Anybody know why
Anybody know why Carlos Madrigal's skin doesn't burn in the sun like the other vampire/snake calubras?
Maybe they said but I missed it I guess.
I'm rewatching the series now, I'll let you know if I catch anything.
shareSomewhere in season 2 I think I heard Carlos say something about not wanting to stay in the light too long when I was rewatching it.
But I recall when he was at the border crossing he was in direct sunlight and had no burning skin problems. Other Calubras (sp?) skin begins burning almost immediately. So I am wondering if he gained some special power somehow.
Thanks for watching out for this for me.
No problem :) unfortunately I already passed that episode before seeing your response. I wonder if it could do something with the fact that he did that thing where they disguise themselves as other people? Maybe that allows them to be in sunlight? Or, unless I'm mistaken, wasn't he wearing a hat? Perhaps that kept most of the sunlight off of him. It seems that they can go in light as long as they cover up/stay in the shadows.
shareI wondered about that. But I think he also appeared as himself in the sunlight. I recall him wearing his hat when he walked through the border crossing gate during the shootout. I will have to watch it again to see if he also appeared without his hat.
It seems that they can go in light as long as they cover up/stay in the shadows.Yeah, that seems to be the case, basically.
The writers played fast and loose with it though.
In season 2 Kate Fuller made friends with a culebra who sacrificed himself while stopping the character played by Danny Trejo. He jumped on Trejo's back as he came into the sunlight. In a few seconds he was nothing but ash.
Other times the writers use the threat of death by sunlight to create tension in the viewers by placing main characters in danger. At those times they only burn a little bit, slowly.
My impression was that Carlos had the greatest resistance to sunlight of any of them.
I don't think this was ever explained. I think maybe the writers just figured viewers would not care too much about this.
I guess it might be explained by how direct the sunlight was. When Ritchie was walking in the desert for a long time he did not burn up, but that was when an eclipse was just beginning. So I guess the case could be made that there was partial cloud cover sometimes, but when they burned up there were no clouds blocking the sun.
Anyway, this is fantasy science fiction. I guess the writers expect viewers not to overthink it like I am doing now. lol
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Yeah I think it's a definite possibility that the writers were just sort of lazy with that plot point. At the end of season 3 Richie acted like it was more of an inconvenience than a death threat, while Rafa burnt almost immediately after going in the sun in season 2. I'm sure the writers have their own set of rules, but I think it's absolutely possible they were just lazy with it and messed up the continuity.
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