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Intellectually I understand that it almost certainly won't go like this, but I can't deny that I'd be disappointed to find out that Armand didn't stay in Dubai to look after Louis. He was clearly very protective of Louis and still in love with him. I find it unlikely that he'd be the one feeling put upon in the breakup, given the reason for it. So he's probably continuing to feel protective of and in love with Louis. Personally, if I was in his situation, I would hide myself from Louis but still guard him as best I could. I can't imagine just abandoning him knowing that he was likely about to get attacked by a fuckton of vampires. And I hope dearly that for Armand it's the same.
Unlikely, since the show wants to push Loustat and Devil's Minion and leave Loumand behind, but I still personally feel like that would make the most sense for Armand to do.
#interview with the vampire#iwtv#loumand#otp: I want you more than anything in the world#louis de pointe du lac#the vampire armand#armand#my little amber-eyed pumpkin#loumand meta#loumand musings
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we joke about louis being helen of troy, but guys, he got lestat and armand in a singular look down bad crying at the gym.
these ancient vampires who were feral about each other took one look at his bright ass eyes and his cocky little half smile and just lost their fucking minds.
their asses 404 errored the second he batted his eyes in their direction. there is no recovery.
#only polyamory could fix this lol#lestat de lioncourt#louis de pointe du lac#the vampire Armand#loustat#loumand#loumandstat#IWTV#interview with the vampire#musings
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After the first night, I thought I would die of this thirst. After the second, I thought I would perish screaming. After the third, I only dreamed of it in weeping and in desperation, licking at my own blood tears on my fingertips. After six nights of this when I could bear the thirst no longer, they brought a struggling victim to me.
At the end of seven more nights, when I was starved to the point where even the scent of the blood didn't rouse me, they laid the victim-a small boy child of the streets crying for pity-directly in my arms.
Some twenty weeks were passed in this misery. I didn't even believe anymore that the bright and fantastical world of Venice had ever existed. And I knew my Master was dead. I knew it. I knew that all I loved was dead. I was dead.
2X08 "AND THAT'S THE END OF IT. THERE'S NOTHING ELSE." || The Vampire Armand
#iwtvedit#iwtv#interview with the vampire#iwtv spoilers#interview with the vampire spoilers#the vampire armand#the vampire chronicles#armand#louis de pointe du lac#loumand#blood#starvation#just musing on why armand went along with the trial but then changed his mind & saved louis from the wall#it doesn't seem like an act of self-preservation for once so maybe it was something to do with...... all this.#the parallels in general are a lot#(disclaimer still only read bits and pieces of the books and i know none of this stuff has been referenced in the show yet)
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#sun bleached flies just IS the loumand song--#it was for THEM#and it makes me ACHE#how much of their pain is similar but different but same font but--#i weep for them always <33#armand fr heard the 'god loves you but not enough to save you' line and had to stare at the ceiling for six hours--#✞ — he'll never escape what he's made up of. // muse rambles.
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IWTV S2 Ep3 Musings - Lesmand vs Loumand Parallels/Foreshadowing (Spoilers)
AMC, this is SINISTER writing. 👀
SINISTER, I say! 😈🔥
#interview with the vampire#iwtv season 2 spoilers#justice for claudia#the vampire armand#loumand#pyromaniac du lac#the hype is real#must see tv#iwtv tvc metas
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DASH!!! or; kpop music to listen to when you're a vampire chasing someone for sport. or maybe just walking really fast and vibing sometimes because, like, whatever you'll catch the guy eventually.
Track list:
Shadow - f(x): why not warm up with an amazing song about stalking
Dash - NMIXX: I wanna dash, I wanna run it, I wanna run it run it DASH!
Baddie - IVE: I'm a baddie, ba-ba-baddie, baddie/Pretty little risky baddie/뭐든 될 대로 되라지/Catch me if you caAAAAan
The Chaser - INFINITE: definitely one i added because of the title and bpm but the lyrics are weirdly appropriate so here we are
LOVE BOMB - fromis_9: I MEAN...
