Oct. 7, 2025

1.1 ReelShort - Love & Blood

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In this episode, Meg reviews the series 'Love and Blood' from Real Shorts, sharing her excitement and insights about the characters, plot, and overall themes. She discusses the performances of the cast, the intensity of the storyline, and her hopes for a sequel. Meg reflects on the cliffhanger ending and the unique aspects that set this series apart from typical vertical dramas, emphasizing her enjoyment and anticipation for future developments.

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Welcome to my vertical obsession. And on today's episode, we

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are talking about Love and Blood from Real Short. This

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came out in early September, and I remember seeing all

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the tiktoks of the behind the scenes for this one

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and it made me just want to see it, and

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I kept waiting and waiting for it to come out,

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and it finally did thanks to Real Short, because those

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clips made it seem so interesting and I was just like, Okay, well,

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I need to know what this is about now, especially

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with the cast I had, Eric Mark, Mariah, Kara, and

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Naomi and I happened to enjoy all their series and

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I try to watch when I can. I know there's

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just so many, but I do try to check all

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the ones out that I can. I do know that

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Mariah has a new one coming out with Jesse Morales soon,

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and I'm looking forward to that because I adore Jesse

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Morales and that one it's really good. And I mean,

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I try to keep up with all the ones that

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I can, but because there's so many different platforms for these,

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it's hard to keep up. But I'm doing my best.

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But this was definitely one that I was like, it

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was on my radar and needed to see it. And

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it's been a long couple of months waiting to find

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out about this. But once it was posted, you kind

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of understand why it took so long, because they had

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special effects and they probably were waiting for a good

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time to drop it that everyone would be anticipating and

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wanting to watch it. So I do love that, But

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I also kind of always thought that it was one

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of those things where they would film it and then

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they would drop it not long after filming it. I

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also thought that when it came to the ones that

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involved like wearables and vampires and had all these special effects,

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and I don't know why my brain thought that they

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would drop that fast, because I do understand how long

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it takes for special effects sometimes because I went to

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school for video production and so I never really dabbled

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in special effects. I did attempt to do some in

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a class, so it's not as easy as it looks,

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not at all, So I do know that it does

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take time, especially when you want to get it perfect

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or as perfect as you can. Plus editing also takes

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time too. I said, I went to school for editing,

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and my brain was just like, oh, they filmed it

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they ended quickly and then they toss it out and

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I don't know why I should know so much better

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than that, Shame on me. But going back to this,

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it was definitely one hundred percent worth way. I enjoyed

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everything about it. Everything that I kind of thought about

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it because of the clips that I saw was completely different.

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Like I don't really know where my brain went with

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this story, but for some reason, it went somewhere completely

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different than what was actually the story because I definitely

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never thought about like the prophecy at all or had

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a prophecy in mind when it came to this. I

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also don't think I realized that the character of Noah

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was an angel or nephilom as he turned out to be.

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I did not see that. I think I thought they

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were just like all vampires and it was just like

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vampire clans fighting each other, kind of like rival vampire

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clans fighting each other. Don't ask me why, but that's

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like the vibe I got from the clips, even though

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I think Sophie, the character of Sophie, and like the

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clips they showed mentioned she was human. And I'm talking

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about the tiktoks behind the scenes that were posted back

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in December for this, my brain just kind of created

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this whole story, so it was like, I hate to

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see this, and I was pleasantly surprised. I was so

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happy when I was like shocked by the storyline and

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it was nothing like I envisioned. This is why I

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don't write stories or plot them out, because I was

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so far off. So and I do have to say

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that I loved how powerful the character of Amara was,

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and she definitely gave off this like queen type vibe,

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even though I think Dorian was supposed to be like

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the head or the leader of the two of them,

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mostly because I think Victoria's dad was not one to

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really listen to Amara. That's the vibe I kind of got.

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So I really liked that she was very powerful and

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stood up for herself and kind of was basically the lader.

