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Why do I get the feeling that post-divorce Alice would have the same vibe of Dorothy from Golden Girls

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finals today

Help me

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Wizard of oz AU where it's Daniel's house that lands on the witch and the whole time he thinks he's just REALLY high

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🕯️an excellent grade in my final exam.🕯️

🕯️an excellent grade in my final exam.🕯️

🕯️an excellent grade in my final exam.🕯️

🕯️an excellent grade in my final exam.🕯️

🕯️an excellent grade in my final exam.🕯️

🕯️an excellent grade in my final exam.🕯️

🕯️an excellent grade in my final exam.🕯️

🕯️an excellent grade in my final exam.🕯️

🕯️an excellent grade in my final exam.🕯️

@bloomzone

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Step into my office. Today we are talking about Marius creeping on Benji, treating him like Amadeo 2.0, leaving clothing and jewellery at the Trinity Gate doorstep for him. Taking him on solo outings to classical art galleries while Armand paces at home, anxious and conflicted, until they return. Benji pawns all the gifts to buy Roblox giftcards and Fruity Pebbles vape juice. He says "OK Groomer" everytime Marius opens his stupid mouth. When they get to Botticelli's Annunciation, he yawns and rolls his eyes. Pulls up a picture of Andres Serrano's Piss Christ on his ASUS ROG 9 Pro gaming phone and says "now that's art." Marius' dick shrivels up like the Wicked Witch of the East's feet and falls off. I lay down my chainsaw because I can see Benji Mahmoud has this all under control. The world is healing.

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You know what? I want Daniel to yell at Marius in the show but not cause irreparable harm. He's been around the block, interviewed people, had enough interaction to know that that will do more harm towards Armand than good.

On the other hand Benji doesn't give a shit and will call it how it is in tones that could be mistaken for someone asking what the weather is like. He'd cause irreparable psychic damage on the cunt(derogatory) that Daniel will just have to stand back and watch as his respect for Benji just sky rockets.

AMC, y'all better bring my boy into the show

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i've seen a lot of ideas about what it should look like for armand when marius finally shows up and who should be defending him hardest but tbh my ideal scenario is just

louis: there's only one thing worse than a rapist

louis: *rips off a piece of black tape to reveal the full phrase to be "armand's rapist"*

daniel: *gasp* armand

louis: NO

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“Real- Rashid” isn’t who we think he is : how the show may adapt , ‘Tale of the body thief ‘(theory/ analysis) :

So we all know, canonically Rashid is a talamasca agent who was undercover as a servant for Armand & Louis.But, in ‘the tale of the body thief’: A vampire switches bodies with a human + the body thief takes possession of an unnamed British-Indian man (similar to Rashid’s actor who is British-Punjabi). So although different from the novels. I believe there’s already been a body switch that’s happened offscreen (and a vampire is in agent Rashid’s human body). It’d be ironic , cause he’s LITERALLY NOT “REAL-RASHID”!!!! Plus, there’s the fact that “Rashid” is probably just an alias he chose while undercover . Daniel to a talamasca agent: “got a real name ?” So if Rashid is just an alias… which vampire is “Rashid”?? It’s going to sound crazy . So please- please let me cook .

Rashid is Marius (secretly watching over Armand via taking over a talamasca agent’s body) !!!!

Don’t forget during the fall of Rome, Marius was friendly with a child-vamp named Rashid ! Given, Marius questionable track record with young boys- I could totally see him pick a name of one he fancied (as an alias). Side eye. Daniel: “How many Rashids, Rashid?”

If he’s Marius I’m convinced when Daniel said this next statement he was initially sweating bullets wondering if there was some innuendo in his statement…

Daniel : “You know, REAL RASHID. I’m pretty good at my job. And if they’ve got something to HIDE (pans to Rashid in front of the Marius painting). They always start with some sort of disguise. Not literally, not some dumb Halloween costume (gloves, contacts lens). He wanted to be close to it , right, REAL RASHID? I mean, hey, whatever it is they’re trying to HIDE (pans back to Rashid in front of the Marius painting). I’m probably not going to crack it.”Rashid side eyes the f out of Daniel (as his face obscures Marius’).

Also … not the first time , in the show, a poc stood in front of a painting of a white-guy (and ended up being the same person depicted in the painting)!!!

Daniel: “ looked up at the painting to see Teresa’s (Armand’s) dead husband (Marius) was actually Roberto (Rashid) ! “

And people say Raglan James (the body thief in the books) taking about 'swapping bodies' is on the nose . But it could be a misdirect since Daniel himself was skeptical of Raglan’s name . And this convo is interrupted by - ‘Agent Rashid’ (as sinister music plays as he re-enters the room)! It could be a hint he’s the actual body thief. And (in the books) the body thief has swapped bodies with a vamp before.

