#WHY did they show daniel and armand while talking about making a fledgling

[angelofsaturday]

i know that this scene is about madeleine and louis, but I think that we moved past it and it's implications for devil's minion way too fast

[murfpersonalblog]

IWTV S2 Ep2 Musings

I absolutely adore the title cards; the "fangs" reflecting main locations of the episodes/seasons. GOD this show's attention to detail.

We open with Lou & Claud in Paris bickering about French & money; already shown in the Pix11 preview (I gave my opinions on the full scene, and another post about Claudia specifically.

Then we get Dubai. O_O Omfg. I made a separate post all about Louis & Loumand, cuz those queens were DIABOLICAL this episode.

Skipping ahead a bit! To the coven/theatre! ^0^

Ohhhh....that's a Children of Satan/Darkness nod! 👀 Only thing's that the old guard from the CoS/D actually weren't part of the Coven/Theatre anymore by the time Louis & Claudia arrived (Alessandra, Eleni, and the rest of Rhoshamandes' fledglings Santino indoctrinated & had train Armand).

So Armand is REALLY showing off, tryna impress Louis; cuz none of the members of THAT Theatre troupe are older than Armand, and not even he's as old as Charlemagne. Armand, your yaoi is showing. XD

It's wild how on one hand we have the coven simping over how pretty Louis is (except Santiago, cuz ofc 🙄); while just HATING on Claudia.

Naw, let her stay! Estelle is THIRSTY and I love her for it, bless! XD

Santiago, you shady wench, you're already on my hit list, BUFFOON; but THIS striped heifer, Celeste--

Wench, are all Parisian vampiresses frumpy busted haters like YOU?

Anyways. 🙄 I hate this effing coven already. 😒

Foreshadowing AF, Mr. I Could Not Prevent It.

Sure, Jan. 🙄 But not all violence/abuse/trauma is physical/sexual. By allowing the Theatre to put their hands on Claudia, Armand harmed Louis more than anyone ever could. Claudia was the glue keeping Louis together when he was already falling apart, and he hasn't been right ever since. BOTH of these dudes are living in a fantasy, frikkin la-la-land, as they think they're HELPING e/o, going thru all these theatrical acts & performances. But are they REALLY happy? Esp. cuz we know who's endgame for them in the books. It's bittersweet, cuz their affection's REAL. But this weird codependency just isn't healthy or right. U_U

Eff you, Daniel Hart. tryna make me cry!

Eff you, Daniel Hart, tryna make me laugh!

This scene with the naked lady (Annika) was SO GOOD! I'm glad they tastefully didn't fully show her whole body like they did in the film--if we can't see full frontal nudity for the dudes, then I don't wanna see it on the gals either. 😤 Fair's fair!

But WOAH, the sexckshuhality~!

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I don't even have words for this! 😅 Claudia! Let the man win ONCE!?

But I LOVE how candid this show is about everything from sexuality to race--and ofc discrimination.

Oh they're cooking. O_O

THEY ACTUALLY SPOKE ON THE FACT THAT ARMAND'S A BROWN ASIAN DARKER SKINNED THAN REDBONE LDPDL, I'M SHOOK--COLOR CONSCIOUS AWARD GOES TO~~~!

Armand gets to lead the coven through meritocracy, not racial privilege. HOWEVER, we've got bleach-blonde Santiago still waiting in the wings, so.... I can't wait to see more of their dynamics.

We been knew, Louis, it's ok. U_U

Armand clearly been knew, too! Like: Yeah, I'm not surprised he's cruising all the gay parks--I could tell by the way that American walked! ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

I KNOW this bish ain't talking, not Mr. Polynesian Marys! Not Mr. I Did What I Had To Do To SCORE. Not Mr. We Met In A GAY Bar. Not Mr. Black Tar And Heroin! Not Mr. Is Alicia Even REAL!? I KNOW he's not tryna shade Louis for cruising, when his closeted arse can't even handle being in a room with Armand making come-hither eyes!

I love Daniel, how he's written & acted, but ISTG I hate his character.

As opposed to Santiago, who is just--BRUH. WERK.

