History YMMV / InterviewWithTheVampire2022

* BestKnownForTheFanservice: People who haven't watched the series, but who have seen animated gifs of Season 1 on social media know it as the show with [[ZeroGSpot "floating / levitating gay vampire sex"]] and "the blond guy [[note]]Lestat is the prime MrFanservice character[[/note]] who's often naked."

** Lestat is an awful, ''awful'' person, but his backstory is genuinely horrific. He was abused by his father and brothers, and then was kidnapped by a SerialKiller who turned him into a vampire and then killed himself in front of him, leaving Lestat to figure out the "rules" of vampirism by himself. It doesn't excuse his actions one bit, but still, ''no one'' deserves what he went through.

* LoveToHate: Carrying over from the book fandom, dragging Lestat is a time-honored pastime. Virtually ''no one'' excuses his actions, even those that love him and/or ship him with Louis. He's among many fans' favorite characters, but he's also mercilessly ragged on for being a lousy boyfriend, a terrible parent, a SerialKiller, and a [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking pretentious drama queen]].

*** Louis and Tim: younger, PrettyBoy, has a hairy chest, Catholic, experiences {{Gayngst}} (although they both [[LateComingOut eventually come out of the closet]]), monogamist, submissive, {{Uke}}, BadLiar. Their lover often addresses them with an AffectionateNickname, they're both called a saint on one occasion, and they were held in a BridalCarry. They're also treated as their lover's PropertyOfLove.

** Anyone who's a fan of ''IWTV'''s first season will naturally be inclined to love ''Series/FellowTravelers''. Although they're part of different genres (GothicHorror vs. conventional drama), what they share in common is that they're both QueerRomance {{Period Piece}}s (the earlier {{Flashback}}s are set during an era in the 20th century when homosexuality was illegal in America, and a lot of the BackgroundMusic are jazz songs) about two men who are in a [[DestructiveRomance toxic]], [[ForbiddenLove forbidden]], LoverAndBeloved SecretRelationship, and [[AnachronicOrder the story constantly jumps back and forth between the past and the present]]. There are also some similarities between Lestat and Hawkins Fuller, and between Louis and Timothy Laughlin.

*** Louis and Tim: younger, PrettyBoy, has a hairy chest, Catholic, experiences {{Gayngst}} (although they both [[LateComingOut eventually come out of the closet]]), monogamist, submissive, {{Uke}}, BadLiar. Their lover often addresses them with an AffectionateNickname, they're both called a saint on one occasion, and they were held in a BridalCarry.

*** Moreover, both Lestat and Hawk are [[ItsAllAboutMe self-serving and selfish]]; they're manipulative and withhold information; they love their mother, but hate their father; they keep a souvenir of their FirstLove, a young man who died in the past; they maintain a long-term relationship with a woman, but their true love is a man; they're {{Hypocrite}}s because they have other sexual partners, but become [[GreenEyedMonster very jealous]] when their beloved shows interest in someone else; they're guilty of ParentalHypocrisy and [[HatesTheirParent their child detests them]]; [[DomesticAbuser they've committed physical violence against a male lover]].

*** Lestat and Hawk: older, handsome, has a smooth torso, HollywoodAtheist, unashamed about being attracted to men, [[ReallyGetsAround promiscuous]], domineering, {{Seme}}, ConsummateLiar. They seduce respectively the man who becomes their SecondLove...
*** Louis and Tim: younger, PrettyBoy, has a hairy chest, Catholic, experiences {{Gayngst}} (although they both [[LateComingOut eventually come out of the closet]]), monogamist, submissive, {{Uke}}, BadLiar. Their lover often addresses them with an AffectionateNickname, and they're both called a saint on one occasion.

*** One partner never tells the other "I love you" in person, although [[LoveConfessor they do admit their true feelings for their beloved to someone else]].