13 thoughts about “The Irregulars” season 1
Bea is a queen. I will call her Queen Bea from now on and no one can stop me.
For some reason it made me really happy when I recognized the Raven Master as the Hound from “Game of Thrones”.
Leopold is a walking encyclopedia with zero street smarts and I find that highly amusing.
Leo’s cane made me think of Kaz from “Six of Crows” (and now Netflix’s “Shadow and Bone”), but apart from the cane these two characters couldn’t be any more different … which again is amusing.
Another “Shadow and Bone” comparison: Bea being unwilling to kill but doing it to save Billy had the exact same energy as Inej being unwilling to kill but doing it to save Kaz. And I’m far from mad about this parallel.
I hate how differently the Tooth Fairy and the girl with the faces were dealt with. They both have understandable reasons for wanting revenge. They both do unspeakable things with it. One of them gets stabbed to death. The other gets to (literally) walk away. One of them is a WOC. The other is a white girl. Terrible, terrible writing choice.
Also, the implication that the girl with the faces didn’t have a family? When she was basically adopted by the taxidermist? Why is that dismissed? It doesn’t make sense, especially in a show in which the main characters embody the found family trope at its finest.
There are some nice romantic moments, but what really gets me is the platonic love the Irregulars have for one another and the ways they show it. They’re not afraid to express their affection and I’m here for it.
Being used to Martin Freeman’s Watson, I find this version of the character quite insufferable. I mean, I’m totally on board with Watson being black and gay, but I’m so not on board with him being an asshole.
Sherlock (in the flashbacks) looks like some sort of Victorian pirate and I can’t handle how attractive that is to me?
That said, he doesn’t seem like, well, Sherlock?! If it wasn’t for the fact that he’s called Sherlock Holmes and lives with Dr. Watson at 221 B, I might not have recognized the character.
Neither Watson nor the insane plant lady appear to have aged in 15 years. Did anyone even try to make them look older?
Ah, Spike, the skeleton of the gang. I have nothing but love for him.
