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3.4 La Justicia Fronteriza / 3x04 After Party
« Last post by ysolde on September 28, 2025, 11:33:26 pm »
That attack by the Primitivos was brutal.  It's bad when your opponents are nihilists whose only goal is to burn it all down just because.  How the heck are you going to fight that?  Roberto is right that the Alcazar did not provide them with adequate protection from this attack, but then, I'm not sure there could have been adequate protection when this is what you are up against.  Then again, if the Alcazar knows these Primitivos are out there, they should have warned the members of their alliance. Something stinks.


Was I the only one that giggled a bit when Fede told his mother not to worry about his wound, because, "Tis but a scratch?"  I was like, "Did he really just say that?  In this context?  Awesome!"


Loved that the Primitivo that they managed to capture had a Rioplatense (Argentine) accent.  Guess the man had been visiting Spain when the Plague started, and he went feral in the end.  I would love to know his story, though I assume it shall remain a mystery.
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3.3 El Sacrificio / Re: 3x03 After Party
« Last post by Tensel on September 24, 2025, 07:22:08 am »
Quote from: ysolde on September 23, 2025, 11:19:10 pm

I think it's possible they are moving girls around the country, to prevent inbreeding.  What troubles me is it seems the Ofrenda has been happening pretty regularly (sounds like once a year?) with girls being sent out of the town to wherever it is they are being sent.  But the town has not received girls (or young men, if the numbers are skewed such that they need more young men -- I can't really tell, tbh) from the Ofrenda, just keeps sending girls out.


So what is the point?  To keep rich old men supplied with pretty young girls from the provinces because such is the nature of power?  It wouldn't surprise me.  It has happened in the past, happens today (FLDS), and is the subject of dystopian fiction (The Handmaid's Tale) due to its believability. 


But this is The Walking Dead Universe, and adding a macabre walker twist to it also would not surprise me.

Gawd, I really hope it isn't true, but you have convinced me that it is a real possibility, especially when I remember that the real plan last season in France was to sacrifice Laurent. Ugh. The King's wife must not know the truth. They take the girls out and she thinks that they have gone to other towns, but instead they are being sacrificed. We will find out soon enough. No doubt Roberto is going to go crazy when he finds out that Justine went with them. I expect that he will follow them with his father, Daryl, Carol, Paz, and few others in tow.

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3.3 El Sacrificio / Re: 3x03 After Party
« Last post by ysolde on September 23, 2025, 11:19:10 pm »
Quote from: Tensel on September 23, 2025, 08:56:23 am

Aargh, that is horrible! This hadn't occurred to me. I hope it isn't true. I figured that the girls were being married of to older men since the "King" had a young wife. The wife did tell her lover that she found out where she was from talking to one of the girls from her town and she made it seem like the girls were okay. It could be that she lied, but I don't see how she could be so tolerate of her husband if he was sacrificing young girls. Unless, she doesn't know the truth. She might think that the girls have gone to other villages, but they really are killed instead.


I think it's possible they are moving girls around the country, to prevent inbreeding.  What troubles me is it seems the Ofrenda has been happening pretty regularly (sounds like once a year?) with girls being sent out of the town to wherever it is they are being sent.  But the town has not received girls (or young men, if the numbers are skewed such that they need more young men -- I can't really tell, tbh) from the Ofrenda, just keeps sending girls out.


So what is the point?  To keep rich old men supplied with pretty young girls from the provinces because such is the nature of power?  It wouldn't surprise me.  It has happened in the past, happens today (FLDS), and is the subject of dystopian fiction (The Handmaid's Tale) due to its believability. 


But this is The Walking Dead Universe, and adding a macabre walker twist to it also would not surprise me. 
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3.3 El Sacrificio / Re: 3x03 After Party
« Last post by Tensel on September 23, 2025, 08:56:23 am »
Quote from: ysolde on September 22, 2025, 02:44:42 pm
As soon as I saw The Offering, and heard that Justina had somehow miraculously been spared for years, I knew the game was rigged.  I also figured she would swap herself for the other girl, given her sense of guilt.


