Interview with the Vampire Season 2 Trailer EXPLAINED! 

I want a shirt that says “Louis just can’t quit that cockroach”

My guess: Armand has Louis to believe that it was all Santiago's doing until Daniel puts it together.

“Spoilers for a 40 year old book”. I love it. 😂

Possible explanation: Armand keeps Louis hoodwinked about his fuckery all the way up to the present day...possibly needing Daniel to point out what's been right in front of his face the whole time...and the season climaxes with the confrontation this leads to.

The Louis and Armand ‘love of my life’ scene at the end of season 1 with Armand’s glare and Louis smile that doesn’t quite reach his eyes looked a lot like the final scene of the graduate to me. So even though they’re still together I do think they’re just in going through the motions stage much like their relationship in the book with them breaking up at the end of the season (and maybe with Daniel and Armand season 3…)

I am wondering if they might’ve changed Madeleine’s role from a doll maker to a seamstress. I mean the doll maker metaphor doesn’t work as well with Claudia being a tween now however it could work better with dresses. Perhaps Claudia meets Madeline when looking for a costume for the theater and sees this grieving mother who made cute little dresses for her pre pubescent daughter and continues to do so even after she’s gone. That’s why Madeline falls for Claudia in this version, a perfect young girl that can wear her creations forever and never leave her. I feel like that substitution is gothic enough to fit Edit: I swear I wrote this before I saw the scene in the textile shop 😂

I honestly love all the changes and this show is lovingly made with so much respect for Anne, I don’t think she’d roll her eyes at any of it to be quite honest. Excited for season 2!

My guess is that the play Armand writes is a telling of Louis, Lestat and Claudia's lives in New Orleans. The 3 bees in the play represent the 3 little bees that play Nicky's song in Lestat's music box. Claudia is dressed as a child when they're retelling how Louis rescued her from the fire. It even looks like there might be a telling of a guy (Louis?)being seduced to become a vampire. Armand would totally mock them (especially Lestat) with their own story. And then, at the end of the story, it's revealed that they killed Lestat, and are REALLY on trial for his murder. Agh!! I can't wait. I hope they can finish this season. What do you think? Are they performing their story?

I can't wait, I CAN't WAIT for all the upcomming videos! I loved all the ones you did for the first season and the second, with all those changes, will be a feast for you to explain I am sure. It's like I get to watch TWO shows. Also sidenote, as a Czech seeing all the czech locations presented as different cities and places is hilarious. The show may say Paris but all I see is the corner of the building my classmate pissed on when we were on a mandatory school trip to Prague.

The first season was such an amazing surprise, I fell in love with the Vampire Chronicles all over again. I hope we get a lot more seasons!

"You can tell he's French because he's dressed like a mime". Ok, that got a chuckle out of me.

It's a shame that Bailey Bass isn't coming back for this season.

36:03 They are in the 40s in Paris which was occupied by the the Germans at the time, and historically Paris hadn't been back to normal until around the 50s. I could see there being a bit of trouble with getting larger crowds during that time. Also after WWII is when the Grand Guignol (and the copycat or actually theater in this fictional universe?)was historically starting to lose patrons.

i feel like the "all vampires are bi" comes with age. like most vamps start out homo or hetero, some bi, but as they age and they realize gender and sex etc do no matter, they become more open to the thought of a partner from the same gender. so claudia started out straight but as she aged began to notice both men and women

I have a theory (which is probably wrong) that like other vampires have powers, Armand’s power may have something to do with memory manipulation/amnesia, because he is so old and powerful. This could explain Daniel not recognising him and Luis’ narration not always seeming accurate- and why they are still together

It's been a few years since I've watched this channel and this just popped up in my recommend. It's nice, like running into an old friend.

The hand is Lestat's. If you know, you know.

I think Armand did not even put any effort into persuading Louis he is innocent. Louis persuaded himself. And I think Armand got tired of Louis and wants to quit. That's why he is not against interview. In a book they broke up before the first interview - and here they will do it on screen.

the fact that armand and louis being like this 🫥 when louis called armand the love of his life and the overall mood of the season, the upcoming season (judging from the teaser) and also rolin jones’ commentary on how he is not in fact the love of his life and loustat and armandaniel being endgame just makes me go 🥵🥵 kinda surprised you didn’t bring that up when you mentioned that scene a couple of times lol

It's my interpretation that Louis was not deliberately lying about Lestat's attempted murder, but that Armand has altered his memory? Of potentially many things?

