Dream On Purpose

Be kind, dream just a lil bit bigger & start it

[usaginoir]

Louis is, and was, and will always be the character of all time to me.. and no one can take the love I have for him away from me!!!

[angrybubbles]

One of the most impactful and impressive characters of all time. When he's nasty, or charming, or tragic, or happy. I love you Louis de Pointe du Lac.

[usaginoir]

THE Helen of Troy!!

[usaginoir]

[tv-kiki]

with few exceptions we have only seen black characters graphically get brutalized. they had closeups of louis’s body and face after lestat tried to murder him showing the extent of what was done, we saw just how burned and disfigured he was after her suicide attempt, claudia’s death is one of the most graphic i’ve seen on any tv show, we got closeups of their ankles slashed and shots of louis being kicked in the head and claudia being shoved into a box of live rats by the coven members. the majority of louis’s scenes in episode 7 were of his decapitated head on a pike, forced to look at his body as it flailed, begging to die, forced to apologize in something so close to a saw trap that it was bordering on copyright infringement while being painted as cruel and deserving of the abuse and then branded by armand.

we didn’t see any shots of lestat’s head in the bowling bag. we saw him burn, but it was portrayed as comical. we did not see bruce as he died, we did not see lestat get torn up by the wolves, we did not watch nicki die. in the majority of the scenes where a white character is injured, the action is cut away, out of frame, out of focus, mostly implied.

the extent of what we saw of the brutality of black characters now feels almost fetishistic. at the end of episode 105, lestat is floating in the air looking dreamy and louis is beaten to a pulp on the ground; episode 207, lestat is put together in a suit with his hair done and louis and claudia have been severely beaten. like, after this season, the rest of the show just looks weird.

[yusiyomogi]

so. let me get it straight. from what we know now...

- louis went after bruce because he was manipulated into it by talamasca. he knew claudia didn't want him to do this, but raglan james specifically used what happened to claudia to bait louis into revenge plot.

- armand found and hired regina to manipulate louis and worsen his psychological state. it actually took a long time to bait louis into stalking (i'm not in a mood to rewatch the episode, but i'm pretty sure armand said regina had to go 19 times in front of louis to make him take the bait and start following her). and if you watch ep4 carefully, louis didn't even ask regina to roleplay claudia, he just offered to help her with money. so he was manipulated into it from start to finish.

- the seance was lestat's idea and he kept insisting on it, even when louis was uncomfortable with it. lestat was giddy at the start of the seance when he heard how angry claudia was and asked merrick to call for her. as a result, claudia's anger was mostly directed at louis.

- armand threatened regina to make louis "apologize" to him, knowing that louis felt guilty both for claudia and regina. and it worked.

...and you want me to hate louis for "selfishly" grieving claudia?? for "treating her badly after her death" and "fueling his self-pity" or whatever?? this whole season was just... people punishing louis for missing his daughter. doing everything to worsen his state and turn his grief into ugly spiraling and humiliation ritual, intentionally or not. and he even managed to resist for a while.

the fandom couldn't stop kicking him in this past 6 weeks, but you're telling me that he didn't even do anything??????

[izzymalec]

happy 10 year anniversary to the most iconic scene in tv history

shadowhunters season 1 episode 12: malec march 29th, 2016

[shirmirart]

happy valentine’s day to all my sweethearts ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🩷

[cassandraclare]

perpetualprocrastinationisme asked:

Will we learn more about Andrew and Eleanor Blackthorn in TLKOF? Will Ty or Dru be thinking about them as they go on their adventures?

A very little. In the scenes in TLKOF from Ty's perspective, there is no room or reason for him to think about them. Dru wears her mother's gear and thinks briefly about her father, but he died when she was eight, and Eleanor when she was even younger. To her, her parental figure is Julian, who she thinks about a lot, as does Ty.

svnshinee9 asked:

I was just wondering, since it's mentioned quite a few times, does Ty's hair and eye colours (different from the rest of the other blackthorn siblings) hide a piece of information we're still missing??

Nope! It is meant to be a fun piece of business tying him back to Jesse and the other Blackthorns of that time. That's all.

izzylightwoodfledaway asked:

Hey Cassie, I know we've just got A Sea of Change where we saw what happened to Mathew Fairchild after the TLH. And we sort of know that James and Cordelia lived happily ever after TLH but are we gonna see them later in their lives? Maybe James or Cordelia or Lucie could even get mentioned in the TWP? Maybe their ghosts could make a cameo? Or their story ended at TLH?

The forward progress of their stories ends with TLH. They do not live on forever or return as ghosts. We may hear bits and pieces about their lives, as history (Matthew's apartment in Paris lives on). It's not to say someday there might be a short story or something, who knows?! — but not in TWP.

laamedusa asked:

Hi Cassie!

I was wondering, does Ash remember or have any memories of Nene? I totally get if you can’t answer this but I loved their short story and would love to see more of them!

He does! He remembers her well though he won't necessarily admit it at first. She certainly changed him, as he has only known otherwise terrible role models.

smrxlmn asked:

Will we get any boyfriend moments in the first book? I know it's too spoiler, but.. but...

I don't know what that means! — and googling did not help me. Google did tell me that boyfriends should go canoeing or kayaking together, though I am not sure they would like that. You will have to clarify next round. :)

maryheronthorn asked:

hi cassie!

i was wondering if we are going to see a little bit of the sill on-going beef between emma and zara. i remember zara still being super angry and promising to kill emma when she got out of idris soooo maybe IF she gets out… will we see round 2? 👀 or is zara over it?

