#WWDITS finale

[nightcolorz]

the what we do in the shadows finale was unbelievably good. Three alternate endings depending on when the show airs??? Interactive meta elements?? Bittersweet homoerotic nandermo tension?? Bitter and sad season 1 episode 1 call backs?? Melancholic dread?? Everything I could possibly want from an ending are you kidding me

[milo03co]

We’re all a big family here 🖤

[your-mums-nuts]

I do find the “nothing changes, no one grows” message contradictory, but I believe that was the intention.

Some things don’t change. Laszlo’s been working on his monster for decades, the Guide doesn’t get to sing along at end, Nandor has ridiculous plans that are going to end up with Guillermo doing all of the work, Guillermo is still a black sheep.

Except they do change, Laszlo does end up finishing his monster. The guide isn’t allowed to sing, but she’s still there, casually hanging out with the vamily. Nandor builds the lair himself, with no complaints. Guillermo is still a black sheep and no one understands him but they also try because he’s their black sheep and they may not get why he’s so sad about the documentary ending but they’re trying their best to make him feel better.

Nothing changes, except when it does. No one grows, except sometimes they do.

[jeirtza]

clinically depressed nandor wanting to be human again and and the writers gave him a second djinn lamp with two unused wishes and it was never mentioned again. i hate tv

[ghostfingies]

on the wwdits ending and queerbaiting:

a lot of yall didn't live through the 90s and 2000s when off camera non-sexual not-shown-only-implied queer relationships in media were all we got. we held onto every last crumb and watched the creators deny any gay intent (because of network censorship etc.) and we just accepted it.

I do NOT want to go back to that. WWDITS brought us back to that.

the creators intentionally hit every textbook romantic beat with nandermo and teased it for years and then turned around and essentially said the fans were sick perverts for wanting them to kiss on screen when they literally showed lazlo giving bodyswapped nadja doll/colin robinson who lazlo was a father figure for backshots but noooo nandermo is too kinky because it's his boss??

don't act like it's out of character because nandor is shown to be forward with his affections towards women and sexual with men, and has spent his whole character arc searching for a wife. guillermo has spent his whole character arc coming back to his love for nandor again and again in new ways.

yes their love is pure and transcendent and whatever but showing them kiss or fuck doesn't sully that!! it deepens and confirms it!! sex is not impure!!

yes nandermo is canon, it's confirmed in the finale in the implications and stolen glances. but that is NOT ENOUGH for me. it's a cop-out.

saying "these two are kissing but only when the cameras are off" does a disservice to gay fans who remember the time when that's all we had.

if you're going to market your media as queer you have to ACTUALLY SHOW THE QUEERNESS ON SCREEN.

[beansprean]

i cant believe its canon that nandor has been edging guillermo for 6 years fkjhdkjhgkjds

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ID: 1. Waist up of Nandor and Guillermo from the finale, standing in Nandor's warmly lit crypt after Nandor describes why he will be glad when the cameras are gone. They are standing practically chest to chest, Guillermo looking up at Nandor through his lashes with a besotted and hopeful smile. He asks, "And how about...one of the other reasons?" Nandor glances down at him impassively, head held high. 2. Zoom in to shoulders up as Nandor leans down into Guillermo's space, planting his left hand on the wall behind him and tipping Guillermo's chin up with the first two fingers of the other. With a small, teasing smile and hooded eyes, Nandor hums thoughtfully in response. Guillermo's eyes drop to Nandor's mouth, cheeks flushed and still-smiling lips parting slightly in preparation. 3. Zoom in to just the bottom half of their faces. Nandor's right hand has moved to Guillermo's cheek, pressing gently into the soft skin there and pulling at his bottom lip with his thumb. Their mouths are barely an inch apart now and Nandor's is open in a silent hiss of pleasure, the tip of his tongue sliding out between his fangs to taste the air like a snake. 4. Zoom out to waist up as Nandor suddenly breaks away and flips around with a grin, tossing one hand carelessly in the air as he walks away from Guillermo towards the viewer. He says flippantly, "Actually, you know, that's it." Behind him, Guillermo startles out of seduction mode, fists clenched at his sides, and stares after Nandor with a shocked grin frozen on his red face. He internally shouts, "Tease!!" /end ID

[harveyguillensource]

Harvey and Kayvan behind the scenes, shared by crew members after the WWDITS series finale.

