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[leroilestat]

It's Time to Go

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Last time on the VC's @minaharkerdailymirror @leroilestat Lestat X Mina

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Mina couldn't take her eyes off the monitor either, she never got a chance to see her last baby...or birth him or hold him. And really that miscarriage was the thing that fully broke her back then. She could've survived Jonathan's death if she'd at least been able to have her baby, "he has his fist under his chin, it looks like h'es thinking." Mina waited till they were all gone and she felt his thumb brush against her hand. She rested her other hand on his and smiled through her excited tears, "We're all gonna have a baby, Lestat." And she knew technically Lestat and Louis weren't. They weren't fathers in the way she'd have a father be there for her kid. She would never ask them to take that mantle....but dammit they were here and they were going to raise him with her. "I had a shitload of uncles, you know," she told him. He knew. She'd told him before, "It wouldn't trade it for anything. I'm glad he'll have the two of you here. I wouldn't trade that for anything either, not for anyone."

Lestat’s gaze lingered on the screen a moment longer at her observation, and there was the faintest shift of amusement in his expression. “Already brooding,” he murmured. “God help us all.” But the remark lacked its usual bite it's almost careful as he watched the small movement. He did not rush to fill the silence... he let her have it he let her take in what she had been denied before without interruption.

When she spoke again, his attention returned fully to her, and he did not pull his hand away when she covered it. Instead, his fingers tightened slightly in answer. “Oui,” he said simply. “We are.” He accepted it as she meant it without qualification.

At the mention of uncles, he gave a small, knowing cock of his head. “A chaotic inheritance,” he said quietly. “But not a poor one.” His eyes studied her for a moment there was something thoughtful passing through them. “You won’t have to ask it of us, Mina. You never would have needed to.” There was no grand declaration just certainty that did not require embellishment. His thumb brushed her hand again grounding her. “He will grow up surrounded,” he added his voice low but steady. “Not hunted, not alone and not lacking for voices telling him exactly what to think of the world.” He gives a smirk then says, “God help him with Louis’ lectures.”

[leroilestat]

What would you consider to be your easiest and hardest romantic relationships?

Relationships memes from: @trxstesse answered by: @leroilestat

The question clearly amuses Lestat and irritates him at the same time. “Easiest?” He gives a small shrug. “No great love of mine has ever been easy. If it were easy, I would likely lose interest.” He smirks. “But there are relationships built on appetite and understanding rather than conflict. Those can be.... effortless for a while. You enjoy one another, you indulge one another, and neither person asks for impossible things.” His expression changes subtly.

“The hardest is obvious.” He doesn’t even need to say the name, really. “Louis de Pointe du Lac.” The answer comes without hesitation. “Because he mattered the most. Because every wound between us cuts us deeply and lasted. We loved each other in ways neither of us fully knows how to survive.”

He looks away briefly as he says thoughtfully. “Louis wanted truth, tenderness, and meaning. I wanted devotion, passion, and freedom. We gave each other extraordinary things.... and we tormented each other with equal talent.” He softly exhales. “But difficulty is not the opposite of love. Sometimes it is proof of how much of yourself is at stake.” A rueful smile is on his lips. “The simplest affairs are pleasant. The impossible ones are the ones that last.... to haunt you forever.”

[anon-radfem-posts]

Unpopular opinion:

telling bi women to just “date women” because men are misogynists makes no sense because so are the majority of women. this idea that every lesbian and bi woman who have a female partner are dating a radfem or even a woman who agrees with even half of our views is ridiculous. my own female partner is probably less feminist than some of your husbands. people are never going to decenter love and attraction in favour of ideology.

this is also why even the most misogynistic, woman-hating, vile dude will still happily chase and try to date and hook up with women who he finds attractive to satisfy his needs. idg why that’s controversial for women? so i’m les myself, but i 100% understand why so many straight women wouldn’t want to be celibate.

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