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Oh… That’s why.
Daniel is a needy bastard who needs to have Armand in every single way possible.
I love how one day Armand was chasing and tormenting Daniel, and the next he was like “alright what’s so interesting about that damn book? Let me see the cover, explain it to me!”
the thing we all need to remember about book!DM is that in that wretchedly romantic scene in Pompeii where they kiss for the first time and Daniel thinks about how Armand looks like a giant bug and he's in love........... the thing to remember...... is that the whole time, while Daniel is having all of these sweeping romantic thoughts and getting kissed and bitten, Armand is rocking double denim
Physically I am a present and functioning human being, mentally I am consumed body and soul by old man vampire yaoi
I think in the future Armand should continue to do his gaslighting, subtle manipulation, narrative weaving, scheming etc except over non-consequential things, and Daniel should just continue to unravel these threads, puzzles, mysteries, lies etc and it’s like foreplay for them.
Thinking about how, whether he is conscious of it or not, Armand has already partially broken the cycle of abuse he was subjected to, simply by not turning Daniel when he was young.
The precise nature of Armand's very existence is a permanent reminder of what he was forced to live through, regardless of if he even has the ability to process the trauma in the first place. If he so much as catches his reflection out of the corner of his eye, he is reminded of the coveting and commodification of his youth and how the most innocent time of his life was weaponised against him. He is frozen there. His face looks so innocent because it creates a satisfying contrast with his actions narratively, but its also because he was. He was innocent. And that was stolen from him by selfish, greedy people who pretended their actions were out of love.
By letting Daniel go (assuming Devil's Minion era happened in the seventies), Armand protected him from this. Daniel experienced his entire youth and what it was like to age out of it without the fear of no longer having value like Armand did, and then came adulthood. He has lived to an age that Arun never could have dreamt of, that Amadeo was forced to realise, at one point, he would never experience, not in the human sense at least. He'll never have lines on his face like Daniel does. His worry lines and smile lines will never deepen. He won't develop crow's feet from squinting in the sun, which turned its back on him long ago anyway. His hair will never grey. Marius made certain of that.
But Daniel got to have all of that. His beloved got to live his life, fuck it up over and over and make a million mistakes. He had the freedom and the agency to do it. Armand will not see it, but he gave Daniel exactly what was taken from him so long ago. He is not just evil. He does not destroy everything. He gave Daniel the real gift, and now they get to move onto the next stage of Daniel's life together (after a couple seasons of slow burn I would imagine).
Just as he sees the tragedy of his past on his own face, he sees the potential he has to be different on Daniel's. He has immortalised true beauty in Daniel. The beauty of having lived a long life.
the head tilt brothers
daniel after being turned by armand: well at least he can't read my mind to extract my worst moments as a punishment anymore
armand, who has spent the past 50 years studying daniel like a bug: i am about to recite your top ten personal failures from memory. i've made a tier list
Promo photoshoot for IWTV season 3 question mark?? But seriously, if the actors do something like that — I might perish.
quick study i did to understand values a bit better. Here’s Lestat
Lestat meeting Lestat
Claudia meeting Claudia
Armand meeting Armand
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The stuff of nightmares....I love it!
Book vs Series
Just be clear, the "plotting murder" with Armand is a reference to his inclinations towards homicide in the books. I really like Rashid and I'm very interested in seeing how they adapt Armand's story in this version
not one single member of the cast is beating the possessed allegations
Interview with the vampire is sooo funny because jacob anderson is giving the performance of a lifetime as a black man struggling with identity in the early 1900s through the metaphor of vampirism and sam reid spends all of his screentime prancing around like a cartoon pony on amphetamines and theyre both equally captivating to watch
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IWTV SPOILERS
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THE OLD MAN IS GETTING FUCKED
I WON
I WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON SOMEBODY SEDATE ME