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Our Vampire Lestat episode 5 recap is live! 🩸✨ @hellotailor writes about Lestat's memories of Akasha, the continuation of Louis's tangled mess with Regina, and additional fuel for the Devil's Minion fire.

Of the latter, she writes:

For this relationship to work out, Daniel has to accept Armand as he is, and I think we see hints of that already. His initial reaction to Armand’s confession was defensiveness and disgust, demanding that Armand “prove it.” But once Armand really gets into the thick of his monologue, he brings Daniel to the brink of tears. Eric Bogosian plays this as if he’s physically trying to shake off the intimacy of their shared memories, as Armand talks about watching Daniel weep after his estranged daughter’s graduation. Armand claims that his feelings for Daniel outweigh his decades-long partnership with Louis, because neither half of that marriage could have the man they wanted. He only kept Daniel at arm’s length because he was mortal, but now that they’re both vampires, they might finally come together as two lonely halves of a maker/fledgling bond.

Hard to believe we're nearing the end of the season already! This episode has so many interesting elements—Akasha, of course, and the way you can start to see Louis and Lestat's storylines coming together outside of, like, divorce-baiting shenanigans (love those too ofc).

"The wilderness that is our daughter"

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