Dahlia pushes everyone to their breaking point as she tries to acquire Hope, Klaus makes a miscalculation regarding his siblings, Hayley and Jackson make a decision, Aiden makes a choice, and Freya makes an ultimatum.
Like her or not, Dahlia is very smart. She knows the Mikaelsons well enough to know that it won't take much to turn them against Klaus. And, to be honest, it's not as if Klaus hasn't helped the process along. He knows that he is not universally loved, but he seems to think that he is feared enough that people will not move against him. And there, he could not be more wrong. Granted, the wolves are not exactly much of a threat to him and there is no weapon (out of his control) that can kill him but he neglected to consider that there are weapons that can incapacitate him and that his own family could be compelled to turn against him in order to protect Hope.
Klaus' error lies not in his methods of maintaining control, but in his assessment of his siblings. While Elijah and Rebekah are willing to go to great lengths to protect him and excuse what he has done, there are things (such as Hope) that can make them turn against him. When she killed Aiden, Dahlia found one thing that would work. Neither Rebekah nor Elijah has ever been as willing to turn to violence as Klaus has and they are also not quite as prone to terror. In fact, Klaus' use of both of these is what has cause both of them to turn on him at some point or another. Klaus' other error lay in the fact that he accepted the blame. Granted, it was meant to show strength, but it was a bad decision. However, is he said that he hadn't done it, I doubt that he would have been believed, so there you go.
Are Hayley and Jackson doing the right thing by running? I doubt it. Sorry, but given how easily Dahlia has managed to pick apart the wolves so far, I don't see them having a chance against her. Even if that bracelet that Davina gave Hayley works, I have no doubt that Dahlia could find a way to track them if she truly wanted to. The problem is that they, rightfully, don't trust Klaus' intentions. What they don't seem to get is that Klaus can be very dangerous when he chooses to be and that he is determined to do everything in his power to protect his daughter from Dahlia.
Cami is the only person who knows the truth and I have to wonder what she'll do with it. Will she tell everyone, hoping to get Klaus undaggered? Or will she not tell anyone because they might turn on her? The other thing to consider is what Klaus will do when he is undaggered. He'll be royally pissed at Elijah and Rebekah and rightfully so. I'll grant that they didn't know the truth, but they still betrayed him and that never sits well with Klaus. The other problem is that they need Klaus to fight Dahlia. He is easily the most powerful and dangerous of all of them and he is willing to do things that they wouldn't even consider in order to accomplish his goals.
Part of the problem is that Freya is insisting that Elijah and Rebekah choose between her and Klaus. Honestly, I am not sure which to choose. Klaus is no good and seriously twisted, but he is also a known quantity. Freya, on the other hand, is completely unknown and has been under the domination of their enemy for a thousand years. Sorry, but I'd have a hard time trusting her too. Did Klaus carry it too far? Of course he did, but that is what Klaus does.
I'm going to miss Aiden, if only because he and Josh made such a cute couple. It was good that he came clean to Jackson before the end. He needed to tell Jackson exactly what happened and why, and that is what he did. To be used like that, as a pawn in power games, had to suck. RIP.
Until next week!
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Friday, April 17, 2015
My Review of The Vampire Diaries 6.18- I Could Never Love Like That
Elena has some serious qualms about continuing her life as a vampire, Stefan and Caroline continue their bloody tour of inhumanity, Damon tries to get Lily to help Stefan, Enzo gets a nasty shock, and Jo drops a serious bomb on Elena and Damon.
Since we nearing the end of Elena's time on The Vampire Diaries, I suspect that we are seeing the beginning of the end of her arc. I am fairly certain that she will take the cure and leave the show, possibly (although hopefully not!) with Matt to settle down somewhere far away from vampires and Mystic Falls. I could, of course, be wrong, so it will be interesting to see. She is showing some seriously longing for a "normal" life, and Matt is becoming so anti-vampire. that I don't see the two of them lasting much longer on the show. I do also have to wonder how the show will look without her, because she has been one of the central characters since it began. I also wonder if that is why Caroline has become so much more prominent recently and why Jeremy was written out of the show. They may be trying to pare down the cast for a final season. I hate to say it, but I think this show has about run its course, so having a definitive final season would be a good thing so that they can wrap up storylines and maybe bring the show back to its glory days.
Stefan and Caroline are quite the nasty couple. Between the two of them, they managed to populate the hospital with victims. I did have to laugh at Caroline's "cheating" at the beginning of the episode. I do have to agree with Stefan, using compulsion to scare someone to death is definitely cheating. It was worth it for the moment when Matt and Tyler walked in on her singing karaoke. Unfortunately for Caroline, Damon managed to coach Lily in what to say to Stefan to get his humanity turned back on. The only question is if Stefan can manage to turn Caroline's humanity back on. Given her rampage the last time they tried to turn it back on, I am not sure if his plan we saw in the preview for next week will work.
