Hmm. That's very interesting. I enjoy the series, and I'm hoping the lack of religious motivation for Armand is because we're following the first book (and realistically, we don't learn those things about Armand until his own book. Even from Marius talking to Lestat, I don't feel like the religous importance comes through clearly).
I like series!Armand but I don't think Louis looks much deeper than the surface of him. Louis' attracted to him but he's not very curious. He's just not.
In the show, they do talk about good and evil in the cafe, the discussion is there, but it feels... hmmm. It feels like Louis trying on a new trend, a modern philosophy, "isn't this fun and modern to think about?" It feels like Armand's debating it as a point of interest, but that could be Louis' POV -- perhaps Armand truly means it. Perhaps he has pondered these things for a long time.
We did see Armand pray as "Rashid" and he knew details when Daniel quizzed him. We have no way of knowing if that was Armand the Theatre Kid playing a part, or if he does miss that belief, even if it was shattered centuries ago. If that's something he knows when the rest of his childhood is lost to him; if he still remembers how prayers go and thinks a house of god should be the graceful lines of a mosque not the glittering spectacle of a cathedral.
I'm hoping the series does something with it later, lets us see Armand considering god and being a good Muslim, because that would be a slightly new way of looking at it. Realistically, I think you could weave that in to something told from Armand's POV -- but it's also a restriction of TV. You need to keep viewers engaged and frequently you can't give the same level of backstory.
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I like series!Armand but I don't think Louis looks much deeper than the surface of him. Louis' attracted to him but he's not very curious. He's just not.
In the show, they do talk about good and evil in the cafe, the discussion is there, but it feels... hmmm. It feels like Louis trying on a new trend, a modern philosophy, "isn't this fun and modern to think about?" It feels like Armand's debating it as a point of interest, but that could be Louis' POV -- perhaps Armand truly means it. Perhaps he has pondered these things for a long time.
We did see Armand pray as "Rashid" and he knew details when Daniel quizzed him. We have no way of knowing if that was Armand the Theatre Kid playing a part, or if he does miss that belief, even if it was shattered centuries ago. If that's something he knows when the rest of his childhood is lost to him; if he still remembers how prayers go and thinks a house of god should be the graceful lines of a mosque not the glittering spectacle of a cathedral.
I'm hoping the series does something with it later, lets us see Armand considering god and being a good Muslim, because that would be a slightly new way of looking at it. Realistically, I think you could weave that in to something told from Armand's POV -- but it's also a restriction of TV. You need to keep viewers engaged and frequently you can't give the same level of backstory.