past me: canon is sacred I must carefully fact-check everything to make sure it is canon-compliant
present me: canon is a box of scraps in a cave I’m gonna tear that shit apart throw away 90% of it and out of the good bits build something absolutely beautiful and amazing
I love when ppl have a visceral reaction to posts, and there is smtg kind of extra hilarious about the fact that it’s just the description for the next book, no other commentary really needed! *crieslaughs*
There is a lesson. The lesson eludes me. I, too, have alotta love for AR… whether it’s canon or AU fanfic, she is the gift that keeps on giving *u*
I read that description through 3x and was still so very confused. As Lestat would say, she’s certainly OUTDONE HERSELF. The comments/tags on that B&N description post (and another related one) are priceless, here’s a bunch:
#oh Christ on a twelve grain cracker #this shit is why I stopped at Queen of the Damned
#honestly im excited i hope theres weird alien sex #i hope its completely ridiculous itll be fun #vampire chronicles
#I WAS READY FOR MERMAIDS! #but no! #it had to be aliens
#not art #the vampire chronicles #but for srs tho ALIEMS.
#FEARLESS ANNE RICE TEACH ME YOUR WAYS
What…tha…fuck?
#what in the goddamn
#ughhh #what da hell #I will still read you
#stahp
I think Anne Rice might have liked Tom Cruise in the movie a little too much #what the hell did i just read #vampire chronicles
#what?? #:O
Pretty sure we are all conflicted.
#ooc #i’m laughing so hard is this even real
Re:
“A Thousand Kisses Deep” – Leonard Cohen, ok I will give that a listen when I get home. The title already sounds very Marius/Armand ❤
Re: My prime fave character is definitely Lestat *u* but that has changed over time, I answered this more in depth heeeere.
#A+ parenting #he’ll definitely hate this and go out and feed himself properly like I do #he better not think he can eat junk food like this /all/ the frickin’ time…
Okay, I know that I already submitted stuff to you before, but I think I have discovered something really cool. It seems to me that it’s the original script for the movie. However, I have not dug deep research into it.
Anyways, it’s very VERY morbid compared to the movie and in some parts is more like the book (and others, especially in the beginning, aren’t but are intriguing??).
@i-want-my-iwtv replied: Yes! I’m aware of this version of the script, April 1992, second draft (allegedly, but I bet there were a lot more drafts). Pretty easy to find, and this is the one that is probably most commonly printed out for the actors to sign, when you see autographed copies up on eBay.
It is a really fun read, even w/ the slightly ooc dialogue at times, but I can understand that AR was trying to shoehorn in as much canon as she could and I can’t fault her for that goal! And yes, it includes scenes that didn’t make it into the final cut. Some weren’t even filmed 😛
It has little gems in it like the names of Louis’ wife and child who died:
“DIANNE DE POINTE DU LAC 1763 – 1791 INFANT JEAN MARIE – 1791”
^Dianne would have been a little older than Louis, if she died at 28 ;A; And really, “DiANNE”? Nice author cameo, AR. Very smooth ;]
Fortunately for us, some of the filmed scenes that didn’t make it into the final cut still had production stills taken which were used in pre-release publicity (collected them in my #cut scenes tag) like this one:
^I think this was another early Tryna-Get-This-Dumb-Fledgling-To-Kill-People scene, before Louis ran off to chill in the sewers for a bit.
This version of the script also has a rewrite of the Lestat/Gabrielle waking-up-inside-a-crowded-church scene, but Louis and Claudia w/Lestat instead of Gabrielle!
lunchiemunchies: #I WOULD’VE LOVED TO SEE THIS EXCHANGE #BECAUSE LOUIS IS LAUGHING AND THAT MAKES LESTAT WANT TO LAUGH #IT WOULD’VE BEEN SUCH A CUTE LITTLE MOMENT #AND A FUNNY SCENE SINCE THEY’D SCARE THE PEOPLE #INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
#seriously tho Louis #that is a TON of fabric #and this is the yearround heat of New Orleans #plus the humidity of a swamp #so there is NO WAY you are cold enough to need to do this w/ your cape #and no that is not going to protect your clothes from getting gross #IN A SWAMP #as if u cared about that anyway #youre just upset that you just got steamrolled into helping dispose of the body #of someone you had alot of feelings for #positive and negative #a murder you condoned with your passivity #NICE JOB COPARENTING THERE. #as pixellated as this image is you can see that Louis is 110% DONE #frack #”is this swamp big enough for two?” #”I should follow Lestat’s desiccated corpse” #you know what Nah
Can I just add: the way Lestat tilts his head in that second gif,#he’s so curious, #catlike, #absorbing the whole experience, #being in a moving car, #delicious pulse of a fresh victim burning in his hand, #all served up and waiting, #like Holy Communion, #Daniel might be one of Lestat’s first human kills since reviving himself, #all those years spent healing mind and body reading comic books, #living vicariously through Sam Spade, #eating rats and alley cats in a filthy hovel, #which is normally repulsive to him on so many levels, #wearing an old moldy blanket, #rejected by Louis, #utterly alone, #hiding from all the evolving world and scary new technology #and now he’s IN IT, #he heard Louis’ voice from the street and followed, #lurked anxiously outside, #bc even in San Francisco a wraith like him could arouse suspicion, #picked the license plate number out of Daniel’s mind, #got into the backseat and waited in his car, #waited in the dark as Daniel tossed his leather jacket on him, #waited hungrily, #lips too dry to even close properly, #and now he’s ready to leap into the next big adventure, #… #just needs a good meal first.
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