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just finished the newest episode of TVL, and it’s making me think of Lestat’s fledglings now.. do the fledglings Lestat makes post-Akasha differ from his first two (Gabrielle and Nicky) since her blood could potentially have been transferred too?

So the show introduced a new concept, the “maker-fledgling bond”, they can basically feel eachother.
Loustat can feel eachother, DM can feel eachother, in s2 Louis was complaining about feeling Madeliene despite her being basically a stranger to him.
So like. Why are they still doing the whole “Armand thinks Marius is dead for 500 years” plot point… cant he feel him?
It feels like such a stupid inconsistency, am I missing something?

Hey all, I’ve posted a few times in here during my reading of The Vampire Chronicles and Mayfair Witches. I’ve just finished The Blood Communion. I had seen some brief spoilers about aliens entering it, so I wasn’t shocked, but I must say I actually enjoyed the whole Alanatis and replimoid race stuff. I would have liked a book on Bravena, but I do understand some of the backlash from the jump to sci‑fi. I loved how Lestat ended Rhosh. Overall, a cracking series of books, my favourites are probably Blackwood Farm, then Blood and Gold (I love Marius). A few gripes though: I didn’t like how they just killed off Mona and the full not knowing for certain what happened to Tyler. What is everyone’s favourite books?

Haven’t read the book, so I’m just wondering whether it’s a good adaptation or not for those who read it from those 4 episodes.

I hate what they have done to Lestat's backstory (meaning, the book's actual plot) thus far, but at least I can sorta understand their reasoning. Lots of that stuff was told last season. TV Lestat was much more open and honest about his past than his book version. The audience was told about his childhood abuse, Magnus, Nicky, and a long dirt nap.

Yes, telling is not showing, and I'd much rather have them actually portray his backstory in immersive detail like the book did, but I can understand how they could think that going through the same stuff again could bore some members of the audience.

But the Marius, Akasha and Enkil are a different story. That part of Vampire Lestat was neither told nor shown. It was only teased (Gabriella ribbing Lestat about Marius, which a non-book-reader wouldn't get, "I have the blood of Akasha in me"), but that's it.

I'm still harboring some (perhaps foolish and naive) hope that, even though they've short-charged the other parts of the book's story, they've saved enough money to at least tell that part properly. I hope that we get to at least to see that part of the story as more than rushed, short flashbacks. I hope that this is where the money they saved up (by chopping up everything else) actually went.

Am I foolish to hold onto that hope?

Got into this fandom last year from watching the show, and I’ve been slowly getting through the books. I’ve been really enjoying them so far (for the most part) and I intend to read them all.

Currently, I’m around half way through Memnoch the Devil (chapter 11), and I’m kinda struggling with it.

The beginning felt like it just threw me into the action, but was quickly followed by like 50 pages of backstory, which was a drag.

I did enjoy a lot of the conversations Lestat had with David, Armand, and Dora.

But all this about heaven and hell and god and Memnoch. In all honesty, I don’t really care. I found the descriptions of heaven difficult to follow. And now that Memnoch is talking about creation, I’m just waiting for it all to be over.

I’m not religious. I’m an atheist from an atheist family. My knowledge of Christianity mostly comes from Good Omens (ironically, a photo of Crowley is my bookmark). I don’t really care for religion. Is this book only designed for those who are into religion or theology?

I do plan to read it because I want to read the whole series, but I just want to know what to expect from this book (in a non spoilery way). Does it get better?

That was my favorite part of the book, is the show the same or mostly present day?

I've read somewhere around here that the reason Vampire Lestat is focused on the modern day rockstar faffing about instead of Lestat's backstory is because they didn't have a budget for the historical sets.

Does that mean Vampire lestat has a lower budget than either season of the Interview? Because those managed to afford their sets. Did the execs give season 3 less money, or did the showrunners just blow what they had on songs?

They killed him off screen because what? To send a message that they have no plans to adapt The Tale of the Body Thief, or at least adapt it with any degree of faithfullness? Do they not believe they'll even have enough seasons to make it that far and have given up on anything after Queen of the Damned? Did they just want to kill off a hated, politically incorrect character with no regard for his importance to the future material?

Thoughts?

Okay so I have a question. I keep encountering people from the old and new fandom who keep saying their copies of the books just appeared out of thin air, they found them, they were just mysteriously left in their gardens and so on... and there's another group who swears that they've seen an apparition of book lestat and then they blinked and he was gone. There's also a lot of people talking about hearing voices or even about sam ried being posessed. So I wanna reach out and ask if anyone here had those experiences, would speak on them and what the general thoughts are? Because before the show was this really a big enough fandom to have a group psychosis to this degree? XD anyway I'm investigating so do share if u have something fun to share

I love this show, I really do, and I’ve defended a lot of the bigger changes from the books in the past. But going into Season 3, something feels different to me and I want to know if I’m alone here.

The full rebrand to “The Vampire Lestat,” the rock-star tour framing, the mockumentary structure with Daniel following the band around, the much more explicit Lestat/Gabrielle dynamic, Louis getting pushed into a supporting role after two seasons of being the narrator… individually I can see the case for each choice. Rolin Jones has earned some trust. But stacked together it’s starting to feel less like “an adaptation of Rice’s book” and more like “what if I wrote my own vampire rock opera and borrowed the character names.”

Is that a fair read, or am I just having a hard time letting go of the Louis-centric version of the show? Curious whether others who’ve read The Vampire Lestat (the novel) think this season is actually hitting the spirit of the book, or if it’s drifted into “inspired by” territory.

Does the tonal swing (campy rockumentary vs. the slow-burn gothic horror of S1–2) work for you, or does it feel like a different show wearing the same name?
Is sidelining Louis this hard a betrayal of what made the first two seasons land, or a necessary cost of finally giving Lestat his own POV?
Where’s the line between “bold adaptation” and “fanfiction with the IP’s name on it”?

Not trying to start a flame war, genuinely want to hear the case for and against.

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Hey there! I had a quick question about Lestat's lawyer Christine from The Vampire Lestat that I wondered if anyone could answer.

When I watched the Anne Rice documentary that Christophe Rice released last autumn, I saw that one of the people interviewed was Christine Cuddy, Anne Rice's longtime lawyer and good friend. When I saw her name, I thought "Oh, that's sweet, Anne Rice must have named Lestat's lawyer after her friend".

However, I can't actually find any evidence or clarification if that's true or not. It looks like Christine represented Anne Rice for decades (and is still involved with her estate), so it's entirely possible, especially since the book character is written about in a very complimentary way. Did Anne ever say anything about this or confirm that it was a deliberate naming choice?

so i’m a little confused. I love the books even though i’ve only read the first four and was looking for a place to discuss them when i found this subreddit. but i mostly see people talking about the show here, which makes sense considering new episodes are coming out. i dont have any problems with the show or anything but i’m just not really interested in seeing so much content about a show i’ve never even watched. (i’ve even been considering watching it but seeing all these spoilers isn’t helping lol)