Loved everything about your discussion! I would say I disagree on your thoughts that maybe Louis doesn’t really love Lestat because I think the crux of their issues here is that they DO love each other. Lestat loves Louis so much he’s obsessive and possessive and abusively tries to control him that way. Louis loves Lestat so much that he can’t leave him even when he had the chance. It’s fucked up and not right and in the real world we wouldn’t call that love, but in this story, I truly do think it’s love for them. Can’t wait for you to get to Season2! It’s even better! I just hope you know that, regardless of what fans of the show and Lestat might try and say, what season 2 explores may explain, but they do NOT try and excuse Lestat’s actions, which is very important.
@@sunflowersweeet thanks so much for watching! Totally see where you’re coming from when it comes to their love for each other. There’s definitely an argument for them actually loving each other, despite how harmful their relationship is. And we can’t wait for S2! I’m sure the show will do a great job of explaining but not excusing Lestat! lol
Another thing I’ll add with regard to your comment about hoping AMC doesn’t drag the show out like TWD…the book series (The Vampire Chronicles) by Anne Rice is 13 books long 😅 so while I doubt AMC will adapt ALL of it (it can get very wacky and convoluted) I also wouldn’t be surprised if it goes on longer than you’d expect! Seasons 1 & 2 alone were just adaptations of the 1st book Interview with the Vampire! Season 3 is already green lit and is gonna start adapting the 2nd book in the series. ALSO want to say that when Anne Rice started this series 1976 she pretty much revolutionized the concept of vampires in modern fiction! Before her, vampires in fiction were mostly tied to the classic Dracula style. Most of the current media depictions are influenced by what Anne did with IWTV. Vampire Diaries especially, but also Twilight.
Many of us wondered, but Anne Rice herself said that Lestat did not kill Paul. Really enjoyed your conversation, and thanks! Please react to Season Two!
I'm glad you guys are doing this looking forward to your reaction to Season 2. Few things to point out non spoiler. Lestat picked Louis because he assumed he's just as ruthless (as because he's pretty and that he's called Louis so destiny). He first is interested because Louis held a knife up to Paul and threatened him. Which is also why he was happy that he ate the Alderman. Lestat didn't kill Paul, but his mind meddling didn't help. Paul is written to be both autistic and has schizophrenia (hears voices), he was already was locked up in an asylum in Jackson which taurmatized him (he says so in episode 1 that he came out worse than before). Coupled with a lot of changes, dad passing away, Louis' nee jobs, Grace getting married, he doesn't like it. Vampires are generally strong, short of a few things nothing can kill them. Louis is generally weaker since he doesn't drink human blood exclusively, so he's weaker. But you guys are gonna love season 2, especially Claudia. I want to see which opinions change then.
@@itsluna5821 thanks for the awesome insight! We’re even more excited for season 2 now that you mention how good it is. We can’t wait to dive into it soon😄
31:34 I mean in season 1 for a couple of episodes he did actually have extensions because he hadn't fully grown his hair out yet... So like the first couple of episodes it kind of is partially fake hair... But yeah, he is genuinely growing his hair out for the role... And it is very very much for the role because he has said in interviews that he actually doesn't really like the long hair... And he mostly keeps it up out of his face and tucked under a beanie or hat most of the time... So a lot of fans, myself included, will have to experience the very sad day of when the show is over and Sam cuts his hair... Because yeah he doesn't like it in his personal life. But it suits him SO WELL
Correction! Louis didn't sleep with Miss Lily, she said, when the three of them got together that night, that Louis only calls her to talk, to which Lestat replies "What kind of man waste this waist with words?". He used to "hire" her to keep appearances, but he didn't have relations with her. Imo he probably did try to sleep with a woman at some point, but I don't think it went well, because, well, obviously because he's gay.
Lestat doesn’t really care about anything involving humans. They are just food to him. He doesn’t relate to how Louis is still connected to humanity. Lestat wishes Louis would stop caring about what “the meat” thinks of him or of them.
Lestat is not racist. They are both originally white characters. Lestat was still kinda annoyed at Louis and his issues with his humanity and gloomy disposition even then.
How does them both being white in the books not make Lestat a racist? What kind of logic is that? No one said that he was a racist because he was with Louis who’s black in the show.
