I think watching the drama "American Gods", you must adjust your mentality, and don't judge her by general habits, or you will abandon the drama sooner or later. The show is not in a hurry to tell the audience about the causes and consequences, grievances and hatreds, but to walk around in their own world at their own pace, and only take out what they want to show, and the rest don’t care too much. This tone, It coincides with the disposition of "belief" in the play. The third episode tells several stories that are not closely related to each other. The shadow’s gradual change in the world’s cognition is the main topic . It becomes more complicated, no side, and simpler. This is about "belief or unbelief". Dialectical question of no result between.
The ancient Egyptian god
In the opening episode, an ancient god has basically become a law, the difference is that it has stepped from ancient times to modern times.
At the beginning of the episode, the 68-year-old Mrs. Fattier accidentally fell to her death. Before she herself could react, the "god" who came to pick her up had already arrived.
Anubis is the god of the underworld (death of death) in Egyptian mythology. Some people think that he is only the messenger and guardian of the underworld, responsible for escorting the souls of the dead , so he has become the god of the dying, dominating the affairs related to funerals. People prayed to him to protect the dead.
It sounds okay, but Mrs. Fatiel is a Muslim family, why is Anubis picking it up? The other party replied, "I want to repay you" : "You used to be a little girl, and your grandma was with you. She told you many ancient stories about Egypt. She told you about the age when the Nile was still turbulent. The story of the wolf and the jackal tells the story of the son of the red wind and the goddess Buster."
Madame Fatiel has the position of ancient Egyptian gods in her heart, and that's why.
After coming to "transit place", the gods by the black gown into a white robe -
Judging from the behavior of the two, this person in front of Mrs. Fatiel should have become Thoth , one of the Egyptian gods, the god of calculation and wisdom, possessing the power of arbitration, and mastering the balance between good and evil. In the underworld, he weighed the heart of the deceased with a balance, and the other end of the balance was a feather to judge the superiority of good and evil.
It turned out that Mrs. Fattier was not a villain, she was approved by Thoth.
Before officially stepping into the gate of the underworld, Madame Fatiel turned around and asked her doubts: "Are you sure I can follow you? Following a pagan god, I will never see me again. Grandma."
There was no answer, the cat who had been following around pushed Madame Fatiel into the door—this should be Buster, the Egyptian goddess, who often incarnates as a lioness or a cat, or a woman with a cat head. She is also Egyptian One of the protectors.
The process of extradition of the deceased has been revealed everywhere , but the taste of conspiracy and deception is everywhere ... Is it possible to understand this: Fatir is not a devout believer in ancient Egyptian gods, but because he heard the story of his grandma when he was young, let The Egyptian gods had a place in her heart. When she was dying, the gods "grabbed time" and coaxed her into the gate of the underworld.
If this argument is true, then it seems that these ancient gods are not doing well.
Ifrit passing the "spark"
The most unique story in this episode is undoubtedly the story of the salesman and the fire wizard Ifrit.
I spent a lot of space on it to the salesman who hadn’t seen the customer for a day. He was from Muscat, Oman. He didn’t talk much, but the image of a humble, conservative, refined, and restrained Middle Eastern man was already vivid. superior.
It was supposed to be a soggy and frustrating homecoming, but it was changed by a glimpse of the taxi driver .
The salesman saw the flame in the driver's eyes-the fire wizard Ifrit, who passed by the shadow in the second episode , is the elves in Islamic legends, who are considered to be half-human and half-devil. They were born from the fire element. Longevity but still mortal. Islamic legends believe that elves are both good and evil, and they like to punish humans who have made mistakes. They will also lure humans to go against Allah and go on evil paths .
The salesman was convinced of the existence of Ifrit , because his grandmother had sworn to meet an Ifrit (why are you all on the bar with grandma today?)...
In the face of the salesman’s slightly obsessive words, Ifrit was indifferent, and poured a bucket of cold water to his face: You don’t know anything about our race, you think we will only achieve our wishes. It’s really so powerful, and I still need it. Drive a taxi here?
Maybe people are guilty, maybe Ifrit has already gotten into the other party's heart : the salesman's little brother calmed his irritability with touch, used the room number to express his admiration, and held hands to express his desire... …Then it’s just to be cleaned and slapped.
