merciful-death:

Send me a misconception you think people have about my character and I'll explain if it's true or not

ooc; OH YES I’M GLAD SOMEONE SENT ME THIS ONE.  To be honest, I feel like the super-whiny emo misconception stems partially from the movie?  Because as much as I love the IwtV movie, I feel like there were some key things missing with him (which is honestly understandable with a movie adaption of a book).

The thing about Louis is that he actually doesn’t hate himself.  Louis has an immense ego, which is something he himself spoke of in Interview with the Vampire.  He’s such an immense perfectionist, I feel, that he doesn’t always know how to cope with his own failures.  He falls into self-loathing because he honestly can’t deal with imperfections within himself.  But even in his times of “brooding,” his ego still rears its head.  He believed that he wanted to die in 1791, but could never let it happen.  His ego wouldn’t allow it.

As a mortal man, Lestat “crushed his ego,” but once they were on an equal playing field as vampires, he began to see him differently and within his first night as an immortal, felt he was superior to Lestat.  His feeding on rats was just as much a battle of pride as it was his sentimental feelings for humans.

Lestat and himself constantly get into these little ego battles, with the rats, with the Frenieres, with Claudia, with Lestat’s choices of victims, with Lestat’s every rash decision later on.  Like, Louis definitely isn’t a pushover.  One of the reasons Lestat made him was to be his “conscience,” and he certainly has to be an equal to serve that role.

Louis does go through periods where he just lets himself become apathetic and drift, but he never lets himself fade away and disappear.  Which I think is partially his ego and partially that he waits for Lestat to revitalize him like he’s fucking Sleeping Beauty and Lestat is Prince Charming.  Honestly, they both need each other so much.

I think the fact that Louis has never went to ground is a testament to his strength.  And even when Lestat’s losing it, he generally remains sane and by his side until a point comes that he just can’t anymore and has to leave.  Because Louis is very self-serving and capable of loving Lestat from a distance while Lestat’s doing something loony like Rowan fucking Mayfair.

99% of the time that Louis’ sitting around appearing emo, he’s just beating himself up for doing something wrong because~~~perfectionist first-born son.

Am I turning into a merciful-death reblogging blog? I’m sorry. It’s just that I agree with it so much and I can’t help but want to s h a r e.