Lestat’s Mind Gift at that time was more for when he was directly interacting with the person, but in TVL he could call a horse to him from a distance with it.
I don’t know if Lestat’s Mind Gift was ever as fine-tuned as Armand’s, tho, in the sense of bending someone’s will as far as Armand could bend it. Armand used his Mind Gift to manipulate Louis into making a vampire, which was the last thing Louis ever wanted to do!
I find it funny that in the Vampire Chronicles, Armand is always perceived as being short, and that he was mistaken for a girl back in the day. He says he’s 5’7", which was the exact average for the time. He wasn’t short, everyone else in the series is just really tall.
//I have heard fan theory before that him saying he’s a specific height (I thought it was 5′6″?) is actually a lie and he’s actually shorter than that.
I think it is 5′6″, at least in his book. but yeah, the average height back when wasn’t tall so either a. everyone else is just really fucking tall, b. he’s lying and he’s way shorter, or c. he’s just one of those people who is so cute he just comes off tinier than he is – which could be why in TVL Lestat is always like GOD HE’S JUST SO SMOL AND CUTE
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