If you've ever wondered what Shadow's "light" is, I made a video breaking down a popular theory about this: kzitem.info/news/bejne/u6hmq32XmpNkqKw Also, if you want to pick up the novel American Gods and help support my channel. Here is a link that will send me a little something at no extra charge to you. It's the same price as the normal listing: amzn.to/30aqy5Y A link for Gaiman's novel Anansi Boys, that follows Mr. Nancy's sons: amzn.to/2vRYiao And a link for the Gaiman short story collection "Fragile Things" which includes "The Monarch of the Glen", a story that follows Shadow after the events of American Gods: amzn.to/2Q1ow3l . Thanks!
@quadplyr13
4 жыл бұрын
Isnt that Papa Legba?
@derricknichols5787
3 жыл бұрын
This was a powerful story
@MrSFblack
5 жыл бұрын
I interpreted Will James' anger as being aimed at his people(black people) because during his lynching it showed the few black people who were around just watching on. So he feels his own people abandoned him by not helping when he was unjustly murdered. Like Dr. King once said "in the end we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends".
@costleyhobby
5 жыл бұрын
MrSFblack Ibis asserts this also. BUT Will himself says he is setting free doomed souls. So it confused me that Ibis mentioned it again after that scene as being the reason he still haunts Cairo. Which is it 🤷🏽♀️
@abbylaiah1892
5 жыл бұрын
I also thought he was mad at thire 2 compliance but by the end it made no flipping sense to me.
@BigHenFor
5 жыл бұрын
The Truth of what Will "Froggy" James said is multilayered. Don't take it at face value. The price of survival is the fear of death, but if you refuse to live, you might as well be dead. The doomed souls are those who refuse to live and are afraid of death. They are dead men walking. Their lot is self-hatred and slow suicide. Ruby's Brother instead of leaving Cairo and planning a future as Ruby is, took drugs and died because of his own self-hatred. He refused to act on his own behalf and save himself. He refused to break free of the legacy of racism. Ruby's Brother internalised it into his own identity. That's why the Spirit of James haunts every Black person in the Diaspora, unless they assert their agency and live life on their terms. Shadow was accused by Mr Town of passivity during his torture. He accused him of "just going with the flow", unaware of the conflicts around him. Even Shadow's Name underlines this truth. Things just seem to happen to him. Laura was the dominant partner in his marriage, even the brains of the partnership, and he drifted into prison and out of it. And drifted into his relationship with Wednesday. Shadow was sleepwalking through his own life, so there was space for Will James to enter and possess him. Shadow has not come into his own, despite being an adult. He's beginning to question things, he is being forced to confront and realise his reality, his humanity, through pain of different kinds. Once he has realised his own agency, he will be no longer be Shadow,bur shine with his own light as Baldur.
@brianl8057
5 жыл бұрын
keep in mind that he is a Mad ghost. makes me think of Candy Man's Madness
@ativalerie1351
5 жыл бұрын
He's forcing them to acknowledge what happened to him and what will continue to happen to them even if it means they die in the process
@naungthaw
5 жыл бұрын
Me watching American Gods; " I dont understand it but I like it".
@rodrobinson5630
5 жыл бұрын
John Thang lol you not alone.
@Gt_3v3n
5 жыл бұрын
You should pick up the book If u dont comprehend
@pamzylove
5 жыл бұрын
John Thang If you want to understand it more start from series one
@lkeke35
5 жыл бұрын
@@pamzylove He should still keep in mind that almost none of the things we've seen this season are in the books, though. There's a lot of historical stuff in the show that's not in the source material.
@LeoLCDT
5 жыл бұрын
Wanna know something?? Mad sweeney dies.
@4boysmom
5 жыл бұрын
St. Jude, the statue Mad Sweeney was hugging, is the patron saint for the Hopeless and the Despaired. The perfect saint for poor Mad Sweeney.
@timcool251
5 жыл бұрын
That Preacher represents All Black Preachers that has been telling Generations of Black Churches to have faith.
@brianl8057
5 жыл бұрын
having faith dont mean you should keep put in a bad place
@brianl8057
5 жыл бұрын
if your town sucks for opportunity, get the fuck out of dodge
@hijabiprofessional
5 жыл бұрын
But the thing is, as the preacher ended, all towns suck for Black people.
@scionofafrica
5 жыл бұрын
@@brianl8057 Well that's the idea being explored in the episode. It's a conflict between the elders mentality (because they experienced slavery etc) and the young ones who want to leave. But everytime they are about to leave the elders tell them to have faith and stay.
@PizzaRatJC
5 жыл бұрын
They are preachers They kinda have to tell everyone to have faith
@klchicago920
5 жыл бұрын
The spirit of will James. Represents the anger a feeling helpless. To watch your fellow black man turn their eye to your plight knowing that its the same plight as them, and their children are going through. You attack 1 Bee the whole Hive attacks and is willing to die. They don't March they don't protest they get revenge. If you don't want to die on your feet you're rather live on your knees then I'm going haunt you everyday that you're living on your knees.
@ju5t14me
5 жыл бұрын
It's hard to say what the writers meant about the story, but it does invoke deep feelings and rage.
@MrRJMaker
5 жыл бұрын
Well said that's real truth
@fatimag.2770
5 жыл бұрын
This!
@klchicago920
5 жыл бұрын
@Andre not necessarily funny but it is a truth though
@hugh_jasso
5 жыл бұрын
🙌🙌
@jasongarcia9614
5 жыл бұрын
The scenes with the Baron Samedi and Mama Bridget are my favorite part of this episode
@armyofone5904
5 жыл бұрын
Can't imagine why!
