XVIII-century Unholy Family in CMYK
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XVIII-century Unholy Family in CMYK
the failure(s); the many loves of the vampire lestat
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no idea how this is going to look on tumblr but posting this here . louis say so edit . if you even care,
"the great laws" of the vampires that are used as the formal legal justification the paris coven uses for their lynching literally have a clause about not turning disabled people or people who need care into vampires. the trial script literally calls claudia a "cripple" and the entire alleged justification for why a 14-year-old black child should've been left to die from her injuries in a race riot, why her entire existence past the age of 14 is supposed to be a "mistake" that needs correcting, is bc saving her life would mean she'd have a stunted child's body and her body would cause her anguish, which can be read as an allegory for people who survive serious physical trauma having permanent disabilities. and despite all that it's still underlined that claudia was a greater vampire than either louis or lestat or any member of the paris kkkoven, that she wasn't a mistake and she wasn't inherently doomed or fated to kill herself. she's literally kidnapped in s2ep6 when she's on the precipice of true freedom and happiness and self-actualization, finally living a life separate from her adopted parents, ready to travel the world with her chosen partner. but bc she's a black woman in a black child's body and seen as unfit to live by vampire society for being a "cripple", bc she stepped ~out of line~ and transgressed normative racist hierarchies and hierarchies of vampiric power by (almost) killing her white maker, bc she broke every cycle of abuse she was born or adopted into and freed herself, she's tortured, publicly humiliated and murdered before she reaches age 50. i know claudia is based on anne's daughter who died of cancer and narratively speaking she was always "meant to die"- but from an in-universe pov, from the logic of the story she inhabits and how her character is written on the show, there's nothing destined or doomed or inevitable about claudia's death. the fact that she dared to survive past age 14 despite the limits of her body isn't an inherent tragedy, and the fact that she didn't survive past age 46 wasn't mercy. claudia's murdered, brutally and unjustly, and her life is cut short bc of the intersection of violent misogynoir and ableism that's taken the lives of so many other black women before their time
THE owner of the night louis de pointe du lac
I think as a fandom y'all are really sleeping on Jacob's music and I for one won't stand for it.
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Do your homework, the lot of you!!
My favourite of his, even if it’s heartbreaking. The whole "Mind the Gap" EP is flawless.
And then you had that dream again.
your art is amazing - thank you for sharing it 🥰🫶
Thank you so so much for your kind words 🥹 I do have new paintings in the works, so stay tuned!
IWTVL After Dark: Welcome to the Funhouse, Louis
@narrativenods thanks for the question!
So, Jacob was asked how it felt handing over the narrative crown to Sam, and if it was scary or freeing. Both he and Rolin answered:
Jacob: I definitely had more of a sense of some of the things Sam was maybe experiencing in the first 2 seasons, that I really didn't understand at the time. I was like: "Well yeah but, the show is meant to be from the perspective of this one character?????" And I remember Sam used to be like: "Well, THAT didn't happen! it didn't happen this way!" And I would always be like: "Well, we HAVE to play it this way, because WE'RE HERE!" This is what the day-at-work is: "Today I HAVE TO believe that THIS is true!" And this season [S3], there were a few times that I was like: "Oh, this is like a funhouse mirror version of Louis! This person that I've grown to know so well, and I suddenly don't know him quite as well as I did." But I think it's fun! That's part of the challenge!… What do you do with him now? It felt to me, the end of S2, it felt like his journey was kind of neat and elegant, and then you're like: Well, we have to mess it up! Gotta rub some dirt in it now! Rolin: I think we knew this Louis in the writers' room in S1 & S2, we knew he [S3's funhouse Louis] was there. And if you go back, once you see this [S3], and you go back to S1 & S2, you'll see glimmers of this guy [S3 funhouse Louis] in there.
