gender affirming canines

Watching S3E1 and the lengths the writers have gone through to show, in just a few brief moments, the breaking of Lestat by the mere appearance of Gabriella… I will be *livid* if we are subjected to yet another mishandling of Armand and Marius’ reunion (as written in QOTD), where there is no acknowledgement of the *intense* and *crushing* trauma that not only Armand suffered through in his human life, yes even under the hands of his maker, but the mind-shattering reality of having your only guardian, the person you trusted the most (for better or worse), turn you into an immortal being, then be BURNED “ALIVE” IN FRONT OF YOU — only to find out not only did that person survive, they NEVER CAME BACK FOR YOU. Never reached out. KNEW that you were kidnapped into a cult, and according to the book TVL, decided that was too much effort to rescue you from, especially since you seemed to be buying into the cult nonsense, **even though you HAD TO in order to SURVIVE**. And then this being that you had built up as a perfect deity in your mind, that you believed you saw die in front of you, whose death you believed was YOUR FAULT… he opens up to this blonde upstart and shows him things he never shared with you?? And then one day, the world is falling apart, and you walk into a room and there he is?? This mythical being?? That you thought died?? But instead just never cared enough for you to even write a letter?? To say he’s at least alive??

Rolin, I beg you, GIVE THIS MOMENT TO ASSAD. Armand deserves to finally have that, to come to terms with that heart-wrenching break, that utter collapse of his entire world… let him cry, scream, explode, LET HIM HAVE THAT. Give him what Anne didn’t! Let our hearts break for him, let us see that child within the man that begs for some kind of reckoning… let us glimpse that broken boy, like you are letting us see in Lestat’s scene with his mother.

Marius, and that traumatic night Armand was ripped away from everything he had known (AGAIN) just as his world was starting to feel stable… these are people and events that undeniably shaped Armand, if not defined him (at least in his own mind), please, PLEASE do not ignore this. Do not do him dirty and just have him blindly accept Marius’ NON-DEATH and surprise entrance.

"Why did you bring her with you?"

Daniel's mind is hazy and disorganized. Who? He thinks blearly. He's....in Tennessee? There was a story he needed to follow. He thinks. There were drugs involved at some point. Probably last night. Did he bring someone back to his apartment? He doesn't remember. He's not fully sure where he is, actually. Whose apartment.

"Your daughter, Daniel." The word sounds strange on Armand's lips, Daniel thinks, like it is unfamiliar in his mouth, like it is a word he has had little reason to say. He supposes a daughter isn't something Armand would be familiar with. It isn't something Daniel is familiar with either. It is something he should, though. He has one. A daughter. His stomach drops out from beneath him as his brain catches up to Armand's words.

His daughter.

Daniel pulls himself up off the bed he's sprawled on, and tries to blink away the fuzziness behind his eyes. He sways, and Armand grabs his elbow to steady him.

"Where is she?" Daniel rasps. He's remembering now. Calla had a work trip. She gave him the weekend with Meg. He'd gotten a tip about a new environmental law passing in Tennessee. He'd...drove to Tennessee with a three year old he didn't actually have custody of in the backseat.

"She's fine." Armand says, lips pressed together in a line.

Daniel shoves him away. "C'mon, man-" Calla is going to kill me. Six states over and a vampire watching Meg while I was passed out-

"Your daughter is watching television in the living room. PBS, I believe the program is called. There's a vampire made of felt who counts."

i wrote a personally reflective thread on it and I would like yall to read it and maybe reblog it especially if you've been witness to the harassment of myself and other black fans and creatives in the fandom.

i get that seeing posts like this repeatedly is probably draining and annoying but if you have ever experienced even a lick of the vile behavior in this fandom, i would hope you can understand that this is not something that is easy to bear over multiple years.

sorry if this is annoying to my followers who are just following me to see art and not the constant backlash i have to endure. i wouldn't have to be so annoying and loud if i didn't feel so fucking alone!