Vampire Insider: An AMC Anne Rice's Immortal Universe After Show

In today’s episode (the second of a two-parter) Joann and Kristina welcome industry veteran and Anne Rice fan, Erica Robert Pallo. Erica joined us on several episodes last season and we couldn't have done this one without her! Her knowledge is deep and her insights are powerful. The season finale "And that's the end of it. There's nothing Else" left us breathless as Louis takes revenge for Claudia and Daniel, with the help of the Real Rashid and the Talamasca, uncovers one more, very critical, piece of truth that helps Louis come to a fateful decision -- a decision that has ramifications for Daniel and that brings him back to New Orleans where we finally meet the real Lestat, currently feeding on rats and clinging to an emotional support plank. Their reunion is one for the ages and we are split on what it all means. Below are some ways to engage with us and a bit more about Erica. @kristinagenx, @vampire_insider, and please email us @ vampireinsider@gmail.com Erica tells stories as a writer, media producer, and researcher with a focus on women’s historical writing, film and television, photography, and vampires. Erica is at Harvard University as a library assistant and a master’s student in English looking at 17th-century female playwrights in England. She will soon be launching an interview podcast and blog called The Cinematic Storyteller about people whose work tells cinematic stories through all mediums of art. She also (slowly) writes the FanFic The Vampire Gabrielle on AO3. Twitter: @Slaysweeet and ⁠@CineStoryteller⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/ericarobertpallo⁠ and ⁠https://www.instagram.com/cinematicstoryteller/⁠ Websites: ⁠https://www.ericarobertpallo.com⁠IMDb: ⁠https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5676270⁠LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericarobertpallo⁠Archive of Our Own (The Vampire Gabrielle): ⁠https://archiveofourown.org/works/45018523⁠

In today’s episode Joann and Kristina welcome IWTV fan and Jacob Anderson fan page curator Nado (@astronaut_Nado) who is here to help us dissect the events of season 2's penultimate episode: I Could Not Prevent It. This is a harrowing episode, one that we've been waiting for from the beginning, and one that has left so many fans heartbroken but in awe of the performances of each of the actors in this remarkable ensemble. Nado's contributions to this conversation were absolutely wonderful and we are so grateful that he agreed to join. We promise you'll want more of his thoughts and we are definitely going to be welcoming him back for a deep dive. Below are some ways to engage with us and a bit more about Nado. @kristinagenx, @vampire_insider, and please email us @ vampireinsider@gmail.com Nado has loved vampire stories ever since he was a little kid. His introduction to the genre was the first Blade film and his interest has only grown since then. His mom was a fan of Anne Rice’s books and he’d seen bits of the 94 film as well as Queen of the Damned, which, for a long time, was his only reference point for the story. Although he’d seen rumblings of the IWTV television adaptation prior to the season one release, it wasn’t until he saw that Jacob Anderson was going to be part of the show that he became excited about it. Vampire stories told from a black or POC perspective are rare, so seeing him play the titular character piqued Nado’s interest. After season 1 episode 3, Nado started reading the books and he has been invested ever since. He is eager to see how the show will adapt the other books into the show’s storyline. You can find Nado @astronaut_nado on twitter and follow his Jacob Anderson fashion fan page on IG @jacobs_cl0set

We appreciate your continued patience in posting delays, we will be back on track next week. West Coast work travel meant a delay in editing. In today’s episode Joann and Kristina welcome content creator and vampire superfan Black Girl Talk Fangs as we recap and react to S2E5 of Interview with the Vampire: Don't be Afraid, Just Start the Tape. We discuss the relationships between the triangle of Armand, Louis and Daniel in 1973 San Francisco and how the things uncovered about the first interview inform the way the three will interact in Dubai going forward. Our structure remains the same as last season but we’ve enhanced the “standout” segment and have added a new segment that tracks the progress of “Dreamstat” the Lestat projection who Louis carries with him, to Claudia’s consternation. Below are some links to follow on Twitter (you may call it X). Thanks for coming to listen to us each week and welcome to those of you who are new to the series and new to the podcast. About Black Girl Talk Fangs: BGTF became an IWTV Superfan after watching the pilot episode in October 2022! She fell completely in love with Jacob and Sam's performances as Louis and Sam, New Orleans production, 1910s/1920s costumes shout out Carol Cutshall, and of course Daniel Hart's beautifully orchestrated musical scores. She was not an Anne Rice fan, and did not discover the show through reading The Vampire Chronicles growing up, but was familiar with the 1994 film with Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and Kirsten Dunst. She has always loved shows about vampires since age 11 watching "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and later "True Blood". Since finding the show, she has read IWTV book, The Vampire Lestat, Queen of the Damned, Tale of the Body Thief, and The Vampire Armand, she made a decision to get involved with AMC IWTV fandom after noticing that the show had little to no marketing behind it in 2022. So in November 2022, she created Black Girl Talk Fangs or BGTF on Instagram and other platforms to connect with fellow fans, and have been doing that ever since. IWTV fans sometimes ask how she came up with the BGTF name and her answer is: "I am a black girl who talks about vampires". BGTF, is a space for her to fangirl over the creative talents in front of the screen and behind it without spamming friends and family in private accounts. Follow BGTF on Instagram (@blackgirltalkfangs) and Discord where she takes deep dives into IWTV Season Two episodes and occasionally host rewatch parties. Please follow us on social media: Twitter: @vampire_insider, @kristinagenx IG: @kristinagenx Email: vampireinsider@gmail.com

