INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE 01.06 | "Like Angels Put in Hell by God"

"Like Angels Put in Hell by God"

shane and ilya x the cottage x audrey hepburn by maisie peters

Aaron Hotchner in every episode:

How can they just sit there?

Why doesn’t anyone step in?

What kind of childhood did Shane have if his own mother doesn’t know how to handle this?

But every time I watch that scene, I see something else.

Shane doesn’t read to me as emotionally neglected. He reads as meticulously managed. Control has always been his safety net.

He was playing hockey at eight. Structure. Coaches. Systems.

Then the league. Agents. PR teams.

Yuna handles his endorsement deals. Probably his calendar too.

His apartment? Decorated by a designer.

His wardrobe? Bought by a stylist.

His brand? Curated.

Whenever something felt unstable, there was someone to fix it.

Or someone who could be paid to fix it.

And I think that’s exactly why this moment destroys him.

At that table, it’s not about performance. Not about contracts. Not about strategy.

It’s about a possible outing. About public reaction. About things you cannot spin, schedule, or sanitize.

For the first time, there is no infrastructure.

No PR team can guarantee how fans will react.

No money can stop people from judging.

No parent can negotiate with society.

Maybe this really is the first time David and Yuna have ever seen him like that. Not because they’re monsters. But because Shane has never fully lost control before.

And now he does.

Because you can’t outsource how the world responds to your love.

You can’t manage it.

You can’t contain it.

You just have to endure it.

Before we reduce this scene to “bad parents,” maybe sit with the idea that this is the first time Shane realizes perfection can’t save him.