[xxgothchatonxx]

Mel Brooks is now 100 years old. Good on him and congratulations!

[evilvampire]

“I asked ChatGPT—“ well, I asked Drusilla from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and she said I’ve spoken out of turn and will get no cakes today.

[xxgothchatonxx]

I think the vampire bond with Daniel and Armand is meant to be a subtle-as-a-brick-to-the-head visual metaphor of them being the only ones that truly see and love each other, warts and all. Obviously, they have loved (and still do love) others. But their love for each other is on a whole other level. And given how perfectly horror-movie-esque it was (seriously, that was so good!) having that kind of reciprocal, pure (well, pure for them) love scares the hell out of them. I'm just saying, it wasn't exactly that iconic dance sequence from the 2005 Pride and Prejudice, it was more like the opening scene from a zombie apocalypse movie.

That's what I'm getting from it, anyway. It is a very intense bond, and neither of them are denying it (Armand specifically dropping the "L" word- ohh those were some yummy, yummy crumbs right there, thank you, Rolin) but... well, they've got an awfully long way to go. But that's okay, they'll get there when they get there :)

[ambitiouswitch]

This is the scene those freaks on X were calling 'written as consensual' and that just Sam acted as distressed.

Mind you, I have written consensual incest in the ASOIAF fandom and this ain't it, mate.

He looks deeply distressed all the way through it. And is not only the actor, is the way they shot it, the way it's presented. Not to mention the way this is after she did her monologue basically announcing how inhuman she is, to the point other vampires are unnerved at her coldness.

To quote Goth Grandma: A bad human and a bad vampire.

Bonus to add and how fucked up this is for him:

Because she is not human, darling. In a way that even vampires are too human for her. You are an obsession. She wants to crawl under your skin and have the power she thinks you have, but there is no real love there.

[reticent-vampire]

"The little truth here is the admission that the love that was distracting him was for Molloy, not for Louis." - Assad Zaman

[xxgothchatonxx]

So, I will do another post talking more about Louis and Regina (how this episode subverts the "doppelganger character in a vampire story" trope that usually irritates me to no end. I think this show is doing an actual interesting subversion of it though, I'll talk later) but for now, I'll just say that when Louis was about to bring up the book, I literally said out loud "oh for fucks sake, WHAT ARE YOU DOING, LOUIS??"

Now mind you, this is very in-character for Louis! So, I wasn't "ffs-ing" about OOC-ness or anything like that. But I was just like "oh my God, you're doing this NOW????" ...but then he didn't. But then Regina worked it out anyway so- yeah, this subplot was a rollercoaster, and it's gonna keep being that way, isn't it?

[sandushengshou]

[lioncourtz]

THE VAMPIRE LESTAT 03.04 | "The Devil's Road"

[reticent-vampire]

[cbrownjc]

So the question remains, which one is the show going to go with -- that Armand couldn't read Daniel's mind because of their past love affair and the blood exchange during it, or... that he just was choosing not to because he loved Daniel. 🤔

For the record, if it's not clear by now, I have always preferred the former option to the latter. If, for no other reason, than it makes it crystal freakin' clear that yes, the two of them were lovers during that past between them, no ifs, ands, or buts about it. And I very much do NOT want to wait through another hiatus for that fact to be made clear.

Also, IMO, there is zero interesting story about Armand stalking Daniel and loving him from afar for 52 years. 🤷🏾‍♀️

Anyway, I have felt for a while (thanks to the leaks) that this was how the show was going to finally reveal that the past Devil's Minion era lovers' relationship with Armand and Daniel did happen. And that I can't wait for! Finally!! It feels like I have been waiting for that forever...

[reticent-vampire]

The Vampire Lestat 3.04

[reputayswift]

I think he's in a really good place <3

[were-writes]

Will humanity ever be free of the influence of Edna Mode? Can any of us so much as consider the character design for a hero or villain without her manifesting in the room, fully aware of our sins?

[were-writes]

You know what, another layer of difficulty is when you’re thinking about villains, and the wise words of Megamind come into your head. You don’t just want your child to be just a regular villain. But how do you make your villain a Supervillain with no cape? Where is the drama? But Edna says no capes, you must deny them the flair. It is impossible to please them both, and it’s tearing this family apart.

[sci-the-superb]

you. you get it.

(tags via @jeremiahsmysteriosotouch)

[deadblogdontlook]

Counteroffer: Big dramatic cloak to protect your identity that you drop on the floor before every fight

[krshush]

#there are two wolves inside you #one is edna mode #the other is megamind  (@remnantofahero) 

[silver-tongues-blog]

I can’t believe the compromise is Obi-Wan Kenobi

[marlynnofmany]

“No capes!”

“Game on, then.”

[cheeseanonioncrisps]

Okay, but I love that Gandalf is just dropping his cloak to reveal another, slightly smaller cloak underneath it.

[worldheritagepostorganization]

World Heritage Post

[cbrownjc]

I think we saw a hint of Armand and Daniel's bond, and how it works, back in Season 2

So, does anyone else remember the moment at the top of EP 2x03 where Armand and Daniel are talking together, by themselves in the library, right before Armand shares his story about Lestat?

