Just beginning to drift off, there was a soft rapping at my coffin. “Louis?”
Movement was difficult. Rather just stay down. Pretended to sleep.
“Louis, are you awake?”
He wouldn’t let up. “Can this wait ‘till tomorrow?“
A brief silence, and the rustling of fabric. He was probably wringing his hands.
I rallied my strength and pushed the lid of my coffin aside a few inches. “Well, what is it?”
When I saw his face I immediately regretted my tone. Tears wobbled in his eyes, a few red trails of tears already marked his cheek. He leaned back as if to step away.
“Oh, Lestat, I’m so sorry, please, what’s wrong?” I said, opening the lid enough to sit up and reach for him. He hesitated, then knelt down, shivering a little as our hands met.
“I- I miss her. A little girl tonight… I bought her a doll… and she smiled…” He managed, shoulders folding in like a bird’s wings. I was so drained, though, the sunrise was rapidly approaching. “She had sweet little dimples just like… just like…”
“Shhh, get in, here, there’s room for you,” I tossed out a few ragged old pillows I normally used. He was shaking a little as I guided him in, and let me arrange him. I shut the lid and fell back finally as he wrapped his arms around me. “Better?” I looked deeply into his eyes.
“Better.” He nuzzled into my hair. “You smell like her.” He took a few more deep breaths.
“So do you, Lestat.” I gripped him tighter, his hair brushing my face, took in his wholesome scent, and let the darkness take us both.
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
@vampchronfic would back me up on this: So I want to say Yes. Louis spends many pleasurable evenings reclining on a plush couch at the Rue Royale, with Lestat’s arm wrapped around his shoulders, a comfy blanket over them both, reading together with their favorite music on, or bingewatching something like Peaky Blinders… we all know Lestat can’t sit perfectly still for very long, so you know he’s petting Louis with his free hand, maybe rearranging the pillows around them, you know… cuddly fidgeting *u*
Louis’ default expression was never a full smile, but it’s closer to a smile now than it ever was in the past. He has the Mona Lisa partial-smile nailed down, and it’s natural. He’s visited Hell and been brought back, found Earth much more pleasant in comparison. He’s got his angel, and they can communicate now in a way that was impossible before. There’s still friction, but any healthy relationship has that and they’re both so in tune with each other that they can diagnose an issue before it spirals too far out of control, “Wait. Are you saying that because you mean it, or are you cranky because you’re hungry?”They’re huge toddlers and it’s usually that.
Who in this world is super smiley all day everyday kind of happy? But yes, Louis is as close to everyday kind of happy that he’s ever been ❤
Okay trying this again (not on the tablet and in the correct blog!)–I’m in full agreement with #i-want-my-iwtv. It’d be odd if Louis had a big ole grin plastered on his face all the time, but as far as contentment and happiness, he’s as close to that as he has ever been in his long life. Lestat knows it and as far as Louis’s concerned, that’s what matters. Because he presents a rather sober appearance you might get the idea he is humorless, but those are the ones you have to watch out for – he’ll slay the room (if you will pardon the expression) with a well-placed one liner. As for smiling–sure he does—but those mega-watt smiles? I’d guess he saves most of those for Lestat.
So this has circulated long enough, @takemetocoffin-or-losemeforever made this, and IT IS A PERFECT SCREENCAP&TEXTMEME COMBO BC:
– Look at Claudia’s face. She looks like she JUST told them. It had to be said.
– Louis is all *shitshitshit how can i answer her without lying… “I’m only gay for Lestat…” No, that sounds weird… “We’re only gay sometimes…. like for 20 minutes at a time…” No, sometimes it lasts longer… so conflicted… If I wait long enough maybe Lestat will have a better answer.
– Lestat is just standing there growling, not sure if he should be offended or impressed that she figured it out despite his efforts to keep certain things behind closed doors.If I wait long enough maybe Louis will have a better answer.
@vampchronfic would back me up on this: So I want to say Yes. Louis spends many pleasurable evenings reclining on a plush couch at the Rue Royale, with Lestat’s arm wrapped around his shoulders, a comfy blanket over them both, reading together with their favorite music on, or bingewatching something like Peaky Blinders… we all know Lestat can’t sit perfectly still for very long, so you know he’s petting Louis with his free hand, maybe rearranging the pillows around them, you know… cuddly fidgeting *u*
Louis’ default expression was never a full smile, but it’s closer to a smile now than it ever was in the past. He has the Mona Lisa partial-smile nailed down, and it’s natural. He’s visited Hell and been brought back, found Earth much more pleasant in comparison. He’s got his angel, and they can communicate now in a way that was impossible before. There’s still friction, but any healthy relationship has that and they’re both so in tune with each other that they can diagnose an issue before it spirals too far out of control, “Wait. Are you saying that because you mean it, or are you cranky because you’re hungry?”They’re huge toddlers and it’s usually that.
