[blorbo-wan-kenobi]

keep flirting with the rooster…you’ll get somewhere

[moonydee]

armand, his eyes enormous: you MOCK armand? you make fun of his traumas on the stage? oh! oh! suicide for the band! suicide for the band for One Thousand Years!!!!

[notandreweldritch]

PATREON

Speedpaint and accompanying playlist are up on my Patreon for free!

[sillystigmata]

Just did 10 lines of Devil’s Minion.

[userarmand]

“That's the most contact I've had from him in a while.” [via tvinsider]

[cuntyfieddemon]

I FELL TO MY KNEES

[ratbebes]

The best nepo fledgling

[armcndeo]

Someone said "Amadeo" after I posted this edited pic on twitter and now I can't stop thinking about it.

I'm soldierarcs on twitter.

[lioncourtz]

"This is a version of Armand who's a bit more desperate, maybe a bit more bitter, a bit less in control. " x

[anaid-queen]

.........

how was i not . how did i not.

how did that last line not connect to my brain until i saw it here.

official top 2 most horrific foreshadowing moments (other one is Armand talking about Claudia's body and mind while a mortal is beheaded in the background of the shot)

[cbrownjc]

I was on my phone when I first reblogged this, so I couldn't comment on the foreshadowing that was going on here (because I don't like to try and write long messages on my phone).

But yes, IMO this was a direct foreshadowing of what Armand actually does towards the end of Memnoch the Devil. And which is when, IMO, that Lestat realises that for every conflicting feeling he has for Armand, he doesn't really want him dead.

But yeah. That failed suicide attempt by Armand at the end of Memnoch is a very important character moment for Armand. He tried to redeem himself for all the sins he had committed up until then by doing it, only to learn that there is no redemption for the things he had done. And there never will be.

I also like that Lestat flat-out tells Armand just to be himself. Because, as I've been saying, what we've seen of Armand these first two seasons has been a mask, and not his full and true self.

In fact... I'd bet the last time Armand was his full and true self was when he was with Daniel in the past. Because, again, that is one of the main points of their relationship during that time. Because before Daniel, everyone saw Armand as a beautiful Botticelli angel and all of that.

Yet, what did Daniel see? He saw an evil creature, a giant insect that had devoured over a million human lives. And Daniel loved him anyway.

And can I also say that is one of the reasons I hate the fanon version of Armand that much of fandom has cooked up? Because even Assad himself said that what Armand wants most is for someone to love him for himself. And the fanon-version and take on Armand is not him. It is, essentially, just another type of mask, only this time one put onto him by other people and not one he put on himself.

But yeah. I will be surprised if the show doesn't do Armand's failed Memnoch suicide attempt at this point. They are signaling it here, IMO, just like they were signaling about Louis' Merrick suicide attempt.

The thing that looks like I got incorrect about both attempts was that I thought Armand's attempt had already happened in the past (because he already knew he was immune to the sun) and that Louis' would happen in the present at the end of Season 2. But now it's looking like that is going to end up being the reverse -- Louis' attempt happened in the past, and Armand's attempt has yet to happen. But will, and likely for the same reason it happened in the books as well.

[emeraldinerosefaedragon]

You just reminded me about Lestat's comment about Armand being a slave to others and how Armand has been twisting and modeling himself into uncomfortable shapes to get others to stay and love him as a half millennium long trauma response and how with Daniel as you said he doesn't have to be anyone but himself because Daniel loves the giant insect while others love the idea of the Botticelli angel.

Now I'm really interested about how they'll set up and execute Armand's sunicide.

[cbrownjc]

The only thing I can guess about it at the moment is that, unlike the book, it will be a more deliberate act by Armand and not a spur-of-the-moment thing, as it was in the book. Because in the show, Armand is and knows he is immune to sunlight.

So IMO, the show will probably have him deliberately set himself on fire, or something like that. 😬 Now, if he does it because he's given "proof" in the form of something religious, like Veronica's Veil was for him in the book, I... don't know. In fact, I think if they keep it as something religious that spurs him to do it, it won't be something tied to Christianity specifically, like in the book.

[ronthedunedain]

Isabel Fall, I sexually identify as an attack helicopter. Clarkesworld. 2020.

[splrinky]

holy shit

[iwilleatyourenglish]

a great tragedy of this world is that many things that are bad for you also look very sexy. smoking. riding a motorcycle. that crazy shit they did to saint sebastian

[endiness]

[irisbleufic]

I think the reason so many people have been pessimistic about DM is because 1. it's coming hot off the heels of Loumand & 2. Armand spends the entirety of TVL obsessing over Lestat. So unless the writers are really good at their job, it would be too easy for Daniel to come off as Armand's rebound/3rd choice/consolation prize. But after reading your posts, I hope fans feel better about the way the show is handling DM

Oh, anon, then let me offer you this consolation, with much conviction behind it: the writers have, as usual, outdone themselves. This is no consolation prize situation.

[irisbleufic]

does armand's presence in s3 reflect the lack of armand/assad zaman in promotion?

In my view, this isn’t just an S3 question. There has never been any sufficient excuse, at any stage, in any season, for the noticeable exclusion of Assad from promotion relative to the other lead actors. His onscreen presence at every step in this process has been worthy of more promotion that he has gotten. I’ve been mad about this for quite a while, as have lots of people—rightfully so.

[sillystigmata]

Intense….

[veryintricaterituals]

[my-platonic-chemical-romance]

Can we get you in the writer’s room? I think we could make some very much needed last minute changes before June. There’s still time and we both know Assad and Eric would be down for it