âFirst Killâ is about lineage, heritage and tradition. Itâs not just about a queer romance but the fact all of this wraps around the queer romance is very interesting. Itâs what makes it all work together. Theyâre telling a star-crossed lovers story much like Romeo and Juliet where the respective families have been mortal enemies and in a civil war for decades - centuries even from the Legacy Vampire side.
Thereâs a prophecy to fulfill and Juliette and Calliope are The Chosen Ones for it.
My guess is Juliette and Calliope are meant to be what breaks the tradition of Vampire VS Hunter not so much by hammering the wall down between Vampires and Hunters, but more so by bridging their two families together. I believe that is their shared destiny. To break with the tradition and unite the families. And I donât think Netflix got that. I donât think they paid attention to the deeper story being told there. And thatâs why they just dropped it. They didnât see the potential it had. What Iâm about to explain will make you see it because itâs hidden within the visuals.
Calliette are the Guild Hunter and the Legacy Vampire that fall in love and DONâT end up killing each other like how that historically happened with the first Guild Hunter and the first Legacy Vampire. We know the first Legacy Vampire to be Lilith. We donât know who the first Guild Hunter is. Some people are saying Eve but then,⌠they make Eve out to be more of a victim than a fighter so I donât necessarily think itâs her. But it is somebody of Burns ancestry Iâm sure because it wouldnât work if it wasnât. If weâre going with the whole descendant/reincarnation concept⌠it would have to be someone of Burns ancestry just like how Lilith is of Atwood ancestry. So the deeper story there is the enemies-to-lovers/lovers-to-enemies and star-crossed part of the love story because Calliette are mortal enemies naturally. Itâs instinctual for them to want to kill one another. And so theyâre fighting against their very nature as much as theyâre fighting against their lineage. However, the stars have brought them together for the opposite to occur since it failed the first time doing it. So it is very similar to Romeo and Juliet but there are huge differences. For one thing R&J wasnât supernatural. So âFirst Killâ is automatically much more compelling just on that alone. And I could really see what they were doing there. Where they were going. So itâs infuriating that it got cancelled because I donât think Netflix did. I really donât think they saw the depth of this concept.
And everything Iâve just said here is cleverly hidden in two scenes:
The Pantry Scene
The Eden Dream Scene
And I could explain how - I have actually - but I think the fun is in working it out for yourselves just as I have done. Believe it or not - I actually had in mind a very similar concept for a historical crossover fanfiction story between the Universes of âXena: Warrior Princessâ and âThe Mummyâ. I was also going to do R&J supernaturally. The only thing is mine wasnât going to be lovers-to-enemies nor really star-crossed lovers. Mine was just about descendant/reincarnation and how the worlds of 4 characters collide because of this connection. Because of their true natures. But it was absolutely in the same hemisphere of thinking as V.E. Schwab and Felicia D. Henderson for âFirst Killâ.
The whole having their true natures be both their burden and their gift. I totally get what they were doing with that. And it really is a huge shame because they had something very compelling there. A great set up initially that would have found its footing in a Season 2 and I am still angry at Netflix because they really missed the point of âFirst Killâ. What it actually is and where it could and would most likely go.