You know, this moment:

And then, Armand and Daniel just kind of stare at each other for a second before Armand speaks again, but this time, Daniel's recorder doesn't pick up a word Armand says. Remember?

Well, after EP 3x03, and what Lestat pulled with Daniel, only speaking to him telepathically for half an hour, I at first thought what had happened during this moment in 2x03 was something similar. (And yes, I was confused because I, personally, do not think Armand could do so by the time Daniel came to Dubai.)

Except... when what happened in 2x03 happened, Armand wasn't really saying anything of huge consequence when he did speak again. He was just telling Daniel that Louis would wake up when the sun went down. Like, that's all he said, and all Daniel's audio equipment didn't record. It's innocuous and not really something you would make sure wasn't recorded, I don't think.

Well, what if Armand wasn't speaking to Daniel telepathically? What if... that was actually a moment of their bond together in play? That Armand, for a moment, when not even thinking about it, pulled himself and Daniel into that "other" space for a moment, where it is just the two of them. And that is why the recording device didn't pick up Armand's voice for that one blip of a moment?

If that is what was going on, then... yeah, that is a hell of a bond the two of them have, I'd say, if even recording devices can't pick up what they are saying to each other when it manifests... 🥺

[virginiaisforvampires]

Okay. Okay. How do you interpret the scene when Lestat talks about Gabi tending to his wounds and them being mother and son? For me, it felt like Lestat almost being able to acknowledge that something very wrong happened there (I'm not sure he would even admit that to himself but he was getting at something). But bringing it up in that moment is so loaded.....it's like he wanted to express that she's his mother and they shouldn't do this, but then she tells him she loves him, and that overcomes it?

It is loaded.

He was acknowledging that he was always aware of the underlying sexual advances disguised as "care" and also pointing out that they are mother and son. He doesn't want this with her, but then she crosses the line, gives him what he wants via the "I love you", and it fully cements her "expectations" from him.

Remember?

The price for her "love" is fucking her.

And it tears Lestat apart.

[cbrownjc]

Also, like, it's quite fucked up that the first time we ever heard Gabriella tell her son that she loves him... was at that moment.

She never said it to him when she came to him when he was hurt, beaten down, and almost got killed -- by either the wolves in the past, or the Fang Gang in the present-day.

Lestat couldn't get even the simplest love or affection from her. Not after his brothers beat him up in front of her, not after eight wolves almost killed him.

The only affection that she could give him that embodied what he craved from her was ... well, what we saw her do as she "attended" to him after the wolf incident.

And only when he was fully surrendering to what she had been clearly signaling as the thing that she wanted from him (for, IMO, a long time now)... did she finally tell him that she loved him.

Like, Gabriella did not want to be a mother; that is clear as day. But that never removed the fact that, like it or not, Lestat is still her son. Meaning she held the power over him to have this all become what it has.

Because Lestat, clear as day, never wanted it to be this way with them. All he was looking for, ever since he was a boy, was the love and care of his mother.

And she could never give him that. And, IMO, never can.

Gabriella clearly can't give him a mother's love and affection. She just does not have that ability, given her life before she was turned. And after she was turned, she sought out every way she could to cut away everything she had been before, IMO. Including being forced to start physically being a mother at a young age.

Because, emotionally? She rejected being one. She had no use or care for her older two sons. And Lestat, she only saw as an extension of herself and her own dead hopes, dreams, and wishes for herself.

Some people should never be parents. And, IMO, Gabriella Vece was one of those types of people.

So, because of all of that -- how she clearly viewed him, as well as herself -- there became only one way Gabriella could ever give Lestat any love and affection he craves from her.

And she made it clear what those conditions were/are and what would be required by him for her to give it.

It's insane and fucked up. But if Lestat wants her to stay, then he knows he has to acquiesce to the things she wants, even if it's something that he very much does not want.

If she stays away, he can hate her, but he's alone. If she's there, he'll hate himself, but... at least he's not alone and unloved.

So, along with being fucked up, it's just, overall, heartbreakingly sad as well.

[virginiaisforvampires]

These expressions are still so fucking devastating to me and I need to think about something else and so I'm just gonna say how amazing Sam Reid is and I'm gonna think about his magnificent acting here and imagine how Lestat will react when he finally hears "I love you" from Louis.

Because y'all. I can't even truly fathom it. The thought of it makes me want to run screaming through my living room wall.

That "I love you" from Louis will break this man, and it'll break me right along with him. 😭

[eosphoroz]

Them ✨

[xxgothchatonxx]

I really really enjoyed episode four of The Vampire Lestat. Again, weird word to use considering the themes this series deals with but, wow, that was so good. I have quite a lot to say about the dynamics and arcs explored in this episode... but for now I'll end with this:

"What now, Daddy Lou?" ...the gasp I made was not human. (Ok going to clarify to calm any concerns - no, Regina is not Claudia reincarnated or any of that bullshit. Thank God.)