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* BoyMeetsGhoul: Lestat, a handsome vampire, falls madly in love with Louis, a human, and the former courts the latter for a few months before they share their FirstKiss and TheirFirstTime. A few weeks later, Lestat [[LoveConfession proclaims his love]] for Louis and he proposes that they enter a MetaphoricalMarriage of EternalLove. Louis expresses his assent by kissing Lestat, their OfficialKiss being their final intimate act before Lestat turns Louis into a vampire.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Be my companion, Louis. For all eternity."]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"Be my companion, Louis. For all eternity."]]
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* ButLiquorIsQuicker: Because Louis was a ClosetGay when he was mortal, he could only overcome his internalized homophobia by getting drunk before having sex with men (he refers to this as "floating-on-a-sea-of-vodka type encounters").
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* ClosetKey: The handsome and charming Lestat is this for Louis, who was in denial of his homosexuality until Lestat seduced him. Unlike his prior "floating-on-a-sea-of-vodka type encounters" with other men, Louis wasn't drunk when he and Lestat made love, and he was forced to concede that he had developed romantic feelings for Lestat.
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* ClosetKey: The handsome and charming Lestat is this for Louis, who was in denial of his homosexuality until Lestat seduced him. Unlike his prior [[ButLiquorIsQuicker "floating-on-a-sea-of-vodka type encounters" encounters"]] with other men, Louis wasn't drunk when he and Lestat made love, and he was forced to concede that he had developed romantic feelings for Lestat.
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-->'''Louis''': It bears repeating, I did not consider myself a homosexual man at the time. I mean, I've had experiences. Guilt, shame, [[ButLiquorIsQuicker floating-on-a-sea-of-vodka type encounters.encounters]].
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* TheImmodestOrgasm: Before Lestat [[ForcedSleep puts Lily to sleep]] with his vampire abilities, he ensures that she experiences an orgasm beforehand with his PsychicPowers, and possibly clitoral stimulation through her undergarments (at least based on the position of his hand in one brief shot). She moans loudly a few times before slipping into slumber.
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* TheImmodestOrgasm: Before Lestat [[ForcedSleep puts Lily to sleep]] with his vampire abilities, he ensures that she experiences an orgasm beforehand with his PsychicPowers, and possibly clitoral stimulation through her undergarments (at least based on the position of his hand in one brief shot). She moans loudly a few times before slipping into slumber.
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* TheImmodestOrgasm: Before Lestat [[ForcedSleep puts Lily to sleep]] with his vampire abilities, he ensures that she experiences an orgasm beforehand with his PsychicPowers, and possibly clitoral stimulation through her undergarments (at least based on the position of his hand in one brief shot). She moans loudly a few times before slipping into slumber.
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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Based on his dinner conversation with Florence, the evil vampire Lestat adores his mother and fondly talks about her ("...she gave me every advantage in life as a young man: my first mastiff, first flintlock rifle, the means to make my way to Paris").
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* TheScapegoat: Florence blames Louis for Paul's suicide even though Louis didn't do or say anything that would make Paul jump off the roof.
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-->'''Lestat''': ...[[BlatantLies Your brother and I have been discussing a few investment opportunities.]]
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* AtTheOperaTonight: The first opera Louis and Lestat attend together is ''Theatre/{{Iolanta}}''. Louis is so dazzled by the performance that he was "near weeping when the curtain fell," while Lestat prefers to study the [[PrettyBoy gorgeous facial features]] of his LoveInterest despite being an opera aficionado.
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* AtTheOperaTonight: The first opera Louis and Lestat attend together is ''Theatre/{{Iolanta}}''. Louis is so dazzled by the performance that he was "near weeping when the curtain fell," while Lestat prefers to study the [[PrettyBoy gorgeous facial features]] of [[GirlsStareAtSceneryBoysStareAtGirls his LoveInterest date]] despite being an opera aficionado.
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* DoubleMeaning: Because of the homophobia which existed in 1910, Lestat can't overtly flirt with Louis during their first meeting, but he still conveys his interest in roundabout ways. Lestat is outright ''[[EatingTheEyeCandy leering]]'' at Louis and speaking with a sultry voice while recounting how he had "sampled" many New Orleans women, including those with [[StarbucksSkinScale "cinnamon" skin tones]]. Lestat is subtly expressing his desire to "taste" Louis because the latter is a [[MixedAncestryIsAttractive "cinnamon" Creole]]. Later, when Lestat says that he and Louis are "Destined to be very good friends," what he really means is that they're "Destined to be lovers."
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** Because of the homophobia which existed in 1910, Lestat can't overtly flirt with Louis during their first meeting, but he still conveys his interest in roundabout ways. Lestat is outright ''[[EatingTheEyeCandy leering]]'' at Louis and speaking with a sultry voice while recounting how he had "sampled" many New Orleans women, including those with [[StarbucksSkinScale "cinnamon" skin tones]]. Lestat is subtly expressing his desire to "taste" Louis because the latter is a [[MixedAncestryIsAttractive "cinnamon" Creole]]. Later, when Lestat says that he and Louis are "Destined to be very good friends," what he really means is that they're "Destined to be lovers.""
** Whenever Lestat and the topic of home (e.g. "I said to myself, 'Lestat, unpack your trunks, you're home'"; "Yes, I feel quite at home here") or New Orleans (e.g. "[Lestat] was in love with my city and wanted to know everything he could about it) are mentioned together, it indirectly points to Louis -- not New Orleans -- being Lestat's beloved home.
** Because of the homophobia which existed in 1910, Lestat can't overtly flirt with Louis during their first meeting, but he still conveys his interest in roundabout ways. Lestat is outright ''[[EatingTheEyeCandy leering]]'' at Louis and speaking with a sultry voice while recounting how he had "sampled" many New Orleans women, including those with [[StarbucksSkinScale "cinnamon" skin tones]]. Lestat is subtly expressing his desire to "taste" Louis because the latter is a [[MixedAncestryIsAttractive "cinnamon" Creole]]. Later, when Lestat says that he and Louis are "Destined to be very good friends," what he really means is that they're "Destined to be lovers.
** Whenever Lestat and the topic of home (e.g. "I said to myself, 'Lestat, unpack your trunks, you're home'"; "Yes, I feel quite at home here") or New Orleans (e.g. "[Lestat] was in love with my city and wanted to know everything he could about it) are mentioned together, it indirectly points to Louis -- not New Orleans -- being Lestat's beloved home.
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* IKissYourHand: Louis kisses Lily's hand at the Fairplay Saloon, which is an unusual gesture for a john to do to a prostitute. However, he's a ClosetGay who's paying her to be his [[TheBeard beard]], so their interactions are [[PlatonicProstitution platonic]] and he treats her more like an acquaintance.
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* FlamesOfLove: Lestat's living room is partly lit by a fireplace and candles, and their flickering glow illuminate Louis and Lestat's naked bodies as they make love for the first time. The flames heighten the romance and eroticism inherent in Lestat's seduction of Louis, who wishes to keep his new lover warm in more ways than one: emotionally (he wants Louis to feel loved), physically (Lestat wishes to provide Louis a beautiful hearth and home where they can live together), and sexually (he wants Louis to feel desired).
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* TearOffYourFace: In the climax, Lestat's SuperSpeed punch through a priest's head results in a large, empty hole where the latter's face used to be.