😂🎉So glad you did this. I remember watching you breakdown the s1 trailer when it first came out in anticipation of the show and I was riveted

Oh my God! Thank you queen for your work 🖤🖤🖤

aaa been dying waiting for your reaction and break down of this trailer!!!!! ^ . ^

I was so happy when I was 20 mins in and realized the video was longer. /genuine Thank you for sharing your passions with us!

Although the time changes to season one was a little jarring. I quickly learned to accept and enjoy the new adaptation. I hope that they do film 'The Vampire Lestat '

OMGosh!! I Didn't catch the teaser until you mentioned it so Thank You Maven of the Eventide! 🙏 We're (maybe) getting Nicholas and flashes of the 18th century encounters between Armand and the Brat Prince!?!!! 😵 I can hear the violin music already. 💔 The "changes" are beautiful and add So much to our beloved tale. I'd like to think Anne Rice would really appreciate these fantastic flourishes and additions. 💕Louis and Armand still together?! Twist! Total support for the WGA & SAG/ AFTRA of course! ✊

37:22 i wonder if in this version of madeleine she’s a designer/seamstress instead of a dollmaker and that room is her atelier + if that’s correct, she might be the one that made claudia’s babydoll dress for the play. maybe that’s why she’s in the audience watching (probably already friends at this point) and then meets claudia afterwards to congratulate her for her debut… just some thoughts

The copy paste posters from Grand Guignol were just for the SD Comic-Con activation site. They're not actual promo posters for the show. The props from comic-con aren't made by the team that works on the show itself.

Maybe they'll try to play the unreliable narrator card with Louis by having him under Armand's control, considering there is a sort of precedent in the book, Armand seems to like telling stories, and manipulating them, and Louis already has had a moment of remembering what actually happened after presenting a different version of the facts...or maybe it 's just wishful thinking

I had a huge crush 😻 on Armand because of Antonio Banderas😂/ obsessed with Louis because of Brad Pitt/ spellbound with Lestat because of Tom Cruise. Let me catch up on season 1 so I can watch season 2 in sync with y’all and dust off my Anne Rice collection

I can’t wait for the new season

18:52 Something I'm kind of just stumbling on. The idea of 'age difference seems to be implemented in different ways for different genres of 'immortal' relationships. Some i'm admittedly more ok with and others. I HATE to use Twilight as a example but its the first thing that pops to my mind when thinking of 'prime examples'. Relatively young person falling in love with a 100, 200, 300 year old vampire. That I'm ok with. Two consenting adults, whatever. However in both twilight and more and more werewolf fiction i've been coming across, we get like, werewolf falling in love with someone with a decent age different and then fine waiting until.let's face it...it's legal for them to be together? Even one I read recently was like a 10 year old werewolf falling in love with a 16 or so year old and even though they would go on to know each other for several years, all the other wolves are just like 'yeah we know our 10 year old is going try to get with you when he's 17/18 and you will be 24 an that's perfectly fine with us'.....? That i'm more readily opposed to and just wondering why that seems to happen more and more with werewolves? Can i blame Stephanie Meyer for this? I kind of want too.

I am thirtsty for season 2 to start. I am looking forward to it.

Just started my rewatch.

Armand does not seem to trust Daniel alone with Louis, in modern-day. Perhaps they didn't want to make Daniel feel anymore overwhelmed or intimidated by being outnumbered by vampires in addition to being outmatched even by just one? Perhaps they thought if Daniel was going to try something untoward, like trying to slay Louis or something, Daniel would be more likely to do so if he didn't know another vampire was present; or maybe it's just the fact that Daniel tried to get Louis to turn him in the past, an act which Louis' conscience does not sit so well with except when in particularly self-destructive moods, which Armand may be wanting to safeguard Louis from or something? Or perhaps Armand is being overbearingly controlling and manipulative and insisted on being present and supervising, but maybe Louis insisted Armand do so discreetly then if he must there at all? The possibilities do go on!

48:33 "Anne Rice's characters weren't masculine enough, so now we punch holes in priest's heads" I'm actually siding the showrunners here. I don't think masculinity has anything to do with it. Sure, Lestat in the books is neat, but this is a VISUAL medium we are talking about, tv viewers need to SEE his monstrosity. There aren't a lot of ways to do it visually besides using good ol' blood and gore. Also, how boring would neat vampires be on screen lol. Side note: this whole video was so passive aggressive. I get the feeling you can't let go of the books and it's getting in the way of letting you simply enjoying a good show. That's totally fine, but why make a 1-hour breakdown filled with thinly veiled snarks and nitpicks? Why not just voice your critiques with conviction? 😭Cos this smiley happy voice + indirect hate sounds exhausting for both you and and your viewers.

