




REQUEST FILL #1:“Lestat meets Mojo” from Tale of the Body Thief.
for @redversaillesrose
This may be the only moment in the book when Lestat DOESN’T deserve to have a lightning bolt shoot him in the taint.
Thanks to the requester for helping me to expand my horizons! I would have probably never attempted to illustrate a dog otherwise.

“Then he leant forward, closing the distance between us, and pressed his smooth silken lips against the side of my face. I meant to pull away, but he used all his strength to hold me still, and I allowed it, this cold, passionless kiss, and he was the one who finally drew back like a collection of shadows collapsing into one another, with only his hand still on my shoulder, as I sat with my eyes on the altar still. Finally I rose slowly, stepping past him, and motioned for Mojo to wake and come.”
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“At last I sprang into action. I hurried up the street, sprinting easily past the mortals who could scarcely see me, and found a glass-walled phone booth and slipped into it and slammed the door. (…)
“Listen to me,” I said, blurting out my name in full as I began. “This isn’t going to make sense to you, but it’s dreadfully important. The body of David Talbot has just been rushed to a hospital in the city of Miami. I don’t even know which hospital! But the body is badly wounded. The body may die. But you must understand. David is not inside this body. Are you listening? David is someplace …”
The tale of the body thief by Anne Rice

so I was thinking about how the two vampires who arguably caused lestat the most psychological and physiological trauma - magnus and akasha - both abducted him whilst he was sleeping, and like… that really seems like something that ought to have affected him????
SO. give me lestat with serious anxiety about how vulnerable the deathsleep makes him! give me lestat with ocd over ensuring his sleeping areas are properly fortified! give me lestat who, when the sun starts to come up, is most relaxed when he’s at the bottom of a cuddle pile with louis and mojo!! lestat is infinitely more interesting as a character and so much less unbearably obnoxious when the consequences of his extensive trauma get explored
@goth-mabel was kind enough to give their thoughts on the subject here!
(that’s moonlight causing the window shadow okay… they’re not just about to crisp in the sun lmao)

when there’s nothing good on but the bebs fall asleep on you so you can’t do shi—
wut even are backgrounds?? details???InktoberVC—Day 08: Mojo the Dog!
I really liked these sketches (that are still up somewhere on my blog) but felt like they both needed some color.
These are some Tale of the Body Thief inspired doodles featuring Lestat, Louis, Jame Ragland, and (of course) Mojo. Good doggie.

I really love this art. Mojo ♥