Or in the show, a powerful vampire (like Marius) is inside of ‘Rashid’, and is the actual entity that has the ability to swap bodies.

Honestly , the show may go a more realistic route and give that ability to a supernatural entity rather than a random human . Plus, Marius going into/controlling people’s bodies without their consent also just feels like a metaphor for shit he’d pull. Not to mention , the weird fact an old white guy steals/takes over an “Anglo indian” guy's body in the books (this could be recontextualized in the show as a colonization metaphor ,especially given how white Marius previously treated the Indian-Arun).

Plus,If some random human ,in the books, has such strong telepathy that they can switch consciousness/bodies (why in the show , can't a super powerful ancient vampire with telepathy not be able to theoretically do the same thing too )???? He could be impersonating ‘Rashid’ while the talamasca is oblivious .

There’s also the fact that that in the books,David (who was the last person to permanently steal the body of the young Indian man) may not be in the show. And his long storyline probably will be split among several show characters . (we already see some of David’s attributes given to Daniel: a 70y vampire who becomes Lestat's confidant , comforts Louis about his grief for Claudia, and interviews and writes biographies about different vamps , and he even previously denied vampirism but admitted he secretly wanted it all along post-turning). And David (a white dude in a Indian man’s body) also has similarities to Marius: both are vampires into little boys/girls (yuck), and they both proclaim they “LOVE” Armand and fetishize his youthful appearance .

Other possible hints “Rashid” is Marius:

Louis describing Santiago (the vampire) as the camera focuses on Rashid: “ Santiago's failure to protect his coven. How quickly he ran (Rashid runs out) to save his own flesh , filled him with unworthiness.” Daniel interjects: “He brought a cloak” -another word for “disguise “ .

It's possible that in the show Marius did burn but ‘ran to save his own flesh' from burning and left his 'coven' (aka Armand and all the boys at the palazzo to fight for themselves). Which similar to Santiago's coven that went up in flames - the palazzo was set ablaze and the boys were all forced to jump into a fire and be burned alive (while Armand was kidnapped ,tortured, and indoctrinated into a cult ). Marius may feel "unworthy " due to this "failure' , so can't actually face Armand. And just uses a "cloak"(disguise) to do so. Daniel also says " He brought a cloak to a knife fight'. If you use 'cloak ' as a verb. Cloak can also mean 'to cover with ", and Rashid does 'cover the talamasca script with a newspaper' (leading to the loumand breakup). He may have wanted Louis /Armand to fight/break up , and he used multiple forms of cloaking to do so.

I know everyone thought Armand was the one who dropped the 'Stein' photos into the pile ( and it wouldn't surprise me if he did). But, what if he was actually telling the truth, and it was Rashid (Marius) trying to subtly sabotage the relationship? just like the finale where he slips some papers to Daniel- trying to blow up the relationship. Marius canonically sabotages most of Armand's relationships (even when they're not together). And it was Rashid who was in charge of organizing the photo-archives from the 1940s, after all. Rashid enters the room with photos and Daniel even says : “what weirdness have you brought to us tonight , real Rashid?”

There's also just other things Rashid does that I feel like could be evidence he's Marius.

We have the fact Marius used to say bs to Amadeo like 'I'm your slave.' NOPE, that's NOT TRUE! You bought Amadeo ; he was LITERALLY YOUR SLAVE (who you whipped bloody, groomed, and donated to others) ! But , I could see Marius (later revealing his identity to Armand) saying all this time he tried to do “penance”: by living as a human who resembled Amadeo and "serving" him. But, what he did to Amadeo is still 1000x worse than vampire-Armand paying a 'human' to be his butler. It's not the same thing!!! But A+ for creativity, I guess...

It'd be so ironic if Daniel called out Armand for 'playing' the role of Rashid. When it might be Rashid (Marius) trying to play Amadeo/Armand. Also, both Rashid/Armand really give off a similar vibe: poised, quiet, formal speech, and hard to read.

(fake) Lestat describes raising Claudia (cough similar to how Marius raised Armand). And for no narrative reason, (totally real) Rashid interrupts . And he is also placed right in front of the painting called 'slave auction' (1982).

And the meaning of the artwork does seem to describe a lot of Armand's experiences: "adults and children being shipped away on a boat to a foreign land to be slaves for the rest of their lives.The painting also features a tall black figure that represents the power responsible for taking slaves and selling them." hmmm.

