#memnoch the devil

[lioncourtz]

He laughed outright, though it was very low, and he shook his head, flashing a glance on David that implied they knew each other very well, maybe too well. I didn’t like it that they knew each other at all. David was my David, and Armand was my Armand. (Memnoch the Devil)

[trashblog-things]

lestat bragging about being the community dick is crazy.

could he show a little decorum? BILLYGOAT?? lestat please

[sizeofyoursoul]

How many times is she going to use the word "preternatural"?!

Interview with the Vampire: 13

The Vampire Lestat: 15

The Queen of the Damned: 13

Tale of the Body Thief: 39

Memnoch the Devil: 15

The Vampire Armand: 16

Merrick: 11

Blood and Gold: 12

Blackwood Farm: 1

Blood Canticle: 4

Prince Lestat: 28

Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis: 9

Blood Communion: 14

[savagewildnerness]

Also, I thought this was drapery trickery, but it’s just a jacket with a hood with buttons/Veronica’s Veil.

[platoapproved]

OH NO I'VE JUST REALIZED SOMETHING. It's so obvious how did I just catch it.

So Lestat and Armand meet up earlier in Memnoch the Devil, and Armand is wearing all denim and is super dusty. Lestat sees him and lovingly thinks about wanting to clean him up, do his hair, etc. Armand responds 'yeah, you're always wanting that, back in Paris you wanted to perfume me and comb my hair and put me in velvet and embroidery'. (see here for excerpts)

WHEN LESTAT GETS BACK NEAR THE END OF THE BOOK ARMAND IS WAITING FOR HIM! Wearing velvet and embroidered lace! He has left his hair down and uncut like it was back all those years ago in Paris, only it's cleanly washed. (see here for excerpts)

He.... he gave himself the Lestat-likes-it-when-I-look-like-this makeover while Lestat was out.

[vampire-in-the-corner]

Lestat admitting his love of crying, Memnoch the Devil

[endyillustration]

Lestat in Memnoch the Devil

[mostlyvampires]

Lestat on Ugly Crying

"I rolled over on my face and tucked my arm under my head and started crying like a child. I was perishing from exhaustion. I was worn and miserable and I loved crying. I couldn't do anything else. I gave in to it fully. I felt that profound release of the utterly grief-stricken. I didn't give a damn who saw or heard. I cried and cried.

"Do you know what I think about crying? I think some people have to learn to do it. But once you learn, once you know how to really cry, there's nothing quite like it. I feel sorry for those who don't know the trick. It's like whistling or singing.

"Whatever the case, I was too miserable to take much consolation just from feeling good for a moment in a welter of shudders and salted, bloodstained tears."

~~from Memnoch the Devil

[aaarmand]

Memnoch the Devil

normal way to greet your buddy

[thecaptainjacksparrow]

dust jackets for my vampire chronicles paperbacks.

i have made this google drive folder available with all my assets for everyone to make their own dust jackets, please just don't profit from them.

there's a .txt file with all the info about sizes and my .ai files to edit them. have fun!

[trashblog-things]

they need to kiss about it or something omg they want each other bad lol armand is literally giggling and kicking his feets

[they-stole-my-shmunguss]

"Armand envies you and spies on you far more than you might think."

“I hear Armand and I see him and I ignore him,” I said.

[devilsminiaturehorse]

armand from lestat’s pov:

[sizeofyoursoul]

"My point is simply that I love you, that we're linked in some way that none of the others is linked. Louis worships you. You're some sort of dark god to him, though he pretends to hate you for having made him. Armand envies you and spies on you far more than you might think." "I hear Armand and I see him and I ignore him," I said.

David and Lestat, Memnoch the Devil

[vampire-in-the-corner]

Lestat and Armand reuniting in Memnoch the Devil

[savagewildnerness]

“In a way, he made me think of a child doll, with brilliant faintly red-brown glass eyes - a doll that had been found in an attic. I wanted to polish him with kisses, clean him up, make him even more radiant than he was.”