And this is exactly what Lestat was getting at, too. And why Akasha was wrong when she said men are the problem. Like, don't get me wrong, THEY ARE, but chile, ALL HUMANS are the problem; eff gender. Homegirl sold that old dude down the frikkin river, just to save her own skin, and her family's. COMPLICIT. OFFAL.

Santiago's disgusted by humanity, and Annika proved his point.

As for Lestat, his cold willful detachment stems from his attitude that humans are just The Meat. This version of Lestat is SO dang jaded, that humans are reduced to mere food--just like he called Miss Lily.

He doesn't need the Evil Doer creed, if he thinks ALL humans are evil/irredeemable; only worth living if they can sing & make music or something artistic. Otherwise who cares? (Which makes it VERY interesting to see what AMC!Les would say to Memnoch the Devil....)

Speaking of....

I frikkin knew it. ISTG Lestat must be asleep in 2022--if y'all have him do a Merrick and wake up in the finale, I will pass out and DIE.

The question is: WHAT put him to sleep? Is he just sad & grieving post-trial? WTF is Raglan James doing in 2022? Are we post-Memnoch? Where are TWMBK? I NEED ANSWERS, AMC! 😭

[maryhadalittlehobby]

Interview with the vampire Season S2E5 Liveblog

"Don't be afraid just start the tape"

Don't be afraid just start the tape -okay but what if I'm afraid

The San Francisco and Dubai red opening! We in for it!

Not Assad rocking his fresh roller set.

Oh my God I said it in my last review@ that Louis starts talking all dreamily and I felt like it was the pull of the Sun!! and Armand just said something in a similar vein

Fuck boy for Lunch!

There you have it! merciful death! Someone half in love with death begging for it within an hour there is Armand

That's some longer in shots on Daniel's notes but why can't I still read them what the hell!

"Did we 😗😏*smooth jazz*" i need that to become a thing  (If you watch captions that makes more sense lol)

so you climb in it close the lid and bang. a nod to Loustats first love scene post louis turning.

something something about louis (a black man) calling Daniel (a white man) boy

God Louis loo.ks so good in the 70s but damn he looks good in every decade really

Louis shows him vamp powers and Daniel says "Are you the zodiac killer" Lmao Sir what?  😂

(sidebar sidebar I Love how I'm getting a commercial for Interview with the Vampire while I'm watching Interview with the Vampire-like you got me. I was even contemplating buying It on Amazon for the uncensored version. You got me AMC)

"Do you want to now?!"Not Daniel GULPing. I volunteer as tribute!

I love the nod to the film with the start of the interview

Daniel's giving DreamStat vibes right now.  Going along parroting  Louis' complaints about Lestat and adding on lol. So the photograph scene last ep

"Will you do the thing again?" I agree to Daniel that was hot

There we go-the trigger that set Louis off was and is Daniels dismissive attitude to his trauma and in particular about Claudia.

"I took a scoop out of your throat" HA! Like ices cream?

Louis said he thinks he can't remember the rest of the interview because he was so high from Daniels blood. Interesting that tainted blood could effect them(possibly) so much

"You're a liar Daniel." "So are you Louis" Daniels is like Blah blah blah blah let's get past it. We gotta figure some shit out lol

Crackhead Louis is soooo convincing lol

OMG this fight is worse than the Lestat one. Emotional punch after emotional punch ugh my poor fledgling Loumand shipper heart.

CHOP MY HANDS OFF! MY DADDY VAMPIRE GROOMED ME INTO A LITTLE BITCH! MY BOTHER MY SISTER POOR ME!

Holy shit Louis walked out into the sun because he realized Claudia hated him. I absolutely did not expect this in THIS episode .They are in Merrick territory already! But I like this change.

Didn't love the cgi ash but the after burn effects are amazing KNB back at it again

This interrogation of 70s Daniel THIS IS TOO MUCH THiS IS TOO MUCH Armand got me quaking in my boots right now

Daniel cries out he didn't even want me in the end. ugh its not about Claudia for Louis and Lestat. Its not about Daniel with Louis and Armand. Just pawns and scapegoats

Louis and Daniel-The buddy duo. I did not know I was looking for.

