#still waiting like a buffoon for s2..

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IWTV S2 Ep2 Musings

I absolutely adore the title cards; the "fangs" reflecting main locations of the episodes/seasons. GOD this show's attention to detail.

We open with Lou & Claud in Paris bickering about French & money; already shown in the Pix11 preview (I gave my opinions on the full scene, and another post about Claudia specifically.

Then we get Dubai. O_O Omfg. I made a separate post all about Louis & Loumand, cuz those queens were DIABOLICAL this episode.

Skipping ahead a bit! To the coven/theatre! ^0^

Ohhhh....that's a Children of Satan/Darkness nod! 👀 Only thing's that the old guard from the CoS/D actually weren't part of the Coven/Theatre anymore by the time Louis & Claudia arrived (Alessandra, Eleni, and the rest of Rhoshamandes' fledglings Santino indoctrinated & had train Armand).

So Armand is REALLY showing off, tryna impress Louis; cuz none of the members of THAT Theatre troupe are older than Armand, and not even he's as old as Charlemagne. Armand, your yaoi is showing. XD

It's wild how on one hand we have the coven simping over how pretty Louis is (except Santiago, cuz ofc 🙄); while just HATING on Claudia.

Naw, let her stay! Estelle is THIRSTY and I love her for it, bless! XD

Santiago, you shady wench, you're already on my hit list, BUFFOON; but THIS striped heifer, Celeste--

Wench, are all Parisian vampiresses frumpy busted haters like YOU?

Anyways. 🙄 I hate this effing coven already. 😒

Foreshadowing AF, Mr. I Could Not Prevent It.

Sure, Jan. 🙄 But not all violence/abuse/trauma is physical/sexual. By allowing the Theatre to put their hands on Claudia, Armand harmed Louis more than anyone ever could. Claudia was the glue keeping Louis together when he was already falling apart, and he hasn't been right ever since. BOTH of these dudes are living in a fantasy, frikkin la-la-land, as they think they're HELPING e/o, going thru all these theatrical acts & performances. But are they REALLY happy? Esp. cuz we know who's endgame for them in the books. It's bittersweet, cuz their affection's REAL. But this weird codependency just isn't healthy or right. U_U

Eff you, Daniel Hart. tryna make me cry!

Eff you, Daniel Hart, tryna make me laugh!

This scene with the naked lady (Annika) was SO GOOD! I'm glad they tastefully didn't fully show her whole body like they did in the film--if we can't see full frontal nudity for the dudes, then I don't wanna see it on the gals either. 😤 Fair's fair!

But WOAH, the sexckshuhality~!

👻💀⚰️

I don't even have words for this! 😅 Claudia! Let the man win ONCE!?

But I LOVE how candid this show is about everything from sexuality to race--and ofc discrimination.

Oh they're cooking. O_O

THEY ACTUALLY SPOKE ON THE FACT THAT ARMAND'S A BROWN ASIAN DARKER SKINNED THAN REDBONE LDPDL, I'M SHOOK--COLOR CONSCIOUS AWARD GOES TO~~~!

Armand gets to lead the coven through meritocracy, not racial privilege. HOWEVER, we've got bleach-blonde Santiago still waiting in the wings, so.... I can't wait to see more of their dynamics.

We been knew, Louis, it's ok. U_U

Armand clearly been knew, too! Like: Yeah, I'm not surprised he's cruising all the gay parks--I could tell by the way that American walked! ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

I KNOW this bish ain't talking, not Mr. Polynesian Marys! Not Mr. I Did What I Had To Do To SCORE. Not Mr. We Met In A GAY Bar. Not Mr. Black Tar And Heroin! Not Mr. Is Alicia Even REAL!? I KNOW he's not tryna shade Louis for cruising, when his closeted arse can't even handle being in a room with Armand making come-hither eyes!

I love Daniel, how he's written & acted, but ISTG I hate his character.

As opposed to Santiago, who is just--BRUH. WERK.

And this is exactly what Lestat was getting at, too. And why Akasha was wrong when she said men are the problem. Like, don't get me wrong, THEY ARE, but chile, ALL HUMANS are the problem; eff gender. Homegirl sold that old dude down the frikkin river, just to save her own skin, and her family's. COMPLICIT. OFFAL.