@darealnegro2719
4 жыл бұрын
Lwas/loas
@agenttheater5
3 жыл бұрын
yeah they're cool
@fuckyodig325
2 жыл бұрын
@@mond921 No she’s not. She’s from Irish origin in the Voodoo Culture. What description have you read that implies she’s black?
@dariusdaniel9908
5 жыл бұрын
You had it correct about Will James commentary with him and Shadow. He States, 'You wear the same skin as me, but you do not know the true nature of the land you dwell." I say it's "Froggy " telling him, in order for him to understand whats going on, he has to first feel the pain of all that share the similar plight!
@dariusdaniel9908
5 жыл бұрын
Not the point behind the statement
@djnaenae102490
4 жыл бұрын
@Liz Lee I agree
@keionaustin8068
5 жыл бұрын
I can't lie but as soon as I'm finish looking at an episode I always come here to listen to storydive
@StoryDive
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks. That means a lot to me. I try my best with these but I'm just one dude right now.
@keionaustin8068
5 жыл бұрын
@@StoryDive forreal man keep doing your thing you always keep me up to date on details I missed
@Reo-NW
5 жыл бұрын
Laura's potion will only work when she adds 2 drops of blood from the one who loves her. Sweeney?
@millasboo
5 жыл бұрын
Cc Senka No actually her blood might work because remember her skin was turned pink for a bit so
@Reo-NW
5 жыл бұрын
true, she does love herself
@MissKittieMo
5 жыл бұрын
Because Shadow sure doesn't love her, thank GOD. He can do so much better lol
@nariwashere8549
5 жыл бұрын
@@MissKittieMo amen
@BelmontClan
5 жыл бұрын
Right now I'd say shadow does love Laura in a way but he's conflicted because of this crusade he's been sent on by what we all know to be his all father. Laura loves herself, she's selfish she doesn't really want to be dead or alive as for loving Sweeney eh right now he's comic relief.
@wolfcrow4822
5 жыл бұрын
The whole Laura/Baron Samedi/Sweeney/Maman Brigitte sex scene and its lead up is really loaded with stuff. When the Baron gives his potion to Laura he says it's missing an ingredient 'sweat mingle with love' or something similar. While in the build up to their lovemaking, Brigitte realises that 'something has changed' with Sweeney and hints that it's because he's in love with Laura. When they have sex, Laura and Sweeney have a shared experience that they are making love together, instead of separately with the Loa. I think this has something to do with the Loa's price being 'truth'. The history of Sweeney suggests that he is somehow bound to Laura's spiritual or even her actual bloodline, having loved her spiritual forebears before her, and that there's something a lot deeper going on than Sweeney just protecting his luck.
@BelmontClan
5 жыл бұрын
I would agree since they use her character in the past too, and a lot so you are clearly on the right track. Just like shadow knows how to grift and con just like his daddy the all father.
@jamarrobinson2872
5 жыл бұрын
@@BelmontClan lol right
@bigshawn1972
5 жыл бұрын
I agree and raise you that Wednesday is responsible for all of it!
@BelmontClan
5 жыл бұрын
@@bigshawn1972 oh that's a fact
@coughdrop435
4 жыл бұрын
Rao I think she is a decedent of the woman that believed in the leprechauns from season one.
@baronsamedi9889
5 жыл бұрын
i enjoy this episode it's something about anansi that get's me everytime
@laughingoutloud5742
5 жыл бұрын
He's so tricky!! Lol
@wa.a.s.nfa.2786
5 жыл бұрын
I think we saw a beautiful yet ugly representation of the 400 years of hatred manifested in the single action. Mr. Ibis is a recorder of History. I believe he is there to Bear witness to all events that took in past present and future.
@LloydMolefe
5 жыл бұрын
Broooooooooo, I've been waiting for this upload. I searched so much this morning. Viewer number 23. YASSSSSSSS. Much love from South Africa, Johannesburg.
@michaelkaplan1804
5 жыл бұрын
Fellow south african who loves the show. Aweh
@LloydMolefe
5 жыл бұрын
@@michaelkaplan1804 Aweeeee man, I fell in love with this show the first time I saw it and plus it was directed by the director from "Hannibal" - It's a great show bruuuuuuu.
@pravinshah3706
5 жыл бұрын
watch ep 6 and 7. its on torrent
@StoryDive
5 жыл бұрын
Sorry about the lateness of this. Some things came up.
@michaelkaplan1804
5 жыл бұрын
@@pravinshah3706 only found 1xbet version which apparently is ad riddled shit. Any clean link?
@Barllock1
5 жыл бұрын
I like how when Shadow is talking with Ibis he is dressed as Robert Ford from Westworld, with the heads behind him as well :D
@rekare7719
5 жыл бұрын
Yesssss. I saw that to.
@Barllock1
5 жыл бұрын
@@rekare7719 I dont know whether it was meant to be but its pretty damn awesome
@FabalociousDee
5 жыл бұрын
I love this show with a passion I can barely put into words. Just everything about this damn show. And this is by far one of the best episodes of this series.
@mond921
2 жыл бұрын
But my problem is them making manan Brigitte white tf
@barrett7893
Жыл бұрын
It’s a amazing show. ❤❤❤
@aengusog3415
Жыл бұрын
@@mond921because she is????
@gwensmith2944
5 жыл бұрын
The Baron told Laura that she is required to supply the last ingredient for the potion. Love's blood, Sweeney's blood?
@millasboo
5 жыл бұрын
Gwen Smith or her own blood
@tamangktooz4663
5 жыл бұрын
Don't think so mate mad Sweeney dies on season 7......
@fandomfancy2450
5 жыл бұрын
@@tamangktooz4663 *episode 7
@Brettjnash
5 жыл бұрын
'Gods' only stay dead if they kill themselves... Maybe when Laura Moon finds Sweeneys body and what shadow did she'll admit she loved him and give the coin back?
