EP reviewed: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O3BSAbklHuI<\/p>\n
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Blood Brothers Episode 4 was posted on September 16, 2015. It clocks in at just over 14 minutes long, and with that said, I\u2019m Knightmare, and let\u2019s get started.<\/p>\n
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We open on our two brothers, who talk about needing to go past the human settlements in order to reach the woods behind them. Aidan expresses concern about going near humans, but Cobalt insists there\u2019s no other way. I sort of love this scene here, because Aidan notices a hole in the fence, while Cobalt attempts to just push the fence down. It\u2019s a nice characterization of the two brothers.<\/p>\n
We get a flashback of the two learning to stay away from humans after a lesson by their mother, who\u2026brings them to the edge of the forest\u2026to show them\u2026? Wait, okay, how long has it been since they first left their home? Is this a different road, or no? Because it would not only be ludicrous to bring two young pups all the way through the forest just to say \u201cnever go here again\u201d and head home, but it\u2019s also silly to bring them to a road in the first place. Why not sneak over here alone, then bring like a red cup or something back to show the kids that weird items like these are signals that humans are around and that they should stay away? The kids agree never to go near humans, and we are given the opening. Afterwards, we join back with our brothers as they comment about almost making it through the human settlement. Cobalt is then tackled mid-speech. We get a pretty humorous exchange between the two brothers, before the new dog gets off him and lamients that she didn\u2019t expect him to fall so easily. Then\u2026what? Why would you go to tackle someone if you didn\u2019t expect to tackle them? Why would you attack someone with the thought that your attack might not do anything to them? This seems overall like a really poor plan. While the brothers banter some more, Hurricane, the newcomer, says: [clip]. \u2026what. What is being said here? I can\u2019t\u2026I can\u2019t hear it at all. Hurricane then demands the two of them come with her and we get this faceoff between Cobalt and her. Wasn\u2019t she supposed to be a big dog? In this frame she looks to be about the same size as Cobalt. Why were the two of them unsure about taking her own earlier? There\u2019s two of them, and one of her. Aidan has already proven himself to be a capable fighter, too. What\u2019s the issue here?<\/p>\n
They decide to follow her because Aidan is worried that an entire pack of dogs might come after them if they don\u2019t follow her\u2026but\u2026I mean, if you took her down, or just ran, the likelihood of her getting back to tell her pack that there are rogues in their territory before the two of them make it out seems pretty low. I don\u2019t\u2026understand this logic.<\/p>\n
They all make it back to the pack, where Hurricane proceeds to introduce everyone? In light of how her pack is revealed to be later on, this seems an odd and potentially dangerous choice. Her pack is rather vicious and unforgiving, so why would she risk appearing chummy with a rogue? Hurricane explains that she\u2019s only in this pack because she didn\u2019t have an alternative when she was younger, but now she\u2019s older? And probably stronger? She\u2019s obviously allowed to go out and patrol, too, so why not just slip away if you don\u2019t like it here? Again, seems like flawed logic.<\/p>\n
Aidan watches from afar with a smile before Dagger interrupts him, asking why he\u2019s here. We get a hint of her personality, and she leaves to talk with Jaws, who comments on Hurricane\u2019s friendliness with the hostages. See? This is why you don\u2019t display your kindness around hostile packmates. This honestly seems like one of the worst ideas.<\/p>\n
In the morning, the brothers are brought to see the alpha, and I must say, though I like the exchange between Cobalt and his suddenly revealed father, I wish there was more buildup. We get some really good pay-off, but it feels odd without the proper buildup. I wish I could\u2019ve seen more of the brothers\u2019 reactions before hand, and I wish I could\u2019ve seen them looking up at him as the alpha\u2019s true identity is slowly revealed. Here it just comes off as incredibly quick, and it takes me off guard.<\/p>\n
As for the actual exchange, I don\u2019t really have anything critique-wise to say. Their father does say \u201cI\u2019ll admit\u201d a lot, which can be distracting and takes me out of the moment. Also, Aidan\u2019s reactions are so\u2026lackluster? Isn\u2019t he surprised to see his father again? Even if he\u2019s holding his outrage or emotions back so as not to be harmed by his father and his father\u2019s pack, I would\u2019ve liked to have seen more from him. \u2026I guess I did have something critique-wise to say about the exchange.<\/p>\n
Also, what\u2019s up with this scene? [clip] So\u2026what triggered this response from their father? Cobalt has been threatening him this whole time, why does he respond like this? No one has mentioned forgiveness, no one has mentioned wanting him to be their actual father? Weird.<\/p>\n
