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Gloriously good books and their on-screen counterparts

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𝚂𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝙰𝙳𝙾𝚆 𝚂𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝟸

𝟸.𝟷 𝙽𝚘𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝙺𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚃𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚂𝚎𝚎𝚗* - 𝙻𝚘𝚞𝚒𝚜 𝙰𝚛𝚖𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚐 (𝟷𝟿𝟼𝟸); 𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚢 𝙰𝙶 & 𝚅𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎 𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚍

𝟸.𝟸 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚗 𝚆𝚑𝚘 𝚂𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍* - 𝙳𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚍 𝙱𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚎 (𝟷𝟿𝟾𝟸); 𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚢 𝚃𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚒 𝚆𝚘𝚕𝚏

𝟸.𝟹 𝚂𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜* - 𝚃𝚘𝚛𝚒 𝙰𝚖𝚘𝚜 (𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟸); 𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚢 𝙺𝚊𝚝 𝙻𝚎𝚘𝚗

𝟸.𝟺. 𝚃𝚛𝚞𝚎 𝙵𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚑 - 𝙽𝚎𝚠 𝙾𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛 (𝟷𝟿𝟾𝟽)

𝟸.𝟺 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝* - 𝚃𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝙵𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 (𝟷𝟿𝟾𝟺); 𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚢 ?

𝟸.𝟺 𝙾𝚕𝚍 𝙵𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚍 - 𝙱𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚘 𝙼𝚊𝚓𝚘𝚛

𝟸.𝟻 𝙼𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚕* - 𝙶𝚒𝚕 𝚂𝚌𝚘𝚝𝚝-𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚗 (𝟸𝟶𝟷𝟶); 𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚢 𝚂𝚘𝚊𝚙&𝚂𝚔𝚒𝚗

𝟸.𝟼 𝚃𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝙸𝚗 𝙰 𝙱𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎* - 𝙹𝚒𝚖 𝙲𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚎 (𝟷𝟿𝟽𝟹); 𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚢 ?

𝟸.𝟽 𝙰 𝙵𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝* - 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚞𝚛𝚎 (𝟷𝟿𝟾𝟼); 𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚢 𝙺𝚢𝚎 𝙺𝚢𝚎

𝟸.𝟾 𝙸 𝙿𝚞𝚝 𝙰 𝚂𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝙾𝚗 𝚈𝚘𝚞* - "𝚂𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚗' 𝙹𝚊𝚢" 𝙷𝚊𝚠𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚜 (𝟷𝟿𝟻𝟼); 𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚢 𝙰𝚕𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜

𝟸.𝟿 𝚆𝚎'𝚟𝚎 𝙾𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚞𝚗* - 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 (𝟷𝟿𝟽𝟶); 𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚢 ?

𝟸.𝟷𝟶 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙺𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙼𝚘𝚘𝚗* - 𝙴𝚌𝚑𝚘 & 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚢𝚖𝚎𝚗 (𝟷𝟿𝟾𝟺); 𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚢 𝚁𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚁𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜

* = 𝙳𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛

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The Whole world is in your grasp, Diana.

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Air - Earth - Water - Fire (or a reminder that Diana is basically the avatar).

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The Garlickhythe gathering tests Diana.

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“One day I’ll beat you to it.”

“But not today.”

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My heart needed this.

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Another ADOW photo dump!

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ADOW Season 2 Photo Dump (Updated Jan. 4) (2/2)

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Matthew & Diana on Water Lane in A Discovery of Witches Season 2.

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A Discovery of Witches 2 X 01; Matthew and Diana arriving in 1590 London. 

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Matthew Goode as Matthew de Clermont in A Discovery of Witches Season 2.

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The School of Night

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I see you are too a fan of Adow. What do you like the most about upcoming season 2 and what are you eager to see on tv from SoN and BoL? Any opinions on Teresa and Matthew, cast in general?

Yes, I’m a massive ADOW fan!!! 

Having seen the first 7 episodes of the second season, I think the show did really well capturing the vibe of Shadow of Night. The essence is just right, you know? The writing has only become better and more powerful. I was glad to see that not too many things were changed in the plot (mostly, the timeline has been altered) and only a few have been erased. I’m always a book purist, but I understand the necessity of adaptation and I have to say it works really well. Again, I’ve only watched 7/10 episodes but so far I can’t complain about anything. The only way they could’ve done better is if they’d been granted a longer season. 

Every crew member who worked on the sets and costume departments deserves multiple awards, I mean it. Everything looks perfect. Teresa and Matthew do an impressive job as Diana and Matthew, their chemistry is off the charts, and they’re even more spontaneous than they were in season 1. Matthew in particular gives one of the best performances I’ve ever seen on tv and he definitely deserves an Emmy for this season. The rest of the cast also shines through. Each returning cast member has at least one very powerful and emotional scene (my favorite was Ysabeau’s), and the new characters are everything I dreamed they would be. The real scene-stealers are Gallowglass and Kit, but truly everyone is great. 

Things from The Book of Life that I’m eager to see on screen next season? Goddess, so many! If I had to pick one thing that I’m looking forward to the most in season 3, it would have to be Jack’s reunion with D&M.

I’ll publish real reviews of the episodes soon, stay tuned! 

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Every recent-ish picture from A Discovery of Witches Season 2 (Updated Jan. 4)(1/2)

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