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 ❤️

[op-la]

ghost girl walking

[cbrownjc]

Thoughts on TVL EP 3x02

[Some spoilers below]

Okay, so I honestly don't have much to say about the episode. It was good, but it honestly felt really short to me. I honestly blinked in surprise when it ended.

I didn't mind how they did the wolves; it was pretty much for the best, and the jump-cut to the bloody Lestat on the floor worked.

But I admit, I wish they had not done Gabriella's turning in a kind of montage. I'm not some big Gabrielle fan, but I do like that scene wrt her turning a lot. Particually the part when she wants to smash the mirror with her voice after she's turned, her being so joyful at her new transformation.

Didn't mind the killing of the family. Lestat only really killed Augustine, given what we saw. And I felt it was clear that it was something that was clearly Gabriella's idea. I think the whole episode was clearly establishing that she has a way of pushing and even manipulating Lestat into doing things that she either wishes she could do, or what she wants him to reflect back to her her own desire in what she does.

Gabrielle, in the book, always saw Lestat as an extension of herself, either what she can't be but wants to be. And I think the show just took that to an even higher level, and I think because of how long Lestat was in the show at home living, compared to the books.

He was 20 when he went to hunt the wolves in the book. In the show, he was 30, exactly 10 years old.

If you want to look at it, that is one of the big butterfly effect moments that changes up the dynamic with not only Gabriella, but also Lestat's whole family. His brothers, particually his brother Augustine, had a much longer time period to abuse him than in the books.

And Gabriella had 10 extra years to make things between her and her own son... well...

Anyway, the kids, Lestat's nieces and nephews, weren't hurt, and Gabriella being the one to kill her own husband fit as well, IMO. Honestly, when reading the book years ago for the first time, even though I knew Lestat's dad lived because of IWTV, I still thought book-Gabrielle would have done a similar thing anyway. 🤷🏾‍♀️

Also, what does Gabriella know of The Great Conversion? She didn't seem to speak of it in any sort of disdain...

I'm really liking the dynamic with the band so far, also. But Alex leaving the band for a while? Oh Alex...

*whistles past a post I made a few weeks ago*

For me, the best moment of the episode was Lestat using the Cloud Gift to fly up to Louis while singing his song. That whole moment took my breath away.

*stares at Daniel, letting himself be used by Raglan and Rashid so they could meet with Louis*

All in all, however, I feel this episode was mostly set up for what is to come from here on out. Because just from the preview of next week... oh boy...

[bisexualrozanov]

#girl who is clearly healed and doing okay

[verymerrymart]

something totally normal to have memorized off the top of your head, baby girl

[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”

[stitchybutton]

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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.