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What We Do in the Shadows Season 3: Harvey Guillén Wants Buffy to Train Guillermo

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This article contains spoilers for What We Do in the Shadows season 3 episode 3.

Things have changed for the Staten Island vampires on What We Do in the Shadows season 3 as they step into positions of power. This may not make much of a difference for Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch), whose new job as secretary of the Vampiric Council, is much like his fake job, at a cubicle in an office. But Laszlo (Matt Berry) may spend a little more in the potting shed. His love Nadja (Natasia Demetriou), is running the council, along with Nandor (Kayvan Novak), who’s familiar, Guillermo (Harvey Guillén), has been promoted to the position of bodyguard. It was easier than killing him.

Based on the 2014 feature film by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, What We Do in the Shadows follows four vampires, who have been roommates for longer than anyone cares to remember, as they cope with life in the modern world. Which is not held up on the shoulders of four horses.

Nandor the Relentless was a fierce and terrible Ottoman warrior, known for pillaging villages and turning the Euphrates red with blood. Guillermo worked at Panera Bread. The bond that ties vampire to familiar is a strange one. The pay isn’t great, the hours are daunting, and they don’t get employee-of-the-month plaques. The only real incentive is the promise of everlasting life as a ravenous bloodsucking fiend, and there is something of a hiring freeze at the moment.

British Iranian actor and voice artist Kayvan Novak co-created and starred in the British prank show, Fonejacker, and also can be seen alongside Matt Damon and George Clooney in Syriana, as well as the films Cuban Fury and the Walt Disney live action remake of Cruella. He plays three different characters in Men in Black: International. Harvey Guillén acted in the movies The Internship and in Netflix’s Truth or Dare, and his TV works include The Magicians, and Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist. He earned a GLAAD Media Award his role in the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Me What to Do” episode of Raising Hope, and made LGBTQ+ Latinx history by becoming the first queer Latinx actor to be nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Critics’ Choice Award for his role as Guillermo de la Cruz. Starting Sept. 2, Guillén will also host After the Shadows, a new talk show following and discussing What We Do in the Shadows.

Novak and Guillén hovered over Den of Geek to speak about Nandor and Guillermo’s new job descriptions, as well as old habits, cloaks of many voices, and Van Helsing DNA.

Den of Geek: I wanted to congratulate you on your characters’ new duties. Is it more fun running vampires or running from them?

Kayvan Novak: Has Nandor run from a vampire? I guess I have. I think they’re equally as exhilarating and frightening.

Harvey Guillén: I would say fighting the vampires is exciting with all the combat when that opportunity comes up. Yeah.

Guillermo took out the entire local vampire command, but couldn’t stake a vampire council docent. Is Guillermo getting soft?

Guillén: I don’t think he’s getting soft. I think the only reason that he even put himself in that scenario is because he knew that his old housemates, because remember he moved out of the house, his old housemates were in danger. I think at the end of the day we forget that he had mostly only humans in the house. And you know, what separates us from everything else in the world is that humans are driven by emotion and have a conscience and have a heart. So he couldn’t live with himself, if he knew that they were set up by the Vampiric Council to be eliminated at this theater. That’s the only reason he goes and saves his chosen family. Even though they’re total assholes to him, he is still loyal at the end of the day. He’s still loyal to these four vampires, especially Nandor. I think that he’s not getting soft. He’s just starting to see what’s important to him and what’s worth fighting for.

Did the “Cloak of Duplication” episode come up because you were already doing the impressions?

Novak: I guess the writers had an idea. They had a sense that I was a bit of a mimic and I liked doing impersonations. And I think they decided to kind of craft an episode around that. I was slightly apprehensive of the number of impressions that they thought I could do considering I had to do all of my castmates who, although I could do impressions of some of them, I’d never done it to their faces. So it was a new challenge. Not only to learn very quickly how to impersonate them with their help, because they helped me along the way, and they told me how to deliver some of the lines. But then having to do that in front of them, it took some concentration.

Whose voice was the easiest?

Novak: I guess the easiest, or the one that I had done was Colin Robinson. Because he’s got a very specific [voice]. It’s kind of the closest to mine in a way. And the rhythms of it, very specific. Nadja’s voice and Kristen [Schaal]’s voice, I couldn’t actually do. I can only kind of do their physicality. So, the voices you hear are not my voice. They’re the voices of the actual actors. Guillermo’s voice, Guillermo’s delivery, that took a minute to kind of get into that groove. And then Matt Berry, Laszlo’s character, I’d never really tried an impression of him. And it was really more the physicality that I got into to deliver those lines in that rhythm, that really was the key in. Because you’re always trying to find the key in.

Harvey, what was it like hearing Guillermo come out of Novak’s throat?

Guillén: It was great. Because I’ve seen Kayvan do impersonations of everyone, he’s a master. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him do me in a full scene. Like he would make a good joke or mimic me and say, “Yeah, yeah, now my friend,” and he does like a caricature of my voice, which is always fun, but yeah, “you’re my best buddy,” that’s like an ongoing joke on set that he always does. But to really kind of do it and kind of really capture Guillermo’s inflections and the volume where he placed him. I was like, oh my gosh, this is great. I was in awe. Like I was like, this is great. I had to do a double take, like that’s not me. That’s wait. That’s not me. Okay.

Blade, Buffy, the Frog brothers, and now Guillermo. Guillermo is the descendant of the greatest Slayer of all slayers. Is this nepotism?

Guillén: I don’t know if it’s nepotism because I don’t think he’s gotten anything handed to him. And he’s worked really hard for everything he has, and even now being the descendant of Van Helsing, it’s still not easy. Now, it comes with another wagon full of problems and choices to be made and predicaments that he now has with his housemates. But I would love to see some of those legendary slayers and chosen ones make an appearance and guide him, maybe help him out. Maybe Buffy pops in and says, I’ll show you how it’s done. That’d be great. Or Blade comes back, Wesley Snipes comes back. We’ve already had him. Who knows? But yeah, I would love to see someone show him the ropes or take them under their wing or, he’s learning by trial and error. And I think so far he’s doing okay. So maybe he’s a self-made Slayer in his own way.

When Nandor and Nadja were introducing themselves to the rogue vampires, you are each soloing, but hitting the beats at the same time. Can you just walk me through the rehearsal of the timing?

Novak: I think to really nail a scene like that, we’re both kind of focused on the direction of, I think Yana Gorskaya directed that scene. And that was just a case of us kind of working together, but also allowing her to kind of pull us through the scene to make sure that we hit those marks perfectly. It took some practice, took a few takes, took rehearsal, but you always know you’re going to get it. And you know that if you’ve got to get something that’s a bit of a challenge to get to, you want to be in the right company. And, and thankfully, we are because we’re in each other’s company.

