Me reading Eternal Ruin at page 150
GODDAMMIT!
*sighs and puts the book down to go make a cup of tea*

oozey mess

if i look back, i am lost
almost home

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$LAYYYTER

祝日 / Permanent Vacation

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Me reading Eternal Ruin at page 150
GODDAMMIT!
*sighs and puts the book down to go make a cup of tea*
*finishes eternal ruin*
Just finished Immortal Dark. Now have a chasm sized hole in my life. I need Eternal Ruin so bad😭
Humans can’t truly be gifted with a mind to wonder and create and yet be forced to live in an endless cycle of money and work.
Tigest Girma, Immortal Dark
I can’t kill myself unfortunately because what if i died and missed out on an EAH reboot or a third immortal dark book or delainey hayles having lesbian sex on my screen
Susenyos: are you flirting with me
Kidan:
Please, tell me how to stand it all.
(your) god’s favorite.
she’s tits out, reading vampire smut in the rear pew.
I finally managed to finish some fanart for one of the books I read recently.. "Immortal Dark" by Tigest Girma. I really enjoyed this story! So here's Susenyos Sagad and Kidan Adane in my version 🖤 I really enjoyed this story, there was a real enemies to lovers vibe that stayed with me until the end, and the dark academy and vampire theme was so great! I highly recommend it!
Reading the Celestial Kingdom series and every time they mention someone traveling on a cloud my “first thought, head empty” is this:
IIRC you also think DM happened in the past. Do you have a theory as to why Daniel's memory's were erased?
Are you ready for something insane???
I think it has to do with Marius de Romanus.
The epicenter of Armand is Marius. He is in every crack and corner of how Armand exists. His shadow falls over the dynamic of Louis and Armand in the show and Armand and Daniel in the QotD chapter. In the book, once Armand realizes Daniel truly loves him in Pompeii, what does he do? He resorts himself back into the role he knows, except he casts Daniel as Amadeo and himself as Marius. Daniel becomes fully dependent on Armand because isn't that what love is? Armand understands his love properly right when Daniel is dying so he turns him. Armand can't stomach turning Daniel (sounds like s2 finale babes) and Daniel loses his mind and ends up isolated in Marius' care.
1940s AMC Armand believes Marius dead. Does 2022 Armand? Timelines can change easily. He spent time with Lestat for the trial, it could have been revealed. Lestat would hold it over his head for making him do this. Or maybe, reveal it through a relationship with Daniel.
Armand makes sure the SF edit of memories allows him to flaunt he saved Daniel's life. This is important to him. Except, he didn't save Daniel's life at all in that apartment. Why is it important to Armand that Daniel (and Louis) believe this? Why is it important Armand can hold onto that? I think he really believes he saves Daniel's life, just not in SF.
In the books, Bianca, Daniel, Benji, Sybelle all become objects Marius takes from Armand. So if Marius did come to check up on Armand unseen (funnily enough he does so in Paris and it's in Paris that Daniel's memories start to form a coherent timeline again) and finds him in a relationship with a human boy? Oh no, Armand is Marius'.
Oh Amadeo, I've come to you again. You have a human companion? He is addicted to you, you hurt him, give him the Gift! Turn him or free him! You cannot love properly because that is your nature. Let me take care of this one for you, Amadeo.
There is a glaring neon sign stating the love has already happened because Armand turns Daniel in the show. He has no other reason to do so. Armand doesn't punish this way. Okay so past relationship, but Armand doesn't want Daniel in Dubai, except he is and he allows it. Why? The entire thing reeks of "I don't want this interview happening. I don't want you here, but I am weak and selfish and I wanted to see you again. I want you to remember me."
I think he believes he saved Daniel from a life of damnation and Armand by allowing Marius (or himself, but I don't think he is that strong in the Mind Gift) to remove the memories of their time. I free you from me and you can go onto live a life. I won't let you be cursed.
So yea, Marius. Show wise look at who is about to get the scoop on Armand and Marius through Lestat. You set up Armand as this false villain, Daniel starts realizing there is more memories missing, anger at Armand for taking more. Look at what you did to Nicki, look at what you did to Claudia and Louis, look at what you did to me. Drop the twist that Armand truly thought he was saving Daniel, start Armand's backstory/redemption arc, and you build them reuniting.
Devil's minion break up and reunite in the books, but that is never shown beyond a few lines. No way, this show wouldn't want a deep exploration of a human/vampire relationship. They're dramatists. Rolin Jones and co. have such a sandbox to play in with these two during the time Anne Rice doesn't write for them and that's why I think their timeline appears all over the place.
OH! Daniel sits by Marius' portrait in the dining room every time by the way. Also, crazy first name drop of a major character in a line from the episode titled "...after the phantoms of your former self" where only Armand is present in the scene.
Yea, I bet you never heard of him
you don't understand, I'm losing my mind
I’ve been working my way through vampire novels of the African diaspora and posting mini reviews on twitter. I wanted to read more diverse representations of vampires after watching AMC’s Interview With The Vampire and what really stands out is how few I can find- while 2 of these have been published just this year 1 was first published in 1819 and as you can see there’s only a handful. Of the ones I’ve read so far my favorites are Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma and House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson, but I will be updating.
Previously I made a list of vampire books across the Mexican diaspora here
black women as vampires
hoping nobody has done this before
another tweet round up for interview with the vampire 6/xx