19:53 consent and vampires is such a funny convo to me. Louis literally said he was being hunted. Applying morality to a show about monsters leads to madness
To answer your question about the great conversion yes it will come to play when the show gets to book 3 queen of the damned as for lestat i think since he's over 100 years old when his and Louis began their relationship overtime his humanity is gone while Louis is still struggling with keeping his which is also causing problems for their relationship
1:13:31 yeah, journalists, in general, aren't necessarily supposed to get super emotionally attached to who they are interviewing and Daniel doesn't, in general... He's a pretty blunt person who for most of the interview doesn't have a huge amount of empathy... But we do have to remember what type of journalist Daniel is. He is specifically an investigative journalist... And investigative journalists probe really hard. Because they want to get the truth. That's it. The truth is the most important thing. And Daniel has been in this career decades and decades, at this point. Proving that he is a GOOD investigative journalist ...he is very good at probing and getting the truth out of people... That's really the only thing that matters to him, honestly. And also Louis knew this. Louis says that he's been following Daniel's career in EP 1... He knows that Daniel is a very successful investigative journalist... And he still told him to come to Dubai. So like yeah Daniel's being an asshole and is probing and not taking Louis bullshit answers and edits to the story... A lot of people within the fandom give Daniel a significant amount of flack for wanting to read those ripped out journal entries of Claudia talking about her assault... Because yeah he was being pretty insensitive in that moment.. he wasn't taking the "we all know what happened" answer... He wanted HER words about it... But Louis also absolutely knew what he was getting into by inviting a seasoned investigative journalist to Dubai. 🤷♀️ It's kind of one of the main differences between the original interview and now... I mean also Daniel is now sober. But Daniel was at the very beginning of his career during the first interview...and now he is at the end of it, effectively. That changes things. Aging Daniel up is kind of one of my favorite changes that the show has made. It was such a smart decision!... Because it changes the dynamic that Louis and Daniel have in really really interesting ways!
he picked Dubai because this country is very strict with privacy...it's easier to hide his identity as a vampire...i think it's illegal to just take pictures of random people...
32:20 I'm going to mention an aspect that no one in the comments has mentioned yet but since the character has absolutely been mentioned in the first season I feel fine mentioning it because it's not really a spoiler.... One of the really big reasons that Lestat turns Louis is yeah he sees a side of Louie threatening a person that makes him think that he'd be good for vampirism, absolutely... But additionally Louis really really really reminds Lestat of his first love Nicolas. In the books, it's even mentioned that they physically look REALLY similar to each other... But yeah in personality they're also kind of similar... So it wasn't necessarily exclusively the fact that Louis threatened his brother with a knife... It was also other aspects of his personality... Kind of specifically the fact that both Nicki and Louis are really depressed... And absolutely would be diagnosed with a depressive disorder, in current day. Lestat feels drawn to Louis because he physically looks like Nicki and he's ALSO very depressed like Nicki.... It's a really really interesting detail... The show is not going for the physical similarity from what we have seen because we do know the actor who has been cast for Nicki... But they most likely will keep the personality similarities! Which I'm kind of excited about because it's really interesting to me... It tells me a LOT about Lestat's psychology and like his "type", basically... Like who he goes for to pursue romantically.. it's really interesting... I mean I might be the only one who finds it interesting... that's valid but yeah it's an important detail, IMO... So yeah, there's like a couple of reasons why Lestat specifically chooses Louis to turn into a vampire and make his companion.
Yeah, Anne Rice said that Lestat had nothing to do with Paul's death and the showrunner for the show additionally has also said that in their adaptation Lestat did not have anything to do with Paul's death. Lestat was not lying in that scene. He didn't kill Paul and didn't have ANY intentions of doing so.
There are actually two spin-offs in the works right now... One of them is a kind of adjacent book series that Anne wrote... In the Iwtv show Paul mentions the Mayfair house... And that there are witches living in that house... Anne has a book series that goes into the Mayfair witches. So there has been one season of that so far and I think season 2 has been greenlit.... And then additionally AMC is doing a completely original spin off about an essentially archivist organization of humans that have psychic abilities of one sort or another that exists within both Mayfair and Interview with the Vampire... Anne never wrote a book specifically about that organization but they are making a TV show specifically exclusively about it... But yeah the Talamasca is a organization that is just kind of documenting vampire activity but stays super duper hands off... They're basically like a bunch of book keeper archivists...Lestat does get tangled up in it eventually he's mainly just kind of passively amused by them as a concept so there is potential for crossovers...so that's interesting and will be new content... There isn't really a lot of information about that spin off so far... I think they're in pre-production right now. So it's something to look forward to in the next couple of years, probably. There's no estimation of a release date at all right now. I think a lot of people are hoping for a 2025 or 2026 release...but yeah, nothing official has been said yet.
