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[kisilinramblings]

Papa Garou

It is a bit late for me to write any translation or do analysis of the episode right now (plus, on the first one, the gif makers got you cover ;) ) but here some my highlights from the episode before I go to bed

I love Cloudy Paris! It creates such a great mood (and change) for the view we usually have. Plus, that was very clever way to cover the city and the surroundings considering where is taking place the akuma fight. 

Also, this is the most fairytale inspired episode of all so far!

And can we also talk about how they played with the show formula here? 

And what can I say about that dialogue with Papa Garou? 

And finally the metaphor with the Rose <3 

Ahhh~

[singingwordwright]

Fic: Studying the Ceiling

Alec’s almost made it out the door when Rey stops him with a hand on his arm.

“About your interest in my ceilings...” he says, pitching his voice low. His hand lingers a little too long on Alec’s arm and suddenly Alec wants to be here even less than he did when he was listening to Rey bloviate about his paintings and pots.

“Tempting as it would be to offer you a chance to study them in much more lingering detail, I’m really not in the habit of picking up Magnus Bane’s cast-offs. I’m sure you understand that it’s best if we keep things professional. For now.”

Rey pats his arm, smiles his smarmy smile, and closes the door on Alec before Alec can protest that that absolutely was not what he meant when he admired Lorenzo’s ceilings.

He stands before the closed door overcome with mortification.

Lorenzo Rey thought he’d been coming on to him.

Oh God.

He tries to force his lungs to expand while pushing out horrible images of what a lingering study of Rey’s ceilings would entail.

Then he tries to quell the mental image of sitting across the table at the Downworld Cabinet from Rey, with Rey imagining Alec was offering him the opportunity to get Alec on his back.

Oh God.

He feels a little sick. Magnus’s are the only ceilings he wants to study in that way, thankyouverymuch.

Also, Magnus Bane’s cast-offs?

Alec wrangles his mind back to the task at hand before too much indignation sets in.

“I’m never being the distraction again,” he hisses, and stalks off to find Magnus.

[singingwordwright]

Okay I am not seeing nearly enough of these two pics on my dash because holy shit look at Catarina wow!

[singingwordwright]

I am loving Alec’s salty smile. God.

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Alec you can’t lie for shit.

Lorenzo sure does love to hear his own voice.

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Saia continue to be adorable

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Oh fuck they really weren’t kidding about 3x02. Holy shit. It’s going to be wall to wall Malec ain’t it?

[singingwordwright]

What do you think about Raj?

I think that, like Meliorn and Raphael, characterization on him has been very inconsistent. Mostly he’s been written like he’s meant to be comic relief, but the 302 promo makes it look like he’s meant to be an actual antagonist?

Which, if that’s the case, good for them. Good on them for no longer making him a punchline when they need someone to take potshots at. Make him a real player, give him a plot, for at least an episode.

And thematically, it works to have him as an actual antagonist in 302, because from the sneak peeks, it looks like 302 is all about the antagonists. Both Lorenzo and Russell are outside forces standing against our core peeps, but they’re both Downworlders and I think if that were the only antagonists, they might run the risk of the audience forgetting that it’s very much not the Shadowhunters who are the victims and targets of discrimination in this story (sweartagod I have already seen one post somewhere talking about that exact notion and eek, no, no no no no no.)

So I’m interested to see where they take Raj in 302.