I usually order americanos, because I like the strong scent of coffee. I canāt taste it ever again but the aroma is enough to bring back memories. Armand will order anything in a hot cup, so people canāt see how much he hasnāt drunk while we sit there for hours playing card games or watching people walk by. Sometimes he orders their weirder concoctions just to poke at them and see what they look and smell like. Last time we were there, he ordered peppermint mochca.Ā
He also insists on doing the ordering after the time I told them his name was Lestat and a goth guy said,Ā āLittle short for the vampire Lestat, arenāt you?ā I think he was flirting but Armand nearly threw the coffee in his face.Ā
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Comparison of ironwork on balconies in New Orleans and New York. An unintentional collaboration byĀ @gairid and @i-want-my-iwtv, 3 years apart.
Iāve walked by this balcony on 54th street dozens of times and felt this nostalgia, where was that feeling coming from?! Now I know! My friendĀ @vampchronfic has been using the NOLA balcony shot as their header image! Little piece of NOLA right here in NY *u* I would bet the NOLA balcony was made first, since it has more details and dimensionality, but maybe simplifying that was a design choice for the NY client, since we have harsher weather to contend with here.
@vampchronfic would back meĀ up on this:Ā So I want to say Yes. LouisĀ spends manyĀ pleasurable eveningsĀ reclining on a plush couch at the Rue Royale, with Lestatās arm wrapped around his shoulders, a comfy blanket over them both,Ā reading together with their favorite music on, or bingewatching something like Peaky Blindersā¦ we all know Lestat canāt sit perfectly still for very long, so you know heās petting Louis with his free hand, maybe rearranging the pillows around them, you knowā¦ cuddly fidgeting *u*
Louisā default expression was never a full smile, but itās closer to a smile now than it ever was in the past.Ā He hasĀ the Mona LisaĀ partial-smile nailed down, and itās natural. Heās visited Hell and been brought back, found Earth much more pleasant in comparison. Heās got his angel, and they can communicate now in a way that was impossible before. Thereās still friction, but any healthy relationship has that and theyāre both so in tune with each other that they can diagnose an issue before it spirals too far out of control, āWait. Are you saying that because you mean it, or are you cranky because youāre hungry?āTheyāre huge toddlers and itās usually that.
Who in this world is super smiley all day everyday kind of happy? But yes,Ā Louis is as close to everyday kind of happy that heās ever been ā¤
Okay trying this again (not on the tablet and in the correct blog!)āIām in full agreement with #i-want-my-iwtv. Itād be odd if Louis had a big ole grin plastered on his face all the time, but as far as contentment and happiness, heāsĀ as close to that as he has ever been in his long life. Lestat knows it and as far as Louisās concerned, thatās what matters. Because he presents a rather sober appearance you might get the idea he is humorless, but those are the ones you have to watch out for – heāll slay the room (if you will pardon the expression) with a well-placed one liner. As for smilingāsure he doesābut those mega-wattĀ smiles? Iād guess he saves most of those for Lestat.
So this has circulated long enough, @takemetocoffin-or-losemeforever made this, and IT IS A PERFECT SCREENCAP&TEXTMEME COMBO BC:
– Look at Claudiaās face. She looks like she JUST told them. It had to be said.
– Louis is all *shitshitshit how can i answer her without lying…Ā āIām only gay for Lestat…ā No, that sounds weird… āWeāre only gay sometimes…. like for 20 minutes at a time…ā No, sometimes it lasts longer… so conflicted… If I wait long enough maybe Lestat will have a better answer.
– Lestat is just standing there growling, not sure if he should be offended or impressed that she figured it out despite his efforts to keep certain things behind closed doors.Ā If I wait long enough maybe Louis will have a better answer.
A memorable scene of Lestat finding piles of blond haired corpses in Magnusā tower.Ā Bodies were collected from various 19th century French paintings and arranged into an almost ornamental composition. The main source of inspiration being of course Gericault (The Raft of Medusa and studies). As in his works, the drawing explores the fragility of human body and the limits of human desperation when it comes to surviving.Ā
āIn a deep prison cell lay a heap of corpses in all states of decay, the bones and rotted flesh crawling with worms and insects. Rats ran from the light of the torch, brushing past my legs as they made for the stairs. And my nausea became a knot in my throat. The stench suffocated me.
But I couldn’t stop staring at these bodies. There was something important Ā here, something terribly important, to be realized. And it came to me suddenly that all these dead victims had been men – their boots and ragged clothing gave evidence of that – and every single one of them had yellow hair, very much like my own hair. The few who had features left appeared to be young men, tall, slight of build. And the most recent occupant here – the wet and reeking corpse that lay with its arms outstretched through the bars – so resembled me that he might have been a brother.ā– The Vampire Lestat
#one of my fave scenes of course #bc i am gross apparently #is when Lestat sees this horror and tosses his cookies and thenĀ
#well #eats the tossed cookies again bc 5 second rule right?
Iām still trying to figure out what I think of the new book, and in the meanwhile this scene in which Lestat says heād not cut his hair because he loves it got stuck in my head, so have the brat being fab ~
