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Jacob's suggestion was they spend the entire episode sitting on a bench talking, they obviously didn't do that

....would you care if the episode was just them talking on the bench?

i’m honestly in awe, and we got lucky on almost every front like they are our louis and lestat we hit the absolute jackpot and it’s also so fantastic that they have a team willing to collaborate like how many writers and directors are known for shutting down actors and their input, this is why jacob and sam speak so highly of those they work with and vice versa

Yes! The director, Jane Wu, confirmed it!

Rolin needs to let them write the Loustat episodes. I'm so serious. I cannot imagine that scene without the hug. I mean, what even?!? It's inconceivable to me.

I'll say this.

I have heard through the grapevine that a certain Twitter user and their behavior of dropping spoiler-filled "trigger warnings" has resulted in AMC only providing the episode to main outlets at this time.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?!?!

THE. HUG.

WAS.

UNSCRIPTED!

This was just....Sam and Jacob?!?!

This was Jam responding to each other and just improvising what felt natural to them as Loustat?!?!

I just....

I don't have words anymore. Seriously.

This was Jam. They gave us this hug.

They're unbelievable. Absolutely incredible, and we got so lucky with them as our Louis and Lestat.

I mean, DO YOU REALIZE?!?! The gift that is Sam and Jacob! Again, no words.

Not me rewatching Brutal Love for the thousandth time and marveling once more at the lyrics describing Lestat *feeling* Louis pulling on their joined thread. The bond. The cord. Yet Gabriella, also Lestat's fledgling, is rendered to nothing in that room. Everyone has disappeared and it's only Lestat and Louis.

The great love.

I don't think there was a plan, but I think Louis is more in touch with his emotions and is more willing to let his guard down than he previously was as a result of their spirals due to their separation from the hurt and betrayal of the book.

And yes, I do believe it caught Lestat off guard.

As Sam said in the interview with Autumn —

"He doesn’t feel fully loved in return. He's not the same Lestat from the first season where he was much more into the profession of love, all ripped out of his heart."

The book hurt him. Badly. It made him believe Louis felt certain things about him and didn't feel other things about it.

It's also interesting that Sam labeled the Episode 6 performance of Brutal Love as the "still tentative Lestat" and pointed out that there's "a right way to sing it" i.e. the "right way" will come now thanks to the catharsis that was the bench moment, because I do think Louis' vulnerability on the bench was incredibly touching for Lestat. They both had to lance certain wounds — Gabriella and Claudia — before they could move beyond the fissure that the book created.

It’s just so outlandish but I swear I’m seeing it everywhere! Louis isn’t a schemer, imo, or a very good liar. I can’t imagine him being willing to work with Armand either. Also, why would Louis agree to be beheaded too 😭😭 bc he would NEVER be ok with Lestat being beheaded. But maybe he was double crossed or tricked??

One word: Loumanders.

The same Loumanders who thought the disdainful exchange during the auction was "flirting." The same Loumanders who think Louis is still the same character he was in S1 despite the fact they've also spent weeks whining about the show "assassinating Louis' character."

Because that little theory? Would be character assassination and would totally throw out all of Louis' S3 development and would effectively terminate Loustat, because Lestat would never be able to trust him again after cruelly playing in his face in a repeat of the murder night antics.

Yes to everything!

I was waiting for this episode so that everyone could see how different Lestat is from the previous episodes just because Louis is back in his life. As I've said, it's quite the statement.

Also? I saw it mentioned that we've seen Lestat having panic attacks in the previous episodes, but Episode 6 is the first time anyone comforts him, and that realization makes me want to scream.

Because yes, if you go back to Episode 1, we saw Lestat begging Gabriella to just come sit with him. He just wanted her company, but he had to pay the price. The "expectations."

But with Louis? He does just sit with Lestat and offer him company and solace and understating.

Also the fact Lestat wanted Louis to know? He subconsciously wanted to bring this shame and trauma to Louis? It says everything about how much Louis means to him and about how much he trusts Louis.

"I brought her to you or you to her."

I would be....shocked, to say the least, if we didn't get it.

It was everything my wounded soul needed. ♥️