The Song Is Loud And Beautiful

at some point The Character stops being a character and starts being a close personal friend

lestat and armand fawning to their abusers needing them for salvation “basking in their mercy” lestat and armand moulded by the sexual trauma they’ve experienced and seeing love through the lens of someone who exploited their vulnerability lestat and armand clinging to anyone who will give them a sense of companionship and being unable to cope with abandonment lestat and armand two sides of the same coin

The vampire show is a litmus test weeding out the fake freaks from the genuine sickos

"I asked ChatGPT" well I asked Rupert Giles and he sighed and took off his glasses and started cleaning them