As if it's Your Last - Blackpink: It's certainly going to be someone's last
I'm so sick - Apink: I'm so sick of lying........ You gotta know that☹️
Sleepless Night - 9 Muses: Metronomic!
Feel My Rhythm - Red Velvet: look it's sampling bach and it's cute but the hihats make it sound it lowkey wants to kill you what else was i supposed to do?
Eve, Psyche & The Bluebeard's wife - LE SSERAFIM: this is probably the title of a painting in the Loumand loft
Catellena - Orange Caramel: okay so here we have a kpop song sampling a punjabi folk song and the lyrics have all the antagonistic homoerotic yearning of Jolene and the music video has an extended metaphor comparing sushi to beauty standards and maybe capitalism?? i'm just saying it's avant garde enough for Armand
YES or YES - TWICE: 😊 Hey boy! /Look, I'm gonna make this simple for you😊 /You got two choices😊/Yes or YES? 😊
Hold on Tight - aepsa: Keep on moving!
PICK ME - PRODUCE 48: From now on, you’re mine, mine, mine, only mine mine, mine, mine (Superstar)
BBoom BBoom - Momoland: Great!
LIAR LIAR - Oh My Girl: Your freedom is OVER!
Oh! my mistake - April: You’re not allowed to make me feel lonely
Gotta Go - Chung Ha: Gotta go, gotta go
Smiley - Yena: [through gritted teeth] And I say, hey!/I’m gonna make it smile, smile, smile away/I’ll smile prettily and move past it/Just smile away, just smile away-ay,
GingaMingaYo - Billlie: Wel! Come! to! the! Strangeee-eeee! World! WOW!
Catch Me if You Can - SNSD: yeah, good luck with that
Wife - (G)I-DLE: I [pick lint off your couch] it's so twinkle twinkle
Run - BTS: Run, run, run!
RUN2U - StayC: So I run to you!! [unsettling chord progression]
Up & Down - EXID: free shit post vid idea...Armand telephathically moving Daniel's chair up and down during the chorus
Magnetic (Starlight Remix) - ILLIT: Dash-da-da, dash-da-da, dash-da, like it's magnetic
ETA - NewJeans: The day you couldn't come [home from your fuck pad]/The day [Daniel] got in so much trouble/The day [I] couldn't break up with [my husband]/The day [I had to kill our neighbor]/The day [Lestat's voice showed up in my mind]/I HEARD. HIM. SAY.......
I Don't Care - 2NE1: I don't care e e e e e, I don't care e e e e e e
Red Flavor -Red Velvet: Red flavor, I'm curious, honey/It tastes like slowly melting strawberry when I bite into it
ASAP - NewJeans: H-h-h-hi, it's me again, I'm back (hey)/Let's talk ASAP/Do you have the time?//A-S-A-P, baby/Hurry up, don't be lazy/A-S-A-P, baby/Hurry up, don't say maybe/A-S-A-P, baby/Hurry up, don't say/Hurry up, don't say/Just for a minute/Tik-tok, tik-tok, tik-tok, tik, tik tik-tok, tik-tok, tik-tok, tik, tik tik-tok, tik-tok, tik-tok, tik, tik...........
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some random recent wishes from the bounty of IWTV kink meme requests--the full list is amazing!
note: so many thanks to @vampire-dove for maintaining this anon kink meme for us.
to play: click on the form link on the left side of the kink meme page. please go add more. please fill prompts. have you mused about your favs exploring each others’ bodies today? NO? would you like to?
Armand/Louis de Pointe du Lac Blood Drinking
loumand have been fucking but they haven't shared blood yet
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Raglan James/Daniel Molloy
Daniel Molloy and whoever the hell Justin Kirk is playing (Raglan? Marius?). Dubai, pre-vampire Daniel. Just two old men screwing while screwing over vampires.
