all the times his bodily autonomy was violated, compounded by the fact that the person he loves most believes him capable of mocking claudia for enduring the very same thing. the sound is so raw, like it’s meant to be filled with rage but comes out so broken.
idk if this has been said but i love that akasha breaks the fourth wall when she switches from solely lestat's thoughts to her own stream of consciousness (which includes so many other vampires speaking through her)
I think people are failing to understand Lestat never thought he could almost die from a bullet that’s not why he’s hurt Louis didn’t reach out. He’s hurt bc he’s slowly breaking down from the weight of 300 years of trauma and no one seems to have noticed
Jacob has talked about how he wants people of color to get every type of role, including morally gray and straight up villainous characters, and that's why iwtvl is so important.
nem nos meus sonhos eu imaginei uma caracterização tão perfeita ora akasha, não ter vazado nada dela foi realmente importante pq ver ela assim pela primeira vez como deveria ser foi uma experiência! vejo o futuro e ele é brilhante
did marius consider that maybe akasha didn’t speak to him for the first 23 years because he never shuts up long enough for anyone else to get a word in
i rlly think amel is one of the most compelling relationships lestat has & some of AR's strongest horror writing. imagine having abandonment issues & then this parasitic entity inside u loves u absolutely & cant leave u. except the price of that love is losing ur bodily autonomy
#tvlnewyork
i’m giggling bc akasha went from an oneiric deep presence like marius to a bamblobee cutiepotato theater kid brutally hurt with abandonment issues yet still enchanted by life’s newness full of whims i bet she was overstimulated but not bored
Sheila’s delivery is full of awe, and power, and terror, but she also has that almost girlish, innocent quality that Akasha is sometimes described in the book, all of those things, otherworldly and almost eldritch. I love her most ardently 😍
akasha having this de facto fledgling with his gay mannerism and childlike wonder take care of her for 10 years over 200 years ago, then waking up in 2025 and deciding he’s the perfect candidate as prince consort to commit male genocide with