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I was curious what you thought about this… When I was reading TVL and learning about Gabrielle, I had the distinct impression that she was trans man. All the stuff about how she seemed to resent most of her children and her marriage, her choice to wear men’s clothes, and her desire to keep her hair cut short is what made me feel that way. I just read it last year, but I’ve never seen any other fans comment on that, so I was wondering if it was just me? (I’ve only read IWTV & TVL by the way)

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Gabrielle has some good action in book 3, QOTD, so you might be interested in that. 

I love it when ppl play up both genders in their fanart of her. Especially her miffed reaction to being called Mom still!

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[fanart by hrim]

I’m not really knowledgeable about transgender issues, but it is an interesting headcanon re: Gabrielle. 

But I’ll try anyway a little! Maybe when she was mortal she might have preferred being a man because alot of power and freedom went along with that gender at that time. I headcanon that her marriage was an arranged one, not out of love. She doesn’t seem to have negative feelings about her own body in its femaleness. She wants all the men in town to sleep with her as a power-thing, as an ultimate fuck-you to her ungrateful and unloving husband. 

I don’t think she resented her children so much as she didn’t really reach out to them when they were young, bc so many did not survive to adulthood that, having known them better, their loss would have been more painful for her. Maybe she resented the children that survived because they didn’t feel loved by her, and sided with the Marquis; so by the time they were old enough that she could trust that they would continue to adulthood, they had already become so much like him that she didn’t like them as people, either (Lestat being the obvious exception).

She might have been bisexual as a mortal, too, and felt trapped by her arranged marriage.

I never saw Marius as androgynous (I see Antoine, maybe Nikki, Gabrielle, and Pandora as androgynous–with the latter only doing so if she feels like wearing masculine clothes); I always saw Marius as the most masculine looking out of the vampire. Lestat would have something very feminine about the way that he carried himself, Louis would be too beautiful to be considered masculine, but Marius was an extensive traveler in ancient times as mortal, he had to be strong, and tough.

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^Agreed.

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I found Armand! (Or a face for him, anyhow.) Just plunk a russet wig on Rory Finn. He’s got the big brown eyes for it and he’s just boyish enough, I think, to nail the look. There’s a pic on going around tumblr right now where he’s dressed up in Carravaggio-esque garb and his expression just screams Armand to me. I wish I could link you to it…

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I think u mean these? bc… oh myyyy…   (  *u*)

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Rory Finn by Scallywag Fox

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Hello you^^ first off, I adore your blog. I’m a pretty jumpy person, by which I mean that I jump from one thing to another in like a week, but thanks to you I’m still alive in the VC fandom <3 Second, you read all the books right? I have them all but I never could get myself to read Armand's and all the books following it. Like, I want to but I am not a fan of Armand for some reason, and I heard the second half of the series is pretty bad? Could you give me some advice? Should I read them?

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Awww thank u for the compliments! I’m such a successful drug dealer, addicted a fresh victim to our beloved drug of choice, lovable dysfunctional vampires ♥u♥

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shut up Claudia you know you love it you helped him WRITE that monologue…

Yes, I read all the books. Should you read all the books? 

Well, if, for example, you’re not so interested in Armand as a character, I would recommend skipping TVA, bc it’s largely his story. BUT, you may miss good moments with other characters that you do like. Same goes for the other books past TVA.

Short answer is: give it all a chance, skim if you must, and decide for yourself, it’s meant to be fun, it’s not a religion, there are no chants to memorize, you will not be quizzed next Monday ;]

Longer answer here.

I have a little doubt, are ricean vampires racist?

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Y’know, that is a good question but also a tough one to answer. I’m sure there are academic articles on it (here’s one I skimmed, looks intriguing, thanks to takemetocoffin-or-losemeforever for the link!), and I did a movie!IWTV kill tally (according to the tally, 73% of the on-screen mortals killed were Caucasian). 

I percolated on this with coldinhumanity, and the short answer is: Maybe, but if so, it’s unintentional. These are 200+ yr old vampires, and they have outdated conceptions of things.

In movie!IWTV: Louis kills Yvette, a poc, it was accidental. We see him struggling with it and trying to make Yvette leave him alone, but she seems to actually care about him, “Are you still our master at all? You must send away this friend of yours… they’re frightened of him. And they’re frightened of you.” I headcanon that they had a good relationship prior to his turning, maybe the best possible relationship under the circumstances.

Not saying that Louis was a fantastic slave owner, but we aren’t told negative things about him in that role, only that movie!Yvette (and I think it’s in book!IWTV, too) NOTICED his daytime absence in the fields, and seemed to want him back out there. 

