#couldn't help but yell 'GUILLERMO??' WHEN I REALIZED

[thebreadwing]

YOOOO!!!!

It's Harvey Guillén!

[notrightnowsblog]

I saw a very bad take in an otherwise good review of WWDITS S5:E6 Urgent Care. It said that Nadia only rescued Guillermo to keep the secret of his Van Helsing heritage and the household's knowledge of it. Not because she cares about him.

I completely disagree. Yes, this is what Nadia says to the camera crew, but Nadia has to my memory never admitted to caring about any of the others except Lazlo and her Dolly. In fact she is often insulting or dismissive of them, much in the same way she is to Guillermo. Yet no one doubts that she cares about Nandor and Collin Robinson and yes, even the Guide. She shows her affection in other ways like prepping go bags for them, having orgies with them, and attempting to save them from whatever ridiculous mess they have gotten themselves into now.

We have even seen her go to lengths to help Guillermo in the past. Such as playing along that she's his girlfriend to his family and restraining herself from killing them when their Van Helsing instincts make them hunt her. She complains openly about it because it is quite inconvenient for her but she does it. Calling Guillermo "our familiar" is as close as she's capable of admitting that she cares about him. It is claiming him as part of her family. And Nadia is loyal to her family.

Now, I don't deny that keeping the Van Helsing secret is a reason she goes to Guillermo's rescue, but not the main one. If that were her only motivation, and Guillermos was only her roommate's familiar, she would not need to save him to keep the secret. She has at least two options that would go smoother for her: she could let the doctors kill Guillermo, then kill them, and steal his blood sample. Or she could act astonished when she learned that he was an heir of Van Helsing and kill him herself for his treachery. Either option would fix that problem.

But Nadia is frantic to reach him when she realizes she can't talk the doctors out of "putting him down." She won't let them kill "our familiar." He's family and she doesn't want to lose him. And yes, she was blasé about his broken leg but from her perspective broken bones heal easily. And as far as she knows it was the result of his own clumsiness. If someone else had done that to him, that would be a different story.

Even after she learns that Guillermo has been turned and should be furious with him she still goes on a rampage to save him. Of course she yells at him when she finds him. He's done something very stupid and which will, she believes, result in Nandor killing him (after she just went to the trouble of saving his life) and her for knowing about it, and then killing himself. Plus he went and got turned by Derek of all people. He couldn't even keep it in the family!

So then she agrees to keep it a secret. And not because she was afraid of Nandor killing her if he knew that she knew. Had she told him right then, immediately after finding out herslf, Nandor would spare her. She would be the only one who hasn't betrayed him. She isn't keeping it a secret to save herself but to save Lazlo, Nandor, AND Guillermo.

In summary, Nadia of Antipaxos cares more for her family's safety than her own and anyone saying differently, isn't paying attention.