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The way he moved was effortless, feline-like. He had such an elegance about him. A perpetual seduction, which was juxtaposed by big, shining doe eyes. Somehow, despite everything, there was an innocence behind it all. A frightened child buried deep beneath the horror and the staggering, undeniable beauty. A devastating fragility.

What an absolute bastard.

Now here is a breakdown of every single element of his outfit—

Literally everyone who read the book:

Another fabulous set of insights from Eric Bogosian about Daniel Molloy's queerness in The Vampire Lestat/Interview with the Vampire!

The status quo is a straight, breeder world, and he’s always been ready to walk into any doorway and taste any flavor.

But, didn’t Cas raise Sam from the cage in hell? Annnd no bond.

Cas saving Dean

Cas saving Sam

Me:

First of all I just don't really know where this sudden expectation has come from that the show would be a complete 1x1 adaptation of the book, when the first two seasons changed so much about Louis and Claudia's stories. Maybe it's because this is the first time The Vampire Lestat has been adapted on screen so people were hoping for more of a straight adaptation, compared to IWTV where people had already seen that story adapted and were looking for something a bit different. Idk, we're only two episodes in so it's hard to make a full judgement, but I think the adaptation of the book material so far has been really good.

If people have criticisms of the show then I think that's valid and I'm not saying that the show is above criticism at all, but I do also think that quite a lot of the criticism I've seen specifically regarding the adaptation of the book is a little... shallow? I've seen people in uproar over scenes that have been cut from the book, but they don't take into account what purpose those scenes served narratively in the book, or how the show is conveying those same things in different ways.

In the book, we see Lestat fighting a pack of wolves singlehandedly and it's really cool and badass, but the point is to show the lengths Lestat will go to for acceptance and approval, and also how his relationships with other characters develop in the aftermath. The fight itself isn't the point, and I think the show still effectively showed us why he did it and how it impacted him.

In the book we see Lestat going off to the monastery to study and then later trying to run away with the theatre troupe, only to be brought back home to his father, and the point is that Lestat craves freedom from a household that simultaneously loathes him while refusing to let him leave. The exact same thing is conveyed by the dinner montage scene where we see his father refuse to send him away and then later berating him for trying to leave on his own.

ERIC BOGOSIAN as DANIEL MOLLOY

THE VAMPIRE LESTAT | 3.03 | “Toronto”

WE ARE!!

People who clearly have not seen talk radio and are saying Eric can't act. We are two episodes in. I'm banking on the moment we get anything else from him and armand it's suddenly going to be "Oh! He can act!" Are we not watching the same show? Has everyone forgotten the look on his face in the alley scene after Guy leaves in talamasca???

Its going to be GOOD! it's going to be JUICY! it's going to be HOT STEAMY BEANY SOUP!!!!!!!! AND IM GONNA BE SLURPING IT UP!

(banging fists on the table)

HE IS ACTING IS ASS OFF!!!! 😭😭😭