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* MythologyGag: This episode does [[https://www.tumblr.com/vampsstan/726045987546759169/i-couldnt-stop-thinking-about-this-meta-x-and its own version of the scene]] from the ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'' film where Lestat bites and drains Louis' blood without the latter's consent while flying up into the air, and then Lestat drops Louis from the sky, which leaves his victim close to death.
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* RejectedApology: Lampshaded by Lestat when Claudia returns home after seven years with absolutely no contact with her vampire dads.
-->'''Lestat''': The prodigal daughter.\\
'''Louis''': I've come to apologize. I put you both in a bad spot. I wasn't right in my head. I am now.\\
'''Lestat''': Apology not accepted.
-->'''Lestat''': The prodigal daughter.\\
'''Louis''': I've come to apologize. I put you both in a bad spot. I wasn't right in my head. I am now.\\
'''Lestat''': Apology not accepted.
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* LonelyPianoPiece: A [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8kzmnu sad piano piece]] is the BackgroundMusic in a scene where Louis and Lestat are both feeling very lonely even though they live together. Louis is bereft without their vampire daughter Claudia, who fled from their home seven years prior and refuses to respond to any of his psychic messages. As for Lestat, it was his ToughLove lesson in [[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E4TheRuthlessPursuitOfBloodWithAllA the previous episode]] that pushed Claudia away, so in revenge, Louis neglects his boyfriend with an austere mix of SilentTreatment and LysistrataGambit. Lestat can't help but suspect that Louis doesn't really love him after being deprived of emotional and physical intimacy for so long.
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* ThunderEqualsDownpour: The audience hears the thunder just before we see an especially wet and windy storm when dock workers discover 56 mutilated corpses floating in the river.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Claudia wants to find other vampires, and wants to experience a romantic relationship. Unfortunately for her, the first vampire she meets aside Louis and Lestat is a creepy, violent stalker who takes full advantage of the fact that she is, in Lestat's words, "built like a bird."
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Claudia wants to find other vampires, vampires and wants to experience a romantic relationship. Unfortunately for her, the first vampire she meets aside Louis and Lestat is a creepy, violent stalker [[StalkerWithACrush stalker]] named Bruce who takes [[ImpliedRape full advantage advantage]] of the fact that she is, in Lestat's words, "built like a bird."
* TheRunaway: Claudia spends seven years travelling the country on her own, striking out from the home of her vampire parents.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Louis dejectedly wanders around New Orleans for years sending out telepathic messages meant for Claudia, in the hopes that she will hear him apologize and return home. The messages end up reaching an unintended target: a vampire called Bruce, who becomes aware of and intrigued by the existence of Claudia, and begins to stalk her, culminating in a heavily implied sexual assault.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Louis dejectedly wanders around New Orleans for years sending out telepathic messages meant for Claudia, in the hopes that she will hear him apologize and return home. The messages end up reaching an unintended target: a vampire called Bruce, who becomes aware of and intrigued by the existence of Claudia, and begins to stalk [[StalkerWithACrush stalk]] her, culminating in a [[ImpliedRape heavily implied sexual assault.assault]].
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Claudia wants to find other vampires, and wants to experience a romantic relationship. Unfortunately for her, the first vampire she meets aside Louis and Lestat is a creepy, violent stalker who takes full advantage of the fact that she is, in Lestat's words, "built like a bird."
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Louis dejectedly wanders around New Orleans for years sending out telepathic messages meant for Claudia, in the hopes that she will hear him apologize and return home. The messages end up reaching an unintended target: a vampire called Bruce, who becomes aware of and intrigued by the existence of Claudia, and begins to stalk her, culminating in a heavily implied sexual assault.
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* BigShutUp: Louis exclaims "How 'bout you shut the fuck up?!" after Lestat makes AMistakeIsBorn remark to their vampire daughter Claudia.
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* CreatureOfHabit: Louis informs Daniel that Rashid is a stickler for routine.
-->'''Louis''': Sleep, pray, eat, pray, swim, pray, et cetera. [...] Metronomic, my Rashid.
-->'''Louis''': Sleep, pray, eat, pray, swim, pray, et cetera. [...] Metronomic, my Rashid.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"The prodigal daughter. Apology not accepted."]]
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* TalkAboutTheWeather: According to Bruce, only two dozen people attended his funeral, and because they didn't have much to say about him, they ended up chatting about the weather instead.
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* DeathGlare: There's an ominous close-up of Lestat shooting daggers from his eyes when he sees Louis and Claudia hugging after she returns home after seven years away. Lestat is both a CrazyJealousGuy and a JealousParent, so he ''hates'' it that Louis is very affectionate towards their vampire daughter, but his boyfriend has [[SilentTreatment withheld love]] [[LysistrataGambit and sex]] while she was gone.
