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Regarding the whole interview with the/a vampire: please look up th mandele effect

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I’ve heard of this term, Mandela Effect, seen it in discussion re: the Berenstain Bears, for sure.

But really? All these ppl misremembering the title? Or was it more like this:

The Mandela Effect

“The Mandela Effect is a collective misremembering of a fact or event. Various theories have been proposed to explain what causes it, some more sensible than others.”

That might be it. Idk, I feel like I’m not really affected by this bc I am so obsessed with it that I never misremember it. It  seems like ppl who say Interview with “a” Vampire are either:

A) Purposely saying it wrong bc it sounds slightly amusing wrong (it kinda does!);

B) It really might have been translated that way in their native language;

C) They’re really not as into the series in general so it doesn’t matter whether they have a word wrong;

D) Or, other. Including the Mandela Effect.

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gamurd:

GOING TO HELL: a vampire chronicles playlist

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Evil is a point of view. We are immortal. And what we have before us are the rich feasts that conscience cannot appreciate and mortal men cannot know without regret. God kills, and so shall we; indiscriminately. […] For no creatures under God are as we are, none so like Him as ourselves, dark angels not confined to the stinking limits of hell but wandering His earth and all its kingdoms.

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mortal!Louis suffered claustrophobia? how’s that?

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“And you did get into the
coffin?”

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[X] “I had no choice. I begged Lestat to let me stay in the closet, but he laughed, astonished. `Don’t you know what you are?’ he asked. `But is it magical? Must it have this shape?’ I pleaded. Only to hear him laugh again. I couldn’t bear the idea; but as we argued, I realized I had no real fear. It was a strange realization. All my life I’d feared closed places. Born and bred in French houses with lofty ceilings and floorlength windows, I had a dread of being enclosed. I felt uncomfortable even in the confessional in church. It was a normal enough fear. And now I realized as I protested to Lestat, I did not actually feel this anymore. I was simply remembering it. Hanging on to it from habit, from a deficiency of ability to recognize my present and exhilarating freedom.

– IWTV

It’s up to each reader to interpret that quote as his having just a dislike for small spaces or legit claustrophobia, I interpret it as legit claustrophobia.

I find it disturbing that the only mention of New Mexico was in QOTD, and it wasn’t favorable. Is there a reason the vampires hate New Mexico? I mean It isn’t that bad, is it?

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That doesn’t mean the vampires hate New Mexico, lol, even tho I don’t remember it being mentioned anywhere else in canon other than QOTD, either. 

The only reference I see of New Mexico in QOTD is a very passing mention by a mortal (a bad guy) who’s dying: “Paralyzed, couldn’t move, thinking he was a kid again on a farm or something in New Mexico. Just baby talk.”

That wasn’t unfavorable (being mentioned by a dying bad guy doesn’t mean all ppl who had a childhood there will turn out to be bad guys), and doesn’t represent that the vampires hate New Mexico.

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^Here’s a gif of Claudia playing w/ her food bc it’s similar to the scene in QOTD, someone else is playing w/ their food a little. 

Keep in mind that there’s a lot of canon that takes place in other places and time periods. New Mexico was admitted into the US in 1912 [so sayeth Wiki] idk if there were vampires there before or after that, but there may have been restrictions about crossing the border before 1912. Also, travel for leisure is a relatively modern thing. In fact, Louis doesn’t mention any travel for leisure during IWTV, the three of them just stayed in New Orleans for 65 years? It’s possible. 

OK real talk rn. I can’t stand Armand like at all! Please tell me I’m not the only one, I just hate him, like what is his issue with literally everyone but sometimes Louis and Marius???

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Well Armand probably wouldn’t like you, if that makes you feel any better! I feel that he is essential to the series and he’s my best friend’s spirit animal so I have to defend him.

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[^Armand by @garama]

He has very specific reasons to have tension w/ Louis and Marius, you might not have gotten to that info yet 😉 Maybe you’ll change your mind about him when you get more of his background.

This is why I loved earlier canon so much more than the recent stuff, there were rich layers with characters like Armand. We first meet him in IWTV as the mysterious leader of the Theatre des Vampires, he’s unlike anyone else Louis has ever met and they are enthralled with eachother. Armand is as alluring as Lestat was to mortal!Louis, but in entirely different ways. The more we learn about Armand as we go on through canon, the more we find that he wasn’t simply a survivor of horrible crap that’s happened to him, he’s actively tried to improve his circumstances, he learns from experiences, he is a sponge for knowledge, he has major trust issues with alot of other characters, he’s got a great sense of humor but he’s also really bitter, he craves love but struggles with receiving it, just, ARMAND. SO MUCH MORE than meets the eye.

Anyway if you like Louis at all, ya gotta remember that Armand rescued him from being walled inside a coffin upside-down for eternity so… y’know… there’s that.

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Keep in mind mortal!Louis suffered from claustrophobia, and still felt it as a vampire sometimes, so this would have been an even worse punishment for him.

Oh, to think that I thought I was suffering before. Naive me. Favouring the doomed, as if tumblr didn’t warm me. God do I love the book though, I can not thank you enough for keeping my interest alive by your blog until I could read on. ♥

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You are so welcome! When encouragement isn’t enough I do throw grapes…

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[^Quote from @goddessofidiocy]