So, Lily turned Enzo into a vampire. That makes him and the Salvatores brothers, well sort of brothers. She is Enzo's vampiric "mother" after all. I'm not sure how he will react when he finds out exactly who Lily is. He might have figured it out already, which may have been why he chose to let Sarah go, but until they actually say he's figured it out, I'm assuming he still doesn't know yet.
Turns out Lily's vampiric family is actually a group of vampire magic leeches. As Jo said, think Kai with vampiric bloodlust and a serious grudge against the Gemini Coven. I do hope that at least one of them is as much fun as Kai was, because I seriously miss him. My only question is that I still don't quite get how vampires can access magic. We know that witches can't be vampires because they cannot be two magical creatures at the same time, the same reason Bonnie couldn't be a witch and the anchor at the same time and why Elena can't be the vampire and the Petrova Doppleganger at the same time. I also get that vampires are magical creatures, but how can magical leeches also be vampires? That seems to violate the rules that have been followed pretty scrupulously so far. I really hope for a better explanation and fast.
For the next couple of weeks, my reviews for the show will be a little late because I will be at a conference and then on vacation, so please be patient because they will come out, I promise.
Until then!
Since we nearing the end of Elena's time on The Vampire Diaries, I suspect that we are seeing the beginning of the end of her arc. I am fairly certain that she will take the cure and leave the show, possibly (although hopefully not!) with Matt to settle down somewhere far away from vampires and Mystic Falls. I could, of course, be wrong, so it will be interesting to see. She is showing some seriously longing for a "normal" life, and Matt is becoming so anti-vampire. that I don't see the two of them lasting much longer on the show. I do also have to wonder how the show will look without her, because she has been one of the central characters since it began. I also wonder if that is why Caroline has become so much more prominent recently and why Jeremy was written out of the show. They may be trying to pare down the cast for a final season. I hate to say it, but I think this show has about run its course, so having a definitive final season would be a good thing so that they can wrap up storylines and maybe bring the show back to its glory days.
Stefan and Caroline are quite the nasty couple. Between the two of them, they managed to populate the hospital with victims. I did have to laugh at Caroline's "cheating" at the beginning of the episode. I do have to agree with Stefan, using compulsion to scare someone to death is definitely cheating. It was worth it for the moment when Matt and Tyler walked in on her singing karaoke. Unfortunately for Caroline, Damon managed to coach Lily in what to say to Stefan to get his humanity turned back on. The only question is if Stefan can manage to turn Caroline's humanity back on. Given her rampage the last time they tried to turn it back on, I am not sure if his plan we saw in the preview for next week will work.
So, Lily turned Enzo into a vampire. That makes him and the Salvatores brothers, well sort of brothers. She is Enzo's vampiric "mother" after all. I'm not sure how he will react when he finds out exactly who Lily is. He might have figured it out already, which may have been why he chose to let Sarah go, but until they actually say he's figured it out, I'm assuming he still doesn't know yet.
Turns out Lily's vampiric family is actually a group of vampire magic leeches. As Jo said, think Kai with vampiric bloodlust and a serious grudge against the Gemini Coven. I do hope that at least one of them is as much fun as Kai was, because I seriously miss him. My only question is that I still don't quite get how vampires can access magic. We know that witches can't be vampires because they cannot be two magical creatures at the same time, the same reason Bonnie couldn't be a witch and the anchor at the same time and why Elena can't be the vampire and the Petrova Doppleganger at the same time. I also get that vampires are magical creatures, but how can magical leeches also be vampires? That seems to violate the rules that have been followed pretty scrupulously so far. I really hope for a better explanation and fast.
For the next couple of weeks, my reviews for the show will be a little late because I will be at a conference and then on vacation, so please be patient because they will come out, I promise.
Until then!
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
My Review of The Originals 2.18- Night Has A Thousand Eyes
Dahlia reveals herself is true Mikaelson fashion, Klaus makes and unlikely alliance to stop her, Hayley and Jackson come up with a plan to protect Hope, and Marcel and Elijah get some help to set up a sanctuary....
While she may not be in the direct Mikaelson line, Dahlia certainly has their flair for dramatic entrances and for theatrics. First, she takes over people one at a time to creep out Hayley and Jackson, then takes over Jackson, and then she takes over an entire street full of people in order to get to Freya. I think the last enemy to have this creepy of an entrance was Klaus himself back in Season 2 of The Vampire Diaries. Dahlia is powerful, relentless, and has a deep desire to possess Hope, none of which is a good thing. Taking over that many people had to have taken a lot of power, but she still managed to do it and then overpower Freya within seconds. Add to that the fact that she was able to hold off Klaus, Elijah, and Mikael *AFTER* sharing some of her power with a few dozen possessed people and you have some serious mojo. I swear that she came within inches of desiccating both Klaus and Mikael during their little battle. And she looked like she was barely fazed by the whole thing. We've see other witches slow the Mikaelsons with the brain magic thing, but no one has ever managed to completely hold them off that easily and using that much power without breaking a sweat. Yeah, get scared.
