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If you don’t find an acting performance compelling you do not have to attack someone’s appearance and make up all these theories about what procedures they got done in your mind. Acting is a craft and not everyone is operating from the same caliber or able to convey a wide emotional range instead of acknowledging that a lot of people want to use what they find to be limited acting to accuse people of getting cosmetic procedures. It’s weird, inappropriate, creates a hostile environment for actors in this fandom, and makes the assumption that what is perceived to be bad acting is inherently a cosmetic issue. When actresses have performances people don’t find compelling it becomes an invitation to talk about how they are aging in the public eye where assumptions are made about their personal life instead of criticizing their craft and how they are showing up in their craft based on what you can see in their performance.

There are plenty of terms to describe limited acting performances that do not convey emotional beats: hollow, wooden, emotionless, vacant, dull, rigid, lifeless etc. All of these personal comments, personal judgements, and assumptions are crossing the line constantly.

I personally think this ensemble works with the more seasoned actors shining the most. If you have issues with this ensemble you can voice that without making all these weird personal assumptions and focus on what you believe to be limitations in someone’s craft instead of attacking them personally that’s inappropriate. I did not think I would have to make this post.

If you don’t find an acting performance compelling you do not have to attack someone’s appearance and make up all these theories about what procedures they got done in your mind. Acting is a craft and not everyone is operating from the same caliber or able to convey a wide emotional range instead of acknowledging that a lot of people want to use what they find to be limited acting to accuse people of getting cosmetic procedures. It’s weird, inappropriate, creates a hostile environment for actors in this fandom, and makes the assumption that what is perceived to be bad acting is inherently a cosmetic issue. When actresses have performances people don’t find compelling it becomes an invitation to talk about how they are aging in the public eye where assumptions are made about their personal life instead of criticizing their craft and how they are showing up in their craft based on what you can see in their performance.

There are plenty of terms to describe limited acting performances that do not convey emotional beats: hollow, wooden, emotionless, vacant, dull, rigid, lifeless etc. All of these personal comments, personal judgements, and assumptions are crossing the line constantly.

I personally think this ensemble works with the more seasoned actors shining the most. If you have issues with this ensemble you can voice that without making all these weird personal assumptions and focus on what you believe to be limitations in someone’s craft instead of attacking them personally that’s inappropriate and weird. I did not think I would have to make this post.

I think the talismans are an extension of some entity because the show has made it clear these entities back off in another’s domain or have limits on what they can do in another’s domain. The night creatures just stared at Boyd when he had the vision in the RV of Abbey from the music box monster while the door was open that never happened before usually they pounce on people. Once the vision from the music box monster ended they moved towards him.  I think it’s a clue about why the talismans work which is that when it’s in a closed area it is now under the domain of another entity that is not physically moving through space. This could also explain why just having the talismans on you isn’t enough because it would go against the rules of other monsters with their own domains. The night creatures need darkness to operate and the talismans have a sun symbol on it. It could be that the talismans bless a space symbolically in sunlight and that’s why the monsters can’t get in. The monster can’t bring in the darkness at that point people have to choose to which also connects to the shows larger themes.

In the first few episodes of season 1 after Sara sabotages the “fortress” Kenny’s dad was in Kenny collects a bloody rook chest piece from his dad and gives it to Boyd. A rook symbolizes a castle and a fortress. Ethan talks about believing Thomas is on a quest in a castle. Wherever Boyd brings the talismans he ensures the area is fortified so the area maintains the symbolic sunlight because a bit of darkness means the night creatures can make it their domain. Kenny’s dad played chess where light and dark have their own spaces but have their own forces. ( I’m leaning towards the show being a pun on fairy chess.)

I think entities that don’t contradict the other can coexist in the same space. A monster using music and an entity that symbolically blesses an area with light don’t contradict since sound, sunlight and visions can happen at anytime of the day. Let me know what you think.

Edit: The creator and showrunners of From have said in behind the scenes interview the talismans bless enclosed spaces from the evil of the night monsters they tied it to religion so maybe the talismans are connected to an in show old religion and that might also explain why there were no bibles until the man in yellow appeared to manipulate people.