Inara: I think she looks adorable. Mal: Yeah, but I never said it.

'Shindig'


Lost: OMGWTF POLAR BEAR  

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§ ita § - Jan 25, 2005 9:05:45 am PST #5422 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The spinoff will be called Misplaced.

Or Found.


Jessica - Jan 25, 2005 9:06:03 am PST #5423 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Deadly attractive, yes!

Zing!


Jars - Jan 25, 2005 9:07:38 am PST #5424 of 10000

I am manual labour girl. Show me the heavy and I'll lift it.

I came out as Sawyer on that quiz though, so perhaps I wouldn't be all that helpful.

I wasn't particularly put out by the 'dropping' of the Claire storyline. I figure that most of the people on the island are a lot more worried about themselves than someone they may never even have spoken to.


§ ita § - Jan 25, 2005 9:08:50 am PST #5425 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I figure that most of the people on the island are a lot more worried about themselves

They're not acting worried about themselves much either. Strange man appears from nowhere and kidnaps two people, and kills (even if temporarily) one of them? Everyone's just going about their business.

How many people know about the crazy French lady? That doesn't bother them either?


brenda m - Jan 25, 2005 9:09:40 am PST #5426 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Well yes. Worried about themselves being dragged off into the jungle by mystery psycho would still seem pretty sensible, though. Especially since they can't really comfort themselves with visions of the determined rescue effort, now can they?


Allyson - Jan 25, 2005 9:14:01 am PST #5427 of 10000
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

I think it's a Dave-Maddie issue, which is, the audience thinks that they want Dave and Maddie to hook up, but once they do, you're like 'Aah, I wish they never hooked up!' So, despite all the people who are saying 'We wanna see the monster, we wanna know what Kate did, you must answer all these questions!,' we're comfortable just knowing the answers and holding them back until we've earned it

"I have no freakin' idea, and so am falling back on the Moonlighting Defense."

I wish someone would say, "I have no idea what it is."

It would be so damned endearing. I'd send cookies!


Jars - Jan 25, 2005 9:19:30 am PST #5428 of 10000

I'm not sure what action they could take that would make them feel safer than just staying on the beach. If they head off into the jungle, Puff the Magic MacGuffin might get them. And, by this point, they've come to rely on Locke for a lot of their 'venture in to the jungle' needs. It stands to reason that they'd expect him to take care of tracking down Claire as well.

The thing I find most frustrating is not knowing who knows what. Which characters know that the plane was off course? Have they told the redshirts yet? Who knows about the polar bear? The transmission? The bodies? It's difficult to get a handle on how sensible people's actions are without knowing how much information they have.


§ ita § - Jan 25, 2005 9:22:04 am PST #5429 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It's difficult to get a handle on how sensible people's actions are without knowing how much information they have.

I'm not criticising people's actions so much as the writing. If they're going to not be scared, I want to be sure it's purposeful (and hopefully has a cause or payoff) and not laziness in the creation.


Jars - Jan 25, 2005 9:27:53 am PST #5430 of 10000

If they're going to not be scared, I want to be sure it's purposeful (and hopefully has a cause or payoff) and not laziness in the creation.

I'm still enjoying the character interaction too much to get annoyed by the plotlines not advancing, I think. I'm pretty sure watching Carnivale has inured me to a constant build-up with little pay-off except pretty.


Jessica - Jan 25, 2005 9:30:31 am PST #5431 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

little pay-off

Oh good. Now I don't feel bad about only watching one ep.