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crying bc i contributed to vol 2 of theatre des vampires (well encore) and it’s finally here 😭
he was begging to pose for pictures with the chairs i’m so sorry
crying bc i contributed to vol 2 of theatre des vampires (well encore) and it’s finally here 😭
Fucking phenomenal choice of pages from IWTV to put these panels over 10/10 no notes
Louis trying to convince Lestat to forgive his dad before he kills him is behind the formation of the band page and Louis burning down Pointe du Lac is behind the panels where Lestat is marveling at his audacity in letting the interview be published/pining for him 💕
The Innovation Comics adaptations of books 1-3 are still my favorite non-novel TVC media of all (with the show coming in at a close 2nd) but as for a completely straight forward retelling of the novels? These cannot be beat. I will die heartbroken that issue 12 of Queen of the Damned is lost media 😭 (and don’t get me started on how hard Sicilian Dragon fumbled Body Thief).
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Hot take I guess but the fandom was way too hard on this book (and still is tbh) and for what? Because it isn’t interested in fan service? If anything Anne’s writing was at its best when she ignored what fans wanted, and I think it’s time for a reevaluation of my boy Vittorio the Vampire.
I just think this was such a promising start to New Tales (more than Pandora, even) and I sort of hate all of you for boycotting it or telling new readers to skip it. (as far as i’m concerned TVA, Merrick, B&G, BF and BC are all unofficially New Tales anyway.. TVL-MtD are the only proper vampire chronicles, everything else falls into different categories, but I digress).
With regard to Vittorio, however, we were given a true blue Ricean vampire hunter novel (the only one mind you) with an actual, functioning plot and some of the best action she’s written since TVL… and you all shunned it. And I get it, we don’t read these books for conventional, commercial plot contrivances, but for the florid language and richly crafted characters; but this is the rare Anne Rice novel that’s just.. fun for the sake of fun?
And no, I’m not blind to its problems. It absolutely needed another draft or two (as do a lot of the later VC entires) and no, Vittorio is not her strongest protagonist by leagues. But what we got was still filled to the brim with good ideas?
The Court of the Ruby Grail cult, especially, is one my favorite of Anne’s inventions. Like their dynamic with the local human villages feeding them their castoffs was legitimately disturbing and IMO better executed than most of the times she retreaded the Children of Darkness post-TVL.
And while Vittorio the character might be kind of boring, Florian and Ursula carry this novel and deserved to enter the larger narrative tapestry on their strengths alone but “waaah Lestat and co. aren’t here” so “it’s bad” or whatever.. I really can’t stand some of y’all.
Anyway, this is long enough and I really didn’t set out to write an essay in defense of what is ultimately a mid-tier entry into this series. But. I still feel that much in the way that MtD and Blackwood Farm have been recently reassessed as good novels that happen to be bad VC entires I think it’s time for some of you to similarly reevaluate Vittorio the Vampire, because this is a good vampire novel, it just isn’t a good vampire chronicle (well I think it is and yet and yet and yet). But it’s still part of the series and it does fit into the larger picture despite what some will have you believe.
If this is your first time, I personally like to read VTV between Body Thief and Memnoch. I think it is better thematically situated there than between TVA and Merrick as initially published. The archangels that enter later in the story build nicely upon David’s vision of God and Satan in TTOTBT and make for a strong intermission full of angels and demons that assist in setting up the Dantean finale of MtD. (I have more suggested reading orders btw, some other time perhaps).
I dunno.. if you like this book please let me know lol like I could use the solidarity because I feel like I’m the only one (I have it ranked #6 out of 15). But yeah, I think Vittorio is probably the most underrated and most unfairly slandered entry in Anne’s entire catalogue if I’m being completely honest.
And I still feel this!!!
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"ARMAND LIVES" T-shirts.
I think trying to kill Armand was one of the worst decisions I've ever made. (...) "Armand Lives", it's true.- Anne Rice
I NEED an Akasha and Gabrielle casting announcement like I need air.
Being an eclectic person that just loves quality content despite the genre is so funny because I watch Stranger Things and I'm like awwww they're so adorable, they're my children, this character right here is my baby that I carried for 9 months and naturally gave birth to myself, they're my sweet little angel that deserves the world
and then I talk about IWTV and I'm like I want them fighting, kissing, crying, shaking, throwing up, putting each other through saw traps, breaking each other's back and having the most fucked up psychosexual relationship ever written in the history of television lmao
I love getting people into the IWTV show.
Just me randomly giving fun fact from the books and seeing them look at me with that look of despair.
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hey you can see my drawing of lestat’s butt if you order your copy with encore!!
I know the meltdowns are in full force right now and everyone is in different stages of grief over the name change and a lot of folks aren’t ready to move past the denial phase but.. yeah guys, there is nowhere to squeeze in a preemptive “interview with the vampire” between “anne rice” and “the vampire lestat” on that poster for a reason: “interview with the vampire” isn’t the name that amc wants you to associate with this franchise. It’s “Anne Rice.” That’s it. That’s the whole brand.
I think it’s very likely that this time last year this was absolutely going to be season 3 of iwtv, but I think it’s clear that the project has evolved into enough of its own thing both tonally and aesthetically that the execs in charge feel that TVL can carry the weight of an entire series on its own. Remember this network is trying to broaden its “immortal universe” this year with Talamasca, and having yet another show on the roster makes the Anne Rice brand seem even larger.
But should we worry about IwtV? Maybe? But this could also be to the show’s benefit. Like each show could feasibly be adapting different material from the series in a way that feels like it’s building to a larger “avengers” style crossover event series while sticking to their prescribed POV.
Like okay imagine if you will:
TVL season 1 adapts TVL with elements of TVA and B&G, then it’s second season could adapt QOTD (or it could be its own “event” limited series) season 3 i think could even combine TTOTBT and MTD into a single narrative where Lestat’s run-in with the devil could occur in phases? Like maybe first while he’s cooking in the Gobi desert, then perhaps again while he’s a human in the hospital he could go from talking to Claudia’s ghost to another run in with Memnoch etc. Combine Gretchen and Dora into a single character.. you see it right? Then TVL seasons 4-5 could cover the PL trilogy
IWTV season 3 then could air between seasons 1-2 of TVL, continuing maybe the following year but still keeping Louis as the lead while adapting his arc from Merrick (as it doesn’t really need to happen after QOTD to be impactful). Like if they didn’t want to use David Talbot they could have Daniel fill in his role. Really for the 4th season you could have Louis fill in for Lestat’s role in Blackwood Farm and Blood Canticle acting as the sort of mentor figure for Quinn and (i guess it’s Moira probably?) Quinn could easily be rewritten as a person of color and it would allow IWTV to continue to tackle social issues as that was what it was most highly praised for in season 1, and most challenged for not covering as heavily in season 2.
Then Talamasca could act as a sort of “avengers” space for the sillier crossover stories.
I dunno I got bored thinking about how this could benefit the overall franchise so I made like a fully speculative Kevin Feige-style spreadsheet of tv shows to better explain how this could continue to work
I stopped at 3 “phases” but you see the vision? Like AMC could easily do a TVA spin off, or they could pursue more book rights for the Wolf Gift, Mummy Trilogy, Servant of the Bones, Violin, to adapt as shows in their own right or as one off stories for Talamasca etc.
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so excited to share that i did a racy lil lestat for encore!!
in the vampire lestat book, lestat cries 67 times, weeps 31 times, tears up 27 times and is hysterical 3 times.
he’s just like me fr
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um okay this is so fierce actually