we don’t give little Andrei enough credit for being the most bad ass mf to ever live. His father is actively beating him and verbally abusing him and this stone cold killer is unphased pulling out his crazy comebacks no hesitation
Seeing Andrei be a little asshole makes me sad weirdly enough. he was just such a character. not only was he an extremely skilled hunter and miracle working painter + child genius but he was witty and a bit of a big mouthed dick and strong willed and full of life. Like he could’ve been so much and any chance of a life was robbed from him from the start
“We cannot be Marius for you,” I said, “or the dark lord, Santino. We are not artists with a great vision that will carry you forward. And we are not evil coven masters with the conviction to condemn a legion to perdition. And this domination—this glorious mandate—is what you must have.” (TVL, page 311)
still not over the fact that lestat straight up told armand that he needs a dom while rejecting him
I like to think that under his age (how young he was turned/how long he’s been a vampire) and his beauty (Botticelli angel my beloved) Armand is just distinctly Other. Daniel wrote it off on account of him being a vampire but then he met other ones, and while they aren’t “normal” either, Armand is just. so fucking bizarre.
Armand’s gorgeous titties aside I am so mf intrigued by this room that they’re in bcus I’m assuming it’s armand’s room at the theater, and with this in mind there is both a painting *in progress* on display there and allusive red curtains (VERY MARIUS’S ROOM IN VENICE), which like omg this combined with how the last name armand is going by in his theater days is literally marius makes me think my boy is firmly clinging to his past (if not stuck in it) and I’m so so excited by this character stuff at work here
My manufacturer sent me pics of the first samples of tvc book Armand and IWTV amc Armand plushies! (Keep in mind this isn’t their final design just first sample so they will look different later on). Have to modify both of them a fair amount but here’s the start!!!