@StoryDive
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I didn't mention that part, sorry, but I'm not sure whose blood it will be. Sweeney would be the most likely guess at this point.
@Najib2s
5 жыл бұрын
Man, the way these episodes mess you up, I survived by immediately running to yo breakdowns. Big up all the way from Uganda.😎🤟💪
@bvince5228
5 жыл бұрын
The voodoo guy reminds me of the voodoo guy from the princess and the frog
@sincerelyeugene6638
5 жыл бұрын
B Vince uh, Baron Samedi. Not the voodoo guy. Respect. Lol
@yannismaccabees7512
5 жыл бұрын
That is the guy from princess and the frog
@MissKittieMo
5 жыл бұрын
They are not the same. Baron Samedi (or Bawon Samedi, as known in my family) is a loa in Voodou (Louisiana Voodoo). Dr. Facilier is a bokor, a hired witch by the loa, used to serve them. I can see where you'd draw the similarities, being that they both wore a red shirt and hat. Bawon Samedi was the inspiration for the style of Dr. Facilier, as most depictions of Samedi have him dressed this way, usually with long back coat tails, boney like a skeleton, often black with a painted skull on his face.
@mandlancube2372
5 жыл бұрын
Dudes also Bushmaster
@fandomfancy2450
5 жыл бұрын
Ikr! I was waiting for him to burst out into friends on the other side 😂
@daryllndemmayah4874
5 жыл бұрын
You missed the part when Odin meets Salim and the Jinn he calls them sodomites and references Sodom and Gomorrah then he mentions how The jinn was in sodom when Yahweh the abrahamic God destroyed the cities and mentions his cruelty and ruthlessness
@djcj101
5 жыл бұрын
Daryll Ndemmayah I must have missed that too
@shelbywilliams5912
5 жыл бұрын
@@djcj101 its wen odin picks then up tells them to leave the bike
@rekare7719
5 жыл бұрын
Yes I thought that was going to be mentioned
@mandalindream
5 жыл бұрын
to me it felt it wasn't so much a part to miss as a biblical gay joke.
@msredd1965
5 жыл бұрын
I liked that one,too💯
@Like4Hurricane2
5 жыл бұрын
You skipped the bit where in order to make the potion the Baron gave her actually work, Laura needs drops of blood given out of love. Funny then how she lies to Sweeney-who it's been revealed has feelings for her-about it failing when it might kinda be possible for him to give that blood. Presumably she's hoping to get it from Shadow.
@noahsolomon1550
2 жыл бұрын
I agree ,it is one of the best written episodes of American Gods. Has some food for thought 🤔🤔.
@immaculatekeys8930
5 жыл бұрын
He's in love bcuz Laura is the embodiment of Lady Luck in simple terms
@divinelove4604
4 жыл бұрын
iMMACULATE KEYs , then it sounds like he is Lucifer because Lucifer adores Lady Luck and she is supposedly the cause of him selling out.
@Madame.Apache
5 жыл бұрын
Boooooosh Mastaaaaa. Who else watched Luke Cage
@ikennaifekaonwu6015
5 жыл бұрын
was also wondering how his jamaican accent disappered
@keierrareenell877
4 жыл бұрын
Me!!! I love Mustafa
@Jayfresh144
5 жыл бұрын
1st of all, You have a great channel bro. I liked this episode a lot, it had very powerful moments. I think it was more of an education of how America use to be and in some ways still is. But about the spirit of will james, I think you were right on what he represents, I also think he was probably created (like anansi or other gods) because that was probably a very intense moment and all the black people who were there watching probably felt the same as James did, and created a spirit that can haunt or make things happen like what happened with shadow. I haven’t read the book yet, but I took that part with James as showing us how spirits or gods can be created, with an idea or something else like ‘mutual pain’; everyone feeling the same way can bring strength to something like will James. Thanks for for all your recaps of this show. the stuff you did for the first season of American gods had me laughing so hard lol. Keep up the great work
@jeremiahthepisces5493
5 жыл бұрын
the black spirit reminds me so much of the spirit of the tales from the hood movie you let me die brother
@mfits
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for making these breakdowns! This is my favourite episode so far, it has that spike in it that was missing in previous episodes this season, something I can't quite describe, the seamless feeling of all scenes as well as organic speeches and dialogues, loaded with philosophy and humour and darkness.
@jojod.uchiha3704
5 жыл бұрын
I think Laura is in a time loop. like in every generation she deserves back somehow. I think it explains why she was in the flash back with froggy James and Sweeny and the girl he met in prison. I think that's all her but she doesn't remember.
@koseorhun
5 жыл бұрын
I always thought Bushmaster from Luke Cage would look perfect in a Voodou setting. Great role.
@Geo1995gunit
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for these videos, there is always so much information to intake per episode. Very helpful
@feyfantome
5 жыл бұрын
This was an incredible episode, but I think my favorite script/dialogue so far is “The Greatest Story Ever Told”. I found the scene between the African Gods incredibly poetic, as if Maya Angelou or Toni Morrison wrote their dialogue. I also found Wednesday’s explanation of, and discussion with, money phenomenal
@carrytheflag3498
5 жыл бұрын
FINALLY found someone who breaks down the content and lore so well, it feels like an extension of the show itself. Thank you!!! Brilliant job, can't wait for your next installment!!!
@paulmaspil9563
5 жыл бұрын
So... I was excited to see the episode 5 breakdown before watching the entire episode.. And when I went to the site where I watch American Gods, episode 6 and 7 are leaked there. Episode 6 - Donar the Great Episode 7 Treasure of the Sun I didn't watch them as I'm downloading them before they are taken down. I'll repload them later. Sharing is caring
@rayonapryor6970
5 жыл бұрын
I already rm watched the next 2 episodes they are good
@paulmaspil9563
5 жыл бұрын
@@rayonapryor6970 8 was just released! look for it quick! heartbreaking
@hzozuppu0pu
5 жыл бұрын
@@paulmaspil9563 think you are lying, episode 8 isnt on those sites
@tormentedsoul7852
5 жыл бұрын
I love this show. I didn't read the books, so I am so glad this channel is here for us. It helps me make sense of the show without this channel I would miss so much. I also learn a lot of interesting things from the comments.