Another detail is. Armand considers vampirism a curse and (in TVA) Marius debated with him that humans are just as evil as vampires. Which is a similar sentiment to what Rashid debates to Daniel, when defending Armand . Armand looks annoyed - and says Rashid can leave. And Armand states , Rahid gave a "romantic answer" (could be some hidden symbolism there).

Again if Rashid's just a talamasca agent (he still seems to focus more on observing/serving Armand). To be fair, he is stronger/older than Louis so he may just get more focus from the organization. In qotd graphic novel: David talbot (who was in the talamasca) pointed at a painting Marius made of Amadeo and said to watch him . Talamasca already planted Sam to spy on Armand's coven, back in Paris. And they have been literally spying on him since he was a human with marius. But , yeah if Rashid was Marius (the actual reason for being more interested in Armand is for a different reason)...

Also , you know the people in the writers room would be laughing their asses off at the idea of somehow pulling off the same twist twice. “So, what if the human Rashid was later revealed to be a super important ancient vampire from the book series ...again!" 🤣

I’m also super aware this is just a crazy crack theory. But in the very very small chance I’m right- I want bragging rights for predicting it :P. The more rational explanation could be Rashid was just undercover in the talamasca and worried his cover could be blown: so got nervous with molloy’s 'disguise' and “real-Rashid’ comments. And he simply acted like a kiss-ass about the ethics of vampires (to keep his cover). Sam (a talmasca agent) was also roasted by the coven for being a kiss-up to Armand. Then Rashid just “ran to save his own skin “ cause the talamasca warned him to get out , just like they warned molloy and Sam. The Talamasca is also technically founded by elder vampires- so who knows maybe he’s technically working for Marius who has power in the organization (aka why he’s in front of the Marius associated paintings ). And sadly like the novels, due to Raglan James- “Rashid” may get his body stolen by David talbot . Booo (if he's innocent , I don't want that)! Plus, I really don’t see the point of having David in the series- they could give a lot of his plots to other characters instead.

But, I'm still just so suspicious… I feel like there’s ALREADY more to Rashid than meets the eye (and he may have more importance in the future) . “It’s just Rashid.” Suuuuure buddy you’re just Rashid … I totally believe that.

Bally James (real-Rashid) also won an Ian Charleson award for best stage performer under 30y. And he’s known Assad Zaman (Armand) for like 7 years . So not giving his character more substantial scenes to work with (whether with Armand or others) seems like a waste.

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How Iwtv may adapt “the vampire Armand” (theory)

Tw: given Armand’s trauma.

I personally don’t think a whole season will be dedicated to adapt tva. But, I do believe a subplot of his past will be developed over multiple seasons through flashbacks and other writing devices . We already have a new Indian writer hired for the show - who wrote a play about living in a brothel . so we’ll most likely dive more into his past and trauma . it’s also foreshadowed that Armand will eventually tell Daniel his story- similar to how Louis and Lestat did. Armand already told Daniel a (probably not quite accurate) depiction of his past with the children of Satan . And Armand saying to Daniel: “Do you want to hear my story? My first memory…” (could foreshadow he’ll eventually tell Daniel his entire story ).

But, given the nature of Armand’s past I assume a lot of scenes will be portrayed by Assad, and some scenes by a younger looking adult actor, along with darker scenes being verbally stated (similar to Claudia verbally recounting her trauma with Bruce, to Louis). But … I also believe that by the end of Armand’s story a huge “bomb” or several “revelations” will be revealed as Daniel asks “a few follow up questions.” Which indicate Marius is even worse than Armand openly admits or realizes. It would be similar to how Daniel at the end of s2, points out discrepancies in Louis’ story (that re-contextualize everything) .

I think Armand will have been turned as an adult, but I believe it’ll be revealed that Armand was younger in his past than the flashbacks indicate. Similar to how certain passages of Armand’s book made him seem much younger than what he claimed to be . In Armand’s own flashbacks he’d be a “BOY masquerading as a gentleman" (even deceiving the audience into thinking he was older). PS, the next things I mention are either from the books or show canon.

Daniel : “just some follow up questions. Your FIRST memory was being chased down by slavers , so you were young… you had to be only 3 or 4 then? No wonder you aren’t positive of your birth name. I ask cause you said you said you were 15 when Marius saved you from the brothel, right? But, you told me that the night he bought and made a move on you that you were “too young for wet pleasure“ - and then 2 years later that was no longer the case . So you’re saying you only started puberty at 17 years old? Are you sure you weren’t closer to Benji’s age when some of this stuff happened ?” (Benji is Armand’s 12 y foster son who was previously abused and trafficked) .

Daniel: “you told me in 2022 that you were a 514 year old vampire . So you were born in 1508? You said you were 20 years old  when ‘adoration of the shepherds’ was made. But historians say the painting was commissioned between 1520-1525. So you'd have been somewhere between the ages of 12-17 when he 'donated' you to his friends ."