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* EyebrowWaggle: Lestat wiggles his eyebrows after he psychically asks Louis, "And do you think two pair will win the hour?" It's his playful way of letting his LoveInterest know that he'll help Louis win money from the racist jerks at the poker table by FixingTheGame with his TimeStandsStill powers.
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* {{Gayngst}}: When he was human, Louis struggled with his homosexuality because same-sex relationships were unlawful in the late 19th and early 20th century, not to mention his Catholic faith deems it as a grave sin. His internalized homophobia ran so deep that he was in total denial about his attraction to men.
-->'''Louis''': It bears repeating, I did not consider myself a homosexual man at the time. I mean, I've had experiences. Guilt, shame, floating-on-a-sea-of-vodka type encounters.
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* LateComingOut: Because of both institutionalized and internalized homophobia, Louis only accepted his homosexuality at age 33 [[note]]keep in mind that the [[https://u.demog.berkeley.edu/~andrew/1918/figure2.html average life expectancy for an American man in 1910 is only 48.4 years,]] so 33 is fairly "old"[[/note]] when he entered into a committed relationship with Lestat.
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* VampiresSleepInCoffins: Averted with Louis in his Dubai penthouse because its shielded windows block sunlight.
-->'''Daniel''': That's the sun out there. Where's your coffin?\\
'''Louis''': You're standing in it.
* VisualInnuendo: Lestat sensuously inserts his cigarette (which is encased in a cigarette holder, so it appears thicker and longer) into his mouth and puffs on it deeply while [[EatingTheEyeCandy mentally undressing Louis with his eyes]] as the latter sits down at the poker table. To put it bluntly, Lestat is conveying non-verbally his desire to suck on his LoveInterest's "appendage," as he calls it.
* VoiceoverLetter: When Daniel reads the letter Louis had sent to him, the latter's voice is heard narrating its contents.
* ZeroGSpot: Lestat and Louis have sex while the pair are floating vertically just above the ground.
-->'''Daniel''': That's the sun out there. Where's your coffin?\\
'''Louis''': You're standing in it.
* VisualInnuendo: Lestat sensuously inserts his cigarette (which is encased in a cigarette holder, so it appears thicker and longer) into his mouth and puffs on it deeply while [[EatingTheEyeCandy mentally undressing Louis with his eyes]] as the latter sits down at the poker table. To put it bluntly, Lestat is conveying non-verbally his desire to suck on his LoveInterest's "appendage," as he calls it.
* VoiceoverLetter: When Daniel reads the letter Louis had sent to him, the latter's voice is heard narrating its contents.
* ZeroGSpot: Lestat and Louis have sex while the pair are floating vertically just above the ground.
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* TheirFirstTime: After wooing Louis for a few months under the guise of friendship, Lestat invites his LoveInterest to enter his home and join him for a nightcap, and they engage in passionate lovemaking soon after. During their post-coital bliss, they share a HeldGaze that silently communicates their love for each other.
* ThreeWaySex: A MMF variant occurs briefly with Louis, Lestat and Lily. Both men are nude while she's topless and is sandwiched between them, but their foreplay doesn't get very far because Lestat activates his vampire skills to make Lily [[ForcedSleep fall asleep]]. After she dozes off, Louis and Lestat continue having sex on their own.
* ThunderEqualsDownpour: There's suddenly thunder and torrential rain when Louis is walking towards the Fairplay Saloon after Paul's funeral.
* TimeStandsStill: During the poker game, Lestat stops time with his vampire skills so that he and Louis can have a private conversation. (While Lestat does have PsychicPowers, this is not a case of PeoplePuppets because the whiskey being poured into a glass is "frozen" while the poker chips are suspended in mid-air.)
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-->'''Louis''': I saw [Lestat] sitting a length away from me... radiant. And we sat there for some time... '''in throes of increasing wonder'''.
* ThreeWaySex: A MMF variant occurs briefly with Louis, Lestat and Lily. Both men are nude while she's topless and is sandwiched between them, but their foreplay doesn't get very far because Lestat activates his vampire skills to make Lily [[ForcedSleep fall asleep]]. After she dozes off, Louis and Lestat continue having sex on their own.
* ThunderEqualsDownpour: There's suddenly thunder and torrential rain when Louis is walking towards the Fairplay Saloon after Paul's funeral.
* TimeStandsStill: During the poker game, Lestat stops time with his vampire skills so that he and Louis can have a private conversation. (While Lestat does have PsychicPowers, this is not a case of PeoplePuppets because the whiskey being poured into a glass is "frozen" while the poker chips are suspended in mid-air.)
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-->'''Louis''': I saw [Lestat] sitting a length away from me... radiant. And we sat there for some time... '''in throes of increasing wonder'''.
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* RedLightDistrict: In 1910, Louis owned several brothels in Storyville, the former red-light district of New Orleans. In 2022, his second interview with Daniel opens with them discussing this trope.
-->'''Louis''': So it followed the only place in New Orleans a gentleman of my complexion could do a righteous business was a neighborhood called Storyville.\\
'''Daniel''': That was the old red-light district, yeah?\\
'''Louis''': 20 blocks of drinking, gambling, and gluttonous whoring.\\
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'''Daniel''': You were a pimp.\\
'''Louis''': The product was desire, and it came in as many forms as there were ways to move it. Of the two dozen sporting houses on Liberty Street, I owned eight of them. Modest in proportion to the venues on Basin Street. What they lacked in size and elegance, they more than made up for in efficiency and reputation.
-->'''Louis''': So it followed the only place in New Orleans a gentleman of my complexion could do a righteous business was a neighborhood called Storyville.\\
'''Daniel''': That was the old red-light district, yeah?\\
'''Louis''': 20 blocks of drinking, gambling, and gluttonous whoring.\\
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'''Daniel''': You were a pimp.\\
'''Louis''': The product was desire, and it came in as many forms as there were ways to move it. Of the two dozen sporting houses on Liberty Street, I owned eight of them. Modest in proportion to the venues on Basin Street. What they lacked in size and elegance, they more than made up for in efficiency and reputation.
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* ScarsAreForever: Daniel has a round scar on the right side of his neck which remains visible 49 years after Louis had bit him there and nearly exsanguinated him to death for being [[DisproportionateRetribution "disrespectful" while high on drugs]].
* SecretlyDying: Daniel has a sub-variant of Parkinson's disease. Only his family and doctor know about it, so he's irked that Louis has somehow learned of it.
* SeekingSanctuary: Louis flees to St. Augustine Church in the hope that it can protect him from Lestat, whom he believes is the Devil. However, vampires aren't affected by religious sites or objects, so Lestat (a HollywoodAtheist who resents Christianity) enters the church, sets the pews on fire, murders Father Matthias while Louis was confessing his sins, and then kills a second priest before he approaches Louis.
* SelfMutilationDemonstration: Louis exposes his arm to the bright Dubai sunshine, [[WeakenedByTheLight which immediately scorches his skin]], to remind Daniel (whom he hasn't seen in 49 years) that he's a bona fide vampire.
* SmokyGentlemensClub: Tom Anderson hosts an informal one at the Fairplay Saloon in the form of a private poker game where he invites a handful of (mostly) white, upper-class businessmen and politicians to discuss commerce as they smoke, drink and bet while playing cards.
