"I was watching one of the Star Wars movies. I think Luke Skywalker was fighting with Darth Vader, and Vader was saying, 'Give in to the dark force inside you.' It was horribly cliche. That's when it came to me what Queen of the Damned ought to be. Essentially, the queen should have an extremely good idea, but it should still be evil. The real evil in the world is always a complex and seductive thing that sounds brilliant." - Anne Rice, The Vampire Companion

> $50

I can wait. You'll be 80% off one of these days. I'll outlast you.

I was very moved by hearing from some of our Black readers that they really love the idea that Aaliyah played Akasha in the Queen of the Damned film. And, they, one woman told us in New Orleans, remember she was beautifully- she was gorgeous... and she was in this beautiful costume, dressed like Aaliyah. And she said that she and her friends had felt kind of shut out of the fantasy genre. (…) I was moved by that. (…) By the way, when, when Lestat was done on Broadway, Marius was played by a Black actor. And it worked fine. Worked beautifully. Wonderful actor. Uh, I don't think, I don't think the ethnicity of Marius, uh, that he's half Roman, is always part of the story, but the other half doesn't have to be Celtic. (…) You know, and Lestat, you have to get Lestat the way he's described. I think his description is so much a part of who he is that it would be terrible to deviate. And same with Louis. Louis at least has to be beautiful. Obviously, um, the fans were happy with Brad Pitt playing Louis, and he played him as a blonde. (…) But Armand, Louis, and Lestat, I think they have to look the way they're described. And, uh, but there's a lot of flexibility. I mean, I was in love for a long time with the idea that maybe Cher would play Gabrielle. And Cher is not described like Gabrielle. (…) I do wanna say one thing, though. I, myself, will always go for the finest actor regardless of ethnicity, color or even gender maybe. I don't know. I mean, I would like to think that the finest actor is really what's important.

ARMAND USES THE FORBIDDEN TECHNIQUE - "JOKES ON YOU I'M INTO THAT SHIT" 💀💀💀

Just realized it's been long enough that it's possible I have vc followers who haven't seen this excerpt along similar lines from an earlier draft of The Vampire Armand ♥️

from The Culture of Narcissism

based on a friend's comment on one of my older posts hhskskj i accidentally quoted this song and then decided i should do it not accidentally..

Etc, etc, I’m sure there’s more

Artwork by Jason Mowry from the upcoming Books Illustrated Limited Edition of The Vampire Lestat, coming out in Spring 2027.

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (2022-) | S03E07

ah! comically long women!

This is also me breaking the hiatus curse cause I have not been posting art for about a month (my bad).

sam reid