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But with that said...

Until the show says otherwise? I'm going to believe that the reason Armand didn't tell Daniel about their past relationship together was not that he was being sneaky or was hiding things to achieve the goal of his larger plan, or anything like that.

I'm going to believe that Armand didn't tell Daniel (and by proxy, us, the viewing audience) because of two words he said to Daniel back in Season 2: Tabula Rasa.

Clean Slate.

I think, given some things Assad said and the fact that Assad actually took the trouble of writing Armand's apology letter to Daniel, I am going to believe, for now, that the apology Armand tried to give to Daniel was sincere.

That with Daniel, at the very least, Armand did sincerely mean what he was trying to say.

And yes, I do 100% believe that Armand never intended to tell Daniel that he loved him ... until he did it.

So after he did tell Daniel he loved him, what then?

Well, for now, I believe that Armand felt he could tabula rasa his relationship with Daniel.

Because Daniel clearly doesn't remember their past together.

And Armand clearly has some real regrets about what happened with Daniel during their past together.

So why bring any of that past up to Daniel, after you spilled the beans about loving him, when you never intended to do so? However, now that you did, why not just be with Daniel again, right now, while also not having to both carry the weight and regrets of the past that would come with it if Daniel did remember ... or might remember if he were told about it?

Louis swept into his home city, demanded special treatment and to be exempt from coven rules even though Armand already knew he was a vampire killer and was cutting him slack, then put the coven in direct danger of exposure while absolutely refusing any chance to get the fuck out or join the coven that Armand was offering him, while offering him literally 0 verbal affection, very little physical affection, and not even CONFIRMING that they were in a relationship, WHILE evoking his half-remembered real name that he associates with his years as a child slave in a brothel INTO A BDSM DYNAMIC, THEN when Armand was like "Ok, my coven is gonna mutiny if I don't kill you so I'll have to kill you" he proceeded to burn his life's work down and kill 12/13 people Armand had spend the past 200 years with, THEN he explicitly dragged Armand along in a loveless relationship for 77 years JUST TO SPITE LESTAT, WHILE cheating on him more than 200+ times over and over and over