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  1. Public Bookmark 19

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    04 Jan 2025

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    Obviously, truth is stranger than fiction, and there’s always going to be edge cases in the real world, but for our purposes: just how realistic is Armand’s tragic backstory?

    Judging by the number of retweets/reblogs on this post and others like it, fannish opinion seems to be “not very”. But honestly? It’s not that far-fetched.

    Or: a fannish academic does a deep dive into the most controversial character in Daniel Molloy’s new novel.

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    01 Dec 2024

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    ‘I want to write about you,’ Daniel finally says. It's true.
    ‘Based on what you've shown me, I'd prefer you didn't.’
    ‘But you'd like someone to write about you.’
    ‘I'm not even twenty-five yet, I scarcely require a biographer.’

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    Daniel Molloy has been living in New York for nearly ten years but his career is a non starter, taking assignments from a wire agency to fund his drug habit. One of these assignments leads him to the De Romanus Balletics Company where he meets the enigmatic, beautiful principal dancer, Armand. Daniel thinks he might be able to grow closer to the object of his affection and advance his career, resulting in a spiral of sex, drugs and (ballet) dancing.

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    12 Nov 2024

  4. Public Bookmark 75

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    An exploration of Lestat's recovery after he is turned, Armand's liberation from the Children of Darkness, and an attempt to stitch together some aspects from The Vampire Lestat with what we were shown in the 18th-century flashbacks in the show. Also, sexy telepathy.

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    29 Oct 2024

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    "I know what a breakup looks like," Daniel says. "The better question is, why are you coming to me about it? I'm the one who broke up your little sham."

    "This is what humans do, don't they?" Armand asks, letting his voice drop. "Crashing on their friends' couches when there's a blip in their romances?"

    "Except we're not friends. We're actually very much not friends." Daniel shrugs, as if it's all the same to him. "And I can't imagine the great vampire Armand deigning himself to sleep on my fucked-up sofa. That thing's been here since the nineties."

    "Well," Armand only says. "I saw you have a guest bedroom."

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    29 Sep 2024