#vampire chronicles

[agathah]

A portrait of Claudia (PRINTS on my bio)

I loved making the Gabrielle one, so here's Claudia's!

[keznated]

this diva (also trying new brush teehee)

[killer-laurent]

Marius and Armand Commission

[cannibalspicnic]

Unsolicited Armand thoughts. (book spoilers for The Vampire Lestat)

Especially after re-reading The Vampire Lestat (and finally being able to recall stuff from it), I am just as insatiably curious as anyone else about what actually went down with Armand and Lestat.

But possibly even more than that, I'm desperate to see what happened with Armand and the coven.

During my TVL re-read, I had to put the book down and laugh for like a full five minutes when I found out that Armand just went on a murderous rampage and slaughtered most the coven himself because

Oh, is that so, Armand? Did they? 😂

I love him. I love him so much.

Reading that, maybe more than anything, made me feel like I understood him. I honestly think reason is not the best lens to use to examine Armand's actions. Starting with a kind of chaotic turmoil and working my way from there worked much better for me.

Maybe the show will do something different, but I really hope they keep this bit.

[chicalepidoptera]

"It wasn't hell. Tell me it wasn't. Tell me there was happiness. Can devils be happy?" - Tale of the Body Thief

Happy birthday, Claudia and Michele Rice! 🖤

[kenmalovebot]

pov you'll be the coven's next meal because you criticized the théâtre des vampires performances

[ziegensache]

lestat lestat lestat lestat lestat lestat lestat lestat lestat

- armand nolastname 1973

[nalyra-dreaming]

Watching season 2, Armand is so fascinating yet confusing to me. I have only read 1.5 books at this point so I don’t know much about him at all from a lore standpoint. But, the show seem to made him more nuanced than he was at least in the first book, with his backstory and hearing things form his pov and all that.

What I find fascinating is his bad side; his cruelty and violence, because it doesn’t seem unmotivated as in, like, he SOLELY take delight in - it’s almost like he actually feels ENTITLED to it? Like, he genuinely seem to NOT understand how cruel he is sometimes? Or that he is going too far. Take it out on people that I make no sense too. Or hurt people that he claim to love, and then believe it won’t change anything, and when it does it confuses him?

Very interesting, a lot of the reason for it seems to simply be out of just pure jealousy - and nothing more.

It’s…strange?…And tragic.

I surprised when I started to feel bad for him because I can actually understand how his thought process may go.

Also, his what it seems to me twisted way he sees love. Confusing love with dominance and control; and when he witnesses actual love being given to someone, he doesn’t know handle it and either want to destroy or make it fit the only mould that he knows.

;(

Armand... is Armand. :) (And yes, they gave him a LOT of nuance!)

I'm not sure how else to say it. He does not think like other people. Part of it is the way he was broken, for centuries, by the cult. Part of it is definitely the way he thinks, imho. Anne wrote him with synesthesia, too.

He feels deeply, but fails to foresee the emotional impact on others when he does not feel for people and hurts them (Claudia, for example, and the emotional impact him killing her would have on his relationship with Louis). He cannot really anticipate the repercussions, and therefore is then taken aback and hurt by said repercussions. (Which is why he ends up "readjusting continuously", in the show, too, he constantly tries to protect his own feelings, and reach his own emotional goal, but thereby hurts others... which then backfires.)

And yes, he feels entitled to what he does - and he does what he thinks best, regularly, even in the later books, which is imho part of the centuries of forced ruling as a coven leader. What he thinks is best does not always match with what others think is best though - which is, ironically, something he shares with Marius, who also often does what he thinks best, no matter the opinion of others.

[itsthebiting]

They said Armand is a filthy peasant devil with no imagination

[fanwarrior-suffering]

How did Armand convince Daniel to join his Live on TikTok…? 🤔

He doesn’t look too happy to be there 🥲

[monstersinthecosmos]

this part of the devil's minion is so disturbing to me, personally

He ordered Daniel to make purchases without counsel or hesitation: a fleet of cruise ships,

[armandslawyer]

This one's kinda old

[redversaillesrose]

My biggest flex is sharing a birthday with the big dog. Happy birthday to us fr✨✨✨

[lestatthevamp]

[cy-lindric]

Chrysanthemums

[bl00dfroma-fairy]