#I haven't seen half of these shows but I half one braincell and it's powered by bad puns

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I'm dumping my Omegaverse AU headcanons about The Vampire Armand here, as they don't really fit in my storyboard itself.

Cuz here's the thing about Armand.

Every frikkin adaptation's done him radically different. (We don't talk about QotD's Armand in this house! 😤)

Book Armand? Esp. from TVA? That whiny spoiled bratty out-of-control know-it-all easily impressionable jailbait with 1000 boy(man)friends in 1000 different taverns, wet-behind-the-ears I think I'm big & bad enough to hack down Marius' door with an effing battle axe and swordfight my ex boytoy cuz I'm a maneater just tryna make my undead lover/father-figure jealous enough to BITE me, balls-haven't-even-dropped-yet but I'm humping Beta Bianca one second cuz I'm Grown(TM) and hiding under her bed from Alpha Marius' scolding the next? Chile, that's an Omega.

If LDPDL thought he was hot stuff posing as a Beta, well Amadeo had already patented the Conflicted Dynamics Syndrome formula centuries ago, thinking he could act like an Alpha and get away with it, meanwhile living under the roof & rule of THE ALPHAMUS MAXIMUS, Marius de Romanus. 😂 .

Overcompensation is a thing, which is why he went buck wild as the coven leader of the Children of Darkness/Satan, ruling with a titanium fist because he's short and baby-faced and pretty and his voice will permanently crack since he's stuck as a frikkin 16/17 yr old for the rest of forever and he doesn't have an Alpha Voice he can use on anyone, just a mean streak a mile wide and a effton of uber-powerful vampire blood 1-degree of separation from Akasha herself backing him up (not that he knew that, ofc).

(If you can't tell, Armand's my favorite character in the VC books. 😅)

Like, of course he lost his mind panting after Marius in TVA, and then panting after Lestat in TVL, and then panting after Louis in IWTV, and then panting after Daniel in QotD, and then panting after Marius again in BC. Messy boots! In the end, I think the healthiest relationship he ever had was with his kids (by Marius), Benji & Sybelle. Some people just need to stay single till they're truly ready to mingle. (I've already said I don't like Devil's Minion--Daniel was the literal antithesis of "healthy"--Sybelle had more sense in her head than Daniel at some points.)

Movie Armand? That sexy BAMF slow-walking up that stage like a KING, whose face launched at least 5 seasons of the funniest vampire show I've ever seen on TV? That's an Alpha, baby. 😎 Yeah, he just sat there and let Santiago run roughshod all over Louis, acting like everything was out of his hands and big bad Santiago was in charge, I didn't know~!  🥺👉👈 But he also just sat there and let Louis run roughshod all over the entire frikkin theatre, flambé style, so he could start a new coven with his new boo-thang Louis. GOAT. 

AMC!Armand? Who the eff knows. 😅

Back when all we had was S1, I was pretty firm in my belief that Armand was a Beta. Even without the "Rashid" ruse, he's just so chill & zen & unbothered, never flying into extreme bouts of emotion like Alpha Daniel & Omega Louis. He balances them out and knows how to neutralize situations whereas the other two just snipe at each other, out for blood. That's certified Beta behavior, to be the only one in the room with working braincells.

But JFC, these S2 crumbs have had me feeling a type of waaaay~! 👀

And this is why I get so reticent about talking about Loumand, and Devil's Minion, and Lesmand, cuz half the time I think AMC's cooking up to have Armand be Satan incarnate, just manipulating EVERYONE; and other times I'm like watch they give this dude the most tragic backstory and paint him as the ultimate cinnamon roll.

So yeah, at the end of the day, Armand can run the entire GAMUT--he's the most complex character in TVC, IMO.

Which is probably why I love him so much, but am also SO SCARED to see what AMC does with him, cuz they really have the space & opportunity to really commit to how AR initially portrayed him, as THE big bad boogeyman of the vampires (until Akasha & Rhosh, ofc).

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My list of impressions of Multiverse of Madness

First things first: I liked it. I don't it's perfect but I liked it.

I knew beforehead that they were making a fuss about Wanda turning bad, and I get people could get confused since Wanda sacrificed her home in Westview but then she's the villain in this movie, but I think it was established CLEARLY THAT THE DARKHOLD CORRUPTS THE READER. And still, Wanda retained enough sanity to see abort mission after the impression of the twins being scared of her.

The Illuminati being killed with ease. Truth be told, it makes sense, since they didn't even began to listen to Stephen's warnings. For all they knew, it was Civil War's Wanda if anything and they could fight Thanos by themselves. Also, Professor X could have looked into Dr Strange's mind to see what they were going to face and then say that they were fucked, but no, they acted so superior because they killed a titan.

The use for the dead Strange as a way to fight Wanda was not only BADASS (don't get me started on the phrase "this time it will take more than kill me to kill me"), but the greatest use of the "It's a surprise tool that will help us later".

They could have used that Evil Dr Strange more, though.

Xavier, why did you stop pull Wanda from the mindscape trap?! You could have survived!

When Wanda asked Rick Richards if his children's mother was still alive, I thought she was going to come back with a "If you all in the family are still alive, then how do you know how I feel?" what she said in reality was more ominous, on the other hand, and shows that she would have just knocked him out if he had said no.

Still, I believe that those wouldn't have lasted against Wanda. I mean, one man made of rubber, a man whose power was shouting and she just has to make him shut up to defeat him, a powered up soldier, and a Captain Marvel needed help to kill Thanos while the Scarlet Witch would have killed him almost with ease if she wasn't interrupted? Easy for the Scarlet Witch, even in a form with less power.

When Wanda throwed Wong for the cliff I was sure he was going to make it.

Seriously, Possessed Corpse Strange with a wraith cloath is badass.

John Krasisnki being finally casted as Mr Fantastic and killed inmediatly after is a troll move that (don't hate me) I love.

Wanda going horror movie witch mode was awesome. But on the chase through the tunnel, I wonder why they were just staring at that door and they didn't take the chance to run. (scare jump purposes, I guess, but that was dumb from those three)

America Chavez. Well, I liked her, but I guess I wasted too much time comparing her with the animated show one and thus not getting much her power to appreciate her. But after learning how her power works, it makes very much sense why she's a good candidate to learn mystic arts. She uses energy from the multiverse.

I like how they wrote Christine in this movie. I mean, she might be the emotional journey device for Strange, but they still treated her as an actual character. She has half the braincells on the Illuminati, she collaborates, she's a grown woman who does what she can, but most importantly, she was an ally and a person with goals and acts as such and had her own emotional journey. Well, 838 Christine is. She's a great head scientist for the group of heroes.

For the last, I'm sure Wanda is still alive. And the fact that Evil Strange is means there is more to that one to do. We haven't seen the last of any of those villains. So, interactions with other Stranges means we could possibly see What If Strange at some point.

So yeah, overall, good movie for me.