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** After Louis is {{Bitch Slap}}ped by Daniel, the former scowls at the latter while ''barely'' restraining his homicidal instincts, as he doesn't want a repeat of their first interview where Louis nearly took Daniel's life in a fit of ([[DisproportionateRetribution unjustified]]) rage.
** Later, there's an ominous close-up of Lestat shooting daggers from his eyes when he sees Louis and Claudia hugging after she returns home after seven years away. Lestat is both a CrazyJealousGuy and a JealousParent, so he ''hates'' it that Louis is very affectionate towards their vampire daughter, but his boyfriend has [[SilentTreatment withheld love]] [[LysistrataGambit and sex]] while she was gone.
** After Louis is {{Bitch Slap}}ped by Daniel, the former scowls at the latter while ''barely'' restraining his homicidal instincts, as he doesn't want a repeat of their first interview where Louis nearly took Daniel's life in a fit of ([[DisproportionateRetribution unjustified]]) rage.
** Later, there's an ominous close-up of Lestat shooting daggers from his eyes when he sees Louis and Claudia hugging after she returns home after seven years away. Lestat is both a CrazyJealousGuy and a JealousParent, so he ''hates'' it that Louis is very affectionate towards their vampire daughter, but his boyfriend has [[SilentTreatment withheld love]] [[LysistrataGambit and sex]] while she was gone.
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* KillTally: In the first scene of the episode, Daniel is aghast while reading one of Claudia's journals because he realizes that she had kept a record of all of her homicides.
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* KillTally: In At the first scene beginning of the episode, Daniel is aghast while reading one of Claudia's journals because he realizes that she had kept a record of all of her homicides.
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* UnkemptBeauty: In Lestat's eyes, Louis is so [[PrettyBoy pretty]] and irresistible that even when the latter isn't looking his best while lounging around all day in his pyjamas with MessyHair, Lestat is still very eager to have sex with him.
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* UnkemptBeauty: In Lestat's eyes, Louis is so [[PrettyBoy pretty]] gorgeous]] and irresistible that even when the latter isn't looking his best while lounging around all day in his pyjamas with MessyHair, Lestat is still very eager to have sex with him.
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* MessyHair: When Louis is wallowing in the throes of depression, his hair is disheveled.
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* UnkemptBeauty: In Lestat's eyes, Louis is so [[PrettyBoy pretty]] and irresistible that even when the latter isn't looking his best while lounging around all day in his pyjamas with MessyHair, Lestat is still very eager to have sex with him.
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* CompartmentShot: The camera is inside the incinerator when the police inspect it.
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* AMistakeIsBorn: Lampshaded by Lestat, who is Claudia's maker; in the fifth episode, he regrets turning her into a vampire, and tells her that she's a mistake.
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* AMistakeIsBorn: Lampshaded by Lestat, who is Claudia's maker; in the fifth episode, he regrets turning her into a vampire, and tells her that she's a mistake.
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* ThePeepingTom: Claudia mentions that her uncle at the rooming house used to watch her pee when she was a child.
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* SerialKiller: Claudia goes on a serial killing spree and murders at least 56 people, even taking trophies from them and keeping a KillTally.
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* DomesticAbuse: Claudia attempts to persuade Louis to leave Lestat and go with her to look for other vampires. In anger at what he sees as her taking his love away from him, Lestat grabs Claudia by the neck, causing Louis to tackle Lestat and the two men fight. After smashing Louis against the walls of their home, Lestat gains the upper hand, and he sits on top of Louis, punching him repeatedly. [[WipeTheFloorWithYou Lestat then drags Louis outside]] by his chin with only his sharp vampire ''fingernails'', and flies with Louis into the air. After asking Louis to say he'll never love him, Louis just yells for Lestat to let him go. Lestat does so, and Louis suffers a long and agonizing fall. Taking away all the fantasy/vampire elements, the entire scene is basically an abusive husband/boyfriend assaulting his partner within an inch of his life. What makes this situation even more frightening is that Lestat claims that he had restrained his violent impulses in the past, which means that he wanted to beat Louis many times before.
