You can write, bitch!theshannonmuseApril 26 2015, 17:01:11 UTC
Extremely well written and compiled but I would love to have a section titled - FAN THEORY towards the end wherein you shall share some of your predictions for character arcs/SL.
What restricts SALEM from being a must watch television, well at least for me, is how the viewers are expected/forced to cheer for the witches. Essentially speaking, the lack of a protagonist. The central character of Mary Sibley in her pursuit of overthrowing the puritanical regime is killing off the innocents/poor(which now includes pox ridden young children) who have suffered just as much(probably more) under the ruling of her husband. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING can justify her murderous antics
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RE: You can write, bitch!theirishpandaApril 26 2015, 17:10:41 UTC
As always, I like how your mind works! I think putting a little bit at the end for my predictions might be a good idea and I will give that a shot this week :)
I do agree that they need to put John in more of the forefront (I'm twisting what you said a bit because I believe that he is a protagonist and just has been horribly underused - especially these first 3 episodes) and show his fight and his reasons. I think Shane himself said John wasn't at peace so to speak so much as he said if they left together and start a life he would take it as part of her. But now that he knows what they were planning to do a bit and he knows she left him in the woods to do it - his rage has been fuelled by that.
I do think we need a John centric episode and hope for one soon - I remember Brannon and Adam saying we were going to find out why John was saved twice now and so I can assume it is coming. But sadly we have to put up with Anne heavy episodes. I like Tamzin and she is a great actress, but I really cannot sit through another Anne heavy
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RE: You can write, bitch!theshannonmuseApril 26 2015, 17:32:16 UTC
Tamzin, besides being an ethereal beauty, has shown that she truly can hold her own on screen. But her character is so hard to sympathize with. She has had such a good life(away from the poverty and oppression) as opposed to that of Mercy and yet she behaved like a spoilt brat through majority of the first season.
Additionally, we have already seen the journey of a young girl(Mercy) embracing the witchcraft to accomplish a secure/powerful status for themselves just like Mary. Why do we need to see Anne undergoing the same journey this season.
Re: You can write, bitch!theirishpandaApril 26 2015, 17:44:32 UTC
She is and she was amazing in The Tudors but I think because she was such a brat in season 1 it is hard to feel sorry for her. Maybe if she starts to work against the witches with Cotton - but with the promo for this weeks episode it seems like Mary is trying to get her claws into her even more.
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What restricts SALEM from being a must watch television, well at least for me, is how the viewers are expected/forced to cheer for the witches. Essentially speaking, the lack of a protagonist. The central character of Mary Sibley in her pursuit of overthrowing the puritanical regime is killing off the innocents/poor(which now includes pox ridden young children) who have suffered just as much(probably more) under the ruling of her husband. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING can justify her murderous antics ( ... )
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I do agree that they need to put John in more of the forefront (I'm twisting what you said a bit because I believe that he is a protagonist and just has been horribly underused - especially these first 3 episodes) and show his fight and his reasons. I think Shane himself said John wasn't at peace so to speak so much as he said if they left together and start a life he would take it as part of her. But now that he knows what they were planning to do a bit and he knows she left him in the woods to do it - his rage has been fuelled by that.
I do think we need a John centric episode and hope for one soon - I remember Brannon and Adam saying we were going to find out why John was saved twice now and so I can assume it is coming. But sadly we have to put up with Anne heavy episodes. I like Tamzin and she is a great actress, but I really cannot sit through another Anne heavy ( ... )
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Additionally, we have already seen the journey of a young girl(Mercy) embracing the witchcraft to accomplish a secure/powerful status for themselves just like Mary. Why do we need to see Anne undergoing the same journey this season.
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