complaints about the pacing of tvl as if it’s poor writing confuse me because this is a completely different narrative from louis’ right? louis had decades to think about how he was going to tell his story, he had armand to plan with, it was calculated and designed to be seductive and tidy. he needs the audience to come away from the story understanding him. and then it was organized and written by a professional journalist. the pacing is going to be even and smooth.
lestat is not methodical. he is impulsive and only barely grasping onto reality. his emotions drive him in the most chaotic ways. the way he’s going to tell his story is going to be much more akin to how regular people tell stories where you bounce around. you get too deep into the present story before realizing you need to back up and explain some things for it all to make sense. you leave some things out because you forget you’re the only person who knows that context. you justify things you’re not ready to admit are awful yet. he did not have decades to plan out his narrative. he woke the queen, the world is ending, he figures people should know how this even happened and on a whim he sits down to record his experience of the events sitting alone in his home. he’s recalling losing his fucking shit, and maybe his brain wasn’t entirely focused on storing those memories very well. and maybe he wants to embellish because he’s lestat. he loves the drama. and he doesn’t have anyone there to guide him through it and ask questions so it makes more sense.
yeah, the pacing is going to be different and off intentionally. it’s meant to reflect the change in narrative.
i do understand just not liking it, it’s not the kind of thing you enjoy, etc. but it IS purposeful.
