#armand and technology

[desertfangs]

Here are some fun/fluffy headcanons about Armand and gadgets/technology:

When Armand first bought an electric can opener in the 70s, he spent the rest of the night opening cans. He even sent Daniel to the corner market several times to get more cans of stuff. After the twelfth can, Daniel was over it and tried to explain to Armand that the 400th can would not be any different. And then Armand tried to use it on things that weren’t cans and Daniel questioned his life choices and opened another beer (not with the can opener but Armand wanted to try it and possibly stole one to open with the device). 

Armand bought at least a dozen chop-o-matics and broke the first three when he tried to chop non-food items: credit cards, bottle caps, coins, etc. He also wasted at least one pack of Daniel’s cigarettes by chopping it to bits. At least two of these vintage chop-o-matics are still in some cabinet of an abandoned apartment in the West Village, still unopened in their boxes, or were until they were found by the new residents who moved in.  

Armand bought a Ronco Rhinestone Stud Setter and quickly set to work bedazzling most of Daniel’s clothes. For a good two weeks, Daniel was stuck wearing jeans, t-shirts, sweatshirts, and polo shirts all studded with gems and stones like he’d rolled around in a craft store, including one pair of jeans with little shiny skulls stamped into the back pockets on his ass. Armand also wore a jean jacket he’d bedazzled which, if you looked closely, had some pretty gruesome designs made of rhinestones.

Daniel once bought Armand a pet rock because he thought he’d get a kick out of it. Armand was confused by the concept. “It’s not alive, Daniel.” “Yeah, it’s meant to be funny. A pet you don’t have to feed or worry about.” He set it on a shelf and Daniel pretty much forgot about it, but when they moved to the next few apartments, he noticed the pet rock kept coming with them even though most things did not. 

Armand was a very early adopter of cell phones and had one before almost anyone else. The moment the Blackberry was invented, he bought two (one for a backup). One of the first things he did when Louis moved into Trinity Gate was get him his own cell phone. 

Additionally, Armand was all about digital cameras. He bought several of the first, clunky, low-pixel models and somewhere at Trinity Gate is a box full of SD cards that have photos of every possible angle of Trinity Gate, Central Park, and half of New York City. One year for Christmas, when Daniel was at the tail end of his recovery from his madness, Armand sent him a digital camera, too, and got several emails full of photos of model cities he’d built (and a few of Rio and Marius and Daniel himself.) 

Around 2016 when they were getting popular, Armand bought three air fryers. He kept seeing ads for them and couldn’t resist the siren song of a fun new toy. Once they arrived, he wasn’t sure what to do with it so he tested one on a kitchen sponge and almost caught the house on fire. Daniel suggested they go to the store and Louis suggested he throw the devices away. They ordered a bunch of random food from a grocery delivery service, like big roasts and bricks of cheese and apples and frosted cupcakes and ice cream bars, and ruined the first two air fryers pretty fast. (Benji in particular enjoyed destroying produce and uploaded several “Will It Air Fry?” videos to the internet.) The third one sat unused in its box until one day Daniel was in some nostalgic Remember the 80s shop and found packages of shrinky dink paper, which the air fryer was surprisingly good for. 

[this-world-of-beautiful-monsters]

I don't know how popular this opinion is but personally I think the switch from book/movie Armand needing Louis to introduce him to modernity and be "the spirit of the age" to show Armand needing Louis to daddy dom him because Armand's actual dad wasn't around to do it anymore is maybe one of the top ten adaptational choices of all time.