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* DomesticAbuse: Claudia attempts to persuade Louis to leave Lestat and go with her to look for other vampires. In anger at what he sees as her taking his love away from him, [[AbusiveParent Lestat grabs Claudia by the neck, neck]], causing Louis to tackle Lestat and the two men fight. After smashing Louis against the walls of their home, Lestat gains the upper hand, and he sits on top of Louis, punching him repeatedly. [[WipeTheFloorWithYou Lestat then drags Louis outside]] by his chin with only his sharp vampire ''fingernails'', and flies with Louis into the air. After asking Louis to say he'll never love him, Louis just yells for Lestat to let him go. Lestat does so, and Louis suffers a long and agonizing fall. Taking away all the fantasy/vampire elements, the entire scene is basically an abusive husband/boyfriend assaulting his partner within an inch of his life. What makes this situation even more frightening is that Lestat claims that he had restrained his violent impulses in the past, which means that he wanted to beat Louis many times before.
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* FakingTheDead: After Bruce became a vampire, he pretended to be dead so that he could return to the United States from Copenhagen and avoid being [[WeakenedByTheLight scorched by sunlight]].
-->'''Bruce''': Faked my own death. Shipped back on a boat in a coffin. Got to hear my own funeral. Only a couple dozen people showed up, most didn't have much to say. Started talking about the weather a few minutes in. Almost got myself buried alive. Poor fella diggin' my grave lies restin' in the family plot.
-->'''Bruce''': Faked my own death. Shipped back on a boat in a coffin. Got to hear my own funeral. Only a couple dozen people showed up, most didn't have much to say. Started talking about the weather a few minutes in. Almost got myself buried alive. Poor fella diggin' my grave lies restin' in the family plot.
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* PsychicBlockDefense: Louis is unable to access Claudia's thoughts during her 7-year-long absence, so he doesn't know where she has gone or what she's doing.
-->'''Louis''': [I was] sending out telepathic thoughts of remorse in every direction. But [Claudia] had shut her mind off to me for some time then.
-->'''Louis''': [I was] sending out telepathic thoughts of remorse in every direction. But [Claudia] had shut her mind off to me for some time then.
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* VoluntaryVampireVictim: Rashid willingly submits to receiving a KissOfTheVampire from Louis. Rashid even stuffs himself with honey and pineapple for days before offering himself to his boss in order to make his blood taste sweeter.
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* TimeStandsStill: Lestat halts time at the speakeasy so that he and Louis can make a quick exit.
* TorchSong: Lampshaded by Claudia when she lets Lestat know that she's aware of his dirty secret, which is he's bedding a singer (viewers and Louis himself can easily guess that it's Antoinette).
-->'''Claudia''': White girl, down in Algiers, sings torch songs with a flat, no-nothing ass.
* TorchSong: Lampshaded by Claudia when she lets Lestat know that she's aware of his dirty secret, which is he's bedding a singer (viewers and Louis himself can easily guess that it's Antoinette).
-->'''Claudia''': White girl, down in Algiers, sings torch songs with a flat, no-nothing ass.
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* StalkerWithACrush: Bruce had trailed Claudia for some time before he introduces himself to her. After she rejects his advances, he breaks her leg, and an ImpliedRape ensues.
-->'''Bruce''': You've been sloppy out in Jefferson City.\\
'''Claudia''': How long you been followin'--\\
'''Bruce''': You shouldn't dump bodies in the Missouri. Even if you weigh 'em down with rocks, river's too fast. I find you build a shallow grave, sometimes a prairie wind'll catch, burns faster.\\
'''Claudia''': How long you been--\\
'''Bruce''': About five, six colleges or so.\\
'''Claudia''': How'd you do it?\\
'''Bruce''': I had good ears when I was alive. Got great ears now. Heard your name in the air. Somethin' about the way it sounded. ''(whispering)'' Clau... di... a...
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Claudia stalks both Lestat and Louis, which is why she knows that Lestat has an ongoing affair with Antoinette, and later she spies on Louis when he meets Grace at the cemetery.
-->'''Claudia''': I spend time following Louis and Lestat now that I am my own woman, with no obvious sense of why I follow them, other than meaning slowly disintegrates without them, my companions in immortality.
* StealthInsult: When Claudia exclaims to Louis, "Let's be vampires worthy of your love!", her underlying message is that Lestat is not a worthy romantic partner to Louis. Lestat -- who is absolutely besotted with Louis -- is so offended that he goes ''berserk'' and [[AbusiveParent suffocates Claudia by squeezing his hand around her throat]].
-->'''Bruce''': You've been sloppy out in Jefferson City.\\
'''Claudia''': How long you been followin'--\\
'''Bruce''': You shouldn't dump bodies in the Missouri. Even if you weigh 'em down with rocks, river's too fast. I find you build a shallow grave, sometimes a prairie wind'll catch, burns faster.\\
'''Claudia''': How long you been--\\
'''Bruce''': About five, six colleges or so.\\
'''Claudia''': How'd you do it?\\
'''Bruce''': I had good ears when I was alive. Got great ears now. Heard your name in the air. Somethin' about the way it sounded. ''(whispering)'' Clau... di... a...
