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People mischaracterize Armand as a Machiavelliain, politically minded, schemer type smart when he's actually a renaissance art-science-philosophy type smart. He'd rather be studying modern inventions and debating what happens after we die with his boyfriends than running things.
However people keep putting this poor man in charge of things!!! Which is boring!!! He is meant to be in charge of (dotting/fussing over) one-three people and that is his limit!!! And that person (those people) must have philosophy debating on their resume(s)!!!
Getting to mess around with a projector and watch plays over and over again was like the only benefit of being a director for Armand.
Just let him stay home with his self directed projects and his found family, he does not want more responsibility
Not to derail(?) but, book universe specific. Being kidnapped (at least) twice plus cult leader and then theatre manager four times in a row cause a blonde man decided to look at you (although he absolutely instigated the children of darkness stuff it was his horrendous miscalculation to try to get a rise out of Lestat and Gabrielle de Lioncourt but especially Lestat regarding Nickistat) at that point… cause 500 year old who looks like a cherub vs baby vampire who is mentally 20 and can rationalize away his own permanent demise if he has to, Lestat will win on account of having the nerve, being mentally in his 20s atheism but the 18th century specific kind. Capacity to love, altruism and most importantly in this case feeling like he cannot possibly lose even more.
Also this does to some extent contextualize his cuck chair and devils minion stuff apart from that Anne Rice vampires like humans in real life love their pattern recognition (and PTSD).
KATIE: What do you think it is that draws Armand to Louis so much so strongly? ASSAD: [] I think the shining light that Louis brings is his fascination about humanity and life – that Armand has lost in a way, or has been searching for, for a long time. When they meet in Paris that's what draws Armand to him. When you strip away all of it, Armand has been going stale for a long time and has grown tired of pretending I think, and the tragic thing about him is he goes through cycles of doing this. This isn't the first time he's thrown all of himself into someone in the hopes that that someone will save him from the darkness that's in him. [] (Pensively) So um, yeah. And plus Louis is hot. So, there's that. (Grins)
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ASSAD: Everyone's fucking everyone in the theatre, and Louis comes and joins in... AUTUMN: (Jokes) He goes up to those little theatre boxes up there. ASSAD: I wonder if Armand ever proposed that... - AUTUMN: For centuries Armand had been a part of a coven. Even before then, at Marius's, it had this school with all these other boys. He had been surrounded by peers for 500 years almost. To -present day, in Dubai, in the penthouse- just Armand and Louis. It's so isolated. I'm curious, how does that isolation play into the story? ASSAD: (Jokes) He's not isolated, he's got Real Rashid, and his little minions - human minions. When Molloy's not around, they're all having a giant orgy together. AUTUMN: That's why the bed was so big, damn! ASSAD: Exactly, gotta fit all of them in! All the Rashids – They're all called Rashid by the way. - AUTUMN: I've come to understand that you are selling some paintings from a certain penthouse, and are maybe looking to replace those paintings with some new ones. [] I have some very superb quality paintings here. [] Last one is called 'The Creation of Daniel'. We've got two heads to represent Young Daniel and Old Daniel. ASSAD: I think I'm almost too clothed in it, that's the only thing! But this one is a favorite. Definitely, definitely.
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ERIC: These guys can do anything they want to Daniel, so I'm as eager to find out as everyone else because of the way the books are structured there's many, many options that can happen. Although Assad has been like lording it over me how he's going to throw me around in the future. ASSAD: And I think actually secretly Eric cannot wait for those moments. He's looking forward to those.
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ERIC: If I hadn't been bitten by a vampire, then what would I have become? [] He's all shook up with that stuff. All that energy just gets put into, "I've gotta figure this out." Plus, I hate this guy [Armand]. I don't like him, at all. ASSAD: There's a thin line between love and hate.
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ASSAD: I think it's there in a number of ways that we can explore it, [] And I have always said I am more than willing to go down the "Devil's Minion" route with Eric or Luke or both. It might be a nice parallel, alternate reality version to do a three-way. (Laughs) ERIC: [] I was playing catch up on reading the books when we started, and I just finished the seventh book after we got back from Prague. Way back in the beginning, when we first met each other, Assad kept saying, "Yeah, we're hooking up." And I hadn't gotten there yet, so I wasn't sure what he was talking about. ASSAD: He didn't believe me. SCREENRANT: [] Assad, is there one character you wish you had gotten to spend more time with, or that you hope Armand spends more time with in future seasons? ASSAD: [] Going forward, I hope to see Armand and Daniel's new relationship and dynamic. Whether we get to see some of that, I think it's going to be really fun to do.
