become twisted? Because Daniel spends majority of the season assuming it’s in regard to his relationship with Lestat. Daniel believed up, until that last episode, that Lestat was actually worse than Louis was willing to admit, and maybe that’s true, but when Daniel was interrogating Louis on Lestat’s death two things become very apparent.

1. Claudia is much crueler than Louis admits.

2. Louis loved Lestat more than he admits.

(Makes it particularly interesting that in Louis’ recollection he’s never once said “I love you” to Lestat.)

So Louis is softening Claudia and hardening himself. This tells us nothing about if that fight happened the way it’s depicted, but it does tell us that Louis recollection might have become skewed by Claudia’s. It’s not that Louis is trying to make Lestat more or less of a villian in his story, it’s that he’s trying to justify him as the villian in Claudia’s. Does this exonerate Lestat? No obviously not. Man got what was coming to him. However, Louis’ grief over Claudia seems to remain a driving factor in this interview. So much so that I’d almost argue the whole point of this do over is Louis wanting to assemble a more accurate memory of Claudia. This is just as much her interview as it is Louis’. He wants to remember his daughter as she was not as the more comforting version he constructed.

#interview with the vampire #iwtv #amc interview with the vampire #louis de pointe du lac #claudia de lioncourt #iwtv louis #iwtv claudia #lestat de lioncourt #iwtv lestat #iwtv meta

[rainbowcarousels]

A brief, Louis POV end of series one-shot for stars now exists thanks to that Louis kinks exploration post from @hekateinhell. Spoilers abound for the last chapter.

Also on ao3!

“I’m not saying you have to try something you don’t want to,” Daniel said, taking his silence as affirmation that he understood now. “But we’re not exactly vanilla and given that spanking after that text, neither are you. The only thing you have to lose is a night and maybe a little dignity, but what’s dignity compared to happiness? To pleasure?”

“It’s indulgent,” Louis said.

“It’s fun,” Daniel said.

“Definitely not tonight,” came Daniel’s voice over the cell phone. “Maybe tomorrow. He’s found some backstreet designer and is placing some very specific orders.”

There would never be a question of how Armand had managed to bewitch some Italian designer enough to get them to take an order at what had to be the early hours of the morning there. His ability to bewitch and bedazzle never ceased to amaze, particularly when he felt passionate about the subject matter. As much as Louis wanted to see him – and Daniel for that matter – he knew how Armand felt about fine clothing and he wasn’t going to deprive him of one of his favourite pastimes.

“I would have bought you more time to prepare things if I could,” Louis apologised. “But he was getting increasingly upset by the distance between us.”

“It all worked out.” Daniel suddenly raised his voice, perhaps answering some question in rapid fire Italian. Louis was starting to feel rusty, given he was only picking up half of the words. “How do you feel about leather?”

Louis tried to consider it. “Are you being dressed in leather for something?”

“I don’t know what I’m wearing till it’s put in front of me,” Daniel said. “Besides, we’re not shopping for me, we did that last night. I think he’s investing in some new pieces for you.”

“He doesn’t need to bring me things every time,” Louis said, but he had let most of the fight of it go out of him. Armand seemed to find joy in spoiling him, not because he was embarrassed by him but because it seemed to fill some need for him to do it. It was a small capitulation to make for his happiness.

“Do you own anything in leather?” Daniel asked.

“Gloves,” Louis replied. They were supposed to be driving gloves, but he had little need to drive in New York and truthfully, their usual use involved a great deal more nudity and tongues. “Lestat has some pants without anything in the rear.”

Daniel laughed fitfully. “Yeah, of course his royal highness has assless chaps. If they ever do something as stiff as a coronation, he should wear them.”

“I’d be careful about calling him that in front of him,” Louis warned. He already had once in mitigating circumstances and the response had been some enthusiastic but far too detailed role playing. The stage had never called to him in the same way and he had very little experience with it in the bedroom. Over the past few weeks, he was learning that he had very little experience in the bedroom by comparison in general. “He’ll start to like it.”

