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When Aragorn says “My friends, you bow to no one.” It gets me every time. Everyone underestimated the hobbits, including us the audience, but when it really mattered, they showed their true nature. Courage, love, friendship, loyalty, the best aspects of humanity.

I watched all three movies in the cinema, and it was a glorious experience. When the horns of Rohan blew, it gave me chills.

I know nobody cares, but I feel bad for Antoinette. If she had a drop of self respect she would be done with Lestat after he kicked her out of her own place to have sex with someone else.

Hey, love your discourse and observations. Here’s some show facts you may not know. Louis character as the reticent, soulful vamp was Anne Rices. For the adaptation you’ve been watching he was made a creole, pimp and exclusively gay. Anne R. Approved this adapted version but did not write it. Thank the extraordinary screenwriters and Rolind Jones the fellow heading this project. 🌀⚡️

The orc pinning Aragorn’s neck to the tree with his shield always gives me chills. They’re ruthless.

4:32 YES!! Thank you for all of that! It’s been wild to see how people online are so heavily pro/anti the specific characters from IWTV (now that there’s a show). I absolutely love all the main characters, and I have for decades (before the ‘94 movie, put it that way). That’s how the fandom used to be, and still is in some places. The characters are ALL problematic, just like extreme versions of people in real life, but a lot of viewers don’t see that. Here on YT, reactors tend to stan Louis and hate Lestat. On tumblr, people tend to be like me and love or at least appreciate them all; off the top of my head it’s the only place online that is like this.

"Uhh, your momma sure does care about your schooling, son..., mmh mmh mmmhh" lol 😄

17:10 completely valid! Claudia storyline too, there are a thousand ways to develop a character and it seems like writers always take shortcuts by making female characters go through this, it's so exhausting

Seeing you react to those final scenes was certainly worth the wait, lmao, and probably matched me on excitement and anticipation levels! 🤣 Lestat has no right looking that good after a murder attempt, lol! The fact it followed a scene that started out healing and upbeat, only to end in betrayal and dread, is so typical of this show, and yet I was shocked (bc I haven't read the books)! It was lovely to see Claudia & Madeleine happy and relaxed, even if Louis was squirming over his feelings of love for Lestat being mistakenly attributed to Armand by his well-meaning fledgling! I liked the way Claudia looked after her companion during the turning scene, and that Madeleine finally got to find love after such a sad history! Rashid's Talamasca connections were a fun twist, and the Dubai scenes can always be counted on for delicious tension and drama! Glad you enjoyed, FT! 🌮

probably the only characters in this show you can say you like without a thousand people disagreeing are miss lily and real rashid lol 🌮

I definitely agree on the overuse of SA in media. The Claudia one is season 1 wasn't really necessary, and I think the writers figured that out after. This Madeline one doesn't bother me as much for several reasons. One, I think the writers didn't want to just drop the idea without it actually affecting Claudia more than just "making her stronger" after the season 1 mess up so they brought it back as a way for Claudia to take control a little bit. She couldn't save herself but she could save Madeline. Secondly, it was a serious enough attack to force Claudia to show her vampire hand. She wasn't being stupid or frivolous in telling Madeline she was a vampire- she had to. It makes the audience more on her side bacause she's not just breaking Armand's rules for no reason. And lastly, those French people attacking Madeline see her "crime" of sleeping with the German soldier as a sexual one, so it makes sense that they think the punishment should be the same.

You: “It’s the goat!” :(

I love that you pointed out that Santiago had a motive! It may be hard to see it because he's going against Louis and Claudia, who we've been attached to and feel for since season 1, but he did have a motive that made sense, even if the result is absolutely horrible. Also, thank you for pointing out the use o r*pe as a 'character development' sorry excuse. I personally didn't feel that that's what they did here, but it's so cheat and overused in so many stories. Let's stop. The excitement for Lestat is everything! You've put into words what I felt! I was excited but I didn't wanna be because I KNEW shit was gonna hit the fan. But LESTAT!!!!

