#iwtvspoilers
i loved him being repeatedly like "so armand sold you out? just to clarify armand sold you out?" until even armand was like "WE GET IT I SOLD HIM OUT" yeah you did bitch!!!
do you understand how heartbreaking this is like….. louis believed himself to be a sinner a demon a devil etc long before he ever became a vampire and then got called one after but here is claudia who he thinks is the only person who believes otherwise
#iwtvspoilers
the way this is so incredibly mother/daughter coded… insert quote from the bear that goes “mom i would make myself sick to make you feel better”. and yes the poison DOES kinda trickle down from florence and louis’ relationship. which again. motherdaughter coded.
“Why can’t I tell him this? I suppose I’m afraid my joylessness will take away his happiness, and maybe I don’t want his feelings to depend on mine anymore.”
not saying we shouldn't whack armand with hammers bc we SHOULD. but something about positioning himself as a fictional savior when he couldn't save anyone in his life (not bianca, not marius from santino, not riccardo and definitely not himself)... hm
this entire concept is insane… what if you latched on so desperately to the first person to Choose You in centuries that you tried to recreate the entire environmental vignette where he Chose You but it still ended up collapsing around you because the ground was poisoned. by YOU
book louis verbatim saying “you don’t understand him!” when claudia is like yo did you know armand literally told me to go kms so he could have you all to himself… he’s always been stupid about that cookie i fear 😔
@LESM4ND
the literal moment i saw it i was like oh watch people on the internet be like “louis said some very nasty things to him so it was deserved actually”… this place never disappoints ffs
honestly are there any looks that adam parrish CAN'T turn. he can go from preppy school uniforms to grease-stained coveralls artfully tied around the waist to a casual (coca-cola) t-shirt to full on dark academia chic. what a legend what a bicon. truly henrietta’s next top model
saying this with all the gentleness in my heart. some of y’all choose to engage with the “bad people doing bad things” show in a “yes but everyone except MY favourite bad person” way that is only gonna fill you (and everyone around you) with frustration. consider an alternative
the third/first person switch gets me every single time… depersonalization boy i WILL kill everyone who hurt you and i’m starting with marius de predator
This is Amadeo. He is 20 years here. He was rescued from a brothel when he was 15, named... Arun then, I think. I cannot be sure. The abuse in the brothel was such that he cannot be sure that's what his... parents named him.
can we get a round of applause for the mexican dub "rogue translator"? bc according to the narrative being pushed, this person - an industry professional - cared so much about a gay ship they fully made shit up. they really said "i like destiel better than having a job"... iconic
I'm ngl the way people are unable to disconnect Loumand's relationship from their sexual dynamic is a little concerning. there was more there than their sex lives and that's part of that tragedy. Louis loved Armand in a way no one had before, and Armand hadn't ever experienced
ronan: [sees a cute boy & sends up a desperate prayer to god]
gansey, like two days later: hey ronan i’d like to introduce you to my new good friend
adam: nice to meet you my name is firstman houseofgod :)
ronan:
ronan: ಠ_ಠ
ronan:
the fact claudia was hit with THREE parental trauma beams - she was made to feel directly responsible for louis’ (un)happiness (florence) BUT she also was physically forbidden to leave (lestat’s dad) AND though she is lestat’s mirrordaughter he would never choose her (gabrielle)
it’s all fun and games until s3 drops and i have to get in the party mood (lestat rockstar era, demon mommy akasha comeback, devils minion freak hours) while mentally i’m still in the middle of a loumand divorce. alexa play sexy french depression
@icarianlouis
don’t remember the verbiage but when daniel in qotd describes him as (spiritually) some sort of giant insect, inhuman and terrifying… praying mantis armand here we go i guess. except if like the praying mantis was also simultaneously a moth with its wings ripped off
@mishacollins
Misha, we LOVED Cas’ declaration. It got many of us back into the show after years of disillusionment. But killing a gay character & just SAYING he came back offscreen isn’t enough (show, don’t tell). It feels too much like an afterthought. But our REAL issue is with 15x20– (1/?)
