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[vesselstiddystrap]

happy birthday gay people on my phone ❤️

[socialmaya]

Occasionally forget people genuinely think capitalism is thousands of years old

[sylestial]

One time I was talking about Robin Hood with some coworkers and one guy was like “he was bad because the people he helped learned to expect handouts” and I wanted to be like… okay can you explain how that flawed capitalist propaganda applies to feudalism

[scallioncreamcheesebagel]

reminder that capitalism was literally invented in the 16th century

[tayefeth]

That’s an exaggeration. What was invented in the 16th century was mercantilism. Capitalism really dates for the beginning of the nineteenth century, with the rise of industry and cash crops over artisans and merchants. Vulture capitalism, with the notion that companies have no duties other than generating profit, is even younger.

[antique-scarecrow]

Capitalism is only 200 years old and I have to say, they have not been an impressive 200 years

[downtroddendeity]

I think a lot of this comes from the fact that most people don’t know the formal definition of capitalism. We all know the word, we’ve all seen the jokes, but very few people bother to actually define it unless they’re talking about political theory and philosophy, so it’s easy to end up with the impression that Capitalism = Money Can Be Exchanged For Goods And Services.

Capitalism is the economic system where most of the means of production (i.e. everything people need to have to make the stuff that everyone wants) are owned by private individuals or corporations, who then hire people to provide the labor necessary to produce things, with the intent of selling the output at a profit. It’s the difference between “you’re a carpenter and you make a chair and you sell it” and “you’re Richard Q. Richington who owns a chair factory, and you pay people to sell the chairs you paid other people to make and then all the excess money goes back to you.” There have been Richard Q. Richingtons on and off throughout history, but that being the norm for every single industry is a pretty recent development.

[antiterfbutch]

An alarming amount of people seem to think capitalism = all trade, and I don’t think that’s a coincidence.

[kaddyssammlung]

[spellfireburst]

"Baldur's Gate 3 is old news now lol that was three years ago"

Would you believe my favourite game of all time that I still regularly play is from 2009

[spellfireburst]

Seriously though, the way some people treat liking media as if it has an expiration date is so weird to me. And three years is still so recent in the grand scheme of things anyway, actually!

[mintbees]

steam repeatedly notifying you that a friend is booting up a game thats clearly not cooperating feels like ur sitting inside and someone outside keeps trying to rev up a lawnmower

[mintbees]

[sackboys-moved]

Love not having a ”””fandom””” specific blog. Something new will just consume my mind and everyone has to accept it. My house

[cbrownjc]

Theory: The opening auction scene takes place during Tale of the Body Thief

[Spoilers for EP 3x01 Below]

So the opening scene and the auction. First thing to note is that only two lots are being auctioned off.

Lot #1, curiously, was immediately set on fire after it was presented:

The handwritten scores, session tracks, master recordings during Lestat's time as a rockstar, and one song cycle set to poetry by Baudelaire.

All go up in a blaze of fire, bye-bye!

Wow, Louis. Don't you look very bemused by that action, which is totally something Lestat would set up / have done. You don't look surprised by it having happened at all, either. 😏

I'll come back to this...

So, why do this? Why set all those things on fire, completely destroying them?

Well, maybe because it was Lestat's music that almost caused the end of the world in the first place.

Because, look, if you know the story of Queen of the Damned, then you know Akasha is defeated by the end. But what woke Akasha up in the first place was Lestat's music.

And there might have been some people at the auction who knew that and, for their own reasons, wanted to get their hands on those complete works and recordings for who knows what reasons.

Because it is Lot #2 that tells us that the time period this takes place is for certain after the events of Queen of the Damned have happened.

The music box, which contains the only pressed vinyl recording of The Failures, and are described as --

"[...] an omniscient history of the 2025 album and supporting tour, and the consequential global catastrophes that sprung from said album and tour..."

Meaning point-blank that Lestat recorded The Failures and had them pressed into vinyl sometime after the "global catastrophe" happened, which was clearly the rise of Akasha and her plan to take rule of the world.

So again, a solid clue that this auction takes place some time after Queen of the Damned.

* * * * *

But it was the actions of Louis and Raglan James that had me clocking that this auction was also very likely taking place during the events of the Tale of the Body Thief.

And that Lestat was actually the one inside Raglan James' body, because --

a. Lestat is clearly not dead. That is just not even a remote possibility, given that they are already setting up TotBT, which can only take place after QotD. You can not do that story before QotD, or during it, since the events of TVL and QotD flow and entwine directly into one another.

b. How did this auction... situation... even get access to these two clearly very personal items of Lestat's? Again, they are the only two things that are being sold at this auction.

c.

