WHAT DID U EXPECT, A VISUAL OF LESTAT AND DORA UNDER THE CUT? Ew no.
So I don’t deny that it was gross and bizarre but I think of this scene – at certain monthly intervals – and consider it from her perspective. She seemed to like it. He seemed to like it. It went from dubcon to consensual in about 3 seconds… and she seemed empty afterwards?? He actually might have saved her a few $ on feminine products?? SUCH A GENTLEMAN.
…this is so hard because I love alot of individual songs and one-hit wonders, usually not whole albums, and I’ll leave out movie soundtracks bc that would be its own list, but, YOU FORCE ME TO BRAIN ON IT. In no particular order (w/ multiple albums for some artist bc of reasons I KNOW I AM A CHEAT):
Pearl Jam – Rearviewmirror, Yield, Ten, Vitalogy
Toad the Wet Sprocket – fear, Coil, and Dulcinea
The Wallflowers – Bringing Down the Horse, Breach
Goo Goo Dolls – Dizzy Up The Girl
Fuel – Something Like Human
Billy Joel – Storm Front, River of Dreams, Glass Houses, Songs in the Attic, Концерт
Tori Amos – Little Earthquakes, Under the Pink
Lisa Loeb – Tails
Jewel – Pieces of You
Alanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill
Nine Inch Nails – Hesitation Marks
Nine Inch Nails – Year Zero and Year Zero Remixed
Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine
Nine Inch Nails – Ghosts I – IV
the Album Leaf – Seal Beach EP
Bonus: Motown hits (ok not an album specifically but you get the idea)
omg you must’ve looked wickedly cool. It’s an excellent combo. The girlier the lace, the grungier the leather, the better.
Re: it being an iconic moment: Oh I agree! It’s one of his most iconic moments in the movie, for sure, specifically bc it relates to fashion and a little bit about just being comfortable; bc when sleeves are bunched up like that it limits your range of motion, not good for driving but i digress. AND because we can see his hands are back to normal, he’s definitely feeling better already, and ready for another adventure… with Daniel this time!
duendology asked: “Delfe, help me, help us! 😉 I’ve been trying to establish which parts of the France southern region (usually administratively now having different names) belonged to the historic “Auvergne”? Is there, perhaps a historic map with this region marked? So I could see this territory in its full historical context?”
First I’ve to confess I’m pretty
much ignorant of Southern France and Auvergne geography (even if I’m currently living “not-so-far” from there – shame on me), so I did learn a lot of things about the history of Auvergne.
Before speaking more specifically of
Auvergne, a “tiny” point; France has two important
administrative divisions: “région” (created in 1955) and “département” (created
in 1790). The 27 régions are subdivided into 101 départements (the
région of Auvergne, for
example, has 4 départements). Therefore, the number of régions is going to be
reduced to 18 in
2016, and Auvergne
will be merged with the
région of Rhône-Alpes. Lyon will most certainly become the administrative
center, so Clermont-Ferrand will lose its
official title of Auvergne’s
capital.
Now, back to the main topic!
Current Auvergne is basically a combination of historic Auvergne and the provinces of Bourbonnais and Velay. The name Auvergne come from gallic tribes of Arvernes, one of
the most famous and powerful confederation of Gaul.
I’m not going to trace the whole history of Auvergne
(I don’t want you to fall asleep and Wikipedia does that 1000 times better than me here anyway) but the “city of Arvernes”, in fact,
covers more or less the territory of 18th century Auvergne. With the Revolution, France is divided in départements, and the province of Auvergne
is split between Puy-de-Dome, Cantal, Haute-Loire and Allier in 1790. A entity similar of
historic Auvergne
is finally brought back in 1955 with the creation of administrative régions.
18th century Auvergne
on a map of current France (with départements divisions) ;
today’s Auvergne
is in red (I made a map combining this map to another one I found on Wikipedia; it’s not a
perfect match, but it makes things easier to visualize)
A map of the provinces of Marche, Bourbonnais, Limousin and Auvergne (in red), dating apparently from 1763. [source]
And a map of the “cité des Arvernes” with actual Auvergne limits. [source]
Voilà !
its also
ridiculously,
incredibly,
gorgeous and
can’t you just
see little baby
mortal Lestat,
hunting and galavanting around this place?
Also, its famous for its rustic wines, hot springs (due to all the dormant volcanoes, such that the Puy-de-Dome that gives it name to the larger region. For all its fields and valleys it also has large areas of thick forest once ridden with wolves and all sorts of other beasties. I did a lot of research on the area for an art project I did in high school, and it shot Auvergne near the top of my “Things to see in France” list.
…see little baby mortal Lestat, hunting and galavanting around this place
I-want-my-IWTV 