Daniel: “ I don’t know how to say this, but… are you sure the other young boys (that lived with Marius ) didn’t get donated to his artist friends too? Those boys were being trained as painters and hanging out with Marius’ ilk all the time . They may have had a hard time saying no to Marius’ requests , as well. You even said there were rumors of 'bad boys' being 'banished’ from the house ‘immediately' , for saying disrespectful things about Marius. When you first met Ricardo and he painted you , why did he cry ,throw the paint brush and say“ a very different picture master has in mind for you.” Was he warning you that being painted by someone isn’t as nice as it seems? If Marius wasn’t with the other boys -why did he make all of them show their ankles because ‘to him the ankles of boys were beautiful’. Why were those young boys already experimenting with each other , going to brothels and hanging out with courtesans for fun, and teaching you how to read by showing you “frightening books about men and women in carnality.” Aren’t those all signs that they were exposed to that stuff way too early ?! Marius made you go to brothels to ‘train you’ to be better at bedding men and women. And when you were a kid, you said Marius took you to a “ luxurious house of pleasure", which kept … "only young boys.” You even said that , this boys-house was “Eastern styled” and that the boys looked “Egyptian or Babylonian" . He even bought a couch from that establishment. Are you sure he wasn’t a regular customer there ? Armand… I don’t think he bought you to 'rescue you from the brothel'. He bought you because you looked like the boys from his favorite establishment! And at Marius’ house, the first thing those boys did when they met you was say they “loved you” and wink… are you sure they weren’t taught to do that with all house guests? Are you sure Marius' palazzo wasn't just a high-end brothel of young boys?"

Armand describing Marius' palazzo...

Never forget Marius tried to marry pandora when she was 10 !That man is a repeat offender! I don’t trust Marius at all! idc if all the vamps in the books (or even AR respected him) . All my homies hate marius! And I feel like the show may re-contextualize some of those very questionable details sprinkled in the books , that were never addressed . I think the show will make Marius even worse than the books ! Iwtv writers tweeting: “Kendrick Lamar releases Marius diss track.” And in s2 Louis straight up says Marius “groomed” Armand. I don’t think, they’ll shy away from his questionable actions … but I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the vamps initially fall for his charisma/wisdom (similar to how he garners respect from other vamps in the novels) . Similar to how a lot of abusers are often loved and respected by their peers. It was Marius after all that initially taught Amadeo how to 'lie' better. Not to mention (Marius' age and and drinking from Akasha would make ) his mind-gift and ability to control minds MUCH stronger than Armand's too . Which could (theoretically) have some scary narrative implications for the future... Daniel run before he tries to mess with your head .

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iwtv where everything is the same but instead of daniel it's this diva interviewing those vampires

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MY MOM'S LISTENING TO ROCKY ROAD TO DUBLIN RN OMG

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The talamasca needs to recruit Austin powers

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AHHHS ITS MY BIRTHDAY

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“Daniel Molloy is an asshole.”

Yes. Correct, and we love him for it but that’s not all he is. He is much much more than that. He has these brief moments that are actually unbelievably sweet and romantic too, typically when he talks about Alice.

When the purple dress is mentioned, he specifically says he likes how she walked in it because she was confident. Not a single objectifying comment, just how it made her feel. As a woman, I feel like that is one of the nicest compliments you could ever receive. Daniel fully won me over with that one line.

Then when he does talk about her appearance, he talks about such a small detail. Half of her eyebrow was blonde and she dyed it, but he liked when she left it alone. Something she was insecure about only made him love her more. He loved her exactly as she was, not in spite of it.

The dessert Daniel and Louis share that he had after he proposed to Alice after getting his shit together. He doesn’t say much, but the look on his face is wistful enough to say it all.

Daniel is abrasive and rude at times, but to me at least, he is also well-meaning and has the ability to be unbelievably kind and sincere when prompted. It’s just buried beneath seventy years of sarcasm and repressed emotions. He’s a romantic and the way he talks about the women in his life is frankly refreshing, even if the relationships with them didn’t end well. I think we’ve come to expect utter filth to come out of the mouth of the type of character regarding women, so it was such a relief that he wasn’t like that. If this show had been written so much as fifteen years ago, he’d be completely different. Thank god. 2022 Daniel Molloy is the character ever, I think.

Would love to see these fleeting romantic moments transfer to Devil’s Minion in between all the freaky shit

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i just live for the moment Louis finds out about Armandaniel

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Daniel's daughters when they find out their father got them 'Armand De Step-Daughter Killer Molloy' as a step-dad