m. rose

This episode reminded me a lot of something Louis said in season one. “Are we the sum of our worst moments? Can we be forgiven if we do not forgive others ourselves?”

Sitting at the table, Lestat is confronted by both his victims and abusers. He is reminded of the opera, his turning, the witches, Claudia, and everything in his vampiric life that was a ‘failure.’ Lestat is made to relive his worst moments. He is made to ponder: “Are we the sum of our worst moments?” He is met with everyone he has killed, drank from, or harmed. Is he the sum of his worst moments?

“Can we be forgiven if we do not forgive others ourselves?” The camera switches between the table and the butcher. Can Louis forgive Armand? Perhaps more importantly, can Armand forgive Louis? Can Louis even apologize?

The scenes switch and there’s Lestat at the table. Magnus, Gabriella, Louis, Marius, Antionette. Can he forgive Magnus for his turning? Marius for Akasha and Armand? Gabriella for the abuse? Louis for the marriage and for Claudia? Can they in turn forgive him? “Can we be forgiven if we do not forgive others ourselves?”

this quote has always been so important to me, so i need to talk about it.

Is our only meaning as people the pain we bring to others? Is perhaps all that matters our wrongdoings?

lestat is loving claudia in the only way he was ever loved. in the only way he knows a parent to love their child (appropriately). he is teaching her in the way his mother taught him.

"...and Armand had been so delighted, laughing and laughing like a schoolboy as he sat watching, with folded arms. It was the first time Daniel had ever heard that soft, silky laughter. So seductive. He got drunk as fast as he could."