#darklightshadows

Here's the thing first off: an adaption should be a way for different artists to look at the same material. An adaption should never be 1:1 exact because there is no reason to do that. It a pointless exercise.

Now that that's out of the way: Louis being black is one of the greatest things they did to create a modern retelling using the same basic story. Possibly the MOST important part of Louis' character is he plays at being moral but is a hypocrite. The moving of his character from a white plantation owner to the black owner of several not above board businesses in Storyville is genius and has an excellent understanding of New Orleans history. I'm incredibly impressed with the way they've woven race into the story (I should note for people that don't know I am a white latina 3rd generation American so it is not my place to go into detail but I can give you black bloggers who can and have).

Those books are dear to me. This adaption understands the heart of the series as a whole better than any of the others. The book was written as way to deal with great grief over losing a daughter. The books as they went on became a lot more complicated. This show already seems to becoming an incredibly important piece of not only queer media but black queer media. Every change has been worth it to create something that celebrates where it came from while being a new piece of art with more to say.