I really love how the show portrays actual narcissistic behavior. The vampiric seduction angle is so deeply ingrained into the genre that it's rarely interesting, so bringing it back around like this is such a breath of fresh air.

But there's something flawed with the script that didn't make sense. Armand didn't want to kill Louis as Daniel suggests as he later released him from the coffin and stayed with him for 77 years. This is a logical plot hole so makes twist rather contrived. So no gaslighting but weak writing.

@@jonfreeman9682 I don't think Armand ever wanted to kill Louis, I think it was something he thought he had to do/obligated to because of the covens rules. I think the whole betrayal was due to the fact that Armand was shackled to the coven and its way and chose what he knew rather than what he wanted. I think that lestat saving Louis was when he realized that Louis did not have to die (thus saving him from the coffin). Mind you we saw this happen before with his first coven/cult. Where he wanted them to stop but felt like he couldn't until lestat came and did the work for him. as for the 77 years I think he stayed because he did genuinely love Louis. and that when I say gaslit I mean he truly believed that Louis had forgiven him for the abuse (failing to save Louis, Claudia and Madeline, letting Louis suffer in San Fran, and then erasing his memories and selling him a different story). I think he was so lost in the sauce that he thought it would've all work out. I don't really think its weak writing maybe not the strongest or maybe we don't have the whole story because the show keeps showing us how the story changes with different pov. But I do think Armand had mentally distanced himself from the things he has done to Louis. that doesn't mean he didn't love Louis nor does he it mean he didn't play a part in harming Louis. it just means he was lying to himself as mush as he was lying to Louis that their relationship was fine and healthy.

@@rifa1673 I am looking forward Lestats account on what happened. Every story has 3 sides Louis, Lestats and the truth. Armand how ever can not be trusted to tell the truth :)

he is my favorite, Armand is such complex character and there is no villain in the story because they all are kind of fucked up louis used armand to spite lestat for 77 years he own a brothel armand was a sex slave and louis made him into his sub its a story about a punch of messed up vampires looking for love

@@alexandriett3 Louis didn't make Armand his sub. Armand controls by giving the illusion of power to others. Armand was ALWAYS in control.

@@StedeBonnetsCravat THE THING IS ARMAND ONLY KNOWS HOW TO LOVE BY GIVING HIMSELF TO OTHERS HE WAS NEVER TAUGHT OTHER WAY AND SINCE THE MOMENT LOUIS WALKED IN PARIS HE WAS FUCKING UP LEFT AND RIGHT THROWING HIS TRAUMA AT OTHERS CLAUDIA DIED BECAUSE OF HIM NOT ARMANDS HE JUST DIRECTED IT LOUIS WROTE IT

​@StedeBonnetsCravat I think people misunderstood sub for no power, the sub tends to have all the power because they are the ones giving up their control and can revoke it at any time (given you have a good person to act as the dom.) Ita not an illusion of power it's just the dynamic no one has ultimate power over another being, Armand is used to that dynamic through grooming/trauma so he falls into those cycles just like Louis and Lestat. They are all he same in different ways.

He did alright. But the character was poorly written in the book and spills over into the show.

they know all the hurt you've just been through and still do you wrong in the worst way!!

That's cause there's no perfect relationship. Lestat was flawed and so was Armand and even Louis.

No that's Marius. You'll see soon enough

In the book he was 11 when made. This Armand is NOTHING like book Armand

@@joes622 He was 17, not 11.

​@@joes622what? He was not eleven years old when he was turned into a vampire in the book. As the person above said, he was an older teenager when he was turned.

​@@cullenarthur8879 Armand was around 15 or 16 when turned, & he was also slavic with red hair

@@ComptonAssMandiiee yes, I am aware of the character from the book.

Armand wanted to be out of the trap of being around Louis ,but wanted to make it look like the decision was forced on him...just like the destruction of the covens ....hes addicted to the martyr feeling

I think the whole reason why Louis attacked him was to shut him up. He kept trying to talk and talk, lie and lie. The throwing against the wall was an "Enough, already!" that finally shut him up. I definitely don't think he was trying to get out of the "trap" of being around Louis. He was the one who created and maintained the trap.

