I am a time spinner. I have come from the future to seek out a special teacher. I’ve seen the Book of Life with my own eyes. I don’t understand how my magic is connected to it, but I do know this. My relationship to my magic, to Matthew Roydon and to the Book of Life are woven together. One cannot exclude the other.
I love ADOW, season three being my favorite because I really enjoyed how they handled Matthew's and Diana's relationship, specifically adding more moments that weren't weighed down by the plot of them being together even when the world was trying to pull them apart. But I am forever thankful for season three giving me that scene of pregnant Diana eating snacks beside Matthew while he was just laid across the bed, resting his chin on his arms. Like it was so cute.
You think 782′s going to help you with your research, don’t you? It could explain our origins, yes. But we aren’t going to go extinct tomorrow. There are still plenty of creatures in the world. I have a different sense of time to you.
The last person Matthew needed to see was a Diana full of adrenaline. But he managed to control himself, enough to bestow upon us a magnificient swagger. So goode in fact that I included it twice.
🎶 Ooo La La La La by Rayelle
📷 Sky/Bad Wolf A Discovery of Witches (2018) s1:02 my edits
In season 1 episode 2 of A Discovery of Witches, when Matthew says “I’m craving her” that is truly the most sexually explicit thing that’s ever aired on television
Most witches have one element in their blood and they only see the threads of those elements. So it is easy for them to choose between them. But you saw them all. Wind. Water. Earth. And fire. All within you. No wonder you’re such trouble.
Me, whenever I see poc, especially dark-skinned, characters in fantasy and/or historical period dramas depicted with dignity and respect and just simply given opportunities to have happy storylines that aren't solely fueled by trauma on the aspects of their race: Someone cooked here.
Sorry, the Cullens Are Not the Best Vampire Family
These vamps are in a league of their own. (Baseball pun intended.)
Collider Sept 24, 2023
Deborah Harkness, author of A Discovery of Witches, was inspired to write the series after seeing the popularity of paranormal romance novels and wondering why these creatures still captivate us.
The de Clermont vampire family in A Discovery of Witches is more complex and intriguing than the Cullen family in Twilight, offering a fresh and intimate perspective on vampire dynamics.
Ysabeau and Philippe, initially distrustful of their vampire son Matthew's witch partner Diana, eventually gain respect and even affection for her, showcasing the power of love and acceptance within the family.
On the surface, it might seem as though A Discovery of Witches draws heavily from the human-vampire romances that preceded it. That assessment's only half-true. Deborah Harkness, author of the New York Times bestselling All Souls trilogy upon which A Discovery of Witches is based, didn't read any vampire literature before penning her novels. But her creativity was sparked in 2008 after seeing the sheer wealth of paranormal romances adorning bookshelves. "It seemed to me much bigger than what had happened with Anne Rice," Harkness explained to The Los Angeles Times in 2011. "As a historian of science, […] I thought, Why do these creatures still exert such a pull on us?" Furthermore, Harkness "[ wondered] if there really are witches and vampires, what do they do for a living?"
Her resulting All Souls trilogy is a delightful enterprise and not a copy of Twilight, True Blood, The Vampire Diaries, or any popular supernatural saga. In the paranormal romance world, certain story beats naturally tread similar ground. Harkness, a decorated historian, scholar, and university professor, weaves the forbidden love story of historian witch Diana Bishop (Teresa Palmer) and vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont (Matthew GoodE) together with magic, philosophy, metaphor, and detailed historical accuracy. That convergence makes for a fascinatingly fresh perspective on the genre while never losing sight of its romantic heart. With that said, there's a specific unintentional similarity A Discovery of Witches shares with Twilight — that awkward feeling when your in-laws are vampires. The Cullens of Twilight might welcome you into the fold with a baseball game, but A Discovery of Witches has the better vampire family by a home run mile. Sorry, not sorry.
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More on the de Clermonts in A Discovery of Witches
diana bishop is a young vampire hunter. her parents died at the hands of a vampire with a blood rage when diana was still a child. and now the girl devotes every day of her life to hunting murderers.
this happens until the day diana meets matthew for the first time. at that moment, her life takes on a new meaning