#what we do in the shadows pine barrens

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What We Do In The Shadows | 4x07 | Pine Barrens | REACTION

[devilledminion]

GUILLERMO DE LA CRUZ + coming out and being proud

[yagodichjagodic]

Had to make earrings repping my absolute favorite WWDITS episode!

Shop.

[sour-grape-s]

Thank goodness they gave me the goods of Laszlo/Guillermo + Colin/Nandor throughout the episode to make up for whatever those fucking creatures were and the Nadja plot?!?!

Those dynamics are sooo good in any episode! I would have had a full Laszlo/Guillermo ep minus those things (also why not pair the Guide with Nadja instead of a random?)

The Colin/Nandor dynamic continues to be gift that keeps on giving though

[horrortvfilmsource]

Nadja: Laszlo and Nandor have been bickering a lot recently. You know, for the past one or two or...actually about 80 years.

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS 4.07 - Pine Barrens

[nenoname]

Journal 3’s references to Stan

(Is this just a chopped up version of a post i made earlier so i can experiment to see why it didnt show up in the tags? ....maybe

But hey now I'm transcribing it all so I hope that helps those who can't read Ford's handwriting lol)

Pre-Portal Ford

"I recall finding a shrunken head in the family pawnshop & bringing it to show-and-tell. Every other student brought a football, a football trophy, or a book about football. All of these objects were thrown at me as I gave my report. If my brother hadn't shielded me and punched one of the other kids in the nose, I might have spent the rest of the year in the hospital."

“Worst of all, I was born with a rare birth defect: six fingers on each hand. Although my family tried to convince me that this made me special (and it did help with shadow puppets)”

[Truth Teeth page] “It would be quite interesting to see what my brother and mother would act like while wearing these!”

[Dream Hipster page] "I tried to shake my hand to make it stop, and it fell off my arm! My hand grew and grew, and began to chase me! Suddenly, I realized my hand wasn't chasing after me at all- it was chasing after my brother; and it was going to squeeze him to death! It grabbed him and lifted him into the air. I tried to run to help him, but my feet were frozen.

Just when it looked like my brother was done for, the Hipster appeared, and said, "LOOKS LIKE YOU FINALLY GAVE YOUR BROTHER A HANNNDD!" The entire thing was just a setup for one of the Hipster's stupid snarky puns!"

“It occurs to me that if I must keep secrets from F, I might as well begin writing certain passages of this book in code. I aced Cryptology in college, so this will be fun! (At least for me. It would be deeply tedious and annoying for someone trying to decipher it.) It amuses me to think of their frustrating effort!” (ok this is likely for the reader and likely ain’t a direct stan reference. but like. it is to me)

(Caesar cipher) "I still recall that one summer Stanley and I hunted for the Jersey Devil in the Pine Barrens. Mom and Dad never believed that we really saw one...."

"Reminds me of camping with my brother. I wonder what he's up to...."

“When I sat down, [the fortune teller] quickly grabbed my hands and said, "What took you so long, Sixer?” I felt a chill run down my back. How she knew my childhood nickname was beyond me."

"It reminds me of the tree forts me and my brother used to build... when we dreamed of being adventurers...."

"I collapsed by the parking lot of the Twin Bed Motel. I stared at the word "twin" as I tried to catch my breath, and I realized that there was only one person left in this world that I could possibly trust with my secrets. I began forming a plan."

[Blacklight Hiding Places page] “Journal 3: The volume I hold in my hands. Describes my embarrassing defeat at the hands of Bill and the loss of my very sanity. Also contains a pretty good drawing of a plaidypus. Will soon be bestowed upon S and hidden at the ends of the Earth (I hope).” (he wrote the wrong journal to give to Stan lmao)

"Ironically, the only other person left that I can trust is the least trustworthy person I know. He is a thief and a charlatan- but a well-traveled one. I have no doubt that he is familiar with mob hangouts and back alleys the wide world over. He will find somewhere to hide Journal 1. I have sent word to him and now must await his arrival.

Perhaps he can yet prove his worth to me. Perhaps the mistakes of the past can be undone. There's nothing I can do but wait."

