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Louis Plushie

Did I ever show off my gorgeous little Louis plushie? Created by the incredibly talented @inkalope.

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Louis de Pointe du Lac

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@savage-aesthete and I were recreating photos in Prague yesterday!

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Prague

Filming of IWTV S2 has resumed just in time for @savage-aesthete and I to be on our way to Prague. We'll be visiting the city next week, which is probably a bit too soon to see any action, but our cameras will be ready just in case!

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IWTV BTS photo dump (unit stills photography by Alfonso Bresciani)

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IWTV, Costume details

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The Well With No Bottom

I've been meaning to write a post for all of the Louis haters out there who say that he never gave back any of the love that Lestat was constantly pouring out on him, but I got so caught up in the research that I never actually got around to actually writing the thing.

The main point that I want to make here is that Louis' love for Lestat is just as passionate as Lestat's love for him, if not more so. He just expresses it in a very different way. From books, to big screen, to theatre and television series, Louis has always been far more emotionally repressed than Lestat. Hell, most of the world is far more emotionally repressed when compared to the King of Emotional Expression himself! Louis loves Lestat fiercely, but in his own quiet way.

In Episode 1, on the night they first meet, well before any physical intimacy between the two had ever occurs, Louis, who should be furious with Lestat for snatching Lilly away from him, instead can think of nothing but Lestat. "My body was seized with weakness. His gaze tied a string around my lungs and I found myself immobilized." If that's not love at first sight, I don't know what is. He's fallen head over heels in mere minutes.

As their friendship progresses, Louis refers to Lestat as his "coal fire" in a cold winter. He points out that, for the first time ever, he found himself confiding his struggles to another man. While confiding in a friend is completely normal, the way it surprises Louis and catches him off guard is not. It becomes obvious that this relationship means something more than friendship to Louis.

Then, of course, we have the scene at the townhouse when Louis finally sets his pent-up desires free. It was him who made the first move to kiss Lestat, not the other way around.

And who initiates that kiss in the church, just before Lestat gives Louis the blood?

It's also important to remember the unreliable narrator of this tale. Louis has clearly left out many moments in his relationship with Lestat that would help the viewer to see it through his eyes. Lestat himself mentions some of these moments in Episode 2, when he starts out by calling Louis angry, stubborn, unaccommodating and maddening then changes his tone to remind Louis that he is also loving, dedicated and thoughtful. Louis may have failed to mention all the moments that cause Lestat to describe him in this way, but Lestat lets us know that they did happen and that no one has ever displayed these admirable qualities to him in quite the same way that Louis has.

While Lestat lavishes praise on Louis to make him feel better after almost killing his nephew, Louis tells Daniel of his feelings for Lestat. "There was present a kind of worship, on my part. The earth beneath me always felt liquid." How many of us can say such a thing about a lover?

To please Lestat, Louis attends another opera. He simmers in indignation as he plays the part of Lestat's valet and walks a few steps behind Lestat instead of by his side, where he wants to be. He tolerates the stares and comments of those around him to ensure that Lestat has a good time. He even drinks from the Tenor with Lestat, pretending to be enthralled by the experience because he doesn't want to disappoint. Louis sets aside his own comfort and happiness for Lestat.

"Aren't I enough?" Louis asks, in Episode 3, about Lestat's little fling with Antoinette. This question comes from a place of utter vulnerability. Louis is admitting his own jealousy and insecurity. And we all know how well Lestat's reaction went over. Of course, by the end of the episode, Louis shoots back at Lestat. Already upset about the way he is being treated and over his complete loss of control with killing Alderman Fenwick, Louis gets angry with Lestat and tells him that the two of them are never going to work and that Lestat will always be alone. He hits where it hurts the most. To quote author Valarie Kaur, "The opposite of love is not rage. The opposite of love is indifference." If Louis didn't love Lestat as much as he does, he couldn't be so passionately infuriated by him. If he didn't love Lestat, he would have no desire to harm him in a moment of rage.

Another perfect example of the above is in Episode 6 when Louis swims across the Mississippi River to confront Lestat about the song. "I hate you," may be the truth in that very moment, but can we truly know hate if we haven't first experienced love?

