#armand: 😒😒😒😒😒

[collegeboysam]

do we think armand looks so bothered when daniel tells him "i don't forgive you. you were going to drain me, pal" because the whole time armand's remembering how daniel did not only forgive him back in the day, he used to beg on his fucking knees for armand to use his powers and feed from him during sex. and now he has to stand in front of amnesia-induced daniel decades later and act guilty about it while bitterly thinking "boy, drinking your blood and throwing you around with my mind used to be our foreplay. you would whine for it like a puppy and behave like a brat whenever i didn't indulge you with it. but yeah sure NOOOW you want me to be sorry 😒"

[valend]

Daniel Molloy’s dick has led him to places he shouldn’t even go with a gun

[gimpwithoutorgans]

About 300 pages into TVL. These Lesmand scenes……delicious delicious food🤤. Lestat is so scared but attracted to this horryingly beautiful being and Armand is fully incapable of acting halfway normal for even a minute. They want each other so bad but don’t understand each other at all. Chefs Kiss😮‍💨

[userarmand]

Hi this is embarrassing, sorry but I have to ask: what's the deal with Hotel Portofino and why do so many ppl go"oh Assad is fantastic but DONT WATCH IT" or "I'm never forgiving them for what they did to my boy". Do you know wtf happened??? I'm having trouble finding synopsis' of the show past the first few episodes and I'm curious but not curious enough to watch an entire bad show even for him (tho LORD it's tempting 🔥🔥)

basically it's a poorly written period drama about an english family running a hotel. assad plays anish who's a gay desi dude which isn't often explored in period dramas so there was a lot of potential there BUT he was severely underutilised in s1 and then they killed him and his anti-fascist boyfriend off at the end of s2 after nish spends the majority of his screentime lowkey dying from gangrene :/ he's a very sweet character so giving him such a horrible death felt unwarranted and gave ppl the ick for obvious bury your gays related reasons.

[tupperwareyoucanrunover]

Armand’s entire family is neurodivergent I guess <3

[platoapproved]

😕...

[smalldicksantiago]

armand is really good at writing fanfiction. wonder what his writing process is.

[speckled-jim]

What if this is the scene where Lestat tells him what Claudia’s last words actually were?

[httpiastri]

"you know 2024 will be a good year when karl is being nice" PAUL PLEASE 🥲 and paul says that karl is the one bullying him-

paul 😭😭

uncalled for 😶😶

[casually-slips-into-coma]

getting ready to avoid the internet for the next 2 days so that i dont get s2e2 spoiled😪

[lemecdlucas]

                   🌾 ❛❛🧛🏿🖤💀No lo dijo propiamente pero, en la naturaleza de su respuesta, Armand obtuvo la suya. Aunque fue una forma amable de comunicarle su decepción. De cualquier forma no le molestó escucharlo.—Tu atención siempre fue mi deseo maestro, es solo que con el paso de los años he entendido que si quisieras dármela lo habrías hecho inmediatamente después de habernos separado, pero el tiempo me ha enseñado a entender y aceptar tu determinación, maestro. No soy nadie para exigirte nada—Lo observó mientras pensaba en el hecho de que Marius pudo haberlo buscado, pudo haberlo ido a rescatar cuando se lo llevo el Clan italiano para gobernar en Paris pero, eso no ocurrió porque Marius no lo quería junto a él o al menos no lo había querido lo suficiente como para buscar su presencia. —En efecto, lo soy ahora maestro, o al menos estoy aprendiendo a hacerlo, intentando mantener una vida diferente a la que he llevado desde mi nacimiento—Claro que al inicio de perder su clan se sintió perdido y luego sin Louis se sintió aún más sin propósito pero, Daniel había llegado a ayudar con ello. Lo siguiente le hizo sonreír—Es cierto, debemos todos adaptarnos al nuevo orden al que nos empujaron las circunstancias. No creo que sea muy difícil para ti. Ofrezco mi ayuda y la de Daniel en caso de que te sea útil, maestro—Armand no pretendía tampoco dejarlo solo pero, al mismo tiempo no sabía sí para alguien como Marius él sería útil. —Ciertamente me lo merezco, la vida no ha sido tan bondadosa conmigo pero, gracias a ti aprendí a que fuera de esa manera.—Reconoció. Marius le había enseñado a que tenía derecho a conseguir lo que deseará, aunque nunca había podido superar sus traumas. —No tuve otro mejor maestro—Observó con una ligera sonrisa.—Solo hasta ese momento comprendí lo que posiblemente fue su dilema para transformar a mi—Reconoció sintiendo la similitud de las situaciones de ambos. —Fue necesario.—O al menos se decía eso porque como había dicho, no había estado en los planes de Armand transformar a Daniel, hasta que las circunstancias lo orillaron a darse cuenta que no podía tampoco dejarlo morir. La pregunta le hizo sonreír al pensar en Daniel, asintió y camino junto a su maestro, como solía hacer siglos atrás mientras escuchaba a Marius transmitirle conocimientos—Es un insolente, intrépido, impulsivo, inteligente y fascinante. Desde humano siempre fue de esa forma, ahora de vampiro ha marcado más esas características por lo que has podido observar. Incluso creo que se ha vuelto un poco más despiadado pero, no le resta nada y parece estar fascinado con su naturaleza, siempre lo deseo—Compartió recordando las veces en que Daniel le había pedido ser transformado y él se lo había negado. —Ahora solo estoy esperando el final de nuestra relación porque inevitablemente Daniel me odiará al ser su creador—Agregó sin mirar a Marius, siendo la única persona con la que había compartido ese temor con respecto a Daniel