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Claudia stalks both Lestat and Louis, which is why she knows that Lestat has an ongoing affair with Antoinette, and later she spies on Louis when he meets Grace at the cemetery.
-->'''Claudia''': I spend time following Louis and Lestat now that I am my own woman, with no obvious sense of why I follow them, other than meaning slowly disintegrates without them, my companions in immortality.
* StealthInsult: When Claudia exclaims to Louis, "Let's be vampires worthy of your love!", her underlying message is that Lestat is not a worthy romantic partner to Louis. Lestat -- who is absolutely besotted with Louis -- is so offended that he goes ''berserk'' and [[AbusiveParent suffocates Claudia by squeezing his hand around her throat]].
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* RecordNeedleScratch: Flanagan and Allen's "Underneath the Arches" is playing on the gramophone, but it suddenly halts when Lestat lifts the needle from the record. It's an aural cue to viewers that shit is about the hit the fan in this scene.
* ReplacementGoldfish: Lampshaded by Claudia when she concludes that Lestat and Louis had turned her into a vampire so that she can take Grace's place after [[StalkerWithoutACrush witnessing from afar]] the other woman disowning her brother Louis. (Claudia's belief is erroneous because she was a [[BabiesMakeEverythingBetter band-aid baby]] to save Louis and Lestat's crumbling relationship, but since they never told her this, she does her best to understand their reasoning on her own.)
-->'''Claudia''': But today at the cemetery, I finally understood something so obvious, which I pondered for a decade why they made me: to be Louis' sister.
* ReplacementGoldfish: Lampshaded by Claudia when she concludes that Lestat and Louis had turned her into a vampire so that she can take Grace's place after [[StalkerWithoutACrush witnessing from afar]] the other woman disowning her brother Louis. (Claudia's belief is erroneous because she was a [[BabiesMakeEverythingBetter band-aid baby]] to save Louis and Lestat's crumbling relationship, but since they never told her this, she does her best to understand their reasoning on her own.)
-->'''Claudia''': But today at the cemetery, I finally understood something so obvious, which I pondered for a decade why they made me: to be Louis' sister.
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* NotAfraidToDie: According to Rashid, Louis longs for death, so the memoir that Daniel will publish based on their second interview will mean that Louis will be slaughtered by other vampires. Louis doesn't deny it.
-->'''Rashid''': Well, what do you think will happen to Mr. du Lac when you publish this book, when the other vampires of the world get their hands on it? [...] They will make their way to Dubai. They will scale the sides of this building, force their way inside, and paint the walls with his blood. '''You are chronicling a suicide.'''\\
'''Louis''': Rashid is an opinionated young man. He lives to share these opinions, even when they are not solicited.
* PeoplePuppets: With his vampire powers, Louis causes Daniel's right arm to shake uncontrollably in a painful manner (presumably made worse by the latter's Parkinson's disease).
-->'''Rashid''': Well, what do you think will happen to Mr. du Lac when you publish this book, when the other vampires of the world get their hands on it? [...] They will make their way to Dubai. They will scale the sides of this building, force their way inside, and paint the walls with his blood. '''You are chronicling a suicide.'''\\
'''Louis''': Rashid is an opinionated young man. He lives to share these opinions, even when they are not solicited.
* PeoplePuppets: With his vampire powers, Louis causes Daniel's right arm to shake uncontrollably in a painful manner (presumably made worse by the latter's Parkinson's disease).
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* MindControlEyes: When Lestat [[TimeStandsStill freezes time]] at the speakeasy, the humans under his spell have cloudy eyes.
* AMistakeIsBorn: Lampshaded by Lestat, who is Claudia's maker; in the fifth episode, he regrets turning her into a vampire, and tells her that she's a mistake.
-->'''Lestat''': ''(aggravated)'' You wanted her, you fix her!\\
'''Louis''': We're doin' this together.\\
'''Lestat''': Do you remember our life, how happy we were before her?\\
'''Louis''': Happy? We were not happy.\\
'''Lestat''': ''(looks directly at Claudia)'' An anvil, tied around our ankles, pulling us towards the pitch-black ocean floor.\\
[...]\\
'''Claudia''': Make me one [immortal vampire companion].\\
'''Lestat''': [[SarcasmMode Because you turned out so well.]]\\
'''Claudia''': 'Cause if you don't, I'm gonna go out there and find other vampires.\\
'''Lestat''': If you could find them, which you won't ''(grips her chin firmly)'', they would shred you to strips, because you are built like a bird, because '''you are a mistake'''.
