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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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And furthermore, the flowers on the shirt are symbolic of being consumed by love. So Armand did his research before dressing up his old new baby. 💗

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once I snorted a fat line of nuance and everything started depending. watch out

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Jacob Anderson, Delainey Hayles, and Sam Reid behind the scenes of "The Failures"

📸: Sophie Giraud/AMC

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I just like them. That’s his old baby.

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Sam Reid, Jacob Anderson, and Sheila Atim via TV Insider (x)

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The hotly anticipated new episodes arrive on BBC Two and iPlayer later this month.

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I think I missed it....was Loustat's vampire bond explained in the series?

Yes.

Louis even described much of what Daniel experienced there, in 1x06:

"It's a bond that can never fully be severed. A bond like that makes you believe there are only two of you on the planet."

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Do you think they ruined Gabrielle(a)?

No. I think there is an arc, and ... it will unfold.

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Do you think they have already started written the script for s4? Or they just have some ideas?

I think they have a plan but have not started writing yet

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I'm watching AD and from what Rolin said next season is going to be QotD, and not TVL part 2. So he's treating both books as one. Which has just made me depressed all over again. I really wanted ep 7 to make what I didn't like about previous episode make sense. And it just doesn't. And we're not going to revisit this stuff becasue he's moving on to the next book already.

See Sam's recent statements though. Thankfully.

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I have a bad feeling that with the track in the show, he and Armand in the current timeline will now meet only by the end of the it. If Daniel becomes a ghost they may dedicate a whole episode next season to those 12 years as a way to show that he remembered it after death (if he can) and then put him on a shelf until we learn that he somehow ended up in Marius’s care (or that’s when he will remember). I think this season showed that they’re not gonna spend time on his journey or development — a lot of hints like addiction or him still having tremors but nothing comes out of it

While it may have been unsatisfactory, this was always to be the case in this season nonny. This season simply did not have DM focus.

I do think that will be a bit different when they properly get to DM.

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Was looking at some of the post season interviews and if you are a DM fan it does not look promising at all. In one interview Eric is saying that Daniel might have resentment and anger against Armand next season. And Assad once again repeated the same phrase that DM is a doomed relationship and that there is nothing healthy and good about that love, even going as far as saying leaving one fucked up relationship to go into even a worst one like a rebound. I mean even though they say they don’t have the scripts for next season, they are probably given an idea what is going to happen, and are basing their interviews off of that.

He also said this:

"Their romantic horror is just about to start."

And, forgive me, but that is VERY book canon DM, is it not?

A Long Table Talk With the Boys of The Vampire Lestat

Sam Reid, Jacob Anderson, and Assad Zaman on the season finale: “There’s a lot left to unpack and revisit.”

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Hi Nalyra! So I watched ep7 w/o knowing its reception and really enjoyed it!

I’ve been making notes here and there since ep1 cause Lestat talks very fast and everything holds weight/there’s been a massive information dump in setting up his arc for the Queen and whatever she does.

FAIR WARNING I haven’t read the books so that’s probably why I don’t share the disappointment some fans feel.

So far 2 of the biggest questions unanswered for me are 1. How Lestat ended up performing the last concert despite his response to Gabriella in ep7? And 2. What exactly went down between Armand and Lestat? the first question really feels like an answer will come when a new ep comes but the 2nd one… there were so many strange instances between the 2 of them..

1. S2 2x7 Armand’s trial he was strong enough to kill all 3 unholy family but still wanted Lestat alive. His tale in 2x3 shows a clear possessiveness/reverence when it comes to Lestat where he romanticises every single aspect of him.

