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this fandom’s anti-blackness problem is so severe that it landed on the daily mail. this is all i have to say about the reaction to certain recent events, really.

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i’ve noticed that recently, yeah. neither is reddit. the anti-blackness of the fandom is a widespread problem and sometime i just want to tune out and enjoy the content as it is. but you’re right, one thing goes with the other.

i just hate it bc i want to find a single place where i get to forget these people exist. i don’t want to give them the satisfaction. guess not in my lifetime!

there is no way there isn't a single british person in this fandom who is minimally skilled at ripping content from amazon who could share a link to timestalker with the rest of us. this is wild, two whole days and all i'm seeing is screenshots from the same three profiles in twitter.

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to be clear: of course i care about the racism about him, but this fandom being anti-black is not any news. this was one of the main factors why i never looked back from leaving iwtvtwt. and i’m well aware this is the reason why sam (or even assad) get more hype than jacob. sorry for coming across insensitively.

it’s been a hectic time, and all i want is to support him. i want ONE of these souls who have rented the film to share it.

there is no way there isn't a single british person in this fandom who is minimally skilled at ripping content from amazon who could share a link to timestalker with the rest of us. this is wild, two whole days and all i'm seeing is screenshots from the same three profiles in twitter.

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this isn’t news. i don’t care about the racist bitches who don’t give a fuck about jacob, i care about the digital illiterate bitches who have managed to rent timestalker, are posting screenshots but not sharing the rest with the class. be better, british jacob fandom.

there is no way there isn't a single british person in this fandom who is minimally skilled at ripping content from amazon who could share a link to timestalker with the rest of us. this is wild, two whole days and all i'm seeing is screenshots from the same three profiles in twitter.

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there is no way there isn't a single british person in this fandom who is minimally skilled at ripping content from amazon who could share a link to timestalker with the rest of us. this is wild, two whole days and all i'm seeing is screenshots from the same three profiles in twitter.

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sorry for this small rant, but it's been a bad week for me and maybe if i vent what's annoying me at a psychological level maybe i'll start feeling better at a physical level.

i have been really weirded out at how a considerable amount of the fandom in a few different platforms truly seems to interact with the content from a performative standpoint, and not with the genuine goal of amusing themselves and discussing. i suppose this is a reflection of our current times, and i can't really put people at fault here, but i do get concerned because in certain subsectors of the fandom we do have "figures of authority" or better known people who have enough followers and buzz so that everyone reads what they are saying as law, but when you look into deeper or talk to them they haven't read the books or even rewatched the show.

now, i don't want to be a book purist as i'm just currently in the start of my journey. i don't think i'm better than anyone for choosing to read them, and i think the arguments that people are giving to why they do not wish to read tvc are fair. i do, however, dislike seeing people who haven't read anything about tvl wanting to discuss anything marius/gabrielle/akasha/lestat pov!armandstat not from what they have actually experienced, but from what they've heard. it's the overall discussion of certain characters and topics from a misinformed point of view because people can't stop themselves that has been really annoying.

another issue is when these very figures of authority paint themselves as unbiased but have a clear favourite character, so they are able to discuss very much in depth about any character's rights and wrongs, but when it comes to their precious little meow meow this goes off the roof and they are so reluctant to accept their mistakes, even when the text flat out spells them for us and this is key for understanding the themes of the show. i guess my point is, for anyone who is diving into this new world, have fun but don't worry about coming across any sort of way, it's just the internet. sometimes people who seem reasonable can be wrong. just keep focusing on the actual content and understanding it and you'll be fine, don't worry about actually agreeing with people (or disagreeing, for that matter)

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i've been thinking a lot about the common statement that louis is the most "human" of the vampires, and from the perspective of someone who has watched the show and read the two first books, so far for show louis it feels something like this:

in the books, it seems that anne relates a lot the humanity of a vampire with certain good traits like empathy, a hesitance to kill and everything, and i think this is where many people (including lestat even, considering the "interview with the vampire" section in "the vampire lestat") sees louis as very human, after all. and i’d actually say he is indeed that, because he does display a lot of human traits, they’re just not the expected ones, especially on the show.

