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”
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Part Seven: https://www.tumblr.com/funtheysaid/749135905171832832/ttpd-is-about-iwtv
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TTPD is about IWTV
(Part Four)
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.
7.) Fresh Out The Slammer
Feeling imprisoned in your relationship? Caged with a companion? Trapped for eternity with the object of your resentment? Taylor, are you an Anne Rice stan bc this is getting suspicious…
Pretty much all of the TVC characters have probably felt like they were “breaking free” of someone at some point in this series. These bitches be coming and going like nobody’s business.
Let’s focus on Louis leaving Armand to go back to Lestat. For as much as Louis felt confined by Lestat in their relationship, I have to imagine that his relationship with Armand felt tenfold more controlling and wing-clipping, in the grand scheme of things.
“Now, pretty baby, I’m runnin back home to you”
“Frеsh out the slammer, I know who my first call will be to”
“To the house where you still wait up and that porch light gleams”
(I couldn’t find a better quote for this, but: LESTAT WENT BACK TO THE PLACE THEY SHARED IN NEW ORLEANS!!! Waiting up for Louis, mayhaps? Daniel is mentioned in the excerpt bc this snippet is from his POV. It’s taken from QotD when Daniel went looking for Lestat.)
“As I said in my letters, now that I know better, I will never lose my baby again”
8.) Florida!!!
I mean, Armand’s private resort in Miami? I’m not the only one getting Night Island vibes, right?
This song is a metaphor about Florida being an escape, a solace, a drug. That’s exactly how I imagine Armand and the other vampires feel about the Night Island.
“Florida is one hell of a drug”
“You can beat the heat if you beat the charges too”
“No one asks any questions here”
“I need to forget, so take me to Florida”
“Florida, can I use you up?”
“What a crash, what a rush, fuck me up, Florida”
“I've got some regrets, I'll bury them in Florida”
“Tell me I'm despicable, say it's unforgivable, At least the dolls are beautiful”
Part One: https://www.tumblr.com/funtheysaid/749134183115456512/ttpd-is-about-iwtv
Part Five: https://www.tumblr.com/funtheysaid/749135175926136832/ttpd-is-about-iwtv
TTPD is about IWTV
(Part Five)
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.
9.) Guilty As Sin?
My headcanon for the tv show is that the Devil’s Minion chapter has already happened by the time Daniel goes to Dubai to meet with Louis and Armand again.
This song tells the story of someone fantasizing about their crush, envisioning a life with them, dreaming about touching them - dreams so vivid that the narrator starts to question their sanity and morality because the make-believe is starting to feel real to them.
Let me set the scene: Older Daniel sees Rashid for the first time, and his heart starts racing. That’s odd. He starts thinking about the young man, obsessively. At first, he tells himself it’s because Rashid is a piece of Louis’ puzzle that doesn’t quite fit. But truthfully, he’s entranced by the man with big brown eyes and dark curls. Then, Daniel starts to dream of him. Is he losing his mind?
Maybe.
Or maybe… Daniel and Armand have spent more time together than Daniel can remember? Memory, you sly devil, you.
“I'm seeing visions”
“Am I bad or mad or wise?”
“I keep recalling things we never did”
“Without ever touchin' his skin”
“How can I be guilty as sin?”
A special bonus: here’s a video of them with “Guilty As Sin?” playing in the background. This isn’t my edit - I just took this one from YouTube (which is great - go watch it!) and slapped the song on top. It’s surprising how well it actually fits.
10.) Who’s Afraid Of Little Old Me?
This is Lestat de Lioncourt in song form. Simple as that.
"Who's afraid of little old me?"
“Well, you should be”
“You should be”
“So tell me everything is not about me, but what if it is?”
“So I leap from the gallows and I levitate down your street, crash the party like a record scratch as I scream”
Part One: https://www.tumblr.com/funtheysaid/749134183115456512/ttpd-is-about-iwtv
Part Six: https://www.tumblr.com/funtheysaid/749135507724877824/ttpd-is-about-iwtv
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