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marius is not a villain nor an antagonist in tvc, no matter how much you want him to be. he probably has the strongest moral compass out of all the vampires, tbh. but y'all aren't ready for that conversation.

I just love when my favorite books get a screen adaptation and suddenly the fandom tags on every platform are overrun by detailed and aggressive think-pieces about characters that don't exist and relationships, events, plot points, and character background stories that never fucking happened. As well as for characters that have been changed so much from the book that they might as well not even be (and really shouldn't even be considered) the same character anymore.

AMC really struck gold with the unreliable narrator idea because now people will insist that any flaw in the storytelling is actually a genius premeditated reflection of a fallible narrator, any pacing issues are actually a genius premeditated reflection of a characters psyche, and any lack of character development is actually a genius premeditated reflection on a characters refusal to face their own trauma, and having cheap looking production is actually a genius premeditated reflection of a characters memories, and any unwarranted deviation from the source material is actually a genius premeditated lie that will be proven false at some unspecified point, and any poor handling of sensitive subjects is actually a genius premeditated commentary on the characters own failings, etc, etc.