One of the things I have come to hate the most in the show after TVL is how they keep having every single main character calling Armand boring; Louis calls him boring, Lestat calls him boring, Gabriella calls him boring, Marius seems like he couldn't care less about him, which implies he grew tired of him, which implies, again, that he's boring.
If it was just one character that expressed this view, you could attribute it to simply being their own personal, potentially misplaced opinion (like, back before the cursed day TVL premiered, I used to think that Louis only calls Armand boring during their fight because he misses Lestat's stormy and loud and flamboyant personality), but when you have every single important character other than Daniel calling him boring and unlovable? It stops being a coincidence or something misplaced, and it becomes a clear indication of the writer's personal opinion. And I do think said writer is Rolin Jones, as a matter of fact, because Hannah Moscovitch (allegedly) likes Armand, and the rest of the writers don't have nearly as much power over such things. So, I believe that this is Rolin Jones's personal opinion of the character, and like... my dude, first of all, just why do you hate Armand so much (even more than he seems to hate Louis and Claudia; is it just racism, then?) and secondly... do you realize that, no matter how many characters you force to say that shit, it doesn't make it true? 😭Like, at all? Especially when so many viewers agree that Armand is easily the most interesting and intriguing character in the entire show.
I'm so, so relieved this man is out of the writers' room, for real. It may be an unpopular opinion, but I don't think TV writers should be allowed to adapt a book/book series when they carry such vehement hatred for one or so many of its main characters and only seem to care about merely one of them (namely, in Jones's case, Lestat).
You know who's actually, truly, painfully boring, Rolin Jones? Your bitchy, mean girl, self inserted version of Lestat in S3. They should be all on their knees thanking God that Sam Reid is such a phenomenal actor and such a good looker too. If it was anyone even slightly less charismatic, that shit would have never flown.
