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i honestly think rose added to the otherwise very male-dominated story by having her own pov chapters, and i thought her story was kind of a nice side thing?? maybe thats just me lmao

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shroudsinvenice:

vagabonddaniel:

merciful-death:

ooc; Ehhh, she just felt very out of place, we got literally no explanation as to of who she was and why Lestat was there (which I guess we might get that in Blood Paradise), and her story read very much like Mary Sue fanfiction I would have read when I was twelve years old on fanfiction.net.  But, of course, as I’ve stated before, Lestat himself is a Mary Sue, so I guess I can’t put a whole lot of judgement there.

I think my issue with Rose is just that I don’t see what she actually gave to the story.  She seemingly had a major part, yet I feel like if she was subtracted from it all, the story would remain the same.  Anne’s guilty of doing this thing where she introduces a bunch of new characters, yet never actually fleshes out any of her previous characters.  We got all of this stuff about Rose, and yet we had chapters where Armand, Bianca, and Daniel were all within the same house and didn’t even acknowledge each other’s existence.  Hell, Armand was practically not there throughout most of the book.  And I would have honestly taken chapters of Bianca explaining what she’s been up to over Rose’s seemingly random story.

But that’s also just my opinion.

Same. I have a problem with throwing in a pointless female character just to have more ladies. Especially when you’re literally adding 6 or 7 people to the cast (or bringing them back from the dead). A lot of the stories were redundant or totally pointless (Killer… Cyril?) but Rose not only felt exactly like a low-rent Mona or weird new Jesse, she never serves any purpose or does anything interesting (this is also true of several of the men, especially Killer.. why Killer? We don’t care. We liked Baby Jenks, not this dick.) We’re supposed to care about her because we’re told Lestat and Louis do, but that’s it. It’s just not enough. If I were her editor, I’d have begged her to cut the Rose stuff for the sake of pacing. There’s no immediate need to pair Vikki up with anyone. 

And yes, if she wanted to add more ladies, Gabrielle was a bad ass – give her a chapter. Lestat is her son. We would care way more about her. Or Bianca! She’s seeing Armand for the first time in forever, seeing his fledgling for the first time, etc. etc. So many better options with established characters we already care about. 

That said, I get why people might like Rose. If she was a side-story, if she were part of a different book, she has some potential. Like Jesse, a girl raised unknowningly by vampires in some fashion is a cool concept. I just feel like it didn’t fit at all in this book. It needed more explanation and characterization than it got. 

I agree with you. Looking back, I liked Rose/her story well enough (though I felt she had too little personality) until she was treated as being irreparably!broken! by the knowledge of vampires – I’m sorry, she lived through all that horrible abuse at the school, but semi-sleeping through Lestat cutting off Rhosh’s hand and arm is the thing that breaks her? As someone once said, puh-leeze, babycakes! 

Also, Lestat of all people ought to know after what happened to Nicki that turning someone who’s having a mental breakdown involving vampires is not an automatic solution!

^PREACH

i haven’t read Prince Lestat yet, but did you not like it? i mean, i’ll probably read it as soon as i can, but i wanted yo know your opinion first. Also, are Louis and Armand in it?

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I’m about 25% of the way through my slow and painful read of Prince Lestat. I have to say that there are some bits that I DO like, I wouldn’t throw the whole thing in the bin for it’s cracky plot points (which are hella cracky). 

Yes, Louis and Armand are very much in it 😉

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merciful-death:

vagabonddaniel:

merciful-death:

vampchronfic:

vagabonddaniel:

merciful-death:

i-want-my-iwtv:

redhairedtwin:

interviewed-the-vampire:

vagabonddaniel:

interviewed-the-vampire:

// i kind of hate Rose? I mean not as much as i hate this entire book

//There isn’t much likable about Rose. She comes out of nowhere, is loved for no reason, contributes nothing to the book at all. 

//Yes i didnt know how to put that feeling into actual words you nailed it ouo

And she’s a self-sert for AR.

It was so hard to read her section. I kept telling myself, “I’m only reading this book ONCE, so I cannot skim EVEN THIS, surely there is some little tiny scrap of good to be sifted for in the story of Rose?” 

