Henry Patrick Raleigh (1880–1944)
What does Lestat feel towards Armand?
They’re Murder Brothers! It’s so complicated.
MOSTLY tho, surprisingly, their innate curiosity and respect for each other outweighs all the horrible shit they’ve put each other through. Which has been ALOT. Lestat destroyed Armand’s coven dictatorship by being his usual ray of obnoxious sunshine The New and Improved Parisian Vampire 2.0; Armand did help orchestrate the death of one of Lestat’s fledglings and maybe tortured her, too??? before manipulating another of his fledglings into a 100 yr relationship… there’s more than that, but those are big ones.
They seem to be over it all, they’ve made a kind of peace, but they have that contentious kind of rivalry and competition that brothers have.
AR was doing this Fan Questions for Lestat thing awhile back, and Lestat spoke directly about his feelings towards Armand, and I think “he” put it very well:
“Armand’s thoughts are almost impossible for me to penetrate, and his boyish countenance often reveals nothing of his true calculations and feelings. I love him and I respect him — and I know that he loves me — but I never for a moment imagine I’m entirely safe with him.” [X]
And: “I love Armand deeply. My view of Armand has evolved over time. The less I fear him, the more I love him. And the more I suffer, the more I come to understand Armand’s suffering. I have never doubted Armand’s love for me. We are kith and kin, Armand and me.” [X]
I think you have to consider how Armand feels towards Lestat, too.
“I hate him only because I cannot imagine my soul without him.” – Armand about Lestat, The Vampire Armand, [X]
^Footage of Lestat and Armand, they go from smooches to claws in 0.3 seconds. [X]
Dracula’s Bloodline
Hi, I’m asking you because I don’t know where else to turn (pun intended). I’ve been a fan of Rice’ books, and vampires in general, since my early teens (so around 15 years or so) and I have recently started to regain my interest. However I find myself in the same pickle I was in when I was a teen: There is no complete register over all the different kinds of vampire lore from all the different works of fiction, or at least I can’t seem to find one. Do you know if one exists? And if so, where?
Hello! Ah yes, a very good question.
I’m not surprised that you’ve been into vampires in general for 15 yrs. Vampires are such good stuff and can be written/depicted/analyzed in so many different forms and variations. Limitless possibilities really, bc creative ppl can choose to stick to the more classic rules about them, and others throw them away, or explain work-arounds… limitless possibilities! JUST LOOK AT THESE SPECIMENS:
Lestat is THE ONE THAT DIDN’T GET INTERVIEWED but let’s all acknowledge that IWTV was at least 65% about him… also bonus points to THE HALF-BREED ASSASSIN w/ a sword out, inching up on THE SPARKLY ONE…
[^tumblr source, artist unknown, tell me if you know who it is, I did a reverse image search and had no luck]
[^tumblr source, vampire lineup by Jeff Victor, who clearly skipped IWTV. OH WELL HIS LOSS SO I ADDED A LESTAT CARICATURE BELOW, tumblr source, artist unknown]
As for a complete register over all the different kinds of vampire lore from all the different works of fiction, I think that would be fairly difficult, unless it was online and consistently researched and updated by more than one mere mortal.
These lovely ppl are being tagged bc they may know of such a register: @askavampirologist, @gothiccharmschool, @annabellioncourt, @forthegothicheroine, @fyeahgothicromance, @vampiressuck24. Anyone else who might help out on this is cordially invited to answer, too!
Every vampire compilation I’ve ever seen in a library or bookstore has been a curated collection only showing specific examples of different vampires, presumably so that the author could move onto other books/projects!
My own blog is a curated collection. While I feature other vampires in my #vampire tag (from the Lost Boys, Only Lovers Left Alive, What We Do in the Shadows, etc.), I actually don’t love all vampires in fiction (*cough* Twilight *cough*) enough to make this blog the register that you’re looking for 😛
Hope that helps!
♛mon cher lestat :) S-so what are my chances of getting a hug without being bitten?
♛Slim odds, if you are as tasty as you sound. And flattery makes me thirsty. Physical proximity, too. Unlike some, I can stop at just one bite, and you might not feel anything at all. Most find it rather pleasurable.
The real reason Armand and Claudia never got along bc she trolled him way too hard and he couldn’t handle it
[X]
Shit where did I park Louis
The real question here is: Is he asking Louis where he parked (the car) OR is he asking where he parked Louis (the vampire)
Louis does not stay parked, it’s very inconvenient.
Seeking a Louis or Nicolas…
Someone messaged me the following:
“Hello! I was recommend to ask you if you know any active private message rp blogs? Preferably a Louis or Nicki for a Lestat/Claudia roleplayer.”
So that’s what they’re looking for! The mun says that they are over 18.
Ask or Message me and we’ll see if we can matchmake ;D
If you don’t love Lestat, you’re wrong.
What’s also kind of beautiful about this little moment (and part of why we love Lestat) is that we can see Lestat’s internal self-deprecation juxtaposed so starkly w/ his external display. Just a few lines after he reveals how “the sheer excitement was excruciating, and the love I felt for him was positively humiliating”, he has to immediately take a stab at Louis, somehow, and it’s almost stuttered out in these teensy bite-sized sentences:
“One thing, Louis,” “Those clothes. Impossible.”
He wants to make sure Louis is suffering as much as he is, w/o really injuring him, and if he has to stoop so low as to criticize his fashion sense, HE’LL DO IT, DAMN YOU. The Lestat we see in IWTV is an even crueler sassy bastard, much of it being self-defense for how much he was hurting during that time period, too ;A;
Louis is, fortunately, more durable than he appears to be, and clever enough to have figured this out, which is why they’ve survived each other been able to stay together so long ;]