“You say that like you didn’t want him to stick around,” Daniel replied. “Both of you, for that matter. Don’t you want him to like it?”

“Daniel, if I wanted to keep him happy in that way, a good sharp 'slut' or 'whore' does a much better job.” Louis bit back a smile at Daniel’s exaggerated gasp and what he thought might have been genuine laughter. “You’re easily shocked.”

“Only with you,” Daniel replied. “You blush like a virgin on her wedding night, you can’t blame me for being surprised that you’re happy to engage in a degradation kink.”

“Daniel,” Louis replied. “I’m Catholic. Guilt and degradation are a way of life.”

“Somewhere out there in the great hereafters, my grandmother would probably be so happy to know I’m half-way involved with a nice Catholic boy,” Daniel said. “Well, Catholic boy, I’ve seen your work, I’m not sure ‘nice’ is the word I’d use.”

“I can be nice,” Louis protested. “There just isn’t often a call for it.”

“Nice always seems to get him emotional,” Daniel agreed. “Like he doesn’t know what to do with just being loved openly, sweetly. I’m not sure if he could learn to like it.”

“Vulnerability is hard for all of us,” Louis agreed quietly. “We persevere.”

“And learn,” Daniel replied. “I had all of my hard no’s swept away in the seventies, as long as the right person is involved, I don’t think there’s much I don’t like.”

“I’ve never had the pleasure,” Louis admitted.

“Of exploring your limits?” Daniel said.

“You were mortal at the time your limits were explored,” Louis replied, trying to keep all defensiveness from his tone. “My mortal experience of men was…limited.”

“You didn’t think to explore it after?” Daniel asked. “Not even this time around, with Armand?”

“Things are good as they are,” Louis said. “What we do is extremely pleasurable.”

“I’m familiar with your work,” Daniel responded, “Looking forward to seeing more of it too, but…immortality is the gift of time, you don’t want to try everything and see if you find something you like?”

“How did we get onto this from clothing?” Louis evaded.

“Because Armand likes to treat lovers like Barbie dolls to dress up and then destroy the clothes the moment he wants to fuck,” Daniel replied bluntly. “And we both know the only one who can pull off Barbie is Lestat.”

“Can that designer not hear you?” Louis asked.

“I’m on the husband chair,” Daniel said.

“The what?” Louis asked.

“The husband chair,” Daniel said. “The random chair in the corner of the room to sit on while you collect all of his bags.”

Oh. Yes, something he was intimately familiar with. Armand did tend to get lost looking around shops and whenever he had occasion to, so did Lestat.

“I’m not saying you have to try something you don’t want to,” Daniel said, taking his silence as affirmation that he understood now. “But we’re not exactly vanilla and given that spanking after that text, neither are you. The only thing you have to lose is a night and maybe a little dignity, but what’s dignity compared to happiness? To pleasure?”

“It’s indulgent,” Louis said.

“It’s fun,” Daniel said. “It doesn’t always have to be about taking care of someone else, it can just be for you. That’s okay.”

“Are you giving me permission, Daniel?” Louis asked.

“Do you want me to?” Daniel asked. “Would it help if someone actually said that was allowed, encouraged, desired even?”

“I don’t know,” Louis replied quietly. It wasn’t within his nature to need to be directed, not in that area. “I’ll consider it, as long as I don’t have to wear ‘assless chaps’.”

Daniel’s laughter rang down the phone line. “I don’t decide on the wardrobe,” he said. “You’re going to have to take that up with Armand when we get back. Though it would be fun to watch Lestat’s head explode at the sight of that.”

“You’re going the right way for getting bent over again.” Damn it, he could feel himself blushing.

“I think you’re going to have to ask Armand’s permission for that now rather than mine,” Daniel said.

“I’m sure I can convince him,” Louis replied.

“Look forward to seeing you try,” Daniel said. “Shit, sorry, I have to go, I’m being grabbed – you’ve already brought me three jackets, what do I need four jackets for? Where are we going that I need four dinner jackets? Don’t just laugh, answer me, what are we doing?!”

