I actually love the Louis and Regina subplot because it really is a continuation of the way Louis has always treated women, as a source of emotional labour that he can throw money at and have them make him feel better. It’s Miss Lily all over again, it’s “paying a whore to sit in a room and talk with him”. Making Claudia was always about Louis’ feelings under the pretence of saving her from the fire. He wants to save Regina from poverty but it’s all to make himself feel better. She sees through him but she’s so broke that she can’t afford to say no

Also really interesting to me that Louis only proposes this after he finds out she does sex work. Like, I don't know if it's necessarily a conscious connection he's making, but he definitely feels like this is someone whose time can be bought. Just like Miss Lily's time could be bought...

EXACTLYYYYY!! I also think it’s significant that it’s always young black women who he treats almost as commodities in this way. He has come from a society where he is used to his labour being exploited but instead of breaking that chain he continues it with the only group directly below him

.... one of the first things Dean's siren says to him is "get this"

louis loves to act like being gay means he cant do incest w his daughter... im very sorry to inform you mr cocksucker but you can still do incest even if it doesnt get sexual you are NOT better than lestat in this

in some ways lestat is better about it bc like. while having sex with your mom isnt normal at least hes 1. self aware and 2. its less complicated. he KNOWS hes doing freak shit he just doesnt care that much about it. louis on the other hand... he thinks hes normal and this is like. fine. its not even sexual!!!! its fine. if only he knew

just to be clear i fucking love that ok i want him to be a weird repressed unaware freak Forever. the non-sexual nature of his incest makes it so much more interesting i cant even put it into words

like oh!!! this really is the guy that told a girl he'd only do her if she had a bag over her head and then followed through when she agreed!!!!!