I thought he was using it as a lure.
That's what he was doing.
Slap my hand now!
Anya ,'Empty Places'
Lost: OMGWTF POLAR BEAR
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JenP - Feb 17, 2005 7:13:13 am PST #6137 of 10000
§ ita § - Feb 17, 2005 7:14:19 am PST #6138 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Being persecuted by a wild boar. Island justice, baby.
Except -- they stared off. I thought it was animal totem absolution.
Or whatever. It feels to me like the writers are assiduously asserting that it's okay to like him, he's just damaged a bit.
Me? I don't care. Hot either way. Preferred Spike in S2, and all that. But they're erasing the big jagged edges of his persona.
Betsy HP - Feb 17, 2005 7:14:24 am PST #6139 of 10000
If I only had a brain...
But daddy boars don't care about baby boars.
This man knows NOTHING about porcine social systems. IJS.
Jessica - Feb 17, 2005 7:14:32 am PST #6140 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Does being woobified mean he's no longer a jackhole, or just that there's now a much larger fanfic contingent that won't treat him that way? 'Cause I have no real desire to wrap him in a woobie blanket and feed him soup, traumatic childhood or no. Unless "woobie blanket" and "soup" are euphemisms for "hot monkey sex," in which case I'm all for it.
§ ita § - Feb 17, 2005 7:15:32 am PST #6141 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But daddy boars don't care about baby boars.
Oh, I thought you were saying that Sawyer wasn't making sense.
As you were.
-t - Feb 17, 2005 7:20:39 am PST #6142 of 10000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I thought it was animal totem absolution.
I concur. He retained some entirely gratuitous assholishness with Jack at the end, though, which gives me hope. I don't even find him that hot, but I like him much better when he's being all amoral self-interested guy than anything else.
JenP - Feb 17, 2005 7:27:02 am PST #6143 of 10000
Except -- they stared off. I thought it was animal totem absolution.
No, you're right. It's done. I love persucution by boar and wanted to write it down.
Me? I don't care. Hot either way. Preferred Spike in S2, and all that. But they're erasing the big jagged edges of his persona.
Yeah, I can see that that might be the aim, but I'm ignoring their attempts, and I wish they would stop. At least they've left a lot of good material for me to work with. I'm not particularly invested, but I'll keep my eye on the bad bits just like those who would woobify him will focus on what makes him sympathetic. Back offa the jagged edges, people.
Scrappy - Feb 17, 2005 7:35:12 am PST #6144 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I liked his work inthis ep. On the first visit as he watches Not!Sawyer cook shrimp, his face changes from anger to resolve to not being able to do it to furious sadness. Good stuff.
§ ita § - Feb 17, 2005 7:36:07 am PST #6145 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
He gave very good face.
Steph L. - Feb 17, 2005 7:48:35 am PST #6146 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Does being woobified mean he's no longer a jackhole, or just that there's now a much larger fanfic contingent that won't treat him that way? 'Cause I have no real desire to wrap him in a woobie blanket and feed him soup, traumatic childhood or no. Unless "woobie blanket" and "soup" are euphemisms for "hot monkey sex," in which case I'm all for it.
Jess is me. I am Jess. I will not eat green eggs and boar.