Welcome to the Vampire Chronicles where Lestat narrates 8 of the books and Louis is only in it bc Lestat loves him. The show has already done more than the books tbh.
And the most confusing part is that S1 brute Lestat they keep imagining was never a thing… The man was just a loverboy crying to get his man’s attention and going too far to get it. The “be my companion Louis”, “you are a challenge every sunset” “I m glad it was you at the end” Lestat was NOT a brute.
funny how sr’s acting can be criticized, his body can be called grotesque, his accent work can be disavowed. but let someone call az mid, you’d have the white sisters of iwtv twt call you and your grandma racist.
See, this is exactly what I'm talking about. Their version of Lestat is essentially just a brute, and they're deeply attached to a reading where Louis is permanently reduced to a victim.
That's why you get so many "they defanged Lestat" takes. To them, Lestat's defining trait is assaulting and beating Louis. When the show leans into the actual complexity of their relationship—and follows the broader canon instead of that one-dimensional interpretation—they see it as the character being watered down.
I think that's why they're so frustrated with the direction the show has taken. It doesn't validate the fanon version of these characters they've become attached to.
using Prince Lestat for loumand crumbs when it's the novel where Louis decides hes finally ready to be happy and actively chooses to go to Paris to be with Lestat for eternity and rule the vampires together is uhhhhhhhhhh a choice.
now they wanna be mad that someone said lestat has more in common with helen of troy than louis because they don't know anything else about helen other than her being beautiful and desired...which is coincidentally the only thing they know to talk about when it comes to louis.
They’re obsessed with abuse because they actually want loustat to be an abusive relationship where Louis abuses Lestat but he’s still the good guy and victim always
idc anymore sam reid is the best actor in the show. and ofc jacob and delainey are close by and assad is great too. in s1/2 i had jacob as my no. 1 spot cause he’s phenomenal but after this season it’s sam idc. i know the truth must hurt for some of you
they were praising him a week ago and now they’re bashing him for a face he makes just to get some likes bc apparently it’s cool to hate not only on lestat but on sam too, okay!!