#the very essence of the vampire chronicles is one of immorality and difficult subjects
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I mean, no. You also have the option to not watch it. Hope that helps!
I think what’s upsetting me the most about this show is that they’re so worried about upsetting white audiences but they have no problem triggering black trauma with their endless connections to anti blackness. I mean why have the trial turned into a lynching? why make all these callbacks to slavery and racism that obviously make your black audience uncomfortable when you’re going just to avoid talking about it with actors and producers because…white people are going to get upset? As if black people aren’t upset by all the references being made….
They are saying that Armand and Lestat participated in this brutal treatment of Louis and Claudia, lynched them and I’m supposed to just keep on watching afterwards because of what? the white man’s allure?? AMC really dropped the ball on this for me. Disappointing bc this show was phenomenal but the way s2 concludes is just callous. Episode 7 is unwatchable to me bc even with the coven’s death (which is pathetically short in comparison to what Louis and Claudia went through which is more bs but whatever) it feels like there’s no justice in the end. Claudia is dead and Armand and Lestat face no consequences for their participation in her death.
(posting this as it is for a fan vent)
#listen: the ties to slavery and black violence were not invented by the show creators#they're there in the books and serve the narrative purpose to illustrate that EVEN IN LIFE these characters were immoral dirtbags#the very essence of the vampire chronicles is one of immorality and difficult subjects#it's a gothic horror saga#it's supposed to make feel uneasy and see it as What Humanity Would Be Summed Up To If Had No Soul#it's uncomfortable#it also dabs in rape physical/emotional/psychological violence as well as neglect and incest#this is NOT for everyone#and maybe some people would feel more comfortable consuming a different type of media#but do not treat this a motherfucking Shadowhunters where you can stomp your feet pout and cry 'problematic'#and the showrunners have to aquiesce to you Or Else#learn to take accountability for yourself and the media you consume#if this makes you uncomfortable then watch something else#'this horror story that has obvious themes of hierarchical and racial violence is upsetting me!' yeah i assume it would#it's .h o r r o r.
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