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Lost: OMGWTF POLAR BEAR  

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brenda m - Jan 25, 2005 10:40:06 am PST #5448 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

No, I don't think she did.

There was an earlier polar bear incident when Walt was reading that part of the comic book, but I don't think it's any conscious agency on his part, even in the wishful thinking sense.

eta: I don't mean there's no connection, of course, because that seems pretty inescapable at the moment.


Polter-Cow - Jan 25, 2005 10:40:36 am PST #5449 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

She didn't say polar, no. She just said "bears."

But you're right, their existence in general is still unanswered. Maybe they were brought with Del--Rousseau's original crew, all Noah's Ark-like.


Calli - Jan 25, 2005 10:43:40 am PST #5450 of 10000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Or maybe they manifested from the ether, when Send 'Em to the Cornfield Kid wished it.


§ ita § - Jan 25, 2005 10:46:20 am PST #5451 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Are there any bears even vaguely native to that presumed geography?

I mean, if Danielle's talking about Kodiak bears, is that any less whacked? Writer not named JJ Ockham, but I'd pretty much figured that all the bears were polar, until we get evidence of menagerie-type infestations.


brenda m - Jan 25, 2005 10:49:36 am PST #5452 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

I mean, if Danielle's talking about Kodiak bears, is that any less whacked?

Nope, just as whacked.

The bird incident would seem to lend credence to the idea that the polar bears are the bears Danielle mentioned, and that Walt is unknowingly summoning them, rather than his unknowingly creating them out of thin air. But she didn't say so.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 25, 2005 1:09:17 pm PST #5453 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

Huh. Seems like Evangeline Lilly and Dominic Monaghan really are a couple after all. Here's hoping Lilly has really good security people.

Is it the fact that I despise Somerhalder that's making me take exception to his complaint that there are no co-stars available for dating? Or does that read as elitist and dismissive of other women on the crew and in the general locale to others as well?


Polter-Cow - Jan 25, 2005 1:13:42 pm PST #5454 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Is it the fact that I despise Somerhalder that's making me take exception to his complaint that there are no co-stars available for dating? Or does that read as elitist and dismissive of other women on the crew and in the general locale to others as well?

Not just you, though I'm sure your despise helps. It struck me too. Although you've kind of imbued your despise upon me. I think if it were someone you liked more, it would read more playful and jokey. I mean, the notion that he has to date a co-star is elitist, for sure, but it's also somewhat expected, and he could be poking fun at it. If you didn't hate him.


tavella - Jan 25, 2005 1:19:21 pm PST #5455 of 10000
There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists.

Is it the fact that I despise Somerhalder that's making me take exception to his complaint that there are no co-stars available for dating? Or does that read as elitist and dismissive of other women on the crew and in the general locale to others as well?

Eh, I think he's trying for jocular and playful. It's just he never seems to come off well in interviews. He's either kind of self-absorbed or very poor at expressing himself.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 25, 2005 1:22:58 pm PST #5456 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, in general the actors-dating-actors thing is something I understand, yet roll my eyes at.


brenda m - Jan 25, 2005 1:24:55 pm PST #5457 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

Stamos talking about how open he is to "real girls" with their "fresh, unjaded outlook" skeeved me more, frankly.

I do think IS is kidding, but eh.