#stop enabling

the emotional impact of the you and me scene is that Louis is trying his best to be what Claudia needs him to be, to be her rock, to choose her and not regret it, to not let her down but the apparition of Lestat is a stark reminder of the ways louis has betrayed claudia again and again. the wagon scene works as a visual representation of the temptation that Lestat represents to louis, and how louis betrayed claudia multiple times from allowing lestat to abuse her, to not putting his foot down, to not letting her incinerate Lestat’s body. he is the enabler parent, and his enabling is his doom. very much on brand to when louis says at the end of s2 that being with lestat would’ve always happened, no matter what suit he would’ve wore or what other choices he would’ve taken. the wagon scene is about a parent facing his shortcomings and his enabling while having a child that distrusts them. louis convinces claudia that it will be different, only for her to realize that everything was still the same. he doesn’t have it in him to choose her because of his emotional irregulation, his guilt, etc