( The Originals 1x16 )

 
( Werewolf mythology as relates to the characterization of Hayley and Klaus, and Werewolf 101 for new fans )

I realized early last week that I had actually posted something on more days than not last month, decided I was all over doing that again in June, and then promptly failed to post anything for over a week. I do have a pile of planned/half-written posts but I keep making progress on a few of them while not finishing one. #INTP problems. BUT I have ( Read more... )

This episode was FUN. I liked Rebekah’s and Klaus’s mirroring roles as truth-tellers. Klaus shows up at Camp Gilbert to remind Damon that picking on a couple of human kids doesn’t a Big Bad make. Rebekah’s scenes felt very much like they were about getting things straight - you know the rules; April, I want a flow chart. No lying, no repressing ( Read more... )

Here’s what I love about this show: is that it can have a character kill a character I really like in order to terrorize a character that I love, and leave me more attached and sympathetic to the killer more than I was before. Klaus flat-out knows what Stefan figures out about him in front of the fire: that he is not intrinsically worse than they ( Read more... )

SO DISCLAIMER. This episode had a lot of disturbing content, and this is a show that is not notoriously self-aware with the implications it casts around sometimes. We all have different sets and amounts of things we can and can’t tolerate in watching/discussing. If you don’t or can’t set that aside, I get it. I do. No hard feelings. I’m not ( Read more... )

The dynamics between Elena and the Salvatores were set up perfectly, as well. When you abuse someone’s trust, you can’t be the person to interfere for their own good, even when they clearly need someone to, and that’s what happened with Stefan here. Stefan can’t even face her when he backhandedly asks if she even wants the cure, because he knows ( Read more... )

( TVD 4x3 thoughts )

GUYS THAT WAS REALLY GOOD.

( it happens to the best of us, at least once. )

F-list temperature on this episode seems to be lukewarm? It delivered on a surprising proportion of the things I cared about most, and so I really enjoyed it.

( TVD season premiere )