i've been thinking a lot about the common statement that louis is the most "human" of the vampires, and from the perspective of someone who has watched the show and read the two first books, so far for show louis it feels something like this:
in the books, it seems that anne relates a lot the humanity of a vampire with certain good traits like empathy, a hesitance to kill and everything, and i think this is where many people (including lestat even, considering the "interview with the vampire" section in "the vampire lestat") sees louis as very human, after all. and i’d actually say he is indeed that, because he does display a lot of human traits, they’re just not the expected ones, especially on the show.
i believe he has the moral struggles, which are very human-like, but a lot of his humanity actually shows itself in his low moments: his emotional dependency, his self-loathing, his repression, his occasional penchant for pretentiousness as a response to his self-loathing and his pettiness.
and in that sense, yeah, he is very human, one of the most human vampires after all because he hasn’t “overcame” humanity. for instance, i’d say in a way so far, marius has been a less human vampire because, while he keeps relations with others, the marius we’ve seen in "the vampire lestat" is a vampire who is like “whatever” to most things and has moved on to other concerns, vampiric concerns related mainly to TWMBK and he was en route to become the "continuous being that moved past and had continuous awareness of everything".
likewise, gabrielle is another example of a vampire who has moved on so hard from everything when she became one that her desire eventually was legit to become one with nature and reject all other contact. lestat is mainly her link with any sort of beings she actually cares about, and even so, it is a very unique relationship, to say the least, because it is devoid of human conventions from her side.
so, vampires can still display “human” traits in the sense that well, all of us in the animal kingdom overall are able to feel, so they are capable of love, anger, fear, etc. but it manifests for certain vampires in a different, maybe less, maybe more complex manner than humans and these traits in louis do manifest in a manner very akin to humans, as complex as we do still.
ultimately, to me it seems truly that it’s really how a vampire wishes to be an active participant of life, and the ensuing negative feelings that comes with this moral struggle that determines their humanity, more than merely looking at it from a "[vampire] is so kind <3" angle.
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