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WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS (2019–) — 6.04 The Railroad PRIDE & PREJUDICE (2005)

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finally got a chance to watch episode 3 of Orb, so here's some notes from when I first read chapter 4.

for the sake of due diligence, spoilers past the cut.

looking back at the episode a year later, I think I hit the nail on the head.

As people who care about european history will be eager to tell you, the real pre-copernican polish inquisition did not give this much of a shit about heliocentrism. This manga is about epistemology and the nature of scientific paradigm.

Scientific revolution and paradigm shifts as a framework were presented by Thomas Kuhn in his 1962 work The Structure Of Scientific Revolutions. He posits that scientific revolution exists in contrast to normal science, the work and knowledge that fall under preexisting frameworks, or paradigms. Normal science is the main chunk of scientific labor, the gradually increasing understanding of the world withinthe rules we assume to be true.

Normal science breaks down as the consensus slowly breaks down. Awareness of unexplainable anomalies, trying to explore the anomalies and ultimately discarding the paradigm. This is a complex sociological exchange already visible within the series (Potocki -> Hubert -> Rafal,) and it explains much of what Rafal means when he says this.

I don't find Kuhn's theory to be flawless, it relies on some arguably irrational reasoning at times, all while he acts as though scientific progress exists as a strictly linear endeavor. However, as we close volume one of Orb, I commend his theory for it's acknowledgment of the non-science that has to be involved with the disruption of dogmatic belief in paradigm. Science, and all of academia for that matter, is an endeavor of love, where we have to argue for the sake of our beliefs, where we hold the pursuit of knowledge higher than what most would consider rational.

Excitingly, this is also the most surface level of the philosophy discussed within this series, so I'm very thrilled to get into the wordier sections of the story.

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Man this might be AOTS. Crazy how slept on this is rn. Genuinely had my jaw on the floor this entire episode. I KNEW Nowak was closing in on Rafal, but I didn’t expect bro to only last 3 episodes?!! Like that’s some bold writing and it really does drive home how perilous and dangerous this time was for men of science. Incredible writing and twists.

We’re so used to our protagonists having plot armour and getting out of these situations with smooth talking and I fully expected Rafal to somehow wiggle himself out. But nope, even in the face of death he refused to sell out on his convictions and would rather die being true to himself than living a lie. Fuck, that hurt though. Rafal had so much more life to live and Hubert passed on the dream to him, guess it’s time for him to pass it on to someone else now.

I did love that whole convo with Nowak on the eve of the torture/him being put to death. Nowak’s face when Rafal showed no fear and didn’t back down was amazing. He’s so used to seeing people cry and shaking in these sort of situations, he was the scared one this time around I love it 😂.

Like Rafal said, you can’t stop the truth. You can kill the man, not the idea and it is kinda cool to have a story that goes from one protagonist to the next passing down ideals and a mission until the ultimate goal is achieved. I don’t think I’ve seen that other than Fumetsu with the MC taking different bodies

I know Potocki gonna feel like shit for selling out his own son now lmao. Guess he overestimated how much Rafal wanted to live.

Can’t wait to see the next protagonist!

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baby's first pride | WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS SEASON FIVE

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when will they learn that it never works

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I have never wanted anything more

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new niche just dropped

edit: there’s a pattern of something something wanting to protect their partners from what they know to be horrible

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The Original One and his replacements.. Dandy and a clown..

Love all three of them so much... And admire William Hartnell for playing his role in Three Doctors Episode the way he could no matter what.

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I know I've talked about this before, but I love the idea of the doctor and the master regenerating together in mysterious circumstances, and having the audience be kept in the dark about which one's which for an episode or three

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Berries 🩷

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Wall have ears. They also love gossip and having your attention 🫶✨

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Guess who showed up during my rewatch

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I am so deep in the weeds of old mark webber interviews right now

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I'm having a bad art block so this is ugly but I needed to draw the threegado version of this meme

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Can we not let the absolute class of this man go unnoticed? He couldn’t even get out of the car he was in so much pain. But he finished for the team of all people around him. He has always been so appreciative of the effort of his team, all the way back to the days when he would share his bonuses with them, to the way he would save the podium champagne for them.

Like, I just….like him so much 😭

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BONUS Alternative Companion 🔂 | Part 1 | Part 2 | BONUS 15th Doctor , Martha and River Ncuti Gatwa told his dream team in an interview, so I had to draw it. And the iconic duo 9th Doctor and Donna Noble. Nobody could have resisted their sassinest!

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My man with the best fits