#some of you guys may not like this armand that tortures louis and daniel for their love

[saintundying]

this show established that older daniel could never give love to those around him properly. he loses wives and his daughters don't call. he's bitter and mean and tired. except, we're shown that wasn't always true. daniel, the boy with a drug problem and no self-preservation. the boy who went everywhere with a bulky tape recorder because he truly believed everybody was important, everybody had a story. he bonded with vampires, single mothers, and those suffering from aids in a time where nobody else would. he opened people up because he connected with them. he saw them when he didn't even want to see himself. that's why he was fascinating!

and what?? i'm just not supposed to entertain the thought that armand didn't look at that snarky, happy guy with a streak of coldness and fall in love?? that when armand carved himself and his love so deeply out of that boy's mind that he didn't also take daniel's concept of love and compassion out with it?? that if armand could not have daniel, then nobody else would either??