#and good

[2008braziliangrandprix]

2023 vs 2026

[spicycheeser]

Hunter Training: Day 9 - Their first writing session

[soliloqueeer]

When I first watched this episode, I was very confused about Lestat's motivations for being at the trial. During Claudia's execution, I kept thinking, why isn't he moving? Just do something. Help her.

I understand now that Lestat, at this point, is much weaker than usual for reasons that haven't yet been fully explored. From interviews with Sam Reid, I also learned that there was no way Lestat would miss this trial. However, Lestat isn't a planner—he arrived, memorized his lines, yet was utterly unprepared for what was about to unfold. The only thing he knew for sure was that he was going to save Louis. That was his sole plan.

When Claudia says, "It's never been about me," you can see the guilt and shame in Lestat's eyes. Yet, when she announces her plan to kill everyone in the crowd after her death, he's staring at her with pride.

I believe Lestat did a lot of reflecting while in his coffin, pondering how he ended up in this situation and what led his fledglings to turn against him. I think he was actually proud of Claudia for successfully orchestrating his murder. She outsmarted him, and he had entirely underestimated her. This final act of violence made them equals in his eyes.

However, I don't think Lestat ever truly saw himself as a 'father.' He had no example of good parenting in his human life and this had no idea how to treat a child. From the beginning, he was referred to as Uncle Les while Louis took on the paternal role. Then, when Claudia became an adult, Lestat was forced to regard her as a sister.

The idea that someone could look to him as a father wasn't even conceivable to Lestat. In Claudia's final moments, when she looks to him like a child looks to a parent for help, it is horrifying on so many levels. It shocks him to his core when he realizes that he is her father and that he's letting her die right before his eyes. And even worse, Claudia was right—it was never about her.

[lostmysanitee]

DO THEY KNOW IM CRAZY?

[lakesparkles]

I'm sketchbooking

[keep-on-rockying]

as much as giant adrian has captivated me I Must say I Do like the idea of grace quite frankly being the tallest thing on erid. he's a reasonably tall human at six foot ish, but the idea of even the biggest eridians, with longer legs or a pointy carapace or otherwise, still not reaching that height is Very interesting. adds to the uncanny valley otherworldly horror aspect. not only is this an alien that is squishy and wet and a little see through, not only does it breathe combustible poison and need extremely low temperatures to live, not only can it perceive something that no one else can even really begin to comprehend, but it is also, comparably, huge. massive. its skinny and gangly and stands on only two limbs and it isn't very heavy at all, but it is quite literally bigger than even the biggest of their species. them having world records for size like us and grace just tops them by a foot, easy, even above the eridian equivalent of gigantism. wild.

[thatoneautistic]

there’s a story here somewhere…. i just can’t quite reach it….