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the lestat poster reminded me of this meme with miley cyrus so I had to spend a couple hours photoshopping her into it

behold mileystat

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a redraw

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why is sandman s2 kinda ass what's going on i'm scared

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(voice of a girl who's already weird about it) can i be weird about this

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i hope whoever actually shot that CEO is having a good day.

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Having a really long-term hyperfixation that has since faded is terrifying yes but it's also so embarrassing. Hi I used to think about Scrimblo Splungus 25/7. Yeah, for 2 years straight. Nah, I don't think about them anymore except for with a vague sense of melancholy as I recall how they used to make me feel. Anyways this new one, Blimpkins McGee? I'm gonna think about them forever and the cycle will NOT repeat in 2 years. Trust me guys.

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I got to show my tiny 205 Armand the whitewashed version of himself at the Louvre recently :)

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there was an attempt at embroidering my favourite moment of season 2

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if we finally get a casting announcement and it's for lestat's band....

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didn't have sam reid confirming assad zaman gives good head on my s3 bingo card...

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yes i’m excited to see louis from lestat’s pov in season 3, but i REALLY can’t wait to see 18th century armand from lestat’s perspective.

assad is about to be the most unsettling but hauntingly beautiful gremlin you’ve ever SEEN

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Here's my Sinners take on Remmick, because I'm seeing him be too watered down by EVERYONE.

I'm very open to criticism, please let me know what y'all think!!

I'm going to be so honest, some of y'all takes on defending Remmick and also hating on him are making me clutch my pearls.

The unwillingness to listen to black voices from the non-black folks defending remmick, just blindly adoring him because he's attractive, and ignoring THE ACTUAL MESSAGE OF THE FILM, is low-key disgusting me.

But ALSO the way Remmick haters (I feel like hater isn't the right word but I'm tired🤦), completely separate and disregard his Irish heritage is baffling.

Because he's not JUST Irish, he's an Irish man from the 5th century who WITNESSED Catholicism be forced on his people, and as he mentioned stole his way of life and land. Y'all seriously need to educate yourselves on Irish history BEFORE making a take without realizing he's a nuanced character.

THAT BEING SAID, while he did genuinely think he was doing a service to the folks in the Juke Joint by turning them into vampires and becoming a sort of "undead family", he still became the oppressor and forced black folks into submission despite his intentions. He tried to make the community he so desperately wanted, but by doing that he forced folks to assimilate in the same way he was forced to. He's evil, selfish, and manipulative but don't gloss over his motivations.

Let's also not forget, and this is important to me as a Native woman, he doesn't side with that KKK couple because he liked their values. He distinctly called the Choctaw who were hunting him, "Choctaw", not "Indians" not "redskins" not "injuns". That's a big deal considering much like black folk in the Jim Crow era, we weren't seen as human beings.

He switches to calling the Choctaw hunters, "Injuns" only AFTER he sees the KKK hood. It's not because he's genuinely racist, he's a manipulator and opportunist.

Let's also not forget, he mentioned he was going to kill the Klan right after he killed the Juke Joint. He didn't target them because they were Black folks finding joy, he targeted them because he heard Sammie's music. While he could have been lying, but I doubt it based on how flustered he seemed, he was scandalized by the idea of being assumed to be Klan.

He's a complex villain, look at all sides, and CERTAINLY DO NOT erase black voices ESPECIALLY when it comes to takes on oppression.

I'm only writing out my thoughts after seeing this film four times, and having conversations, analysis sessions, and listening to the opinions of with my Black friends who saw the film with me. Listen to Black voices y'all I'm begging you, don't be stupid and tone-deaf.

My credibility when it comes to this topic is, I'm a Native woman living in the deep south and my family was also terrorized by the KKK (dont get me wrong, obviously not to the same degree as Black folk down here), and I'm also Irish with a grandparent who was a former IRA member straight from Belfast. So it frustrates me to see non-Irish folk, who completely water down his character to either being Klan level racist, or a man who did nothing wrong/"a poor meow meow".

Please research black history, Irish history, southern history, native history, before making surface level character takes IM BEGGING Y'ALL.

He's a great example of Ryan Coogler making a "the oppressed becomes the oppressor" trope, he's truly a film genius.

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this is so specific but in sinners I really liked how the cotton plantations are depicted. there's so many shots of them driving or walking through cotton fields which just feel infinite and really span into the distance, maybe a single tree in the frame. it's such a small detail but it really conveys the sense unending labour and the scale of exploitation of Black people in that industry in the US, like of course the cotton fields would have seemed/felt endless, especially as you work in them all day... Ryan Coogler i love you

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Thinking about the age gaps in Interview with the Vampire.

While Lestat was 12 and at the monastery, and Nicki was 3 and toddling around his parents drapery shop, Armand was 264 and boredly checking his nails or watching some poor mortal get eaten on his throne underground.

While Louis was busy being a 10 year old and dancing with his brother for his church, Lestat was 127 and either still long napping or discovering the secrets of vampirism via Marius. Meanwhile, Armand was 379 and stressing over his theater’s yearly budget reports.

While Madeleine was busy being born, Claudia was 15, a year into being turned, writing in her diary and still enjoying exploring the new world of blood and decadence she’d been introduced to.

When Daniel was busy being born, Armand was 445, Louis was 76, and they had been together for 8 years. Claudia and Madeleine had been dead, at 46 and 31 respectively, for only 4 years. Louis and Armand were still traveling and failing to forget.

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sooooo better late than never? my piece for the @devilsminionrbb

sadly none of my assigned writers managed to complete a fic to accompany the art but you all are welcome to give it a spin if you want 💅

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some book armand descriptions that tickled me