In today’s episode Joann and Kristina welcome special guest host Rei Gorrei to recap and react to S2E3 of Interview with the Vampire: No Pain. We discuss Armand's perspective, Raglan James, Louis' ongoing existential issues, Claudia's heartbreak, and Dreamstat in a cafe. Our structure remains the same as last season but we’ve enhanced the “standout” segment and have added a new segment that tracks the progress of “Dreamstat” the Lestat projection who Louis carries with him, to Claudia’s consternation. Below are some links to follow on Twitter (you may call it X). Thanks for coming to listen to us each week and welcome to those of you who are new to the series and new to the podcast. We are doing another superfan talk this Saturday on Instagram. Please follow @blackgirltalkfangs, @gorrei_vc, or @kristinagenx to catch that! Twitter: @vampire_insider, @kristinagenx, and please find Rei @gorrei_vc Email: vampireinsider@gmail.com

Welcome back savory inferiors!! The Vampire Insiders are coming in hot to celebrate the long-awaited premiere of Season 2 of Interview with the Vampire. In today’s episode Joann and Kristina dive deep into what’s going on with our Wayfaring duo Louis and Claudia as, five years on from where we left them at the end of last season, they undertake a chaotic pilgrimage through war-torn Eastern Europe looking for other vampires. Our structure remains the same as last season but we’ve enhanced the “standout” segment and have added a new segment that tracks the progress of “Dreamstat” the Lestat projection who Louis carries with him, to Claudia’s consternation. Below are some links to follow on Twitter (you may call it X) that we reference in the episode. Thanks for coming to listen to us each week and welcome to those of you who are new to the series and new to the podcast. For Saturday’s superfan talk on Instagram please follow @blackgirltalkfangs, @gorrei_vc, or @kristinagenx Please follow us on Twitter: @vampire_insider and @kristinagenx @blacktress’ remarks about the official AMC podcast: https://x.com/Blacktress/status/1789844472303341982 A great discussion about Romanian Vampire Folklore by @MrieMoses https://x.com/MrieMoses/status/1790061634313990615

In this episode, the insiders are making guesses about what is going to happen in each episode, based on the newly released episode titles available on Rotten Tomatoes. We are also trying to figure out what is the deal with Louis in the gravel-filled coffin (??) and we speculate a bit on a theory: what if Paul never died? Thank you for coming to listen to us each week, and if you'd like more from us, please follow us on Twitter @vampire_insider and @kristinagenx. We appreciate you sticking with us as we change things up and we are looking forward to bringing you more great content this year. Link to trailer we discuss in this episode: https://youtu.be/4wT4QihIavo?si=yWaxgeUwSE6mGXnG

The Vampire Insiders are speaking with IWTV fan @inkyblotposts (Twitter and Tumbler) aka Jo in the second part of our authorial intent episode. With her background in literature we thought a chat about authorial intent and how that plays out in the multiple levels of original text and adapted screenplay was in order, and we weren't disappointed. We have about 2 hours of material to share so this is the first of a two-part episode. If you enjoy us and would like to learn more about us, please follow us on twitter @marceatspeach, @kristinagenx and @vampire_insider. We love interacting with listeners.

