#first kill meta

1. Explain the Feral Vampire lore…

Remember them shits? (I know this ain’t it specifically but idk how to make gifs)

2. Closure/justice for Tess Franklin…

Snitches get stitches not orphaned ffs … gotdamn…

3. Talia to move in with Bunny Wheeler & join the M.A.A.M.s

Talia might not be able to go home. The Monster Hunters Guild will flay her for intel. Bunny Wheeler will offer southern hospitality, drink Rosé and talk about how husbands ain’t shit. The MAAMs will offer Talia a way to keep on hunting monsters that aren’t her son/protect him. Bonus: Talia Burns might offer some stable parenting for Ben Wheeler so that he won’t have to move to his Dad’s. & Through Ben’s eyes she can learn to love/trust Jules.

4. A Menstruation Joke

Lesbian. Vampire. Come onnn! It’s right there!

I want Ben to awkwardly offer Calliope a tampon/menstrual cup quietly while she’s at her locker and be like… “um… so I heard you might need this… so, yeah…” or PLEASE JUST ANYTHING.

- Calliope, First Kill 1x01

Compassion is not a weakness. It is a gift to be embraced.

- Sebastian, First Kill 1x02

This comparison isn’t so much “two opposing views on compassion” as it is “two unique situations centered on empathy/compassion vs violence/murder.” 

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Calliope never disowns her femininity or her empathy, though she does tie the two together. But she does recognize those attributes as reasons her family is sheltering her, and she resents that. Resents feeling like an outsider in her own family because of it. She doesn’t try to erase her empathy, only tries to set it aside long enough to “do what needs to be done” and finally commit the First Kill.

She never wavers from her belief that monsters deserve to be killed; she simply doesn’t put Juliette in the category of “Monster.”

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Juliette has been procrastinating her graduation to Full Vampire™ as long as possible, knocking back as many blood pills and blood smoothies as she can to stave off the symptoms. She cannot abide the thought of taking someone’s life and only accomplishes it in defense of her lifelong best friend.

First Kill needs a thembo/himbo/herbo.

The deep symbolism and complex storytelling tools that First Kill writers are using are going over waaaay too many peoples’ heads (including myself sometimes). We need a character to act as the Shakespearean “Fool” that will (1) add comedy beats that explain what just happened to people in either an-almost-soliloquy or by asking “stupid” questions (2) in a way that seems non-threatening and not condescending to the audience but that HELPS US FUCKING GET IT.

I do love how Juliette should have been in hot water for coming home so late, but she gets away scot-free. Because the second Margot spots the blood and fangs, she is filled with such pride that her daughter has finally committed her first murder. And she turns away to busily plan her debutante party, even though it’s the middle of the night.