🧛🖤🎨. Claro, ahora su Amadeo experimentaba la oportunidad de la creación. Debía comprender lo que se sentía al estar tan cerca de su sangre. —Una parte de mí desearía que aún fueses Amadeo, mi Amadeo. El muchacho ansioso por mi atención y atenciones —respondió a ambas preguntas—, pero sé que ahora eres Arun, Amadeo y Armand. —La conjunción de sus vidas—. Y sí, puede que seas el querubín de alas negras, pero te veo diferente, querido. Veo en tus ojos otro tipo de brillo. Dime, ¿al fin eres libre? —Preguntó. Después de todo, ya no era su pupilo, tampoco el líder de un clan ni de un teatro, ¿había alcanzado la libertad? —Tengo que hacerlo, ¿no es así? Ahora que hemos sobrevivido. Todos debemos adaptarnos a las nuevas normas —apuntó; probablemente su muchacho fue el último en convertirse—. Me alegra, te mereces el aprecio artístico, tanto como los privilegios que tiene esta vida. —A pesar de todo, Marius lo entendió desde su propia conversión. Por eso otorgó todo a Amadeo. Observó fijamente tras preguntar por Daniel Molloy. Ah, el brillo, sí, ahí estaba, por él—. Oh, mi querido Amadeo, ¿aprendiste todo de mí? —Sonrió al escuchar que no fue su intención convertirle—. Veo que esperaste demasiado. —Visualmente, Daniel rebasaba incluso su edad, pero no le restaba encanto—. Cuéntame, ¿cómo es él? —Interesado, indicó a su propio muchacho caminar por la galería.

[prisonhannibal]

this poll is not favorite lines in general, it’s my favorite replies to something someone else said, based both on the words and the line delivery. especially louis has so many great ones it was hard to pick

[armandyke]

the bookshelf thing is actually so funny to me like "Armand was purposefully keeping those books from Louis" even if that was true. as if he wouldn't just cave immediately if asked like I'm not denying he did all that shit but Louis literally went "I want the pages from Claudia's diary" and armand was like :/ and Louis was like 😒 and armand was like yes dear 🫡

[platoapproved]

I'm still reading TVA and I gotta say for the benefit of IWTV show fans who haven't yet / aren't gonna read the books and are learning about them solely via tumblr: we GOTTA set aside some time in our busy killing Marius schedule to also kill Santino and Allesandra (from the Roman coven of the Children of Darkness that Armand mentions in the museum scene) because holy shit:

LIST OF CRIMES (some of these they don't do personally but they're sanctioning all of it)

the Roman coven kidnap all the boys from Marius' palazzo and throw them one by one onto a bonfire because they deserve to die "for their Master's sins"

Toss Armand in the fire as well but pull him out before he dies, leave him in a cell to suffer his burns.

Santino to Armand when he refuses to listen to Santino's indoctrination:

Santino again:

... then has one of the vampires in the coven dump the ashes from the other boys all over Armand's face so they get in his eyes and mouth.

