#butchybats

From: @somevagrantchild To: @butchybats  Merry Christmas!! You asked for IWTV era Loustat intimacy and said you would love to see how Lestat might’ve cared for louis after he was made. 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/76439361

Summary: It’s Louis’s first Christmas since receiving the dark gift and the last thing he wants to do is get ready to go to a ball with Lestat. What is a party full of people compared to the beauty of the night or the comfort of a book by the fireside? But Lestat has his own reasons for insisting and if he has to dress Louis up like a doll himself, he will.

aka: Louis discovers the power of dressing up for Lestat.

Okay, so I have actually thought about this before but never got around to writing it. So here's my pitch for a Devil's Minion Reverse AU!

Daniel finds Armand in Lestat’s house after the interview, just like in QotD. Armand locks him in the cellar for three days and when he lets him out, he’s delirious and desperate. He wants to be a vampire. Armand laughs and tells him he’s basically harmless so he won’t kill him but he won’t turn him. Maybe he’ll go mad. And then he tells Daniel to leave New Orleans. Daniel refuses. He says he came to find Lestat and if Armand won’t help him or make him immortal, he’s going to keep looking. Armand gets angry and threatens to kill him. Daniel is terrified but he’s a mess, exhausted and pleading. Maybe he even starts crying, and feels pathetic, but he won’t go. He can’t. He’s come this far. Armand is curious about him and a little moved by his tears, not that he’ll show it or let Daniel know. He listened to the interview. He liked Daniel and how he spoke to Louis, and he liked the things he said at the end. Armand thinks he’s a fool but he’s an interesting fool. He doesn’t really want to kill him but he doesn’t want him here in New Orleans looking for Lestat. God forbid he finds him. So Armand tells him fine, whatever, but I'm leaving the city and Daniel won’t find him again. He should give up his search for Lestat. He’s long gone from NOLA and no one knows where he is. Armand vanishes. Daniel sticks around for a day or two, but having no luck finding Lestat (even though he’s practically on top of him! The irony!), he decides to pursue Armand. Uno reverse, y'all! It’s opposite chase time! Daniel scours newspapers and radio broadcasts for anything about missing persons and murders where the bodies were exsanguinated, any clue of where Armand might be. Maybe he catches up with Armand in Paris by tracking down where the Theatre Des Vampires used to be. Obviously Armand can stay hidden from him but he’s intrigued by this tenacious boy, fascinated that he doesn’t give up, and slowly they start talking and Daniel teaches him things about the modern world. But Armand keeps running. So Daniel keeps chasing Armand around the world, pursuing him endlessly, Armand allowing himself to be seen and found from time to time, only to disappear into the ether again, while Daniel keeps looking.

(Optional Subplot where Daniel runs into The Talamasca and they offer to help him investigate vampires but Daniel doesn't totally trust them and Armand warns him off of them.) Gradually Armand starts appearing to Daniel more often, maybe even leaving little clues or a trail for him to follow as he goes. Eventually things play out similarly to canon where Armand realizes he loves him and they come together as a couple.

Anyhow, that's my idea! I think it would be fun although challenging at first because obviously an Armand who wants nothing to do with this would not allow himself to be seen.

Hey thank you for all the love! I don’t know why I’ve been so in my head but ultimately it’s important for people to find themselves in characters. Armand is such an unusual little enigma in the books and in the show and it’s very very hard to escape him and that power I think it what I envied in the character while simultaneously empathizing with his pain. He’s truly one of the best vampire archetypes I’ve ever come across and ironically Anne never intended for him to have such an impact. Then again she was a maverick at writing interesting characters and then abandoning her rich plot lines that would have developed them further.

freesia— what do you want people to remember you for? (serious or non-serious answers)

I'd like to be remembered as a threat. 😈

2. lighter or matches?

I WISH i could use matches bc their aesthetic appeal >>>. but inevitably I'll burn my fingers or eyebrows or my pathetic excuse for a mustache. so lighters!

38. a soap bar that smells good

idk what it's called or anything but i distinctly remember i used to have a soap that genuinely smelled like mint and honey and it was soo fantastic i miss her everyday

6. Anything that might inspire you subconsciously (i.e. this horse wasn't supposed to look like the Last Unicorn but I see it)

mmmmm i honestly dont know... usually i can Tell when i draw something a certain way bc of something i watched (because i dont watch new things very often LOL)

14. Any favorite motifs

HOLY FUCKING SHIT I LOVE SNAKE MOTIFS. snakes and ouroboroses my BELOVEDS i use them all the time. pulling up examples of david bc hes the most recent victim of this, i draw him often with a snake tongue and his trenchcoat wrapping around michael like a tail

i do this to basically every character that fits the bill for snake imagery. heres a blast from the past with Darkiplier Snake Dress

another motif i like but dont do much with anymore is weird eyes. basically every sona ive had over the years has had weird eyes (sometimes colluding with the snake stuff!) heres a compilation

19. Favorite inanimate objects to draw (food, nature, etc.)

honestly idk 😭 im so character focused now that i dont really think about it. probably clouds? heres some clouds

Writer Would You Ever

Oh my gosh, yes. I often worry I am too soft and fluffy with my fic because I just want them all to be happy darn it, especially Armand and Daniel, especially post-canon. Because frankly, they deserve a little happiness together after everything they've been through.

Post-canon fluff is definitely something I want to do more of. It's hard with Armand/Daniel because there is almost always some angst or chaos or arguing, but I can definitely end on a fluffy note!

I also want to do more slice of life stuff for Vampire Dan, I haven't done of a lot of that but I spend way too much time thinking about how he probably spends his nights and what he wants now that he's immortal and sane and the Coven is reunited. Like what hobbies does he have? Does he still travel around a lot? Does Armand chase after him for fun? Where does he prefer to spend his time?

So yes to both!