Never mind my quibbles
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shallownessMy Lady Jane - 1.2 Wild Thing and 1.3 With A Girl Like You
I indulged in a double bill, because I chortled about half a dozen times at the first of these episodes (like at the running gag of Henry VIII’s remaining hold over the court) and wanted to know what happened next. The narration is still more annoying than not, though. I’m especially hung up on why he adds an extra ‘h’ to so many words that don’t need it.
I was a bit surprised* when it turned out that Guildford’s deep, dark secret was that he was an Ethian. A special one who couldn’t control his powers (in a way that suggests Ladyhawke is an influence) so he was only human at night-time, so lots of night scenes. (Boo.) Of course he turned into a black stallion (snorfle) and was objectified three hundred billion times more than Jane. This revelation softened his father’s character (although Dudley was horrible to his other son, who turned out to be a bit of an idiot, with a thing for Jane’s mother, blabbing to her that, actually, they were broke.) Turned out they wanted Guildford to marry Jane for her brain and interest in healing and she made a deal that if she could cure Guildford, she’d get a divorce, while having lots of UST and near kissing.
Edward and Petunia investigated his poisoning. He wasn’t as privy to quite how insane and ambitious Mary was as we were, so was a bit slow on the uptake there and got drugged and separated from Petunia, his servants and anyone who could help him just as he realised his danger. It ended on him looking like he was dead (although there’d been a weird quick cut) and I was all ‘SHOW ME THE BODY.’)
The next episode was a bit snide about telling us that this is not a show where Jane was likely to ‘cure’ Guildford via magic, because as it’s a show with shapeshifters, we the viewers aren’t entirely sure about what kind of show it is three episodes in (unless if we’ve read the books its based on and I hadn’t even heard of them). Guildford continued to be reticent and willing to lie to Jane, although it was always fairly obvious that his Ethianess had emerged when his mother died.
Less obvious was who had stolen the will (turned out to be Elizabeth, and with dog!Petunia’s help.)
The broke Lady Anna Chancellor decided she’d just have to sell her second daughter in marriage to old, red-faced Lord Jim Broadbent. Eww. They managed to get him too drunk to have sex on their first night, but what about every other night? Young Margaret’s solution was murder, which was a bit of a whoa moment.
Jane’s superior swordsmanship (I don’t know how impressive it was really as it was in one of the night-time scenes) as well as all the UST made Guildford hot for her, and once they’d thwarted an assassination plot they got it on (but were sensible enough to move from the forest to a bedroom), until Jane pulled away, mostly undressed, and said that no, she wanted a divorce. Guildford had been trying out some ‘I am your lord and master’ (it’s his default), although there were signs that he was capable of learning that Jane wasn’t likely to obey. They are both developing feelings for each other, beyond the lust, though him coming to check on her if she was okay after she stopped the sex and reminded him she wasn’t interested in a relationship didn’t emotionally track. Because I’m still not sure what type of show it is, I have no idea how he’ll learn to control his powers like normal Ethians, which I imagine is his best-case outcome.
Jane met up with Susannah (her former maid who turned out to be an Ethian) after a fake kidnapping and Susannah told her some blunt truths about power dynamics and toff-servant friendships and what life was like for Ethians. (Who the Royal Family are obsessed with demonising.) Rob Brydon remains more droll than Dominic Cooper, although his RP is verrry Welsh.
The episode ended with Jane, who has been continually informed since marrying that she is powerless as a wife, being told, after the reading of the will, that she was Queen now.
* In hindsight, I shouldn’t be judging any of the characters for being stupid.
I indulged in a double bill, because I chortled about half a dozen times at the first of these episodes (like at the running gag of Henry VIII’s remaining hold over the court) and wanted to know what happened next. The narration is still more annoying than not, though. I’m especially hung up on why he adds an extra ‘h’ to so many words that don’t need it.
I was a bit surprised* when it turned out that Guildford’s deep, dark secret was that he was an Ethian. A special one who couldn’t control his powers (in a way that suggests Ladyhawke is an influence) so he was only human at night-time, so lots of night scenes. (Boo.) Of course he turned into a black stallion (snorfle) and was objectified three hundred billion times more than Jane. This revelation softened his father’s character (although Dudley was horrible to his other son, who turned out to be a bit of an idiot, with a thing for Jane’s mother, blabbing to her that, actually, they were broke.) Turned out they wanted Guildford to marry Jane for her brain and interest in healing and she made a deal that if she could cure Guildford, she’d get a divorce, while having lots of UST and near kissing.
Edward and Petunia investigated his poisoning. He wasn’t as privy to quite how insane and ambitious Mary was as we were, so was a bit slow on the uptake there and got drugged and separated from Petunia, his servants and anyone who could help him just as he realised his danger. It ended on him looking like he was dead (although there’d been a weird quick cut) and I was all ‘SHOW ME THE BODY.’)
The next episode was a bit snide about telling us that this is not a show where Jane was likely to ‘cure’ Guildford via magic, because as it’s a show with shapeshifters, we the viewers aren’t entirely sure about what kind of show it is three episodes in (unless if we’ve read the books its based on and I hadn’t even heard of them). Guildford continued to be reticent and willing to lie to Jane, although it was always fairly obvious that his Ethianess had emerged when his mother died.
Less obvious was who had stolen the will (turned out to be Elizabeth, and with dog!Petunia’s help.)
The broke Lady Anna Chancellor decided she’d just have to sell her second daughter in marriage to old, red-faced Lord Jim Broadbent. Eww. They managed to get him too drunk to have sex on their first night, but what about every other night? Young Margaret’s solution was murder, which was a bit of a whoa moment.
Jane’s superior swordsmanship (I don’t know how impressive it was really as it was in one of the night-time scenes) as well as all the UST made Guildford hot for her, and once they’d thwarted an assassination plot they got it on (but were sensible enough to move from the forest to a bedroom), until Jane pulled away, mostly undressed, and said that no, she wanted a divorce. Guildford had been trying out some ‘I am your lord and master’ (it’s his default), although there were signs that he was capable of learning that Jane wasn’t likely to obey. They are both developing feelings for each other, beyond the lust, though him coming to check on her if she was okay after she stopped the sex and reminded him she wasn’t interested in a relationship didn’t emotionally track. Because I’m still not sure what type of show it is, I have no idea how he’ll learn to control his powers like normal Ethians, which I imagine is his best-case outcome.
Jane met up with Susannah (her former maid who turned out to be an Ethian) after a fake kidnapping and Susannah told her some blunt truths about power dynamics and toff-servant friendships and what life was like for Ethians. (Who the Royal Family are obsessed with demonising.) Rob Brydon remains more droll than Dominic Cooper, although his RP is verrry Welsh.
The episode ended with Jane, who has been continually informed since marrying that she is powerless as a wife, being told, after the reading of the will, that she was Queen now.
* In hindsight, I shouldn’t be judging any of the characters for being stupid.