Zara is never over anything, but she also has beef with a lot of people. You'll definitely see her though she has bigger problems than Emma in TLKOF.

heronstairs asked:

hey Cassie, i'm super curious to know if we learn why the runed gun only fires for James & Kit during the plot of twp. it's been haunting me. very excited to reenter the shadow world in tlkof!! <3

We already know why it fires for James, but we will indeed find out why it fires for Kit, too, in TWP. Ty figures it out.

iveneverbeenanaturalt asked: Will Maryse’s brother be in TWP? any chance we'll see them reunite?

We will definitely see Max. (Max 2? Max 3?) His knowledge proves invaluable. Maryse and Max reunited before TLKOF so that would have to be in special content or a deleted scene. (For those of you who have not read Better in Black, you will find out who Max is!)

ecairis asked:

Are Emma and Julian planning to expand their family?

Definitely not at the moment. You will see why.

[dragonbinx]

"Guerin, you are the one piece that I cannot go through life without."

Day nine ship two is Michael Guerin and Alex Manes, aka, Malex! 🩷💜💙🏳️‍🌈

[saraloveslove]

This scene, oh my God. They are so vulnerable here, so damaged. Yet, so immensively still in love.

They would just succumb, each to their own ghosts, if it wasn't for what they feel for eachother.

This is possibily the Loustat scene.

[ldpdlarchives]

[jeunesseoubliee]

This Fandom and Selective Empathy

The same people who spent years insisting that Louis should not be sanitized because it would erase his complexity, arguing that he is a monster just like the rest of them, are now asking people to see Lestat's actions through the lens of his trauma. Suddenly, Lestat's suffering becomes essential context. His anger is understandable. His cruelty is a product of abuse. His actions are examined with empathy. Meanwhile, that same grace is rarely extended to Louis. That's double standard.

Louis was never afforded the benefit of the doubt by large portions of the fandom. If he described abuse, he was lying. If he remembered events differently, he was an unreliable narrator, Armand must have manipulated him. Every flaw, every mistake, every harmful action became proof of how monstrous he was. Yet when it comes to Lestat, his worst actions are endlessly contextualized, justified, minimized, or explained away through trauma. To be clear, I have no problem with people criticizing Louis. I've criticized Louis myself especially during season one (which put me on many block lists). My issue is the lack of consistency. If we're going to hold Louis accountable, then we should keep that same energy for Lestat. For example, Louis being a pimp in 1910 has become one of the defining traits of his character in fandom discussions. It is constantly brought up as evidence of his exploitation of women. Fair enough. But Lestat was emptying coffers to buy women in that same time period. He killed Miss Lily. Yet people rarely frame him as someone who exploits women. They never call him a john. Instead, the discussion quickly shifts back to how abused and tragic he is. Similarly, some fans write essays about how others have exploited Lestat's body while refusing to acknowledge the ways he has exploited others.

The abuse Louis and Claudia suffered at the hands of Lestat is endlessly debated or denied. People claim Louis lied. They claim Armand altered the narrative. They argue it wasn't really Lestat. They search for every possible explanation except the obvious one: that Lestat was capable of being abusive. The same pattern appears elsewhere. Lestat's affair (and abuse) with Antoinette is recontexualized or ignored. His affair with Armand while involved with Nicki is denied by the fandom. His admission that he let Louis leave with Armand despite knowing Armand orchestrated the trial gets interpreted as a lie from him. Even Lestat dropping Louis from the sky is attributed to an external influence rather than his own agency. Fans criticize Louis for reading Claudia's diaries, yet conveniently forget that Lestat did the exact same thing in season one. Or was that a lie too? Another fabrication? At some point, the excuses become more revealing than the actions themselves. Lestat is a predator in every sense of the word. He is also a victim of abuse , sexual, physical. and emotional. Those two truths can coexist. Being abused does not erase the harm he causes, just as Louis' suffering does not erase the harm he causes. Interview with the Vampire is a story about monsters. Complex, tragic, fascinating monsters. The problem is that some fans seem unwilling to let Lestat be one. They watch a show about monsters but want their monster to be a saint. They want him to be a monster one the surface while being virtous at his core. They want plausible deniability for every wrongdoing and an explanation for every cruelty. But complexity does not require innocence. If trauma can be used to understand Lestat, then it should also be used to understand Louis. If Louis can be held accountable despite his suffering, then Lestat should be held accountable despite his.

[obaaaa]

It’s quite telling how this fandom spent all these years brushing off the vampires' crimes against humanity, justifying it with "they're monsters, it's in their nature, get over it" while Louis struggled to accept that; yet, the moment Louis enters a grief-based dynamic with a human, everyone suddenly becomes protective of humanity and demonizes him for trying to find some comfort, mind you, we don't even know what's going to happen. Some of the takes I’m seeing are just so vile, people in this fandom have a fetish for brutalizing Louis, it’s so weird!

[nkp1981]

Nicky and Joe in "The Old Guard 2", 2025

Post: 24.200

[alysmond]

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (2022–)

[royalphantom]

[weather-mood]

God, people in the tags are being so mean to Louis over the Regina thing. He literally did not ask her to pretend to be Claudia! He was fully willing to give her 1k, 100k, 500k just because she asked for it. I really don’t think until she said “what now, daddy Lou” that he realised what she was offering in exchange and yes he’s not turning it down but he’s deeply unwell and seeing his daughter-sister in a stranger.

And that’s not anything against Regina either! She read the book and decided that yes she would be willing to playact his dead daughter-sister for half a million dollars. Kinda obsessed with her.

And yes it’s all very messy and unhealthy and fucked up dynamic and stalking-wise but people are acting like he’s the literal devil

[claudiadpdl]

im gonna hold some of yalls hand with a napkin in between when i say this but......a complete lack of black writers is what's to blame for a lot of what's wrong with this season

[hudcon-and-on-and-on]

from the @medium article via @hudsonwonline ‘s Insta