#on to the next episode

[thedonkeyofyourdreams]

the bastard son and the devil himself rewatch

Ep. 5

You know what they say. It does not matter how slow you go, as long as you do not stop. And that is how I see my rewatching adventure. 

Episode 5 is a good one. Maybe I like it because we don’t spend much time with Jessica and Soul, but rather get to see the trio bond. As they are walking through the forest, Gabriel is leading the way and Annalise (and sometimes Nathan) keep asking typical childlike question - “Are we there yet?” - but not only is Gabriel not a GPS, he is also not all that mature himself, and so responds in an equally childish way. I just appreciate that since it is in this episode they grow closer and Gabriel starts teasing them about sexuality. 

Annalise is faced with fairborns not necessarily being the good ones after finding burned up corpses. “They wouldn’t do this” - um, yeah they would sweetie, your daddy wouldn’t even break a sweat over it. They reach the farm, Nathan uses his papi to get the good will of the scary blood witches, which is smart if no one mentions the prophecy. Hostility turns into hospitality. 

I quite like their days at the farm. How Gabriel teases Nathan with sex. “Shagging sounds like something you’d do to a carpet” STRONG AGREE! Also, the way Gabriel looks at Nathan in this scene. He might be oogling the strong dude at the farm, but judging by him being with Clark before this, his type might not be body builders after all. 

The bloods teach us more about their kind - how there are a few lucky ones with the ability to take other’s powers. How it is a cultural thing, something beautiful, to eat the hearts of your family and loved ones to keep their gifts in the family. How the fairborns killed Marcus’ mother, meaning that he couldn’t get all of the powers she had gained through her time, and that he now ate the hearts of those he killed to make up for it. Sure, he looks a little less barbaric now, but not enough to convince us he’s necessarily ‘gooder’ than the fairborns. Just as bad maybe. 

Bed scene. Of course there is only one bed. Nathan in the middle, Annalise has no wish to be sandwiched, strangely. Gabriel does not seem too bothered, he has spooned people in small beds before I’m guessing. It feels like Annalise is trying to show Nathan that she is ready to bone at the next opportunity. They have a little moment together in the bed. Then boom, morning and we get this gem

This is when I for real started shipping the trio first time around. I love how unbothered Annalise is also. Just two snuggly boys. Soon after, Gabriel invites Nathan to visit him when everything is done, so that he can learn to let his hair down. Can we just take a moment to imagine this? What if they got to Mercury, no prob, here’s your blood, Soul falls off a boat and drowns, and Nathan visits Gabriel in Paris for a weekend of “debauchery” (G’s word, not mine). If no one has written that fic yet, please do. 

There is such a nice vibe to the farmhouse scenes. The light, the plants, Odette singing. It feels cozy - except for when they mention stuff like killing people. Nathan and Annalise go to catch chickens, and it looks like they just gave the same task to the actors and filmed whatever would happen. I could not have done it any better at least. Then they lie in the grass and Annalise goes for it, after telling Nathan that she knows that him being a heart-eater does not mean he wants to eat her heart. I think the sexy session is pretty cute, realistic for the most part. Then the chicken house blows up. I’d think it’s a big turnoff to imagine your lover becoming a blood puddle mid-action. 

They go back with the dead chickens, and Gabriel can tell they have had sex. Of course he can. I guess he knew already when Annalise didn’t want him to join their chicken hunt. Was it Gabriel who inspired her to go for it? Or was it Odette’s flirting with Nathan that made her so keen? Who knows. 

Then comes the hunters and with them a fairborn captive who is to be killed. It is quite beautiful for an execution. Red blood becomes red flowers. Gabriel takes Annalise’s hand, and I would say it is the first time he does something just for her, no sarcastic comment, just empathy. The first of many future supportive hand holdings. 

In the evening, the whole family is gathered when Nathan collapses because of the witche’s bottle spell. The little girl was sent for ingredients and and comes back - as Jessica presumably, but still speaks french. I assume taking the shape of someone doesn’t mean you speak their language, but I guess Jessica is just that good? 

The blood witches, Odette, understand that Annalise is a fairborn, but she has just told Ceelia she never wants to see Soul again, which I guess shows the blood witches that she rejects her own. She gets to live. In the chaos that follows, shots firing back and forth, Jessica has stabbed a man and then comes for Nathan’s finger. She also gets to see Annalise’s power, and I can imagine she would have loved to have something like that. But since she doesn’t, she has to run for it. Gotta get that pinkie to Soul. 

Odette sees her whole family being shot down, but still manages to get the trio to a boat. Ceelia finds them, helps getting a helpless Nathan on the boat, before Odette knocks her out with a shovel. I like Ceelia, but good for you Odette. 

