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CALLED IT

hot damn it’s at the tip of my tongue

“One is alone when the last one who remembers is gone. I have nephews and nieces and kind friends - but there's no one who knew me as a young girl - no one who belongs to the old days. I've been alone for quite a long time now.”

this is something my grandpa would lament abt when he was lucid 🥺 i miss him

i loveee the grumpy old lesbian detective

also some interesting commentary on xenophobia and antisemitism through vampyrs so far. not sure if it will manage to dodge or even address blood libel as an antisemitic trope but there are some very intentional parallels to helsings (vampyr hate group) and nazis

there’s a bit of a noir vibe to this which combined with vampires is pretty cool

“Ye Gods and Little Fishes,” said Sir Henry, “can it be? George, it's my own particular, one and only, four starred Pussy. The super Pussy of all old Pussies.”

crying

i love this scene omg and the anticipation is realll

why is bunch so me lmfao

“Seasons tumbling into each other, days disappearing into weeks, weeks into months. I can’t seem to slow life down but I can’t keep up with it either [...] No matter how hard I try to stay one step ahead I am always behind schedule in the story of my life. I feel old, even though I’m not, and I constantly feel like I’m running out of time.”

oh! 😶

AW HELL NO NOT COLUMBO!!!!!