dictee

miss lily does sooo much rhetorical work in this show like. she’s a stand-in for louis to lestat (“pair of misfit beauties” “miss lily proved a poor replacement”—a pretty thing to be won). she has the same class position as claudia and what lestat says about killing them is almost identical (“and cut off that wonderful life she was living?” “she was a destitute little girl destined to live an inconsequential little life”). she’s the embodiment of louis’s ability to perform and contort himself into a role (telling claudia he can lie to lestat in the trolley scene). and she’s like daniel—getting paid to sit in a room and listen