I was surprised that Klaus made peace enough with Mikael in order to work with him to stop Dahlia. That alone should tell you something. If those two, who hate each other with a passion that is of biblical proportions, are forced to work together, something seriously bad is going down. I do have to say that I enjoyed the acerbic remarks they aimed at each other. That made the moment when Klaus killed Mikael somewhat poignant. I think that the moment where Klaus was begging Mikael to tell him why he hated him, even before Mikael knew that Klaus wasn't his, was the closest I've seen Klaus to genuine tears besides the time he had to give up Hope. He was back to being an injured little boy, struggling to be accepted by his father. That may be one of the central tragedies of Klaus' life. He was rejected by both of his parents, one because he was the product of an affair and the other because she made him a monster. This is not meant to excuse anything Klaus has done, but it does give it a certain poetic tragedy.
I am not as sure as Jackson was that his plan to go to the bayou would be the best plan to protect Hope. Granted, the bayou is the wolves' home territory, but if Dahlia is powerful enough to be unfazed when facing down three of the Mikaelsons, I doubt that a pack of wolves would be much of a threat to her, particularly seeing as all three of the Mikaelsons she defeated have ripped through packs of werewolves with little to no damage. I am also not sure that the sanctuary would be powerful enough to hold Dahlia off for very long. I am not sure how the magic Josephine cast worked, but given how powerful Dahlia is, I suspect that it could be disposed of in relatively short order.
Aiden was caught between his duty to his pack as a wolf and his desire to remain alive and in Klaus' good graces. Fortunately, he has Josh in his corner, if he just has the sense to consult him and stop hiding stuff from him. He (probably) also has Davina in his corner, given that Davina and Josh are tight. I do have to wonder if Davina will be next on Dahlia's list given that Davina was the one who created the weapon that Klaus had. I certainly hope not.
Until next week!
While she may not be in the direct Mikaelson line, Dahlia certainly has their flair for dramatic entrances and for theatrics. First, she takes over people one at a time to creep out Hayley and Jackson, then takes over Jackson, and then she takes over an entire street full of people in order to get to Freya. I think the last enemy to have this creepy of an entrance was Klaus himself back in Season 2 of The Vampire Diaries. Dahlia is powerful, relentless, and has a deep desire to possess Hope, none of which is a good thing. Taking over that many people had to have taken a lot of power, but she still managed to do it and then overpower Freya within seconds. Add to that the fact that she was able to hold off Klaus, Elijah, and Mikael *AFTER* sharing some of her power with a few dozen possessed people and you have some serious mojo. I swear that she came within inches of desiccating both Klaus and Mikael during their little battle. And she looked like she was barely fazed by the whole thing. We've see other witches slow the Mikaelsons with the brain magic thing, but no one has ever managed to completely hold them off that easily and using that much power without breaking a sweat. Yeah, get scared.
I was surprised that Klaus made peace enough with Mikael in order to work with him to stop Dahlia. That alone should tell you something. If those two, who hate each other with a passion that is of biblical proportions, are forced to work together, something seriously bad is going down. I do have to say that I enjoyed the acerbic remarks they aimed at each other. That made the moment when Klaus killed Mikael somewhat poignant. I think that the moment where Klaus was begging Mikael to tell him why he hated him, even before Mikael knew that Klaus wasn't his, was the closest I've seen Klaus to genuine tears besides the time he had to give up Hope. He was back to being an injured little boy, struggling to be accepted by his father. That may be one of the central tragedies of Klaus' life. He was rejected by both of his parents, one because he was the product of an affair and the other because she made him a monster. This is not meant to excuse anything Klaus has done, but it does give it a certain poetic tragedy.
I am not as sure as Jackson was that his plan to go to the bayou would be the best plan to protect Hope. Granted, the bayou is the wolves' home territory, but if Dahlia is powerful enough to be unfazed when facing down three of the Mikaelsons, I doubt that a pack of wolves would be much of a threat to her, particularly seeing as all three of the Mikaelsons she defeated have ripped through packs of werewolves with little to no damage. I am also not sure that the sanctuary would be powerful enough to hold Dahlia off for very long. I am not sure how the magic Josephine cast worked, but given how powerful Dahlia is, I suspect that it could be disposed of in relatively short order.
Aiden was caught between his duty to his pack as a wolf and his desire to remain alive and in Klaus' good graces. Fortunately, he has Josh in his corner, if he just has the sense to consult him and stop hiding stuff from him. He (probably) also has Davina in his corner, given that Davina and Josh are tight. I do have to wonder if Davina will be next on Dahlia's list given that Davina was the one who created the weapon that Klaus had. I certainly hope not.
Until next week!
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
My Review of The Originals 2.17- Exquisite Corpse
Klaus is bracing himself for the arrival Dahlia, so he tries to gather allies and information. Rebekah is caught in Eva's body, so Elijah, Klaus, and Marcel search for a way to free her leading them to some unlikely places for answers.
