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this is SO important to me

how was i not . how did i not.

how did that last line not connect to my brain until i saw it here.

But yes, IMO this was a direct foreshadowing of what Armand actually does towards the end of Memnoch the Devil. And which is when, IMO, that Lestat realises that for every conflicting feeling he has for Armand, he doesn't really want him dead.

But yeah. That failed suicide attempt by Armand at the end of Memnoch is a very important character moment for Armand. He tried to redeem himself for all the sins he had committed up until then by doing it, only to learn that there is no redemption for the things he had done. And there never will be.

I also like that Lestat flat-out tells Armand just to be himself. Because, as I've been saying, what we've seen of Armand these first two seasons has been a mask, and not his full and true self.

In fact... I'd bet the last time Armand was his full and true self was when he was with Daniel in the past. Because, again, that is one of the main points of their relationship during that time. Because before Daniel, everyone saw Armand as a beautiful Botticelli angel and all of that.

Yet, what did Daniel see? He saw an evil creature, a giant insect that had devoured over a million human lives. And Daniel loved him anyway.

And can I also say that is one of the reasons I hate the fanon version of Armand that much of fandom has cooked up? Because even Assad himself said that what Armand wants most is for someone to love him for himself. And the fanon-version and take on Armand is not him. It is, essentially, just another type of mask, only this time one put onto him by other people and not one he put on himself.

But yeah. I will be surprised if the show doesn't do Armand's failed Memnoch suicide attempt at this point. They are signaling it here, IMO, just like they were signaling about Louis' Merrick suicide attempt.

-Spn had casual representation of men kissing men with Crowley and Bobby pretty early on, and they don’t make it into a massive “ha! Gayyyy!” Joke despite the fact this was the 2000s when that was the main type of humour.

-Casual gay rep with the Sam and Dean cosplayers, and the Dean and Cas actresses in “Fanfiction”, again both of these examples are actually incredibly sweet.

-Sam doesn’t bat an eyelid when deans siren is a man even before the siren mentions what Dean really wanted was a brother

-Gabriel flirting with just about everything that moves

-Charlie. Which has gotta be one of the best queer women I’ve seen on screen representation wise.

-Godstiel killing a homophobic pastor for spreading the wrong message.

-Dean actually being pretty proud of the fact he thought a gay guy had flirted with him to the point that he’s visibly saddened when he finds out it was a ruse.

-“a study in werewolf transgenderism”

-Cas taking the form of a man AND the form of a woman.

breaking the seal with some Toxic Throuple Situationship