Vampire chronicles ask for u (if you’re still interested ofc!) what do you think about Claudia as a character?

Ofcccc! Tysm for asking and I have a LOT of thoughts on Claudia (how can you not??). Brace yourself for a whole dissertation.

First and foremost, I’m the BIGGEST Claudia defender. I genuinely think she was completely justified in killing Lestat and being a dick to Louis about it. She genuinely has one of the most tragic stories in all of tvc and despite only being a main character for one book, she really stuck with me. Being eternally trapped in the body of a child, never being able to live on your own, take on a lover, basically have any autonomy or respect in society-all because of your drama queen fathers’ shitty baby trapping and toxic married couple bullshit? I would be a VILLAIN.

I hate when people say they dislike Claudia because she “abused” Louis or was “just as bad as Lestat”. Firstly, she was LITERALLY the child lmao. I think we as readers have a very biased portrayal of Claudia and her actions because it’s told from the eyes of Louis and Lestat. If it was from Claudia’s POV, I think absolutely no one would be complaining about her revenge quest against her shitty dads. I know it’s a topical debate on if Louis was a bad father or not, and while I think he definitely tried and was maybe more of the stereotypical nuclear-family-reads-bedtime-stories-to-his-daughter “good dad” in the early years, his hypocritical self loathing and perpetual martyrdom definitely inhibited his ability to provide Claudia with the support system she needed. Weeping dramatically about how bad of a father you’ve been doesn’t make you a better father lmao. To be honest, when it came to Claudia’s personality, I wasn’t a huge fan. I didn’t find her as entertaining to read about as say Lestat or Armand, and she was never emotionally or vibe wise one of my favourite characters. However, I think she is one of the most interestingly written characters and I will always ride or die defend her regardless.

As for AMC’s Claudia, I ADORED Bailey Bass’s portrayal of her and can’t wait to see Delainey Hayles in s2! While I think the aged up Claudia was definitely well executed and interesting (and I get why they did it), I still think it’s a bit of a shame that’s she’s not explicitly a “child” anymore. AMC Claudia can effectively live on her own and with some makeup pass for 18. Even this slight more access to adulthood places show Claudia leagues ahead of book Claudia. One thing I wasn’t a fan of was her sexual assault-I’m glad that they did the bare minimum of not showing it onscreen, but it felt very unnecessary to me. Like they could’ve just made Bruce attack her or something. Also Lestat (sexual assault victim) using Claudia’s against her as a fear tactic?? I get Lestat was very villainized in s1 from a mix of Louis and Claudia’s unreliable narration and Armand’s mind control mumbo jumbo, but I found that rather distasteful. Speaking of Claudia and Lestat, she’s literally his mini me! I really hope AMC shows more of this, and more moments of Lestat doting on Claudia. He was always the father who spoiled her with excessively bloody killing sprees or luxury brand clothes, I feel like we hardly saw that in the show. Like Claudia is his BABY! The parallels between Lestat/the Marquis and Claudia/Lestat…absolutely soul-crushingly diabolical I love it.

I’m curious as to how they’re going to change/approach Claudia and Madeleine’s relationship in the show. One of my favourite changes the show made was getting rid of the Claudia/Louis incest stuff because…DEFINITELY one of my least favourite things about the iwtv book and made me extremely uncomfortable. People always joke about Gabrielle/Lestat but Claudia/Louis is like a fandom taboo lmao (rightfully so). Probably because joking about Lestat’s mommy issues oedipus complex is funnier and more acceptable then acknowledging the fact that book Louis was like a straight pedophile about his 5 year old daughter. Wtf Anne.

This was SO much I’m so sorry lmao

I don’t just attend metalcore concerts, I also attend shows for slightly obscure 90s bands that come out of hiatus after 20 years. Oh and said band’s bassist is Keanu Reeves. So here’s some neat photos of the dude.

so many people forget that lily evans is an aquarius, she’s not out there giving grounded advice. someone will come to her with a problem, and she’ll just tell them to “wait to see what path arrives.” like thanks lily that’s not helpful, but i appreciate the thought.

also you know the thing where everyone just describes lily as “nice.” i imagine that’s because no one can get a solid read on her so she’s actually extremely bitchy to people but she looks nice so they interpret it as kindness. she’ll actually talk to you like you’re stupidest person alive but you’re just not catching her meaning.

OC sketch day 1: Rehna Lee Dawson, Or Rennie!

Other close ups under the cut!! :)

i miss when marina was making music for neurotic earth signs

my therapist really saved me….

Just realized sending Drifter to 1999 is such cruel irony.

Viri escaped Duviri only to be once again trapped in a timeloop, this time she has to do it willingly and out of the goodness of her own heart.

She first ran to Eir, then she ran to Voland, then she looked at Loid, sighed and promised she'd do good by him.

I need to say this I need to get this out of my chest because I have been listening to Renaissance and got don't hurt yourself on shuffle and why the fuck is beyonce still with jayz. Or why is she with him at all. Not to be oh he's old and ugly but he CHEATED and she made LEMONADE shitting all over him and then was like oof... back to my hubby. HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN. BEYONCE RIP HIS DICK OUT!!!!

clara being a double sagittarius (sun/asc) w a leo moon and a libra midhaven is soooo funny to me…. she’s literally unreasonable and insane it was predetermined

if astrology isn’t real then how come the ultimatum queer love cast is literally just earth/aquarius venuses stuck with cancer/leo venuses wondering why it’s not working out and why they feel so off with each other

send me a placement (ie: gemini sun, virgo venus, moon in 10th, etc) and i'll list out their green vs red flags!!!! (one placement per ask please!!!)

or send a synastry or composite placement for the green/red flags [or moreso positives/negatives] (ie: moon in 12th house synastry/composite chart) (or pisces sun x gemini sun synastry is fine! two placements like that is ok in this case)

Naksu and Jang Uk are giving me major Pisces x Virgo vibes this season lmaoo. Before they gave Scorpio x Aries vibes though.

turbo divorce...

drifter Virgo: we have three parents now.

operator Virgo: ???

drifter: Ergo, Nef and Mela!

operator: oh... sure... whatever.

Me trying to do the mental gymnastics required to calculate Jonathan and Nancy's birthdays based on the information the Duffers have given