Freya is going to be a problem. If Klaus could unbend enough to trust her, she could be a useful ally, but he wont, and that is driving her further and further away, particularly since she now knows for sure that Klaus will never be able to trust her. Is Klaus right to not trust her? That is a difficult question. Klaus has such trust issues that it is hard to imagine him truly trusting her, but he has never really given her the chance to prove herself. Since she knows he won't ever trust her, she won't give him a reason to. I also wonder how she plans to turn the family against him. Elijah and Rebekah are so solidly with Klaus that I would imagine it taking a fair amount of effort to turn them against him. Then again, maybe she could do something to make it look like they'll betray him and cause him to take actions that turn them against him. This should be interesting.
Rebekah is now the sole possessor of Eva's body, thanks to Marcel, Vincent, Freya, Klaus, and Elijah. The spell Freya performed was quite impressive. The fact that she ultimately drew on power from both Elijah and Klaus shows just how powerful the spell was. Using the magic from 2 Original vampires has got to be quite the power boost. I found it interesting that she chose to stay in her current body. Her reasoning makes sense, but it was a little unexpected. She made a promise to Kol and she needs to be a witch to fulfill it. Then there are the witch children still linked to her through Eva's spell, so if the body dies, they do too. I would have thought that killing Eva would have ended the spell, but since the body is alive, I guess it makes sense that the spell is still active.
Watching Gia and Hayley work together and talk about Elijah was very cool. It was nice to see that they were both so mature about the whole thing. Gia knows that Elijah has deep feelings for Hayley, and is willing to accept that and since Hayley is married, she is more than willing to accept Gia with Elijah. That conversation could so easily have gone sideways, so I was glad it didn't.
I'm not sure what to think of Esther's fate. One the one hand, she deserved to die for everything she's done to her kids, but being destroyed that way could not have been pleasant. Watching her and Freya go at each other verbally was sort of fun. Freya hates her with every bone in her body because Esther gave her to Dahlia and Esther doesn't trust Freya because she was with Dahlia for 1,000 years. Esther was clearly consumed with regret because losing Freya meant losing Mikael too, but (honestly) she didn't really have much of a choice. Dahlia was infinitely more powerful for her and she did tell Esther the price of her help. Regardless, Esther is now gone and Freya is firmly set on a path that will cause her to collide with Klaus. This will not be pretty.
Which leaves us with Klaus. As I said earlier, he needs every ally he can get his hands on to protect Hope from Dahlia, but he seems to go out of his way to piss potential allies off or to kill them. He has serious trust issues and is a Grade A control freak, which coupled with his perpetual paranoia means that we have a situation that will grow increasingly volatile and make Klaus even worse leading to a self-perpetuating cycle. Short of begging on his hands and knees he's lost Freya, Rebekah is not nearly powerful enough to face Dahlia, Davina is not inclined to help him, Jackson doesn't trust him, and now that Freya is a New Orleans witch, I don't see them helping him either. His chances of emerging from a confrontation with Dahlia unscathed and with Hope is growing increasingly small and that will make him increasingly desperate, which means that he will be at his worst. Did I say not pretty? This will be downright ugly....
Until next week!
Freya is going to be a problem. If Klaus could unbend enough to trust her, she could be a useful ally, but he wont, and that is driving her further and further away, particularly since she now knows for sure that Klaus will never be able to trust her. Is Klaus right to not trust her? That is a difficult question. Klaus has such trust issues that it is hard to imagine him truly trusting her, but he has never really given her the chance to prove herself. Since she knows he won't ever trust her, she won't give him a reason to. I also wonder how she plans to turn the family against him. Elijah and Rebekah are so solidly with Klaus that I would imagine it taking a fair amount of effort to turn them against him. Then again, maybe she could do something to make it look like they'll betray him and cause him to take actions that turn them against him. This should be interesting.
Rebekah is now the sole possessor of Eva's body, thanks to Marcel, Vincent, Freya, Klaus, and Elijah. The spell Freya performed was quite impressive. The fact that she ultimately drew on power from both Elijah and Klaus shows just how powerful the spell was. Using the magic from 2 Original vampires has got to be quite the power boost. I found it interesting that she chose to stay in her current body. Her reasoning makes sense, but it was a little unexpected. She made a promise to Kol and she needs to be a witch to fulfill it. Then there are the witch children still linked to her through Eva's spell, so if the body dies, they do too. I would have thought that killing Eva would have ended the spell, but since the body is alive, I guess it makes sense that the spell is still active.
Watching Gia and Hayley work together and talk about Elijah was very cool. It was nice to see that they were both so mature about the whole thing. Gia knows that Elijah has deep feelings for Hayley, and is willing to accept that and since Hayley is married, she is more than willing to accept Gia with Elijah. That conversation could so easily have gone sideways, so I was glad it didn't.