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Lestat de Lioncourt/Louis de Pointe du Lac Past Rape/Non-con, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
modern-day au. when impoverished Lestat de Lioncourt comes into the vast inheritance left to him by his stalker, he makes a lot of changes in his life. the first is tackling his illiteracy. he's making steady progress, but braving the public library has been life-altering--especially since meeting the hot librarian who recommends him books for them to argue about.
other life goals include buying an actual house, exploring the wonders of having health insurance, enjoying the ability to buy new clothes. and getting over the trauma of magnus's attack. and being able to be intimate with someone again. little things like that. mostly he just wants to hang out around all the free books, in sight of his very beautiful new friend.
non-ao3 tags: anxiety about sex, louis is compassionate, adult learning is not a punchline, louis knows all the best erotica
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Claudia/Madeleine Claudia starts realizing that she's getting the same kind of butterflies around Madeleine as she did around boys, perhaps even stronger. One night after Madeleine called to visit, Claudia takes her exploration into her own hands and imagination.
While Claudia is in the throes of her self pleasure, Madeleine returns to retrieve something she'd forgotten, only to hear Claudia's moans through the half-closed door. Peering inside, she watches for a moment, her own hunger growing inside her, before she can't hold herself back. Swooping into the room, Madeleine takes charge of the situation (not in a dom sense; just in an experienced sense) and shows Claudia the joys of lesbian sex.
TLDR: Claudeleine + masturbation interruptus, first times, (slight) voyeurism, experienced teaching the inexperienced
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Armand/Daniel Molloy, Lestat de Lioncourt/Louis de Pointe du Lac Possessive Behavior, Possessive Armand, Vampire Daniel Molloy
Daniel wants to interview Lestat, but apparently he’s like catnip to older vampires. Lestat flirts relentlessly, Louis finds it funny, and Armand is possessive.
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Armand/Louis de Pointe du Lac Trans Louis de Pointe du Lac, Trans Armand, Lesbian Sex
dyke loumand have sex on a motorbike
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Lestat de Lioncourt/Louis de Pointe du Lac Birthday Sex, Consensual Somnophilia, Marathon Sex, Established Relationship, Consensual Kink Loustat having (enthusiastic!) free use agreement on their respective birthdays (including somnophilia).
I couldn't find free use kink tag so let's pretend it's there. Ideally, would have two parts, one on louis' birthday, one on lestat's, but picking one would be good too!
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Daniel Molloy/Louis de Pointe du Lac Post-Season/Series 02, Canon Compliant, Murder, Blood Drinking, Shower Sex, Bottom Louis de Pointe du Lac louis gets back home a few days later to a newly turned daniel who has been holed up in the penthouse since he killed a couple employees as soon as he'd gone through the worst of his transformation. vampire daniel with newfound zest for life comes onto him.
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Lestat de Lioncourt/Louis de Pointe du Lac Top Louis de Pointe du Lac, Bottom Lestat de Lioncourt, Dominant Louis de Pointe du Lac, Submissive Lestat de Lioncourt, Spanking, Crybaby Lestat de Lioncourt, Cock Warming, Orgasm Delay, Orgasm Denial, Orgasm Edging, Begging
After Lestat comes back home flaunting Antoinette's scent, trying to get a rise out of Louis, he gets what he wants. But Louis, determined not to give in so easily, makes him beg for it.
Bonus points if Louis makes Lestat play the piano with his cock in him.
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Daniel Molloy/Louis de Pointe du Lac Painplay, High Heels, Foot Fetish, Orgasm Edging, Verbal Humiliation, Bottom Louis de Pointe du Lac could be an AU or canonverse. louis likes high heels, daniel likes it when louis gets a little mean.
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so I am but one cheerleader--if anyone else wants to make posts promoting requests they'd like to see, you might catch the eye of a like-minded author or fellow dreamer!
#iwtv kink meme#iwtv#interview with the vampire#louis de pointe du lac#lestat de lioncourt#armand#claudia#daniel molloy#madeleine#armandaniel#loumand#loustat#louis/daniel#claudeleine#raglan james/daniel molloy#kink meme
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Okayyyy. I have some kinda unconventional ones, and others that are just kinda vibes. Or lame.
The Stolen Child | Loreena McKennitt - A beautiful setting of the Yeats poem. It's about a child being lured by fairies. Is Armand the child, or the fairy? Depends on the time in his life. It's just. Ugh.