​@@ravenkushner Just like he did with the Children of Darkness and Theatre des Vampires. That's just how he is.

Armand is more powerful than Louis. Remember Armand can fly and can stop time and can do mind control. So with his powers he can easily overpower Louis. Daniel implies that Armand was trying to kill Louis just like Claudia and it was Lestat that saved him. This says Armand is a pretty confused guy. He doesn't even know if he wants to kill Louis or not. Armand didn't fight back because the truth is out and he doesn't want to hurt Louis. If he wanted to Armand can kill Louis but vampire life is a lonely life. Of course this whole story is bonkers too. Like that show trial Lestat never died so technically there should be no murder trial. And if anyone wants to kill Louis that would be Lestat as he's the victim he would have the most motivation to want Louis dead not Armand. So the twist that Armand wanted him dead and Lestat saves him because Lestat wanted to gift happiness to Louis to be with Armand? Huh? That's the reason Lestat gives at the end? It makes absolutely no sense. Not sure if this twist is in the book but irrespective this is a plot hole. Or logic hole.

Hé is truly an evil step mother

what’s his book called ?

@@internetfakingg The vampire Armand

absolutely not gonna happen lol

Armand absolutely is strong enough to throw another vampire around. He could've easily punched Louis through the wall if he wanted to. Armand didn't want to. Despite what a lot of the comments here are saying, Armand does care about Louis. It's just that by the time he realized how much he cared, he'd already destroyed any real chance at a relationship. When Louis throws him into the wall, he knows it's over, so he lets him go.

​@@gildatheplant Sure, show Armand may be stronger, he is however different from book Armand. Book Armand is easily overpowered when he is attacked physically ie Roman Coven and by fledgeling Lestat at the Tuilere's when Armand was 300 years old (and both were turned by children of the Millennia and Marius was presumably stronger than Magnus having had Akasha's blood, so there really is no reason Lestat should have been able to overpower Armand but he did). The only time we see Armand defeating someone physically in the books (from my memory) it was when he threw Lestat from Magnus's tower, but Lestat had been burned and drained of blood and Armand was controlling him psychically. Armand probably has the strongest mind gift out of the known vampires. This is how he fights. And if he truly cared about Louis, he would not have murdered Claudia and Madeline. Louis was something that Armand thought belonged to Lestat and he coveted him, as one would an object. Although to be fair show Lestat also treats Louis as an object "I gave you to Armand".

I agree with you. I think the show needed to get Armand out of the way definitively and without question so that the main Lestat-Louis relationship could be preserved. I think that's also why I never saw any Jacob-Assad interviews by themselves. In my opinion, they never wanted to let that relationship have any validity so that it didn't compete with the stars. I get it, but it did make Armand's actions more baffling than in the book, in which Armand was devoted to Louis.

@@ravenkushner Yep, which is very disappointing. These guys are writers, this is their art. And they're ok with letting this shit hit a screen?! This series (television wise) is a mixed bag. Great cinematography, good writing here and there, and great performances/characterizations. But man! There were some bad decisions from aspects of Louis that were removed which are strong indicators to what we know draws others of his kind to him. His humanity. Instead now, the only thing I can tell him apart from every other person is that his ass is super melodramatic which makes him hard to swallow at times. Claudia's dilemma/agony is a little less believable due to the age presented in the series. Neither actresses play a convincing child. They seem like they are in the latter, if not mid point of their teen years. Claudia could easily excuse herself as a young adult. Then there's some of the wokeness in there. At least, I was detecting it. I would try to speak on what's wrong narratively but it's been awhile since I've seen the prior seasons. So, I'll dip on that for now.

​@@dranixrush3306""Wokeness". Sit down. You misunderstood pretty much everything. For VERY obvious reasons, Claudia had to be made older om the show. Armand wanted her out of the way. She's an abomination in the vampire world. I could go on and on about your misinterpretations, but frankly, it's exhausting explaining to narrow-minded and unlearned readers/viewers.

