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Nandor is projecting hard, telling Laszlo to let Sean die because no human is special. He's still so hurt over Guillermo.

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It's sweet how quickly Laszlo jumped to Sean's defense when he heard him shouting. Even if it turned out to just be a game on TV.

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I don’t know why I doubted Nadja about the shapeshifters. She’s literally always right. I mean, she was right about the ghosts, she was right about the witches - she is literally never wrong

I am so sorry I didn’t listen to you Nadja I really should have learned by now

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I like how many callbacks to previous episodes showed up in this episode. It helps a show that plays fast and loose with continuity feel more complete. Guillermo wearing a "Yas, Sean" shirt. Laszlo's dad saying rotten soldier. Many references to the ghost episode, including Colin's grandma. Laszlo's car returning. And of course, finally acknowledging again that Laszlo raised Colin and hinting at the emotional toil the loss of their parent-child relationship took on Laszlo. The only thing that caught me off guard is that Nandor's shape-shifting girlfriend was a opossum girl and not Gail, the werewolf. All in all, this was a great episode that helped the wwdits universe feel more lived in.

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Aww. I want to give both Colin and Laszlo a hug. This is the episode of Daddy Issues.

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this is like a new kind of fucked up to watch laszlos dad and colin hug and bond right in front of him while laszlo was the one who raised colin but hes now a grown man and colin doesnt even remember laszlo doing any of that but laszlo doesnt trust his father but hes being so nice to the boy/man laszlo raised laszlo lost his father and his boy but theyre right there? and theyre hugging?

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OMG. They've acknowledged Laszlo raising Colin for the first time since season 4! I knew it still bothered Laszlo that Colin doesn't remember Laszlo raising him. That he misses that family bond with him. He absolutely is going to be jealous of his dad being Colin's father figure.

And Laszlo's dad said rotten soldier.

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But can we talk about how powerful nandor is? like yeah, he might be a bit silly, and not in touch with the modern world, but if he wanted to, he could have already conquered whatever the fuck he wanted to. (he built an army, and jerry is still looking at maps over there).

like let's just start by pointing out that nandor didn't need to be a vampire to accomplish all these great things that he wanted in life. vampirism only made him more dangerous. nandor has always had too much power in his hands, that he tends to misuse, but that's actually a good thing for the people around him because if not, the truth is that they would be fucked.

He was born in a position of privilege, one that put him later on in his life in positions of power, he was a leader who did fucked up shit. As a vampire, he can hypnotize thousands, but even if he couldn't, nandor knows how to attract people to him when he puts his mind to it, as we were able to see, but guess what? he also has doing everyone around him doing whatever shit he wants, because rarely people can say no to him. What nandor wants, nandor gets (even the stupidest of things).

Now. Don't get me started with his pyrokinesis. The dude can create and manipulate fire. Like come on, you know all the batshit crazy things that he could be doing with that? people should be thankful that he's not going around acting in unhinged ways.

He's a formidable warrior, the fact that he live as long as he did as a human, through battles and wars, and the guy didn't get killed? i don't know, but I think that says a lot about his kills. he also can use a large variety of weapons, so now imagine. This guy who's the greatest warrior of his time, gets the strength and the speed that comes with vampirism. he becomes a fucking killing machine (not like he wasn't one already), but now he's unstoppable and on top of that, immortal!

As i said in the beginning of this post, time and time again nandor has been given power, too much power I should say. he even got those 52 wishes and the things my guy here could have accomplished with them? ridiculous! but he was feeling silly, so... he decided to have fun instead. Good for him.

Now, we now he conquered places and won wars, and while his years as a ruler were bloody, it seems like he did a lot of Al Quonoudar when it comes to territory. What I'm trying to say is that he's a good strategist, he's good, no he's the best at what he does. he excels in what he was trained and taught to do (and even the vampire community acknowledges this).

People always like to underestimate him (the fandom included. it's true.), say that in a battle he stands no chance. That X, Y, and Z are more could easily demolish him, that he can't do shit for himself, but like excuse me, he's the oldest vampire in that house, look at all the shit that he can do, so no. He's the strongest and most powerful piece in that chessboard, mam. Nandor could go on a killing spree and no one could stop him.

This latest season really brought forward this qualities of his that had always been there. Nandor can be competent, he can be assertive, he really just chooses not to, but if he did! well, we saw what can happen when he is.

nandor is powerful, skillful, and dangerous in more than one way, and yes! smart when he needs to be.

And i make this post, because some people have made him into this character that's just an idiot with 0 qualities, and those qualities that he does have, are always being diminished to make other characters look better (yes. to make guillermo look better. i said it, which is highly unnecessary because he can shine on his own).

It's not that he can't do shit, the fact is that he doesn't want to.

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so jordan is going to fire guillermo, right? we know they’re a shitty company and we know he’s a shitty manipulative boss. his speech at that dinner seemed to foreshadow as much.

and guillermo is going to realise he cast aside the people who DID (finally) care about him and have his best interests at heart. and the one person who had always protected him and always wanted him around.

guillermo is so naive this season he’s about to get such a rough lesson in humanity

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ohhhhh so they're trying to figure out how to stay in each other's lives without the comfort and structure of defined roles, meaning they would actually have to intentionally choose one other and be vulnerable about their mutual love and care. okay

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Nandor lassoing Colin from far away just reminds me of how attracted I am to competent Nandor. He's not here often, but when he is * chef's kiss *

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Damn. How many times can Nandor get broken up with. His heart's already burnt, and Guillermo's here stomping the ashes.

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I'm kinda loving the Baron/Sire domesticity on display here. Now they're hosting dinner parties with blood-based foods.