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WAIT! This frame! Do you think that’s how they slept in the coffin together? Let’s discuss sleeping positions in the coffin... Matter of fact I don’t think we discuss the fact they share a coffin enough! Who initiates it more often? Who’s the default coffin they share? Do you thunk they ever shared coffins with other people(outside of Claudia) They’re the type to never buy a bigger coffin, even though it would be more comfortable but that would mean they wouldn’t be able to snuggle so tight they’d crush each others ribs.

It's absolutely not talked about enough that Louis and Lestat slept in each other's arms every night.

Their exchange in 1x04 when Lestat is sneaking into Louis' coffin.....you can hear Louis tell Lestat "I hated sleeping without you" after the lid closes. He tells Lestat "I missed you."

Like, that was their norm.

And then this —

They didn't get Lestat a new coffin. They chose to share.

And just look at the way Louis snuggles into his chest and tucks his head under Lestat's chin. The intimacy. The vulnerability. The amount of trust to sleep in someone's arms.

It's quite the statement about the reality of their relationship.

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Alternative Universe Daniel having his science job ruined by vampires

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Until exposure to IWTV fans on Tumblr & Tiktok, I would never have thought so many people can't see that Loustat are clearly end game. As well as hate Lestat to the point of delusion.

I think a lot of us were exposed to the romance between the two through the show first, so we were like: "WTF, this Lestat guy is awful." I took the initiative to hear out book fans, so I did give Lestat more grace than I otherwise would've.

I had a friend I introduced to the show who HATED Lestat, and I had to remind her that Louis isn't 100% reliable in his description of events.

Like, Louis & Armand took pages out of Claudia's diary, which Daniel rightfully calls out for being shifty and improper editoralising of a primary source. For all we know, Louis could've said many a cruel thing to Claudia (see: "Imagine me without the burden of her") that we just don't know about.

I feel like some fans give Louis the moral-laundry treatment when he's clearly inclined towards cruelty. Like him threatening his sister with aggression, among other things. I remember hating Louis in my 1st watch for killing Fenwick because anyone with a brain knew it'd trigger a race riot. I feel like that's mostly ignored.

Yes, there are fans who smear Louis & Claudia as pathological liars who slander Lestat for sport, but I think those people are easier to weed out for their bad faith commentary. There are people strongly resistant to the idea that Lestat isn't some beastly monster with no redeeming qualities, which is frankly ridiculous, because there's no way to adapt TVC in a respectful/earnest way if you reduce Lestat to that.

Yes, Rolin has taken several creative liberties, but...completely changing Lestat as he appears in the source material is unlikely. He's going to give Lestat the respect and complexity he gave Lou in S1 & S2.

(This was a very long ask, so apologies, but it's been irking me as of late).

You know, it's funny I went into S3 very apprehensive about Lestat's story and how they were going to handle it, but now? That is actually one of the things about which I'm most confident. I'm pleased as punch over everything we're seeing and hearing in terms of Lestat's story and how it's being executed within the show.

So yeah, I think (hope!) Lestat will be okay.

But Louis killing Fenwick? 😬 I cannot fault him for that. The bastard had it coming and frankly, Louis should kill more awful people like that. Lestat was correct when he told Louis they "lit the fire of their own free will." It's one of those morally murky aspects, but I'm all for Louis using his vampirism to weed out the bad seeds. I want more of that Louis, tbh. 😁

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*spelling words out so my knight doesn’t get too excited* I’ve been thinking of sending him on a Q-U-E-S-T to save a M-A-I-D-E-N from a D-R-A-G-O-N. He’s been a very good boy lately.

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bread is fucking insane and i think we all take it entirely too much for granted

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Terry Pratchett started his career as a crypto-monarchist and ended up the most consistently humane writer of his generation.  He never entirely lost his affection for benevolent dictatorship, and made a few classic colonial missteps along the way, but in the end you’d be hard pressed to find a more staunchly feminist, anti-racist, anti-classist, unsentimental and clear-sighted writer of Old White British Fantasy.  

The thing I love about Terry’s writing is that he loved - loved - civil society.  He loved the correct functioning of the social contract.  He loved technology, loved innovation, but also loved nature and the ways of living that work with and through it.   He loved Britain, but hated empire (see “Jingo”) - he was a ruralist who hated provincialism, a capitalist who hated wealth, an urbanist who reveled in stories of pollution, crime and decay.  He was above all a man who loved systems, of nature, of thought, of tradition and of culture.  He believed in the best of humanity and knew that we could be even better if we just thought a little more.

As a writer: how skillful, how prolific, how consistent.  The yearly event of a new Discworld book has been a part of my life for more than two decades, and in that barrage of material there have been so few disappointments, so many surprises… to come out with a book as fresh and inspired as “Monstrous Regiment” as the 31st novel in your big fantasy series?  Ludicrous.  He was just full of treasure.  What a thing to have had, what a thing to have lost.

In the end, he set a higher standard, as a writer and as a person.  He got better as he learned, and he kept learning, and there was no “too late” or “too hard” or “I can’t be bothered to do the research.”  He just did the work.  I think in his memory the best thing we can do is to roll up our sleeves and do the same.

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Welcome to my escape room. *places an affectionate cat on your lap*

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Where's an expert diagnostician when you need one? Paging Dr. House...