#lestat's concert

[desertfangs]

One of the funniest parts of Queen of the Damned is when Armand and Daniel see Jesse at the concert hall, and Armand immediately recognizes her as Talamasca, and Daniel is all, "That's a cool word, what does it mean?" And Armand is just like, "It means Lestat is a fool!"

Armand totally knows exactly who and what the Talamasca are, and what they do, and he is just so fucking done. Lestat is going through with his concert and they're probably all going to die, and now to add insult to injury, the Talamasca are there to record everything and probably ransack their vampire corpses for their collection afterward, and he's 100% over it.

I also love that Daniel is just obsessed with how cool the word sounds. Dude is so high on being a vampire for ENTIRE DAYS after being turned and it's so great.

#queen of the damned #armand #daniel molloy #the vampire chronicles #vc #vampire chronicles #it cracks me up every time #queen of the damned is fucking hilarious #the vc #the devil's minion #lestat's concert #the talamasca #talamasca

[killer-laurent]

The concert of the great Lestat! (Commission for @julien-mayfair )

#art #digital art #fantasy #vampire chronicles #anne rice #vampire #lestat the vampire #lestat #lestat de lioncourt #rock #rock star #lights #concert #wolfkiller #commission

[thecaptainjacksparrow]

• 𝔩𝔦𝔳𝔢 𝔦𝔫 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔯𝔱 • 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖛𝖆𝖒𝖕𝖎𝖗𝖊 𝖑𝖊𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖙 •

◦ october 31st, 1985 ◦ at the cow palace ◦ 8:00 pm

══════════════════════════════════

if you wanna support me, i uploaded it to my redbubble shop 😳 poster - white logo - black logo ◦ thank you!

#interview with the vampire #the vampire lestat #lestat de lioncourt #the vampire chronicles #anne rice #sam reid #poster #concert #design #photoedit #mine #amc's interview with the vampire #iwtv #vampire #rockstar lestat

[crazykuroneko]

This is random, but if I were AMC, i would make The Vampire Lestat a real rock band for S3 as in they're releasing singles with Lestat and the band as the artist. It would be so meta, but imagine the potential PR the show would get from it. (I mean, look how internet eating up cunty Lestat now)

Like, buy at least four songs for the band, let Jacob write the lyrics (because his lyrics are so Good) and Sam co-write it. Release (complete with a MV ofc) one before the first part of TVL being released, one after the season ends, then same with the other two for the TVL part II/QotD season. Then release an EP out of them by the end of QotD part I season.

And make them legit songs. I haven't read QotD but I heard the songs in the books mainly to call out Akasha/other vampires?? Make the songs cathartic for Lestat; make them also about his trauma with vampirism, about good vs bad, mocking religion etc, so the whole band thing would be something he really needs to do (as in if Louis needed to do the interview, Lestat needs to do his music) rather just "fuck around and find out" yknow. And whoever ends up interviewing Lestat (hopefully Daniel), I want Lestat to bring him to the compound where he and the band live so we would get to see some some behind the scenes of the rockstar.

As someone who used to do PR campaigns, I can't help but see this potential. I mean, the greatest thing and main attraction of QotD movie (after queen Aaliyah ofc) were the OST; general people still remember Lestat will be a rockstar. Sam wouldn't even need to promote it elsewhere, internet could do it for him. You get me? This whole idea keeps playing in my imagination I need to write it down.