The big question is, what is the true nature of La Ofrenda: there was some vague mention made of the girls being sent off to be married, but not to whom.  My suspicion is they are "married" to a walker in some sort of attempt to appease the gods/ keep the walkers at bay situation.  IOW, offered up to the walkers as a sacrifice. This would be in line with the sacrifice of virgins to the dragon in 1981's Dragonslayer, and how the names of some girls were kept off the list.  [size=78%]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonslayer_(1981_film)[/size]


Aargh, that is horrible! This hadn't occurred to me. I hope it isn't true. I figured that the girls were being married of to older men since the "King" had a young wife. The wife did tell her lover that she found out where she was from talking to one of the girls from her town and she made it seem like the girls were okay. It could be that she lied, but I don't see how she could be so tolerate of her husband if he was sacrificing young girls. Unless, she doesn't know the truth. She might think that the girls have gone to other villages, but they really are killed instead.
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3.3 El Sacrificio / Re: 3x03 After Party
« Last post by Hez on September 23, 2025, 07:49:50 am »
Quote from: ysolde on September 22, 2025, 02:44:42 pm
1981's Dragonslayer
I loved this movie!   :)
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3.3 El Sacrificio / Re: 3x03 After Party
« Last post by ysolde on September 22, 2025, 02:44:42 pm »
As soon as I saw The Offering, and heard that Justina had somehow miraculously been spared for years, I knew the game was rigged.  I also figured she would swap herself for the other girl, given her sense of guilt.


The big question is, what is the true nature of La Ofrenda: there was some vague mention made of the girls being sent off to be married, but not to whom.  My suspicion is they are "married" to a walker in some sort of attempt to appease the gods/ keep the walkers at bay situation.  IOW, offered up to the walkers as a sacrifice. This would be in line with the sacrifice of virgins to the dragon in 1981's Dragonslayer, and how the names of some girls were kept off the list.  [size=78%]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonslayer_(1981_film)[/size]


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3.3 El Sacrificio / Re: 3x03 After Party
« Last post by Patty_2 on September 22, 2025, 02:27:52 pm »
I completely enjoyed the episode. It took me a minute to make the rubik cube connection. There's too much time in-between the seasons.
I love that this guy Carol is staying with called her on all her shenanigans in such a wonderful way.
I hate Justina is leaving. Roberto is going to be heart broken. I don't believe he will leave with them to Ohio. It will be interesting to see if the old lady captain goes with them.
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3.3 El Sacrificio / Re: 3x03 After Party
« Last post by Tensel on September 22, 2025, 01:41:23 pm »
Quote from: Hez on September 22, 2025, 10:59:27 am
It was when Antonio mentions Barcelona, and Carol says: "Barcelona? I have a friend whose brother lived there."  Friend is Rick & brother is Jeffrey.  I actually read that little side comic about him and I haven't even finished the main comic!  I think Last Summer's Sweetheart put it up on the old forum for us.


Ah, I didn't pick that up. Actually, I forgot that Rick even had a brother.
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3.3 El Sacrificio / Re: 3x03 After Party
« Last post by Hez on September 22, 2025, 10:59:27 am »
Quote from: Tensel on September 22, 2025, 10:50:38 am

I didn't catch that. It would be cool.
It was when Antonio mentions Barcelona, and Carol says: "Barcelona? I have a friend whose brother lived there."  Friend is Rick & brother is Jeffrey.  I actually read that little side comic about him and I haven't even finished the main comic!  I think Last Summer's Sweetheart put it up on the old forum for us.
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3.3 El Sacrificio / Re: 3x03 After Party
« Last post by Tensel on September 22, 2025, 10:50:38 am »
Quote from: Hez on September 22, 2025, 07:46:09 am
So, Carol sort of mentions Jeffrey Grimes in episode 3. Think we'll actually see him?

(click to show/hide)


I didn't catch that. It would be cool.
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