#and the withholding affection accusations (from the fandom) continue for their entire relationship! i see it everywhere now lmao

[aroldpdl]

i guess i still haven't gotten over the chorus of people on that one post saying that louis is pathologically incapable of seeing other people's perspective because he 1) didn't reciprocate armand's feelings (!!!) 2) didn't want to join the coven. like tags and tags of people saying he kinda maybe had it coming a little bit. that armand kept warning him (about…? what he was going to do? we've seen 2x08 right?).

i guess what triggered me personally and set me on an angry path was the reciprocation/feelings/coldness thing. i just can't believe so many people, without any pushback, were claiming louis was doing something wrong, or malicious, like he could turn his feelings on and off and deny them to armand purposefully. the implication that armand would be justified in being angry because of lack of appropriate reciprocation. like, maybe i'm overreacting but that's like. scary. to me. that in a proper context progressive, consent-respecting people can fall into this kind of thinking