#yes i'm also writing this so AMC will steal my idea #PLEASE STEAL IT I BEG YOU #we would have something beside 'what kind of interview it is' to make the show viral on twitter 😤 #release the concert scene as a performance video on youtube as well #if we're fortunate maybe the show would get a grammy? who knows #think big #interview with the vampire #iwtv #lestat de lioncourt #jacob anderson

[aworthyopponent-not]

Anne Rice: Lestat's a tenor

Sam Reid:

#lestat de lioncourt #interview with the vampire #anne rice #vocal range #rockstar boi #dying for lestat's concert in the show 🔥

[covenofthearticulate]

I hope the show gets cancelled before we get to this point but I'm just saying, IF I were a writer on amc iwtv it would be so fun to write an episode from like a random npc's point of view for the concert. Not even OF the concert, like I don't want to see the actual show, I want the story of a girl who waited 10 hours in line to see The Vampire Lestat. I want the story of the girl who made friends with other strangers in line, who skipped out on school to go to the show, who drools all over herself while wearing horrible fake fangs. that's what we deserve tbh

#maybe this is too modern idk i didn't go to any rock shows in the 80s idk if there was the same Community there is today #just thinking about all the friends i made when i went by myself to see maneskin LOL concert bonding is so real #in another universe there's an iwtv show that's actually good #that has fun little un-serious episodes from different pov's like Supernatural used to do lmfao #like i want an episode where the only time we see lestat is when his band cover is shown on the billboards and posters #in the last 30 seconds of the episode we see shit go up in flames #and then the very next episode is like rewound 24 hours and we see the same string of events but this time we follow lestat #rolin jones WISHES he were me

[jurassic-cunt]

honestly i WILL lose my mind every day we learn a new cast member's name. gabrielle, nicki, madeline, mekare, maharet, jesse, khayman, mael, akasha, enkil, marius, david where are youuuu

#amc iwtv #santino was just the beginning #i guess aaron won't be at lestat's concert with david since they combined aaron and michael in the mayfair witches series #vc #dark gift

[desertfangs]

Lestat/Daniel

First sentence: Hey! Where is that hand going?!

This went in a direction I didn't expect but I had fun with it and I hope you'll have fun with it, too! I don't usually write this way, either, so it's a bit of an experiment and I hope it works.

“Hey, where is that hand going?” Lestat smiles teasingly at Daniel as he reaches for his jeans, to pull the little box of cigarettes from his front pocket. 

Daniel gives him an exasperated look but it’s temperated by the elation in him, the joy from the concert they’ve just left. Lestat can smell the blood and sweat on him from jumping and dancing around to the music. 

He puts the cigarette to his lips and flicks the lighter until a tiny flame dances on the top. He touches the cigarette to his lips and inhales, his dead lungs expanding in his chest. Lestat can hear the breath move into them and the way his heart speeds up almost imperceptibility. He offers Lestat the box.

Lestat holds up a hand in refusal. Daniel shrugs and puts the box back in his pocket, creating a small bulge over his hip. Lestat’s eyes trail to the other bulge beneath his jeans and he smiles to himself. Such a mortal thing to notice. Such mortal desires. But then he’s not immune to the pleasures of the flesh. They’re no longer the same as when he was a human boy, but no less intense. 

He watches Daniel smoke, the cigarette held between two long fingers that bring it to his soft lips. His blond hair is damp with blood sweat near the roots and the aroma is intoxicating. Lestat moves closer without realizing and Daniel looks at him.

The look stops his heart. It’s so open with the hint of a soft smile on his youthful face. Lestat can see plainly how this boy captivated Armand so quickly. With his tenacity and boldness, surely, but no doubt his beauty played a part. He’s a captivating creature. And yet there’s a casualness to his movements, an almost unawareness of just how alluring it is when he sucks on the cigarette, his lips puckering around it. 

“Did you like the band?” Daniel asks, shifting nervously under Lestat’s gaze. Lestat turns away, watching the rest of the crowd exiting the building, their hearts hammering at frenetic tempos. They smell of sweat, beer, and hairspray, the faint smell of marijuana lingering in the air. 

“They had a good energy, though I was tempted to go up there and show the lead singer how it’s done.” 

Daniel laughs, a puff of smoke coming out of his mouth as he does. “Yeah, well, not everyone can be The Vampire Lestat.” The cigarettes make his voice rougher and give it a texture that sets Lestat’s hair on end. 

