#gabimandstat

a tvl screener told me this happens in this scene btw

OMG - FROM THE WIDER SCREEN YOUTUBE VIDEO

(sorry the quality is so bad lol)

I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS

1) I'm 99.9% sure they spliced together the "I love you, Lestat" and the "Christ..." scenes to make it seem like Lestat was rejecting Armand. But I think the "Christ..." scene came first, probably Lestat's reaction to Nicki. Armand looks way too happy to have just been rejected lol

2) omg Armand FULLY EDITED OUT Gabriella in his flashback! That's so fucking funny! He also changed their clothes to make his fanfic feel more like a gothic romance lmaooo. The fact that Gabriella is there also makes me think that Armand and Lestat never fucked on the balcony. I have NO DOUBT they fucked other times, but probably not here (unless they wanna imply a super hot threesome, which I would be down for).

If Armand embellished their balcony sex to both Louis and Daniel, it makes me think a few different things. 1) Armand really wanted to make it seem like HE was the hapless victim of Lestat's advances, when in reality, Armand was the pursuant. It makes Armand seem more inherently desirable, to the point that Lestat couldn't keep his hands to himself. 2) The addition of the balcony sex is almost Armand's way of signaling his willing submission and that he's down to get freaky lol. In Armand's fanfiction, he protests a bit, but ultimately gives in to Lestat's advances. It's almost like he's saying "imagine if you were Lestat. i could give you whatever you wanted. all you have to do is ask." 3) It's possible that Armand told Daniel the TRUE Lesmand story a long time ago. He told the lie in Dubai to gauge the extent of Daniel's recovered memories.

3) Gabriella is definitely waking up every morning and cutting her hair in that fuckass bob..... And she appears to be dressing femme even in the flashback? Hmmm..... AMC please make the right choice. Please give Gabriella that nonbinary masc swag.

4) Will we get more Lesmand scenes from Lestat's perspective? I LOVE the 1:1 parallels! I'm imagining every single scene that Armand described with Lestat, but Gabriella is just there lurking in the background lol. Also A LOT more of Lestat crying!