#Them: The Covenant

[horrorhouse]

Them: The Scare

If you haven't seen the first season (Them: Covenant), I highly recommend seeing it, not only because it's an excellent series but because it connects to the new season (Them: The Scare) and really brings everything together nicely for (hopefully) a third season.

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD

First off, this series isn't a thriller. It's horror combined with whodunit and a little history. It's the late 1980s and early 1990s in Los Angeles, and the Rodney King beating just took place. We're a year away from the riots and Detective Dawn Reeve (Deborah Ayorinde) is investigating a grisly murder at a foster home. Meanwhile, Edmund Gaines (Luke James) is gearing up for his shift at Cheddar's (think Chuck E. Cheese) as their pig mascot to entertain the kids. He's also a wannabe actor who just can't make the cut. When an opportunity comes for him to get the lead in a slasher film, he decides to be a method actor, and things go downhill from there.

The deaths are especially frightening - bodies contorted into horrific human pretzels. Eyes wide open. Mouths twisted in fear. It's almost reminiscent of The Ring. At one point, Detective Reeve questions a young boy about what he's seen and he gives her a piece of candy. He says he's only seen "the red-haired man" in his mirror. Maybe this is referencing Candyman?

Then we get to the big twist in the final two episodes - it turns out Detective Reeve and Edmund are brother and sister. Twins, in fact. Not only that, but Edmund is already dead.

The connection between season 1 and season 2 not only shocks but it brings depth to what happens in the end and also what could happen in future seasons. I really hope it gets picked up again!

[lostinaflashforward]

THEM - Recensione della prima stagione

Nella giornata di ieri su Amazon Prime Video è arrivata la seconda stagione di Them, la serie antologica horror creata da Little Marvin. Per l'occasione, eccovi la recensione sulla prima e inquietantissima stagione.

RECENSIONE STAGIONE 1

[luckyyharms]

if anyone complains about no agathario I'm going to punch them in the face LOOK AT LILIA LOOK AT HER. SHE'S FINALLY FOUND PEACE WITH HERSELF ANDBHER POWERS. SHE HAS A COVEN. LOOK AT HER

(further rant in tags)

[platoapproved]

armand + being annoyed with the coven

[snailsfall]

[mmelolabelle]

The gentle, encouraging nod Claudia gives Madeline when Santiago offers her the chance to renounce Claudia and join the coven just breaks me – not just because Claudia’s used to not being someone’s first choice and expects Madeline to take the offer, but because she loves Madeline and wants her to save herself. Claudia is a little older than Madeline, and has much, much more experience of horror and violence, and better understanding of what is about to happen to them. She gives her lover permission abandon her and save herself and smiles when she does it. When it comes down to it, nothing to be done and no way out, Claudia is willing to let the person she loves, the one person that’s hers, go and leave her.

Which makes her a stronger person and much better partner than Lestat, Louis, or Armand. For what it was worth (nothing and everything) in that moment, right and the end, she broke the cycle. Claudia loves better and truer than any of them — and I hope it fucking haunts all three of them forever.

[jubshead]

Sorry, but u guys CANNOT convince me these women are into men

[nashvillethotchicken]

I stand with Louis no matter what. If either lestat or armand did that shit to me and people talked about me the way they talk about louis on here and on twitter you're gonna see me in history books

[shinramyunnoodles]

The Kiss of Death

[nightbeamed]

RAINE WHISPERS I LOVE YOU

[child-of-the-danube]

I'm still in my Lilia brain rot era and I keep thinking about her and Agatha, and their dynamic and parallels.

Like, Agatha is a dick to everyone from the start, even Teen, but she's extremely chill and even, for her being who she is, weirdly respectful towards Lilia. Maybe it's because of the age, maybe it's because Lilia was the only one to show she still had true power when they first met, maybe it's because they share experience and persecution the younger ones don't truly understand, maybe Agatha just has a soft spot for those who are very clearly outcasts and weirdos.

The only sting at Lilia I can recall is calling her "Dory" in the last trial lmao

She never once questions or mocks her gaps. Hell, she said "we came to the right place" AFTER she saw Lilia scream her head off in ep2 over, to them, nothing. "Hmm, this bitch a lil bonkers, but that's exactly what I like and need :)"

She told Lilia that she couldn't take her power unless she's blasted with it - something she was certainly aiming for if the door didn't open and that ended up saving them in ep2 when she was using her ye old technique of being a menace. She may have told it to her only to get her in, but that's a big minus to her plan B.

