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cosmicjoke · 1 year

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So I think I’m starting to see what it is about “Tale of the Body Thief” that puts some fans off.

The parallels being drawn between Lestat and this Raglan James guy are obvious, some might even say heavy-handed. Earlier in the story, Lestat talks to David about basically being a wolf in sheep’s clothing, how his appearance is deceptive, how he isn’t the young man he appears to be, etc... He does this to warn David off of thinking too highly of him, to remind David that he is, in fact, a monster. And we see in Raglan’s first real meeting with Lestat that mirror image, of a monster concealed within a seemingly innocent, beautiful body. And I get specifically what’s upsetting to people who are fans of Lestat’s portrayal through the first three books, particularly in “The Vampire Lestat” and “Queen of the Damned”, that being the implication that Lestat’s claims of emotion, that his claims of feeling, his claims of anguish at what he is, the guilt he feels over being a vampire, his moments of seeming goodness and kindness are a lie, both that he’s telling to himself and to the reader. Lestat notes how good of an actor this Raglan James is, that he’s very convincingly affecting the demeanor of someone who is charming, and deeply empathetic and even kind, but who, in reality, is a horrible person who has no qualms whatsoever in hurting others. Given some of the things I’ve seen Anne Rice herself say about Lestat being “evil” and knowing how to make people believe he isn’t, it seems to support what’s being put forth here in this book, that Lestat’s expressions of empathy and care and kindness in the previous books have all been some kind of falsehood. And, yeah... I can see why that’s upsetting to a lot of fans, and why they write books 4-10 off. Lestat is, after all, more like a lovable rogue in the first three books. If you’re a fan of him in those books, suddenly being told that everything he portrayed himself to be there is a lie would be upsetting, even infuriating.

Louis even claims here that Lestat’s never once cried in front of him, which Lestat calls him out on as a lie, considering he claimed Lestat to have cried in their made up encounter in New Orleans in the 70s. But Louis says to Lestat that he was “born a monster”, that he was never human, even before becoming a vampire, a clear accusation of him always having been a bad person.

If this is the case, it robs Lestat of the very tragic struggle between his human nature and his vampiric nature, and takes away a great deal of his relatability and sympathy as a character. It turns him into a liar through and through.

I really do wonder about this though, because it seems to completely undercut what Anne Rice herself accomplished in those first three books, which was such a poignant and moving exploration of the effects of trauma on a person, how it continues to impact them all throughout their lives, in both their behavior, and in their relationships, etc...

Basically, I have a really hard time believing Anne Rice really saw Lestat, her hero, as nothing but a two-faced liar who never felt any real guilt or remorse at all for the lives he’s taken, or that his struggle with his vampiric nature was all BS.

I think, probably much more in line with Anne Rice’s obviously deep understanding of the human psyche, and human nature, that what’s really going on in this scene between Lestat and Raglan, is that Lestat is seeing a reflection of himself in this man. A man who is never satisfied, a man who refuses to accept the rules, a man who refuses to accept defeat, and who goes out and takes what he wants, regardless of the consequences, and with apparently no sense of guilt or remorse for doing so. And of course, not liking what he sees, and yet seeing himself in this person, Lestat is repulsed.

But what’s important to understand also here is that this Raglan James is obviously a master manipulator, and both Louis and David warned Lestat that he obviously knew Lestat well, and that’s why he targeted him. He saw in Lestat an easily manipulated mark, someone he could convince in any way he really wished. There’s a scene early on in the book, when Lestat is talking to David, and he becomes distracted by a car out on the road, driving slowly through a blinding snow storm. It seems pretty obvious to me that that must have been Raglan out there. And it’s in Lestat’s conversation with David here that he warns him off of trusting him too much, that he isn’t as he appears. And what we find out later is that Raglan is quite adept at hearing Lestat’s thoughts, even as Lestat isn’t able to hear his, so we can assume he’s aware of Lestat’s insistence that he’s this evil monster who can’t and shouldn’t be trusted. And Raglan seems perfectly like the type of person to prey on just that sort of guilt-fueled insecurity in another person.