8:56 they do technically tell us why Louis is in Dubai in season 1. In the first episode Daniel expositions about how extremely tight personal security is taken in Dubai... So like yeah it's a really sunny location but they're really fucking big on security and like personal information and stuff being private.... And so it makes sense that a vampire would choose to live there for a long period of time because people DON'T ASK QUESTIONS... They can just kind of fly under the radar there significantly easier than a lot of other places in the world. 🤷♀️ So yeah that's probably the only explanation we're going to get as to why the writers chose Dubai... Because it's a hub for technological advancements ...and also they can run a BLOOD FARM and no authority will do anything about it if its found out about.... Bc book readers have told me that Dubai isn't where Louis settles down in current day/ end of the book series. I honestly don't remember exactly where it is... but it's NOT Dubai, I remember that much lmao. Dubai is definitely a new show location that they've chosen. But it also makes sense. But yeah it was very briefly mentioned in episode 1 why they live where they live.
Lestat isnt racist...he is a vampire, who has been a vampire a lot longer than he was ever human. He ia far removed from, for lack of a better word. human issues...when he asked how Loui got into that place considering he was black.... he was simply stating a fact of how it was back then...Lesta find it all ridiculous that human think such a way...he feels Loui should feel the same. Armand is even more removed from humanity...he is much older...even Loui becomes more removed...telling claudia that if Madeleine said another word, he would break both her arms. he is a vampire...Madeleine mearly human. So, Lestat could give a rats ars what race, nationality or color anybody is,,,its all the same to him.....food.
Why didn’t he burn Lestat’s body? Because he loved him! Lmao I’ll preface by saying Lestat is my favorite character, but I won’t tell you that you’re wrong for feeling the way you do about him. There are plenty of people that still don’t like him even after season 2 ,which I think is fair, but I also think that it’s hard to come down on either side until you watch season 2. These 2 seasons complete the first book so that’s why I’m most excited to hear your opinions after you watch this second season. I’m subscribing!!
@@anarudiaz Thanks so much for watching and subscribing!! Totally get why Lestat is your fave. We are feeling so many conflicting feelings after season 2! Still processing..😂stay tuned!!😭🥲
@@TheMostPotatoPodcast I’m so glad you’ve already seen it! Your feelings will be even more conflicted when they get to adapting the second book which is Lestats backstory lol (Y’all need to watch the s3 teaser if you haven’t already btw)
28:43 They did, technically... Because it is a power that book Louis does not have. They technically gave louis two powers that he does not have. The mind gift and the fire gift. Louis in the book is one of the weakest vampires on the vampire family tree. Mainly, because of his diet. But also just because Louis is considered one of the most human vampires. He absolutely clings to his humanity and for a very very long time rejects his vampiric nature.... Cause like with the Vampire gifts you kind of either have it and know how to do it or you don't. And the gifts are passed through the blood. So to be able to learn how to do a specific vampire skill you HAVE to drink a vampire's blood that knows how to do the skill. Not all vampires have all of the powers... And additionally certain vampires just really really excel at certain skills. Armand is a vampire that is extremely exceptionally skilled at the mind gift... And if I'm remembering correctly Lestat is really skilled at the cloud gift compared to other vampires who have it. So like there is also a degree of a vampires' innate ability to master the skill.... Some can practice for a very long time and STILL not be as skilled as Lestat or Armand at the gifts that they are really good at naturally. So yeah they changed that in the show to, one, make Louis' character more interesting, honestly.... And also they give him the mind gift so that he and Claudia can telepathically communicate with each other and have a connection that Lestat literally will NEVER understand because he is their maker.... And so it's a really good allegory for their difference in race... Bc it is a book detail that makers and fledglings cannot use the mind gift on each other.... But yeah I think you're absolutely on the right track that the writers made these changes specifically to create a really good nuance narratively. And it's one that just makes sense... When Louis and Lestat are both white men their disconnect happens because Louis is in love with humanity and Lestat has completely distanced and disconnected himself from humanity and so they fundamentally don't understand each other in that way... But then with the addition of them being different races it just further deepens that nuance that there is just something that Lestat fundamentally does not understand about who Louis is. It's really interesting and beautiful and I love what the writers have done with it. Because it deepens the relationship that Louis and Claudia have... Because they have that similarity with each other that they don't have with Lestat... If I'm remembering correctly Louis and Claudia don't see eye-to-eye about humanity... But in the show they're the same race so they have that additional connection on top of the change of being able to telepathically speak with each other. The writers are really good...IMO. I have really really liked pretty much every single change that the writers have made from the source material... And I honestly can't really say that about a lot of the movie and show adaptations that I've watched over the years... Usually I will dislike a couple of changes that have been made but I have pretty much exclusively liked the changes these writers have made. They are making really smart choices that make a lot of sense and further deepen ALL of the nuances that exist within the source material.
