Going back to episode 3 and the scenes at the camp you can see the end of an era in Alicent’s life. The end of her childhood and innocence and the beginning of what will turn out to be constant worrying about her children’s future. It’s her son’s second name day ffs and she is sidelined by everyone, including Viserys. She feels excluded from the political talks that directly involve her son and she is treated like an ornament that compliments Viserys’ life and reign, that maybe makes it prettier somehow, but has to match the rest of the furniture. You can see that she looks melancholy and sorrowful in that scene. I also like the costuming detail showing how she tries to dress in the Targaryen colors, how she tries to blend in, but at the end of the day no one pays any attention and she only manages to match with the curtains. :(
Just me sitting here wondering if the thing that finally pulls Aziraphale away from Heaven completely (aside from missing Crowley b/c 🫠), is that he finds out that not all humans who touched his heart in some way are in Heaven.
Elspeth may be in Heaven if she stuck to her promise to be “prrrrroperllyy goot” and died with many good deeds under her belt.
But Mr. Dalrymple….who was trying to save lives and ease human suffering…he took his own life.
Mr. Dalrymple is in hell.
And Wee Morag…who believed in being good and going to Heaven…who only wanted to help her best friend…who Aziraphale felt such guilt over he was willing to break Heaven’s rules….she died robbing a grave.
So I’ve gotten through the first 5 episodes of the live action….and while I want to wait until I finish everything to share any opinions (giving the show the benefit of the doubt)…I feel like they absolutely destroyed the Warriors of Kyoshi episode 💀💀
That was one of my favorite episodes in the entire series before, now they completely butchered it with a fundamental lack of understanding for the reasoning behind the original characterization of like….everyone
All I’ll say about the latest chapter (not the fast pass) is that without the context of the whole series or the chapter, that dialogue is so beautiful. Corny, yes, but beautiful.
But I can’t enjoy it with what I know about this story and their dynamic. I just can’t. And that makes me sad.
Dragon Ball wasn't the first anime I ever watched, but it was the first one that inspired me to get into fandom. It takes a lot of creativity, care, talent and hard work to make characters and worlds that inspire people love those characters and to join you in your world. Thank you Akira Toriyama for creating such amazing things. You will be missed.