did Armand partake in the ruthless murder of Claudia? absolutely.

did Louis enable the fucked up power dynamics of pimp/sex slave between him and Armand? absolutely.

was Lestat a victim? absolutely.

did he also perpetuate the same cycles of abuse he himself was a victim of? absolutely.

do i wish the season had a different pacing and had more scenes from the TVL book? absolutely.

do i think the season works as a part 1 of 2 of a very long arc? absolutely (and i had soooo much fun watching it).

i have said this a billion times already but i do believe complexity and nuance are the key words here.

Jacob Anderson, Delainey Hayles, and Sam Reid behind the scenes of "The Failures"

considering the lyrics from the perspective of a lestat that's been self isolating in NOLA since the 50s, he geniunely doesn't keep up with the outside world. and then after like 70 some years he drinks blood from a human and its a phone addicted scrolling horny 20 something and he is bombarded with those images. fire emoji aubergine, tiktok dances, step brother stuff. and that's basically lestat's extremely overstimulating introduction to life in 2020s after self isolating from society for A LOOOOOOONG TIME.

it tries to capture being catapulted in the face with these things as a person who was last outside when phones stood in your desk.