annabellioncourt:

littlewifeywife:

So I’m re-reading the Vampire Chronicles, and discovering all over again that I love the way Anne Rice depicts sexuality, attraction, and affection in her books, not just among vampires, but among humans as well.

People in platonic relationships never hesitate to say that they love each other, to show affection, to kiss.

Sexual orientation doesn’t seem to exist, really, especially with the undead. It seems that a century or two of immortality has rendered most of them indifferent in regards to gender.

I love the repeated narrative of “I hate you, but I haven’t seen you in a really long time, and I missed hating you in person, so come here and let me hug you and tell you how beautiful you are.” There is something very poignant in the way that they treasure the familiar.

Consent is super important in sexual situations in her books, and in simple social situations, and in regards to the giving and receiving of blood.

It’s recognized that people who have been made vampires without their consent are victims of trauma, even if they are men.

And just the expression of emotions in her characters, the men, the women, mortal and immortal love, hate, scream, laugh, openly weep without shame…you don’t see much of that in modern literature without idiots labeling it as “over sentimental.”