some of yall will hate me but I dont think claudia is a perfect character either and I think that to position her as the "only good one" or the "only recounting of events we can trust" fundamentally misunderstands the story.
This conversation has been brought up a lot more now because of lestat's recounting that he never threatened claudia with SA on the train. Some people say that lestat can be going down the very common road that some abusive people do where they soften their own actions in their memory. and maybe this is true, it could be! my point is: we'll never know. however, I think some people think that claudia's victim status absolves her from having bias when that is not the case.
I never think claudia intentionally lied but she is also very traumatized and her emotional truth may not necessarily be the factual truth but that does not make it a farce. like "lying" isnt the right word. her accounts are still biased to her worldview if that makes sense?
like she GENUINELY felt threatened by lestat and when has she felt genuinely threatened before? with Bruce. in her mind these two experiences start to bleed together and affects and her recollection of it. this DOESNT mean lestat wasnt horrible and didnt threaten her at all, it means her experiences shape her lens. it means her brain processed these two experiences in the same way. because in a sense by being forced to come back home her autonomy was also being robbed from her, again.
I guess my point is that memory is the monster. we can never escape our lens and the horror of these books and this show is that we cannot separate our past experiences from our current life, the emotions and the worldview bleed through and your actions follow accordingly. the horror of the show is how life often feels like a self fulfilling prophecy because you can never fully escape from who youve been into who you are.
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