@@RockChick63174Armand knows how to mess with people. He tried to break Claudia’s spirit with the bait and switch act he did. Tricking her, making her think she would have a serious role in the theatre troupe but made her play a babydoll character, having to play into the thing she absolutely hated he thought she would self exit in no time. But when she didn’t he went full scorched earth on both Claudia and Louis, and used the Troupe as the scapegoat.

He didn't have Louis though. Louis made it clear, intentionally or not, that he wasn't really in love with Armand. That he was still pining for Lestat (who Armand knew was still alive). Armand bent rules for Louis, upsetting the rest of his Coven, yet Louis couldn't even bring himself to call Armand his companion in front of them. Obviously Armand went way too far, but Louis knowingly made the situation worse. And not just with Armand, he did it with Claudia too. None of these characters are truly worse than the others.

Louis became expendable once Armand decided to choose the coven over him. The coven was a safe bet. Louis was a wild card. Cold-blooded motherf***er.

He wasn't. SMH.

@bellabunnell3174 the video maker said so, so I was asking. In truth, it appears in the show that Armand was willing to let Louis die, it was indeed Lestat that saved him controlling the audience. So, why did Armamd remain with him? Was it apathy? In the book he has a nice dose of it! Events just flash over him.

@@FraBra88 Armand was willing to let Louis die because he wasn't convinced Louis actually cared about him, which in fairness to Armand, Louis really wasn't clear about. At times Louis acted like he cared, at other times he was cold (because Louis was still very much in love with Lestat, which Armand was aware of). Armand had known some members of his coven for 200 years, even if he didn't love them, he thought he knew where he stood with them. Louis made it clear he hated the coven, so the coven hated him, and Armand was stuck in the middle. The sad thing is, if Armand had befriended Claudia, got her on his side, he likely could've won Louis over. Instead he saw her as competition, and things fell apart.

@@gildatheplant makes sense for show Armand

We don't find out how multilayered he is until later books. In IWTV he was the villain. We're only on the first book and we've already been given waaaaay more info and characterization from the other books. Be patient.

@@ravenkushner It was a joke. If anything... Armand took advantage of Louis. You seem like a good person so ill leave it at that. I thought it was clear...

I assume so. Since it is pronounced in Armadeo. It’s also a very soft D.

They're companions pretty much from Claudia's death to the modern era. The only (major) difference is that rather than their relationship ending through violence, it's through apathy. Louis just stops caring about anything and it drives Armand away.

He knew Louis would take his revenge on the coven, so Armand would be free to do what he wanted. Especially with Santiago now being their leader. Basically his plan was to save his self from the covens wrath by getting rid of Louis and claudia. When Louis was saved, I think he realized that Louis would get revenge against the coven, thereby saving himself again but also freedom.

@@daciamr1 That makes perfect sense, I was really trying to understand what his reasoning for saving Louis if he was planning to let him die. I was even wondering if Lestat was going to come up with a way to try and save Louis, because it seemed crazy to save him from burning only to let him die a slow death. Maybe Armand contacted Lestat just like he did in 73 and Lestat may have been the one one. Just like Lestat helped Armand get free from the coven before. I still think Lestat had more to do with getting Louis free. Because Armand kept telling Louis to leave not to stay. It would be crazy if we get another flash back and see that Lestat had more to do with saving him. And Armand changed that memory in his mind too. Because Armand sure knew where to find Lestat. Sorry this is so long but this shows just how powerful Lestat really is even in a weakened state Armand and Louis together were not strong enough to take him on. They both lit fire in there hands but didn't even try him.

@@lenorawilson2326 And who knows all of what is or is not true. Everyone has different views and interactions. I feel like they all have just learned to bend to whatever helps them survive. I can't wait to see Armand let "loose" next season 😍 😆

Nope. It's not disney owned and is its own company. They also own other things.

It’s owned by blackrock and vanguard so yeah people who own Disney in the end so yeah I’d avoid it..