ep5 notes. the episode had some ups and downs, i'd say i liked some things and didn't like other things at all. this episode cemented the fact that this show is not iwtv and will probably never be again.
- okay the way lestat talked about the coffins in the beginning was kinda funny. "before it was hurled off the balcony during one of mr. du lac's redirected moods" <- talking about louis like he was being dramatic and not mentioning that you almost killed him??
- having to relisten to lestat's monologues three-four times now... help me...
- lestat acting differently in front of muse!louis hehe. he can't stop looking at him. finally some yearning crumbs, guys... in episode 5 out of 7 holy shit.
- okay lestat is getting some of his "usual" voice back, i liked it. that whole scene at the start where he talks to his band feels like real lestat has awoken from the weird dream.
- okay why no one told me that marius is gonna talk like slightly more unhinged gandalf.
- "i don't want a job. i wanna die" - okay this one got me.
- so he slept for 80 years not 100. makes sense that he didn't mention the years he served for akasha to anyone.
- some interesting lore is happening but it really doesn't land with how fast-paced the dialogue is. i really wanna knooow, slow down. why "bogs are rare" line is given more time and weight than everything else in this dialogue??
- okay the madeleine pretender was really unexpected lmao. but i wanna say, despite how uncomfortable this whole thing is, it's kinda... bittersweet that this is what louis wanted. not an infantilized version of claudia like many people expected, but actually the adult independent claudia who lived a happy life with her partner and came to visit him sometimes. fuck... he's really stuck in that cafe from s2e6 forever.
- another lesbian kiss in front of a man???????????????
- jacob, thank you. thank you for your immense talent and your work and the fact that you're still saving literally every scene you're in.
- the whole fanfiction bullshit aside, you know what i liked about dm scene? the confirmation that armand originally tracked down daniel because he wanted to "finish the job". even though louis asked him not to kill daniel. just another subtle reminder that louis had no real power over armand.
- the whole thing about the student he had sex with. another creepy lore about daniel i guess...
- hmmmm.... "methodically cruel"... you aren't allowed to talk about louis like that, armand. i know divorce hit your hard, but you really need to rethink your life. and while we're at it, where's your fucking apology letter to louis.
- oh lestat is starting to get more passive-aggressive with gabriella, i like that.
- "who made you? why do we exist?" <- immediate reminder how lestat got angry at claudia for asking these questions in s1e4. you fucking asshole.
- yeah, lestat is definitely self-harming.
- i'm a little disappointed because the last episode made it seem like louis-regina will be more horror but really it's just a bit weird and somewhat sad. no time to sit with the feelings either. once again, the show undermining itself with the tone and pacing, okay.
- oh. "turn me to stone" and louis touching her hand... the next scene, lestat is touching akasha's hand and akasha is a stone statue. a clever bit of writing there... lestat really wants to create these parallels between him and louis and claudia (considering he's the narrator).
- "thomas pitty he's a whore" <- lestat calling anyone "a whore" is a fascinating concept to me. like. if we're talking about self-awareness, nothing has changed since 1910th that's for sure.
- took lestat 10 seconds to run to louis. yep.
- "and then rest" yeah... armand is doing brainwashing thing again. plotting and stuff. hmmm, editor note after watching the whole episode: so, he wanted larry to wander off from lestat i think. to do the thing.
- okay, louis is being like "i'm selfish bastard" and all, but why is lestat so upset about louis not calling/answering him after he was shot? isn't that like mosquito bite for a vampire? it really seems like lestat has downplayed how much louis and him communicated during those months if he was that offended by louis not calling. in fact, lestat's reaction seems a bit ridiculous otherwise.
- lestat immediately falling apart after seeing regina, sam's acting was really good there.
- tvl hates louis. i can't even begin to describe how much contempt the writers have for louis this season. i do hope that it's lestat's narration being pissed off at louis (for reasons we still don't fully know), because otherwise it looks really bad.
- the scene with lestat singing a song about claudia is so fucking embarrassing holy hell. like, this is exactly what lestat would do, but i'm fucking angry at how much it cheapens everything from s1&2. once again! after all this shit... after the denial and pain... thank you lestat for thinking about claudia for three whole minutes, i guess. i wonder if it's meant to be flawed lestat's pov or the writers unironically writing this as heart-wrenching scene, i need to know. because it had the opposite effect on me
- okay, the whole akasha scene is giving heavy lord of the rings vibe ngl