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This comment could very easily turn into a rant, so I'm going to try and be careful...I think the debate ends with what my mother said to me when I ranted to her: "Abby, Lestat's not real! It doesn't matter whether he's religious or not! That has no effect on you! And you don't have to read the bloody book anyway!"
Too true, mom. Too true.
But it unnerves me none-the-less. Lestat has always always been fickle when it comes to what he believes (other than that he is the coolest thing since sliced bread)... and I think that giving him Redemption will render the rest of his existence sort of... void (but that could well be the point).
I know it's not my place at all to be disapproving, and I'm glad that Anne Rice has found security and happiness in her beliefs, I truly am... But I think it would be better to not write the book at all rather than to change everything Lestat has ever been.
... and I just wanted to draw Harry in his glasses.
p.s. Yes, I am aware what Harry says about creators is hypocritical. I like to call it: a cruel irony (obscure 'Emperor's New Groove' reference! *snort* lol)
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I must agree with everything everyone else has said in these comments! She just CAN'T change him! Lestat is meant to be a lovable asshole, and that's how he needs to stay! I've read up to The Vampire Armand (for some reason it made me love Marius a whole lot more, and of course Armand) and he gets over his little bout with comatose-ism, so he can't become a friggin' religilite! If Lestat becomes a saint, then I swear Louis will stop being emo, Armand will become a happy little vampire again, and David will become, for lack of a better word, stupid. It's just THAT impossible.
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Dude. Doooode. Don't try to tell me that books don't affect you. Just...NO. N. O. It breaks my widdle heart to hear that. I am who I am today because of the books I've read as much as any people or events that have shaped me. And I even found my husband through our mutual obsession with books. (and children's toys, but that's just the ADD) That, and Lestat being redeemed is just...wrong.
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Nuuuu!I hope she doesn't DARE change our lovable Brat Prince!
*clutching onto copies of Interview with a vampire and Blood and Gold for dear life*First the evil,nasty Twilight vampires and their obsessive scary fans...
I don't think my poor mind can take ANY of Anne Rice's lovably bi-sexual vampires being changed.....Armand/Amadeo was once a satan worshiper for Akasha's sake!
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"I NEVER liked your spinach puffs!!"
~gasp~
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"NEVER!"
*double-click*
"That's it - she's goin' down."
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uuum.. *can't quite remember exactly*
"Wait, guys, the wicked shall always recieve their just reward from above..."
*holy music* ... *oooh chandelier*
"That'll work."
BUT I DO REMEBER: "Strange. That usually works."
hot damn I love that movie :3
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at my house, you can't go ten minutes without hearing a quote from it
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I'm faving this for Rachel. She'll be back day after new years. And probably pissed too.
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Dude, you should get an account.
Tell Rachel she's too young to drink.. or... did you mean she'll be angry? xD
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Angry. And I'm actually banned from the computer, for 8 months for stealing something online and using it to buy a Xbox 360. I sneak glances on Chio's computer. Hmmm.... I'll talk to her about getting an account. Maybe it'll be easier.
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My brother did something like that once lol... boys *sigh*
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Actually, I heard she changed her mind about writing that book because she wants to focus on her series about Jesus' life. But if Lestat is redeemed, maybe he'll just start robbing blood banks. But that's probably a sin too.
I like your ideas for spoilers.
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Well.. I'm almost glad Rice made that decision.. I think that book would've hurt me >_>
Pfft, my spoilers = win (for once >< )
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Tru, tru. Wow, you really have to read Revelation Space. Its oh so sad. All the people I ever related to in that book tended to die (except Aura, but she was hardly human since she was born....)
Just up both of our alley-ways at the moment, hmmm? I know its all sci-fi, but it really does share the same desolation and hope-barren themes as Deathnote and the VC. Coem on, u liked serenity, didnt u?
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I HATED Memnoch, it left me soooo confused....
*sigh* why do i go to a school so blatant that it doesnt even bother to give the class "Christian Ed" a name like "Religious (Re-)Educuation"? I just don't belong in a chapel, not even if it gives me time to do homework every mon,wed and friday.....
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I agree, even if I don't like Anne Rice. (It's her style of writing not the plot. Love the plot just can't manage to get through a whole book. And it's funny 'cause I REALLY like vampires too... anyway...) It would be pointless to make him see the "error of his ways" because his personality is... well he's an ass and that's the way it should stay. Harry Potter stayed alive (even if every other character was killed off - sorry if you have't read it yet 
Oh, and the glasses rock. XD
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Yeah, sometimes her writing is a little hard to get used to. (BTW don't try to read Violin). But since the vampire characters are awesome, it's not too bad.
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I need to read. Currently I'm re-reading few Neil Gaimen books tho.... eventually I'll get to Anne Rice.
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lol speaking of Harrys.. that's why my Harry has glasses - one of my friends made a crack about how every Harry in the fictional universe from now on should wear glasses 
Anyway, I agree. Anne Rice said in her statement-thing that she was aware Lestat's "goth fans" were probably not going to agree with his change in character.. and I'm thinking.. that's a little generalizing. Anyone who cares about Lestat as a character (especially as an ass lol) is not going to agree with him becoming religious. She should respect the fact that all Lestat fans, regardless of how black they dress, love him becuz he's a self-involved dork at the best of times.