* StalkerWithACrush: It's heavily implied that Lestat had stalked Louis after being [[LoveAtFirstSight mesmerized by the latter's beauty]], and he basically admits to doing so ("I've been watching you for some time now, Louis"). It's not a coincidence that Lestat had arranged to be in Lily's company, as he's aware that she acts as TheBeard for Louis. Lestat kissing her, running his hands along the seams of her dress, and outbidding Louis for her time were done deliberately to provoke him. Lestat also must have heard Tom Anderson inviting Louis to a private poker game because Lestat managed to get a seat there, which provided a second opportunity for him to socialize with Louis. At Paul's funeral, Lestat warns Louis that [[{{Understatement}} he doesn't take kindly to being avoided]], and when [[SeekingSanctuary the latter tries to find refuge at the church because he wants to be free from the Devil's voice inside his head]] (which is actually Lestat's repeated telepathic attempts to summon Louis to him), Lestat pursues Louis and directly confronts him in person. Lestat clearly doesn't respect Louis' wish to be left alone and won't take no for an answer. In 2022, Louis describes himself as the prey while Lestat was the predator who was hunting him, a sentiment that any victim of stalking can relate to.
* StarbucksSkinScale: Lestat's term for biracial (black/white) skin is "cinnamon," which he [[MixedAncestryIsAttractive fetishizes]].
* SuicideIsShameful: Louis' family is Catholic, and when Paul kills himself in front of him, his mother says he must be in Hell now (per Catholic belief at the time) while their priest tries to pass his fall off as accidental instead so they can avoid thinking this.
* SecretlyDying: Daniel has a sub-variant of Parkinson's disease. Only his family and doctor know about it, so he's irked that Louis has somehow learned of it.
* SeekingSanctuary: Louis flees to St. Augustine Church in the hope that it can protect him from Lestat, whom he believes is the Devil. However, vampires aren't affected by religious sites or objects, so Lestat (a HollywoodAtheist who resents Christianity) enters the church, sets the pews on fire, murders Father Matthias while Louis was confessing his sins, and then kills a second priest before he approaches Louis.
* SelfMutilationDemonstration: Louis exposes his arm to the bright Dubai sunshine, [[WeakenedByTheLight which immediately scorches his skin]], to remind Daniel (whom he hasn't seen in 49 years) that he's a bona fide vampire.
* SmokyGentlemensClub: Tom Anderson hosts an informal one at the Fairplay Saloon in the form of a private poker game where he invites a handful of (mostly) white, upper-class businessmen and politicians to discuss commerce as they smoke, drink and bet while playing cards.
* StalkerWithACrush: It's heavily implied that Lestat had stalked Louis after being [[LoveAtFirstSight mesmerized by the latter's beauty]], and he basically admits to doing so ("I've been watching you for some time now, Louis"). It's not a coincidence that Lestat had arranged to be in Lily's company, as he's aware that she acts as TheBeard for Louis. Lestat kissing her, running his hands along the seams of her dress, and outbidding Louis for her time were done deliberately to provoke him. Lestat also must have heard Tom Anderson inviting Louis to a private poker game because Lestat managed to get a seat there, which provided a second opportunity for him to socialize with Louis. At Paul's funeral, Lestat warns Louis that [[{{Understatement}} he doesn't take kindly to being avoided]], and when [[SeekingSanctuary the latter tries to find refuge at the church because he wants to be free from the Devil's voice inside his head]] (which is actually Lestat's repeated telepathic attempts to summon Louis to him), Lestat pursues Louis and directly confronts him in person. Lestat clearly doesn't respect Louis' wish to be left alone and won't take no for an answer. In 2022, Louis describes himself as the prey while Lestat was the predator who was hunting him, a sentiment that any victim of stalking can relate to.
* StarbucksSkinScale: Lestat's term for biracial (black/white) skin is "cinnamon," which he [[MixedAncestryIsAttractive fetishizes]].
* SuicideIsShameful: Louis' family is Catholic, and when Paul kills himself in front of him, his mother says he must be in Hell now (per Catholic belief at the time) while their priest tries to pass his fall off as accidental instead so they can avoid thinking this.
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* QuestionableConsent: Louis doesn't seem wholly cognizant when Lestat has sex with him during TheirFirstTime because Lestat is also drinking his blood, [[KissOfTheVampire which has been shown to be intoxicating]]. Louis compares the ''petit coup''/"little drink" to the best drug-induced high that Daniel has ever experienced, but "multiply it by miles, to the rings of Saturn and back." While Louis did consent to have sex with Lestat, he didn't explicitly consent to any blood play, but by the time Lestat had sunk his fangs into Louis' neck, the latter couldn't object even if he wanted to because his mind was in a haze. However, it's worth noting that in the present day, Louis doesn't see the ''petit coup'' as a violation, and that it in fact gave him a feeling of intimacy with Lestat.
* RelationshipUpgrade: Louis and Lestat were close friends for a few months before [[TheirFirstTime they made love]]. However, they don't become an OfficialCouple until Louis agrees to be Lestat's immortal companion, which results in Louis being transformed into a vampire.
* ReplacementGoldfish: Disturbingly subverted with Lily, a prostitute whom Lestat spent more time with when he realized that Louis was avoiding him after he and Louis had sex for the first time. While Lestat places Lily in the same category as Louis in terms of their looks (they're both biracial "misfit beauties," as he calls them), he must have found her personality sorely lacking because in his words, she "proved herself a poor substitute." Louis later discovers that Lestat had murdered her.
* RelationshipUpgrade: Louis and Lestat were close friends for a few months before [[TheirFirstTime they made love]]. However, they don't become an OfficialCouple until Louis agrees to be Lestat's immortal companion, which results in Louis being transformed into a vampire.
* ReplacementGoldfish: Disturbingly subverted with Lily, a prostitute whom Lestat spent more time with when he realized that Louis was avoiding him after he and Louis had sex for the first time. While Lestat places Lily in the same category as Louis in terms of their looks (they're both biracial "misfit beauties," as he calls them), he must have found her personality sorely lacking because in his words, she "proved herself a poor substitute." Louis later discovers that Lestat had murdered her.
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* PlatonicProstitution: While alive, Louis regularly employed the services of a high-class prostitute named Lily [[TheBeard so he could be seen having a relationship with a woman]]. Once in her room, though, he just talked to her, using her as some kind of a therapy session. However, when the two are alone with Lestat in his living room, Lily does give Louis fellatio until Lestat [[ForcedSleep makes her go to sleep]].
* PostCoitalCollapse: After TheirFirstTime, Louis and Lestat collapse on the sofa while breathing heavily, both experiencing the afterglow from their orgasm.
* ProductionForeshadowing: Paul mentions that there are "plenty of brooms down at the Mayfair sisters' home" as a tie-in to AMC's [[Series/MayfairWitches adaptation]] of ''Literature/LivesOfTheMayfairWitches''; in the original script, Louis greets three members of the Mayfair family as he passes by their manor.
* PostCoitalCollapse: After TheirFirstTime, Louis and Lestat collapse on the sofa while breathing heavily, both experiencing the afterglow from their orgasm.
* ProductionForeshadowing: Paul mentions that there are "plenty of brooms down at the Mayfair sisters' home" as a tie-in to AMC's [[Series/MayfairWitches adaptation]] of ''Literature/LivesOfTheMayfairWitches''; in the original script, Louis greets three members of the Mayfair family as he passes by their manor.
