#adow season 3

[babylonqaf]

continuing my ADOW hyper fixation and I've reached the "consume as much bts content as possible" phase.. I'm genuinely so sad there's nothing publicly available in terms of discussing filming (with two pairs of twins, that has got to be interesting), or sets, or bloopers even idk

my heart has been broken by this, and also it's so annoying because now this phase of hyper fixation feels incomplete which drives me insane

[ohmyoverland]

how am I supposed to believe Benjamin Fox just left Diana alone for her whole life until she returned from the past? Is he dumb?

[butternuggets-blog]

FOR WANT OF A NAIL

@baldwin-montclair @adowobsessed @sylverdeclermont @nicki-mac-me @thereadersmuse @kynthiamoon @wheresthesunshinesblog @adowbaldwin @beautifulsoulsublime @lady-lazarus-declermont @adarafaelbarba @dogblessyoutascha

Part Thirty-Two

Summary:  Baldwin Montclair had a string of ex girlfriends, a single child, and a  lifetime longer than most people could dream of to make all kinds of  mistakes. His family knew one which kept coming out of the woodwork to  irritate him every other century.

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Twelve months later..

Baldwin pinched the bridge of his nose and bit down on a long, angry sigh.

'A. Year. You lasted one year.'

Godfrey idly scratched the spot on his neck where the assassin's bolt had gone through.

'Yes. I am quite upset about it too.'

Godfrey and his retinue had been travelling back to Jerusalem from Caesarea when he had been ambushed. His guards had dispatched most of the attackers but one of them had gotten a lucky shot in with a crossbow bolt and there were too many witnesses and too much blood for Godfrey to pull off a miraculous recovery.

They had managed some damage control by claiming that Godfrey had succumbed to illness.

'I suggested that you take over from here'

Baldwin's head snapped up.

'Not Hugh?' He realised what he'd said and felt stupid. 'Not Hugh. Philippe's plans would die in five minutes.'

'I agree. I love our brother but he cannot manage a household, let alone a kingdom.'

'Very well,' Baldwin smoothed his tunic and stood up straight. 'I humbly accept your crown.'

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'Well done' Martin breathed.

Merula was inscrutable.

'Baldwin promises to be a fair and just ruler'

'Well, if he promises..'

They watched the procession growing closer.

'They murdered thousands'

Martin looked down at the ground.

'I want them gone. I want them out of my city, my country and my life.'

'...he's my best friend.' It sounded like whining  to his ears, even though it wasn't.

Merula's eyes flashed as she turned.

'You keep him then. And the rest of the family! In fact, I insist that you do.'

[underthewingsofthblackeagle]

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[asgoodeasgold]

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The Book of Life Read Along Ch31

Matthew "stood, dumbstruck, cradling the tiny body in his large hands. There was something miraculous in the juxtaposition of a father’s strength with his daughter’s vulnerability. She stopped crying for a moment, yawned, and resumed yelling at the cold indignity of her current situation. ‘Hello, little stranger,’ Matthew whispered. He looked at me in awe. ‘She’s beautiful.’"

Matthew gets his wish and is a father again 🥹

The birth scene in Season 3 of Adow gives me all the feels 💝, superbly scripted, scored, filmed and acted by Teresa and Matthew. I cannot watch it without welling up 🥹, just stunning.

Made a video edit on IG (and FB) with the beautiful 🎶 "All through the night"

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📷 Matthew Goode and Teresa Palmer in Sky/Bad Wolf A Discovery of Witches (2022) s3:04 my edits

[psychic-refugee]

A Discovery of Witches is a great show. It has magic, intrigue, courtly politics, a dash of time travel, and overall a very solid and compelling story.

What else is great is that it’s 3 seasons and it wrapped up the story. Like they actually planned out the arcs and finished the story in 3 seasons. No cliffhanger. No stretching out the source material to wring out as much IP as they can for as long as they can.

It’s almost a damn miracle they actually told a cohesive story, and it wasn’t bogged down with greed by beating a dead horse for 8 to 15 seasons only to rush the ending and totally obliterate the characters.

