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TVL/IWTV S3

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ASSAD ZAMAN as THE VAMPIRE ARMAND

THE VAMPIRE LESTAT | 3.07 | The Failures

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I have quite a few issues with the finale, but let's talk about DM.

My biggest fear is that the writers don't see anything wrong with the approach they chose here. It's their choice and their adaptation, and it's my problem if I don't like it, I know that. It's just that up until now, imo, they've been spot on when it comes to relationships, so I'm wondering what happened here.

You could argue that this season was never about them and we will get everything we want in S4, but was it really necessary to bring them together in this way and subject them to all this, character-wise, now? And leave us with it for another two years, or however long it will take to make S4?

I can see someone arguing that, look, they're together! Hooray! It's canon! Never mind that it happened off-screen. Never mind the circumstances under which they presumably got together. Am I really supposed to believe that Armand offered him petty revenge on Lestat, taught him how to daywalk, and Daniel is suddenly in love?

Because that's all the show has given us to work with at the moment (along with the out-of-spite turning and the one-sided obsession for 52 years). And who knows, maybe it's all true. Maybe there is nothing more to it. We don't know! How I wish they had given them just one or two more scenes together.

After this ending, how can anyone who hasn't read QotD think that Daniel isn't just the next person for Armand to latch onto? How can anyone think that there's anything different about what Armand is doing when it comes to Daniel?

And don't get me started on Armand's and Daniel's individual arcs this season. I was fine with them having smaller roles, being kind of one-dimensional in Daniel's case and being used mostly for shock value when it comes to Armand. I like Daniel being a bit of a jerk, I love unhinged Armand, but this last episode put everything in an ugly light.

I'm sorry, but Armand's grand master plan makes zero sense, he is not some evil mastermind. His manipulations are born out of desperation, out of fear, out of a need for love and stability, and a desire to survive. Yes, it's not out of character for him to do something like what he did in the butcher shop, that's why we love him, and I'm glad Assad got the chance to play the gremlin, but not like this, not under these circumstances.

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beautitudes

Armand's arc stopped making sense the moment he took that letter out of his pocket, but you were too busy blasting Big Boss to see.

Taking into consideration both book and show Armand's character traits, he boils down to love and self-preservation. And none of what's happening in the finale fits into that.

It should have been Daniel in the torture chamber, that is. He should have been angry at Daniel. He should have been plotting against him. He should have looked at him and thought, it's you I want next.

Armand tried saying sorry. Didn't work. He tried confessing. Didn't work. Tried painting himself a hero who had spent 52 years saving Daniel from his bad life decisions. Daniel laughed at him and told him he would never love him. Armand then lured him in with a good gossip, a way to come back at Lestat (don't even start me on Daniel's arc this season. It's non-existent. Daniel is as good as dead) and some cool vampiric powers. And it should have been Daniel still refusing to love him.

Back in the torture chamber, boy.

The idea I've conceived the moment my back collided with the concrete wall should have been him renting a flat and reshaping it into a copy of their place on Divisadero. The psychological torture should have been directed at Daniel and it should have been Daniel, a matured, wise version of him looking at Armand and dissecting him as skilfully as he dissected Louis in s1-2. It should have been Daniel NOT BEING AFRAID OF ARMAND anymore and seeing the monster in him and saying, I get it, you're a scared kid whose life has just been destroyed, and you think it is me who has destroyed it, but no, it started when you were 12 and never really went uphill. Instead of "I saw good in you for a while" it should have been "I see the evil in you and I get you, and I forgive you, now please untie me."

The chase should have started there and then.

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ASSAD ZAMAN as THE VAMPIRE ARMAND

THE VAMPIRE LESTAT | 3.07 | The Failures

Photo credit: Sophie Giraud/AMC

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Tiny crumbs.

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THE VAMPIRE LESTAT | 3.07 | The Failures

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THE VAMPIRE LESTAT | 3.07 | The Failures

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"At 12. You were 12. Scared."