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* ObliviousToLove: In 1910, Louis (a ClosetGay) had no idea that Lestat was romantically interested in him throughout most of their friendship; to be fair, Lestat couldn't be too brazen with his wooing due to institutionalized homophobia, yet Paul was able to sense right away that Lestat desired Louis as much more than a friend. In 2022, Louis reflects on these events and now recognizes that Lestat's pursuit of him was [[StalkerWithACrush predatory]] in nature.
-->'''Louis''': I was being hunted. And I was completely unaware it was happening.
* OfficialKiss: It's the second kiss between Louis and Lestat which marks their RelationshipUpgrade, and it's depicted as being more romantic than their FirstKiss because the latter was partly fueled by repressed lust, whereas the former was done purely from their hearts. After Lestat [[LoveConfession declares his love]], he proposes that Louis become his eternal companion and lover. Louis nods his head in assent, reaches out to cup Lestat's face, and then moves forward to kiss him.
* OneDropRule: Louis mentions to Daniel that his family is mixed-race, and in former times were somewhat more privileged as free people of color. With Jim Crow, however, racist state laws apply no matter what, even when only one of his grandparents was entirely black. Louis just calls himself "Negro," the term used then, and the laws would have classified him as such.
-->'''Louis''': I was being hunted. And I was completely unaware it was happening.
* OfficialKiss: It's the second kiss between Louis and Lestat which marks their RelationshipUpgrade, and it's depicted as being more romantic than their FirstKiss because the latter was partly fueled by repressed lust, whereas the former was done purely from their hearts. After Lestat [[LoveConfession declares his love]], he proposes that Louis become his eternal companion and lover. Louis nods his head in assent, reaches out to cup Lestat's face, and then moves forward to kiss him.
* OneDropRule: Louis mentions to Daniel that his family is mixed-race, and in former times were somewhat more privileged as free people of color. With Jim Crow, however, racist state laws apply no matter what, even when only one of his grandparents was entirely black. Louis just calls himself "Negro," the term used then, and the laws would have classified him as such.
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* NonStandardKiss: Blink and you'll miss it, but just before Lestat turns Louis into a vampire, the former very briefly gives the latter an Eskimo kiss (i.e. rubbing the tips of their noses together).
* NostalgicMusicBox: One of the few items that Lestat had brought over from France is an ornate music box which carries a lot of sentimental value for him. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptQLRbpN3r0 The tune it plays]] was written by Lestat and it's dedicated to a young man he adored.
-->'''Lestat''': I composed it for a young violinist I once knew, a boy of infinite beauty and sensitivity.
* NotAfraidToDie: Louis suffers from a nervous breakdown after the death of his brother Paul, and while confessing his sins to Father Matthias, it's plain that he wants to follow Paul to the grave. Louis is wracked with guilt and shame over his numerous failures. It's because he's so broken that he later accepts Lestat's offer to kill him as a human and be reborn as a vampire.
-->'''Louis''': I'm a drunk, Lord. I'm a liar. I am a thief, Lord. I profit off the miseries of other men, and I do it easy. Drugs, liquor, women. I-I-I-I lure them in and grab what they got, Lord. I take daughters with no homes and I-I put 'em out on the street, Lord, and I lie to myself, saying I-I'm giving them a roof and food and dollar bills in they pocket, but I look in the mirror, I know what I am -- the big man in the big house, stuffing cotton in my ears so I can't hear their cries. And Lord, I dragged my family into this mess with me. I shame my father. I f-- I failed my brother. I lost my mother and sister, and rather than fix it like a man should, Lord, I run like a coward. I run to the bottle. I run to the grift. I run to bad beds. I-I laid down with a man. I laid down with the Devil. And he has roots in me, all his spindly roots in me, and I can't think nothin' anymore, but his voice and his words! Please, help me! I am weak! '''I wanna die!'''
* NostalgicMusicBox: One of the few items that Lestat had brought over from France is an ornate music box which carries a lot of sentimental value for him. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptQLRbpN3r0 The tune it plays]] was written by Lestat and it's dedicated to a young man he adored.
-->'''Lestat''': I composed it for a young violinist I once knew, a boy of infinite beauty and sensitivity.
* NotAfraidToDie: Louis suffers from a nervous breakdown after the death of his brother Paul, and while confessing his sins to Father Matthias, it's plain that he wants to follow Paul to the grave. Louis is wracked with guilt and shame over his numerous failures. It's because he's so broken that he later accepts Lestat's offer to kill him as a human and be reborn as a vampire.
-->'''Louis''': I'm a drunk, Lord. I'm a liar. I am a thief, Lord. I profit off the miseries of other men, and I do it easy. Drugs, liquor, women. I-I-I-I lure them in and grab what they got, Lord. I take daughters with no homes and I-I put 'em out on the street, Lord, and I lie to myself, saying I-I'm giving them a roof and food and dollar bills in they pocket, but I look in the mirror, I know what I am -- the big man in the big house, stuffing cotton in my ears so I can't hear their cries. And Lord, I dragged my family into this mess with me. I shame my father. I f-- I failed my brother. I lost my mother and sister, and rather than fix it like a man should, Lord, I run like a coward. I run to the bottle. I run to the grift. I run to bad beds. I-I laid down with a man. I laid down with the Devil. And he has roots in me, all his spindly roots in me, and I can't think nothin' anymore, but his voice and his words! Please, help me! I am weak! '''I wanna die!'''
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* MindControlEyes: When Lestat [[TimeStandsStill halts time]] at the poker game, the humans under his spell have cloudy eyes.
* MindOverMatter: In the climax, Lestat closes the gates with telekinesis to prevent the priest from escaping.
* MixedAncestryIsAttractive: Lampshaded by Lestat (who is a wealthy Frenchman in an era when France was still an active colonial power, which includes colonies in Africa) when he mentions that he finds what he calls [[StarbucksSkinScale cinnamon skin tone]] -- a mix of African and European descent -- attractive while [[EatingTheEyeCandy gazing seductively]] at Louis, who is biracial and fits in the "cinnamon" category. Louis becomes even more desirable in Lestat's eyes when the latter learns that the former has French ancestry (Lestat is delighted that Louis speaks French and has a French name), so Louis' "exotic" quality is more "accessible" to Lestat. Lestat frequently compliments Louis' looks (e.g. [[PrettyBoy "beautiful face," "pretty head"]]). This also extends to the biracial Lily because Lestat refers to both her and Louis as "misfit beauties." Lestat is madly (even obsessively) in love with Louis, seduces him, and then turns him into a vampire so that they can be companions for eternity.
* TheMuse: A young male violinist of "infinite beauty and sensitivity" was the inspiration behind the song that Lestat wrote which plays in his music box from France.
* MyCard: When Louis demands to know Lestat's name during their first meeting, instead of responding directly, Lestat pulls out a card with his full name printed in fancy gold letters and hands it to Louis.
* MysteriousMist: After Lestat is [[LoveAtFirstSight struck by Cupid's arrow]] when he first beholds Louis, a mist abruptly appears behind him with an audible whooshing sound. This shot is imbued with a mildly ominous atmosphere, and it imparts to viewers (especially those who aren't familiar with either the [[Literature/TheVampireChronicles source material]] or the [[Film/InterviewWithTheVampire 1994 movie]]) that this MysteriousStranger (Lestat's identity isn't spelled out in this scene) isn't human and is dangerous.