[life-o-n-m4rs]

feminine rage

#girlfail

[madsadeyes]

Natasia really just gave us an Emmy-worthy performance in this alternate ending.

Award her, you cowards!

source: @/torrusu_ on X

[flesh-and-fangs]

Y'all, I hate to say it, but no, Nandermo did not "go canon", in an "alternate universe" or through "implications" or otherwise. They were making fun of us. That was the point of all the little nudges and open questions that were quickly squashed. That was the point of the hypnosis ending. The point of that hypnosis was quite literally "Here, let's give the perfect fake wish-fulfillment ending to parts of our fanbase" (which is why there were three. They're fake. That's the point. The point is that they are supposed to be fantasies to appeal to people's hopes for the show).

Having Nandor and Guillermo as a classic sitcom couple set to a laugh track in a universe where none of the other characters exist was a jab at shippers who wanted Nandermo to be canon and cared more about that than the other characters or the premise of the show. They were making fun of "and they lived happily ever after" type fanwork. They were making fun of people who, in their eyes, ignored the irreverence and violence and black comedy of the show in order to make fluffy slash content. They were explicitly saying: "This is how we see you, and this is how we see what you want from this show, and we are telling you that it won't happen and we in fact have contempt for the very concept."

Why do you think they kept baiting the ship until the literal last lines of the show? They were making fun of us. They were saying "Ha! You still thought this would happen? After years of us saying it won't, to your face? Idiots." It's a comedy show, and they were making shippers the butt of the joke. They've been doing it for seasons now.

This is literally what Supernatural did back in the day. And nobody said that they made Destiel canon when they had an in-universe/alternate-universe stage play where the actors "explore Destiel". Fans back then recognized that it was a joke at their expense. That's what this is. Same as what happened in BBC Sherlock that one time, where in-universe conspiracy theorists said that Sherlock was in love with Moriarty (a ship the creators deliberately baited, mind you, same as they have here), specifically for the purpose of laughing at and making fun of that theory.

I'm so sorry, guys. I know you wanted to hope. I know you wanted to believe that the things the writers said at that con weren't true, but they were. I know because I wanted to hope too, even when I knew full well it wouldn't happen. They've been plain about how they feel about the ship for years. They saw it as a joke, one that drew in viewers, but was objectionable at its core. And they've followed through on that by baiting and jabbing up until the very end.

[baronafanas002]

It was a pleasure to know you all 🫡

[wheeloffortune-design]

When I started watching What we do in the shadows, I was very excited about Guillermo. As a fat queer latina, seeing someone like me as the protagonist of a show was revolutionary.

Six years of tentative storylines and aborted growth later, this same protagonist arrives at the end of the show, almost unchanged. Still disrespected by the ones he calls his chosen family. Taking the crumbs. Ridiculed by the narrative, 'not sexualized' by producers who make litterally every one else fuck. Stuck in a sitcom that only makes him the butt of the joke.

I think the conversation is not about queerbaiting, or Guillermo/Nandor becoming canon. That would require respect, and the makers of the show seeing Guillermo as a potential romantic and/or sexual partner. That would require Guillermo being treated as the grown ass adult he is, instead of being ridiculed from the first to the last episode.

He had glorious moments, incredible growth, that was squashed because it didn't fit the 'haha we laugh at Guillermo' running gag.

They didn't even have the decency to let him leave.

I thought I was seeing someone like me, but in the end I was watching how the producers saw people like me.

[tapiocats]

Late pre-season 5 finale angst 🩸 Esty shop

[deathdefyinggarlic]

[jeirtza]

also the fact he wasnt in the last two seasons at all. HE GAVE NANDOR A TINY LAMP AT HIS WEDDING. HE HAD TWO MORE WISHES!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ghostfingies]

sorry my last version of this meme was unfair, after some research i have replaced jemaine clement with executive producer paul simms, the real nandermo hater