Armand is always trying to recreate the master/slave situation he had with Marius beause that's what he learned "love" is--a pedophile who posed as his rescuer and god while molesting him & pimping him out. So yes, he willingly built this dynamic with Louis AND it's extremely unhealthy. Pretty much a form of self-harm. Also the "now you're Armand's---or Armand is mine" dialogue is about who wears the pants basically; after Lestat's abuse Louis never wanted to be the weak one in a relationship again. So he pursues this dominant role partly as a way to feel safe. PS I appreciate and share your exhaustion with SA as a plot device; but you might be glad to know that element is actually toned way tf down for this adaptation. Anne Rice had a rape fetish that came through a lot in her non-porn work, and which often messed up the story by throwing sane human behavior out the window in favor of "porn logic".

Thank You another excellent, insightful/passionate reaction , as always !! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 🙂 And my sympathies about those bright flashes of light at that one point, man. Your poor eyes!!-

22:41 - Truthfully? Armand has really only had, like one-hundred-and-some years or so to try and figure something else out(200-ish yrs tops), between when Lestat was first transformed in mid to late 18th Century Paris and when Louis arrived a century-ish later in post-war Paris. But that's assuming Armand even personally recognizes any possible wrongness in it or any need to figure anything else out other than &/or beyond just that, to begin with. (I mean slavery wasn't abolished in France until 1794, and then it was reinstated again in 1802 pretty much until the 1840s finally re-abolished it. There were clearly very different views on what was believed right or wrong, back in the day, in 1700s France....nevermind earlier, or elsewhere.) And these were a hundred pre-1950s years, too; look up how recently marital "grape" and the physical "discipline" of a wife was criminalized(in America the physical "chastisement" of a wife has only been barred since the 1870s and marital "grape" wasn't illegal until sometime after the 1970s), and consider just how recently psychology stopped being viewed as 'pseudoscience' too(I mean even in the 1990s people were only just barely starting to take psychology seriously and recognize the affects of psychological trauma as legitimately valid issues)-so by what measure or standard exactly was Armand really supposed to be equipped to recognize the potential problems with those kinds of a relationship dynamics between himself and Louis either(?). And before that Armand spent multiple hundreds of years where he was actually not free to figure anything else out, if you recall Louis taking a dig at Armand in 1970s San Fran about the vampires who murdered Armand's vampire-daddy forcing Armand to forget Armand's male appendage for 240 years or such. (He might not be stupid, but intelligence has little to do with the knowledge or means or tools and such that someone might or might-not have available to to them.) Not to mention in just a few years short of 80yrs the LouMand relationship is STILL messy A.F. even all the way in 2020s Dubai and clearly they still don't have all their shtufff fully figured out yet even then. And even for humans it can take several times longer to figure things out than it took for whatever messed someone up to happen to them in the first place.😅😅 How can we humans begin to imagine what effects being actively traumatized or controlled for somewhere between 200 to 300 yrs might have on somebody?? How can we really try and judge how long it would or should take someone to get things figured out properly after that? 😅 😶 ..idekk.🤷🤷 ((Similarly, I think I've gotta consider the world that Louis has lived in and what all exactly was/wasn't normalized within it at those times, too; I can't totally fault him for not having unlearned certain things yet that many humans to this very day are still unlearning. Not saying that means it's actually okay, just saying...I can sort of understand where he's coming from, and why he doesn't always handle things in the most ideal ways he maybe could/should.))