* MindOverMatter: In the climax, Lestat closes the gates with telekinesis to prevent the priest from escaping.
* MixedAncestryIsAttractive: Lampshaded by Lestat (who is a wealthy Frenchman in an era when France was still an active colonial power, which includes colonies in Africa) when he mentions that he finds what he calls [[StarbucksSkinScale cinnamon skin tone]] -- a mix of African and European descent -- attractive while [[EatingTheEyeCandy gazing seductively]] at Louis, who is biracial and fits in the "cinnamon" category. Louis becomes even more desirable in Lestat's eyes when the latter learns that the former has French ancestry (Lestat is delighted that Louis speaks French and has a French name), so Louis' "exotic" quality is more "accessible" to Lestat. Lestat frequently compliments Louis' looks (e.g. [[PrettyBoy "beautiful face," "pretty head"]]). This also extends to the biracial Lily because Lestat refers to both her and Louis as "misfit beauties." Lestat is madly (even obsessively) in love with Louis, seduces him, and then turns him into a vampire so that they can be companions for eternity.
* TheMuse: A young male violinist of "infinite beauty and sensitivity" was the inspiration behind the song that Lestat wrote which plays in his music box from France.
* MyCard: When Louis demands to know Lestat's name during their first meeting, instead of responding directly, Lestat pulls out a card with his full name printed in fancy gold letters and hands it to Louis.
* MysteriousMist: After Lestat is [[LoveAtFirstSight struck by Cupid's arrow]] when he first beholds Louis, a mist abruptly appears behind him with an audible whooshing sound. This shot is imbued with a mildly ominous atmosphere, and it imparts to viewers (especially those who aren't familiar with either the [[Literature/TheVampireChronicles source material]] or the [[Film/InterviewWithTheVampire 1994 movie]]) that this MysteriousStranger (Lestat's identity isn't spelled out in this scene) isn't human and is dangerous.
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* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: Lestat has sex with Louis while also [[KissOfTheVampire drinking his blood with his fangs pierced into his lover's neck]].
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* KissOfTheVampire: Louis finds Lestat biting him pleasing. However, this only applies to ''un petit coup'' ("the little drink"), as Lestat calls it, where he doesn't drain the person completely and heals the wound afterwards. Louis notes that it awoke feelings of intimacy within him despite the significant physical toll on his body.
* LOL69: During the poker game, there's a subtle visual gag when Louis holds both the 6 of Clubs and the 9 of Hearts next to each other, so together they form "69." Lestat was [[EatingTheEyeCandy ogling]] at Louis earlier while [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything taking a long drag of his cigarette]] (which is a [[VisualInnuendo phallic symbol]], and the cigarette holder makes it look thicker and longer), so it's easy to imagine what the dirty-minded Lestat was fantasizing about doing with Louis...
* LoveAtFirstSight: Lestat is utterly entranced when he first sees Louis, staring intensely at him. Lestat later discloses that he was captivated by Louis' beauty and noticed the sadness embedded in his features.
-->'''Lestat''': The first time I laid eyes on you, your beautiful face, I saw that sorrow. I did not know how it got there or why it was so voluminous. I can take away that sorrow, Louis.
* LoveConfession: Near the end of the episode, Lestat reveals his feelings for Louis.
-->'''Lestat''': I love you, Louis. You are loved.
* LoveFloats: Lestat, who's very much in love with Louis, levitates himself and his lover off the floor while they're having sex.
* LOL69: During the poker game, there's a subtle visual gag when Louis holds both the 6 of Clubs and the 9 of Hearts next to each other, so together they form "69." Lestat was [[EatingTheEyeCandy ogling]] at Louis earlier while [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything taking a long drag of his cigarette]] (which is a [[VisualInnuendo phallic symbol]], and the cigarette holder makes it look thicker and longer), so it's easy to imagine what the dirty-minded Lestat was fantasizing about doing with Louis...
* LoveAtFirstSight: Lestat is utterly entranced when he first sees Louis, staring intensely at him. Lestat later discloses that he was captivated by Louis' beauty and noticed the sadness embedded in his features.
-->'''Lestat''': The first time I laid eyes on you, your beautiful face, I saw that sorrow. I did not know how it got there or why it was so voluminous. I can take away that sorrow, Louis.
* LoveConfession: Near the end of the episode, Lestat reveals his feelings for Louis.
-->'''Lestat''': I love you, Louis. You are loved.
* LoveFloats: Lestat, who's very much in love with Louis, levitates himself and his lover off the floor while they're having sex.
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* KilledOffscreen: Lestat kills Lily, a prostitute, but this isn't shown, only mentioned in dialogue.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Lestat exhibits his supreme selfishness when he accosts Louis during Paul's funeral procession. Lestat is only concerned with how upset he is that Louis had ghosted him after TheirFirstTime. He is utterly insensitive towards Louis, who's preoccupied with the grave emotional turmoil of ''grieving for his brother''. It's an early red flag that Lestat has the profile of a DomesticAbuser.
-->'''Lestat''': ''Mes condoléances''. [[note]]French for "My condolences."[[/note]]\\
'''Louis''': ''Pas ici''. [[note]]"Not here."[[/note]]\\
'''Lestat''': An elegant coffin. Would you tell me where you purchased--\\
'''Louis''': Move on.\\
'''Lestat''': I wait on my balcony every night. You've been avoiding me.\\
'''Louis''': I have been occupied.\\
'''Lestat''': Miss Lily proved herself a poor substitute. [[{{Understatement}} And I don't take kindly to being avoided.]]\\
'''Louis''': It's my brother's funeral!
* IWantMyBelovedToBeFashionable: During Louis and Lestat's FallingInLoveMontage, one of their dates includes Louis (who is a SharpDressedMan) bringing Lestat (whose [[FrozenFashionSense outmoded garments from Europe are relics of the 19th century]]) to his tailor so that the Frenchman will have trendy new suits befitting an upper-class man in 1910 America. Costume designer Carol Cutshall has stated in [[https://www.amc.com/blogs/interview-with-the-vampire-q-and-a-costume-designer-carol-cutshall-on-suiting-and-silhouettes-in-storyville--1060598 this interview]] that Lestat learning from Louis how to modernize his attire is an early source of bonding in their budding romance.
-->'''Cutshall''': When they first meet, they have very distinct looks, and then Louis pulls Lestat into the present day. They have this moment -- it's like their first honeymoon moment -- of their friendship where Lestat is very influenced by Louis' fashion and he's going to Louis' tailor. They really feel in sync.
-->'''Lestat''': ''Mes condoléances''. [[note]]French for "My condolences."[[/note]]\\
'''Louis''': ''Pas ici''. [[note]]"Not here."[[/note]]\\
'''Lestat''': An elegant coffin. Would you tell me where you purchased--\\
'''Louis''': Move on.\\
'''Lestat''': I wait on my balcony every night. You've been avoiding me.\\
'''Louis''': I have been occupied.\\
'''Lestat''': Miss Lily proved herself a poor substitute. [[{{Understatement}} And I don't take kindly to being avoided.]]\\
'''Louis''': It's my brother's funeral!
