I am never not surprised by this fandom because how the conversation became “why is Louis being mean?” or you don't like dis reaction , instead of engaging with what the scene is actually doing.
Of course Louis is weirded out. Most people would be. He just found out about his ex and his mother, and Lestat's talks about it casually, then makes a joke about technically being in the womb instead of the vagina
And I think some fans refuse to accept that the audience is not obligated to react to Gabistat with the same detached or camp attitude as Lestat himself. Louis is very obviously serving as the normal “human” reaction in that scene because otherwise it just becomes “hehe sexy incest vampire joke”
His discomfort is important because it reminds the audience that this dynamic is deeply disturbing even if Lestat tries to normalize or joke about it.
And another thing, Louis probably doesnt even know the full psychological context yet. In that moment all he sees is:
“my ex is having sex with his mother and is talking about it like it is normal.”
So no, he was not going to applaud, immediately comfort Lestat, or respond with perfect therapeutic language. Especially when:
- their relationship is still very much emotionally destroyed,
- Louis himself is exhausted from years of trauma,
- and Lestat just dropped something objectively shocking on him.
People keep acting like Louis has an immediate obligation to decode, absorb and emotionally manage every layer of Lestat’s trauma response no matter what. But if we are actually going to moralize things, then what about Gabrielle?
Gabrielle is the parent. Gabrielle is the original authority figure. Gabrielle is the one blurring the boundaries while Lestat is someone who has been emotionally looking for her validation since childhood.
But somehow the fandom is more offended by Louis saying “stop the car” than by Gabrielle herself
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