#lpdl

i am the one, lascivious.

✨“Lestat has had traumas and he hasn’t mindfucked people around him the way Armand does”✨

Okay first off… WTF ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

Did you watch Season 1? Have you forgotten that Lestat dropped Louis from the sky?? How he killed that opera singer???How he killed that priest??? Do you think those are actions of someone who hasn’t taken out his traumas on others and mindfucked them too???

Do you have object impermanence? You know…what babies have?

I’m sorry if I’m coming across as mean, but I’m just seriously concerned about people’s inability to remember things as soon as they are presented with a shiny new toy, and as someone who has had EMDR sessions, people dismissing or ranking traumas just hits a sore spot for me.

Secondly, we haven’t actually *seen* Armand’s traumas and backstory, we’ve only heard a fraction. And it’s horrifying already. You have no real point of reference to try and make this into “Lestat was just born better” thing. What we know is the following… he was sold by his parents at the age of 12 to a Ship’s Captain, that Captain then sold him to a brothel where he experienced such severe abuse he can’t really remember his true name, he was then sold again at age 15 to Marius a vampire who groomed him, then turned him to a vampire when he was dying from a mystery illness, then was kidnapped by a cult (i have my suspicions that there’s more to this story. He was sold again by Marius is my theory) they “killed” his maker but who’s actually alive, but he doesn’t know this and oh yeah, who referred to him as a rotten boy to Lestat. I’m sure his maker was wonderful/s to him.

Thirdly, there’s something that Lestat has that Armand hasn’t had so far (until very recently) ✨Lestat found Louis✨

Despite how it ended, clearly the time he had with Louis has been crucial for Lestat’s continued development.

Meanwhile, Armand spent centuries underground without a Louis. Ruminating in darkness for years and years until Lestat came along. No wonder he became obsessed with Lestat. He probably thought he had found love at long last. But nope.

Lastly, are you aware that psychotherapy wasn’t a thing back in the Renaissance period? They either thought you had imbalances in your bodily fluids or you were possessed by a demon.

People who are looking at this show through a modern lens are missing out a crucial point in the show, which is these vampires are stuck in their time period and their old state of mind! Yes, physically they change clothes and learn new ways to adapt but mentally they’re stuck. It’s a curse not a blessing despite them calling it ‘the gift’

#“But it’s no excuse. He chopped-”

<It actually irks me whenever people *immediately* jump to the old ‘it’s no excuse’ shtick whenever you try to have a nuanced discussion about people with mental illnesses and tragic backstories who can’t function properly in society…‼️Because it’s never helpful! Because it usually comes from a place of judgement not of compassion and understanding, which is what actually helps people‼️>

Anyway, let’s play the game…

# Ehem…Louis has chopped a few heads as well, funny that no one really mentions that. The only reason why you bring up Armand and not Louis is because you care about Louis, and you care about him because you’ve been seeing things through HIS eyes and not Armand’s. Be honest you would be pro-Armand if the story had been about him. There I’ve said it.

#“He killed Claudia”

#Claudia was just another vampire to Armand, an abomination that should have never been created because she was just a child, in his twisted way he thought it was a mercy.

Again you only care about Claudia because you’ve been seeing her through Louis’ eyes.

It’s about perspective.

The takeaway of the story is not who is better or worse, it’s about how memory is the monster, because memories are shaped by a single perspective. YOUR perspective, THEIR perspective. And your perspective is always shaped and clouded by your pain and trauma.

"If you want the insanity back. If you want an escape from this prison of empathy I’ve locked you away in, all you had to do was ask, Louis."

-Armand