#some viewers will forgive Armand and some won't

[loumands]

When Armand kills Cláudia in his theater, what will the fandom joke about this? Bc nothing he does is taken seriously, but if Lestat calls Claudia spoiled he has to be killed again lol

I don't know what prompted this ask, but i think Armand's actions will be taken seriously by most fans and there won't be much jokes about Claudia's death because it's going to be upsetting, and some fans may never be able to forgive or like Armand's character after that. I think there isn't much hate toward Armand simply because we haven't seen almost any of him yet since he's in the background and disguise for entire s1. We've seen very little of his dynamic with Louis and his actions so there isn't much to elicit anger or hate in viewers, in comparison to Lestat who we've actually seen do various terrible things and hurt Louis and Claudia.

The relationship Claudia has with Lestat and the relationship she has with Armand are also very different. Lestat is Claudia's father and he's abusive towards her, whereas Armand and Claudia are almost strangers with no familial connection. While killing someone could be seen as worse than abusing them (i think Lestat likely wasn't really trying to kill Claudia in the finale), people are still going have much stronger reaction to abuse. Excluding the vampirism s1 was a very realistic depiction of how domestic violence and child abuse work so lots of people had a visceral reaction to it because it's deeply violating experience and something that could happen to any of us unlike burning in the sun as a vampire because some crazy older vampire wanted to get rid of you.

If Armand turns out to be abusive towards Louis i'm sure he'll get just as much hate as Lestat. I'm not sure is Armand treated any more sympathically than Lestat even now, because i've seen especially many Lestat fans talking about him like he's nothing more than a manipulative psychopath with no inner feelings or capability to love or having any nuance. I think Lestat is often allowed more complexity in the fandom, and majority of people who joke about killing him actually like his character. Ultimately we all have a blind spot with how we view our favorite characters versus characters we dislike or don't care about