This is not a particularly original thought (I've probably made this exact post before myself) but one of the bleaker vast cultural gulfs out there is and likely shall remain the one between 'material children can understand and engage with' and 'material guardians and gatekeepers are comfortable thinking about their children engaging with'.

The beautiful but brief period where video stores just threw every animated movie in the same section and vast numbers of parents just assumed all cartoons were for kids was a little golden age in this regard. We need to come up with a new way to trick middle class helicopter parents into letting their 7-year-olds watch Watership Down again.

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your cat was an honor to see in the window

I’m a lover by nature except for when I’m a wretched hater cunt bitch which I also am by nature

like sorry but his daughter died a horrible traumatic death and he unwillingly was in a relationship with the man responsible for it for 80 years and then the man he chose to open up to sold him out and that group he sold louis out to used louis’ pain and grief to manipulate him and have him kill the coven and bruce and it opened up all the old wounds and he came across someone who looks JUST LIKE HIS DEAD DAUGHTER. and he’s alone and lonely and hurt and grieving and no one even thinks he’s worthy of or deserves an apology for everything they’ve put him through and yet somehow he’s the worst. he deserves no empathy no understanding no compassion. everything he does must be malicious and selfish and evil. his pain his grief his suffering doesn’t matter at all. it never did.

"I want you to love me enough to give it to me!"

Armand saw this and then made Larry kill himself by walking in front of the subway.

He really said y’all wanna be funny, I’m about to be hilarious.

I want to give you half your life back.

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I feel like showing how little Armand had to actually do to get Larry to "rest" really highlighted how much Daniel resisted it and how hard he fought and that was what made him fascinating 😭

“Come back to me, most dispassionate teacher. I don’t know what you want.”

love between vampires can be one thing, or it can be countless things. however you want me, i can be that for you. you said you want me to be present as your maker? i can be a maker for you. i want to be your maker. disregard the last 500 years in which i was repulsed by the idea. i don't have any complicated feelings about that at all. you said you want cool vampire powers even though you're a three year old fledgling? i can help you become a daywalker, a skill that apparently takes centuries to develop. you're an investigative journalist, don't you want a scandal on lestat? i can give you a scandal. i want to help you finish that job. lestat fucks his mom. isn't that good? aren't i useful? aren't i worth keeping around?

It is sooooo diabolical for Armand to stalk Daniel and report back to Louis for 50 years just for Louis to giggle and bat his eyelashes and go “wait but what if we pretend we haven’t seen him since SF and invite him to interview us again while you pretend to be my maid” and Armand goes “sure babe but first let me steam my purple silk top and send the chef his favorite dessert recipe” like yeahhhh they’ve all been alive for too long and have completely lost their minds your honor

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You can tell the difference in Lestat’s intent based on who was telling the story.

In Claudia’s version of events, Lestat was being cruel by making her watch Charlie burn. Grabbing her with his hands and forcing her to gaze as his face melted. His face is serious as he tortures her with this lesson.

In Lestat’s memories, he was holding Claudia’s hand the entire time as she watched Charlie burn in front of her. His face is melancholic and tearful as he likely recalls Nicki being burned by Armand. He was enduring the pain with her in real time.

Claudia never knew any of this because she never looked back to see his face.