idk, I kind of like how Louisās narrative in the first episode includes Lestat talking about the abuse he endured as a child (being specifically triggered into doing so at a family dining table which is a really interesting parallel), in this unflinching detail. We know right away that this is clearly something thatās affected this character: his father and brothersā violence, his lack of education, the humiliation of being a product of those thingsā¦we feel that almost at once with Lestat, and it carries through the first season
Lestat goes back to the past with an aim to justify why heās sleeping with his mom. He emphasizes how ridiculous his father and brothers were. It was him and his mother who were real, and they werenāt. Thatās the story heās told himself and tells us. But is it true?
It kind of reminds me of the books, where Louis talks a lot early on about Lestat and his father and how complicated and overwhelming their relationship is as Lestat cares for him and resents him and does not want to listen to his adviceā¦Louis really sees it as significant and it defines the early part of the book.
And Lestatās narrative really barely talks about his father, even though in the books he would not have been New Orleans without going to take care of him. And that dynamic is explored almost not at all, in any real depth. Itās all about his mother who shaped him! But of course thatās not telling us everything; we already know itās not.
And the same thing is true here! Why do we need Lestat to tell us something, right now, that we already know from another character? I think that distinction might be the point.
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