#and you can see louis feel that

[clowndensation]

louis, lestat, and their single bed as a motif louis puts into his own story, but refuses to explore, is literally one of the sexiest parts of the show. it speaks volumes about a level of fulfillment and freedom that louis feels by being with lestat that he rarely explicitly comments on when he's relaying his story to daniel, which feels extremely relevant to his overall reluctance to examine the parts of his relationship with lestat that he really enjoyed.

because louis is a character who's hyper aware of how he presents himself. he's lived his entire life projecting a certain masculine, heteronormative image, and he's aware of how deviating from that presentation has implications that impact how people view him - from enjoying the opera, to the presentation of his nails. the fact that he moves in with lestat and neither of them ever put a second bed into any room in the house as a level of plausible deniability is so huge and oversight by so cautious a character, it can only be read as deliberate - especially when the conspicuous lack of a second bed is pointed out to them by both antoinette and a literal police officer. in an existence where you don't sleep in a bed, the bed becomes a symbolic object more so than a practical one. it's louis choosing to deliberately transgress against the societal expectations he lives out when he leaves his house, a bit of presentation that actually amplifies his truth as a gay man living with his partner, rather than masking or hiding himself, like he does for the outside world.

#literally imagine the satisfaction and euphoria in having one place where you can purposely present yourself as gay #where you can look at your own personal space and go 'it looks like a gay man lives here' and feel safe and accepted in that #i feel similarly about the way lestat touches louis tbh #especially as viewed through claudia's diaries #there's an openness to the way louis and lestat behave around each other that their status (of being rich and being vampires) #grants them that louis hasn't really gotten the chance to explore before #and they still can't be blatant about their queerness obviously #but they get away with significantly more than louis has ever allowed himself in his human life #there is an incredible amount of relief and joy in having a partner who isn't ashamed to touch you #and you can see louis feel that #it's one of my favorite pieces of the narrative threaded through the entire story #rarely commented on but still blatant for how encompassing queer love can be #iwtv

[fayevalcntine]

Positioning Louis as the "Edwardian wife who becomes trapped by her husband" in a literal sense does no justice to analyzing his actual place and role as a Black man in his society and in his relationship with Lestat. Any interpretation or analysis you do of him when it comes to their relationship cannot be stripped of the racial aspect because it's constantly there. Texts analyzing Edwardian wives (and particularly ones this fandom loves to bring up) typically were white and the dissection of their place in societal rules are always viewed from the aspect of gender that is within these texts only allowed to white women, but never to Black men or even Black women. And gender and race become inseparable when you discuss the latter, no matter how people may view it.

This is why I can't take this approach to analyzing Louis' story seriously because if you don't consider the racial aspect in his relationship even to himself and his sexuality, what's the point? You're still centering the standards that were more placed upon white male/female couples than you're willing to look into the unique structure of Black families, religion, their view of homosexuality and how that sooner heavily influences Louis than the family's "need" for him to be sold off to an Edwardian husband. Even in Louis' own story, him and Claudia being Black is more centered on than any demeaning "housewife" comment he tries to go against from Claudia's perspective. She makes that comment once, whereas we have at least two episodes from Louis' perspective that have very blatant hints and showings of the racism he still suffers from under the Jim Crow era and how it affects his self-worth as well as his relationship with Lestat who doesn't seem to take into consideration how any of the blatant racial aggressions and objections still affect Louis and what he considers to be important to achieve in his own life.

Then there's also the pointed topic of Louis' position as a Black man who is a pimp to the Black women he has as sex workers, as well as how his position as a Black father affects Claudia, another Black girl. If you insist on Louis being centered as this "Edwardian white wife" who is confined by his implicit gender in his marriage, where does that leave Claudia and the blatant misogyny and disrespect she gets from both him and Lestat? Lestat who is her white father abuses her. Positioning Louis within the strict confines of "being her mother" doesn't do her any favors because he didn't hesitate to choke her when he was deeply emotionally distressed, nor does it make him look any better when he's fine with chopping up her diaries and then delivering them on a silver platter so that Daniel, another white man, can read and dissect. Even if he does this under the sole pretense of "doing right by her", how does it in any way help when he also can't face up to his failures towards her?

