1 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:07,440 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Annie and welcome to Stephan. Never told 2 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 1: you a production of iHeartRadio, And yes it is just 3 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:23,159 Speaker 1: to me today, or there's actually going to be a 4 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 1: couple of instances in the future where we might have 5 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 1: to do solo episodes because of traveling. But Somantha, she 6 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: got COVID and is not feeling well. She's doing fine, 7 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: but you know, it's not fun and we've been in touch. 8 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 1: Everything is good, but send her all the wishes to 9 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 1: get better. So I will be doing this by myself today. 10 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 1: And I actually chose this character because this is a 11 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 1: sub sub sub subsub segment of fictional women around the world. 12 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: I chose this character because she's not going to be 13 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 1: here because she has not seen the latest season of 14 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 1: what we do in the Shadows. That being said, there 15 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: are going to be spoilers, but they're light spoilers for 16 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:15,119 Speaker 1: the most recent season. I know the rule about spoilers 17 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:18,759 Speaker 1: is like ten years, so the earlier seasons, yes, will 18 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:21,959 Speaker 1: be spoiled, but I don't think so, like not major really, 19 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 1: but the most recent season did just end. So if 20 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 1: you want to you know, you know, stop and come back, 21 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 1: then please do please come back. So, yeah, today we're 22 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 1: talking about the Guide, also known as the Floating Woman, 23 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 1: who is played by Kristin Shaw on the FX show 24 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 1: What We Do in the Shadows, which not a sponsor currently. 25 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 1: She is a vampire associated with the Vampire Council. And 26 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: if you've never seen the show or listen to our 27 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: other episodes, we've done about it. We've done Naudia, We've 28 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: done Officer O'Leary. I also was on an episode of 29 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 1: movie Crush about What We Do in the Shadows, But 30 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: if you've never seen it, didn't listen to those or 31 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:11,919 Speaker 1: don't remember them. Basically, it's sort of a mockumentary about 32 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 1: vampires living together and the silly situations they get themselves in. 33 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 1: It's a very like, oh, vampires have to do dishes 34 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: to kind of comedy. And so the Vampiric Council is 35 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 1: the ruling body. They weigh in on vampiric rules, and 36 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: there are like localized bodies and national and international bodies, 37 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 1: so like our government is set up, you know, you 38 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 1: have your local council in state and then yeah, you 39 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:42,639 Speaker 1: get it. This specific one is Staaten Island base that's 40 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 1: where they live and it's composed of a glut of 41 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:51,079 Speaker 1: cameos from other vampiric media is very very funny. So 42 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 1: we don't know much about the Guide's human life before 43 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 1: she became a vampire. What we do know is that 44 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 1: she's been a vampire since the fifteenth cent tree, and 45 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 1: in her early vampiric days she led a very hedonistic lifestyle. 46 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 1: She later called her behavior at that time consistent of 47 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 1: that of a bad vampire, doing things like leading the 48 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: inquisition and dancing under the Seven Veils without a vail. 49 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 1: And she had an affair with a vampire hunter of 50 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 1: the van helsing line, And this is something all of 51 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 1: this we find out through her in heavy quotes therapy 52 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:31,960 Speaker 1: sessions with Laslow, who is another vampire one of the 53 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 1: main characters, because when we first meet her, she is 54 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 1: very by the book. She's very like followed the rules 55 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 1: or else. Also, she kind of has like a nun 56 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 1: look going on, like she's in black and her hair 57 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 1: is white, and I don't know, she's very by the book. 58 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: But this affair led to the Vampiric Council assigning her 59 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 1: to assist the local temple of the Blood Devourers branch 60 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 1: in the seventeen fifties, and she carried out this duty 61 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: four centuries. Over time, she repressed and even forgot her memories, 62 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: including her name, until Laslo helped her recover some of them. 63 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 1: She's still just the guide. We don't know her name. 64 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 1: Her affair also explained her attraction to Guillermo, who has 65 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 1: been housing blood. She first appeared as a swarm of 66 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 1: ravens that solidified into a woman after the Vampires, the 67 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 1: main vampires of the show committed the crime of killing 68 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: another vampire and demanded that they present themselves at the 69 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:39,159 Speaker 1: Temple of the Blood Devours so the Vampiric Council could 70 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:43,479 Speaker 1: assess their guilts, and when they were found guilty, she 71 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 1: led them to their execution, where they eventually were rescued. 