#(or to excuse him eating her infant child shhhhhh. who said that.)

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the thing is. lestat loves louis's worst self.

and like. how utterly painfully scorchingly romantic. someone who loves the darkest parts of you, will never recoil from your worst impulses, will never deny you comfort shelter love for even the worst thing you could do.

but. how do you build an actual relationship with someone who doesn't care about your self-improvement? who doesn't support you growing and becoming your best self, who actively denigrates you for attempts at kindness and empathy? how do you navigate on the day to day with someone who wants nothing more than for you to behave monstrously?

and for louis, his entire life he feels he's been loved/accepted only conditionally. loved by his family only for his good deeds, for managing the household and taking care of his siblings. loved romantically only for fleeting moments, stolen away from the everpresent watchful eye of a homophobic society. loved in spite of the omnipresent racism pressing in on his every breath. so of course the deeply encompassing love lestat is offering him is enticing.

but i always say, for me, love is someone doing the dishes for you. doing a mundane, annoying, everyday task just so that your beloved doesn't have to do it. doing it consistently. it's fine to be swept off your feet by someone, but most of life involves being on your feet. love means being able to build a life with someone. and life is full of mundane annoyances. so your love must be able to deal with mundane annoyance.

and lestat has no intention of doing the dishes for louis.

#loustat #lestat de lioncourt #louis du pointe du lac #iwtv 2022 #interview with the vampire 2022 #interview with the vampire #iwtv #lestat x louis #just some thoughts on their relationship as portrayed in the show #also. and i mean this should be obvious. louis is NAWT a reliable narrator. esp not vis a vis his relationship w lestat. #so like. lestat may ALSO love louis's best self! we may find that out in s2! but as portrayed in s1.... hmmm no #also for the record i think grace du pointe du lac ACTUALLY DID love louis pretty unconditionally #(although presumably not enough to excuse him breaking+entering and threatening her+her family.) #(or to excuse him eating her infant child shhhhhh. who said that.) #but like. she really fully accepted him for being gay. she knew he had a temper. she loved him as he was. but he couldn't see it. #edit: doing the dishes is a metaphor. they drink blood there are no dishes to do. #it's about stability and companionship in a relationship VS wild passion. it's abt interrogating the ideal of gothic romance. not dishes.