Does anybody mind if I pass out?

Willow ,'Beneath You'


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Gris - Jun 24, 2005 10:05:26 am PDT #99 of 10001
Hey. New board.

Tim, please make an episode about a man who murders ice cream sandwiches. Thank you.

Seconded.


Calli - Jun 24, 2005 10:06:40 am PDT #100 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I think in Rebecca's profile she also said that killing the girls wouldn't bring him peace for long, and that he'd just start obsessing over them again. So if he buys that killing the temptation will end it because of her profile, wouldn't he also buy that it wasn't going to work?

an episode about a man who murders ice cream sandwiches

ETA: If Tim makes a show about a man who murders Klondike bars, maybe he can get some of that nifty product placement dosh.


PatK - Jun 24, 2005 10:07:48 am PDT #101 of 10001
"I so wanna storm out on you right now, but if I stand up, I'll fall." --Jaye

Gris - Jun 24, 2005 10:08:42 am PDT #102 of 10001
Hey. New board.

Also, as far as I recall, she never straight up says he'll kill them. She says he'll "do it" to "feel normal" and then he'll "do it" again and again.

Do what? She never actually says (I think). It's possible she agrees with my logic, thinks he's a molestor-in-training, considers letting murderer kill him anyway because, hey, she hates molestors, but comes through on the side of the good.

Just because pre-filer thinks he might be a killer doesn't necessarily mean Rebecca agrees. I like this theory, and have had it all along in fits and starts, I just wish it were made more evident if it's supposed to be the truth, because all the implications point towards her thinking he's gonna murder.


Polter-Cow - Jun 24, 2005 10:10:54 am PDT #103 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

That moment when she says, "No. Roger's loose"?

Really cool moment.


Jessica - Jun 24, 2005 10:12:20 am PDT #104 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

I have to say, that logic is unassailable, but also totally generic.

True.

Because, as I think more on Rebecca's profile, she never said he would molest

She said he would do "it." It was never explicitly stated whether the eventual "it" was rape or murder. (Which I actually found a little annoying because, as Nutty points out, they're completely different profiles, and I would have liked to know what she was talking about. The prefiler's plastic bag example points to murder, but then, it was pretty clear that the reason Roger was going to kill them with a plastic bag was so that Rebecca could have time to save Roger's life. If the prefiler had decided that Roger was planning to shoot them in the head, Rebecca's "no, wait!" wouldn't have been nearly as effective.)


Frankenbuddha - Jun 24, 2005 10:28:59 am PDT #105 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I have to say, that logic is unassailable, but also totally generic. You could apply that logic to anybody who has powerful feelings of guilt, and most people do not murder their parents/lovers/children/ice cream sandwiches.

Tim, please make an episode about a man who murders ice cream sandwiches. Thank you.

Personally I just want to know what kind of ice cream sandwiches Nutty's been encountering that can be left alive.


DXMachina - Jun 24, 2005 10:31:54 am PDT #106 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Personally I just want to know what kind of ice cream sandwiches Nutty's been encountering that can be left alive.

I'm thinking she has pictures of them on her hard drive in revealing poses.


§ ita § - Jun 24, 2005 10:53:18 am PDT #107 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

But it's not generic - she's talking about 1 person's reaction to 1 action. When she's profiled before she's been deeply and creepily specific. Why should this be different?


Polter-Cow - Jun 24, 2005 10:59:03 am PDT #108 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Her descriptions of Roger's actions were deeply and creepily specific. Her rationales for those actions, however, were not.