Away with us he's going, The solemn-eyed: He'll hear no more the lowing Of the calves on the warm hillside Or the kettle on the hob Sing peace into his breast, Or see the brown mice bob Round and round the oatmeal chest. For he comes, the human child, To the waters and the wild With a faery, hand in hand, For the world's more full of weeping than he can understand.
Tragedy Bound | The Bravery - A guy's musings on a survivor of sexual abuse.
Cry Little Sister | Chvrches - I mean, literally a song about a vampire, idk. This version in particular is ethereal and creepy.
Foolish Games | Jewel - Loumand in the show, Lesmand everywhere. Just all his loves where he feels it more deeply than they do.
oooooo omg!!!! I LOVE these AHHH!!!! I love that u guys r sending me Armand songs this is like my favorite thing ever. All of these r so good ‼️‼️
#armand#iwtv#interview with the vampire#the vampire chronicles#tvc#vampire chronicles#the vampire armand
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NOLIAERT'S IWTV WIPS
Okay so I thought to show off some of my WIPs for IWTV (amc), especially since I've not managed to finish off most of my WIPS regardless of how excited I have been for them :/ IWTV in 2022 was like a muse to me! I had so many wips! But little or nothing to show for it (cause extensive projects got overwhelming) 😔 I have however finished off 2 loumand pieces since S2 started off, 1 that had too been a wip from 2022 (I'll edit in a link once I post it, I've done so on twitter, but I feel the need to fix on some things... majorly is the issue one of the louis-es as it was a 3, initially 4,-in-1 piece :/ was rushing cause of the looming loumand divorce and doom, otherwise known as S2 "trial" finality, was approaching... and I was feeling 😅 about the reception of softer loumand kisses at the time. Like- timing!)!
1. Batnight: I worked out this timeglass composition to symbolise Louis' transformation into vampirism after he entered that church one fateful night. The trifecta of the vampfam, the time encapsulated by death and by blood, something which Louis seemingly has a different relationship to than most living vampires as the "tortured vampire". All focusing on the drop of blood, but with different expressions. Idk if i should do anything with the background of the bottom half of the timeglass though 🤔I'm meant to sketch out Louis' family and community from the wedding on the top half, as the sun sets (or rise...) behind the family home (sorry), a life now closed off to him. Vampires and bats- uncontested. The church? It is one from New Orleans S1 and I remember asking for the ref, but I am uncertain that it is the correct church when thinking back on it. Which is 🧍 Also as I started on this late 2022, I had only Bailey!Claudia to go off of, which I'll probably stick to for this one. Would be cool with both! But idk if I can extend that energy. I do need to figure out which of her hairstyles to do though 🤔 and I've been learning more about how to draw black hair so that's fun too
CLAUDIA WIPS! (Both from late 2022)
2: For the first one? Something about the tragedy of claudia, for S1, leaning towards the middle, Claudia the child, the eternal teenager, but a breaking into maturity and adulthood, on... the child witnessing the troubles of their parents, and of the child failed by their parents. Claudia standing in ashes alone (oh not the born from ashes turned to ashes 😭 at least she wasn't entirely alone by the end but had someone choose to face the same fate with her over her own living ♡), looked down upon from our pov to showcase her continued positions of disadvantage. Not the most thought out composition or anything, just wanted to draw Claudia, but these were the things I was thinking about while doing so. Also just really want to try make more dynamic compositions. Try that is.
3: The second one is me wanting to either do a 3-piece with smaller edits, or a 3(+?)-in-1, showing off a little vaguely different stages in Claudia's life back in S1. Or maybe a combined 1 if I figure it out. Combining the cutesy and the horror ✌️ Since these were majorly just sketches, I should be able to try draw Delainey!Claudia! And though S2 makes for SO MUCH inspo too, I'm scared to start on more new things. An irony. But I'd like to finish some more ideas.