i’m always always thinking about this. them being the characters that are most thematically similar (trapped children) and yet so different (her being more mature emotionally) to armand saying “i didn’t love her; i didn’t know how”. yeah buddy i’m sure. how is that mirror looking
ironically in this scene armand is wearing that giant fucking hat that makes him look like a little boy. a grown woman trapped in the body of a girl being tormented by a man who never quite grew out of being a boy. lol. lmao even
@mishacollins
—with Cas, who SAVED THE WORLD THROUGH HIS LOVE, barely getting a mention. With Dean, who had grieved him so hard before, brushing his disappearance off despite the fact he never got a chance to make peace with Cas’ confession. With Dean himself dying in the most random way (2/?)
imagine being self-aware enough to know your planned ending sucks and still going through with it out of what... spite? pettiness? an ongoing, mean desire to hurt and ridicule the "beckys" who basically built your success? for shame,
@cw_spn
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@vamp4marie
i was literally JUST saying to a friend they've made him the prettiest and saddest just in time for his biggest betrayal... DON'T TRY IT I DON'T FORGIVE HIM (i do he's just a baby)
happy birthday to the absolute best boy, the one and only magician cowboy scientist, light of my life, henrietta’s next top model, harvard’s resident campus witch, ADAM “100% that bitch” PARRISH✨🌿🔮 what a guy, y’all :’) 💚💚💚
damn RIGHT he can protect himself!!!!!! my baby who is definitely not practicing dark magic in his harvard dorm no not at all not even a little bit why would you ask
#IWTVspoilers
forget rats and fights and immolation, THAT was horror to me. he needed someone to look up to him/believe in his goodness so badly he was willing to completely wreck a stranger child's life by putting her through the warping lens of their marriage
so you’re a i’m that bad type,
tough guy, make your
like it really mama sad type,
rough guy, make your gf
chest always mad tight,
so puffed guy might seduce
— your dad type
idk man i think that’s the breed that gaslights you into thinking you’re in a happy relationship while knocking objects off your desk whenever you’re not looking :/ then again, that’s kind of all cats,
brooklyn nine nine is so powerful that today as i was singing "i want it that way" my brain unquestioningly followed up "tell me why" with "now number five"
@VAMPIREJERMA
literally biggest pet peeve PLUS i would be shocked if that was the reason like… at the end of the day as much as i love jacob his opinion (like any of the actors opinions) does not dictate or inform the writing. and respectfully he is also doing a job - if the got cast was 1/2
i wouldn’t say lestat is usually daughter coded but the fact he’s The Baby/set aside from his brothers and gabrielle’s own gender issues afford us some wiggle room there. i am your reflection yet you neglect me and would still always choose someone else over me… yeah.
#iwtvspoilers
// the play trying to turn louis into a violent Black man and later an evil seductress... the very idea that somehow a Black man is more dangerous than a white vampire.... oh i hope louis tortures them for 100 years before setting their asses on fire
@vamp4marie
i thought lestat was just choking him out because he Hates That Book? as it was in direct response to the question and he had a cunty smile about it djdjdj
we don't forget it; it's just that while we can acknowledge that gansey felt hurt while thinking that, his attitude here is pretty problematic in itself. not only is his POV often steeped in self-pity, but his expectations regarding his friends are unhealthily distorted (1/4)
I just still can’t believe this first degree murder???? Adam you wonderful petty creature how long have you been waiting for the perfect chance to drag him for not using a phone ahdjdksk
been thinking about this ever since he quoted romeo & juliet and lestat (but really louis) made fun of it. like yes he's quoting the quintessential tragic teenage love story yes it's kind of cheesy. any guesses why? the insecurity, the 'we've been together longer!'. head in hands
i have no idea of the level of popularity of this opinion, but definitely between merlin and arthur, arthur was the virginal one and merlin was the one that Got Around. i said what i said
arthur: there’s no such thing as a mystical sword in the stone
merlin, about to make up some absolute bullshit about arthur’s ancestors: oh you haven’t heard??
this monologue is just sooo. assad i am blowing you kisses while shaking my head so people know i don’t agree with armand (also i’m straining to hear what louis is saying… “wardrobe”? am i crazy?)
