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Hi! Love your blog more than ever! What are your thoughts on Armand/Louis? Or specifically Louis’ feelings for Armand? Louis always seems to gravitate towards A whenever he is at loose ends with Lestat. If I am doing the math correctly, they have spent more time as companions than L/L. For some reason, though I love L/L, I am fascinated by A/L. Thanks again for your awesomeness in the VC fandom. <3

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Thanks, dearie! What do you love about it specifically, hmmm? Simply my awesomeness in the VC fandom? You don’t need to answer that, my awesome is unquestionable hehehe…

Armand/Louis: To ship or not to ship?

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[by garama bc apparently I’m having a GARAMA APPRECIATION DAY]

I have alot of Armand/Louis feels. The way they view each other seems built on their first impressions of eachother:

  • Louis saw Armand as the teacher/mentor (and lover??) Lestat could not have been. Armand definitely used some mental persuasion to draw Louis closer, but it seems the attraction was mutual, mostly natural chemistry.
  • Armand saw Louis as someone who could help him see the world anew, through younger eyes, and someone who was very much in tune with their emotions. Armand had closed off alot of those feelings, and was not very connected to any of the vampires in the Theatre des Vampires. Also he wanted Louis as a lover, but don’t we all? Also, Armand had advised Lestat in TVL that your fledglings will never make perfect companions, what you need is someone else’s fledgling. AND, it’s possible that Armand was even more attracted to Louis after reading his mind and knowing he was Lestat’s, whom Armand had a major unrequited crush on.

So they both sort of filled a void for the other, but couldn’t be together initially, as Louis was devoted to Claudia. Armand’s responsibility for her removal is subject to interpretation, whether it was his order or not, and other things that happened to her, but it seems to me that Armand had intended for Claudia to leave with Madeleine. He admitted to forcing Louis to make Madeleine for this purpose.

After all that, you would think Louis would want nothing to do with Armand, but he chose to spend some 100 yrs with Armand before passive-aggressively ignoring him until he left Louis, disgusted and on the verge of suicide, Louis not being a good boyfriend. (vampiredevelopment!)

Your math sounds about right, but a relationship’s quality is not based on the amount of time it lasts. Louis was probably much happier when he was with Lestat and Claudia for some 65 years. Of the 100 yrs he spent with Armand, much of it seems like Louis was going through the motions, letting Armand have him as a companion in various ways, but not really engaged fully in the relationship.

Lestat does often have to go off on his own adventures and leave Louis alone. There’s a kind of mutual respect between Lestat, Armand, and Louis now, it seems all of their past transgressions to each other are mostly water under the bridge. 

TL;DR: Louis does still gravitate to Armand, maybe not as the mentor/teacher he saw him as before, but more as an ex-boyfriend that he is on good terms with, someone he cares about, and who cares about him. Extended family.

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hyperbeeb:

Now matter how hard you ship Louis and Lestat you will never ship Louis and Lestat as hard as Lestat does.

Bonsoir, chérie! I’m currently rereading the whole VC and I noticed something. Is it just me or does AR really like changing directions, insert 100 pages of some random topic that has no connection to the actual plot and then go back to the storyline as if nothing had happened? I’ve seen her do this a lot and I’m just sitting there thinking “was that really necessary?” I dunno if that’s just me and my not so perfect English or if that is actually a thing with her? Am I imagining things?

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Bonsoir à toi, aussi, mon avocat gris 😀 Rereading the whole series, my gosh what a challenge and what fun! oh if only i could lay around reading books all day and sipping iced tea or an adult beverage that would be heaven siiiiigh…..

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#pffffft Shut up Gaston #you’re like illiterate ok #Augustin de Lioncourt

Not sure which specific book you’re referring to, or if you meant that as kind of a silly observation, but I really enjoy how she jumps around! When you really consider these breaks in the “main” story, they’re like side dishes to a meal. When you really consider them you’ll find that those breaks are not so “random” after all, even if they are not connected to the actual plot. Not every piece of a story needs to be connected to the actual plot in order to make a story enjoyable. In fact it can keep you guessing, wondering whether you should keep this information in mind as the tale unfolds, or whether it was put there to throw you off the trail a bit! 

Of course, #your headcanon may vary. If you choose not to accept some of these side stories, that’s fine, too.

There are alot of stories-within-stories in the VC. Characters tend to dig deeper and interview eachother. At one point, we have Lestat telling us what Marius told Lestat about what an Egyptian vampire told Marius about the origin story of the vampires written down in archives! That’s like 4 levels?! Interviewception.

In QotD,

from the beginning

Lestat tells us straightup that the story will be laid out like that:

“So we will move out of the narrow, lyrical confines of the first person singular; we will jump as a thousand mortal writers have done into the brains and souls of “many characters.” We will gallop into the world of “third person” and “multiple point of view.”

And by the way, when these other characters think or say of me that I am beautiful or irresistible, etc., don’t think I put these words in their heads. I didn’t! It’s what was told to me after, or  what I drew out of their minds with infallible telepathic power; I wouldn’t lie about that or anything else. 

I can’t help being a gorgeous fiend. It’s just the card I drew. 

The bastard monster who made me what I am picked me on account of my good looks. That’s the long and short of it. 