i believe he has the moral struggles, which are very human-like, but a lot of his humanity actually shows itself in his low moments: his emotional dependency, his self-loathing, his repression, his occasional penchant for pretentiousness as a response to his self-loathing and his pettiness.

and in that sense, yeah, he is very human, one of the most human vampires after all because he hasn’t “overcame” humanity. for instance, i’d say in a way so far, marius has been a less human vampire because, while he keeps relations with others, the marius we’ve seen in "the vampire lestat" is a vampire who is like “whatever” to most things and has moved on to other concerns, vampiric concerns related mainly to TWMBK and he was en route to become the "continuous being that moved past and had continuous awareness of everything".

likewise, gabrielle is another example of a vampire who has moved on so hard from everything when she became one that her desire eventually was legit to become one with nature and reject all other contact. lestat is mainly her link with any sort of beings she actually cares about, and even so, it is a very unique relationship, to say the least, because it is devoid of human conventions from her side.

so, vampires can still display “human” traits in the sense that well, all of us in the animal kingdom overall are able to feel, so they are capable of love, anger, fear, etc. but it manifests for certain vampires in a different, maybe less, maybe more complex manner than humans and these traits in louis do manifest in a manner very akin to humans, as complex as we do still.

ultimately, to me it seems truly that it’s really how a vampire wishes to be an active participant of life, and the ensuing negative feelings that comes with this moral struggle that determines their humanity, more than merely looking at it from a "[vampire] is so kind <3" angle.

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“denied the catharsis of punishment” is an underappreciated but hugely effective narrative consequence imo 

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truth and reconciliation [2x07] i could not prevent it | [2x08] and that's the end of it... there's nothing left

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i've started reading tvl and no amount of posts telling me there's a "huge tonal shift" could have prepared me for this HUGE TONAL SHIFT this is the funniest fucking thing i've ever read it genuinely goes like:

louis, narrator of iwtv: as i wandered the streets of paris, i wished most of all for death. i had called to god, to satan, anyone, to find meaning in it all. but for an evil creature such as myself there is no place in this world. there can be no love where this evil lies. it was as though a veil separated me from all that could be good and righteous. i did not deserve to love and be loved in return, not by claudia, lestat, armand. to attempt it would be a sisyphean task, a fools tale. and yet...... the need for hole from armand was so great. greater was only the need for........ living human blood.

lestat, narrator of tvl: hey guys, my name is lestat, you may know me because i'm really hot and sexy. english isn't my first language so sorry if i make any mistakes!! okay here's my story: after rotting beneath the earth for decades, my hot and sexy body has finally risen from the ground. i used to be depressed, but now i'm slutting it up again in the 20th century! first thing i did was get some (hot and sexy) new clothes and then wore them while riding my (hot and sexy) motorcycle and listening to bach on my sony walkman. while i was watching this super niche indie film (you've probably not heard of it) "apocalypse now" i realized that i'm so evil that i shouldn't exist. but then i realized what could make me deserve to live on this planet: rock n roll music.

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LOUIS DE POINTE DU LAC X LESTAT DE LIONCOURT [1X01] in throws of increasing wander... | [1x07] the thing lay still

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INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE 2X07 - I Could Not Prevent It x 2X08 And That's the End of It. There's Nothing Else

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the sdcc panel is up on amc+ now so of course i had to skip to the end to see sam just before they showed the teaser and he was so nervous someone get him his emotional support jacob stat

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chapter 5.4 feels like armand’s episode 26 of evangelion except the people with whom he’s talking to are motivated by him going the fuck away

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half of my problems with the iwtv fandom will end when people learn how to apply better the "parallel" concept to compare situations. most of the time what they are so eager to see as a parallel simply isn't. shut up.

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INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE 1.01 In Throes of Increasing Wonder

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finished part 4 of tvl today