{"id":3148,"date":"2017-06-21T18:36:29","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T22:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shatontv.com\/?p=3148"},"modified":"2022-07-06T00:27:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T04:27:53","slug":"is-bilquis-shadow-moons-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shatpod.com\/tv\/is-bilquis-shadow-moons-mother\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Bilquis Shadow Moon’s Mother?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hi guys,<\/p>\n

I really loved the podcast this week<\/a>. While waiting for the confessional last week, I tried another podcast. Never again. I’ve learned my lesson. You guys are just on such a different level than the other podcasts out there.<\/p>\n

I spent Monday a bit upset after watching the episode. Listening to Gene and Big D (missed you, Rog) this week really turned me around. I realized that there was a lot to love about the episode, once I got past the usual complaints about style and pacing.<\/p>\n

My biggest issue with this episode was that I didn’t feel I got closure. There were so many new storylines started, or hinted at, but they were not referenced again. For example, the curse on Vulcan bullets<\/a>. It didn’t need to be fully resolved, but just another clue that it was important and not that someone thought peeing into a volcano would be a quirky statement of defiance. The big reveal was Wednesday=Odin, but that was to be expected. Even for non-book people, there were plenty of extra hints that the show threw in along the way. We are left with a bunch of cliffhangers, or rather a whole pile of questions. I understand leave em wanting more, but I was left unsatisfied and cranky.<\/p>\n

There is clearly a lot of effort that went into the tiny details in the show. I guess I would just have liked a bit more confirmation on the details that are there on purpose (e.g. Laura’s lucky 7s), and where I am just inventing connections (e.g. Floki). Plus, the room 55 Easter egg reveal bothered me. We knew there was something to that number, but it turned out to be something very few people could have figured out; a frickin’ page number. Of the dozens of things the audience has found, THAT is what they choose to confirm? Rant over.<\/p>\n

I enjoyed hearing a backstory for Bilquis, another nice addition to the show. Aside from the clear girl-power theme that runs through the entire episode, there was reinforcement of the idea of organized religion vs organic beliefs. New gods vs old gods. Episode 7 had me thinking of Mother Church as an early incarnation of media; spreading her message through missionaries. Converting pagans by allowing them to keep their festivals and rituals, but overlaying these with their own icons; re-routing devotion and imposing a new moral code to keep it coming. They even unleashed a plague, in the form of AIDS, to highlight the dangers of opposing the code.<\/p>\n

The old gods adapt or die. Remember when Netflix approached Blockbuster for a partnership but were turned down flat? Remember Blockbuster?<\/p>\n

Right from the start of the Coming to America story, I got a very strong baby mama vibe from Bilquis.<\/p>\n

Some additional backgroundBilquis had one son, Menelik, with King Solomon:<\/p>\n