Their father tells them to leave, and it appears like the brothers do, but\u2026Hurricane comes to talk to Cobalt? At night? Okay, how much time has passed? Wouldn\u2019t the two brothers be long gone by now? Or did they like, sit around to mope? I\u2019m confused.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m also perplexed as to why Hurricane cares so much about him when they just met? Though I will say I really find the way Cobalt reacts to Hurricane trying to comfort him real and interesting. [clip]<\/p>\n
Hurricane finds out that Slate wants the two pups dead and warns the brothers, insisting she\u2019s going to come along. The brothers decide to leave on the most obvious route before doubling back to get Hurricane. Again, seems like flawed logic. Wouldn\u2019t they have a better chance of the three of them running off together? Then it\u2019d be three against two\u2014assuming Slate doesn\u2019t come along\u2014and they\u2019d have the upper hand. Seriously. Sticking together seems like the best option. This instant the brothers leave, Dagger arrives on the scene of the solitary Hurricane, saying her suspicious were correct. They talk a bit before any action happens, and I can\u2019t help but notice the awesome song picked for this scene? Its slow build is really cool and holds a hidden layer of intensity that I thoroughly enjoy.<\/p>\n
What I don\u2019t enjoy is that Hurricane suddenly seems keen on just dying? Cobalt said he was going to double back for her, meaning that if she dies, the pups will come back looking for her and she\u2019ll have put them in harm\u2019s way. Meaning<\/em> she needs to live, or find a way to tell the pups not to come back so as to keep them safe. Dagger kills her, saying that the pups are next. We flash back to our two main characters, who have now gone far enough to throw any trackers off their scent apparently, and the two of them talk about Hurricane in an endearing manner. Now this, this<\/em> I really like. As the audience, we know what\u2019s befallen Hurricane, and the two brothers don\u2019t. We are already mourning her, and seeing them unknowing of her death is painful for us. And emotion and feelings are always amazing things to get out of a viewer or reader, so I applaud this scene.<\/p>\n The two brothers double back, and the music grows louder as they come across Hurricane\u2019s body. The credits roll as Cobalt looks tearfully down at the body of someone he cared for.<\/p>\n Overall? The episode was more or less solid. It has a lot of good, enjoyable moments, and I will forever enjoy the banter between the two siblings. I also think a lot of the music choices were good in this episode, though it\u2019s not my forte, so take that with a grain of salt. I have a few issues with the brothers just casually referring to their dad as a potential murderer, when they\u2019ve never known him to kill someone else, and have only known him to abandon his children and his sickly mate. Yes, this is bad, but why do they so readily assume he\u2019d be ready to murder them if given the chance before Hurricane tells him of the order she received? However, I still enjoyed the episode, and I find the ending pretty good, so I\u2019d recommend it to anyone who\u2019s interested.<\/p>\n Do you agree with me? Maybe you hate everything I just said. Let\u2019s have a discussion about it in the comments section below. Want to draw some expressions for me to use in my videos? There\u2019s a ref of my character in the description. Also down there, you can find me on different media sites, like twitter, deviantart, tumblr, and even my personal youtube account. I\u2019m Knightmare, thank you all for watching, make sure to hit like, subscribe, and I\u2019ll see you guys next time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" EP reviewed: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O3BSAbklHuI Blood Brothers Episode 4 was posted on September 16, 2015. It clocks in at just over 14 minutes long, and with that said, I\u2019m Knightmare, and let\u2019s get started. We open on our two brothers, who talk about needing to go past the human settlements…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[205],"tags":[227,224,229,225,226,206,223,207,219,228,230,42],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p27tjX-gD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/winter-publishing.com\/welcome-to-winter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/winter-publishing.com\/welcome-to-winter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/winter-publishing.com\/welcome-to-winter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winter-publishing.com\/welcome-to-winter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winter-publishing.com\/welcome-to-winter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/winter-publishing.com\/welcome-to-winter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1032,"href":"https:\/\/winter-publishing.com\/welcome-to-winter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031\/revisions\/1032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/winter-publishing.com\/welcome-to-winter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winter-publishing.com\/welcome-to-winter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winter-publishing.com\/welcome-to-winter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}