#im procrastinating rn

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During one of my many IWTV rewatches, I had a Big 'Ol Flash during s2e6. Let me walk you through it.

The scene at the café. Claudia and Madeleine back in Paris to visit Louis before they go off and Wander (sobs). Madeleine saying she can feel Louis' love for Armand. Armand looking surprised. Armand kissing Louis on his forehead and then standing up to "take a stretch" (Judas' Kiss, right right). Louis looking at Armand walk away. Then we get this shot.

I suddenly got a sense of déjà-vu. Doesn't it look familiar? Why yes it does! We need to go back a few episodes tho.

When Louis goes to what I assume a photography reseller/expert or whatnot in ep4, the guy goes on to show this photo to Louis.

"This is what happens when you play in the street," thinks the mother. Or is it the friend of the boy he used to play with? And what of the look of the boy who cannot play anymore? We are left to wonder.

Except this time, in ep8, we do see the boy's face. And it's completely devastating.

Armand has become attached to Louis, and has just gotten the confirmation [albeit an indirect confession] that Louis cares deeply for him as well. But he has already fucked up and abandoned him (coughs and his daughter and fledgling coughs) for the coven. The look of the boy who cannot play anymore.

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