Has anyone paid attention to how Astarion's tent reflect on his personality?
The exteriour side is clean and elegant. There are pillows, a carpet, an expensive mirror, even a fucking plant (headcanon - Astarion is into gardening). His tent is probably the most well-maintained in the whole camp.
But take a look inside (it's difficult since he blocks the entrance) - it's a mess.
There are empty bottles with blood (as if he is an alcoholic who doesn't bother to take out the garbage). There is no bed (Halsin is also an Elf but he has a bedrol in his tent) - it's just wooden plank, a piece of rag for a blanket and some sorry excuse for a pillow.
His tent is a mess like this room who belongs to an addict or a depressed person. It's dirty, full of garbage. And he doesn't have a comfortable place for sleep!
All the good things (new and clean) he has are put out in the front to others to see. When people pass by they see this beautiful picture of a gedonist-magistrate who wants everything to be in order.
Dare to look inside - it's a completely different picture.
We all know at this point that the name Astarion is connected to the word "star" (starry or little star).
But Larian decided that they wanted to go all in with the details and they delivered!
The flower you can place on his tomb in the final romance scene (which I think is such a cute and tender gesture and I love his reaction to it), seems to be an Ornithogalum umbellatum, a star-shaped white flower with six petals. Among the plant's many common names, there are summer snowflake, starflower, and star-of-Bethlehem.
Moreover, in the language of flowers, its meanings are related to trauma, mourning, and welcoming pain without repressing it.
According to Doctor Edward Bach (1886 – 1936), these flowers are "For those who find themselves in a state of great anguish due to situations that, in a given period, have caused so much unhappiness", and can be used to help with the aftermath of a trauma, the alleviation of pain and the mourning process.
Edit: every time I see an artist include this flower in their Astarion fanart my heart swells with joy. Love this community
Canonically gaslights Louis into loving him? Can you elaborate? With some examples?
In case of Loumand we have the second case of the definition imho:
psychological manipulation of a person usually over an extended period of time that causes the victim to question the validity of their own
2: the act or practice of grossly misleading someone especially for one's own advantage
Now, Armand tells Louis he is the oldest vampire:
’And as far as I know today, after four hundred years, I am the oldest living vampire in the world.’
Mh hmm. He influences him to turn Madeleine:
’No. I mean, directly. I made you do it! I was near you the night you did it. I exerted my strongest power to persuade you to do it. Didn’t you know this?’
He spell-binds him to leave the theater:
And Armand’s eye said, Sleep. I wanted to say something about Madeleine and Claudia, that we could not leave them there, and I felt that cry again rising inside of me, that cry that pushed everything else out of its way, my teeth clenched to keep it in, because it was so loud and so full it would destroy me if I let it go.
He also lies to him about Lestat’s death.
Just a few examples off the top of my hat. The into loving him is more in regards to what he tells him beforehand, to make him fall for him. Teasing with knowledge and affection while telling Claudia to leave Louis. Louis is infatuated then… but that is not love. The Loumand love is later, at Trinity Gate.
Now, as said before, in regards to the movie poster reference… they pulled all the implied abuse up for Loustat - I would absolutely expect they do the same for Loumand.
And, given they referenced that movie… I bet they will put their fingers deeply into the wounds 😈 I could totally see them make it worse, maybe even fit definition 1, like as with the abuse. It would… fit the show, imho.
"You feel like you're dying... because you are" Jeez Lestat, a little sympathy would kill you? I know you're too happy for having your little mew mew all for you now but still! XD
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