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Oh. Oh No. 😱

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LESTAT ONLY CARES ABOUT LESTAT NEVER SAY I LOVE YOU TO A RAGING NARCISSIST????

LOUIS. You literally has hallucination from guilt for NOT telling I love you. I genuinely don't understand what's wrong with him? It would be more logical other way around: Louis being extremely bitter in Paris till SanFran interview where he bitches about lestat, than with time his view changes, he misses him, he regrets not saying I love you etc?

Why Louis is more bitter now than then? I'm sorry but I have no way to explain contradictions in his POV other than Armand is doing some STUFF with Louis' mind because he described lestat way more warmly in s1 (for example "it was LOVING gesture on lestats part" Louis presented lestat not as complete psychopath, but someone capable of love and thoughtful gestures)

But my theory crumbles because Armand could've done it in s1 too? I don't want to say bad writing but, god, this show gives me headache sometimes.

That damn secret ep8 better be LIFE CHANGING!

I wouldn’t say Louis is more bitter. The San Francisco version, from what we’ve seen, was the bitter Louis full of anger and grief and regret and guilt.

We know San Francisco is when Armand starts doing whatever he’s doing to Louis’ memories. Armand wasn’t “present” in S1 or 2x01, and we saw a much more emotional and vulnerable Louis.

This seeming bitterness and control and disdain for Lestat only starts once Armand takes control again.

I think Armand has been playing a much larger role than we ever imagined for why Louis remembers things like he does.

I mean….

Come on now. Even the fucking pattern on Lestat’s suit is nearly identical. 😦

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"By this point we've learned that, who tells the story is often more important than how the story is being told. How much of it is true, how much of it is used to paint Armand in a good light."

Assad Zaman, Episode Insider for S2x03 / Episode 10.

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Hello Virginia, Twitter is full of people who are convinced that the letter was for Nicolas, I can’t with all these people dismissing Louis and the love Lestat feels for him. I'm not gonna lie, I'm pissed cause people just want an excuse to diminish Louis' role in Lestat’s life.

Hey! 💕

I mean, it’s actually not that many people. It’s just the same ones who, if Lestat so much as breathes, it’s some form of “manipulation.” Par for the course. Meanwhile they ignore the actual manipulation of Louis happening at-present in the show, but that’s another discussion for another day.

As stated here, people are delusional. They really believe Lestat instructed Roget (who outright says he knows what Louis meant to Lestat and that he knows who he is) to give the letter to Louis, which is specifically addressed to “My Louis”, but it was really meant for his dead lover? Right. It makes perfect sense.

From what I’ve heard, they apparently claim their belief it’s for Nicki is because Armand is somehow influencing Louis’ memory of this. Did I get that right? So, when it comes to the fight in 1x05, there’s no possible way AT ALL that Armand could be influencing Louis’ perception of that. Yet when it comes to a clear-cut love letter, confirmed by the writer’s to be from Lestat to Louis, it must be a memory gimmick? But I thought Armand would NEVER and it was something the big bad book fans “made up” to absolve Lestat? Mmhmm. 😉

So don’t be pissed, Anon. It’s actually ridiculous to see people still clinging to their little fanon versions in the face of everything, from the show/cast/crew/etc, blatantly disproving the bullshit. All you can do is laugh. 😁

“And Louis, you know, that’s your soulmate, really. You know, as much as they probably shouldn’t be together, they are bound to be together forever, and they, you know, will be.”

— Sam Reid

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Interview with the Vampire, S2.02, Do You Know What It Means To Be Loved By Death?

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Shit I’m ‘boutta vpn it 👀👀 (American here)

That’s fine. So long as you also watch it legally when it’s released here to give it ratings so we can get a S3 renewal. 🙃

That’s really what I wish to implore to all my followers. Sharing downloads and VPNs and pirating? Fine. But also, if you can, watch it legally too. We need S3. 🙏🏽

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“Do not waist life…”

Oh Lestat, the illiterate boy & young man you were; so desperate to learn & be good, with a Mother for whom knowledge & escape through books was her only solace… who couldn’t even be bothered to teach you the alphabet.

Now, with your preternatural skills, you can read & write & do any thing you wish… but of course - it makes sense that you would never have entirely learned how to spell, or at least that there’d be the odd, common words you didn’t know. (Occurred is also spelled incorrectly.)

