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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,