Raglan in the foreground, also not confused by the burning of Lot #1. It's hard to tell, since he's (deliberately IMO) racked out of focus, but there is a little smirk on his face.

This is the shot. This is when I knew...

Louis was trying not to smile after "Raglan" had turned to look at the woman who bought the ashes of what was burned for one euro.

"Raglan" passes by Louis as Louis gives him a glance.

"... as narrated by The Vampire Lestat himself."

As "Raglan James" stands there, having gone to the back of the room, a very Lestat-like manuver and manner about him as this is said.

I see your hints show! 😁

So yeah. I think in this opening scene, Louis and Lestat are both working together. I think Lestat himself (with Louis's help) put together this auction. That is how this auction even has access to these things of Lestat's, especially the recordings of The Failures.

The body swap with Raglan James has already happened at this point in the opening scene. Lestat is in Raglan's body, meaning this scene must take place sometime during the events of Tale of the Body Thief.

Because no, the show is not going to be replacing Sam Reid with Justin Kirk. Kirk is a phenomenal actor, but he was not hired to take over the role of Lestat permanently (so, I don't know why I saw some people who have actually been thinking this...).

Every interview that Rolin Jones gave where he talked about Tale of the Body Thief always made it pretty clear that it would be a 1-to-1 swap between Lestat and Raglan in the version the show was doing, which is one of the reasons why Rolin said he hired Justin Kirk to play Raglan in the first place -- he wanted a skilled actor to play/mirror Sam's Lestat.

And as for Louis, I think, like in the Tale of the Body Thief book, he did refuse to turn Lestat -- now in Raglan's body -- into a vampire. However, I think, unlike the book, Louis is the one helping Lestat to get his body back, taking over David Talbot's place in that role from the book.

Now, I couldn't begin to guess why they are actually selling Lestat's Failures recordings. It could, in fact, be a fake-out, with Louis bidding to make sure Lestat, in the end, does keep those recordings and music box. That is my running theory about it at the moment, at least.

Because I do think Louis was genuinely annoyed at Armand's continued bidding on it:

Armand ... what's the story, morning glory? Why do you want those recordings? Maybe something in them you're looking for info on, or about?

At least, that's my own guess as to why you are there, and bidding on it.

And I've already speculated about why Armand might have that eye-patch here.

It's also easy to speculate that Louis lost his leg during the events of Queen of the Damned, but... I'm going to hold off on that at the moment. Simply because in my spec about Armand's eye, I actually don't think he lost it during the events of Queen of the Damned and Akasha's rise. Not directly, at any rate. So yeah, I'm going to hold off on saying that is how Louis lost his leg, for now.

* * * * *

But physical status-wise, this scene is very interesting when it comes to our core characters, isn't it? Armand lost his eye, Louis lost a leg, Lestat lost his whole original body, and Daniel...

.... hmmm.

Yeah, I'll save my speculation about him for now as well. (But yes, I have a theory.) 🫣

Anyway, yeah. I'm pretty convinced this opening auction scene takes place sometime during the show's adaptation of Tale of the Body Thief.

I think Louis already knows Lestat has been body-switched, and Lestat was the one who cooked up this whole auction for some reason, though it might have mainly been to publicly destroy Lot #1, i.e., all those music recordings and works of his, since it was his music that led to Akasha's rise in the first place.

And Lot #2? Who knows... maybe it was just a way for Louis to move some money to Lestat undetected in a way to help Lestat while he's stuck in Raglan's body for the time being. We may not get the full context until we finally, fully get to the Tale of the Body Thief adaptation. Which, given my current calculations, wouldn't be until sometime around Season 6 at the earliest. 😬

Yeah. Long game plan this show indeed has. And has always had.

[cbrownjc]

@anaid-queen

#armand bidding there is really so funny when you think about it#like. the kindest interpretation is that it's all part of the show.#also because... why would he even think he could win this???#And - if Lestat is in a human body now...... how could he *not* read his mind#meaning how could he *not know what's going on*

Oh, I wouldn't be at all surprised if Armand also knows that "Raglan" is Lestat. As it is, I don't think Armand thinks Lestat is dead.

Because the thing is, all the vampires within the Coven of the Articulate (i.e., those who were around personally for Akasha's defeat) knew what Lestat had done regarding switching bodies in TotBT.