In their final exchange, Lestat asks Raglan what he wants to use his body for, and Raglan laughs and tells him that he wants it to take life, of course, that it’s the ultimate prize for a thief like him. And then he tells Lestat that Lestat himself is the ultimate thief.

Lestat is completely repelled by Raglan’s seeming lack of guilt or conscience regarding the act of murder. He tells Raglan to get away from him, and Raglan laughs at him again.

I think that Reglan is purposefully fucking with Lestat, manipulating him by playing on his fear of his own monstrosity and guilt to get him to agree to switching bodies. By drawing obvious parallels to the similarity between them, and revealing just enough of his own lack of conscience or remorse to plant this idea in Lestat’s head that his own feelings of guilt and remorse, his own moral difficulties with what he is, are false. Lestat is appalled and, in the end, almost frightened of Reglan because he sees himself reflected in him, and seeing Reglan for the true monster he is, for the remorseless thief he is, he ends up believing the same of himself.

Reglan keeps driving home to Lestat that he’s a thief, and then laughing at him when Lestat denies it. He says all the right things to him to entice him further into this notion that he wants to be human again, that he’ll get to experience all the things that being a vampire has taken from him, like food, and the sun, and sex. Reglan is a liar, and he’s a manipulator, and he’s doing a hell of a good job manipulating Lestat here, at points almost entrancing him by knowing exactly the right thing to say and how to act, showing compassion for his plight. He even says at one point that this thing he’s proposing in something only the two of them can do, just the two of them in all the world, playing on Lestat’s ardent desire to be able to matter in some way in the world, to give his life some sort of purpose.

So my point is, I guess, that Lestat ends up believing what this guy is telling him. He ends up seeing himself as he sees Reglan, a remorseless and unfeeling monster. The thing is, the lie of that is revealed in Lestat feeling guilt at all. Reglan at one point even mocks it, when Lestat asks him what’s to keep him from just indefinitely stealing his body, and he tells Lestat that he doesn’t want it forever, the same way Lestat doesn’t want it forever, if his expressions of his agonies and torment over being a vampire are at all true. He’s planting doubt into Lestat’s head as to his own sincerity over his guilt, by again drawing obvious parallels between them and then exposing just enough of himself to make Lestat think they’re truly the same. He even says at one point about Lestat’s story in “The Vampire Lestat” Or is the story a lie? You’re real enough, that’s plain. But I don’t know about all those things you wrote.” He’s totally messing with Lestat’s trust in his own emotions. But I don’t buy what Reglan is saying for a moment. Lestat ISN’T the same as Raglan James. Lestat’s feelings of guilt, the pain he feels at the mistakes he’s made, the struggle between his human nature and his vampiric nature is real.

This really is a tragic thing we see unfolding, then, I think, because we’re watching Lestat being tricked out of believing in his own humanity. And that might account for him later becoming a more ruthless person.

Louis says to Lestat, before he meets with Reglan the next night “Something dreadful’s going to happen to you again. You’’re going to see to it. I know.”

Lestat talks about in this book how he seeks out others who will make him pay for all the bad things he’s done. Louis and Claudia, Marius, David etc... Louis says to Lestat “... you pick the voices that scold you. You always have, in the same manner in which you pick those who will turn on you and stick the knife right into your heart.”

I’m more and more convinced that almost all of Lestat’s reckless and impulsive decisions are, in some way, an attempt to punish himself. His guilt is so great, his sense of guilt, that he plows blindly forward with whatever choice will most make him pay for what he is and what he’s done, and he’s so consumed with this need for self-punishment, that he doesn’t think through the ways in which it will effect the people he loves. He doesn’t think about how putting himself in danger can endanger others, he doesn’t think about how it will hurt Louis if he tries to kill himself, or if he tries to start a war with other vampires, or if he lets this Raglan James guy live, etc... It isn’t that Lestat doesn’t care enough about others to care about what happens to them. It’s that he hates himself so much that he can’t see past his desire to make himself suffer. He’s been made to feel like a monster since he was a child, unwanted and unloved by his family, even his mother, to some extent. He’s been made to feel like his very existence is a burden and a disgrace, by his father and brothers, by Nicki, by Armand, by Louis, by Claudia. Louis admits after Lestat tells him he was cruel to tell him he was always a monster, that that was wrong of him to say. The exact exchange is:

“And by the way, I wasn’t born a monster! I was born a mortal child, the same as you! Stronger than you! More will to live than you! That was cruel of you to say.”

