#watcher rambles

We need to discuss poor Resident Hendricks who had to listen to SAYER and SPEAKER ruminate on identity and culpability on more than one occasion.

This dude was forced to walk over 100 flights of stairs bc SAYER didn't like being out-sassed by a human, and then ended up having to hear SPEAKER admit to causing soooo many deaths (and calling SAYER out on KILLING IT), and SAYER being the stereotypical "I'm feeling a positive emotion towards you and just said something nice so now I have to save face by being a twit"

It's almost three months and still I can't get Midnight Mass out of my head.

And I have more questions the more details I noticed. Right now, what I'm interested about is the Nosferatu lore and how much rl-mythical lore did Mike Flanagan incorporate with the "Angel".

Angel got all the basic Vampire characteristics of course, immortality and blood consumption. But I'm wondering, do they need permission to get inside people's homes?

I have watched this show multiple times already and never have I seen the Nosferatu enter people's houses. It either feeds outside or lures its victims to their newfound lair to feed.

The three instances where we see Angel outright attack someone in a building was when Bill "Bowl" was lured into its lair, when Riley interrupted its blood-letting for Pruitt by entering unannounced in the rec center, and when Mildred shot the priest in the head (what a queen) in the Church where it's technically John's "territory" so to speak so Angel already got permission. (More than a permission even-)

#PeakBlasphemy

So, 1.) John managed to convince it somehow not to outright attack the Crockett residents because they're gonna be transformed soon enough as Newborns (no need to bring doubt or terrify their future vampire babies till they're "ready") and only got a sort of leeway in the sense that "technically" Angel didn't really make the first move or attack anyone!

They "intruded" first! And it had to "defend" its home and John. (It's main focus and function is to Feed above all else but it also seems capable of higher intelligence -like imitating speech, understanding the need to blend in, and punishing(?)/manipulating John in what seems to be... just for the heck of it)

Hypnosis first, sex second.

Sex doesn’t always follow hypnosis and it shouldn’t have to. It’s like a dessert. A little something extra.

My fantasies usually take place in the going under part of the story or the mindless thrall part, and that’s hotter than being used (being used is still hot, don’t get me wrong)