It is actually unbearable to me how some people in TVC fandom cannot fathom the idea that the AMC show is not meant to be a 100% accurate, beat-for-beat adaptation of the book.
It is a RETELLING. They are taking the plot, the setting, the characters and the themes that the first book poses, and using them to tell to create a NEW story. Something modern, something fresh.
This expectation that characters, dynamics, and plot beats need to be the exact same is just so irritating to me. I am EXCITED to see what AMC does with the characters, even if it’s somewhat inaccurate to the novel. Maybe I am biased because it seems from the trailers they are doubling down on some of my favorite parts of the book like Louis’s religious trauma, but I really think that more people in the fandom need to allow themselves to be open to change. Allow yourself to be excited for the new directions the series is going, and REMEMBER:
*Anne Rice herself worked on the show before her death. If it was really that horrifically, sinfully bad, she would not have allowed it to happen. We all know how protective she is over her work.*