“I know. It was wrong. Sometimes you frighten me so badly I hurl sticks and stones at you. It’s foolish. I’m glad to see you, though I dread admitting it...”

It’s obvious how afraid Lestat is, of this idea that he was always a monster, always a bad person. He speaks about this very fear with Gabrielle, when he talks about wanting to leave his boyhood home and go to Paris, but how he thinks he can’t do so without being bad. Lestat’s whole image of himself is wrapped up in this idea that to BE himself is to BE bad, and that negative self-image was born out of so many people in his life basically telling him as much. Even Louis does it here, before walking it back and apologizing.

And this is the mindset Lestat walks into his meeting with Raglan with.

But the truth is, if Lestat was truly this evil, remorseless monster that he fears and deep down believes himself to be, than he would never be burdened by any sense of guilt. He wouldn’t seek out others to punish him for being who he is, he wouldn’t be having visions of Claudia, and thinking constantly of how he’s wronged her, of the pain she felt, he wouldn’t be so agonized over his lust for blood and desire to kill that he would try to kill himself to end his suffering, or just simply punish himself by exposing himself to the sun. He would be like Raglan James. Someone who feels nothing at all when he hurts others.

That isn’t Lestat. Clearly. And again, the tragedy here, I think, even as I’m only in the first part of the book, is that Lestat ends up believing it about himself anyway.

#Lestat De Lioncourt #The Tale of the Body Theif

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twinkalicious · 16 days

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you know normally i find recasts in film and tv to be really clunky and awkward but i think it works for interview with the vampire. in fact i think claudia should be played by a different actress every season, because i like to think that louis can't quite remember what she looks like, and constant recasts would sort of highlight that.

#like if they bring her back for memnoch the devil or tales of the body theif #i cant remember which one of those shes in?? but if they bring her back for either one #i want that to be yet another different actress #interview with the vampire #im not dragging either actress here btw i think theyre both doing a fantastic job #and i know constant recasts arent really feasible i just think its a neat little idea :)

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nightcolorz · 1 month

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he’s fictions (self proclaimed) greatest creature of the night 😎😎😎 Lestat of lion crack or whatever his name is

Not sure how I feel about this one pals cuz I was trying smth new but it was rlly fun to draw so like yay!

#That surfer looking guy lestan he lives in flordia and I think he has psychotic delusions or he’s like manic idk pray for him #tvc #the vampire chronicles #vampire chronicles #vc #lestat de lioncourt #iwtv #interview with the vampire #Tale of the body theif #The vampire lestat #lestat tvc #Tvc fan art

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bleachersgirl · 2 months

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line from a 13 year old one star review of the vampire armand that makes me want to read the vampire armand more than anything else.

#yesss haha yes cry and beg people to love you!!#i don’t want to read tale of the body theif or memnoch the devil but i’m pretty sure those are skippable and it will still make sense mostly #but i’m getting ahead of myself i still haven’t finished queen of the damned. im just in armand mode like crazy lately.#iwtv

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magicveiled · 20 days

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I'm not ready for Interview With the Vampire s2 yet but at the same time SHOW ME MARIUS SHOW ME ARMAND AND HIS TRAUMA FROM MARIUS'S ABUSE SHOW ME NICKY AND LESTAT'S MOM AND HIM AS THE LITTLE WOLF CANON GIVE ME BOOK CANON NEVER BEFORE SEEN IN TV PLEASE GOD

