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IN THE SUMMER BEFORE 5TH GRADE, 1994, A CREEPY GIRL MY AGE (WHO REPEATEDLY DEMANDED INSPECTION OF HER BACK FOR THE GARGOYLE WINGS GROWING THERE) HANDED ME IWTV AND TOLD ME I COULDN'T HANDLE IT. WE'VE SINCE LOST TOUCH, BUT WITH MOCHA SKIN, WILD LIGHT EYES, AND A PREFERENCE FOR BEING BAREFOOT, SHE WOULD HAVE GROWN INTO A PERFECT MERRICK. I DIGRESS...
I HAD BEEN A BIG STEPHEN KING FAN. I DEFINITELY COULD HANDLE IWTV AND FELL COMPLETELY IN LOVE WITH LOUIS. HIS SUFFERING AND POETIC WORDING WAS AMBROSIA, NOT THAT I WAS GLAD HE WAS FREQUENTLY MISERABLE (HE DID HAVE SOME VERY HAPPY MEMORIES, TOO!), IT WAS JUST THAT HIS WAS A BEAUTIFUL MISERY, LIKE LISTENING TO THE SMASHING PUMPKINS. I THINKlaviniaspeaks PUT IT VERY WELL:"I LOVED HIS ANGST, HIS BEAUTY, HIS BROKENNESS...HE WAS EVERYTHING A 13 YEAR OLD GIRL COULD WANT."
toriwrites:"I WOULD FLIP THROUGH FOR MENTIONS OF HIM BEFORE I EVEN READ (TOTBT IS MY FAVORITE BECAUSE OF THE LOUIS/LESTAT INTERACTIONS)...AND I WAS AS DISAPPOINTED BY THE LACK OF LOUIS IN THAT BOOK AS I WAS ANYTHING."
YES ME TOO! ALL OF THAT. AND THAT SCENE - YOU KNOW WHICH ONE - IN TOTBT WAS HEARTWRENCHING AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I COULD EVER FULLY FORGIVE LOUIS FOR REFUSING LESTAT, AND WILL CONTINUE TO HARASS LOUIS RP'ERS ABOUT IT FOREVER. THEY DO PROVIDE INSIGHTFUL ANSWERS.
I WAS VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THE IWTV MOVIE IN NOVEMBER OF THAT YEAR. I HADN'T EVEN CARED MUCH FOR BRAD PITT OR TOM CRUISE BEFORE FINDING OUT THEY WERE IN IWTV. IN THE MEANTIME, I KEPT READING THE SERIES, UP TO WHERE IT ENDED (AT THE TIME) WITH TALE OF THE BODY THIEF.
SPONGING UP LESTAT'S P.O.V. AND THEN SEEING THE MOVIE (AT 12, I WATCHED IT ON VHS AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE, AND EVENTUALLY GOT MY OWN COPY, WHICH I LABELED "FORREST GUMP"), I REALIZED THAT MY LOVE FOR LOUIS HAD ALWAYS BEEN FROM AN OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE; WHILE I COULD EMPATHIZE WITH HIM, AS A PERSON, I QUICKLY REALIZED THAT I WAS MORE LIKE LESTAT. HE HAS TONS OF CHARISMA, IMPECCABLE FASHION TASTE (OK, OCCASIONALLY FLAMBOYANTLY TACKY), AND STRENGTH IN SO MANY WAYS. IT'S A PRACTICED RESILIENCE, A REBELLIOUSNESS, A REFUSAL TO SURRENDER, THE ABILITY TO PEP-TALK HIMSELF BACK INTO LIFE FROM THE BRINK OF DEATH. ALL OF THAT WAS VERY EMPOWERING TO A PETITE GIRL IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND THEN HE ALSO HAS A VULNERABLE SIDE, AND A GENTLENESS! HE'S FLAWED AND THE ENTIRE PACKAGE IS VERY ATTRACTIVE, MORE THAN JUST SUPERFICIALLY.
laviniaspeaks:"FALLING FOR HIM WAS LIKE FALLING FACE-FIRST DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS.(A METAPHOR I'M SURE HE'D ENJOY)."
MON DIEU I THINK HE WOULD LOVE THAT METAPHOR! SO MANY THINGS FELT LIKE MY OWN PERSONALITY. MORE THAN JUST HAVE HIM ARRIVE IN MY ROOM ONE NIGHT, I WANTED TO BE HIM.
SO AStoriwrites CONCLUDED THAT DANIEL IS HER SPIRIT ANIMAL WITH SOUND REASONING, IT'S LIKE DANIEL CHOSE HER... I THINK OUR SPIRIT ANIMALS CHOOSE US RATHER THAN THE OTHER WAY AROUND. MORE THAN JUST HAVE LESTAT MIRACULOUSLY APPEAR TO ME ONE NIGHT, I WANTED TO BE HIM.
I GET A THRILL INTERACTING WITH ALL THE LESTAT RP'ERS, TOO! THERE'S PLENTY OF HIM TO GO AROUND. WATCHING THEM PAY OUT SCENARIOS IS SO MUCH FUN. HOPEFULLY I'LL JOIN THEM SOMEDAY, IF I EVER HAVE THE TIME TO DO SO...
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IN THE SUMMER BEFORE 5TH GRADE, 1994, A CREEPY GIRL MY AGE (WHO REPEATEDLY DEMANDED INSPECTION OF HER BACK FOR THE GARGOYLE WINGS GROWING THERE) HANDED ME IWTV AND TOLD ME I COULDN'T HANDLE IT. WE'VE SINCE LOST TOUCH, BUT WITH MOCHA SKIN, WILD LIGHT EYES, AND A PREFERENCE FOR BEING BAREFOOT, SHE WOULD HAVE GROWN INTO A PERFECT MERRICK. I DIGRESS...