I think that Daniel in the show isn't straight. Maybe that's just wishful thinking, but the way he said he was only at the club to score drugs gave me methinks-thou-doth-protest-too-much vibes.

Love your videos, will there ever be a review of the What We Do In The Shadows TV series?

I’m so excited for season 2, I loved season 1, and have seen every adaptation and read all the books, and I love them all. Thank you for this video, it was very good. I hope it comes next year, with more seasons to come.

SO EXCITED!

It's very nice when you release a video. Streams are nice but just a nice, edited shot of Maven is good for the soul

delightful video, you’re great to watch !

It’s funny that Armand makes Louie change Madeline when he refuses to turn anyone for centuries.

I still think that Armand and Louis are in a codependent relationship

In the book Marius tells Lestat that turning a lot of vampires in a short space of time makes the vampires they make weaker, He turned Gabrielle, Nicki, Louis and Claudia in a 8 year period being quite a young vampire himself. Perhaps this may explain why Claudia in the series is unable to turn others, even though she has a larger size than she did in the book, although if they stick to Lestat being turned in the 1780's like he was in the books, then that would mean that there would be around 155 or so years between Nicki and Louis, so I guess that point doesn't count either.

Another great vídeo, thanks ❤

I have really enjoyed your IWTV episode reviews and trailer explanations. I think you're hilarious, and I've learned so much about this universe from you. It has enriched my understanding of and empathy and love for these characters I discovered in the mid-80's as a queer teenager. I'm looking forward to your season 2 episode reviews and analyses of any new teasers/trailers they release before the season premiere.

🖤🦇🩸🥀 I can’t wait

I wonder if the way Louis' recollections of events were being called into question by Daniel with kind of multiple different possible versions being shown on screen was meant to hint at unreliable narration and the fact that possibly just because we see something play out a certain way or hear a certain character claim that it happened a particular way doesn't necessarily always have to mean that's actually how it did play out exactly? Or perhaps it was meant to show how fragile and open to influence Louis' mind is right then?-Like, if he is suggestible enough currently that even Daniel just openly questioning how things did or didn't happen can make Louis himself also doubt or start to question if he's remembered the way things happened correctly himself...that could be pretty significant, too. (In which case, maybe the way we saw different things happening on screen than we saw at first wasn't so much confirming that they happened but just confirming that some part of Louis himself also wondered if maybe he had known or let Lestat live on purpose too? Vampires in the books might ordinarily be meant to have more perfect recall than a human, but trauma can affect memories sometimes even when there is otherwise nothing wrong with the mind's ability to create or store memories-nevermind when things like the Mind Gift exists.) If that makes any sense. ? 😁

Bailey had such rich vocal flavour in her superior twenties accent. Bass was based as f. Every utterance from her had such musicality. Like when she said «We’re family?»

Maven, that one vampire coven member with the side burns, is he the Tremere vampire in LA by night rpg, do you know what I mean?

interesting that Armand is dressing similar to lestat from season 1 especially with the hair style

I really need to re read the books. I just realized its been about 20 years and they’ve become a little foggy 😶‍🌫️

What does Lestat do for the entirety of the 1800's if this is all taking place in the 20th century is my question, they're really going to have to stretch out the second book. You're like Sherlock Holmes with these trailer clues it's amazing ! :D

In the carriage image of Lestat wearing the red cloak, he still appears to be a vampire. His eyes were still inhumane, so I think they're going to show him as a vampire opperating the theater.

How does filming in Europe effect the actors strike? Any info would be helpful.

When I first saw santiago on a bike, I thought of david from the lost boys.

Where’s the actress who played Claudia in season 1?

What was the casting call for Rashid? Did something specific gave it away?

It actually kind of makes sense that Armand might use Marius as his last name. I mean, once upon a time, people did take on their father's names as their last names. (i.e. = Johnson, or 'de'/'von' insert-name-of-choice, etc.) And the show does almost lean too-much into all those Easter-Egg-y little "nods" or parallels or connections or whatever to other things sometimes, very clearly wanting to let those most avid of Ricean/VC fans know that they know all about certain impending character or story reveals and so on long before things actually get there(and/or just in case things never actually get to make it there maybe). ^-^ But I know that many people would probably prefer they focus more on authenticity to the lore and all than on that....and yet, personally, I dunno I think they're striking a relatively decent balance between the two and I'm kinda here for it. For some reason. 😁😊🤭🤷🤷‍♀️ I mean ..even though, in the books, they are estranged enough that Armand might purposefully avoid it-perhaps, in the tv series, he still hangs on to it a little bit more for either nostalgic or bitter reasons? idkk