Yeah, sometimes interracial relationships (and friendships) can be challenging... sometimes your partner just doesn't want 2deal with race issues, cause it's a drag/bummer. 🤷🏾♂️
@yvettelang1961 I never called a racist he's just willfully ambivalent to how it's affecting the person he claims to love. Ethnic ppl have 2deal with that enough from ppl in the outside world, we shouldn't have to deal with it from our lovers/friends... the ppl we allow 2b intimately close to us. When that's the case, ur just as bad as they are cause by default ur co-signing/complicit.
No, Lestat is not a racist and you really are a potato! Lestat is a fictional vampire. Nevertheless, he’s ancient and this story was written in 1973 with two whyte characters, you can’t define them with 2024 caveats. Why define them, at all?
Loved everything about your discussion! I would say I disagree on your thoughts that maybe Louis doesn’t really love Lestat because I think the crux of their issues here is that they DO love each other. Lestat loves Louis so much he’s obsessive and possessive and abusively tries to control him that way. Louis loves Lestat so much that he can’t leave him even when he had the chance. It’s fucked up and not right and in the real world we wouldn’t call that love, but in this story, I truly do think it’s love for them.
Can’t wait for you to get to Season2! It’s even better! I just hope you know that, regardless of what fans of the show and Lestat might try and say, what season 2 explores may explain, but they do NOT try and excuse Lestat’s actions, which is very important.
@@sunflowersweeet thanks so much for watching! Totally see where you’re coming from when it comes to their love for each other. There’s definitely an argument for them actually loving each other, despite how harmful their relationship is. And we can’t wait for S2! I’m sure the show will do a great job of explaining but not excusing Lestat! lol
Another thing I’ll add with regard to your comment about hoping AMC doesn’t drag the show out like TWD…the book series (The Vampire Chronicles) by Anne Rice is 13 books long 😅 so while I doubt AMC will adapt ALL of it (it can get very wacky and convoluted) I also wouldn’t be surprised if it goes on longer than you’d expect! Seasons 1 & 2 alone were just adaptations of the 1st book Interview with the Vampire! Season 3 is already green lit and is gonna start adapting the 2nd book in the series.
ALSO want to say that when Anne Rice started this series 1976 she pretty much revolutionized the concept of vampires in modern fiction! Before her, vampires in fiction were mostly tied to the classic Dracula style. Most of the current media depictions are influenced by what Anne did with IWTV. Vampire Diaries especially, but also Twilight.
Many of us wondered, but Anne Rice herself said that Lestat did not kill Paul. Really enjoyed your conversation, and thanks! Please react to Season Two!
Thanks for the background info! We’ll definitely do a season 2 review soon!!😁
Can’t wait for your season 2 review
"I think I need a prequel series of how Lestat got to New Orleans" you're gonna love season 3 then 😋
@@marirezende8478 YES!!! We’re so hyped for it!!
I'm glad you guys are doing this looking forward to your reaction to Season 2. Few things to point out non spoiler.
Lestat picked Louis because he assumed he's just as ruthless (as because he's pretty and that he's called Louis so destiny). He first is interested because Louis held a knife up to Paul and threatened him. Which is also why he was happy that he ate the Alderman.