3. 3x2 the little travel back to Nicki there is a clear denial on Lestat’s end of accepting Armand’s affection. Which was strange to me because Lestat is starved for affection, the only times he performs himself as a powerful siren/brat is when he’s vulnerable and afraid/a victim. 3x4… do I even need to say it? The entire shower scene — the tension, Lestat’s fear, the album in utero in between them where the 4th track (ep4) is titled ‘rape me’, the ‘mind cocks you off a cliff’, the ‘kisses put me in a coma’. The entire season Lestat has refused to acknowledge Nicki and by extension Armand so I am curious where they go with that.

again, only know the show so maybe I’m way off but Louis/Armand didn’t at all feel like Lestat/Armand. I don’t think Loumand love/hate each other in that way. Their relationship was defined by Lestat/Claudia/Daniel (primarily Lestat) and like Armand said it was a form of punishment for Louis who still was clinging to human ideals/Catholicism while for Armand it was a cycle he needed to repeat of having someone who was completely lost and lonely to control. And what I took from their scenes in ep7 is that that apology really came from a place of needing to live, so while Louis recognises some truth in Armand’s feeling of betrayal due to his trauma, in no way did it feel fully honest.

With Lestat/Armand, there seems to be an innate understanding and acknowledgment of each other. Not a dislike or a sense of boredom, but like Lestat has seen Armand with his mask off and at his most extreme self and Armand knows that and that’s why will not push with him past a certain extent. There was a really strange familiarity in the tension of their scenes.

I loved the soul eating and watching just how intense Lestat’s belief in being unloved is in those long table scenes, loved watching Armand break into cruelty and sadness and vulnerability and coldness, loved Louis owning more of his power and belief in himself through making conscious decisions to survive, loved the Raglan/Alex of it all, enjoyed Lestat’s anger toward Gabriella and really letting her know what she’s done to him! AND THAT ENDING UGH. Overall a favourite along side the other 2, I rank this season a little higher because I’m a sucker for female rage so watching Akasha/Claudia do their thing really elevated it for me, and also gave me an understanding on why it has to be Lestat for Akasha!

:))) I'm glad. Thank you for sharing your experience!!!! (No shade!)

And you know...

FAIR WARNING I haven’t read the books so that’s probably why I don’t share the disappointment some fans feel.

... you're probably right on the mark there.

I mean, it's no secret I come from the books, waited decades for this. Expectations and emotions run high then. 😅

I.... think there might be a good chance, that after season 4, when it (hopefully) all clicks into place, that I might feel differently. (I'm digging myself out of that hole right now, so... :)))

Again. Thank you for sharing!!

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Wait, Daniel's eye colours aren't changing anymore????? What was that?

They apparently did not this season.

I... am not sold on them not doing that anymore AT ALL, tbh.

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i think it’s cool that people can send you anons (or just generally engage you in intelligent discussion) even when there’s a difference of opinion :) it’s always great to be able to discuss different perspectives and analyses of media/art

Yes! And ultimately (calmly and respectfully :)) discussing differences can only lead to... enrichment of everyone involved.

As said before, I'm glad (no shade whatsoever) if people enjoyed it, even if I didn't, for reasons that are very much my own, though a lot of people seem to share aspects of them :)

BUT... there is SO MUCH to this show. And it is, indeed, ART, imho.

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JA: For anybody who loved the first two seasons, I think it’s harder to understand that a show can be so confident in its subjectivity. I had so many questions leveled at me about Louis being a liar and unreliable. The strength of this show is that you’re getting inside the experience of these really complex characters, and that is gonna take you on a different journey each time. If we’re lucky enough to do it again, I’m sure that will continue. There’s a deep subjectivity to the show, and that’s a rare thing in a lot of mainstream storytelling now. It’s something to be celebrated, and people will have a stronger concept of that now at the end of this season than they did in the beginning. SR: If we are to continue as The Vampire Chronicles or The Immortal Universe or whatever the show is titled, it will be really fun to go back and reexamine the story through multiple perspectives because there are multiple perspectives, particularly as we move into the next book. For us as actors, that is probably the most fun thing. The fact that we get to reexamine the characters and have something slightly different to do and change and develop — I couldn’t thank the stars enough for being trapped in a long-running television contract with so much freedom and change, with so much potential built into it. It changes all the time. And the audiences will change too; they get that opportunity.

A Long Table Talk With the Boys of The Vampire Lestat

Sam Reid, Jacob Anderson, and Assad Zaman on the season finale: “There’s a lot left to unpack and revisit.”