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Sometimes, I think about how upset Claudia was when Louis & Lestat read her diaries without her permission. Claudia only consented to Madeline reading her diaries. But, after her death, Louis not only read them but let Armand do so over and over (despite his part in causing her death). And now the whole world knows her story: her innermost thoughts, insecurities, and traumas (partially because Louis gave her diaries to a guy he met once! ) She may inadvertently become another commodity once again- just like the profitable “baby lulu” , she’ll now become “ the girl who moved a million books”.

She deserves to haunt all of these men !😭

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my coven is Claudia. they kill me.

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armand is not an evil genius he is a yes, and-er. louis said could you imagine me without the burden of her armand said actually now that you mention it. louis said was it you who saved me armand said uhhh yes definitely. he is not plotting masterful long-term manipulative plans he is just good at improvising.

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The Yellow Dress

(Prints on my bio!)

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going wild thinking about the use of Rocky Road to Dublin in Sinners. It’s a really tight microcosm of a lot of the film’s themes just by itself. Credentials: I’m a retired Irish dancer, I went to worlds and the whole bit. My family is appalachian and I grew up on bluegrass

It’s played on a banjo, an instrument with origins in West Africa formally invented in the US by enslaved people (and then popularized in Irish music through Irish American immigrants, largely in the South and Appalachia). Even the instrument telegraphs an attempt at cultural exchange morphing into theft and exploitation, especially because the history of the banjo has been purposefully obscured by white people

It’s got a strong down beat, making it the musical opposite of the swung blues sound (emphasis on 1/3 as opposed to 2/4). The scene is clearly meant to evoke klan imagery, and giving it this marching feel ABSOLUTELY contributes

It’s in 9/8 meter (with some mixed—it’s a uniquely weird song), making it, traditionally, a slip jig. Historically, this is a light shoe dance for women only (he’s dancing hard shoe in the movie) meaning that Remmick’s attempt to reclaim his own culture has been botched, obscured, and lost as he’s been alienated from it and co-opted into the symbolic hive of American whiteness/cultural orphanage/cultural patricide.

The song itself is about a guy cutting a shillelagh (a walking stick/club with a folkloric purpose of warding off evil spirits) to protect himself on his journey to Dublin, but winding up using it against a few Englishmen mocking him for his Irish accent. It’s a parallel to exactly what Remmick was not able to do—protect himself from monsters, and protect himself from colonization. It also highlights that this number is being used to threaten violence against the leads

It’s such a clever combination of inverting swing/jazz sounds and showing ways Remmick is missing the point. Since he sold his soul for power, comfort, and conformity, he’s only able to access a shadow of his culture, while misunderstanding and misrepresenting major pieces of his own traditions. Even his attempts to culturally “share” through the banjo is plowed over by his use of it and Black bodies and voices for his own individual pleasure and as a threat of further violence. It’s such a smart pick

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they should hang out

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I'm not sorry to say that Loumand have the most potential to fall for each other again than any other couple on the show

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on the hunt

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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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The biggest and genuine smile Armand ever gave in all seasons was when Lestat showed him his ass on stage to tell him to fuck off.

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armand and his 3 boyfriends

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louis remembers playing trains