@vampirefest 's Lestat's Birthday Bingo. Squares 7 & 8: Lust for life + Resilience
"But you didn't go down, Lestat," he said, his eyebrows rising. "The hunger, the cold -- none of it stopped you. You were a triumph!" The rage thickened his voice again. "You didn't drink yourself to death in the gutter. You turned everything upside down! And for every aspect of our proposed damnation you found exuberance, and there was no end to your enthusiasm and the passion coming out of you -- and the light, always the light."
The Vampire Lestat
Lestat's resilience and passion for life is both his triumph and his tragedy. The layout is inspired by both Bernini's Ecstasy of Saint Theresa and Louis's iconic scene with Jonah, which is probably the most important scene in the whole series.
