Pablo Schreiber is a Caliginous Icon
The title says it all, really u_u
I commented in Reread/Review 1 that Sweeney’s caliginous tension with Shadow was “Delicious”, and it of course still is but, having now watched Lemon Scented You(S1E5), it has become obvious to me that Sweeney is just promiscuously, omnidirectionally caliginous, to everyone, at all times. Pablo Schreiber’s performance is absolutely a Revelation, and I am amazed to think that a performance so Pitch-Perfect(:|) is being carried out, very likely, with no direct knowledge of or reference to Homestuck.
You would think there could be no possible way someone tauntingly describing to the walking dead how their body is going to rot and fall apart, and how when it does they will reach into said body to take from them what they won’t give freely, could be erotic and sensual. And you would be wrong, because that’s exactly what Pablo Schreiber made it. In his scenes with Shadow and Laura, you could not say whether he was on the verge of punching or kissing them at any given moment, or even if there was really much of a difference to him between those two options at all. The man is an acting genius.
And the physical comedy! OOOOOOH the Physical Comedy u_u u_u I could watch this man idiotically sawhorse himself on the jagged broken windowsill of a cop car all day long u_u u_u u_u I could watch his stoically resigned face bounce off the dash of a curse-crashed sedan any day of the week. That this man will likely win zero awards for this performance is a simple and eloquent proof of the injustice inherent to this mortal coil.