#nola speaks

[ourkingsteve]

I would like to remind everyone that this show is about dragons and is in fact a work of fiction which we are meant to enjoy and have fun with

[rebecca--barnes]

The Eras Tour New Orleans 🇺🇸

♡made by @rebecca--barnes♡

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[surprisesongoclock]

Taylor Swift performs a mashup of "The Black Dog" and "Haunted" in New Orleans, Louisiana on October 25, 2024.

[always-rolling-my-eyes]

I picked the wrong blue Speak Now dress 😩

[pynkhues]

The problem is that Claudia isn't a mirror, she's a child, then a woman, and when she is reflecting them, I do think Louis tends to see Lestat in her and not himself.

(Same Anon you were answering) Yes! Complete agreement on Louis looking for a mirror of himself in Claudia and not seeing many of the ways she takes after him. Personally I think he’s also resisting seeing her more Lestat-ish sides until he’s forced to face them. Part of the problem is that he’s only looking for the more savory parts of himself in her, not the ones he’s less than keen to admitting to and I think that’s tied to…the social and moral acceptability of loving Claudia. It’s not the best way of putting it but it’s something I’ve been thinking about for a while but I’m still struggling to express: how important I think it is to Louis that Claudia is someone that he can and should love unconditionally and without the shame and baggage of loving Lestat, both as his child and as an innocent -or as much an innocent as a vampire can be.

(x)

Yeah, I totally agree.

To add to your point about Louis and unconditional love, this might sound like a bit of a stretch, but bear with me, haha, but I think it kind of ties into this throughline of Louis placing an enormous amount of responsibility on himself to be the primary resource/provider/carer for those he loves, and as a part of that, being in denial of their needs when they need things he doesn't want to acknowledge, or has no skills or resources to meet?

I've been percolating on this a bit during my very-slow-rewatch of the series, but I really do think we see the foundation of that in the pilot where Louis' not only obviously taken on the entire financial burden of the de Pointe du Lac family, but is simultaneously trying to oversee (with Florence) Grace getting married, and the care of Paul. I talk about it a bit in my Grace post, but I think Louis shutting down Grace when she brings up the prospect of seeking help is a really telling character moment.

Not only is it indicative of his shifting role in her life between brother and father, and his paternalistic tendencies generally, but I think it also reflects his denial of the idea that caring for Paul is something he can't handle himself. It's coming from a genuine place of love, but the reality is also that none of them are equipped to help Paul in the way that he needs it, and Louis will downplay that because he doesn't want it to be true.

What Louis wants is to be everything to everyone all of the time, and I think there is a part of him that resents them for it. I mean, he basically literally says that to Claudia's face - he does see her as a burden, and that frustrates him, but at the same time, he wants that. He wants burdens, he wants people to need him, and when they need something he can't give them, well, he resents them for that too.

I think we see it a lot with Louis when it comes to Claudia, but I think we see it with Lestat and a bit with Armand too. He wants to be the person they need most, and what that looks like changes based on the person and relationship dynamic. Like I'd say it manifests very differently for Loius The Father vs Louis The Husband, but I do also think it's there with all of them, and when it's a need he can't meet whether that be growing up, or romantic love, or mental health, or healing a trauma, he denies it until he's forced to face it, and then he usually resents them for it.

I think his love for Claudia is in a lot of ways a really intense version of that specifically because she is his daughter, and the idea that he can't provide what she needs or be all the love that she needs or truly protect her is elevated by the nature of that specific dynamic. It's all fed by paternal guilt and parental ownership and the idea that by the simple fact of being his daughter, she's both his reflection and his responsibility no matter how old she gets, or how much she wants to change their roles.

[the-last-thing-you-wanted]

Taylor is wearing the purple Wonderstruck dress tonight!

[pinkheart22]

TAYLOR SWIFT'S BEJEWELED VIDEO FIRST STOP IS ON LEVEL 1

Taylor swift enters the elevator and clicks 3, but when she first gets off it is NOT Speak Now looking on that level

Its sparkly and jewels everywhere

the first thing i notice is that she is collecting all her jewels/ album colors. this seems to be the level 1, or her debut era, taylor swift. before she moves up the levels she stopped here, and probably pressed 1 before we saw her press 3

You can also see her eye makeup is blue / green

which is very much her debut, Taylor Swift Era

furthering this theory if you watch as the elevator lights go up as she re-enters the elevator from the sparkling level, the colors start lighting up from LEVEL 2, showing she was not at 3 yet.

