#but i dont want to reminisce too much cuz i know i wont get it

[dragons-and-yellow-roses]

Applying to an apartment with little income and terrible credit score, in hopes that they'll be desperate enough to take me

[blueiight]

Im trying to read tvc but Im struggling with qotd cause I'm finding all the conflicts to be kind of lacking stakes? Cause I'M still mad about what Armand did to Claudia but it seems like no one else cares anymore. Is this just what the series is cause they're immortal and they get over things cuz I'm not sure I wanna keep going with the series at this point? This is just my sensibilites but I feel like seeing Claudia get murdered on television is going to be a lot more painful and hard to get over.

its entirely up to u w/ how far u want to engage with the immortal universe. i personally found qotd engaging for lore purposes at the very least if nothing else.. the stakes of conflicts do escalate imo, which may be why u feel like they dont matter as much or have stakes anymore as u worded it bc theyre not concentrated to select character dynamics asin the earlier books, but multiple characters dealing w a wider conflict that may not be as easy to ascertain?.. qotd introduces the reader to the mythical origin of vampires in the ricean universe and focuses more on the figures / concepts introduced [twmbk, akasha] at the end of tvl.. i think it was the last book where rice had her editors & after , fired such, but there are some aspects of the later series i do find engaging. the reversal of power dynamics for lxl in tobt: where les begs to be lew’s fledgling and lew is more comfortable openly professing his adoration to les.. & if nothing else, u will find lestat engaging w claudia’s ghost memory in tobt, more of armand’s backstory/rationale in tva & later lew being haunted by clauds to be somewhat engaging. i think ppl who believe amc louis knows of the revelations his white cousin learned in merrick2000 wrt to claudia playing a role into why hes more generous to lestat v his scorned voice in the 70s show interview reliant on his view of lestat’s role in claudia’s death in the second interview r onto something.. i think w the idea that “vampires r created out of trauma” the show sells too suggest that they wont be shy about claudia’s death not only in terms of the actual means but also the repercussions wrt to other characters [i had another anon who asked about this <3] lestat says in qotd most of the vampires long to be human, bc being human has become a myth to [them]. some of this notion of ‘humanity’ is entangled in this idea of forgiveness, even for the most vile of acts committed against them or their close ones.. rice’s immortal universe rly present a fascinating take on what it means to be immortal, and what these creatures consider ‘forgivable’ v ‘unforgivable’ can be considered anywhere from arbitrary to extremely irrational and unforgivable otherwise even, by any decent standards. characters r allowed to be inconvenient, ugly, disturbing, and make foolish decisions. but to say lxl dont care for claudia past a certain point i cant rly agree with that fully. i dont think the tragedy of claudia’s end diminishes her arc or is any indication of ‘faulty’ writing: in fact like i said the reminiscence on claudia vs her haunting of select parts of the later books r what i think r some of its most compelling sections that i want to see the screen. the show pivots from the books in several key ways, while drawing upon them in several more. if the series during/post qotd is not ur thing, u dont rly care for the new posse of vamps , and/or u would rather wait for the later seasons of the show to see how u adapted that is perfectly fine.

[comradesnufkin]

@starrylou

- i got drunk pretty fast.. i was one of the first ones apparently rip - i got along really well with everyone actually, even people i dont like all that much - i wished Julian (a white boy who thinks he can rap) good luck with his music and explained how i weirdly meant it even though i don’t like him ??? im like 99% sure he kissed me on the forehead. i cant explain how i know but i just do. - i told this girl from my spanish class how good at spanish she is and we laughed abt it together - i said something nice to this girl tanja but i can’t remember what.. i danced to ke$ha with her - i hugged everyone - in fact i allegedly hugged my friend katie so much that we both fell on the ground and she couldn’t get up because i was on top of her lol - i interrupted katie’s convo with this guy william to tell him that i tied his shoelaces together (he had already untied them but i felt bad so i ran across the room to let him know it was me and say sorry) - he said something along the lines of “dude i totally get it, they were there, what were you supposed to do, NOT tie them together???” and i said “EXACTLY” - i bonded with this girl melissa who i dont talk to much anymore because we used to play together in kindergarten lol, we had fun reminiscing and also settled a conflict abt a plant that would take too long to explain - i talked to this one kid who i sit close to in art class and had a really good time actually, we switched glasses and debated whose were stronger and talked abt music (he’s into heavy metal) - i talked to this girl lea abt this one argument we had with this guy in art class once and it was so fucking funny like we hardcore bonded abt that - when my friend pauline showed up to the party i hugged her and thanked her for giving me rides to the metro on wednesdays and she said “you can have all the rides you want” and it was really sweet - while i was barfing in the bathroom with william i apparently said i was cold and had my friend valentino to pour warm water over my head and then ended up doing it myself continuously using a red party cup. i ended up completely drenched. - my friend rashid called my mom to come get me cuz he thought i was gonna die - this girl (a junior i think?) who i had never spoken to and @bellardea got me a towel and were looking after me while we waited for my mom - i just remember being like ��im sorry i have no idea who you are but thank you” and she’d laugh and be like “it’s ok” - i apologized profusely to the guy who was hosting the party and who i barely talk to and he was, as i recall, very chill abt it - this guy tim and gabriel (the heavy metal dude) showed up and were like “man this happens to everybody dont even worry” and it made me feel a lot better actually - @bellardea told me something funny that also made me feel a lot better but i wont repeat for privacy reasons - basically it started off as a really fun night but ended with a lot of vomiting, crying, and the worst hangover of my life - stay away from hard liquor, kids