In the seventh chapter of Over the Garden Wall<\/i>, Greg and Wirt come across a small home that hides a terrible secret. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to watch Over the Garden Wall<\/i>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seriously, what is this world<\/i>? There is a high density of weirdness and magic in this universe, and I’m beginning to think that it can’t all just be a coincidence. The presence of the Beast \u00e2\u20ac\u201c otherwise nameless and unidentifiable, except for his glowing eyes and shadowy form \u00e2\u20ac\u201c in “The Ringing of the Bell” suggests that he<\/i> is the key to unraveling this bizarre journey. Maybe it’s just circumstance that Greg and Wirt keep solving problems for people all over this forest, or maybe the whole<\/i> place is haunted by the Beast.<\/p>\n
If anything, Over the Garden Wall<\/i> has taught me not to assume anything. Appearances are deceiving all<\/i> the time, and the show frequently subverts tropes and stereotypes throughout their storytelling. “The Ringing of the Bell” is a fine example of that because Auntie Whispers is one giant red herring. WHICH IS UNDERSTANDABLE BECAUSE I AM STILL TERRIFIED BY HER. She’s drawn in a way to bias the viewer against her because… well, look at her<\/i>. The way she walks, her TOO BIG FACE, those eyes, her mouth, that scene where she eats a tiny turtle… NO THANK YOU. (Is that where all those turtles came from in past episodes???) There was no reason for me to accept anything but the worst: this woman ate everyone who came into her home and kept Lorna against her will with the use of a magical bell.<\/p>\n
Again, it’s a fairy tale trope come to life in a truly horrifying way. For what it’s worth, Wirt sees how wrong this is, and he devotes himself to breaking the spell Auntie Whispers has over Lorna. I admire that; like the last episode, one of the brothers takes a chance on someone who has the deck stacked against them.<\/p>\n
At the same time, I found it significant that Greg<\/i> was the one who realized that there was something supremely “off” about this whole arrangement. There’s that cutesy, twee song that plays during the cleaning montage, and Greg has a moment where he looks upon it all and knows<\/i> this isn’t what they should be doing. Of course, he ignores it because this is Greg we’re talking about. He’s so easily distracted!<\/p>\n
The true “monster” was Lorna, possessed by an evil spirit, and the bell kept the spirit away. <\/i>Well, not “away” so much as “under control.” Yet even in reaction to this, Wirt thinks of saving Lorna! That makes me wonder: are Greg and Wirt subverting all of the Beast’s plans by saving these people and helping them? Or is that part of a greater trap? The Beast makes mention of the Woodsman nearly ruining his plans… which are what<\/i>, exactly? He wants to keep Greg and Wirt in the forest, right? For what, though? Hell, I haven’t even talked about Beatrice, who is still waiting for Greg and Wirt to come back to Adelaide’s cottage. What’s up with that?<\/p>\n
I can barely accept that there are only three episodes left, y’all. HOW.<\/p>\n
The video for “The Ringing of the Bell” can be downloaded here for $0.99<\/a>.<\/p>\n Mark Links Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n – I am now on Patreon<\/a>! There are various levels of support, from $1 up to whatever you want! You’ll get to read a private blog, extra reviews, and other such rewards. I POST A LOT OF CUTE PHOTOS, OKAY. Think of it like a private Tumblr blog that only SPECIAL PEOPLE get to read.<\/b> In the seventh chapter of Over the Garden Wall, Greg and Wirt come across a small home that hides a terrible secret. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to watch Over the Garden Wall.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[667],"tags":[668],"class_list":["post-6196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-over-the-garden-wall","tag-mark-watches-otgw"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6196\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n– I have updated my list of conventions and events for the remainder of the year and much of next year.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Check the full list of events on my Tour Dates \/ Appearances page.<\/a>
\n– My Master Schedule<\/a> is updated for the near and distant future for most projects, so please check it often.\u00c2\u00a0My next Double Features for Mark Watches have been announced here.<\/a>
\n<\/b>-\u00c2\u00a0Mark Does Stuff is on Facebook!<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0I’ve got a community page up that I’m running. Guaranteed shenanigans!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"