@treyonay
5 жыл бұрын
I watched this episode twice actually. This episode was strong, powerful, unapologetic. As a black woman, this show is just outstanding. And, I'm so glad that they have the lwas here. I practice voodoo. This was just a beautiful and raw episode altogether.
@craigt5906
5 жыл бұрын
Maman Brigitte Baron Semedi AND Anansi are also considered part of the VODU pantheon imagine those THREE in the same room together...
@MissKittieMo
5 жыл бұрын
It's Voodoo (Louisiana) or Vodou (Haitian).
@kingnick74
5 жыл бұрын
Mama brigette actually doesn't exist in vodou she only exist in the new Orleans voodoo
@jesupelumi
5 жыл бұрын
Anansi would just shout at them for ignoring the problems of their people
@EnglishUbermenche
2 жыл бұрын
@@kingnick74 yeah…that’s definitely not true. She is part of the Haitian Loa pantheon
@thecopperbroom3657
5 жыл бұрын
Love AG, this show just gets better and better with each episode!
@StoryDive
5 жыл бұрын
My breakdown of American Gods Season 2 Episode 7 is out! kzitem.info/news/bejne/mHuvu4mXgJ95gaA
@famouswolf526
5 жыл бұрын
I almost missed the "Somewhere in America" when they leave the porn palace. It's written as cracks in the pavement, and they did it to where one can miss it.
@clarastallworth845
5 жыл бұрын
In this episode, "Somewhere in America" was a mural as the young man was walking down the street.
@jedidiahaugusttree503
5 жыл бұрын
Think about the scene where Mr. Wednesday goes to see the Dwarf king Alvis when he needs the Spear to be Repaired. The Dwarf king tells him that the runes are fading along with Odin's 13 charms. Remember it is belief that give the Gods their power, if Odin is losing the runes that give hime his power than on a deeper thought Odin is losing his believers.
@StoryDive
5 жыл бұрын
My American Gods Season 2 Episode 8 FINALE Breakdown is up: kzitem.info/news/bejne/k21nrZ-EaXlinm0
@craigt5906
5 жыл бұрын
I loved this episode my favorite one of season 2 Mustafa Shakir as Baron Semedi and Hani Furstenberg as Maman Brigitte the two SWINGING Loa gods were both perfectly cast and FANTASTIC IT WAS THEM! Really hope to see more of them this season or the next and yes Maman Brigitte IS one and the same as the Celtic goddess of the dawn Brigid who is the Irish version of EASTER(who I really miss) and yes she is the ODD and only CAUCASIAN/red head in the voo doo/African gods pantheon somewhere along the line she must have got corrupted by maybe Baron Semedi himself to leave the Tuatha Dé Danann where she would most definitely know Mad Sweeney from and join the voo doo gods as a Loa when she came to America the back story would make an excellent episode in itself!
@colberthunter12
5 жыл бұрын
the Tau people were on the Irish Isles before the caucasions showed up they probably adopted the religion and she is the white representation of that religion.
@bluemoonbargins
5 жыл бұрын
I agree! a back story would be so interesting on these folks!♡
@violetforse5169
5 жыл бұрын
She comes from a transfer and adoption of religions. Brigid was a Celtic goddess who later became Saint Brigid whan Catholicism took over. Which in turn is where Brigitte the Loa comes from. As the New Orleans "voodoo" relgions are a melding of Catholicism and a couple of African religions.
@craftchild_9151
5 жыл бұрын
Your not going to talk about laura and sweeny actually getting it on through the other two and not realizing thier feelings afterwards? X'D Where else is she gonna get the blood of love from? X'D
@RufyImNotReadyToDie
5 жыл бұрын
"Sensitivity is such an unattractive quality", sayd Nancy to Shadow moon. In astrology, the moon is responsable for sensitivity. Are u interested in truth, or is this just a game to you?
@WelcomeToThe92503
5 жыл бұрын
This was easily the best episode of the season so far. The same feeling I got from every ep last season.
@jamondharris8852
5 жыл бұрын
When you low-key wanna see Angela Bassett pop up 😐😐😐😐
@soweleproductions4560
5 жыл бұрын
Jamond Harris OKAY!!!!!!
@millerl333
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the episode analysis! I haven’t read the novel and I miss a lot of the nuanced details and mythological references. I’m going to have to rewatch this one now that I know what to look for.
@laughingoutloud5742
5 жыл бұрын
Get the book and read it - I'm gonna!!
@pamzylove
5 жыл бұрын
I think Laura has been reincarnated hundreds of times LOL and wasn’t her that they found dead in the corner? I also noticed that the plant was no longer are rooted plants but a clipping of a branch.
@marvaagnon4276
5 жыл бұрын
So, one *problem* with the storyline of this episode: the "tree" that we see Wednesday piss on *Can not be* the same as the plant from Old Eqtomi, because it is only after a few scenes that he meets with Ofrit and Salim to take the spear (and the plant as well consequently). So it might be some other plant, or, most likely, an unfortunate mistake in the storyline.
@BigHenFor
5 жыл бұрын
Why not. Could not the Ifrit have given Odin it during the car ride?