* AMistakeIsBorn: Lampshaded by Lestat, who is Claudia's maker; in the fifth episode, he regrets turning her into a vampire, and tells her that she's a mistake.
-->'''Lestat''': ''(aggravated)'' You wanted her, you fix her!\\
'''Louis''': We're doin' this together.\\
'''Lestat''': Do you remember our life, how happy we were before her?\\
'''Louis''': Happy? We were not happy.\\
'''Lestat''': ''(looks directly at Claudia)'' An anvil, tied around our ankles, pulling us towards the pitch-black ocean floor.\\
[...]\\
'''Claudia''': Make me one [immortal vampire companion].\\
'''Lestat''': [[SarcasmMode Because you turned out so well.]]\\
'''Claudia''': 'Cause if you don't, I'm gonna go out there and find other vampires.\\
'''Lestat''': If you could find them, which you won't ''(grips her chin firmly)'', they would shred you to strips, because you are built like a bird, because '''you are a mistake'''.
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* HatesBeingAlone: It's taken to a violent extreme when Lestat's volatile mind ''snaps'' after Claudia declares that she only came back home to bring Louis on her trip to Europe. [[DomesticAbuse Lestat then brutalizes Louis]] and drains part of his blood to weaken his lover even further so that Louis can't physically go anywhere.
* ImpliedRape: Although it's never shown on-screen and the word "rape" isn't spoken, it's ''strongly'' suggested that Bruce had sexually assaulted Claudia.
-->'''Daniel''': There are four pages torn out.\\
'''Louis''': I'll repeat myself. I will not exploit her.\\
'''Daniel''': Did she tear them out? Doesn't seem like something she would do.\\
'''Louis''': It's clear what happened.\\
[...]\\
'''Daniel''': "Bruce walked back from the fire and leaned down over me and..." Torn out pages--\\
'''Louis''': ''(employs his PeoplePuppets power on Daniel)'' Don't ask again.
* IncestSubtext: Claudia is sexually frustrated because she doesn't have an immortal companion and lover, like Lestat and Louis are to each other. Envious of their union, she screams which of her vampire fathers will fuck her. However, it's a SubvertedTrope. She doesn't desire either of them; rather, it's an intentionally inappropriate outburst to express her immense exasperation. She even specifically refutes it being anything romantic/sexual to another vampire who mistakes hearing Louis telepathically calling out to her for this, clarifying "It ain't like that, he's more like a dad."
* ImpliedRape: Although it's never shown on-screen and the word "rape" isn't spoken, it's ''strongly'' suggested that Bruce had sexually assaulted Claudia.
-->'''Daniel''': There are four pages torn out.\\
'''Louis''': I'll repeat myself. I will not exploit her.\\
'''Daniel''': Did she tear them out? Doesn't seem like something she would do.\\
'''Louis''': It's clear what happened.\\
[...]\\
'''Daniel''': "Bruce walked back from the fire and leaned down over me and..." Torn out pages--\\
'''Louis''': ''(employs his PeoplePuppets power on Daniel)'' Don't ask again.
* IncestSubtext: Claudia is sexually frustrated because she doesn't have an immortal companion and lover, like Lestat and Louis are to each other. Envious of their union, she screams which of her vampire fathers will fuck her. However, it's a SubvertedTrope. She doesn't desire either of them; rather, it's an intentionally inappropriate outburst to express her immense exasperation. She even specifically refutes it being anything romantic/sexual to another vampire who mistakes hearing Louis telepathically calling out to her for this, clarifying "It ain't like that, he's more like a dad."
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* JealousParent: Lestat (who has already been established as a CrazyJealousGuy when it comes to his boyfriend Louis) becomes violent towards Claudia when she attempts to convince Louis to leave Lestat behind and travel to Europe with her to locate other vampires. Lestat now deems his vampire daughter to be a rival for Louis' love, and he treats her accordingly.
-->'''Claudia''': ''(telepathically)'' Come with me! Come with me, Louis.\\
'''Lestat''': Lou.\\
'''Claudia''': I thought I could live without you, but I was wrong.\\
'''Lestat''': ''(getting angry)'' Louis. LOUIS!\\
'''Claudia''': ''(telepathically)'' His love is a small box he keeps you in. Don't stay in it.\\
'''Lestat''': A thousand nights of sulking, and the first sight of her, YOU ARE JUST GONNA UP AND LEAVE ME?!\\
'''Claudia''': Please, come with me! Let's be vampires worthy of your love!\\
''(Lestat then attacks Claudia and chokes her)''
-->'''Claudia''': ''(telepathically)'' Come with me! Come with me, Louis.\\
'''Lestat''': Lou.\\
'''Claudia''': I thought I could live without you, but I was wrong.\\
'''Lestat''': ''(getting angry)'' Louis. LOUIS!\\
'''Claudia''': ''(telepathically)'' His love is a small box he keeps you in. Don't stay in it.\\
'''Lestat''': A thousand nights of sulking, and the first sight of her, YOU ARE JUST GONNA UP AND LEAVE ME?!\\
'''Claudia''': Please, come with me! Let's be vampires worthy of your love!\\
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* KissOfTheVampire: Rashid briefly closes his eyes and grins while Louis is feeding on his blood, so it must be a pleasant sensation for him.
