You can fill a drama with idols, but it’s gonna be the indie disco-punk rocker that steals the show.
The fact that he has an blood inhaler to use during one of his blood vision episodes doesn’t seem to strike him as odd either. Oh the doctor gave it to me, I’ll use it with no questions.
YES EXACTLY and I forgot about that because it was such a minor thing, which… it totally shouldn’t, y’know?
I just think they should have spent more time exploring the vampire mythos in earlier episodes and then maybe focus more on the crime-of-the-day. Because: VAMPIRES.
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I was so bummed when Moonlight got cancelled. And Blood Ties, which was a human lady detective with a vampire helper solving supernatural crimes. So to know this is only vampire-lite is a bummer.
Someone who knows Moonlight! (Although this is tumblr, so why should I be surprised at interest in panned-and-overlooked shows?)
I admit my Veronica Mars lovin’ self only watched it because I had a Jason Dohring void in my life, but I found it entertaining for what it was, and at least it totally had vampires in it. Doing vampire things. While solving crimes.
I mean, here is San – who we all know is vampire and has been since the end of the first episode – just solving crimes while occasionally being bewildered at the weird way his body sometimes acts (or reacts?). Like the blood vision effect is super cool and clearly it helped him solve the crime, but also… why is he not questioning is ability to have these visions when he smells/tastes/touches blood? His bullet wound was miraculously healed and he no longer needs his asthma medication – I get that the tattoo artist doctor and nurse are hella interesting (AND THEY ARE when can we have more of them plz) but when is he gonna see a real doctor and be like “oh dammit my body is now totally weird huh wonder why.”
Okay, even if he was injected with some super vampire strain that doesn’t make him flame out in the sunshine or apparently need to drink blood to survive (BECAUSE SERIOUSLY HOW IS HE SURVIVING WHY DOES HE NOT HAVE THIS BIZARRE CRAVING FOR RAW MEAT UNAWARE IT’S THE BLOOD HE NEEDS), shouldn’t he at least figure out why he hasn’t died a half-dozen times already because those were definitely fatal wounds inflicted on him.
The teaser for the upcoming episode shows Lee Chung Ah fanging out so I’m really hoping we’ll finally explore the vampire side of things. That’s not to say the show isn’t enjoyable. I genuinely like it – I think the cast is great, the mysteries are interesting, and the camera work is nifty. I just…
…I mean…
…he’s a VAMPIRE.
He’s been a vampire for SIX EPISODES.
There are SIX EPISODES left.
Six episodes.
SIX.
Out of twelve.
And yet he hasn’t done anything vampire worthy except not die and have blood-visions and, like, super strength to fight the baddies.
I NEED MORE THAN THAT! I NEED some vampire angst because he never asked for this. He never asked that someone save his life injecting him with the super vampire strain. He just wanted to be a PI and maybe figure out what the hell happened with his first love who shot him in the chest. BECAUSE SHE’S CLEARLY A VAMPIRE with some VAMPIRE ANGST of her own and we ALL know it because the audience is clued in on all that stuff.
But not the smartest PI around who can solve amazingly obtuse crimes. Nope.
He’s just like, “dang, someone stabbed me in the guts a dozen times and I didn’t die even though I wasn’t treated at a hospital? Huh, that’s weird. Oh wow, odd visions are happening, but hmm, that helped me figure out whodunnit. Holy crap, I can throw ten men across the room? That weight-training must be paying off!”
I still like you show, I like you very much. It’s a fun way to spend an hour a week. I just need you to prove you’re worthy of having VAMPIRE in your title.
Extended teaser for Dear My Friends (aka let’s meet all the main cast in their cute short teasers all in one place!).
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Vampire Detective Episode 6
“Nothing is fun when it’s too easy”
I don’t know what’s the point in making one of your main characters a vampire when you only use it once every other episode to help solve a case by the blood-smell flashbacks and the fact that no matter how the baddies try to kill him, he just won’t die.
San’s a good detective, except apparently when it comes to himself.
News alert: cute cast is cute!
#confirmed: rick o’connell will rock back and forth in a hug for comfort #her character development from 1 to 2 is my fave but what they did with rick is some nice work #taking
the character from 1 who’s the guy who says ‘i dunno i was about to be
hanged [kissing you] seemed like a good idea at the time’ #it would seem like the easy and hollywood way to make him all wise-cracking about his married life #like ‘oh-ho the little woman’s at it again – amirite fellas?’ eye-rolling sorts of unease with his domestic situation #or chafing at not being a free agent adventurer or something #or worse- try to create some sort of narrative from conflict between them that needs to be ‘resolved’ #but instead they’re like WHAT IF HE’S RIDE-OR-DIE DEVOTED TO EVIE EVERY MINUTE #WHAT IF THE ONLY EYE ROLLING HE DOES IS WANTING TO HAVE FIVE GD MINUTES ALONE AND QUIET WITH HIS WIFE #WHAT IF HE’S CASUALLY DECLARING HIS ‘IF ANYTHING EVER HAPPENED TO YOU’ COMMITMENT WITH EASE #WHAT IF RICK/EVIE MAINTAIN THE PUSH-PULL FRIENDLY ANTAGONISM OF MOVIE 1 BUT MAKE IT A GOOD THING #‘OH ALRIGHT WE’LL DO IT YOUR WAY’ ‘HONEY YOU’RE NOT A SUBTLE MAN’ #LIKE IT WAS PART OF THEIR ONGOING AND SUPPORTIVE DYNAMIC #AND THEY BOTH TAKE JUST ABOUT EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO MUTUALLY JUMP INTO EACH OTHERS ARMS #AND MAKE OUT JUST FOR FUNSIES #AFTER 10 YEARS AND A KID #well done chaps – good development (and one of my fave examples of the Battle Couple trope) #say it with me now: relationship development =/= ‘now add conflict’ #relationship development can also mean a myriad of other situations – like dealing with an external conflict TOGETHER
Been busy with real life stuff so I’m behind on everything, but never fear, I haven’t forgotten to note every moment Cute PD is on screen (and what I wouldn’t have given to have him win – lose? – the ladder game and be the PD that ended up bungee jumping!).
Latest Dear My Friends teaser!
How would you like Daniel Henney as your neighbor? Also I’m just gonna assume that the “kimchi high kick” is a pun on Na Moon Hee’s drama Unstoppable High Kick because wordplay is the best.
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The Obsessive Dilettante 