#starting-tape

[aaarmand]

dontbeafraidjuststartthetape.mp4

[cannibalspicnic]

What cracks me up about Don't Be Afraid, Just Start the Tape is that aside from the vampirism, Daniel's just having such a typical cocaine experience.

He goes home with a guy because he has coke, then ends up listening to the guy rant and bitch about his ex until dawn, then witnesses an implosion between the guy and his current partner, then is forced to answer the question, "Am I boring?" from said partner while trying to figure out the best way to leave.

This is just a regular night on cocaine.

[starsandwriting]

OHHH SOFT STATIC AND WHIRRING OF RUNNING TAPE HOW I MISSED YOU

[creachiergh]

kinger locked the fuck in with this episode. not even because of the shotgun thing or him being protective of pomni. just look at him.

[and-fishing-equipment]

i feel like we're too normal about the fact that armand canonically on screen said "i'm not hopeful there's more to you, daniel, other than a hole" like. that's a thing that happened and we're not even gonna grossly take it out of context and use it as a devils minion phrase? we will now

[janeacular]

not to be that girl but when I see yall reference to / draw "that half blank half apocalyptic look" on Armand he always looks uncanny and like, supposed to be scary. Which surprises me because that is not how I envisioned that line at all lmao so mayhaps I am the problem but my interpretation was always that the "half blank half apocalyptic look" was the look he had when his PTSD triggered and he's partially dissociated, partially terrified, partially desperate, partially not even in the room anymore. flashbacking etc. which would also explain why louis was like So what's it gonna be? Fight or Fawn? your two trauma responses? You gonna deal with these feelings with anger or appeasement? Or your other coping mechanism turning it into a sex thing? Is that not how you guys perceived that line too? am I tweaking?

[st-ignatius]

actually, daniel molloy is so real. cause if i offered to get on my knees for a guy and he telepathically shoved me to my knees, i would get a boner too

[y3llow-hoodie]

[kandelia-mangrove]

The argument in 2x5 of iwtv is of course iconic. But it also shows that we actually get so little of the true Loumand dynamic and as much as Armand is a manipulating queen, they actually have shared a lot with each other? Like Louis clearly knows a lot more detail about Armand's backstory than the carefully curated stuff they mention to Daniel (like the chop my hands of thing is wild, but he also mentions the cult celibacy stuff). because going back to S2 Episode 3, Louis is the one who walks in and finishes Armand's story. And at the time I was like, "oh thats just the story Armand told him", but he KNOWS there is more - which means they are actively conspiring to present this angle to Daniel. Like we underestimate how much they were both collectively telling this narrative of their life/romance. Truly wild on rewatch. Like they were very competent as partners (in crime and lying) like can you imagine Loustat effectively collaborating at this level?

[deterioratingpisces]

Loumand argument, you will always be famous.

[true-bluesargent]

rotating the loumand 1973 argument in my head constantly... louis sticking out his tongue in armand's face armand's ridiculous new orleans louis impression louis' horrible british armand impression armand's 17 increasingly erratic "lestat's" that he says with one side of his mouth louis comparing being with armand to being smothered with a soft beige pillow and armand calling claudia louis' throw pillow armand saying "mark it on the calendar, align it with ursa major louis' tri-annual fսck off and find me with apologies to follow" and louis' mocking "im sorry" while laughing "is it the gremlin or the good nurse tonight" "picking lint off the SOFA??!?"... all of it is soooo delicious i need it memorised

[drbtinglecannon]

In Knives Out Blanc wanted to do the murder mystery investigation with Marta so bad, but she was certain she was guilty so she spent a good amount of the movie avoiding/hiding stuff from him

Meanwhile in Glass Onion Helen was fucking carrying the investigation, even while accidentally getting drunk, and even went to investigation lengths Blanc was hesitant to do

[coquettevampyr]

i <3 my crazy wife

[vaperarmand]

started imagining rpf discourse in the rockstar lestat universe (part 1)

[ca-suffit]

[gregrulzok]