Armand: Well I'm Going To Make It Your Problem

Armand: Well I'm going to make it your problem 🙂

Iwtv fic prompt

Pairing: Devil's Minion | AU: Twilight

• Casting •

† Bella Swan → Daniel Molloy • † Edward Cullen → Armand • † Alice Cullen → Claudia • † Jasper Cullen → Madeleine Epavier • † Rosalie Cullen → Louis de Pointe du Lac • † Emmet Cullen → Lestat de Lioncourt • Charlie Swan → † David Tablot

Reason for casting:

Bella Swan → Daniel Molloy:

1. Daniel would excel as a cop's. His curiosity would constantly lead him to places he shouldn't. He also is very shy and keeps to himself like Bella. Though he's more interesting than her he would make the choices she makes in the books

2. Would want to become a vampire very quickly.

Edward Cullen → Armand

1. His stalker tendencies fit well with Edward. But he won't have to be doubtful. He'll want to kill then want a relationship with Daniel. His family would try to stop him and not the other way around unlike Edward.

2. He would definitely not want Daniel to be a vampire so soon especially knowing the consequences.

Alice Cullen → Claudia

Alice and Claudia's aura are so similar. Their wide eyes and child-like mocking aesthetic. (Refering to Season One Claudia)

Claudia seeing the future would be so dope. Also she'd definitely want to be friends with Daniel.

Jasper Cullen → Madeleine Epavier

She was a very new vampire in season two so her being the youngest would fit with the story beats of Twilight.

She gives badass energy. Also her fucking Nazis and being there for World War One would have been badass if she actually fought in the war. (And also both these characters are associated with the bad side of the war Jasper: confederate army, Madeleine: Nazis)

Rosalie Cullen → Louis de Pointe du Lac

Louis and Rosalie both are described as beautiful than the rest than they should normally be. They are often desired by all. (Also both have history sort of with Edward/Armand which could be a plot point with Daniel's jealousy)

Rosalie and Louis both hate being turned. They'd rather be human and mourn their loss in humanity.

Emmett Cullen → Lestat de Lioncourt

Both would be the comic relief. Lestat would like Daniel a lot. (And Louis/Rosalie would take this as more reason to not like Daniel/Bella.) They are both very model-standards for men.

They are both filled with mischief and would pair well with Claudia/Alice. Not that Lestat is dumb but he fits well with the Emmett role, doesn't mean he'll have Emmett's line word by word.

This is just a suggestion of course. You don't have to use these reasons or casting.

Blurb:

About three things Daniel was absolutely sure about.

First, Armand was a vampire.

Second, there was a part of Armand - and Daniel didn't know how dominant that part might be - that thirsted for his blood.

And third, Daniel was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.

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I've often seen a lot of takes on abuse in the fandom. Some of which I agree with, some of which I don't.

And I see a lot of takes which run like this:

A: Lestat dropped Louis! That's abuse!

B: No it's not! This is a gothic genre. It's their nature as Vampires! Abuse doesn't exist!

C: Lestat is an abuser but Louis abused him back so it cancels out!

And on and on it goes like this in circles. Though out of three, one of these responses to the show I can say with chest that I completely disagree with.

But let me tackle the first response. Though Lestat does drop Louis this only shows the height of the abuse. It is not because Louis is dropped and broken after this but the consistency of abuse that makes the drop not surprising but expected. Lestat is often the aggressor. In saying the drop defines the abuse would be wrong because you could also argue that when Louis pushes Lestat into the wall after he got turned is abuse. Which would be wrong. What defines Abuse:

Abuse is defined as a pattern of behavior in which one person uses power and control to harm, manipulate, or dominate another individual.

The key word here is 'pattern'. I hope all of us know that Abuse can happen not only physically for all our sakes.

Lestat emotionally manipulates Louis, attacks his self esteem and then after violent or intense episodes between each other, would downplay Louis emotions or 'make up' for them in giving gifts (After the 'I heard your hearts dancing' he goes on to support Louis on a business venture | After the Drop he also does this in giving back gifts)

One other thing that makes Lestat be defined as an Abuser is that he does these things with intent to keep Louis close (control him). Though it is reactionary to what he is feeling the way he goes about it is wrong. What was Lestat's goal in beating and dropping Louis if not for punishing him for not even choosing Claudia over him but thinking of it?

This leads to the second response. The genre is gothic. Gothic genre is described as:

Gothic literature and media often explore dark and complex themes, including horror, mystery, and the supernatural, as well as intense emotional experiences such as suffering and despair.

This does not excuse nor erase the abuse. Instead this should be a prompt to the audience to take the content and have discussions and provoke thoughts on how that abuse plays into their dynamic. You have these fucked up characters that it's almost impossible to see who is the Big Bad.

That's because it is. This is a reflection of life. Louis was abused. Lestat was an abuser. But the love was there. The abuse does not cancel out the love. The toxicity is so intertwined with the love, you cannot separate it. There are relationships that are like this out in the world. Interview with the vampire forces us to confront the grey area of this relationship. The power imbalance. It does not excuse the abuse. It will never excuse the abuse. But it does show us that it's not black or white.

Is Lestat a good person? Simple answer? No. Is Louis a good person? Simple answer? No.

Lestat is also a complex character with moments of vulnerability and affection, these do not negate the abusive patterns of behavior that define his relationship with Louis. Just because Lestat was an abuser does not mean he will stay like that forever. That is the point of the show. Your actions do not define who you are but rather the choices you make to overcome the consequences of those actions and make right with it.

Just because they are not good people does not mean they deserve the abuse they have faced in their childhood or from their partner, for Lestat and Louis respectively.

This show is supposed to make us think. Not excuse these actions but rather the portrayal of abuse in the story should be critically examined, and its impact on the characters and the narrative should be understood within the context of the genre.

And lastly my response to the last response in the fandom. While Louis’ actions—such as physical retaliation or emotional withdrawal—are often responses to Lestat’s abuse, they do add to the overall destructive nature of his and Lestat's relationship.

Though Louis isn’t abusive by intent or nature, his participation in the cycle of violence and dysfunction complicates the situation. This doesn’t make him an abuser, but it does mean he’s involved in a mutually harmful relationship, where both parties contribute to the ongoing conflict, even if one is clearly the aggressor in the relationship.

I've focused a lot on Loustat here though and I still want to say much about Loumand and Claudia & Lestat. So that's my two cents and half on that.

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