TTPD Is About IWTV

TTPD is about IWTV

(Part Eight)

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.

15.) The Alchemy

Executive decision: This one is about Lestat and Louis finally getting their shit together and going back to each other.

“This happens once every few lifetimes”

“These chemicals hit me like white wine”

“What if I told you I'm back?”

“The hospital was a drag”

“Worst sleep that I ever had”

“These blokes warm the benches”

“We been on a winning streak”

“Cause the sign on your heart said it's still reserved for me”

“Honestly, who are we to fight the alchemy?”

16.) Clara Bow

This one is for all of ‘em. I like the idea of paralleling “fame” with being chosen to receive the Dark Gift. Just like a small town girl who never thought she’d see the big city, I think the vamps would never have imagined their lives to turn out the way they did.

The allegory of vampirism and fame is really interesting to me. Being chosen to receive a gift that so many desire and, yet, so few receive. A gift that feels more like a curse once you have it. Beauty and aesthetic being a cornerstone to your existence.

Are you seeing the vision?

Also, Lestat’s rockstar era fits nicely into the context of these lyrics as well.

“All your life, did you know you’d be picked like a rose”

“No one in my small town thought I'd see the lights of Manhattan”

“Promise to be dazzling”

“I'm not trying to exaggerate”

“But I think I might die if it happened, die if it happened to me”

"You look like Stevie Nicks in '75, the hair and lips”

“Crowd goes wild at her fingertips”

“You're the new god we're worshipping”

“It's hell on earth to be heavenly”

“... Dazzling”

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

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ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?! LOUSTAT KISS! LOUIS IS KISSING LESTAT’S GHOST! 😭♥️

That must have been so fun to do as actors omg

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

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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

she gets it

oh jlh is one of mine

TTPD is about IWTV

(Part Two)

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.

3.) My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys

Lestat is totally the one singing this song. His sad boys (Nicki and Louis) just love to break his little Ken doll heart, don’t they?

“Oh, here we go again, The voices in his head, called the rain to end our days of wild”

“My boy only breaks his favorite toys”

“And I'll tell you that he runs because he loves me, he loves me”

“Cause you should've seen him when he first got me”

“Cause he took me out of my box, stole my tortured heart, left all these broken parts”

4.) Down Bad

So this one could go SO MANY DIFFERENT ways. I’m choosing to give it to Claudia, though. I think the pouty, youthful feel of the song fits her perfectly. This is about her losing Charlie, her first love, and having to deal with how her life will never be the same now that she knows what she’s missing.

“For a moment, I was heavenstruck”

“Showed me that this world is bigger than us, then sent me back where I came from”

“Now I'm down bad, cryin' at the gym”

“Everything comes out teenage petulance”

“Fuck it if I can’t have him”

“I might just die, it would make no difference”

“Cause fuck it, I was in love”

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

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TTPD is about IWTV

(Part One) Okay, listen, I know I sound crazy and if you’re not a Swiftie or an Anne Rice fan, then those acronyms are going to look like g

Part Three: https://www.tumblr.com/funtheysaid/749134541742030848/ttpd-is-about-iwtv

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TTPD is about IWTV

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

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.