This is a thread connecting Anne Riceâs The Vampire Chronicles to Taylor Swiftâs most recent album, The Tortured Poetâs Department. Part One will be linked at the bottom, if you want to start from the beginning.
11.) I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)
Loustat? Lesmand? Armaniel? This song could apply to all of them.
But, letâs dedicate this one to Loumand. My first instinct was to say that Louis would be the narrator of this song - needing to âfixâ Armandâs gremlin, manipulative ways. But I actually think a more compelling take on this would be having Armand play the narrator, and Louis being the one in need of âfixingâ.
Take, for instance, Louisâ mental breakdown after Claudiaâs (and Lestatâs) death. Heâs so numb and despondent that Armand starts acting increasingly more and more desperate to get his lover to feel something - to âfixâ his depression.
Armand even admits to killing Claudia in an attempt to ignite something in Louis - to no avail, of course.
Armand then tells Louis that Lestat is actually alive in NOLA, hoping thatâll bring some light to Louisâ eyes. But, it doesnât.
He continually tries to pull Louis from his anguished spiral, trying his best to âfixâ Louisâ problems, but in the end he has to admit to himself that he canât âfixâ Louis.
You can also totally look at this through the lens of Louis thinking he can âfixâ Armand - make him a better person, be his moral compass so to say.
âHe had a halo of the highest grade, he just hadnât met me yetâ
âThey shake their heads saying God help her when I tell âem heâs my manâ
âWoah, maybe I canâtâ
12.) loml (aka loss of my life)
Nicki and Lestat, duh. I think Lestat would consider Nicki to be the greatest loss of his life. And so many of these lyrics fit them. The way Nicki grew to resent, and then hate Lestat is just so heartbreaking.
âIf you know it in one glimpse, it's legendaryâ
âYou said I'm the love of your lifeâ
âWhen your impressionist paintings of heaven turned out to be fakesâ
âWell, you took me to hell tooâ
âOur field of dreams engulfed in fireâ
âYour arson's match, your somber eyesâ
âYouâre the loss of my lifeâ
Part One: https://www.tumblr.com/funtheysaid/749134183115456512/ttpd-is-about-iwtv
(Part One)
Okay, listen, I know I sound crazy and if youâre not a Swiftie or an Anne Rice fan, then those acronyms are going to look like g
Part Seven: https://www.tumblr.com/funtheysaid/749135905171832832/ttpd-is-about-iwtv
(Part Seven)
This is a thread connecting Anne Riceâs The Vampire Chronicles to Taylor Swiftâs most recent album, The Tortured Poetâs Depart