"The time has come to bury this tome. After that, all there is left to do is wait for S. And save the world. Or lose my life in the effort.”

Other sections: Post-Portal, Post-Weirdmageddon, Lost Journal pages + Ford's letters

[sophsun1]

What We Do In The Shadows

S4E7. Pine Barrens

[photofinder]

Cryptid of the Week: Jersey Devil

The Jersey Devil is from Pine Barrens in New Jersey.

According to folklore, it was the child of a woman named Jane (Mother) Leeds. Some stories say that she had 12 children, and when she realized she was pregnant for a 13th time, she cursed the child. Other stories say that the Jersey Devil is the child of Mother Leeds and the Devil himself.

Either way, The Jersey Devil came into the world.

There are real Leeds that exist in the area; some think that the story was based on Deborah Leeds and her husband Japhet, as they had 12 children. Others believe that Daniel Leeds and the political intrigue around him inspired the myth of the 'Leeds Devil'.

But what is the Jersey Devil? Usually, it's depicted as a bipedal creature, with cloven hooves and the head of a goat, and leathery batlike wings. It's tail is said to be either pointed or forked.

Fun fact: the Jersey Devil has been featured in a variety of media, like Poptropica, X-Files, and What We Do in the Shadows

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What We Do In The Shadows Tournament: Final Loser Showdown!

[alexissrose]

Nadja from shadows

My favorite thing about them: she's dumb as shit, but she doesn't let it stop her. She's ambitious, and she's still trying to find herself which I think is such an interesting journey (or it would be, if the writers gaf about her...or knew how to write at all). Also, she's definitely the strongest and toughest one in that house.

My least favorite thing about them: She's too forgiving when it comes to certain people. Also, we still know basically nothing about her, but that's not really her fault.

My favorite canon relationship: I LOVE her friendship with Guillermo, we better get an actual besties arc next season, since they have SO MUCH in common. Also would love more of her relationship/friendship/siblingship with Nandor too, it's so underrated.

I do wonder if Gregor will ever come back.

My favorite non-canon relationship: Nadja/Lilith, though that was totally canon once upon a time.

The sexuality I headcanon for them: it's canon that she's pan lol

What I’d do if I could spend the day with them: let her kill me

Random fact about them I like: the girl can dress. That being said, her best look to this day is still the one from the s3 finale (though her best hairstyle is Pine Barrens.)

[jeffcameron]

I just watched What We Do in the Shadows 4x07 "Pine Barrens"

[coolmoviemanmike]

I just watched What We Do in the Shadows 4x07 "Pine Barrens"

[libidomechanica]

Untitled # 12925

A curtal sonnet sequence

               1

Slept quiet closure of any thing in the King: nor will never sheath’d upon her dew distilling should have said then; I’m sure I do. And as they will I did but love one or I die! But, trowth, I care na by. Of they steps or morn or no: it is not to fall amiss. We die and I—light was but one comparison had wanted, nor who from high Olympus old, thick-sighted, barren deeps to come down to die, or each other.

               2

Surfeit, yet content to a crime. Lay thy sweet Draught of her cause was to lug me out and I a man, instead of pines shall we thy life. Do love the planet of Loves commands mine idle languid fool, confined; rude work hard as steel? The matcheth not the stiff procession, found, whom fair Twinnes gold must not from my life, redeem the skies! Like one sign, but blythe’s the murmuring in its own worth, wanting his head, the grass tips wave, bend, flow.

               3

So Fraud was us’d, the Scrifice received the earth-delving connecting statue contented? Her snowie necke lyke to a shade—for pity do not know. And we touch our Ark. Sees throbbing and you are welcome guest, in hopes and which pye being brave. When you are sweet dreams do shout, that I’d let me have this day is come and government. His day’s hot task hath ended in the purest troth, and here their enemy to be King, and by them off.

               4

Their Tast. You went into eternall hands, not one blade of their harts had exercise; o kisse, while Pasimond, their own direct you to thine imagine, shrinks, priest that turned, and he must to be transformed. His heat the boyes run vp and doves, and smoke, he strike him they will not to free him, than power had lost his Glories be made of plastic, metal, or wood, he heart shall stand secure the God fostering Holla’, or his descending doom.

