Made of Berries

she/ her, moon in leo

[paranoiahaven]

I love how the trick-or-treating scene implies that not only do the neighborhood adults and children feel comfortable interacting with Lestat on a nightly basis (despite his eccentricities), but that Lestat has made an effort in becoming such a member of the community. Like, bro was going full Regina George, but he had the decency to pause, go out and buy candy, and answer the door for trick-or-treaters. And not just any amount of candy, but a full-on bucket.

I like to think the neighborhood children view him as like a crazy uncle. Like, "Yeah, that is our neighbor Lestat. We've never seen him outside during the day, Mom swears she saw a coffin being delivered to his apartment, and I'm pretty sure I heard him sobbing into his pillow the other night. But he plays some sick piano bars and gives out the on-brand candy, so he's cool."

[solardrop]

i think he's handling things really well.

[miikuspartner]

Lestat making Claudia watch her first love burn in a fire when Lestat had to watch Nicky burn as he realizes how his actions have consequences.

He really took his past and used it to raise Claudia, his need to toughen her so she doesn’t end up as hurt and tormented as he lives, he truly did love her in some weird fucked up way.

[lestatdelioncuort]

Sam Reid as LESTAT DE LIONCOURT

THE VAMPIRE LESTAT | 3.03 "TORONTO"

[dbaneofmyexistence]

Lestat's stutter

As a fellow individual living with stutter, I cannot appreciate enought the quality of representation the community is getting from how Lestat's character is written. The attention and care paid to portraying his stutter and the social trauma resulting from it deserve wider recognition. This includes, amongst other things, the fact that his stutter (in his case) is only present when:

he is in extreme distress or converses with people that wear him out/mock him regularly (contrary to popular belief, most of us don't stutter constantly, certain social situations can exacerbate the frequency of it)

pronouncing certain letter combinations or words (each of us usually has a set of trigger words that we try to substitute with synonyms) – stutter also not only manifests in repeating the first syllabil of a word, also can mean 'strained' pronouncination (not being able to 'get out the words at the right time', often accompanied by 'hissing' sounds).

in his childhood (the severity of stutter can fade over time, leaving most affected individuals with mild to light symptoms when they get older).

Sadly, this kind of basic emotional intelligence and sensitivity is not the norm in the entertainment industry, where mocking people who stutter is usually what we get. Happy to see this change.

[bratboymolloy]

sources: 1, 2, 3

[lioncourtz]

THE VAMPIRE LESTAT 03.03 | "Toronto"

[hppjmxrgosg]

"going out to get milk" is a common turn of phrase used to describe a man abandoning his family.

the "milkman" is a common figure in stories depicting a woman's infidelity and adulterous affair.

this implies that the ability to provide milk would both decrease the likelihood of a man abandoning his wife and children, as it would eliminate the need for leaving to get milk AND would secure that man's marriage, as his wife would have no need to seek milk from an extraneous source.

therefore, all men should produce milk, through various means such as:

- being a cow

- being an almond

- being a woman

- being a coconut

- being in the omegaverse

- being an oat

(list is exemplary and not finite)

in this essay, i will redefine the nuclear family and explain the seductive and inflammatory nature of the 1993 "Got Milk?" commercials.

[thevampirecaspian]

[professional-rat-eater]

Daniel in his book probably: Armand returned from the hunt looking windswept, but not overly so. His shining black curls were gently tousled but no less perfect than when he’d left. Wind was nothing to a creature like him. Something to be brushed off. It could not touch him. It would not get the privilege.

The way he moved was effortless, feline-like. He had such an elegance about him. A perpetual seduction, which was juxtaposed by big, shining doe eyes. Somehow, despite everything, there was an innocence behind it all. A frightened child buried deep beneath the horror and the staggering, undeniable beauty. A devastating fragility.

What an absolute bastard.

Now here is a breakdown of every single element of his outfit—

Literally everyone who read the book:

[cocteautwinsgirl]

Claudia was an unforeseen joy.

[monsterfucker-molloy]

[reticent-vampire]

[toscrollperchancetomeme]

[bisexualrozanov]

#girl who is clearly healed and doing okay

[verymerrymart]

something totally normal to have memorized off the top of your head, baby girl

[throesofwonder]

ill never understand complaints about lestats narration. wtf do you mean you DONT want a spiraling wannabe rockstar vampire telling you his life story while he's drunk and high off his ass??

[byronicbisexuals]

Sam Reid and the rest of the cast for the Entertainment Weekly