I knew from the books that thay might have Armand turn Daniel at the end. For me what gave it away for me, was that thay were useing the echoing mind gift to talk to each other.

@@StevenHouse1980I knew from his nails

I wonder who is gonna be a good choice for Akasha season 3. I think fka twig would also be a good choice..but we’ll see

good call

There were a few humorous moments in this episode. When Lestat gets up holding his plank of wood/piano keyboard and Louis asks about him eating rats, and then Lestat asked "Do you want one?". I thought that was funny. That, along with Lestat saying "Siri pause" were really funny moments to balance the heaviness of the episode.

I absolutely lost my shit at the meow. Might be the funniest moment in the whole show haha. Despite the disturbing implications of the moment that is.

Yep, you nailed it.

This ☝🏾

I have been waiting for someone else to know that Armand is obsessed with Lestat. He never gets over how Lestat won't just choose him. Armand is a "pick me". 😂

Couldn't say it any better!!!!!!!!!!

If someone like Mike Flanagan that also landed the best way possible with a complicated IP with Doctor Sleep says it landed well, it landed well

@@MarthadelPilarMoreno yeah, he's awesome. He's making an adaptation of Stephen King's Dark Tower, which I'm really excited for.

Mines gonna be I’ve gotta grab my tittys for moral support 😂

I can rock with Armand picking the coven over Louis. But you would think a heads-up would be nice. Like "Hey Louis, thanks for agreeing to stick with me in Paris, but, nah, you're new and I have history with the coven. So, I'm sticking with them. They ARE going to kill you though, so you should probably leave with Claudia and Madeline. Love and light!" lol.

​@ravenkushner lmao 😂 😂 "...love and light" Yeah, a heads up would have been nice, but where's the drama in that? lol.

I don't think he did. If he had, I think it would have been brought up, because it's not relevant after this.Although deferring to the source material, Armand and Louis weren't lovers, but they weren't enemies, either. They had conflict, but they do not hate each other. Eventually they are allies of a sort if not exactly BFF's. But I think it's been made clear that the source material is definitely not the rosetta stone for predicting what will take place in the series.

I haven't read the books, I'm just speculating but I don't think Armand is lying about them dating in the past. I think they were lovers but Armand loved Lestat more until Lestat dumped him and broke Armand's heart and he never got over it. I think he found in Loui a way to torture his ex lover, either by killing Loui in front of him (episode 7) but when his plan failed, then he figured he could keep Loui to himself (episode 8) and eventually I think Armand did fall in love with him. in reality all the characters are very complex and we cannot categorize them as "good or bad" but it makes sense that in such a gothic novel, love and hate are so intertwined in their actions.

Armand doesn't hate Lestat though. He is obsessed. Refers to him as "my Lestat" in his book

Well if you think about it this episode is the first time we see the real Lestat. All the other times in the show has been only hear say points of view versions of him from Louie and Armand.

@StevenHouse1980 very true!

What a compliment, thank you so much!! ❤️

I agree with you. Armand is my favourite character. He has so many layers to explore. I think he loved Louis or was in need of someone like Louis. But since their relationship was shadowed by Lestat, it was destined to fail. Armand would never choose Louis bc of Lestat's present and would never really trust him fully. Armand always pretends. It's his means to survive and we didn't really see him much without some sort of mask. I'm so excited for what could be next for Armand in S3. I'm up to unhinged crazy evil stuff with drama. Assad played Armand so brilliantly!

What an absolutely wonderful comment , thank you so much !! 🥹❤️

@@katieoshaughnessy8086 Oh WOW... (Picture me with a big grin on my face now!) Thank YOU!!!

not the face down, and the... LMFAO this was funny

Umm. Armand wanted to kill Louis. To spite Lestat. ....he was interfering with Louis memories for 77 years. He tore him away from his daughter, his fledgling and his soul mate. . . ...yeah. that’s being torn 110%... No Armand is the bad guy. Very very very bad guy. Nothing Lestat ever did was as bad or as terrible as what Armand did. No excuses. He was selfish and hateful and full of spite. Louis was a plaything to Armand, like a cat with a mouse.

