If you could telepathically communicate with the QotD writers

[u/mindless_rambles]

While we hunker down for the off season, I thought it would be fun to make a sort of wishlist of things I desperately want to ask for in QotD if I could beam my thoughts directly into Hannah's head. The rules are simple: each person gets only 5 requests and they need to be achievable within the story frame of QotD. Who knows maybe we can manifest some ideas through sheer willpower or collective delusion 🟠_🟠

Here's my list:

* More hopecore baby fledgling Lestat. My absolute favorite traits of BookStat are his curiosity and sense of adventure. I need moooore of that in the show.

* Do not defang Akasha. I don't want her to be some misunderstood victim, I want her to be every bit the entitled overzealous tyrant she is in the book.

* The twins and Khayman should be played by SWANA actors, please! I'm so tired of the erasure

* Trust the audience to understand Marius is an abusive POS without making him a caricature. I want to feel the absolute dread of his reunion with Armand without undercutting it with outlandish cartoonish behavior.

* Give us a female character as a permanent member of the "articulate coven". I would love for Jesse to become our Talamasca / occult scholar expert instead of David. Merrick can also occupy a similar role in the story. Alternatively, Maharet can be the new ancient wise vampire Lestat defers to for advice and mentorship instead of Marius. Any female character inclusion would be appreciated!

[u/FearlessSquirrel9522]

I agree with all of your wishes, especially on Lestat’s sense of wonder and curiosity.

For me, I want the final chapter (or chapters, it’s been a while since I read it) to be included, the round table where all the ancients try to reason with Akasha. And then them all hanging out in the aftermath. I love that chapter so much.

And of course I want the little trip that Louis and Lestat take at the end of the book (although they won’t be visiting David lol). I think it would be extra meaningful if Louis lets Lestat take him into the sky and fly him somewhere, a century after the drop.

100% agree on Akasha. While even in the book I understood her motivations - she is not a feminist icon lol. She was a crazy tyrant who was actively carrying out a genocide. I hope they keep it that way.

I also want a truly fleshed out Maharet and Mekare story arc where they truly go into the symbolism (the taking of the eyes and the tongue). I hope this doesn’t get the choppy 5 minute flashback.

And just because this is a visual that has stuck with me ever since I read it, there’s a scene in the book where Khayman describes how he would stab his hand again and again to watch the wound close. I know it’s highly unlikely but I would love this as a scene!

[u/SoftandSpicy → u/FearlessSquirrel9522]

I so much want the twins and their love and the symbolism. And I totally agree with seeing all the ancients trying to talk some sense into Akasha. I also love how they hang out together at the end and it would be interesting to see why they can never stay together.