TTPD Is About IWTV

TTPD is about IWTV

(Part Six)

This is a thread connecting Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles to Taylor Swift’s most recent album, The Tortured Poet’s Department. Part One will be linked at the bottom, if you want to start from the beginning.

11.) I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)

Loustat? Lesmand? Armaniel? This song could apply to all of them.

But, let’s dedicate this one to Loumand. My first instinct was to say that Louis would be the narrator of this song - needing to “fix” Armand’s gremlin, manipulative ways. But I actually think a more compelling take on this would be having Armand play the narrator, and Louis being the one in need of “fixing”.

Take, for instance, Louis’ mental breakdown after Claudia’s (and Lestat’s) death. He’s so numb and despondent that Armand starts acting increasingly more and more desperate to get his lover to feel something - to “fix” his depression.

Armand even admits to killing Claudia in an attempt to ignite something in Louis - to no avail, of course.

Armand then tells Louis that Lestat is actually alive in NOLA, hoping that’ll bring some light to Louis’ eyes. But, it doesn’t.

He continually tries to pull Louis from his anguished spiral, trying his best to “fix” Louis’ problems, but in the end he has to admit to himself that he can’t “fix” Louis.

You can also totally look at this through the lens of Louis thinking he can “fix” Armand - make him a better person, be his moral compass so to say.

“He had a halo of the highest grade, he just hadn’t met me yet”

“They shake their heads saying God help her when I tell ‘em he’s my man”

“I can fix him”

“No, really, I can”

“Woah, maybe I can’t”

12.) loml (aka loss of my life)

Nicki and Lestat, duh. I think Lestat would consider Nicki to be the greatest loss of his life. And so many of these lyrics fit them. The way Nicki grew to resent, and then hate Lestat is just so heartbreaking.

“If you know it in one glimpse, it's legendary”

“You said I'm the love of your life”

“When your impressionist paintings of heaven turned out to be fakes”

“Well, you took me to hell too”

“Our field of dreams engulfed in fire”

“Your arson's match, your somber eyes”

“You’re the loss of my life”

Part One: https://www.tumblr.com/funtheysaid/749134183115456512/ttpd-is-about-iwtv

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Part Seven: https://www.tumblr.com/funtheysaid/749135905171832832/ttpd-is-about-iwtv

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(Part Seven) This is a thread connecting Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles to Taylor Swift’s most recent album, The Tortured Poet’s Depart

That must have been so fun to do as actors omg

More quotes from TV Guide here. We're eating well

TVGuide.com

The Best Quotes From the Interview with the Vampire Cast We Couldn't Fit in Our Cover Story

Even more from Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid, and the rest of the ensemble

I would give my first born for merch like this !!! Or you know $60-100 same difference

enough time has went by i need amc to make their own iwtv jacket like this!!!

okay they got me

S1.10 || S7.06 · glass doors parallels · wrong person out || right person in

I am still a Buddie shipper, but that does NOT mean I cannot be a BuckTommy enjoyer.

Y'all should take notes on that.

Just like Buck, you can like both.

"If there’s one thing Interview wants us to understand, it’s that even vampires are caught in cyclical loops. And when you’re immortal, those habits can be just as dangerous... and equally devastating. We got a taste of this with the introduction of the vampire Armand (Assad Zaman), the apparent love of Louis’ life. During the first half of Louis and Daniel’s interview sessions, he was masquerading as human; in reality, he’s 400 years Louis’ senior, and his influence on the latter smacks of Lestat’s own toxicity." "It’s here that the cast gets the meatiest material to sink their teeth into. Anderson remains a high point as Louis, juggling multiple versions of the character across a century and change. Season 2 only expands his role as an unreliable narrator: it’s not that he’s willfully withholding details about his life, but he’s earnestly working to recover memories he’s buried. It’d be enough to watch Anderson work through waves of fury, grief, and denial, with or without the added pressure of bloodlust and immortality." "Part of that has to do with the introduction of the Theatre des Vampires, the campy playhouse in which Claudia spends the bulk of her time. Though the character arguably gets more room to spread her wings in Season 2 (and Hayles takes every opportunity to imbue her with ferocity and compassion), a fulfilling arc still feels just out of reach… at least in the six episodes provided to critics for review."

(Part of the) Review by Inverse