Harvey, when you interject objections and you break and you look at the camera, they’re like hi-hat taps, are these scripted or are you doing it strictly on an intuitive basis?

Guillén: No, I don’t think I’ve ever seen it scripted for Guillermo that he looks at the camera. I think we do, as we do a rehearsal and we have our DP and our director follow us through rehearsal and whatever feels organic in the moment, there has to be an organic beat. Right? So, if it’s, most of the time it is Guillermo, because he’s the only human in the room, aside from the camera crew. And so, when he looks at the camera crew, it’s like, oh God, you’re going to film this, aren’t you? And the camera catches that moment. And it zooms into it. It’s like, you’re not, oh no, it’s incriminating. And so, as you connect with another human. Did you hear what he said? Or did you, I can’t believe they’re talking like this because who are you going to connect with the vampires who live in their own world of lust and pleasure and feeding. They don’t care, they’re immortal, but the humans in the room are like, we can go to jail at any moment for a lot of these things. I can get in trouble myself.

So, most of the time, when Guillermo looks at the camera, it’s either out of fear or it’s either like I’m smarter than them and you see that, right? So it’s like you saw that, right? But he can never say it. So he can’t verbally say what he’s feeling. So, their face does it all for you to the camera.

Did Guillermo and Nandor meet at Panera Bread?

Guillén: We talked about this. I think the idea that, if he was working at Panera Bread, it must have been shortly after high school or something. And somewhere along the lines, he must’ve met Nandor, he must’ve come in when Panera was closing and maybe tried to feast on him? Maybe, I don’t know. The backstory I gave myself was, he convinced Nandor not to feast on him and kill him, but to service him in return to become a vampire. That’s the backstory I gave myself. But Kayvan, what do you think?

Novak: I think whatever happened there’s CCTV footage of it-

Guillén: Somewhere. Yeah.

Novak: And I think that would be the best way of revisiting that because, if they didn’t have a documentary crew following them, then they’re relying on kind of just, incidental cameras, capturing stuff. I think it would be cool.

Guillén: I think that’s cool. Yeah.

Nandor is 758 years old, and going through an eternal life crisis. Is he becoming too Americanized or does Nadja have a point about there not being anything more to existence than just slaughter?

Novak: It’s a funny one because he’s been around so long, you’re supposed to eventually just blend into your environment and be taken over by and become an American or become a Staten Islander. And for some reason they live in such an insular world that they resisted this. But now for some reason, whether it be an emotional light that’s gone off in his head, he’s decided that no, he wants to humanize himself more and, yeah, be more like the people that he kills, almost. The world that he feeds off. He wants to be part of that. And I think, Nadja, she’s the cynic she’s like, stop dreaming. Stop. You know, there’s always that person that’s like, yeah, you could do that. But there’s lots of people that want to do that too, you know? And you’re like, oh, you’re right. I better not waste my time chasing pipe dreams. There’s always that person in the room and that person, for Nandor, is Nadja.

What’s it like to act against Nadja’s doll?

Guillén: Such a diva. Yeah. Difficult. Late to set. She always has to be carried. I don’t know if it’s in her rider, but the doll has to be carried by two, like men-

Novak: Dressed in green.

Guillén: Dressed in green. Yeah.

Novak: I actually did have to do a couple of scenes where there’s a montage sequence with me and the doll and we actually got onto some really funny stuff. I was teaching her sword fighting, a bit of a spoiler, but it’s very quick. I don’t know if it made it in but I was teaching her sword fighting and then I was like, well, we might as well have a sword fight. And then she disarms me and then she chases after me and I run. But I don’t know if that made it in the cut. I just decided that would have been a funny thing to do. To be disarmed by this doll. I think Nandor has a soft spot for the doll. Obviously, it’s a cool bit of special effects that’s for sure. It’s awesome.

What will you be getting Colin Robinson for his hundredth birthday?

Novak: A new contract. You know, his management team has been slacking.

I was talking with Mark Proksch about the physical comedy and Harvey, yours is particularly perilous. What’s the choreography prep like and making those fight scenes hit their funny marks?

Guillén: Well, I think physical comedy is just as good as you know, anything we do, so I mean, a lot of us do physical comedy in the show, but you never see Guillermo really in motion to do physical comedy most of the time it’s because he’s always so put together. So even with the combat and fighting, the note that Jermaine gave me for the finale was, Harvey doesn’t know he’s been at this. All right. So he doesn’t know what’s happening. So it was more of an idea that his face is like “what’s happening?,” But his hands were coordinated and bad-ass, and that’s the way I’ve been playing him. And now that he’s coming into his own, now he’s more relaxed into his own power of Van Helsing. But it’s also funny. It’s just funny to see someone who’s like a baby duck, like learning to walk for the first time. It’s like he’s trying. And you know, so that physical comedy comes in hand.

Kayvan, can you tell me what it was like working against Aida Turturro and learning to love after, after 37 wives?

Novak: Aida was a riot, from day one. She was a fan of the show, which is always wonderful and incredibly flattering. She was so into the show, she was so into the world and into us as performers. And I think that just, she had so much fun when she was there and we had some intimate scenes. The first time you see us, she’s on her back and I’m on top of her. And that’s quite an introduction. But she just went with it, you know? And it was just a lot of fun, a lot of fun with her and yeah, we just spoke to her today actually, and she was singing the show’s praises again. And she’s genuinely so excited. She’s not keeping her cool or trying not to be a fangirl about it. She was just super enthusiastic to be there. And you feed off that. You love that.

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Chapters: 6/?: UFO Ending Fandom: Star Trek, Star Trek: The Original Series (Movies), Star Trek: Generations (1994), TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Video Games), Multi-Fandom, Middle-earth: Shadow of War Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Ratbag the Coward/Original Character(s), Ratbag the Coward/Talion Characters: Original Starfleet Character(s), Original Orc Character(s), Talion (Shadow of Mordor), Ratbag the Coward, Brûz the Chopper, Ranger (Olog-hai), Az-harto, Shelob (Tolkien), Aud, Lorne | Krevlornswath, The Albino, Ratbag, Forthog Orc-Slayer Additional Tags: Team Medi Universe, Alternate Universe - Star Trek Fusion, multifandom - Freeform, Orc Culture, Orcs, Our Orcs Are Different, Interstellar Numenorean Empire, Shadow of War spoilers, The Legend of Criss Damon, gummy worms, Ologs love Candy, I’m sorry these canon characters appear late in the fic, Original Character-centric, This side quest is turning into a series pilot real quick Series: Part 5 of Team Medi: Sons of Durin Summary:

Ratbag and Azkh grow closer. The Twenty-five face the first of their Troubles, and come together.

