The Vampire Chronicle Characters
Cate Blanchett as Gabrielle de Lioncourt
…It was the same the first time I bore a child,’ she said. ‘I was in agony for twelve hours, and I felt trapped in the pain, knowing the only release was the birth or my own death. When it was over, I had your brother Augustin in my arms, but I didn’t want anyone else near me. And it wasn’t because I blamed them. It was only that I’d suffered like that, hour after hour, that I’d gone into the circle of hell and come back out. They hadn’t been in the circle of hell. And I felt quiet all over. In this common occurrence, this vulgar act of giving birth, I understood the meaning of utter loneliness.@adirotynd HAVE YOU SEEN THIS?
Tag Archives: AESTHETIC
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
“If Lestat and Louis were to marry, it would take place in the private chapel of Lestat’s chateau in France…” [X]
The Vampire Chronicles Fancast : Akasha – Rihanna
“She turned her head ever so slightly; it seemed a miracle when she closed her eyes; because then the visible life went out of her altogether. A dead and perfect thing, fine black eyelashes curling exquisitely. I looked down at her throat; at the pale blue of the artery beneath the flesh, suddenly visible as if she meant for me to see it. The lust I felt was unsupportable. The goddess, mine! I took her roughly with a strength that would have hurt a mortal woman. The icy skin seemed absolutely impenetrable and then my teeth broke through it and the hot fount was roaring into me again.”
“Master, don’t let me ever make you angry. Don’t let me ever–.”
“No, Amadeo, be my challenger, be my questioner, be my bold and ungrateful pupil.” He looked faintly sad. He pushed me gently. He gestured to the coffin. The purple satin damask shimmered.
“And so I lie in it,” I whispered, “so young.”
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Marius and Armand; The Vampire Armand
Personal Vampire Armand Aesthetic part 2
Model: Kirill Nikolini
Time lapse of hundreds of sunsets. Photo credit goes to Matt Molloy.
ideal autumn reading list starter kit
Vampire Fiction
The Family of a Vourdalak (1843)
The Fate of Madame Cabanel (1880)
Academic
The Vampire in Literature up until Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’
Karl Ulrichs’ ‘Manor’: Homosexuality and Vampirism
The Aesthetics of Horror in Stoker’s Dracula
The Living Dead: A Study of the Vampire in Romantic Literature
The Vampire in Nineteenth Century English Literature
I apologize for my lack of posts lately… preparing for my final medical school exams 🙂 Hope it will all be over soon.
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