She also has a whole lot more leadership skills than say Jack. Not that it takes much.
Maybe if you consider tyranny to be leadership.
Wash: Mal, your dead army buddy's on the bridge! Zoe: He ain't dead. Wash: Oh.
'The Message'
Lost: OMGWTF POLAR BEAR
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DXMachina - Oct 21, 2005 3:20:13 pm PDT #9879 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
alienprayer - Oct 21, 2005 3:23:24 pm PDT #9880 of 10000
Conservative, n. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. -Bierce
If "trust issues" lady was implying that people in her group got sick, maybe they threw them in the pit. Either that or they put their version of Ethan (does Cruise have any other working actor relatives?) into the pit.
§ ita § - Oct 21, 2005 3:23:43 pm PDT #9881 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Maybe if you consider tyranny to be leadership.
I don't think you can properly judge her leadership skills without seeing what shaped them. How she is might have been what it took to get even these few to where they are. Or it might have been why so few remain.
They haven't said.
Beverly - Oct 21, 2005 5:42:30 pm PDT #9882 of 10000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Since The Others tm have apparently been preying (in some manner to be determined later) on the Tailenders, they've been losing people much faster than the Lostaways have. So it would make In-Charge person, whether Ana or whoever, much more pushy about trying to keep people in line, and alive.
I don't think it's fair to judge her--or any of them--by the same standards we'd judge the group we're familiar with. Their experience since the crash has been much rougher. It stands to reason they'd be less with the manners and the politesse.
ETA: Heh. Or What ita Said.
Theodosia - Oct 21, 2005 6:02:14 pm PDT #9883 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Now I'm speculating about Ana/Kate sparks.
Huh, maybe I have been reading slash too long.
Cashmere - Oct 21, 2005 6:28:40 pm PDT #9884 of 10000
Now tagless for your comfort.
They haven't said.
The problem is that they're not likely to say any time soon.
§ ita § - Oct 21, 2005 6:29:11 pm PDT #9885 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Of course not. They don't know.
Cashmere - Oct 21, 2005 6:30:11 pm PDT #9886 of 10000
Now tagless for your comfort.
They really don't.
Polter-Cow - Oct 22, 2005 12:17:38 pm PDT #9887 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I thought the episode was really good. Like, uncommonly good. I haven't felt this way about an individual episode in a long time.
I liked the lost/finding theme. Sun looking for her wedding ring. Michael looking for Walt. Jin finding Sun. I don't know; it all felt so beautifully layered and subtle. And even when Locke brings it all out into the open, it brings new depth to his character: is the fact that he just stopped looking supposed to be inspiring? Because it sounds really depressing to me.
This episode wasn't burdened with OMG ISLAND MYSTERY, and it was really, really refreshing. Because goddammit, you have all these freaking characters who have complicated relationships with each other, and that in and of itself can make this show interesting.
The latest Entertainment Weekly has a big article on Watchmen, which J.J. Abrams lists as an influence on Lost.
Also, did everyone notice the last Sun/Jin episode was "...in Translation," and now we have "...and Found"? Quick, someone name the next Sun/Jin episode.
Zenkitty - Oct 22, 2005 12:21:03 pm PDT #9888 of 10000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I didn't even see the theme until you pointed it out, P.-C! Duh. What are you looking for, and what will you do to get it, and what will you do if you don't get it? I wondered at Locke's statement, whether "I stopped looking" meant he gave up, or he found what he was looking for.