Katie: Yeah, I reluctantly came to the same conclusion. Pregnant actresses lead to last-minute stupid storylines. See: Scully, Cordelia.
Mercy is the mark of a great man. Guess I'm just a good man. Well, I'm all right.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Firefly 4: Also, we can kill you with our brains
Discussion of the Mutant Enemy series, Firefly, the ensuing movie Serenity, and other projects in that universe. Like the other show threads, anything broadcast in the US is fine; spoilers are verboten and will be deleted if found.
Betsy HP - Dec 22, 2005 9:59:00 am PST #7466 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
§ ita § - Dec 22, 2005 10:00:29 am PST #7467 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I liked the Gillian Anderson pregnancy-induced storyline. It's the one where she really wasn't that stank.
Betsy HP - Dec 22, 2005 10:01:32 am PST #7468 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
You know, Zhaan could have been pregnant and nobody would ever have known.
§ ita § - Dec 22, 2005 10:02:25 am PST #7469 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What was your problem with the GA pregnancy Scully storyline, Betsy?
P.M. Marc - Dec 22, 2005 10:02:50 am PST #7470 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I think the last-minute Scully abduction plot worked pretty well, as that was back when X Files still had good writers and Chris Carter's ego hadn't inflated to the size of Australia. Sure, it brought about the Mytharc That Ate Manhattan, but Duane Barry was tragically creepy, and watching it not knowing what would come, it was pretty entertaining.
Betsy HP - Dec 22, 2005 10:03:58 am PST #7471 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I must sheepishly admit that I never, ever watched X-files. Therefore, my opinions on any plotlines are strictly second-hand. I thought I'd heard bitching about the GA pregnancy and I conflated it with the Scully pregnancy.
Frankenbuddha - Dec 22, 2005 10:08:44 am PST #7472 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I thought I'd heard bitching about the
In the words of Gene Wilder's Willy Wonka: "Hold it! Stop! Reverse that!" criss-crosses arms
IOW, I agree that the actual pregnancy was handled well on the show.
Mikey - Dec 22, 2005 10:25:14 am PST #7473 of 10001
All this time, I thought Hunter was a bitch. Turns out she was just hungry.
I don't care if it is cheesy. I want Zoe/Wash baby!There's always fanwank.
libkitty - Dec 22, 2005 11:59:49 am PST #7474 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
Narratively it feels like a pregnant Zoe would be cheesetastic and shark-jumpy and painfully pandering to the audience's cheapest sentimental desires
It just doesn't seem all that cheesy to me, since it doesn't seem all that improbable. I know more than one person who found out she was pregnant after her husband passed away. Zoe being a private person, she could have already known herself, and could be easily be four months without showing, possibly even close to five. So, wouldn't radiation be less of a problem (I must admit I hadn't thought of radiation), since isn't it the first trimester that's really problematic? It all depends on the level of radiation, and of later stress, but it could have been just an itty bit, 'cause Kaylee's really good at what she does!
Is my desperation showing too much?
Trudy Booth - Dec 22, 2005 12:09:33 pm PST #7475 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
She could totally opt to have a baby with some frozen eau de Wash.