NotShrinkingViolette

ViolettaR, obsesses about running and writing. Intersex, autistic, dyslexic and a few other "ics" in the mix. They/their she/her Also ViolettaR on AO3 and Bluesky Long-time The Vampire Chronicles fan and Devil's Minion obsessive. Self-appointed Life President of the Armand Apologist Society. Adore the show and love the way in which Rolin Jones and team have brought my favourite characters to life.

[notshrinkingviolette]

Perfect. That's my gremlin. Right there.

And it really did fuck with his head.

[st1cksandst4ns]

early evenings after sunwalking practice

[interviewvampiredaily]

Assad Zaman and Jacob Anderson at SDCC

[interviewvampiredaily]

First official poster for season 4!

[reticent-vampire]

prayer circle starts now

[notshrinkingviolette]

Well, season 4 is confirmed as Queen of the Damned, and Part 1, Chapter 4 is "The Story of Daniel, the Devil's Minion or the Boy from Interview With the Vampire".

So we have to get it...... don't we?

[professional-rat-eater]

At the risk of being doxxed and possibility taken out by a hitman from the dark web, I still stand by the fact that the hardest thing to believe about Interview With The Vampire is that Louis did not immediately forget anyone else in his entire existence he’d ever been remotely attracted to the second he laid eyes on Armand.

So you just casually met the most beautiful man in the entire world and he likes you back and you’re not immediately becoming companions. Okay, man. Sounds weird. He’s beautiful and cultured and you have really good conversations about philosophy which is something you’ve been looking for. Oh and he’s not unemployed by the way. He actually has a job and he supports the arts.

And I get being seduced by his beauty and overlooking the monster within is sort of Armand’s entire thing. His beauty has been commodified and causes people to not treat him as a fully complex person which is like.. where half of his problems come from. But who said we’re overlooking the monster? “He’s crazy” so you’re telling me he’s unpredictable. He’s exciting. That’s not supposed to be a bonus? I don’t care about the logistics, vampire marriage proposal immediately. I’m locking that shit down as quickly as possible so no one tries to swoop in which if this was being written realistically, there would never be a day the vultures weren’t swarming. But too fucking bad, that’s my companion. Go settle for someone else. Season 2 Louis, if you’re not going to take this seriously, then get out of my fucking way.

[notshrinkingviolette]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Interview with the Vampire (TV 2022), Vampire Chronicles Series - Anne Rice Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Armand/Daniel Molloy, Armand/Sam Barclay (Interview with the Vampire 2022), Sam Barclay/Real Rashid (Interview with the Vampire TV 2022) Characters: Armand (Vampire Chronicles), Sam Barclay (Interview with the Vampire TV 2022), Daniel Molloy, Raglan James Additional Tags: Devil's Minion Era Happened (Interview with the Vampire TV 2022), Devil's Minion Era Typical Relationship Dysfunction (Vampire Chronicles), Interview With The Vampire (TV 2022) Season 3: The Vampire Lestat, Armand Being Armand (Vampire Chronicles), Armand Has Issues (Vampire Chronicles), Vampires, Angst and Feels, Mild Sexual Content, Mild Smut, Raglan being an asshole, Memory Alteration, Mind Control, During Canon, Canon divergent? What is canon here? Series: Part 1 of Fifty Two Years Summary:

Armand lingers. “That was a great talk, Mr Molloy, I found it very thought provoking. I’ve…I’ve got a few more things I’d like to ask you. I don’t suppose that you’d be free to go for a drink?”

He gazes wide eyed at Daniel. Stronger men than Daniel Molloy have been unable to withstand that gaze. Daniel doesn’t even try.

“Sure….I mean I’m staying over, nothing to do tonight….so…yeah.”

Sam sighs. Daniel might as well have “Fuck yes! I’m available!" tattooed on his forehead.

  Daniel gives a reading to some students, and Sam gets dragged in.

This is the first of a series of pieces about what was going on between Armand and Daniel during the fifty two years of stalking.

Some will be canon compliant, or at least canon adjacent, others will be entirely the product of my imagination. Other characters will be tagged as they appear and the tags will change as appropriate - so keep an eye out.

I am a firm believer that past Devil's Minion happened and that will influence what I write.

[reticent-vampire]

"The little truth here is the admission that the love that was distracting him was for Molloy, not for Louis." - Assad Zaman

[notshrinkingviolette]

And all the time in Dubai, Louis knew about Armand and Daniel.

"I'd give it to you now. A steady hand, time to watch your daughter marry...."

Casts it in a new light, huh?

And all Armand did to fuck him up was put the Fred Steins in with his photographs.

No wonder he needed a bit more.

[ariaste]

"armand was so ooc in ep7!!!" no that's armand with his curls shiny and his skin moisturized. that was armand who has been getting some GOOD dick from a guy who wears a size 10.5 shoe and does not question the boss. that's armand who got laid three times this week and has that "let's make today a great day" spring in his step. the armand you saw in s1/s2 was burned out and barely holding it together and (judging by that one perfunctory kiss Louis gave him which seemed to surprise him) had not even gotten his tonsils licked for a HOT MINUTE. look me in my eyeballs. getting his minion back can actually be so helpful for a devil's self-actualization journey.

[nextchapter]

really intrigued by how daniel's book is described as a "bodice ripper" and "steamy beach read" like do we think he took the time to write out some loustat smut scenes or are the passages describing french bengali smokeshow armand just so unwittingly and undeniably horny that you can practically feel the writer's sweat through the pages

[reticent-vampire]

[notshrinkingviolette]

I have many thoughts on Ep7 but first, just this.

An acting masterclass. Assad, the star that you are.

Give this man all the awards. Now.

[theashesofthefirststar]

Oh Daniel gets big mad when someone talks badly about his Wife/Boss/Companion/ Maker.

[professional-rat-eater]

On Akasha’s side because if I were stuck as a living statue forced to listen to Marius de Romanus talk on and off for nearly two thousand years while he periodically touched me and kissed me, I’d want to kill every man on earth too.

[notshrinkingviolette]

Yeah. That's enough to drive any ancient vampire queen to carry out some y chromosome genocide.

[speakfriendaandenter]

matching Halloween costumes w the bf 🤎

[arcadianambivalence]

Armand's Guide to Stopping Lestat's Stupid Great Conversion (with Daniel Molloy)

Step 1. Ask Very Nicely (Failed)

Step 2. Break Up the Band (Failed)

Step 3. Bring in the Boyfriend (Failed)

Step 4. Deploy Public Shaming (Failed)

Step 5. Start Chopping Heads (Results Pending)

[notshrinkingviolette]

He's trying to stop the END OF THE WORLD! What's a little beheading compared with that?

And he almost certainly knows that it won't kill them anyway......

[marsuk-06]

My favorite partners in crime 🎭🗡️

[hummingbee-o0o]

I wonder how many times Daniel and Armand tried to go in for the beheading in that park but were foiled by their own bond rapturing them and making Louis and Lestat disappear, and they had to go back and hide in the bushes again. This absolutely would happen at least three times to those losers (affectionate)