The Devil's Minion

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (2022-)

they are so funny I cant wait to see them together

"it's tattered, it's broken, but it's mine." "some people would say those toys were well loved"

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yeah he was just grabbing a snack

It's incredible how much Armand's mere presence changes everything. Daniel's boredom becomes familiar comfort; his malaise gives way to warm intimacy; his body all but molds itself to embrace Armand. The soft domestic coziness of two people who are perfectly content to just bask in each other's unspoken love. They fit so naturally against each other, it makes the original look all the more distressing with its emptiness.

but how could you relegate this to the tags I'm gonna cry

IS THIS A HOSPITAL BED????? WAS HE DYING????? DID ARMAND TURN HIM BECAUSE HE WAS ON THE BRINK OF DEATH????? I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS

In QOTD, Armand does not make Daniel a vampire because YOLO, why not, fledglings are fun. Armand is not Louis. Armand is not Lestat. Armand was born to darkness only because he was dying, and it is that philosophy--plus several decades running a fucked up cult in the Paris catacombs--that inform his decisions regarding bringing others into the blood. He loves Daniel. He finds him fascinating. He cherishes him. But what he loves is the humanity, and he knows that this will snuff out like a light as soon as his beloved is turned. He also knows Daniel cannot escape the damage done to him already by his prolonged exposure to both vampire blood and vampire behavior. There is no going back. But he doesn't want to go forward, either. They're locked in a horrifying, liminal dance, a push/pull dynamic that sees Daniel growing resentful, sick, unstable, desperate to be given "the gift" Armand has. Armand, for his part, refuses to damn another to the fate he himself has suffered. In the book, he turns Daniel only because Daniel is now too sick, too weak, too close to death to survive without intervention. Daniel is a half-mad alcoholic, constantly fleeing from Armand but inevitably drawn back to him - a bestselling author with no money, sleeping on park benches, essentially a vagrant. Daniel is dying. And it is only because he is dying that Armand breaks his promise to himself, and turns him. It is the most heartbreaking couple of paragraphs Anne ever wrote, in my opinion. It is devastating. But it is love. Imho, the show will preserve this moment of resonance. What happens to Show!Daniel? Is it a fall? A heart attack? A slip-slide into the more severe, end-stages of chronic illness? Hard to say. But I suspect they will keep the 'close to death' element. To dispense with that would be to retcon a major part of Armand's character - both in the show, and in the books. Armand has followed Daniel for 50 years. And he cannot bear to let him go. And this time, he will allow him to remember.

Interview With the Vampire | Season 2 Episode 5

This is the man who won't shut up about his biting kink by the way

Progress.