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I'm watching Warrior Nun because...reasons? And literally what the hell is this show? I can predict every single story beat by throwing a dart at a board with a list of tropes but at the same time it's so batshit off-the-wall wacky that I can't look away. Spoilers follow!
In case you think I'm kidding about the trope-board, we've got:
-an heiress named Lilith who turns against her people
-a badass fighter who don't play by your rules (is black, the only major black character)
-mean nuns in an orphanage
-an heiress named Lilith who turns against her people
-a badass fighter who don't play by your rules (is black, the only major black character)
-mean nuns in an orphanage
-the meanest nun at the orphanage is secretly a murderer
-boss lady villain character
-boss lady villain is the CEO of a tech company
-boss lady tech CEO villain has a Special Child she Cares About and who is her Secret Motivation
-boss lady villain character
-boss lady villain is the CEO of a tech company
-boss lady tech CEO villain has a Special Child she Cares About and who is her Secret Motivation
-good guy priest vs. bad guy priest
-good guy priest used to be an alcoholic
-bad guy priest is higher up the ladder and using the Plot to advance his Own AgendaTM
-we're in Spain but every character has a Convenient Reason to Speak English
-good guy priest used to be an alcoholic
-bad guy priest is higher up the ladder and using the Plot to advance his Own AgendaTM
-we're in Spain but every character has a Convenient Reason to Speak English
but then there's the batshit side of this show, which is basically "everything it does to theology and science"
-Demons are either wraiths who can possess/influence people or "tarrasques," which apparently are defined as "giant humanoid suits of metal with glowing orange insides"
-Demons are either wraiths who can possess/influence people or "tarrasques," which apparently are defined as "giant humanoid suits of metal with glowing orange insides"
-they don't even use the original tarrasque AS the original tarrasque, even though it's a Catholic legend!
-by the way if you're coming from DnD and confused what tarrasques hve to do with this, go watch @OSPyoutube's excellent video on the subject!
-by the way if you're coming from DnD and confused what tarrasques hve to do with this, go watch @OSPyoutube's excellent video on the subject!
-apparently there's a holy metal called, I shit you not, "divinium" which is about one step down from "unobtanium" in terms of "wow I can't believe you used the placeholder name for your macguffin metal"
-divinium is both (A) basically cold iron and (B) a SUPERCONDUCTOR?!
-divinium is both (A) basically cold iron and (B) a SUPERCONDUCTOR?!
-evil boss lady has "stabilized the Higgs field," which wasn't something I realized needed doing, which apparently leads to the creation of a "quantum portal," and the church is afraid this is opening a door to hell
-if you followed that then congrats you did better than me
-if you followed that then congrats you did better than me
seriously. "stablize the Higgs field?" I guess I shouldn't expect scientific accuracy from a show that doesn't use ANY of the pre-existing warrior maiden saints of Catholicism, INCLUDING St. Martha, who fought the tarrasque of legend, but makes someone up wholesale instead
the Higgs field creates mass! The fuck can you say it needs stabilizing? And why would making mass stable allow...teleportation? I think? To...the afterlife? WHAT AM I WATCHING
evil tech ceo lady STICKS HER HAND IN THE PORTAL to show it off but then at a later press conference just straight up says "I dunno what's on the other side" like she didn't LITERALLY STICK AN APPENDAGE IN THERE
Oh and back to Lilith, aka "this one's gonna be the traitor," we've basically got a trope layer cake with her. Cuz she's the disgraced heir TWICE OVER, which makes her a Lancer, even though both the MC (who I haven't even mentioned yet) and Shotgun Mary are also Lancers,
but she also performs a Heroic Sacrifice to Awaken the Hero's Potential, which results in her being Dragged to Hell, which I'm also calling means she'll come back later cuz we didn't see her die, just disappear with a tarrasque's blade-hand through her kidney
and tbh I think i'm calling this thread here because FUCK do I not want to think about the absurdity of this show (which i'm definitely finishing by the way, I love this beautiful train wreck with my whole heart) for another minute.