Santiago's disgusted by humanity, and Annika proved his point.

As for Lestat, his cold willful detachment stems from his attitude that humans are just The Meat. This version of Lestat is SO dang jaded, that humans are reduced to mere food--just like he called Miss Lily.

He doesn't need the Evil Doer creed, if he thinks ALL humans are evil/irredeemable; only worth living if they can sing & make music or something artistic. Otherwise who cares? (Which makes it VERY interesting to see what AMC!Les would say to Memnoch the Devil....)

Speaking of....

I frikkin knew it. ISTG Lestat must be asleep in 2022--if y'all have him do a Merrick and wake up in the finale, I will pass out and DIE.

The question is: WHAT put him to sleep? Is he just sad & grieving post-trial? WTF is Raglan James doing in 2022? Are we post-Memnoch? Where are TWMBK? I NEED ANSWERS, AMC! 😭

[goodplace-janet]

behold, the only episode i knew by title before i started watching this show:

Leverage s3e11, The Rashomon Job

looking at my calendar lately like, maybe i *won’t* be done by the end of the year, gotta speed this project up a bit

“i thought we were supposed to be finding moreau.” like i’ve been saying!!

on one hand, i love how every bit of this is set up to be just some fun comedic filler, and on the other hand, i’m wondering if/how it will fit into the bigger picture of the season

keeping an eye out for clues or whatever 👀

i love!! i love how the characters are narrating, through their past persona within the past setting, to a present nate who is walking through that setting with them?? i love this?!?! holy shit

“bit of a crush on me, of course ^.^” i adore sophie

“““sophie”“” i reread my previous posts from this season and realized we haven’t had a mention of her real name recently

did she know there was going to be a doctor there, or did she plan to murder a dude?? wtf

a sexually harassing dude, but still

prediction: nate stole the dagger

“if i’m not honest with you, you can’t improve” i’m screaming

WAIT is that moreau???

“that’s what i sound like to you?” oh my gooooood

the gifsets didn’t mention she did it back to him about his southern accent lmao

love the subtle changes of objects - the swiss army knife instead of a plain knife, the... box of something instead of a freaking gun??

anyway

the hitter just tossing priceless artifacts around

world’s greatest grandpa

he’s saying a name for the dude on the phone, right? i’m hearing “gubmint” which can’t be right...

i didn’t see hardison as biyoko coming, just like i did not see eliot as the doctor before it happened. is parker the blond champagne waiter?

“i’m telling the computer at my nana’s house - my house. MY HOUSE”

i figured that power surge was from hardison’s plan

hardison’s perception of eliot as a fucking horror movie serial killer though

but parker got to the vault first

the music in this one is especially good

parker had the dagger!!!

i still feel like this one is going to end with like, no one had the dagger and they don’t know who got it

prediction: moreau stole the dagger

“what?? i’m a thief!!”

parker is a thief and i love her so much

did coswell steal the dagger??

WAIT

OH

MY

GOD

it’s one of nate’s obnoxious personas!!!

oh my god!!!!!

my original prediction was just being silly, bc nate wasn’t in the thieving business back then, he was an insurance dude

he stole the dagger from the thieves!! oh my god

and this whole time they’ve all been telling stories and he’s just been like, haha and then what happened? *chinhands*

i can’t believe

i totally can though

this is the first episode i’ve liked nate lmao

wait, okay, coswell is not a nate disguise, he’s an actual dude lol whoops

nate’s insurance company perspective portraying the top security guy as a complete buffoon

AND having a big ol crush on sophie

nate using coswell as a self insert in this story, or

where everyone else saw the box of flowers, sophie saw a gun, i’m

the woman who seduces secrets out of people for a living sees genuine affection and intimacy as a threat

i mean i think that was the whole plot of s2 lol but it also ties back to the thing with her real name and all that

back when nate still had a wife :(

oh my god. nate was there to investigate insurance fraud

this episode is incredible

that ending.

they’re getting a second chance, now that they’re a team 💞💞💞💞💞