Month: July 2018

Ricardo Gomez

If only there were more than thirty days in this countdown so that we could talk about each member of the Congregation! The Congregation is a brilliant fictional device; it simultaneously creates a world-sized antagonist (check out our episode, Cait & Jen and the Time Nautilus) to fuel the central narrative conflict and lots of smaller antagonists to worry Matthew and Diana along the way. As an antagonist, the Congregation poses large and important questions that shape the plot of the All Souls Trilogy — Who makes the rules? Who do the rules serve? Why do the rules exist? What kind of world do you want? The smaller antagonists — Gerbert, Satu, Juliette, Peter Knox, Domenico — contribute just the right blend of danger, drama, violence, mystery, malevolence, and mayhem to keep the story moving from page-to-page. We can’t wait to see what the TV show does to tell the story from the perspective of characters we don’t know nearly as well as we know the de Clermonts.

Who is your favorite villain in the All Souls Trilogy? Come and tell us about it on our Facebook page, the Chamomile & Clove Clovers.

We’re getting so close! On to Day Twenty-Three!

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There are still online passes available for All Souls Con 2018. Buy a pass and you’ll see us present on Friday, August 10 with the lovely Jennifer Covel!

We can’t wait to see you,

Cait and Jen

Darrell Chaddock

You know that Cait wouldn’t leave Fernando out of the countdown, right?

On Day Twenty-One, it’s time to talk about Fernando — Matthew’s favorite brother-in-law and Gallowglass’s father’s mate. Fernando enters in The Book of Life and quickly becomes a central figure in the politics of the Bishop-Clairmont scion. We love Fernando for his humor, his ability to soothe and temper Matthew, his clear views on right and wrong, the perspective he gives us on Philippe de Clermont, and the complete grace he shows towards a newly-bereft Sarah Bishop. We cannot see the color saffron without thinking of him and often wish he could bring us a little bit of tortilla espanola for comfort.

Are you nuts about Fernando like Cait? Come and tell us about it on our Facebook page, the Chamomile & Clove Clovers.

Next! Here’s Day Twenty-Two!

Have a nomination for our countdown list? E-mail us at chamomileandclovecast@gmail.com, send us a message via Twitter @chamomilenclove, or send us a Facebook message!

There are still online passes available for All Souls Con 2018. Buy a pass and you’ll see us present on Friday, August 10 with the lovely Jennifer Covel!

We can’t wait to see you,

Cait and Jen

Thom Masat

On Day Twenty, we celebrate sweet Jack Blackfriars, the wayward orphan who becomes Matthew and Diana’s eldest son. And grandson. And, well, vampire genealogy is pretty complicated. Jack teaches Diana some of her earliest lessons in parenting and brings joy, spontaneity, curiosity, and cleverness to the Roydon household in 16th century London and Prague. We love Jack for so many reasons — his fondness for big dogs, puzzles, and shiny objects, his artistic talent, his arc that goes from innocence to savagery to redemption — but he is near and dear to us especially for the vampire he becomes in The Book of Life. The threat to his life gives Diana the push she needs to draw boundaries, own her strength, and protect the family–and legacy–that is hers.

What do you like about Jack Blackfriars? Come and tell us about it on our Facebook page, the Chamomile & Clove Clovers.

Ready to keep going? On to Day Twenty-One!

Have a nomination for our countdown list? E-mail us at chamomileandclovecast@gmail.com, send us a message via Twitter @chamomilenclove, or send us a Facebook message!

There are still online passes available for All Souls Con 2018. Buy a pass and you’ll see us present on Friday, August 10 with the lovely Jennifer Covel!

We can’t wait to see you,

Cait and Jen