Prompt 2: Gladiolus
Generally, gladioli represent strength of character, faithfulness, moral integrity, and remembrance. Gladioli are actually the traditional 40th-anniversary flower and the birth flower for the month of August! Each individual colour of gladiolus is also symbolic.

I just finished binge watching What We Do In The Shadows and I was going to make a post about it, but then I thought I'd combine that with my sunshine post because the character of Guillermo de la Cruz is a character that represents faithfulness.

I really enjoyed the first four seasons (the fifth season is coming out in a couple of weeks), it's a situational comedy, but with vampires. Most seasons have a kind of overarching thread, but it's mostly episodic. There are many moments of dark comedy, but overall it is mostly them getting into wacky situations and then trying to get out of them. The first couple of episodes were a little rough and I almost gave up on it, but it gets better and the characters really grow on you. Also, the horror elements are little more in your face at first, but then they are played down a little more after that. Not to say that the horror is not still there, because it is, but it is not the main focus.



My favourite character is Guillermo de la Cruz:



He starts out as a mild, subservient character, but he slowly grows and gets stronger over the course of the series. He is really badass at some points. However, he is still unappreciated by those around him. I don't think I am alone in picking him as my favourite, he seems to be pretty popular from what I can see. From what I've seen everyone ships Guillermo/Nandor, which I totally get, they have a certain dynamic that would be like catnip to some, the whole master/servant, bodyguard/lord type thing, but I also kind of feel like Guillermo could do better than Nandor.

That being said, I really enjoyed all the characters, even the minor recurring ones were funny. I think my second favourite character is Nadja:



She's nothing like Guillermo, she can be selfish, and needy and occasionally manipulative, but she is also smart and funny and over the top. She is also the only main female presence for the first couple of seasons.

I don't know if I'm selling this well, but if you like comedy with horror elements then check it out.