There is always hope.

Molly, 30, she/her. Conservation biologist studying native bees. Currently this blog is mostly Arcane (jayvik), Interview with the Vampire, and nature (birds, bugs). Tolkien, Our Flag Means Death, Star Trek (Garashir), Rammstein, WWDITS, Doctor Who, TAZ, Steven Universe, Good Omens, Gorillaz, and others can be expected periodically. I even write and draw sometimes!

[cuntylestat]

it's really never loustatover

[tarmairons]

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (2022-) | S02E04 x S03E07

[mistressvera]

Gopal Divan as Dr. Fareed Bhansali and Assad Zaman as Armand

IWTV - The Vampire Lestat 3.07 "The Failures"

[mymycorrhizae]

Armand looking gorgeous in the finale

[lioncourtz]

THE VAMPIRE LESTAT | Lestat's outfits

Costume Design by Lex Wood

[rocktheholygrail]

The Vampire Lestat (2026)

[gruntsandpoetry]

Love of my life was him.

[reticent-vampire]

[gaypeople]

I hated sleeping without you.

[platoapproved]

— Then he kills the wolves. And then your hands wander, Madam Chair. — He did not have a problem with these hands for the next 200-odd years.

[cuntylestat]

this scene is up there with the best the show has ever done for me

[loving-the-world-since-00]

[simoneashley]

#the a in assad stands for acting

[hollowwaveremnant]

Assad new BTS from season finale of TVL, from the new After Dark episode

[asgardian--angels]

I WATCHED THE FINALE

JESUS CHRIST

that was STUNNING. my god. how tf are people dissatisfied with this??? that was a work of art. i have to go cry in a corner now

[asgardian--angels]

OK PARTS THAT STUCK WITH ME LIKE A KNIFE WOUND

lestat making the 'O' at the long table. sent CHILLS down my spine. not just callback to nicki in the show but his own part in the book where he had his realization about death and nothingness and couldn't stop moaning

they got to the absolute fucking CORE of lestat's character. failing means you tried to actually do something. lestat has always been a character with momentum, always needing to keep moving forward, keep seeking answers and meaning and love and goodness. trying, trying to do better, to be better, in whatever ways that manifests - but even if he failed over and over, at least he was trying, trying to enact CHANGE, to AFFECT, in the way that most vampires cannot. in the way his marquise family tried to prevent him from doing and shackle him to decay like their wealth and status in their small village where nothing ever changes. lestat at his core is ASPIRATIONAL. he has what it takes to get back up again, to survive the long years of eternity. he will always find a way forward through the horrors.

Louis's apology to Armand???? I wasn't expecting this but it was so cathartic, and a powerful performance from Assad. The focus so much up until this point being that Armand hurt, manipulated, and lied to Louis - but that Louis used Armand too! That he used Armand in the way Armand has been used his whole life, as an object, of desire, of a means to an end, Louis punishing Armand for his role in Paris by locking him into this relationship, using him to hurt Lestat, and using him as a way for Louis to hurt himself for his own guilt. The lack of autonomy. Louis's arc this season has been about coming to terms with how he's hurt those in his life and trying to find a better way forward - and this was such a meaningful culmination of that. Obviously what Armand did was horrific but all vampires are horrific beings, and they all hurt each other in myriad ways. This was such an important part of this arc that I honestly wasn't expecting!

SO MANY TINY FLASHBACKS I NEED TO GO FRAME BY FRAME ON

Paul's appearance literally sent me into tears. I haven't cried this whole season, and this really got me. This was the icing on the cake. Thinking he was a total failure and confirming that he really thought Louis never loved him, only for Paul, of all people, god, to tell him yes he does. That Paul got into Heaven. The birds. Everything with this was utterly transcendent.

I'm floored by this ep. I was having heart palpitations the whole time. I cannot fathom how some people were disappointed or dissatisfied with this epic mid-story finale. It opens up all sorts of new doors and raises new questions that I cannot WAIT to get into in s4. Incredible performances all around.

[asgardian--angels]

AND HE PUT THE STEINS IN THE PHOTO COLLECTION TO FUCK WITH LOUIS'S HEAD BYEEEEE

[asgardian--angels]

I WATCHED THE FINALE

JESUS CHRIST

that was STUNNING. my god. how tf are people dissatisfied with this??? that was a work of art. i have to go cry in a corner now

[asgardian--angels]

OK PARTS THAT STUCK WITH ME LIKE A KNIFE WOUND

lestat making the 'O' at the long table. sent CHILLS down my spine. not just callback to nicki in the show but his own part in the book where he had his realization about death and nothingness and couldn't stop moaning

they got to the absolute fucking CORE of lestat's character. failing means you tried to actually do something. lestat has always been a character with momentum, always needing to keep moving forward, keep seeking answers and meaning and love and goodness. trying, trying to do better, to be better, in whatever ways that manifests - but even if he failed over and over, at least he was trying, trying to enact CHANGE, to AFFECT, in the way that most vampires cannot. in the way his marquise family tried to prevent him from doing and shackle him to decay like their wealth and status in their small village where nothing ever changes. lestat at his core is ASPIRATIONAL. he has what it takes to get back up again, to survive the long years of eternity. he will always find a way forward through the horrors.

Louis's apology to Armand???? I wasn't expecting this but it was so cathartic, and a powerful performance from Assad. The focus so much up until this point being that Armand hurt, manipulated, and lied to Louis - but that Louis used Armand too! That he used Armand in the way Armand has been used his whole life, as an object, of desire, of a means to an end, Louis punishing Armand for his role in Paris by locking him into this relationship, using him to hurt Lestat, and using him as a way for Louis to hurt himself for his own guilt. The lack of autonomy. Louis's arc this season has been about coming to terms with how he's hurt those in his life and trying to find a better way forward - and this was such a meaningful culmination of that. Obviously what Armand did was horrific but all vampires are horrific beings, and they all hurt each other in myriad ways. This was such an important part of this arc that I honestly wasn't expecting!

SO MANY TINY FLASHBACKS I NEED TO GO FRAME BY FRAME ON

Paul's appearance literally sent me into tears. I haven't cried this whole season, and this really got me. This was the icing on the cake. Thinking he was a total failure and confirming that he really thought Louis never loved him, only for Paul, of all people, god, to tell him yes he does. That Paul got into Heaven. The birds. Everything with this was utterly transcendent.

I'm floored by this ep. I was having heart palpitations the whole time. I cannot fathom how some people were disappointed or dissatisfied with this epic mid-story finale. It opens up all sorts of new doors and raises new questions that I cannot WAIT to get into in s4. Incredible performances all around.

[asgardian--angels]

I WATCHED THE FINALE

JESUS CHRIST

that was STUNNING. my god. how tf are people dissatisfied with this??? that was a work of art. i have to go cry in a corner now