4 & 5: Lestat wips! First one is really just a sketch trying to capture his face, buuut the second one? My attempts at a gorier more horrific looking corpsestat since I was feeling robbed by the S1 finale? Oh certainly 🙏 gotta figure out how best to pose Claudia and Louis though, to make sure I make the right impression I wanted 🤔 may have to flip him over too... idk just... extensive work, but I've been especially excited about this one as well as batnight (and the soon-to-be-posted loumands)!! Both from late 2022.
6: St. Paul! Ah the brothers! 🙏 the impact his family, and specifically Paul, has on Louis cannot be understated (S2E8 final dubai scene 😊). Kinda get so emotional when I've been rewatching S1E1 too ;-; another wip from 2022! I so rarely have seen pieces of Louis' family, or human family, which is a shame. I really wanted to do one for Louis and Paul though, and so I ended up with this wip meant to symbolically (far from vague though hah) capture some of that "confessional relationship" (can't escape the catholism) they had, but in a more playful youthful setting. Lowkey pointing towards an elevated sainthood of the future dead too. Paul being Louis' closest confidante, and someone who wanted to be a priest. Many thoughts on Paul really. Paul practicing I suppose, during their teenage years, Louis happily entertaining him and then glancing over his shoulder at- I am thinking Grace, their sister. I found the angle of Louis' head challenging though (been feeling intimately on my limitations), and as it is, I need some refs of Jacob to actually capture HIM too, and not just the angle.
Now unfinished iwtv wips from 2024...
Armand wips! But yea, I already had ideas, but I've felt prompted during S2 to draw more Armand due to the whole Assad Zaman fanbook thing that I thought could be nice to join in on. I've struggled to draw though, even if I have finished the 3-in-1 loumand thing and the spontaneous loumand cig-kiss piece, so I was really damn rushing 😅
7: It's possible I'm mixing ideas... different intents. So I'll have to review it again. I wanted one more bitey one, I was thinking of the "easeful death" scene of E5, but with a different angle. Was initially thinking active feeding I think, with half-lidded eyes or direct eye contact... to put emphasis on the darkening of his eyes in those moments. It's funky and I really wanted to draw it, though I guess this is getting too distant to really see it much. Something something generally about vampirism, a general victim, putting emphasis on the blood that they provide. First by extended blood dripping down the throat, now by the body being the blood fully visually. Something classy, yet... I want to reposition the arms and have the head burrowed further into the neck to actively feed as first intended. I also think I am certainly thinking about an intimate art piece for the whole gentlemanly death feel, so maybe i should try actually find the piece for reference. Also, it's not exactly in this sketch, but I too want to have him in that E2 or E3 coven suit, with vague coven/cult figures in the background. We never really see him feed (properly, of a human), but I've been thinking about the... parent providing food for his children thing (motorbike scene E2), or the "let me teach you" of E3... So a "lead by example" sort of thing, like pre of the picture of the mountain lion and her cub feeding of a carcass sort of thing XD leant too much into the whole typical romantic imagery as I kept going and finally got some of that posture right (and so I tought). But these are the ideas ✨️
8: Armand too got ahold of a switch btw <3 Armand and electronics huh, or... not necessarily only electronics and technology. There's a general almost manic curiosity, which is especially found in that one DM chapter that I kind of adore (smh to private island and blabla tho). A mood, though I'm not making ratshakes 🫢 Assad was talking about it too in an interview though, relating to that fascination, so I kinda wanted to make a piece leaning in on that. Had a few vague compositions, some with more of that almost cold intensity of E5, but here he's more just chilling (doesnt mean it doesnt get intense) ^^ I also wanted to display an evolution of technologies, at least within a certain timeframe, so physically stacking a room with different stuff? Like that works XD because I was rushing for the deadline, I fear I only got to send in the wip (one in an even earlier stage than this one)... which is a real shame 😔 I am excited to finish it though!
Anyway 👍
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louis: sucking off rashid!armand's neck making little gasping sounds as he loudly eats
rashid!armand: staring directly at daniel, smiling like a drunk person, and carrying on a morbid conversation with his ex-boytoy with absolute fondness
daniel: in front of my fucking salad you nutjobs?