Little details, breaking my heart even more.

Thank you everyone for caring so much you thought about the spelling of Lestat’s letter. I noticed. I care about every tiny detail like this & feel it, like love: deep in my soul.

Oh Louis: to read this letter & all your internal pain & shame & sorrow & guilt & love to deepen, I’m sure even more. Oh Sam, how you spoke the letter. Oh Lestat’s outfit, from their first “date”….

(I have much more to say on the episode, but for now…)

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Know only this, mon cher. You are the only being I trust. And whom I love, above and beyond myself.

Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson as Lestat de Lioncourt & Louis de Pointe du Lac INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE 2.02: DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO BE LOVED BY DEATH.

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I guess we're just expected to go on living after seeing this, huh.

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I think a lot of the “Louis hates humans” discussion has a lot to do with the writers making conscious decisions to adapt the book and make intentional differences for the show. While Louis may feel like that in the books, he clearly doesn’t act like that in the show. He may be a snob, but he’s not cruel or mean-spirited. I feel like because Rolin and the writers *knew* they wanted to keep Louis as the main character, the center of the show, they had to make him emotionally different from Book!Louis or else the show wouldn’t’ve worked. I’m very grateful for that; I’ll take a merely Snobby Louis over a Hater Louis any day.

Jacob has been really straightforward these last few interviews about Louis and how Jacob sees Louis’ arc moving forward. I think many were taken aback by Jacob being quite harsh when he said “Louis hates humans”, because that’s not the picture of Louis that’s been painted in the show so far.

Louis does have a heart, yes. He’s not particularly mean-spirited. He’s a vampire who enjoys the bloodlust. He enjoys the struggle of the kill. He also likes to deny himself and neglect his hunger and like Jacob has pointed out, it’s due to Louis’ hubris. Not necessarily his humanity. His humanity is what allows him to feel the emotions of others. It’s what allows him to become Lestat’s conscience. Much like when priests become celibate. Saint Louis.

Akasha calls Louis the “most predatory” of all the vampires, because Louis canonically isn’t exactly merciful when he does kill humans in the books. Louis kills indiscriminately. He kills whoever crosses his path because, in his mind, that’s fate deciding who dies and not Louis having to “play God” and make a conscious choice about someone’s life.

Lestat later says Louis was drawn to victims who welcome death or seem to welcome it, and my reading of that is Louis goes for the ones already in his path who appear to not value life by not protecting themselves, but even Lestat questions that aspect in that he doesn’t think anyone ever truly welcomes death.

When Louis later develops the ability to fully read minds, he starts using that skill to hunt. In Prince Lestat, when Louis asks the intruder at Trinity Gate if he’s ready for death and if that’s what he truly wants, it was another example of the man simply crossing his path with the intent to kill Louis, a vampire, and therefore the man was putting himself in danger. It’s never really fleshed out, but I like to believe a part of this, let’s call it, “criteria” Louis develops for hunting those with no self-preservation is a derivative of something he maybe learned from Armand in that Armand would canonically call his victims based on whether or not they were suicidal, but even with that aspect, in a way, it was still always fate deciding by Louis merely encountering potential victims in precarious circumstances and not Louis actively seeking them out.

The biggest thing that Louis has tried to detract from, not fully acknowledge, and sweep under the rug is the vampirism aspect that dictates his entire being. Every issue that’s happened so far is rooted in Louis’ inability to accept who he is. When Jacob says he hopes people still like Louis after S2, I believe he’s referring to the fact that, when the tale inevitably shifts, Louis will have to confront the fact that he is a vampire, and that aspect is something Louis doesn’t want Daniel (or the audience) to dwell upon, but it is coming, and that revelation will be….hard for some to swallow….in more ways than one.

Now this isn’t to say Louis is awful or evil or anything like that. I’m just saying Louis has painted a certain picture of himself as one of the “good ones”, and the reality is that none of them are what human standards would consider good. Personally, I don’t like calling any of them monsters or evil or anything like that for the simple fact they all have hearts and consciences and to be a complete vicious monster, I say you have to be devoid of a soul, and these vampires very much have hearts and souls while also struggling with the fact they must kill to survive and not only that, but their very nature dictates that they enjoy the kill and the bloodlust and the struggle. That is all something very hard to accept, and it’s a huge part of Louis’ arc in this struggle with himself to make peace with the fact he likes killing and enjoys blood, because he chose this life as a vampire and it’s simply their nature. For someone like Louis, who by his human nature already had a propensity to be rather self-righteous and arrogant, it’s a double struggle as vampirism enhances the traits they already possess as humans. 😅

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Hey there! Thanks for all of your fabulous insights and commentary. Longtime VC books lover here.

Unpopular opinion: I didn’t care for Louis in the books. Wasn’t a huge fan in the movie. And, honestly, I just don’t care for him in the show. I want to like him but I’ve always found him to be so annoying and whiny. I see everyone’s thoughts here on tumblr and everywhere else and I’m not seeing it. Can you help me see him differently? I want to…

Hello!

I mean, this is all personal preference, right?

For me, I would argue that Louis in the books is the one who is whiny and insufferable at times, but I’ll get to that.

In the show? I really cannot begin to tell you how much better he is in the show. He actually has valid trauma, and I think we should all be thankful to have someone like Jacob as Louis. His talent and beauty are unparalleled. He’s taken Louis and elevated him to a richness and depth that book Louis lacked.

I’ve reread IWTV since watching S1, and I was truly taken aback by how pompous and, dare I say, bland book Louis is compared to Jacob’s Louis. They are the same character, yes, but Jacob understood the damn assignment. He understands the character. He loves the character. He’s beautiful inside and outside, and he’s just so talented as an actor to the point he disappears into the role.

Not only that, but he’s playing different versions of the same character. Rue Royale Louis is different from Paris Louis is different from San Francisco Louis is different from Dubai Louis. It’s a noticeable difference too, but it’s also raw and seamless. I mean, that is difficult to do. It’s so hard to craft different eras for traits like accents and body language, but Jacob does that. I can’t tell you how many times I thought to myself ‘Oh I love him’ or ‘There’s my Louis’ the first time I watched S1. What Jacob is serving on that screen as Louis is something magical, otherworldly, performance-of-a-lifetime.

I mean, dear lord….

Louis contains a myriad of conflicting traits. There’s a selflessness to him. He lacks the vanity of self-preservation. However, he can also be quite selfish and ruthless. He wishes for a release from the burdens of life, but at the same time, his heart is simply too strong to bend to those dark desires.

He’s aware of himself, but clueless of himself. He knows what he wants, but feels he should be ashamed of that. He wants to embrace the dark parts within his soul, the dark parts lurking within us all, but he resists. He withholds. There’s a strange poetic irony in that. He allows himself to let go while simultaneously keeping himself firmly rooted in his own guilt and shame with a certain hubris. As a result, there’s also an endearing humility to him. He feels as if he’s not good enough while also wanting to view himself as sinless.

He’s strong. He’s quite funny in a very deadpan, blunt sort of way. He loves his family. He never forgives himself for the way he failed Paul. He never forgives himself for the way he failed Claudia.

There’s a gentleness to him while also possessing the ability to be completely savage. His heart remains human. His emotions remain ripe and raw. There’s an unspoken, quiet strength of steel within him. It’s one of the things Lestat both needs and loves the most.

When Louis finally accepts himself, there’s peace within his soul. He embraces all his contradictions as he realizes the shame and guilt were all arrogant vanities anyway. We are what we are.

Louis represents a bevy of conflicting, chaotic thoughts and energies in that first book. He was trying to process everything that had happened while also trying to cope with the gaping, inflamed wound in his heart. He was powerless at times, a victim to his grief and weighted down in sorrow, looking for purchase to any anchor of light he could find in an overwhelming darkness. Louis found that light in Lestat. Louis accurately demonstrates the range of jagged emotions that encapsulate crippling depression. The lack of will to go on, but the inability to do anything other than just survive. By any means necessary.

Louis eventually overcomes and steps into the light with resounding strength. Louis finds his own light, his own exuberance, his own capacity for enduring. Louis and Lestat are two sides of the same coin. Two halves of the same whole. They are extraordinary extensions of each other.

As Sam recently put it, “Louis’ afraid of his vampirism and Lestat’s afraid of his humanity. That’s why they work or they will. That’s why they complete each other. That’s why they need each other. That’s why they’ll always hate each other and that’s why they’ll always be desperately in love with each other.”

So yeah, that’s why I personally love Louis. ♥️

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PSA: INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE SEASON 2 IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN SOME COUNTRIES OUTSIDE USA

You can weekly catch up on IWTV S2 if you live in Latin America, Austria, Greece, Germany, MENA, New Zealand, and also countries that have Amazon Prime with AMC+ add-on. You can check the list of platforms on post below:

IWTV has NOT been renewed for S3. so we really need all hands on deck to get there now!

Please watch it on AMC or AMC+ (or Amazon Prime and Apple TV) if you live in the US. Official numbers are important.

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Sam and Jacob on Lestat, Louis, and why Loustat complete each other! 😭♥️🙌🏽

THEY! 👏🏽 GET! 👏🏽 IT! 👏🏽

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To me Louis' feelings for Lestat are the embodiment of the Emma quote "If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more." On the one hand, I almost don't need Louis to say it, because it's kind of like saying water is wet. Everybody knows it. On the other hand, I want to hear Louis acknowledge his feelings, and for Lestat to hear the words he obviously desperately wants to hear. And when it happens, I will lose my mind and reblog the scene every chance I get.

Indeed. You are so spot on. ♥️

When the love confession from Louis comes, I will be a sobbing puddle on the floor as will Lestat. 😭

“I love you,” he said softly. I was amazed.

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What do you think about dreamstat saying I’m going to bloody kill you to Louis?

That was Louis saying that to himself. That is Louis believing he’s betrayed Lestat. That is Louis grieving for Lestat. That is Louis hating himself. That is Louis thinking he deserves death. That is Louis thinking he’s unlovable. That is Louis thinking he doesn’t deserve any happiness. That is Louis thinking he deserves Lestat’s vengeance. That is Louis projecting what he thinks Lestat feels for him now after such a heinous betrayal. He’s remorseful. He regrets it. He did not want to leave Lestat or kill Lestat, and he’s been continuously apologizing to Lestat for all those years while also telling himself he gave Lestat a “death of distinction” to cope while also saying he’d killed thousands by that point, but Lestat’s death was the only one that felt like murder.

Louis is not afraid of Lestat for fear of Lestat harming him or killing him. Louis is afraid of the love he feels for Lestat. He is afraid of not being enough. He is afraid of Lestat not loving him anymore. He does not like that he loves Lestat. He does not want to love Lestat. He is struggling with himself via DreamStat and as I’ve mentioned before in this post and this post, Lestat is the one person Louis trusts to actually serve as his conscience, because they are joined together as one. They share a heart and all of this (including the upcoming new version of Come To Me) is Louis’ feelings of inadequacy and self-loathing towards himself, and he’s conjuring up DreamStat as a means of both punishment and longing. This is how Louis thinks Lestat should feel about him, even though all of that couldn’t be further from the truth.

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Do you think we will see present day lestat against Armand and Louis this season?

Against Armand and Louis?

No. Here’s the thing. Louis, for whatever reason(s) and whether willingly or no, has ended up in a very bad place in Dubai.

Armand, for whatever reason(s), is doing what he believes is best for Louis despite the fact Louis does not wish to remain in the state he’s presently in. Louis wants to remember. Armand does not want Louis to remember.

Dubai Louis is caged….in various aspects….in aspects beyond his control.

If Lestat were conscious at all, there is absolutely no way he would’ve left Louis in this condition. No way.

Louis will remember things and when he does, he will fully break. I am now pretty much 100% certain he will attempt to kill himself in 2x08. I am also pretty much 100% certain that Lestat will awaken (wherever he is) and come to save Louis.

I also suspect that Lestat will not be pleased with the way Armand has been keeping Louis, but I feel part of the reason Lestat will eventually forgive him will be because Armand, in his own way, did keep Louis alive and “safe” all these years and also because I’m 99% certain Lestat will throw Nicki’s death in Armand’s face when he enlists Armand’s help in reviving Louis. As I’ve said numerous times, the parallels are there. One fledgling died under Armand’s “care” while the other will live.

After Louis’ comment to Claudia in 2x01 and Jacob’s subsequent comment about that particular comment, I really do not see this going any other way.