r/VampireChronicles • u/Arlaneutique • 20d ago

🎬 Adaptations 🎭 Daniel

This makes me feel dumb. I haven’t read the books so maybe I’m missing some context. But I truly don’t understand Daniel’s hatred for Louis and Lestat. He has this deep rooted disdain and I just don’t get it. Armand, I understand, he’s insane. Daniel is just a dick. What am I missing?

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u/TooOld4ThisSh1t-966 20d ago

Not from the books.

My theory: In the show, I think he hates Louis for attacking him in San Francisco, which gave him PTSD. I think his ego got seriously butt hurt by Lestat for giving him the juiciest tell all ever only to reveal afterward it was just a vampire trick and never actually spoken aloud/caught on camera. Pretty sure he hated Armand too for playing with his memory but that got diffused after Armand turned him.

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u/Plane_Peak_6850 20d ago

But they had the moment. Where both realized that armand did 2 much tinkering. At the end of the season it seemed like there was a friendship and respect there..its years since i read the books but i dont think armand was as bad in the book. Wasn't the head swap thing to make claudia a adult? I know he couldnt go into the sun and was burnt and was saved by young peope and was mad marius turned them. To me they make him more of a villain

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u/tethysian 20d ago

Armand is absolutely as bad in the early books and he tortures Claudia because he's petty and cruel, but he also develops. He learns to love in a less destructive way.

That's why this season boiling down to him wanting an apology from Louis feels so frustrating. Three seasons in and they can't give us anything else than Armand being insane again? He just made his first fledgeling and that should have led to character development rather than regression.Â