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[nalyra-dreaming]

Hi! A question about Memnoch, was he one of the Replimoids from PL trilogy or was he really the devil? And did Lestat go into a coma cause he thought he had really helped him?

Hey!

Kapetria says in her tale that she suspects that Memnoch is also one of those, yes:

"I suspect this Replimoid, Maxym, too survived the destruction that was soon visited on all of us. But not bodily as we did. I suspect that he exists as surely as Amel exists, and that his name is now Memnoch, who creates astral traps for unwary souls."

Memnoch acts like the Devil, but he actually isn't not in the... ultimate sense of the word, though I would argue he definitely is in the sense that he is that incarnation for the souls he keeps trapped in his purgatory.

Lestat... went a bit mad after his encounter with Memnoch. In part for thinking he helped the Devil, yes. And, supposedly, God. And because he saw the Hells. And Heaven.

The eye that was taken from him (and that he later got back) also served as a kind of anchor for similar beings, "angels", angels who then made him do their bidding.

"Angels," he said, musing, "or those who call themselves angels, or would have me conclude that they're angels; and they have come to me in the long years since I fled Memnoch. They've come to me as I lay like one in a coma on the chapel floor of St. Elizabeth's, the building in New Orleans which was bequeathed to me by Roger's daughter. It seems my stolen eye, my restored eye, my bloodshot eye, has established some link with these beings, and I could tell you a tale of them, but now is not the time." "They harmed you, didn't they?" I asked, sensing it in his manner. He nodded. "They left my body there for my friends to watch over," he explained, and for the first time since I'd seen him, he looked troubled, indecisive, even faintly confused. "But my spirit they took with them," he went on. "And in a realm as palpable as this very room they set me down to do their bidding, always threatening to snatch back this right eye, to take it forever if I didn't do what they bid me to do."

So the coma was not always voluntary, something David also guesses at in Merrick, and which Lestat here tells of in Blackwood Farm.

However - Lestat in PLatRoA also remarks that Memnoch has no power over him anymore (and interestingly he brings up Armand as a spellbinder here as well):

“Who was Memnoch?” “Why use the past tense?” asked Gremt. “You don’t think he’s hovering near you, quite ready again to sweep you up into his imaginary worlds?” “He can’t,” I said. “He’s tried. He’s tried for years.” They were skeptical. “Every spellbinder has a signature,” I said. “Once I learn to recognize that signature, I become immune. They can’t make it happen to me after that.” I studied them individually. “Centuries ago, Armand would seek to sweep me up in his spells. I learned to recognize them instantly.”

(This non-voluntary coma (and this comparison of Memnoch and Armand(!) is also why I think "the groan" might be Lestat in his coma in Dubai, but that just as a remark^^.)

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⚜️ 𝐻𝑎𝑙𝑓 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑅𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑠 𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠, ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑅𝐸𝐴𝐿𝐿𝑌 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑅𝐸𝐴𝐿𝐿𝑌 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑛 𝐼 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑅𝑜 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑐𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠. 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑, 𝐼 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑏𝑙𝑒.

(𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑜, 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑎𝑑 ℎ𝑒ℎ, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑎 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒....)

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𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫: 𝐀𝐅𝐀𝐁

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬: 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐟𝐟

𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲: 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 (𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥, 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐭, 𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲)

𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬: 𝐍𝐨𝐧𝐞

"They're perfect Ro...did you hurt yourself with the thorns though?" You looked at his hands, holding one to inspect them, pale and soft with no cuts at all. "Don't worry, I used gloves." He smiled at your concern for him. This very much was his favorite trait of your personality, having someone to ask him about his wellbeing meant just as much as being told you loved him.

Did you ever think he'd be this endearing? The way the bow wrapped around the bouquet, the white layered paper wasn't the only thing nicely done with much of his patience but the forget-me-nots with white roses were a symbol of his undying loyalty, love, and care for you.

The thorns from the white roses were cut off so you wouldn't hurt yourself holding the bouquet. They smelled fresh and lovely, you couldnt think of anywhere else this could've came from other than his garden he proudly took care of that reflected the dedication and effort he put into.

"Im going to frame these once I get the time to today, that way I'll have them forever." You smiled already having an idea to preserve them

He smiled back, moving behind to hold you. "I'm glad you loved them love." His face buried into your neck, the warmth of his breath touching the bit of skin you exposed.

Your hands reached back to mess with his hair slowly letting it trace down his cheek, holding it still as he breathed out deeply.

After a sweet moment, he helped gather items to preserve the flowers. It was honestly exciting to him having his flowers being framed into a beautiful piece of work.

One by one, they were cut just a little bit to make it look like a garden of white roses and forget-me-nots.

Once it was done and framed with the help of Rollo, he suddenly hugged you tightly.

The sudden embrace didn't surprise you as it was a silent comfort for him in any emotional situation. You held him rubbing his back a little.

"I love you so much, I don't want you to doubt my love and devotion...I always worry I'm not expressing it enough." He confessed holding your wrist, kissing down your arm to your shoulders and lips.

You held his hand, returning the kiss as your heart beat slowed down enjoying the feeling of his lips against yours. Soft and gentle, who'd ever kiss your lips and soul at the same time like him.

Soon both of you pulled away dazed and looking at one another before speaking up, "I don't ever doubt you for a second Rollo. I have no reason to."

Rollo looked at the framed piece of art made by his girlfriend with flowers still worrying from the inside that his words and actions weren't enough before his cheeks were held to hold his gaze towards you

"Rollo, I know..." you said trying to assure him as he held on tighter. He breathed out deeply, holding your wrists before speaking...

"I could hardly call my heart my own...its so full of you."

[melveres]

so was anyone gonna tell me Dyvims canonically bi or was I just supposed to find that out from a comment on a twitter post and be sent on a quest to hunt down the stream and timestamp where it got mentioned

EDIT: I gave up on recording the clip bc the audio kept getting messed up so here's the link to the stream! [timestamp 56:34]

Dyvim Whitehart bi king!!

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[why-i-love-comics]

Suicide Squad: Kill Arkham Asylum #4 - "Minds Over Matter" (2024)

written by John Layman art by Jesus Hervas & David Baron

[swordheld]

from the introduction to "the sovereign sun" selected poems by odysseus elytis, trans. and introduction by kimon friar. [id in alt text]

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Like mother, like son

[sufbino]

your eyes were

bluer than robin’s eggs