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suresha · 4 years

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Secret Stash of Unlisted Muses

These are other muses I have played/was playing on my other blog. They are mostly REQUEST ONLY, and not open for heavy threading without a plot. By default, none of these muses will recognize any canon ships unless otherwise plotted, period. This makes it easier for people to feel free to do what they want. I will never force anyone to recognize a canon ship unless they want to. You MAY inquire about my OTPs. I’m always willing to answer.

I will not post bios for any of them unless they are moved to the main page as a main. I will do this based on popularity each month. Work resumes soon despite covid and I’m not putting too many burdens on myself about muse pages. Wikipedia is your friend.

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Avatar The Last Airbender

Aang

Bleach

Hitsugaya Toshiro

CASTLEVANIA

Adrien Tepes / Alucard

Issac

Hector

Demon Slayer

Nezuko / Tanjiro **TEST MUSES

Fate Stay Night - Fate Zero, ect

Saber ( Arturia )

Gilgamesh

Inuyasha

Kikyou

Naruto - Naruto Shippuden

Neji Hyuuga

Gaara

Iruka Umino

Kakashi Hatake

SNK - Attack on Titan

Note: All Attack on Titan muses are based only on the anime through 3 seasons. Until the Dub of Season 4 is released, I cannot and will not follow SNK blogs back that post spoilers.

Julian ( OC )

Armin

Erwin Smith ( eventual test muse )

Levi Ackerman

Marco ( test muse )

Trinity Blood

Caterina Sforza ( highly selective, mood pending )

Vampire Knight

Hanabusa Aido

Yu-Gi-Oh

Seto Kaiba ( HIGHLY FUCKING SELECTIVE )

Pharaoh Atem [ Avan Jogia FC ]

Yugi Mutou

Yami Bakura ( very low muse / very selective )

Mahad ( canon divergent as hell )

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

Alexios of Sparta [ FC tbd ]

Cobra Kai

Danny “Daniel” Larusso

Disney / OUAT / Pixar

James Norrington

Jack Sparrow* ( to be played at my discretion/FC pending )

Regina Mills ( up to season 2 cos im not finished watching ) - [ Lana Parilla FC ]

Elsa [ FC tbd ]

Game of Thrones

Missandei [ Nathalie Emmanuel FC ]

Daenerys Targaryen [ Emilia Clarke FC ]

Rhaegar Targaryen [ FC tbd ]

Aegon I Targaryen ( modern verse mainly unless plotted ) [ Max Irons FC ]

Sansa Stark ( final 2 seasons only with LOTS of headcanons ) [ Sophie Turner FC ]

House Reyne OC ( fc and bio coming soon! )

Harry Potter

Harry Potter [ Daniel Radcliff, other TBA ]

Lucius Malfoy [ Dane Dehaan, Jacon Isaccs FC ]

Severus Snape [ Ian Somerhalder, Adam Driver, Timothee Chalamet FC ]

Historical ( real life ) & Period Drama

Nasir ( Spartacus Series ) [ Pana Hema Taylor FC ]

Cleopatra

Jurassic Park

Ian Malcolm ( obv Jeff Goldblum )

Marvel ( MCU ) & E-616 ( slightly )

Charles Xavier [ James McAvoy FC ]

Ororo Munroe “Storm” ( E-616 ) [ Halle Berry, tba ]

Raven ‘Misty’ Darkholme ( Mixed Canons ) [ Anya Cholatra, and others FC ]

Jean Grey ( Mixed Canons ) [ Summer Bishil FC ]

Emma Frost ( Mixed Canons / Ye Olde 616 ) [ Vanessa Kirby FC ]

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Natasha Romanoff ( MCU ) [ Scar Jo, other tba ]

Steve Rogers ( MCU ) [ Chris Evans FC ]

Bucky Barnes ( MCU ) [ Sebastian Stan FC ] **TEST MUSE

Tony Stark ( MCU ) [ RDJ FC ]

Loki [ Tom Hiddleston FC ]

T’Challa ( MCUish ) ( not available until his character has been recast by the MCU )

Nolan’s The Dark Knight Trilogy

Jim Gordon

Sleepy Hollow ( TV Series )

Abbie Mills

Star Trek

James/Jim Kirk [ Chris Pine FC ]

The Following

Ryan Hardy

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THRANDUIL [ Lee Pace FC obv ] - will be moved to main muse page soon!

The Hunger Games

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The Mummy ( Returns )

Evie

Ahmanet

The Vampire Chronicles

Louis de Pointe du Lac [ Brad Pitt FC ]

Claudia

The Vampire Diaries

Stefan Salvatore ( up to season 4/5 ) [ Paul Wesley FC ]

Bonnie Bennett ( post-series ) [ Kat Graham FC ]

Damon Salvatore ( heavily canon divergent season 1 )

Elena Gilbert [ Nina Dobrev FC ]

The Walking Dead

Carol Peletier [ Melissa McBride FC ]

Rick Grimes

The Witcher ( Netflix / Books-ish )

Geralt of Rivia [ Henry Cavill FC ]

Fringilla Vigo ( netflix version with book influence )

Xena: Warrior Princess

Xena

Gabrielle

WWE ( old school ) - ( dont even ask for threads here. the fandom on here is questionable at best. if you can’t write very well, im not even giving you the time of day. furthermore, i prefer 90s to about 2005 as far as interactions/superstars go anyway )

HBK, Bret Hart, Triple H, John Cena

Retired / Hiatus Muses - ( these are characters i either lost muse for due to lack of interest from people or i need to kinda do things to spark muse for them. you’re welcome to request them, but making no promises ill be able to write them properly )

Alexander Hamilton ( Broadway based with some historical influence )

Sasuke Uchiha ( naruto shippuden )

#what is dead may never die | muses

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Epic Movie (Re)Watch #132 - Good Will Hunting

Spoilers below.

Have I seen it before: Yes

Did I like it then: Yes.

Do I remember it: Yes.

Did I see it in theaters: No.

Format: Blu-ray

1) I find it interesting how when the opening credits say, “Written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck,” it says Damon’s name over Affleck’s character and vice versa.

2) The first character in the film we really get to know is Stellan Skarsgård as Gerald Lambeau.

You get that Skarsgård has good intentions, even though he is a massive pretentious asshole who hits on his students and judges people not based on how happy they are but more their position in life. A janitor is a failure. A community college teacher is a failure. Any other opinions be damned. He’s not EXCLUSIVELY a bad guy though. You understand his intentions are good and he does learn as the film goes on, but damn if he isn’t just a prick for most of the film.

3) The first tavern scene is a nice way of introducing us to Will and his friends. It creates a sense of community between them and South Boston, a sense of character for every member of the group, and their relationships with each other.

4) Matt Damon as Will Hunting.

