For some context: currently about half-way through Prince Lestat for the first time, started as a show-watcher.
One of the things I'm enjoying most about PL is seeing the lore expand with all these new characters and seeing what they've been up to and how they're fitting into the modern world - people like Everard, Gregory, Seth, Fareed, etc.
Assuming the show gets to the final few books, how do you think they'll handle this sudden expansion? Do you think we'll get all of these characters and discoveries about vampirism and the experiments and radio show and all that? I think the show introduced Fareed earlier, and it seems like they're doing the same with Baby Jenks... I could see them doing that for some of them, but the ones who are so steeped in backstory like Gregory, for example, feel harder to introduce without having to give some number of flashbacks.
I hope we do get a lot of this in the show - the books that really build out the lore and cast are generally my favourites.
It might be an unpopular opinion, but I love the PL books with equal favor as the original trilogy. I've been doing a reread of the Chronicles, but I really just want to skip to PL. As you said, it opens up the world and the lore. It feels like a family reunion, and Lestat is just sooooo good in those books. It's like Anne knew it was the last hurrah, and she put dynamite in Lestat's gas tank. ♥️
Also, contrary to popular belief, the PL books are already very present in the show. There are many threads connecting to those later arcs, the blood experiments and such, and I really do hope we get all the seasons needed to explore that. @nalyra-dreaming and @cbrownjc have made some excellent posts (X and X) about Dee Pharma in the show and all the hints loaded into her character (and Fareed) that connect directly to the PL arcs.
As for all the characters, I really think Rolin will streamline a lot of them. He'll likely include the major ones who directly impact the core four of Lestat, Louis, Armand, and Daniel, but I feel like most of the characters will be combined with others.
It still blows my mind that they made an entire show based on the Talamasca, yet didn't include Jesse or David. The opportunity to tie it together with IWTVL was right there, and yet.....😬🙃😅
So yeah, I hope we reach the PL point, too!
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