Ace of 💜s

fandom trashmain // warning: tendency to be overly enthusiastic about everything [icon by @haxxydraws]

[questions-about-blorbos]

You said you're a pro shipper? That means problematic shipper which means that you either ship abusive relationships or children with adults, etc. do you ship those or something gross like that?

my brother in christ you cannot be more wrong and I'm so tired. also if you ask a random stranger this in real life, a random stranger who's mature enough to understand the difference between fiction and reality, they will look at you like you speak gibberish.

proship stance = anti harassing real people over goddamned fiction. your kink is not my kink and that's okay. don't like don't read. there are some prompts that trigger the fuck out of me. I don't read it. I don't even like it. but I will defend its rights to exist because

1.) it is fiction

2.) no one in real life is harmed

3.) it cannot harm you unless you go searching for it, knowing it will upset or trigger you

4.) a lot of victims and survivors cope and heal through fiction, a safe and controlled environment

5.) censorship is a fascist tool. once you allow one thing to be censored because someone somewhere doesn't want it to exist, anything and everything can and will be censored.

but if you want to know my ship, it's myself and your dad ❤️

[anaid-queen]

ok at this point... i'm simply confused about what i thought had been spoiled about which scene in what episode. specifically pertaining to Armand. i mean i'll see it all in a few weeks either way?! but i'm..a little confused :'D

[reticent-vampire]

That happen with you and Lestat? No. Oh.

[nalyra-dreaming]

Every time I watch 3x02 Lestat‘s tone and relief and pride in it hits so much harder when he says “No more. We have a pact now.“ to Christine‘s “Motherfucker“

[nalyra-dreaming]

Any truth to the spoiler on X that Louis kills David talbot off?

(Now that the ep is out these can be posted :))

Why? 😅

Because apparently Louis killed a whole lot of vampires and Talamasca agents in and after Dubai.

Which is why Raglan uses Daniel to set up the meeting the way they did there.

So no David for the body switching, or later PL stories.

[dimorisik]

“you’re like a big cat, les”

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[armands-airpods]

[claumandscathedral]

brightened the larrystat kiss and hey not to be dramatic but this is sexual assault and brilliantly horrifying

lestat is drowsy, drugged, unresponsive, and pulled into a kiss with someone whose been attracted to him from their first interaction. someone whom lestat is explicitly uninterested in but his overt sexuality is taken as permission enough

the kiss is right after this shot

indicating lestat is once again poisoned and likely well aware of it. Inarguably he’s unwell, further evidenced by the haunting “muses” flashes

all being emblematic of lestats understanding of his own sexuality. The few seconds of screentime the moment gets is had with insignificance either because this isnt registered as a violation- if it is, its unremarkable enough to be considered worthless- or he’s not mentally present enough to really process it’s happening. Both options are bad, and it’s probably a mix of both. Contrast this to all of lestat’s sexual partners who are enthusiastic participants (note, with vested self interest)

After larry kisses lestat is a shot of TC and alex laughing. It’s fun! Everyone’s laughing! It’s a good time for as long as its agreed to be!

To set up the dynamic as a shipping trope, of classic band tension, framed by lestats cool laissez faire narration, distorts what’s really happening. It’s foretelling of how lestat thinks of himself and his relationships, from that with louis to gabriella to magnus.

The intensity of the abduction and rape will be incredibly confronting and horrifying I’m sure, but that behaviour of someone wanting lestat, and the manner in which lestat responds to it, are seeds already planted and present in conditioning the audience

Lestat is wild, lestat is loved, lestat is lusted for; these are all things he wants and what he gets is simply what he invites. The chaotic persona obfuscates the real severity of anything and the downplaying attitude is done with the entrancing cadence of a leader that pulls you into his world where you’re meant to do the same. Sympathizing with someone crossing his boundaries is already there and being playfully rationalized as “well he just wants Lestat so badly”. The most terrifying things are the insidious ones so inlaid its unquestioned, and the horror of magnus will half be in the realization that this is just an escalation of what youve already seen happen

[notnonart]

first contact

[anaid-queen]

me: *wants to complain i'll have to wait probably 2 to 2.5 hours to watch the ep this week*

me: *remembers i might have to wait more than 24h next week* oh...nvm.

