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#idk. courage isn't the right word maybe. it just needs to be bolder and freakier and weirder!!!
scorndotexe · 1 year
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midnight mass should have been weirder and bolder and it would have been better for it
#persimmon's rambles#im not done yet#but like......even when it's not boring it's still kind of. bland#and like. there's something there!! there is absolutely something there!#potential!#there's potential for sure#it could have been really good#but like......horror needs to be made by freaks#the people making this are not freaks.#like yeah on one hand it's probably just not for me#on the other hand though.......it could have been really good? it could have been really really good?#but it's not. it's just kind of boring with a couple of really strong parts and the better episodes are still made worse by its lack of...#idk. courage isn't the right word maybe. it just needs to be bolder and freakier and weirder!!!#it needs someone who understands the vampire genre and understands catholicism and Gets how to bring them together in the way the show want#in the way the show wants to do#but it's just not there?#like even as a person with very little experience with catholicism i'm not getting anything truly compelling from the show itself#only from what the show implies#or from my interpretation of its better parts#it's a frustrating viewing experience#especially when it's just that boring and poorly paced#and how it lacks any actually compelling characters#the priest is the most compelling character obviously but it doesn't focus on him and his relationship with god and his vampirism#as much as would have been interesting for an audience. or for me personally#and the others are so much worse
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