Will is a character who you really get to know over time, and that’s very nice. At first he largely keeps to himself and we get that he doesn’t care about power or prestige. At first that’s a noble thing, but then we learn that this is born less out of humility and more out of fear. Will is a flawed character. He convinces himself of all the disadvantages of somethings, of the shame of it, because he is petrified. His world, his life with his friends, that is safe for him. That is home. And he doesn’t really risk to go for more than that because of his fear of rejection (identified by Robin Williams’ Sean Maguire later in the movie). I think this - along with the beatings he sustained as a child - fuels the aggression we see (and later hear about) when he picks a fight with an old kindergarden bully for no other reason than he just felt like it (and then doesn’t stop until the cops show up).

But Will is SMART. And not like a little smart either, but incredibly intelligent. He’s not afraid to show it either, he doesn’t hide it when he feels a need to use it. But he doesn’t brag about it either. He is not in his friends’ faces with it with an, “I’m so much smarter than you,” attitude. Matt Damon - the film’s cowriter with Ben Affleck - plays Will’s many facets very well. This film is incredibly well cast and most of the actors when you’re watching them don’t FEEL like actors. They feel like the characters, totally and completely. Damon as the lead is no exception.

5) Can I just say: I LIVE for scenes in movies and moments in life where some pretentious condescending asshole is put in their place totally and completely? It’s so cathartic!

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6) Minnie Driver as Skylar.

Can I just say I LOVE Skylar, even if she is at risk of falling into the category of manic pixie dream girl on paper. Minnie Driver’s academy award nominated performance in this film just makes her so much MORE than that! I love everything about Skylar: how she approaches Will at the bar and calls him an idiot for not asking her out, how she is able to hold her own against Will’s sense of humor and occasional bullshitting, her laugh, her honesty, her heart! The first time I watched this film I was in awe - more than anything else - with Driver’s realism in the part. She and Damon have knockout chemistry that not only suggests to you their heat but their friendship. It is totally believable that they fall in love in such a quick time, and that is because they work so fucking brilliantly with each other. There is sincerity, trust, comradery, humor, an ability to be themselves around each other. I believe Damon and Driver dated for a while after meeting on this film, and that chemistry shows. I just...gah! I love it so much!

7) Classic.

Will [to the douchebag from the bar]: “Do you like apples?”

Douchebag: “Yeah.”

Will [placing Skylar’s phone number on the glass between them]: “Well I got her number.”

8) The way Lambeau treats Will is...interesting, to say the least. At first it seems like he looks down at him. Like he’s his savior and he knows it. There’s a scene where after they’re done doing math together, Lambeau ruffles Will’s hair. Who the hell does that? It changes as the film goes on. You realize that Lambeau grows to understand that Will is truly an unmatched genius, but early on it’s...weird.

9) The string of psychiatrists Lambeau takes Will to see is very telling and very entertaining. It shows how smart Will is, but also how abrasive he is. How he scoffs at authority and the need for help. It’s a funny scene but it greatly tells to Will’s deeper struggles.

10) Robin Williams as Sean Maguire.

Williams won his first and only Oscar based on his performance in this film, and damn if it isn’t clear why. Williams is chameleonic. Yes you know its Robin Williams playing him, yes he brings some of his trademark improv comedy (more on that later), but you don’t SEE Williams. All you see is Sean, and that is incredible. Damon and Affleck took a character who could have easily been just the token mentor. The Obi-Wan to Will’s Luke Skywalker. But they did more. They gave Sean his own struggles, his own grief, his own desires, his own conflict, his own arc, and made a truly compelling character who can hold his own against Damon’s Will.

You learn a lot about Sean as the film goes along. You learn how his life is defined by his love and loss of his wife, you see that he is able to relate to actual people, that he hates the MIT snobs. The dude chokes Will out for insulting his wife at one point and is the first therapist to kick Lambeau out of his session. Meaning he takes his time with Will far more seriously than the other therapists.

The chemistry between Williams and Damon is on par with the chemistry between Driver and Damon, although of a fundamentally different nature. Williams as Sean is able to sift through Will’s bullshit, knows when he doesn’t need to put up with it, and is able to slowly make this character who is so afraid of rejection comfortable around him. I think it’s the key relationship in the film, and I love it.

11) Danny Elfman’s score in this film is beautiful. Elfman is known for his more macabre work through collaborations with directors like Tim Burton and Sam Raimi, but here he creates a hopeful and sincere melody which carries you through the film like a leaf on the wind. I think it’s great.

12) The scene where Sean is talking to Will on a park bench is somewhat iconic, but I think it is very powerful for one key reason: the filmmakers decided to keep it on William’s performance for most of the scene. They did not cut between him and Damon, they let his acting and his heart carry those minutes and it is incredible I think. You can watch for yourself if you so desire:

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This is my favorite line from that monologue:

Sean: “You’re an orphan right. Do you think I know the first thing about how hard your life has been - how you feel, who you are - because I read Oliver Twist?”

People like to say they know what other people are going through, but unless they have personally they don’t have any idea what they’re talking about. Thank you to this film for having that line in there. I love it.

13) According to IMDb:

The lines in the scene when Sean talks about his late wife's farting antics were ad-libbed by Robin Williams. That is why Matt Damon was laughing so hard. If you watch the scene carefully you can notice the camera shaking a bit, possibly due to the cameraman laughing as well.

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14) This film does an excellent job in balancing the aspects of Will’s life. We get the perfect looks at his relationship with his friends, with Skylar, with Sean, and with Lambeau. There’s not too much and there’s not too little, it’s just right.

15) It is interesting to see how Will lets his guard down with Skylar in some regards while also keeping it up in some ways (namely, lying about how he has 12 brothers).

16) I love Skylar’s story with Will’s friends.

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Minnie Driver is gold.

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Lambeau [after Sean says they should let Sean go down his own path]: “It worked wonders for you didn’t it?”

Sean: “Yeah it did you arrogant fucking prick.”

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WHETHER OR NOT SOMEONE HAS LIVED A GOOD LIFE IS NOT BASED ON THEIR STATURE. IT IS NOT BASED ON THEIR JOB, THEIR WEALTH, THEIR LOOKS, NOTHING LIKE THAT. IT IS EXCLUSIVELY BASED ON HOW HAPPY THEY ARE LIVING THEIR LIFE AND HOW MUCH PAIN THEY ARE OR ARE NOT CAUSING OTHERS!!!!

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I have a lot of strong feelings on this matter, can you tell?

18) I love how Will explains the way his brain works. How he says Mozart and Beethoven could just look at a piano and play, that’s how his brain works with history and numbers and science and stuff. It actually makes a lot of sense despite being pretty vague.

19) Get ready to have your heart broken by Will being a fucking idiot.

