Kathy Bates is Lalaurie; Angela Bassett is Laveau! Yep...
...burning baby fish swimming all round your head.
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
The Minearverse 6: Fiery Thread of Death
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath. Oh, and help us get Terriers dvds!
Strix - Oct 10, 2013 9:07:33 am PDT #4044 of 4535
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
le nubian - Oct 10, 2013 9:08:13 am PDT #4045 of 4535
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
smonster, YES! Way over the top too.
From the descriptions, I was not sure I wanted to deal w/ S1. So I skipped it. Asylums give me the heebie jeebies so I was out for S2.
Atropa - Oct 10, 2013 9:28:22 am PDT #4046 of 4535
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Yeah, it's Halloween witchcraft at this point, not Wicca. So much for "And it harm none."
My usual comment: not all witches are Wiccan.
I cannot wait to start watching this. Whee!
Polter-Cow - Oct 10, 2013 9:34:55 am PDT #4047 of 4535
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I didn't know LaLaurie was a real person. Holy shit.
Atropa - Oct 10, 2013 9:43:46 am PDT #4048 of 4535
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I didn't know LaLaurie was a real person. Holy shit.
Oh yes. And fascinating to read about.
Amy - Oct 10, 2013 9:44:36 am PDT #4049 of 4535
Because books.
Madame LaLaurie is infamous. And Nicholas Cage did own her house for a while. I can't remember why -- when I was in New Orleans in August 2001, the house wasn't open for tours, which was a disappointment.
The thing about using "coven" and "witchcraft" as themes for this season -- even when Zoe, for instance, doesn't seem much like a witch to me -- is that any women's skills that threatened the natural order or men's authority have traditionally been lumped under "witchcraft" (more or less). So what I'm thinking is this season is really more simply about women's power and the ways they retake it.
Strix - Oct 10, 2013 9:45:31 am PDT #4050 of 4535
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Oh, yes. And quite horrible -- [link]
beekaytee - Oct 10, 2013 10:08:33 am PDT #4051 of 4535
Compassionately intolerant
My usual comment: not all witches are Wiccan.
Yep.
Amy - Oct 10, 2013 10:34:54 am PDT #4052 of 4535
Because books.
It's a shame that they're not using more of LaLaurie's real history, including the fact that she and her family were essentially driven out of town for the torture of her slaves. I'm not sure how she got Elizabeth Bathory-ized, either.
Typo Boy - Oct 10, 2013 11:15:29 am PDT #4053 of 4535
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
One question about LaLuarie? What happened to the rescued slaves. Apparently one died. But what about the others? Freed? Sold?