everyone with any knowledge of the books has to be thinking bodyswap, but it feels like a misdirect. I'm not committed to this opinion and I hate when writers try to subvert audience expectations for no reasons except that they think surprises are fun, so I'm happy enough to wait and see how it plays out.
Sam Reid is so, so good at being a rockstar. Just phenomenal. If nothing else Rockstar Lestat will be a hit in the Press household forever.
I like the rapid fire narration and I like Lestat's relentless pursuit of whatever vampires have instead of dopamine. Feels right, feels true, fun to watch.
I thought the staccato flashbacks were very fun. Every time Nicki or Claudia shows up I'm yelling. This is admittedly more about me being an easy mark than anything else.
I loved everything about how Lestat responded to Gabriella but it was also kind of brutal and I think a whole season of it is going to wear on me personally. The way he performs (vamps) for her echoing his performance on stage is so fucking sad. he's so good at making himself entertaining and attractive and I think in the show that's going to be an explicit outgrowth of trying to win her attention and affection.
I like Lestat so much in general. His hedonism and bratting being shot through with sardonic courtesy and occasional moments of real vulnerability is so, so cute. I think thank you for your feedback was my favourite line of the episode and that's entirely because Sam Reid is a generational talent grown in a laboratory specifically to play Lestat. None of this would be working at all without him.
I know this is Lestat's introspective retrospective, but I still thought his commentary on the nervous breakdown letting his muses loose was a little pat and on the nose. Let the tale seduce me!
DEE PHARMA!!! The standout side character for me. I was happy every time I saw her onscreen, I loved her affirmations, her chemistry with both Lestat and Daniel was lovely, and I just generally like the actress. More Dee Pharma please. I am investing early in Dee Pharma stocks. If anything happens to Dee Pharma that isn't being turned into a vampire so I can permanently enjoy Dee Pharma I'm going to be furious.
The Danstat dynamic so far is kind of adorable. the disrespectfully referencing each other's trauma they are trying to avoid brothers.
Louis!!!! Told Daniel Lestat was a stutterer and once again I'm thinking these people should maybe not date. I do really love all the little references to his stutter they put into the first two seasons. I wish they'd given him scars in the reunion scene! I'm pretty sure there was enough robe cleavage for that.
I love the tour bus, especially the piano. Fun throughline between that and the music boxes, I really like Lestat being fascinated with the intersection of music and technology.
Nobody say shit about my beloved girlfriend, who is perfect and has never done anything wrong in her life. okay with that out of the way she was so happy Louis wasn't there. she really came to hate him over the course of season two and I'm so sad about it! I thought maybe she'd forgive him over the break, but no. Claudia kind of won her over with the lesbianism, at least. Armand is her favourite, which tbh isn't saying much. she likes Lestat well enough, and she does not give a single fuck about Daniel. She thinks Dee is pretty and cool and needs to secure a promotion far away from all these people. I think she's going to be cheering for Akasha to kill everyone. She likes this season so far because she enjoys chaos and is excited for the characters to suffer and maybe die.
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