I'm not sure what to think of Esther's fate. One the one hand, she deserved to die for everything she's done to her kids, but being destroyed that way could not have been pleasant. Watching her and Freya go at each other verbally was sort of fun. Freya hates her with every bone in her body because Esther gave her to Dahlia and Esther doesn't trust Freya because she was with Dahlia for 1,000 years. Esther was clearly consumed with regret because losing Freya meant losing Mikael too, but (honestly) she didn't really have much of a choice. Dahlia was infinitely more powerful for her and she did tell Esther the price of her help. Regardless, Esther is now gone and Freya is firmly set on a path that will cause her to collide with Klaus. This will not be pretty.
Which leaves us with Klaus. As I said earlier, he needs every ally he can get his hands on to protect Hope from Dahlia, but he seems to go out of his way to piss potential allies off or to kill them. He has serious trust issues and is a Grade A control freak, which coupled with his perpetual paranoia means that we have a situation that will grow increasingly volatile and make Klaus even worse leading to a self-perpetuating cycle. Short of begging on his hands and knees he's lost Freya, Rebekah is not nearly powerful enough to face Dahlia, Davina is not inclined to help him, Jackson doesn't trust him, and now that Freya is a New Orleans witch, I don't see them helping him either. His chances of emerging from a confrontation with Dahlia unscathed and with Hope is growing increasingly small and that will make him increasingly desperate, which means that he will be at his worst. Did I say not pretty? This will be downright ugly....
Until next week!
Friday, March 20, 2015
My Review of The Vampire Diaries 6.17- A Bird in a Gilded Cage
Stefan teaches Caroline about being humanityless. Damon and Elena get some help to retrieve his mother, Bonnie does something unexpected, and Enzo and Alaric make a new odd couple....
Watching Stefan destroy Caroline's control through his rather gruesome "pranks" was almost funny. I have to admit that I was hoping that we were going to have a bloodier repeat of the Dan Scott/Deb Scott feuding from One Tree Hill. Sadly it didn't happen, but that could have been truly funny. Stefan is pissed that Caroline is forcing him to go to a place he never wants to go to because he knows that he'll regret it when he regains his humanity. He doesn't quite seem to have reached the Ripper yet, but I suspect that is because he is so focused on getting back at Caroline that he hasn't gone there. Having the two of them both going out of control is going to be interesting, but not necessarily fun. If Damon is right, getting Stefan to see their mom should help turn both back. You know it won't be that easy though.
Speaking of Damon, he is not having a good time. His brother is reverting back to Ripper, his mother is insane and wants to bring her vampire pals back with her, and Bonnie is barely talking to him. At least he has Elena on his side. If his mother ever figures out that he is lying about bringing her friends back from the prison world, she is going to be seriously pissed. She seems to be controlled, but often the people who are that controlled are the ones who end up doing the worst things. Witness Stefan, Caroline, and Elena when humanityless. He does have the cure for vampirism now, so it will be interesting to see what he does with it.
Honestly, I was shocked at what Bonnie did. I know that what Kai did to her was horrible, but I was not expecting her to do even worse than he did. She deliberately went to the prison world and stayed with him in order to attack him and leave him there. That was very cold. It also worries me. When her actions this week are coupled with her near loss of control last week, a very worrisome picture of someone who is unbalanced and powerful begins to show itself. The old Bonnie would never have done this. While I get why she did it, I still think it was a bad idea because if Kai ever makes it out of that prison world alive, he will come after her with a vengeance. Of course, that assumes that the vampires haven't already killed him. I do feel sorry for him. I think he has been trying to change and Bonnie was refusing to give him credit for it. I will say that it seemed like she was trying to provoke him in the prison world to justify what she wanted to do.
I'm not sure what to make of Enzo and Alaric teaming up. While it was good that they were trying to help Stefan and Caroline, Alaric was stupid to let Enzo bait him the way he did. Enzo is immortal and doesn't need to worry about a family like Alaric does. My other question is why Alaric seems to care what Enzo thinks of him. That didn't really make a whole lot of sense to me. Of course, it was also ego, so there is that. I was glad when Jo laid into him because Alaric needed the reminder that he has people depending on him.
Until April 16th!
Watching Stefan destroy Caroline's control through his rather gruesome "pranks" was almost funny. I have to admit that I was hoping that we were going to have a bloodier repeat of the Dan Scott/Deb Scott feuding from One Tree Hill. Sadly it didn't happen, but that could have been truly funny. Stefan is pissed that Caroline is forcing him to go to a place he never wants to go to because he knows that he'll regret it when he regains his humanity. He doesn't quite seem to have reached the Ripper yet, but I suspect that is because he is so focused on getting back at Caroline that he hasn't gone there. Having the two of them both going out of control is going to be interesting, but not necessarily fun. If Damon is right, getting Stefan to see their mom should help turn both back. You know it won't be that easy though.