At first, when I saw this comment, I was going to say bs, but this is 100% true. Armand has abandonment issues just as much as Lestat does, however, Armand is wayyy too controlling, and I'm 100% sure that this is why Lestat left him. The man changed Louis memories. Lestat looks at him in the audience and says something I can't remember that insinuates he messed with Nicky's memories or did something else to screw up his head in order to get Lestat. But overall, I have a hard time believing that Armand loved him because if you love someone, you wouldn't have just let them die like that. Lestat was prepared to die in that theater along with them.

Armand was never torn between Louis and his coven. This is the same guy who actually killed his own coven members and lied and said they took themselves out. Armand has lied from the beginning, he’s even lying about his relationship with Lestat. Lestat rejected him. He didn’t really love Louis, it was all about his obsession with Lestat and he didn’t want to be lonely. He manipulated both Lestat and Claudia and ultimately betrayed them. Claudia’s death was definitely different from what happened in the show and Armand pushed Lestat out of a window. It’s so frustrating to see all these Armand apologist yet Lestat was allowed to be demonized for every little thing.

@@Persephone_Personified It's always humorous/annoying af to me when folks go out of their way to believe in myopic, narrow, one-dimensional, stiff, stale, black/white, good/evil binaries, versus the very dynamic, multi-dimensional, and complex characters the writers go out of their way to create. BORING--but believe what you will. Thus far, a thorough line in this entire series has been the deep and enduring TRAUMA that motivates these vicious, immortal bloodsuckers in their unfettered quest to find love--Le Stat, Louis, Claudia, Armand, Madeline, heck even the little we got from Santiago's back story hinted at some degree of trauma and a desire to be wanted, to be enough. This desire pushes them to act out in ways both merciful and cruel, kind and callous, loving and hateful. This notion of folks/characters being wholly good or wholly evil is, IMO, foolish, naive, and self-righteous. Armand has been portrayed as someone bound by some degree of duty and servitude---he was sold, enslaved, prostituted, sent to lead aka languish over a miserable coven, uphold their "laws" and he did that, faithfully. It's well within reason that he BOTH saw Claudia's creation as an obvious abomination of the law AND an obstacle and hinderance to procuring Louis' love and affection for himself, alone. Again, he is also a "pick me" who has suffered from not being chosen. And sure, it's very conceivable that he also wanted Louis in order to get back at Le Stat. This may be hard for you to believe, but people (even immortals) are capable of having more than one motivation for their actions. LET THE CHARACTERS BE COMPLEX!

I'm not sure what you mean, but I am intrigued (your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter 😂). What do you mean by the modern intro to Marius? Do you mean when Lestat meets him a second time? I really want the historical flashback to when Lestat sees TWMBK for the first time. Drag Marius AND Lestat!!! I want a Vogue off.

That's true. I didn't think of it that way. That WAS when Louis decided to commit to him and was finally willing to call him his companion.

You’re SO EARLY !!! ❤️

@katieoshaughnessy8086 lmao 🤣 I seen the notification an vampire fast hit the button 🤣

I still haven’t slept 🤪

Awhh thank you !

And anyone drinking directly from Akasha grants almost absolute power.

She got justice alright. Everything she deserved

Oh how Harold Saxon of you.

Ya know what ? That’s a VERY interesting idea ! I have it recorded and ready to post , but I could do a live event thing , where I’m here to respond to comment in real time maybe ?

@@katieoshaughnessy8086 Yes that sounds awesome!! 😁

ETSY!

Subjective. First Season or Two?

*which Because Witches don't exist.

​@@7n154ah, but they do.

I would love to believe that because I LOVED Armand. But, then why would he direct the play and add notes? And why wouldn't he warn Louis telepathically to skip town and save his life?

The play was meant to get rid of Claudia. Armand could blame it on Lestat. Louis would then hate Lestat forever. Armand said to Louis, I want u more than anything in this world. He tried to make that happen.

Wow. Rude.