Bonsoir à toi, aussi, mon avocat gris 😀 Rereading the whole series, my gosh what a challenge and what fun! oh if only i could lay around reading books all day and sipping iced tea or an adult beverage that would be heaven siiiiigh…..

#pffffft Shut up Gaston #you’re like illiterate ok #Augustin de Lioncourt

Not sure which specific book you’re referring to, or if you meant that as kind of a silly observation, but I really enjoy how she jumps around! When you really consider these breaks in the “main” story, they’re like side dishes to a meal. When you really consider them you’ll find that those breaks are not so “random” after all, even if they are not connected to the actual plot. Not every piece of a story needs to be connected to the actual plot in order to make a story enjoyable. In fact it can keep you guessing, wondering whether you should keep this information in mind as the tale unfolds, or whether it was put there to throw you off the trail a bit! 

Of course, #your headcanon may vary. If you choose not to accept some of these side stories, that’s fine, too.

There are alot of stories-within-stories in the VC. Characters tend to dig deeper and interview eachother. At one point, we have Lestat telling us what Marius told Lestat about what an Egyptian vampire told Marius about the origin story of the vampires written down in archives! That’s like 4 levels?! Interviewception.

In QotD,

from the beginning

Lestat tells us straightup that the story will be laid out like that:

“So we will move out of the narrow, lyrical confines of the first person singular; we will jump as a thousand mortal writers have done into the brains and souls of “many characters.” We will gallop into the world of “third person” and “multiple point of view.”

And by the way, when these other characters think or say of me that I am beautiful or irresistible, etc., don’t think I put these words in their heads. I didn’t! It’s what was told to me after, or  what I drew out of their minds with infallible telepathic power; I wouldn’t lie about that or anything else. 

I can’t help being a gorgeous fiend. It’s just the card I drew. 

The bastard monster who made me what I am picked me on account of my good looks. That’s the long and short of it. 

And accidents like that occur all the time.

Now, be assured: though I am leaving you, I will return with full flair  at the appropriate moment.”