#ilhim

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has everyone seen this yet

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[techtechonmymind]

awwww doyoung is so cute

[grabyourpillow]

So. American gods.

Season 2 and most of the time I'm still like "I have abso-fucking-lutely no idea what any of you people want or what is happening right now or even who you people are.

Summary

What I can say is, every culture that ever set foot in America brought their gods with them. But as a new age rises upon mankind, dominated by non-believers and technology, a new kind of gods threatens the existence of the Old. Will they have it? Or will there be war. And this is already saying... Too much imo.

The characters

So there is our protagonist:

Shadow Moon. What a name. I like him. He gets thrown into a weirdness one could not possibly comprehend and he's like "what the FUCK. Aight I'm intrigued let's keep going" and plays checkers with a dude might-be-a-god but who definitely wants to explode Shadow's brains with a hammer. You go king.

Laura Moon.

Don't worry about her she's fine. Just dead. but fine, except for the smell and the maggots maybe. She is the most ???? Character. Completely unhinged. I love her. She wants blood, and violence. Now she's got superhuman strength. Stomped on a guy's head.

This guy:

A fucking delight of a Leprechaun who swears a lot and drinks a lot and is pissed all the fucking time and gambled his lucky coin away. That is now keeping Laura alive so he has to be with her at all time, for a coin must be given. What a charm (sarcasm) of a guy. Still like him.

What a goddess. What a queen. Has kissed probably every Character in the show(I'm so jealous).

A god from Ghana, shipped to America on the same ship as his people. If I had to pick a fave— let's just say, he'd have good chances. He is well dressed, he is funny as hell, and he is pissed. Rightfully so.

Ilhim so he gets a second picture

This is Salim. Salim is just a nice, guy, He deserves the best. He's looking for the guy he fell in love with. Hope it works out.

One of the new gods. The most insufferable motherfucker you've ever seen in your life. And that's before you've heard him talk. He's pathetic and arrogant, and literally no one respects him. Why do I like him. He has the babygirliest most obnoxious outfits, and his only friend has forgotten him. It's like... Pat pat Cry me a river babygirl but also fucking calm down and have some motherfucking respect.

I've only had this genderfluid native American Person for a day and a half but if anything happened to him/her I would kill everything in the room and then meself.

This is Wednesday. Let's just say. He is behind, a lot of things. Manipulative motherfucker but you'd never know it until you've known him for long enough. He pisses on the tree of life. He has no care in the world. For some reason he needs Shadow Moon.

The show

It's like. Nothing (narratively) is served to you on a silver platter. Stories are told to you, and you have no idea why. You have absolutely no idea at the beginning of a story what it's about, or even if it's important or necessary to the story, or why it's told to you.

(of course it is, but sometimes you don't make the connection until much, much later).

You have no idea who the main character is until like. Mid season 2.

Each time a new episode begins, I checked if I hadn't missed one because the characters are suddenly not where you left them with no explanation whatsoever.

The characters do things and you're like "????" Why tf did you do that? I don't get it? What is the purpose? What is the coherence with your personality or your narrative arc?

But it's just life isn't it? Sometimes shit happens. Sometimes you act on impulse. And it does make sense actually. Only in retrospect.

It's great to see in comparison to the sandman where everything is crafted, every story pulled by the strings of Dream's narration. Here it's just, a mess. A chaos, mingling of feelings, personalities, aspirations, gods from different countries, overlapping stories. And from that chaotic meeting of loose parts emerges the story.

And it's also great to watch in a context where, everything has to be attention grabbing in the first 10 seconds or it's dismissed. Here the story is asking you to trust it. To not seek purpose or quick entertainment but to immerse yourself and just, listen.

I'm not finished yet but I can already sense that it's the kind of work you can rewatch and it's completely different the second time around.

And of course throw in there some "fucking hell this line came into my house through the window, punched me in the face and turned my whole worldview upside down", some beautiful, beautiful cinematic shots, an equal treatment of characters no matter their gender or skin color, and underlying themes and you've got another great work of Neil Gaiman.

[torydarixs]

Fernando was so wholesome abt seb he’s a crazy mf but ilhim

pls ikr i love the dynamic between the early 2010s drivers honestly so petty and spiteful yet wholesome

[the-angel-ashe]

baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[destielthedeathofme]

is...is that a character description.. or a dialogue 

[snuina]

cantbekieve this is happeing not fully convinced im awake rn imsohappy

[2cake]

a-train doodles yayy

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ilhim

[gizkasparadise]

bran’s legit my favorite game of thrones character

[6imbo]

i ♡ ryeowook ,,,

[dansdraw]

Dan is goin pretty hardcore with the signing things to the sound guys hahah he's such a perfectionist ilovehim i hope i can find a recording of this whole thing so i can make one or more gifsets of it

[ia-annyi]

hey guess who’s valedictorian (and owes it all to hoseok ;^)) )