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no but like. Louis literally saved Lestat’s life from Claudia. cut his throat (and he was so fucking tender doing this too. the way Louis leans into him, pressing him closer. im unwell), purgining him from the poisoned blood, stopped her from burning him, send him inside of his coffin to the junkyard so he can recover in the dark and eat rats. it’s all thanks to him. and YET he cannot accept it. he acts as if Claudia also didn’t want to burn him, saying we expected him to just disappear (Claudia clrealy didn’t), we wrapped him in a carpet (no they didn’t, he put him in his coffin, per his dying wish), he literally, as Daniel said, chose Lestat over Claudia over and over again. and he can’t to this day understand why, let alone accept it
Something that I noticed but that I see no one talking about – maybe because it’s super obvious but, I find it fascinating that Lestat seems to view Claudia as a romantic rival rather than in any parental way.
Lestat resents Claudia for having Louis’ love and attention while he is desperate to get Louis to notice him, to the point of considering lighting himself on fire.
We see this again in the scene where Louis is wallowing about Claudia (again) whereas as Lestat, an adult with “considerableconsiderables” as he says, is being completely ignored by him.
Lestat is close to tears, but he also seems resigned to the situation and he leaves to go see Antoinette who will, no doubt, give him a bit of that tlc he’s not getting from Louis.
When Claudia comes back, the minute she says she’s there to take Louis, Lestat goes full Brandy vs Monica in “The boy is mine.”
He starts insulting Claudia, trying to diminish her in Louis’ eyes. He calls her “a destitute little girl destined to live an inconsequential little life.” but Claudia sees through his tactics and calls him out.
You can see the look of sheer panic on Lestat’s face when he realizes that none of his pleas to Louis are working and Claudia is about to essentially steal Louis from him.
His violent outburst is very much a “if I can’t have him then no one can” type of thing. He is frustrated that Louis would leave him so easily for someone he considers lesser.
Then you have that gut wrenching scene where Claudia says “let him go, it’s me you want.” and calls Lestat uncle Les again but he laughs it off because he does not see Claudia that way, he never really has.
She’s always been a rival threatening his place in Louis’ heart. Like he says, he never chose Claudia, he only tolerated her because she was a means to an end, a way for him to keep Louis.
I’m curious to see how Lestat will try to win over Louis again after his violent display, and what Claudia will be willing to do to stop him.
