“Death of the artist” is a nice idea for when you love something a monster created and you can’t separate yourself from the work so you try to separate the work from its creator. She is a monster and there would not be a new show if the fandom didn’t persist, keeping HP relevant in the culture.

“Ricean vampires didn’t have sex.” I am begging you to stop and realize how ridiculous you sound.

It’s interview with THE vampire because there is one specific vampire who is being interviewed. When you write “interview with A vampire” I immediately stop reading the rest of your sentence.

I’m noticing a pattern in the teasers. Louis is observing Lestat’s performance. Even in the mediation scene with the lawyers, Louis is mostly just observing Lestat’s performance. I think it’s fascinating and I wouldn’t be surprised if “witnessing” is to this season what “memory” was to the last 2.

This is so cool! I really thought he was wearing a crossbody bag way higher than necessary 😂

Oh season 3 is gonna ruin my life isn’t it

“I’m a rockstar now. I am everywhere.” YES YOU ARE BAYBEEE

Well I just got home from a 3-hour pottery class to see that all hell has broken loose 😂

“Say one word more and make me save you.” “Elizabeth.”

(I’m still here)

“Either help or shut up. The choice is yours.” - me to my nervous system at least five times a day

HOW CAN YOU HUMILIATE YOURSELF LIKE THIS

Last night I made (what I now know to be) a horrifying mistake and watched a movie that I shouldn’t have. By the time I realized what was going on and how it would likely end, it was too late to look away, so I kept watching. I shouldn’t have. And here I am today still thinking about it.

“The simple joy of her hand in mine..” “You had a daughter.” “I had a daughter.”

I think the mainstream culture has circled back to vampires being cool again. And once again I brace myself 😂

Iwtv truly is the gold standard huh

Me to the “writers” of talamasca

Alright, I’m clocking in at the disappointment factory. (Avoid this thread if you even care about #talamascaspoilers at this point lmao)

Happy Jacob Anderson Monday to the (deeply troublingly) parasocial loml

All day I’ve been having visions of lesmand in that obscenely sexual scene in season 2 (you know the one, where everybody is fully dressed and yet I feel I must look away). It’s like a possession that I can feel slowly taking hold.

If I may recommend a book for this grotesque time

“The greatest love story of all time” WHAT BOOK DID YOU READ 😂 Ok yes adaptations can be different from the source and I’m guessing this is partly why the title is in quotes. Wuthering Heights is many things but it is NOT a love story lmao. youtu.be/3fLCdIYShEQ?...

Every single thing I’m learning right now is violently against my will.

This is so beautiful, I wish I could buy a whole deck in this style.

If you even care

Ten random things I like: Revenge Falling asleep while reading Traveling by train Eucalyptus Long walks alone Very big trees The poem “Having a Coke with You” by Frank O’Hara Early mornings when I don’t have to work Cooking for friends The novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Rolin Jones: The interview is a performance. And to make sure everyone understands this we will make many references to performance in season 1 and then in season 2 much of the plot will take place in an actual theatre. People: was Louis LYING???

When in fact all he does is get played

And to make matters worse, mercury is literally in retrograde

Yesterday I felt so cut down and berated at work that it sent me into an anxiety spiral about surviving alone and jobless in a cruel country with no safety nets. Today I spent most of the day in the woods, drawing and writing and feeling so lucky to be alive. Maybe this is some of what Rilke meant.

“are there gradations to evil?”

"Oh my god you guys I'm literally so obsessed" "with every single fiber of my being" “I literally can't breathe right now” And it's a tiktoker talking about a book. Or an influencer talking about lipgloss 😂

They were fine with starving people. But the shutdown had to end the moment it began to impact the bottom line for airlines. They folded because the people who own them ordered it. They don’t work for us, they work for the highest bidder.

You’re exhausted and wracked with guilt. You just watched your daughter die a horrific death. Your husband blames you for it. You blame yourself. Your hair is shining and your skin is glowing 😔

The day was long and very trying but now I get a little episode 4 of Talamasca as a treat. Spoilers ahead lol.

It’s all just cruelty and cowardice.

I believe that Burton stole “the 752” (don’t EVEN get me started on the fucking 752 which isn’t even the founding year for the talamasca). I think he stole it and that’s the big mystery and I’m basing this on nothing more than just literally making shit up because I can. The end.

Okay I’ve seen the posts about bluesky moderation going around for a couple of days and while I haven’t noticed any big changes for me, I think it’s shitty to make posting threads or posting “too many times” essentially the same as bad faith engagement farming. Some of us just have a lot to say.

I’ve done/experienced a lot of these but my favorite is 11. My dad had a fax machine in his home office and I used to “send a fax” to my grandparents who lived in another country and did not have a fax machine.

Unfortunately, I find Lestat de Lioncourt a deeply compelling and relatable character on many levels. (That is, if you have critical thinking and media comprehension skills and you can see beyond the obvious). And apparently that is a moral failure.

“Why the fuck did this white man just call himself a bad daddy and why did he say it like THAT” - little sister is on her iwtv journey 😂

I’m just now realizing that maybe the “interview” portions of s3 COULD actually be like this. I’ve been thinking that these are just little skits they’re doing for fun but maybe there will actually be episodes with him being ridiculous in interviews like this 😂

No one stands a chance

Babygirl what are you even saying 😂

Spent my morning making meal kits to take to my community pantry with the hope that at least a handful of people won’t starve this weekend but on the plus side we have our first trillionaire so everything is working just as it was designed to work I guess. It’s all just so grotesque.

I want to watch the Witcher new season because I care about Yennefer and what happens to her, even if it seems clear that they’re really off canon for her story. I still care about the character in the show. But I haven’t started watching because I don’t trust them to do any of it well.

This is what I needed

NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE. I’ve never cared so much about a politician winning a race but I’m so fucking happy. The name is MAMDANI!!!!

Human Marius in his 20s meeting Pandora who is at the time a 10-year-old child: “I’d like to marry her.”