When everyone had their hallucinations, Agatha didn't mock Lilia when she was, once again, "being weird". She believed her and reassured her in a soft tone that it was ok.

One interaction I found really funny is in ep3 when Teen asks about a sous vide machine and Agatha turns to Lilia with that "What the fuck is that? That wasn't around in our time" look

Usually when one of them starts spewing wisdom, someone will give a snarky remark, usually Agatha, but when they were talking about summoning a new green witch, Agatha let Lilia speak and was the only one who, at least somewhat, listened to her advice (50/50 but still haha). It was Lilia after all who was the first one to, tho reluctantly, agree to Agatha's idea of summoning a back up green witch.

Also the way Agatha looks at Lilia when she calls Jen out for giving Sharon only one dose of antidote when she had two glasses of wine. It's just so "mmm 😈 I like this one"

Agatha's first choice for "who could possibly play piano" wasn't Alice. Ya know the daughter of a rock goddess who would be the most logical choice. It was Lilia and I find that sweet and a lil funny too.

Lilia didn't tell Agatha's Salem story with judgement, even if she said "when Agatha killed her original coven". It was delivered as mere fact to explain the story.

Then when Evanora showed up and Lilia looks angry and almost disgusted at what she's hearing her say to Agatha. Even after Alice's death, she didn't jump on Agatha's back and accuse her. She let her be cause she was clearly distraught.

Agatha "I'm not drinking the poison. You can suffer but I won't!" Harkness jumped on Lilia and covered her with her own body in the latest episode when the sword was about to impale her. And then she let her do her magic even if it didn't seem to work as the ceiling was still falling and even if she thought tarot was bullshit. She trusted she knew what she was doing.

And the look they give eachother when Lilia reveals Rio is Death. Lilia's face reads as terrified, but more than terrified, she seems to have a moment of compassion. It's the look of "How deeply fucked must your life have been that the only one that ever showed you love and kindness is the one who everyone else sees as the bringer of pain?". Death broke Lilia's heart many a time, but in that moment she understood, she broke Agatha's heart too in even worse ways.

AGATHA LIKED HER! SHE LIKED HER FROM THE START AND RESPECTED HER! AND LILIA LIKED HER TOO, DESPITE THE INITIAL SUSPICIONS!!!

I need to know what her reaction to finding out Lilia sacrificed herself to kill the threat that was specifically after her will be. Will she brush it off and pretend she doesn't care to keep appearing stern and emotionless or will this be the thing that finally makes her realise people care for her? Cause Agatha has never had anyone, except literal Death, show her kindness, much less sacrifice themselves so she could keep living. And I find it beautifully poetic that the one other person Death has known well for centuries, who Death has acknowledged by name in that coven, was the one to do that.

Again, I'm aware that this is just my brain rot speaking, but Lilia was truly the MVP. She's the one with wisdom, the biggest experience, the one with seemingly most patience, the hype man ("Jennifer, look what you did", "It was all for you", "Don't worry, baby. We're cool"). Her trial is the only one where the rest was in fact not needed and was of no help. Actually, all they did was make it worse. The first three trials depended on teamwork. Lilia's was truly solvable ONLY by Lilia.

Anyways, Lilia mentally adopted Agatha and realised she truly was part of her coven and therefore worth dying for and I will never fucking recover 💔💔😭😭

[puppyeared]

Callbacks to older episodes

[evlqueennicole]

I don’t really know what this is but enjoy

[weregonnabecoolbeans]

Lilia reading freshly thirteen year old, completely innocent and oblivious William Kaplan’s future and being like:

Okayyyyy lemme just un-know that real quick so it doesn’t haunt me forever🥲

I can’t properly express how much I love her

[platoapproved]

It did not hurt me then. It did not shake me. I was too pale of soul, too numbed, too used to seeing all things as figments in a series of unconnected dreams. - The Vampire Armand

[mimir-anoshe]

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field.

I'll meet you there.

~ Rumi.

I am a poet for memes, but I'm not this good, so no not my poetry. These are my gifs though; you can tell by the graininess. Oshamir is the poetry in my heart, and the song in my soul. Goodbye goodbye goodbye, you were bigger than the whole sky💜... My fallen stars.