The Lestat Apologist

one of them he theys tux enthusiast God damn these vampires for what they've done to me

[bernanos]

As much as I wanted to see a Loustat kiss, I think it makes sense that there wasn’t one in season 3.

I don’t think the reason was just to be a slow burn. I think it’s absence showed how much more important Lestat’s relationship to Louis is.

In a season with so much explicit and implicit objectification, sexualisation, and abuse of Lestat’s body, it was refreshing that none of it came from Louis.

Maybe I’ll write more in depth on each of these later, but we have the following:

His mom: big ol’ can of worms

His colleagues: Christine, Dee, some band members (Larry kissing him; TC’s comments about Black Licorice; Salamander thinking about it before Lestat says he doesn’t sleep with band mates)

His fans: Baby Jenks, vodka bottle fans, and those fans that Dan interviewed on the street who spoke about his attractiveness

Daniel: comments in episode three and revenge porn

Armand: Lestat weaponizing his sexuality to gain the upper hand (also was Lestat’s body with Louis and Armand in the last episode? and did Armand touch it to get a rise out of Louis?? I’ll have to go back and watch again)

The Tooth Team: physical violence and the glory hole

Nikki: not in a negative way!! I was just struck by the fact that it seems they slept together on the first day they met in Paris, whereas he romanced Louis for like six months before making his move

The priests and then the actors when Lestat was young (not explicitly stated, but I think it can be interpreted that way)

Magnus: ‘nuff said

Mr. “I’m quite sexy,” himself, Lestat

There are probobly some that I’m overlooking and there are some that don’t fit the model (Claudia) but the lack of a kiss (or more) with Louis, to me, made their relationship weightier.

The touches Lestat and Louis do have are touches that indicate a deep and intimate relationship. One that’s lasting.

A pinky touch while talking about leaving it all behind so they can be together in the desert

A hug to comfort Lestat after the video leak and incest reveal

Touching each other’s necks to confirm that the other is ok

So — as much as I would have loved a kiss, I think the lack of it fits perfectly into this particular season.

[bernanos]

As much as I wanted to see a Loustat kiss, I think it makes sense that there wasn’t one in season 3.

I don’t think the reason was just to be a slow burn. I think it’s absence showed how much more important Lestat’s relationship to Louis is.

In a season with so much explicit and implicit objectification, sexualisation, and abuse of Lestat’s body, it was refreshing that none of it came from Louis.

Maybe I’ll write more in depth on each of these later, but we have the following:

His mom: big ol’ can of worms

His colleagues: Christine, Dee, some band members (Larry kissing him; TC’s comments about Black Licorice; Salamander thinking about it before Lestat says he doesn’t sleep with band mates)

His fans: Baby Jenks, vodka bottle fans, and those fans that Dan interviewed on the street who spoke about his attractiveness

Daniel: comments in episode three and revenge porn

Armand: Lestat weaponizing his sexuality to gain the upper hand (also was Lestat’s body with Louis and Armand in the last episode? and did Armand touch it to get a rise out of Louis?? I’ll have to go back and watch again)

The Tooth Team: physical violence and the glory hole

Nikki: not in a negative way!! I was just struck by the fact that it seems they slept together on the first day they met in Paris, whereas he romanced Louis for like six months before making his move

The priests and then the actors when Lestat was young (not explicitly stated, but I think it can be interpreted that way)

Magnus: ‘nuff said

Mr. “I’m quite sexy,” himself, Lestat

There are probobly some that I’m overlooking and there are some that don’t fit the model (Claudia) but the lack of a kiss (or more) with Louis, to me, made their relationship weightier.

The touches Lestat and Louis do have are touches that indicate a deep and intimate relationship. One that’s lasting.

A pinky touch while talking about leaving it all behind so they can be together in the desert

A hug to comfort Lestat after the video leak and incest reveal

Touching each other’s necks to confirm that the other is ok

So — as much as I would have loved a kiss, I think the lack of it fits perfectly into this particular season.

