sunny // he // nov 6th // sydney

Also the concept of Daniel falling back in love with Armand before getting his memories of the past relationship or even knowing about it is so *chefs kiss*. Falling for him twice, there is no one else for him

and i love armands note that "louis is coldly cruel" when it comes to daniel. i think this episode had a record breaking number of tap the sign moments lmao and thats definitely one of them. regina aside like we know louis can be very cruel. raglan james warns daniel in s2ep6 and in s2ep2 theres that moment where louis is effectively psychologically torturing daniel by delving into his memories. like, armand isnt saying that bc he has beef w louis or anything. its just a true fact

iwtv continues to be so smart in its portrayal of memories and trauma, the way lestat’s memories of his family are so obnoxiously loud, everyone’s screaming all the time for no reason and everyone’s acting like caricatures, like an actual assault on the senses, as if lestat’s mind is filled with unbearable noise every time he thinks about them. lestat’s memories coming at him all fragmented and loud and violent, attacking him and beating him into submission as he desperately tries to escape them is such an interesting contrast to how louis would carefully weave a thread of his past pretending the glaring holes in it weren’t there

I think they did a great job of showing how degrading lestat found life with his family. as a lover of beauty, he found the ugliness of their minds and their lifestyle unbearable. something that really touched me about that part of the book was how dazzled he was by the cleanliness of the monastery.