I miss Reaper. That show really picked up in the last half of the first season going forward.
It had the best TV Satan of all time (No offense Tom Ellis, but Ray Wise was so much more satanic). Not so much a bringer of evil and mayhem as the ultimate enabler.
This is likely to be a recurring theme: As master manipulators, Tulip and Cassady mind-control people the old-fashioned way with subtlety and skill, while Jesse causes chaos wielding his superpower like an angry child.
If it was me who had the power of Genesis, there would be no search for God, and therefore probably no show.
ORā¦ maybe there would be, and the storyline would just be completely different; say an underdog artist who gets this incredible power, but instead of pissing off humans, angels and psychopathic demons alike, she goes to Washington DC, and starts making certain strong suggestions to just the right peopleā¦
But seriously, I figure why bother with looking for the ultimate āabsentee fatherā when you can change the world for the better with just a few Words?
The idea of having that much power is actually scary, but Iād have to really work at it to do any worse.
The one thing Iāve always is lamented that thereās no way you can āmakeā others be better peopleā¦ but what if you could?
Consider Odin Quincanon, a character from season 1 that I hated; imagine if Jesse had said āQuit your job and give away all your money to charity and Cancer research.ā instead of just āServe God.ā
But again, that would be pretty damn boring to watch.
Well that shows how much smarter you are than Jesse, because āserve Godā can mean a lot of things. Something spelled out better is much more likely not be misinterpreted.
I think it might kind of be like the Monkeys Paw, where the power comes with a price ultimately. But maybe not.
Oh, I know, you just go to like Washington DC, tell the president to do a news conference, where all the tv stations break in, and then tell God to come to you at this address and wait. But, like you said, that would be boring.
Did you catch Tulip is pretty rattled from the Saint of Killers? I mean, it appears she has been beaten up, choked, and threatened with death before. Something supernatural seemed to happen. āHe touched me.ā Maybe she didnāt mean physically.
Iāve heard good things about that showā¦ and itās Bryan Fuller, who is the American Gods show runner (and worked on Voyager back in the late 90s). And Jasmine Guy is in itā¦ she needs to be in more stuff, but I think she spends most of her time working on stage stuff here in town.