can sam reid stop feeding my season 3 biancamand delusions cuz there are at least 3 things he’s mentioned that have made my mind go 🫨🚨WEE WOO WEE WOO 🚨🫨
(I know we’re most likely not getting it yet don’t worry my expectations are extremely low, its just even the smallest possibility is getting to me 😭)
There’s the fact that he mentioned that there are big characters upcoming who are very unexpected and no one knows about them coming up. I don’t think Bianca is a major character in the series at all but she is the main deuteragonist of TVA, makes later appearances as well including being a part of Lestat’s council and I think she’s all around pretty well liked, especially by Armand fans!
Secondly, although this was in reference to Lestat and Gabrielle, he mentioned the significance of a bond between vampires who have known each other since they were mortal. There’s only one other main character who has this type of a bond with another vampire and that’s Armand with Bianca.
Thirdly, he mentioned that Armand is coming in a tongue and cheek way and considering the innuendos being used in 3x02… I’m inclined to believe Armand is getting some share of sexual pleasure. He’s not in a relationship the last we see him ofc, freshly divorced, but hey Louis had a surprise sexual partner. Maybe so does Armand?
It could be self-pleasure too ofc, even cuck chair action. But hear me out— Biancamand reunion sex!!! The potential there is immaculate and the writers if they haven’t by some chance done it already, they should consider it!!!
but also like even before this I thought anytime during QOTD being adapted would be a perfect entry point for Bianca. Armand has literally lost like everyone at this point, Bianca is maybe the only person alive/undead who would possibly be willing to give Armand sympathy or at least understanding and even that’s a gamble. But also- he’s desperate.
Also, Assad mentioned that he changed his mind about Armand wanting acceptance to Armand wanting purity. And the themes of purity and lack thereof are huge between Biancamand.
With QOTD’s themes of gender, I think it’s the perfect opportunity to give a female character who’s underutilized in the book series a much bigger role. Besides, she has a huge impact on Armand in TVA, but unfortunately she didn’t exist when the previous books were written. She makes a comeback in the present later in the series too, so it only goes to make sense to start integrating her earlier since the show is being created after the series has been completed and they have an opportunity to integrate her from the start.
However! This is Lestat’s season and there’s a lot to cover. I think Armand even being by himself and working on his relationship to himself and Louis/Lestat/Daniel is a handful which is where 99% of my expectations lie. But that remaining present-day biancamand 1%… it’s hungry and it wants to grow bigger and will eat any form of a hint it can get its hands on.
My thoughts on TVL so far (also unintentional meta)
TVL spoilers:
“Louis doesn’t sound like Louis” “Is this it? They skimmed over Lestat’s history so quick” “I don’t like that the narrative is all over the place the writing’s taken a downturn”, these are all things I’ve seen different people say multiple times now.
Lestat is telling this story. Louis doesn’t sound like how we’ve previously seen him because we’re seeing him through Lestat’s eyes. This is episode 2/7, maybe it’s Lestat who didn’t want to spend a long time talking about Auvergne? Maybe its set up for when it comes crashing back down later? The storyline is all over the place because Lestat’s mind is a fucking mess, not because the writing’s gone downhill. It’s unserious at times because Lestat is unserious. Mind you, it’s common knowledge that he starts his book sounding like Ebony Darkness Dementia Raven Way. lol.
And that’s not talking down on Lestat, because I’m genuinely enjoying this so far and I find him to be fun! It’s meant to have an element of camp to it! I’ve been liking the mess in Lestat’s mind and trying to find meaning in it almost as much as I love Louis’ linear storytelling with cracks starting to show until it was too much to cover up. The mess doesn’t mean that there are less things to look for or read into.
I think people are also having an issue because they see the chaos in Lestat’s narrative as the narrative trying to convey authenticity vs. Louis’ cleaner, more linear narrative as inauthentic. That’s where they’re wrong, because it’s written a means to hide things in plain sight.
Neither are fully authentic or inauthentic, Louis truly is a much more focused and calmer person relative to Lestat, but he also makes use of those traits as a cover. As Daniel said “Sidestep the big picture, get the story straight first” Louis jumping to see the big picture and tie things up in a neat and tidy way sometimes means that doesn’t notice the small things impacting his narrative, whether it be himself or outside influences, until they turn into huge things that are impossible to ignore.
Lestat is a lot more rough around the edges, his imperfections are exposed to the world and a lot of that is true, but he makes use of that as well to distract and misguide from what he doesn’t want you to look at— It’s not so much of a cover because the narrative has made it so he can’t hide from his… well… failures (or what he perceives as his own failures even when they’re not, like his victimhood), so what I think is happening here is that he’s going to wrestle with it as a part of the storytelling— it’s a far more purposeful action than Louis’ lack of realizations— and fail. For the victimhood he’s trying to distract from, we’ll see the true impact of it all eventually instead of the cool persona he’s trying to build that he thinks it’s going to take away from, but I think with this kind of framing it also means that any excuses he makes for his wrongful actions are going to fall apart as well. Or at least I see the story heading this way.
We’re starting to see some of that now in 3x02, he spends the whole episode almost trying to justify Gabriella’s incestuous abuse of him and then at the end puts up a weak “it’s different for vampires”.
I also think it depends greatly on the premise. Louis’ interview was an invitation, Lestat’s is his answer for playing a part in an apocalypse, not an introspection on his own terms and he’s vying for some sort of control here because… and now we’ve circled back to what I mentioned at the start… he’s a mess!
But yeah, Idk this is what I’ve been making of the season so far.
something I’ve noticed in fandoms lately is a lack of… object permanence? perspective? Just reacting to each episode/chapter of something as if it’s final & whatever plot line they dislike is the status quo forever? like…… have a tiny bit of patience
I kinda understand because a lot of franchises lately have ended in shoddy and poorly thought out ways, but tbh either have some faith in your fav show or just write fanfic
Most cop thing I've ever read. what the fuck are you talking about. The posts you're looking for might be on this website but we won't show them to you???
see unfortunately I have this condition where if I am not explicitly told that I am a part of the ingroup then I will assume I must be part of the outgroup
iwtv seasons one and two was like being tucked into bed and read a heartbreaking story by Louis du pointe du lac. The Vampire Lestat is like your blackout drunk uncle trying to tell you an anecdote at a family gathering
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