#ooc. | * the real world sucks enter the matrix !#woukd wanna get back into the books #but honestly anne #lost me after memnoch the devil #aramds book was just...n o #the tale of the body theif was the last decent one tbh #queen of the damned will always be my favorite

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evil-swedenish · 11 months

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She wouldnt forgive him

#au where Lestat’s biggest regrets come back to haunt him #and by the end they haunt him even more #aka tale of the body theif if it was good #art #fanart #my art #iwtv #lestat de lioncourt #claudia iwtv #tvc #sketches

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deercharles · 2 years

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Saw that there’ll be a new Interview with Vampire adaption and all I am saying is this pic is very important to teenage me.

#interview with vampire #i read till the tale of the body theif #coni.jpg #coni. personal #ah the nostalgia #may delete later

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thatvampireblog · 5 days

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I can tell that Interview with the Vampire has a new season out by the sheer volume of vampire chronicles posts that have me going "...What?????" Because the overlap of people who read the books and are currently watching the show (and posting about it) seems very small.

#sitting here holding in my 'spoilers' every time I see a post #one day I'm going to actually get into the tv series #but for now I get to sit here like #'Oh you don't know about that?????? oh boy.'#'Oh you think THAT'S problematic??? Wait until x'#one day the vc series is going to have to address the tale of the body theif and I am filled with equal parts dread and giddy anticipation

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rosasappho · 1 year

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only one who doesn’t want ten seasons of iwtv it seems

#ari.txt #there should be a MAX 4-5 seasons mostly bcus the books just truly. go downhill from that #i rlly want to see qotd and MAYBE tale of the body theif but only bcus-#-seeing lestat as a human would be deeply hilarious. but the rest of that book. 😟.

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lesbianaang · 27 days

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iwtv season 2 screening talk-back highlights:

- everyone playing “let’s embarass jacob anderson with compliments”

- rolin had jacob read a half in character as santino message from ben daniels to the audience

- assad saying his favorite part of the dubai scenes were the “looks” between him and eric

-armand blender shoutout!

- sam reid #1 lestat fan and going strong. when asked how he makes lestat someone we want to root for despite being kinda horrible he essentially said “i understand him. i root for him”

- sam and jacob playfully bristling at each other’s descriptions of their characters and where the “truth” lies for them lol

-for a question about a fun behind the scenes moment, sam and jacob proceed to look directly at each other, burst into laughter for the next 30 seconds, and then refuse to tell us an anecdote?????

-eric saying that Sam and jacob follow each other around on set like no other actors he’s worked with previously and play around “like puppies” lol

-assad describing armand when he meets louis as “lost” and putting on a performance of confidence and power that isn’t fully real

- jacob sent an email to assad calling him “the big VA” in season 1

-eric complimenting the writing of the show again and talking abt how thankful he is to do intense, subtle, emotionally difficult work on this show that he’s never had an opportunity to do before in his career (since he’s usually just the “angry” guy when cast)

-delainey saying that claudia would be the type of girl to go to sephora and shoplift even though she doesn’t need to in modern day

-rolin confirming material being used in the season from tvl, queen of the damned, tale of the body theif, tva, and prince lestat

-episode 3 will be the armand flashbacks to meeting lestat and theatre performer lestat

-episode five is the original interview flashback. according to rolin, episode 5 is where we understand why the second interview needed to happen for one character, and episode 8 we unveil why it needed to happen for another 👀

- in response to what tv show would your character binge: armand -> buffy the vampire slayer; daniel -> breaking bad; claudia -> the oa; and lestat and louis watch real housewives together (this is canon to me now btw)

#keeping my thoughts in the first episode private atm #but i will say….. guys we’re winning #it’s seriously so so SO good #the budget increase makes everything more grand #and most exciting to me is the dubai scenes — there’s a new energy in the space that is hilarious but threatening but tragic….. delicious #iwtv s2

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you-get-me-closer-to-god · 1 year

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One thing about Lestat is he WILL have an atrociously large capital L in his signature. If it doesn’t take up half the page, it isn’t his signature. You gotta be able to see that baby from space.

