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replied to your post “I don’t know what’s the point in making one of your main characters a…”
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.
The Obsessive Dilettante 