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Brad Pitt and Kirsten Dunst in Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
I love this production still for so many reasons but one of them definitely is that Louis isn’t really able to protect Claudia while she’s holding his arm down; she’s put herself in front of him, she’s actually trying to shield him from the flailing-around-on-fire-vampire in the room. Louis probably feels extra guilty for setting Lestat on fire but he had to choose sides, and he’s chosen Claudia and freedom.
#seriously tho #claudia #darling #love of my life #i can’t protect u if youre gonna hold my arms down ok #i need them free to throw oil lamps around #just fyi
Ok so I’ve only read IWTV and I was obviously captured by it and cried more than once haha. I saw the movie years before and only recently read the book. But I didn’t really pick up on the emotional connection to Lestat that you always elaborate on.. I totally see Lestats obsession with Louis, that much is obvious. But throughout IWTV, Louis seems to range from hatred to disinterest, to pity, with no real love besides the initial wonder. Is this b/c I only read the first one? Or whats your take?
So Louis’ emotional connection to Lestat, and the fact that it wasn’t really visible in IWTV.
The really short answer is that I believe in Louis’ love for Lestat so much that I can’t quite pinpoint the evidence for it! I think it’s from reading further books and seeing Louis from other ppls’ POV, who can describe his love better than he might be able to admit.
“Louis, the watcher, the patient one, was there on account of love pure and simple. The two had found each other only last night, and theirs had been an extraordinary reunion. Louis would go where Lestat led him. Louis would perish if Lestat perished.” – Khayman, Queen of the Damned.
TL;DR: You gonna have to read The Vampire Lestat to get that connection.
These are actually pretty appropriate here:
So, yes, I think you’re somewhat right when you say that in book!IWTV and movie!IWTV, it seems like the only feelings Louis has for Lestat are:
- a “range from hatred
- to disinterest,
- to pity,
- with no real love besides the initial wonder.”
Louis is baffled by a lot of the things Lestat does in IWTV, he disagrees with Lestat’s philosophy (which is unclear in IWTV in both versions), and until Claudia rebels against their maker, Louis stays with Lestat because YES, he is still fascinated with him, he doesn’t know of any other vampires, and he’s sure he can pull more of the mysteries of life out of Lestat about vampiring, and his place in the scheme of things (whether vampires work for God or Satan is a big question).
^At the end of IWTV, Louis does meet up with a very incapacitated Lestat. Lestat says in the next book that this scene never happened.
Whether they met like this or not, Louis clearly is “empty” at the end of IWTV, and he wants to find Lestat, but how’s he going to do that? Check the Yellow Pages? It would be like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
IWTV is like a Batsignal from Louis to Lestat to call him out of wherever he’s hiding. Some of the story is embellished (or maybe even invented) to paint Lestat as a bizarre antagonist. This is all to get him ANGRY ENOUGH to rise up out of hiding and FIND LOUIS. Whether to retaliate physically, and finally end Louis’ misery, or correct the record by putting out HIS side of the story, and everything he couldn’t tell Louis during IWTV.
Which is exactly what The Vampire Lestat is, and that’s why you need to read it ❤
White and grey coloured pencils and white gel pen on A4 black paper.
Urrr my God,that’s an option? *waits in line to sit on Louis lap
♠Yes, Santa Lestat has offered my… holiday services… as well.
//Santas Lestat and Louis are accepting last-minute holiday messages and requests, and will be answering the previously-sent ones, pardon the delay 😉
I’ve been debating on this for a while, Santa Lestat. I didn’t know what to request for Christmas because tap dancing Jesus Christ I don’t celebrate the holiday and fellating lizards what the hell do I really want? I know what I want now. I’m not sitting on your lap, but I’m asking. For Christmas, I want those douche canoes who told me I’d never make it, never survive on my own to shrivel up and choke on a dumpster’s worth of broken condoms and rat shit. And I want to stay strong. Can you do it?
♛Fellating lizards! Douche canoes! *choked laughter*
(No need to sit on my lap, it’s not required, by the way, although many would be thrilled with that alone and not need anything else, gift-wise *smiles.* But I digress.)
With staying strong: that’s an internal struggle, unfortunately. I can only offer you the example of my own strength in the face of adversity. Enormous adversity. Some of the adversity has been self-inflicted. It happens. Life’s not a straight path. Wouldn’t it be utterly boring if it was? Overcoming adversity makes you stronger; you can surprise yourself. Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Cliché but true, at least in my experience, considering the many actual attempts to kill me.
You’re also doing the right thing, quitting smoking. That’s going to make everything else better. Let me tell you also that smokers smell and taste terrible. To kiss, to kill, ugh. I’d rather lick the street, really.
So those douche canoes… from what you’ve said, they’re not evildoers per se, this type of emotional murder isn’t a crime. It should be, but it isn’t. Seeing as you didn’t ask me to kill them outright, only to punish them severely, that I can do. There are worse things than death. They’ll be emotionally compromised themselves after I’m through with them. Might need institutionalization.
You offered a very creative method of torture, however, so I’ll add it to my repertoire. I might just have to try it on actual evildoers. Rat shit and broken condoms as a last meal, hmmm? Then set them on fire to finish the job. I wouldn’t want my own dinner tainted. I have standards about my own cuisine.
Happy holidays to you, Santa Lestat wishes you all the best.
Layered Silk and Tulle Evening Dress, ca. 1916
Lucille
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@i-want-my-iwtv kind of reminds me of Claudia ¿??¿?
Definitely, very Claudia! Reminds me of this, with the sheer sleeve elegance:
Compare made a side-by-side to avoid carpal tunnel from scrolling back n forth:
Wolfkiller
My confession is that love scares me
♛Love is scary, it can be terrifying. You can lose yourself in it, give your heart to someone who doesn’t deserve you. I’ll take the risks, I doubt I could live without love. My hunger for it supersedes everything else. Never forget to love yourself. We all deserve that much. Especially when certain objects of your affection do not return your love regardless of their inability or refusal to see how lovable you are.
I-want-my-IWTV 