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Desert Cat
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Vampire fan (especially Vampire Chronicles). SaysWhovian. Nerd. Loves cats, podcasts, aquariums, baking, travel, video games, and books. Queer. She/Her. Tumblr: desertfangs, AO3: rainandcoffee
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Do people know Lestat has a teenage fledgling he considers a daughter, she berates him for being sexist and wanting to dress up women like dolls, and he calls her a Power Slut and says he'll throw her down the stairs, and it's hysterically funny? Of course they don't, because it's in Blood Canticle!
November 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Sorry bringing this up to the top because 1. It is closer to the books but also 2. The idea of David having a big drawer of paintings of Marius is amazing 😂
This is horrifying- but this is actually much closer to the books than the Talamasca in the show.
Queen Of The Damned - Jesse's Presentation [4K]
YouTube video by Upscale Movies
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Here's the thing about Anne Rice's #Talamasca. They are an order of scholars who study the supernatural. They want to understand the world, magic, and what is possible. Most of them have psychic abilities of their own or an experience with the supernatural and that brings them to the order.
November 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Love that Guy has used his legal knowledge more than his psychic power in this show 🙄 #talamascaspoilers
November 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Okay, fine, I will watch the finale of the Talasmasca show. But only because I have more Lego to build.
November 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
As someone who was around and part of the VC fandom when this happened, the misinformation over it is wild. Those warnings were standard on all fic in all fandoms long before the C&Ds because it was understood fic was just something for fun and for the community.
I actually see this constantly, but the idea that the "I don't own this" fanfic disclaimers are because of Anne Rice is also a myth. They were from before her and discourse around the C&D in the fandom at the time mention the people who got the C&Ds using them as a reason why it was so shocking.
November 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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He's home now
November 23, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Modern Marius study based on Lee Pace picture
#thevampirechronicles #tvc #mariusderomanus #fanart
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
No one in my family wants to make decisions about what we're making for Thanksgiving (except that there needs to be turkey and mashed potatoes), I have asked so many times, but if I go to the store and make those decisions myself, they get upset that I'm taking over and controlling things.
November 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Hi-hi! I'm taking #artrequests again!
This time my personal preferences is any #IWTV (including TVC of course) and your Original Characters!
Also, there is gonna be Black Friday Sales on my Commissions, but we'll talk about it later hehe~

Go ahead, there is 5 request slots! 🥰
November 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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I could be staring at my hand locking my front door, and I still won’t feel 100% sure my front door was locked
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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I've always been convinced that video podcasts exist to force creators to be reliant on a closed distribution platform. Podcasts are built on tech (RSS) that nobody can own. Every major tech company has wanted to migrate podcasts to something proprietary, but it never sticks. Video is their answer.
*banging a metal pot with a wooden spoon very loudly*

people want to LISTEN to podcasts!!!!!!!!!!!!

*hitting you on the forehead with the spoon*

STOP PIVOTING TO VIDEO

www.westwoodone.com/blog/2025/11...
November 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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"what do you think would happen if they put akasha in a hydraulic press"

"What"

"Like would she spaghetti or break the press"
November 21, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."

There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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I stared at my reflection. I rubbed my face, even rubbed the mirror and pressed my lips together to keep from crying.

Finally, I closed my eyes and opened them again, and I smiled very gently at the creature.

He smiled back. That was Lestat, all right.
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM
This whole thread but especially this. For example, there a couple moments in TVA I like to read as Armand purposely fucking with David Talbot - it's an interpretation that amuses me greatly. But I also acknowledge that nothing in the text suggests Armand isn't being earnest & straightforward.
The books have a lot of ambiguous meaning. There are even a few ambiguous actions or timelines. Most of the events are on the page being told by characters who are not, in the text, presented as lying about them.

You can still interpret a metaphorical or subjective meaning. It's a book!
November 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I am such an easily influenced person, I was made for advertising to sell me literally anything, but I found this baker on Instagram and I ordered some of her cookies and hot damn, they are amazing cookies! Like I figured, she rents a space and has built a whole professional business, but yes.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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I’ve had an itch to take nice photos of some merch lately. Can’t wait to do this with more pins 🖤

{ #enamelpins #goth #iwtv #armand #amadeo }
November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Lestat showing off his fancy new vampire powers to the love of his life 🥰💗
#lestatdelioncourt #louisdepointedulac #loustat #louistat #iwtv #queenofthedamned
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Today, join @maureenjohnsonbooks.com and @dansinker.com as they wade into the Nuzzi/RFK/Lizza mess and learn whether you can burn clouds and also a surprising amount about bamboo maintenance. A special 90 minute episode! sayswhopodcast.com/episodes/nuz...
November 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Our ancestors slept on cave floors and I need a pillow for my head, a pillow for my body, zero light, a white noise machine, and one leg out of my covers before I can even close my eyes
November 19, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I have this recurring image/headcanon of Daniel and Marius playing in the snow as Daniel starts to recover from his madness, so seeing this made me really happy. 💖 #danielmolloy #mariusderomanus #maridan #vampirechronicles
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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"And for a moment, a brief, brief moment, the world and I were at peace."

#Frankenstein #Art @realgdt.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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November 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM