(Probably) hot take: I don't need Lestat to be a good person to "fall in love" with his character. We don't like the villains only when they're actually good or at least relatable/somewhat justified. There's more to it and it's more about the character being well-written.

There was a news anchor in 94 who reviewed the movie and said “Not gay enough.” HE WAS RIGHT.

as someone who also cannot get their friends to watch a gay vampire show, absolutely loved seeing someone talk in depth about it🙏

Wildest thing to me about the 94 movie is that while they "had" to majorly tone down the homosexual content and themes, they still had a scene of a literal child kissing a literal adult. I know that in the context of the story she isn't a child, but in real life Kirsten was a child. Being gay was a no no, but kissing a child? Apparently that's fine🤢

I feel that this monstrous way of showing Lestat creates an interesting dilemma for the audience. He has a magnetism that makes me need to continue seeing him but being aware that he is a monster. I find it interesting, especially if we compare it with the way in which all villains are so romanticized lately. Btw, I loooved your outfit and makeup 💗

Jacob Anderson's performance in the show is so incredible. I didn't sit down and watch the show all the way through until s2 premiered (for mental health reasons lol), but I would watch his confessional monologue over and over again, just absolutely enthralled. I do really enjoy Sam Reid's Lestat (and Baily, Assad, and Delainey), but it's Anderson's performance that convinced me to watch the show. The man just fucking kills it every goddamn week. The fact he hasn't been nominated for anything is a crime.

I'm stunned at how Louis is portrayed in the show. So much better than the film, which paints him as sweet and nice, when he's toxic af bc of course he is, he loves Lestat, hes no boy scout😅. Love the show, it's so well done and gives way more dimension to the characters.

The best thing this show has done is turn Louis into an interesting character. He was sooo boring and insufferable in the books, he's become one of my favorite characters (only 2nd to Armand) and I can't get enough of him in the show. I hope he'll continue to be the main character in all seasons, Jacob Anderson truly deserves all the praise he gets

Now I need to hear what you think about season 2 and armand! The whole season has been great but 2x5 was one of the best episodes of TV I have seen in a while!

I honestly don’t get everyone’s distain for this adaptation of Lestat, it felt so true to the books to me. But I guess that’s the beauty of art, it’s subjective.

I never read the original books and getting into this show with no context has been hugely entertaining. 5 year old Claudia now lives in my nightmares, I much prefer her as teenager in the show!

I figured the reason they aged up Claudia in the show was that they were planning on having her show up for multiple seasons and kids can look radically different one year to the next as they age. Ended up not mattering cause they had to recast her anyway.

I liked the 1994 movie, but I just love the series. There’s something really magnetic about Jacob and Sam. They are both fabulous looking, fit men and there’s a lot to be said for that for an old lady like me. The nature of the story, with its mostly singular POV puts a heavy burden on the actor that plays Louie and casting Jacob was a genius decision, he is such a powerhouse of an actor. I can go on and on about the great casting decisions.

I actually really liked how making Louis Black, and a Black brothel owner descended from a Black plantation owner, tied back into the vampirism theme and made it deeper. The show specifically retains the fact that Louis' ancestor was a plantation owner, despite being Black, and Louis kind of continues the same pattern by "exploiting his own kind" to get by. He clearly wants to be part of the "superior" race/class and fit in and be respected and successful, but it's unclear how much of it is his own personal ambition and how much of it is an attempt at escaping the prejudice and exploitation that awaits him otherwise (there's a scene early on where he laments that racism ruined his family's plantation business and it sounds like it's not slavery per se that he's opposed to, but the fact that Black people can't profit off of it anymore). Which is, you know, sort of exactly the same thing as what happens when he becomes a vampire, but his specific background makes him able to reflect on it and pick up on the pattern more. Because the fact is, vampires DID use to be human, and they are absolutely exploiting their own kind to avoid an extremely undesirable state (death, weakness) that awaits them otherwise. But unlike white European Lestat, who thinks that his state of superiority is a completely natural state of things, Louis becomes more and more aware of this dynamic the more he thinks. I thought this was a cool way of making a character who was so up his own ass in the book more dynamic and complex, while also saying something about modern respectability politics that contemporary audiences can recognize and identify with. You know, the themes of alienation and belonging nowhere as a vampire but also the alienation that comes from downplaying and separating yourself from your race and where you come from.

I'm a huge fan of the original books, especially the first three. Despite the changes to the time-frame, I feel the first season nurtured and respected every key beat from the original literature. Despite my initial reservations, it maintained the 'feel' of the books, whilst offering something new to existing fans. Was hoping for a slightly faded French accent...never expected it from an Aussie actor...so good!

No such thing as too late we need everybody on board with this show its too good for television

Now I'm on pins and needles for your to watch season 2 and fall in love with Assad and also episodes 5 and 7

the writers are very smart and know how to handle topics like abuse delicately with firm sympathy for the victim. lestat being an abuser is very accurate to the books, not only to iwtv but to the rest of the vc as well. of course he is a complicated character and we will see his perspective in s3, but lestat can and has done things that are very very shitty and they will be given the weight they deserve in the narrative.

can't wait for you to watch the 2nd season and also the interviews coinciding them - particularly sam's most recent interview with autumnbrown. his take on lestat and this adaptation is so immaculate 😭💕

This is legitimately one of the best television shows of our time. The sets, cinematography, actors and their acting, the overall directing, the **adaptation of the writing, my god**. It's phenomenal. An absolute triumph.

I truly love the makeup and outfit :0 tutorial needed ❤

Cannot wait to hear you talk about s2!!

I actually found Louis’ fragmented memory of his past with Lestat to be really relatable and validating. Repeated cycles of abuse can result in trauma that can affect the brain to such a degree that memories become fragmented - kind of like blurry photos or a book with pages missing. Realising that you can’t trust your own memory/account of your own experiences is terrifying, particularly in a situation where you know/suspect you can’t trust those around you. How are you ever supposed to look back, reflect and try to unpack a violent situation for what it was if you can’t trust your own recollection of events?

Season 1 was great, season 2 is superb. Utterly superb. The unreliable narrator of Louis memory becomes a massive plot point.

I feel like the 90s movie is getting shit on too much. They made it as gay as they could. Anyone whose head was out of their ass could tell they were _somewhere_ in the acronym. They gay coded as hard as they could get away with in the last millennium. It's unfair to say they didn't make it gay enough, at the time it was shockingly and obviously gay.

Great Video. I kind of love that the only thing we love about Lestat is his good looks. (And Sam Reid's incredible acting.) I'd LOVE to hear your thoughts on season 2 because Claudia is heartbreakingly good and it's such a devastating season. I'm so happy it got picked up for season 3.

I recently listened to a Podcast with Sam Reid and he was describing what all was going down between the characters in the second season, and his take was that everything was just incredibly f*cked up, all that he was doing, what has happening, it was just all unfolding in such a sadistic way for his character. I like that the writers and the actors have continued to say, we have not yet seen "real Lestat." I think of it as if we sat there and described a horrible ex. We'd paint them as the absolute worst, but what do we leave out, right, we leave out any good they ever did, how we managed to fall in love with them (b/c sane people don't fall in love initially with a-holes), and it would be our narrative that ultimately makes us out to be the better person. That's season 1&2. As far as the change in Claudia's age, there will always be the issue of Claudia's age within the context of the real world. There was quite a bit of gore and violence, a lot of sexual themes like rape, human body parts, relationships with adults, and other characters that Claudia participates in or witnesses or is the victim of. I remember people flipping out at the movie because Dunst kissed Pitt's Louis or slept in the coffin with him, even though both were relatively innocent gestures. It's the implication behind them and of course the real actresses age at the time, that were of great issue in a seemingly more morally stringent world of the early 90s. Well, I mean, we still take issue with Twilight and a 200 year old trying to date a 17 year old which they got around by him waiting until she was 18, so you know, totally fine there as long as he looks young (sarcasm).

Love this video, I never got into Anne Rice books (and the movies, pheeeewieee) but the show really gripped me from the first episode. Thanks for all the citations listed, it's nice to have them in a document.

I really enjoyed your analysis and can't wait for you to watch the second season! I'll be watching for your reactions!

сначала думала, что не осилю целое видео в один заход, но ты так круто и точно обо всем рассказываешь, что время вообще незаметно проходит! спасибо з такую объемную работу, надеюсь тебе понравится второй сезон!!

The dedication alone to costuming and blood effects made me automatically throw u a like, my god I can’t wait to watch this

I had vaguely heard of this adaptation but forgot about it because I figured they would adapt them as accurately as the movies. I’m so grateful to have stumbled upon this video and your channel. I’m literally heading upstairs to watch the series now.

Not y'all draggin me into ANOTHER vamp obsession ahhh (do do do do)

I really hope your channel grows, I think you are one of the best discoveries I have made in recent months and I love your videos

Thanks for the enjoyment I got from watching this video - the comparison between the series and the book, and your voice, and the edit, and the memes, and the fake blood and other things like your look. And thanks for Noize at the end, too.

OBSESSED with ur makeup

Fantastic breakdown. Book kept me company while trying to adapt to a new country in my teens and while this show took alot of artistic liberties, i absolutely effing love it.

вы убедили меня наконец-то посмотреть этот сериал (вместе с тамблером и моим другом, лол) :) отличное видео, как всегда, надеюсь рубашка в итоге отстирается ❤

Anne Rice was correct because the new show allows us to see each characters dynamic fundamentally changes throughout every episode. I love seeing how the story develops each reboot tbh. Hopefully they give me 3 more seasons. This movie was my roman empire.

i have a strong urge to watch the show now. and read the books. and watch the movie.

Excellent video! I appreciate every bit of detail and hard work you put into this. And you look great! Subscribed 🫶🏽

Oh my God please drop the makeup tutorial for the clean girl makeup it's so nice

I just finished the 2nd season really good show. Great video. I 1st watched the show almost 2 years ago, i thought the film was decent but the show blew me away. The actor of lestat is so good, everyone does so good. Its Crazy the armand actor hasnt been really in anything either. In the 2nd season he had an amazing performance, i hope all these actors get big film roles in future and more known, they deserve it.

my take on the shows lestst as someone who never read the book or watched the movie, and really got invested once I found out that Louis was a black gay man and played by Jacob Anderson; it really doesn't bother me that they make him to be so violent and at time so cruel. I 110% do understand why lestat fans were so mad at episode 5 because when you take away the DV aspect lestat is fun, morally grey, and chaotic and a bit of a pathetic loser but it does make him loveable. however him committing demoestic violence makes sense for this narrative (and yes even after what we find out about the scene in season two it still is DV.) The show lestat did hide a lot of things about vampirism from Louis and Claudia, which added to the power imbalance in their relationship. he's very insecure about Louis loving him back, during season one I thought it was because he wanted unconditional love from Louis, even though he failed to unconditionally love Louis and often resented the fact that Louis didn't accept vampirism, but season two implies it's because he feared that Louis would leave him. regardless, I think the DV does make sense in this narrative.

I love this analysis so much although there are 2 points I absolutely don't agree with. The first one wanting Lestat to be a good person. As an ancient vampire with a history of being abused, I don't expect him to turn that around and be mature, him being a bad person is something I expect. Second, your commentary of what happened to Claudia. What happened with Bruce didn't make her "stronger" and I don't see it at all like that, it made her bitter and even more resentful of Louie, she closed herself, she was in search of a companion who didn't wrong her. What thoughten her up wasn't the grape, it was age, reading, Lestat education and the death of her first lover. Bruce only gave trauma and took the light of her. That is very much illustrated when she speaks of the ordeal.

It's horrifying imagining a 5 year old killing their adoptive father like that

I love your channel so much omg

Let me just say that Sam Reid's portrayal of Lestat made me fall in love with the character more than the 1994 film. Now, the iwtv book does a pretty good job on its own, but Sam's portrayal feels extremely true to book. I'm not too far into The Vampire Lestat right now, but apparently Sam was trying to blend the character in iwtv and tvl and I feel like he's done a pretty excellent job

Great breakdown! Really appreciated this. It’s been almost 40 years since I read the original book. I love the changes made for the show and think they depict a version that improves the characters (Luis) minus some things you mentioned (Lestat). I’ve not watched season 2 yet. But if they end up doing Memnoch the Devil…oh Lord help us all. To see that onscreen will be amazing and Christians will freak the fuck out. I hope they can do a great telling of this whole story.

This show is near perfection. 4:51 It says a LOT when the ONLY negative audience reviews on Rotten Tomatoes are (clearly) from bigoted trolls says a lot. There’s no real substantive complaint to be made. The acting is perfect, the writing is smart and refreshing for a well known story, the production value is up there with Game of Thrones… I remember asking myself “why do we need this?” When I first heard of the series. Now I totally get it. Her books deserved this series.

эх, я хотела записать русскоязычное видео о сериале, но кажется, просто не успела спасибо вам большое за материал и русские субтитры! прошу творите и дальше, а мы будем наслаждаться❤❤❤❤

I like what both did. The show gives something new as we don't have Anne anymore :( . Plus the story can change depending on a vampires point of view. So you could tell the same story more then once. Which I think is interesting

Love the commentary & makeup omggg❣this vid made me subscribe. (For context, I am a Black queer Creole woman). Seeing a queer Black Creole man was SO amazing; there's not much Creole media. Putting a Creole man in an abusive relationship with a French man is an incredibly interesting & devastating dynamic. Their relationship mirrors real-life historical dynamics between Black Creoles & white Creoles/French, who have a more specific history beyond general Black/White race relations in the South. this change 100% elevated the story telling

so glad to see this on my recommendations as ive been thinking about how the show compares to the source material a lot! great research and analysis. i especially love how show!louis has been fleshed out and given new characteristics and depth. i personally found lestat very fascinating in season 1 but a lot of it is in anticipation of who i expect he will become, so i am just so hyped to see the "real" multifaceted lestat unencumbered by some of the bias of louis' traumatized memory, with all of the contradictions of the monstrous things he has done. it does feel like a long time to wait so i hope it feels worth it, but i have trust in sam reid. ive been glad to see season 2 didnt excuse away his brutality even as it considered louis' role in their great tragedy (in my opinion at least), as you said that would have left a bad taste. thanks for the video!

Great video. And I agree, great actors are imperative.

Thank you for the in depth analysis. I agree the changes the showrunners decided on make for a much more interesting show. I’m still curious what Bryan Fuller would have done.

Love the movie but the show is superior in every way i hated movie Louis I adore series Louis especially now that show caught up with the movie and the book its safe to say the show is better

You've just added a new queer to your group. What a delightfully funny and insightful video 😊

Great Video would love to see you to a review of the second season

Also love the "Mayfair Witch" series as well. Looking forward to the new season of that as well.

9:43 all the contacts save for maybe Lestat’s were **super** bright to me 😂 Edit: realized you meant the movie, I didn’t see much of it and it was like 15 years ago so I don’t really remember

I watched the film version when i was a kid i enjoyed it but the tv series is my favorite i love seeing the relationship between Louis and lestat and how the show has handled the source material i have only read 5 books in the series its sad anne rice passed away she would be happy can't wait for season 3

Will there be a video like this for season two?

I love all takes of the story from the books to the movie and to the 2022 series all are excellent stories that captivates me.

wait wait wait stumbled upon your vid from the recs and you are from (or used to live in??) russia? and the noize mc song at the end the least i’ve expected clicking on this video to accompany me in my iwtv brainrot era

personally I love both the film and the show for different reasons. i wouldn't pick one over the other. i feel like the show did an amazing job at adding depth to louis's character, and I think the whole race swap thing actually made him and the story more interesting. also the actors did such a phenomenal job. The show fleshes out the characters more, because they have more time DUH. And the story is suitable for modern audiences. In 1994 they couldn't have possibly gone thorugh with making the film any gayer, but that's fine with me. Homoeroticism is fun. And I personally LOVED Tom Cruise and Kirsten Dunst in the film. Don't get me wrong, Sam Reid's Lestat is amazing, but he is a different character. WHICH IS GREAT. But to me Cruise's Lestat is still THE gold standard of vampires for me. I love both their portrayals, but something about cruise's Lestat was very addictive. He managed to make Lestat such an interesting and charming villain in whatever little time he had, and it's not because of the screen writing or dialogues or anything like that. It's way he spoke his lines, his body language. So, honestly? I could never pick a favourite among the two.

i think the new changes in the show were totally necessary with thr race and its a cool twist, gives Louie allot more purpose and makes him less bland. Although I don't think the original aged well. The toxic relationship is kind of silly and tiresome. But Claudia brought the show to life!

Hello Shastainment, Despite my many issues with the unnecessary changes they made on the show, it was still a good adaption of the book, but not great, I am still looking forward to the upcoming third season which will adapt "The Vampire Lestat" & set up "Queen of the Dammed" since they named dropped Akasha in the finale last night. Love the 1994 big-screen adaption as it retained the gothic atmosphere of the book, which the show has lacked & was a more faithful retelling of the book. As much as I love what Jacob Anderson & Sam Reid have done for the characters of Louie & Lestat as well as the two girls who played Claudia, they don't come close to the magnetism or level of depth that Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt & Kirsten Dunst had as Lestat, Louis & Claudia. You couldn't help, but root for them as you experienced their pain & their pleasure. At times, it seems like these actors on the show were just going through the motions & in my opinion, they were far too old to play Lestat & Louis. Plus, Claudia's death & Louis' revenge hit harder in both the book & the film & was more satisfying, plus both these elements were more iconic in the book & film. Plus, Louis' revenge seemed rushed in the finale. But despite these issues with the show, I'm still willing to give it a chance because I'm curious to see what they will do next. The 2002 screen adaption of "Queen of the Dammed" was terrible, the only bright spots were Stuart Townsend as Lestat & the late great Alliyiah as Akasha. Something I hope they correct for the TV adaption.

I'm so glad the show Interview with the Vampire got renewed for Season 3 , I'm incredibly hyped to see Rock Star Lestat i need to see Sam Reid Lestat in the coolest rockstar clothes Lol and I'm so excited to see this because the Queen of the Damned movie should not be the only adaptation of the Vampire Lestat and Queen of the Damned in our lifetime Lol 😂🤦

Well the good news is, you are entertaining over 20k queers now.

Does the first season deal with the book of Interview with a Vampire?

In S2 they revisit scenes in ep3 in ep 5 but not completely. It’s done respectfully, in my opinion.

The fight in season 1 is from Louis's perspective in season 2 we see Lestats. Turns out they were both abusive. But Louis was the first to throw the punches Lestat just catches it with his face, and tries to reason with him. Lestat is stronger so he just let's Louis do it but he lost his temper when Louis said "I'll leave you! You'll be alone" Lestat fought and he fought back hard...

THE BIANCA CLIP OMG❗❗

I really need to watch this

Remember Louis is retelling his perceptive of his life and of his relationship with Lestat. Louis is not going to express his own wrong doings within his relationship with Lestat. First example is when he inflicted violence on his brother by pulling out a knife on him in public. Then he felt wronged by the white businessman denying him only to then to kill/display him. I believe Lestat had done of wrongs but Louis isnt a truly innocent victim.

Interesting remarks about Lestat and his arc in s01, I've read Interview with the vampire 15 years ago, so maybe it's more an impression at this point, but I really hated Lestat in the book, and I cheered Claudia and Louis when they killed him. In the book he felt so much more controlling, always keeping them ignorant, not sharing anything he didn't have to about vampirism, I felt like Louis and Claudia were his hostages and not family, so I thought that the extreme violence of ep5 was good equivalent to get us to the point of hating Lestat and being happy for Claudia and Louis to be free in the series Also, I love the decision the show made about explicit queerness, I'm ace, and I'd love some asexual rep too, but I feel that asexuality coming as a part of being a vampire and not a human wouldn't be my first choice. Interesting concept in the books, but I don't read it as exploration of asexuality and more of separation between being a vampire and human

As one of the queer’s, thank you for this entertaining video, also yes, screw the 1994 movie😂 I gotta subscribe now lol

Excellent video!!

Movie was good but the TV show is better. I found myself relating to one of the characters

11:57 lmao. I am so glad someone else finally said it. Brad Pitt’s acting has been lacking in more projects than less. He really only shined to me in his Tarantino films, especially Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Otherwise, he is often distracting fans just odd. Benjamin Button was a HARD watch.

Love the show, and am totally okay with the changes, even having been a fan for around 30 years now (I'm an old). If I have an issue, it is not with the fact that the show is gayer (because the books are pretty gay) it's that they focused on explicit sex as opposed to the idea of the act of vampirism itself being akin to, or even more satisfying than, the act of physical sex, seeing as how the male vampires at least are incapable of physical sex in the books. All that said, I loved the '94 movie as well. I think we're really spoiled in the modern age for "explicit", and frequent, vampire content, we were happy to get what we could back in those days. I hate to put it that way, but they did the best that they could back then, and I'm glad that we could finally get to where we are now. It's both unfortunate and startling to see how much things have changed in just 30 years and how far we still have to go in that people can still see the content of this show as shocking. Lastly, let's not forget that Anne was involved with the show, along with her son, up until her death and was supportive of any and all changes made, which more or less seals the deal for me. Great video, btw. You deserve more subscribers!

Happy to see you

this was so good

I loved the movie, I saw it in the theater in 94. However parts of the movie was pretty close and other parts was completely different from the book, but still a good adaptation for the time. The series is in my opinion is nearly flawless. Some changes were made for instance the vampires are able to have sex. From what I recall vampires couldn't have sex because their bodies are dead. But a minor change that doesn't hurt the show. So my pick is the TV series. It was just so much closer to the book

Why I have an impression that Daniel would turn into a vampire just like in the book? I read this type of story a thousand times before, old man dying of an incurable disease now given a second chance by turning into a vampire, originally Daniel was turned because Lestat wanted another companion, this time is to safe Daniel from death, but he would turn from one addiction to another.

So spoiler alert but: they did it. And it was really, really, very good and horrifically shocking.

The one thing about the show making them actually gay instead of asexual as they are in the books really bothers me. I wish they kept them homo/bi/panromantic asexuals instead of adding in allosexualism that wasn't initially there.

The only take I've disagreed with you on, was your stance on the show's version of Claudia being strengthened by being a victim of SA. I think it reinforces her vulnerability and helplessness, but most importantly, how the 'real' and 'preternatural' world will always view her. That she is trapped within victimhood and will never be made into a survivor, never growing beyond the culmination of wrongdoings committed against her. She's a fated character, and it's heavy handed foreshadowing at best, but I don't think that anything about it truly makes her better in the long run, only bitter--left even more helpless when faced with the doom lingering out within the distance. It's terrible and sad, but I don't think it diminishes the effect of the NON-progression she's incapable of ever making for herself. Regardless, I appreciate all the time you've spent in researching and compiling all the points you'd made within your video. It was great to hear your take on this version of the media. You're fantastic and I hope that you keep on growing!

1:50 just finished the show the other night

Is Jacob Anderson now the only Game of Thrones actor whose career largely began with that show, who now has a successful burgeoning career? Other actors, like Kit Harington, aren't exactly persona non grata ... but they also aren't getting rave reviews for their leading performances in new series. Especially not other iconic franchises.

Make a video for season 2 pls 😊🙏🏽

The show writers calling Louis a Black man and not a Creole man is a really important slip of the tongue they keep doing that should be addressed.

Little correction, Anne Rice vampires have sexual relationships, but that is way in the later books of the Vampire Chronicles, maybe the last three or four books prior her death, hell, Lestat have sex with a woman in Prince Lestat the last book that she wrote prior her death, but he did after drinking blood, the reason is the popularity of Sookie Southern Mysteries or True Blood, that ironically was based on Anne Rice books, imagine how incestual this two sagas are.

Ok but this look for the video slayyys. I wish I could dress like this irl without it being a spectacle. Wearing my normal Dirndls out is spectacle enough smh

You need to watch the second season honestly episode five the best one amongst the eight episodes they did

Great video

I have mixed feelings about the show portraying Armand as a sympathetic character

I love this show I can't stop singing It's praises And I really appreciated being able to see myself in fantasy as a queer black person myself being able to see Claudia's frustration due to being infantilized and still being grown as well as a deep specific look into abusive relationships and all the reasons why it's difficult to stay away. To be fair Louis did leave and they stayed away for three whole years but usually victims don't get any credit for that if they return. It's so much emotion and distress and list that is very manipulative and Louis tried to resist him several times. I feel for Claudia because she is so young and really can't control herself. But at the same time even though they didn't show it The amount of people she killed makes her monster as well and we don't see all the families she tore apart and all the people who wept because of the victims she took. She took people's loved ones away in high numbers So while we are meant to look at Claudia with pity because of how she was made and the age is stuck at in a situation that is not her fault she also is the one who is taking many beloved lives. We also don't get to see all the lives that Louis has ruined and so We are presented with Claudia and Louie as sympathetic characters but Louie as he confessed to the priest said that he pimps desperate women out and we don't see how their lives have been upended and become tragedy with having to sleep with men they don't want to just to make a living. All three of them if we were to ask their victims are bad people. Lestat definitely being the worst, But in the case of Claudia's murders it's not going to matter to the people who are taken. That boy she killed never got their son back that night and never knew what happened. Any off screen heartbreak is easy to forget.

I think the reason we’re seeing Lestat this way is because the writers are in some ways reducing his arc (which doesn’t conclude for 13 books!) and in other ways extending it, so it’s going to take awhile for it to bear the fruit the audience might expect. We have to get him to QoTD levels of depravity, and so that’s why he’s been shown through a glass darkly. That said, book one Lestat was just as bad and irritating, and we have been given glimpses of the “Real” Lestat in seasons 1&2 culminating in a true, objective pov of Lestat in the finale, who is just as flawed, but softer, sweeter, and more vulnerable than we’ve seen thus far, to take us into season 3 which will be TVL.