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I read the books so I expected weird problematic shit (if anything, I appreciate that the show tones it down a bit and addresses it directly!) as well as the intense tonal shift. I’ve watched the first two seasons, so I also expected it to be vastly different from the book while keeping the essence of the story the same (just like they did with IWTV!).

I love Lestat’s ridiculous prose, I love the music!!!, I love that we get to see more storylines expand like Devil’s Minion, and I love that they found ways to keep Louis and Claudia in the show. I have small gripes here and there, mainly with the pacing but I can absolutely understand that it’s due to the limited amount of episodes.

Daniel Molloy, the world's youngest vampire, comes face to face with Akasha, the world's oldest vampire, and despite having visions for the whole book he brings no skill, no weapons, no prophecy on how to defeat the big bad world-ending evil, just tells his sugar daddy "kick her ass, babe, I've got your blender" while Armand dissociates and in the end Akasha is killed by NONE of the assembled male heroes.

Also Akasha aka the big bad was the literal embodiment of bioessentialism and radical feminism and the death penalty and she got curbstomped by the belief of restorative justice and free will meaning every person and humanity is capable of both good and evil and are shaped by societal forces and we have to choose the radical act of changing self and society towards peace and goodness which sometimes means violently killing a genocidal fascist for the good of humanity.

...and Daniel Molloy was there, you know, a random reporter who witnessed the whole potential world-ending apocalypse but LESTAT is the one who writes the book and still dedicated a full third of the narrative to Devil's Minion.

Hotel Room, 1978

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My next Pride art. You guys suggested Melinoë and Nemesis from Hades 2.

Inspired by the most beautiful earth shattering fic series I’ve ever read, “Visions of the Hereafter” and “In Hell the Units are the Gallon and the Fuck” by @shineforthee

the vampire Armand and his minion 🩸