#effulgent

|| F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

Some random thoughts. First of all, fantastic. Just a really beautiful episode. Jacob, Sam and Eric were spectacular, and the production quality, writing and acting on this show are all excellent.

Second of all. Santiago is SO Spike coded to me. Pathetic poetic human turned bleach-blonde slicked-back hair performative punk rock-star, dark brows, eyeliner, slightly pointy ears, thin lips, long black coat and chunky boots. If you told me when he was Francis he was trying to rhyme a love poem with 'effulgent,' I would believe you.

Third. The scene where Lestat & Louis meet in the dilapidated building in the middle of a hurricane reminds me so much of the scene where Buffy & Spike meet in the dilapidated building. You know the one.

Obviously they have very different moods and conclusions, but both are very heavily sexually charged scenes between the couples.

Buffy/Spike tear down the building (destructive to them both), causing chaos to and danger to both themselves and the world around them. They are destruction, and they hurt the world around them.

In contrast, perhaps the only real healing moment between Louis & Lestat that we've seen so far where the world around them didn’t matter because they were finally fucking fixing things. And although all they've been to each other for decades is destructive, this is the first time where the chaos around the world is going on (hurricane) but L&L were in the eye of the storm and were not impacted by it. And, for once, not hurting each other. In fact, for once, it's actually a healing moment.

A friend's agreement when I mentioned this to them, which I thought was very well put:

TL;DR: The reunion scene in the season 2 finale of IWTV feels like a reverse of the Buffy/Spike sex scene where they destroy the abandoned building. Like, all the destruction with Buffy and Spike are caused by them. Internal. They were the storm.

Very manly, heavy on sexuality, playing with the gender Spektrum, yet a soft spot (the new album is making me cry like Williams poetry)

“You glow.”

buffy fans know the struggle of reading any book that uses the word effulgent

like sure it’s a serious book about existentialism