#the mardi kings

[saydesole]

New Orleans Mardi Gras and Second line

Love my city 🫶🏽⚜️

[haveyoueatenthis]

[fayevalcntine]

The whole framing of Lestat as the sole symbol of patriarchy that fandom is so desperate to put him in doesn't work unless you deliberately ignore how he was also a victim of rape and abuse before he was turned. People want him to be fit into this strict role of "father figure/violent husband/perpetrator" that is only that and not even a whole person, and in doing so they need to push aside the fact that despite being his family's provider, he was also pushed into that role when his father forbid him from joining a monastery or gaining an education that he wanted. Lestat wanted to run away with a theater group as a kid, and actually managed to do so once Gabrielle gave him her blessing and monetary support in order to go to Paris. He didn't always want to be the provider, he was forced into that role and became despondent when he thought he would never get a chance to leave his home.

His new life prior to being turned is pretty much the antithesis to the whole "Lestat is a manly man who would sooner throw up than be compared to a woman" spiel: he lived with another man in Paris while also being an actor, having left his family and "responsibility" to them. The only family member he was ever close to was his mother, all the other male members shunned or ridiculed him. Add onto that the fact that his turning firmly placed him within the role of the damsel/victim: he's kidnapped from his bed by a stranger, taken into a tower and left to rot while being fed on for a week, before then being raped and violently turned all while never even being asked if he would consent to it in any normal circumstance. But you of course have to ignore all of this if you want him to only represent the aggressor/patriarch while Louis is the helpless unhappy matriarch of the family.

My issue isn't that I think Louis isn't a victim, it's that it's not unrealistic for Lestat to be an aggressor/abuser while also displaying traits that aren't regularly assigned to stereotypical depictions of male characters. He's abusive to Claudia while also having been a victim of abuse from his own family. He's not a good maker/teacher, but he also didn't even have one when he was turned. He's the provider/attempted protector of the family and seemed to like being that, while also having run away from his own family prior to this to act in a theater in Paris. He's a rich white man while also being obviously effeminate in public spaces, even to Tom's own bigoted humor.

Like Louis' own complicated story with being his family's benefactor and provider, you can't firmly place Lestat as being one thing or another in terms of gender ideals without deliberately ignoring parts about him that don't fit this. And I don't think it's an absolute necessity, when even in Louis' own story, Lestat isn't stripped of his effeminate mannerisms or behavior while also being the abusive maker/father/lover.

[buggaboizz]

✨✨✨It's Mardi Gras girlies and gamers!!!!!✨✨✨

So here's a king cake kelp cake :DDD

(plus a transparent one under the cut)

[vegan-nom-noms]

Vegan King Cake

[guessimdumb]

Earl King - Street Parade (1970)

It’s Fat Tuesday, so here’s an absolutely wild and funky tune by Earl King, backed by the Meters and produced by Allen Toussaint.

A big time serenade

[deansraspberrypie]

Bonus 😘

👑💖 King Jensen Ross Ackles 💎👑

🍰 Tag list: @avanatural @undisputedchick @jranutter @fortheloveof-jackles @kazsrm67 @muchamusedaboutnothing @breath-of-snow-and-ashes @bluedragonflylady @mrsjenniferwinchester @unabashed-lover-of-fictional-men 🥧

[bearnakedbaker]

HAPPY MARDi GRAS

[scampthecorgi]

Let the good times roll! Happy Mardi Gras!!

[meerawrites]

Mardis Gras, 2024.

[artfulkindoforder]

Happy Mardi Gras Y'all !!!!!!!

[thatmexisaurusrex]

Just Bucky, standing with AJ and Cass as Sarah barbecues, taking a million pictures of Sam as the King of a local Mardi Gras parade.

[onefootin1941]

Louis Armstrong with King Zulu in 1955

[horrororman]

Notable films that were released on August 11th...

#BlackSunday (1960)(Italy).

#KingKongvsGodzilla (1962)(Japan).

#scifi

#MardiGrasMassacre (1978).

#horror

#CityoftheLivingDead (1980)(Italy).

#ANightmareonElmStreet5TheDreamChild (1989).

#BlesstheChild (2000).

[dcawritings]

Meet King! My first of *checks notes* five DCA OCs

He is an Eclipse-style Daycare Attendant Model (Ver 1.5) who works in one of the newer, mardi gras/medieval themed FazCo locations in New Orleans, LA. His complimentary Sun and Moon animatronic partners act as the ‘princes’ of the location, while he is supposed to play as court jester (even though he fights that job title regularly).

While originally simple named after his model, recent events with a newly hired technician has led to him taking on the moniker ‘King’ and refusing to acknowledge or respond to any other name. Management has decided to update his name in the system files to avoid any future conflicts.