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#A++++++#tvl #tvl spoilers #costumes as storytelling

The Vampire Lestat (2026)

#i know folks are joking about this but like #i feel like this is going to play into akasha somehow #them sharing blood. him with her power coursing through him. living through her. getting overwhelmed with her point of view temporarily #idk but like. rarely is anything a throwaway line yknow #tvl #tvl spoilers

gruntsandpoetry

Love of my life was him.

#them mouthing 'trailer park' 'evening primrose' and 'birds' how about we all just die #tvl #tvl spoilers #god their chemistry

reticent-vampire

#speechless during this scene dear lord #and in a way this plays also into discussions about how louis wasn't able to really understand lestat's trauma either #thinking lestat was invincible. that he sprang fully formed out of the earth or something. didn't talk about his past with him much either #louis couldn't handle those ugly truths within himself. not being able to be emotionally available because of how much unaddressed trauma #there was inside himself #GOD #tvl #tvl spoilers

gaypeople

I hated sleeping without you.

#group suicide in when.......#they are experts in using a one second scene addition to shatter past perceptions like this is a master class #tvl #tvl spoilers

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.

#chills i tell you #the moaning always seemed outlandish in the book but. holy hell. sam pulled it off #tvl #tvl spoilers

cuntylestat

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

#!!!!! yeah. jesus fucking christ they went hard with this #i was wondering how they'd play it vs the book and ultimately the sentiment is the same but they took it even further #the juxtaposition with him and claudia. jesus #they gave us enough to analyze for a very long time with this episode #and sam's acting. well. awards pls #tvl #tvl spoilers

loving-the-world-since-00

#so pretty that you can almost forget he has the severed head of his ex-husband mounted on the table next to him #tvl #tvl spoilers

simoneashley

#the a in assad stands for acting

#assad's acting was amazing here. like i think this scene is the only time we've ever seen armand cry #tvl #tvl spoilers

hollowwaveremnant

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

#assad was prettier in this episode than possibly any other moment in the series sorryyyyyy #tvl #tvl spoilers

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

#i didn't realize how much i needed closure on that and i never expected them to give it to us lmfao #tvl spoilers

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.

#tvl #tvl spoilers

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

#tvl #tvl spoilers #the vampire lestat #whatever part of the fandom was unhappy with this.......like........what #this was a god tier episode one of the best of the whole series #my heart was in my throat the whole time #i CRIED when paul came on #this provided so much catharsis #armand finally breaking down and getting those words from louis??? seeing that vulnerability in its rawest form??#paul teling lestat that he wasn't a total failure because louis does love him?????#lestat shunning gabriella for louis when he wakes up??#ALL THE SPLIT SECOND FLASHBACKS I HAVE TO GO FRAME BY FRAME #jesussssss this was AMAZING #i am truly flabbergasted by people who find a way to dislike this show there's nothing else on television even comparable

sunderwight

The problem with studying the deep ocean is that humans need light to look at things, the depths of the ocean are extremely dark, and what lives there is accustomed to spending most of its time in that darkness. So when we go down there with submersibles and turn on Big Lights to see, we invariably and dramatically alter what's going on, in the same way that it's generally difficult to observe the natural behaviors of terrestrial animals if you whip out a megaphone and shout HEY GUYS WHAT ARE YOU DOING at them first.

adizzyninja

A humble snubnose eelpout on its way to the whale fall buffet when some nearby humans give it a quick, unintrusive study:

julianova44

I put this in the comments but feel it needs a reblog- Check out some of Dr Edith Widder’s work on light in the deep sea! Among other things, she used the bioluminescence of stoplight fish to deduce wavelengths which most deep sea animals can’t perceive and used that to create light filters to be able to film with minimal disturbance! And that’s how we got 25 minutes of giant squid footage!!!!

louci420

The Dark Crystal 💜

#dark crystal

klapollo

Washington Post is paywalling the article but it looks like Taylor Farms — a consumer bagged salad brand that also supplies produce to grocers and fast food chains like Taco Bell, Walmart, McDonald's, Chipotle, Burger King, KFC, and Meijer —may be at least one of the sources of the current cyclosporiasis outbreak.

Taylor makes bagged greens, salad kits, chopped salads, the works. Keep avoiding supermarket greens, but keep an especially close eye out for this brand/supplier. The above list of grocers and fast food chains is NOT exhaustive, so please continue getting lettuce and other raw produce taken off your burgers, sandwiches, etc.