* KissOfTheVampire: Rashid briefly closes his eyes and grins while Louis is feeding on his blood, so it must be a pleasant sensation for him.
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* LysistrataGambit: Louis withholds sex from Lestat as payback for the latter's cruel ToughLove stance during the Charlie incident which drove Claudia away.
* MessOfWoe: After Claudia runs away from home, the townhouse becomes a pigsty with various objects strewn all over the place, and there are raccoons and rats running free. It's implied that [[{{Househusband}} Louis does the tidying]], but he's so crestfallen from Claudia's absence that he spends all day reading, and Lestat is too much a male chauvinist to do any cleaning.
-->'''Louis''': As [[TheGreatDepression the depression]] set in on the nation, I barricaded myself within the dilapidating walls of 1132 Rue Royale, educating myself from Lestat's library, ignoring all other duties of the role Claudia once mocked me for -- the unhappy housewife.
* RapeDiscretionShot: Bruce breaks Claudia's leg and stands menacingly over her before the scene cuts away. The audience infers that he sexually assaults her off-screen.
* SilentTreatment: After Claudia runs away from home, Louis blames Lestat for being the cause of her distress due to the latter's [[ToughLove "sadistic" (as Louis calls it) parenting style]], so one of the ways he punishes his boyfriend is by ignoring him. It has gotten so bad that a miserable Lestat, who's burning a playing card with a lighter, wonders out loud if Louis would pay any attention to him if he [[SelfImmolation set himself ablaze]].
-->'''Lestat''': I sit there thinking, "Light yourself on fire, see if [Louis] would notice."
* WipeTheFloorWithYou: After Lestat [[DomesticAbuse bashes Louis against the walls of their house like a rag doll]], his [[AbsurdlySharpClaws vampire fingernails]] pierce the underside of his boyfriend's chin like hooks, and then he drags the gravely injured Louis across the floor, which leaves behind a long trail of blood.
* YoureNotMyType: When Claudia is frustrated she doesn't have her own vampire boyfriend, she angrily yells that one of her dads will have to fill the role. She doesn't mean it; she's just saying it for shock value. Lestat -- responding in kind -- ridicules her and tries to [[ForTheEvulz get a rise out of her]] by pulling this trope out.
-->'''Claudia''': WHICH ONE OF YOU GONNA FUCK ME?!\\
'''Lestat''': Well, you're not my type. I like a fuller figure.
* MessOfWoe: After Claudia runs away from home, the townhouse becomes a pigsty with various objects strewn all over the place, and there are raccoons and rats running free. It's implied that [[{{Househusband}} Louis does the tidying]], but he's so crestfallen from Claudia's absence that he spends all day reading, and Lestat is too much a male chauvinist to do any cleaning.
-->'''Louis''': As [[TheGreatDepression the depression]] set in on the nation, I barricaded myself within the dilapidating walls of 1132 Rue Royale, educating myself from Lestat's library, ignoring all other duties of the role Claudia once mocked me for -- the unhappy housewife.
* RapeDiscretionShot: Bruce breaks Claudia's leg and stands menacingly over her before the scene cuts away. The audience infers that he sexually assaults her off-screen.
* SilentTreatment: After Claudia runs away from home, Louis blames Lestat for being the cause of her distress due to the latter's [[ToughLove "sadistic" (as Louis calls it) parenting style]], so one of the ways he punishes his boyfriend is by ignoring him. It has gotten so bad that a miserable Lestat, who's burning a playing card with a lighter, wonders out loud if Louis would pay any attention to him if he [[SelfImmolation set himself ablaze]].
-->'''Lestat''': I sit there thinking, "Light yourself on fire, see if [Louis] would notice."
* WipeTheFloorWithYou: After Lestat [[DomesticAbuse bashes Louis against the walls of their house like a rag doll]], his [[AbsurdlySharpClaws vampire fingernails]] pierce the underside of his boyfriend's chin like hooks, and then he drags the gravely injured Louis across the floor, which leaves behind a long trail of blood.
