Okay so like. I think the idea of Alex being a nonverbal vampire is REALLY interesting!! Nonverbal vampires is such an interesting idea!!! Especially like with the telepathy/mind gift aspect of iwtv vampires! Mute Alex who communicates only via mind gift is a really interesting idea to play around with, and entirely mute (telepathically & verbally) Alex would ALSO be really interesting!!!

AND ALSO. The Nicki parallels are really interesting too!!! NICKI goes mute after his turning for a while in tvl! That would be a really interesting parallel to explore!!

I. Did not like the singular line of dialogue they gave him in this episode. I thought the autism comment from Daniel was soooo stupid and ableist and felt like the writers just NEEDED to check off all the bigotry boxes it pissed me offfffffff. And then to have Alex speak verbally for the first time since his turning specifically to say "I want to play the concert"????

I have two issues with that line and the first one is that. And this is a big one. It felt kinda. Infantilizing? Specifically the delivery of the line - it feels like a very childish tone and the way Raglan speaks to him too. Idk. It feels like he's being treated like and acting like a child and it leaves a bad taste in my mouth to do that with a character who was up to this point (post-turning) nonverbal, especially a nonverbal character who was just moments ago called autistic in a mocking way specifically for being nonverbal. Idk. I didn't rlly like it