Eh. I’ve liked it so far (episode 3) but I felt it ground to a halt to explicitly tell Annette’s back story when her just being a black woman from Haiti in a world where literal vampires exist made it all pretty apparent. I just think the story would have been stronger if that had been left to the viewers imagination. I feel like the series so far doesn’t trust or respect its audience enough not hold our hand for everything.
Vampire vs humans as an analog to dialectical materialism is baked into the setting, you don’t have to be so on the nose with it
Honestly I liked her plot and origin I just feel it should have been allowed to cook a bit longer and not be rushed out so quick, overall though yeah quite a bit of stuff is said instead of just shown in typical anime fashion.
Yeah that’s a good way to put it. Its like, first episode introduces Richter and Maria you get to see them interact a little bit, some character motivation is provided but the story is moving along pretty smoothly. Then, shortly after Annette and Edouard are introduced we spend an entire episode telling you her life story. I just feel they could have drip fed that more, let us get to know the character more organically
Yeah, they know its gonna be shat out as one brick by netflix anyways so its not like they have to be anxious about leaving too much of a gap between episodes airing/releasing.
Exactly. Its just rough pacing for something you know people will be binging. I think their ideas are great and portraying colonialism and the french aristocracy as vampirism is cool but while I’m not finished yet and I’ll reserve judgement, I’m getting the impression that the talent of the writers doesn’t really match the ambition of the story they want to tell.
Also, not in love with
spoiler
Elizabeth Bathory being the monster. I think that’s disputed. Gilles De Rais or some such would have been better
They wanted to have an evil queen. The art is Hella giving 2014 and it is amazing. Plus I am pretty sure they reuse design elements from sailor moon in her character
Eh. I’ve liked it so far (episode 3) but I felt it ground to a halt to explicitly tell Annette’s back story when her just being a black woman from Haiti in a world where literal vampires exist made it all pretty apparent. I just think the story would have been stronger if that had been left to the viewers imagination. I feel like the series so far doesn’t trust or respect its audience enough not hold our hand for everything.
Vampire vs humans as an analog to dialectical materialism is baked into the setting, you don’t have to be so on the nose with it
Honestly I liked her plot and origin I just feel it should have been allowed to cook a bit longer and not be rushed out so quick, overall though yeah quite a bit of stuff is said instead of just shown in typical anime fashion.
Yeah that’s a good way to put it. Its like, first episode introduces Richter and Maria you get to see them interact a little bit, some character motivation is provided but the story is moving along pretty smoothly. Then, shortly after Annette and Edouard are introduced we spend an entire episode telling you her life story. I just feel they could have drip fed that more, let us get to know the character more organically
Yeah, they know its gonna be shat out as one brick by netflix anyways so its not like they have to be anxious about leaving too much of a gap between episodes airing/releasing.
Exactly. Its just rough pacing for something you know people will be binging. I think their ideas are great and portraying colonialism and the french aristocracy as vampirism is cool but while I’m not finished yet and I’ll reserve judgement, I’m getting the impression that the talent of the writers doesn’t really match the ambition of the story they want to tell.
Also, not in love with
spoiler
Elizabeth Bathory being the monster. I think that’s disputed. Gilles De Rais or some such would have been better
They wanted to have an evil queen. The art is Hella giving 2014 and it is amazing. Plus I am pretty sure they reuse design elements from sailor moon in her character