@marvaagnon4276
5 жыл бұрын
@@BigHenFor no, the car ride is after the planting of the tree
@DeeboX-vv8ji
5 жыл бұрын
Awesome breakdown of the episode. 👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾
@Kinglystateof
5 жыл бұрын
This episode touched on the curse that is racism that has sprouted and left seeds of self hatred in the minds and hearts of black ppl in this country. The slaves brought here were gifted with faith for a better day as stated by the reverend but rather than become martyrs tht spark change, they became examples of racist fury at its most grotesque. This episode was expertly done
@BigHenFor
5 жыл бұрын
They did no such thing. I dunno what you were watching. Will James only haunted those who accepted the status quo. Ruby was not touched by Will James, but Shadow was, and because he was drifting through his life asleep as Mr Town said during his torture. Ruby's brother was because he did not confront his emotions but sought only to dull his existential pain, and that killed him. As long as Black People do not confront in their own minds the legacies of racism, they will they will be doomed souls like Ruby's Brother. His choice was death in life. Ruby's was Life despite Death, and Shadow's? That remains to be seen. He beginning to question his reality, and but isn't yet willing to dig deeper. He has to become aware of the legacy of racism, that burdens all black people, until they choose agency. Shadow isn't a free agent right now. His idea of normality is naivete.
@paulakaye2108
5 жыл бұрын
Apparently, the direct translation of "Momento More" is "Remember you are mortal" This really was a powerful episode and it's very possible that Will has possessed Shadow...
@carmenbrown2312
4 жыл бұрын
Paula Kaye Not only that, The word more means black. The Moors..Moorish etc. Even The word Shadow is a physical description of black. I believe Will is saying to Shadow do not forget that you are a Black man, an original GOD who fell to earth in the beginning. With slavery and the history of Melanated people we have been lied to over and over and to be careful of being manipulated. It was not only a warning but a reminder that he is waking up from a dream after being sleep so long in America’s brainwashing of all magic and spirituality, he has to understand all the attributes of the GODS Around him, he possesses them all.
@ammitthedevourerofsouls
Жыл бұрын
@@carmenbrown2312Do you know why the so called black community has been enslaved? They enslaved themselves for a better life in the Americas. Meaning they did that to themselves. Mind control. In this earth school experiment during the great awakening everyone finding out it's an inverted reality where black is white white is black. Making the color of ones skin irrelevant. The point of this earth school is to ascend prison planet not remain in it focused on skin deep rather than the soul within God loaned us. When crossing over and you leave your 3 dimensional vessel color no longer exists so why focus on it when earth is only temporary the spirit usually but not always eternal. Just depends what dimension their soul resides in. White privilege they call it. As Biden stated YOU AIN'T BLACK! Wake up it's the great awakening. God created everyone and everything only man focuses on something as irrelevant as skin color. This is why man fell into prison planet. When God calls you up do you think God cares about skin color or what you accomplished on earth school?
@Jackntherippers
5 жыл бұрын
Bro I love your work but the name Salim is said in the show you’re watching enough times for you to know it’s pronunciation. Written; Salim. Said; Sa-leem.
@FragileMethods
5 жыл бұрын
It's can be pronounced 3 different ways both of those are correct
@Jackntherippers
5 жыл бұрын
The character says his own name. This is how the name is pronounced for the character in the same vein that if someone tells you their own name it is rude to change pronunciation because their name is theirs.
@FragileMethods
5 жыл бұрын
Memphis Graceland in general Arabic and Islamic culture, the origin of the name has 3 different ways of pronouncing it, Sa-leem, Sah-lim and Sa-lim. Sa-leem was popularized because Western people had a difficult time pronouncing it and just settling with that.
@baritzaduran2483
5 жыл бұрын
No everybody can say the fucking names. I have the same problems as a Caribbean is difficult sometimes.
@StoryDive
5 жыл бұрын
My breakdown of Episode 6 "Donar the Great" is up, here: kzitem.info/news/bejne/lKWjnGttpZqKhG0
@NvJustALady
5 жыл бұрын
MERLINS BEARD, that show is amazing!! Lol. Thanks for uploading your video(s) quickly, EVERY TIME I watch your video(s) I ALWAYS learn a bunch of stuff! Lol. You make connections I myself haven’t yet made. Lol. Anyways, thank you
@crozraven
5 жыл бұрын
The sex scenes stuffs mainly for pleasing our eyes but I am actually really glad the character growing development between Sweeney & Laura. Clearly Sweeney really reminiscing about his past believer Judie in Laura & probably mad in love with her. Meanwhile Shadow seems to be on spiritual journey back into the past & really hinting on becoming a messiah or god-like figure transformation. Also keep getting that "sweet sleep" from Egyptian pussycat LOL I really love the banter between Salim (monotheist) & Ifrit (Atheist) & Wednesday (pagan) in this episode. It's definitely personal highlight for this episode. Either way, human & even other beings (djinns & spirits & gods) turn out always in need of purpose & sense of belongings.
@Francis-Kanja
5 жыл бұрын
Terrible Emmett Till vibes. Viewing from Kenya ... Love your Breakdowns!!
@Will-IsOnYoutube
5 жыл бұрын
Those events referenced by the show are true and took place in Cairo Illinois in the early 1900s
@Francis-Kanja
5 жыл бұрын
@@Will-IsOnKZitem ... it was intensely heart-breaking that our brothers in the USA have, and still continue to have such a wicked unfairness on their generations. This comes in the light of the Church Arson Attacks.
@ItsDvggy
5 жыл бұрын
also frm kenya bro❤🇰🇪🇰🇪
@thelostpawn
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for uploading these breakdowns! It’s the only place I get my fix for American Gods!
@jaredsmailes3912
5 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know why Sweeney owes Odin? When him and Laura fought he said he doesn’t like Odin but he owes him and he hates the man that he has become. Love the reviews keep it up!!
@alexn.2901
5 жыл бұрын
Odin promised in war to fight in, I think.
