I don't think louis being given a past of being incestuously abused is inherently a writing problem, nor is my issue with it the fact that its stated by him so casually. I don't think sexual abuse always needs to be represented as the most devastating traumatizing event of someone's life. It really is anecdotal for many people, they don't regard it with any more weight than any other memory of being confused and uncomfortable as a child. and in fact its something I especially see with cocsa. I don't think people would be nearly as upset if he had mentioned something non sexual like being beaten by an adult. I don't even think its out of character for Louis "I am not victim" du lac to treat such a vulnerable memory as fodder to comfort another person, or even to test the waters of how honest he can be with someone. Hell I'd even argue the specific detail of "he gave me a dollar" is soooo relevant to how Louis treats his body as a transactional device throughout the series. The problem here is that I'm giving the writers way too much grace. They've given no proof that theyre willing to consider the pain of their black characters in any way that doesn't directly serve lestat. There's no evidence they considered the implications of this addition on Louis' character at all as is the case for most of his scenes this season. Like this comes after a scene where he says he thinks lestat and gabriellas relationship is the source of all of lestats sickness, so is it something he's normalized in his mind or not?
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