[verymerrymart]

[nalyra-dreaming]

I must say I really loved that scene where the vampires across the world are arguing over how to handle Lestat and his tour, and there's at least one vampire who's just happy to hear music that actually speaks to vampiric experience. Like it's something I hadn't really considered before but even with vampire numbers rising rapidly, they're still a TINY population. How lonely it must be to never hear your pain expressed openly in a song. I don't know, it's such a tiny detail and clearly the majority of the vampires are pissed that Lestat's flaunting his vampire nature, but it's just nice to think about him reaching out to his kind with his art and having at least some of them receive it so gladly.

Yes! And if you know the books then what they‘ll do with that aspect will make a LOT of sense to you!!! They’re condensing an arc there, and I actually loved it!

But yes - they are SEEN. And they love it!!! (Well some do)

[mammalsofaction]

I think every friend Perry has ever had is against his will

[mammalsofaction]

Like sure hes CHARMING when he wants to be. But also hes stuck up, possessive, cranky and unsociable. He's had one (1) mutual friend since coming to the Tri-State Area, mutual in the case they both want to be friends with each other, and that person is Heinz Doofenshmirtz. And it took them 5 years. Every other friend Perry has made was done so against his will. Pinky (their owners crush on each other). Peter (Was the guy Heinz cheated on him with). Lyla (just doesnt like her in general shes like a fine person but he has such a stick up his ass). Stacy (she is a secret agent despite all his warnings otherwise). Vanessa (thats his stepdaughter) Santa Claus is NOT his friend thats his celebrity crush. I don't think he respects the Marvel superheroes but they keep in touch. Hamster is a colleague at best. Actually on second thought he's also friends with Diogee they got along surprisingly well.

[nalyra-dreaming]

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[virginiaisforvampires]

Hi V,

I've been following your asks and answers and appreciate your thorough answers. I have to admit I'm frustrated with many of the changes I've heard about via screeners, but I am trying to keep my mind open until I see the eps myself.

However, I know one issue you had was the idea of Louis' character regression, yet most of what I've heard is that his character very much has regressed this season. We're back to him hiding his feelings from Lestat, not being true to himself, not being able to be alone, etc. Yet I know you've said you're mostly very happy with the season. How can you reconcile that? Or what made you okay with Louis' significant regression? Thanks in advance.

I would argue that Louis is actually very much alone for most of this season. Yeah, there's the little nothing arrangement with Lem, but Louis is still very much alone. He's....not doing well.

So how did I reconcile the initial regression? Well, like I've said, there were times in which I wanted to shake him in frustration. You'll see a bit of this in Episode 2.

However, despite the regression from his ending in S2, they still managed to take Louis on a messy and heartbreaking, albeit beautiful journey. He doesn't stay in the headspace in which we find him at the beginning of S3. He's not a static character at all. Quite dynamic, imo, and that's exactly what I wanted for him.

He realizes some things. He reconciles some things. He reaches a point in which he tries to stop denying some things.

Louis....is trying. Very much so. He still has loads of room for more growth, but he's trying.

And speaking from personal experience, his story this season just really resonated with me. He has some scenes in which I had to pause because I was crying so hard, because it hit me. Deeply. I know exactly what Louis was feeling in those moments and to be honest, a lot of Louis' arc in S3 is what should have been happening in S2....but the time was wasted on theater shit + the fact Armand had lobotomized him and wouldn't allow him to grieve or to try and heal. Remember? He fucking apologized for crying! 😖

But guess who does want Louis to heal? Guess who knows how Louis feels? Guess who cares about Louis hurting? Lestat.

So yeah, I think they did justice to Louis. He did some things this season that I've been wanting to see for awhile now and that, imo, is the progress that I wanted for Louis. ❤️

[mangled-by-disuse]

in happier pride news i actually found this deeply heartwarming

that's solidarity baybeeee

[lgbtlaughs]

Further context: Durham city council (Reform UK) cut funding and support for Pride. The Durham Miner's Association and other trade unions raised enough money for Durham Pride 2026 to go ahead - a direct call back to when Lesbian and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) raised money for mining communities when Margaret Thatcher seized union funding during the miner strikes of 1984-85.

At the 1985 Labour party meet, the motion to support LGBT rights as a party was passed due to a block vote from mining unions.

Stephen Guy, the chair of the Durham Miners’ Association, said that when it became apparent Durham Pride was under threat, he took it upon himself to “encourage the trade union movement to step up and do the right thing, and stand shoulder to shoulder with the LGBT+ community […] They not only raised funds for us, but came to our communities, uplifted our spirits when they were down, and showed their solidarity.”