#and all because Lestat rejected Armand's little gremiln ass

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That bookshelf placing IS symbolic

No, but think: Nicki was Lestat’s first love. And what did Nicki love to do? Play his violin.

And what did Armand do to Nicki, when he was allegedly acting unstable? Cut off his hands. And then Armand locked Nicki in a tower. 

And now we have Louis, Lestat’s immortal love. And what does Louis love to do? Read. 

And what has Armand done to Louis? Make those books in the library not so easily accessible for someone who doesn’t have the cloud gift. And has Louis up in a nice high-rise “tower” apartment (It is clearly Armand’s apartment, not Louis’).

And before someone says it, there was no ladder in that room. Do you really think Louis could just bring one in there without Armand knowing? And something tells me those two bookshelves aren’t the only ones in that room. Something tells me there might be even more bookshelves above the two that we can see. 

Doing things like this with men whom Lestat loves is something Armand does. The show having the bookcase like that is a clear parallel IMO.