I also really like to see fantasy/magical setting in the adult world and played by adults. And not just any adults, but academics and scientists.

I feel like so many stories villainize higher education by making characters snooty or outright the villain who thinks they know what the world needs. These are well educated people trying to make the world a better place through their expertise.

The show starts off with the main character presenting her research and then doing more research, while trying to make a deadline. Like, so relatable honestly.

I’m at a place where I still love fantasy settings, specifically witches, werewolves, and vampires but many shows still revolve around high school/teenagers. While those stories can be fun, I’m just outgrowing that genre.

Teen fandoms also, I’ve come to see through adult eyes, are just so toxic. There’s really just none of the BS in ADoW fandom that I’ve seen in fandoms focusing on YA/Teen IP.

I’m also fairly new to ADoW, so maybe I just haven’t seen it yet but so far I like what I’ve seen.

[pleasereadmeok]

Before the KISS ....

I do like that slight hesitation - almost asking for permission.

A Discovery of Witches Season 1 Episode 3

📷ADOW S1:03 my edit

[saatu]

we should all thank adow for exploring satu and diana's relationship, even if they destroyed it all in season 3

[sirenascelestiales]

So…I just gave lots of stuff to write down and think about and figured I’d do so on the public journal that is my tumblr.

been watching lots of tv lately:

Heartstopper season 3 (loved it! I’m glad younger gens have this very cute but still serious topic show that isn’t just like a drag about hardships)

I made it to s1e7 of sense8 and idk if it’s cause of how much cast there is but like I don’t find myself curious about their connection or much about their lives? I find myself caring more about Capheus’ storyline and wishing they fleshed it out more and about Kala and Wolfgang’s chemistry and wanting to learn more about that than any of the others tbh 🤷‍♀️ I mostly get annoyed at Sun’s and Nomi’s storyline but not like “I wanna know what happens” more like “this is too annoying to watch” I think I’m gonna give up on it as I stopped 2weeks ago now and haven’t feel like watching

I’ve made it to season 4 of Sex and the City, that show benefits from being 30 mins instead of the hour cause some episodes I’m like “no that’s not good in 2024” but also I don’t hate Carrie as much as everyone seems to? Don’t get me wrong the focus should have been on Samantha, I agree with that. But Carrie just seems like any other woman looking for love and gets blinded by that to me? She’s a better friend I think to Miranda than she is Charlotte and Sam. Despite all of them calling each other best friend I know some people our age back in like Middle school said that’s the title for 1 person not multiples. Anyway, it’s entertaining enough, idk how Carrie chose Big over 90s John Corbett but they’re both kinda terrible so they deserve each other?

besides what I’ve watched of SATC I only knew that someone has breast cancer (I think Miranda) and then a baby (I assume Charlotte who has a wet blanket for a husband, who should marry his mother so I hope she like finds another WASPy man to marry) and anyway I was going to say it does feel like a real friend group and that’s why I’ve stuck with it more than Sense8

A discovery of witches! Short about 8 episodes per season, 3 seasons and I’m done already! It’s been a super fun random little show! I’m on the waitlist to read the first book at my library and honestly the only gripe I have for this “twilight for graduate students” 🤣 is gallowglass’s love came out of NOWHERE and the demons are useless they should have had some semblance of power beyond “influential” and I had to Google why they were allegedly powerful. Otherwise it wasn’t even that clear if they were like immortal (I assume so cause of Hamish).

Watched Interview With the Vampire and obviously that’s been my favorite; best show, best acting, (Adow is probably the prettiest looking show cause of the locations but it’s also AMC so kudos to those ppl👏 ) no notes! Excited for season 3

onto life!

my doggo was sick last week. $800 later, vet told me he ate something bad and had a bacterial infection in his GI system. He is better now 💕 back to barking at the kids who wait for the bus in front of our house. 🐶

Work: I’ve now made like 5 massive typos across like 3 mass emails, one of them to our external community and 😩

logically, it’s not the end of the world. And everyone was cool about it (I discovered them all post-send but before someone could tell me 😅 so I was somewhat prepared) but I feel like a failure at my (new) job as it is communications. And even my boss was like “don’t be too hard on yourself, it happens” but like ITS EMBARRASSING

😭

Personally, I’m learning how to swim! Signed up back in summer idk when? Started late September and have 2 more lessons to go! I can’t breathe! I either hold my breath the entire time or when I move my head out of the water to breathe I move too much of my body (according to the instructor) and lose my not balance but it’s not swimming properly anymore.

