That's my read of it too, Jessica. While his actions may have worked out to the same end that a practical, detached view would have called for, his actual thought process (if he could be said to be thinking at all rather than letting his emotions run rampant) was anything but.
Angel: Will you just shut up for once?! Illyria: What? Angel: My God, the speechifying. Has it ever occurred to you that now might not be the best time for when-we-were-muck stories?
'Time Bomb'
Lost: OMGWTF POLAR BEAR
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Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 15, 2005 9:30:14 am PST #5996 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
Jars - Feb 15, 2005 9:44:03 am PST #5997 of 10000
In the first case, he failed spectacularly, and in the second, he succeeded by accident. Where's the maturity?
Yeah, this is what I meant. I think the intention was to show that Charlie had matured from the flashback, where he was completely useless, more or less, to the present, where he takes some affirmative action. I just don't think it came across as that very well. It may not have been the intention at all, but that's the feeling I got. So we get a Charlie who associates protecting and providing for the wimmin folk with maturity. Which leaves me asking more questions than it answers, really.
Allyson - Feb 15, 2005 9:50:43 am PST #5998 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
Jessica, got the package. Thank you so much! Please pass on my big thanks to DH, too.
le nubian - Feb 15, 2005 10:08:03 am PST #5999 of 10000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I actually think Charlie may be a dangerous person on the island, but Boone has so far PROVEN himself to be a dangerous person. Get me the fuck away from Boone and Locke.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 15, 2005 10:12:18 am PST #6000 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I hope Locke catches Boone at his next major fuckup, and, shall we say, chastises him harshly.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 15, 2005 10:14:15 am PST #6001 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
Please tell me that euphemism wouldn't involve bowmp-chicka-wa-wa music.
brenda m - Feb 15, 2005 10:14:18 am PST #6002 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
Eh, I think Locke's been doing a pretty decent job of building his own fanatical minion there, and any fuck-ups will just be used to pull the strings a little tighter.
And let me say that I'm finding the whole Locke and Boone thing fascinating, and I'm more interested in both characters than I was before.
Please tell me that euphemism wouldn't involve bowmp-chicka-wa-wa music.
Hee. Notice how I carefully did not use a / in the above sentence.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 15, 2005 10:23:20 am PST #6003 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Please tell me that euphemism wouldn't involve bowmp-chicka-wa-wa music.
No, more along the lines of the whoosh of a thrown knife. I'm hoping the screwup is more along the lines that it negates his minion value. Given that Boone also knows about the hatch, I don't think Locke would hesitate to take him out if he thought he was a liability.
Jim - Feb 15, 2005 10:35:04 am PST #6004 of 10000
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
though I had the issues with an English guy being able to handle a gun.
Actually there is one obvious reason a British Catholic with a brother called liam would know how to use a handgun, but I doubt they'd want to open that box...
arby - Feb 15, 2005 10:36:54 am PST #6005 of 10000
Guy #1: Man, there are so many hipsters around. I hate hipsters! Guy #2: You're at the wrong place. That's like going to Vegas only to say "I hate titties!" --The Warsaw, Williamsburg (OINY)
? Clueless = me
Desperately trying to think of Oasis parallels but coming up short..