I wish people would get that when bigots say they "don't have a problem" with trans men, nonbinary or genderqueer people, or intersex people in sports, taking horomones, in bathrooms, being free to make decisions about their bodies, etc., they are lying. They are very obviously lying about what they believe. Time and time again they demonstrate what they actually believe, in the enviroments they create, the bills they pass and vote for, the books the write, the things they say in public and private. You are falling for really obvious lies and at this point it's really fucking embarassing.
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Much has been said about the differences in Gabrielle's characterisation in the books, to Gabriella in the TV show. And I agree, it's quite different, if we're only looking at TVL. But, I recently re-read The Vampire Armand, and [minus the sexual abuse] his description of her is much, much closer to the one in the show.
Highlights of Armand's description of Gabrielle include:
Everyone hates her.
She abandons Lestat for centuries
Doesn't heed Lestat’s frantic cries for help
Looks just like Lestat, except she’s a woman,
small-waisted
big-breasted
Sweet-eyed in the most unnerving and dishonest fashion
Looks gorgeous in a black ball gown with her hair free
A vampire so cunning and cold that she has forgotten what it ever meant to be human or in pain... if she ever knew it.
In mortal life...she always wondered what the others were carrying on about.
Low-voiced
Unintentionally vicious
Glacial
Forbidding
Ungiving
a wanderer
Something more akin to a prehistoric reptile than a human.
A stalker
a quick killer
a pitiless and seemingly thoughtful but eternally secretive thing.
virtually useless to anyone but herself
See what I mean?!
It makes me suspect that Rolin and Hannah agree with Armand. In writing her character for Season 3, it seems likely they consciously decided to put aside much of Lestat's perspective on her personality, in favor of Armand's much more blunt and unforgiving assessment.
Fascinating choice!
(full TVA quotes under the cut)
"Gabrielle. She’s around now. She was around on The Night Island. Everyone hates her. She is Lestat’s Mother, and abandons him for centuries, and somehow doesn’t manage to heed Lestat’s periodic and inevitable frantic cries for help, which though she could not receive them, being his fledgling, could certainly learn of them from other vampiric minds which are on fire with the news round the world when Lestat is in trouble. Gabrielle, she looks just like him, except she’s a woman, totally a woman, that is, sharper of feature, small-waisted, big-breasted, sweet-eyed in the most unnerving and dishonest fashion, gorgeous in a black ball gown with her hair free, more often dusty, genderless, sheathed in supple leather or belted khaki, a steady walker, and a vampire so cunning and cold that she has forgotten what it ever meant to be human or in pain. Indeed, I think she forgot overnight, if she ever knew it. She was in mortal life one of those creatures who always wondered what the others were carrying on about. Gabrielle, low-voiced, unintentionally vicious, glacial, forbidding, ungiving, a wanderer through snowy forests of the far north, a slayer of giant white bears and white tigers, an indifferent legend to untamed tribes, something more akin to a prehistoric reptile than a human. Beautiful, naturally, blond hair in a braid down her back, almost regal in a chocolate-colored leather safari jacket and a small droopy brimmed rain hat, a stalker, a quick killer, a pitiless and seemingly thoughtful but eternally secretive thing. Gabrielle, virtually useless to anyone but herself. Some night she’ll say something to someone, I suppose. "
i hate to keep tapping the sign that bad things dont happen to characters the authors hate.
if an author hates a character they are fridged or removed from the narrative. when an author loves a character they are put through unimaginable horrors.
Like, I’ve lived here my whole adult life and my relationship with the auto industry is complicated and the Republican Party’s policies toward have also been all over the place. However, it still breaks me to have Trump just get irritable and decide on a random Monday to destroy the American automobile industry just because he doesn’t care about the consequences.
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I've known a number of non binary people in my life and I think single biggest conclusion I can draw from that is that non binary people are not the same. Like if Men fit in box A and women fit in box B, people really, really want nonbinary people to fit in a theoretical box C, and it just doesn't work like that. They are outside the boxes. They defy any simple categorization because they are not a third way of being, but every other possible way of being.
Being supportive of binary people is relatively simple, they have decided to sort themselves into one of the boxes that we have lots of experience interacting with. Being supportive of nonbinary people can be comparatively tricky, because you have to resist the urge to create box C and drop them all there. That's how we end up with various prejudices like "woman lite". Humans really, really like to categorize things. It helps us think. Unfortunately, sometimes it helps us think wrong.
If you have a non binary person in your life, I think it is important to take the extra effort to learn about them specifically.
this becomes a lot easier when you realize that the Man Box and the Women Box are fake. like. I really believe that we, as a society, will never be able to truly accept non-binary people until we abolish the idea that All Men Are Like This and All Women Are Like That. a person's pronouns don't tell you anything except what pronouns to use for them.
You can say a lot about Lestat's flaws, but never let it be said that he's not honest with himself about the people he's failed. You wanna know why Claudia didn't bitch him out as much in the seance? Because he knows how much he failed her and how much she hated him. He's always known. She fucking murdered his ass and he respected her for it.
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inability to correctly perceive 3d objects is in fact far more dangerous when someone is driving a car next to you then when they're like, sending emails to you.
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