Louis hung up the phone and left them to their wares. It seemed like he had a few things to consider and think about before their return.

#fic: the stars still conspire for us #louis pov #louis de pointe du lac #daniel molloy #louis/armand #louis/lestat #daniel/armand #ot4 struggles #vc

[nalyra-dreaming]

For those of us who don't know the details from Merrick, can you please explain? I saw in tags you think we might get that story coming into play

Hey nonny!

Sure.

Ok, book spoilers ahead once more (though you probably saw already on the post :))

Merrick is the book that deals with Louis' guilt in regards to Claudia. (One might argue that The tale of the Body Thief is Lestat's version.) Anne decided to tell it from David's POV (unfortunately), which is why a lot of fans don't particularly like it (totally apart from David's and Merrick's... history). In Merrick Louis gets hold of Claudia's diary. Lestat has told his story as to how he saw Claudia's ghost, Jesse has, others... and Louis wants to, as well. The diary details how Claudia hated them both, and how she used Louis to kill Lestat. It hurts Louis, and ultimately drives him to suicide. He learns, "in detail", how he has failed her.

In the book, they tear pages from this diary in order to conjure what they believe is her spirit. Imho it is no coincidence that there were only some pages torn from her diaries... the others were cut out. In this kind of show I doubt that this is a coincidence. Louis living with Armand in the show but being suicidal fits well with canon. They live together on and off again. In the book timeframe of Merrick Lestat is asleep, after his ordeals with the Body Thief, and Memnoch, and Heaven and Hell. A lot of vampires tried to rouse him then. He (sometimes) moves a bit, but mostly listens to music with his eyes open and unseeing. David says that he suspects his soul isn't there. At the end of Memnoch Maharet had also bound him iirc. The Groan comes to mind, another detail that is likely connected, it could be Lestat in his coma.

Merrick fits so well for modern Dubai timeline because it connects Louis' state of mind, his and Armand's weird relationship, Lestat's absence, the ever multiplying vampires (something that is mentioned prior to Queen of the Damned and later in Prince Lestat, which also mentions the difficulties in regards to technology), Armand's obvious acceptance (or at least some acceptance) of Marius (enough to hang one of his paintings on the wall) and Louis increased skills but not being sunproof yet (which is important for the attempted suicide).

That said, Dr. Fareed Banshali is a character from Prince Lestat and... well. I could imagine they'll combine these plotlines somewhat for modern Dubai.

IF it is correct, then Louis will try to commit suicide by end of season 2, which will in turn rouse Lestat. Which would get us to season 3 with The Vampire Lestat. And with Armand there it would be quite convenient to get to season 4 with The Vampire Armand and or Queen of the Damned, etc. While also continuing the modern Prince Lestat timeline. And mixing in the Devil's Minion, too!

Personally, I would really love that.

CAN you IMAGINE a freshly roused Lestat, in a room with (a resurrected and quite a different frame of mind after) Louis, and Armand, and DANIEL.

😅

#asks #iwtv #interview with the vampire #thank you nonny #hope this answers it? #if not do feel free to poke me further :) #merrick #books poilers #prince lestat #the tale of the body thief #the vampire chronicles #louis de pointe du lac #lestat de lioncourt #armand #iwtv speculation #ask nalyra

[desertfangs]

Friday Fic Recs

Happy Friday! Here are just a few fics I read recently that I think you should check out!

📚 Vivaldi: Winter. by @sunshinerambling

Armand/Daniel, post-TVA. This fic makes me want to chew on paper, it's so good. It's Daniel confronting Armand about his book and some of the things he said (and did!), and I can never get enough of this kind of fic that's filling in the gaps from canon. It's a scene we deserved and I love how it's written here! Highly recommend this to all Devil's Minion fans!

