What the editors say here about the whole cast is so beautiful, and it's amazing to hear them saying all this about Sam specifically when this is his first massive LEAD on this level. And after what Rolin said about this being one of the five best TV performances ever, hearing one of the editors saying "This has to be one of the best performances...ever."

In christian tradition people get baptized to enter the religion: being dipped in holy water by a religious authority to "wash away" the original sin. Fontainians who are dipped in holy water, or rather the primordial sea, instead disperse into it, their sin washes away but takes them with it.

Also, fontaine is obviously based on france, specifically taking a lot from eras in which faith was brought into the question (ie the enlightenment and pre revolutionary period based on some clothes being kinda baroque and the difference between the underground and the city) and the civilization before fontaine, remuria ruled by remus and based on rome.

In rome christianity was super not in fashion UNTIL a crazy plague hit and a religion that was mad into caring for the sick (Christianity) suddenly became popular as a result. Remuria fell because of Remus' attepmpts to prevent its fall and Rome fell because of political corruption (and a number of other things).

Oh just a btw dont take this as me talking about how god fearing fontaine is im just talking about what it reminded me of and why 🫶

m – middle name

My assigned/birth middle name is Nicole which I don’t mind too much