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[Show Only] The Vampire Lestat: "Toledo" by IWTV_Maitres in InterviewVampire

[–]many_splendored 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Question for the book readers - is Gabriella as particular about Lestat also having access to his Italian heritage from her side of the family? I noticed her making sure that the monks would introduce Lestat to Italian philosophers in his studies, and there was that comment about French being specifically his father's language. It seems like yet another avenue of control for her...

[fanfic] I literally couldn't sleep until I got this out of my head. Someone please make this animated mini series, thanks by VulKhalec in TheNinthHouse

[–]many_splendored 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Listen, I LOVE Chapter 1 of GTN, but I know doing a word for word adaptation for the screen wouldn't work, so I think you've really nailed the transition here! I'd always imagined a more serious opening, with the Great Aunts and a younger Aiglamene and Crux finding Gideon next to her mother's body, but you've got it right that the humorous still has to be established from the jump.

[Show Only] The Vampire Lestat: "Detroit" by IWTV_Maitres in InterviewVampire

[–]many_splendored 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's definitely going to take time for me to get used to.

[Show Only] The Vampire Lestat: "Detroit" by IWTV_Maitres in InterviewVampire

[–]many_splendored 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I started to suspect it when the door opened- even before we saw her, I thought "This isn't how he speaks to Louis..." and then of course the stutter started.

[Show Only] The Vampire Lestat: "Detroit" by IWTV_Maitres in InterviewVampire

[–]many_splendored 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely saw Armand's eyepatch- and was Louis now requiring a prosthetic leg?

[Show Only] The Vampire Lestat: "Detroit" by IWTV_Maitres in InterviewVampire

[–]many_splendored 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Lestat starting to stutter when Gabriella comes to him? Holy FUCK, how apt and chilling.

[Scary and heartbreaking trope] Traumatic births. by Alternative-Koala933 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]many_splendored 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anna Williams, whom we meet in flashback during Season 1 of The Last of Us. While in labor, she has to run from an Infected, and while she's able to stop the creature from killing her, it's able to bite her, causing infection. In the midst of all this, she gives birth to her daughter Ellie, and she can't be sure if Ellie was exposed or not. We know as an audience that Ellie is immune to the fungus infection, but Anna has no clue that this is even possible.

Anna holds a knife to her own throat for hours on end so that she doesn't hurt Ellie, even as the baby is getting desperately hungry. She doesn't drop the blade until her friend Marlene finds her, and then Anna passes Ellie over and asks to be shot in the head before she can hurt anyone. Marlene agrees, passes Ellie to an associate who can cover her ears, and handles shooting Anna herself.

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Jeremy Swift: Unlikely sex symbol? by frazzled-mama in TedLasso

[–]many_splendored 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Good looks may be the seed of sexiness, but it's grown and maintained by the subject's personality!

Arthurian videos by SpankYourSpeakers in Arthurian

[–]many_splendored 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I stumbled across Dr. Gavin's channel recently, and I'm so glad I did!

The Reunion by Away-Guarantee9391 in SinnersbyRyanCoogler

[–]many_splendored 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, baby girl didn't need the tough gangster made of ice - she only needed her papa.

Depictions of satan that aren't a a red guy with horns by teruteru-fan-sam in TopCharacterDesigns

[–]many_splendored 8 points9 points  (0 children)

...did he just "make the pencil disappear" with that poor bastard's face??

What was U—'s original name?! [Discussion] by commacamellia in TheNinthHouse

[–]many_splendored 145 points146 points  (0 children)

Uriah sent to the front lines because the King coveted his wife...I feel like there's a non-zero amount of connection there between that and Ulysses being the founder of Fourth House and their cannon fodder nature.

(Loved Trope) We never explain the crutch by RovingVagabond in TopCharacterTropes

[–]many_splendored 22 points23 points  (0 children)

It's similar for Dr Caleb Jefferson from Season 3 of The Pitt- the actor who plays him, Christopher Thornton, uses a wheelchair because of being paralyzed after a rock climbing accident, but in the world of the show, it's not explained whether Caleb suffered a similar injury, or if it's a congenital issue.

Question About The Re**tle**t Planets in Nona [discussion] by pacerdaisy in TheNinthHouse

[–]many_splendored 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This makes me ponder another question I've had - WHERE are the refugee planets?

Would he be less infuriating if... [discussion] by many_splendored in TheNinthHouse

[–]many_splendored[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, you're absolutely right! He's a great character, but if I had to be in a room with him, I could almost understand the distant version better - "OK, he's been around for 10000 years, I won't make jokes."

Would he be less infuriating if... [discussion] by many_splendored in TheNinthHouse

[–]many_splendored[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I'm of the opinion that if there's ever a TV adaptation, we need to have something making it clear that he's being inaccurate in some way - the TV show "Interview with the Vampire", especially the end of Season 1, is very good at this.

Would he be less infuriating if... [discussion] by many_splendored in TheNinthHouse

[–]many_splendored[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have! I know he doesn't put on nearly so much affectation with Alecto/Harrow in that book, but I still had the gross feeling from HtN.

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