* IWantMyBelovedToBeFashionable: During Louis and Lestat's FallingInLoveMontage, one of their dates includes Louis (who is a SharpDressedMan) bringing Lestat (whose [[FrozenFashionSense outmoded garments from Europe are relics of the 19th century]]) to his tailor so that the Frenchman will have trendy new suits befitting an upper-class man in 1910 America. Costume designer Carol Cutshall has stated in [[https://www.amc.com/blogs/interview-with-the-vampire-q-and-a-costume-designer-carol-cutshall-on-suiting-and-silhouettes-in-storyville--1060598 this interview]] that Lestat learning from Louis how to modernize his attire is an early source of bonding in their budding romance.
-->'''Cutshall''': When they first meet, they have very distinct looks, and then Louis pulls Lestat into the present day. They have this moment -- it's like their first honeymoon moment -- of their friendship where Lestat is very influenced by Louis' fashion and he's going to Louis' tailor. They really feel in sync.
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* {{Hallucinations}}: Paul has hallucinations which make him think that birds in his head are talking to him, imparting God's will. His family put him in a mental hospital to treat this, but he only got worse.
* HatesBeingAlone: Lestat reacts very poorly when Louis ignores him after the first time they make love. Lestat inappropriately brings up a lover's spat during a funeral procession for ''Louis' brother'' of all people, being totally inconsiderate of the fact that Louis is in mourning, so the last thing the latter wants is to deal with Lestat complaining about feeling neglected.
-->'''Lestat''': I wait on my balcony every night. You've been avoiding me. [...] [[{{Understatement}} And I don't take kindly to being avoided.]]
* HealItWithBlood: After TheirFirstTime, Lestat instantly heals the two bite marks he left on Louis' neck by applying his own vampire blood on them.
* HeldGaze: After their first bout of lovemaking, Lestat and Louis stare deeply into each other's eyes, which conveys that they both felt a profound emotional bond beyond the physical act. The pupils of Lestat's vampire eyes are blown wide, and he's gaping at Louis with pure, unadulterated ''awe'', as if Louis was the most beautiful creature who has ever walked the Earth.
* HemoErotic: Downplayed with Lestat because he usually doesn't derive sexual pleasure from drinking blood, but the one big exception is when he feeds on Louis, whom he's in love with. It's evident from Lestat's soft moans that tasting Louis' blood is a very sensual experience for him. Furthermore, when Louis consumes Lestat's blood as part of his transformation into a vampire, Lestat appears aroused with a slack jaw while panting, his gaze fixed on Louis. Lestat clearly enjoys both the sensation and the sight of Louis sucking on his blood. Lestat then collapses on to the floor while still breathing heavily in a manner which resembles a PostCoitalCollapse.
* HesitationEqualsDishonesty: After Paul inquires about the nature of Lestat's relationship with Louis, Lestat hesitates for a full seven seconds before he can formulate an answer. 1910 was a very homophobic era, so Lestat can't reply truthfully that he has been wooing Louis these past few months.
-->'''Lestat''': ...[[BlatantLies Your brother and I have been discussing a few investment opportunities.]]
* HidingBehindTheLanguageBarrier: During Lestat's (a Frenchman) first meeting with Louis (a Creole who knows French), he speaks a few sentences in French which are for Louis' ears only, so Lily doesn't understand the parts of the conversation that Lestat wants to keep private between himself and his new LoveInterest. Lily asks Louis for a translation, but he refuses.
* HollywoodAtheist: After having been educated by monks, Lestat had lost all faith in God when his father and brothers kidnapped him from the monastery as he'd wanted to join the clergy, which they beat and starved him for, saying Jesus never coming to his aid caused him to turn his back on religion (although becoming a vampire probably didn't help later). He is shown as contemptuous of Christianity when he's asked.
* HatesBeingAlone: Lestat reacts very poorly when Louis ignores him after the first time they make love. Lestat inappropriately brings up a lover's spat during a funeral procession for ''Louis' brother'' of all people, being totally inconsiderate of the fact that Louis is in mourning, so the last thing the latter wants is to deal with Lestat complaining about feeling neglected.
-->'''Lestat''': I wait on my balcony every night. You've been avoiding me. [...] [[{{Understatement}} And I don't take kindly to being avoided.]]
* HealItWithBlood: After TheirFirstTime, Lestat instantly heals the two bite marks he left on Louis' neck by applying his own vampire blood on them.
* HeldGaze: After their first bout of lovemaking, Lestat and Louis stare deeply into each other's eyes, which conveys that they both felt a profound emotional bond beyond the physical act. The pupils of Lestat's vampire eyes are blown wide, and he's gaping at Louis with pure, unadulterated ''awe'', as if Louis was the most beautiful creature who has ever walked the Earth.
* HemoErotic: Downplayed with Lestat because he usually doesn't derive sexual pleasure from drinking blood, but the one big exception is when he feeds on Louis, whom he's in love with. It's evident from Lestat's soft moans that tasting Louis' blood is a very sensual experience for him. Furthermore, when Louis consumes Lestat's blood as part of his transformation into a vampire, Lestat appears aroused with a slack jaw while panting, his gaze fixed on Louis. Lestat clearly enjoys both the sensation and the sight of Louis sucking on his blood. Lestat then collapses on to the floor while still breathing heavily in a manner which resembles a PostCoitalCollapse.
* HesitationEqualsDishonesty: After Paul inquires about the nature of Lestat's relationship with Louis, Lestat hesitates for a full seven seconds before he can formulate an answer. 1910 was a very homophobic era, so Lestat can't reply truthfully that he has been wooing Louis these past few months.
-->'''Lestat''': ...[[BlatantLies Your brother and I have been discussing a few investment opportunities.]]
* HidingBehindTheLanguageBarrier: During Lestat's (a Frenchman) first meeting with Louis (a Creole who knows French), he speaks a few sentences in French which are for Louis' ears only, so Lily doesn't understand the parts of the conversation that Lestat wants to keep private between himself and his new LoveInterest. Lily asks Louis for a translation, but he refuses.
* HollywoodAtheist: After having been educated by monks, Lestat had lost all faith in God when his father and brothers kidnapped him from the monastery as he'd wanted to join the clergy, which they beat and starved him for, saying Jesus never coming to his aid caused him to turn his back on religion (although becoming a vampire probably didn't help later). He is shown as contemptuous of Christianity when he's asked.
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* ClosetKey: The handsome and charming Lestat is this for Louis, who was in denial of his homosexuality until Lestat seduced him. Unlike his prior "floating-on-a-sea-of-vodka type encounters" with other men, Louis wasn't drunk when he and Lestat made love, and he was forced to concede that he had developed romantic feelings for Lestat.
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* GirlsStareAtSceneryBoysStareAtGirls: There's a [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/aaffd7545b35f19001d6ba23452c1380/4c0f7fd0a5d26ee0-fe/s540x810/7d788f14daed720e97c929c3edb5b7e53eeee847.gif same-sex variation]] when Louis is looking straight ahead because he's enraptured by the live ''Theatre/{{Iolanta}}'' performance, whereas Lestat is gawking at Louis, who's seated next to him -- it should be noted that Lestat is a huge opera fan, yet his attention is laser-focused on his LoveInterest instead of what's happening onstage. Louis is [[ObliviousToLove oblivious]] that his friend is smitten by him.
