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bisexualrozanov

#girl who is clearly healed and doing okay

verymerrymart

something totally normal to have memorized off the top of your head, baby girl

memopmiff

I bet on losing dogs

audible301

Maybe Lestat has more control over himself than I do because I swear if I opened the door for trick or treaters and two of them were dressed as my dead daughter, one of them was dressed as the guy who killed my daughter, and one was dressed as my sometimes ex husband who allowed all of this information to be public

I think I would’ve fire gifted the entire city of Montreal

All he did was break a guitar and a door

a-lesbianshadowinthenight

sam reid has perfected the art of showing lestat’s tendency to hide his pain beneath a veneer of theatrical nonchalance. he is all too aware that he’s struggling but he can’t let himself openly express it. there are certain scenes where even we as the audience could miss it if we aren’t looking close enough

ultfreakme

Lestat disrespecting pronouns makes complete sense. Lestat is a misogynist and has a lot of layers of unpacked racism. His scope of empathy is confined to his own identity. He will challenge homophobia and any criticisms against his identity and choices but he won't do the same for others.

Like we saw that man dismiss Louis' very valid anger at the white businessmen in Storyville. He didn't lift a finger to actually help in a meaningful way, and when Louis killed Fenwick(?), his reaction wasn't to reflect on why Louis chose him of all people to kill. He thought Louis had gotten around to killing, which is blatantly not the case. Lestat did exactly what he did with Louis; say surface level things and commentary while not behaving any differently. That is literally the root cause for why his relationship with Louis fractured.

He loves Claudia but it's the same with her too, he never saw how her race and her previous experiences as a human impacted her ability to trust and function in the world. I know the whole train interaction is being challenged as a complete lie, but something Lestat did made Claudia feel like he saw her sexual assault as trivial.

Lestat in pop culture is a queer icon, a symbol due to how much he deviated from that time's norms. But in-story he was still rather, I don't wanna say conservative but, more conforming than you'd think.

and-fishing-equipment

rip lestat's cunty bob 💔 1910-2026 debunked but not forgotten

byedisaster

Louis: "Let the tale seduce you, just as I was seduced"

Louis tells us a story for the first two seasons, and it IS a tale of seduction. It's about his romantic partners (Lestat, Armand) but it's also about HIS identity. Louis becomes comfortable with his identity as a vampire: "the dark gift" and the seasons close with him seeing vampirism as a gift rather than a curse.

Louis is turned out of love. Lestat loves him, and when he turns him into a vampire, he asks if this is what he wants. Lestat repeats Louis HAS to nod/say yes.

By contrast, Lestat is not turned into a vampire out of love. (book spoilers) he's turned out of force, and he resists until the end. And our introduction into his world is similarly chaotic.

The tale is not to seduce us. The narration skips around, it deflects, it plays with disgust and violence, and it's in your face. I think this is going to be a story where instead of seducing the viewer, the viewer is degraded/toyed with/appalled.