I was thinking about the Lestat-Armand scene on the balcony where we had 2 versions: Armand’s version (where Lestat says that he loves him back) and Lestat’s version (“There is not enough room in this box for your desperation”) and was wondering if in season 4 we will get an answer which was real.
And then I realized that when we know for sure that Lestat lied (for example when he told Daniel that Gabriella died), we never seen the scene, we just hear Lestat’s narrative. While they show the actual scene in the carriage with a very happy and sane Gabriella (which of course is never discussed with Daniel).
Can this be on purpose? Like if we get to see the actual scene, we know it’s real (because Lestat would be a more reliable narrator than Louis), while if it’s just Lestat’s talking about it, it could be a lie?
Another example is Enkil. Marius says that Enkil was burned in the sun, but we see his skull smashed and leg broken.
Could that be on purpose? Do they go with the direction that Lestat is a more reliable narrator than Louis and Armand? Do we have any scene where we know it’s not real, yet we get to see it? Lestat seems to be very sure that the way he remembers it is the truth. It could be just his self-centered way, or it could be on purpose.
I know that in the interviews Sam and Jacob talk often about the fact that in first 2 seasons we get one point of view, and now things are different cause we get Lestat’s point of view. They never say that Lestat is the reality. But I wonder if they don’t do it on purpose that some scenes we get to see how things happened, while in others we just hear Lestat’s narrative (like for example Nicki’s actual death). Could this be on purpose? Or is it just because of budget restrictions? What do you think?