what iwtv the show has done well is deduce how much of louis’s first interview is really just an attempt to exorcize or consolidate his attraction to lestat, primarily through emasculation. in both the book and the show louis does this by opining how feeble and incapable lestat is, which clashes with how fearful and reverent louis becomes at the sound of lestat’s footsteps, how offhandedly he rhapsodies about his strength or clings to him in moments of peril. but i think hands down the funniest and most flagrant example of this is when book louis is like “and then i saw armand’s masculine face, more masculine than i’d ever seen lestat’s” and then you keep reading and find out armand looks like castrato ariana grande




















