Oz ,'Beneath You'
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Wow. Until Lyra Jane mentioned the meaning of Noor, I never noticed that it was the same name as Nora. Huh. My sister is named Nora, and she gets major double-takes when she is introduced to people from Arabic-speaking countries. It helps that our surname is pronounced the same as the very common Arabic surname "Malik". Which apparently means angel.
I thought the episode was great. My favourite moment was definitely "there's no such thing as monsters".
Matt, thanks for posting that link! It is nice to not be so alone in my Boone-love.
I'm still hoping against hope that there's nothing supernatural at all - that she's just insane to the point of hanging speakers off all the trees to whisper at her as she walks around.
Do the voices have to be supernatural? Could just be the rest of the shipwreck survivors, who are also crazy, but without electric beds and broken music boxes for company.
Or it could be a nautural auditory occurance. Either it's a location that echos sounds from farther away, or it's a sound that the mind interprets as whispers.
I have a desk fan that drives me buggy if I place it in a certain part of the bedroom and have it on. My mind tries to interpret it as a radio playing.
I'm still hoping against hope that there's nothing supernatural at all - that she's just insane to the point of hanging speakers off all the trees to whisper at her as she walks around.
That would be great! And everything is somehow technically generated by her own devices. And she spends all her time being scared by the not-monsters she's created.
I would love non-supernatural.
Once we introduce the mythology, that's when the writing cheats tend to come in. Right now they have to play (mostly) by the rules, so there's no fanwanking yet. We still believe they can give us good, rational explanations for everything without tachyon bursts. If they could write it all believably, and not supernaturally, I would love them forever and hug them and call them george.
Daniel, a natural auditory phenomenon would be great. I know of a cave that "whispers" and one's mind can almost make words out of the sound. Spooky as all get-out, but really, just the wind. .
How big is the island anyway? We don't really have any idea, do we?
Sorry to go back to a topic that's already been discussed before, but I can't find the post... what is the song at the end of Tabula Rasa that starts out "I got troubles, oh but not today, 'cause they're gonna was away, they're gonna wash away"?
Joe Purdy, "Wash Away."