* GoodShepherd: Father Matthias is a kindly priest who's attentive to his parishioners. It's even more notable that he's white with a mostly black parish, and shows no signs of racism toward them in 1910 Louisiana.
* GoodShepherd: Father Matthias is a kindly priest who's attentive to his parishioners. It's even more notable that he's white with a mostly black parish, and shows no signs of racism toward them in 1910 Louisiana.
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* ClosetGay: Louis had to stay closeted in 1910 New Orleans, and notes how while you could be many things openly then, a gay black man wasn't one of them.
-->'''Louis''': My business and my raised religion were at odds, and the, uh... latencies within me, well, I beat those back with a lie I told myself about myself -- that I was a red-blooded son of the South, seeking ass before absolution.
-->'''Louis''': My business and my raised religion were at odds, and the, uh... latencies within me, well, I beat those back with a lie I told myself about myself -- that I was a red-blooded son of the South, seeking ass before absolution.
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* CrazyJealousGuy: Lestat murders Lily after Louis avoids him for an extended period of time in order to isolate him emotionally, therefore making a vulnerable Louis more receptive to the idea of becoming Lestat's immortal companion.
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* FallingInLoveMontage: DownplayedTrope with a montage of the dates Louis and Lestat go on. They hang out in a park, go shopping for clothes, and go to the opera. Homosexuality was a criminal offense in 1910, so Lestat's courtship of Louis had to be masked as friendship.
* FantasticallyIndifferent: Louis is curious about Lestat's {{Telepathy}} and TimeStandsStill abilities, but he's otherwise unfazed by these impossible feats, believing them to be mere parlor tricks that Lestat had picked up in France. These supernatural skills should've been a dead giveaway to Louis that his new friend isn't human, yet this thought doesn't cross his mind.
* FeelingYourHeartbeat: After Lestat [[HealItWithBlood heals the wounds]] on Louis' neck from his KissOfTheVampire, Louis slowly moves Lestat's hand across his bare chest until it rests over his heart. Combined with their HeldGaze, having Lestat feel Louis' heart beating enhances the tenderness shared between them after TheirFirstTime.
* FirstKiss: The first time Louis and Lestat lock lips together also coincides with TheirFirstTime. Louis is a ClosetGay, and after months of suppressing his feelings for his best friend, he launches himself at Lestat (they're both already nude at this point) and kisses him fiercely, pushing Lestat against a wall. They're both holding each other's faces tightly to deepen the kiss, and lovemaking soon follows.
* FixingTheGame: Lestat aims to ingratiate himself to his LoveInterest Louis by cheating at poker. He puts the game on "pause" by [[TimeStandsStill freezing time]], then he takes the Jack of Hearts from Tom Anderson and passes it to Louis so that the latter now has a full house (three Jacks and two 9s) instead of a measly two pair. In exchange, Louis gives away the useless 6 of Clubs to Lestat, who then places it in Tom's hand. Time then resumes its normal flow, and Louis ends up winning a lot of money.
* ForcedSleep: While in a [[ThreeWaySex threesome]] with Louis and Lily, Lestat uses his vampire powers to put Lily to sleep so that he can have Louis all to himself.
* FrozenFashionSense: When the French vampire Lestat arrives in New Orleans, his outfit is noticeably out-of-date compared to the American men's fashion of 1910, like he's still stuck in the previous century. Louis (a [[SharpDressedMan snazzy dresser]]) later helps him to update his wardrobe.
-->'''Lestat''': New to the... the New World, I am.\\
'''Louis''': That explains the clothes.\\
'''Lestat''': ''(chuckles)'' A 19th-century man at heart, yes.
* FantasticallyIndifferent: Louis is curious about Lestat's {{Telepathy}} and TimeStandsStill abilities, but he's otherwise unfazed by these impossible feats, believing them to be mere parlor tricks that Lestat had picked up in France. These supernatural skills should've been a dead giveaway to Louis that his new friend isn't human, yet this thought doesn't cross his mind.
* FeelingYourHeartbeat: After Lestat [[HealItWithBlood heals the wounds]] on Louis' neck from his KissOfTheVampire, Louis slowly moves Lestat's hand across his bare chest until it rests over his heart. Combined with their HeldGaze, having Lestat feel Louis' heart beating enhances the tenderness shared between them after TheirFirstTime.
* FirstKiss: The first time Louis and Lestat lock lips together also coincides with TheirFirstTime. Louis is a ClosetGay, and after months of suppressing his feelings for his best friend, he launches himself at Lestat (they're both already nude at this point) and kisses him fiercely, pushing Lestat against a wall. They're both holding each other's faces tightly to deepen the kiss, and lovemaking soon follows.
* FixingTheGame: Lestat aims to ingratiate himself to his LoveInterest Louis by cheating at poker. He puts the game on "pause" by [[TimeStandsStill freezing time]], then he takes the Jack of Hearts from Tom Anderson and passes it to Louis so that the latter now has a full house (three Jacks and two 9s) instead of a measly two pair. In exchange, Louis gives away the useless 6 of Clubs to Lestat, who then places it in Tom's hand. Time then resumes its normal flow, and Louis ends up winning a lot of money.
* ForcedSleep: While in a [[ThreeWaySex threesome]] with Louis and Lily, Lestat uses his vampire powers to put Lily to sleep so that he can have Louis all to himself.
* FrozenFashionSense: When the French vampire Lestat arrives in New Orleans, his outfit is noticeably out-of-date compared to the American men's fashion of 1910, like he's still stuck in the previous century. Louis (a [[SharpDressedMan snazzy dresser]]) later helps him to update his wardrobe.
-->'''Lestat''': New to the... the New World, I am.\\
'''Louis''': That explains the clothes.\\
'''Lestat''': ''(chuckles)'' A 19th-century man at heart, yes.
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* EvenTheGuysWantHim:
** The bisexual Lestat is enthralled by Louis and praises his [[MixedAncestryIsAttractive good looks]], telling him that he's "a handsome man" with [[PrettyBoy "such a pretty head" and a "beautiful face."]]
** Lestat describes a young male violinist he once knew as having "infinite beauty."
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench:
-->'''Lestat''': ''Seul l'impossible peut faire l'impossible.'' [[note]]"Only the impossible can do the impossible."[[/note]]\\
'''Lily''': I don't know much what you're saying. But it sure sounds nice.
* EyeTake: In the climax, Louis' eyes almost look like they're bulging out of their sockets because he's so shocked and horrified by the gruesome sight of Lestat mangling Father Matthias while consuming the latter's blood.
** The bisexual Lestat is enthralled by Louis and praises his [[MixedAncestryIsAttractive good looks]], telling him that he's "a handsome man" with [[PrettyBoy "such a pretty head" and a "beautiful face."]]
** Lestat describes a young male violinist he once knew as having "infinite beauty."
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench:
-->'''Lestat''': ''Seul l'impossible peut faire l'impossible.'' [[note]]"Only the impossible can do the impossible."[[/note]]\\
'''Lily''': I don't know much what you're saying. But it sure sounds nice.
* EyeTake: In the climax, Louis' eyes almost look like they're bulging out of their sockets because he's so shocked and horrified by the gruesome sight of Lestat mangling Father Matthias while consuming the latter's blood.