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GODDAMN IT WILL!!!!!

20) Will’s whole monologue about why he doesn’t take a job with the NSA because of what COULD happen and one hypothetical leading to another is just a perfect example of him using his intellect to rationalize his fears in a bullshit way.

Will [in a session with Sean]: “Why shouldn't I work for the N.S.A.? That's a tough one, but I'll take a shot. Say I'm working at N.S.A. Somebody puts a code on my desk, something nobody else can break. Maybe I take a shot at it and maybe I break it. And I'm real happy with myself, 'cause I did my job well. But maybe that code was the location of some rebel army in North Africa or the Middle East. Once they have that location, they bomb the village where the rebels were hiding and fifteen hundred people I never met, never had no problem with, get killed. Now the politicians are sayin', "Oh, send in the Marines to secure the area" 'cause they don't give a shit. It won't be their kid over there, gettin' shot. Just like it wasn't them when their number got called, 'cause they were pullin' a tour in the National Guard. It'll be some kid from Southie takin' shrapnel in the ass. And he comes back to find that the plant he used to work at got exported to the country he just got back from. And the guy who put the shrapnel in his ass got his old job, 'cause he'll work for fifteen cents a day and no bathroom breaks. Meanwhile, he realizes the only reason he was over there in the first place was so we could install a government that would sell us oil at a good price. And, of course, the oil companies used the skirmish over there to scare up domestic oil prices. A cute little ancillary benefit for them, but it ain't helping my buddy at two-fifty a gallon. And they're takin' their sweet time bringin' the oil back, of course, and maybe even took the liberty of hiring an alcoholic skipper who likes to drink martinis and fuckin' play slalom with the icebergs, and it ain't too long 'til he hits one, spills the oil and kills all the sea life in the North Atlantic. So now my buddy's out of work and he can't afford to drive, so he's got to walk to the fuckin' job interviews, which sucks 'cause the shrapnel in his ass is givin' him chronic hemorrhoids. And meanwhile he's starvin', 'cause every time he tries to get a bite to eat, the only blue plate special they're servin' is North Atlantic scrod with Quaker State. So what did I think? I'm holdin' out for somethin' better. I figure fuck it, while I'm at it why not just shoot my buddy, take his job, give it to his sworn enemy, hike up gas prices, bomb a village, club a baby seal, hit the hash pipe and join the National Guard? I could be elected president.”

21) One of my favorite scenes in this film is Chuckie’s reaction after Will says he’s going to stay in south Boston his whole life.

Chuckie: “Look, you're my best friend, so don't take this the wrong way but, in 20 years if you're still livin' here, comin' over to my house, watchin' the Patriots games, workin' construction, I'll fuckin' kill ya. That's not a threat, that's a fact, I'll fuckin' kill ya.”

He is like the only one - between Skylar, Sean, and Lambeau - to actually get through to Will. And that is because he speaks Will’s language. It’s one of my favorite character moments in the film.

22) I do really love the climax of the film (Sean telling Will, “It’s not your fault,” for his foster dad beating on him and Will breaking down into tears) even if I’m aware of some of it’s flaws. This is a turning point for Will, but if he were in therapy in real life this wouldn’t be the end. Also most therapists don’t treat their patients this way. But that’s the beauty of fiction: we have this thing called suspension of disbelief which makes movies fun to watch! :D

23) I think the ending for this film is quite lovely. So many different ideas from earlier play into effect, Will goes to make up with Skylar (headcanon: he gets her back after much groveling and attempts to convince her he’s changed), and what Matt Damon said was Robin Williams’ best improvised line in the film.

Will [in a note he leaves for Sean]: "Sean, if the Professor calls about that job, just tell him, sorry, I have to go see about a girl."

Good Will Hunting is a classic of cinema. It features excellent writing that features a heartwarming story, supported by incredible performances across the board. Williams, Damon, and Driver are all particular standouts, but the film is just so good. Perhaps a little overrated, but still incredible. Go see it!

#Good Will Hunting #Matt Damon #Robin Williams #Minnie Driver #Ben Affleck #Stellan Skarsgård #Epic Movie (Re)Watch #Movie #Film #GIF

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I’ve had a recent revelation while watching season 6, episode 5 of The Vampire Diaries “The World Has Turned and Left Me”. Okay so we all know Buffy The Vampire Slayer is the best vampire show hands down, but Vampire Diaries does come in at a close second. So this particular episode is the one where Damon and Bonnie are working on a way to get out of that weird hell dimension they were in (of course Bonnie doesn’t make it out - no spoilers yet, I’m only in episode 6 now). Also, Elena is getting flirty with some new heroic med-student, jaw-line-too-good-to-be-true, Liam, eho, in case anyone didn’t notice, looks a lot like Scott Hope, Buffy’s sort of boyfriend in season 3. Actually, this whole particular episode of TVD I kept trying to figure out who Liam looks like and I realized it was Scott (see pics above). Then things get way too similar to BTVS…Damon (Angel) is coming out of hell right when Elena (Buffy) is falling for Liam (Scott)…yeah….not much creativity there TVD (again, see pics above). At least Damon didn’t come back a rabid animal.

#the vampire diaries #buffy the vampire slayer #damon salvatore #elena gilbert #buffy summers #Angel #bonnie bennett #Scott hope #Liam Davis #season 6 TVD #season 3 BTVS #tvd #btvs

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just brothers taking care of their younger sisters ❤️

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ao3feed-btvs · 6 years

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The Slayers and All the Vampires

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by MissTardis

Buffy and Faith learns that they have only seen a little of what the world of monsters has to offer.

Words: 529, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), True Blood (TV), Southern Vampire Mysteries - Charlaine Harris, Twilight Series - Stephenie Meyer, Twilight Series - All Media Types, Twilight (Movies), The Vampire Diaries (TV), The Vampire Diaries & Related Fandoms, The Vampire Diaries - L. J. Smith, Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M, Multi

Characters: Buffy Summers, Faith Lehane, Angel (BtVS), Angelus (BtVS), Spike (BtVS), Damon Salvatore, Lorenzo "Enzo" St. John, Eric Northman, Jasper Hale, Adam (Only Lovers Left Alive)

Relationships: Spike/Buffy Summers, Angel/Buffy Summers, Buffy Summers/Jasper Hale, Eric Northman/Buffy Summers, Buffy Summers/Damon Salvatore, Buffy Summers/Lorenzo "Enzo" St. John, Faith Lehane/Buffy Summers, Faith Lehane/Spike, Angel/Faith Lehane, Angelus (BtVS)/Buffy Summers, Faith Lehane/Jasper Hale, Faith Lehane/Eric Northman, Faith Lehane/Damon Salvatore, Faith Lehane/Lorenzo "Enzo" St. John

Additional Tags: BDSM, BDSM Scene, Heavy BDSM, Spanking, Rough Sex, Rough Oral Sex, Rough Kissing, Roughness, Rough Body Play, Erotic Violence, Blood, Blood Drinking, Biting, Play Fighting, Fighting Kink, Surprises, Tags Contain Spoilers, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Bondage, Handcuffs, Choking, Breath Control, bc - Freeform, Asphyxiation

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#buffy the vampire slayer #btvs

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The Vampire Diaries: Damon or Stefan?