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I mean, I'm not a fan of the fact that

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she tried to kill her brother, but it made sense

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for the characters that she felt he was weak, especially

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now that Sophia was in the picture, because he was

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in love with her sister, who she deemed was a

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weakness to him, so it would compromise them, especially when

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it came to this prophecy, she would be a liability.

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She had to protect herself and the vampires, so she

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did the one thing that she thought she needed to do,

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which was take out her brother, who didn't actually end

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up dying. That's that's kind of where I saw that going.

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I also kind of was waiting for her to betray Victoria,

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so I was happy that she never did that, but

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I still kept waiting for it, Like I kept waiting

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for her to backstab Victoria in the end, I just

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I got that vibe that it was going to happen,

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but never did, and I was I was pleasantly surprised

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by that, but I was also very confused as to

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why she and Victoria live, Like why did Amara and

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Victoria live but all the other vampires died. I kind

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of was a little bit confused by that. And if

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there ever is a sequel to this, I kind of

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hope it would explain why they survived. But at the

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same time, I feel like the ritual to make Sophia

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evil might have been the reason for Whyamara lived in

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Victoria live. That's one of the things that I could surmise.

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But I also totally thought that it was going to

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end on a happy note until we saw Victoria and

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Amara surviving and it ending with the two of them

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being together and saying that this isn't the end, that

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this isn't how it all all was going to end.

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So when Sophia and Noah kissed and he survived and

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lived and they were happy, was like, oh good, it's

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ending happy note everything. Vampires are dead, they lived, they

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get their happy ending, only for to be a plot

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twist with the two vampire girls survived, so it's like,

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did not see that coming. And at the same time,

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I slightly expected Noah to die because I thought Noah

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would die because it was This was a lot grittier

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than the normal standard verticals that I've watched or that

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they have produced, because most of them and with happy endings,

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So the way this was going it was a lot grittier.

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It was a lot more intense, and it just gave

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off a different type of vine which I feel like

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it would be a fantastic TV series, and it probably

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should be, because I think there's so much that could

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probably do with that. I think it would be fun.

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Since it was a lot darker and a lot more

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intense when it got to Noah dying by the hands

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of Sophia because of what Amara had done when she

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was hoping and trying to save the mom was like,

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he's gonna die and this is not going to end happy.

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But I was very happy to be proven wrong in

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that he did survive and they did end happy. Which

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if this continues or if there is a sequel, it

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may be short lived. We'll have to wait and see.

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But again, I want a sequel. I need a sequel.

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It ended in a little bit of a typo, but

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also with that cliffhanger that could make it continue, and

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I will continue to want that sequel so much. Also

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doesn't hurt that I would love to see Eric NAIOI

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you're in Mark working on that together or just in general.

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I mean, granted, they all kind of worked with each

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other throughout different projects, so it's not like they don't

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work together, but to have them all together in one

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project again, I think that would be fun and I

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would so be here for that. But that was my

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thoughts on Love and Blood. I will work on figuring

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out better ways what articulate what I'm saying, how I feel,

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how I enjoy the series, because I do want to

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continue to do reviews like this for the different series

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and talk about different things. But I know sometimes I

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go off on like little tangents about different things and

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I get sidetracked, and then trying to pull myself back

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can be difficult at times, but I'll get there, and

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maybe I'll have to add like a rating system for

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these different ones, because this is definitely a ten out

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of ten. I would watch it again. I loved everything

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about it. They said it was a great series, and

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I've probably said that a couple times throughout this, but

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I was. I really enjoyed it, and I would really

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love to see a sequel happen again. But I will

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have to settle for shorts that include the cast, especially

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the cast working together again. I will definitely be watching those,

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and I will continue to do these little review videos

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and talking about the different series and as we continue

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kind of find our flow and figure out what works

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and what doesn't. I look forward to continuing to make

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these episodes and share my thoughts with you all. Still

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figuring out which series to talk about to start off with,

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but I figured I would start off with this one

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because it was most anticipated and one that I really enjoyed.

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So this has been my vertical obsession and until next time,

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