Is it possible that Claire's "memories" are a little off?
Willow: That's a work ethic! Buffy, you're developing a work ethic! Buffy: Do they make an ointment for that?
'Beneath You'
Lost 2: Tied to a Tree in a Jungle of Mystery
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le nubian - Mar 02, 2006 5:24:15 am PST #1346 of 5968
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
DXMachina - Mar 02, 2006 5:38:37 am PST #1347 of 5968
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
So, here's my question. Why did the others abandon the infirmary/nursery after Claire escaped? It's not like they've ever been shown to fear the castaways. Quite the opposite, actually. Why are they giving up their territory?
§ ita § - Mar 02, 2006 5:43:43 am PST #1348 of 5968
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Maybe they were just using it for her. There's a technical term for it--but somewhere that's not their home base, so that she can't track them back to their home base. Once the op is over, they break it down. Use it for some storage, but not much else.
DXMachina - Mar 02, 2006 5:52:53 am PST #1349 of 5968
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
That's fine if the structure is portable, but this one isn't. If it's that expendable, it implies that they have something much better elsewhere.
Or a whole lot of little bunkers.
Sean K - Mar 02, 2006 5:57:08 am PST #1350 of 5968
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I liked the ep, but the fact that the beard was fake is sort of bugging me. Actually that's not bugging me in and of itself -- if they want to do some sort of weird raggamuffin pirate schtick to fuck with the poor people who crash landed on their island, for whatever reason, fine.
But the walking half-naked through the jungle with weird cicada noises is making less sense to me now.
Jessica - Mar 02, 2006 6:04:13 am PST #1351 of 5968
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
What bugs me about the fake beard is it looked nothing like the beard that whatsisname actually had, even allowing for darkness and confusion etc. So are we supposed to believe that that beard was fake, or merely that the island contains the potential for fake beardedness? I mean, why not just grow a beard?
Frankenbuddha - Mar 02, 2006 6:05:57 am PST #1352 of 5968
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
But the walking half-naked through the jungle with weird cicada noises is making less sense to me now.
The JJ-verse(s)? Not so much with the sense making.
Theodosia - Mar 02, 2006 6:28:47 am PST #1353 of 5968
'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"
Perhaps not all of the Others know they're part of an experiment? Just that the people who are running the virtual rats through an island maze are walking amongst the rats....
§ ita § - Mar 02, 2006 7:04:21 am PST #1354 of 5968
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If it's that expendable, it implies that they have something much better elsewhere.
Oh, absolutely.
brenda m - Mar 02, 2006 7:08:34 am PST #1355 of 5968
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
It was permanent, more or less, but I don't think it was that nice. When they showed the nursery, my take was that it was always basically a bare room with some old furniture, and it was Claire's drug-induced haze that transformed it into the room we saw. Could be the same with the whole team of doctors - maybe it was just one or two people doing - I don't know, something - and she morphed it into a lot more than was really there.
So maybe "abandonment" is a stretch - maybe they never used it on a regular basis. Maybe they still do, just not today.