I know Assad doesn’t look book accurate but I just really love him as Armand, everything about him exudes Armand’s personality to me. I still think the show is being deceptive about the timeline and about facts. I especially think Armand and Daniel’s relationship is going to be interesting considering there was supposed to be a Night Island mini show that would’ve released this fall but considering the strike who knows. I didn’t think about it until you mentioned it but at the start of the Trailer when Armand stairs at Louis from across the table in his white shirt and Louis in Black, that it felt again like an uneven power dynamic. I’ve been rereading TVL and QOD and when Lestat is first taken by Akasha to his family’s castle he states that her voice and pattern of speaking reminded him of Armand. I think considering how powerful Armand’s powers of manipulation are this entire thing is being orchestrated by him for some reason. I wouldn’t be surprised if IWTV had already been published along with TVL but Daniel has no memory of it because it was written anonymously and we know that his mind has been tampered with from season one. Lestat only had the one concert in San Francisco which Akasha interfered with so who would really remember him in 2023? It kinda fun trying to figure out this puzzle the writers have made out the VC stories.

Im just wondering how casual audiences will react to Louis' diminished role in future Chronicles seasons. He is only the star for book one, after which Lestat is the main character going forward. The show has demonstrated that they are not afraid to take liberties with the material, I wonder if such liberties will be taken to keep Jacob Anderson more active in future seasons? If not, we really won't see him much in season 3 and beyond.

Wooo!

So is this supposed to be an acknowledgement that Louis a unreliable narrator hence Claudia looking different? Since Daniel hasn't seen a picture/painting of Claudia nor (as far as we know) met her therefore Daniel is creating an image of her based on Louis and Armand's description of her.

I loved season 1. Let’s see if season 2 compares

hola me gustaria saber x que nos haz reaccionado a los nuevos trailers y clip extendidos de interview with the vampire son increibles he echado de menos tus comentarios y analisis espero tus reacciones

I am so ready to marvel at the production again!

Love this show! Cannot wait for s2 so bad!! It’s everything I wanted in a vampire show especially the gay relationship. It’s much more relatable to me for sure. I can relate to show much stronger thankfully

why no reaction to the new trailor?...

I will watch this series.

Well, Claudia seemed only aggressively straight while she was still mentally a young adult. A lot of people don't realize their sexuality outside of heteronormativity until later in life. Of course, it's only natural for vampires to be bi-, but only because they have the lifespan to indulge in such evolution as heteronormativity has more than enough time to grow stale. Also, vampire wouldn't be subjected to the same social fears that humans experience that keep many of us in the closet

My question is, who will play Lestat's mother Gabrielle?

Another great video! I have a feeling that we might get a little more of TVL that expected, based mostly on the EW picture of Lestat in the wolfkiller cloak. Maybe we get a diary of Lestat's that Armand saved and that is where we get the backstory of Lestat and Nicki up to and including the creation of the Theatre and that's where we get the Lestat flashbacks. Probably Season 2 will end with Lestat walking into the Dubai apartment, saying "My ears are burning."

Both my Daughter an I are seriously going to miss Bailey!! She was a fantastic claudia!!

I appreciate your videos about the series because I'm not a true the vampire chronicle expert, but I'm obsessed with the show. so it's nice to hear a sober counterbalance from someone who knows the story, without a toxic purist energy, the only book i read was the first one, and i've never seen much of a problem with changes in the adaptations, i understand tropes work differently for each media and I think they made the changes really interesting!!!

I cannot wait intil you get the remnants of that black haircolor finally cut out of your hair❤

Lestat is wearing a circa late 1790s cravat in the red cloak photo.. so definitely post his turning!

21:55 My guess is that's a devil's minion era flashback and that's a young Daniel somewhere in the '70s or '80s with Louis and I think that if in this version of the story Louis and Armand were still together at this point it would make sense they shared Daniel, after all Louis calls Daniel "our boy" in season 1 and Armand used to call him "my boy" back when they were still together so I think what Armand ereased from Daniel's mind were 10 to 12 of being "a bandaid for a shitty marriage" himself only this time it was Louis and Armand's marriage instead of Louis and Lestat's

It’s a shame that despite expressing pride in all of Anne’s vampires being bi, that bisexuality is completely disregarded in this video. It’s quite heteronormative to say that Claudia’s sexuality in the show is “aggressively straight” simply because when she was a teenager she was focused only on boys. As if somehow those early years in her life sealed her sexuality in amber. Like other aspects of Claudia’s life, as she ages and matures, she understands herself better. Like anyone who’s bisexual/pansexual/queer, people’s understanding of their own sexuality can change over time. And then change again. Claudia has undergone radical changes in her lifetime so why would Paris be any different? And meeting a gorgeous redhead who treats her with awe and respect and like a woman, not a girl, would be enough to make her reconsider her past romantic choices.

