Hey! I was wondering if you could help me find a good ā€˜monologue’ style quote from tvc. Im a long time follower, and you’re the most knowledgeable source I could think to ask! I started out high school drama club with a VC quote, and as a senior I wanted to end my time in drama club with one too. Thanks for any help you can give šŸ’•šŸ’•

Hello @veridian-stealth, thanks for being a long time follower! I admit I haven’t absorbed enough of canon sufficient to say I’m the most knowledgeable source, but I do what I can ^______^Ā 

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I love the idea of your starting & ending high school drama club

with a VC quote, good closure there. Which did you start with?Ā 

I skimmed the first 2 books, and this is already a long post with only putting 5 in, bc these are the ones that jumped out at me. They’re small windows into evocative scenes. Things that I can see an actor giving to an audience, pieces that might be able to stand on their own apart from the rest of the fabric of VC.Ā 

TBH I can’t remember many monologues that really stood out for me in the rest of canon, but anyone is welcome to reblog/comment and add ones that they would suggest to you šŸ˜‰Ā Let us know which you pick, share a video even!

No cuts bc I don’t think this is spoilery.


In order of canon appearance:

-> IWTV:

1) Louis talks about Paul and his death. I edited it down somewhat and took out Daniel’s dialogue but you should probably do it better than I did.

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2) Lestat’s ā€œEvil is a point of viewā€ monologue, that would take a lot of editing, but if you want to take a stab at it, go for it! But keep in mind, the last bit is recognizable from movie!IWTV, and ppl will probably compare your performance to Cruise!Lestat. I also don’t think it ends on the best line, so yeah… with edits it could work and be vampiry. I’ve always loved this first para to it.

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3) Armand re: inflexible minded vampires. This is really short but I’ve always loved this passage (BTW there’s a bunch of typos in my PDF of this, so you’ll have to check with a better copy).

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-> TVL:

4) Lestat’s mercy kill,Ā this might be my fave of these. You might want to give a little context, maybe add more about when he got back home and his brother accused him of making it up.

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5) A short para from an old queen:

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What do you think of the series being on hulu?

Progress is progress! It’s something!

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^this thumbs up from Al Bundy is probs closest to my feelings bc (at least out of its original context) it appears to be approval, begrudging approval, maybe a little sarcastic, but you can tell that he IS glad, too, he’s so tired, but always open to the good in the world… he’s waited a long time, he’s acclimated to waiting.*

IDK much about Hulu and the shows/movies they have, just that they’re often sending out free trial offers and like, it reminds me of drug dealers trying to get new ppl hooked in with free samples, which is standard operating procedure but still makes me wary.Ā 

I am, as always, and forever shall be, ~#cautiously optimistic~, and I am glad that someone who’s kind of a big dealĀ showed interest enough that it seems like things are in motion again!Ā 

*(As a side note: I always loved ā€˜Married… With Children,’ and I think it was partly bc as bitter and grumpy as Al was, and as mean-spirited as he could behave at times, deep down, you could tell he loved his wife, family, neighbors, and friends, and had made some peace with his life choices. Maybe I was projecting onto him, but anyway, this was a formative character for me.)(Which is my long-winded example of smne who may appear to be just another unlikable/problematic character in a sitcom, but I found smtg good and substantive in him, which will hopefully be the case with the new VC TV series with all the problematic characters/stuff in it).