#the vampire chronicles #anne rice #tvc #vampire chronicles #lestat de lioncourt #iwtv #vc #books #interview with the vampire #armand #the vampire armand #the vampire Lestat #the queen of the damned #the tale of the body theif #memnoch the devil #merrick #blood and gold

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cosmicjoke · 1 year

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Ah, okay, the whole scene with Louis refusing to help Lestat was maybe the most upsetting part of “TotBT” so far, and that’s saying a lot. Damn, this whole scene shook me up. Because of course from Louis’ perspective, he’s helping Lestat, he’s doing the right thing, giving him a chance at redemption, something Louis himself has always longed for. But from Lestat’s perspective, Louis is literally condemning him to death, and he feels understandably horrified and betrayed. Talk about intense and heartbreaking. You can see how this fundamental difference in their perspectives and approach to life lead to them having so many fights back when they lived together. It just about had me in tears, when Lestat starts begging Louis, when he puts his arms around him, begging him to take him and drink his blood, and Louis pushes him away and tells Lestat not to come at him again or he’ll hurt him. I just can’t, man. And then Lestat’s manic episode, after Louis leaves him, the way he burns down his shack, but is in tears and on his knees in the rain at the same time, feeling maybe more alone than ever before. Marius coming and just staring at him in judgement is like the final blow. It’s so, so sad. And while, yes, Lestat got himself into this position, you still have to feel so much for him. He’s so scared, and feeling so hopeless, and without a single friend to turn to. Louis’ refusal to help him was a serious gut punch, unintentionally cruel, but maybe more cruel for that lack of intention. Lestat’s begging has no effect, his misery has no effect. Louis’s letting his own misery and desires blind him to the suffering of someone he loves. It’s such a tragic situation.

It’s a huge, huge relief when he finds David and, at last, a friend who’s willing to help him. Lestat’s relief in not being alone is so palpable, and really, that’s where the emotion and the heartbreak of this situation comes from. This line:

“Our embrace was long and warm and silent, and I fought furiously not to give way to tears. Only very seldom in all this time had I ever actually touched this being. And the moment was charged with an emotion which caught me somewhat off guard. The drowsy warmth of my embraces with Gretchen came back to me. I felt safe. And just for an instant, perhaps, I did not feel so utterly alone.”

Lestat’s fear of being alone, his fear of abandonment, his fear of rejection. He’s so afraid of having to face the judgement of the other vampires, because he doesn’t want to see their hatred, or their disappointment in him. He doesn’t want, again, to be reminded of how unwanted he is. So seeing David there for him is just... Fuuuck. I just can’t.

And it kind of kills me the way Lestat’s anger towards Louis and Marius burns itself out so quickly, because that’s just like Lestat, after all. He can never hold onto a grudge. He can never, truly hate anyone, except, it seems, himself.

When he’s talking to David about Reglan James, he says

“He likes to break glass, doesn’t he? He likes to surprise his victims. He must enjoy their fear. He leaves no witnesses. He steals everything of obvious value. And none of it is very valuable at all. How I hate him. And yet... I have done things as terrible myself.”

Lestat tells Gretchen earlier that he doesn’t hate himself, but he does. He’s comparing himself to Reglan James here, and seeing himself reflected in this awful man, and as he says he hates him, he’s also saying he hates himself. He tells David, after David points out to Lestat that he’s in a wonderful, beautiful and young body, and should appreciate it,

“All right. All right. It’s jolly. So happy to be alive! I whispered, because if I hadn’t whispered, I would have howled. “And I could be smashed by a truck outside in the street at half past noon today! Good God, David, don’t you think I despise myself that I cannot endure these simple trials? I hate it. I hate being this weak and cowardly creature!

... I loath cowardice.”

