Just like Luvinus in my story, Louis from Interview with the Vampire, also struggles with his vampirism. He doesn’t want to hurt humans, yet cannot help being a predator and thirst for blood. They both feel human inside, their heads spin with a million questions, yet their makers don’t tell them much, they rather mock them for being different. As I was building Luvinus, I thought about Louis and his fights with Lestat (who ended up also having a story to tell). They also loved someone dearly and have a story to tell.

Differences… well, Luvinus is a werewolf, Louis a vampire. A werewolf killing is messy and gory, vampires are seductive and neat. Louis can’t save Claudia from death, Luvinus does save Lucia - from his alpha and himself - but he lets her go with another man. Louis can still be with humans even if just at night, Luvinus can’t. While this might ease Louis’ pain, it adds to Luvinus’.

I read Interview with the Vampire a long time ago and if I recall well, Louis agreed to be transformed (please correct me if I’m wrong), Luvinus never wanted to. But in the end he will learn to embrace both his human and werewolf sides.