I’ve been marathoning The Vampire Diaries on Netflix. I had watched season 1 and maybe half of 2 when they aired. I caught up at least partway through season 4, then fell off. But, here I am again. I saw so many posts about the ending on Twitter and Tumblr I need to know what happened and how. Disclaimer: I’m currently mid-season 2 and only hazily remember up to mid-season 4 (ish). I’ve gotten a lot of spoilers already, so I’m not too worried about them. But, I don’t really know much about character growth and development beyond season 4 (ish), so keep that in mind as you’re reading.

I should preface this by saying I went into The Vampire Diaries expecting it to be The Lost Boys meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It gave me more of a One Tree Hill meets Twilight vibe, which I didn’t really dig. This is because I really love The Lost Boys and Buffy the Vampire Slayer for how they utilize vampires as metaphor and achieve a decent camp/drama balance. Expecting something like that and getting more of a tortured love triangle peppered with Damon snark was a bit of a hard left turn I didn’t like.

However, rewatching the first few seasons having seen them before and knowing what to expect, I’m finding the show much more enjoyable than I did the first time around. Part of this I think has to do with how closely they kept everything to the vest during seasons 1 and 2. I had a hard time figuring out why anyone was doing anything and was constantly yelling at the TV because everyone was doing awful or stupid things for no apparent reason. Not so on a rewatch!

So, I think most of my avoidance of TVD was due to incorrect expectations on my part and the stylistic writing choice to keep the audience in the dark about a lot of things. Neither of those is the show’s fault. It just didn’t sit well with me at the time.

As I’m watching, the obvious question that keeps coming to mind is “Stefan or Damon?” It’s the question Elena and Caroline are often faced with when it comes to romance. Others, like Bonnie, often have to choose a side, as the Salvatore brothers are rarely in agreement on how to handle anything. As a viewer, I find myself torn over who to side with most of the time.

I tend to side with Stefan when it comes to situational or tactical stuff. How do we get the moonstone away from Katherine? How do we deal with the werewolf in the woods? Anything involving a carefully thought out and precisely executed plan. Stefan is great with these situations. I think this is because he’s very skilled with self-control and restraint in general. He has no problem keeping his emotions in check and focusing on what has to be done. Damon is more of a murder first, don’t ask questions ever kind of dude. Not the best guy to have in the mix when precision and control are key.

However.

If I don’t want to die four times over by the end of the week in this universe, you bet your ass I’m going to be glued to Damon. If I get snatched by some thousand-year-old vampire with an axe or six to grind with several of my friends, I don’t want the guy who’s going to pace the floor trying to think of a plan while I’m getting my eyeballs ripped out of their sockets or whatever the fuck those guys do. I want the guy who’s going to haul ass to where I am, yell at me for getting kidnapped, then scare me into doing whatever I need to do to get out of there (that I’m sure as shit going to be too terrified to think of myself). Damon is great in situations where swift action and hard, fast decisions are needed. If Stefan’s the strategy guy, Damon’s the boots on the ground.

And then, of course, there’s the romance angle or whatever.

Okay, this is a tough one because knowing what I know as a viewer about these two, I wouldn’t want to end up with either of them. Both of them are deceptive and manipulative, just in different ways.

Stefan is very open about his feelings and his thoughts. If he’s upset you’re going to know. If you’re upset he’s going to ask you what’s going on. He’s a great communicator and a great listener. He’s the shoulder you cry on and the guy who gives you sage advice. However, he’s also the guy who has a shady, psychotic ex he forgot to mention who might just Single White Female your ass while you’re checking your makeup in the bathroom at a party. And there’s the substance abuse problem that creeps up on you when you’re knee-deep in this relationship and you find yourself checking the guy’s house for a hidden stash while dealing with his weird mood swings.

Damon is very open about his past and what he’s capable of. Yeah, he killed that chick you saw on the news. Katherine? Oh, yeah. They were a thing. He lays out his own dirty laundry plus everybody else’s. He’ll tell you where all the skeletons are, literal and figurative. And he’ll be charming as hell while he’s doing it (otherwise it’d be creepy). However, the guy could be in love with you for months and you’d have no idea because he chooses to show it by assaulting your friends and coming up with elaborate schemes that are actually excuses for an awkward team-up. And when you interpret this, correctly, as this guy being a crazy asshole, he might snap and kill somebody you care about because HOW DARE YOU? You know what you’re getting into with Damon, but you have no idea you’re even in it because he’s carried on an entire relationship with you in his head Nurse Betty style. And he’s mad at you because you’re not acknowledging the relationship you don’t know you’re in. So you’re in a fight. And being on the wrong side of Damon is no bueno.

These are two crazy people, you guys. Legit. You have a guy who loves you and shows you that, but whose secrecy might get you kidnapped, maimed, or killed while he’s figuring out how to rescue you. Then you have a guy who’s going to tell you everything you want to know and more, but who’s going to make you guess what he’s thinking and fly off and kill somebody if you’re wrong.

Honestly, I think I’d pick Klaus over either of them, but that’s a whole different post topic.

Between Stefan and Damon in the romance department, I’d like to think I’d pick Stefan. As shitty as his past is, he’s a well-intentioned guy who’s always working on himself. And he’s somebody you can invite to a party without worrying he’s going to kill one of your friends for no apparent reason (and if that was a reasonable possibility there’d be signs, so you could, you know, cancel that party or leave his bloodthirsty ass at home in the dungeon). But, knowing myself, I’d probably end up with Damon. He’s charming and charismatic. He’s not super into having deep conversations about “where this is going” so there doesn’t seem to be any pressure to hanging out with him. And he’s fun, great at getting you to have a little fun.

I guess this makes Caroline my TVD spirit animal.

Overall, I think if I were a person living in this universe I’d lean more toward Stefan because he seems like the more reliable of the two if you don’t know better. As a viewer, I find Damon somehow more predictable in the way that you know he’s a wild card a lot of the time. I also find Damon’s motivations behind things more relatable than Stefan’s.

Conclusion: Stefan’s the more stalwart hero whereas Damon has the more interesting story. And they’re both fucked as love interests, so no to all of that.