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ERIC: For Assad specifically, are you excited about our budding romance in future seasons? ASSAD: Mister, I've been excited since day one. Since the day I met you, as well.
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Season three will be a major change for Armand too, as the finale left him dumped by Louis after his lies caught up with him. He also fathered his first fledgling, journalist Daniel Molloy, but much to the disappointment of Devil's Minion fans everywhere, it happened offscreen. Zaman jokes that he and Bogosian had "decided to play the scene just so that he could get into character in the next scene" and that "it was hot and steamy but room to get hotter and steamier, is all I can say." Prepare yourselves, shippers!
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There are questions left unanswered on purpose, like when did Armand turn Daniel and was it consensual or not? Plus, is this the beginning of the Daniel and Armand romance from the books? (Yes, non-book readers, you read that correctly.) Exploring the answers to these burning questions, Zaman says, is something "I'm fucking excited about." "I have no idea what's coming," Bogosian adds in their joint interview. "No one does. It's all locked in the minds of Rolin and Hannah [Moscovitch, writer]. I'd love to see the two of us after everybody's gone, just getting really shitfaced someplace, and then all of a sudden, he's biting me." We would, too. Daniel is Armand's first fledgling now, after all. We need to know why Armand chose him. "He's been waiting to get my clothes off for two years now," Bogosian teases, with a laugh. "And we'll get there."
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I tell Bogosian that if Armand and his Daniel get together in Interview with the Vampire season three, it'll be my first real ship to ever kiss on-screen, so he has to tell Rolin Jones they have to do it for me. He laughs and comes out with the goods. "Well, I know we've certainly been... We would be shooting those scenes at the end, and Assad would just be like, 'Wait till I get my hands on you. But I don't know if he's going to his hands on me or l'm getting my hands on him.” He grins at me with another sly smile. "But yeah, I will tell Rolin. And he doesn't listen to me anyway, but I will tell him. And we'll be finding out soon enough."
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TV GUIDE: Armand is now just out there in the world, he's been left behind by Louis who found out all of his treacherous ways. ASSAD: Listening to Lestat's double album. On repeat. Seeing if there's a song about him. Which one's about me? Which one's about me?! TV GUIDE: You've given me a lot to ponder. Armand being sad in the bathtub listening to Lestat's music trying to figure out if- ROLIN: I don't know if it's 'sad'... ASSAD: ...More mad! More mad. ROLIN: (Still doubtful) Mmph... SAM: I think he's gonna like Lestat's music. I can imagine Armand with a Vampire Lestat tour t-shirt. ASSAD: Oh, for sure. For sure. I think he hates that he does love every aspect of Lestat. He hates it but he fucking loves it at the same time.
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(Non exhaustive) compilation of Assad Zaman fudanshi-ing out and captaining all the Armand ships. Except for Lesmand. Sam Reid's already captaining that one.
moodboard for when you miss armand
Top 10 Most “Kudos-ed” (Completed) Fics on AO3 of 2023:
Damaged Goods by slytherin_after_dark - E, 50 chapters, Words: 150,499 - Hermione, now in her mid-20s, is back at Hogwarts to pursue higher education. Trying to forget the trauma carved into her by the war, she spends one lust-filled night with a certain pureblood. But that night will have consequences. While her personal life unravels, a string of mysterious murders forces her to work together with Draco Malfoy, who himself seems to carry many secrets. "He scared her. Not because he wielded killing curses like they were nothing, but because he seemed to understand her in a way that even she didn’t. The more she let him in, the more power he had to destroy her." Come for the smut, stay for the plot. Read if you like: - Murder mystery - Dark Arts - Hurt/ Comfort - Hermione and Draco both deal with PTSD - Angst, so much angst
In These Silent Days by HeyJude19 - E, 14 chapters, Words: 67,209 -Hermione is familiar with fighting: for respect, for attention, for justice. She’s even made a career of it; working on behalf of creatures and beings. But her battle against the Ministry’s marriage law is one she loses. Badly. And now, she has to contend with not only public derision and patriarchal politics, but her growing feelings for her government-mandated spouse.