#interview with the vampire #claudia #louis de pointe du lac #i just feel like all these needless 'Lestat is the patriarchy' discussions; even when done in order to shield Louis #do him and Claudia no favors because y'all keep centering these weird strictly white standards in your interpretations #'Louis is an Edwardian wife' Louis is a Black man who was turned in 1910s Louisiana #the structural confines Edwardian wives were given really aren't the same when you take into consideration the racial segregation #of Louis' time; and I feel like the specific issues that Black men then faced when it came to 'proving' their worth when it comes to gender #are then just sidelined and forgotten as if those aren't the standards Louis grew up with #if you want to discuss Louis' placement in his relationship with Lestat it's kind of really heavy-handed even on the show #that he's a black man and that that heavily affects him foremostly in this relationship #also I'm so confused over this insane idea that Lestat is somehow the patriarchy while Louis is a woman and y'all say this unprompted #without considering how it looks when you call a gay black man a woman and a white bisexual man a guy #i feel like you can evade bad stereotypes of painting black men as overaggressive without veering off into the whole other side #while still sounding vaguely backhanded #and it doesn't make it any less weird when I see other non-black/white fans insist on this interpretation #it just comes off as y'all sooner being able to connect to Louis if you see him in a role typically embodied by white women #than to refer to the actual identity he has as a black gay man

[spacedlexi]

i just think a "friended/romanced + saved + trust aj" violet does such a good job rounding out the plot and characters of S4 and i dont say that lightly

she walls people off out of fear just like S3 clem did and learned to grow out of through the compassion of others. feeling like she could have done more to save minnie being what initially makes her step up to lead, but her accepting her love for clem (and clem choosing to save her) is what leads to her Truly accepting the school and everyone inside it as her Home and gives her something to fight for ("i tried my damnedest not to care about either of you. and i still couldnt tell you why." "i know where youre coming from. after losing so many people, sometimes its easier to keep everyone at arms length." "and then you wonder why you fight so hard to stay alive. i dont wonder anymore."). this being the reasoning behind violets detachment from the school, as well as a negative home life impacting her idea of what a home even was. but together they turn ericson from a prison into the home theyve BOTH been looking for, renaming it together, and envisioning it for the future together. the two of them understand each other deeply, from what theyve lost to how its affected them and the poor ways theyve decided to react to it. but through their support of the other, they BOTH get to evolve into more relaxed and confident versions of themselves, who know Exactly what theyre fighting for

her troubled relationship with brody and getting to learn more about what happened with the twins/violets reaction to it and how she ultimately blames herself/brodys guilt about her part in it and how she misses violet. getting the chance to mend that relationship before its too late. the 3 of them becoming closer because of it. and getting to develop clems friendship with brody leads to a more impactful moment later in the basement

her relationship with tenn reflecting clems relationship with aj, in the way they both made the decision to look after their respective boys after their primary guardians died (ajs parents, tenns sisters). both of them can understand the responsibilities they have taken upon themselves, and how hard it can be to do right. the 4 of them become a tight knit group quickly. especially in EP2 as vi supports clem while tenn supports aj through the marlon fiasco

her confused relationship with minerva introducing interesting conflict both within her relationship with clem (who has her own personal conflict with minerva, which vi still ties into through her relationship with both minnie and tenn) and the over arching plot, which has themes of learning when to let someone go because they are no longer who they once were (clem and lilly "we were family once", mitch about ms martin "you get all caught up in who people used to be, and you cant deal with whats in front of you", violet about minnie "the real minnie? shes been gone this whole time and i have to stop mourning her")

having a saved violet on the boat expanding the conversation with minerva about her motivations with the delta. violet apologizing for never looking for her, minnie saying she knows she would have but that its too late now, so sure this is just the way things have to be. getting to hear minnie say "you can be rewarded, just like i am", giving us insight into her character. and clem getting the last word before she rams the door down, her and violet fighting minnie Together. and violet saves clems life, making the Choice to shoot minerva, which in and of itself is a huge moment for violets character in regards to her relationship with both minnie And clem

and aj shooting tenn on the bridge brings things full circle, by putting violet in the same position louis was in EP2, where aj has killed the most important person to her, in an effort to save her life, and now she must reckon with those feelings the same way louis had to about marlon. not so easy now is it violet? ("so youre mad, but sad" "can i be that for a while?" "yeah, its ok")

just... ough... violets whole character just fits into Everything so well, but in a way that elevates the characters and plots around her, while also developing her into her own

