Mayfair Witches
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Because these choices have to mean something, they must symbolize something.
Like, vampires drink blood because blood can symbolize both life and death.
Cortland sawing off his own arm and serving it to his tyrannical father thats pretty straightforward.
But the milk thing.
What is with the milk thing?
So here I am, losing track of the plot, trying to figure out the milk symbolism.
Babies drink milk, so does that mean Lasher is really a kind of giant baby?
In which case, Lashers other driving motivation this episode, the sex thing, becomes even more problematic.
Remember the girl Rowan buried in the episode before?
It turns out she was a Mayfair, and she died because she and Lasher had sex.
and sleeping with her, after which she promptly hemorrhages and dies.
We barely knew ya.
They smelled so good, Lasher whines by way of explanation after Rowan tracks him down in the woods.
I thought Mayfairs would be strong.
He cant help himself.
Hes just a grown-up baby.
Lasher is driven by manslaughterous instinct, but theres even something a little non-consensual-seeming about the seductions themselves.
Because after that, theyll never trust you for real again.
Finally, when there is no more food, Cortland saws off his arm for his dad to eat.
(Proof that visual metaphors do not have to be opaque.)
And shes especially motivated after Lashers third victim is found.
Now, I am glad that Rowan has finally made an active choice of some kind.
Did Rowan never even consider going to someone else Dolly Jean perhaps first?
No, I guess, so we should all start preparing ourselves for the Cortland redemption arc.
There is also Lark, Rowans old geneticist friend.
Its also problematic in its own right, but Ive decided to let it slide amidst everything else.
She has some bad decisions to make first.
What kind of netherworld portal did Rowan open by waking up Cortland?
Because we are absolutely not done with Cortlands evil dad.
Sip and Jojo are both at the crime scene where Alicia Mayfair was found dead.
Is there a possibility well see them work together?
No seriously, I need the milk thing explained.
