#vc shitpost

[uncivilcivilservice]

Name a character who simultaneously wants to die right now and also never die quite as much as this guy. Who is doing it like him?

[nothing-but-paisley]

We all owe Daniel Molloy so much for spawning the entire Vampire Chronicles saga because he was so catastrophically horny he went to a second location with a guy who claimed to be a vampire.

[desertfangs]

Feels like a good day to post this: Marius' hierarchy of needs

[apoptoses]

It is #Molloy Monday and I am here to remind you that Daniel is featured most from 1975-1985 aka the Sluttiest Era of Modern Male Fashion.

Coming in HOT we have the cut off short shorts and cropped t-shirt or mostly unbuttoned button down combo. Daniel visited some warm climates during the chase years so I invite you to picture him in the tiniest ripped jean shorts sweating over whether or not that auburn haired lady down the street is actually Armand!!

Or going into the 80s sometimes the tops were REALLY cropped and exposed midrift and back!! Like just picture Daniel fucking around on Night Island in this, wow wow!!

But even when the pants were long the t-shirts were TIGHT, maximum pec definition through the shirt was a must.

If he didn't wanna show that much skin? That was fine because turtlenecks where IN baby!! These are basically vampire lingerie imo, covering up the most succulent part of the neck but still leaving a hint exposed below the jaw?? Armand had to have been dying of thirst!!!

(Also when it says Armand came to pick Daniel up from jail in a lawyer's tweed suit? He wasn't wearing no modern cut, he'd have been rocking the big lapels because this was the 70s tyvm)

Also important to note was that the 70s were the era of glam rock and androgyny, so picking a silky button down that looks like a women's blouse? Totally okay for men, very in style so long as you leave the top buttons undone to expose maximum chest.

Btw velour? Was IN. This is the 1979 equivalent of a juicy couture tracksuit which Armand could have snuggled right into while they were living in London.

And while the 80s sees the rise of a looser fit, that doesn't mean the crop top died or that people weren't still rocking a more form fitted jean when they were feeling casual.

This photo is from NYC in 1983 and shows that tight t-shirts and short shorts were still very much alive, just styled a bit differently! A tight top and looser straight leg jeans, or short bottom and a flowy open top took the place of all fitted looks.

Or that the mostly unbuttoned button down went away- if anything in the 80s the buttons went even LOWER and more revealing. Paired with a boxy linen suit this is essential 80s Miami aka Night Island looks.

and yeah that's spader, leave me alone, he's peak 80s here

This sweater is loose but it's got the deep V neck and a sheer knit, perfect for the beach!!

And yeah this is Sapder AGAIN but note the half open shirt, leather jacket, and jeans that get tighter near the ankle!! Classic 80s, baggy but still sexy, A+.

I SWEAR this is the last time I'm gonna use and abuse him but peep the muscle tank with the DIY cut edges on the arm holes! V neck! 80s!!!

Basically the takeaway here is that if you're putting them in the 80s and having them rock something baggy and double denim, the look still featured a tight waistline and rolled sleeves or rolled ankles to tighten the jeans. It wasn't just baggy all over!!

Here's some random images from the entire era to finish off:

So next time you're working on fic or art instead of just tossing Daniel into a regular old t-shirt and jeans consider doing some slutty 70s and 80s looks instead 😌

[cup-of-lixx]

what's on armand's dating profile

[queerquaintrelle]

I am not wrong am I?

[angrbodae]

[andthentheylosttheirlove]

my vision

[uncivilcivilservice]

What the antis don't realise is that it's actually unethical to put someone like Daniel in a healthy relationship.

You think he'll thrive in an environment where the person who loves him doesn't also want to consume him body and soul? The abuse and the romantic horrors are the enrichment in his enclosure.

[nothing-but-paisley]

Marius praying and begging for centuries for a scrap of acknowledgement or affection from Akasha only to walk in on her vampire 69-ing baby vamp Lestat is the funniest thing that ever happened in the whole series

[desertfangs]

If this isn't Armand/Daniel, I don't know what is.

[faerywhimsy]

Okay, so I've been saying how amazing it is that AMC IwtV has already given us references to previously existing retellings in its first season, not just from the books. It's part of the reason I didn't see S01E05 Lestat taking Louis to a great height and dropping him as any big deal.

Yeah, in 2022 it was more gruesome, but I've this already. In 1994.

But, okay, that's fine.

What I wanna know today is why, dear god why, I've seen no one talking about Louis' second flashback, just one episode later, in S01E06??

(Behind a cut for people scrolling by outside of fandom, cause it's graphic)

Daniel: Can you fly, Louis? ( Gasping )

Louis: No. Daniel: So for 20 years, you lived with the vampire Lestat, and you didn't know he had the flying gift? Louis: The cloud gift. And yes, it was a remarkable bit of restraint he managed. Daniel: Why would he do that? ( Gasping )

Louis: I suppose he thought if he exposed all his power to me, I would never feel his equal and the relationship would suffer.

Guys. That is clearly not Louis falling in the second blink of a flashback.

Also, Lestat has never been known for his restraint. Especially not in the Rue Royale years.

You know who is actually very self restrained and always for various nefarious purposes?

Oh yes, our resident gremlin.

I've said in a previous post we got less than 5 minutes of screen time with the actual Armand (as opposed to Rashid). But this rewatch with @saintrayne and @allegra-writes is the first time I've personally noticed explicit evidence of Armand's presence in Louis' narrative.

Maybe those truthers saying, "Lestat would never throw Louis down from the sky!" have something more to grab onto while we wait (impatiently) for S2.

At this point, I full on reckon at this point this apparent 'reference' to Neil Jordan's 1994 movie is a smoke screen.

Because it's true. Lestat never did, not in any of the books, throw Louis down from such a height. But we cannot say the same of Armand. He sure did toss Lestat from a height, out the window of Magnus' tower.

I'm mind blown and these are just first thoughts. I'm probably gonna have much more to say.

[apoptoses]

do you ever think about how the 80s was the heyday of department store portrait studio shoots, and how inevitably there's a box on night island overflowing with pictures of armand and daniel in weird matching outfits doing awkward poses with a vaseline lens on the camera like

[cup-of-lixx]

what's on lestat's dating profile

[queerquaintrelle]

I cannot escape him.

[angrbodae]

I’ll take the bite