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meganbmooreEps 5-6 were about the boys meeting another pack of wolves. These wolves are older, and were once searching for paradise themselves, until most of them died from poisonous gases, as a result, they've spent their lives in the city that was as far as they could go, and given up on paradise, becoming little better than pack dogs. It's a sharp contrast to Tsume, who worked with and lead humans, but as he points out, he used them, but never let them use him. It also serves as a good reminder that, for all that he's spent the last couple of episodes being the wise one with all his talk of destiny and purpose(really more intensity and belief in paradise, but it can come across as wise) he's still a rash, short tempered young man(err, wolf) and that tends to get him in trouble, especially when it comes to wolves who he thinks have lost their way. And, as a result, it gets Hige in trouble, too(I love the scene where they ask Hige if he can bend the bars of his cage and he replies that yes, he could, but he doesn't want to do somerthing so barbaric, and Kiba gets to work on them almost before he's through talking)
And episode 7...I admit it, I'm a shameless Darcia fangirl. Yeah, I tend to go for the bad guys a lot but really, I think Darcia is WHY I tend to go for the bad guys. It's almost painful to watch the opening scene knowing what's in store for him, seeing him so happy and peaceful and in love, and knowing that he and Hamona really do believe that all they need to have paradise is each other, and then to cut to the man he is now, who has to be cold and ruthless and relentless in his search for the REAL paradise so he can save her, and then the absolute desperation on his face when Cheza escapes him because she's his only chance...uhm, yeah, moving on.
The wolves finally meet Cheza in this episode(in a really really pretty scene) and we get our first solid clue that it's not so much THE wolves as A wolf-Kiba-that's needed for paradise(what with Cheza basically saying it) Normally, a pairing like Kiba/Cheza would irritate me, what with their being all gaga within about 5 seconds, but here it works, because they're two people(who aren't really people) who literally exist to achieve one goal together. And I can seriously get behind that. Kiba isn't actually as interesting as some of the other characters(Tsume, Darcia, Hige and Blue immediately come to mind) but he has a singleminded intensity and belief that I rather like, especially since most of it is focused in a direction that sets my shippy meters off. Not to mention that he takes overprotective to a whole new level(a valid argument could be made that taking Cheza from Kiba the way Hamona was taken from Darcia could have equally disastrous results)
And episode 7...I admit it, I'm a shameless Darcia fangirl. Yeah, I tend to go for the bad guys a lot but really, I think Darcia is WHY I tend to go for the bad guys. It's almost painful to watch the opening scene knowing what's in store for him, seeing him so happy and peaceful and in love, and knowing that he and Hamona really do believe that all they need to have paradise is each other, and then to cut to the man he is now, who has to be cold and ruthless and relentless in his search for the REAL paradise so he can save her, and then the absolute desperation on his face when Cheza escapes him because she's his only chance...uhm, yeah, moving on.
The wolves finally meet Cheza in this episode(in a really really pretty scene) and we get our first solid clue that it's not so much THE wolves as A wolf-Kiba-that's needed for paradise(what with Cheza basically saying it) Normally, a pairing like Kiba/Cheza would irritate me, what with their being all gaga within about 5 seconds, but here it works, because they're two people(who aren't really people) who literally exist to achieve one goal together. And I can seriously get behind that. Kiba isn't actually as interesting as some of the other characters(Tsume, Darcia, Hige and Blue immediately come to mind) but he has a singleminded intensity and belief that I rather like, especially since most of it is focused in a direction that sets my shippy meters off. Not to mention that he takes overprotective to a whole new level(a valid argument could be made that taking Cheza from Kiba the way Hamona was taken from Darcia could have equally disastrous results)
I've also strarted(2 eps) the now defunct HBO series, Carnivale. It's interesting, but (aside from a couple scenes with Sofie) none of the characters are really grabbing me yet. Still, I rather like the story so far, so we'll see.
Also, between
crumpeteer's Guy of Gisborne/Richard Armitage post and a little exploration on youtube, I'm pretty much sold on BBC's Robin Hood. Now to actually watch it...