First, the funhouse mirror. Funhouse mirrors are a distorted image/perception/version of something that DOES exist in reality, but is now being seen through a glass darkly. It's off, they're unexpected, zany, scary, funny, a headtrip. That's exactly what Jacob already said we'd see more of with S3 Louis, which is why it didn't surprise me when he repeated the same sentiment on After Dark:
Louis IS "a bit of a headf**k...unhinged," a "confronting figure." And I agree with Rolin, that we've already seen glimmers of that Louis before: just look at 2x5: both the 1st interview with Daniel when he verbally skulldragged Lestat, and ofc the Loumand Fight. 💀 Even when he's high as a kite & hearing voices, Louis can & will judge TF outta you, telling you off about yourself and all the ways he thinks you've failed as a functional human being. Often it seems like it's coming from absolutely nowhere--esp. if you're not paying attention to his red flags & warning signs before he finally explodes.
Which is precisely why Jacob also explained WHY Louis took on the persona he did in Dubai--the fake accent he uses, the elegant mannerisms, etc. He's channeling James Baldwin; the kind of sophisticated & calm & emotionally mature gay Black man, expat, intellectual & literati that Louis WANTS to be, but internally knows he is NOT. Esp. since he's constantly lying to himself that he's not starving for blood; hungry & miserable ALL the time cuz he wishes he could just KILL and not GAF about it later. Hence: the drug binges he went on in the 1970s--killing only when he was high enough to not think about it, but then not being able to live with the guilt unless he got high again. He's an alcoholic, he always has been, even as ah human--he DIED a sloppy messy drunk, and that came right out in SanFran. So he's tryna prove to Daniel that he's NOT that embarrassing shame-ridden vampire anymore, "I sit before you as a master of my instincts!" meanwhile Daniel's looking at him like BFFR, you ain't mastered ish; you still suck at lying, you're not fooling me; you'd kill everyone on Earth if you weren't Catholic, lol.
So it's an artifice/"affectation" he adopts in the late 70s - early 80s--likely as a response to the phantom-limb pain/trauma of his suicide being erased from his memories; knowing he reacted VERY badly to something; but not remembering what it even is that's missing now.
Which is why the "funhouse" version of Louis in S3 is the version of Louis without the Dubai artifice--he has his old NOLA accent back, his old swagger back. He's closer to what he was back when he was still human.... But THAT is an affectation, too--him tryna prove that he Owns the Night, Mr. Hotshot Vampire. That's not who he is with Lestat, and it's definitely not who he is with Claudia, Grace & Paul. So again: who is the "real" Louis? Does he even know? HAYUL NAW! But like Jacob said: that's part of the challenge. It's kinda naive to think you "know" Louis, when he's still tryna figure that out himself; to find "the better version of himself" that he likes best.
TL:DR: Know thyself!
Louis had no answer for her--or rather, he gave her the only canned answer he could at the time: I'm your brother. I'm the reticent vampire. All he sees is regret & disappointment.
However, he actually knows EXACTLY who he is. His Confession Booth scene in 1x1 explained everything, revealing the very depths of why Louis in fact HATES himself, HATES his entire life, and has always been miserable, unhappy, depressed, mentally ill & suicidal--constantly tryna reinvent himself whenever he faces another realization about himself that he doesn't like and is desperate to "fix".
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Etching and Aquatint , 69 x 59 cm. Ed. 70.
"or is it the sleep of an infant?"
a quick painting for day six of @ldpdlweek2026 (mental illness & angst)
"Louis’ long hair over four centuries"
LDPDL Week 2026 Day Seven: Alternate universe | Canon divergence & what-ifs
Everything dies. You die. I die. She dies.
Your The Louis Triptych (Burnt, Broken, Buried)" artwork might be a new fav and all time fav. Wow you did that!!!!!
This such such a lovely thing to say, thank you! I had hoped that it would resonate with people, and I'm so happy to hear that it does 🥹
for @ldpdlweek2026 day one, family | parenthood/siblinghood: louis and paul de pointe du lac
"The Louis Triptych (Burnt, Broken, Buried)"
LDPDL Week 2026 Day Six: Mental Illness & Angst | Childhood