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I'm laughing at my optimistic self from yesterday. I suppose it could have been worse, but it was definitely not a (good) season finale. I know Rolin warned us about the cliffhangers, and I can guess at all the difficulties they faced while making it, but what a choice to make, and to leave us with it for presumably another two years.

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AMC is such a disaster of a network 🤣

How do you feel about this seasons so far?

Hi! Sorry for the delay, but I needed a little time to think about my answer because this season has definitely been quite a journey for me.

I've been following the production of S3 very closely from the beginning, so I've seen how many incredibly talented and passionate people have put everything they had into making it despite the limited time, budget, and all the bad luck they had to deal with.

That being said, I really didn't like the first three episodes.

I expected the shift in tone that came with changing the narrator, and I knew fitting TVL into 7 episodes would be a huge challenge. But what I struggled with most was how relentlessly bleak and cynical everything felt. It seemed like they'd picked out all Lestat's trauma moments and didn't have much room left for anything else. And it wasn't just Lestat, almost every other character was miserable. It was just too much for me all at once.

I know that's a bit different from what most people have been criticizing. A lot of the discussion has been about the big changes from the book, how the season tells more than it shows, how much time we spend in the present instead of Lestat's past, and how Gabriella became such a central focus at the expense of others.

And don't get me wrong, I agree with some of that too. To a degree. Most of the changes don't really bother me, but I do mourn some of the scenes we never got. I'm especially sad that ep. 6 wasn't set in NOLA. And I still hope we'll eventually get to see Gabriella who's a little closer to the one I love in the books.

None of that ended up being my biggest issue, though, and from ep 4 onwards I started enjoying the season more and more. The tone shifted, I finally got to see a different Lestat (my favorite is the one with Akasha), and everything started to feel much better balanced.

Last weekend I did a rewatch of the first few episodes with a friend, and I have to admit Rolin and everyone else were right, it works much better the second time around. Once you know where the story is going, it's easier to see what they were trying to do.

I'm really curious about ep. 7 and whether it'll fully win me over.

I'm also really happy that we're all going into the finale completely blind. AMC finally seems to have realized how much damage all the leaks and spoilers from screeners were doing. But that's probably a whole separate conversation.

So overall, I went from being pretty disappointed to pretty much liking what the season is doing. I still have some issues with a few creative choices, but overall I think it's really good. It looks gorgeous, all the performances have been incredible, and we're honestly so lucky to have this cast as well as everyone else working on it.

At this point there are really only two things that could ruin the finale for me: if Daniel is somehow (more) permanently killed, or if it turns out that past dm really was completely one sided, with Armand simply stalking Daniel for 52 years. I'd have a hard time accepting either of those.

I've already spent way too much time doomspiraling about both during the season (thankfully my dear fandom friends have always managed to talk me out of it and remind me to trust the process). I'm really hoping the finale lets me go into the hiatus excited instead of worrying about Daniel for the next couple of years.

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Hello! My name's Joss. Thank you for posting your blog about the IWV S2 Prague filming locations! I was messaging to ask somewhat of a favor- can you please share the screenshots you have of the show? I'm giving my friends an IWV Tour of Prague, and it would be handy and fun if I could share a visual reference from the show? Pls let me know if you're willing and or able. Thank you!

Hi! I thought I’d already written a detailed post comparing Prague locations with scenes from the show, but it turns out I’d only done something more general.

Maybe I’ll get back to it in the future. I'm definitely planning to create a better version of my map. I'm currently on holiday, though, so I don't really have time to look into it, but I think you'll find the screencaps you're looking for here.

Good luck with the tour!

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I wonder how many times Daniel and Armand tried to go in for the beheading in that park but were foiled by their own bond rapturing them and making Louis and Lestat disappear, and they had to go back and hide in the bushes again. This absolutely would happen at least three times to those losers (affectionate)

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