#Sybel

[niesojourn]

My oc Sybel & Gojo ✨️. It was a quick doodle because I work today ☠️

[lukelemon-art]

Day 16 - FAMILY👨‍👨‍👧‍👦

Say "Blood bag squeeeeeeeeeeeze!" (and forgive me if butchered Benji and Sybelle)

[vampireamadao]

BENJI, go into DANIEL's head and look DEEP INSIDE for his SICK little twisted weekend plans please because he WON'T tell me if we are at the Hilton or the Ritz or elsewhere and I WOULD LIKE to know what to wEAR, and if we will match, and whether he plans to shop lift the hotel pyjamas or- Benji, BENJI come back and get in his head for me, please! ...Fine. SYBELLE!

[xxhellonursexx]

"Family"

There's nothing quite like a cozy night watching your own memorial service on TV with your family. Just ask Daniel!

An illustration for "Vintage" by @graygiantess

https://archiveofourown.org/works/65496961

[thegroundhogdidit]

armand having kids is so funny to me bc like. imagine you meet the most feral fucked up little autistic dude you've ever seen in your life, and he won't shut up about his two children who are EXACTLY LIKE HIM

[marysyp96]

This is Daniel posting a picture of Benji 🚬 and Sybelle

[giisheree]

sybelle & benji + the dads that stepped up

[mercuryspit]

at the request of oomf (from January)

[loumandism]

can everyone walk with me for a moment please. the writer’s room has set up armand’s redemption, his true understanding and love for another individual, to come through benji so perfectly. what armand experienced—and what has always been a core part of my understanding of his characterization—was both a personal and systematic decimation of his culture and people. he’s comparable to a survivor of genocide with what european colonizers did to the indian population and i do think so much of Why he wants to survive is because he’s surviving for so many other people. not just names we know, like Riccardo, but names we don’t, that he doesn’t, because they have been lost. were erased. benji is an explicitly palestinian character who was trafficked and forced into a caretaker role by an abusive white family, and I’m thinking in the timeline of the show it could be very likely he was displaced during the settlement expansion into sheikh jarrah in 2021 (bc he is from Jerusalem in the books, albeit in a different time period).

both of them were trafficked, displaced, and survived a genocide, and it is so rare for armand to look into someone’s eyes and see the horror he has been through be reflected, but i think it really is in benji. and for once armand could really feel the need to *protect* something, it’s just one life, but he failed claudia specifically because she reminded him of everything he was and everything he couldn’t be, but he’s given another chance in benji. i’m thinking specifically about colonial understandings of manhood as reflected in their two characters (everyone read uncle give me a cigarette by walid daqqah)—benji forces himself, *has been forced*, to be mature, grown, as Adult as a 12 y/o can be. but armand’s childhood was stolen from him, and he retains a boyishness. in this way both of them could be jealous of the other—eternal child longing to be a man and eternal man longing to have the solace of childhood—but there is still such a deep resonance they can have with each other because of this.

so for marius to hurt benji, benji, who is a reflection of arun, or who arun was, or all of armand’s identities really, absolutely has the opportunity to be armand’s true wakeup call IF the writer’s room has the guts to tackle all of the implications of benji’s character head on. especially if they keep marius’ obsession with the “saving of the west”. armand seems to think he deserves white supremacist and sexual violence, but benji? is exactly who he seeks to protect. and it could be so beautiful and so powerful and so poignant to allow armand and benji this moment of realization and reconciliation and the rejection of violence they’ve been told is natural for them to receive. this is by far my biggest wish for the show.

[iwtv-theories]

Armand name dropping the film “now ,voyager” is foreshadowing his future character arc (analysis)

You know how Iwtv is constantly references plays, films ,and paintings to foreshadow plot points or allude to character arcs or motivations ? I really hope Armand dropping the film title “now, voyager” is alluding to the Armand and Benji dynamic in future seasons . And also Armand’s character arc in general.

The main character Charlotte is paralleled to Armand on multiple occasions . Charlotte had an abusive-controlling parent that was her “companion” and who treated her like a “servant “ (cough Marius /Armand parallel). Charlotte is mistaken as a nurse ,went by a (fake) French alias, and was also called a “fledgling” .In one scene Charlotte discusses “immortality “ and jokes that she’s “immune to burns” (like she is to happiness) and says she’s so “OLD” and at this point would be grateful to simply get “crumbs “ of romantic affection (hello, Armand ). Charlotte also says another character is a “gift “ from their ex (Armand says Daniel was a “gift from Louis”,in the books) . There’s even a scene where she shows her love interest an old (unrecognizable) picture of herself, refers to the image of herself in the 3rd person , and then mentions her past trauma.

She also mentions how she was so desperate for romantic love that she did sexual things that her romantic competition wouldn’t . She even says she really doesn’t understand romantic love (despite wanting it) so she just repeats things she’s heard in romance books. Armand also recited Romeo and Juliet ( to Louis), and didn’t understand that -that’s not love but infatuation. And of course the infatuation between the 2 led to a blood bath of those around them (the Romeo & Juliet reference foreshadowing the coven and claudeleine’s fate).

Also Charlotte starts mentally healing after becoming a foster parent to a 12 y old (who reminds her of her past self). Hmm like 12 y old Benji who was sold by his parents and exploited and abused (who Armand later fosters)?

Also , one thing that always bothered me about benji’s characterization in the books was the fact that him being book-smart, street-smart, and adultified (somehow equated to him being as independent and mature as a literal adult). Which is just … not realistic at all! He’d still just be a kid faking it to survive. He’d still be a “boy masquerading as a gentleman.”He’s a 12 y old who was abandoned by his birth parents (so would probably have abandonment issues). He’s Palestinian (so probably has plenty of trauma because of the violent and dehumanizing occupation he suffered through-more than 90% of Palestinian kids have ptsd ) .And he was physically abused and forced to work since he was a little kid (after being sold) . He was so stressed/traumatized that he became a chain smoker by 12 years old!

