wants vala back as a permanent cast member
Mal: Then I call it a win. What's the problem? Inara: Should I start with the part where you're stranded in the middle of nowhere, or the part where you have no clothes?
'Trash'
Boxed Set, Vol. II: "It's a Cookbook...A Cookbook!!"
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Betsy HP - Oct 25, 2005 1:57:59 pm PDT #4956 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
JenP - Oct 25, 2005 2:16:57 pm PDT #4957 of 10001
I second that.
§ ita § - Oct 25, 2005 2:49:28 pm PDT #4958 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
::doesn't actually like Vala, as much as CB rocks::
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 25, 2005 2:51:31 pm PDT #4959 of 10001
"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
As a viewer I love Vala. Were I anyone working in Cheyenne Mountain, I suspect I'd feign a bit of clumsy assault rifle dropping while the safety was off and the barrel pointed in her direction.
Betsy HP - Oct 25, 2005 3:01:50 pm PDT #4960 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
True. She's a bit Spikelike in that way. One-dimensional character, and the one dimension is annoying. She should have been sitting chained in the brig for the entire run of the character.
But... Claudia Black!
Consuela - Oct 25, 2005 3:10:07 pm PDT #4961 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
But... Claudia Black!
Yup!
With marginally better writing, she could have continued to be annoying (for the humor factor) while showing herself to be relatively trustworthy and a useful addition to the team. It wouldn't have taken much.
But, this is SG-1 we're talking about. ::sigh::
DCJensen - Oct 25, 2005 3:13:33 pm PDT #4962 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
With marginally better writing, she could have continued
No Margerine. Butter.
§ ita § - Oct 25, 2005 3:27:32 pm PDT #4963 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
SG1 has written entertaining characters before. In fact, it still entertains me.
Not with Vala, though.
Consuela - Oct 25, 2005 3:40:49 pm PDT #4964 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I suspect, ita, you have a low tolerance for annoying. Or annoying characters that don't bring anything else to the table.
I've got a low tolerance for embarrassing, but I don't mind annoying so much, so long as they're funny too. Hence my ability to put up with Rygel (but not Jool).
§ ita § - Oct 25, 2005 3:46:26 pm PDT #4965 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, if I'd found Rygel funny, ever, I mightn't have disliked him so much. But there was nothing there for me to like, not even despite myself.
Vala -- she just doesn't add up for me. I feel like I'm being sold a pig in a poke.