72 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:52,239 Speaker 1: And then later we see her again when she presents 73 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 1: the vampires with this videotape containing a message from the 74 00:04:56,200 --> 00:05:00,839 Speaker 1: Supreme Worldwide Vampiric Council, and on the tape tape, Viago, 75 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 1: who is played by creator Taiko with tit informs them 76 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 1: that since Schillermo murdered about seventy percent of the vampires 77 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 1: in their area, they were now to lead the Vampient 78 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: Council of the Eastern Seaboard of the New World. The 79 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:19,479 Speaker 1: Guide agrees to help them, even though I believe she 80 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 1: says something like gets built on my pay grade and yeah, 81 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 1: as her name suggests, she guides them in their roles 82 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 1: and responsibilities. They do often ignore her, but she's really 83 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 1: knowledgeable about all kinds of text, spells items. She's sort 84 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 1: of the character who moves a lot of exposition along 85 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 1: when you're like, what is this thing? She knows what 86 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:42,919 Speaker 1: it is. She knows how to do like a swap 87 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:47,279 Speaker 1: body spell. She's yeah, she's very very knowledgeable. So when 88 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 1: Naja decides to turn the Vampient Council into a club, 89 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:55,039 Speaker 1: like a nightclub or vampires, the Guide is at first 90 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:59,679 Speaker 1: very very very resistant, and this is when Laslow steps 91 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 1: into to have these therapy sessions with her to recover 92 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 1: some of her memories of her more wild past. And 93 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:15,239 Speaker 1: after remembering some of that, the Guide agrees to make 94 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 1: the headquarters of the Vampire Council into a club, and 95 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 1: she becomes something of a right hand for Naja. When 96 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 1: running the club. She does the task Naja assigns her, 97 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:31,599 Speaker 1: but the club is ultimately unsuccessful and Naja burns it 98 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:34,919 Speaker 1: down I think for insurance money. But she did it 99 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:49,839 Speaker 1: all wrong and dedicated an insurance money. So that brings 100 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:53,600 Speaker 1: us to this most recent season, where the Guide feels 101 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 1: that the vampires are her friends now, especially Nauja, so 102 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:00,200 Speaker 1: she returns to the vampire's house in Stanton Island and 103 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 1: only to find that they are being very, very clique 104 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: and keeping her out of the group and often outright 105 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 1: ignoring her. She tries several things to earn their friendship, 106 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 1: and this eventually culminates into her basically staging an intervention 107 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 1: until they are able to convince the Guide with misleading 108 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 1: footage that they do in fact like her. Shall, the 109 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 1: actor who plays the Guide, has described the story as 110 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 1: a relatable one of feeling left out, like you don't 111 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 1: belong anywhere, and it is interesting too because that gets 112 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 1: exacerbated when you're an immortal being, I guess. From the 113 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 1: official website, here's a quote. The Guide, portrayed by Christian Shall, 114 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:47,119 Speaker 1: is a wealth of knowledge and always willing to help 115 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 1: if only anyone would ever ask her. Now that she's 116 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 1: free of the responsibilities of the Vampire Council and Naja's nightclub, 117 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 1: she's happy to have more time to spend with her 118 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 1: friends who don't seem to even notice that she's around. 119 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 1: It's hard fitting in and hanging out when everyone else 120 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 1: has known each other for hundreds of years. And I 121 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 1: do think there's a really interesting thing going on with 122 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 1: the idea of the Guide wanting to have friends, wanting 123 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 1: to fit in somewhere, and especially wanting Nada's friendship and 124 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 1: that whole aspect of female friendship that we talk about 125 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 1: all the time. And there's a very funny, frustrating quote 126 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 1: where the Guide is talking to Naja and not just 127 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 1: says I have no close female friends anymore, and the 128 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 1: Guid's like none and you know, they're kind of One 129 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 1: of the jokes at the end was, you know, vampires 130 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:55,720 Speaker 1: aren't great people, will yeah, jokes and commentaries not great people. 131 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 1: And so I don't want to say that the Guide 132 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 1: is guiltless here because she did kind of try to 133 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:06,880 Speaker 1: trick them in a lot of ways, but also they 134 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:11,200 Speaker 1: were not great to her either. But yeah, she was 135 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 1: a main character this season. She had like a card 136 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 1: in the beginning the opening credits, and it was fun. 137 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 1: It was fun watching her involved. I did see a 138 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 1: lot of people just as her at Dragon Con. So 139 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 1: I think we actually are going to have some more 140 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:30,840 Speaker 1: vampire content that I'm excited about, and this just felt fitting, 141 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 1: And yeah, I would love to hear people's thoughts suggestions. 142 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 1: I know a lot of you have sent in suggestions, 143 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 1: but I really wanted one that I could do by 144 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 1: myself and would be contained for this particular episode without Samantha. 145 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:50,320 Speaker 1: But just know that I do have a list of them, 146 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 1: so keep those coming. You can email us at Steffidemomstuff 147 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:56,160 Speaker 1: at iHeartMedia dot com. You can find us on Twitter 148 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:58,720 Speaker 1: at mom Stuff podcast, or in Instagram and TikTok at 149 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:00,960 Speaker 1: stuff I Never Told You. We have a tea public 150 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 1: store and we have a book. Please go order it. 151 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:06,840 Speaker 1: You can do so at stuff. You should read books 152 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:10,080 Speaker 1: dot com. Thanks as always to a super producer, Christina, 153 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:13,600 Speaker 1: our executive producer Maya, and our contributor Joey, And thanks 154 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 1: to you for listening. Stuff I Never Told You is 155 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:17,680 Speaker 1: a protection of iHeartRadio. For more podcasts from my Heart Radio, 156 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:19,600 Speaker 1: you can check out the heart Radio app Apple Podcasts 157 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:21,200 Speaker 1: wherever you listen to your favorite shows.