It’s heartbreaking to see Lestat so low on himself, and to know the ways in which he’s been manipulated into thinking he’s like Reglan James, because he’s really not. Reglan James is going around murdering droves of people, and then robbing them of every possession they own practically, and the overwhelming impression it gives is a lack of respect for life, a lack of respect for the lives he’s impacting. And that’s perfectly the opposite of Lestat. Above everything, Lestat respects life. He understands the value in life. This part, after Lestat realizes how attracted to David he is, really demonstrates that respect and value for human life, I think, perfectly:

“Indeed so strong was this awareness- of being human and being with a human- that I feared it suddenly in all its beauty. And I saw that the fear was part of the beauty.”

Lestat feels a connection with David in that moment, as he’d felt it with Gretchen, and the people on the capital, and even with the poor woman from the cafe, and he sees the beauty in that connection, and in the fear of what it is to be mortal. He respects the tenuousness of life, and thus, its preciousness. He hates Reglan James because he sees his lack of respect for life in the way he’s brutalizing his victims, the way he smashes their homes apart and kills them not even for their blood, but just to kill, to destroy. But because of how he’s been manipulated by this fucker, he mistakes that cruel disregard as his own. He’s down on himself for his fear of dying, for being afraid, but it just shows he isn’t apathetic to the suffering of others, yet tragically interprets it as some sort of weakness, some sort of failing on his part.

Ah, well, it really is a relief that David is there for Lestat. His understanding and acceptance of him here, in his lowest and worst moment, after Louis’s refusal and Marius’ judgment, is a beautiful thing. The hug they shared upon their reunion just about had me in tears.

Finally, I think these lines from Lestat, first, after Marius has walked away from him without offering aid, and then later, when he and David are talking about the possibility that Marius or one of the other ancients has destroyed his body, really says it all about what makes Lestat such an endearing and, in his own way, heroic figure:

“You think I’m defeated,” I whispered. What need was there to shout for him? “You think you’ve passed your judgment, and that’s the end of it. Oh, you think it is as simple as that. Well you are wrong. I shall never have vengeance for this moment. But you will see me again. You will see me again.”

“To tell the truth, what else can I do but believe that my body is still there to be reclaimed?” I shrugged. “I don’t know how to give up.”

#Lestat De Lioncourt #The Tale of the Body Theif #the vampire chronicles

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loelett · 4 months

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Can you please draw Louis & Lestat in the tale of the body theif?

i am so sorry... this request is from september <3 <3 i've honestly always wanted to draw a scene from totbt even though i hate it there. this scene is soso crazy...

#i dont love totbt but reading it solidified louis as my favorite character #hes such a savage #vc #lestat de lioncourt #louis de pointe du lac #loustat #the vampire chronicles #the tale of the body thief #asks!#my art

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anonymousredactedconfessions · 8 months

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To the anon asking if there were other boyfriend ASMR/audio roleplay channels with plots at least on par with Redacted, you're in luck! I mostly listen to plot-driven stuff so here's my recommendations.

Good Boy Audios: He has multiple series, all of them take place in the same universe but in different settings. His romance is a lot more slower burn than something like Redacted but that's fine, because I like slow burn and the plots keep me hooked. I recommend Bastard Warrior and Space Pirate Saga.

Escaped Audios: Super cinematic channel with a very strong focus on storytelling. He has a good balance between adventure and romance, and his playlists perfectly blend the two in almost every series. All of of his series feel like living through a movie. I recommend The Neon Barbarian/Neon Wings if you like bittersweet romance/angst, and The New Jersey Rats if you prefer a more light-hearted romantic adventure.

ZSakuVA: Priest already mentioned him but he's great. He has tons of characters who each have their own playlist. Some of his characters occupy the same universe and share the same story, kind of like what Redacted does. I recommend listening to his Elias (mafia son) and Issac (boss) playlists back to back, they complete eachother's stories and I love the boyfriend stuff.

Desmond ASMR: He uploads on a really slow schedule but all of his videos are super long and well made, almost movie length sometimes. I love his voice and his characters, and there's always an element of adventure in his work. I recommend his arranged marriage series and his gladiator series.