* YoureNotMyType: When Claudia is frustrated she doesn't have her own vampire boyfriend, she angrily yells that one of her dads will have to fill the role. She doesn't mean it; she's just saying it for shock value. Lestat -- responding in kind -- ridicules her and tries to [[ForTheEvulz get a rise out of her]] by pulling this trope out.
-->'''Claudia''': WHICH ONE OF YOU GONNA FUCK ME?!\\
'''Lestat''': Well, you're not my type. I like a fuller figure.
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* KillTally: In the first scene of the episode, Daniel is aghast while reading one of Claudia's journals because he realizes that she had kept a record of all of her homicides.
-->'''Daniel''': "Man with green vest... 'Please, no.' Man with fat fingers... 'Please, stop.' Window washer... 'I can't die like this.' Woman with purple shoes... 'Please.' Boy with inner tube and dog... 'Let my dog live.' 'Please, no.' 'Please, stop.' 'Stop.'" Oh, here's a good one. "Man in the last row of ''Film/TheSonOfTheSheik'' picture show... 'You said you had cigarettes.'" It's a kill list.\\
'''Rashid''': Yes.\\
'''Daniel''': In a teenager's handwriting.\\
'''Rashid''': The final words of her victims. There are 42 pages, if I remember correctly.\\
'''Daniel''': "Schoolteacher... 'Guard your heart.'" I'm trying to think of something more fuckеd up than this.
-->'''Daniel''': "Man with green vest... 'Please, no.' Man with fat fingers... 'Please, stop.' Window washer... 'I can't die like this.' Woman with purple shoes... 'Please.' Boy with inner tube and dog... 'Let my dog live.' 'Please, no.' 'Please, stop.' 'Stop.'" Oh, here's a good one. "Man in the last row of ''Film/TheSonOfTheSheik'' picture show... 'You said you had cigarettes.'" It's a kill list.\\
'''Rashid''': Yes.\\
'''Daniel''': In a teenager's handwriting.\\
'''Rashid''': The final words of her victims. There are 42 pages, if I remember correctly.\\
'''Daniel''': "Schoolteacher... 'Guard your heart.'" I'm trying to think of something more fuckеd up than this.
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* CrazyJealousGuy: When Claudia announces that she has returned home after a 7-year absence just so that she can take Louis with her to Europe, Lestat — who is now also a JealousParent — is boiling with rage because he feels that she's stealing Louis from him, so [[AbusiveParent he strangles her]]. When Louis comes to her defense, Lestat ''totally loses control'' because it's solid proof that Louis loves Claudia more than him. Lestat then [[DomesticAbuse beats the crap out of Louis]] for not loving him enough, and since nothing else he has tried has worked, a desperate Lestat resorts to a horrific level of violence to scare Louis into submission.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: The raccoon that was rummaging through the townhouse's MessOfWoe [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/00878061efc416f3c9ddd5b9454e8502/a67d6b00f0a5d60a-0e/s1280x1920/b773ad2bb1d17e3f208c5a621496c9461957e0aa.png later ends up dead.]] Louis, a VegetarianVampire, presumably drained the animal to death.
* GentleTouchVsFirmHand: The vampire dads are in agreement that Claudia's serial killing is an issue, but Louis prefers a gentle approach while Lestat [[ToughLove does not]].
* GlassShatteringSound: Claudia screeching "SO WHAT?! GET OUT OF MY ROOM!!" causes her mirror to crack.
* GentleTouchVsFirmHand: The vampire dads are in agreement that Claudia's serial killing is an issue, but Louis prefers a gentle approach while Lestat [[ToughLove does not]].
* GlassShatteringSound: Claudia screeching "SO WHAT?! GET OUT OF MY ROOM!!" causes her mirror to crack.
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* CaptainObvious: After Daniel is attacked by Louis' PeoplePuppets skill because he wouldn't back down about the missing pages in Claudia's diary, Rashid elucidates why Louis reacted the way he did, as if Daniel didn't already know.
-->'''Rashid''': Mr. du Lac occasionally finds it difficult to talk about Claudia.\\
'''Daniel''': ''(has a "No shit, Sherlock" expression as he glares at Rashid)'' Got that.
* DeathGlare: There's an ominous close-up of Lestat shooting daggers from his eyes when he sees Louis and Claudia hugging after she returns home after seven years away. Lestat is both a CrazyJealousGuy and a JealousParent, so he ''hates'' it that Louis is very affectionate towards their vampire daughter, but his boyfriend has [[SilentTreatment withheld love]] [[LysistrataGambit and sex]] while she was gone.
