how has it happened three times in three different mediums that someone said hey i want to adapt the novel the vampire lestat and then dont do that add 5 other books in there and also make something that is both kind of bad and crucially also makes no sense

moffat who is just like [the inherent value of stories] [the prettiest production doctor who has ever seen] [fear can make you kind] [epic love story] [canon bisexuals] [another epic love story] [the inherent value of being kind] [genuinely spooky stories] [they didn’t give him a gun they gave him a screwdriver] [and another epic love story] [you make them want to impress you] [the doctor being a professor for over half a century] [companion character arcs that span across three seasons] [halfway out of the dark] [and one more epic love story] and like. yeah. that’s it.

"When I write about men, even if they are gay men, the critical response has tended to be better than to relationships with women. I can present a highly romantic relationship between two men, and the book isn't perceived as just a romance, but that's exactly what happens if one of those people is a woman. They're spoken of pejoratively as 'just a romance.' When I first started writing, I was very conscious of this. I remember being conscious with Louis and Lestat that if one of them had been a woman, the novel would have received harsh criticism. A scene like the one where Lestat makes Louis a vampire would have been put down as a cheap Gothic romantic scene. But because it was two men, I was able to deal with the real essence of dominance and submission. I was able to remove it from the gender cliches and to talk about what it really is [...]" -- Conversations With Anne Rice, by Michael Riley

your weird obsession with moral purity is degrading your critical thinking skills and poisoning your ability to empathize with other people btw

that jnt quote re: the fifth doctor & turlough alone that's like with two men in the tardis people will think dark thoughts. hell yeah brother i'm thinking them

One funny aspect to the (probably only one person) "Swifties vs Lestat" feud is that Taylor and Lestat probably would date and then write mean songs about each other.

I assume this is what the new season is about.