I care a lot

Nothing is perfect. But it is nearly perfect when Armand is with his two children. I say this with love, I genuinely need a suicide arc for Armand ❤️

I don't think most of them genuinely mean any harm when they claim Assad is intentionally lying or withholding information in that interview. I just think that sometimes, when we ship a couple it’s easy to hear what we want to hear rather than what the canon actually says.

Armand always needs someone to cling to, and Louis was that person for 77 years. In an interview with Autumn Brown, when asked why a 500 year old vampire failed to notice what Daniel was up to, Assad basically said that Armand’s love for Louis blinded him, and he was desperately trying to hold everything together.

It’s been nearly two years, and Assad’s stance remains consistent. Isn't that famous quote he said in comic con "It’s tattered, it’s broken, but it’s mine" just another version of "I’m gonna break you" in this interview? Armand’s most logical reaction after losing Louis was pure rage and despair, and with Daniel right there, he became the perfect target to lash out at. In his madness of losing Louis, he broke Daniel. But immediately after that, he mentioned that “it's a thin line between love and hate”. I believe DM happened in the past because it made much more sense for this relationship, so this outburst of anger definitely carried some underlying love, thats his only fledgling, of course he loves Daniel. It’s canon that Armand can love multiple people simultaneously. I mean, he treated Lestat like shit sometimes but he still loves him anyway. So I see no contradiction between Armand being furious with Daniel during the turning and still loving him at the same time.

Also, in the book, Daniel’s turning is a much gentler culmination of their decade long dynamic and yet, they still separated afterward. 

I think by altering this scenario and making Armand lose control, crashing out in outrage, devastation, and heartbreak right before turning Daniel, the show raises the stakes for this relationship. It renders their dynamic far more dangerous and toxic. This violent outburst provides a much more explicit explanation for their immediate estrangement. This is exactly how the show handled Loumand’s breakup compared to the books too, the core outcome remains the same, but the details were changed and heightened to satisfy the dramatic demands of a television format. 

And since we already know they will cross paths again in Season 3, the setup makes their eventual meeting more interesting than in the books. It will have to confront all that unresolved violence, love, and trauma. That makes their dynamic in Season 3 potentially richer and more unpredictable than what the book gave us.