One of the best parts of the human experience is having a big ol’ crush — the pitter-patter of your heartbeat, the swell of euphoria when you see the object of your affections, the desire to just squeal with joy! At Polygon, though, we’re very flexible about how we interpret “crush.” Brief-yet-intense infatuations don’t necessarily have to be on real people (or even on people!), or even romantic. Since I have many many (many) crushes, I’ve decided to share the energy of writing their names over and over again in sparkly gel pen in a journal.

After seeing sexy gifset after sexy gifset of Interview With the Vampire on my Tumblr dashboard, I finally decided to check out the AMC series one Wednesday evening. Unfortunately, I started at 10:30 p.m., and about 15 minutes into the first episode, I was too swept up by Jacob Anderson’s hypnotic take on Louis, and the rich story he was spinning. I had to stop before Lestat appeared, because I knew once the moment he did, I would be fully........

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