Blues_watches

The dynamics in TVC are a rich interwoven web. If you fuck up adapting one, its going to effect the others. Properly adapting Lesmand makes Loumand and Loustat even juicer. Understanding the nuances of Marimand makes Devil's Minion hit harder.

textually engaging with the fact that armand is a lyncher and the violence he does to louis is often directly pulled from the violence done to black people under enslavement and segregation would mean the nonblack writers would have to textually engage with blackness as a central theme and question their own impulses like why the show disproportionately and voyeuristically depicts the brutalization of black bodies- textually engaging with the fact that gabriella has been raping her own son for over 200 years would mean the misogynistic writers would have to engage with the subject of sexual abuse and assault beyond "louis the pimp" and question their own impulses like why so many of gabriella's scenes with lestat are played for taboo titillation or "comic relief". it's a lot easier to sidestep all of that and go "oh these relationships were fucked up and doomed bc there's no real love there".

And that line "a song [...] that even Queen Alicent might hear" and at most the hint of a reaction, of a sneerful "oh, really?" on Gwayne's face. When their first interaction was Gwayne trying to intimidate Criston in the good old patriarchal "don't look at my sister" fashion. But Gwayne has finally realised that Criston is beyond such patriarchal and knightly notions of honour. You don't have to pretend now, because you just realised that he's already dead and he wants you to be dead as well. And you can dream of Oldtown all you want, but the only way out he offers you is through the grave. To become A Feast For Crows.

After the TVL finale (which TRUST I have opinions on) and a summer juggling TVL, HOTD, the World Cup, and Love Island UK & USA, theres a lot to discuss! I just feel like the vibe I’ve got going for this blog isn’t representative of all my interests.

Going forward @blues-4thedeathofheaven is going to be more fiber arts, classics, art, book quotes, and my own work (when it occurs to me to post it!). @blueswatches is going to be more analysis, reviews and whatever’s got my interest! If you’re here for DM I’m sure it’ll crossover into both because they are my faves but it’ll mostly be on the new blog!