little tough guy

Naya • She/Her • IWTV sideblog (meaning I'm incapable of following anyone back from here, but if I reblog from you on a regular basis we're most likely already mutuals on my main ♥️) Enjoyer of all Armand ships. Attention : Ça fait longtemps que j'me soucie plus de ce que les gens, surtout les Loustatinas, ont à dire sur Armand, Loumand, ou Lesmand. C'est pas un espace sûr pour toi si tu les détestes.

[funeralspirit]

«Et voici le buveur de sang!»

[veryveryvomit]

I don't think louis being given a past of being incestuously abused is inherently a writing problem, nor is my issue with it the fact that its stated by him so casually. I don't think sexual abuse always needs to be represented as the most devastating traumatizing event of someone's life. It really is anecdotal for many people, they don't regard it with any more weight than any other memory of being confused and uncomfortable as a child. and in fact its something I especially see with cocsa. I don't think people would be nearly as upset if he had mentioned something non sexual like being beaten by an adult. I don't even think its out of character for Louis "I am not victim" du lac to treat such a vulnerable memory as fodder to comfort another person, or even to test the waters of how honest he can be with someone. Hell I'd even argue the specific detail of "he gave me a dollar" is soooo relevant to how Louis treats his body as a transactional device throughout the series. The problem here is that I'm giving the writers way too much grace. They've given no proof that theyre willing to consider the pain of their black characters in any way that doesn't directly serve lestat. There's no evidence they considered the implications of this addition on Louis' character at all as is the case for most of his scenes this season. Like this comes after a scene where he says he thinks lestat and gabriellas relationship is the source of all of lestats sickness, so is it something he's normalized in his mind or not?

[ashpkat]

we are the armandlings please feed us

[userarmand]

One on the nose lyric amongst a lot of good, subtle lyrics 😬

[tarmairons]

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (2022-) | S03E07

[turnipoddity]

doodled claudia (and madeline) to get through the day…

[userarmand]

assad's leg bouncing like crazy after he accidentally implied lestat's lyrics are shit from a butt 😭

[itkitay]

daniel and armand, my darlings 😭 

[usaginoir]

I… am speechless. People really are that ignorant and prejudice ?

[covenendearment]

“you just can’t handle male victims of abuse,” say lestat fans to louis and armand fans

[flopstat]

louis would go to late night movies by himself and he’d buy a jumbo popcorn just to smell it throughout the movie

[stupendousnightinspo]

the best way to enjoy TVL is to not have read the books and also to not have watched IWTV on amc in fact maybe it’s best if you’ve never watched a tv show before and probably you shouldn’t be familiar with vampires and maybe just don’t think or think so hard that you create a different tv show in your head no wait actually just wait for next season it’ll make sense then hope that helps

[allthethingsisaid]

It's both disgusting and ironic that some white fans of TVL are saying black fans lack media literacy for not enjoying the show especially since some white fans are too ignorant to even notice the racism that's blatantly present.

"Louis being referred to as Louisiana fried chicken wasn't racist. They were just making fun of him for being burned." GTFOH.

[ametsetan]

like now that we're talking language, the french in tvl was horrendous fuck!! even more than in the first 2 seasons (apart from assad's and roxane's obv). granted it's french so it's not that bad but you would think that a series with budget would make sure that its grammar is not awkward af...

[usaginoir]

Look… before TVL dropped I had a lot of hope after the Rolin trailer dropped and that article where he compared Lestat to Walter white… now after TVL it tells me he watched breaking bad and thought Walter was a bad ass and Skyler abused him and Jesse manipulated Walt… and Walt Jr is a bitch for calling the cops on him

[kolumander]

Assad Zaman as Nightcrawler for your consideration

[vulcanscully]

The way it’s been like three weeks since the finale aired, and all I have for this show still is vitriol.

Also like. Among my friend/fandom circles…the way we aren’t moving at all about this season now that it’s over. Nobody moving. Nobody flooding the chats with headcanons or predictions or new fics and art. Because it was so bad and so definitive in its answers to questions of accountability or any modicum of character growth, there’s nothing to analyze, nothing to be excited about for future seasons — with the exception of Akasha, which I’m now totally unconvinced will be handled with nuance.

I have looped back around to feeling utterly betrayed. I just cannot believe we waited two years for this. Completely abandoned post-season 2 promo at Comic Con in 2024…for this.

I have been told that my lack of enjoyment for TVL is a skill issue. I refuse to believe that at this point. I know when a series has low points/weaker seasons without losing its core. I can pinpoint these moments are in my favorite media. This is just. A totally different fucking show, dude. One that hates its protagonists of color — there is no other interpretation of what we witnessed and to deny it is to gleefully practice willful ignorance — and frankly doesn’t even like its main character that much.

Not to be parasocial but I truly can’t believe the actors were fully onboard with what they had to make this season. I just can’t. As we’ve said time and time again, a tonal departure is one thing; a POV shift is one thing. A loveless DARVO campaign with music in between is entirely another. When they literally didn’t have to do all that. The writers CHOSE to make it this way.

I wish it wasn’t that serious for me, but it was painful to watch a lot of this season. Not in a compelling way. I just felt genuinely fucking hurt. And embarrassed.

Is anyone else still feeling like this almost a month later? I’ve been disappointed in many shows before. But I think it would’ve hurt less if the previous two seasons were of lesser quality.