[cryptocism]

Hi!!! I love love love your style of the “call Paris” scene!! Are you planning to do any other scenes from the devil’s minion chapter? Or would you ever consider doing a whole comic book of the chapter, for commission?

oh man thank you! i dont have immediate plans to draw any other scenes. although they are all just. so good. the "call Paris" one is obviously the favourite but im also partial to the bit where Daniel is like, "babe you Do Not know how money works. you throw your clothes away after you wear them."

considering the "call Paris" bit was like, maybe 1/5 of a page worth of prose, and ended up as 3 comic pages.... and the chapter itself is at least 30 pages worth of prose.... illustrating the entire chapter would be a pretty massive undertaking, even if it was edited down to just the Armand-and-Daniel bits without the QotD plot threads.

however (money and schedule permitting) i'd be open to doing the full chapter or scenes from the chapter for commission, although if its the full thing it would definitely take a while

[oliviascully]

I need to look into some outdated gadgets and obsolete technology that came out in the 70s/80s to see what else Armand was into (other than blenders) and find items that a certain Daniel Molloy might have gotten him as gifts

Y’all know of any?

Like imagine Daniel coming home with early video gaming systems to give to Armand!!

I really do believe he helped create modern era iPad baby Armand

[noirve]

love how armand was all "like someone got sick on the canvas?" about a modern artwork yet his own plays at that time were completely niche and experimental and just straight-up absurd

[loumandforyou]

Another cute headcanon for you: present day Armand enthusiastically showing Daniel how he can tell his iPad, Siri, to do something, like put some music on, and it does and he doesn't even have to use the mind gift or touch it!

[brawlingdiscontent]

Reflecting again on Armand’s Rashid disguise. Besides it being fucking hilarious and making for a fantastic twist (especially at a point in season 1 when we really need a break from all the downers), it gets Daniel's suspicions up and soft-launches the idea of Armand’s big lie for season 2, which is then pays off spectacularly in the finale.

Daniel: You know, real Rashid, I’m pretty good at my job. A bright young reporter with a point of view. Interviewed a fallen Catholic archbishop, four Enron vice-presidents, and if they’ve got something to hide, they always start with some kind of disguise. Not literally, not some dumb Halloween costume, gloves, contact lenses. (Armand smiles). They tell jokes, they’re charming. And then at some crisis point when I get close, it drops away and I see a flash of truth (Season 2, Episode 1)

(Screencap from KissThemGoodbye's TV gallery)

[bl0rbohandbag]

so i am confusion

i never read the books but people have said lestat rejected armand, so was this entire thing of armand telling daniel of his love affair with lestat an actual change they made to the story or was it just unreliable narrator armand narrating his original lestat x armand uwu angsty!! be nice!! no flame!! fanfiction that he has also told louis???

[adamnablelittledevil]

One they're all in a good place with each other on the show, I need Armand and Lestat to neurodivergent together

[alteregomp4]

In season three they should just have Lestat and Armand battle it out on Dress To Impress as Facebook games got to boring for them but soon realize that they're more powerful as a duo... They start bullying innocent 12 year olds for not being on theme after this realization.

[hotniatheron]

Armand and Louis are a couple that would kiss after cracking cyanide pills in their mouths just to see if it does anything and keep a spreadsheet to compare their results

[edwardashley]

I WANT TO BE A VAMPIRE’S SUGAR BABY SO BAD

[vodyanitsa]

why is every old vampire an ipad baby...

[perfettamentechic]

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[okaytosave]

Well to be fair in his own way how could he make it clear how he could not prevent it later if one couldn’t see those eyes and expression?

👁️ ^ 👁️

Armand: I could not prevent it 👁️ ^ 👁️ *sad kitty tears *

*literally watches from best seat *

[xjade-lotusx]

I love how when Armand is in love, truly in love, like he is with Daniel, he just becomes manic and feral. Stalking! (lovingly) he stalks him all across the world and is just there in the corner of Daniel's eye. Armand becomes obsessed with kitchen appliances and, because he doesn't feel like he'll be judged, does batshit wild things with them. Cooking rats and roaches and making weird blended concoctions based on color. Armand is like, "Daniel let's call Paris. The phone is fascinating. You are fascinating. Technology is fascinating. I'll pay, don't worry. Call Paris for me, pretty please." Like, is he insane? Yes. But at the same time after seeing his subdued approach to his perfectly manicured life with Louis, it'll be refreshing to see the gremlin completely out to play with Daniel.