Marius even shows up after Louis refused to help and left Lestat alone, and basically also refused to help Lestat as well:

So yeah, Marius knowing what Lestat did -- and refusing to help -- means that Louis' guess that everyone within their vampire sphere also already knew what Lestat had done wrt the body exchange with Raglan was a good one:

So yeah, when Marius came to Lestat but refused to help, that was pretty much confirmation that Louis was correct. That all the other vampires, at least in their circle, did know what Lestat had done and were refusing to help him.

And yes, that does mean and include Armand as well. He for sure knew and didn't come to help Lestat either.

And it's why, in the book, Lestat only had David Talbot, who was still human at the time, to turn to for help.

So yeah, I wouldn't be at all surprised if Armand, in the show, in that auction scene, knows damn well that "Raglan James" is actually Lestat.

Because, again, in the book, they all knew. And all decided not to help him. 🤷🏾‍♀️

[nalyra-dreaming]

Heya, long time no talk, hope you're doing great :) I've clocked into the TVL factory and absolutely loved the first episode! Was wondering if you could clarify what Daniel means when he asks Lestat to stop the fledgling speak and spell? In one of your earlier post you also referred liking Lestat's not-fledgling-speak speech. What did you mean by that? Thanks so much for answering <3

Hey!

Welcome (back) to the madness!!! *laughs* Glad you loved it, this season is AMAZING!!!

As per your question: It's a play of words of Daniel wanting Lestat to take it all more seriously. No "baby talk".

Lestat then launches into that monologue about the world today, and "Lulu Lemon" that is in black and white in the show, and I absolutely loved that, because it showed so much of what Lestat can do with words. And what he sees about the world, what he recognizes and can contextualize.

And I really loved that :)

[nalyra-dreaming]

I feel like amc sometimes shoot’s themselves in the foot with their wording ““so, giving it its own title and moment to relaunch the series felt like the right thing to do... if people potentially found seasons 1 or 2, and it wasn't for them, this is an entirely new angle.” is Sam’s season from now on but the way they say shit is like season 1-2 doesn’t matter. That the story of a black man and a black daughter wasn’t for them they can now move on to the white man and his trauma.

That is not what they said there though, but it seems it is what you want to interpret into it? Take a step back and look at it?

The shift was always set to come.

And yes, the seasons will be massively different now.

The first seasons were about grief and trauma. IWTV was always about the grief of losing a daughter.

From TVL on Lestat will be the main character, they ARE doing the books.

This has nothing to do with invalidating Louis or Claudia. But the shift IS immense, and the show DID reinvent itself now.

Just as the books did.

[wlwarhammer]

People’s Princess spotted

[sugarcarnation]

very interesting scene to go along with this line of dialogue!!!

[cvsette]

What the fuck kind of estrogen are they giving her genuinely

[wolfkller]

i don't think i've mentioned it here but jacob anderson as louis, as a book fan of 20yrs, sold me on the show the minute he came on screen. there will never be another louis. we talk a lot about sam being possessed by lestat (which is also true) but on my first watch, every scene of louis in the penthouse was an out of body experience. my little nerd heart still sometimes cannot believe my eyes

[cbrownjc]

Theory: The opening auction scene takes place during Tale of the Body Thief

[Spoilers for EP 3x01 Below]

So the opening scene and the auction. First thing to note is that only two lots are being auctioned off.

Lot #1, curiously, was immediately set on fire after it was presented:

The handwritten scores, session tracks, master recordings during Lestat's time as a rockstar, and one song cycle set to poetry by Baudelaire.

All go up in a blaze of fire, bye-bye!

Wow, Louis. Don't you look very bemused by that action, which is totally something Lestat would set up / have done. You don't look surprised by it having happened at all, either. 😏

I'll come back to this...

So, why do this? Why set all those things on fire, completely destroying them?

Well, maybe because it was Lestat's music that almost caused the end of the world in the first place.

Because, look, if you know the story of Queen of the Damned, then you know Akasha is defeated by the end. But what woke Akasha up in the first place was Lestat's music.

And there might have been some people at the auction who knew that and, for their own reasons, wanted to get their hands on those complete works and recordings for who knows what reasons.

Because it is Lot #2 that tells us that the time period this takes place is for certain after the events of Queen of the Damned have happened.

The music box, which contains the only pressed vinyl recording of The Failures, and are described as --

"[...] an omniscient history of the 2025 album and supporting tour, and the consequential global catastrophes that sprung from said album and tour..."

Meaning point-blank that Lestat recorded The Failures and had them pressed into vinyl sometime after the "global catastrophe" happened, which was clearly the rise of Akasha and her plan to take rule of the world.

So again, a solid clue that this auction takes place some time after Queen of the Damned.

