I think I'm agreeing with you, and I find it a little sad, too (the area of agreement, not the fact of agreeing).
My whole life, I've never loved anything else.
Oz ,'Him'
Lost: OMGWTF POLAR BEAR
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JenP - Nov 24, 2004 12:56:26 pm PST #3039 of 10000
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 24, 2004 12:59:24 pm PST #3040 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I do still have some faint hope that Kate, despite being an apparently nice person, is actually guilty of some horrific crime that would have everyone who hears about it (including Sawyer) recoiling in shock. And I don't mean justifiable abused wife Burning Bed scenarios either, but something she made a cold-blooded decision to do no matter how much it hurt whoever.
§ ita § - Nov 24, 2004 1:02:08 pm PST #3041 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I want Hurley to be evil, myself.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 24, 2004 1:07:13 pm PST #3042 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
That would be incredibly cool.
Or maybe Claire could be. Just imagine:
CHARLIE: You never did say much about your baby's father. What's his name?
CLAIRE (cheerfully): Satan!
Scrappy - Nov 24, 2004 1:13:03 pm PST #3043 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Sawyer reminds me of a guy Peter Berg told a story about on "Dinner For Five", a friend with, as he put it, authority issues. They were on location in South America and were stopped by bandits who made them get out of their cars and held them up at gunpoint. His friend refused to put his hands up when told, because he didn't want to do what they told him, even though he could have gotten himself and his friends killed. Berg said he and all the other guys were hissing and swearing at the guy to do what the guys with automatic weapons pointed at them said, but he didn't want "To give them the satisfaction." He finally put his hands up..about halfway.
For some guys, death or pain is less important than feeling in control, even if that feeling is not based in reality.
§ ita § - Nov 24, 2004 1:14:47 pm PST #3044 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Evidence ita is a judgmental bitch:
They should have shot his ass. Just his, and left the rest of them alone.
Scrappy - Nov 24, 2004 1:15:57 pm PST #3045 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Yeah, ita, that's how I felt--that's why I remembered the story.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 24, 2004 1:29:12 pm PST #3046 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Well, maybe not should have, but he was a self preservation instinct-deprived fool for not assuming that they would. There are things worth dying for, but IMHO avoiding being bossed around to the extent of raising one's hands isn't one of them.
DCJensen - Nov 24, 2004 1:30:02 pm PST #3047 of 10000
All is well that ends in pizza.
From what I've heard, smack withdrawal is rough for a few days (Charlie should be pining for a pair or two of unsoiled jeans in his size now), but then basically over, and it's nowhere near as difficult as alcohol withdrawal. He'd still be psychologically addicted, but not suffering physical withdrawal.
Plus, we know he had been rationing his smack for two weeks, tapering off by force of will. I wonder if that has anything to do with how much withdrawl one gets. I mean as opposed to someone who is using ever increasing does until they have to be hospitalized, I guess.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 24, 2004 1:31:50 pm PST #3048 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I gather that it can be tapered to lessen symptoms to some extent. Lots of junkies don't actually take it enough to become physically addicted in the first place.
They also do methadone substitution just like with morphine addiction.