Lestat didn't kill Paul, but his mind meddling didn't help. Paul is written to be both autistic and has schizophrenia (hears voices), he was already was locked up in an asylum in Jackson which taurmatized him (he says so in episode 1 that he came out worse than before). Coupled with a lot of changes, dad passing away, Louis' nee jobs, Grace getting married, he doesn't like it.
Vampires are generally strong, short of a few things nothing can kill them. Louis is generally weaker since he doesn't drink human blood exclusively, so he's weaker.
But you guys are gonna love season 2, especially Claudia. I want to see which opinions change then.
@@itsluna5821 thanks for the awesome insight! We’re even more excited for season 2 now that you mention how good it is. We can’t wait to dive into it soon😄
31:34 I mean in season 1 for a couple of episodes he did actually have extensions because he hadn't fully grown his hair out yet... So like the first couple of episodes it kind of is partially fake hair... But yeah, he is genuinely growing his hair out for the role... And it is very very much for the role because he has said in interviews that he actually doesn't really like the long hair... And he mostly keeps it up out of his face and tucked under a beanie or hat most of the time... So a lot of fans, myself included, will have to experience the very sad day of when the show is over and Sam cuts his hair... Because yeah he doesn't like it in his personal life. But it suits him SO WELL
Great conversation, love seeing things from a different perspective.
Correction! Louis didn't sleep with Miss Lily, she said, when the three of them got together that night, that Louis only calls her to talk, to which Lestat replies "What kind of man waste this waist with words?". He used to "hire" her to keep appearances, but he didn't have relations with her.
Imo he probably did try to sleep with a woman at some point, but I don't think it went well, because, well, obviously because he's gay.
Lestat doesn’t really care about anything involving humans. They are just food to him. He doesn’t relate to how Louis is still connected to humanity. Lestat wishes Louis would stop caring about what “the meat” thinks of him or of them.
Yeah that’s Loui’s main conflict is he is still trying to stay connected to regular human life when that just isn’t doable anymore.
Lestat is not racist. They are both originally white characters. Lestat was still kinda annoyed at Louis and his issues with his humanity and gloomy disposition even then.
How does them both being white in the books not make Lestat a racist? What kind of logic is that? No one said that he was a racist because he was with Louis who’s black in the show.
19:53 consent and vampires is such a funny convo to me. Louis literally said he was being hunted. Applying morality to a show about monsters leads to madness
To answer your question about the great conversion yes it will come to play when the show gets to book 3 queen of the damned as for lestat i think since he's over 100 years old when his and Louis began their relationship overtime his humanity is gone while Louis is still struggling with keeping his which is also causing problems for their relationship
1:13:31 yeah, journalists, in general, aren't necessarily supposed to get super emotionally attached to who they are interviewing and Daniel doesn't, in general... He's a pretty blunt person who for most of the interview doesn't have a huge amount of empathy... But we do have to remember what type of journalist Daniel is. He is specifically an investigative journalist... And investigative journalists probe really hard. Because they want to get the truth. That's it. The truth is the most important thing. And Daniel has been in this career decades and decades, at this point. Proving that he is a GOOD investigative journalist ...he is very good at probing and getting the truth out of people... That's really the only thing that matters to him, honestly. And also Louis knew this. Louis says that he's been following Daniel's career in EP 1... He knows that Daniel is a very successful investigative journalist... And he still told him to come to Dubai. So like yeah Daniel's being an asshole and is probing and not taking Louis bullshit answers and edits to the story... A lot of people within the fandom give Daniel a significant amount of flack for wanting to read those ripped out journal entries of Claudia talking about her assault... Because yeah he was being pretty insensitive in that moment.. he wasn't taking the "we all know what happened" answer... He wanted HER words about it... But Louis also absolutely knew what he was getting into by inviting a seasoned investigative journalist to Dubai. 🤷♀️
It's kind of one of the main differences between the original interview and now... I mean also Daniel is now sober. But Daniel was at the very beginning of his career during the first interview...and now he is at the end of it, effectively. That changes things. Aging Daniel up is kind of one of my favorite changes that the show has made. It was such a smart decision!... Because it changes the dynamic that Louis and Daniel have in really really interesting ways!
he picked Dubai because this country is very strict with privacy...it's easier to hide his identity as a vampire...i think it's illegal to just take pictures of random people...
