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
One of the most annoying genres of people on the internet are people who act like they believe science is one single monolithic thing. Like, you'll see an article saying something like "scientists studying the movement of tectonic plates", and then in the comments there'll be several smug people saying "smh why are scientists doing this instead of finding a cure for cancer", like. Why would a geologist be doing that.
"ohhh wahhh the problem with building out america's rail network is that nobody wants to live next to train tracks-" I DO BITCH!!!!!!!! #I<3INDUSTRIALNOISES #SEXWITHATRAIN
women are like diamonds: synthetically-produced women are not meaningfully different from naturally-formed women, and anyone trying to tell you otherwise is probably trying to justify keeping their women mines open
it does get better. & then it gets worse. & then it gets better. & then it gets worse. & then it gets better. & then it gets worse. & then it gets better. & then it gets worse. & then it gets better. & then it gets worse. & then it gets better. & then it gets worse. & then it gets better. & then it gets worse. & then it's fine. & then we go get hoagies.
Mafia boss smoking a cigar: Why’d you gotta squeal, Squealin’ Stephen? I trusted you. Now I gotta send my best goons to show you what happens when you cross the Big Boss…
Guy tied up in chair: uh…theres just one guy over there.
Mafia boss: Yeah. That’s Lil’ Tony. He’s got one of dem conditions where he’s got multiple mooks n’ his head. But when Big Tony fronts you’re gonna be in big trouble.
Lil’ Tony: We actually all agree we’re gonna kick your ass.
freak4freak is always so awesome but another character dynamic that i think is really great is freak vs freak. you're the only person who understands me and i'm the only person who understands you. unfortunately this also does not stop either of us from hating each other and in fact it might even make everything significantly worse for everyone involved
Liking a character who sucks is silly because yeah I hate him and yeah I want people to bully him and say mean things but if you say the Wrong mean thing I'm going to get defensive
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