Also in Episode 6, Louis confesses that despite all that has happened between them, he still loves Lestat with a wounded heart. This is one of the few times that Louis actually uses the "L" word to express what he feels for Lestat. Lestat points out that the way Louis has been killing animals and how he acts somewhat superior about it makes Lestat feel as if he is being looked down upon for his body's needs. Claudia agrees. Once again, without an ounce of consideration for his own comfort or desires, Louis decides, on the spot, that he will hunt humans again for Lestat and for their family.

Episode 7 is a wealth of evidence to support Louis' love for Lestat. Yes, he's agreed to help Claudia with her plot to kill Lestat, but that doesn't make his feelings for Lestat any less valid than they have been all along. Claudia wants him to be a distraction for Lestat, to give Lestat all of his heart while she plans the rest. "I can't do that. I'll lose myself in him," is Louis reply. He knows that if he falls back into old feelings, he won't be able to turn them off. The connection between himself and Lestat is too strong.

When Louis first catches sight of Lestat at the Mardi Gras Ball, he is overwhelmed by conflicting emotion. "A cascade of feelings came over me as I watched him sponge up the adoration. I wanted him dead. I wanted him all to myself." And by the time their last dance begins, Louis has lost himself entirely. "It was my sole duty to distract Lestat, but in his mirrored eyes, the distraction reflected back onto me. And in the dead center of the whispering gallery, I lost the thread to my plotting and fell once more into the well with no bottom. I was his and he was mine." If his words were filled with any more adoration, they would be in a book of love poetry.

Once again, who make the first move to steal a kiss in front of a speechless crowd?

So, to the haters out there who say that Louis is ungrateful and that the only love he ever gave to Lestat was fake or for his own hateful purposes... what in the hell were you watching?

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I'm glad to see that this part of E2 is being discussed here! It's been driving me a little bit mad since I first saw it and realized that Lestat communicated telepathically with Louis after he had already become a vampire while they were talking with the salesman at the bar.

There is definitely book support for the idea that telepathy between maker and fledgling still works until the first kill, but when Claudia is made, in the E4, it seems that any telepathic communication she may have had with Lestat is immediately severed. She walks into the garden of the townhouse, just after she is made and Louis explains that vampires can read minds. She asks Lestat to prove it, "What am I thinking now?" His response is "Well, I can't. I'm your maker."

"We're at the mercy of the other's discretion," Lestat told Louis while admitting that he could no longer read his thoughts. It's been suggested to me that Lestat meant that they could choose to intentionally "project" unspoken words to one other, but I'm not buying that explanation either. What I think Lestat meant in that scene is that it's up to one of them to tell the other what he is thinking or feeling since they can't read each other's minds.

Projecting is what Marius did when he was trapped in the ice in Queen of the Damned. All the vampires of the world could hear his warning and his calls for help - all but those he made himself.

Even if Lestat had been projecting his words at the bar, Louis wouldn't have heard it. Not in the book universe, anyhow. Could this be something that was changed for the television series? Of course, it could, but if so, why was it never used again?

So, is the telepathic communication in the bar a mistake that was left in after some re-writes of the script or is there some other explanation?

regarding lestat's ability to telepathically talk to louis in the bar in ep 2, looking back at Daniel's transformation in QotD, i'd say there's book support for the idea that telepathy between maker and fledgling still works until the first kill:

Through the viscid darkness of the dream, he'd heard Armand telling him to remain. Armand had told him that here he would be safe.

they've done the blood exchange already, but armand still seems to be able to speak to daniel in his mind (as he's dreaming)

armand also explicitly refers to daniel's vampire transformation as unfinished until daniel's had his first kill, despite daniel already feeling wholly changed

"You must come and do as I tell you. We must finish what was begun." "Finish?" It was finished. He was reborn.

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IWTV SEASON 2 TRAILER

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He was never actually there.

That’s the voice of Dr. Fareed Bhansali. He’s the personal physician to the deputy prime minister and… 

Interview with the Vampire | 1.06

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Absolutely gorgeous gif set!

Louis de Pointe du Lac - Being Ethereally Beautiful