I HAD BEEN A BIG STEPHEN KING FAN. I DEFINITELY COULD HANDLE IWTV AND FELL COMPLETELY IN LOVE WITH LOUIS. HIS SUFFERING AND POETIC WORDING WAS AMBROSIA, NOT THAT I WAS GLAD HE WAS FREQUENTLY MISERABLE (HE DID HAVE SOME VERY HAPPY MEMORIES, TOO!), IT WAS JUST THAT HIS WAS A BEAUTIFUL MISERY, LIKE LISTENING TO THE SMASHING PUMPKINS. I THINK
laviniaspeaks PUT IT VERY WELL:"I LOVED HIS ANGST, HIS BEAUTY, HIS BROKENNESS...HE WAS EVERYTHING A 13 YEAR OLD GIRL COULD WANT." toriwrites:"I WOULD FLIP THROUGH FOR MENTIONS OF HIM BEFORE I EVEN READ (TOTBT IS MY FAVORITE BECAUSE OF THE LOUIS/LESTAT INTERACTIONS)...AND I WAS AS DISAPPOINTED BY THE LACK OF LOUIS IN THAT BOOK AS I WAS ANYTHING."YES ME TOO! ALL OF THAT. AND THAT SCENE - YOU KNOW WHICH ONE - IN TOTBT WAS HEARTWRENCHING AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I COULD EVER FULLY FORGIVE LOUIS FOR REFUSING LESTAT, AND WILL CONTINUE TO HARASS LOUIS RP'ERS ABOUT IT FOREVER. THEY DO PROVIDE INSIGHTFUL ANSWERS.
I WAS VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THE IWTV MOVIE IN NOVEMBER OF THAT YEAR. I HADN'T EVEN CARED MUCH FOR BRAD PITT OR TOM CRUISE BEFORE FINDING OUT THEY WERE IN IWTV. IN THE MEANTIME, I KEPT READING THE SERIES, UP TO WHERE IT ENDED (AT THE TIME) WITH TALE OF THE BODY THIEF.
SPONGING UP LESTAT'S P.O.V. AND THEN SEEING THE MOVIE (AT 12, I WATCHED IT ON VHS AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE, AND EVENTUALLY GOT MY OWN COPY, WHICH I LABELED "FORREST GUMP"), I REALIZED THAT MY LOVE FOR LOUIS HAD ALWAYS BEEN FROM AN OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE; WHILE I COULD EMPATHIZE WITH HIM, AS A PERSON, I QUICKLY REALIZED THAT I WAS MORE LIKE LESTAT. HE HAS TONS OF CHARISMA, IMPECCABLE FASHION TASTE (OK, OCCASIONALLY FLAMBOYANTLY TACKY), AND STRENGTH IN SO MANY WAYS. IT'S A PRACTICED RESILIENCE, A REBELLIOUSNESS, A REFUSAL TO SURRENDER, THE ABILITY TO PEP-TALK HIMSELF BACK INTO LIFE FROM THE BRINK OF DEATH. ALL OF THAT WAS VERY EMPOWERING TO A PETITE GIRL IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND THEN HE ALSO HAS A VULNERABLE SIDE, AND A GENTLENESS! HE'S FLAWED AND THE ENTIRE PACKAGE IS VERY ATTRACTIVE, MORE THAN JUST SUPERFICIALLY.
laviniaspeaks:"FALLING FOR HIM WAS LIKE FALLING FACE-FIRST DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS.(A METAPHOR I'M SURE HE'D ENJOY)."MON DIEU I THINK HE WOULD LOVE THAT METAPHOR! SO MANY THINGS FELT LIKE MY OWN PERSONALITY. MORE THAN JUST HAVE HIM ARRIVE IN MY ROOM ONE NIGHT, I WANTED TO BE HIM.
SO AS
toriwrites CONCLUDED THAT DANIEL IS HER SPIRIT ANIMAL WITH SOUND REASONING, IT'S LIKE DANIEL CHOSE HER... I THINK OUR SPIRIT ANIMALS CHOOSE US RATHER THAN THE OTHER WAY AROUND. MORE THAN JUST HAVE LESTAT MIRACULOUSLY APPEAR TO ME ONE NIGHT, I WANTED TO BE HIM. I GET A THRILL INTERACTING WITH ALL THE LESTAT RP'ERS, TOO! THERE'S PLENTY OF HIM TO GO AROUND. WATCHING THEM PAY OUT SCENARIOS IS SO MUCH FUN. HOPEFULLY I'LL JOIN THEM SOMEDAY, IF I EVER HAVE THE TIME TO DO SO...
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Date: 2014-01-14 03:11 am (UTC)This topic always intrigues me. I've given the book to people, hoping to contaminate them with this. I even gave it to a 12 yr old girl, Joanna, at a summer camp I worked at. She enjoyed it but it didn't really resonate for her, she liked horror, but was more of a Terry Pratchet fan.
However, it's noteworthy that when she returned my battered paperback (and it was truly falling to pieces from tons of travel, and several years of abuse) she had mended the binding and laminated the front and back cover. I was so touched by this gesture. We both knew I could go out and buy another copy for a few dollars, but we also both knew the nostalgic value of keeping the same copy, the pages all softened and ragged at the edges, that particular smell of having been handled so much... siiigh.