don't think it's stated baby!Corrina was at the finish line. I think. I might be wrong.
Her doomed parents were acting like it was the finish line. (Or they assumed they'd get their daughter back when they reached the finish line.)
Darn your sinister attraction!
Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[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, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
lisah - Apr 16, 2007 12:20:38 pm PDT #5554 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
lisah - Apr 16, 2007 12:21:57 pm PDT #5555 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Oh, I had a thing! Even though it was implied that at least Alex, Wendy, and Winston all got the call at the same time, they must have gotten it at different times in order to all make it to the start at roughly the same time, right?
Jesse - Apr 16, 2007 12:22:44 pm PDT #5556 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'd assume that hardly anyone ever made it to the finish line -- for one thing, if the race has been going on as long as there have been cars, like the opening told us, I'm pretty sure, where the hell does all the money come from? Although, the staffing and infrastructure has to be pretty pricey all by itself.
brenda m - Apr 16, 2007 12:23:38 pm PDT #5557 of 10001
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
I think the calls came several days apart actually, by the timestamps.
lisah - Apr 16, 2007 12:24:41 pm PDT #5558 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
I think the calls came several days apart actually, by the timestamps
ah right. I knew i was missing something
Kevin - Apr 16, 2007 12:26:27 pm PDT #5559 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Jesse, you're assuming people actually get paid when they reach the finish line.
lisah, it could have just been a check point. They're happy to be reaching it, and the "red flashy light thing" is seen at the other present day check points.
Liese S. - Apr 16, 2007 12:27:58 pm PDT #5560 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, in most other comparable situations, there are profits to be made from the race itself, from spectators or tickets or merchandising or entry fees or broadcast rights or advertising or something.
But where's the money here? Just the logistics alone. And the insurance! Man, who is paying the insurance on an underground race! Heh.
aurelia - Apr 16, 2007 12:29:28 pm PDT #5561 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
For the parents of a kidnapped child, a checkpoint that their child is at IS the finish line.
Kevin - Apr 16, 2007 12:30:10 pm PDT #5562 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Most importantly of all, shouldn't they have given the competitors a phone charger?
DebetEsse - Apr 16, 2007 12:31:54 pm PDT #5563 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I assumed it was the final finish line. If, every(ish) leg of the race, a team gets eliminated, by the end, I'd assume there'd only be a couple.
eta: Kevin! I had nearly that same thought: "Wouldn't the phones have run out of charge by now?"