🌲 A Presence in the Woods by @calipsan

Lestat/Nicki, Prince Lestat Era. This is sort of a self-indulgent rec because the incredible Calipsan wrote Lestat's POV of my fic Into the Woods and the events that take place there and I love it so much. For one, I love getting Lestat's reaction to a failed turning and how it makes him think of Nicolas. It's gorgeously written and it continues the story insofar as how Vampire Court decides to proceed with justice in this situation. It's a super enjoyable read and I dig it.

Fanfic is, to me, a conversation and I think it's so cool to have fics that pick up where other fics leave off from different writers and different character's POVs, it's just NEAT. Thank you for writing this!

🌴 Years in the Dark by @translestatdl

Armand/Daniel, Night Island Era. I'm a sucker for anything set in the period right after QotD, particularly with Armand and Daniel, but really with any of them. It's such a weird, fascinating time for all of them. This is a delightful fic that touches on some of the challenges of them all being together and the struggle Armand and Daniel have trying to connect after everything's that happened. Absolutely love it!

#vc fanfic #vc fic #lestat de lioncourt #nicolas de lenfent #armand #daniel molloy #lestat/nicki #armand/daniel #tvc #friday fic recs #vampire chronicles #vc #fic rec #vc fic rec

[cbrownjc]

Rashid is Armand, and I will stand by this theory until the show proves me wrong

So I gave it one week to think about it, and I am fully on the Rashid is Armand theory train. Reasons?

1. Having Armand go by the name of a minor character from Marius’ backstory (Blood and Gold) hints at the character's ties to Marius in a small way before the reveal that his ties to Marius are even bigger than that.

2. Not only does he always wear gloves and never stands in direct sunlight, but he’s also the only other person in the penthouse besides Louis who doesn’t wear a mask around Daniel. The pandemic has been mentioned more than once, with Louis specifically saying Daniel is immunocompromised in EP1. All the other household staff we see - particularly during the 7-course dinner scene - wear masks. Rashid never does, even when standing near Daniel in EP4. This hints that Rashid isn't human - like Louis, he isn’t going to pass the virus to Daniel because he’s already dead. 

3. What about his eyes, you say? The simple answer is that he’s wearing contacts to hide his eyes. The more intriguing answer to me, however, is that Armand is actually using the Spell Gift on Daniel to make Daniel not notice what his real eyes are like. Because, and this is key, all the modern-day 2022 scenes are told from Daniel’s POV. The whole tv series opens with Daniel, establishing him as the POV character for all the 2022 scenes. So when we see Rashid’s eyes, we see them as Daniel sees them, not for what they really are. 

4. But why is Rashid worshiping/serving Louis as a God, you ask? Well, he’s not. When Daniel directly asks Rashid about Louis being his god, Rashid doesn’t answer the question and changes the subject. Rashid has never directly said that he specifically worships Louis; it’s only what Daniel inferred. (Again, all the 2022 scenes are from Daniel’s POV.)

5. But then, why is Armand hiding his identity? Well, he’s hiding it from Daniel. And why is he hiding it from Daniel? Well, because The Devil’s Minion event already happened between him and Daniel. I want to shout-out @alwynwitch , who gave an awesome theory/breakdown of this theory of how The Devil’s Minion event could have already happened in the AMC universe. Basically, Armand let Daniel go instead of turning him. And Armand used the Spell/Mind gift to alter Daniel’s memories when he did so, so Daniel doesn’t remember any of it. As Daniel said in the first episode, he doesn’t even remember the interview between him and Louis in 1973. 

The reason he doesn’t remember isn’t just because of the drugs. 

But we are set to get a flashback to that first interview in EP6. And I think that is because Daniel’s memories will start fully returning to him, beginning in EP6. We got a set-up for it in EP4, with Daniel saying he’s been dreaming of Polynesian Mary’s, the gay bar he and Louis first met at, ever since he got the tapes back.

But neither Louis nor Rashid/Armand want to break Daniel’s mind in one go if/when the memories came back, especially by explaining it all to him all in one go. Hence, the slight subterfuge wrt Rashid’s real identity. 