#dingometa #the vampire diaries #damon salvatore #stefan salvatore

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Los mejores y peores episodios de las 50 series más notables (II)

Continuamos con este repaso a los greatest hits y epic fails de nuestras series favoritas sin spoilers. Hoy os traemos una selección que esperamos os guste tanto como la primera parte. En esta segunda entrega contamos con pelotazos históricos, comedias que no envejecen/envejecieron bien y despedidas de rigor esta semana.

Debatan ustedes con precaución.

Breaking Bad

El mejor: 5x14 Ozymandias (10) — El único 10 perfecto que vais a encontrar en la lista. Walter White rompía con todo y contra todos en el explosivo inicio de la recta final de la serie, superando incluso al propio Felina.

El peor: 3x10 Fly(7.8) — El mítico episodio de la mosca. Fly fue uno de esos episodios botella que hay que producir por cuestiones de presupuesto bajo, donde la acción brilló por su ausencia. Y mucho.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

El mejor: 6x07 Once More, with Feeling (9.8) — La aparición de un demonio que convertía la realidad en un musical se tornó en uno de los episodios legendarios de la fantasía televisiva. It must be bunnies.

El peor: 4x05 Beer Bad (6.0) — Hasta a la Cazavampiros se le atravesó por un momento el paso del instituto a la universidad y prueba de ello es este fan non-favorite.

Lost

El mejor: 3x22/23 Through the Looking Glass (9.7) — Empatado con The Constant de Desmond, pero Not Penny’s Boat. Con eso basta.

El peor: 3x09 Stranger in a Strange Land (7.3) — La pobre Juliet llegó haciendo amigos al lado contrario de La Isla y conquistó al mismo número de náufragos que de espectadores. Jack y dos más.

Glee

El mejor: 5x03 The Quarterback (9.5) — El homenaje a Finn tras la muerte de Cory Monteith. 43 minutos de meternos la mano en las entrañas y retorcérnoslas desde Seasons of Love hasta Lea Michele cantando Make You Feel My Love.

El peor: 5x08 Previously Unaired Christmas (6.0) — Glee como pollo sin cabeza tras fallecer su co-protagonista se dio por perdida con un especial navideño que fingía ser metatelevisión y era para meter la televisión en un cajón.

Community

El mejor: 1x23 Modern Warfare (9.8) — La primera batalla campal de paintball no se merecía menos nota. Sin duda el episodio que terminó de poner Community en el mapa de las series must, y no es de extrañar la secuela que tuvo en la segunda temporada.

El peor: 4x09 Economics of Marine Biology (6.9) — Una trama irrelevante sobre sacar el dinero a un estudiante de buena familia y una falta completa de la ambición a la que nos acostumbraron.

Dexter

El mejor: 4x12 The Getaway (9.8) — Hizo falta valor para que el gran villano de Dexter rematase su temporada más memorable con el soberbio cliffhanger de la bañera que aún tenemos grabado en nuestras retinas.

El peor: 8x12 Remember the Monsters? (4.8) — El leñador no llega ni al aprobado. Sobran comentarios.

The Vampire Diaries

El mejor: 3x22 The Departed (9.5) — Ese giro inesperado que trastornó la vida de Elena Gilbert allá por 2012. Todavía pendiente de ser superado por el final que se emite esta misma noche en Estados Unidos.

El peor: 1x02 The Night of the Comet (7.8) — Como es habitual, el síndrome del segundo episodio hace mella. ¿Os acordáis cuando Damon era un cuervo porque es más sexy que un murciélago?

How to Get Away with Murder

El mejor: 2x09 What Did We Do? (9.7) — Mitad de temporada, cliffhanger por todo lo alto, respuestas sobre quién disparó a cierto icono del estilismo capilar y cuántas manos de inocentes estudiantes quedaron manchadas de sangre.

El peor: 1x03 Smile, or Go to Jail (8.2) — Aquellos inicios del Murder se centraban en un personaje por episodio, y la que, por lo visto, se llevó la peor parte fue nuestra querida Michaela.

Person of Interest

El mejor: 4x11 If-Then-Else (9.9) — Una nota casi perfecta recibe el episodio más tenso para La Máquina, cuando tuvo que enfrentarse a los siempre socorridos cálculos de realidades alternativas.

El peor: 1x02 Ghosts (8.3) — ¿Decíamos de segundos episodios que rara vez fueron buenos? Sumado a ese delincuente de la semana antes de que Person demostrase todo su potencial.

Modern Family

El mejor: 6x16 Connection Lost (9.5) — Con el episodio del iPad como antecedente, Modern Family ya estaba habituada a usar los productos de Apple como patrocinio. Y en este caso, para escribir un episodio desde una pantalla. Literalmente Modern.

El peor: 8x15 Finding Fizbo (6.9) — Emitido tan sólo la semana pasada. Esta lista quedará con plena seguridad desactualizada en diez minutos en vista de la caída libre en la que se encuentra la antaño ganadora del Emmy a mejor comedia.

#series tv #television

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A Rant About Redemption and Bad Guys

Hey! So, the other day I read Aimee Meester's post on her blog about how we need to stop romanticizing the villains and grey morality and it was really thought provoking, especially for someone like me. I love bad guys. I love their backstories and their complex character arcs and I love how their usually super flawed and quirky with dynamic, larger than life personalities. I've always been fascinated by them, even when I was little kid and would sit and watch X-Men Evolution and all the Disney movies and read the Sisters Grimm and Percy Jackson. Maybe it was my inner writer but I loved Gambit and Rogue and Puck and Nico. I loved all the characters with the tortured pasts, the characters with a rough present and a foggy future. And now that I'm older and watch "big kid" stuff I love my Loki and Damon and Spike (just finished binging Buffy and Angel and am now getting into the graphic novels because I loved those shows so much!) and Captain Cold from the Flash and Bellamy and Murphy from The 100. I love them all. Though, on a side note, now that I think about it I can't come up with a whole lot the big bad, grey area, antihero female characters. I'm sure there are but I'm drawing a giant blank right now. Anyways back on subject. The bad guys. But I think what I'm trying to get at is what do all these "bad guys" have in common? Yes their either the villain, antihero or antagonist in the main character's story. They aren't even the main characters themselves. But what they all have in common is the character development arc that is Redemption. I love redemption and forgiveness and can this character come back from all the terrible things they've done? Can they be forgiven and can they change and be good? Can they go from being murderers and horrible people to being heroes? There are a few bad guys that I still love that are bad and will always be bad and they probably will never be heroes or anything like a hero but all the baddies I love are the ones with redemption running through their Journey. I think why I love the redemption story is because it reminds me so much of what I've been promised as a Christian. It doesn't matter the horrible things you've done in your past, God will still forgive you. He changes you from the inside out, transforms you from the Big Bad to the Champion. And that's what love does in most character arcs for those antiheroes and antagonists. The heroes are the ones who are chosen. They're the champions.

