ooc; So, months ago on my old personal blog that I’ve since deleted, I shared this comic adaption of parts of TVL that a Chinese artist did. I rediscovered it in my fanart folder and figured I’d share it again, since it’s got some stunning art. Throwing it under a read more due to how many pages there are.
ooc; Just your daily reminder that Mater is a-ok with people making money selling shirts with Lestat’s face on it, but is not ok with people writing nonprofitable fanfiction because yOU’RE INFRINGING ON RIGHTS
It is a mystery what Mater finds acceptable and unacceptable in terms of infringement on HER DARLING BABIES. WHICH NOONE ELSE CAN PLAY WITH GRRRR. it’s pronounced “Les-DOT” people bc of reasons!
I pronounce it Le-stat, like, Le-cat. “Lestat in the hat” A children’s book.
ooc; We had an awesome turn out for the Interview with the Vampire livestream. For those who can stomach it, I will be livestreaming Queen of the Damned Sunday, November 23 at 4PM CST/5PM EST. It’ll be our afternoon of comedy.
The livestream will be at my channel. I’ll post the link again closer to time.
If you want to participate in the Skype discussion following the movie, please RSVP to me with your Skype so I can add you to the list.
Ok but what I love about this is that the COVER of Lestat’s book, the COVER IMAGE, is him reading IWTV. That is no random paperback. The way that he’s holding it, too, is very Lestat. You can tell he’s thinking, “Well this is kind of how it happened, but overall HONESTLY Louis, I was not that big of a jerk to you and we’re gonna need to correct the record ASAP also my nails are nice.”
I think vampires going underground is a metaphor for when people need to withdraw from society and practice self-care. A kind of convalescence. I think that’s why AR has made such a big point about it, in terms of vampire physiology, that those who suffer physical/emotional damage and then go underground for periods of time end up much stronger for it. Same can be said of people, right?
Oh absolutely, Lestat could have bipolar depression, or manic depression, at the very least post-traumatic stress disorder… he had a very abusive childhood (and some fanfic speculates he had a history of sexual abuse as well as emotional & physical abuse).
The reason and manner in which Lestat was “given” the Dark Gift would be considered rape, as well, so even if his mortal life had been relatively normal, it wouldn’t be surprising if he developed stress-related emotional issues and coping mechanisms bc of that experience. Plus a lot of other traumatic experiences all within a short time of his turning (the forced breakup with Nicki, turning Nicki, Oedipal issues with Gabrielle, Akasha, etc).
The fact that he did the same thing to David Talbot so much later on shows just how true the line that one of those vampires said, and I’m paraphrasing, “As we go on, we become more truly ourselves.” Clearly what Magnus did to Lestat is still fresh in his mind, always there, regardless of his many triumphs in the face of adversity.
The way Lestat treated Louis and Claudia in IWTV was similar to how his father and brothers treated him growing up, who knows how much of that was nature or nurture, but the de Lioncourt men seem to have a certain attitude that’s hard to shake.