——I wish you could see what I saw. ——I will not fulfill people's wishes. ——You have achieved it.
I don't know if it was the salesman who coaxed Ifrit onto the bed step by step, or if the salesman slowly released the desire in the salesman's heart and led him to make peace with him.
After that, it was a long indescribable process. Compared with Queen of Sheba’s "Stars-attracting Dafa", Ifrit’s "Through the Heart" is much more enjoyable, although I am insensible...
After a night of wind and rain, the salesman woke up alone. Ifrit had been missing for a long time, only his clothes and driver's license were left behind.
After a brief period of hesitation, the salesman left again as a taxi driver.
What's the truth? Did Ifrit lure the salesman to make a mistake, engulf (or invade) him during the peacemaking, and turn him into another Ifrit? Or simply exchanged secular identities with the salesman?
After struggling for a while, I was relieved: writing a drama review by myself is never necessary to find the answer, it is enough to trigger discussion and thinking, what do you think?
Odin with a tongue full of flowers
Before starting the main line of the shadow, let's talk about the Great God Stick Wednesday.
In the evening, Vichenyaya, who had been "off work", had her calm and calm time broken by Odin's uninvited visit.
Odin also asked her to count herself, and Vichenyaya only said: " What you want to do will fail, and they will win ." Odin insisted, "It's only today."
Under the soft and hard foam, Vichenyaya followed Odin out for a walk, watching him still not give up, Vichenyaya told the truth: " This time they will kill you ."
The meaning of the warning is already very obvious, Odin is walking a path of self-destruction. But the other party remained unmoved, and used a kiss to let Vichenyaya taste something that she shouldn't have tasted in a time period that shouldn't belong to her.
"I can taste your taste in the rain, what else can I taste?"
- that over the years,维切恩亚亚already optimistic attitude to life, faded as the sky and the bright goddess of elegance and glory, she thought nothing bad ...... but this time, Odin let her enjoy a long absence, "Divine" Aroused the expectation in her heart.
It 's time to see the picture .
I'm not sure if Odin can abduct Zoya's sisters so easily-but even if not, at least he has made a good start, and Shadow has also helped him fix Zonenberg at the same time .
Shaky shadow
Part Three Sisters Zoya has not yet appeared in the Midnight Star波鲁诺什娜Asian debut, she is the image of a young girl, and a shadow saying that he did not understand the words, such as Ursa Major, the Big Dipper God of heaven has class Evil exists, locked in the stars by chains...
The three sisters watched the sky day and night, in order not to allow the evil to escape, otherwise it would swallow everything, the souls would be destroyed, and the world would be destroyed.
These words are for the audience to hear, and the shadows can only hear them with a little understanding at best.
The point is that it’s time for fortune-telling: " You have nothing, you have no faith, so you have nothing. You are on the way... from nothing to omnipotence. "
Combining the plots before and after, the meaning of Polunoshnaya’s words can’t be more clear: Shadow doesn’t believe in this weird world where gods and ghosts coexist , so he has no name, but at this time his cognition has been gradually shaken and he has changed from unbelief. As a sign of belief, so he will become wealthy .
" You have been protected, you have been given the sun, and I can give you the moon. "
In the first episode, the truth of the gold coin given to Shadow by the madman Sweeney is also about to come out...Without the gold coin, there are still silver coins now, not bad.
Before the separation, Polunoshnaya used a curious kiss as a farewell to the shadow. Since she had already revealed too much information before, she said that it was difficult for me to get excited, until this sentence appeared——
daughter? Father? It seems to be so close to the truth for the first time . In this way, it makes sense for the gods to care about the shadow (seemingly) a mortal person: no matter who he is, he must have a godhead or power that no one can ignore.
After being awakened by Polunoshnaya, the shadow seemed to be awakened and luck came. He told Zernenberg to play another checkers with him.
This time, Shadow won. Zenoberg promised to accompany Wednesday, but after returning, Shadow's life is still his.
In short, several Slavic gods have been dealt with. Next, it's time to " rob the bank ". Two interesting details will be inserted.
One was on Wednesday and Shadow went to the bank for a circle, and was stared at by the camera.
It is not difficult to judge, this eye and the man in the top hat in the reflection should be both new gods , as for who it is, I can't guess.