* * * * *

But it was the actions of Louis and Raglan James that had me clocking that this auction was also very likely taking place during the events of the Tale of the Body Thief.

And that Lestat was actually the one inside Raglan James' body, because --

a. Lestat is clearly not dead. That is just not even a remote possibility, given that they are already setting up TotBT, which can only take place after QotD. You can not do that story before QotD, or during it, since the events of TVL and QotD flow and entwine directly into one another.

b. How did this auction... situation... even get access to these two clearly very personal items of Lestat's? Again, they are the only two things that are being sold at this auction.

c.

Raglan in the foreground, also not confused by the burning of Lot #1. It's hard to tell, since he's (deliberately IMO) racked out of focus, but there is a little smirk on his face.

This is the shot. This is when I knew...

Louis was trying not to smile after "Raglan" had turned to look at the woman who bought the ashes of what was burned for one euro.

"Raglan" passes by Louis as Louis gives him a glance.

"... as narrated by The Vampire Lestat himself."

As "Raglan James" stands there, having gone to the back of the room, a very Lestat-like manuver and manner about him as this is said.

I see your hints show! 😁

So yeah. I think in this opening scene, Louis and Lestat are both working together. I think Lestat himself (with Louis's help) put together this auction. That is how this auction even has access to these things of Lestat's, especially the recordings of The Failures.

The body swap with Raglan James has already happened at this point in the opening scene. Lestat is in Raglan's body, meaning this scene must take place sometime during the events of Tale of the Body Thief.

Because no, the show is not going to be replacing Sam Reid with Justin Kirk. Kirk is a phenomenal actor, but he was not hired to take over the role of Lestat permanently (so, I don't know why I saw some people who have actually been thinking this...).

Every interview that Rolin Jones gave where he talked about Tale of the Body Thief always made it pretty clear that it would be a 1-to-1 swap between Lestat and Raglan in the version the show was doing, which is one of the reasons why Rolin said he hired Justin Kirk to play Raglan in the first place -- he wanted a skilled actor to play/mirror Sam's Lestat.

And as for Louis, I think, like in the Tale of the Body Thief book, he did refuse to turn Lestat -- now in Raglan's body -- into a vampire. However, I think, unlike the book, Louis is the one helping Lestat to get his body back, taking over David Talbot's place in that role from the book.

Now, I couldn't begin to guess why they are actually selling Lestat's Failures recordings. It could, in fact, be a fake-out, with Louis bidding to make sure Lestat, in the end, does keep those recordings and music box. That is my running theory about it at the moment, at least.

Because I do think Louis was genuinely annoyed at Armand's continued bidding on it:

Armand ... what's the story, morning glory? Why do you want those recordings? Maybe something in them you're looking for info on, or about?

At least, that's my own guess as to why you are there, and bidding on it.

And I've already speculated about why Armand might have that eye-patch here.

It's also easy to speculate that Louis lost his leg during the events of Queen of the Damned, but... I'm going to hold off on that at the moment. Simply because in my spec about Armand's eye, I actually don't think he lost it during the events of Queen of the Damned and Akasha's rise. Not directly, at any rate. So yeah, I'm going to hold off on saying that is how Louis lost his leg, for now.

* * * * *

But physical status-wise, this scene is very interesting when it comes to our core characters, isn't it? Armand lost his eye, Louis lost a leg, Lestat lost his whole original body, and Daniel...

.... hmmm.

Yeah, I'll save my speculation about him for now as well. (But yes, I have a theory.) 🫣

Anyway, yeah. I'm pretty convinced this opening auction scene takes place sometime during the show's adaptation of Tale of the Body Thief.

I think Louis already knows Lestat has been body-switched, and Lestat was the one who cooked up this whole auction for some reason, though it might have mainly been to publicly destroy Lot #1, i.e., all those music recordings and works of his, since it was his music that led to Akasha's rise in the first place.

And Lot #2? Who knows... maybe it was just a way for Louis to move some money to Lestat undetected in a way to help Lestat while he's stuck in Raglan's body for the time being. We may not get the full context until we finally, fully get to the Tale of the Body Thief adaptation. Which, given my current calculations, wouldn't be until sometime around Season 6 at the earliest. 😬

Yeah. Long game plan this show indeed has. And has always had.

[skyrigel]

+ dead wife montage

[skyrigel]

YOU'LL NEVER GET AWAY FROM THE SOUND OF THE WOMAN THAT LOVES YOU

[knifelesbianjo]

THE VAMPIRE LESTAT | "Detroit"

This is a very serious show believe me