I need to find a way to move my legs, arms and head in a rhythm that allows me to properly swim. However! I really enjoy being in the water! I’m learning at the rec center that only has 1 pool and it’s constantly booked for lessons but free most of the weekend midday to afternoon. But! There’s a local aquatics center that is almost a little bit closer but a bit expensive ($55/month what I used to pay for a gym back when I went during college) that holds Zumba and yoga in the pool and just lets you swim daily (no weekends tho 😒) so I’m debating! Bc I’ve never liked working out or the gym but I enjoy yoga and Zumba and being in a pool! So we shall see.

in other news, went to a cider festival in early September and haven’t had alcohol since (not purposefully just realized it last week) so I’m trying sober October and 😒 never has it felt more like there’s only alcoholic activities available than now just after committing myself to it! Didn’t tell anyone either and last night when I went out with friends they all were weird about me saying I didn't want to drink! Which huh 🤔 didn’t realize my friends were weirdos, we were at a bar and I said I’d be the DD (we have driven there before and ended up with Ubers when we realize we shouldn’t drive). Point is now it’s out of spite 😈

I don’t think my friends are terrible I just also don’t think we’ve ever had like a sober due to past abuse of alcohol or substance friend 🤷‍♀️ that I know of

also helped that weird sorta crush I had on a friend of a friend, since I stayed sober I realized he’s gunning for another friend of a friend and if she’s his type I am not (they’re both heavily tattooed and she’s very skinny and goth - I am 0 tattoos, chubby and not super girly but I wore a pink polka dot top! So not a match! 🤣)

Feels good to write that all down…

[pleasereadmeok]

On to epsiode 4 in the ADOW season 3 #RealTimeWatch

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[0ut-of-my-head]

You're asking me to believe in witches and blood-raged vampires? I mean, you realize how this sounds? I mean, sure, as a scientist, I'm trained to suspend disbelief until something is disproven, but without any evidence, you're asking a hell of a lot from me. I know.

[sarademian]

A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES 3.05

[butternuggets-blog]

FOR WANT OF A NAIL

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Part Seventy

Summary:  Baldwin Montclair had a string of ex girlfriends, a single child, and a  lifetime longer than most people could dream of to make all kinds of  mistakes. His family knew one which kept coming out of the woodwork to  irritate him every other century

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Vera Lindberg was having a lovely work trip.

She stretched, watching the sun rise slowly outside the hotel window onto the Oxford streets below. She had plans to go to the shopping district again after breakfast, before heading to the Bodleian exhibit on valentines' cards. She had been to their other exhibit on John Aubrey twice; anymore and she would attract too much attention.

She slipped out of bed and down to the river, striding along the footpath in sneakers and Prada. She kept the corner of her eye on the figure rowing alongside her; Diana Bishop had excellent upper body strength and it was pleasant to see how swiftly she cut through the water in her boat.

She ducked behind a tree, fiddling with a shoelace as she stared, half-lidded, across at the gangly figure watching Diana disappear and re-emerge under the small river arch. Matthew de Clermont. How deliciously ironic.

She shadowed Diana to the boat shed but left before her, going back to her hotel suite to change and have breakfast.

Surströmming (a flick of her wrist and a cool breeze carried off the smell) on flat bread with sour cream and paprika ; another slice of flatbread, this one with butter, tomato and cucumber. Black coffee and a cup of orange juice; clear away the dishes and leave the tray for the bell boy, slip into a pair of Birkenstocks and head out the door.

