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Sometimes I feel like Louis. In my family, no matter how much I warn someone not to do something because there not going to like the consequences, they never listen and then I have to hear them complaining about how much they regret their decision. It’s mostly my mom, my older sister, or my teenager niece who don’t listen. It sucks being the voice of reason in my family when no one listens to me.

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I know that feel, anon, and so does Louis. He definitely gives good advice (even if that advice is just “Wait! Think about this a little more!”) and even his most loved ones flat out ignore him. 

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And then Louis has to help them pick up the pieces from the damage that Doing the Thing caused :- 

On the plus side, he had become so good at giving advice that by QOTD, I think his arguments to Akasha re: not Doing the Thing were the strongest of the whole group! But he still failed to convince her. She didn’t even address his points. As shown by that scene, unfortunately, you can have the best warnings, the best arguments, your logic can be watertight, and ppl will still want to do what they want to do. The old adage is still true: You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink. I mean in Louis’ case, it was You can make a glass of blood for a vampire, but you can’t make him drink! He’s had his own share of resistance to advice, too.

When I think about my failures in warning those I care about re: the consequences of their actions, and then I’m proven right when they’re complaining about their decisions, I try to have peace of mind that I did my best bc I still care about them and their well-being. Hopefully they can at least appreciate that I care enough about them to continue to warn them against harm.

you know how you’re okay with Antonio!Armand? I’m also okay with QOTD Marius (i know I know) If only because unlike a man with long blond hair- QOTD Marius actually looks like a damn Roman!

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I will defend Antonio 5ever, so I respect you (and others) for defending actors in roles that others disagree with.

You have a valid point, and I actually rather like this production still is he wearing red velvet?? (I think it’s velour but it counts!)

…and yet, we also have Lee Pace…

I liked the idea of the druids not letting him cut his hair. Something about that felt like another means of trying to break him, by taking away his ability to even choose his own grooming, they were trying to chip away at his sense of self, the better to give himself over to what they wanted him to be for them.

Maybe part of why Marius was drawn to rescue Armand from the brothel is that he could relate to the frustration of imprisonment, though his own abuse was very different from Armand’s.