Aug 12
it's well-known fact in the fandom that claudia was based on anne's daughter (and i would like to add that she did this unconsciously, as i detest it when people limit women's writing solely to the author's own experiences, and to me it's pretty much clear that above all she wanted to tell a story about a woman trapped in child's body...anyway); louis reflects her own grief, lestat on stan and latter in her own idealized self, gabrielle in her mother's detachment and the possibility of saving and liberating her. so i don't know why i'm always get so surprised to read in the vampire companion that david talbot bears a stryking resamblance to her father. but anne did say that totbt feels almost like a premonition so that's something.
#the vampire chronicles#the tale of the body thief#david talbot#the vampire claudia#lestat lioncourt#louis de pointe du lac#gabrielle de lioncourt#i hate when...and then proceds to talk about something that i find misogynistic#sorry i'm not reducing anne's crazy monstrous and enchanting universe to only her life experience#it's just that is such a shocking fact that always gets me#and the thing about claudia...maybe i'll do a post about it later#but it's so clear to me that anne's always talking about freedom while writing women