#louis de pointe du lac#the vampire armand#loumand#daniel molloy#loumandaniel#the devil's minion#the devils minion#iwtv s1#iwtv#interview with the vampire#musings
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Idk why is anon so averse to Armand/Daniel as endgame or whatever. In the very very short time I have been here, it seems like VC doesn't work like other fandoms with a particular set of otps. If you are a loumand fan then loumand is there. If you are a lesmand fan then lesmand is there. If you want loustat, then there is loustat. The way I have seen the book fans talk about the characters, from my perspective it seems like these beings are tight knit. They betray, they hurt, they seek forgiveness, they are forgiven, they love. And it makes sense. They have eternity. Gosh eternity can mean till the human species goes extinct or the sun eventually runs out of fuel Or like if there are heaven and hell and spirits in this universe then maybe beyond that too. How can you spend eternity without loving every vampire whom you have come across. Only they would know the horror of eternity.
Exactly. This is even written by Lestat (here musing to/about Armand (on the phone) and about Louis):
I wanted to say we all love one another. We all have to love one another. If you and I and Louis don’t love one another after all we’ve been through, well, then all our powers mean nothing, and our dreams mean nothing, and so we have to love one another.
Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis
#Anonymous#asks#ask nalyra#lestat de lioncourt#louis de pointe du lac#loustat#armand#loumand#prince lestat and the realms of atlantis
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My IWTV S2 EP 3 musings
Rewatched the episode while waiting for Episode 4. There have been a lot of great metas here that I have reblogged, so I won't repeat them. So, these are things I am still picking up anyway
• Daniel didn't bring his laptop outside Loumand's penthouse. So, the hacking is an inside job? Rashid? From internet? Is that what air drop is? (yes, I have never used Apple in my life)
• 100 nights. so TdV was supposedly 3 months-ish when Lestat left
• *insert that Comic Book Resources article about how great IWTV using their music, because that violin during the Lesmand theatre box scene is so chef's kiss*
• What stands out the most from Armand's retelling of his past + the end of this episode: how little his power is over his flock (supposedly).
• Also, the new way of storytelling: fade out from an image of TdV burning. I assume this means they continue the interview after Loumand finish with their business and Daniel doesn't interrupt them at all? Tbqh, I don't really like it.
• Louis: outside Chicago. Claudia Springfield
• "I remember what I remember" isn't that the crux of this show?
• Ghostat appeared right when the conversation turned into about him and Armand. Aw Louis.
• Meanwhile, Armand always mentions his coven when they get serious.
• *Santiago's having a chat with Claudia* so before I kill my victims, I have a chat with them. See you on stage, Claude! - I hate (affectionately) these writers!
• OH SHIT CLAUDIA ANSWERED WHEN SANTIAGO ASKED ABOUT HER LIFE IN CHICAGO! it's supposed to be Louis' town. I mean, her answer is right, she's from Springfield. But normal non lying people would have said, "Oh, the one from Chicago is Louis, I'm from Springfield"💀
• Santiago, after Claudia talks about lying and confirming where Louis came from: stick with it, Puce. You're almost there 💀💀
• So unlike memories which vampires can see like picture shows, Ghostat only can be seen by Louis. Others can't see what he's doing. But Armand can sense him.
• There have been a lot of great talks about Claudia's scene on Tumblr and how it relates to the previous season and her whole self. But once again, I'm very grateful for this show. How careful they are presenting her story. There's literally no music whatsoever to add some "drama". You just hear the clock ticking. The shot is just of her face and Louis'. We're there with them, we're there with Louis listening to Claudia telling what happened to her in detail for the first time. That's a careful storytelling, that's a respect.
• It's so funny how we watched the Five Great Laws and a lot of people went "but Lestat still lives!" no one remembers they did kill Antoinette 🤣😭
• I find it so sad that even after losing Children of Darkness, Armand has TdV and still uses the laws, something that isn't part of Lestat's suggestion. I think Lestat would find it very ridiculous if he finds they still use those laws. Armand even picked five laws that he could maintain throughout the years out of a hundred(?). He can't help but go back to them .