30:16 - "I have too many favorites!" is such a valid and relatable feeling!😅😅😊💖

Louis had mixed feelings about Madeline. She was taking away Claudia, while he had killed the man he was supposed to be with for eternity just to be with Claudia. Now, he couldn't have her anymore. This situation might have made him regret leaving Lestat. He didn't want to be a maker because you can feel your fledgling's emotions strongly, and he didn't yet feel close enough to Madeline to carry her within himself. I would like to mention that Louis had already said "I love you" to Armand, and Madeline could sense his love for someone else at that moment. Louis recalled what Lestat told him when he turned him, "The architecture of our creation means to humble us," but Louis couldn't finish the line. I think after becoming a maker, all he could think about was Lestat. I truly love how you enjoy the show! And your reaction to Lestat was such a mood! ❤️

really love and appreciate how thoughtful and nuanced your reviews are - feel like I'm always seeing more dimensions after watching your videos (like your beautiful reflections on Madeleine and Louis, and Madeleine and Claudia) :)

I truly love this episode but agree entirely about the attack on Madeleine. That said... her turning scene was absolutely beautiful. I love Madeleine and Claudia so much! 😭 Also, Ben Daniels (Santiago's actor) gave a great interview about IWTV and Santiago's motivations in the New York Times. VERY messy stuff. You should read it when you're done with the season! Love your reactions as usual!

also about what you said about your feelings on louis. personally i can't relate to anyone who hates any of these characters. Lestat and Louis are tied as my no. 1, and I'm a little less forgiving with armand, because he does't quite capture me the same way as the rest of the characters do, but i don't dislike anybody on this show. but my absolute favorite part about watching 10+ reactors is seeing how vastly different everyone is with what actions they criticize vs let slide, and how the biases of who their fave is, personal philosophy, and life experiences affect that. It's rare to see a show elicit so many wildly different opinions, and the only other one i can think of is succession.

here's my theory on why the dom/sub roleplay feels off between louis and armand. In a safe,sane,consenual dynamic, typically while the dom holds the power within the scene (or 24/7 in some cases), they only have that power because it's freely given to them by the sub. The dom's role is to plan and execute a scene that meets the needs of the sub and to maintain their relative emotional and physical safety. They're not doing this to meet armand's needs, they're doing this to compensate for the disparity between their vampiric powers. It's not genuine, it's a facade for louis to feel comfortable enough in the relationship, and armand allows it because he only knows how to mold himself into whatever shape someone wants to get them to stay.

I cracked up at "y'all probably don't watch sports" Accurate! Your emotions were all over the place in this one and for good reason. I agree with you about the SA storyline. I understand why they went with that story for them, but I still hate it. In terms of Louis, I love him as a character AND he has toxic traits just like the rest of them. Believe me, show Louis much better than book Louis ever was. Jacob Anderson gives the character charm even when Louis's being awful. And I agree with you about Claudia and Madeleine. So glad we got to see a few lovely moments with them at least. I can't wait to see what you thought of the final two!

So both the SA that happened to Claudia AND the near SA for Madeline were never part of the books so I was honestly very disappointed to see so much SA in this show that never even existed in the books you’re absolutely right it’s merely a plot device that they keep using don’t get me wrong I adore this show I watch all the reactors but if I’m being honest HUGELY disappointed by the use of SA as plot device ESPECIALLY because they didn’t have to it was not part of the source material they simply threw it in as “character development “ honestly shameful at best

Can anyone answer how the coven can be reading Claudia's diaries when Madeline is also reading them. I would think that Claudia would have notice even a couple are missing. I think it is foreshadowing that what Armand is saying is a lie.

I think at the time, during Paris, Louis needed to feel as if he had some sort of power over his relationship. Cause he felt so small and powerless when he was with Lestat.

I thoroughly enjoy your Lestat enthusiasm, as always. Sam gets to EAT next episode.

Thank you for your comments in regard to SA being used in media, I feel like I’m harping on my annoyance with its overuse. I enjoyed season 1 so much, but season 2 is such an extreme emotional roller coaster.

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Loved the long intro boss man🙏🏾🧡

That sequence of making Madeleine is one of the most beautiful of the series. The writing alone is gorgeous!

