just a little mushroom

call me delusional but i'm HOPING that lestat misgendering a trans person on the the first episode is a hint about his understanding of gabrielle (aka - he doesn't understand her or her gender issues at all) and that's why gabrielle presents femme in front on him

people answering this post trying to justify lestat i need you to lock tf in. lestat isn't real. he doesn't exist you don't need to justify him. idgf if lestat is transphobic or says a thousand slurs i CARE about the intention his WRITERS (the actual real people) had when making him misgender a trans person

it's not about Armand as a character, he isn't real as much as i care abt him, it's about ASSAD ZAMAN who is an actual person with a career that AMC consistently does nothing to further and actually actively underserves/ excludes from promotion while most of his castmates careers are very evidently taking off or seeing a ressurgence from iwtv press and trailers and nominations. His name was left off the fucking website!!! He wasn't nominated for his performance in S2E5 even though that episode was critically lauded!!! He's consitently left out of press and events!!! It IS racist to say it was more "strategic" to nominate his white cast member who had a fraction of his screen time. It IS racist to not mention him in articles about the show and AMCs racism DOES impact a real breathing South Asian actor who's at a critical point in his career. It IS racist to say TVL isn't Armand's season so it makes sense to sideline and neglect ASSAD. Stop telling us it isn't blatant fucking islamophobia and racism!! Stop making excuses for AMC!!