I think Anne Rice attempts to consider political concepts and weave them into her work if possible, but it’s not her main focus. Akasha’s idea for world peace was presented, and refuted. Was Akasha a misandrist? That’s not racism, but it’s hatred of a group of people who all share a certain characteristic having and/or being a dick, and AR strove to show us how impractical it was to try to remove them, 40% of the world’s population, in order to “improve” the remainder. 

In the books, I’d say that:

  • Anne Rice began the first one in the style of the Victorian-era gothic novels she loved, and emulated the way those novels exoticised anything that could be exoticised, such as, exotic people. 
  • The whole series are basically white men from the capitals of Europe.
  • She has had some non-Caucasian vampires (I won’t spoil anything by mentioning them by name), who are typically from places that western history acknowledge as good and impressive, like Ancient Egypt and India.

I don’t think she intends to be racist, and her characters rarely have dialogue that would explicitly state such. In the narration, however, one could argue that there are implied racial opinions.  

I have this headcanon where Armand is just /so/ oblivious when it comes to jokes, puns, etc. Like, you have to explain every detail to him so he’ll get it and yes this is really dumb I just needed to share it.

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Hello! After years of re-reading the first 3 books, I am about to start book 4, ttotbt. However, I was looking at the order of books on Wikipedia and I noticed Pandora and Vittorio are kind of separate? When should I read them so that the series is in order?((your blog is PERFECT, by the way))

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((My blog is perfect, indeed. Pffft must pretend to have some level of humility! Thank u *u* ))

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Starting TOBT, you’re still on the more sane side of canon. JUST YOU WAIT.

When to read Pandora and Vittorio? That’s a good question. Other ppl may have different answers for you, so anyone feel free to reblog this w/ commentary or send me a message on this.

Pandora

This is the story of Pandora, who was with Marius for quite some time, so I would read this one right before Blood and Gold (which is Marius’ story) so that her perspective is fresh in your mind when Marius starts talking smack about her. AR wrote Blood and Gold after Pandora, so she had to keep that information in mind, too.

Vittorio

HONESTLY, I don’t see that Vittorio really fits into canon at all, I think the Coven of the Articulate are mentioned briefly in his book? His story won’t spoil any of the other books, bc it’s completely separate from theirs, so I’d leave it till later. After Blood and Gold. Maybe even after Prince Lestat, since he’s not in that book, either.

When I started the series, the first 4 had already been published, and I read the fresh VC in the order they were released. This meant that I read Pandora between MtD and TVA, not really ideal placement, as, if I recall correctly, she has only brief cameos in those. I read Vittorio between TVA and Merrick, and I don’t think he appears in either.

Back then we read everything immediately, fearing every VC novel would be the last; trying times. Hope this helped ^______^

The picture is MUCH better. I’m not usually snobby about high-def images or anything but for some reason my DVD of IWTV always had a film grain (I kind of liked it, it added both an antiquated aura and a touch campiness of it), but it also felt…odd. Most films from the 90’s even without restoration still have better clarity than the pictures that came before, but the Blu Ray for IWTV is CRYSTAL.

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OuO thank u OKAY I’M SOLD

Did you purchase the 20th anniversary edition of Interview with the Vampire on Bluray? If so, was it worth it? Was there bonus features? I already have it on DVD but I’m thinking about purchasing it on Bluray and I thought who better to ask if it is worth it, than you!

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I didn’t buy it bc I don’t have a Bluray player; and I would have bought said Bluray player JUST to watch the new bonus features in a 20th Anniversary edition of IWTV if it had any, which it sadly does not (or so I’ve been told) ;A; 

BUT I do know that the picture quality is in fact better in the Bluray. Let me show you! omg ppl want to know about the extras not the picture quality idec i do what i want 

At first glance, on a laptop or smaller device screen (and at this teensy size like ugh) these two shots of Louis look identical (it’s not exactly the same frame but it’s as close as I could get w/o going crazay):

But when you see it on a bigger screen, there’s more resolution on the Bluray version, it’s a sharper image:

As far as the extra features, which is what u really wanted to know about before I took a detour…

As mentioned above, I don’t think there are any on the 20th anniversary edition :[ BUT THERE SHOULD BE… and I know specifically that Neil Jordan has been informed within the last year that WE WANT EXTRAS AND CUT SCENES AND SUCH like how did he not know that??! Just bc it’s 20yrs old doesn’t mean it’s been forgotten.

Is it worth buying it for just a better picture? I would, if I had a Bluray player. Maybe I’ll finally do that since you reminded me…

Anyone have the IWTV Bluray who can tell us if there’s anything new/special on it that I am unaware of?