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About me

Nalyra ⏛ she/her/they I love complicated characters and relationships. Vampire lover of old. I like a lot of things, so do mind the tags, please.

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This blog is NOT Vampire Chronicles / IWTV / TVL spoiler free.

Life is too short for hate, be brave enough to be kind.

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I'm kind of not understand about why the season is starting and ending with post-QOTD events, what's the plan here?

it didn't start with QotD

It started with TtotBT, and I think it ended after QotD.

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I’m curious to know Sam’s reaction to episode 7. I think that even if he could justify all the changes and plot holes up to this point, in episode 7 he probably felt just like the rest of us — like a straight‑up “WTF?”. Especially regarding Lesmand.

Or maybe he already knows more.

I mean... Sam confirmed in Autumn's video recently that the seasons are indeed planned to a certain degree. That things are mapped out.

WE are stuck in the middle of it.

But I agree, his reaction will be interesting.

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Rolin said in an interview that we wouldn't fully understand Armand's motives by the end of the season

I’m sorry, when did he say that??? 🫠

I think it was one of the recent interviews.

Anybody have the link?

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I’m actually getting incredibly upset that they made Louis apologize to Armand.

I hate hate hate the way Hannah views Armand as a character and it bleeds into how she treats our leads.

it's not about the "leads" for me (though I think you didn't mean it that was), but just... that they thought that was a good look, for after what Armand did to Louis. And admitted to doing.

Just does not compute for me.

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I FORGOT MY PASSWORD SORRY

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Honestly....... How is he even going to go sing at this point?

Like..... we are supposed to see the real brutal love there....

How are they even going to set up the vampire court with Armand after this???

Why was Letsat's head even chopped off in the first place....

siiiiiigh....the fog of love tm ....I guess

Or Daniel meant to use it as a bowling ball after all. I don't know.

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https://www.tumblr.com/nalyra-dreaming/822408083983712256/for-claiming-to-have-armand-as-her-favorite

She would first have to confront that Armand was in fact also a rapist in the books and the claiming of the drop being given to Loustat because Lestat was a rapist falls dead 

That justification was always bullshit.

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Lestat never denied that he was having sex with Armand. He literally sings that their sex is so so, Nicki lists all the places they had sex, Lestat’s (self) Nicki lists the amount of times Lestat had his dick, Louis refers to Armand as Lestat’s ex, I don’t think the show could be clearer here that they are doing Lestat cheated on Nicki with Armand.

Go buy a fucking clue about who says it and why, nonny.

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WTF??! !! The more I think about it, the more pissed off I am!!!

20 seconds of Loustat after a beheading and after the actors said they got back together in ep 6. They could have ended with the start of the concert and the infamous kiss from the book. 80 years and we still haven't seen a real kiss.

Louis apologizing to his abuser who:

- killed his daughter

- wanted to kill him too

- took credit for Lestat saving him

- brainwashed him for decades

-lied about Lestat

All this because Louis was with him out of spite and fucked random guys? Really???? Either these are false excuses to try to get out of that situation alive (he had Regina there in front of him and Lestat's headless body) or this is complete bullshit. They've laid the groundwork for yet another social media war, worse than the previous seasons. And we didn't need it.

No, we didn't.

And we did not need the disappointment of this finale either.

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https://www.tumblr.com/nalyra-dreaming/822408923749515264/what-was-the-point-of-louis-even-being-there-for?source=share

Them constantly telling Antionette to wait just for her to say nothing...

Right??? That annoyed me, too.

Vicious little meta commentary, maybe but FFS.

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Rolin said in an interview that we wouldn't fully understand Armand's motives by the end of the season, so I definitely think there's more to it. I doubt he infiltrated the band, killed Larry, and released revenge porn for fun, though I think the revenge porn might have been Daniel's idea.

They spent so much time on Lestat/Gabriella that it seems like Lestat's other relationships were kind of pushed to the side, other than Louis. We'll probably get more Lesmand in the future and I'm hopeful we'll see more Nicki, though I'm less sure about that.

Hope dies last!

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I will miss the show being a part of our universe I'm not sure why they changed it up

I have the bad feeling that they didn't really think about that aspect.

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HM has a very odd obsession with trying to make Loumand more significant than it was. The horse is dead, stop beating it ffs

And I’m seeing people say this was a necessary “resolution”… how was Armand torturing Louis into apologizing for not giving a fuck about the relationship neither of them cared about a resolution? The resolution was Louis finding out Armand lied, throwing him into a wall, and leaving.

Them having to work together (along with everyone else) to deal with Akasha would have worked fine without any of this. Bc they both love Lestat. Well actually, this Armand doesn’t seem to love Lestat so I guess I can’t say that. Jfc

Armand. Killed. Louis'. Daughter. And Armand tried to kill him.

Like.

Why THE FUCK would Louis apologize to Armand.

(I'm not yelling at you this just annoys me so bad.)

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I didn’t like them taking Lesmand’s meal to give it to Loumand either, but maybe… MAYBE some of these choices will make more sense in season 4? Also the whole season can be summed up by the scene where Lestat says yeah maybe all my life was a failure but failing means I attempted to do something which ultimately it’s a very human experience. I did find the final scene with Gabriella cringe tho like yes okay he has realized the extent of his mother’s abuse but did we really need him to scream you fucking monster idk maybe it was the way they directed the scene

Let's hope it all makes sense in s 4 :)

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Loumand deserves substantial and proper treatment too, not that lesmand doesn't. There is 80 years of warmth and coldness, tenderness and manipulations, promises and solitude to account for. This isn't book louis who looks at lestat in rags and kinda just leaves or who armand begs to react. Show louis is actively trying to be present rather than sink into grief, wear it like velvet and call it a day. Its part of the promises he made to lestat- to live honestly. Keep trying.

But loumand WITH all that history didn't qualify for a proper build up to the finale, lesmand was just another giant they never addressed. It's just weird.

I think the real problem is a lack of armand in this season and I wonder why's that. He shoulda been around and killing band members since like ep2 or 3, in the shadows plotting revenge from both exes.

I always thought DanLou friendship would play into these love hate arcs, both men having bonded over unearthing truths that while giving daniel his creepy journalistic pleasure, also gave louis his agency back, gave him clarity but Daniel is arguably the worst affected. Armand was used very poorly:(

Loumand may deserve that treatment, but they had the whole season 2 for that.

Not this season. And not built on a wholly different character dynamic.

And it did not happen in this season, as you also point out. Which was very much intentional.

And yes, I also find it all... very weird.

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I know u already touched on the subject. But i probably just need to rant about this with someone who could understand me. So wtf was the point of that apocalypse scene in the ending? I know Akasha burned some houses /buildings but not the whole city. But i also know most if not all of the writers don't give a fuck about the books and book readers. Still, it doesn't make any sense to me.

So... What is happening?

We're in a show-universe now.

Outside "ours" I mean.

They can do anything they want in that. And it won't affect "our reality" at all.