32:20 I'm going to mention an aspect that no one in the comments has mentioned yet but since the character has absolutely been mentioned in the first season I feel fine mentioning it because it's not really a spoiler.... One of the really big reasons that Lestat turns Louis is yeah he sees a side of Louie threatening a person that makes him think that he'd be good for vampirism, absolutely... But additionally Louis really really really reminds Lestat of his first love Nicolas. In the books, it's even mentioned that they physically look REALLY similar to each other... But yeah in personality they're also kind of similar... So it wasn't necessarily exclusively the fact that Louis threatened his brother with a knife... It was also other aspects of his personality... Kind of specifically the fact that both Nicki and Louis are really depressed... And absolutely would be diagnosed with a depressive disorder, in current day. Lestat feels drawn to Louis because he physically looks like Nicki and he's ALSO very depressed like Nicki.... It's a really really interesting detail... The show is not going for the physical similarity from what we have seen because we do know the actor who has been cast for Nicki... But they most likely will keep the personality similarities! Which I'm kind of excited about because it's really interesting to me... It tells me a LOT about Lestat's psychology and like his "type", basically... Like who he goes for to pursue romantically.. it's really interesting... I mean I might be the only one who finds it interesting... that's valid but yeah it's an important detail, IMO... So yeah, there's like a couple of reasons why Lestat specifically chooses Louis to turn into a vampire and make his companion.
In the book, Paul kill’s himself before Lestat even meets Louis, so I kind of believe Lestat didn’t cause it.
Yeah, Anne Rice said that Lestat had nothing to do with Paul's death and the showrunner for the show additionally has also said that in their adaptation Lestat did not have anything to do with Paul's death. Lestat was not lying in that scene. He didn't kill Paul and didn't have ANY intentions of doing so.
There are actually two spin-offs in the works right now... One of them is a kind of adjacent book series that Anne wrote... In the Iwtv show Paul mentions the Mayfair house... And that there are witches living in that house... Anne has a book series that goes into the Mayfair witches. So there has been one season of that so far and I think season 2 has been greenlit....
And then additionally AMC is doing a completely original spin off about an essentially archivist organization of humans that have psychic abilities of one sort or another that exists within both Mayfair and Interview with the Vampire... Anne never wrote a book specifically about that organization but they are making a TV show specifically exclusively about it... But yeah the Talamasca is a organization that is just kind of documenting vampire activity but stays super duper hands off... They're basically like a bunch of book keeper archivists...Lestat does get tangled up in it eventually he's mainly just kind of passively amused by them as a concept so there is potential for crossovers...so that's interesting and will be new content... There isn't really a lot of information about that spin off so far... I think they're in pre-production right now. So it's something to look forward to in the next couple of years, probably. There's no estimation of a release date at all right now. I think a lot of people are hoping for a 2025 or 2026 release...but yeah, nothing official has been said yet.
I loved your video! I hope the comments arent spoiling you guys too much! Hahahah.
Cant wait for you thoughts on season 2!!!
8:56 they do technically tell us why Louis is in Dubai in season 1. In the first episode Daniel expositions about how extremely tight personal security is taken in Dubai... So like yeah it's a really sunny location but they're really fucking big on security and like personal information and stuff being private.... And so it makes sense that a vampire would choose to live there for a long period of time because people DON'T ASK QUESTIONS... They can just kind of fly under the radar there significantly easier than a lot of other places in the world. 🤷♀️ So yeah that's probably the only explanation we're going to get as to why the writers chose Dubai... Because it's a hub for technological advancements ...and also they can run a BLOOD FARM and no authority will do anything about it if its found out about.... Bc book readers have told me that Dubai isn't where Louis settles down in current day/ end of the book series. I honestly don't remember exactly where it is... but it's NOT Dubai, I remember that much lmao. Dubai is definitely a new show location that they've chosen. But it also makes sense. But yeah it was very briefly mentioned in episode 1 why they live where they live.
Lestat isnt racist...he is a vampire, who has been a vampire a lot longer than he was ever human. He ia far removed from, for lack of a better word. human issues...when he asked how Loui got into that place considering he was black.... he was simply stating a fact of how it was back then...Lesta find it all ridiculous that human think such a way...he feels Loui should feel the same. Armand is even more removed from humanity...he is much older...even Loui becomes more removed...telling claudia that if Madeleine said another word, he would break both her arms. he is a vampire...Madeleine mearly human. So, Lestat could give a rats ars what race, nationality or color anybody is,,,its all the same to him.....food.