#plus tenn dying with minnie feels like looking at a clem and aj Bad End and that feels intentional #and vi being there fighting minnie for tenns life....the boy she took it upon herself to look out for.. and losing him 😭 #ALSO i feel like the whole point of S4 is raising aj into someone clem trusts. like did you do a good job raising him or not?? #like through the decisions i made i Did naturally trust him in that cave. but after seeing other routes i can def see why some didnt #but even if clem doesnt trust him in that cave he still proves later in the barn that he knows when to make his own call #its more about what clem has to lose/how long it takes for her to trust aj. he knows what hes doing now. clem says as much #none of this is me saying picking louis' route is BAD. im just pointing out the ways violets works on so many levels for me #esp since the season is already so short. all of this really helps to flesh out the plot and side characters in those 4 eps #but anyway this is why i cant stand violet slander especially when people say she was underdeveloped compared to other characters #i just think youre not paying attention to her #but what else is new for female characters #twdg #it speaks

[dubaipenthouseupdates]

Screencaps from 'In Throes of Increasing Wonder'

#dubaipenthouseupdates #interview with the vampire #amc interview with the vampire #amc iwtv #vampterview #louis de pointe du lac #ldpdl #The very first looks at this penthouse was so eery to me like the shows sets know how to set a mood and you can just feel a certain amount #of coldness in this area unlike you'd usually see in your day to day yes #of course the vampire lives there in the closed off youd think in your very first impression #in throes of increasing wonder #and the camera work allows for you to feel like you too are inside it ofc we see how more almost..labryinthian it becomes as we watch along #but I'll save that for when I try to screenshot everytime the groan comes on or when the groan is first appearsd

[delicatepointofview]

@ 369, it's been great not ever knowing what you are

#louis tomlinson #dailytomlinson #tomlinsonedits #hledit #hlcreators #hljournal #1dsource #gif* #how many passive aggressive comments am i getting in the tags for saying he's lying? JKDFKD #there's always one feeling the need to defend him when theres nothing to defend him for #scheduled #im bored as you can see

[jlf23tumble]

If larries think Louis is closeted why are they surprised/offended he “acts straight” (my bros in cheezits it’s been nearly a year since he was pictured with a lady - what are you talking about), or bitch slaps “fans” who bring up gay relationship lore? And they make it about their feelings on the matter?? Does he not have his own feelings, like maybe he doesn’t want the entire world talking about how he’s gay (neon letters- gay w/ Harry Styles - who to anyone with a brain seems not straight)?!

All the times when there is actually a simple, straightforward explanation that, u kno what, would actually align with their narrative to some degree if they weren’t so obtuse, they take the L and become crybabies. Also, maybe they should just stop being cunts to him. I kno, what a concept.

It's the "maybe they should just stop being cunts to him" for me, but yeah, so much of this! Because here's the thing, he's a real-life person, and he's living his own real life, not a script, not a fic, not a built-up fantasy quilted by overly invested strangers. I feel for him, and I'm not here to say there was nothing there, clearly there was, but also? Maybe, just MAYBE there isn't anymore, and maybe, just MAYBE he's genuinely pissed to have to talk about it allllll the time as this cutesy GOTCHA by people who put in their bios that they believe in conspiracy theories around his sex life, desperate to break the fourth wall in a way that both outs him and dredges up a relationship that might not be something he wants to be dealing with at the moment. And rather than think, wow, oof, sorry, king, that's on me, instead, you have people all ass-hurt about it, acting like he's some kind of dick for (justifiably) losing it. You haven't been gaslit, you haven't been lied to, you haven't been baited, he owes you literally jack shit about something that maybe just MAYBE hits him on god knows what fronts (this is not YOU you, anon, lmao, you get it)

#louis tomlinson said larry NOT okay #and that's his right #everyone who's all 'exhausted' about it or whatever #maybe think about how you'd feel if that was you #any bit of it #the entitlement #the way people don't get it because they're living in this hashtag they're still together! they never broke up! #well what if they did! #what then huh! #do you think it would be funsies to have to just absorb that shit? #what else did he see and this is what made him mcfuckin' lose it? #i can only imagine lmaoooooo

[nashvillethotchicken]

