#rewatching s1

[sammygender]

spn s1 is crazy cause why is a narrative arc actually sam going from ‘my childhood was fucked up’ to ‘i should apologise for the mean things i told my dad aged 18 after he kicked me out :/ i’m such a fucking dick’

[goayda]

From is probably the best horror tv show I have seen in years (personal opinion). It's intriguing and terrifying and yes, the deaths are graphic as hell (not many shows dare to show the maimed corpse of a child on their first ep, I can tell you that), but sometimes it's the little things that can be truly horrifying. Like a traumatized, innocent man (who had survived in that place longer than anybody), digging graves one after another and when asked why since nobody had died, anwering:

"I was just trying to get a head start this time"

...

If I was one of those people there and heard that, I would run for the hills.

[illcryatyou28]

Reginald hargreeves they could never make me like you

[fantasyquests]

Rewatching Season 1: Some thoughts on episode 4

1. Adar(s). This episode seems to be dominated by fathers and father figures. We are introduced to Adar, Lord Father of the Uruks, to Durin's father, king Durin III, and to Miriel's father Tar-Palantir. Elrond talks about his father Earendil and even Galadriel's father Finarfin is mentioned by Miriel. It's possible that Miriel is familiar enough with the history of Elves to know that Finarfin never joined Feanor's expedition, and perhaps she mentions him to Galadriel to imply that this is what wise Elves do, and what her father would have done: stay away from MIddle Earth.

One of the aspects of The Rings of Power that I greatly appreciate (and consider an improvement in comparison to Jackson's movies) is that it gives us a portrayal of Orcs who are capable of commitment, of having feelings, even of love. Orcs address their leader not as Master or military commander, but as Father, which is an emotionally charged title. Adar has tears in his eyes when he stabs the dying Orc to put an end to his suffering. After this we witness some kind of simple burial rite, which suggests to us that they also have a culture of their own. They are just as vicious and terrifying as the Orcs in Jackson's movies, but their interactions make them more complex and real.

Arondir puts three questions to Adar (Who are you? What are you? and Why do they call you Father?). Adar does not reply to any of them, but he gives a speech on sage blossoms in Belleriand which reveals his gentler side. We know Belleriand sank at the end of the First Age, so it gives us a hint that Adar was a First Age Elf. The mouth of the river he mentions is possibly Sirion, where some important events took place, and I wonder if he was one of the major players back then.

Elrond's father is mentioned three times in this episode, first in a conversation with Celebrimbor. It's interesting that Earendil made a prophecy according to which Celebrimbor's future will one day depend on Elrond. At this point Celebrimbor, being ambitions, thinks this refers to his future as a famed elven smith (that this is the future that Elrond will help him achieve). However, it's also possible that the prophecy refers to the battle for Eregion in which Elrond will try (and fail) to save Celebrimbor's life. The second time Earendil is mentioned is when Elrond swears on his memory that he will keep Durin's secret. The final mention is the most emotional one, where Elrond draws a parallel between Durin's situation and his own, pointing to his friend how lucky he is to still have a father he can talk to (or even quarrel with).

2. Helping Elves. In this episode, both the dwarves of Khazad Dum and Numenoreans have to decide whether they will interact with Elves, or keep to their respective realms in peace and isolation and mind their own business. In both cases, the Elves come as agents of change: Galadriel to Numenor and Elrond to Khazad Dum. They disrupt the existing state of affairs and ask for help and involvement. Miriel had a vision in which Galadriel's arrival would start a chain of events ending with Numenor's downfall. Of course, we know that it is not the arrival of Galadriel, but the arrival of Sauron, that will eventually bring about the doom of Numenor. I wonder why the palantir didn't show her that Halbrand was really Sauron?

It's also interesting to consider Halbrand's advice and whether Galadriel utilizes it or not. He instructs her to be manipulative -- to "find out what it is they (the Numenoreans) fear most, and then give them a way to master it". Galadriel understands what Miriel fears, but she does not try to manipulate her. Instead, she encourages her to make a moral choice, forgo her fears and just do what feels right -- by helping save the Southlanders' lives. Finally, however, it is not Galadriel's power of persuasion that causes Miriel to change her mind, but the fact that the White Tree begins to shed its leaves. In Tolkien's universe, trees convey important messages to people (Nimloth to Miriel, Lindon tree to Gil Galad) and wise people listen to them.

Links to previous reviews: Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3

[imaslowlearner-butilearn]

Klaus is so..unbelievably kind.. after all he’s been through. It’s insane

[roguexpogue]

Why didn't the writers of Outer Banks make the younger cast in their 20s. None of them look like teenagers except Wheezie. It would make more sense if season 1 was like their summer before 'college.' None of them go to school barely. It's not a show set around a High School like Euorphia, Stranger Things, etc...

[the-martyrfication-of-the-matron]

EVAN BUCKLEY YOU WILL ALWAYS BE FAMOUS TO ME

[orcaowl]

Oh it is

[jurassic-cunt]

god the way jim's face expressions wind me up. spanish jackie says i loves me a thief and jim has me losing it

[coeur-feyrac]

look we love Aziraphale but he really is a bitch

[baby-muffin]

u know what chardee qpr so important to me so important

[fantasyquests]

Rewatching Season 1: Some thoughts on episode 1

1. "Nobody goes off trail, and nobody walks alone". In the first episode, we get acquianted with this Harfoot rule, and we are also acquainted with several major characters who embody just the opposite impluse, going off trail, acting in opposition to their community or to the authority that they're supposed to obey: Galadriel disobeys the High King and jumps off the ship going to Valinor in order to pursue her revenge. Nori goes off trail by showing too much curiosity for a Harfoot and disregard of the communal laws. And Bronwyn and Arondir symmbolically "walk alone" with their love affair that both the Southland humans and the Elves frown upon.

2. Can evil be completely eradicated? Galadriel is presented as a fanatic in this regard, as she does not want to give up her pursuit of Sauron even at the moment when the forces of evil seem to be utterly defeated. When I think about real life, I think I understand the mindset displayed by Gil galad and Elrond in this episode: just as it seems to us we can never completely eradicate the evil in our contemporary world (e.g., racism, imperialism, homophobia) but only hope to weaken it and make it ineffective, perhaps the two of them thought in a similar manner about the evil in the Middle Earth. But the events prove them wrong, and already in the first episode we see the signs (in the Southlands, for instance) that Sauron would have returned even without Galadriel's interference.

3. A Long Drop and a Sudden Stop: several things fall, or drop, at the end of this episode, suggesting parallels in several storylines. Galadriel jumps from the elven ship, and the first sick leaf falls off the Lindon tree and is picked up by Gil-Galad, at the same time when the Stranger falls from the sky, as witnessed by Nori and Poppy. The comet bringing the Stranger is seen by characters across Middle Earth, which suggests to us that their stories all take place within the same time frame. The motif of the fall perhaps also suggests the end of innocence and the end of peaceful times, alluding to the Biblical fall, or generally the fall into experience for the major characters.

Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 Episode 5

[worthlessstreetrat]

😖😖😖 I need s2 real bad

Severance (2022 - ) 1.09 “The We We Are”  

[rodrickheffeley]

Lestat first victim of biphobia

[zazrichor]

B A D W O L F

[hillhouses]

so sexy of hannibal to kill the homophobic doctor in sorbet