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rose_griffes) wrote2023-03-22 09:17 pm
rose_griffes) wrote2023-03-22 09:17 pm
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three-fourths of the way through: S&B, season two
I've seen 6 out of 8 episodes so far, and...
Amazing that David gave THE MOST ROMANTIC speech we've heard so far.
Tolya and Jesper finally getting some backstory! Woohoo! And all thanks to magic hallucinatory poison gas! Hee.
I am interested to see how an earlier revelation of Mal's true nature (Morozova's descendant, the Firebird in the flesh) is going to play out. If I remember correctly, that detail didn't get revealed until book three in the trilogy. And Alina and Mal figured it out themselves, I think.
Sankta Neyar! Was she in the books as a living character? I don't remember. If not, she makes a great addition.
Too bad we're unlikely to keep Sankta Neyar (within the episodes themselves, that is), given that WE LOST BAGHRA! I like how both of these women were written: not as pleasant older ladies, but as forces to be reckoned with.
The story elements have really pulled together, and so far it feels less forced than the first season. Except that episode six felt like a very natural place to end the season, and yet there are still two more episodes to go? So.
Ok, fine, Shadow and Bone gets a DW tag. Now I'm gonna have to find all of those other entries where I talked about the books or the show and tag them.
Having seen this much of the season, I think it's safe to say that Netflix waiting to renew a third season means two things:
1. There's not going to be a rushed ending of season two.
2. SERIOUSLY, NETFLIX?! They should have green-lit three seasons from the beginning. Or at least after season one was reasonably successful. Less waiting around for new seasons for the audience, less of the cast getting older and changing appearances, more forward momentum for the show...
Bah.
*insert high-pitched scream*
Amazing that David gave THE MOST ROMANTIC speech we've heard so far.
Tolya and Jesper finally getting some backstory! Woohoo! And all thanks to magic hallucinatory poison gas! Hee.
I am interested to see how an earlier revelation of Mal's true nature (Morozova's descendant, the Firebird in the flesh) is going to play out. If I remember correctly, that detail didn't get revealed until book three in the trilogy. And Alina and Mal figured it out themselves, I think.
Sankta Neyar! Was she in the books as a living character? I don't remember. If not, she makes a great addition.
Too bad we're unlikely to keep Sankta Neyar (within the episodes themselves, that is), given that WE LOST BAGHRA! I like how both of these women were written: not as pleasant older ladies, but as forces to be reckoned with.
The story elements have really pulled together, and so far it feels less forced than the first season. Except that episode six felt like a very natural place to end the season, and yet there are still two more episodes to go? So.
Ok, fine, Shadow and Bone gets a DW tag. Now I'm gonna have to find all of those other entries where I talked about the books or the show and tag them.
Having seen this much of the season, I think it's safe to say that Netflix waiting to renew a third season means two things:
1. There's not going to be a rushed ending of season two.
2. SERIOUSLY, NETFLIX?! They should have green-lit three seasons from the beginning. Or at least after season one was reasonably successful. Less waiting around for new seasons for the audience, less of the cast getting older and changing appearances, more forward momentum for the show...
Bah.