idk how to explain that Louis and Lestat abusing Claudia and exploiting her and contributing to her death is a feature, not a bug. It’s intentional. The writers are not trying and failing to portray them as good parents, they are very successfully portraying them as failures.
ive spent enough time digesting the misery of the episode that i can say i did immediately scream in victory and satisfaction when louis slapped the shit out of bruce for calling him daddy lou IT FELT SOOOOO GOODDDDD
claudia is the ultimate victim in this story. she’s not seen, she’s not heard, she’s not chosen and she’s not avenged, and there’s nothing she or anybody else can do to change this. it’s the tragedy of her life.