or how one of gothic literature's most famed villains tried to become our next rousing protagonist in the last fifteen minutes of the season two finale of interview with the vampire.
I loved reading this!! You portrayed how both Lestat and Armand played their awful roles in the execution of Claudia and how trying to pull Lestat out of his past of racist and domestic abuse in a show written by white people for white people ultimately falls short and leaves a bad aftertaste.
And not only this, but the rushed deus-ex-machina turn of events at the very end of season two does a major disservice to the otherwise very rich and nuanced writing of the show that is Interview with the Vampire. And as we know, people usually remember the beginnings and the endings, so this ending will forever color all of the writing of season two for the worse.
Lastly, great choice on the title of your article. Lestat fans may feel like season two's finale portrayed him in as beautiful, sympathetic, and proper a way as he supposedly deserves, but I ask myself: is this really true? Like you wrote, everybody loves a well-written villain, but I guess this only extends so far as sensitive topics like interracial relationships aren't involved. As soon as we tap too far into that territory, the white villain needs to retract his fangs. And surely, not portraying Lestat as the hero who saved Louis might've condemned him as the abusive borderline-psychotic lover and father who let and participated in the death-by-trial of his two fledlings, but it would've made him a hell of a well-written villain.
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I loved reading this!! You portrayed how both Lestat and Armand played their awful roles in the execution of Claudia and how trying to pull Lestat out of his past of racist and domestic abuse in a show written by white people for white people ultimately falls short and leaves a bad aftertaste.
And not only this, but the rushed deus-ex-machina turn of events at the very end of season two does a major disservice to the otherwise very rich and nuanced writing of the show that is Interview with the Vampire. And as we know, people usually remember the beginnings and the endings, so this ending will forever color all of the writing of season two for the worse.
Lastly, great choice on the title of your article. Lestat fans may feel like season two's finale portrayed him in as beautiful, sympathetic, and proper a way as he supposedly deserves, but I ask myself: is this really true? Like you wrote, everybody loves a well-written villain, but I guess this only extends so far as sensitive topics like interracial relationships aren't involved. As soon as we tap too far into that territory, the white villain needs to retract his fangs. And surely, not portraying Lestat as the hero who saved Louis might've condemned him as the abusive borderline-psychotic lover and father who let and participated in the death-by-trial of his two fledlings, but it would've made him a hell of a well-written villain.