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[reticent-vampire]

The Vampire Lestat 3.05

[scarlethero]

He calls Armand a “rotten boy” for probably two reasons.

1) Is the obvious one in that this is still a story being told by Lestat de Bias and

2) Is directly tied to the books. Marius seeks out Armand after the burning and sees him completely indoctrinated into the Children of Darkness and is so repulsed he leaves and never lets him know he survived. I can see Marius calling him rotten for that reason alone.

[scarlethero]

What happened to Enkil?

I assume that in this version Marius did leave Enkil outside, so he started burning and woke Akasha enough that she went up and grabbed him and brought him down, though in seeing and feeling the flames engulfing the tree (aka Amel) she killed Enkil in a fit of a rage. I don’t think he’d be alive with the back of his head gone? And Marius says “he WAS Enkil” when introducing him.

So Akasha wasn’t in the sun for too long but still burned all the babies and any toddlers who didn’t find a water source like Lestat and Gabi.

I still find it odd that they gave the burning to Marius instead of having it happen in a more ancient time with another keeper, however I do like how it exemplifies how complacent he’s become and was the beginning of him and Akasha realizing that he needs to go / have a break.

I was also a little hesitant on his seemingly new character as the crazy light keeper but the more I think about it, the more I realize that it allows him to go through an arc and develop. Marius in the books was kinda always the same version of himself and that does become less interesting over time inherently… however I will say the obvious hypocrisy in his book character was a lot of fun for me to read lol interested in seeing what arc we can go on with him!

[alysmond]

SHEILA ATIM as AKASHA INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE | Season 3, Episode 5, "New York"

[scarlethero]

Thoughts and theories on Akasha’s ideology… and how Lestat and Gabriella could play into it…

I’ve been thinking lately about how hyper feminine Gabriella is, paired with all her typically misogynistic ideals.. then the gender-fluid presenting Lestat with all of the emotional trauma and turmoil typically relegated to female characters and how they both fit into the grander Akasha storyline.

What if Akasha doesn’t look at biology to determine who fits her matriarchal utopia? And instead bases her genocidal rampage on the characteristics and actions that are an affront to her perfect monarchy?

Lestat is plenty toxic and could still be used as her paradigm of masculinity and husband, however she always loved Lestat through and through (like everyone else lol). And it’s hard to look at show!stat and not see how much he understands the woman’s experience? And the fact that he’s not afraid to share his emotions, even when they’re not pretty is a very (typically) feminine trait I’d say. I’m talking in terms of story writing, etc of course. So maybe instead of this embodiment of what she wishes to erase, he becomes one and the same to her (in her eyes) so she inherently wants him by her side as she rules the millennia.

Also, Gabriella has been changed so much from the book it feels like there’s a larger purpose to her plotline. Perhaps it’s their way of showcasing how someone who is so overly sexualized and scandalously feminine can have all the hallmark toxic traits you’d typically see in a man. From the controlling, emotionally shallow, incestuous relationship to her grander than life aspirations, wanting hell on earth to be able to feel like the evilest of all evils. So naturally shes high on the Queens list.

As an aside, I don’t actually want Gabriella to die to Akasha’s tyranny simply because I’m hoping she gets to develop as a character and leave the 1D mustache twirling villain persona in the past. I’d love for her to come to terms with the fact that she’s been using Lestat as a conduit for all the things she herself simply could have been doing on her own since turning. It’s one of the many human habits you see vampires unable to shake, that prison of mortality and the rules of society. No matter how much she wants to say she is the fever who comes in the night and kills by morning, she still has to reckon with the fact that she is “of the night”simply because she thinks that’s her place.

Ok ramble over I’ll stop now lol

[scarlethero]

Love the detail that babystat is there when Lestat shows the band Stained Glass Eyes. 🥺

[scarlethero]

Why now and not two years ago?

The missing memories from the 70s-80s, perhaps?

What if the trick is drinking buckets of the blood for years before and after turning? And that’s why Armand can do it too? But seemingly no one else?

[scarlethero]

And who will be the first to throw a stone at her?

[scarlethero]

The Queen has arrived, at long last

I’m utterly speechless and distracted with worship…

[scarlethero]

So Armand is not Alice… ☹️

BUT Armand knew what she was thinking in Paris because he was there WATCHING 😍

❌ Armand is Alice

❓Partial past DM confirmed.. still unclear if they did spend time together before the 90s and he just erased Daniel’s memories of it.. we shall see…

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[scarlethero]

Louis du Lac, a challenge every sunset

[scarlethero]

Armand’s thoughts on Lestat… I’m starting to think he’s not apart of the new Children of Darkness after all…

[scarlethero]

*TVC BOOK SPOILERS - QotD & PRINCE LESTAT+*

Thoughts on Amel…

I’m seeing theories about Amel’s potential adaptation in the show, with foreshadowing all we have to go on now. This makes me think there is a chance, though small, that they have Amel merge with Lestat at some point.

While I like Amel and their relationship in the books, I kinda don’t want the show to go the aliens route. So if they do merge, they’re going to have to remove him rather quickly, though I’m not sure how/who/where he would go. And I don’t want him to stay with Lestat because that removes Lestat’s sense of self the longer they’re entwined.

I envisioned that they would adapt up to ToBT and maybe swap it with QotD just so we have a bombastic ending. We could also just go in order (potentially skipping Memnoch) to get to Armand’s story. Have him be the last of the trio that Daniel interviews, which could be cool and I could write a whole post about on its own. Instead of ending in a bombastic way with the end of Akasha, we could end in an emotional way after three main interviews (in my head canon they interview everyone about their time while Akasha has Lestat which could be super fun and why I’m saying main here).

All of this to say, I hadn’t thought about them doing actual “one to one” adaptations of the later books/plots. I know they’re doing Merrick, but that makes sense in the new context. So, if they do want to end the show like the books to be able to tell more stories, I’m going to be very interestd in seeing what they do and am cautiously optimistic for it. ♥️

[scarlethero]

Like the ashes you spread

Til you had nothing left

Of those stained glass,

Stained glass eyes

[scarlethero]

Claudia de Lioncourt

[scarlethero]

Why would Claudia be so distraught and understanding in Lestat’s mind here?

I know memory is a monster and he’s had 8+ decades to reflect and mourn, however I really hope we revisit New Orleans and see the more tender and cheerful side of their relationship. There had to be precious happiness, with the capacity for breaking, for their relationship to be so tumultuous at the end.

You can only hate someone you love.

[scarlethero]

I think the Regina is Merrick theory may be true… Regina seems both fearful of Lestat but also proud of her ability to get Claudia’s likeness so right with limited information.

And it also harkens back to Daniel and Louis’ conversation about how once they put her story out into the world, it is no longer theirs (hers). The audience will take her and twist her into whatever they want her to be.

For their pleasure, for their schemes.

[scarlethero]

Surprise

Fear

Pain

Pride

Fear again