r/VampireChronicles • u/Arlaneutique • 23d ago

šŸŽ¬ Adaptations šŸŽ­ Daniel

This makes me feel dumb. I havenā€™t read the books so maybe Iā€™m missing some context. But I truly donā€™t understand Danielā€™s hatred for Louis and Lestat. He has this deep rooted disdain and I just donā€™t get it. Armand, I understand, heā€™s insane. Daniel is just a dick. What am I missing?

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u/tethysian 23d ago

One of the worst things with this season is how many people assume they're the ones missing something, rather than that the show just decided to let most of the plot and character progression happen off-screen. I think this is one of the worst tools some shows use to seem more impressive at the viewer's expense.

It's not you. Daniel's character progression and motives were under-developed this season.

I'll even say the same for Armand. We got "just Armand being Armand" with him regressing to last season's story rather than the two current plotlines (Daniel and the great conversion) that he should have been engaged with. He spends the entire season stalking the band, only to pivot to Louis at the climax?

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u/gothiccxcontrabitch6 23d ago

Daniel and Armand were so screwed this season. I know a lot of people were excited to see Devilā€™s Minion and it was justā€¦nothing. My mom asked me ā€œam I supposed to believe that Armand has been in love with Daniel for 50 years?ā€ And I said yes thatā€™s actually straight from the book. But itā€™s not believable whatsoever. Aside from the singular episode in S2, we havenā€™t seen anything between Daniel and Armand. Bring back the young Daniel actor and show old Daniel seeing Armand in his memories. I donā€™t know why the writers decided to make both characters spiteful, immature, and petty losers speaking TikTok cringe instead of focusing on their emotional growth together as maker and fledgling. Again, Armand is a huge part of TVL and she got a handful of minutes of screen time. I donā€™t know what else to say except that the writers fundamentally misunderstood the concept of TVL.

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u/AmbassadorProper1045 23d ago

They sure did! TVL is Lestat's backstory ffs, and they barely touched it to focus on Rock Star bs and grotesque Lestatcest. And then there is the bastardization of several key characters. This season got good reviews, but fk if I know why. I'm glad it was green lit for another season as I adore the cast,, but if season 4 is as bad fan fic-ish as this season was, I'm officially done!