#even if he looked like shit our dear unstable louis wouldnt notice bc he always saw lestat as more powerful and in control than he is

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i think it will be the same timeframe as in the books, so before he met louis. i see no reason for them to change the timeline of lestat's backstory, except for the (not negligible!) fact that instead of a few years he (probably) spent more than a century alone. him meeting marius makes way more sense during that hundred years than during the few months or so between the trial and the tower. (especially considering the way lestat first met marius in tvl. lestat was sleeping in the ground after gabrielle left him, and after some time marius found him and digged him up. at the trial, lestat said that he took a nap after nicki's death...)

i could see him looking for marius after the trial and asking for healing blood, but then again, why would he go back and hang out in magnus' tower? also, like in the book, i don't think that he'd want marius to see him being weak bc he looks up to the guy. it's more likely that he never left.

i'm curious to know what's the timeframe of lestat meeting marius (and therefore akasha), if it's before the trial, after the trial, before louis met him (but i think it's probably after the trial while louis is locked in a coffin, it would explain his appearance and the fact he did not fight armand beforehand, but why would lestat leave paris and come back to paris and be still in magnus tower?)