Speaking of Damon, he is not having a good time. His brother is reverting back to Ripper, his mother is insane and wants to bring her vampire pals back with her, and Bonnie is barely talking to him. At least he has Elena on his side. If his mother ever figures out that he is lying about bringing her friends back from the prison world, she is going to be seriously pissed. She seems to be controlled, but often the people who are that controlled are the ones who end up doing the worst things. Witness Stefan, Caroline, and Elena when humanityless. He does have the cure for vampirism now, so it will be interesting to see what he does with it.
Honestly, I was shocked at what Bonnie did. I know that what Kai did to her was horrible, but I was not expecting her to do even worse than he did. She deliberately went to the prison world and stayed with him in order to attack him and leave him there. That was very cold. It also worries me. When her actions this week are coupled with her near loss of control last week, a very worrisome picture of someone who is unbalanced and powerful begins to show itself. The old Bonnie would never have done this. While I get why she did it, I still think it was a bad idea because if Kai ever makes it out of that prison world alive, he will come after her with a vengeance. Of course, that assumes that the vampires haven't already killed him. I do feel sorry for him. I think he has been trying to change and Bonnie was refusing to give him credit for it. I will say that it seemed like she was trying to provoke him in the prison world to justify what she wanted to do.
I'm not sure what to make of Enzo and Alaric teaming up. While it was good that they were trying to help Stefan and Caroline, Alaric was stupid to let Enzo bait him the way he did. Enzo is immortal and doesn't need to worry about a family like Alaric does. My other question is why Alaric seems to care what Enzo thinks of him. That didn't really make a whole lot of sense to me. Of course, it was also ego, so there is that. I was glad when Jo laid into him because Alaric needed the reminder that he has people depending on him.
Until April 16th!
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
My Review of The Originals 2.16- Save My Soul
Rebekah runs into control issues, Klaus' control issues assert themselves with a vengeance, we find about how Dahlia controlled Freya, Jackson's control of the wolves is threatened, and Cami is asked to help someone who tests her self-control.
It was interesting to hear Klaus explain (quite loudly) how he views the world to both Freya and Hayley. He sees both Elijah and Rebekah as too willing to trust family, so he feels that he needs to act as a control on their overly optimistic view of family. That certainly explains a lot about why he has done some of the things he has done. Since he needs to protect them from their own "worst" impulses, he feels justified doing whatever needs to be done to whomever it needs to be done to in order to protect them. Couple that with his compulsive need to get revenge on *ANYONE* he feels has defied him and his actions regarding Finn and Kol become a lot more understandable. Then there is what he said to Hayley. He trust no one else, including (presumably) her, to put Hope's safety first, so he will do whatever he needs to do in order to protect her, even if that means undermining Jackson as the Alpha of his pack. Klaus puts everything secondary to protecting Hope. I think he is more freaked out by Dahlia than he is letting on.
Would the wolves really leave Jackson? Since they're all super wolves now, they don't seem to feel as beholden to Jackson, particularly since Klaus is working at making sure that he controls the wolves. Jackson needs to figure out how to walk this tightrope. Klaus doesn't care for him at all and the wolves see him as weak enough to challenge. Hayley didn't have a bad idea going to Klaus for help, but Klaus is not going to reverse course now, not unless Elijah can somehow talk sense into him.
Rebekah is in trouble. The witch whose body she is inhabiting is asserting her own control and Rebekah does not seem strong enough to control her. And with the witch abducting young witches and either killing or marking them, there is trouble afoot, particularly since she now has Davina. Unless I am very much mistaken, those marks she is carving into the young witches' foreheads are the same marks that have been used to channel power from the Originals by Esther and Finn. Channeling that much power from the young witches, particularly Davina, is going to make for a very powerful witch, and that is not a good thing. Rebekah needs to figure out how to get this under control, stat.
Unfortunately, Klaus took an opportunity from her when he snapped Freya's neck. If he had let Freya do the spell, it is entirely possible that Rebekah could have maintained control. Unfortunately, Klaus doesn't trust Freya, so he wasn't about to risk Rebekah's life. I can't exactly say that I blame him given everything. Freya is trying too hard which is making it even harder for Klaus to trust her. If everything she said tonight is true, then her life has sucked beyond the telling of it. Dahlia has been using her and her power to achieve immortality and has put the curse on her that means the Freya is awake for one year out of every 100. I find it interesting that Dahlia also made Freya impervious to any damage or even death. I assume that this is because Freya's power is helping to fuel the spell that keeps them both alive and impossible to kill. I still don't know if Freya can be trusted, but if half of what she is saying is true, Klaus will need her to fight off Dahlia. I am going to assume that Dahlia can work some magic that will be able to kill even Klaus, so the Mikaelson siblings seriously need to work together to keep Hope safe.
Poor Cami ended up spending a lot of time with Vincent, the witch whose body Finn hijacked. Interestingly, Vincent is the husband of Rebekah's body. That was a starting reveal, I must admit. I thought they might be related, but I had assumed brother and sister or something like that. I will say that the time with Vincent seemed to be good for Cami. I think she and Vincent will be able to help each other deal with what happened.
Until April 6th!