I'm sorry not really this was just too perfect not to use.

Chosen to fight the good fight, to save the girl and stop the Big Bad (after watching Buffy and Angel now I just call my villains the Big Bad). Yes they should be dynamic and real and exciting with flaws and character growth. They may mess up and make bad decisions but in the end they're the good guy and they will always be the good guy. Look at Angel in his show Angel. He's frequently called the Champion. He's the goodie vampire with the soul who saves damsels in distress and stops the world from falling apart. Yeah he's done a lot horrible things in his life time, seemingly irredeemable things but that's the whole point of his journey. His entire show is about him atoning for his sins, changing his ways and righting his past wrongs. He went through a few rough patches but at the end of the day he's still the Champion and he's pretty easily forgiven. The same goes for Stefan in The Vampire Diaries. Angel needs redemption and so does Stefan, they've both done horrible things, but the point is they were already more or less redeemed from the get-go. Their stories start with them already being the Champion and redeemed and thriving to be better. These other guys? Not so much. Damon, Spike, Murphy, Bellamy, Snart (Captain Cold) and lots of others, they start their stories off as the baddies. Their not nice people. They steal and they kill and they hurt people. Their charming and good looking sure but if you met them in real life you would be running the other way. Bellamy was a jerk in the first season of The 100. Murphy still kind of is even in season 3. Snart was a thief. Damon and Spike are horrible, murderous vampires (which by far outweighs the others). You look at them and think, yeah they're funny and charming and fun bad guys but man are they royal jerks, I do not like them in the slightest. But then, something happens. The big bad, evil vampire falls for the human girl who may see him as the bad guy but doesn't see him as the monster. Bellamy realizes Clarke's actually pretty smart and that if he wants to survive he'd better listen to her. Murphy... well Murphy only turned semi-nice and not as self-serving as before when he's dragged into the desert and falls for a thief. Snart realizes maybe the Flash isn't such a bad guy after all and gains some mutual respect for one another. Usually the protagonist is the one who at some point brings out the best in these bad "irredeemable" villains. And sometimes things just happens that forces the bad guy to do the right thing even if he doesn't want to which then, with some help, turns them into a better person. What do all those have in common? Love, respect, support. And ok... I'm sorry... I tried to stop myself but I just can't. This post is officially going to turn into me using Angel and Spike and some Faith to tell the redemption story because let's face it: Joss Whedon is a genius and knows how to write a good redemption story. I already got my Angel stuff out (I could write for hours about him though) but Spike and Faith? Those were some wicked good characters. *spoiler alerts ahead if you haven't seen these shows and you haven't go watch it right now!* Faith starts out as the second Slayer (long story). She's edgy and was not my favorite person at all. She had this weird, psycho thing about her and turns out I was right. She ended up going a little crazy and killing and torturing and being a horrible person. Buffy wants her put down or at least locked away and for real, you think this girl can not be redeemed. She's done horrible things and is a twisted person. But then she comes across Angel and he breaks her... in a good way. He convinces her to change and because of his friendly love and support and respect Faith wants to change. She doesn't want to be a killer and horrible person anymore. At the end she actually ends up turning herself in and is willing to take her punishment because she knows she deserves it and that she's done bad things. By the end of her story Faith actually ends up being a Champion just like Angel and Buffy and all the other good guys on the show. She helps save the world! And all because someone believed she was worth saving.

From Fred to Spike

Spike... now he's a fun one. I loved him from the moment I met him, when he was seriously so mean and awful and wanted to kill Buffy. I don't think he had a single redeemable quality, except for his love for Drusilla. I just liked him cuz he was funny and a good bad guy. I had hoped Joss Whedon would do something with him and I was not disappointed. Unlike Faith who saw the error in her ways Spike did not... Even when he had a chip put in his head that stopped him from killing people he still wanted it out and he still wanted to be bad. That was until he fell in love with Buffy. Love is very powerful and very important, especially in a redemption story. And ok, he was still weird and kind of disturbing when he obsessed over Buffy but by the end he got over that and just loved her. He fought at her side, helped her out, sat with her when she didn't want to talk. Even when she wasn't around something had changed inside him and he just did the right thing because it was the right thing. And then, he did the ultimate thing that turned him into a Champion. Of his own free will he sought out and got a soul for himself. He willingly got a soul so he could be a better person for Buffy. And by the end of the show he's barely recognizable from the Spike in season 2. He sacrifices his to save the world, not for Buffy, not for himself, but for the sake of being good. Not to mention in Angel he ended up truly declaring himself a Champion because he wants to be one, not just to spite Angel but because he wants to be a Champion, a hero for himself.

Awww!

I guess what I'm trying to say is what does Spike and Damon and Bellamy and Faith and even Murphy have in common? Love and support. All of their stories showcase the power of love and support in it's purest form. Whether is love between friends or romantic love, it doesn't matter. Either way love wins and that is why I love the bad guys so much. Because usually the bad guys I love reveal themselves as Champions by the end. They reveal the power of love (as cheesy as that sounds) and they reveal the power of someone believing in them and supporting them. Without love and support and belief a person is nothing and can accomplish nothing.

So writers, and fangirls in general, no we shouldn't glorify the bad guys who like killing and torturing and hurting. We should write those characters and make sure their well done because without a good villain there can be no good Champion. But instead of writing so many irredeemable, unsaved characters why don't we write redeemable characters? The ones who have made awful decisions and have done bad things and yet the protagonist forgives, supports or even cares about. The ones who the protagonist saves by accident, just because they respected them and showed them some common decency. The ones who the protagonist saves through friendship. Write messy characters who don't get it right all the time but thrive to be better, want to atone for their bad mistakes and want to be saved. I could go on and on with this post but I don't want to make this super long and exhaust the topic because I might just have to come back to this. The truth is, the first couple of seasons of Buffy may have been cheesy and the whole thing was whack but I learned a lot from it as a writer because Joss Whedon is a Champion in the storyteller universe. So I may just come back to those characters and I may come back to this whole redemption thing because the story I'm working on right now is about an immortal gypsy girl without a soul who is thriving for redemption and a vampire who needs saving. A bit darker than Weapon Icean, so I'm learning some new things about my writing and about myself through Phoebe (the FMC) and Jasper (the MMC). I'm going to end this rant with a bit of a challenge, not only to myself but to the writers reading this: Write those Big Bads and then be creative and find a non-cheesy, new and exciting way to turn them into Champions. Sounds like a lot of work to me, but it also sounds like a lot of fun.

What do you think of my rant? Do you agree or disagree about Champions and the Big Bads?

#Writing #villains #tv shows #redemption #Characters #Books #bad guys

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