I'm think about claudia and louis again. 79 dead 1903 injured

#all that work to leave her abuser and get a better life for her and louis just to get taken out by louis husband again like omg #she shoulda been in the club! she should have been an aka! or an sgrho! she shoulda been upwardly mobile! but instead shes in an urn #on louis mantle with her picture looking down #or a tree in a garden in dubai or in a locket held tight in louis’s fist #like i truly feel for her so much #that baby is trapped!!! she literally cant escape not only from lestat but louis as well! #louis needs something to cling onto and its claudia #its always been claudia even when it was paul or grace or lestat or armand its always been claudia #and she cant leave his heart cus hell die if she does and oh how horrible itd be for the both of them #and she dont even get anything outta it! she love her father so much and all she got outta it was a soft casket #do you think she thinks about how louis killed her. even outside of what she says in ep 5 like louis killed her. he was the prox cause of- #the storyville fires/race riot like do you ever think about that? #do you ever think about how louis ended her life just to restart his own? cus i do. so fuckin often #and its not like she couldnt have done something with herself outside of them! she can! bailey!claudia was light enough where she could pass #for white pretty well and go and live whatever like she wanted but she didnt. cus she loves and misses her father so much and she wanted- #a life with him and her without the specter of lestat over them and louis couldnt let it go for her #see thats louis problem. he cant let anything go #couldnt let paul go. couldnt let lestat go. couldnt let humanity go couldnt let claudia go kept all them damn newspapers looking for a- #glimpse of his heart his baby his angel his claudia #claudia belonged to louis. cus nothing belongs to louis really #not the home he lives in (either rue royale or his childhood home) #he doesnt own his husband who galavants up and down the quarter with a white woman who isnt an 1/8th of him #he dont own his business cus that can be taken away by a lynch mob or a plague or a drink too many #he dont own his family who replaced him with some broke ass nigga the second paul passed #he dont own his brother who lives quietly in a mausoleum louis is so sure he put him in #he dont own his sister who so wants to connect with louis even when its rough and its eating at her like he almost did Benny #the only thing he really really owns is claudia. thats HIS blood. thats HIS daughter #he didnt make her but she is HIS and no lestat or armand or freaky vampire lufe can take that from him #claudia du pointe du lac #louis de pointe du lac

[larentslovechaos]

yesss i found the video hahahah louis looking at me during the verse in wdbhg for the words. (i literally pointed at my mouth and he was watching me) and him smirking and also purposefully looking down at his lyrics he has on the stage instead of the ones that were being held up right there sdjfkfksk

#pls you can see the smirk it was so funny #i feel delusional like maybe he was reading her lyrics but i don't think he was 😭😭 #like he was STARING AT MY FACE #louis tomlinson #fitf cuyahoga falls #fitfwt cuyahoga falls

[killmymind]

i don’t think i’ve ever felt this lost in my life. tbh

#feeling sad? sure. hopeless? been there done that. anxious as hell? at least once a week. but lost? no. not really #and that’s really fucking scary because i’m not familiar with it and i just don’t know how to deal with it #i can’t stop thinking that i’m running out of time because i’m 25 and i don’t think i can afford feeling this way #taking a break from uni sounds good in theory but in reality? again. i’m 25. i need to at least achieve one thing in my life holy shit #it’s SO hard to see the good even when it’s right in front of me or someone points it out. like having a job or studying or getting to #travel or even just having friends ARE achievements but i always want More More and More i am addicted to wanting more cause it feels like #nothing i do is ever enough. and now i’m adding feeling lost because i’m finally acknowledging the fact that i don’t know what i want to do #with what i’m studying or how to get a different job in the future when i almost have no experience and everything is just so frustrating #because i simply don’t fucking know. i just don’t. i can’t afford not knowing!! everything is so messy rn you would think i’d be thriving #after seeing louis and meeting aria and traveling to germany and i am genuinely so happy those things happened but fuck man there is always #the Bigger Thing taking over and it makes me feel like an ungrateful brat i just don’t fucking know man. maybe i am an ungrateful brat #but it’s just so hard to be happy when you’re feeling so lost with everything in your life and yourself #anyway i just. needed to let that out #negative #effie talks to the moon

[releaseholiday]

