Listen, I think they're fucking with us
Spoilers
Yk I've been rewatching the latest ep (5) and I think there might be timeline issues
(remember I haven't read the book just a few spoilers here and there so I know he's gon fuck that old man I just don't know how or when)
Like we see armandiel being-well-
In the early stages, so to speak
And then we see armandiel so sweet after a cut from present bitch talking between old!Daniel and Dubai!Louis, like so very sweet
Hands cradling face kinda sweet and all that shit, which is a far cry from how Armand had been treating The Boy up until then, which might make one wonder why?
Especially since
Daniel says at the start of this tender exchange : in confrontation with Armand's prediction of his shitty future:
"I'm a bright young reporter with a point of view"
And we learn that it's after all this romantic bs that louis steps in and 'saves' The Boy's life playing the maitre in a fucked up roleplay of Armand's darkest years and proceeds to tell Daniel one on one to 'listen to these words as if they were from the voice of God or an angel'
"you are a bright young reporter with a point of view, if things ever get bad again these are the words that you'll hear in your mind like a tape playing over and over -"
Now, if you'll allow me a fuckery of the mind:
Or as some might say: A Theory
I think louis did his little speechy thingy between Armandiel 'early stages' and the moment Armand falls in love with Daniel.
I think he's mixing the timeline up
Which would explain how, on the brick of death (things getting, admittedly, bad again for Danny then) the words spur back into his mind like Louis intended and he says them.
And I think Louis didn't save no Danny I think Armand, too in love with his fagass, and not wanting him to have the dark gift just yet, did his best to mark Danny up BC he's fucked up as we all know it and a strange lover
And yet rewrote the entire the shit so that convalescent and fucked in the brain!Louis can't get the memories of Armand fawning over Daniel back and he can still play the maître which is something that works for Armand to keep Louis for some fucked up reason.
(or louis imagines the whole maître Arun shit because he's a massive cunt)
It has been said they've kept Daniel long, either one don't know the extent of that
In it, there is time for Armand to fall in love, Daniel to fall too, have some fucked up mixer shitshow, all the while louis being reclused in his shit ass room being busy getting better
Then Armand erases everything because he loves Daniel too much to lose him as a mortal lover (I know you know the tiktok audio whores I don't want you to die-) so he erases his mind
And fucks Louis's mind as well so that major changes cannot happen, he can keep control over the narrative, keep Louis, and keep Daniel
My baby so smart
So yeah here's my take
Im having a lot of thoughts TM and emotions
