lestat is a delightful and infuriating protagonist. the part in TVL where he loses his shit when marius shows him the king and queen is so very endearing (well it’s endearing if you’re not armand i guess)
Totally endearing! Armand is kinda charmed too but he would never admit such bc he jelly that Marius told/showed ‘Stat stuff Armand didn’t seeee
I find it funny that in the Vampire Chronicles, Armand is always perceived as being short, and that he was mistaken for a girl back in the day. He says he’s 5’7", which was the exact average for the time. He wasn’t short, everyone else in the series is just really tall.
//I have heard fan theory before that him saying he’s a specific height (I thought it was 5′6″?) is actually a lie and he’s actually shorter than that.
I think it is 5′6″, at least in his book. but yeah, the average height back when wasn’t tall so either a. everyone else is just really fucking tall, b. he’s lying and he’s way shorter, or c. he’s just one of those people who is so cute he just comes off tinier than he is – which could be why in TVL Lestat is always like GOD HE’S JUST SO SMOL AND CUTE
George Michael: Oh, it was… it was good. They’re kind of… religious, Ann’s parents, so it was… yeah, it was just kind of…
Narrator: The word George Michael was searching for was “creepy.”
-Episode 2×06 “Afternoon Delight”
I have a lot of questions of the Theatre des Vampires. Is that their only show? Do they change it up? What about rehearsals? Do they kill someone for that too, or is it 100% improv? I like to imagine Armand shouting “Estelle you were early again! From the top people!”
I could write a thesis on this. DON’T WORRY I WON’T DO THAT.
(BTW, if you’re just looking for music reccs, I have a VC fanmix, fanmix, and music tag for that)
First of all, you have to consider when are they listening to music? It can be solitary or social…
Armand ~
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Enjoys gathering a small audience and hiring live musicians to play complicated classical pieces. Or asking that vampires who can play things come and entertain them. He still loves Sybelle at the piano, even better that her repertoire has expanded beyond the Appassionata. Antoine has played lively duets with her.
Otherwise, Armand throws on huge wireless headsets while perusing art galleries. He’ll listen to anything others recommend to him, he shares a Spotify account so that anyone can try out his playlist, which has a broad spectrum of musical styles.
Armand is drawn to works that are used in ice skating competitions, oddly. It is a recent obsession.
David ~
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Musicals, anything upbeat. Has a love for Spanish culture, Flamenco, like the Gypsy Kings. Without much urging, Lestat will put on makeup and dress up in a Flamenco gown and dance with David in public!
David’s rainy-day guilty pleasure are artists like Michael Bolton, for when he’s home alone, feeling left out of the coven activities.
He also loves Sting; the song that hooked him was Desert Rose, which Marius sent him on a mix-CD because of the Arabic singer, Cheb Mami.
Louis ~
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It takes a long time for Louis to warm up to new bands, and he likes a few pieces by Hozier which Lestat added to Louis’ outdated iPod. It’s an older gen model but it still works fine, so Louis doesn’t see a need to replace it.
He prefers pieces without lyrics, ambient works that he can melt into while reading.
The Blade Runner movie that Armand got him to watch the first time made Louis a Vangelis fan and a fan of film soundtracks. He often plays the Gone Girl soundtrack.
Marius ~
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Daniel and Lestat have introduced him to alot of modern music. Marius will listen while he paints. Marius is the biggest Hozier fan of the four discussed.
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