growing up in maine us writers were of course always comparing ourselves to stephen king. Ā TURNS OUT HEāS FUCKING WRITER GEORG
āaverage writer writes 3 books a year" factoid actualy just statistical error. average person writes 1 book per year. Steven King, who lives in cave & writes over 10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted
Stephen King is the challenge I set for myself daily.
Hello again, anon that lost her shit finishing TVL! Keep us posted, I love these fresh impressions of VC bc I can never quite get mine back, that first experience of each of the books Iāve already read. And re-read. Although, I do bring smtg different to them on each re-read, as Iāve gotten older and had more of my own experiences and philosophical revisions to compare to our fave dysfunctional vampiresā.
*nods* Yes, AR has shown us many voices in her writing,
I think you put it very well. She has given us POVs from the lofty to the much less lofty. The lofty POVs appeal to ppl who enjoy that and the more modern stuff appeals to ppl who enjoy thatā¦ @annabellioncourthelped me out on a post about the voice of Louis,Ā his POV seems to draw on older literature, and he loves to read those books, so of course he would absorb that somewhat anachronistic flavor. LouisĀ may be deliberately making his story a little difficult to read, as he is revealing a lot but also keeping some things secret, keeping Daniel at armās length.Ā
^Footage of characters from their own POV chapters in one book vying for attention ā¤
QOTD was a good collection of this bc sheās jumping characters a lot in that book, which she didnāt do in TVL and IWTV, except to have her main characters sit and listen to others tell their own stories. In those instances, we did get some variation in the POV, but again, it was through the filter of the person who later told/recorded the story for us, the readers (i.e. Lestat telling us about > Marius telling Lestat about > the Elder telling Marius about > the origin of the vampires! Check out @comixqueenās VC storyception!)
TVL is my fave bc Lestat. LESTAT! He does have flaws, for sure. Flaws that could spiral anyone into depression. But his lust for life overrides everything ā¤Ā
^And I think part of why we all love him (those of us that do love him) against our own better judgment is that even when he royally fracks up, he gets back up, dusts himself off, and careens into the next car.
āI would say that the resemblance is uncannyā¦ in more ways than one. Yes, budding youth, handsome, blue eyes and blond hair. Even the expression in the painted portrait we see of Prince Adam is a familiar expression of mine *winks*
I relate deeply to that story. If Iām the Beast, and Iām constantly swooning over Louisās slightest glance at me, does that make him Beauty? Probably.
As much as I do praise myself (and others do, as well!) to the high heavens for my looksā¦ Being at home in my own body has been, and still is, a constant a struggle. Itās a love-hate relationship with the mirror. As often as I say it, the impact remains the same: my reflection has startled me on more than one occasion, itās depressed me, itās made me almost lose the will to live. There were times that I couldnāt look in a mirror. I wouldnāt wish that feeling on my worst enemy.
There is a real horror in what we are, hosts to a vampiric parasite. That moment of awakening, that first breath after the change. Beautiful and monstrous all in one. And each time I survive something and my reflection shows me something close to what I was before all this happened, thatās a small comfort.Ā
OMFG no really can we talk about parallels between these stories.
HELLO WOLFKILLER LOL
Letās talk about how Belle and Louis are both pretty brunette book nerds.
Lestat experiences horrific changes to himself (his soul and his body both) throughout his life that turn him into a literal monster and heās often terrified by his own body.
Belle basically winds up with Stockholm Syndrome, HI LOUIS. Like, the Beast keeps her captive for selfish reasons, eventually he grows on her. Louis entered this relationship with his eyes a little more open, and he was enthralled by Lestat in the very beginning, but Lestat did trap him there by withholding Important Vampire Information AND ALSO trapping him with a kid. Claudia is basically the library in this analogy.
//ooc: Very good addition from @monstersinthecosmos! Iām sure essays could be written on this. Lots of comparison could be made.Ā
The story of Beauty and the Beast is far older than the Disney movie (1991) and has been adapted many times over, I wouldnāt be surprised if AR had drawn on some of that story – or any of the various adaptations – for inspiration as TVL was published in 1985. Still, itās worth comparing this Disney version (or the story itself) with TVL, being made within the same decade. Maybe the Disney ppl were influenced by AR ;]
When someone tries to tell you that you have to be pale to be goth, just remember this picture.š
Bringing this back! Someone actually stole this post (as in with my quote, I didnāt make the picture) but took the time to cut my username out and now its being shared all over facebook, ruuude~ So here is the original.:P
āI looked down at the ground and saw flowers of complete perfection; flowers that were the flowers that our flowers of the world might become! I don’t know any other way to describe how well realized were the petals and the centers and the colors. TheĀ colors themselves were so distinct and so finely delineated that I was unsure suddenly that our spectrum was even involved.Ā
I mean, I don’t think our spectrum of color was the limit! I think there was some other set of rules. Or it was merely an expansion, a gift of being able to see combinations of color which are not visible chemically on earth.Ā
…āSapphirine!ā I cried out suddenly, trying to identify the greenish blue of the great leaves surrounding us and gently waving to and fro, and Memnoch smiled and nodded as if in approval, reaching again to stop me from touching Heaven, from trying to grab some of the magnificence I saw.ā – Lestat de Lioncourt, Memnoch the Devil
"I wish I could have at least told you goodbye; but I didn't know there was a goodbye to be said." [ x ]
i. good man down // ewert and the two dragons Ā ii. the embrace // afiĀ iii. devil tears // angus & julia stone iv. goodbye beautiful day v. into you // cinematic orchestra vi. celtic waters // chimerical night vii. modern romance // yeah yeah yeahsĀ viii. nights in white satin // the moody bluesĀ ix. winter is coming // radical face x. raised by wolves // u2Ā xi. waiting for the night // depeche modeĀ xii. my body is a cage // peter gabriel
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