• Loumand: *kissing*
Me: *kissing The Five Great Laws in the IWTV S2 OST album* my favorite tracks never fail to deliver 😭😭😭
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loumand is such a muse because the number of fanarts and edits i've done for them??? incredible
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IWTV S2 Ep5 Musings - Vampiric Self-Immolation, and "Rescue" (Spoilers)
Loumand in SanFran - IWTV (S02E05, S02E01) Nandermo at Jan's Wellness Center - WWDITS (S03E08)
#interview with the vampire#iwtv spoilers#loumand#what we do in the shadows#wwdits#nandermo#louis de pointe du lac#iwtv tvc metas#pyromaniac du lac#vampires#iwtv season 2 spoilers#must see tv#the hype is real
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what aspects of the armand/daniel relationship do you find particularly compelling? what are your hopes for how their relationship is portrayed in season 3?
so. um. i have had to split this ask because i wrote an essay and i straight up did not talk about the show. so that will be posted separately and you can have a proper answer to this. here is the other post
take two!
obvious preface, but i love the relationship in the book. i think it discusses the inherent power dynamics between vampires and mortals really well, and i love how it characterises both daniel and armand, as the two -- especially daniel -- are not really dug into in the previous novels. daniel is quite literally a narrative frame, and is unnamed until the third book.
i went into the iwtv show wanting devil's minion, and the pieces we've been given so far (i am looking especially at s2e5) are amazing. i definitely think that had i not been familiar with the books beforehand i would probably be less into devil's minion conceptually and more on the side of loumand, but knowing what i do, i can't help but desperately want there to be more.
i think armand and daniel work for one another. i've talked a little about it in the other post. i think old maniel has similar qualities, though they've changed as he's aged. he's a little more cynical now, a little less naive. but he still values the world around him, even if individual life is a less important to him now than it was then.
this is also in the other post, but i think it's relevant; i think daniel gives armand the potential to be more than who he was made to be, the roles he was put into. the muse, the protégé, the cult leader, the coven member, he lingers in his own victimhood, and i think it’s a very interesting thing. the nursemaid for louis, daniel's presence in dubai allows him to break from that, and daniel's presence in san fransisco back then did something similar, but... different. san fransisco was armand desperately searching for something to catch louis' attention once again, and i think it's fascinating (ha). then he slips into his gentleman death form, which is another little book reference i adore.
they also... match each other's freak, as it were.
i'd love for s3 to play with the chase era of devil's minion, especially if they make 70s dm canon. having armand chase daniel across the world in the 70s and then daniel chase armand? it'd be so good.
i'd also love to see daniel's transformation, because i don't think louis is necessarily right about daniel being turned out of spite.
i think that playing with armand not being able to witness daniel's mortality, despite being willing to let daniel die in the past, is something that would be so good to play with.
there are also a couple of book conversations that i'd love to see translated into the show. like the telephone scene (for the comedy), but also the sections in the villa of mysteries, and some of the conversation that take place around daniel's transformation too.
i have one final addition; night island. please.
however i am uncertain of whether s3 is going to follow the vampire lestat exclusively or merge with qotd. and obviously very very very early days, s3 has only been official for a few weeks at this point, but i think the frame will dictate what i want to see and what i think will happen.
i think s3 will probably have daniel interviewing lestat in some capacity, because i don't think they can really set daniel aside in the way he is in the books (or at least, i hope so? this might be wishful thinking on my part!). having daniel learn about armand from lestat's perspective is something that i think would be really interesting. especially since lestat knows marius, which will be fascinating.
#feather speaks#okay this one is done and the other one is almost there too.#a lot of the first part of your question is answered in the other post but it's entirely book-centric
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I honestly understand Lestat and Armand so well because if Louis de Pointe du Lac did that lil smile smirk and eye batting at me I too would allow him to commit any atrocity.
Whatever you want babe, just let me stare at you and drool.
#just kill me pls#louis de pointe du lac#Louis IWTV#interview with the vampire#iwtv#musings#loustat#jacob anderson#loumand
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