NO THERE WAS NOT. And did anyone else notice that her “boyfriend“‘s name is GARDNER? ONE WHO GARDENS ROSES?! Brilliant name-choosing there, AR. 

ooc; Okay, but the part where Louis was like “don’t worry baby we’re going to sue” and then suddenly there was fire everywhere

//I did not notice the Gardener thing. I was too busy trying to figure out if I was supposed to know Rose from one of the other books or one of the Mayfair books or something (I never finished those). I love that Louis + Fire is basically the best pairing in PL, but otherwise, what was even the point of her? Viktor’s purpose was to be the bait to lure Lestat places, but Rose literally served no purpose at all.

Also I don’t buy that Louis would be okay with “adopting” a kid? Like I get saving her ass and financially supporting her, I guess. But not playing Uncle Lestan and forcing Louis to play Uncle Lestan’s “friend.” 

The entire Viktor and Rose thing could have been left out with absolutely no impact on the book. I have many problems with this book, but those two? Yawn.

ooc; Don’t worry, I’m sure in the next book vampire!scientist will discover how to make female vampires get pregnant and then Rose & Viktor will have Lestat’s granddaughter and her name will be Petunia

//Well, obviously. How else will they restart The Great Family? Excuse me, I need to launch myself into the sun now. 

ooc; After six generations, they produce an heir that Lestat makes a vampire, and that heir’s name is Sweet Potato Vine de Lioncourt

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redhairedtwin:

interviewed-the-vampire:

vagabonddaniel:

interviewed-the-vampire:

// i kind of hate Rose? I mean not as much as i hate this entire book

//There isn’t much likable about Rose. She comes out of nowhere, is loved for no reason, contributes nothing to the book at all. 

//Yes i didnt know how to put that feeling into actual words you nailed it ouo

And she’s a self-sert for AR.

It was so hard to read her section. I kept telling myself, “I’m only reading this book ONCE, so I cannot skim EVEN THIS, surely there is some little tiny scrap of good to be sifted for in the story of Rose?" 

NO THERE WAS NOT. And did anyone else notice that her "boyfriend”’s name is GARDNER? ONE WHO GARDENS ROSES?! Brilliant name-choosing there, AR. 

Fanart request

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hyperbeeb:

Now that Marius is the vampire lawmaker or whatever can he make a law against Lestat making analogies?

Tags: 

  • #prince lestat
  • #the vampire chronicles
  • #i wish i could draw fanart b/c i’d totally draw this in one of two ways
  • #1) marius brings him the completed laws Lestat looks through them and then just gets very sad when he comes across that particular law
  • #or 2) he doen’t even check over the vampire laws so at some later date he makes an analogy and marius calls im out tells him it’s illegal an
  • #and then lestat gets sad or angry about the whole thing
  • #i feel like lestat is very sensitive about his analogy making ability
  • #generally homosexual
  • #if anyone does draw this please let me know

 ^Fanart request! Anyone? Anyone? Beuller?

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merciful-death:

coldinhumanity:

//no but what i really wanna know is

When antoine shows up in the street outside trinity gate and starts playing the violin like a crazy person and drawing a human audience
How did THAT conversation go, I mean now I’m just imagining it like,
Armand: The hell…?! *rolls up sleeves*
Louis: Oh… it’s whatshisface!
Armand: You know this guy??
Louis: Uhh he’s um. Lestat’s fledgling.
Armand: *gritted teeth* Of course he is. *reluctantly puts down flamethrower, takes deep breaths* Welp better get him in before he attracts the whole city. How is this my life i swear… *goes off muttering*

ooc; Ok but let’s talk about the fact that Armand lists everyone in their household as loving Antoine but Louis.

#exactly how it went down #ooc

^EXACTLY how it went down. Yep. 

# Armand having to deal with Lestats trash since 1780

The night was rolling to an end. The paparazzi had retreated to their coffins and lairs. I told David he could keep my suite at the hotel as long as he liked, and I had to head home soon.

