The fact Delainey said that, Claudia's turning to Lestat was her crying out for her dad to help, makes that scene even more heartbreaking.

This episode was devastating for me. I feel like that was supposed to resemble a lynching. I don’t think it was a coincidence either. When Claudia said “this isn’t a trial, it’s a stoning.” It hit hard for me.

@dudeguyyo

Ай бұрын

When Claudia said “Can I cry and say I’m sorry too?” after Lestat apologizes to Louis for hurting him, it made the whole episode feel way more uncomfortable. An almost entirely white audience and coven of vampires laughing at the pain of two black vampires, mocking their accents and painting them as more violent than their white counterparts… it adds a whole other layer of tragedy to the situation and it’s crazy that the writer and actors didn’t intend for that element

@janicevignes2046

Ай бұрын

Oh my God, you do realize this is a show about vampires and death with no rules no feelings for human beings, so you didn’t think putting her in with the rats was disgusting! Maybe you shouldn’t watch the show there are several things about the show that r disturbing. Have you read Ann Rices books?

@heighbeut99

Ай бұрын

Especially with how much Louis had to repeat himself to Lestat, this kangaroo court is very much giving that “I don’t understand why you bring up racism while I dish out these horrific punishments in front of people who agree with me. Nothing ironic here!”

@animeslave20

Ай бұрын

@@dudeguyyo given where we are politically in this country I truly believe this wasn’t by accident. But still very uncomfortable to watch. This is not a criticism…it is something that made me think and look into the subtext of this show. This is where the race swap in the series works in favor. To me the episode was brilliant.

@animeslave20

Ай бұрын

@@janicevignes2046 I don’t know if you were responding to me or someone else but I’ll respond either way. I didn’t say I was disturbed I said I was devastated. Having a new perspective and interpretation of the episode is what made watching it uncomfortable. My experience as a black gay man in the United States affords me the opportunity to see things a little differently than others even when enjoying entertainment. And while I was uncomfortable/devastated by the episode…it’s probably my favorite of the series. Lastly no I did not read Anne Rice books. I tried to e when i was younger but I had trouble understanding it because I had comprehension issues in my teens.

Claudia had the most horrific on screen vampire death I’ve ever seen. I was traumatized.

@itsdantaylor

Ай бұрын

Only conquerable ones I can recall are in Underworld 3 rise of the lycan and........technically queen of the vilebloods from Bloodborne if you consider them to be vampire like

@darkservantofheaven

Ай бұрын

Easily in my top 5.....but she went out like a G. Unlike many others (well Godric in season 2 and Nyssa's in blade II had beautiful sunlight deaths

@ninetimesaday

Ай бұрын

I love how she owned it. went out with head held high while comforting Madeleine as they die.

@wildmarjoramdieselpunk6396

Ай бұрын

@@darkservantofheavenGordic seconded.

@thehobbyguy7089

Ай бұрын

@@wildmarjoramdieselpunk6396 Gordic was almost serene. I felt bad for Eric.

I liked the way they had Madeleine clutched onto Claudia's waist and Claudia just protectively holding/cradling Madeleine while stroking Madeleine's hair, almost as if giving Claudia the elder / more motherly role and casting Madeleine as the younger / child, while they burned. First of all, it just made the whole thing simultaneously more beautiful and sweet as well as more heartwrenching. Second of all, it showcased the way that their relationship was rooted in more than their physical shells, which was the one thing Claudia always longed for-to not be bound to or limited by her physical body alone.

Loved Claudia's defiant "Follow the bouncing ball!"

@bellatrixareforkids7406

Ай бұрын

What did that mean?

@AnxietyRat

Ай бұрын

​@@bellatrixareforkids7406it's a technique done in a lot of song lyrics videos... And probably just old movies that have singing in it or something I don't know... Where you can follow along to the lyrics of a song by following a bouncing object (often a coloured ball but not always) that hits the words as they're said in the song. And so she said "follow the bouncing ball" right before singing ...as a reference to that, I would assume.

@FAYZER0

Ай бұрын

@@bellatrixareforkids7406 It's a reference to the audience singing along to lyrics of her musical number on the screen guided by a bouncing ball typically. Referencing that the audience are being led like sheep as she defiantly sings her musical number.

