Really? Wow. I know it’s wrong in the movie, too. *SIGH*
The books being translated in other languages I can understand a little more bc idk maybe they want the pronunciation taken into effect but the UK version would be in ENGLISH so NO EXCUSE THERE!
I think you make very good points! I have to post this in response, too, bc c’mon:
[^VC mermaid AU nonsense – Armand :3 by @sheepskeleton]
^The hipster Ariel meme would probably appeal to them both, too.
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE characters + name meaning
for @i-want-my-iwtv, whom I’ve never spoken a word with but admire from a distance, as a slightly belated b-day present!!
bonus two under the cut
Anon’s right, Nicolas casting topic went out yesterday:
I had answered a Nicolas casting question a year ago and now I felt like doing it fresh, see if my answers change… I looked through some of the suggestions on the OVCFB page but I couldn’t make it through ALL of the comments and I really liked this comment, let’s choose an unknown actor!:
Anyway. Keep in mind beauty is in the eye of the beholder and so I saw quite a wide variety on the OVCFB page due to that. My own opinions reflect my own idea of beauty so yours may vary.
Nocholos…… Buenos Nocholos….. *eyeroll*
So in no special order (except I think Ezra Miller is my fave rn)
^Ezra Miller: Looks great in period costume, has perfect hair, has so much sass. I saw him in We Need to Talk About Kevin, I just think he is captivating, and cruel, and humorous, all the ingredients for a Nicolas de Lenfent ❤
^Ben Barnes is not currently my FAVE appearance-wise, I feel like he’s too… soft?…. but his acting boosts him up. He seems to be the front running POTP fave so I am betting AR will follow up with him.
^Benedict Samuel: I’ve only seen him recently in The Walking Dead, and you have to see him in that, bc he’s as sweet and tender and intense and depressive as Nicolas needs to be. Physically, these full lips and dark brooding eyes, the wide smile that’s almost manic and the frown that speaks to a deeper well of misery that no one can hope to touch. Am I praising him too much? PROBABLY BUT I DO WHAT I WANT. [I wax on poetic about him a little more here]
^Reeve Carney seems to be a HUGE POTP favorite. I hate his hair. HATE. THE MIDDLE. PART. AND. SO. FLAT. If they can give him a wig, then we might be in business.
^Alexander Vlahos well bc Versailles. He was mentioned a few times on the OVCFB so we may see some followup with him.
^Louis Garrel has been a Louis RPer’s face claim and he’s a Nicolas face claim currently for @bloodstrung. I see Garrel as more of a Louis, but I’d screentest him as Nicolas.
Hit the jump for more, cut for length.
^Jonas Kesseler is a model so idk if he’s too old now or if he can act, but visually, he is pretty close to my headcanon.
^I used to really love Gaspard Ulliel as Lestat but not so much anymore… also, the POTP have made me consider him for Nicolas and I think it could work! I like that he has the scar, too, and that could be explained in the show in some fun way like it was in Hannibal Rising.
^David Garrett, I feel like he’s too masculine, too mature of feature, but he is amazing on the violin so that could outweigh his physical appearance for me. @darknessmolten used him as a face claim.
^Landon Liboiron was a POTP suggestion, I am kinda digging him for reasons I can’t explain.
^Nicolas RPer @a-misunderstanding-my-love used model Michael Gandolfi, and idk if he still looks like this or if he can act, but I think he has some of the cruelty that you need for a good Nicolas.
Um, autocorrect maybe??? But I get you, it always makes me think of Saint Nicholas aka old skool Santa Klaus… and then I have to put in annoyed 90′s Trent Reznor for Nicolas bc I LOVE HIM of reasons…
BUT…. I think I figured it out! In the translations of her books into other languages, maybe they spelled his name like that for some reason? And she got so many questions from ppl who wrote it that way TO HER that she assumed it actually WAS that way? BC she hasn’t really mentioned him in canon since 1985? IDK *throws up hands*
Regardless… even though he didn’t choose his name, Nicki has no patience for his name being misspelled.
A Real Life Amadeo, nice! I hope he had a cool last name to go with it, and not something too normal, like, idk… Malloy.
@ the Armand RPers or anyone, can someone plz send me Armand’s signature in his handwriting with
“Molloy” (or “Malloy”) as his last name? I suddenly have a need. I feel like it would be smtg like this…
//ooc; The resemblance is uncanny…!
♛You just try it and see how she reacts, visage gris.
[Originally posted by panda123334]
//ooc; I doubt she responds to any nicknames, only her full name, and only allows Lestat to call her “Mother” under extreme circumstances or in the heat of an argument.
IMO, “Gabe” (pronounced “GAYB”) would be the nickname for “Gabriel,” (bc it’s pronounced “GAY-Bree-uhl”) which is the masculine form of “Gabrielle.” It’s also the name of the angel Gabriel, which I don’t think is an accident.
If Gabrielle were to have a nickname, it would probably be “Gabs” (pronouced “Gahbz”) as “Gabrielle” is pronounced “Gahb-ree-ehl.”
[X Armand by creatingmyths]
I-want-my-IWTV 