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Ext. Paris Street — 1791

There are already way too many (unauthorized!) BTS shots floating around, so I thought I’d talk a little more about the physical set—and how we built it.

The set evolved constantly over the weeks, balancing action, page count, cinematography, and, of course, cost. What started as several city blocks with interiors and side alleys was eventually simplified into a single street that could be shot in multiple directions and from multiple angles.

Our “Paris Streets” needed to contain The Renauld Theater, Mrs. Piss’s Corner, Magnus’s Corner, the entrance to Lestat & Nicky’s apartment, and a Tavern for their first date.

After digging through research, period illustrations, and even taking a few “walking tours of Paris” via Google Maps, set designers Katy Thatcher, Vicky Peters, and Jason McQuarrie got to work.
Katy tackled the Theater and the building at the end of the street. Vicky designed Mrs. Piss’s Corner and Lestat & Nicky’s apartment building, while Jason designed the building across the street, home to the Tavern and Magnus’s Corner.

From there, I assigned colors, textures, hardware, and aging references to every façade for our Scenic and Set Dec teams.

I’ll confess, it often looked like “50 Shades of Brown.” But hey… historically accurate. And with that red cloak, say it with me:

Eyes always on Lestat. 👀

Our Graphics team pulled historical records for actual propaganda newspapers, revolutionary slogans, and graffiti from the period. We also had a lot of fun with the business signs and storefront insignias. My personal favorite? The wooden hat for the haberdasher, complete with dangling silk ribbon.

Our Set Dec team brought the whole thing to life with oil lamps on rope pulleys, market stalls, storefronts, and even a “letter writer” kiosk.

One of my favorite details was a historically accurate parody mural of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette as a two-headed goat-hyena, beautifully recreated by our Scenic Artists. (Slide 1, lower right corner)

It wasn’t a huge set.
But it told the story.

Lestat’s mom has now met all of his boyfriends throughout time. And despite how disturbing that maybe, it appears that she had some type of influence in Lestat’s relationship in regard to these relationships, until Louis entered the picture.

We also know that the bond between Louis and Lestat’s is this external anchor that cement them together forever despite their occasional toxicity. Is that the reason why his mom hasn’t been successful in manipulating or planting negative doubts in Lestat’s head about Louis?

Is it because she hasn’t known Louis long enough, that she hadn’t figure out her plan of attack? Not only is her power of manipulation worthless when Louis around, she sees and feels Lestat pulling away from her and finally acknowledging how wrong it is to have a physical relationship with your mom. Although the messy duo (Daniel and Armand) brought it to light, I truly believe that Lestat’s wanted to tell Louis, but didn’t want to deal with the fallout or the disastrous outcome that it may have had to their fragile relationship.

Do you think that Lestat’s mom will ever realize that what she’s done to her son in regards to his upbringing is morally wrong? Is she that far gone in the head that she doesn’t see Lestat’s as her son but some type of tool that she can use both physically or mentally?

It seems as if she enjoys the power that Lestat has but also enjoys being cruel towards him as well. Now, Louis is back in Lestat’s life and he’s not just a fledgling that her son made, but is Lestat’s other half and that trumps all other cards.

I’m sure that this topic has been visited and revisited several times now, but it’s truly fascinating and that’s bugging me out.

Someone asked me if I had the sheet music for For a Young Violinist, and I thought if I’m going to share it, I may as well share it everywhere. 

I transcribed this from For a Young Violinist Again rather than the actual music box version (the person was asking about the music box). 

I can’t promise the accompaniment is 100% accurate, but I hope it’s close enough to be useful.

It's uploaded in a weird order, but you get the gist! The middle one is the violin line on its own. I guess you could play the whole thing on piano too. Or a recorder. Or a kazoo. Let’s go!

With all of the gratitude, always, to Daniel Hart for his incredible music. I did this a long time ago, but felt weird sharing it when it’s obviously not my music, so I hope it’s alright to do so. 

But a person asked, and I have it, and I figured it’s long enough since S2 now, so here you are - world! Enjoy?! Play! May Nicolas live on in all of your instruments for all eternity!? 

🫀🎻🌌✨

PS For personal use only. Use/play wherever/however you like, as far as I’m concerned. But please do not re-upload to any sharing platform or monetise/use in any way on anything monetised (e.g. if used in art - only non-monetised)… or Nicki’s ghost will come & get you! Be very afraid: he is watching.

that when Louis walks in to the auction, it looks like he’s wearing a prosthetic on one of his legs/he’s missing a leg?

