official twilight trash

I just had a thought that pertains to some research I did during my last year of gradschool. Smeyer’s portrayal of Bella being included in the Quileute rituals and knowledgable about (falsified and bastardized) folklore and tradition and through Bella’s friendship and the horrific imprinting on Bella’s daughter, serves as representation of the colonizer’s desire to be legitimized as the rightful people of a land. 

Big scary and always ready for war Rose is soul bonded to big scary and always ready for war Emmett. Together they're soft and gooey and utterly ridiculous. He'd do anything for her and she'd rip the world apart piece by piece for him. They share hobbies and travel the world together. They mourn their humanity together. They dance together. They fiercely protect their coven together. They fuck like animals.

I personally can't get over their relationship and how strange it must have been in the beginning. How much growth they had to do together to overcome their personal reservations about their new immortality and how they fit not only together but into the bigger picture of their family. Rose didn't want this life, but now she's immovably tied to it because of Emmett. Emmett doesn't care that he's now a story book monster, he just wants Rose.

I don’t think the reason was just to be a slow burn. I think it’s absence showed how much more important Lestat’s relationship to Louis is.

In a season with so much explicit and implicit objectification, sexualisation, and abuse of Lestat’s body, it was refreshing that none of it came from Louis.

Maybe I’ll write more in depth on each of these later, but we have the following:

His mom: big ol’ can of worms

His colleagues: Christine, Dee, some band members (Larry kissing him; TC’s comments about Black Licorice; Salamander thinking about it before Lestat says he doesn’t sleep with band mates)

His fans: Baby Jenks, vodka bottle fans, and those fans that Dan interviewed on the street who spoke about his attractiveness

Daniel: comments in episode three and revenge porn

Armand: Lestat weaponizing his sexuality to gain the upper hand (also was Lestat’s body with Louis and Armand in the last episode? and did Armand touch it to get a rise out of Louis?? I’ll have to go back and watch again)

The Tooth Team: physical violence and the glory hole

Nikki: not in a negative way!! I was just struck by the fact that it seems they slept together on the first day they met in Paris, whereas he romanced Louis for like six months before making his move

The priests and then the actors when Lestat was young (not explicitly stated, but I think it can be interpreted that way)

Magnus: ‘nuff said

Mr. “I’m quite sexy,” himself, Lestat

There are probobly some that I’m overlooking and there are some that don’t fit the model (Claudia) but the lack of a kiss (or more) with Louis, to me, made their relationship weightier.

The touches Lestat and Louis do have are touches that indicate a deep and intimate relationship. One that’s lasting.

A pinky touch while talking about leaving it all behind so they can be together in the desert

A hug to comfort Lestat after the video leak and incest reveal

Touching each other’s necks to confirm that the other is ok