The Vampire Insiders are discussing an interview that Jacob Anderson gave to Entertainment Weekly (see link below). We thought it would be a good opportunity to talk a little about some of the crumbs of information that Jacob doles out in the conversation. We are nothing if not dedicated to analyzing any new kind of content we can locate. Find that interview here: https://ew.com/interview-with-the-vampire-season-2-jacob-anderson-interview-8417770 Thank you for coming to listen to us each week. If you do like us, please share us with a friend and be sure to follow us on Twitter (x) @kristinagenx, @marceatspeach, and @vampire_insider.

The Vampire Insiders are back in the saddle and in this episode, we are discussing an interview that Rolin Jones gave in November of 2022. In that interview, he teases a bit of what we can expect in Season 2 and he shared thoughts on his experience working with cast and crew during Season 1. Find that interview here: https://www.amc.com/blogs/interview-with-the-vampire-q-and-a-creator-and-showrunner-rolin-jones-teases-season-2--1060756 Thank you for coming to listen to us each week. If you do like us, please share us with a friend and be sure to follow us on Twitter (x) @kristinagenx, @marceatspeach, and @vampire_insider.

During the break between seasons, the Vampire Insiders are working through Joann's tech issues and are taking a few weeks off, but will be back with all new content on October 30. We are re promoting some earlier episodes in the meantime. Here is what we said about this episode when it first aired almost a year ago. In this episode, the Vampire Insiders discuss the differences in quality between the Vampires and the Witches, whether the uneven performance of the Witches stands to hurt the Vampires or an expanded Immortal Universe in anyway, and finally they discuss the Dark Gift asking: If you were offered the dark gift, would you take it?; which universe would you choose to inhabit; and are there any moral compunctions or issues that you find in that choice. Thank you for coming to listen to us each week. If you do like us, please share us with a friend!

During the inter-season break from IWTV, the vampire insiders are having conversations about the immortal universe shows and creature-related subjects. In this episode the insiders (minus Joann who had a week off due to sound issues) discuss the changes the main characters have undergone in the TV Show. Our main focus is on Lestat and the fandom reaction to the significant changes to his character, but we also get into Claudia, Louis, and Daniel and how the show writers have given them a bit of a refresh. We also dip into some opinion on how much (or how little) show writers should actually pay attention to fan opinion -- do they have an obligation to live into fan expectations or is it more artistically honest for them to ignore fan theories and hopes. Come follow us on social media! @Vampire_Insider on twitter (@kristinagenx and @marceatspeach) and Vampire Insider on Facebook and Reddit. Thank you for coming to listen to us each week. If you do like us, please share us with a friend!

During the inter-season break from IWTV, the vampire insiders are having conversations about the immortal universe shows and other creature-related subjects. In this episode the insiders discuss Episode 6 looking specifically at the theme of Trauma. TW: Please note that this episode contains conversations about domestic violence, suicide, sexual assault and other heavy subjects that have been explored in the show. Vampire Insider Writer's Room: In this episode we read an excerpt from Renaissance, an in-progress story by the author faerywhimsy called We Dared Eternity and Won which, in the author's own words: "Louis watches Daniel before they first meet in Polynesian Mary's. For anyone else who is as impatient to see a potential beginning for of this reverse-Claudia; a contrast to the beginning of Claudia's story and the four good years they had together before everything exploded. Part of 'The Forgotten Years' universe." Thanks to Faerywhimsy for sharing this with us and allowing us to share it with you. You can find We Dared Eternity and Won on AO3 here:https://archiveofourown.org/works/48076828/chapters/121227073 Please come follow us on social media! @Vampire_Insider on twitter (@kristinagenx and @marceatspeach) and Vampire Insider on Facebook and Reddit. Thank you for coming to listen to us each week. If you do like us, please share us with a friend!

During the inter-season break, the vampire insiders are working hard to keep the podcast fresh by doing deep dives into the episodes, chatting about other kinds of creature media and exploring the "Fan Fiction Writer's Room" in which we, with the permission of the author, read and discuss an excerpt from some terrific fan fiction. In this episode we revisit the Vampire Diaries. Today we talk about Season 2. We have lots more Interview with the Vampire content lined up to quench your Ricean Universe thirst coming up, including a discussion next week about the role of female vampires in the show. Link below to ShowMeYourFangs (@wilsonsbabe) fine work "The Plans We Made" on AO3. The summary of this story is: Louis and Lestat try to move forward after the Mardis Gras ball ends in disaster. Or: What if Claudia's plan had failed. https://archiveofourown.org/works/43205452/chapters/108592729