It was interesting to hear Klaus explain (quite loudly) how he views the world to both Freya and Hayley. He sees both Elijah and Rebekah as too willing to trust family, so he feels that he needs to act as a control on their overly optimistic view of family. That certainly explains a lot about why he has done some of the things he has done. Since he needs to protect them from their own "worst" impulses, he feels justified doing whatever needs to be done to whomever it needs to be done to in order to protect them. Couple that with his compulsive need to get revenge on *ANYONE* he feels has defied him and his actions regarding Finn and Kol become a lot more understandable. Then there is what he said to Hayley. He trust no one else, including (presumably) her, to put Hope's safety first, so he will do whatever he needs to do in order to protect her, even if that means undermining Jackson as the Alpha of his pack. Klaus puts everything secondary to protecting Hope. I think he is more freaked out by Dahlia than he is letting on.
Would the wolves really leave Jackson? Since they're all super wolves now, they don't seem to feel as beholden to Jackson, particularly since Klaus is working at making sure that he controls the wolves. Jackson needs to figure out how to walk this tightrope. Klaus doesn't care for him at all and the wolves see him as weak enough to challenge. Hayley didn't have a bad idea going to Klaus for help, but Klaus is not going to reverse course now, not unless Elijah can somehow talk sense into him.
Rebekah is in trouble. The witch whose body she is inhabiting is asserting her own control and Rebekah does not seem strong enough to control her. And with the witch abducting young witches and either killing or marking them, there is trouble afoot, particularly since she now has Davina. Unless I am very much mistaken, those marks she is carving into the young witches' foreheads are the same marks that have been used to channel power from the Originals by Esther and Finn. Channeling that much power from the young witches, particularly Davina, is going to make for a very powerful witch, and that is not a good thing. Rebekah needs to figure out how to get this under control, stat.
Unfortunately, Klaus took an opportunity from her when he snapped Freya's neck. If he had let Freya do the spell, it is entirely possible that Rebekah could have maintained control. Unfortunately, Klaus doesn't trust Freya, so he wasn't about to risk Rebekah's life. I can't exactly say that I blame him given everything. Freya is trying too hard which is making it even harder for Klaus to trust her. If everything she said tonight is true, then her life has sucked beyond the telling of it. Dahlia has been using her and her power to achieve immortality and has put the curse on her that means the Freya is awake for one year out of every 100. I find it interesting that Dahlia also made Freya impervious to any damage or even death. I assume that this is because Freya's power is helping to fuel the spell that keeps them both alive and impossible to kill. I still don't know if Freya can be trusted, but if half of what she is saying is true, Klaus will need her to fight off Dahlia. I am going to assume that Dahlia can work some magic that will be able to kill even Klaus, so the Mikaelson siblings seriously need to work together to keep Hope safe.
Poor Cami ended up spending a lot of time with Vincent, the witch whose body Finn hijacked. Interestingly, Vincent is the husband of Rebekah's body. That was a starting reveal, I must admit. I thought they might be related, but I had assumed brother and sister or something like that. I will say that the time with Vincent seemed to be good for Cami. I think she and Vincent will be able to help each other deal with what happened.
Until April 6th!
Friday, March 13, 2015
My Review of the Vampire Diaries 6.16- The Downward Spiral
Caroline makes a demand of Elena, Enzo goes after Sarah, Damon and Kai try to get help from Bonnie, Damon finds out the truth about his mother, and Stefan makes a shocking decision....
Caroline wasted no time in making her no emotions presence felt and understood. After snacking on Liam (Remember him? Yeah, me neither...), Caroline made a deal with Elena. If Elena and company made no effort to try and convince Caroline to turn her emotions back on for a year, then she would turn them on herself. However, if they tried *ANYTHING*, she would become their worst enemy. Yeah, you know how that one ended up. Anyone who seriously thought that this would happen needs to get their heads checked. Elena and Stefan are not the sort to just sit around and do nothing. Sure, they might have been able to do it for a while, but not for too terribly long, particularly since Stefan felt responsible for Caroline being in this position in the first place. So naturally the promise was broken before the end of the hour, with...interesting results.
So, Stefan is back to being the Ripper. That is not a good thing. I wonder if Elena will actually be able to turn him back. With both Stefan and Caroline gone over to the no emotions side of vampirism, things are not looking pretty. Damon is not going to be a lot of help at the moment because he is too wrapped up in the fact that his mother is a ripper and trapped in a hell prison like Kai was. I don't see a whole lot of good coming out of any of this. I also suspect that Enzo will be upset that Caroline forced Stefan into a position where he turned his emotions off because he won't be able to use Sarah against Stefan anymore.
You do have to feel for Damon. First, Katherine (the so-called love of his life) rejected him for Stefan and then he finds out that his mother never actually died, but was turned into a vampire. Then to top it all off, his friendship with Bonnie is shattered because he tried to get her to talk with Kai after she explicitly told him that she wanted nothing to do with Kai. Talk about a rough week. I can't blame him for forcing the issue where Kai is concerned. Granted, it wasn't exactly smart, but he is so desperate for answers that he is willing to do whatever it takes to get answers.
