I feel the need to get this out because I was attacked so many times in posts and replies about the trial and Lestat and it really sucked.
Again, this isn’t me gloating, even though I kinda want to since I was called stupid and told I “watched the show with my eyes closed” so many times by certain Lestat fans who I’ve now blocked, but I can’t help but be entertained by the fact that the Rolin Jones Lestat’s Trial Intentions interview is causing so many meltdowns. I don’t like confirmations via interviews, but I didn’t need this interview to get to these conclusions because the proof is literally all in the show. I’ve been blocked, harassed, called names, and accused of having no media literacy because I… understood what the show was telling me? And here is what the gd show was telling me that I was called names for believing and voicing on here:
- Armand did not plan the trial himself & with his show characterization it doesn’t make any gd sense that he would and there is proof in the gd show
- Santiago was the mastermind behind it all and he had plenty of good reasons to have it out for Armand and it makes sense that the coven would rally behind him because Armand is a hypocrite and the proof is all in the show
- Lestat willingly participated in the gd trial and there is plenty of evidence that supports this choice via his show characterization in the show
- The coven dethroned Armand and even with his arm being twisted (which I’m not buying all the dialogue from the s3e7 torture scene since everything is fucking clouded by Lestat’s POV) he fucked up and made the choice to acquiesce and direct the show even though he might have been able to join forces with Lestat if he had pulled his head out of his own ass to kill them all BUT he’s a gd coward and there is evidence of all this in the show
- Lestat wasn’t forced into the trial because if he was and if Armand is truly so dangerous, why tf would show!Lestat let Louis go off with Armand it makes no fucking sense if he really feels like Louis isn’t safe with Armand. Believing be was forced into it makes the Loustat ship go down in flames because WHY would you let the love of your life go off with the “gremlin” if you really think it’s not safe OH MY GOD
- Lestat projects all his fucking shame onto Armand because it’s easier than facing everything he’s done. He was warned not to turn Nicki and did it anyway, and Armand had to clean up the mess for him. Lestat chose to join forces with Antoinette in response to Claudia’s murder plot against his own fledglings with the intention of killing Claudia to replace her with Antoinette it’s in the damn dialogue and he never contested this in the season! We have no reason to believe this is a lie.
- Lestat chose to participate in the trial but he likes to pretend he didn’t do anything while Louis, looking like a clown, puts all the blame on Armand when Claudia wasn’t even Armand’s daughter or fledgling or anything! She was Lestat’s daughter and he let her die! Armand didn’t owe Claudia anything. He saved his own ass and that fucking sucks for him to do but I can’t be mad at him for that because Louis wouldn’t fully commit to him AND I can’t blame Louis for that either! Armand warned Louis over and over about the coven and he told him when his trepidation re Lestat was brought up the first time that the coven doesn’t take well to being lied to oh my god
- Lestat’s reasons for wanting to hurt Claudia and Louis also make sense. They cut his throat. Left him in a dump. Claudia lied about the “worse than rape” threat to get Louis on her side. Even if he deserved it, of course he’s hurt because even though he wanted Claudia out of the way, he still loved her! They all have complicated feelings about each other. ALL OF THEM. They live forever how are they supposed to deal with this shit without massively betraying one another from time to time.
- Lestat saying “you have no idea of Claudia’s strength” during rehearsal doesn’t mean he didn’t want to hurt her for hurting him. She’s his fledgling, an extension of himself, of course he’s going to gloat about her. Also, to him the trial is fucking stupid and Armand’s cowardly ass wouldn’t help Lestat go against the coven if he begged because Armand is a survivor and this is the only way he knows how to protect himself. Lestat could have saved Claudia instead of Louis, but he didn’t, and the proof of everything is in the damn show
Okay. Maybe I do need to gloat a little because I can’t believe how many times I was attacked about all this. Honestly I feel that this all just makes Lestat more interesting and gives him great parallels to Armand.
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