Santinto to Armand (talking about Marius at first) 😒:

When Armand still resists indoctrination:

Lock Armand up in a cell and starve him for a week before tossing in Riccardo, his human best friend who he loves like a brother, who they specifically did not burn and kept aside for this purpose. Armand drains Riccardo before even realizing it is him and they refuse to remove Riccardo's body so Armand just has to be in there with it rotting.

Continue the cycle of leaving Armand starving completely alone in the dark for a week, bringing him a human victim, leaving the body there to rot. for like FIVE MONTHS while Armand loses his mind and starts seeing ghosts.

then:

[lestatthelioncourt]

....... Imagine shipping remmick x sammie, COULD NOT BE ME NOPE NOPE NOPE

IT BRINGS ME PAIN THAT ITS SO IN YOUR FACE TOO, 😒 make me sick and heavily missed me with that. I actually don't like the thought of Sammie stuck with Remmick for a long period or time or even being caught by him just to be caught into vampirism to only play him the blues like the police made Delta Slim and his friend play the blues. That's not hot or gay or swell, that's fucked up.

The whole point of Sammie's was that we understood the importance of sticking to your culture and expression, staying true to what you have come from artistically. Remmick wanted to take that away, he wanted to know his stories for himself. I don't see how it's appropriate to ship the dynamic of a culture vulture and the true embodiment of a young BLACK artist trying to grow into his true expression.

To bring an interview with the vampire into this, everyone hates Magnus and Marius (if they are normal and not sick and twisted). Because they turned Lestat and Armand against their will, mistreated them for their own gain to put it without getting too graphic of course. And that's what Remmick's goal was, he wanted to use Sammie for his own gain. That shouldn't be a popular ship that should be a popular disgust and disapproval, the point of Remmick is a big interruption to black joy and cause of black suffering.

He was selfish in his actions, we can talk about how funny some of his parts were all day. And how the vampire circle was very cool yes, it showcases the culture he missed. What he wishes wasn't taken from him, so why must we cheer for a hypocrite? Fantasize a hypocrite getting what he wants from a young black man? We shouldn't, that defeats the whole point of why he was kept away from Sammie.

Switching it up for them to be gay will never work, for the plot of sinners it can't be without being extremely distasteful and misplaced to what Ryan was trying to portray in his story.

Like my main point is that both stories, iwtv and sinners are very nuanced and specific scenarios that play with different dynamics. The whole point of iwtv is that we dig into the internal turmoil of living as a vampire for so long, the detachment from humanity or the connection with it. How living or loving another one will forever and always be a complicated journey, or just a horrible experience. That's what I grasped from the concept of it anyways, I only fully watched the shows and read a bit of book one and two but that's the main message.

The reason Louis and Lestat works is because Lestat (despite his obvious flaws) shows genuine love and compassion for Louis, isn't literally just wanting to turn him for - what would Louis have his pimping abilities? Idk bro ☠️ but my point is that he ain't tryna turn him to just take advantage of the fact he holds culture and creates an impact he wants.

With sinners is a story about not only vampire experiences, it shows black joy, pain, triumph, failure and greed. Expanding on the experience of living in the 1930s as a black person during the Jim crow era, they may be fictional but it's treated with such care that characters like Sammie, Smoke, Annie, Stack and etc did have a life similar to that. Remmick has the role of the super natural force that wrecks their life more than it was already hard from the get go. Sammie literally is paralyzed once a week from that night, because a vampire clawed his face and took away most of his family and friends all because he wanted his music. Like are we seriously thinking that has gay potential? 🧐

Enough of my rant though, I'm staying safe in the actual characters in love and showing the themes of romance y'all tryna force onto Remmick x Sammie cuz y'all weird.

[binghelovebot]

Takes that hinge on Armand fearing Marius are or having Trauma Responses to him are so funny to me because in canon during Venice he's like "he won't even yell at me, let alone beat me 😒":

And in canon after their reunion he views Marius as the perfect respectful gentleman:

Like I'm sorry but this isn't the story of grooming and abuse recovery that you want it to be! He's not scared of Marius hurting him, he's not traumatized by Marius' presence ( Marius' very notable *absence* is the singular resentment of his pre-reunion life that's explicitly canon). It's a monster fucker love story!