People think the will-they-won’t-they of What We Do In The Shadows is Nandermo. Nah, kidlets, this ain’t Rachel and Ross, the will-they-won’t-they is “Will they vampirize Guillermo or won’t they?” The tension is “Why haven’t they already? Will they ever? What’s it going to take?” Nandermo getting together appeals mostly to the shippers, but the resolution of whether Guillermo will ever get to achieve his dream of being a sexy undead superhuman is more universal to the whole audience of the show: it’s his Red Rider BB Gun, his Golden Ticket, the thing he pines for and has for so long. We’ve been linking he and Nandor acknowledging their makey-outy feelings for each other with Nandor automatically agreeing to vampirize him–that’s the condition, and it’s a given, right?–but the fans are now at thirst’s door with the Horny For This Ship-itis, and if the writers want to extend the tension of the overall show for longer, they’ve got a good shot at doing so by separating the two. So I’m all for makeouts, but don’t forget that the two plot resolutions going together ain’t a given, kids!
I kind of have a different interpretation, so let me know if this sounds crazy.
We meet Guillermo as a kind of passed-over moon-eyed familiar who believed he would be turned very soon. When he isn’t, he becomes disillusioned with his master, and we saw some of that hero warship fall away to an affection that was a lot more real.
Sort of like, “you are an ass, but I care about you and feel responsible for your safety/happiness” - and that is what we really see develop. It’s not expressly romantic at this point, but there is love there.
When Guillermo learned that he was a Van Helsing, that suddenly conflicted with his desire to become a vampire, and it is my belief that his Van Helsing lineage is what truly starts to define his relationship with Nandor. Why? Because up till that point, Guillermo wanted to become a vampire to finally feel powerful, and Nandor was his ticket. However, as he explores his lineage, he discovers he is already powerful. In fact, he is so powerful he conceals, for instance, his immunity to hypnotism, so the vampires would feel safe and “not weak”.
So, now Guillermo is powerful on his own, he becomes confident on his own, and suddenly becoming a vampire is a huge conflict of interest. His relationship with Nandor is a huge conflict of interest. What is he doing there? Why would a vampire-slayer consider himself the bodyguard (and heartguard) to a vampire? What makes him stay? Why would Nandor, a vampire, wish to have a murderer of his own kind live with him and take care of him? Why does he fight for Guillermo?
So Guillermo has these conflicting identities and desires making the will-they-won’t-they aspect of his becoming a vampire less to do about Nandor finally turning him and more to do with his decision to be turned.
And should Guillermo decide to become a vampire, it would no longer be about becoming powerful, but perhaps it would be about joining Nandor in eternity. The will-they-won’t-they is more about Nandor and Guillermo accepting that their relationship is personal, that they mean something. Whatever that looks like
it’s such a shame guillermo has it so bad for nandor cuz he would absolutely wreck shit at a gay club based on what he’s wearing in that teaser trailer. does he know how many men would be throwing themselves at him if he showed up in himself like that. he’s literally such a catch. babyboy you are wasting your time on nandor if he doesn’t immediately drop to his knees for that embroidered waistcoat and sparkly sneakers combo :/
wwdits fans are like omg did you see how they paralleled nadja x laszlo and nandermo with the dancing next to each other and twerking that must mean something and actually tbh we’re usually right. happy wwdits season !
they don’t know shadowsfx was liking ofmd renewal tweets today and then hours later someone leaked that wwdits s5 is happening so basically the wwdits official account didn’t post because hbo beat them to it
nandor meeting freddie and then next ep is the wedding but last min he calls it off because it doesn’t feel right and why isn’t he happy??? and then the next ep is called memories and what does he have to remember??? how happy guillermo makes him. guillermo is the only thing that makes him happy
if s4 doesn’t have heavy nadja/guillermo friendship and him helping her open the nightclub then i Will Cancel season 4 myself. thats literally the only thing that matters
What more people need to understand about Guillermo’s character is that he’s Insane. He is Not Normal. He delivers human sacrifices to vampires, he disposes of corpses HE PAYS TO LIVE THERE. he kills vampires yadda yadda bro his HUMAN body count is off the charts. He invites his virgin friend to a vampire orgy. He is not a good person, he’s literally if you found out that that one weird goth kid from high school joined a weird cult and was sacrificing your classmates he is Not Well. Like I love him he is my poor little meow meow etc but lets not pretend this guy is a victim here .. he is like if the joker was a girl if she was like a boy
