But also, picture Lestat saying this to Louis as they’re cuddled up together:
Lestat: “Everything about you makes me happy!”
Louis: *smiles* “That’s so sweet of you.”
Lestat: “Everything except when you burn my stuff,”
Louis: “…”
Lestat: “…and when you cut your hair, and wear ragged clothes, when you lie about me to the press, and when you try to kill me, for whatever reason, and when you date my arch-nemesis-”
“Death for me, has never been a game. Never some quick, forgettable thing of the world. Death had been all I had known. Everyone and everything I brought myself to love was snatched away. I swore death itself must’ve had a fixation upon everything I cared for and when it got its golden opportunity is when it finally struck with a violent disaster and I was left to mourn in its ruin. All of its wreckage and remains of destruction was all I was left with. I didn’t understand the meaning of it at all…”
Independent Louis de Pointe du Lac from Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles.
Paul is in fact mentioned by name in IWTV, but it’s only 3 times, and the first time is on page 26 (US Ballantine edition):
“I could almost make out the images of the saints on the walls. `Paul,’ I said softly, addressing my brother, `for the first time in my life I feel nothing for you,…” – Louis de Pointe du Lac, IWTV
…so if you were skimming a physical copy, it would in fact be hard to find the mentions at all! I have digital copies of all the books, makes for easier searching ;]
The first time Paul is mentioned, it isn’t by name at all, on the 2nd page. Paul was a big deal for Louis and he has to bring it up immediately.
“There was a tragedy … “ the vampire started. “It was my younger brother … He died.” – Louis de Pointe du Lac, IWTV
Would Louis have been in such a crappy state and basically trying to drink himself to death, shouting “COME FIGHT ME BRO” at everyone in the shittiest taverns of NOLA if not for his guilt over Paul? Would he still have met Lestat at some fancy ball? WHO KNOWS.
Be still. I am going to drain you to the very threshold of death, and I want you to be quiet, so quiet that you can hear the flow of that same blood through mine. lestat de lioncourt/louis de pointe du lac/photo credit
do u know how hard it is to love a character that’s an asshole on a regular basis knowing that they’re an asshole and they’ve done asshole things but whenever u look at them u are just like. wow. u asshole. i love u. but u. are an asshole
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