The other is that when the two were preparing at the print shop, Wednesday made no secret of their jealousy towards the other god: " Many people need Jesus, so there are many Jesus ."
This one is a household name. If anyone among the ancient gods can still be alive and well in modern times, then he must be part of Jesus—but, considering the actual treatment, Odin will not pull him into this self. A single-handedly planned war.
Then there is the top priority of this episode: there must be snow, so there will be snow.
Before the official action, on Wednesday, on the grounds of "helping you focus", let the shadow keep imagining the snow...
Under the constant reminder of hypnosis and shadows on Wednesday, "snow" has become a real thing in his mind, from abstract to concrete .
When the shadow wakes up, the sky that can't fall snow is really snowing.
If you think about it, there will be snow-this is Wednesday's explanation.
The inexplicable shadow, and then experienced another inexplicable robbery, guarding the ATM machine that pretended to be malfunctioning, can take money from the depositor, who can talk about this kind of thing...Look for the shadow, he immediately became confused after a moment Entered the role, even by analogy, but also wanted to dig the corner of the police force .
In fact, Odin has never cared about money or not. This is just a guise and means. He just wants to tell the shadow of the magic of "belief" and the power of "intention": you can do it completely, and you can even do more. Well, far beyond anyone's imagination.
But after recovering, the shadow was still a little panicked, but on Wednesday he sneered: "You can trust the villain on TV to predict the weather, but a little hint that you can control the snow makes you panic."
This is unscientific! Reality and fantasy, I agree that the rules that have been followed for decades can be broken at will now?
In the evening, Wednesday decided to burn another fire. He pointed out that the shadow was evading the fact that he pretended that he could ignore the doubts in his heart .
" If you choose to believe that you made snow, you can believe it for the rest of your life, you can do the impossible, or you can believe it is an illusion ."
"What a wonderful thing to be able to dream without falling asleep."...
It was still a long time since I asked " Do you believe in love ?"-I didn't believe it before I met Laura.
" So before you met, you didn't believe it, and the world changed because you believed it. Belief is just the product of our association, which shows that we are easy to be afraid, and you are not easy to be afraid. "
Although Shadow still did not give an approved answer, this time, his mouth softened, and Wednesday also knew that the heat was enough .
Perhaps the two sides have been communicating frankly and sincerely, and on Wednesday they unconsciously said what Odin said in his heart: I am afraid of being forgotten, and I can stick to many things, except being forgotten . This is probably why he is so exhausted about the war.
"The best thing about memory is that it is forgotten most of the time ." The shadow is much more casual than Wednesday, but based on the disparity between the identities of the two at this time, this discussion will not have any results.
Sweeney
Putting the madman Sweeney to the end is because something happened through the shadow, and it is easy to understand what happened to him again .
As an Irish dwarf, "good luck" is a quality he has always been proud of , so when the bar proprietress came to chase him with a gun, he didn't care about it...
Um? Where's the wine? Really shot? What about the bomb? Hey, my face hurts...well, I have been lucky for years and sometimes stumbled.
At this time, Sweeney probably didn't take this seriously. He didn't realize that there was a problem until he got in the car of the enthusiastic driver, but the driver was caught in a violent accident (steel pipe).
Feeling all over my body, the lucky coin is gone.
There is only one possibility, that is, joking with Shadow when drunk and giving him lucky gold coins .
The anxious Sweeney hurried to find the shadow to ask for gold coins.
The shadow told him that the gold coin had been thrown on the grave of his deceased wife. Sweeney was helpless, so he had to limp and hit the road again. On Wednesday he did not forget to wish him good luck.
But if you think about Polunoshnaya again, you should understand, what kind of accident this is , it is obviously Odin's secret trick, for the shadow, he directly sold him miserably.
After finally finding a place, the gold coin fell into the mound, penetrated the coffin, and disappeared along with the corpse inside.
Therefore, Laura really borrowed her corpse to resurrect her soul, and she borrowed her own corpse .
On the other hand, the shadow who just received the baptism of education on Wednesday has to put a question mark on everything he saw and heard, so it doesn’t seem to be surprising to see his dead wife appear in front of him again.
The question is, who is this "Laura" in front of me?
It feels very difficult to read the original book before. Should I follow the advice to read the book... My official account is "Youai Comment Zone", and I have been looking forward to your attention~
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