I don’t expect to see the full Devil’s Minion story in EP6 or EP7 btw. That is totally something that would happen/be shown in S2, if this turns out to be true. But I wouldn’t be surprised if EP6 ended with Daniel remembering he’d met Rashid before in the 70s, too, just like he did Louis. (EP7 is when they’d fully reveal his identity IMO).

6. And of course, there are the other specific things - the Crimea/Ukraine connection and Rashid being shown to be religious - Muslim in this case instead of Christian like book-Armand, but still religious.  

7. That apartment? Again, will not be at all surprised if the place is actually Rashid/Armand’s, because it is very much more his style than Louis’ (going by the books, at least). Very much Night Island or what little I’ve read about Trinity Gate so far. (I’ve just started the Prince Lestat trilogy. Before now, the last book I read in the Vampire Chronicles was Blackwood Farm, back when it was first published, and then I stopped reading the series.) It feels like Trinity Gate, but in Dubai instead of New York.

* * *

So yeah, those are my reasons for backing the Rashid-is-Armand theory. Just looking at everything, it just makes so much sense to me for now.          

#Rashid #Armand #Daniel Molloy #Louis de Pointe du Lac #Interview with the Vampire #amc interview with the vampire #amc iwtv #iwtv #meta #theory #The Vampire Chonicles

[its-all-ineffable]

Anti-hero {Lestat series}

A 13-part series, where every fic is inspired by a lyric from the Taylor Swift song 'Anti-hero'. All these fics are primarily Lestat-centric or from his POV, but most of them feature a healthy heap of Louis and/or Loustat as well!

{Part 1} Midnights become my afternoons Summary: Lestat becomes a creature of the night, and laments the loss of entertainment. Luckily, he finds that nightlife may not be so bad, particularly with companions. For a while.

{Part 2} I'm a monster on the hill Summary: Lestat finds a reason to stay in New Orleans – a beautiful, enchanting reason. Following the mysterious man he sees pull a knife on his own brother to a lavish saloon, Lestat ponders on his newest infatuation.

{Part 3} I have this thing where I get older but just never wiser Summary: Lestat wonders at the similarity between his first and current loves while trying to cope with the first of Louis' major depressive episodes. Sometimes, it feels like history's repeating itself.

{Part 4} I wake up screaming from dreaming, One day I’ll watch as you’re leaving, ‘Cause you got tired of my scheming, For the last time Summary: Lestat wakes from a nightmare of Louis leaving him, and tries to deal with it alone. Louis doesn’t let this happen.

{Part 5} I wake up screaming from dreaming, One day I'll watch as you're leaving, And life will lose all its meaning, For the last time. Summary: Lestat pushes, and Louis snaps. Tensions reach their breaking point. And Lestat, as always, ends up alone. He always ends up alone. “It’s why you’re always gonna be alone.”

{Part 6} Did you hear my covert narcissism, I might disguise as altruism Summary: Lestat reflects on why he really turned Claudia, and realises it wasn’t for Louis. It was for himself.

{Part 7} I should not be left to my own devices…, I end up in crises Summary: Louis falls into a deep depression after Claudia leaves. Lestat flounders over what to do, and years pass by as the two lovers fight and ignore and cheat, and then…nothing. Louis has nothing. Lestat muses on why – it is his fault, he knows. But it never is his fault. Not him, not Lestat de Lioncourt. Or, Lestat has a chance to help Louis, to help them both. To become better when he realises what’s happened to them. But, of course, he misses it.

{Part 8} I'll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror Summary: “Lestat was well aware he liked pain. Far too much. Always had.” Lestat ruminates on pain, and the forms it’s taken in his life, after causing the worst night of pain he ever could. He comes close to self-awareness. He doesn’t quite manage to meet his own eyes.

