#The Devil's Minion

[ifucouldfindme]

"you're lingering, rashid." you just know that armand made that martini and waited around to see if daniel liked it - or better, still liked it.

[haflacky]

You’re mine, beautiful boy

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[camestela]

 We'll be in hell together after all.

[allegras-sunflower]

Some book!Devil's Minion to break your hearts this fine Thursday

[thedaswolves]

Just devil's minion hanging out as usual 😍😍😍

edit - ©Mike Coppola

[cbrownjc]

"I'm the quiet you've been longing for." Or, in other words, Gentleman Death.

So yeah, there are people, rightly, laughing at Armand calling himself the "quiet" that Daniel's been longing for because if you know anything about their relationship, particularly with how it started, it was anything but quiet. Quite the opposite in fact.

But see, I think, when it comes to the moment in the image above, that is actually the whole point. Because this moment isn't from some point when they are romantically together. I think this moment is from when they first really meet and speak to each other after Polynesian Mary's. More importantly, I think this is sometime after Armand had stopped Louis from killing Daniel.

There is a great observation/analysis post here that notes the clothes both Armand and young Daniel are wearing, and how they match up to what they were wearing that night when they first encountered each other at Polynesian Mary's. So this moment above being either later that same night, or maybe even the next night after Louis attacked Daniel matches up.

And this moment is very much Armand offering Daniel an "easeful death." Namely, killing him, probably because of what happened with Louis. Armand likely only stopped Louis from doing so because he knew Louis would feel guilty about it later, as Louis doesn't actually like to know anything about his victims before he kills them. So Armand likely stepped in and stopped Louis to spare him from that and such guilt.

However, Armand probably also thinks Daniel now knows too much to risk letting him live. And so is going to kill him himself. And I think what we are seeing here, above, is one of the ways Armand will sometimes present himself to his victims. And I think it is something he learned from Lestat, which is to be "Gentleman Death."

It's been noted by the writers of the show that they were looking to drawn things from Anne Rice's short story, Interlude with the Undead, for Armand in Season 2. (A short story, btw, which you can read online here and here.) And, of course, the line about "easeful death" that we hear in the trailer can be found in that short story, not once but twice:

But if you notice, during the first passage, Armand also talks about being "Gentleman Death." The same exact thing Lestat said to Armand to explain his outlook on being a vampire during the time period when they first met; and basically upending Armand's entire worldview (and cult) under Les Innocents.

From The Vampire Lestat:

From Interlude with the Undead:

From the opening of Interlude with the Undead, we know that this whole short story was actually Louis telling Daniel something Armand had told him. Well, I think not only has the show cut out the middleman on that, but I think what they are about to do is show how very much Armand, in his own way, embraced Lestat's Gentleman Death mission statement for a time. Probably for a long time.

In the show, I think we are going to see Lestat give Armand his Gentleman Death monologue during the scene when these two images happen:

And I think, by the time Louis encounters Armand in Paris, we will see that he has, in his own ways and methods, adapted to that ethos of being Gentleman Death.

However, time does march on. And I do think Armand will begin to see presenting himself as such is beginning to not fit with the times he is now in. But it will still be one of the things he still will present himself as.

At least until Daniel.

Because I really do think when Armand presents himself in this way to Daniel, being a "quiet" (ie death) that he says Daniel has been longing for? Daniel is going to flat-out reject that.

Because Daniel doesn't want to die, no matter how many drugs he takes or the reckless behavior he may sometimes exhibit (during this point in time). What Daniel really wants is to live forever. The reason Louis attacked Daniel as he did was because Daniel asked Louis to make him immortal.

Death? Quiet? Hell no. Give Daniel Molloy immortality, thank you!

So Daniel is going to ask the same thing of Armand he asked of Louis. Which is for Armand to make him immortal.

And just like in the book? Armand is, at first, going to be taken aback. And then, intrigued by this brash (and beautiful) human:

This human whom Armand is sure is going to go completely mad at some point by the knowledge that vampires actually exist. But hasn't gone mad, no not yet:

So yeah, I feel that the "quiet you've been longing for" moment in the trailer is the moment when Armand presents himself as his own version of "Gentleman Death" and it flat-out doesn't work, probably for the first time ever. And that it doesn't work with Daniel is what starts The Chase between them in the show's universe; the show leaving out the 3-days or so that Armand locked Daniel in a cage before that, of course.

And all because of something Armand has been doing since Lestat first upended his life under Les Innocents centuries ago did not work on this one particular mortal. So, instead, Armand let him go to chase him instead.

And to hell with trying to seduce this human with promises of "quiet" because that sure as hell didn't work last time.

[desertfangs]

Armand spent so much time trapped in a cult that broke him down and told him he was a monstrous creature who did not deserve love or compassion. And for centuries after, he struggled to connect to those he loved. But then the one (1) guy he ever makes into a vampire, Daniel, is the guy who believes in what a huge capacity vampires have for love. That they have eternity to love and be loved. It's just so beautiful.

[nalyra-dreaming]

IGN Fan Fest FOOD!! - a whole new scene!!!!

Claudia and Louis in Paris 🥺

(And Claudia's eyes truly seem pinkish... 👀)

Loumand! Devil's Minion! Louis bitching!!! Armand glowering!! Eric challenging!!! LOOK AT THEM!

Oh I LOVE IT!!!!

[lychnvs]

vamptember days 2 (bathed) & 4 (second breakfast). his bf chews on him from time to time :))

[dude-could-you-be-more-gay]

Armand has literally never beat the odd and off-putting allegations

[ifucouldfindme]

devil's minion quotes that i think are perfect for dubai!armandaniel:

"calm yourself, daniel. your heart's racing. it frightens me."

"[...] i'd rather die than see you die, daniel."

"you think that you can drive me crazy, don't you?"

"[...] what are you? an immortal idiot?"

"you don't think it terrifies me? [...] how many years do i have? can you tell just by looking at me? tell me."

"then the realization had come to daniel as they stood together in the ruined dining room [...]: he isn't going to kill me after all. he isn't going to do it."

"daniel stared hard at the creature before him, this thing that looked human and sounded human but was not. there was a horrid shift in his consciousness; he saw this being like a great insect, a monstrous evil predator who had devoured a million human lives. and yet he loved this thing."

"you're dying," armand said softly.

" 'and though i walk through the valley of the shadow of death, et cetera,' daniel whispered."

"[...] what is this, tears? you're going to weep over me?"

"damn you, daniel."

"[...] i don't want you to die."

"[...] because i am a coward. and i love you too much to let you go."

"say the word, my love," armand said. "i'll do it. we'll be in hell together after all."

[haflacky]

Vampiric polycircle

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[allegras-sunflower]

[brotherconstant]

Daniel stared hard at the creature before him, this thing that looked human and sounded human but was not. There was a horrid shift in his consciousness; he saw this being like a great insect, a monstrous evil predator who had devoured a million human lives. And yet he loved this thing.

Anne Rice | DEVIL'S MINION

[island-in-the-shadows]

My brain: Ah yes, it is time we break out the Sacred Text.

Me: *opens The Queen of the Damned (1988) by Anne Rice specifically to Pt 1 Chapter 4: The Story of Daniel, the Devil's Minion, or the Boy from Interview with the Vampire*

[desertfangs]

Armand is totally that guy who uses his boyfriend's toothbrush and Daniel is the guy who thinks it's kind of hot.