“I’ve been thinking it’s time for a reunion tour,” Lestat says. He doesn’t really mean it. Yes, he longs to do it, to be on stage again, but as much as teases Marius, he knows it’s not realistic. His new role is the role of a lifetime: the prince of all vampire kind. He works that stage brilliantly, plays the part with fervor and zeal. But sometimes when he posts videos of himself singing a few bars on the internet and the comments go wild, he wants to be on the stage again like he used to.

“Yeah, well, sign me up,” Daniel says. “I’ll work your merchandise table.” 

Lestat laughs. This is what he loves about Daniel. When he says things like that, Armand will frown trying to work out how serious he is and Louis gets that familiar little wrinkle in his forehead that marks his concern. Marius will jump into a long lecture of why he can’t ever be on stage again. But Daniel simply jumps on board.

Lestat moves closer and snatches the cigarette from his fingers. Again, Daniel gives him that exasperated look, the one perfected over years with Armand. There’s no real rancor in it, though. Lestat touches the cigarette to his lips, slightly moist from Daniel’s mouth, and inhales. The smoke is hot, filling his lungs with dry, crackling air. Daniel takes it back, putting it right to his own mouth and leaving it there hanging on his lip as he runs his fingers through his blond hair.

“You can be my tour manager,” Lestat says.

“I know you’re joking but if you want, we could make it happen,” Daniel says. 

Lestat’s pulse quickens. He imagines the heat of the lights, the microphone in his hand, the crowd in front of him going berserk like they did for this mediocre local rock band. 

“Armand has connections in the music scene here, he could secure a venue. Maybe even this one.” Daniel gestures behind him. “We could sell you as a cover artist. Get you a back up band for one night. No one would think it was really you but…” He shrugs. “Could be fun.”

It could be fun. Lestat can imagine it clearly enough. He can wear a costume similar to one of his more famous ones and go wild with the hair and makeup. He’ll be an impersonator to the audience, playing a role. 

“The role I was born to play,” he mumbles.

“Yourself?” Daniel snorts.  He drops the cigarette to the ground and grinds it out with his shoe. “Yeah, man, it’d be cool.”

Lestat considers. Puts his arm around Daniel’s shoulders and pulls him into a hug right there on the street. No one cares. That’s the best thing about this modern age in the big city. No one really pays attention to anyone else. Everyone is too busy stumbling out of the venue, heading for the subway or a taxi, or a bar.

“Let’s get a drink,” Lestat says. 

Daniel gives him a sidelong look, and his thoughts are easy enough to read. But he vocalizes his question anyway: “What kind of drink?” 

Daniel is young and he’s fed. He has no need of blood right now, though Lestat is tempted to take him somewhere dark and quiet and offer him some regardless. 

“In a bar! Let’s follow the crowd.” 

“Sure. I actually know a good place three blocks down,” Daniel says. 

Lestat grins. He lowers his arm so it’s around Daniel’s waist and Daniel puts his arm around Lestat’s waist in turn. They walk together, milling through the crowd. “If were to do this show—a one night only engagement you understand—“ 

Daniel nods. “Obviously.” 

“Do you really think Armand would help?” 

“Of course! He’ll love the idea. Getting to dress you up in 80s rockstar regalia and watch you perform? He’ll be first in line.” 

“I suppose you and your maker get up to plenty of trouble in this town,” Lestat says. 

Daniel snorts. “You can say that.”

The idea is stuck in his head now, and he can’t stop thinking of which songs he’ll want to do, how many rehearsals it’ll take with a new band, how much time they’ll need. “What about the others?” Lestat asks, as they stop at the curb and wait to cross. 

Daniel considers, worrying his lip. It’s an extremely human gesture. Louis might be the most human of them all but Daniel has retained so much of his humanity, and Lestat enjoys that about him, too. “I think Louis will come around once we explain the whole impersonator part.” 