@TheSaintBigFoot
2 жыл бұрын
Wasn't it from when Sweeny was a king? He saw his own death so he flew away. Maybe I'm mixed up
@davidfortuin4146
5 жыл бұрын
Them call me Bushmaster!
@planner87
5 жыл бұрын
Harlem is my birth right
@darevenantrose2161
5 жыл бұрын
Stokes Mariah Stokes
@zvimur
5 жыл бұрын
2 points. 1. Memento Mori (Remember, Thou art mortal) was a custom (I think) of Ancient Rome. During the Triumph parade of a General returning from a successful war, a slave stood behind him, saying those words. 2. The potion given to Laura by the Baron was missing an ingredient, drops of blood from a loving heart, or something like that.
@darkholmemega8707
5 жыл бұрын
Instead of talking about the horrible fate that Will James experience and the plight black people had and continues to experience, all I see is people fixated on the Laura/Sweeney thing smh
@onyx081
5 жыл бұрын
It's that primal disdain that Will James mentioned in the episode that people hold for black people. That's why everyone is focused on the love story of the two white characters and ignoring the brutalization and trauma of Will's character
@sayanthrejinair6744
5 жыл бұрын
onyx081 Its because the episode was filled with SJW bullshit
@darkholmemega8707
5 жыл бұрын
@@sayanthrejinair6744 how so?
@BigHenFor
5 жыл бұрын
You haven't read too many comments then.
@sayanthrejinair6744
5 жыл бұрын
Darkholme Mega The narrative : World against black people was still potrayed in this episode. Black people cannot be successfull as whites are holding them down, Blacks are still killed in the streets by whites etc.. the series constantly push their narrative in exxagerated weird ways as in one scene from last episode where a bunch of mexicans were gunned down by conservatives for crossing the border, or a town were everyone is a nazi and more bullshit. Look I really like the series, I really want to love every aspect of it, but when you start loving it, they push bullshit into your brain.
@eliflihi
5 жыл бұрын
It’s the hopelessness of black people to help a brother. That disappointment can lead to hate. Mostly hate of those who couldnt protect you not those who oppressed you
@djcj101
5 жыл бұрын
eric jones Ok. I'm slowly getting it. Right now I'm like Shadow
@rgirl1243
5 жыл бұрын
I agree, to be killed in such away, unjustly while your own people watch and do nothing is a sad and enraging thing. To this day black people still see black people get killed for no reason and have little power to change it.
@natebo7490
5 жыл бұрын
In that time, black people didn't have the law of the land on their side, good white people stayed silent, trump became president because Obama was president, the battle now is with our votes, America, our votes.
@djcj101
5 жыл бұрын
Rgirl1 What could they have done? It wasn't enough to stop them. It doesn't make sense. In the Black community you go to work. You come home. You do the same thing everyday. Someone takes what you work for. If they are successful, they call you a mark. So, they are blaming you for working hard? Sad. Things need to change
@BigHenFor
5 жыл бұрын
Nope. You're missing the biggest clue, and Mr Thoth showed it, and told it - Ruby's brother. Ruby found self-love - a gift of Bilquus - after her anger and disappointment about he grandmother's death. She decided to leave Cairo and build that life she dreamed of. She would no longer passively accept the limited life Cairo would allow her. Notwithstanding her limitations she decided to live on her own terms. She looked her pain and learned to live. In contrast, her brother turned to drugs, the act of a person who is already dead because of their fear of living on their own terms. That's why Ruby's Brother bore the same wounds inflicted on James, despite dying because he swallowed the packet of drugs. That is the legacy of racism and James' lynching given to all black people in the Diaspora. One becomes a Doomed Soul if one do not question the identity and the life forced upon them by racism. This is why Ruby lives and her Brother dies of a of a self-administered drug overdose. You kill your spirit if you accept and integrate the lies, fears, and the hatred of your enemies into your psyche. Similarly, Malcolm X, turned to a life of crime and drugs in his youth because he was tired of being treated as if he was a drug dealer. He and a friend even started running with two white rich girls, as the racists thought they would. They persuaded Malcolm and his friend to start robbing the houses of the friends of the girls' parents, and eventually the police caught up with them. Unsurprisingly, the girls left the black boys to carry the can by pleading that they were forced by Malcolm and his friend to give them information about what houses to rob. The black boys got the maximum sentence of 8 to 10 years, and the rich white girls got off scot free. Malcolm X's early life is a direct parallel to Shadow's. Both grew up without a father. Both lost their mother, and both drifted into a life of crime because they unconsciously integrated the racist "black thug" into their identity, and because they were always treated like that. Likewise, they suffered because of racism in their youth. Malcolm X's father was murdered for his Garveyist views by local white racists; Mr World wants to kill Wednesday, whom we suspect is Shadow's father, because his existence endangers Mr World's control of our consciousness. Will James is angry at those black who not to reject the negative stereotypes and the various beliefs that reinforce them like Christianity, that thrust upon black people the curse of being dead with their eyes open, passively accepting death of their agency. By failing not to live, they reduce James's death to just being a meaningless act of mob violence. It wasn't - it was a message to all black people, and especially black males, that they are so worthless and debased in the eyes of white racists that they must die if they dare to assert their humanity by socially interacting as equals with white females. Likewise, Laura's death in her reincarnation as the woman James smiled at, was a message to white females not to stray. What do you think?
@alexandresobreiramartins9461
5 жыл бұрын
OH, and Salim is a sheep. I hope he grows up by the end of the story and realizes the Djin's love is worth a million Alahs.
2 жыл бұрын
Memento Mori is from the Roman Empire. Victorious generals would come home at the head of a parade with the spoils of war. A slave was placed next to the them, holding laurels over their heads and every now and then would whisper into their ear "memento mori". Remember you're at the top now but you'll die like the rest.