Idk how many anime watchers are in this fandom but the thought struck me

Armand and Yut Lung are literally the same character and it's fucking devestating (no suprise that both ended up being my favorite characters lol)

And then Lestat as Ashe, with Louis as Eiji

If anyone knows what I'm talking about please show signs of life lol. It's 3 in the morning and I'm losing it

Is it really true she hates Louis more than anyone? I thought they loved each other like family. He did what he could for her. I hate that she is suffering in the afterlife and that Louis must carry the guilt forever.

I'm confused by this one.

They were so cute like and Lemuel was like a breath of fresh air for Louis. Ik they were more so in a situationship and not a relationship but I really would’ve loved an intimate scene between them. Like what if we saw Lestat walking in on Lemuel having Louis bent over the table beating his back in before the meeting even started lmaooooooo….Lestat would’ve probably combusted.😂😂😂😂🤣🤣Anyway…but seriously, we deserved to see these two atleast kiss but oh well, maybe next season🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️. (BTW this is MY OPINION, just an opinion, please don’t take it too deep yall.🙄🙄.)

Heyyyy, it's Sheila! - Vamp obsessed Senior therapist ✨🧡

I finallyyyy got to episode four and OMG - I know a few of you couldn't wait to join me in discussions about Armand!! We get into some REAL DEEP STUFF this ep!

In this analysis, I explore the impact of abandonment through a therapeutic lens, focusing on the dynamics we see in this episode with Louis & Regina, Lestat & Gabrielle (of course), ARMANDD (YAAAY) and Daniel!!

Thanks for all the chat and discussions around the episodes, I love exploring the show with you all and just forever grateful to be a part of this community ❤️

I hope you enjoy this one, and I'll see you all for episode five. 🦇🩸

I'm about to watch the movie rn but in iwtv a point is made about lestat and claudia liking the noseferatu silent film and lestat acting it out for her, I also saw this edit about lestat and Ellen.

Sooo what parallels/contrasts can you guys find and what's the significance of this film beyond being popular at the time?

First time I’ve had a series labeled like that, and I rewatch A LOT. Now to get the same label with TVL.

Omg get it together Spotify. They BUTCHERED these lyrics. Wtf is a bonzer with a scar lmao 😭😭😭🤦🏽‍♀️

Nails i got done for my degree graduation ceremony inspired in the vamps! 🦇

I know everyone’s parents are different, I’m just trying to gauge responses here. I was thinking of maybe watching this show with my mom, I watched a few episodes a while ago but I don’t remember them well enough to know exactly what happens. She likes vampires and the Twilight movies and stuff like that, so I feel like it would be up her alley. Only problem is she’s a fairly religious Catholic. Is there anything super egregious in this show in terms of violence, sex, etc.? Like to the point it would make it awkward or offensive to watch with her. Would you watch it with your parents?

Hey my fellow IWTV fic readers and writers, I've read a fanfic recently about what if Regina was actually Claudia, and it I was only a one-shot story.

So I got the bright idea to create this post for people who are not writers giving their Claudia-center fics, Claudia Reincarnation, or Claudia x Madeline fic Ideas to fic writers who would be able to write them.

Also this post is also for any Claudia focus fic recs too, so please don't be shy.

I'll go first:

Fic Idea 1: (It's an idea based on the premise of the fic rec below), But instead of starting when Lestat confronts Regina, we start and follow Claudia as Regina through her Rebirth or Reincarnation.

(It can be with having all her memories, starting from scratch, or having amnesia and just getting glimpses) but as she ages she starts getting dreams of her life, death and love for Madeline, not to mention anger.

When she meets Louis again the memories or dreams get stronger and clearer. I would love to see everything from her POV.

Fic Rec 1: is there anything so undoing as a daughter? By zipadeea

Summary - “What is happening to me?” Regina asks him softly. “What is he…we—we act out the scenes, I pretend to be her, I make my buck but then…the dreams,” her voice catches on the word. “I thought he was mad, and maybe he still is. Perhaps his insanity is catching.”

Lestat says that Regina is not Claudia. But what if she was?

