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Did anybody like Anne Rice or the director of IWTV have anything to say with the way Armand was portrait in the movie. Did they say why movie Armand didn’t have red short hair and wasn’t 17?
Well, I have never come across an interview with AR or director Neil Jordan about why Antonio was cast for Armand. I should have an FAQ and when I do, this will be right up at the top of that list!
I should probably watch IWTV with the director commentary again; he might have mentioned smtg about it and I’ve just forgotten, so I will do that.
ANYWAY, there are a bunch of theories as to why Armand is portrayed the way he is in the movie and my fave explanation, currently, is that movie!Armand is actually a blend of Armand and Santino.
Why do that?:
- If they had cast a cherubic teenage redhead (or older creepy cherub dude trying to look 17 *cough cough* movie!QotD *cough*) it might have made Louis look like a pedophile, dumping his 11 yr old “beloved” (as he calls her) for someone only 6 yrs older (in appearance, anyway).
- For people who hadn’t read the book, someone cuter than Louis might have taken the sympathy away from him (who was supposed to remain the focus, it’s HIS story, after all). That would have been compromised by omg cute little redhead bby we want to snuggles you!
- Armand was supposed to replace Lestat in the sense of being a better mentor/teacher/father figure to Louis, and so that someone had to be more paternal-looking. Someone who would look older.
- The actor had to be a bigger star than Brad Pitt (or at least older than BP)
- And he had to have some European or other ethnicity, because these Parisian vampires were supposed to be darker, scarier, more like Real Vampires of the Old Ways than the softer Americanized Vampires. Their vampire makeup (aside from their TdV costuming) shows them to almost be a different, more vicious species from Louis (who has to still maintain his “most human”-looking vampire status).
In all this, Santino really fits the bill better, and my guess is that AR suggested it, she was the screenwriter, after all.
For more on this, check out my #Defending Antonio tag.
Also go check out this memeything by @luthi69 bc it is relevant.
Can we give Claudia Blak a second chance(she played Panda in the movie we don’t talk about) and cast her as Gabrielle?
Well my initial thought was We can forgive but we will never forget.
^But tbh this was not her fault, and I’m sure she did the best she could, and honestly, I had no idea how beautiful she really is under all that hideous makeup like wtf was up with that extra pocket of white shimmer eye powder in the inner tear duct area on all those vampires in QOTD it was hella weird!
And how playful she can be!
And how seasonally appropriate!
In short Yes, let’s please give Claudia Black a second chance at VC. As someone. Maybe Gabrielle even!
Do you have any fanfiction recommendations? Personal favorites?
Fanfic?? there’s no such thing as VC fanfic… pfffft. What are you crazy honestly??!
^Lestat is laughing bc he knows I is sarcastic.
I have a huge list of faves. HUGE. But the thing about VC fanfic is that we still have to be sort of careful about sharing it bc of reasons (under the cut if you wanna know why).
MY faves may not be what you’re looking for as I tend to skew L/L, since they are the OTP I am hopelessly afflicted with, but I have some drabbles and links to fic saved with other characters in my #fanfic, and #damn you and your perfect headcanon perfection tags here. There’s also some fine stuff in the @vcsecretgifts archive.
Archive of Our Own (aka AO3)
has a mission statement about protecting fanworks from copyright infringement arguments, so I feel pretty safe recc’ing stuff that’s on there:
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Gulfport: A British Petroleum Fanfic (Part One) by hw_campbell_jnr – There are 2 parts and it’s incomplete but this is devastatingly beautiful long!fic. Hipster modern Lestat and Louis, Lestat going by a pseudonym, politics woven in, it’s just too good. It annoys me how good it is. I am annoyed. I would be less annoyed if it were COMPLETED.
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First Light by Rebness – Such feels, Claudia’s POV on her final night ;A;
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The Grim Brothers by Rebness – incomplete but it’s a fun little werewolf AU! I hope the author picks it up again someday.
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The Sexting Caper by Gairid – because sexting!
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The Haunting by Gairid – A haunted object.
- Gairid also has some excellent long!fics and collaborations with Leshan that are worth checking out, too many to list here.
- My stuff… see Burnadette_dpdL. De Motu Cordis is not my fave but has one of the highest hit counts. L/L lovey fluff *blushes*
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One Night in New Orleans by iskra667 – L/L dubcon angst, fluff, I just really enjoy it.
- Childhood memory – a harsh lesson is learned (not the official title) @devilsfool – a response to an Ask, a first kiss, child!Lestat.
- Lestat’s actual birthday (not the official title) by @viaticumforthemarquise – Gabrielle’s POV on the day Lestat is born oh gawds! Baby!Lestat
Hit the jump for a teensy fanfic history lesson.
In short, Anne Rice had waged war on VC fanfic in the mid-90s, sic’ing her lawyers on many fanfic writers, eventually breaking apart fanfic sites (“speculative fiction” or “spec” archives/communities) and driving many of these writers to stop writing altogether or do so in a more underground way.
Currently, she’s had conflicting stances on fanfic, but hasn’t made outright war at nearly that level. We try not to tag her in discussions of it, basically, we don’t try to provoke her by making our caches of VC fanfic known. Especially on Facebook, where she’s very active and might see it. She posted this on her FB in 2014 (I think):
Thank god for this blog! It’s nice to see that the fandom is still so thriving and active. ❤
Merci beaucoup, such kind words, I’m very touched *u*
I’m happy to see the fandom as lively as it is, too. It fluctuates over time. The next official book will undoubtedly send us all into a massive frenzy, whether we like it or not.
I was going to listen to the IWTV soundtrack while in the shower, and had it playing on my computer which was on the counter, and as I began to undress I just saw that one piercing eye staring at me and was just like “nope, you’re not going to watch me shower,” and I quickly turned the computer around.
#so inappropriate Lestat #very bad boy #*smacks with rolled-up magazine* #NO #that is NOT how we treat our friends #lestat
#sprays with holy water [fanart by @mortcharmant]
ooc: I always saw Andeja as Bianca tbh and seeing anon wanting her in vc I was like YES.
Oooh, I like her as Bianca, too!
This is now an excuse to make a Bianca casting post… for Bianca I also really love @perladivenezia‘s FC, Natalie Dormer…
And @everlastingporcelain‘s FC, Scarlett Johansson…
Aaaaaan @sheepskeleton‘s fabulous fanart of her…(plural! But I just picked one for a sample)
