Why witches, why right now? I've seen it suggested that witches are the female answer to vampires. But...why can't female vampires be the female answer to vampires? I'm guessing there's a lot of history to the depiction of mostly women as witches that has to do with ideas about female power and the fear thereof, but I don't actually know any of this history. In any case, I like the trend because it is stories about women with supernatural powers, but I really don't feel those have to be limited to witches, argh.
In any case, if anyone cares, my feelings on all of these shows:
Witches of East End--this was a little bit cheesier than I like, however, I did like the characters, I like that there are sisters!! and it seems like the sort of mindless fun I can indulge in on Sunday night. I will say, though, that playing "what other TV show is this person on?" is very fun with this show.
AHS: Coven--Haven't watched yet, but after giving last season a miss I'll try this one out because the creepy ads are so fun!! They PULL ME IN.
The Originals:The shock of the season for me is how much I like this. Granted, it's only two episodes in and could get awful, but it has a fresh and energetic feel to it.
Sleepy Hollow: I also like this! The complicated mythology will probably keep me from ever being really into the show, but it's like the perfect fall show with all its creepiness. Admittedly, I do prefer the monster of the week storylines (its like old school Supernatural--and omg so many of you watch Supernatural now, whyyyy am I never on the same page as everyone else) and I like Abbie and Ichabod and Jenny.
So yay for witches and supernatural shows, I guess.
*The Cardinals are advancing to the NLCS and yay. I feel like I should feel guilty because they've been such a winning team for a lot of years now, but I don't know. I became a Cardinals fan because they used to give out free baseball tickets for good grades when I was in school (I grew up in St. Louis). Going to a Cardinals game was my first professional sports games experience and I loved it. I loved having a team to root for, and being a part of something through that. I became full on obsessed, like really hard core obsessed...I used to collect the Cardinals write-ups from the paper and watch/record all the sports shows and their interviews and go to every single game I could. If I couldn't go to the games, I'd watch or listen. I knew every player and their stats. I was a fan. Obviously, I couldn't keep up that extreme level of fandom, but I've never stopped being a fan. Anyway, when I was young and really super into it they were terrible. So to actually have them be a winning team now is so great and so fun and I make no apologies for getting excited every single year. It won't last forever, so I'm going to enjoy it while I can. And it will be a challenge since I live in Southern California now and they are playing the Dodgers in the NLCS!
*I loved this post Ana did about her work recently, and I encourage everyone to read it!
*I'm still not sure I can watch Scandal...I keep reading all this great writing on it, but I tried to watch the Season 3 premiere and I don't know why the show just doesn't work for me anymore. Maybe I do prefer happier TV and more likable characters. But I did like this piece about how Fitz being the worst is the point!
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That's all for now, have a great day everyone!
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