206 – The Vampire Lestat #17 w/ Candace the Magnificent
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What is the main theme of The Vampire Lestat in this episode?
Hello everybody and welcome back to the Barely Bookish podcast.
Today we're continuing on with the Vampire Lestat and I am once again joined by Candice. Hi! Okay. Okay. What the fuck is going on with Lestat? That's what's happening, pretty much. He's miserable.
That's what's going on with Lestat. He's sad and miserable and lonely all of the time, even when he's surrounded by people. That is what's happening to Lestat.
And hallucinating a little bit.
Correct. A little bit of that as well. Just, you know.
Yep. But we are on chapter five and I guess we may as well just get right on into it because I know us and we can never continue on a linear path anyways.
So.
So Gabrielle says that she's tired of all the vampires, their rules, their word, weird humanity. And she wants to see the world, which Gabrielle, my girl, my fricking girl, because when I travel, I, and look, I'm immediately on a tangent. I don't want to be in a big fucking city. Like me and the stock would never hang out because if you were like, Hey, I want to go be in Paris. I would say, fuck you. I don't like Paris. I don't like big cities.
Absolutely, for real, for real there. I feel like she's in this weird place, though, where she doesn't give any fucks. Yeah. She's in a really... who cares era of her life. So I don't know. I kind of like, I don't know. I feel like we're both vibing with her here.
Yeah. And like, I just, sometimes you want to be a feral goblin that runs in the woods, no shoes, mud everywhere. And that's okay. That's okay. I think.
Yes, absolutely correct.
And I love that for her because she spent her entire life being on prim and proper.
How does Lestat's emotional state affect his relationships?
Let her run barefoot in the woods.
Yeah, I mean, like, I think that like. She can't understand Lestat, but kind of takes for granted that he can't understand her and vice versa. I feel like he's like, why don't you understand me? Why can't I understand you? And she's like, why don't you understand me? Why can't I understand you? It's kind of like a standoff here between the two of them. It's high noon and they're both in the center of town square or something. Like... I'm just like, when do either of these people just get sick of their shit, right? Like, when do these people go, we're probably not very good for each other, and then leave.
Well, it's like, it's always that thing where it's like, you realize if you weren't family, you would never hang out with some of your family. Because you guys are, like, not similar at all. Like, you have nothing in common. You're nothing like each other. Like, I think about that sometimes. Like, especially when it comes to, like, you know, your extended family, like it's hard. Yeah. And like, they are getting to the point where it's like, okay, we are not forced by blood anymore to spend time together. And when you really boil it down, we have nothing in common. Yeah. Yeah. So Lestat believes that Marius is alive and Gabrielle says that the entire story around Marius sounds like a made up fairy tale. Which like, yeah.
Yeah, I do.
I love how skeptical she is, though, especially like in the face of Lestat being so like curious. Like this is like the first thing he's been passionate and excited about and forever. And she's like, poo poo. Like, you know, I feel like this is her at her most matronly. Like we talked a little bit last episode about how she her like her like mom side has been coming out. And I feel like this is just more of the same. Right. Like there's like a certain amount of protectiveness. And I don't want my son to get disappointed that's happening here. That kind of is almost a throwback to like that first time that we meet her, like in the beginning of the book. Where she's like, she doesn't really care what Lestat does, but at the same time is like, please don't get hurt.
Like, I don't want you to get hurt, right? Like, I'm going to send you to this school because I don't want you to get hurt.
What journey does Gabrielle embark on in this chapter?
I'm going to let you read books because I don't want you to get hurt. I'm going to encourage you to, you know, take charge of the family because I don't want you to get hurt.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main theme of The Vampire Lestat in this episode?
0:10–2:24
2
How does Lestat's emotional state affect his relationships?
2:24–4:34
3
What journey does Gabrielle embark on in this chapter?
4:34–6:36
4
How do Lestat and Gabrielle's perspectives differ on their vampiric existence?
6:36–10:11
5
What insights do the characters gain from their travels?
10:11–13:03
6
How does the discussion of vampire culture evolve throughout the episode?
13:03–17:06
7
What is the significance of the letters Lestat writes?
17:06–21:13
8
How do the characters reflect on their identities and choices as vampires?
21:13–41:59