Armand not telling Louis that Lestat is saying he loves him! I had to take a lap around the room. My Loustat heart. That would have absolutely made the difference in Louis going back to Lestat in the 70s.

Not both their feet in the rocks!LOL

"Met moi dan mon cercuiel"armand armand The paralells!

Not Armand convincing me to REST too. Assad killed this scene and this whole season honestly.

Louis saved Daniel by pulling rank. Daniel lowkey getting choked up about Louis words of encouragement after ugh they need to stay best friends.

Armand at the end with his comic book villian looking ah fit

Great episode no notes. Maybe my new favorite of the season.

[the-rockstar-lestat]

Real talk, do you get jealous of all the other books that you didn't write talking about how pretty Louis is? How do you deal with it? Vampires seem kinda polyam. Are you?

That's a complicated question. Louis' beauty is undeniable, so I certainly understand why they go off on how gorgeous he is--theyd have to be blind not to. And until quite recently, Louis and I were not officially back together, so I do understand the urge to, how do you put it, shoot their shots.

(little do they know complimenting Louis' looks is the LAST way to his heart. Basically, I'm the only one allowed to call him Beautiful One or the like, as he knows I'm not trying to get anything from him.)

So it's not that I'm jealous , per se. Louis is beautiful, if anything it makes me proud to have what they want so badly! And I do enjoy dressing him up and showing him off sometimes--when he allows me to!

But some vampires--David comes to mind--could afford to stop sexualizing everything he does. David's book in particular has an objectifying gaze towards Louis that I don't like. Is the feeling jealousy? Maybe. Not quite. But there is a line between admiration and objectification that I think David occasionally falls on the wrong side of.

As for polyamory. I suppose that most of us are, to some extent, polyamorous, or, at the very least, non-exclusive. Polyamory is a new word to me, and all it's associated terms and subtypes, but looking around at those around me I certainly see that very few, if any of us, confine ourselves exclusively to one person at a time.

But it's complicated. Armand , Daniel, and Marius are all involved together --though God knows it took them long enough to figure out how to work that out, and Marius is also on and off again involved with Pandora and Bianca, who are occasionally involved with each other, though neither of them are involved with Daniel or Armand. (The whole bloodline de Romanus seems to be fucking some days.) Barbara is not currently involved with anyone, but she lived in a triad situation with her maker and a fellow fledgling for years. (In the Midwest. Through Victorian times. Women get away with so much)

However, there are those who I would consider more monogamous. Seth and Fareed seem to have no other lovers, nor did, when they were alive , Maharet and Khayman.

I suppose that when death cannot part you till death do us part means little. And when one isn't concerned with things like the paternity of children, or the splitting of property, why be so concerned with sexual exclusivity? Weather we choose to have one relationship or many, I don't believe any of us require exclusivity of our partners --though some seem to wind up there almost by accidnet. Also remember, while we can have intercourse like humans, our principal act of intimacy is sharing of blood, and while we consider that a great intimacy, it is not reserved for those who have romantic feelings for each other, but for anyone one loves and cares for.

It's all muddled.

As for me, I consider myself and Louis monogamous in that we have no other romantic relationships at the time, though neither Louis or I require sexual exculsivity of each other--which is good, because I can be a slut. Frankly, I'm not sure I could DEAL with two relationships --one is hard enough! And I imagine that Louis would feel the same, especially since his relationship is me, and haven't you heard, I'm a lot. But if someone showed up and it was something Louis wanted I would be all right with it--i suppose. In theory. I don't know, maybe I'd be jealous. Sometimes I do admit to some jealousy towards Armand, as he and Louis have a very deep relationship that Louis assures me is merely platonic and always has been. Armand smirks in a way that makes me not so sure...

So to answer a very complicated question very simply, yes, most vamps are a little what you humans consider poly, but there's a huge spectrum that we fall onto. And as for me, I fall in love a little bit with everyone I meet, but as I've never fallen in love with anyone as I did Louis, I am very content to be with him and only him, for as long as it makes us both happy. For ten thousand, hundred thousand, nights.