Siren's Son: He's kind of like Redacted in that a lot of his work takes place in a shared universe and there's a mix of both plot-driven arcs as well as fluff/comfort/boyfriend roleplay arcs scattered throughout. His Westhaven series is one of my comfort series that I re-listen to over and over. Also, honorable mention to Obsidian Lantern. Siren's Son and him collab together on a series called Gator Boys set in SS's universe and it's great.

Scythe Audio: A super exciting channel. He has romance/boyfriend roleplay but he's more of a story and action focused channel (we love him for it). I love his fucked up monstrous and villainous characters. I've been obsessed with his V/Villain Saga for like two years now and it just keeps getting better. I also recommend his Werewolf action/horror series, The Alpha Claw Saga.

Nomad's Tales: He's been around a long time and has a huge body of work with really entertaining series. He's just now starting season two of his series Frosthaven so it's the perfect time to catch up! I also like his Yandere Knight playlist and A Theif's Tale (a modern romance/thriller).

Those are the best story driven boyfriend ASMR/audio roleplay channels I know of. If anyone has more recommendations I'd love to hear them.

- 🖤 Blackheart anon

(usually don't respond to confessions and whatnot, but i will say that you should probably NOT support Siren's Son. He has made it very clear that he is anti-choice/pro-forced birth/anti-abortion/pro-life whatever you wanna call it. I wouldn't be giving youtube revenue money to someone that thinks half the human population doesn't deserve or have a right to bodily autonomy)

Receipts below the cut.

#redacted asmr #redacted audio #the priest speaks #🖤 blackheart anon #not a confession

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bubblelovesyou-blog · 2 months

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A SIMS 3 LEGACY

HARRY POTTER LEGACY

The rules are simple:

Complete all requirements for a generation to advance onto the next. Cheats to be used at your own discretion, though it’s more fun without.

GENERATION 1: HARRY POTTER

TRAITS: Good, Hot-Headed, Family Orentated, Ambitious and Nurturing

LTW: Surround by Family

CAREER: Private Investigator

Start as a young adult

Master Painting Skill

Reach Level 10 Private Investigator Career

Complete Surrounded by Family

Have as many childeren as you please, but ONE MUST BE ADOPTED

GENERATION 2: GINNY WEASLEY

TRAITS: Athletc, Schmoozer, Good Sense of Humour, 2 Bonus Traits

LTW: Professional Author

CAREER: Athletic

Join Athletic Career

Master Athletic Skill

Master Writing Skill

Reach Level 6 of The Athletic Career before FIRST baby

Once first child is a toddler, quit your job to pursue writing

Complete Professional Author Aspriation

GENERATION 3: RON WEASLEY

TRAITS: Natural Cook, Ambitious, Family-Orientated, Good and Slob

LTW: International Super Spy

CAREER: Law Enforcement

Marry your Best Friend

Visit all Festivals at least once

Master Handiness Skill

Master Charisma Skill

Reach level 10 Law Enforcement, Super Spy Branch

Purchase Lifetime Reward - Observant for 5K

Complete International Super Spy Aspriation

GENERATION 4: VOLDEMORT

TRAITS: Evil, Ambitious, Snob, Hot-Headed and Supernatual Fan

LTW: Master Theif

CAREER: Criminal

Become Enemies with both parents

Have one night stand, resulting in a baby

Never marry or have a significant other, only have the 1 baby

Reach Level 10 of Criminal Career

Complete Master Thief Aspiration

Master Cooking Skill

Master Athletic Skill

Eat Ambrosia once in your lifetime

GENERATION 5: DRACO MALFOY

TRAITS: Snob, Coward, Mooch, Perfectionist and Loner

LTW: Swimming in Cash

CAREER: Business

Have a bad or nonexistent relationship with your parent your whole life

Hang around the “Bad” Crowd as a teen and become enemies with a nice sim!

Follow in your parents footsteps by joining Criminal career, but quit at level 3.

Join Business career directly after.