But not quite yet. We’d been walking in the Grand Couvert of the Tuileries—in tree-shrouded darkness. “I’m thirsting,” I said aloud. At once he suggested where we might hunt.

“No, for your blood,” I said, pushing him backwards against the slender but firm trunk of a tree.

“You damnable brat,” he seethed.

“Oh, yes, despise me, please,” I said as I closed in. I pushed his face to one side, kissing his throat first, and then sinking my fangs very slowly, my tongue ready for those first radiant drops. I think I heard him say the single word, “Caution,” but once the blood struck the roof of my mouth, I wasn’t hearing clearly or seeing clearly and didn’t care.

I had to force myself to pull back. I held a mouthful of blood as long as I could until it seemed to be absorbed without my swallowing, and I let those last ripples of warmth pass through my fingers and toes.

“And you?” I asked. He was slumped there against the tree, obviously dizzy. I went to take him in my arms.

“Get away from me,” he growled. And started off walking, fast away from me. “Stick your filthy droit du seigneur right through your greedy heart.”

But I caught up with him and he didn’t resist when I put my arm around him and we walked on together like that.

“Now, that’s an idea,” I said, kissing him quickly though he stared forward and continued to ignore me. “If I was ‘King of the Vampires,’ I’d make it the right of every maker to drink from his fledgling anytime he chose. Maybe it would be good to be king. Didn’t Mel Brooks say, ‘It’s good to be the king’?”

And then in his droll cultured British voice he said with uncharacteristic brashness, “Kindly shut up.”

[—-]

I had turned to leave him when he took hold of me. His teeth went into the artery before I could think what was happening, and his arms went tight around my chest.

His pull was so strong that I swooned. Seems I turned and put my arms around him, catching his head in my left hand, and struggled with him, but the visions had opened up, and I didn’t know one realm from the other for a moment, and the manicured paths and trees of the Tuileries had become the Savage Garden of all the world. I’d fallen into a divine surrender, with his heart pounding against my heart. There was no restraint in him, no caution such as I’d shown in feeding on him.

I came to myself on the ground, my back to the trunk of a young chestnut tree, and he was gone. And the mild balmy night had turned to a gray winter dawn.

Home I went—to my “undisclosed location,” only minutes away on the currents of the wind, to ponder what I’d learned from my friends because I couldn’t do anything else.

The next night on rising, I caught the scent of David on my jacket, even on my hands.

– Best part of Prince Lestat. Unf unf hot DAMN. (via birdisland)

Source: birdisland

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communistdracula:

shroudsinvenice:

ohliechtenstein:

No matter how much you hate Prince Lestat I think we all gotta agree on how fab and under-appreciated Bianca is.

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^^ Look at this perfect post of Bianca Solderini appreciation, guys. Just look at it. 

Yes yes. Bun always has great Binky posts!

[11/7/14 9:48:56 PM] Burnadette dpdL i-want-my-iwtv: AND THEN
[11/7/14 9:48:58 PM] Burnadette dpdL i-want-my-iwtv: I was thinking
[11/7/14 9:49:07 PM] Burnadette dpdL i-want-my-iwtv: about how Seth got Lestat’s dick working
[11/7/14 9:49:21 PM] Burnadette dpdL i-want-my-iwtv: and he probably WATCHED Lestat do that dumb chick
[11/7/14 9:49:38 PM] Burnadette dpdL i-want-my-iwtv: who was apparently hanging out reading books and textbooks in the Fucking room
[11/7/14 9:49:44 PM] Burnadette dpdL i-want-my-iwtv: the room with one-way glass
[11/7/14 9:49:49 PM] Burnadette dpdL i-want-my-iwtv: designed simply for fucking
[11/7/14 9:50:03 PM] Burnadette dpdL i-want-my-iwtv: And her eyes were too pale to be beautiful?
[11/7/14 9:50:25 PM] Burnadette dpdL i-want-my-iwtv: WHAT IS TOO PALE TO BE BEAUTIFUL YOU DICK?
[11/7/14 9:50:29 PM] Burnadette dpdL i-want-my-iwtv: *ahem* sorry

i-want-my-iwtv, ranting about Prince Lestat (via viaticumforthemarquise)