thanks so much! i'm doing some vc skimming and got to the part in ttotbt where lestat tries to convince louis that he wants to be in lestat's place and louis is like 'actually i don't' and that reminded me about that excerpt you shared about desiring the father. then i started thinking about how louis' only two fledglings were women turned under very dubious circumstances almost like louis was a victim of reverse stealthing, vampire style. and how armand had similar hang ups about becoming the father. sorry for rambling lol

np!! that scene is sooo crazy to me bc lestat is operating off the assumption that his desires are natural and innate and universal and louis is like no you sicko lmfao

reverse stealthing is a WILD way to put it LMFAOO. but no ur right and especially with armand emphatically not siring any vampires for 500 years [although repeating marius cycles w mortals in many ways...] until daniel....i want to watch yellowjackets rn so im not going into it but wow armand character of all time.

also i read through the article again and it's actually very interesting to me like obviously has its limitations but theres really soo much psychoanalytic stuff going on w rice and they (the writers) have a lot of sharp observations. just skimming i found these particularly relevant