So yeah , in the show, I could see him behave more like the 12 y old Tina (in now, voyager). Who literally screams themselves awake because of nightmares (ptsd).And who has abandonment issues and feels they’re fundamental unloveable (and thinks all the kids,teachers, and psychiatrists secretly hate him). Who would probably question why Armand is even nice to him to begin with -cause he doesn’t feel he deserves it .

And it would make sense that in the show adaption he’d latch on to (the older looking) Armand and see him as a father figure . When his own birth parents abandoned him, and he never had a positive male role model. And the last guy who had custody of him-hit him and never treated him like a kid (but a servant) . And then after he prays for help : Armand swoops in , kills his abuser, and then proceeds to dote on him and spoil him.

The first thing Armand thinks of when describing “goodness” is : “the child which is innocent” . He even asks madeleine if she'd have mercy on kids, if she was a vampire. In the books he literally loved seeing human kids be innocent and happy, because he never got to experience that as a child . So … he may shock the entire audience and actually be a good parental figure .

By the end of the film Charlotte also says that receiving parental love was more fulfilling than romantic love . * Armand describing his love for his (human) "children":

He literally said he's the happiest he's ever been in his entire immortal life because of his kids. You know it would be super ironic if Armand is the one vampire to prioritize his adopted kids over romance (when even Louis and Lestat couldn’t do that).

Charlotte also says all the men she ever tried to love romantically never reciprocated to the same degree she, herself, did . And it just made her feel empty inside . Charlotte at the end of the film : “ some man that will make me happy? (Scoff) . You talk about some man? Apparently , you haven’t the slightest conception on what torture it is to love a man and to be shut out , barred out , to be always an outsider. An extra.” Let’s be real he was the “extra” / ‘rebound’ in regards to Louis & Lestat.

Charlotte : “What man would look at me and say -I want you?"/ Armand to Louis : " I want you, I want you more than anything in the world ." (Louis doesn’t verbally reciprocate the statement cause he didn’t actually want Armand ). And earlier Louis said to him: "Your problem, not mine. You want me" . Symbolically that line is interesting because later Daniel says to Armand: “He (louis) didn’t even want me in the end” (it applies to both of them-in the end, Louis didn't want either of them like that) . Louis to Daniel: “what do you want ?” (And I know the literal context of this next scene but the texted convo of: Reciprocation? What do you want? (could be foreshadowing that Armand and Daniel, in the end, will both want romantic reciprocation). But I know that’s a bit of a stretch

Also another important part of charlotte’s growth (in the film) was standing up to her abusive parent (Armand , please, please, stand up to Marius ). The only time he actually gets furious and calls out Marius for being a manipulative-liar was when Marius hurt Benji & Sybelle . After this, even Marius admits Armand “loves” the 2 “selflessly” and “more respectfully than (he's) ever loved (Armand).”

Armand about Benji:" I love him enough to tear limb from limb anyone who so much as lays a finger on him."Maybe Armand will finally start to get why Louis was not willing to forgive him (over claudia)?please king ,have some positive character development (before getting into a romance with Daniel ) 😩 🙏 Daniel & Armand only become a couple again- after Armand met his 'children'.

I really hope we get sybelle and Benji in the adaption. They’re fundamental to Armand’s character arc. And I want Palestinian rep sooooo bad.The show has already altered multiple timelines (so why not introduce them earlier...maybe s4? I wish s3 but , I know that’s not realistic ). Give me Armand’s orphan family - right now! 😩

[krea2re]

tvc designs (now without akasha's post obliterating nipples)

[raven-undergrove]

Friendly reminder that Sybelle is a 25 year old woman and this fandom treats her way too much like a child, infantilizing her because of her autism just like Anne Rice did. The fandom also seems to miss the point in TVA that Armand wasn't supposed to suddenly become their dad and start a nuclear family, and he only refers to them as "his children" because of this exchange between him and Sybelle:

Armand, Sybelle, and Benji were all supposed to be children together because of this exchange. And truth be told, the whole thing with them being children is Anne Rice infantilizing both Armand and Sybelle, who are both adults and clearly autistic. Benji is the only one there who is actually a child as he is twelve years old. In some ways, considering the parallels between their characters, you could argue that Armand caring for Benji and Sybelle is taking care of his own inner child by giving them the love he was never granted, but that doesn't suddenly make him their father. He never refers to himself as their father. You can have a found family without forcing them all into traditional family roles.

[wizardpink]

Praying that if they do bring Benji and Sybelle into the show that we get time with them as humans. I need to see Armand at soccer practice with the other moms gossiping about each other or at a school board meeting demanding to know why cursive writing has been dropped from the curriculum. He needs to chaperone a field trip to the planetarium and tell all the kids in gorey detail which astrologists he saw publicly executed in the 16th century.

[nightcolorz]

amc iwtv better give Armand his chain smoking Palestinian Bedouin fedora wearing child genius podcast running son and his high support needs autistic also genius piano obsessed daughter or I stg i will riot. Let that unstable faggot form a weird little family ‼️‼️🙏🙏

[botticelli-angels-minion]

We’ve talked about Armand taking Marius’s last name. We’ve talked about him taking Daniel’s last name. What about Armand Mahmoud? Armand takes his son’s last name because they’re a little family.

[marysyp96]

He held the title of the world's most autistic eyes for about 500 years before Sybelle entered the chat. And he proudly passed this title on to her as his legacy.