One thing I love about Brand New Day is that Peter really does feel older. He's not a teenager anymore, he's an adult and an adult who has had to be entirely self-sufficient. And you feel that in the way he carries himself and the way he interacts with other characters, especially the detective and Frank.
Are you disappointed by how TVL treated Louis this season?
Me too! Which is why I decided to make a Louis Centric Collection on A03.
I wanted to take this hurt and anger and make it into something productive so I wanted a place for people to give this character so much love and care that he hasn't been getting.
Louis Love Fest
-This is an event to celebrate the lovely vampire Louis De Pointe Du Lac.
The rules are as follows
-Must be Louis-focused
-any ship/pairing is allowed
-angst is allowed but there must be a happy ending
-be kind to your fellow participants
-Absolutely no AI
-Art, Moodboards and Writing are welcome (NSFW Included)
This will be open on July 20th and Ending August 11th at 11 pm EST
Can I have some Loustat agere (Little Lestat) with them reminiscing over Claudia together
It happens every time Lestat's mother comes to visit. Like clockwork.
He's a little strange while she's around, but he holds it together. Louis sees the cracks, of course, and he wonders if it's possible that Gabriella can truly not see them, but he has to admit that Lestat can be very good at holding himself together. For a little while.
Then, inevitably, Gabriella leaves.
When Lestat falls apart, the devastation can echo for decades. So can Louis really complain when Lestat falls apart by becoming small instead?
It's almost cuteā Lestat, his big, bad wolf, laying on the floor on his stomach in his striped pajamas, playing with the train set Daniel and Armand gave them for Christmas or flipping through old magazines to find pictures to cut out and glue into chaotic collages that will find their way into the drawer where Louis keeps all of his Lestat memorabilia, safe from any future versions of Lestat who might want to throw them away. He's quieter like this, and he lets Louis play with his hair as much as he likes.
The hardest part is that when Lestat is small, he doesn't remember that his sister is gone.
"When will Claudia be home?" he'll ask as he uncaps a glue stick, a throwaway question, no weight to it at all.
At first, Louis had tried to explain to him, gently, that Claudia was dead. Lestat hadn't reacted with anger or sorrow or even confusionā he'd just kicked his feet and asked again, "When will Claudia be home?" It was as if he couldn't hear the words.
Louis had done some reading after that. A lot of reading, actually. Funnily enough, it wasn't anything about dissociation or trauma that had helped him in the end. Frustrated, out of ideas, he'd picked up at random a book about dementia.
"When discussing a diseased family member," the book had said, "it is best not to lie to your loved one, but trying to remind them that a lost loved one is gone is likely to cause agitation and confusion. Instead, ask them questions about their loved one. Reminiscing will help your family member to feel connected both to you and to those they have lost."
So that's what he does now; he encourages reminiscing.
"What are your favorite things to do with your sister?" he asks, or, "What is your favorite thing about your sister?" or, "What do you think your sister would want to do if she were here right now?"
His voice almost always cracks on the questions, but Lestat doesn't seem to notice.
"I like to play chess with my sister," he might say, or, "My favorite thing about my sister is that she is the best hunter in the world," or, "If my sister were here right now we wouldn't be at home, we'd be out in the park, listening to people's thoughts and laughing at their silly human troubles. Can we go to the park, Louis?"
"Yes," Louis says, his voice tight in his throat. "Yes, baby, we can go to the park."
i love the idea of this version of akasha thinking of lestat as like. her purse dog. heās her chihuahua with gucci shades. he runs around outside and brings her little treasures. he does tricks for her. he gives her cuteness aggression. she owns him.
Loustat's heartbeats intertwined but hers is slightly off rhythm so they could always hear her in the silence of their own heartbeats. I can't get that out of my head
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