Marry a sim with the “Good” trait

Have the perfect little family with only 2 children

Reach level 10 of the Business career

Master Charisma Skill

Complete Swimming in Cash aspiration

GENERATION 6: HAGRID

TRAITS: Dog Person, Cat Person, Animal Lover, Eco-Friendly and Loves the Outdoors

LTW: Fairy Tale Finder

CAREER: Daycare

Master Gardening Skill

Complete Fairy Tale Finder Aspiration

Fall in love with a Scientist, but never get married

Must have a Cow and Chickens for whole life! (Sims 3 Store)

Your partner disappears or dies the day before your first child ages up into a teen due to a lab accident

Optional: Dress Up all Toddlers in Full Body Animal Costumes

GENERATION 7: LUNA LOVEGOOD

TRAITS: Childish, Absent-Minded, Artitic, Insane and Bookworm

LTW: Reaissance Sim

CAREER: Writer

Reach Level 10 of the Writer career

Complete Renaissance Sim Aspiration

Master Science Skill

Master Writing Skill

Master Gardening Skill

Complete Bug and Nanite Collection

Have a Plant Sim Baby

GENERATION 8: MOLLY WEASLEY

TRAITS: Natural Cook, Brave, Hot-Headed, Perfecionist and Family-Orientated

LTW: Surrounded by Family

CAREER: Culinary

Marry your High School Sweetheart

Have at least one pet

Complete Surrounded by Family aspiration

All Children and Teens must have an A in school before they age up

Master Cooking Skill

GENERATION 9: ALBUS DUMBLEDORE

TRAITS: Brooding, Disciplined, Genius, Perceptive and Grumpy

LTW: Madde Most of my Time

CAREER: Science

Master Advanced Technology Skill

Complete Made the Most of my Time Aspiration

Complete Science Career

Successfully go to All Futures

Own a Windcarver, Dream Pod, Food Synthesizer, Holo Disc, Jetpack

GENERATION 10: SEVERUS SNAPE

TRAITS: Coward, Hot-Headed, Slob, Genius and Dislikes Children

LTW: Alchemy Artisan

CAREER: Unemployed

Master Alchemy Skill

Complete Alchemy Artisan Aspiration

Make money from selling Potions/Elixirs

Once mastered Alchemy, begin having children.

Poison one child with Bottled of the Blessed Fae, this will be your heir.

GENERATION 11: DOBBY

TRAITS: Animal Lover, FRIENDLY, Good, Clumsy and Loves the Outdoors

LTW: Zoologist or The Ark Builder

CAREER: Gardener

Must be a Fairy

Master Charisma Skill

Master Gardening Skill

Never be tied down to one romantic relationship.

Own one of each animal

Have one best friend who saved you?

Complete Zoologist OR The Ark Builder Aspiration

GENERATION 12: NEVILLE LONGBOTTOM

TRAITS: Clumsy, Absent-Minded, Friendly, Family-Orientated and Green Thumb

LTW: Greener Gardens

CAREER: Unemployed

Must be a Fairy for Aspiration

Master Charisma Skill

Master Gardening Skill

Complete Greener Gardens Aspiration

At least once in your Young Adult, Adult and Elder lifespan, lose something valuable to you BUT eventually find it.

GENERATION 13: HERMIONE GRANGER

TRAITS: Bookworm, Eccentric, Disciplined, No Sense of Humor and Perfectionist

LTW: Illustrious Author

CAREER: Writer

Complete the Illustrious Author aspiration

Reach level 10 of writer career

Master 4 skills, up to you which four!

Only have twins, no other children.

One of the twins dies (or disappears) when they are a teen or as soon as they turn into a young adult.

GENERATION 14: GEORGE WEASLEY

TRAITS: Insane, Party Animal, Slob, Genius and Inappropriate

LTW: Monster Maker

CAREER: Mad Scientist

Master Charisma Skill

Master Inventing Skill

Complete Monster Maker Aspiration

Left emotionally scarred from your twin passing, you don’t have kids.

If desire to continue legacy, only have children as an Adult (its a BIG decision for your sim)

Throw a HUGE party when you turn into an elder and invite as many of the heirs of this legacy as possible!

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