I can definately understand what u mean about her writing style. It can get so over-bearing.. if that's the right way of putting i... but yeah.. I'm in it for the vampires ~ XD
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XD That's awsome.
Calling them "goth fans," thats going to get her a lot of friends. It kinda sounds like her head's gotten a little too big.
It's okay, I've got a ton of other vampire romance novels. ^^
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Yah yah, but i havnt even read blood canticle...which i gave to u, abby! What is the point of Memnoch, anyway? IT DOESNT PROVE ANYTHING!!! Lestats just like "oh, either that was God, the Devil being the devil or some kind of crazy spirit screwing with my cracked eggshell of a head!" I want answers, dammit! U were right abby. that was a very depressing book. every nun lestat wants to screw/lick menstrual blood from ends up going insane or betraying him. Whyyyyyyyyyy!!!! :thumb79030010:
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Dude EVERYONE Lestat ever loves screws him over and leaves (whether it be through death or by just removing themselves from his presence)... poor guy...
I'd make him feel loved given half the chance.. heh
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lol.. dont u just want to hug him? I'll probably mention at some point that Harry's first fictional love was Lestat lol.
If Harry's got access to the books who says he can't have fantasies about being chewed on by a vampire?
... vampires are seeexyyy
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Darn, I want asshole-Lestat, not a saint! D: It's sooo out of character! ;_;
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Nuuu, it's fine when he SAYS he's a saint out of being an egotisitical narsictic bastard. The second he becomes a saint......*siiiiigh*
where's the fun in that?!
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Saint Lestat?! Hah!
Lestat: *pouts*
I'm sorry, honey, it's just a bit of an oxymoron. Like virgin-birth, you know?
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xDxDxD
Yet, virgin birth still happens. 
*pats Lestat on the head* We all love him being an ass. In fact, the 'last' book of the VC even made me sad with how...selfless he was. >.< (And I don't support the pairing of Rowan/Lestat...seems too...Marysueish.)
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I tend to avoid reading some of the later books (with the exceptions of Blood & Gold and a few others.)
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lol... 'Marysueish' .. I'll have to remember that one.
I love the little moments where he actually does something nice.. that's why you couldnt have a whole book of him being nice, it wouldn't make those moments special
(Armand/Lestat forever! I ship that one for the violence lol)
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That would a funny pairing.
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Armand/Lestat amuses me. 'I hate you, I hate you, I hate you, I...*throw, hit, smooch*'
^^ Rowan is so much like Anne Rice, and Lestat she says is based off of Stan...so that whole message of 'I'll wait for you when you are ready...' written shortly after his death? I mean, it's sweet, but -.- gaaaaah. Cheeeese.
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What message was that? I didn't hear about that.. but it definately sounds cheesy >.>
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Spoiler alert to anyone who hasn't read it. But he falls in love with Rowan, who seems alot like a marysue/Anne Rice, and Lestat comes to her and offers to take her away/turn her into a vampire. She says she's not ready for that death/that future, and he says he'll wait for her.
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woot, go harry. i totally agree with u! *shakes fist at anne rice's direction*
not that i can pick anything really different about this one from ur other fabulous drawings, but one is really good.
and wat chu sayin' of not being able to draw expressions gal? i love harry's expression here. and his shirt. i really like his shirt.
and omg i totally have the same pair of glasses as harry, except mine dont match my eyes
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lol he has the most amusing dress-sense. I guess it's forgivable becuz he's gay.
... 
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Arrgh. I feel the exact same way (though to be honest, I've only read the first book, I've got the other 2 patiently waiting on my shelf). When I read that she'd converted I was kinda like 'huh' about it. I know that she didn't really want to talk to interviewers about the books anymore, which suggests she wasn't too proud of what she'd written, and now I'm afraid she'll just use this book to make up for it.
My guess is that Lestat will end up dead in the new one. At first I thought he might kill himself for the good of all mankind (cheeeeese), but suicide's a sin too, so he'll probably find himself in one of those 'die for a good cause' situations and go for it.
//
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I can't believe that never occured to me!!
Lestat actually tries to kill himself in 'Tale of the Body Thief' (a spoiler for your spoiler.. dw, it's nothing major
Hmm.. It's gonna have to be some HEE-UUUGE 'die for a good cause situation' because so far he's proved rather hard to get rid of.
.....I'll cling to that. I don't think I can live in a world where Lestat is martyred for religion. Oooh there we go. Yes. A martyr-ing. That's how it'll happen.
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Dammit. Well, we must be the first two people to have the spoiler to the new book.
How should we abuse our power?
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Tell everyone we know Lestat's gonna die at the end.. then tell them he dies of AIDs
I mean, think about it.. all those years of sucking on everyone and everything.. he was bound to pick it up somewhere.
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then tell them he dies of AIDs
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About Anne Rice's new planned book.
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Aye. She's famous for writing gore-and-angst-filled vampire books for the majority of career.. but a few years ago she converted to Christianity, and has since then been writing about.. well.. Christianity.
Recently she's announced that she's considering returning to her old vampire series (called 'The Vampire Chronicles' ) to write one final book.. in which she will make her main character, Lestat (the most famous vampire after Dracula...
In other words: she's going to make the biggest bad-ass of a vampire there ever was Christian.
Most of Lestat's fans are at a loss as to how this is going to work.
Hope this elaborates
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Wow, no kidding! Sounds like a great series, but I agree with the fans....How will that work?
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