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Take Me To Church by Hozier but sung by a woman/female!Hozier.

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[reticent-vampire]

And I spend every fucking second of nowhere looking for her. And where is she? Why is she not here with me?

[maelancoli]

the writers did so fucking well at portraying and deconstructing the over abundant amount that lestat in the text romanticizes his abusers. he calls it the "seduction of magnus" multiple times throughout the vampire chronicles instead of admitting he was preyed upon. when you read the books you have to look between the lines of his flowery prose and avoidance but the show took a corny over the top music video style approach and then slammed it next to a full blown ptsd flashback to make sure the audience did not have a chance to misinterpret or mock anything and i respect them for that

[rocktheholygrail]

The Vampire Lestat (2026)

[lioncunt]

the very idea that someone could sit down, watch lestat puke while still trying to rationalize the abuse, have a full blown panic attack over it when louis yells that there is no rationalizing this, and then go say it's consensual...that it's not portrayed as abuse...insane...

i also think a lot of people aren't really getting the *point* of louis' reaction. it's extremely harsh and judgmental and completely insensitive to the fact that lestat is being abused, but that is the purpose of it. the entire season is lestat attempting to justify it. this is louis saying that you cannot justify it. there is no rational way to justify that happening. and when lestat has a breakdown over it, they both sort of realize at the same time that this means lestat has been suffering incestuous sexual abuse for 200 fucking years.

it overwhelms lestat, and it clicks for louis. that's when he changes tacts, when he comforts lestat, when he gently tries to help him admit that it's been abuse all along in the bar. it's so realistic, such a necessary sequence.

i think there is unfortunately a knee jerk reaction people have to abuse like this, esp when it's mother/son, where it's just "gross", "weird", or "sick", as louis says. where the child is not taken to be a victim, somehow. i think the show is very honest in having this be louis' initial reaction, until he sees lestat's panic, until he properly thinks it through for a second. and then he gets it, and he feels horrible about what he said. again, it's just all very realistic and bittersweet. everyone involved did an incredible job with this storyline imo.

[corporaloretsev]

Sam Reid as Lestat de Lioncourt The Vampire Lestat and The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only (2026)

[cosmoseinfeld]

perfect couple

[danaa-scully]

[kanakori]

lets see how fast this gets nuked lol

[evstratt]

Grace looking at Rocky PROJECT HAIL MARY (2026)

[emziess]

Imagine describing a dog to someone who's never seen one before and then asking them to draw it. They might get some things right, you know, but there's no way they'd get everything right. All the devils and the details. So, from a distance, you look at it, you think you're seeing a dog, but then you look close…

Backrooms (2026) dir. Kane Parsons

[dailywomen]

INDE NAVARRETTE Photographed by Emily Sandifer for AShot Magazine

[nmorown]

[littlegirlinvisible]

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE 3.06: Montreal TVLTwT/IWTVTwT Version. +bonus bc op is very tired of seeing terrible takes online:

The Vampire Lestat is now streaming on AMC+. If you have the chance, please support the show by tuning in on the official platforms. Every view counts!

[midnightchapter]

— The Tale of the Body Thief, Anne Rice

[sharkfiinn]

loser duo

[faywrayconp]

Keep being a brat all you want, I’m still imagining fucking you with my cock. I don’t care how much of a show you put on

[make-a-desert-call-it-peace]