Vera fingered her necklace as she walked down the high street. She could have worn something a little more subtle than Christopher John Rogers but she had just bought the dress so a cloaking charm was her one concession to subtlety. Mortal eyes slid over her, seeing whatever it was other people thought would fill the space.

She spent a pleasant few hours indulging her passion of good food and drink, poking around boutique cheese stores and wine cellars and buying fresh ingredients in poky little shops that had settled into the bookish town a hundred years before.

Eventually she hailed a taxi for her groceries and one for herself, speeding in the opposite direction of the hotel to a cafe for lunch, and on to the Bod.

The exhibition was being shown in the Proscholium, the entrance hall of the Bod, so Vera actually had to step back to let a busy Diana Bishop bustle past. She couldn't follow her up the stairs into the Duke Humfrey's Library, she wasn't sworn in, but she was being paid to be a professional loiterer today so she went slowly around the exhibit and slowly through the gift shop.

She felt it building slowly.

The hairs on the back of her neck tingled. She hurried to a far corner and sat in a visitor's chair, waving off a concerned staff member with a quick 'Stomach upset, nothing to worry about.'

The lights flickered.

Her blood pressure spiked. She gripped the chair, hands clawed on the armrests as she forced herself not to panic.

You're a professional. So what if you can't breathe? You're working, you're a professional.

She couldn't move either. Blood turned to lead was pushing her back against the chair, ramrod straight and unable to fight the spell.

And just like that it was over.

She covered her gasp for air with a hand, transforming it into a cough. She bought an overpriced silk scarf to get the staff to forget about the strange black woman with heterochromia who had had a fit in the back of their store and walked out, crossing the courtyard and slinking down an alleyway just in time to avoid both Matthew Clermont dashing towards the library and Diana Bishop leaving it.

She found a pay phone, slipped the temporary debit card into the slot and dialled the number she'd memorised.

'Who is this?'

'Diana Bishop has found the Book of Life,' Vera enunciated clearly.

'What?' Baldwin Montclair demanded, but Vera had already hung up.

[apinchofm]

♡ ULTIMATE SHIPS MEME ♡:  Current OTP's

↳ Marcus Whitmore & Phoebe Taylor in A Discovery of Witches (2018 - 2022)

“But here’s the thing, Phoebe.” Whitmore lowered his mouth until it was inches from her ear and dropped his voice to a whisper. “Unlike the men who have taken you out to dinner and perhaps gone back to your flat for something afterwards, your propriety and fine manners don’t frighten me off. Quite the contrary. And I can’t help but imagine what you’re like when the icy control melts.”

[underthewingsofthblackeagle]

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[asgoodeasgold]

The Book of Life Read Along Ch3

‘Neither of you is leaving my sight until I find out how that witch tricked a blood vow from a dead vampire.’ Baldwin’s voice was low with menace.

...

‘Maybe your timewalking will be enough to satisfy questions about the blood vow, but only the blackest of magics – or infidelity – can explain this pregnancy,’ Baldwin said, relishing his brother’s discomfort. ‘The children cannot be yours, Matthew.’ ‘Diana is carrying my children,’ Matthew said, his eyes dangerously dark. ‘Impossible,’ Baldwin stated flatly. ‘True,’ Matthew retorted. ‘If so, they’ll be the most hated – and the most hunted – children the world has ever known. Creatures will be baying for their blood. And yours,’ Baldwin said.

‘You may be head of the family, Baldwin, but never forget that I am its assassin,’ Matthew growled."

Baldwin really knows how to push his brother Matthew's buttons - threatening his wife, his unborn children and refusing to believe Phillipe bestowed a blood vow upon Diana, all of this when the vampire was already feeling all blood ragey on account of being mated.

Returning to the 21st century is not all it's cracked up to be, even if the plumbing is better.

A close up of that beautiful angry face

Also can we have a round of applause for Adow's costume department yet again? These dark fitted suits Matthew Goode is wearing in season 3, I can't find the words 🫠

📷 Sky/Bad Wolf A Discovery of Witches (2022) s3:01 my edits