“Hm.” Lestat can picture Louis’ elegant face shifting into disapproval, but then he remembers their reunion in the 80s, and how delicious it was. How delicious it always is to see him worried and perturbed and to prove him wrong. Besides, he’ll love it, too. Perhaps even more than rest, not that he’ll ever admit it. “Good. Then we should start making plans immediately.” 

The light changes for them to cross, and Daniel hesitates. Lestat can hear the uncertainty in his thoughts, not for this crazed concert venture, but whether it’d be best to go back to Trinity Gate and enlist Armand’s help immediately, or whether they can do some basic planning at the bar. Lestat is  still buzzing from the energy of the show and his new plan for a show of his own and he wants to be in a lively setting, surrounded by people. 

“To the bar, Danny,” Lestat says, giving him a hard pat on his ass. “You can call your maker and have him join us there. He can bring a computer.” 

Daniel laughs and shakes his head and they head across the street. 

#daniel molloy #lestat #lestat/daniel #lestat de lioncourt #first sentence game #post-canon shenanigans #vc fanfic #my fic #vampire chronicles #vc #this was supposed to head in a smuttier direction but then lestat got all hung up on the concert thing so #they will make out later don't worry #maybe annoy armand until they pull him in

[haunting-myown-zombie]

GOD DAMN THAT OUTFIT DARBY

#aew #darby allin #UGH I LOVE HIS STYLE #Hes giving 2002 Queen of the Damned Lestat concert with that shirt #GOD MF DAMN #he stresses me out pls sir

[steppesliver]

akasha tvc was ahead of her days anne rice didn't know that by then but i see you miss rice and i agree with the "we need 90% male population gone" statement on a bad day

#its been a while since i read that book from the series but whenever i think about it i just laugh #because if i remember well she really did wake up to one of lestats concerts #lestat very cringe rockstar era. something i treasure #log #tvc

[thelioncourts]

if I don't, at some point in amc's iwtv's existence, get a modern loustat scene with louis -- just for a moment -- falling back into old habits of hiding his truth because he simply always has and lestat leaning in close to tell him that this isn't then, they can be, and louis, eventually, recognizing that he and lestat can be in all the ways they never really could in new orleans, all before lestat pulls louis into a sweeping kiss that has louis smiling against him, I will be very upset

#amc iwtv #iwtv #louis de pointe du lac #lestat de lioncourt #i just want louis and lestat to be able to kiss in public without the ridicule (or the 'killing the love of your life tonight' thing) #and not have to mouth 'i love you' as to not get in trouble #or the 'crimes against nature' and everything else #just being in love and shameless #let them go to concerts and let louis end up in lestat's lap because they can't get enough of one another #of the energy and the music and being able to do this #they'll never be able to openly be vampires not really but this??? oh this they can have

[feralthembo]

Interview With A Vampire (2022)

#blood+ #blood plus #LISTEN OK I WILL DRAG THIS FANDOMS CORPSE AROUND MYSELF IF I HAVE TO #i love how ive taken to playing spot the lestat #hes literally a french vampire with amazingly terrible fashion taste and gets his sugar daddy to pay for his concerts skhdhssksh

[cuntvonkrolock]

just had the best/worst fic idea

#the gist of it is that herbert von krolock is a fan of rockstar lestat's band and makes his dad get him a ticket to one of their concerts #and bc count von krolock is presumably quite wealthy herbert gets vip tickets and a backstage pass #and he meets lestat #i don't know exactly how it would progress from there but i know lestat would be a terrible influence on herbert #obviously there would be homosexual goings on #maybe alfred would come along too #him and louis could bond over having unhinged blond boyfriends

[cindymoon]

finally finished queen of the damned oh my godddd

#was bored and skimming through a lot til the concert #but loved all the new characters #and the devils minion chapter was everything to me😩😩😩 #and i love maharet #and lestat and louis at the end aHhhh #b.txt #brina reads tvc!

[sardonyyx]

cvnt in the style of Paul Stanley, sort of

#project tag: prove it on me #lestat #rule 63 #rockstar era #something something why is my ex wife her wife and her maker at my concert