* DomesticAbuse: Claudia attempts to persuade Louis to leave Lestat and go with her to look for other vampires. In anger at what he sees as her taking his love away from him, Lestat grabs Claudia by the neck, causing Louis to tackle Lestat and the two men fight. After smashing Louis against the walls of their home, Lestat gains the upper hand, and he sits on top of Louis, punching him repeatedly. [[WipeTheFloorWithYou Lestat then drags Louis outside]] by his chin with only his sharp vampire ''fingernails'', and flies with Louis into the air. After asking Louis to say he'll never love him, Louis just yells for Lestat to let him go. Lestat does so, and Louis suffers a long and agonizing fall. Taking away all the fantasy/vampire elements, the entire scene is basically an abusive husband/boyfriend assaulting his partner within an inch of his life. What makes this situation even more frightening is that Lestat claims that he had restrained his violent impulses in the past, which means that he wanted to beat Louis many times before.
-->'''Lestat''': ''(to Louis)'' I fought myself a million times, fought my nature, controlled my temper. I never once harmed you.
-->'''Rashid''': Mr. du Lac occasionally finds it difficult to talk about Claudia.\\
'''Daniel''': ''(has a "No shit, Sherlock" expression as he glares at Rashid)'' Got that.
* DeathGlare: There's an ominous close-up of Lestat shooting daggers from his eyes when he sees Louis and Claudia hugging after she returns home after seven years away. Lestat is both a CrazyJealousGuy and a JealousParent, so he ''hates'' it that Louis is very affectionate towards their vampire daughter, but his boyfriend has [[SilentTreatment withheld love]] [[LysistrataGambit and sex]] while she was gone.
* DomesticAbuse: Claudia attempts to persuade Louis to leave Lestat and go with her to look for other vampires. In anger at what he sees as her taking his love away from him, Lestat grabs Claudia by the neck, causing Louis to tackle Lestat and the two men fight. After smashing Louis against the walls of their home, Lestat gains the upper hand, and he sits on top of Louis, punching him repeatedly. [[WipeTheFloorWithYou Lestat then drags Louis outside]] by his chin with only his sharp vampire ''fingernails'', and flies with Louis into the air. After asking Louis to say he'll never love him, Louis just yells for Lestat to let him go. Lestat does so, and Louis suffers a long and agonizing fall. Taking away all the fantasy/vampire elements, the entire scene is basically an abusive husband/boyfriend assaulting his partner within an inch of his life. What makes this situation even more frightening is that Lestat claims that he had restrained his violent impulses in the past, which means that he wanted to beat Louis many times before.
-->'''Lestat''': ''(to Louis)'' I fought myself a million times, fought my nature, controlled my temper. I never once harmed you.
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Claudia leaves home for a college sojourn and to learn more about vampires. Meanwhile, Louis and Lestat live through the Depression and receive surprising news from Louis' sister. When Claudia returns, tensions in the family come to a boiling point.
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* AbuseDiscretionShot: Some of Lestat's [[DomesticAbuse brutal pummeling]] of Louis occurs off-screen, although the many injuries that the latter sustains are disturbing.
* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Invoked by Lestat, who apparently is well-endowed, when he lets Louis know that if his "considerable appendage" is being wasted at home, he'll use it on Antoinette, his mistress.
-->'''Lestat''': And unlike Claudia, I am a full-blooded adult, with all the right appendages. So, if my considerable considerables continue to be squandered...\\
''(Louis ignores him, so Lestat leaves for his rendezvous with Antoinette)''
* BitchSlap: After Daniel is subjected to Louis' PeoplePuppets ability where his right arm was flopping wildly, Daniel is so incensed that he slaps Louis ''hard'' in the face, which is extremely brave (or foolish) when he knows all too well that Louis could easily kill him (which almost happened at the end of the first interview).
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* AbuseDiscretionShot: Some of Lestat's [[DomesticAbuse brutal pummeling]] of Louis occurs off-screen, although the many injuries that the latter sustains are disturbing.
* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Invoked by Lestat, who apparently is well-endowed, when he lets Louis know that if his "considerable appendage" is being wasted at home, he'll use it on Antoinette, his mistress.
-->'''Lestat''': And unlike Claudia, I am a full-blooded adult, with all the right appendages. So, if my considerable considerables continue to be squandered...\\
''(Louis ignores him, so Lestat leaves for his rendezvous with Antoinette)''
* BitchSlap: After Daniel is subjected to Louis' PeoplePuppets ability where his right arm was flopping wildly, Daniel is so incensed that he slaps Louis ''hard'' in the face, which is extremely brave (or foolish) when he knows all too well that Louis could easily kill him (which almost happened at the end of the first interview).
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