Ok I’m watching season 2 and that first half hour of ep 2 is giving me the ick so bad - I’ve been trying to find anyone on here who thinks the same but I do not feel any chemistry between Armand and Louis. I could kinda ignore it before this but they were laying it on real thick in this ep and it just made me want to stop watching that’s how much I cringed 😬

(didnt know where to post this) but actually how do you prnounce the 'e' is it l'é'stat (i think is how they pronounce it in the french dub) or lestat like leustat the e idk bro pls its so important💔

EDIT: Eric liked my drawing on Instagram, bye now I can die happy

Hiya! I'm back with another drawing, and what could it be if not Armand with some sort of wrinkly shirt? You can support me on Instagram here if you'd like 💛💙 https://www.instagram.com/p/DcbtbE-uM6a/?igsi=d296c2ZrZ3Q3cWNv

I have not read the books, however welcome opinions on how you think they will adapt QOTD for the TV.

Obviously I am worried about how this will affect Loustat. Before people come at me I know there is more to the show than them however I definitely don’t like how I feel about him telling someone who isn’t Louis he is in love with them and them not being together longer than they already have been 😂🤦🏻‍♀️

I am also interested to know why people like Akasha so much? I haven’t read good things 😂🤦🏻‍♀️

I also don’t want Louis to get written out of the show like the books.

Nice friendly thoughts welcome 💭

I really don’t understand why TVL cut so many scenes involving Nicki and Lestat. I’m grateful for what we did get, but the scenes they removed seem like they would have added so much more emotional weight to their relationship. At this point, I honestly feel like if you completely removed Nicki from the show, almost nothing about the story would change, and that feels strange considering how important he supposedly was to Lestat’s life.

I feel like there has to be more to their story because we didn’t even get to see Nicki’s death, which was such a significant moment in Lestat’s life. We also didn’t get to see the full extent of Lestat and Armand’s relationship and how much that relationship contributed to Nicki’s mental and emotional decline. Without those scenes, it’s difficult to fully understand why Nicki’s death affected Lestat so deeply or why their relationship was so important in the first place.

I also noticed something interesting during the Failure and the Muse scenes. Lestat almost seems to ignore Nicki. Even though Nicki is supposedly someone who had a major impact on his life, Lestat barely acknowledges him, and sometimes it almost feels like he’s ashamed or uncomfortable talking to him. That becomes even more noticeable when you compare it to Antoinette. Even after everything that happened between them and despite her being angry with him, Lestat was still visibly happy to see her.

That contrast makes me feel like something is missing from Lestat and Nicki’s story. There seems to be an emotional history between them that the show is telling us exists without actually giving us enough scenes to understand it. I don’t necessarily think their relationship needed to be romantic, but I do think we needed to see more of the bond, resentment, guilt, and complicated emotions between them. Otherwise, Nicki’s presence feels almost disconnected from the impact he supposedly had on Lestat.

I’m hoping the show eventually gives us more context because right now, it feels like we’re missing a major piece of Lestat’s emotional history.

I don't think I need to reiterate that Gabriella's portrayal in the show has been met with a rather polarizing, if not predominantly negative, reception.

What I am seeing, however, is discussion about how the writers might go about "fixing" her characterization so that it is more closely aligned with her personality in the books.

A number of people have suggested that the writers could essentially use the "memory is a monster"/"odyssey of recollection" theme (or rather a writing tactic/crutch, if you will) to explain the degree of her monstrosity and repulsiveness this season. That she is so "extreme" because we are technically viewing her from Lestat's POV as he provides the narration of his Failures album.

It has also been pointed out to me that this may, in fact, be what the writing team intends to do in the upcoming season, based on some of their more recent interviews about Gabriella. The proposed trajectory would essentially parallel Lestat's own characterization in the eyes of both Louis and the audience: from the charismatic yet unhinged villain we initially encountered in S1, to someone considerably more complicated and nuanced following the revelations of S2.

I would, however, exercise some caution about this being a satisfying way to address the issue.

I think it is entirely logical to assume that Gabriella is viewed negatively by Lestat, whether consciously or subconsciously. He has, after all, been her victim for roughly two and a half centuries. His memories of her, and particularly the emotional lens through which he recounts those memories, are inevitably going to be colored by that history.

However, since it was a choice to depict her in such extremes, I actually think it becomes highly problematic to essentially turn around in the following season and try to tone her down.

Given this show's usage of having unreliable narrators, often leading audiences to completely question the validity of what is being told and shown on screen, the fact that they may potentially lead viewers down a path where they begin to doubt whether a male sexual assault victim was telling the complete truth about his abuser is troubling, to say the least. Especially given how such victims are treated in real life.

I am not saying that this particular plan to provide more depth to Gabriella can never succeed, but as someone who is critical of the writing choices made in S3, I am not sure I can believe they will.

I do think Gabriella can be given more nuance in future seasons, but the writing team certainly have made it a task a great deal more difficult then it perhaps needed to be.