by: Anne Rice
Terri Thampan 804
I have finally finished Interview With the Vampire, and BOY, am I happy! It's kind of a depressing ending, but since I'm reading the second book in the series I don't care as much! So like, I know before I didn't really go into depth with the whole Lestat/Louis thing that I was TOTALLY shipping before, and maybe I'll go into it now.
Well, anyways, Louis makes a new vampire who will be like Claudia's surrogate mother as she's totally obsessed with Claudia, cause he own kid who looked like Claudia died as a child, all because Claudia wanted someone to stay with her because she knew Louis would leave her for Armand (ugh). So then, they live together for a little while, and don't truly meet up with the coven of vampires "lead" by Armand, and so that coven gets all angry 'cause they never met Madeline or however you spell her name (same pronunciation), and they feel a bit threatened. This causes them to break into the shared hotel suit that the three live in and kidnap them. They end up killing Maddie and Claudia by trapping them outside in the sun. Lestat was there at some point, and though his part wasn't truly THAT important, it was nice to know he still loved Claudia as a daughter and didn't really want her dead (though she tried to murder him multiple times...). Louis loses his humanity through this and like he talks to Lestat who cries a lot. As in A LOT! And so, Lestat is suffering from old age in the mind, and Louis goes off with Armand in the sunset, only to soon find out things aren't truly roses and rainbow unicorn poop with Armand. He pretty much ends his little tale there and drinks the blood of the kid he's telling the story to, though not exactly killing him.
WOW! Long summary there, sorry! But as I was reading the ending of this book and started reading the next book, my feelings for Louis started to change. I sort of found him a bit of a jerk, in some sense. Though I can't really explain it, I feel that as wise as he is, and how experienced, he doesn't truly try to understand the people he's labelled as good and bad, he's not really... a strong character. As I think of him, I feel like he's kind of weak, and as I read through the second book I, who was weirdly enough fond of Lestat despite the horrible things Louis described him as, I just started loving Lestat's character more and more. I feel like, once you start a different character's account of things, you just truly hear the story again in a new way, and the story doesn't seem like the same story. I mean, it shouldn't, but as a person who can't reread books that much, unless I truly enjoyed them, to reread someone's version of a tale I already heard means they have to be "fresh" with it. And as time goes on, I probably will like Lestat the most, even though people try to make themselves to be the best people ever, when you write a true account, you end up writing your true character, because if you still believe something is right, it doesn't matter what others might think, you think it's the right way to go, and people who disagree learn more about your flaws.
Okay, enough about the next book which I love so much! The whole Louis/Lestat thing. I liked it because when you first see these characters, it's Lestat clearly having an interest with Louis. And Louis in turn is also interested in Lestat enough that he ended up becoming a vampire. But it's not just that, I feel like to Lestat, they were playing Husband and Wife, or living it that way. Louis, he was just bitter about everything, but to Lestat, he wanted Louis to be happy. Though Louis felt Lestat was only trying to use him to earn money, so that may be as to why he never truly seemed to realize Lestat wanted him happy. The whole turning Claudia scene, Louis felt like Lestat was mocking him, to me, it was Lestat trying to give Louis something he though Louis wanted. I feel like he thought Louis was lonely and wanted a child, which again made me think of the whole husband and wife thing as Lestat, "Husband", wants Louis, "The Wife", to be happy, with children. ;p
Then they freaking raise a child together! LOUIS/LESTAT is being screamed out! Husband and Wife have been turned to Father and Mother or Daddy and Daddy! They have this whole little family and it's so cute! I just sort of agree with Lestat that Claudia is a bit spoiled, and I loved how Lestat was saying she needed a brother... heheheheheheheehehehehe. Anyways, I really thought it was cute how whenever Lestat was happy, he would force Louis to go with him to see shows and go to dinners. It's like the husband taking the wife out for a nice treat... though Louis wasn't really appreciative. I guess I can also understand why Lestat was fascinated by the musician because of book two, but I'll say that in my next blog post. Anyways, I really do like the whole Lestat/Louis shipping, even if it appears to be onesided. :<
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