What are you doing with someone like me?

Sophie. She/her. 30s. IWTV, Good Girls, Succession. AO3 flashindie / fandom sideblog of @owlishgirl

[texasbama]

THE VAMPIRE LESTAT 3.01 'DETROIT'

[pynkhues]

So how come Gabriela is called toi(you)?

It's hard to know at this stage, but my initial thought is that it feels like it might be in conversation with Louis' 'me and you' monologue to Claudia from 2.01, and I suspect it might be a similar narrative throughline with Lestat clinging to Gabriella when he wants, but won't let himself have Louis, just as Louis clung to Claudia when he wanted, but wouldn't let himself have Lestat.

[pynkhues]

I haven’t been able to watch but someone said the bellboy hasn’t entered yet at that point? But if so, that does seem like they shot it ambiguously because that distinctly looks more like bouncing than thrusting…

(x)

Mm, I'd need to watch it in full again, but that whole sequence is out of order (and Lestat keeps jumping around in time because he's off his face), so I don't necessarily think when the bellboy is shown to come into the lift is an indication of all that much beyond the fact that he joined in at some point and left before Lestat and Dee got out into the hallway? Agreed though it's more bouncing than thrusting!

[endiness]

[pynkhues]

I haven't watched the episode yet and am mostly trying to avoid it until I can but am I seeing things? Vers Lestat, at minimum, confirmed?????? Did they really give us this?

https://x.com/wolflioncourt/status/2063346716825305475

Um, I think they did, anons, because that's how I read that shot, haha, especially when compared to the more obvious thrusting ones and with the earlier line from the doco about both ways and guessing who gets the fangs and who gets the vodka bottle, which also seems to me a comment on both his sexuality and versatility, but I do think it's deliberately shot in a semi-ambiguous way too. I choose to read it that way though, hahaha.

[pynkhues]

I'm still so confused how is that first person who shared the link getting the episode early? I'm still not seeing it on amc+ australia? Can a fellow australian confirm this.....

There are two ways to get AMC+ here, one is the app itself, which is pretty terrible unfortunately, and the other is as a channel on Amazon Prime, and it’s the channel on Prime that has both the episode and the After Dark eps. I already had AMC+ through Prime as I get it bundled with Shudder, and it was all there when I woke up this morning. My guess is it’ll be uploaded to the AMC+ app itself at 5pm today, as they said on Facebook. It’s - - a bit of a mess, haha.

[lestatdelioncuort]

Jacob Anderson as LOUIS DE POINTE DU LAC

THE VAMPIRE LESTAT | 3.01 "DETROIT"

[saryasy]

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (2022-) 1.04 The Ruthless Pursuit of Blood With All a Child's Demanding

[pynkhues]

I'm surprised AMC doesn't want to change when other countries get the episode so that it comes out in the US first. Isn't that the main audience they care about with viewing numbers, and doesn't having it out so many hours earlier make it less likely they'll view it legally? Or is that not true somehow? Is the number of people who are going to be online during the day on Saturday to download a file of an episode and watch it just not big enough? And is that mostly the hardcore fandom who will rewatch it, for the most part, legally on AMC if they can? Someone who talked to Sam after the concert said this: i told him we’re so excited to see him this season and he said “make sure you actually watch it on the amc. i mean pirate it, but then do with it on amc ;)”

So is the pirating an issue, or not really? And if it is an issue, wouldn't it be easy for AMC to just change the release times in other countries?

I actually think it has to be a part of AMC's marketing strategy at this point, because it was the exact same with both Killing Eve and the original run of Orphan Black with Australia/New Zealand getting the episodes almost 24 hours earlier as a result of timezones, and the subsequent flurry of activity across the fandoms that that inspired. Australia's actually used as a testing ground for media a lot too because our population's so small and contained, so I do think that partially plays into the early releases here to gauge general audience reaction and make projections on international viewership based on this sort of 24-hour container.

I think as a part of that they probably do anticipate that for shows like this, there'll be people pirating and distributing the episodes internationally early, but I think they've probably learnt that it's worth it because the people doing that will be mostly in fandom, and as a result a) will be re-watching the show anyway and b) talking about the episodes online, which means it's generating a lot of buzz, build and engagement before the general international audience actually picks it up. That can create a pretty big digital footprint for them, which I think ultimately is something they find valuable in terms of organic marketing in a way that brings more legitimate viewers than it might lose them.

It's definitely an interesting strategy though, and again, I doubt it's not one given this has been a factor with multiple shows for over a decade. Also maybe interestingly, they don't do it for every show - Talamasca for instance was released here on the US timezone, which suggests to me that they're specific with the shows they do this with.

[lioncourtz]

THE VAMPIRE LESTAT 01.01 | "Detroit"

[livingincolorsagain]

GODDDDDD

[lioncourtz]

THE VAMPIRE LESTAT reviews

[endiness]

It's been too long… I need you. I'm struggling.

[pynkhues]

GIGGLING, YELLING, KICKING MY FEET!!

[icantspellthings]

[graygiantess]

"I hope your favorite character is played by an actor you hate!" Tired, unoriginal, etc.

"I hope your favorite character fucks your dad!" Devastating, weirdly specific, about to happen to Harry Bogosian in three weeks.

[newsandstuffisee]

[sillystigmata]

Y’all think this is a joke.

[pynkhues]

I cannot get over his voice in this song. And on The Loneliness. It's just SO beautiful, SO powerful, SO rich.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG9AGDouIHg

I don't think I can get over his voice on any song at this point, it really is just so beautiful and just the layers of emotion in it runs the gamut across even the songs we've heard so far, I can't begin to imagine what else we're going to get! It's always so delightful too hearing from people who know a lot more about music than me, whether they be Jacob or Daniel or other fans, and the NYCC clip truly gets me every time. God, I can't believe we're hours away, and this is making me so curious as to whether or not we'll get a new song in 3.01 or if it'll be songs we've already heard!

[pynkhues]

https://x.com/femrockstat/status/2062018372036886554?s=61&t=q_0WinxfxdUUVamKLIkTAg

his hair flip Sophie HIS HAIR FLIP AT THE WORD B*TCH

A DIVA!!!