I've always loved all the books read and reread them over many years best for me though is Vampire Lestat didn't think I'd like the show but yeah got into it so hope season 2 will good 🦇🧛‍♀️🧛‍♂️

I just want to thank you for calling out the ridiculous distinction of "the vampire bond." You call it soul mates, I might call it a trauma bond they must resolve through their relationship...but either way it's Loustat for the win! 💞

Really glad to see you're still making content.

Please Maven, continue forever and ever to refer to old man daniel as hard-hitting journalist daniel doing his edgy hard hitting interviews the old fashioned way 😂😂😂 it never gets old for me 🎉

question, did Louis and Lestat end up together at the very end of these chronicles?...

I don't expect the strike to end anytime soon. I imagine they will have to make creative changes to the ending.

The acting is fenomenal! Specially Lestat; never thought Cruse did justice to the character in the movie. Sam, the new Lestat, is taking the character to the moon! Can’t wait dot season 2!

Can’t wait for the next season… loved your in depth analysis of the trailer.

I hope we get some of TVL as flashbacks/B plots in Season 2. Maybe the wolfkiller sequence, and Baby Vamp Lestat in Paris, early days at Renaud's maybe some of the satanic vampire coven. I don't think we will get Marius but maybe Gabrielle? It will be interesting to see.

I love how Louis is jumping from one toxic relationship straight into another

48:20 - I didn't get the impression that Daniel literally doesn't care about Louis' feelings, I just get the impression that Daniel is a.) Questioning Louis' honesty and questioning what exactly Louis' real feelings about any of these things actually truly are or not in the first place[ because of all the discrepancies from the historical interview to this one] & b.) Maybe still hedging/protecting his own feelings a bit defensively yet himself[ because he seems extremely wary/skeptical of what exactly this interview is or isn't even all about to begin with and we don't know exactly what all has or hasn't started coming back to his mind/memory yet about the previous interview or not]. Buut perhaps that's just me and my own way of interpreting thing! 🤷🤷‍♀️😁😁 🙂 ((Like, I almost feel as if maybe Daniel keeps being so hard on Louis and challenging everything Louis says so much is specifically because he does actually care and he just feels like there is much that Louis may actually be repressing and/or in denial about and/or holding back, and Daniel just wants to try and get to the actual bottom of thing or hear the honest unfiltered truth no matter how sordid or messy or painful, or to figure out if doing that is even possible? Kind of like Louis also did, back in Louis' earlier days of first knowing / being-with[ or around] Lestat, too; because vampires can get literally in your mind at times and everything with vampires can always seems just so surreal and unmooring and reality-defying/upturning/ or whatever sometimes. But Louis is just being evasive and dodgy about everything and only wants to tell his story the way he wants to about the things that he chooses to or not, and nothing else, much like Lestat used to do...to Louis and Claudia..too. And that either may or may not be by Louis' own design or because of Armand's discreet but ever-present influence hovering around at every corner, which Daniel may or may not have been somewhat pinging to too every time he questioned "Rashid" about being there and all too. Buuut, again, maybe that's just me and my own brain!!^-^ Loll))

Thanks Maven for that incredible analysis!!! :D

Morgan Ward could be Marius, I mean we learned last season that vampires become daywalkers as they get older. What's not to say that Marius has not blended into human society?

Of course Lestat isn't dead. By this point he's already feed from The Queen. One of the reasons he has abilities like flying that others do not. Beheaded and burnt is how to kill a Vampire in this world.

Unrelated: I need your hat 🖤 And that shade of lipstick.

🖤🦇🧛‍♀️

New trailer is ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut May 12!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

I guess they’re going to cut out the part from the Armand book where he alters Claudia to be a adult before…. No spoiler

I'm really really hoping that the way Armand's history with Lestat plays all the more[ if not perhaps even entirely] into exactly _why_ Armand wants Louis so badly is preserved in the tv series too!. ^-^ (And just how brilliantly manipulative Armand can be. -then again, I am also cool with it if they treat Lestat's narration or interpretation of other vampires' motives every bit as unreliably as they treat Louis' narrations and interpretations or such sometimes as well😊)

The only thing that matters is do we get Lestat back? Great actor!

My guess is the relationship between Armand and Louis is not as happy and mutual as it seems. I’m guessing Armand has blinded Louis into believing he’s happy with him.