#yes i have talked abt louis as if hes done nothing wrong but. yeah had to say my piece abt this ongoing messy convo abt any of this shit

[canwehavehextonite]

htoo tired to write a genuine take so mb ill cm back to this bt smthing smthing ppl in fandom spaces want a perfect victim character in their nuanced unpacking of the intricacies of abuse and the very nature of victimhood that they r never going to get. however at the same time ☝ the flaws of louis character and toxic pieces of him and his behavior do not negate the fact that he is very much A Victim of abuse that is inherently loaded with racial violence. if i see one more person try to say that its Both of them "mutually abusing" each other im going to genuinely lose my shit bc yes. louis is at many times mistreating the people that he loves. yes louis is choosing to stay obsessed and trapped even when they are not together. yes louis is making choices that hurt himself, claudia, and others. no there is no perfect victim or even perfect villainous abuser. but lestat having trauma and louis having flaws does not detract from the fact that louis is very much a victim of lestat's (and later armand's) abuse and that the power in both of those relationships is so clearly not in louis' hands no matter how he might treat them or. have flaws like people do.