and the universe said i love you

THEYRE BESTIES??????

ok not besties but its still surreal to see them interact lmfao

ohhhhhh thats awkward. oh no louis

a kid dressed up as claudia for trick or treating im going to kms

also the concept of vampires participating in trick or treat in the first place. dude just turn your lights off??

ok i was confused at who he was texting because it didnt feel like louis but who the hell is that

i hadnt even considered how hard it would be to be a they/them vampire if trying to get gen x parents to understand pronouns is hard enough. rip

the first episode always felt a little different from the rest, partially just because it has to set everything up while the following episodes can just take us on the story. but on rewatch it also feels like the first episode is more coherent and self contained not just because it's a first episode, but because its the part that louis remembers best, with the least bias/complication, and has thought about the most over the following decades. and of course as we get into the parts where claudia was absent, where armand was involved, things get confused and it takes longer and longer to put the pieces back together

idk i just really like what they do with unreliable memory. what i thought were potential weaknesses with the writing the first time around were definitely intentional. love how the simple narrative that we tell ourselves as time passes and smooths out the rough details gets put in direct conflict with reality over and over. and definitely more enjoyable on a second watch (or i'd imagine if you've already read the books) since i'm not just sitting here like 'okay but seriously what happens next'