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people being weird about the bdsm loumand had going on and making louis a villain bc of it’s making me insane,anything to deny louis is a victim and center everything on armand’s trauma. i don’t even think louis was happy in that role anyways😭

no truly it's so clear that louis' happiness is dictated entirely by armand's perception of his comfort which is to say whatever shuts him up most efficiently and keeps him dependent. vacuuming on valium even. like ziska said armand is not a child or even frozen in a childlike state he was turned at twenty seven that conflict is not one he faces (but one definitely relevant to another of our protags the push and pull of being infantilized + subject to exploitation and yet lacking support because asserting yourself as an adult demands you do not seek it. i wonder why she's never brought up. the mystery) what he has is childhood trauma. which explains his behavior but does not justify it anyway he's been a leader centuries longer than he's been anything else. been in power too long to give it up for anything else. he picks the coven over louis not bc he has abandonment issues but bc they are, have been, and likely will continue to be, if not under his thumb, then something very close to it merely out of habit and comfort. he says as much to louis in the room split by sunlight across the floor like a knife to meat. again it's roles they're playing like you said armand gets to put on and take off the masks whenever he desires ! he holds the leash. says louis you can pretend to walk me around on it now. and then gently takes it out of louis' hands at the dawn of the smallest questioning look. not that that can't be sexy but it comes down to the fact that louis' dominance is a farce, one facilitated by armand's dominance at that. and the second he steps out of line he even loses the luxury of that farce (armand slamming the door shut with a single gaze in ep5 "tape" so louis can't see him torture daniel.....over his weak cries) like armand wants louis' love desperately but ultimately is he that different from lestat in wanting that love in the form of gratitude for what he provides. clearly he's secure enough in it to put control first and repeatedly materially abuse it in his favor to keep louis guilty and desperate for absolution only he can mete out. it's textbook ! and yet