#like magnus throws himself in the fire after vamping lestat and never gives him any guidance

[bandedbulbussnarfblat]

I have a thought, and I've been having it since Claudia's assault by Bruce happened. Then I though it again, when Claudia mentioned how Bruce kept her under floorboards for weeks.

(Just like as an aside: Obviously, all that was horrible. I didn't particularly like it myself, but that's tied up in my own personal shit. When I was 14, someone close to me, someone my age, was a victim of SA. So I tend to just dislike SA plots in general, but Claudia is supposed to be 14, physically speaking. And like, I can't remove my own personal feelings from thinking about it. Like, there's a shit ton of posts out there arguing whether it was good or bad writing, etc. But this isn't one of those posts. And I'd really prefer if we didn't turn it into one of those posts, bc I don't like to think about it.)

This post is about Lestat. Who was kidnapped from his room by Magnus. And kept for a week. Surrounded by bodies that looked like his. And he says Magnus fed on him every night. But there's this bit here that gives me pause:

We already know from the books that a vampire biting someone without permission is akin to rape. Like Anne Rice was not subtle with that metaphor. But in the books, vampires also couldn't have sex the human way. In the show they can.

If Magnus is feeding on Lestat, why does he need to remove him from the tower? Biting him while in the tower would be no different than biting him anywhere else. It's not like the corpses bother him, or he'd have gotten rid of them.

So where is he taking him? And why? I think that maybe the show is going to go even darker and have that metaphorical rape also be a literal one.