And accidents like that occur all the time.

Now, be assured: though I am leaving you, I will return with full flair  at the appropriate moment.”

Could you give me a little help? I can never remember the difference between the VC characters Santiago and Santino. Are they even different characters or are they the same and I just imagined one of them? Sorry for asking but I don’t have time to skim the books and thought you would know :)

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I used to get them mixed up early on, too. They’re VERY different. And yet similar. (also I don’t think they’re ever in the same place together in the series, which is neither here nor there, but whatever) This is Santiago, we meet him in IWTV:

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[memeything by ouija—bored]

Santiago is a BAMF, and he’s Armand’s right-hand man at the Theatre des Vampires, also an actor there, usually plays the narrator or character of “Death” in their gruesome stage performances. Santiago does NOT like Louis from the moment they meet. Santiago can sense weakness in Louis, and Santiago is also suspicious of Claudia just for her existence; it’s against the rules to make child vampires. Santiago is not gonna let that slide. 

Santino is a BAMF, too. We meet him in TVL, he trains Armand to become the coven master of the Children of Darkness, eventually helming the Scranton Paris branch in the cemetery of Les Innocents. More on him in TVA and B&G, which I have not memorized yet. Santino is the leader of a coven of Satanic vampires, the members of which hold a common belief that they are meant to be the scourge of humankind. I can’t say more without spoiling you, so go to Wiki for more.

You can also ask a Santino RPer! vampirexsantino would probably answer more. He’s the only active Santino I know of rn, and I don’t know any active Santiagos. vampiresantiago is inactive, but you might like perusing their archive.

Teachers VC characters would be:

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Akasha: That one math teacher who leaves homework everyday.

Louis: The philosophy teacher who always talks about his imperfect private life in class.

Marius: The art teacher who is actually too concentrated in his own art than in teaching.

Lestat: The ethics teacher that’s actually really bad in ethics and was hired because there wasn’t another option.

Nicolas: probably the music teacher that leaves students with their mouth opened. He doesn’t teach. He just plays the violin in class.

Enkil: The politics teacher that gets way too into the subject and frightens his students

Madeleine: The home ec teacher who changes the lesson based on her mood and probably has some wine in her water bottle.

Daniel: Auto Shop Class. He’ll play classic rock and swears while he teaches. Gives better sex advice than Sex Ed class.

Santino: The History teacher that starts rambling about Middle Age and Renaissance , speaks about young ladies with rich bossoms , princes with cool buttocks , witches, vampires, pires and fire

Out of all the vampires in the Vampire Chronicles which one has the most money? And how did they vampires become so rich? I imagine Marius got it through his art/paintings and Lestat though being a rock star but what about the others like Louis?

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That’s tough. I would think that it fluctuates. THEY ARE ALL GROSSLY FILTHY RICH. 

The most rich? Probably Marius, or Armand. But this is the gif I have that’s on topic so this is what you get.

Marius has been around for a LONG time, whatever money he got in the beginning of his vampiring has accrued to an enormous amount over all this time. I don’t think it’s just based on selling paintings, which I would think he does more for fun than financial gain, but could be both.

(I like to think Marius also givens painting lessons as a hobby bc he does love to teach!)

In no particular order:

Lestat’s money was there before he was a rockstar, he had to have alot of startup money. He talks about hiring the best people and buying the best equipment for all aspects of getting the band updated and concert ready. He talks about hiring security and lawyers. He had that money already, it was waiting in bank accounts he had set up in the 18th century. Remember, he started off vampiring with a big treasure chest of stolen money and jewelry from Magnus’ victims, which he invested.

Louis is rich bc he was a plantation owner and owned property in NOLA. He was careful with banking and originally thought Lestat chose him for his money. AS IF! Louis is also a great gambler, he has a knack for cards, and can win huge sums to invest. Louis also loves books, and probably is in the vintage book business. Louis also probably gets money from Lestat, if he needs it. 

Armand initially arranged for dives for treasure from sunken ships, an archaeological find, “a cheap piece of South American property yielded a long forgotten emerald mine.” And that money was invested. He owns and runs the Night Island, and other businesses, which are a constant source of incoming profit.

Daniel had money from the publishing of IWTV, and later other books, but his money really comes from Armand.

Louis doesn’t have scruff! he had time to shave beforehand! Lestat does though, he shaves every morning even if his is barely visible. Here’s a question though, what about the women? cus shaving body hair is a relatively new thing, do the women bother at all with it? (I mean, Gabrielle doesn’t, obviously, but what about the others?)

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I wonder whether Lestat has scruff…

“I could hear Lestat in his room, the sound of water splashing from his pitcher. The faint smell of his cologne came and went like the sound of music from the cafe two doors down from us.” – IWTV

Is he shaving? Is he brushing his fangs? Maybe he does have some scruff. He didn’t mention being freshly shaven before Magnus turns him.

ANYWAY….

The women… I dunno! It’s never mentioned! I’ll open it up to everyone. What do y’all think?

I can “fall in love” with anybody—man, woman, child, vampire, the Pope. It doesn’t matter. I’m the ultimate Christian. I see God’s gifts in everyone.

Lestat de Lioncourt, Blood Canticle