We end the episode on Soul drooling at the sight of the old woman with all the powers. He has truly become the very thing he is hunting. 

[aniisol]

mumbo thinks he could beat most the irl hermits in a fistfight. okay. let's see. welcome back, my name is grian and today we're all gathered here to kick off a brand new life series in the middle of this actual forest

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Hey now, Let her cook!

[kooldewd123]

wild life episode one: wow, six lives seems kinda excessive. how deadly do they expect these wild cards to be?

wild life episode two: oh.

wild life episode three: OH.

[cholvoq]

Danse Macabre 🥀🔪

[counting-stars-gayly]

I’m actually LOVING how Rick Riordan, and the other writers of the show, took his initial concept of a Percabeth rivalry fueled by that of their parents and kind of turned it on its head?

Now, instead of Annabeth being wary of Percy because he’s a son of Poseidon, he’s wary of her because she made a callous impression on him. They get off to a rocky start even before finding out who Percy’s father is, and when they finally do, Annabeth doesn’t care. Instead of them fighting because of who their parents are, they’re fighting over their own opposed worldviews.

Then, instead of them arguing over which of the gods is cooler and who was right in the story of Medusa, they realize that, just like Medusa, Annabeth is a victim of her mother and that, unlike Medusa, she is a far kinder and stronger person, unwilling to repeat the cycle of hurt. They realize that, like his father, Percy often acts without considering potential consequences and that, unlike his father, he is a far kinder and stronger person, willing to step up for someone he wronged and whom he cares about.

Instead of Percy and Annabeth’s rivalry being focused on that of their parents, it’s focused on who they are, themselves. But the path to friendship is still the same: a realization that they have each other’s backs, no matter what, because they’re not their parents after all.

[egophiliac]

crossing my fingers and wishing upon every star that chapter 10 finally brings us the tweel cards 🤞🤞

[sophsun1]

Interview With The Vampire – 2.05: Don't Be Afraid, Just Start the Tape

[anydaynowany]

?????

[hansoeii]

WIP using my powers to make loki kiss that old man

[anna-scribbles]

honestly ladybug you’re lucky it wasn’t a musical

[thedonkeyofyourdreams]

rewatching the bastard son/half bad

Ep 1

Okay, first of all baby nathan is soooo adorable

This episode is so full of content, I had forgotten how much we get to know in such a short amount of time. I think it works though, they find ways to tell us things about this world in a mostly natural way.

Jessica is just evil from the start, every scene she’s in except the very first one, she is being terrible. I mean even when she’s getting her gifts from her grandma, you can tell she doesn’t like the knitted thing. I hate her so much. And I just can’t get over the first time she shapeshifts, it really shows who she is that she would do something like that to him. God I hate her. 

Annalise, I love. We get a tiny glimpse of Nathan’s other friends, but they don’t feel very close. The guys even tell him that they find it weird that they have never been to his home. It could be that Nathan doesn’t let people close very easily. And then comes Annalise and he doesn’t need to keep secrets and she is not scared of who he is. I think they have great chemistry also. 

Her brother really is a dickhead tho, but I quite liked his role. Wonder why they didn’t use him more later on. Maybe it’s cause he’s a bully that doesn’t actually want to fight? He’s no Jessica. Love when Nathan scare him off with gayness. 

I’m so horrified by how the fairborn have just decided that he is bad, like what teenager doesn’t have negative emotions towards other people? What teenager isn’t quick to anger now and then? I’m a mellow type, but I sure had some anger in me as a teen, and I wasn’t even bullied. And instead of making him feel safe to share with them when he is experiencing changes, they make him scared of it, so that he’ll rather keep it secret. Stupid.

Mercury is so creepy, omfg. Not only because of the goat eyes. I wonder if reaching Mercury was something N’s grandmother had for herself, or if she thought it could be necessary for Nathan at some point, that she found the way to contact her for his sake. 

What else stands out...

Yeah, why do the guys wear such tiny ties??? It looks so weird

Also, what is up with the weather in this alternate universe? It seems way too warm for end of october in England, right? 

Look at this cute little witch. Twirling around in his vampire cloak. No clue his life is about to get fucked up. No idea the amount of blood he’s about to see.

[re-reclass]

Creating a more unhinged clone of Kristen has been such a boon because she gives Beardsley a way to fulfill their impulses for absurd bits without compromising the real Kristen's arc of realizing chaos isn't cute.

[cairafea]

my favourite genre of seventeen is when they're straight up lying

ref:

[zoe-oneesama]

Because BARRIER!

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[kingzombear]

Princess "Steal Ur Bitch" Loolilalu CUCKS local jester [NOT CLICKBAIT]

another screenshot redraw lol