That final confrontation in episode seven, and the aftermath of it, which Adi speaks about, I got completely. It was instantly my favourite scene in season two because we saw that human emotion, that conflict, and terror in Alucard’s eyes. While he’s determined to defeat his father, he’s scared, and still clearly loves his father on some level. The breakdown in the final scene was grief I feel he would have experienced even in the games, but don’t see on screen. Later on he has all of the centuries to become cool and stoic and noble... Now though he’s a scared young man, barely an adult, and you see that. It was a scene which on some levels I’d needed to see.
His comments about Grant seem like potential teaser material, but whether we see Grant on screen or not, I’m doubting it tbh, although the bit some have thought about in episode 8....
The mentioning of Soma makes me very happy, as the Sorrow gang are another wonderful part of the history and some of my favourite games. I’ve been hoping since this was announced that Soma and co might get adapted.
As for this being the Castlevania acinematic AU, yeah, that’s how I’ve been rolling with things all along. Alucard throwing the comment I was considering going to sleep again in Gresit felt like a nod to the games in a beautiful way while doing its own thing, building its own lore.