{Part 9} And then someone screams out, “She’s laughing up at us from Hell!” Summary: “The funny thing about being only almost dead was that Lestat could still hear things. His eyes were rolled back, vision obscured, his limbs wouldn’t move and his mind churned sluggishly, but he could still hear. The old blood within him had kept him from dying completely, kept him partially conscious. But it was the worst kind of torture. Because he could hear them. And he could do nothing.”

{Part 10} It's me, Hi! I'm the problem, it's me Summary: “He was the weed that needed to be pulled up, the leech that needed to be squashed.” A look inside the head of a half-dead vampire as he realises where he went wrong, and begins to understand that he’s been the monster in the story all along.

{Part 11} Pierced through the heart but never killed Summary: “He'd survived, as he always did. Lestat de Lincourt, Lelio, the Wolfkiller. Never completely beaten, always a way to get back up, to keep going. He didn’t want to be that anymore.” Lestat always survives. Two attempts on his life, told from his perspective. One of them inspires him to change. The other brings him lower than he ever thought he could go.

{Part 12} I'm the problem, it's me,...Everybody agrees Summary: Lestat comes into the world and begins to learn just how much he missed. But he’s haunted by the ghosts of Louis and Claudia wherever he goes; doomed to be alone, his two companions dead and gone. And it is all his fault. He’s the problem, the problem that got them killed. Or so he thinks. Until he stumbles across a little-known book called ‘Interview with the Vampire’…

{Part 13} It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero Summary: ‘The hair on the back of Daniel’s neck stood up, and he knew that predatory, assessing gaze was locked on him. “I must say, I’m a very big fan.” Daniel put the kettle on and turned around, only to be met with a paper copy of ‘Interview with the Vampire’. “May I have an autograph?” Daniel scoffed, meeting Lestat’s eyes as the vampire put on an exaggerated pout. “Sure. But that’s not what you came here for.”’

#amc iwtv #amc interview with the vampire #interview with the vampire #iwtv #iwtv fanfiction #iwtv fanfic #amc iwtv fanfic #amc interview with the vampire fanfiction #my fanfiction #my fanfic #my iwtv fanfic #my interview with the vampire fanfic #series #song fics #Taylor Swift songs #taylor swift song fics #lestat de lioncourt

[nativehueofresolution]

🧠🩸

i can't to stick one answer apologies in advance,

🧠 A fic that rewired something in your brain

the fic responsible for all my claudia and gabrielle brainworms <3

this whole series is great, but i love this fic particularly because of how much it fleshes out the complicated family dynamics with daniel's daughter and having to imagine your father as a completely different person right at the end of his life. zoe and megan are canon to my heart

this author has written a lot of great fics but i picked this one specifically because the scene where armand locks daniel out because of a fight and so daniel punches his way through a glass door to get in which armand finds so romantic they make up is just like. a perfection encapsulation of how insane they are during the devil's minion era with their codependent behavior.

🩸A fic with your favourite scene of blood drinking or other use of blood

“We are not bringing a priest here,” Louis retorted “We don’t need to. Tell me,” Armand demanded “It doesn’t work like that, you’re not a priest,” Louis said dismissively “I am everything you need, I fill your cup, I am forever the shape in which you need me,” Armand said, still pinning him down with his hands, his amber eyes intent on his “Forgive me lover for I have sinned?” Louis said testily  “Tell me and I will drink it out of you, it won’t belong to you anymore, let me eat it,” Armand said, fangs flashing, his expression sliding vicious and hungry Sin-Eater.  “I have been cruel,” Louis confessed finally, “and I have been unkind” Armand bit into his side, drinking, the sin-eater consuming the sin of the deceased. The ritual meal. The swoon bloomed at the site of the bite mark, liquid ease radiating out. Louis sighed in relief. 

i am DECEASED

claudia sharing blood with her parents... exploring vampire blood sharing fitting into their family dynamic and lestat in particular... well-written claudia pov fics about the family dynamic are like manna from heaven to me. the last section is just chef's kiss.

#ty!!! #a character flaw of mine is i get really shy about commenting on fics (i am working on it) but i do love gushing about them #ask game replies #a meal to remember