The show has been renewed for a season 3 !!!!! Let's celebrate!!! Also, thank you so much for all of your videos Maven 😍 ! I love them as much I love the show! And I cannot wait for you to cover the next season as well 😘

@twistedelegance_

Ай бұрын

Akasha is coming 👑

Poor Madeleine had to relive that "trial by mob". Now, why does Louis remember Sam helping put him in the crypt? Shouldn't he be guarding Armand? 🤔Suspicious. Also Claudia's book fate was provided to us this week by House of the Dragon, which also gave me my new Marius fancast, Matt Smith! He wants another shot at being a vampire, give it him AMC, he comes with white blond wig included.

@babyGHOULLL

Ай бұрын

Daemon Targaryen is messy and lives for drama, and I dig it. Yes, Matt Smith would be a joy to watch on IWTV in the future.

@JadyLester

Ай бұрын

Justice for Madeleine!

I'm pretty sure the vampires climbed the Eiffel Tower for no other purpose than to be theatrical divas. They knew they could send their signal to Lestat from anywhere (like Armand did in a previous episode) but they wanted to do it in the most public, high-risk (of being discovered by Armand) and absurd fashion they could think of because that is how they roll.

I feel like the finale episode is going to be Daniel calling bullshit and drawing out the truth and answering all the questions. I'm thinking more turns than M. Night Shyamalan playing Twister with Alfred Hitchcock.

@RicCdelP

Ай бұрын

I hope so, I’m starting to get dizzy !

Some people think Lestat was probably trying to save Claudia. There is a spot right before they open the skylight and you see him standing on the stage and he is staggering. He isnt composed at all. The camera focuses on him doing this before it blurs to show Santiago. Hmmmmm

38:33 IDK They once did a test that showed that because of how Horned Owl's feathers are structured and how they move them, when they fly overhead even low to the ground, they don't even disturb like a single grain of sand. So it leads me to believe a Vampire could possible move that fast and seemingly not disturb anything with the wake of their movement.

@MavenoftheEventide

Ай бұрын

That seems to be exactly the case in the TV version! In the books, there's a definite WHOOSH.

Been refreshing my feed since yesterday waiting for this! This episode was so moving. Claudia singing as she burned.........lawd help me. And the absolute heartbreak and desperation on Armand when he said: "Banishment." But of course, nothing beats Sam Reid's monologue. Ahhhhhhhhhh! I need a moment. Loving the nails. And the red lips are killer.

I definitely feel like show Armand is lying about how the trial went down. I think he used Santiago's play as a scapegoat so he could punish Lestat and sever his emotional tie to Louis permanently. The trial/play was designed to be Lestat's revenge but because he was so reluctant to stay on script during the trial and even said he was just as guilty as Louis and Claudia makes me think he is actually Armand's captive and not a willing participant. I honestly have no Idea how this show will transition into TVL and OAD because they've scrambled so much. If the events of QOD didn't happen in the 80's like the book, why would the show have such a huge gap between the initial interview in the 70's and the 2020's. What was everybody doing this whole time?

@MavenoftheEventide

Ай бұрын

The events of QOTD would only happen in the 2020s. Absolutely did not happen int he 80s, otherwise Daniel's research and the Talamasca files would have told him all about it already. The entire story has been bumped 50 years into the future, so NOTHING else that happens in the books after Louis's interview has happened yet other than what we've seen so far.

@oyami4444

Ай бұрын

He is a hurricane. He does not need to be held captive to do rush things.

@oyami4444

Ай бұрын

I think in last episode we will either see Lestat as a rock star - and we will transition to the Queen of the damned+vampire lestat season. Or Talamasca guy will make his move - and season 3 will be Tale of a body thief.

@jaginaiaelectrizs6341

Ай бұрын

​@@oyami4444 I think they were setting up to go straight to the body thief plotline because they were unsure how to do QotD in the 21st Century with anything like the same kind of impact as it had in the books or even the movie(which pre-existing book fans mostly hated but was kind of a slight bit of a cult hit with other people anyhow), but since the prior Lestat stage performance convinced them that actually they had to do rockstar Lestat after all, I think who knows how they might or might not scramble to rework things now.

@oyami4444

Ай бұрын

@@jaginaiaelectrizs6341 I wonder what is raise in vamp population for. Raglan said it was doubled. It seems like preparing for some war in modern days - but that would be to easy. This show has been more complicated then that. Maybe it's Lestat? Making vampires left and right just because he fancied someone?

Armand set everything up Lestat to get Louie for him to kill his coven after killing Claudia

Lestat’s quick temper and strong will came from his mother, Gabrielle, who had reached a maturity before being made a vampire to control it better.

One question I still have is What's the deal with THE FARM ? How can the writers leave us hanging?

@wildmarjoramdieselpunk6396

Ай бұрын

That should be a whole episode in itself. :)

@lunavioleta001

Ай бұрын

I don't think it matters. Not everything has to be explained.

@user-im3wl6py5b

Ай бұрын

What farm? What did I miss? 😮

@Lightice1

Ай бұрын

Could just be a euphemism for a blood bank. Or even an actual cattle farm, considering that Louis seems to prefer animal blood in the present.

@wildmarjoramdieselpunk6396

Ай бұрын

@@Lightice1It’s a human blood bank.

Lestat: I would never kick a puppy. Game of Thrones: 😈😈😈😈 Hide your dogs

Love your reviews contextualizing the show & book events. Makes it so fun as a fan of both.

My theory is that Lestat was a willing participant up until a certain point (maybe until the coven planned to get rid of Louis) than he was forced by the coven with something (mind trick, coersion idk), and everything that he says while following the scrit is an altered version of the thruth (I think his perspective of Claudia's transformation is closer to the actual truth, but is still not it), an oversimplification (him not telling about the ones who must be kept and skipping straight to the Nola events) or a bold-faced lie (him saying Louis was calling to him while still human). When he gets off-script everyone in the coven gets worried he is taking this farse down, so... And from the teaser to the season finale, its shows Lestat is in a dungeon type room. It could be still Armand planning all this with a only show logic to explain next week or next season (circle of prayers to Season 3 announcement soon 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽)

@Lightice1

Ай бұрын

Hell, there's a good chance that Lestat is Armand's mental thrall the whole time, except for the moments when he breaks off script. He seems confused and out of touch at several points throughout the trial.

Been constantly checking your channel for the past day and a half! HUZZAH IT’S FINALLY HERE!!! Thank you for working hard to bring us these videos ✨🩵🤍🖤✨

@java_bean

Ай бұрын

OMG BIG SAME. I've searched Maven of the Eventide so many times in the past 24 hours that I'm sure my youtube algorithm is giving me side eye.

I can’t stand that logic the vampires have towards Claudia. As if they get to decide if her life is worth living or not, whether she should die or not and, how she should be taken out of her “misery”. What about her and what she wants? It’s her existence 30:15 I view Claudia as a special-needs Vampire. Why can’t they live like everyone else?

@JadyLester

Ай бұрын

Yes, outrageous!

@MrLaggan

Ай бұрын

Yeah claudia should have lived

I called it "Vampire Ozymandias" (like the Breaking Bad episode) on Tumblr for a reason. 10/10, harrowing experience, couldn't sleep until 3 AM

What I don't understand is why Louis and Daniel both aren't questioning him or acknowledging just how responsible for all of this Armand really was. Only 2 episodes ago, he literally froze an entire restaurant of people while simultaneously putting the entire coven to sleep over a simple argument. Then, in the last episode, he once again froze an entire restaurant full of people so that the trio could be kidnapped without witnesses. There is absolutely no reason he could not have done the exact same thing here and got them all out of there, even if he had to keep everyone frozen while they all healed. He can't say that is was because Sam was blocking him, because he could have easily taken him out, and he also can't say Lestat was too powerful, because he threw him around like a rag doll the first time he confronted him, and then took Nicky. There is only one legitimate answer as to why he didn't do the same thing here, and we all know what that is. He wanted Louis all to himself, which also still doesn't make sense because he was already about to get that. Madeline and Claudia were already planning to leave and go live their own life together. Claudia was no longer an obstacle between him and Louis being alone together. So why allow her to be killed when he knew that all that would do is completely destroy Louis forever? The fact that Louis can't acknowledge this obvious truth is just baffling to me. Armand must have him under some insane levels of mind control. If I were in this situation and someone facilitated the murder of someone I viewed as my child, it wouldn't matter who they were to me or what defense they came up with, they would have met a very miserable end right along with the rest of the coven when I took my revenge. The fact Louis has not only stayed with Armand, but still calls him "the love of my life," and Daniel hasn't mentioned anything about this massive plot hole yet doesn't make any logical sense. It's not like Daniel to refrain from voicing his opinions, and there is absolutely no possible way this isn't one of them. The only reason I can come up with is that Louis just doesn't care about her at all. She was right she never really mattered to them. She was only ever a prop in Louis life to make him feel better about himself and once she was gone he didn't even care enough to hold the one person who was truly responsible, accountable for his inactions. This Louis kinda sucks as a vampire.

i don't know if it's just because i'm desperate for lestat not to have been one of the masterminds of the trial (a distinct possibility i will admit lol) but there's a shot right before claudia's death scene where he's moving around like he's dizzy and/or confused. he's like almost rocking back and forth with a blank expression on his face. at the very least i think he's regretting being a part of it.

@mildredhubble5324

Ай бұрын

Sam Reid said to TvInsider: "The answer is yes,” Reid says. He was intentionally acting weird in specific moments to lay a foundation for what could come in a possible third season. “I was worried about the trial. Hopefully it’s one of those episodes that you can watch a couple of times and see there’s a few different layers to it.” He continues: “There’s a performance layer, there’s a memory layer, and then there’s bits where whoever’s remembering it, you’re like, well, why was he wobbling? Why couldn’t he stand up straight? He is injured, but is the injury physical or is it psychological? I think it’s more interesting, and Rolin probably thinks it’s more interesting too, that all of the major injury is psychological because when they’re so powerful, does it really take you 20 years to recover from a slit throat? So, it is more psychological damage, but [I was] always wanting to make sure there is a level that he is weak.” So I think we are still getting a version where Armand is pulling many strings. www.tvinsider.com/1140934/interview-with-the-vampire-season-2-episode-7-trial-claudia-dead/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZyMkBPFVnoEsSfmBwbaNwlwHGB20ZtdEIir-nD5EllCklV0AA13EU054U_aem_Z2lxTPMPt6P6HhB9j8IIUg

Yay, Maven's back! Your eyeshadow look reminds me of what Santiago was wearing during the trial. I wonder how long the palette can be used when there's so many colors. I ordered a bunch of eyeshadows recently and I barely use 4 of them while others just sit there.😬 It was a great and painful episode. I hate that Claudia had to put up with so much shit in this show just to get burned anyway. My poor darling girl.😭 Sam Reid acted his ass out in that scene where Lestat admits to hurting Louis. His eyes got so bloodshot I thought contacts gave him irritation😅

@MavenoftheEventide

Ай бұрын

They have special contacts they put on him for shots like that, that are large enough to cover the whites of his eyes too and change their color. They used them in season 1 as well.

@TearfulMoon

Ай бұрын

@@MavenoftheEventide looked very realistic!

@jaginaiaelectrizs6341

Ай бұрын

@@TearfulMoon Between practical effects and CG touch-ups or such in post production, special fx are a near boundless marvel these days. 🙂

41:55 - To be fair, there is kind of a significant difference between aloneness versus loneliness-you can be lonely even in a crowded room, and not lonely even when completely alone. I don't think they were talking about Louis threatening Lestat with being physically alone, more about Louis being cold and disconnected toward Lestat and/or threatening to break up with Lestat. That's completely different from just taking some time apart but knowing, barring death, you still have someone out there waiting for you who will come back to you sooner or later / who you will go back to sooner or later. 😊

@jaginaiaelectrizs6341

Ай бұрын

(But it is still probably in some parts b.s. and/or exaggerated just for the human audiences. And I also would not be surprised if the audience reactions were in some part actually telepathically/psychically incited or goaded on as much or more by the vampire's mind gifts than by their own actual reactions.)

I was really looking forward to this reaction! Amazing commentary and comparison as always.

I waited all day yesterday!! Can’t wait to see what you say!! Love your videos!!!

Anne Rice is my 2nd favorite genre writer(after Stephen King) and obviously has hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of rabid fans. But I wonder if she has enough additional casual fans for the show to be renewed. It'll be interesting to see.🎉

Even when Lestat is making jokes, or being forced to say obviously false things on that stage, you can see the self-loathing/active sarcasm/weariness in his face. It's brilliant acting - like he's barely holding it together but feels compelled, by whatever motivation we do not have knowledge of yet, to continue playing his part as the consummate showman that he is. And the way Lestat is swaying on his feet, zoned out, head bowed during the final 'verdict' - I think if Armand 'couldn't prevent it' in any honest way at all (which is entirely doubtful as is, but work with me), he was using all of his power to keep Lestat in check or he wouldn't have struggled at all to control that audience whatsoever. Or, the entire last part of this trial that Armand takes over narrating is entirely incorrect. Because there's no way in hell he just stood there, unmoving when they dragged Louis away - much less just watching Claudia burn (the look of horror on his face said that in spades). Louis being curiously absent and Armand narrating makes it very, very... unreliable. Also, yeah, being trapped by SAM?? (No offense, but SAM?) - Also, I have a theory about Madeleine conveniently 'feeling' Louis love Claudia - I think that was potentially Armand, one way or another. Because this whole set up where they were snatchd up had to be premeditated, they had left town, so he had to deliberately lure them back somehow. Perhaps by implanting thoughts or feelings in Madeleine or even specifically in Louis for Madeleine to sense.

Hi Maven! I been watching your videos since AMC premiered Interview with the Vampire back in 2022, ive enjoyed your reviews of each Episode 😊😊 I've listened to Interview With The Vampire previously, love the movie as well and now I've been listening to The Vampire Lestat and i been loving it thus far, speaking of which AMC just announced season 3!!!! 😊💜💜 I've enjoyed seasons 1 and 2 of the show and im fully ready for the next round of episodes in The Vampire Lestat. - Brittney

I await for your reviews almost more fervently than I await for the episode 😅

How dare you upload late!!! I was worried about you for a minute!

@MavenoftheEventide

Ай бұрын

haha thanks 😅 I'm traveling for the summer so having to edit videos on planes and in the car and at hotels has been much more difficult!

@CrimeCanvasandDiamonds

Ай бұрын

Lol me too I was going to have to do a welfare check‼️‼️

I was waiting so desperately for this video and when we needed you most you appeared ‼️‼️

52:32 - I see Santiago's claims in the tv series that Lestat did not intend to harm Louis kind of a bit like a certain other character's claims in the books that Lestat must have known how they would actually love being a vampire and that's why Lestat forced being made into a vampire on them even whilst Lestat insists that he genuinely had no idea and yet still just did it anyway. And Lestat's reaction / offense at it / objection to it and passionate plea for forgiveness I think supports that theory. I saw this scene very much as Lestat owning that Santiago was downplaying his malice toward Louis in that particular moment and that in Lestat's own way Lestat actually did in fact fully intend to give Louis equally as much hurt as Louis gave Lestat in that fight-but Lestat regretted it / recognized that he was the older more powerful one and should have been a bigger better man than he was. ("The wolf rewarded/applauded for biting a pup" - or however it was that Lestat phrased it exactly, under his breath, while the frenzied crowd was essentially rabidly pardoning him and condemning Louis at Santiago's behest.)

49:28 the punching him only happens in Claudia’s diary, not from lestat’s version, for all we know it was embellished by Claudia - we still haven’t heard Lestat’s version from him, even in this trial it’s Armand and Louis’ version of events

A great episode. The best of the series maybe. But the more the show goes on the more I have a feeling the writers are making changes and then forgetting about them and then stacking on more changes on top.

I kept checking your channel for this episode‼️‼️ this morning my bf was like “Has it dropped yet”

I knew what was coming and still felt ripped up over the ending...

I love that you recap the episode & incorporate the books. I am motivated to reread the Vampire Chronicles. ❤❤❤

I am loving this season so much, I don't want it to end. To me, changing things is just part of making tv, and they've done a great job keeping this show beautiful, tense and lush. Part of me hopes the twist is Lestat and some version of Claudia bursting into the Dubai apartment in the final moments of the season, but I am here for whatever they dream up! Your reviews are mandatory viewing after each episode.

I love that all the changes to the stage show in ep 2 made from the book version of the event were changed to foreshadow the trial! Santiago using his hypnosis on Madeleine after showing it off in ep 2, his whole "they'd betray you in a wink" and winking at Louis in the audience, showing off all the tricks so we know they've been priming their audience for YEARS not to be suspicious of seeing realistic death every night. Ugh, so good. Personally, I think the coven WAS keeping Lestat captive, and I think Armand absolutely knew about it. He's gone just long enough for Sam and Santiago to set the whole thing up? Lestat is in the city and that's supposedly a surprise to him at the trial? He watched the trial from behind a baby gate and somehow he couldn't have prevented anything? I really like the theories I've seen that Armand is in on this and only pretending to be detached from culpability, the same way that he would stand in the balcony to watch the regular shows from a distance, acting like he's only just tolerating Santiago's antics. It would make FAR more sense to me that Armand was struggling to control the crowd because he was already controlling Lestat after the coven tricked him to returning to Paris. God I'm so curious what they'll do with the finale. I get the sense from Armand that he's kind of sanded off Louis's edges over the years. He doesn't even have the same accent in both timelines! His present-day accent sounds like he's imitating Armand. I don't think Armand is directly controlling him or anything, but I think he's done a lot of nudging or strategic memory erasing. How many altered memories does Louis have that he may not find because there's nobody to remind him of them like Daniel has? How many tiny edits or suggestions did Armand have to make before Louis would willingly take up residence in a Dubai high rise with a room entirely dedicated to the same kind of rocks he was buried in?

You make such amazing reviews, thank you again.

23:02 - The question was, 'Did she not record your last words, written in your own blood?' or whatever ...so, I presume, he is swearing that yes those are indeed his last words and written with his own blood.

I was waiting for this episode. Thankyou for doing such a thorough analysis of the episode compared to the book. ❤

I read somewhere when I was looking if there is gonna be a season 3 and they said they think they are looking at it being The Vampire Lestat ,I hope so! #Yourfav

@MavenoftheEventide

Ай бұрын

That's their plan, and has been the plan from the very beginning. They're just waiting for the network to decide if they're giving the green light or if the show is getting cancelled instead. Still no word on that decision yet.

@AtlantisMermaid2.0

Ай бұрын

@@MavenoftheEventide Oh thank you ,I hope so. I think that would be GREAT!

Sam said to pay attention to Lestat in this... U can clearly see he's not well.

Cant wait for the season finale and your breakdown, I’m so excited. Do you have any particular character you wish to see in the finale?? I know many want to see Marius de Romanus or even a glimpse at the silhouette of ‘Those Who Must Be Kept’. But do you have anyone, either vampire or Talamasca member, you ache to see on screen before we say goodbye to this season???? I know I’ve said this like a million times but thank you so much for uploading another excellent breakdown. Your hard work doesn’t go unnoticed and we truly appreciate you, and what you do for the Vampire Chronicles community.

@jaginaiaelectrizs6341

Ай бұрын

I would like to see David-because I am really hoping they haven't made tv!Daniel a composite character of both Daniel and David together in one. I don't care if that would probably be the easiest way to weave everybody's stories together. The Vampire Chronicles deserve more than just the easiest route. Lol

I just wanna say you are a great champion of this series Maven. You definitely influenced me to start reading the series when season 1 was airing. My progress has been slower than I would like but I’m on chapter 5 of part 6 of The Vampire Lestat. Anyway your videos are awesome thank you.

I don't feel like we can take anything Louis relayed about the fight at face value anymore, including the bits the show didn't specifically counter, ie the punching and jawbone drag. Lestat is SO physically messed up when they get into the bedroom, and Louis's original recounting is either going off his own fractured memories or viewing the incident through the filter of Claudia's angry journaling. Both of those perspectives would skew in favor of Louis. Then take that whole thing and filter it even farther through 70 years of Louis being angry with Lestat and believing Lestat came to see him killed.. of course his first retelling shows Lestat in the most monstrous light possible.

Claudia was offered yellow paint in episode two before confronting the savage vampires in Romania 😢

This episode not only hurt, but it was hard to watch. I want Santiago to be the last one Louis gets his hands on.

I'm still hoping the big twist is that Lestat has been trapped by Armand during the present day. I don't like making him such a passive character, I hope it's all an act. Also I should have been sad at the Trial! but I was too busy appreciating Santiago's outfit choices and happy to see Lestat again. Thank you, your thoughts on the show are always so insightful!

For Christ sake don't know what was worst, seeing what happened to aclaudia or waiting for this video to drop ahhahaha

Why is the audience so excited to see Lestat? They wouldn’t have been alive when he did theater before.

@mellie98

Ай бұрын

He is good looking handsome man 😂

4:08 follow the bouncing ball.😪

@wildmarjoramdieselpunk6396

Ай бұрын

It is weird she sang the song she didn’t like at the end. I am not sure what the writers are doing anymore.

@tness93

Ай бұрын

@wildmarjoramdieselpunk6396 she was give them one last performance 👏

I look forward to your recaps so much every week 🫀

So excited to hear it’s coming to Netflix. I need to get a vpn subscription and an amc subscription in order to see it… otherwise wait for months until it finally makes it to a streaming service in Australia.

36:56 - To be fair, Lestat could mean it more figuratively than literally. Like, he may have felt like his own obsession with Louis was stalking him everywhere he went and leading them together as if he was a man possessed by Louis. He is kind of a drama queen sometimes, ne? 🤔 😊😅😅😏🫣🤭🤭🤭 😁

Ready yourselves for episode 8!! Lestat will have every woman swooning and 😢

I love your channel

Still find it weird that they powers in this show that they dont in the book

Please react or review the trailer for Nosferatu. It would be cool to know your thoughts about it.

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Even if Lestat offered amendments and rehearsed with them, he could have been forced or coerced into doing that. And even if they don't tell us this season that Lestat was forced into it, they could still tell us in a later season, much like how we got various pieces of it patched together across multiple books too. But we'll see.....maybe they'll save some reveals for later on, or maybe they won't. Either way, I am here for the ride! They have hinted that Santiago might secretly be more powerful than Armand, despite being the youngest in the Paris coven, because Santiago's maker made him in defiance of coven rules-but they could just as easily say that Armand was simply pretending to be less powerful and/or more helpless than he really was, too. I really like the way that the tv series seems to me to be leaning super much into the "they're all monsters, and they all have various bits n pieces of humanity too" angle-rather than really painting any one of them as particularly more or less monstrous or human than any other. 😊

Couldn't wait for your review of this episode!!! ❤

Thank you for your videos! I appreciate the detail you go into because I absolutely love the new TV show and find the differences between the books so interesting

There are two changes that really bother me, and they are both how the vampires react in sunlight and that they are able to move around in the day. Rice's vampires are distinctive in that they not only are seriously harmed by the sun, but they are unable to move about during the day *at all*. With the exception of *maybe* Maharet, they are completely comatose one the sun comes up. I wish the show had left it that way, but I supposed they didn't in interest of convenience, so that they could film during the day. There is one scene when Armand is talking to Louis in San Francisco and he's actively standing in a sun beam in front of a barely covered window. Fine, Assad looks hot in that lighting, but come on. I don't like it because the sun/daytime effects are serious impediments and in my opinion characters as powerful as Lestat and Armand need some sort of weakness, or they are simply too powerful and every issue could be solved by their insane powers. It makes plots and character motivations much weaker when everything can literally be solved by magic, no matter where or when.

@MavenoftheEventide

Ай бұрын

Maharet is also completely comatose as soon as the sun comes up! Akasha was too. Every last single vampire cannot be awake while the sun is in the sky.

@honeybadgergrrl77

Ай бұрын

@@MavenoftheEventide ok interesting! I thought I remembered something in QotD with her telepathically communicating with other vampires during the day from her coffin. Maybe misread it? Anyway, love your work, I love these recaps. You understand the books SO well.

@MavenoftheEventide

Ай бұрын

You’re thinking of the dreams about the twins that Mekare is sending out to everyone (some humans get the dreams too, like Daniel). She’s sleeping and dreaming, but her sleeping brain is sending those dreams out with great psychic power. She’s not doing it intentionally.

Claudia's death was horrible 💔 😢. The way she looked at her father Lestat was too much for me. I love this show so much

I watch you ever week and appreciate you comparisons of the show and the book I’m rereading most of the books now and up to the vampire Armand. Thanks again for being fair and balanced

AMC please hire Maven to clean up your plot holes.....

I was waiting for you at the door. I clicked the link so fast

So, i wanna point something out that i remembered. Anne based Lestat on her husband Stan. Our boy Sam Reid shares a resemblance to Stan. I wonder if that was a factor to hiring him, or anyone auditioning for Lestat.

Holy moly! I didn’t know you were still doing these vids, that’s awesome!

I wonder why Louis didn’t ask who Akasha is? Wouldn’t he be like who tf is that? Or Daniel when he hears Louis tell that part of the story ?

Hey Maven. Love your reviews. I was hoping if you could do a review of the movie "The Vourdalak" ?

Where did you hear that Nicki's file was a typo? I'm creating a show timeline and wanna make sure I have everything correct.

@MavenoftheEventide

Ай бұрын

It's written on one of the vaults on the wall where Louis was buried. I'll talk more about it next episode.

@morganlegay8859

Ай бұрын

Your the best!

1. I still need to read Armand (even though I just hate him) 2. I'm loving your outfit 3. I was scared this was the last episode

1:07:49 Thanks for pointing out the ambient light part of the books. I thought that would happen in the show…and it didn’t. :/ I thought that might be what burned down the theater.

8:20 Yeah, it’s weird Armand can’t just stop time and help them like he’s done other times. I really dislike the addition of this on again off again power Lestat and Armand both have.

@unbowedqueen

Ай бұрын

Or….. maybe he’s lying? come on now.

Wasn't it true that Louis saved Lestat by not burning and leaving him in the dump with the rats?

@MavenoftheEventide

Ай бұрын

Exactly

This was probably my least favourite episode of both seasons. The whole unreliable narrator / memory is a beast is getting a bit too complicated for me. Either they resolve it nicely next week and explain what’s real and what’s not or I’ll be so lost I won’t be able to stay invested 😢😢😢

🥺🥺🥺😔😔😔😭😭😭... Poor Claudia... 😠I can't wait to see Louis take his vengeance on Santiago. Also, I wonder how Armand will react to the truth being revealed to Daniel when he's gone to so many lengths to keep Louis in his life, even though Louis had "lost the passion" Armand had fallen for after Claudia's death.

I need lestat suit

So I have a theory that I'm not sure works or not, because I don't think the logistics hold up to scrutiny but we see Lestat watching Claudia burn up looking pained, then he is missing after, Santiago picks up the dress. Now I don't know if the stop time thing works on vampires and also he would also burn up in the sunlight, but I could definitely see, Lestat saves Claudia last second making Sam Reid sceptical at first. It's probably not that though, I probably just don't want Claudia to be dead for some reason.

1:06:02 Belgium is the rudest word!

In the books, many vampires have come back from what we thought were horrific deaths. She may be back 😊

Nooooooo 😢😫😫😫😩😭😭😭😢🥺I was so hoping that they would keep Claudia and maybe that would one of the changes they make different than the book 😢 Sigh

How could you miss the big Lestat explanation and apology that he broke Louie. This is huge. For the remainder of Season 1 and half of Season2 Louie is never the spirited individual haunted or unhaunted that he was before that fight.

Cute video I love your vibe!

All hell will break loose in the last episode.

I’ve been waiting!!!!

I really like the way that Lestat seemed kind of indignant and disgusted/offended by the slander/shade getting thrown Nicki's way from Santiago, and by the idea that Nicki belonged to the coven more than to Nicki's own self and/or Lestat. Or maybe I was just reading way more things into it than I was supposed to. idekk.

People cheering on Lestat to cheat... well, they are French 😅

What was the twist ..

@MavenoftheEventide

15 күн бұрын

Honestly, I never figured it out 🤷

@Liv-yj5fh

15 күн бұрын

Thank you, I thought I missed it and was going to rewatch it again. They need you on the writing room.

hey great episode I hope it gets renewed as well. I was wondering what your thoughts on the new Nosferatu movie by Robert eggers. and if you have seen the trailer. i would love to hear your thoughts.

Engagement for the engagement god!

You look stunning 💗💗💗

Yeah as a reader i am in agreement with you about Lestat's character, but also I think the show is showing us something that maybe in the books we werent seeing...: that Lestat is an unrelaiable narrator too. So the fact that he didnt told us that magnus or his father were abusive in anyway, doesent mean they werent in the reality. And the fact that we see the ghosts being good doesent mean they were in fact good. So, what I want to say is that I think the show has capturet very good the main themes of anne rice: love, the unacceptance of ourselves, memory, fear of death, fear of life, the urelaiable narration, the limits of violence, morality, human vicious, control.....yeah, explaining all this a think they are doing very well

Also you should probably read the new TV Insider article and update it, because it seems like Lestat is weakened and under duress during The Trial, according to Sam.

@MavenoftheEventide

Ай бұрын

He's weakened and under duress because Louis and Claudia tried to kill him and left him in a dump. He's still recovering from all those injuries, both physical and emotional. That's all Sam Reid meant. In the book, he has lots of scars all over him, but since the show didn't do the scars, he had to show that weakness/injury in his mannerisms instead. He also said in that article that Lestat came to the trial willingly, because when the coven called him, and told him what they were going to do, he knew he couldn't NOT come and just let them kill Louis while he stayed away and did nothing. So he felt he had to come.