“An eager black hole.”

At first I was surprised by the use of English, because you would expect all of these flashbacks to be in French, right ? I even saw some fans say it would be more historical accurate. But then I remembered what I was taught about the French language, and actually…

In the 18th century in France, most people didn’t « speak French » historically (at least not the language we know today). In Auvergne in 1772, all these characters would learn and speak the regional dialect, called Auvergnat. It’s an occitan language, closer to Latin or Catalan than French. So historically speaking, nope, the Lioncourts wouldn’t speak French in 1772! 😂

[for those curious, Auvergnat sounds like this : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vLDvJyz4Xg&t=43s, and barely ressembles what we recognize as « French » today, it’s fascinating 🤩]

I find that fact illuminating, because it leads me to believe that (at least in my headcanon) :

1- Lestat didn’t know the language spoken in Paris until he got there, so it must have been quite difficult for him to find his footing. I’m now even more inclined to forgive Sam Reid for his French accent and pronunciation (I think he’s brilliant in the show btw 😍), because realistically poor Lestat must have struggled back then too 😂 !