#i sat down to answer this while i was microwaving food and totally forogt bc i got wrapped up

[monstersinthecosmos]

ep4 really convinced me rashid will be revealed to be the show version of armand 🫠 like they’re either intentionally dropping hints or they’re actively trolling us. either way it doesn’t really seem like a crack theory anymore and i kind of hate it tbh i just wanted book accurate armand finally even if we couldn’t get book daniel

yeah I wrote that post last night and right before I watched the episode and I was just like

THE CRIMEA??????? The religious devotion????? The nice hair????????

(okay his hair isnt auburn but that's like the least of my worries, he's got nice hair I would cope)

but I do wanna say like.

I'm noticing a funny trend where people are ragging on book fans for being purists but then turning around and using book logic to make predictions like, which is it? lol.

Like I don't have any reason to believe Armand will be book faithful when none of the characters have been faithful so far. So like wondering if Armand would work for Louis or wondering how it fits into their canon relationship is a genuinely pointless conversation to have. If it turns out he's Armand, the show is going to present it like BOOM AND HERE'S ~✨ARMAND✨~, whose backstory is completely changed! Whose relationship with the world is completely changed! Whose motivations are completely changed! Who has a completely different idea of immortality, faith, and family than we thought he would! Is he the same age? Was he preyed upon horrifically by his maker and does that inform the way he treats others? Was he so religious traumatized that he was indoctrinated into a cult and he's still this religious? And guess what, nothing is remarkable about his psychic abilities because everyone can do that now. And guess what, we already blew our load giving a bunch of his traits to Louis so now we gotta change him so it's not repetitive. And guess what, he's not going to hold the same power over Louis when they meet bc that wouldn't make any fucking sense to their relationship in present day unless you're telling us it's a long con or something which is like, okay whatever lmao. Because you're changing LESTAT this much, why stop there amirite lol. Like SORRY FOR THE SALT I'm never gonna get over what they've done to Daniel and anyone who gives even the slightest tiny fuck about Armand would understand how important this story was to him so like. I just don't think this team cares about Armand. This is The Lestat Show and they're marketing to the slowburned & blueballed Loustat shippers and the rest of us are just in for the ride I guess. :)

Stating again that it's not to say they can't come up with something clever to do with his character, regardless, and I'm sure it'll continue to be a fun show as its own thing, but. Yeah like. Look this is not VC haha idk man, what you want from me 😂