Wave Celestial Intent

This wolf in British Columbia took a break from eating herring roe to investigate a half-submerged object: the photographer’s camera

38 on a technicality (own a business)

I think as of TVL 3.05 I've seen enough data points to confidently say IWTV/TVL isn't just changing the canon selectively.

I think they picked a specific event in Lestat's life and had that one event go differently, and all the subsequent timeline changes are a result of this.

My hypothesis? The divergence point is Gabrielle convincing Lestat to kill the de Lioncourt family with her. (Though it could be something even earlier that that.)

Here's my take:

In the book, Lestat's family is killed during the French Revolution by a mob because they are aristocrats. Lestat's father barely escapes. Eventually, Lestat and Gabrielle part ways and then Lestat takes his father to New Orleans.

While in New Orleans in the late 1700s, he meets white plantation owner Louis de Pointe du Lac and befriends him for (among many reasons) his wealth so Lestat can look after his father in comfort during his old age.

But because Lestat's father is dead in the show at Lestat and Gabrielle's hands, this never occurred.

Because Lestat's family died earlier, he might have been around to see Nicki die instead of traveling at the time. It's not a direct cause/effect but it is possible.

Also because Lestat's family died, it might follow that his travels with Gabrielle were different so he didn't go looking for Marius the same way. Again, it's not a direct cause/effect but it is possible. They're still traveling together in 1802, when in book canon, Claudia was made in 1794 so this is much longer.

TVL 3.05 and book canon hint that Akasha was already growing tired of Enkil when she and Lestat met in the book canon.

But since they didn't meet at their original date in the late 1700s, by 1802 Akasha took matters into her own hands and mind-whammied Marius into leaving Enkil out in the sun (at least, that's my theory as to how Enkil died. You can't convince me that Mr. Martyr To Those Who Must Be Kept Marius would ever slip up that badly while transferring them to a new location. Nah, Akasha set it up, I'm convinced.)

But to go back to Lestat, at this point, he goes to the New World after 1900.

Because Lestat wasn't there to turn white, plantation-owner Louis de Pointe Du Lac, Book Louis's mortal descendants of mixed race instead inherited the plantation's wealth.

TV Show Louis in fact mentions that he had a plantation-owning great-something grandfather. In my opinion, that great-grandfather was the book!Louis, who TV!Lestat never met.

Because events played out this way (otherwise more or less the same as in book IWTV but staggered by ~100 year) Louis and Armand's relationship isn't quite the same. TV!Louis and TV!Armand don't drift apart soon after leaving Paris the way their book counterparts did, they stay together.

As a result, Armand isn't single when he meets fascinating young Daniel. He therefore is able to bring greater willpower to bear in denying young Daniel his demand to be turned into a vampire.

However, the love is real, so Armand continues to stalk and pine after Daniel and, eventually, we are brought full circle with now Old Daniel being brought to Dubai to interview Louis and save Armand from this emotionally stagnant relationship the two are stuck in.

happy new year -------------_--------------------

like they are NOT on good terms this season, but this is a moment of, "i am showing this painful, infected wound to you because you have a matching one, and you are the only one who can do this for me." like this is a big, extremely vulnerable ask from louis.

and even lestat's quiet "yes. okay." in this request even though things are bad, because this is a request of one parent to another and thus sidesteps the conflict of, "we are supposed to be something to each other, but you didn't even call when i was shot." like louis is louis and the great love of his life, but louis is also the person he raised a child with, and that bond still stands strong enough to call a favor in on.

and louis's tone when lestat brings up claudia's eyes and louis jumps in with, "i know, right? there's no spark." and there is SO MUCH pain in it but also such a moment of, "she was our child and you know her like i did. you know her eyes. talk to me about her because it's the only way she can still exist, and you are the only one she can exist for me with. she was ours."

is the actual epitome of all things scrum diddly cunt-tious, the PINNACLE of serving absolute pussõire??!?

Already does. In Star Trek Picard S2 when they went back in time to 2024, none of the characters had to change their outfits because their 25th century fashion was just like, normal jackets t-shirts and trousers in a variety of black, grey and brown fabrics. A stark contrast to early TNG, where - while everything looked painfully 80's - the non-uniform attire was all fun shapes and textures that didn't actually resemble off the shelf clothes as far as I'm aware*

Even the uniforms are AMAZING from a tailor perspective!

They didn't want ugly zippers to show so the closures of the uniforms are in the seam of the raglan sleeve!!!!

In all the new adaptations they are lazy and don't do raglan and put the zippers in the back and it looks shit

Not even to mention the incredible lines of the womens uniforms!!!

Like look how smartly the lines for the pattern go, to not just have boring darts in places! These costumes STILL look futuristic!

You could not even see this on 1960s TVs!

A few months before he passed away in 2003, a 74 year old children’s television host sat down in the same studio where he had filmed 895 episodes over 33 years and recorded one last message. It wasn’t for children. It was for the adults who had grown up watching him.

Fred Rogers hosted Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood on American public television from 1968 to 2001. For over three decades he walked into the same set, changed into a cardigan and sneakers, looked directly into the camera, and spoke to children as if each one of them was the only person in the room. He never raised his voice, never talked down to his audience, and never rushed a single moment.

In that final recording, he looked into the camera one last time and said “I’m just so proud of all of you who have grown up with us. And I know how tough it is some days to look with hope and confidence on the months and years ahead. But I would like to tell you what I often told you when you were much younger. I like you just the way you are.”

And like there was no permanent cast, all these celebrities seem to have gotten a scene or part of a scene to do (i’m not sure exactly, I did not ever watch Quibi and thus haven’t seen this yet), and then they just… recreated it as best they could. At home. Under quarantine.

So like, you had Jennifer Garner in a blanket cape playing Princess Buttercup AND the Booing Old Woman with a crowd comprised entirely of stuffed animals:

Or Taika Waititi paying Westley off a badly-drawn Inigo on a piece of cardboard held in front of someone’s face:

And it’s all just delightful.

But my absolute favorite part of this thing that I’ve sadly never seen but assume is probably absolutely hilarious and a treasure and I want to find it some day and watch the whole thing… is that Carey Elwes is in it.

As Prince Fucking Humperdink.

Here ya go

earlier this week Twitter user ppuccin0 tweeted about a fashion article that advised against tops with large floral patterns, saying the wearer was in danger of looking like a "ロマンティックおばさん," or a "romantic auntie." the tweet went viral with many agreeing that a "romantic auntie" sounded like a very nice thing to aspire to be, and some even posted illustrations or photos tagged with the trend

illustration by Toyota Yuu (author of Cherry Magic)

illustration by 141shkw/Sora Midori (author of Beautiful Curse)

photos by Takinami Yukari (author of Motokare Mania and Watashi-tachi wa Mutsuu Ren'ai ga Shitai or "We Want A Painless Romance")

illustration by m:m (mangaka of Matataki no End Roll)

illustration by ooinuai (mangaka of Onikui Kitan)

illustration by ma2 (mangaka of The Reason We Fall In Love)

BONUS: