as a loustat shipper from day one, i’m seated for this 😂 mhm yes tell me exactly why i’m right lol

Like, I know there's toxicity in their relationship but also I can't help but see an irredeemable love from both sides and that's what makes it so addictive to me.

They are in love your honor, I swear

I always thought they were the OTP. Them talking about folding chairs. That serene look on Lestat's face imagining them together, alone in the country. Beautiful. He's completely enamored

it is SO fascinating to me how show only people immediately distrust lestat's intentions, partially by virtue of his vampirism, as well as louis' commentary. i wish it was possible to watch the courtship flashbacks without the voiceover to see if and how it would change people's perception of their early relationship.  So many people get creeped out from the scene when they're at the opera while louis's narration says he was being hunted, but like. lestat is literally just looking at him with love in his heart?? leave my boy alone he's with his crush who likes the same plays as him 😭

Louis wouldn't have lived a long boring life as a huma. Part of the lore in the books and the show is that Louis becomes suicidal and wants to die but never had the courage to end it all on his own. It was at that point in his life he meets Lestat. So he would be dead if he hadn't met Lestat. He never makes it past Paul's inevitable death

People absolutely missed this. Lestat does not deny Louis anything he asks for including Claudia, which wasn't the best thing but he did it for him.

The story is a big event milestone of my own life story. I’m so thrilled to see so many fans totally submerged in this eternal love story. Especially, appreciate the speaker / podcaster here across international boundaries. There has to be an ending scene someday and I want Loustat forever united.

These two are so down bad for each other its embarassing and its been 155 years... theres no saving.
Louis stop fighting yourself
Lestat stop self deprecating
Waiting for their endgame in 2040😮‍💨

Mutual abuse isn't a thing. Every relationship has toxic moments and it's a story about two MONSTERS who biologically can't seperate affection from harm and how they approach eternity together. They torment each other and they long for each other. It's sweet and also sad.

Just started the video, but I have to chime in and say I love Loustat! I don’t care what anyone says. Their chemistry is amazing, and I agree that the characters genuinely love and like each other! They have BOTH been abusive to each other, but episode 6 shows us how they’ve grown and matured! I can’t wait to see them together again!

Yes, I completely agree with this take! About the negative aspects of their relationship, I think people need to remember that this show is about immortal monsters in love. We're obviously not going to be following the same rules of engagement as we would in a typical human relationship. And Louis is definitely glossing over so much in his retelling of the story--not only how he contributed to their fights but also all the reasons he loved Lestat in the first place. Lestat allows him to be himself in a way that Louis couldn't be in front of anyone else in his life. He says that his family sits in judgment of him--they suspect that he's gay and don't approve, they disapprove of his business, even though they're living off the profits from it. The priest doesn't approve of Louis not going to church. The men he does business with look down on him for being Black. But Lestat admires his toughness and says that he doesn't have to explain himself to him. He likes that Louis is touched by opera enough to cry. He senses that Louis is gay and is obviously cool with that as well and has no issue with his race. They make each other laugh, their physical chemistry is off the charts, and even after everything they've been through, they each acknowledge (Lestat through the letter he left at the lawyer's office, and Louis via dream Stat) that the other is the only person they trust. Although Lestat expresses his love for Louis all the time, the fact that he knows exactly how many days he lived before he met Louis (55,545 days, I think?) is the most telling. And say what you will about Lestat, Louis does NOT find him boring (sorry, Armand). They are end game, and I'll fight anyone who says different. lol

They are damaged & they have baggage therefore their relationship is unhealthy initially. Plus, they are Vampires so they have to be unhealthy to a degree no matter what. We are meant to see beyond the monster. What is truly beautiful about their relationship is that they actually do their shadow work & find each other again😍 Also, Interview is written from Louis's perspective. When it is written Louis is stuck in his guilt & grief of Claudia's death. He lost a child. He needs someone to blame & he blames the other parent. That is a very typical reaction. I think people who have not experienced or understand traumas on that level are not able to comprehend the real storyline.

Love them but they need to stay together for the sake of everyone else's safety. If they're together forever it means they leave everyone else alone

Totally agree, I think Louis and Lestat are wrong for each other in a way that makes them perfect for each other. It’s a gothic romance for the ages between those two, and Jacob and Sam understand and embody this dynamic beautifully whenever they’re onscreen together.

“They spend decades misunderstanding how the other person loves, while still understanding parts of each other that almost nobody else can see.” 🎯

Episode one is my favorite! I can watch it over and over! It’s so layered. I think about how Lestat tried to be on his best behavior at dinner when meeting his family. He wanted to make a good impression even though Paul triggered him. Even in all of his toxic was he wanted to be loved and accepted by Louis. In the Vampire Lestat when Louis found out about the relations of him and Gabriella sent him into convulsions at the presence of rejecting and abandoning him. Lestat wears this armor but deep down he just wants to be loved by Louis.

Genuinely how can people not ship them, they are the center of the story. You can see the way Lestat is spiraling in those first episodes without Louis and in those seventy-seven years alone back in New Orleans. Louis grounds Lestat to reality and the way I see it Lestat allows Louis to loosen up a bit, free himself of the guilt of killing, this is why Louis calls Armand boring, because you can see Armand doesn't like to indulge in those wild times back in the 70s-80s, the drugs, the sex and the killing, he would only do it to please Louis not enjoy it for himself and Louis knows that.

I like them, there is not a ship on this show that isn't toxic 😅

Paul coming to sit by Lestat's side healed everything within me 😭 also I'm totally binging your other iwtv videos! Loustat is love ❤

idt a lot of fans of the show understand this is their love story lol. partly the shows fault as we see lestat easily in the worst light out of the cast for 2 seasons but it was being told through a lens of resentment. so many refuse to see lestat's actions as anything but calculated & malicious when like actually he is fueled by his pure love for louis which comes off predatory considering he's literally a vampire (& fucked up) but many little moments in the first season he seems to be genuinely trying to impress/relate to louis in inappropriate moments instead of mocking him & his pain like louis and the viewers see iit... if the Paul scene didn't convince you their romance was louis' choice too then idk man the show is gonna disappoint lol

NO GENUINELY, I haven`t finished the rest of the video but the intro alone is so relatable. I just finished the pilot with my partner a few days ago and they also thought it was abusive while I thought it was romantic, although yes it goes deeper than that. There was a feeling there that made me wanna gush about why I think its romantic, also makes me feel like ive got a screw loose at first sight, but I`m far from being the only loustat truther!!! I love the two.