🥀-Lilian-🥀

Sam Reid as LESTAT DE LIONCOURT

i also think a lot of people aren't really getting the *point* of louis' reaction. it's extremely harsh and judgmental and completely insensitive to the fact that lestat is being abused, but that is the purpose of it. the entire season is lestat attempting to justify it. this is louis saying that you cannot justify it. there is no rational way to justify that happening. and when lestat has a breakdown over it, they both sort of realize at the same time that this means lestat has been suffering incestuous sexual abuse for 200 fucking years.

it overwhelms lestat, and it clicks for louis. that's when he changes tacts, when he comforts lestat, when he gently tries to help him admit that it's been abuse all along in the bar. it's so realistic, such a necessary sequence.

This is a century-long lie. You hung her portrait over our coffins in New Orleans. It's sick. You're sick.

We're unnatural beings! And this-- this is the half-human soul that you conveniently whip out whenever you want to win an argument!

What argument you got for fucking your mother? It's sickness. Maybe the source of all your sickness. But my god! Seek a professional!

Anyway, sorry for a rant you've probably gotten a million times before. I'm trying not to let the fandom kill my enjoyment of the show, but it's difficult when all I want to do is read and talk about the show I love so much. Your blog is one of the few spaces where my (exclusive) fan experience makes me happy. Thank you for all your amazing insights, answers and recaps of the episodes <3

Yeah, well, people believed the tale of lies in S1....and people are stupid. It is what it is.