Thank you for mentioning the coven, it’s not confirmed in the show that Armand liked the vampires in the coven, it’s assumed he didn’t because he doesn’t like Santiago, and because he said he didn’t like his job AS AN IMAGE OF HIMSELF, like maybe he’d like it if it didn’t define him as matré, putting him in a role that comforts him but also abolishes any possibility of a real connection with the coven members, Armand might have wanted a relationship with defined SM roles; but this doesn’t mean he wants it to be devoid of a real connection, you know, like healthy BDSM.
And the second reason I keep assuming (rightfully) that Armand did like the coven is because he has an avoidant attachment style (the child who has been abandoned develops and avoidant attachment style; yes), when someone has this attachment style, they’ll probably never entertain staying in proximity with someone they don’t like, and the ones they like they’d be anxious to be in connection with (more layers to reason 1).
Now let me bring in evidence from the show, Armand wasn’t fully detached from the members, it’s evident in how he allowed some of them some degree of disobedience, like how he didn’t do anything when one of them was pissing his face in the Latin Quarter while missing some coven social event, he’s annoyed, but he allows it, heck he even helps Sam to escape the fire, heck 2️⃣, his shtick with Santiago isn’t personal (and it kinda is), it’s because his maker made him without Armand’s permission, while Armand is a hypocrite when it comes to the 5 laws, because he doubts them, (which I explain in a different post), his anger at Santiago’s maker stems kinda from his repulsion of the act of making vampires, something that he couldn’t explain to Santiago, like what, “Salut Santiago, I keep your maker in a coffin ⚰️ because the idea of making a vampire repulses me even tho I’m 400 y/o and literally so powerful but the mere idea of making one makes me weak”.
And! Let’s leave vampire business aside, he’d even tolerated the coven as a theatre company, as if they were mere humans with mere human concerns, bring in the tickets, put a good show, find a good actor, Santiago wasn’t the actor Armand wanted, but he kept him anyway…
What I’m saying is he tolerated the coven on multiple levels, he liked some more than the others, but his attachment style didn’t allow for his enferment of these vamps to show (that much), when he describes them to Louis, he say “my coven”, there’s some attachment in “my” and some distance in “coven”, had he said something like “my brethren” maybe it would tell us more directly that he felt for these losers.
And so when Louis burns these vampires, what’s he to do? Suddenly tell Louis he actually liked these fuckers who were trying to jump him, who had they tried he’d have to possibly kill them himself, and it would be so easy to do so, one blink and they are all burnt, the coldest flames upon the ones he kind of liked?
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