@mishacollins
-which, while on paper might sound clever or ironic, is the opposite of catharsis, especially for a character who’s been borderline suicidal for years and has been written as FINALLY wanting to live and believing he deserves happiness. That’s an unbelievably toxic message: (3/?)
if you think about it, it’s CRAZY to be married for 77 years or whatever and then have a toxic divorce but still be forced to see your ex and his new man who is both your shared ex that he divorced somehow even more toxically than he did you bc vampires are such a small
community
me @ me: ok don't overthink this
also me, already looking up the original latin passage and translating it: so is this about the value of friendship or about dream doubles and astral projecting or about adam telling ronan he loves him as if he were his own self or
something something those vampire chronicles companion notes about how both lestat and louis pull away from armand because the enormity of his need frightens them... yeah. yeah. yeah.
@mishacollins
-(and no, that isn’t subjective: killing a character right after coming out IS cruel, especially when such a VAST part of your fandom is lgbt). But most of all, the show rejected its own message of hope, overcoming your trauma, and found family that “don’t end with blood”. (8/8)
@mishacollins
-Sam gets married, but what happened to Eileen? A beloved character (and the only disabled person in the show)? She gets brushed off in favour of a blurry nondescript figure and a kid whose only important feature is being named Dean. Again, no evolution, just the brothers (5/?)
@mishacollins
-AKA that whatever growth you go through, even if you finally learn to love yourself, you don’t deserve a happy ending. Instead of living his life, Dean gets to heaven and all he does is drive around waiting for Sam. No Cas, no friends, not even indirectly shown. Meanwhile (4/?)
@AUTISTlCARMAND
i think it’s likely that armand was the one who wanted the painting? he was posing as rashid still so he wasn’t just going to state he bought it. and louis does cover rare paintings - but we know he’s not in charge of all the acquisitions
@cineromantic
i have two possible answers: 1. it’s part of the lie he sells himself with “i said i wouldn’t harm you, and i never did” because he only categorizes active physical harm as harm and so as long as he doesn’t beat louis up it means he’s “not a liar” and “better than Lestat”
@mishacollins
-and his life is portrayed as waiting to die to get to Dean. Dean who, by the way, was implied for years as being bi through both writing and acting choices; who meant so much to many of us who were closeted and came out later in life; and who could have been a trailblazing (6/?)
@mishacollins
-character in that way. It would have taken so little: him reciprocating Cas’ words or even being shown WANTING to reciprocate in 15x20, and the show would have made history (even if it’s still cruel he died, b/c that would be a SECOND bury your gays - third with Charlie) (7/?)
oh much to think about… insert that loumand quote that’s like “i’ll die without you” / “no, you’re already dead, and you want me to bring you back to life”
interesting to see the c/w renew both
#Walker
and
#SupermanAndLois
. one show whitewashed the protagonist, the other fired a woc writer because she dared to advocate for women and poc characters. really gives you an insight into the network's perspective.
#TheWhiteWalker
"adam spit his words back at him" references adam snapping at gansey while he was in the middle of a breakdown after losing his family, his home, and his hearing; in that same scene gansey throws adam's abuse in his face callously, but that bit is conveniently glossed over (2/4)
or asked for those chances in the first place. plus, the condescension... "the second chances HE GAVE HIM"? as if going along with gansey's wishes is a privilege that ronan just refuses to accept? i love gansey but this POV is a prime example of why he can be a pretty bad friend.
tbh if he does the equivalent of whatever 80s goth glam rock he did in the books… good music? no i don’t think that’s right. serving cunt? now this we can’t possibly refute
so in its finale "for the fans"
#Supernatural
managed to: 1/?
☑️ not bring back its fan-favorite character they LITERALLY bury-your-gays'd two weeks ago
☑️ immediately kill off the other character who was even SUSPECTED queer after not having him mourn his BEST FRIEND at all