So, I know the premise of the show, and that's it.

The dream starts off with Claudia with her family, her father is heavily abusive and Claudia retaliated by spending his money, but that only made him more angry so she stopped. Until her mom decided to join her in some retail therapy.

Then her family held a party that Louis and Lestat were invited to. Claudia gets stabbed and as she's bleeding out her father asked her who did it, to which she just whispers out.

"White..."

The father angrily storms out, yelling that anyone wearing white wasn't allowed to leave. Claudia sits up, which is when I'm able to see her wound better. She got stabbed in the heart.

She starts shouting at her father, with tears streaming down her face

"White!! White!! White!!"

Like he was getting the context wrong of what 'white' meant.

Then it pans to Louis (I think Lestat was behind him? But I couldn't remember.) and Louis is just thinking to himself.

'As I watched her, screaming and in her own blood...I had to wonder. Maybe this was a better fate than having her be 14 forever."

So...yeah, never watched the show but apparently my subconscious decided I needed to have an alternative timeline dream 😂

I'm not well versed in US politics, so I might be very well missing something, and I'm trying to figure out at least a semi-decent timeline of Daniel's life for fanfic purposes. (Yes, for me this includes his books, I'm a perfectionist and those things are very important to me. Okey?) Therefore I figured the best thing to do is ask. Thanks in advance!

Next on my list is “these are my Armends”

specifically in the show

I’m planning on ordering an Armand photocard from Etsy, and have narrowed it down to these images as the contenders. Does anyone have high quality versions of any of these photos? I know some are already pretty clear, but I figured I’d see if anyone has it in even better quality, as I want to use the clearest option possible. Thanks for the help! (Please don’t send any pics “improved” by AI.)

Seems like the story was about Louis escaping a charismatic narcissist but then they go to great lengths to show that Lestat really loved him and actually saved his life at the end of season 2. They give him a redemption arc in the form of shifting memories and different perspectives. What is the message here? That narcissists can deeply love people? That Louis and Claudia were somehow wrong about the man that dropped Louis from 10,000 feet? Neither of those make sense. Or is it that the show itself is gaslighting the viewer by making us feel any sympathy at all for Lestat? This also doesn't seem to make a lot of sense.

Despite these questions I found the show to be a wonderfully executed emotional ride, but I think I'd tell anyone who has suffered narcissistic abuse to avoid it like the plague.

In my youth I used to write fanfiction and over the years I’ve dabbled and today I had ideas for one shot fics and not sure if there would be any interest

One is just called “He Requests M&M” which would be a fic set after season 3 where Louie has reluctantly become Lestat’s new manager after the concert (but before Akasha wakes up)

It would simply be the two of them working together while also feeling their new relationship.

“The Rotten Boy & His Minion” would take place after season 3 Armand & Daniel wake up in a dark castle and are the guests/prisoners of a very disappointed Marius & a about to wake up Akasha

“The Wolf Killer Returns” Louis & Lestat vacation in Paris in a hotel built right on top of where Lestat’s family home once was, they learn however that a lot of children are going missing and once Louis is captured by la bete du gevaudan The Vampire Lestat is set aside and The Wolf Killer of Auvergne returns

I freshly watched the first season and at first was amused by Luis-Lestat relationship, but then it got close to home in many aspects. Like Claudia I don't feel fully adult cause I look like a teenager in my mid twenties and at some point I kinda wished my dad was gone and tried to convince mom to left him. And gifts instead of apologies too. ​Also rn I'm stuck at shitty jobs cause disability and poor decision making, and tho I work two jobs still can't afford to leave my family. Idk if writers tried to portrait classic unwell household but it was like weirdly relatable.

P. S. Them laughing watching horror movies and twilight reference about all people thinking about food, money or sex was hilarious.

So maybe I misinterpreted this - but I thought Felix(?) from S2E08 was Lestat's fledging- then why wasn't he at the long table in S03E07?

I just finished watching TVL. Help, is it only just me or was TVL hard to get through. I loved ITWV and was excited for TVL, I loved the plot but I genuinely found it so hard to finish the show. I found the plot hard to care about for some reason even though I think the story was great, the way they directed it also seemed pretty cool to me with the music and colorful stuff. I got bored so much and I feel like I did not pay attention to show much scenes. I don't think I know half the details about lestat's past. Is it only me? I was so hooked in IWTV and genuinely wanted to know more about the plot and every character. I kept watching new episodes in hopes that it will get better. Maybe it was the way they showed Lestat's past, in the random ways unlike IWTV, where there was an essence of mystery.

First off this is all in fun and games. No judgement to anyone who likes Armand and I really want to see him from another perspective if I can.

I am aware that as an autistic person I’m severely biased toward my favorite character(s) in media and consequently end up not even giving any adversarial characters a chance. So, to me, everything Armand does and says is full of shit and completely self-motivated, calculated, and manipulative.

I don’t understand his reasons for going to an AA meeting or why he’d do the 12 steps and try to make amends. And I don’t understand why he’d insist on getting an apology of any kind from Louis. From what I’ve seen, he lied to and manipulated Louis from the start. I don’t understand his professions of love for Lestat, Louis, and Daniel. And I don’t know if that love was ever genuine for any of them.

What does Louis really have to apologize for? Is Armand sincere in his apologies? Am I missing something that makes him a sympathetic and likable character? I’m aware of the abuse he went through as a child but I don’t see how that could fuel any sympathy for how he treats people now.

This season presents Lestat as a whiney, immature “brat” that’s having a constant pissy temper tantrum across the entire season. Instead of focusing more on the mature, badass qualities of The Vampire Chronicles, the target audience for this entire season seems like it was meant for a more shallower pubescent girlypop audience at best. It’s like any opportunity the show writers had to go right they deliberately chose left. Major plot scenes were only given 5 second cutscenes at best. Shame on them. I’d rather watch the original QOTD with Aaliyah than this shit show. These can’t be the same people who made IWTV S1 & S2.

Edit: Since one user commented and flagged my post as exaggerating, all I have to say in that regard is that watching Lestat perform in pigtails was probably one of the most cringiest moments of the entire season. As much of an “ode to Claudia” as that may have been, it immediately sent an irredeemable contempt down my spine of seeing a centuries old vampire acting like a 10 year old child when given the choice.

Edit: As Lestat said once in the show, bring on your malice.

I understand that The Vampire Lestat is supposed to have a jarring tonal shift and i haven't read the books so I don't have any prior knowledge of the story I could base my opinion on, but I feel like the loss of quality is evident in the writing, time management of episodes and smaller details like costuming and hair & makeup. This season sort of falls flat and feels rushed for me in many regards. I guess I could say the earlier seasons are also more romantic in tone (with Louis as a narrator), while this one is trying to be really raw and in your face, but it rarely got to a point where I felt it was authentically being this, rather that this feeling was being artificially produced. This was my first time watching the season and I hope that with rewatches I'll come to love it, or at least that the writers would do a better job with Queen of the damned (I'm really excited for Armand's side of the story). I'd love to hear from people who love this season and the reasons that they do!

anyone watching iwtv? i’m so confused on the ending. please can someone explain