SABRINA CARPENTER Performing At The Short N' Sweet Tour In Toronto (September 25, 2024)

YENRALT APPRECIATION, VOLUME 2

one -> ripped paper + palette n° 2 [insp.]

TLK Season 1 - It’s Good

(Spoilers ahead!)

My mum introduced me to The Last Kingdom in 2021. I was late to the club, but I fell in love quickly. Season 1 was an awesome introduction to my now favourite series out there. Let me explain why.

The first two episodes of this season had me hooked. It was a questionable choice to rush through Uhtred’s childhood with the Danes (which was a rather large section in the first book of the TLK series). I still fell in love with the family though. I can’t picture anyone else as Uhtred, nor Brida. Emily Cox and Alexander Dreymon have undeniably chemistry, although I definitely would say they make better friends than lovers. 

Alfred is probably one of the things that I was most pleasantly surprised by. David Dawson is... incredible. He brings such a quiet intensity to the character. I will have more to say about him when I talk about later seasons. Only good things. 

The story of season 1 flows well. It is well paced, mostly. It’s bingeworthy, yet every episode can be enjoyed as a single one. Travels to Cornwalum and Cynuit felt more like side quests than actual plot drivers. Perhaps that’s just me.

There are some characters which feel unnecessary (*cough* Wulfhere *cough*), some which I think deserve more screen time. Aethelwold is a slimy piece of shit but his character is so well done. It’s made clear he’s not meant to be liked, and it works. I don’t like his character, but I do enjoy his character.

I don’t want to say this is a huge downfall of the season, because it is truly fantastic. However, I feel like Iseult’s storyline was kind of rushed. Of course, they have to have limitations on screen compared to the pages of a book. I just didn’t connect that well with her character. 

I hate to say it but I didn’t really like Hild either. In later seasons, I grow to like her, but in season 1 she is just kind of useless? Save for the scene where she comforts Lady Aelswith, she just kind of is there without doing anything of value. 

Leofric, however... Man did his death hit me hard. Leofric was a character that is a great right hand man to Uhtred, while also being a warrior in his own right. He doesn’t blindly follow him, and doesn’t treat him with immediate respect. Uhtred is not his lord he is his friend. We don’t learn much about him, yet he is so likeable. I loved him, and it was a shame to see him go. 

What a good opener this season is to the series. As a huge history nerd, I find it difficult to watch a lot of historic dramas (for a lot of reasons), but TLK is one of the few that I an enjoy unconditionally. 

Marie Avgeropoulos as OCTAVIA BLAKE/BLODREINA THE 100 | Season 5

she’s so fucking beautiful

SABRINA CARPENTER for Eric Vetro's "Sing Like The Star"

SABRINA CARPENTER at the TIME100 Next event in New York (October 9, 2024)

Stranger Things + Brett Gelman Tweets (insp)

Everything here is hard and bright and violent… Everything I feel, everything I touch… this is Hell. Just getting through the next moment, and the one after that, knowing what I’ve lost… (Buffy the Vampire Sayer season 6 episode 3)

SABRINA CARPENTER & CHAPPELL ROAN cover 'Last Christmas' / A Nonsense Christmas (Netflix, 2024)

Bonus:

A NONSENSE CHRISTMAS WITH SABRINA CARPENTER (2024)

Aethelstan and Aldhelm and "I think the fuck not, my good bitch."