Dude, love these soo much, I've been seeing and noticing so much more, and this--(NON-SPOILER theorizing on Louis) I've been talking with a therapist friend of mine who said that when you go through extreme and repeat trauma, when you "live" with it to the point you have to go into Survival mode to keep going, your memory suffers GREATLY. I've personally experienced it recently and it reshaped how Louis views and tells his own history. Things he should remember but has forgotten or they've become altered throughout time's passing. I also love love love this idea of memory being unreliable, both in negative and beautiful ways. The odyssey of recollection. How Madeline recalled Claudia in a way that would have been physically impossible in reality--chef's kiss, chef's makeout sesh, with all the fixins. Can't wait for season 3 bro lol Straight up jonesin over here too😂😂

Thank you for your comments about the assault. I'm so tired of the trope it's become. Why has it become the fallback origin of a woman that's powerful? Why can't there just be a powerful female character?

I often wonder how much Louis' attitudes in the present, and his feelings about the parts of the story that are about to happen, influence how he tells the story to Daniel. For example, when he first started telling Daniel about how he and Armand met, it was very much a soft love story. At that point in the present day, Louis was trying to convince Daniel that he and Armand were a solid partnership and that Louis no longer cared about Lestat. In this episode, Louis has just learned that Armand erased a major and traumatic event from his mind and is feeling betrayed, and he's about to relay another betrayal by Armand. So is when1940s Louis is assertive and dismissive of Armand, treating him like property, is that because this is how it actually happened, or is modern Dubai Louis projecting his frustration and hurt into the narrative?

Armand is the one who enjoys being submissive. And I will say most people I know that are into BDSM say that the submissive is the with all the power and can stop it anytime.

I didn't care for the SA thing either and think that they had Claudia be the person that she needed when Bruce abducted her. I was hoping that Claudia would have been able to have a "healthy" introduction as a vampire. My thoughts concerning the vampires are that their personalities are just as frozen in time as their bodies. They can gain knowledge but are the same at the core. Armand and his need to serve 1(sometimes 2) master(s). Louis is still on that "We were equals in the quiet dark" BS knowing these powerhouses could benchpress him. When he's crashing then he's murderous or running into the sun. Claudia is still intuitive, impulsive, and careless. Lestat was always jealous and triggered by religion. None of them worked on themselves. 34:40 🤣🤣🤣 Lestat was SHARP sharp. Great callback to the "happiness" reference from DreamStat. I hadn't considered that.

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I completely agree about the SA stuff-I was very upset about them using it as a plot device in season one, and when this happened I was very like, wtf really? I think it’s lazy, insensitive writing. Also proof imo of a man-led writer’s room. I love this show, but those two scenes felt cheap and lazy

re: the sex scene, Armand wouldn't be with Louis if he wasn't into that shit. I read that scene as just an insight into how the sexuality between them was in Paris. Louis was excited about his plans, it felt like Armand's plans were going well too, he was excited so he got horny, as simple as that.

Keep the dynamic of both of Louis' relationships in mind too. He felt like he had no control with Lestat, who was the dominant personality, so he's shifting the roles with Armand. I also think a big part of why Louis is with Armand is to feel safe (and to keep Claudia safe) in a dangerous situation. Great comments, as always!

"I'm too big of a fan" lmao your face before saying that xD he reset your whole brain 🤣🤣

Madeleine is incredible for the little time she has on screen. Shout out to the casting director.

i'm just starting the video but i wanted to say something about what you said in your intro. in my opinion louis has never weaponized his trauma, but he has used other people's traumas to hurt them. i don't know if you misspoke or not but i do not agree with it. i actually think no character has used their trauma as a weapon, at least not with bad intent. not even lestat when he told about his loneliness or armand when he told louis about his human life.

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Im back 😂 had to run some errand. 36:23 I like the symbolism of Madeleine being a clothes designer. She has a talent that requires envisioning an idea and then fulfilling that idea. I think that's part of her ability to see Claudia for who she truly is. 💔

27:27 i think this episode louis is very much in the mindset he had in nola when he was human, running all his business and being a little rough around the edges, and that is very noticeable in the way he acts and the choices he makes

Thank you, Raymond! 🩸 And happy Thanksgiving and/or Indigenous Peoples Day to you and yours. 🍠