vraik:

i-want-my-iwtv:

Wow, bold of you to consider him as a favorite! I’m rarely asked about Magnus. If I might ask, why is he one of your faves? He is like the ultimate Your Fave is Problematic bc of the way he was first introduced in canon, forcing Lestat into vampirism and all that. Lestat pretty much forgives him at this point, having tried going back to mortality and been very unhappy with it, you could say Lestat finally got to make the choice he didn’t have originally well, *sigh* a whole essay could be written about Lestat and choosing to vampire.

Magnus tells his story in Prince Lestat! That he was a great Parisian alchemist. It’s glossed over fairly quickly, there could be more to Magnus. He was in Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis, we’ll probably see more of him.

There was a Magnus RPer, gone inactive now, but you might find good stuff in their archive, might reach out to any active RPers you find there: @theycallmemagnus.

well, *sigh* a whole essay could be written about Lestat and choosing to vampire.

Fortunately, someone HAS in fact written those essays! @anton-mordrid wrote an excellent piece on the themes of consent in Lestat’s character arc from IWTV through TotBT

Taking Bodies: Themes of Consent in Lestat’s Development

Ask about Lestat’s take on consent in the first trilogy

As well as several asks and posts about the coded assault involved in Lestat’s making and what that later meant for his relationship with Louis

Ask about Lestat’s turning as coded rape

Rereading ‘Interview With The Vampire,’ and seeing the unreliability of an ignorant narrator

It’s a darn hidden treasure trove up in here!