Vampire Press Club

We’re not unhinged. We’re just well-researched.

Welcome BACK! This blog is now rebranded as the Vampire Press Club, where we investigate, appreciate, and celebrate the Interview With the Vampire/The Vampire Lestat (IWTVL) cast and universe — with logic, levity, and above all: receipts.

This is a safe, fandom-forward space focused on Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid, and Assad Zaman as our leading lights, with Delainey Hayles, Eric Bogosian, Jennifer Ehle, Joseph Potter, and more rounding out our beloved ensemble.

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🔥 Tone & Conduct

• NO HEAT. This is a zero-drama zone. No vague posts, no passive aggression, and no starting mess under the guise of curiosity. 🌶️🥛 Continue as warnings.

• LOGIC REQUIRED. If you’re going to make claims, bring reasoning. Opinions are welcome — but must be grounded in observations, patterns, or evidence.

• RECEIPTS MATTER. Screenshots, clips, interviews, timestamps — we love them. If you’re saying something definitive, come prepared.

• SPECULATION = OK (with a disclaimer). Make it fun, not harmful. Tag it accordingly.

• NO CHARACTER/ANON BASHING. Love a fave without tearing down others. Disagree without disrespecting others.

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📆 Weekly Posting Schedule: The VPC Beat

We structure content by day to keep our chaos focused:

🧛‍♂️ Mondays: Jacob Anderson Mondays

Celebrate Jacob! Anything about his career, acting roles, music, interviews, aesthetics, or things he enjoys. Content must be 2-degrees of separation from Jacob.

• Good: Jacob’s acting choices, Raleigh Ritchie analysis, Jacob’s playlist tastes, Emilia Clarke’s new film

• Not ideal: Posts not involving him or anyone connected to him. Marriage speculation discouraged.

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🩸 Tuesdays: Sam Reid Tuesdays

Sam-focused content day! Dive into his performances, interviews, Aussie background, theater training, or favorite influences.

• Good: The Newsreader discussion, Sam’s childhood influences, behind-the-scenes commentary, Anna Torv’s latest project

• Not ideal: General IWTVL posts with no tie-in to Sam. Sip relationship speculation discouraged.

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🕯 Wednesdays: Assad Zaman Wednesdays

Finally a place to recognize our Armand! Anything about Assad — acting insights, previous work, cultural analysis, or his creative interests.

• Good: Hotel Portofino, Assad’s press quotes, his fashion and stylings

• Not ideal: General IWTVL content not tied to Assad, Luke Brandon Field’s latest IG post.

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🧬 Thursdays: Ensemble + Extended Universe

This is “Everyone Else” day. Delainey, Eric, Jen, Joseph, Ben Daniels, the writers, directors, and even production folks. Dive deep into the ensemble!

• Great day for: costume breakdowns, cinematography love, interviews from writers and BTS teams

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💥 Fridays: Free-For-All Fridays

Let your fangs out! You can post anything IWTVL-related — crossovers, memes, GIF spam, meta-ramblings, dream castings, etc.

• Think: wild speculation, throwbacks, AU ideas, jokes, PR analysis — but still keep it respectful and in the spirit of the club.

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📺 Weekends: Open Topics

Saturday + Sunday are for extended convos, longform posts, rewatches, episode breakdowns, multi-actor content, and joint appreciation.

• This is a great time for analysis, character arcs, or community questions.

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💌 Anons & Community Interaction

• Ask Box is OPEN, but this isn’t a court of law. Be clear, kind, and concise.

• No harassment will be tolerated — if I sense you’re trying to bait or smear someone, you’ll be blocked.

• Don’t send drama from other blogs unless it relates to a public claim and can be discussed with context and nuance.

• Using the new tag #pressclubreceipts when you’re posting sourced evidence or analysis — for easier archiving!

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🧠 Final Word

This isn’t a fandom war room. This is a vampire think tank with a bit of sass, a lot of heart, and an love for TV craft.

If you’re new here: Welcome. If you’re old here: You’re home.

Let’s keep it smart, silly, and safe for everyone.

OLD RULES: For reference

I think they are in relationships( HR boys that is), but the thing is they have time/youth on their side as critical as that may sound. They have reached their breakout point early on and whether or not they stay with these partners doesnt matter right now because things can change as they get older and meet other people.

Meanwhile Jacob is already set in stone even if (forbid) he divorces his current wife he still has two kids with her and will forever be tied to them sam and his partner are both near that point of either marriage/babies and if that happens thats going to be it for sam too and considering his age it will most likely progress quicker even if it falls apart at some point between them (though I personally highly doubt it considering the quick need to address said partner at all in these last few days).

Is this coming from the horse's mouth or the mices on social media? 😅😂😭

For new fans this article (and the week in general), would be a nothingburger, but for those of us familiar with all the previous interviews and lore, this week has come across as extremely heavy handed, too much too fast, and needlessly upsetting to jammers, and yes, to queer fans who are craving more representation from the cast of this queerest of shows (especially after reading numerous posts from well-known anons promising a distinctly *different* type of PR roll out).

And before anyone jumps down my throat, I'm well aware of bi-erasure and the fact that no one owes anyone their orientation or personal lives. But for some of us it's difficult to avoid feeling sad, disappointed, as well as a mix of dread and resignation for when the other shoe eventually drops.

I guess I just want to know where the directives and motivations are coming from. Because I recall folks on this and other blogs saying that PR will only do what the clients want. But like Reason anon pointed out, we don't know what personal and professional conversations are happening behind the scenes.

Anon, can I join? Just once 😒

Come on. I know you're having a really tough time in the US right now, but speculating about someone's sexuality, or questioning a publicly presented narrative, is in no way "literally illegal." I can even say Sam and I have crazy gay sex every weekend and *** is actually my cousin who lives with us for cover, and that won't land me in prison. Let's lighten up a bit.

The problem is a plan should have been worked out two years ago because clearly one couple was NOT on the same page. This is where I blame Sam, Narrative, and AMC. They had an unknown, struggling actress out there as the lone wolf insisting she were in a relationship with a rising star. When it got messy, that's when other people decided to step in and neutralize the situation. They waited months of silence to cram "partner" into the recent narratives on the even of S3. Do they really think we are stupid? Do they think they saved the day?

There's so much wrong in how they handled this situation, I seriously considered if I should cancel my personal AMC subscription, and just watch the show at my community center. I have AMC for this show. They better hope this doesn't linger.

The thing about Walking Dead though is outside of two people on that show no one else has a big career. Only Danai Gurira (Michonne) and Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Neegan) are the stand outs on that show shoot even the guy who played Glenn is doing pretty well outside of WD but also thats when WD fell off hard and many stopped watching. As for sam and jacob I hate to say it but this is probably as big as they’re going to get and Im not saying that to be harsh im saying that because both of them aren’t young heartthrobs like I hate to make the comparison to the guys from heated rivalry but yeah they’re not there anymore. Maybe if this was done in their twenties they could have had it good but here we are...add to that they’re both taken that’s already two strikes against them. Will they continue to do projects? Sure of course and I hope they do but the thing about men in their age group is that if they have not hit a certain mark for their respective careers beyond this point this is as much as it will be for both of them.

If he was actually worried about what people were saying about him and Jacob, he wouldn't be so carefree with Jacob during the GQ bts. Because people who actually care about stuff like this don't even stand close during events. Seen it happen with actors on some other shows. I think it's because of other things.