[vampirebrainrot]

stupid ahh people make me wanna put my own notes on the season aside and just assume anyone who HATED is did so either in bad faith media consumption or just because of idiocy taking everything they actually did wrong this season it absolutely wasn't the dumpster fire yall twitter brained people seem adamant to make it out to be

[lighthouseweeper]

If Armand is guilty of a crime it’s walking off and leaving Fareed alone to sew two heads back on and deep clean a kosher butcher

[ariaste]

"wehhhhh this season sucked so bad" shut up they put magnus in a pink babydoll band tee and it was FUCKING hilarious. also daniel was addressed with "hi papi" i fucking love this show

[vampirebrainrot]

repeat after me: just because media challenges your expectations doesn't mean its bad. Just because you have to think about text and subtext to understand it doesn't mean its bad. Just because a piece of art makes sense in the allegorical realm doesn't mean its bad. Just because art demands your participation in the creation of meaning doesn't mean its bad. Just because there are different layers of meaning that could be simultaneously true doesn't mean its bad. It's okay if you feel uncomfortable and unsettled. That's the point of serious art.

And I can't believe I'm saying this about the fucking gay vampire show

[cvrryflvrdcvnt]

there could absolutely not have been a better way to watch the finale than it leaking two days early in unwatchable quality and trying desperately to avoid spoilers but clearly seeing that everyone on tumblr HATES it...

...only to finally sit down to watch it (in proper quality) and it being fucking INCREDIBLE, and UNHINGED, and EMOTIONAL, scored so brilliantly i CRIED, and basically everything i ever want from this show times a million.

thank you to everyone involved in creating this series, thank you to these brilliant actors, and thank you to the haters -- i don't understand your hate, but seeing your reactions inadvertently made this watching experience utterly sublime. 💃🏾

[hvnfvr]

RE: TVL 3x06

the two black lead writers iwtv had 1) didn't work on the same seasons, 2) were men and only one was black american, 3) were always co-writers never sole. we have no idea if they have sensitivity readers/editors.

we've all heard heinous shit from family born in the 40s-60s. claudia was born in 1903. she is gonna say some wild shit to louis bc black ppl say wild shit to each other especially when we're mad. we should not be judging claudia by our 2026 pro-black standards. she is rightfully angry and trying to hurt louis. i say this as someone who's only read excerpts of merrick, they adapted her anger very well from the book seance.

last thing: what if they did have someone (a black woman from the south?) come in add the extra 'umph' and now she's seeing a bunch of black folk call her writing the product of a racist writer's room? the core writers who made this show we all love hasn't changed.

[vampirebrainrot]

patiently waiting for the posers to leave tha fandom so we can have actual intelligent conversations again

[vampirebrainrot]

I lied I'm nuking my account we will never be free of the sound of people who hate thinking about media for more than two second

[vampirebrainrot]

The problem is that tvl needs to be treated like dense literature and people treat it like a football game

[vampirebrainrot]

patiently waiting for the posers to leave tha fandom so we can have actual intelligent conversations again

[kookiedeadbutterflies]

The significance of Paul being in Lestat’s little inner psychological purgatory is he didn’t kill him and that’s the truth, but he still feels guilty for his death.

The people in that room were all the people he loved and respected as well as all the people he had drained and killed in the last 200+ years. And he remembers every single one. From people who seem insignificant to the significant.

Paul wasn’t someone he drained, but someone he had unintentionally drove to suicide just as he did Nicki. He messed with a mentally unstable man and it led to poor consequences.

But Paul isn’t there for judgment nor penance. He’s there to remind Lestat on the few things he did right in his life. And one of them was loving Louis, as grotesque as that love may have seemed to him.

You could call Paul an Angel or some form of divine messenger. He’s just a gentle presence for Lestat to lean on as a quiet in the loud chaos when the lights go out.

[vampirebrainrot]

I cannot believe the characters are assholes, cried the man watching the asshole characters show

[vampirebrainrot]

more relevant than ever

[vampirebrainrot]

I had a great time with this season but yall have fun in your hater circle jerks ig

[yueiswriting]

I wish my dashboard was full of fanfiction and edits instead I get a lot of people trying to be morally correct about a Gothic vampire show. We could be having a good time, you know?

[soliloqueeer]

I think people have forgotten that media analysis isn’t actually just watching a TV show and curating a list of things you believe they should’ve done differently.

[spirker]

fandom: i love the evil character! he’s so evil!

fandom when the evil character does evil stuff: