I feel like many people have a fundamental misconception of what unreliable narrator means. It's simply a narrative vehicle not a character flaw or a sign that the character is a bad person. There are also many different types of unreliable narrators in fiction. Being an unreliable narrator doesn't necessarily mean that the character is 'wrong', it definitely doesn't mean that they're wrong about everything even if some aspects in their story are inaccurate, and only some unreliable narrators actively and consciously lie. Stories that have unreliable narrators also tend to deal with perception and memory and they often don't even have one objective truth, just different versions. It reflects real life where we know human memory is highly unreliable and vague and people can interpret same events very differently
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Forever obsessed by the way Lestat talks about Louis in TVL:
Vs the way Louis talks about Lestat in IWTV:
I love them both so much???? And yes, I know Louis says sweet, lovey-dovey things later on, and Lestat has some spiteful hag moments too but holy shit. I’ll just say it’s very, very fortunate our boy Lestat has a verbal degradation kink and leave it at that.
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Embarrassing family vacation photographer dad Louis de Pointe du Lac you mean everything to me
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— Faith In The Future World Tour in Jakarta, Indonesia (24/01)
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i needed to draw louis with the raccoon
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When Louis joins in the laughter at the state of Lestat’s cards, he does so because he has recognised what those other men have not; Lestat is blatantly hustling, play acting as the rich-and-naive-foreigner to the point of parody (“I'm terrible at cards. Did I not mention that to everyone?”). It is absurd that anyone would believe this to be real, but Lestat has correctly measured the extent of the others' greed, ego, and xenophobia. This is an overture by Lestat to Louis, an attempt at drawing similarities between them by showing how he too is underestimated by those around him. It is so interesting then that Lestat chooses to follow this up by revealing some of his powers to Louis, changing the presentation from one where he is wrongfully thought of as lesser, to one where Lestat is superior. This could be another type of humiliation and emasculation ("In front of a florist wasn't it? We both wanted the last bouquet of lilies.") for Louis, if not an outright threat. Yet Lestat presents this power as something that can help Louis, that Louis should welcome. And then, in the next breath, Lestat elevates Louis above him (“[...] I'll need protection from the wolves”), making himself vulnerable with an offer of help and love that Louis could refuse. In one evening, Lestat switches between presenting himself to Louis as having less, equal, and more power than him. And of course, this scene also demonstrates how power and access to it are controlled by societal forces beyond individual influence. For all that Lestat is an outsider with odd mannerisms and too long hair, his whiteness ensures that a respectful title is given before his name. Lestat simultaneously sets it up so that Louis can win money at cards, privately criticising the discrimination Louis faces, while publicly backing up the excuse used to pressure Louis into accepting an exploitative deal.
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I present to you my future mug.
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sherliam week 2023 - day 3: coffee
I have two pieces haha, louis barged in
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