The Silver Envelope by sinflower81 - E, 70 chapters, Words: 192,647 - “Tell me again to release you, Granger. Tell me again that you just want to be friends.” It’s been five years since Draco last spoke to Granger. Things are different now, and though earning her trust will be a challenge, he can’t seem to keep himself away. Hermione has been busy advocating for elves around the world, but when her breakup with Ron turns her life upside-down, she knows there’s only one person who can help her. Alternating POVs between Hermione and Draco. Slow burn, eventual smut, light dom/sub. Diverges from canon after Voldemort's defeat.
In Silence & Submission by gillianeliza - E, 29 chapters, Words: 69,694 - 10 years after the war everything has changed. Enemies turned into friends and lovers. Fear turned into hope. Pain into joy. Everyone has moved on except for Hermione Granger. Nestled within her friend group, now made up of not just Harry and Ginny, but also Theodore Nott, Pansy Parkinson, Blaise Zabini and of course Draco Malfoy, she was content to allow the trauma of her past to haunt her. More than just content - it was what she felt she deserved - until one evening Draco Malfoy decided enough was enough. This is a low stakes, split POV fic that deals heavily with life AFTER the Battle of Hogwarts. You will find the POV of either Hermione or Draco stated in bold italics, in the middle whenever it shifts. Please read all tags as this work deals with BDSM, kink, trauma recovery, & suicidal ideation.
A Game of High Stakes by In_Dreams - E, 51 chapters, Words: 263,110 - In theory, the task is simple: kill Draco Malfoy. In practice, putting a curse through the Dark Lord's favoured lieutenant will take everything Hermione has―especially since he's trying to kill her, too. Even more so when the lines between them start to blur. Sometimes, the only way out is through.
Hogwarts: A History (Hermione's Version) by Lizzie_carlile - M, 38 chapters, Words: 141,828 - Lord Voldemort has been defeated, and the children of the Wizarding War are thriving. When the heir to the Most Ancient and Noble House of Black is adopted and takes her place in the family with her loving fathers, a new trio is formed. With her best friend and her brother by her side, Hermione Black is thrust into a world that she never knew existed. Will whispers from the past threaten to destroy the world she knows? Or will love once again conquer all? Another take of the Nice Things AU. What would happen if Draco asked Hermione to the Yule Ball before Ron Weasley had a chance to?
Teach Me How to Forget by scullymurphy - E, 20 chapters, Words: 109,646 - Hermione Granger is 27 years old when her life falls apart. Cheated-on, flatless, fed up with her job, she decides to change one thing she can--take a class and try for some career advancement. But change is never easy, especially when an old enemy is the catalyst. And the class instructor. "Just as the minute hand clicked over to the hour, the doorknob twisted and a figure slipped into the room. He was tall, a bit windblown. Hermione had a general impression of crisp cuffs and polished leather, and then a more specific one of the most beautiful grey coat—highlighting his shoulders and eyes, skimming to just the right place on his knife creased trousers. His movements were precise and confident. He was wearing the softest-looking gloves. He was not Professor Belinda Rowle. He was Draco bloody Malfoy."
The Order of Serpents by bl_crtz - E, 44 chapters, Words: 193,506 - During the Battle of Hogwarts, Harry Potter walked into the forbidden forest, died, and walked out with crimson eyes as the new vessel of the Dark Lord. Since then, Hermione Granger served as an elite member of the True Order, isolating herself from other Order members and going on missions alone, not only haunted by the loss of her best friend, Harry, but Ron who had run away after the battle. Three and a half years later, Draco Malfoy shows up with his two year old son on the Order’s doorstep seeking to switch sides. Together, Draco and Hermione are forced to deal with not only each other, but their own past and confront who they’ve become because of the war.
The Contender by rubykrishna - E, 9 chapters, Words: 58,875 - Hermione stopped walking. Her eyes scanned back up the roster until they found the name that she initially mistook for a typo. Draco Malfoy….Beater. She could comprehend the words, the name and the meaning. She understood that his name being on the roster meant he was the starting Beater for England’s national team, but for whatever reason, when her eyes ran over the black ink, her brain could not articulate any emotions or reaction.