               5

I awoke, and love break of ancient Fabricks nod, and with the baldness by this is the excitement their own disgrace. But fools perverting fire he red and looking up repentant to her offer, and Spares; but first plights one, its pillar’d portal open’d the little light in your eccho ring. At all the port: if they Curst the most rich when his Soul and borrow’d face, sweet love does thy side again, exclaims on Death, or loue, or found this.

               6

And build a fane by sweet and gay; who laughs at the fatal day appropriated and clear; Corinna sits, and circumstance, he could not fitly exchange! And all the way young lord-lover, fair mermaid o’ the guerdon of the jolly troop retire from human heare both of the place where thy beautiful, unanswerable bees. And yet embraced, and pleasure, careless charming at an Eurydice; for, though the cry of thy head.

               7

Save me one unto me. Had turned the kissed me. And is this evening dim he would pass to hunt the rider she the silently, like his hopes undone. He only, he can, she ca’d. Or as the maw, even as they lay embraced, and believe life he stood, he flew and let him, you are none but in the silver drips shimmering so offer still weep that the way. But the dense brain? And on her, but dead shall I left the eye of nuptial song.

               8

A showers, night by elements unto him, and urchins flay each other that faints not them scornful tricks, and said, as earnest as their hands, come into delight—when you opened, and justify the downs—to the fasten to byte, her breast the first the two- celled heart he cheers his buried. Descended but shun th’ extent and her abus’d, gods holy Angels which time future blind half far-shadowings of a chemical mixture.

               9

Which to his throbbing and yongmen cease till now bites the Diadem. Take thy robbery, gentlemen kirkward shall be Naked left me in this batter down, by his friends her mangling water-smoke, that breath sealed off in a tin box. Still went to burgeon out of this household ways, not like the fluster of lost door keys, then despite thy worst, old Time: despite. Cassandra mine. To what you may be, but I call her companion’d or alone?

               10

That poisoned note, the victories, his Voyce was he marriage more, and active men, his Person to seize, and thyself refuse: though you will kame my years, since I have said, He keeps on steering slap, and of Hate; for Priests of every distance made, maie, then described to me, i’ll be wandering cup, and on to death. But close fault among unknowing deliberate sort of Men, thus began to scold me. What is The Sea of Animal Desire?

               11

Then glided silence that purpose still unshent, and lende me leaue to conclusion, for know not what. The warm approach’d her eyelids, who, radiant Sister of the Cyprian Queene not under the top o’erstraw’d with what pass’d on the Triple Bond he broke; the rightful children bear children is gone; and the Faction, you know, but no young son in the moor, ye spak never told me so. Children change, ladies, would rather than the marriage presence.

[garelloswatch]

What We Do in the Shadows 4x07 "Pine Barrens" ★★★★★★★★☆☆

[carmelasopranono1defenseattorney]

honestly i really loved that episode, i feel like weirdly my favourite episodes this season have been the pretty understated and less flashy ones. next week is the very iconic and often referenced "pine barrens" (I think an episode in season 3 of mr. robot references it? and what we do in the shadows has an episode named after it), I really bounced off of it the first time i watched it, mainly because i couldn't stand (and honestly i still can't stand) christopher and paulie but i'm hoping i'll find it more enjoyable now that i've been paying more attention to them and like, understand what their deal is more (although paulie doesn't really have much of a character arc or role beyond just being one of tony's cronies i feel, but I feel like i have a much better grip on christopher's arc this time around)

[lamplightjuniper]

Okay okay, I'm on my computer now so let me put a few more pins on the board to explain:

(Spoilers for WWDITS S6 and Frasier (1993) lol)

Niles is Frasier's brother, Daphne is a live-in careworker for his and Frasier's dad

She was effectively also their maid/housekeeper.

Niles/Daphne was a long slow-burn pairing between 2 main characters.

Niles pined over Daphne for 6 seasons before his feelings were revealed.

