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i do think it’s also a bit poetic, all the men who’ve hurt claudia all get to forgive eachother, while she’s dead and nothing can change that. even when season 2’s ending has a much more fulfilling ending than that of the first book, the fact that even seventy years later after her death, and her memory is still being used to either absolve louis’s guilt or being exploited comercially, that leaves an empty and withering feeling inside.

louis and lestat get to grieve and hug, for a moment atleast. louis and armand get to smile at eachother at the auction. lestat’s not talking to louis because of the book yet the man who published the book without louis’s consent is “dan”. and i guess lestat’s also chill with sam barclay, the man who wrote the baby lulu plays, the minstrel shows that killed her passion for performing, who also wrote the script for the trial next to santiago.

it poses a personally interesting question to me, do these vampires ever truly change? can cycles be broken if you’re immortal? are you bound to fall back into your old habits? are they frozen in the same dispositions they have when they were turned? states of fear, or grief, or arousal? will they continue to hurt claudia long after her death?

waystar-royco

The Vampire Lestat (2026) - Season 1, Episode 1

lazzarella

THE VAMPIRE LESTAT ; 2026 // THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW ; 1975

lesbian-armand

The thing about this new season that sticks out the most to me is that 90% of the promos, teasers, trailers and extended looks were clips from just episode 1.

I'm both scared and excited for what's yet to come

henrykudhirai

professional-rat-eater

Highlight of the episode has to be the unadulterated joy you get from Eric whenever Daniel is on screen. There’s so much more life in Daniel now and that’s obviously deliberate but I also can’t help but think that some of that has to be because of how badly Eric wanted to play a vampire. He was so happy and you could just feel it.

gaypeople

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE | THE VAMPIRE LESTAT 1.02 / 3.01

lioncourtz

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE 01.01 | "In Throes of Increasing Wonder…"

THE VAMPIRE LESTAT 01.01 | "Detroit"

reticent-vampire

The Vampire Lestat 3.01

+ honorable mention:

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dappermouth

i can understand the trials but were the tribulations really necessary

disterbia

thedarkangel74

In retrospect, one thing I kinda like in ATLA is how Zuko never tells the gaang how he got his scar.

It would have been cool to see their reactions to Zuko's story and see how their perspective on Zuko changed. And I have no doubt that he tells them about it at some point. But this way, it doesn't come off as emotional blackmail, with him trying to paint his actions as 'Yes, I hunted you across the world, but I actually had a really good reason."

If he did, he might have had a better chance of joining the Gaang, but he doesn't. In traditional Zuko fashion, he takes the most challenging route possible.

Zuko takes full accountability for his actions, even though they came from a place where he felt he had no choice. Because at the end of the day, he realized that even though his father put him on his avatar's path, he was the one who zealously attacked them at every opportunity. He isn't letting himself off the hook for anything.

jaggedcliffs

#zuko is so funny to me because at multiple points throughout the show if he had any manipulative bone in his damn body #he wouldve gotten somewhere #blue spirit? why are you throwing fire. the avatar is talking with you. LIE. #its so fucking funny bc the gaang is like 'zukos EVIL he is PLAYING you' guys zuko doesnt know how to do that. #full honest truth confessing insane shit in front of them. he didnt even gaf about being friends or being FORGIVEN it was abt the goal #'i need the avatar to take me into their group so i may aid in however possible to stop my father' that was the goal. truly was like #'take me as a prisoner if this is the way i can help' HES CRAZY (@ponytailzuko)

abigailnussbaum

The reason for this, of course, is that for all the jokes about it, Zuko does in fact have a sense of honor. It's pretty badly misdirected for most of the series, and it takes a lot of coaxing from Iroh for him to realize that he shouldn't judge himself by the depraved standards of the Fire Nation under his father. But it still exists, and once he decides that he needs to turn his back on his father and the Fire Nation, his focus is on satisfying that sense of honor by making genuine apologies to the Gaang (and later to Iroh).

Which, for the record, is something a lot of stories that try to do "redemption arcs" for their handsome white psychopath antagonists miss. In order for the audience to want a villain to be redeemed, they have to have some positive trait that's noticeable even when they're at their worst. For Zuko, that's the fact that his vanity and self-importance are never more important to him than doing what's right, even when his ideas of "right" are pretty unsympathetic.

opinions-about-tiaras

Zuko's huge saving grace is that he actually believes in the lie of the Fire Nation.

The Fire Nation doesn't self-conceive of itself, or at least doesn't SELL itself to its populace, as an oppression engine. It presents itself as a civilizing force bringing the light of civilization to the chaotic, uncivilized barbarians of the Earth Kingdoms and the ridiculous polar savages that are the Water Tribes. (The less said about the degenerate Air Nomads the better.) It has a rigorous and intense honor culture and prescription for what constitutes being an upright man and soldier, and its aristocracy and leadership class is at least nominally expected to adhere to those standards.

Now, that's bunk, of course. The Fire Nation is led by a genocidal sociopath who ruined both his heirs and has populated the upper ranks of its military with genuine pieces of shit. But Zuko believes in the lie. Part of why Zuko loathes Zhao isn't just because Zhao gets in his way and treats him badly, Zuko is USED to that, but because Zhao offends his notions of what an honorable Fire Nation officers should be.

Zuko is often legitimately baffled, followed by being very enraged, at the conduct of other people in the Fire Nation. The entire catalyzing incident for his mutilation at the hands of Ozai is him seeing the General Staff revealing that they aren't honorable men and flying into a white rage about it. That's not how it's supposed to work! We're the Fire Nation! There are RULES!

He gets taken in by Azula more than once because even though he knows that Azula is a talented liar and does not actually like him, he is predisposed to believe her in many circumstances because Little Sister Azula might lie like a rug just to hurt him, but she's also Princess of the Fire Nation Azula and the Princess of the Fire Nation Azula has certain standards. (She doesn't.)

Zuko believes in his country's best self. He's a genuine patriot. (This will cause problems with the Earth Kingdom during his reign as Fire Lord.) He actually believes in "My country, right or wrong; when right, to be kept right, when wrong, to be put right."

When he finally allows himself to internalize that the Fire Nation has gone wrong, has gone BADLY wrong, there is only one thing for him to do.

cryoverkiltmilk

Zuko's autistic special interest is Fire Nation Morality and Ethics.

rakarchive-deactivated20191109

really love imagining a bunch a kids and teens on their pokemon journeys staying the night on the couches and floors in the lobbies of pokemon centers, having long talks about their experiences and feelings sharing funny and scary stories and myths about legendaries and trading items and sharing TMs along with sugary snacks and pokedex chargers all while their pokemon are out of their pokeballs and all bundled up in blankets sleeping soundly next to their trainers while they stare up at the stars shining through the glass ceiling over their heads