@itan96
5 жыл бұрын
Laura doesn't have any stitches on her body after the sex scene....
@nikkifennel
5 жыл бұрын
She regenerated after killing Argus
@RanMaru144
5 жыл бұрын
@@nikkifennel Mobile legends?
@ItsDvggy
5 жыл бұрын
honestly american gods is the best mythical series at this point....the storytelling OMG🔥🔥🔥
@WORDSANDBRUSHSTROKESSTUDIO
5 жыл бұрын
This episode was very moving and informative, I love learning about history and myth no matter the painful true they bring.
@cypriansokoowski5992
5 жыл бұрын
omg thank you for mentioning me in this video. I'm proud of myself :') Also have you notice that every person which Salim is mistaken by gods and other beings are female? Embla is first woman in Norse mythology and Manat is old Arabic goddess
@StoryDive
5 жыл бұрын
No problem! Yeah, they always mistake him for Manat or Hubal, which is is odd because Manat is a goddess. Wednesday says "Ask and you shall be Embla'd" referencing Ask and Embla the "Adam and Eve" of Norse myth. But, I'm not sure what he meant by it.
@georgewilliamsiii4677
4 жыл бұрын
Even though this is not in the book. I love the extra mythology. I believe the truth the baron asked in return was the truth that she doesn't love shadow the same as he loves her. She never wants to admit it but her love is more possession like addressed in the book. Why she calls him puppy.
@itsyourworldtoday
5 жыл бұрын
The comment from froggy james about wearing the same skin but not knowing the land , is referring too yes you are blacj but you dont have too suffer the same violence , racism and hatred as those before your time.
@brianl8057
5 жыл бұрын
none of us do
@dylanmatthewneo1506
5 жыл бұрын
Another episode of American Gods came “Donar/Thor the Great!!!” Donar is the Germanic god name to Thor viking god Of Thunder, Storm, Strength, War, healing, protection and oak trees.
@goldiefatale
5 жыл бұрын
i have starz but im looming everywhere for the leak.
@gregorynicholas5985
5 жыл бұрын
Goldie Fatale I accidentally watched the leak, thought Starz giving 3 episodes free like special three episodes, worst decision ever
@goldiefatale
5 жыл бұрын
@@gregorynicholas5985 found it, watched it. i dont think you need to worry. pretty sure its going to.be ok. lol
@gregorynicholas5985
5 жыл бұрын
Goldie Fatale now I have to wait 4 weeks for another episodes and the cliffhanger is too 😱
@goldiefatale
5 жыл бұрын
@@gregorynicholas5985 i know!!!!
@MiddleAgedGuy73
5 жыл бұрын
It had so much going on, I was grateful to watch the review. Thank you
@kenanperez3151
5 жыл бұрын
Episode 6 and Episode 7 were leaked, I've already watched them, and I'm now just waiting for your review... patiently... I have faith in you!
@behzad.tabari
Жыл бұрын
3:59 that is not a Celtic coin it is a Seljuk empire coin which was in modern-day Persia ( Iran ) and we still respect this symbol very much it was until 1979 in the national flag if you look into the previous kingdom's flag :), the real question is why American Gods addresses so many times about Iran, they also have some Persian actors and actresses?
@clairefutrell5089
5 жыл бұрын
I loved this episode SO much. Laura and Mad Sweeney deserve each other.
@specialone606
5 жыл бұрын
never ... he is dead shadaw kill him on episode 7.. laura must die also .. i pray so
@Brettjnash
5 жыл бұрын
Sweeney is a god that did not kill himself. If Laura and Sweeney do love each other, she can get his blood and take potion and live. Then He can reincarnate when she gives back the coin. Also your a shitlord for posting the lame spoiler in all these comments...
@keanubelle1157
5 жыл бұрын
@@Brettjnash I don't think Sweeney is a god.
@VNK3897
5 жыл бұрын
@@keanubelle1157 He used to be one.
@keanubelle1157
5 жыл бұрын
@@VNK3897 Are you sure? Cause I thought he was a King that made a mistake on the battlefield or killed a saint. Something to that he effect and was cursed to roam the earth mad forever and sprinkle in the leprechaun thing and that's it. I'm not sure he was ever a god though.
@troyprince1569
5 жыл бұрын
LOVE IT...EXCELLENT...YOU CLEAR UP SOOOO MUCH...I CAN'T WAIT FOR YOUR COMMENTARY AFTER AN EPISODE...WHICH MAJE VIEWING IT AGAIN ALL THE MORE ENTERTAINING....THANK YOU....I sure hope you do this for G.O.T this season
@blainemathison3446
5 жыл бұрын
With regards to Ibis and Jackal 'feeding off' the 'curse' of Will James, it makes sense. These two Egyptian gods are associated with death, so this might very well be how Ibis and Jackal are receiving their form of 'worship'. They maintain strength with every black citizen in Cairo driven to death by James? It's a thought at least. A very complex episode indeed. But well done. We sure are getting a lot of gods, spirits, and other characters in various folklores and mythologies this season!
@mandlancube2372
5 жыл бұрын
I'm from Southern Africa and I wonder if Loa and loya/umloyi have connection somewhere down the line or is it just coincidence they sound similar. I should read up on Haitian history
@bandiled
5 жыл бұрын
Loa are amadlozi mfowethu
@macnutz4206
5 жыл бұрын
This was a powerful episode. More than a little disturbing, which it should have been. I much appreciate the information you give about the various magical characters. I recognize some but know nothing about many. The Loa are very interesting characters.
@lennisefuller5075
3 жыл бұрын
I've never got a chance to see this show and now I wish they would put it on Hulu or Tubi these I have..Thank you❤
@craigt5906
5 жыл бұрын
I also realized there isn’t ONE New God or even mention of one in this episode and for the better I HATE them!