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* DisapprovingLook: In the first shot of the dinner scene, Paul [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/793e718960931ca4997ba28d7617ea1a/c7059618f6c6b9b7-bf/s1280x1920/d12041cf888a9979030e1c8e720793b6b82fa576.gif glowers]] at Lestat when he observes him smiling at Louis. The homophobic Paul suspects that Lestat's affection for his brother goes far beyond mere friendship (and his instincts are spot-on -- Lestat intends to seduce Louis after the dinner).
* DisposableSexWorker: Before meeting Lestat, Louis has been appearing to carry on an affair with a prostitute named Lily. Lestat kills Lily as part of his effort to draw Louis towards him.
* DisproportionateRetribution: In 1973, Louis nearly killed Daniel after the latter merely asked to be turned into a vampire (apparently he was under the influence of drugs at the time). 49 years later, Louis is still pissed off about it because he becomes irate after listening to the cassette recording of their argument and the subsequent attack, and he accuses Daniel of being insolent -- as if that somehow justifies his homicidal outburst.
-->'''Louis''': ''(hostile tone)'' You were disrespectful.\\
'''Daniel''': I was ''high''.
* DoubleMeaning: Because of the homophobia which existed in 1910, Lestat can't overtly flirt with Louis during their first meeting, but he still conveys his interest in roundabout ways. Lestat is outright ''[[EatingTheEyeCandy leering]]'' at Louis and speaking with a sultry voice while recounting how he had "sampled" many New Orleans women, including those with [[StarbucksSkinScale "cinnamon" skin tones]]. Lestat is subtly expressing his desire to "taste" Louis because the latter is a [[MixedAncestryIsAttractive "cinnamon" Creole]]. Later, when Lestat says that he and Louis are "Destined to be very good friends," what he really means is that they're "Destined to be lovers."
* DrivenToSuicide: Paul commits suicide by jumping off the roof of the family mansion on the morning after Grace's wedding.
* DisposableSexWorker: Before meeting Lestat, Louis has been appearing to carry on an affair with a prostitute named Lily. Lestat kills Lily as part of his effort to draw Louis towards him.
* DisproportionateRetribution: In 1973, Louis nearly killed Daniel after the latter merely asked to be turned into a vampire (apparently he was under the influence of drugs at the time). 49 years later, Louis is still pissed off about it because he becomes irate after listening to the cassette recording of their argument and the subsequent attack, and he accuses Daniel of being insolent -- as if that somehow justifies his homicidal outburst.
-->'''Louis''': ''(hostile tone)'' You were disrespectful.\\
'''Daniel''': I was ''high''.
* DoubleMeaning: Because of the homophobia which existed in 1910, Lestat can't overtly flirt with Louis during their first meeting, but he still conveys his interest in roundabout ways. Lestat is outright ''[[EatingTheEyeCandy leering]]'' at Louis and speaking with a sultry voice while recounting how he had "sampled" many New Orleans women, including those with [[StarbucksSkinScale "cinnamon" skin tones]]. Lestat is subtly expressing his desire to "taste" Louis because the latter is a [[MixedAncestryIsAttractive "cinnamon" Creole]]. Later, when Lestat says that he and Louis are "Destined to be very good friends," what he really means is that they're "Destined to be lovers."
* DrivenToSuicide: Paul commits suicide by jumping off the roof of the family mansion on the morning after Grace's wedding.
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** Lestat pounces on a lamplighter and his prey's blood splashes on the camera below.
** Later during the climax, after Lestat murders a priest by punching right through the latter's head at high speed, some of his victim's blood and brain matter land on the camera lens.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Louis is the caretaker of his brother Paul, who is mentally ill.
-->'''Daniel''': Your brother sounds like a pain in the ass.\\
'''Louis''': Fragile. Stubborn. Indulged. I promised our father on his death bed to look after him. But when Paul's mind was right, he was no burden. Point of fact, I loved him more than anyone on Earth.
* CompartmentShot: The camera is inside Daniel's mailbox when he unlocks it to take out the package that Louis had shipped to him.
** Lestat pounces on a lamplighter and his prey's blood splashes on the camera below.
** Later during the climax, after Lestat murders a priest by punching right through the latter's head at high speed, some of his victim's blood and brain matter land on the camera lens.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Louis is the caretaker of his brother Paul, who is mentally ill.
-->'''Daniel''': Your brother sounds like a pain in the ass.\\
'''Louis''': Fragile. Stubborn. Indulged. I promised our father on his death bed to look after him. But when Paul's mind was right, he was no burden. Point of fact, I loved him more than anyone on Earth.
* CompartmentShot: The camera is inside Daniel's mailbox when he unlocks it to take out the package that Louis had shipped to him.
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Louis de Pointe du Lac lives in 1910 New Orleans as the executor-in-charge of his family's fortune. When he meets the vampire Lestat, Louis' life begins to unravel in otherworldly ways. In 2022, Louis tells his story to journalist Daniel Molloy.
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!!Tropes:
* AtTheOperaTonight: The first opera Louis and Lestat attend together is ''Theatre/{{Iolanta}}''. Louis is so dazzled by the performance that he was "near weeping when the curtain fell," while Lestat prefers to study the [[PrettyBoy gorgeous facial features]] of his LoveInterest despite being an opera aficionado.
* TheBeard: Before meeting Lestat, Louis tries to maintain his straight credentials by seeing a prostitute named Lily.
* BeneathTheMask: Because Louis is a gay African American in 1910, he has to put on a different façade depending on whom he's interacting with, and having to do this on a daily basis is detrimental to his mental health. Lestat is infuriated that Louis is whittling himself away by pretending to be something he's not.
-->'''Lestat''': This primitive country has picked you clean. It has shackled you in permanent exile. Every room you enter, every hat you are forced to wear -- the stern landlord, the deferential businessman, the loyal son -- all these roles you conform to and none of them your true nature. What rage you must feel as you choke on your sorrow.
* BulletTime: In the climax, Lestat's vampiric SuperSpeed is illustrated by him walking normally while everything around him moves at a snail's pace; in particular, the priest appears to be running in slow-motion from Lestat's perspective.
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!!Tropes:
* AtTheOperaTonight: The first opera Louis and Lestat attend together is ''Theatre/{{Iolanta}}''. Louis is so dazzled by the performance that he was "near weeping when the curtain fell," while Lestat prefers to study the [[PrettyBoy gorgeous facial features]] of his LoveInterest despite being an opera aficionado.
* TheBeard: Before meeting Lestat, Louis tries to maintain his straight credentials by seeing a prostitute named Lily.
* BeneathTheMask: Because Louis is a gay African American in 1910, he has to put on a different façade depending on whom he's interacting with, and having to do this on a daily basis is detrimental to his mental health. Lestat is infuriated that Louis is whittling himself away by pretending to be something he's not.
-->'''Lestat''': This primitive country has picked you clean. It has shackled you in permanent exile. Every room you enter, every hat you are forced to wear -- the stern landlord, the deferential businessman, the loyal son -- all these roles you conform to and none of them your true nature. What rage you must feel as you choke on your sorrow.
* BulletTime: In the climax, Lestat's vampiric SuperSpeed is illustrated by him walking normally while everything around him moves at a snail's pace; in particular, the priest appears to be running in slow-motion from Lestat's perspective.
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