Who in this world is super smiley all day everyday kind of happy? But yes, Louis is as close to everyday kind of happy that he’s ever been ❤
First of all thank you for such a lovely compliment! THAT MEANS ALOT AND YOU MEAN ALOT.
I made this the blog I wanted to find when I was looking for VC fandom action. People like you who follow it and love it and tell me so, you give me life.
*cries a little bc of the feels*
AHEM okay, *straightens up* so, as far as VC casting, I was asked this awhile back and I still haven’t been able to answer, and couldn’t figure out why I was feeling speechless about it. That’s why I’m attempting to answer now, with this “I can’t answer!” answer. Why not? Why can’t I seem to motivate myself to do a full VC cast when it would be a fun thing to attempt?? After some introspection…
Short answer is:
When you say ALL, there are so many characters to consider I get overwhelmed,
I have a relatively open mind, which means I might consider ppl who may not “look the part,”**
And there are ppl from different eras who are too old now who I WOULD HAVE WANTED SO MUCH.
I prefer fanart of the characters over a lot of the current actors available. Check my #fave tag for my faves ^_____^
(**After all, AR was vociferous about Tom Cruise not “looking the part” but then when she saw his performance she praised him to high heaven; showing us all that it’s somewhat unfair not to give an actor the chance to prove his craft, that he’s more than his physical attributes.
Really phenomenal acting transcends physical appearance, it can even alter physical appearance within one scene.
Also isn’t that Hamilton Musical doing great w/ race-swapped characters? So that’s another consideration, too.)
That’s the abridged gist of it :- so check my #vc castingtag, it has a wide variety of character options to peruse (some were submitted or suggested to me, some I’ve offered up for consideration) and my opinions about them *u*
Hit the jump for the long-windier reasons why “I can’t answer!”
1 – There are TONS of characters in VC, I mean, do you want to go into minor characters, as far as like, that mortal Emily who was already dead in IWTV, killed by that zombie vampire, and her bereft spouse/fiancé/boyfriend Morgan (I think that was his name, can’t check rn)? Arjun? Is he a minor character? Not in Pandora’s book, but he’s hardly sketched out in Blood and Gold.
There are a lot of characters and honestly if I were to do a post like that, I would want to be very thorough, with notes backing my reasons, it would be a REALLY long post, possibly need to be done in several parts, it would take hours, and it would probably be met with like 5 likes, 2 reblogs, and possibly a bunch of disagreement 😦
While I don’t post things For the Notes, when I’m going to invest a good chunk of my time in a fandom Thing, I do it for something I can’t resist doing bc I care about it deeply, or it’s for someone I know specifically, or it’s something hilarious that I have a pretty good feeling will amuse my kind of people.
I did this long post about casting Rose de Lioncourt, and it got 16 notes, so it seeeeems like ppl didn’t really care enough about her, and it took me at least an hour to put that together, it was basically a labor of love from me since I cared about it deeply enough. *shrugs*
VC casting is fun to discuss but bc we had such a terrible experience with QOTD, and there’s been little news of another adaptation, it’s hard to get REALLY excited about ;n;
2 – So as I said, I’m really generous with actors, so I have trouble picking just ONE per role, I would need them to screentest!
It also depends on their combinations with other actors and which story the director has chosen to tell. For example, whoever is cast as Louis has to work well with be really gay with whoever is cast as Lestat *u* BUT they have a very different relationship in IWTV than they do in TOBT.
Same goes for casting someone like Armand, if we’re telling the story of TVA, the actor will need to be able to show the evolution from mortal to vampire, and a lot of other major changes in his life and unlife. But if it’s QOTD, it’s not Armand’s story specifically, but his role is more about his relationship with Daniel. That affects the casting choice.
3 – A lot of singers from the 90’s, or 80’s, or even earlier, would make fantastic Lestats.
I would hope that the next VC movie shows Lestat as Monsieur Le Rockstar, if not on stage, at least working something out privately at home, and actually singing lyrics that are not terrible, lol. I would want a Lestat who can sing, since it’s such a huge part of his identity as a performer.
Also, that Björn Andrésen is pretty much my purest headcanon for Armand, but alas, that actor is 61 now ;A;
With actors who are too old, we can use them as a point of inspiration, casting agents probably take kid!pics of adult actors in order to find a point of inspiration when they need to cast the child version of those actors in films.
4 – The fanart in our fandom is incredible. So much of it! We are spoiled with so many fandom treasures in our fanartist collection. We have hilarious fanartists, serious ones, all flavors. Check my #fave tag for my faves ^_____^
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