Saving to watch later!
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Why didn’t he burn Lestat’s body? Because he loved him! Lmao
I’ll preface by saying Lestat is my favorite character, but I won’t tell you that you’re wrong for feeling the way you do about him. There are plenty of people that still don’t like him even after season 2 ,which I think is fair, but I also think that it’s hard to come down on either side until you watch season 2. These 2 seasons complete the first book so that’s why I’m most excited to hear your opinions after you watch this second season. I’m subscribing!!
@@anarudiaz Thanks so much for watching and subscribing!! Totally get why Lestat is your fave. We are feeling so many conflicting feelings after season 2! Still processing..😂stay tuned!!😭🥲
@@TheMostPotatoPodcast I’m so glad you’ve already seen it! Your feelings will be even more conflicted when they get to adapting the second book which is Lestats backstory lol
(Y’all need to watch the s3 teaser if you haven’t already btw)
28:43 They did, technically... Because it is a power that book Louis does not have. They technically gave louis two powers that he does not have. The mind gift and the fire gift. Louis in the book is one of the weakest vampires on the vampire family tree. Mainly, because of his diet. But also just because Louis is considered one of the most human vampires. He absolutely clings to his humanity and for a very very long time rejects his vampiric nature.... Cause like with the Vampire gifts you kind of either have it and know how to do it or you don't. And the gifts are passed through the blood. So to be able to learn how to do a specific vampire skill you HAVE to drink a vampire's blood that knows how to do the skill. Not all vampires have all of the powers... And additionally certain vampires just really really excel at certain skills. Armand is a vampire that is extremely exceptionally skilled at the mind gift... And if I'm remembering correctly Lestat is really skilled at the cloud gift compared to other vampires who have it. So like there is also a degree of a vampires' innate ability to master the skill.... Some can practice for a very long time and STILL not be as skilled as Lestat or Armand at the gifts that they are really good at naturally.
So yeah they changed that in the show to, one, make Louis' character more interesting, honestly.... And also they give him the mind gift so that he and Claudia can telepathically communicate with each other and have a connection that Lestat literally will NEVER understand because he is their maker.... And so it's a really good allegory for their difference in race... Bc it is a book detail that makers and fledglings cannot use the mind gift on each other.... But yeah I think you're absolutely on the right track that the writers made these changes specifically to create a really good nuance narratively. And it's one that just makes sense...
When Louis and Lestat are both white men their disconnect happens because Louis is in love with humanity and Lestat has completely distanced and disconnected himself from humanity and so they fundamentally don't understand each other in that way... But then with the addition of them being different races it just further deepens that nuance that there is just something that Lestat fundamentally does not understand about who Louis is. It's really interesting and beautiful and I love what the writers have done with it. Because it deepens the relationship that Louis and Claudia have... Because they have that similarity with each other that they don't have with Lestat... If I'm remembering correctly Louis and Claudia don't see eye-to-eye about humanity... But in the show they're the same race so they have that additional connection on top of the change of being able to telepathically speak with each other.
The writers are really good...IMO. I have really really liked pretty much every single change that the writers have made from the source material... And I honestly can't really say that about a lot of the movie and show adaptations that I've watched over the years... Usually I will dislike a couple of changes that have been made but I have pretty much exclusively liked the changes these writers have made. They are making really smart choices that make a lot of sense and further deepen ALL of the nuances that exist within the source material.
Yeah, sometimes interracial relationships (and friendships) can be challenging... sometimes your partner just doesn't want 2deal with race issues, cause it's a drag/bummer. 🤷🏾♂️
Lestat was not a racist. He is above judging someone by skin color. He is aware of it, bit it isn't a big deal.
@yvettelang1961 I never called a racist he's just willfully ambivalent to how it's affecting the person he claims to love. Ethnic ppl have 2deal with that enough from ppl in the outside world, we shouldn't have to deal with it from our lovers/friends... the ppl we allow 2b intimately close to us. When that's the case, ur just as bad as they are cause by default ur co-signing/complicit.
No, Lestat is not a racist and you really are a potato! Lestat is a fictional vampire. Nevertheless, he’s ancient and this story was written in 1973 with two whyte characters, you can’t define them with 2024 caveats. Why define them, at all?
Meh, clickbait title gets a thumbs down.
Girl what?