screaming into the void

Lestat talking to his crush (Nicki) for the first time and immediately fucking it up is a Mood™.

I just imagined Armand and Daniel fucking while Lestat and Louis heckle them the whole time like Statler and Waldorf

As we come to the final episode of not just season 2 of Interview With the Vampire, but also the end of the book, I can't help but wonder what will come next. It seems unlikely that they'll stop the story there, although it is possible they change the title or start a "new" series that picks up where this one left off with a POV shift to Lestat in the modern era. But, what story do they tell?

The obvious choice would be to jump straight into the Vampire Lestat to tell Lestat's origin as well as his take on what happened with Louis and Claudia. However, I think it's possible the showrunners will take a different direction and they may have already dropped a major hint as to which book they'd tackle next. That hint is Raglan James, the man who stole Lestat's body in the Tale of the Body Thief.

Why else would they have him be the Talamascan to give Daniel the information about Louis, Armand, and his capture in 1973? It could've been David or Jesse or even a new character, but they chose someone who has direct ties to Lestat in the modern era. That seems like a deliberate choice - and not just as a way to set up the Talamasca show they've been talking about making. The most telling part was when Raglan joked to Daniel that he'd "swap bodies with him" if he could.

It'd make sense too. They could use season one of the Talamasca to establish Raglan's ability to swap bodies as well as his rebelliousness within the Talamasca itself. It would also be the perfect place to introduce David Talbot to the audience and bring him and Lestat together, even if for just a few scenes. They could end the season with Raglan tracking down Lestat through David and the next season of IWTV (or whatever comes next) could cover the events of the Tale of the Body Thief interspersed with Lestat reminiscing on his past.

Outside of the hints, I think the show has also entirely sidestepped Lestat's impetus for writing the Vampire Lestat in the first place. He initially wrote it because he was annoyed with how Louis portrayed him. But the show has given us a far more nuanced and accurate portrayal of their relationship than either showed in their respective books. We didn't get Louis' 1973 version that was filled with venom and hatred and vitriol. Instead, we got a story that pulls from both books and gives a far less biased view than either.

There is also the story of the Tale of the Body Thief itself to consider. In the beginning, we find a depressed and anguished Lestat who is questioning his life as a vampire while also struggling with the guilt of Claudia's death. He is broken and talks almost exclusively with David Talbot before ultimately trying to burn himself to death in the desert. Which is where Raglan enters and the story takes off. It would be a fitting place to begin following Lestat as the primary character after his role at the end of season 2.

Of course, this is all just theory and conjecture based on a few hints and observations. I would love to see the Vampire Lestat and Queen of the Damned be adapted, but I can also see how they might not be the easiest stories to tell considering they're the most well known parts of the Vampire Chronicles. I'm also not sure the rockstar storyline entirely fits the vibe of the show, even if it is a lot of fun.

It was a weird day when I realized that I grew up and went to high school in what was essentially the church from Footloose. Drums were the devil's instrument and any music that had them was satanic. Dancing led to temptation and was not allowed. But the pastor never said shit about me reading Anne Rice and Stephen King at school. I basically read porn at a Christian school that didn't mention human anatomy in science class and they didn't say anything about it because books were culturally significant. 

My signed copy of Anne Rice's new book Prince Lestat is on its way to me. I'm pretty excited about it.

I grew up reading Anne Rice and the Vampire chronicles. In them, Lestat was fastidious about not letting a single drop of blood be spilt or wasted. Because of this, it annoys me when I'm watching vampire shows/movies and they let the blood spill everywhere. It's wasteful and pointless, except that it looks good on film. 

I was going through my inbox and I stumbled across the email confirming the purchase/ship of my signed copy if Prince Lestat. I'd forgotten about it. It's pretty fucking awesome. I can't wait until it releases and I finally get my copy. I might actually buy a second copy specifically for reading, that way I can keep the signed one nice and shiny.

You have no idea how excited I am that Anne Rice announced Prince Lestat last night. The Vampire Chronicles are one of my favorite series of all time and I have been wanting to see what the Brat Prince was up to after all these years. It should also be interesting to see a new Vampire Chronicle novel in the world of True Blood, Twilight, and the rest of the modern vampire pantheon. 

10 books that have stayed with me:

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While everyone else my age was waiting for their Hogwarts acceptance letter, I was waiting for a violet eyed stranger to give me the Dark Gift. 

I bought the Wolf Gift the other day and I kind of really want to try and finish it tonight (despite having read less than half of it so far), but I also kind of want to slow down a bit so that I don't have to wait too long until payday, when I can buy the second book. 

Dillinger Escape Plan is not conducive to reading. Oddly, it does help me reign in my a.d.d. tendencies when trying to work. It's too stimulating for trying to read a book though.

Book haul, pt 3: Queen of the Damned, first edition.

Just picked up first edition copies of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Life, the Universe, and Everything, and Queen of the Damned. Crazy stoked about this. 3 of my favorite books. I'll post pictures once I actually get back somewhere where that will be possible.