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Oh, at first it was confusing. Just the idea of computers was like — whoa! I'm eleven hundred years old! I had trouble adjusting to the idea of Lutherans.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Anne W. - Jun 23, 2005 10:20:34 am PDT #3 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Scrappy - Jun 23, 2005 10:20:59 am PDT #4 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Hello all.
Deena - Jun 23, 2005 10:21:25 am PDT #5 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Most notably, the assertion that Rebecca is too unprofessional at her job, and shouldn't be an FBI agent and therefore the show is ridiculous.
I don't find her terrifically unprofessional. She's the new girl, and young, and a little odd (so fits right in), but she's still an FBI agent. I don't question that and I don't think there's anything in the show that would make me question that. She's not a jaded field operative, obviously, but that's kind of the point.
eta: I'm not saying that she might not be kicked out of the field for some of her actions if she were in a normal group, but this isn't a normal group.
tiggy - Jun 23, 2005 10:22:15 am PDT #6 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
wheeee!! new thread.
sumi - Jun 23, 2005 10:23:02 am PDT #7 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Finally!
Scrappy - Jun 23, 2005 10:24:09 am PDT #8 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
She makes stupid choices sometimes but she makes brilliant intuitive deductions sometimes. I don't think her behavior would be tolerated in a real FBI setting, but I don't think a by-the-books FBI show would be very intertesting to watch, myself. I like Web's World, with all its darkness and perversity and people screwing up.
bon bon - Jun 23, 2005 10:25:11 am PDT #9 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I don't find her terrifically unprofessional. She's the new girl, and young, and a little odd (so fits right in), but she's still an FBI agent. I don't question that and I don't think there's anything in the show that would make me question that. She's not a jaded field operative, obviously, but that's kind of the point.
She's unprofessional. She goes off on her own, disobeys superiors, and jeopardizes investigations not because of inexperience but because she thinks she knows what's best. I don't think that's a fault of the show; she's Mulder to Paul's Scully.
§ ita § - Jun 23, 2005 10:25:21 am PDT #10 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Since it's canon that she's not suited to be a field agent, I don't feel she needs to get better to serve internal or real-world consistency. She may need to get better to satisfy the audience, but that's different. My assumption that your average young rookie field agent at the Bureau would be more together than she is, but less insightful. And that Web wasn't shopping for together that day.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 23, 2005 10:34:35 am PDT #11 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Does this go to 11?
Frankenbuddha - Jun 23, 2005 10:36:54 am PDT #12 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Web's World
....aaand now I'm hearing Mike Myers and Dana Carvey shouting this as a guitar blares.