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#whether the thing is true or not the fandom’s reaction to this is so……… #people who are saying it’s not a big deal and we shouldn’t focus on that bla bla bla #are y’all….okay? #like I’ve always tried not to police anyone’s feelings bc I hate when people do that but this is like. crossing so many lines lol #i get not wanting to talk about it on your blog at all #I know a lot of people who talk about bg only in private messages #so that’s not about that #but saying it’s not a big deal?? that we should trust Louis with this lmao? #saying who cares what happens to e kid when we got a shirtless Louis hugging Harry? are you fr lol #pls get help #Idc if this offends someone bc if you’re offended that I’m saying a child shouldn’t get violated just so a grown ass millionaire man can #safely continue his career thay says more about you than me #check your priorities #anyway💆🏼‍♀️💆🏼‍♀️ I’m gonna still hope it’s not true until someone I actually know sees it themselves #and then if it is then goodbye #bc I won’t be able to look at Louis after seeing that

[gracefullou]

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#since he's active again and liking those ugly men's posts can he at least post a photodump 😭 #i'm feeling fragile #first i see that man's ugly face #and now he like the other two's post 😔 #Louis when will you learn 😭

[dailytomlinson]

Louis with fans - 16.06

#on the full pic you can see it was 11:45pm #sigh i 'll change the dates when i finish everything #i had a feeling but they started to come out way past midnight there #160623 #louis tomlinson #fitfwt #fitfwt:na #fitfwt:minneapolis

[marchellantoniette]

baby, if louis has a side piece lestat would have killed everybody in that town by now, but if louis lied and said he killed his side piece and lestat followed him and found him laid up and declaring his love for them…he’d burn the entire south down.

#mind you i well aware that lesat doent really love that girl he’s just telling her what she wants to here #*hear #but that is still so disrespectful #like obviously that word holds a lot of meaning to him seeing how he dropped his husdand a couple hundred feet #because he felt like he didn’t feel that way for him #yet here he is knowing damn well he don’t love that girl #also if lesat ever heard louis tell someone he loved them in a romantic way it’d be over #fucking world war 3 #he can dish it out but can’t take it #louis de pointe du lac #lestat de lioncourt #iwtv #interview with the vampire

[persephoneflouwers]

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#@anon H does cocaine and yada yada #I criticised him for the mushroom campaign with his brand and the banana bags #if you stick around know what I say and my opinion when things happen #if you don’t why are you wasting your time to type all that #still dont see harry going on stage saying ‘yay snort some it feels right in this moment’ #like yall be real for once #I don’t give a shit if they do drugs (its pretty clear they do) #but that’s not the point of it all is it? #you guys do parkour on the things people say just because in your little brains #your fave cant face some criticism #if they’re old enough to do coke and drink alcohol #they can handle me saying that’s bullshit and he should behave better when kids are around #@ anon che mi chiede se sono una harrie amo… ma hai visto il mio blog? dai su non venite qui a fare i paladini della giustizia #quando uomini di trent’anni dico o scrivono o fanno stronzate #ho visto louis 4 volte lo scorso anno non ho mai visto harry #cosa dice questo di me? consiglio di riordinare le idee o quantomeno conoscere i fatti prima di annoiarmi #che poi oggi sono a casa perché ho finito la turnazione al centro trombosi quindi ho proprio un sacco di tempo da perdere

[shiningsagittarius]

Brain worms in the tags

#qsmp #thinking abt a pet sematary style au #where Wilbur is Louis and Tallulah is Gage (or I guess more like Ellie in the 2019 remake) #Philza is basically Jud with a mix of a few other characters and Chaynne is the book version of Ellie (requisite psychic child) #and the plot is Wilbur decides to move to Quesadilla Island with Tallulah to settle down + try to be closer to his estranged dad #when Phil is telling him abt the island he mentions the strange graveyard and a legend abt a demon named Cucurucho #and wil is just like ‘uh huh sure ok’ until Tallulah’s beloved pet turtle Augustín dies #wil reasons that he could pick up literally any turtle and nobody would know the difference #but he feels strangely drawn to see if the graveyard can really bring back the dead #and it works! sure the turtle smells kinda weird and keeps biting people but it’s fine! #and then wil learns why it’s a fucking terrible idea to leave a young child unsupervised on a three story high balcony actually #Phil warns him that sometimes dead is better but he just can’t handle it so it’s ~grave robbing time!~ #and the resurrection seems to work at first since Tallulah is living and breathing again #but she’s not the same sweet little petal that went into that grave… #*gripping you by the shoulders* do you see my vision #idk pet sematary is one of my favorite novels I gotta read it again