Sincerely Yours by LovesBitca8 - E, 10 chapters, Words: 40,759 - A smile tickled the corners of Hermione’s mouth as she clicked Send. She listened to the whoosh of the message and then turned off her computer. When the ping! had come in, she’d had one foot half-out the door of her flat. She’d dropped her coat and darted for her computer desk, a wide grin blossoming at her inbox. You’ve Got Mail.
leo tolstoy really managed to kill two birds with one stone when he said that not only did sonya never look happier than when she was dressed as a man, which is,,,,, definitely cisgender behavior, but also nikolai saw her dressed as a man and suddenly all his doubts were gone and it was just crystal clear to him that he must marry her, which is,,, definitely heterosexual behavior.
watching nbc hannibal is going from reading the episode descriptions as you comb through s1 and being like 😟 these murders are getting intense wdym today’s monster is a mushroom man… now it’s the angel maker… now why is this guy turning people into human instruments ??? to reaching s3 aka will’s gothic heroine adventures in italy arc where he turns a man into a lightning bug sculpture for Love and also Just For Fun and slowly touches the heart hannibal (his ex-psychiatrist and soon to be ex-boyfriend) made for him out of the off-brand version of himself and you’re just sitting there like yeah this is Normal. love watching that little guy run around the catacombs in the darkness and then getting his head sawed open a few episodes later. this isn’t even that insane if you think about it
Can you believe we can just live in our houses with little animals
I can pick one up and kiss it any time you can just smooch them
Every day I wake up to little animal snores in my bed is a revelation
Sometimes you will be lying down and a little animal will stomp all over your body and organs 🥰
the secret history wip i’ll probably adjust some stuff
i’m sorry but if i don’t disappear mysteriously, causing an odd group of people who knew me to get together to solve my disappearance, all the while they find out they all knew wildly different versions of me and didn’t really know me at all, then what has this all been for?
Louis Rhead - ‘Ariel’
closeted bisexual da narrators r really just like what if i compared my close male friend to a prince
Light Yagami is so unintentionally funny like yeah sure L was witty but that was intentional and will never top Light simultaneously taking himself super seriously and doing the most laughably ironic things with zero self-insight
Remember that time Light got so offended that Lind L. Tailor called him a murderer that he straight up murdered him on live tv?
And then accused Misa of tarnishing Kira’s name because she killed someone who disagreed with Kira on live tv?
Remember when Ryuk was like “then you’d be the only evil person left” and Light was like “nah bc I’m like, a really good student. If you get an A on your paper it actually stands for ‘Allowed to murder people just because you feel like it’ so I’m all good actually.”
Dean was basically killed because he was bi. I KNOW people will say that’s a stretch. But logically, as the story was written, his only happy ending should have been with Cas. They couldn’t let that happen. And they couldn’t give him a Heterosexual Growing Old Montage like they did Sam because of it. So the logical conclusion? Kill him. They couldn’t even show him reuniting with Cas because they KNEW it would’ve had to be gay. They could barely show him mourning Cas because after that love confession, any mourning could’ve been read as gay now. So his happy ending was taken from him and he had to die tragically and have a lackluster happy ending driving in heaven where we didn’t even see what he actually would’ve wanted to do in heaven because once again: it would have been gay. This was bury your gays but worse because he was killed for it before he even got the chance to say it. He was punished and left with an unsatisfying ending because he loved a man.
when lorde said “it drives you crazy getting old” and oasis said “my body feels young but my mind is very old” and florence welch said “we’re just children wanting children of our own” and mitski said “mom, am I still young? can I dream for a few months more?” and hozier said “i need to be youthfully felt, ‘cause god i never felt young”
Needs to be a term for a male character you’re like ambivalent on until you enage with the fandom and how they view the character and develop a rabid hatred towards him
The reverse is also true where maybe you’re largely ambivalent on a female character and develop a rabid attachment to them the second you see how the fandom views her. The distortion effect, maybe.
the gender reverse of both of these happens too. male character i was fairly neutral about in a new show, until i got into the fandom and saw how they viewed the character and treated his trauma vs that of every other character and decided ‘if no one else will love you, then i fucking will.’ versus the female character who wasn’t particularly on my radar bc i had other favorites, but then the fandom got so large and rabid (particularly about a certain ship) that i started hating her just for spite.
the luther hargreeves and lena luthor effects, if you will.