#first kill critical

[cherryblossomshadow]

Apollo and Calliope went from cradling and sobbing over Theo’s dead body to finding him at family dinner. 

… WHY are they not suspicious??? 

Monster hunting is their profession! Isn’t it actually weirder for the dead to legitimately come back to life? Because nine times out of ten, it’s actually a shapeshifter or will-o-the-wisp or some other poser, right? 

WHY didn’t they tell their parents the second that “Theo” was out of earshot?! “He” is a danger to their family! There’s no reason not to tell them! There’s the opposite of reasons not to tell them! 

And ok fine, you don’t have the slightest suspicion that this “Theo” is actually a monster. “He’s” totally your brother. Fine. But that means you’ve been letting your “beloved brother” suffer all of this time just because you wouldn’t suck it up and confess you were holding your brother’s corpse less than an hour ago! “Theo” is thrashing in pain and crying blood! And you still refuse to say anything!

Especially given that Calliope’s Big Backstory Failure was not recognizing the monster posing as her mom, it makes no sense for Calliope not to consider that this “Theo” is also a monster posing. After that backstory, she should be erring on the side of “everything’s a monster.”

[cherryblossomshadow]

At first, I was excited to hear the turtle drama, but … idk how solid this is for a show this melodramatic. 

Like, “your sister hates your pet turtle because the tank stinks and she maybe killed the turtle about it” would be a good foundation for sibling beef in something like Cheaper by the Dozen or Yours Mine and Ours.

Not for beef of this magnitude.

Elinor ran an entire misinformation and gaslighting campaign that got Oliver legitimately kicked out of the family and sent to Prague!

Thinking his turtle “smelled like a sewer” is not enough!

[cherryblossomshadow]

This is a small critique but it really irked me. 

I wish Calliope’s explanation of the Cook situation to her parents was better? 

You look worried. Are you worried about your family or your vamp girlfriend? Wonder what promotion I'd get if I dragged you out of here because you started acting, I don't know, all twitchy. You were bit by a Legacy, weren't you? Who knows how that would affect you. You might attack me, I'd have to restrain you… drag you in. Look how erratic you're acting. 

Cook was legitimately slimy! He didn’t care if Calliope was compromised by the Legacy bite or not, he creeped on her so she would run! So he could capture her and claim the spoils!

Her parents, and especially the Guild, have no reason to trust Calliope over a prominent Guild member! She is absolutely compromised by Juliette! (Though not as much as Cook would claim). 

Cook was banking on dragging Calliope back to the Guild and being commended for his actions! Because bringing in a compromised hunter to a safer location makes complete sense! Especially if he claims she has been acting irrationally (which her family would be forced to confirm). 

But the way that Calliope explained the situation does NOT convey the creepy vibes enough. All she said is that “he threatened to take me to the Guild, then I ran.” But his actions sound Reasonable, and hers don’t! Because they don’t have any reason not to trust him or the Guild! 

Props to her dad for immediately asking if he Bad-Touched her tho

I am really surprised that Calliope’s terrible argument got her parents on board. And honestly, Juliette didn’t even kill Cook to protect Calliope. She did fight him earlier for Calliope. But she killed him for Ben. 

No shade, just a misrepresentation of events :(