@kookoofufu it's not a plot twist like the end of s2 so i think i see what you mean, but it changes a lot of things for Lestat as he comes to terms with his abuse, etc, and for a season focused on Lestat and his numerous issues, i wouldn't really call it pointless
DAILY AFFIRMATIONS:
I DID flush the toilet
I AM wearing pants
I did NOT forget my keys
I left my shower curtain AND my closet OPEN so I can see if someone’s there
There are NO cockroaches
I did NOT pee myself
I do NOT have kidney failure
I am NOT having a heart attack or stroke
I never meant to hurt you
But somehow, I knew I would
Will it be like this forever?
I'd reach into your body
And fix you if I could
Will I feel like this forever? (Forever, forever, forever?)
Are you angry?
Do you hate me?
And darling, time may forgive me
But I won't
Yeah this was romantic but why we never talk about how this was Lestat's unconscious warning him over the fog of drunkenness that Baby Jenks had poisoned him/was distracting him from an assassination attempt 😭
C’est la première fois de ma vie que je vois un fleuve de sang sous mes yeux… Et pourtant, on continue à scroll comme si ce génocide était devenu légitime
This is just devastating. The way he looks at her in the first one, so innocently happy, when he thinks his beloved mother is taking care of him...and the second expression, that he couldn't bear to remember until the Long Table, when he realizes what she's truly doing...
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i think a big difference between the show & the books is that, in the books, many gothic themes are used both at face value and as narrative tools. incest, pedophilia, etc. are depicted as abusive, erotic, fantastical, and deeply grounded in horrific reality simultaneously.