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for all the bad loumand did to each other, at least they were keeping one another in check. now we've got the former coven leader falling back into cult-like ways and louis coercing women into becoming claudia. say what you will about their marriage, but the bdsm bunker luxury jail cell that was dubai was meant to keep both of them in check. free will is clearly doing disastrous things to their mental health.

dm aside that entire daniel/armand exchange was so funny because “did you actually not get tortured by me?? was none of it real???” “noo babe ofc you tortured me, you tortured me so well you’re so good at torture”

love between vampires can be one thing, or it can be countless things. however you want me, i can be that for you. you said you want me to be present as your maker? i can be a maker for you. i want to be your maker. disregard the last 500 years in which i was repulsed by the idea. i don't have any complicated feelings about that at all. you said you want cool vampire powers even though you're a three year old fledgling? i can help you become a daywalker, a skill that apparently takes centuries to develop. you're an investigative journalist, don't you want a scandal on lestat? i can give you a scandal. i want to help you finish that job. lestat fucks his mom. isn't that good? aren't i useful? aren't i worth keeping around?

louis smiling and confirming to regina that hes gay is so funny to me.... no no i didnt want SEX oh god, you mustve thought i was so creepy haha. Noooo omg i want you to act like my dead vampire daughter who was also a stand in for my humam sister who died believing me to be a monster. which i am.

the engineers designing the tesla truck

the writers did so fucking well at portraying and deconstructing the over abundant amount that lestat in the text romanticizes his abusers. he calls it the "seduction of magnus" multiple times throughout the vampire chronicles instead of admitting he was preyed upon. when you read the books you have to look between the lines of his flowery prose and avoidance but the show took a corny over the top music video style approach and then slammed it next to a full blown ptsd flashback to make sure the audience did not have a chance to misinterpret or mock anything and i respect them for that

Another iconic Devil’s Minion scene that is ultimately irrelevant to explaining how Akasha was awoken but Lestat felt was important enough to include. Thank you Lestat <3

Louis introducing Armand to Daniel as the love of his life knowing perfectly well that Daniel was in love with Armand and just doesn't remember may or may not end up being canon but it does sound like something he would do