I also feel sorry for Elena. She does manage to save Sarah from having her heart cut out, but it is all for naught because Caroline got Stefan to turn his emotions off. And can I just register annoyance that yet again someone accuses Elena of making it all about her? Showing empathy is not making it all about you. Honestly, I get sort of annoyed that Caroline (of all people!) constantly accuses Elena of making it all about her. Ok, enough of that. Not only does Elena lose Stefan to the dark side, but she is forced to break both of Liam's wrists in order to save Sarah from the compulsion that Caroline put him under. With two emotionless vamps running around Mystic Falls, you know that Elena and company are going to have their hands full. Hopefully they can do something to minimize the body count.
Bonnie is definitely a changed woman. I'm not sure if she is more powerful than before, but she is less willing to suffer fools than she was before. When she used her magic to burn the one guy who totally wouldn't take a hint, it was sort of funny, but also a mite disturbing. And when she made Damon experience everything that Kai had put her through, that truly sucked. The two of them had formed such a great bond that I hate to see it destroyed because Damon pushed too hard. Like I said above, I can't blame him for trying, but I also can't blame her for reacting. I just hope she doesn't follow through on her threat to melt of Kai's gorgeous face.
Speaking of Kai, I felt sorry for him. He honestly wanted to apologize to Bonnie, but she was having none of it. He has changed, barely, but he still has made some improvements. Can't blame her for not seeing it, but it still had to suck for him. I do wonder if he'll actually bring Damon's mom out of the hell prison or not. I suspect that the answer is yes, but I hope he has a better sense than that.
Until next week!
Caroline wasted no time in making her no emotions presence felt and understood. After snacking on Liam (Remember him? Yeah, me neither...), Caroline made a deal with Elena. If Elena and company made no effort to try and convince Caroline to turn her emotions back on for a year, then she would turn them on herself. However, if they tried *ANYTHING*, she would become their worst enemy. Yeah, you know how that one ended up. Anyone who seriously thought that this would happen needs to get their heads checked. Elena and Stefan are not the sort to just sit around and do nothing. Sure, they might have been able to do it for a while, but not for too terribly long, particularly since Stefan felt responsible for Caroline being in this position in the first place. So naturally the promise was broken before the end of the hour, with...interesting results.
So, Stefan is back to being the Ripper. That is not a good thing. I wonder if Elena will actually be able to turn him back. With both Stefan and Caroline gone over to the no emotions side of vampirism, things are not looking pretty. Damon is not going to be a lot of help at the moment because he is too wrapped up in the fact that his mother is a ripper and trapped in a hell prison like Kai was. I don't see a whole lot of good coming out of any of this. I also suspect that Enzo will be upset that Caroline forced Stefan into a position where he turned his emotions off because he won't be able to use Sarah against Stefan anymore.
You do have to feel for Damon. First, Katherine (the so-called love of his life) rejected him for Stefan and then he finds out that his mother never actually died, but was turned into a vampire. Then to top it all off, his friendship with Bonnie is shattered because he tried to get her to talk with Kai after she explicitly told him that she wanted nothing to do with Kai. Talk about a rough week. I can't blame him for forcing the issue where Kai is concerned. Granted, it wasn't exactly smart, but he is so desperate for answers that he is willing to do whatever it takes to get answers.
I also feel sorry for Elena. She does manage to save Sarah from having her heart cut out, but it is all for naught because Caroline got Stefan to turn his emotions off. And can I just register annoyance that yet again someone accuses Elena of making it all about her? Showing empathy is not making it all about you. Honestly, I get sort of annoyed that Caroline (of all people!) constantly accuses Elena of making it all about her. Ok, enough of that. Not only does Elena lose Stefan to the dark side, but she is forced to break both of Liam's wrists in order to save Sarah from the compulsion that Caroline put him under. With two emotionless vamps running around Mystic Falls, you know that Elena and company are going to have their hands full. Hopefully they can do something to minimize the body count.
Bonnie is definitely a changed woman. I'm not sure if she is more powerful than before, but she is less willing to suffer fools than she was before. When she used her magic to burn the one guy who totally wouldn't take a hint, it was sort of funny, but also a mite disturbing. And when she made Damon experience everything that Kai had put her through, that truly sucked. The two of them had formed such a great bond that I hate to see it destroyed because Damon pushed too hard. Like I said above, I can't blame him for trying, but I also can't blame her for reacting. I just hope she doesn't follow through on her threat to melt of Kai's gorgeous face.
Speaking of Kai, I felt sorry for him. He honestly wanted to apologize to Bonnie, but she was having none of it. He has changed, barely, but he still has made some improvements. Can't blame her for not seeing it, but it still had to suck for him. I do wonder if he'll actually bring Damon's mom out of the hell prison or not. I suspect that the answer is yes, but I hope he has a better sense than that.
Until next week!
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