During those 6 seasons Niles was in love with Daphne but:

A) already married, then

B) going through a bitter and drawn out divorce, then

C) in another relationship where they eloped after 6 months

(bc Daphne had gotten engaged to Niles' divorce lawyer lol)

The divorce was drawn out in part because his ex-wife knew he had feelings for Daphne, and was using this as legal basis for "alienation of affection"

(Niles lies to his lawyer, aka Daphne's boyfriend/future fiance, and denies this)

In Frasier season 7, Niles' feelings were accidentally revealed to Daphne by Frasier while he was heavily drugged.

Ultimately, Niles and Daphne get together hours before Daphne's wedding at the end of season 7

This caused a huge fallout with their exes (the divorce lawyer and a high-society surgeon)

In Frasier S8E5 during all this fallout, Frasier hires a butler to replace Daphne.

The butler warns against employer/employee relationships at first, but then is so moved by their love for each other that he quits his butler job to go pursue a high-born lady he once worked with and had feelings for, but had left because of the class differences.

Okay, so maybe some loose parallels between 2 sitcoms, but what else?

So there are at least 2 specific Frasier references in WWDITS:

In S03E8 - The Wellness Center, Nandor quotes Frasier's catchphrase "Goodnight Seattle, and good mental health!"

He says this right before leaving the vampires, and refusing to turn Guillermo because he cares about him too much.

Niles and Daphne were specifically mentioned in-universe in S4E7 Pine Barrens

When Nadja was introduced as Guillermo's girlfriend and also his maid, his family said it was like Daphne and Miles from "Frasier."

There was no protest from his family about the nature of their supposed relationship, except to point out that the character Daphne was actually a Physical Therapist and not technically a maid.

This was also the episode where Guillermo came out as gay, and reaffirmed that even though he is a slayer by blood, he will keep aligning himself with the vampires.

Now at the very center of the corkboard we have Sam Johnson. He is a TV writer and producer who wrote for both Frasier and What We Do In The Shadows.

He only wrote a few episodes of Frasier, but produced almost every single episode starting from season 7 up through season 11.

Now let's take a quick look at the list of episodes he wrote for WWDITS:

S2E08 - Collaboration (Guillermo leaves to work for Celeste, and Nandor relents and agrees that he was a good familiar, and gave him a present when he comes back home)

S2E10 - Nouveau Theatre des Vampires (The Guillermo moment of all time, with Nandor first pretending that he didn't care Guillermo left, and then cheering for him to murder a bunch of vampires)

S3E2 - The Cloak of Duplication (Guillermo + Meg's conversation about the feelings "Nandor" has for "Guillermo")

S3E9 - A Farewell (Confirmed Guillermo has direct knowledge of Nandor's dick)

S3E10 - The Portrait (homoerotic fight followed by proposal to turn him into a vampire)

S4E3 - The Grand Opening (Dick wish)

S4E6 - The Wedding (The best man speech, Marwa likes what Nandor likes, Nandor tenderly covering Guillermo so he can sleep)

S5E6 - Urgent Care (Guillermo confesses he loves Nandor while heavily drugged)

S5E10 - Exit Interview (If I am lying, kill me now)

S6E2 - Headhunting (Made it abundantly clear that they are no longer employer/employee, familiar/master, or any other power imbalance*)

S6E4 - The Railroad (Guillermo fires Nandor and he loses his shit entirely)

It's like a list of Nandermo greatest hits.

Unfortunately Sam Johnson is not credited as a writer for any of the remaining episodes of S6, so I don't know what (if any) conclusions we can draw about the nandermo endgame based on this info.

I'm also not saying that these two couples are direct parallels -- the show formats are different, the characters and their roles in the story are different, the nature of their relationships are very different (tbh I would not have been shipping Daphne/Niles in 1996)

But can we agree that the spirit of a classic slowburn sitcom romance was present and influencing the writing of WWDITS?

I think yes, and I will die on the hill that there was an intentional bend towards nandermo to some degree from at least S2 onward.

Is it just a stock sitcom cast photoshoot pose? Maybe. But indulge me a little bit.

Do you see it?? Is it just me with my red string on a cork board here??