All the jewels on level 1 are Taylor Swift. She is the albums. They are her. Which is why they attach to her.

BUT, also interesting when she takes the CLOAK OF INVISIBILITY off (harry potter reference since shes mentioned she collecting her albums like horcruxes) And because in the basement she was invisible to the rest of the world shes reclaiming herself.

The cloak's inside lining changes a Purple color probably hinting to Speak Now Taylors Version in the lining of the cloak. THEN changes to a light blue hinting at 1989 Taylors Version being next??? Also kind of looks like a pile of snakes at first too. Its probably the lighting but maybe intentional that the colors of her boots change too with the cloak color change. Let me know what you think

@taylorswift @taylornation

posted oct 25 2024

[epiphanylore]

NOLA N2 RECAP🎭

LOVER💘

- Barbie pink bodysuit (last seen London N7)

- Pink “The Man” jacket (last seen London N7)

- Pink lover guitar (last seen NOLA N1)

-NO alterations or additions

FEARLESS🫶

- Silver & Sapphire dress (last seen Miami N1)

- Sparkly 13 guitar

-NO alterations or additions

RED🧣

- “I knew U were trouble” 22 shirt (last seen London N6)

- Altered red bodysuit (v2)

- ATW jacket + guitar

-NO alterations or additions

SPEAK NOW💜

- Elsa speak now dress (last seen Miami N2)

- NO alterations or additions

REPUTATION💄

- Gold & Black bodysuit (last seen NOLA N1)

-NO alterations or additions

FOLKMORE🪐🪩

- Berry folklore dress (last seen Miami N1)

-NO alterations or additions

1989🏙️

- Gold Rush combo (gold/yellow top last seen Miami N2; gold/yellow skirt last seen NOLA N1; combo last seen Gelsenkirchen N1, worn x2)

-NO alterations or additions

TTPD📜✒️

- “Who’s Afraid” dress (last seen Miami N3)

- Gold/black icdiwabh combo (last seen London N1; worn x7)

- Gold icdiwabh jacket (last seen Miami N2; worn x16)

- NO alterations or additions

ACOUSTIC SET/SURPRISE SONGS🎸🎹

- Sunset dress (last seen London N8)

- 🚨SURPRISE GUEST SABRINA CARPENTER🚨

- guitar surprise songs: Espresso x Please Please Please x Is It Over Now? (“Is It Over Now?” last played Paris N2 on guitar played x4)

- Piano surprise songs: Welcome To New York x “Hits Different” (“Welcome To New York” last played Stockholm N2 on piano , played x3; “Hits Different” last played London N1 on guitar, played x3)

MIDNIGHTS🕰️🌃

- Lavender Sequin tshirt dress (last seen Miami N1)

- Moonstone bodysuit (last seen Miami N3)

- Magenta karma jacket (last seen Miami N1)

[bipolareffigy]

you ever have the urge to just...do something to your appearance? i know people talk about dyeing their hair on a whim, or getting a tattoo. but all the walk-in shops are packed today and i didn't want to use box dye on my hair.

so anyway i just got a medusa piercing.

[redladydeath]

I wonder what Alastor did for a living before getting into radio. He’s said to have been born some time between 1884 and 1903, and New Orleans didn’t get its first radio station until 1922, so there would’ve been at least a couple years there where he was working in a different field.

[ourkingsteve]

This scene right here was so well done. The fact that Aegon is complaining that no one listens to him. The fact that Alicent replies with “those men at your council table earned their seats.” The fact that she sits at the table and Aegon doesn’t.

[wouldvegonealongwiththerighteous]

Big day for the ttpd/Speak Now sister album girlies

[soyouwinagain]

phillies ig stories | 4 oct 2023

[serial-designation-jey]

I had no idea that my favorite voice actor sang all of these gorgeous songs what, now i need her to sung a full song in her v voice//

[vampirehizzies]

RIP to hope mikaelson but if i got to be from a hometown as amazing as new orleans i would literally stay there, forever. the swamps, the gators, the thriving city life, the flashy colors, plus really interesting natural/cultural history. it's all really fun and such a cool environment and the city is truly so gorgeous imo

[gilfrespecter]

last night in game my cowboy spent $250 in todays money on beignets and mailing them from nola to the california/arizona/mexico border