@laughingoutloud5742
5 жыл бұрын
Really?? We just used the New Gods to watch the episode and to "talk" about it...😘
@snakey319
5 жыл бұрын
Bushmaster from Luke Cage and Big Mike, that actor is so good, glad he's working in shows I watch, Mustafa Shakir. This was a very helpful recap, thanks.
@the1tigglet
5 жыл бұрын
Momento Mori isn't a Christian concept, they adopted it but it was a concept developed in Rome to remind the rich generals that they can take 0 money with them when they die.
@damonmilline9227
5 жыл бұрын
Welcome to "Babylon America". This show is very. Symbolic. PRAISE YAHWEH !!!!!
@scionofafrica
5 жыл бұрын
People gotta wake up quick! The fallen gods are everywhere. Look at the rise of comicbook movies, its basically pagan worship rebranded (Batman(Hades), Shazam(Zues), Aquaman(Poseidon), Black Panther(Bast), Flash(Hermes)etc. ) *Ecclesiastes 1:9*
@juanschwartz2597
5 жыл бұрын
How did Wednesday get yggdrasil? I thought Iktomi gave the spear and the plant to the Ifrit...but we see him planting it and then meet the Ifrit to get his spear.
@peterhernandez7817
5 жыл бұрын
The jin gave it to Odin with the spear.
@thebutterfly1066
5 жыл бұрын
This was a great episode and thank you for helping with the parts i didnt understand P.S what was the the sex switch about
@FabalociousDee
5 жыл бұрын
Sex is death is truth. And the deal was, Baron Samedi would resurrect her if she was completely honest with him. When the sex switch happened, that was honesty. This is the theory I have: Laura Moon and Mad Sweeney are twin flames, and their love goes back all the way to when Mad Sweeney was a king. I think Laura was his queen back then, and memories of her various lifetimes keep coming back to him. Laura is also in love with him, but either doesn't realise it or doesn't want to.
@thebutterfly1066
5 жыл бұрын
@@FabalociousDee that makes sense because in laruas past life she was a believer in leprechauns and it was mad sweetie who came for her when she was passing and the horn said she betrayed shadow the day she said she loved him thank you love
@joelbrown5932
5 жыл бұрын
Odin is an all knowingGod, so from the 1 season, they showed how Laura and Sweeney are connected by generations, so Odin is keeping Shadow away from Laura by basically bringing those two back together to get his plan excuted without her changing Shadows decision to follow Odin
@joelbrown5932
5 жыл бұрын
@@thebutterfly1066 yeah but that was her Great great grandmother or relative period and that coin might be the same one her relative is connected to Sweeney
@HighStakesBBall
5 жыл бұрын
Will James was saying he's now an arbiter of death who relieves his people of suffering. The afterlife is a better option than living in torture.
@nuview1
3 жыл бұрын
Orlando Jones role, Anansi definitely awaken something in the spirit realm. You bets to believe its energy will ignite an awaken in the physical realm.
@dubpizi777
4 жыл бұрын
The spirit of Willie James represents a vengeful energy buried and forgotten in every African American with slavery decent. “We wear the same skin but you do know about the nature of the land in which you dwell”. Mr Willie James represents an American God created by racism and pain.
@mimirtells
5 жыл бұрын
Episode 6 and 7 are leaked and I am sorry that I have watched those too :( This episode was really good and great vid as usual man
@iLLmatic240
5 жыл бұрын
omg me too, i hate that it leaked and i hate my self for not resisting on watching it
@QualityInsights101
5 жыл бұрын
Ep 7 Changes everything.
@laughingoutloud5742
5 жыл бұрын
Why??
@BigHenFor
5 жыл бұрын
Go away. Let the story be told. You're dropping links to torrent websites that supposedly have the latter episodes, and you're teasing people.
@blainemathison3446
5 жыл бұрын
I am rewatching Ways of the Dead and I forgot an observation that I cannot remember if you caught it or not. When Shadow is communing with the burning head of Will James on the pike, the embers coming off the burning head are very similar to the lights that greeted Shadow when Sam Black Crow first dropped him off at the funeral parlor.
@jaysteel3766
5 жыл бұрын
It's not a coincidence that Froggy was killed for crossing the path of a white woman who looked like Laura. And that Shadow went to prison because he was taking the fall for Laura. And that Samedi is another Black man involved with a white woman, who with her pale skin and wavy auburn hair looks like Laura. Also, for an episode on racism in America, it really only dealt with the Black man's perspective. The only 2 Black women in the episode Bilquis and Ms. Goodchild seem to be forming a relationship that is completely removed from the main story. To me, that represents the way that Black women often only have themselves and each other to rely on. Shadow, Ibis and Nancy all in the same room discussing their Black experience without the one Black female character being present (although we know Bilquis is in the funeral home) seems deliberate.
@user-ze5cv7ei9r
5 жыл бұрын
This show is just amazing, another great episode !
@laughingoutloud5742
5 жыл бұрын
What is it about this show that makes me dream about it?? I gotta read the book...
@kyleseaver9497
5 жыл бұрын
Absolutely wild episode, might be my favorite yet
@Karmel30
5 жыл бұрын
Laura was the dead body Will was blamed for killing.
@TCthaCrisis
5 жыл бұрын
Wrong. Look up Emmit Till story.
@seanmcguire7974
5 жыл бұрын
He means the character. As she played the white woman he looked at moments before.
@thefinewino
5 жыл бұрын
I hope the next ep picks up the pace a little. I'm starting to drift.
@zooqpose9868
5 жыл бұрын
I couldn’t help myself but ended up also watching the leaked ep 6-7 ... Now the 2weeks wait for season finale .
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