Excuse Me While I Fangirl | Sleepy Hollow

 Sleepy Hollow

Friends, there’s no better way to start out this year’s Fortnight of Fright than by paying homage to one of my FAVORITE creepy tv shows around right now: Sleepy Hollow. HOLLA, WITNESSES! I legitimately love this show. It appeals to several of my favorite things: American Revolutionary history, biblical prophecies of death and the apocalypse, monsters, men with British accents, an OTP, a small town, humor, witches…there’s probably more. PLUS I get to “watch” it with my besties, and by watch I mean that we all watch it at the same time and text each other when something crazy slash hilarious slash swoony happens. We all know this is THE BEST.

Considering all of this, but particularly the monsters, witches, and biblical prophecies of death and the apocalypse angles, I thought that Fortnight of Fright would be the perfect time to shout my love of Sleepy Hollow from the rooftops. Woot! Come fangirl with me!

So, what makes Sleepy Hollow the gem that it is? No question, it’s the main characters, Abbie Mills and Ichabod Crane. These two:

I actually, for real CAN’T with them. They’re adorable friends IRL and they have tremendous chemistry as partners on the show. They’re supportive, cooperative, hilarious, and PERFECTLY AMAZING. Do I ship them romantically? Yes, because I think they are fantastic together, and no, because I think they have one of those OTP friendships. Like Harry and Hermione. It’s hard to ignore their intense bond, though. Maybe that’s because they are the two prophesied witnesses who will stop the apocalypse together!

What apocalypse, you say? Well, that would be THE apocalypse. The Headless Horseman on Sleepy Hollow is none other than the Horseman of Death. Is that not such an awesome twist on the classic? I think it is. There is, of course, a baddie or two. The main one is a demon named Moloch. He’s HORNED and creepy.

FOR REAL.

Another thing that I love about Sleepy Hollow? The Revolutionary War spin. Picking up some threads from the actual Sleepy Hollow legend, Ichabod Crane on the show is brought into modern times from Revolutionary America (umm, the thread I’m talking about is Ichabod’s original time period, not the “bringing into modern times” bit), where he was a soldier and a spy for the Americans. Check out the tricorn:

No, but stop. I can’t.

In addition to Ichabod being buddies with some MAJOR characters in the American war for independence–I’m talking George Washington, Benjamin Franklin (whom he hated lol), and Benedict Arnold–this time travel/warp/thing means that Ichabod has some serious familiarizing to do with contemporary America, and IT. IS. HYSTERICAL. Observe:

(P.S. If you don’t watch the show or if you’re behind, maybe stop watching this video below around the 1:20 mark. But DEFINITELY watch the first 1:20 for lols.)

There’s so much going on with this show that it’s hard to get it all into one post, friends, but I also want to shout out some supporting characters who make everything better. For one, there’s Captain Irving (as in WASHINGTON Irving, author of THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW). He’s Abbie and Ichabod’s partner in their fight to stop Moloch from rising and bringing all the horsemen of the apocalypse with him. Then there’s Abbie’s sister, Jenny, who’s kind of crazy but a complete badass with some juicy secrets that pop up now and again. And of course, there’s Ichabod’s witchy wife, Katrina. I don’t mean witchy as an insult; she’s ACTUALLY a witch. She’s the one who put Ichabod under a sleeping spell when he fought the Horseman of Death during the Revolutionary War and almost died. (GASP!)

If you’re not watching Sleepy Hollow and you like creepy stories with great humor and leads with AWESOME chemistry, block out some time on Monday nights and check it out. It’s the perfect time of year to catch up!