#but I think the sheer amount of violence directed at louis WAS pretty surprising/ if he tried to kill claudia it wouldn't be | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

llycaons · 6 months ago

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oh my god, this file of the episode I legally downloaded doesn't have the tw at the beginning, but this is the one where lestat attacks louis

I remember being so horrified on my first few watches, and now I'm less shocked and more just tremendously sad. claudia and louis are trying to protect each other so much - louis acting as a parent, too. but it's all in vain. lestat does whatever he wants. claudia is horror-stricken and terrified and desperate and powerless. louis is trying to reassure and comfort. and lestat is saying all these nonsense lines about not wanting to fight and being SO restrained. and the sad violin music makes this less a heart-pounding action sequence a more an unfolding of a deeply poignant, though violent tragedy. I'm choking back tears. this is hard to watch

and this ending song....what a gut punch. evil choice on the production's end

#the complaints about this being ooc seemed stupid at the time #but I think the sheer amount of violence directed at louis WAS pretty surprising/ if he tried to kill claudia it wouldn't be #and they'd been in a shitty place but lestat was getting more distant from him and finding other amusement #obvi he's still deeply possessive and cruel and has a huge capacity for violence #so I don't think it's ooc. but it does take me aback. lestat is so selective with his violence usually there are ppl he CONSIDERS people #*remembers how he tried to fuck louis at his brother's wake* well. hm. is that not a type of violence...#ultimately. a bit odd but his explosive temper and possessiveness and history of violence are definitely real #iwtv lb #domestic violence tw

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