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spoilertron bogosian saw everyone doomposting dm and said not on my watch! armand was daniel's secret wife! what the hell sure. thanks old man

tbh im not entirely immune to a villain with a tragic backstory but i do think villain origins are a lot more interesting when the focus is less "here is the original sin, the first big bad thing that happened to them that made them who they are" and more "here is the first time a person who maybe otherwise felt powerless in their life realized that they could hurt someone and get away with it"

you can get a lot more mileage out of analyzing a truly abhorrent character through the lens of like. what sort of conditions would allow or even incentivize this kind of cruelty? what kind of person benefits from those conditions and how? over the more typical who hurt them type analysis. imo.

is this a safe space to admit than for one second of blinding insanity the blonde wig and bad french accent had me thinking louis hired a woman to roleplay as lestat too. i was truly terrified

i could blog better than this but i won't

Shout out to characters who want to be used. Shout out to characters who are so desperate to be worth something that they'll endure anything. Shout out to characters who build their entire self worth around being useful, being a tool. Shout out to characters who don't care how they are treated, as long as someone pays them any attention at all

hopefully i'll get to do something other than endure soon. that would be really nice

The "surprise" loumand had planned for dinner at the end of the interview was just gonna be a highlight reel powerpoint presentation they compiled of Daniel's life over 50 years