This is so good. I love the melding of show and book canon. Lestat is not dealing with things well, and he doesn't know what he doesn't know, but he's trying!! I have lots of feels about how he couldn't look himself in the mirror to do jo's face paint and another actor had to help him. And how he thinks of Armand stalking him a little bit like a flirtation until he suddenly, too late, realizes the danger. D:
And he's trying to do his best by Nicki!! And doesn't want him to be afraid of him! And that hurt, the moment where Nicki said that everything came easy to Lestat, and he thinks of his childhood, and how he became a vampire, but can't say anything. And Lestat being shocked that Nicki isn't afraid, he's jealous of him being a vampire. And this : "Because it is not a bauble to be shared. Because he took me and raped me and murdered me and made me a monster and I did not think you would believe me if I told you." That hit me like a kick to the chest.
And then Nicki says the thing, and the phrase you use - about how Lestat could feel his love for him guttering out like a candle - was so evocative. Especially how you ended the chapter, with Lestat being "the creature". So powerful!
I'm so happy to hear you think I did an alright job combining the show and book versions of Lestat and this part of his story - one of the main things I was trying to do here was bridge that gap! And I wanted to evoke sympathy for Lestat and the ways he is trying to deal with circumstances beyond his control, while also showing how he doesn't always handle it so well...
Thank you so much for this extremely kind comment - this sort of response truly makes the tougher parts of writing feel so completely worth it! 😭💚 Thank you.
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