Also, I don't know who/what The Pusher is. What does he/she/it do? Push people to do things they wouldn't normally do with his/her/its mind?
Yes. He's from The X-Files.
Hey, if it means I don't have to read any more, woo and, might I add, a big hoo.
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Polter-Cow - Nov 14, 2006 7:14:10 am PST #3620 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 14, 2006 7:14:14 am PST #3621 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
For fear of entering No-Prize territory, I find myself wondering if there's a minimum amount of caution and prevention that normal people exert that Claire doesn't, since subconciously she knows she can't be hurt.
That explanation might work for the garbage disposal incident, but the full-on Exorcist head twist from being tackled and the impalement on a piece of wood from falling down (with no more than 100 lbs. weight) indicate an abnormal fragility to me. It's as if she's made of regenerating Play-do.
Vortex - Nov 14, 2006 7:17:36 am PST #3622 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
He and the Hatian go in, amplify his powers without teaching him how to have any control over them and then toss him back out into the general public?
Maybe they didn't know what it would do to him.
kat perez - Nov 14, 2006 7:19:46 am PST #3623 of 10001
"We have trust issues." Mylar
Got it. Thanks, PC. That is kind of a cool power to have. I wonder what the limits are. I mean, could Pixie just force anyone to do anything? Do they have to already be somewhat predisposed to doing it? Is it a proximity thing; does she have to be close enough to whisper in your ear?
Why am I so obssesed with this?
Dana - Nov 14, 2006 7:22:29 am PST #3624 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
If she's that powerful, why not use it on Claire's father and take over whatever this group is herself?
Vortex - Nov 14, 2006 7:23:44 am PST #3625 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
If she's that powerful, why not use it on Claire's father and take over whatever this group is herself?
not everyone wants power. It's no good being able to make people do what you want if you don't know what that is.
Vonnie K - Nov 14, 2006 7:37:46 am PST #3626 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Also, I don't know who/what The Pusher is. What does he/she/it do? Push people to do things they wouldn't normally do with his/her/its mind?
Yeah. Sorry. It's an old The X-Files reference (to a season 3 episode, "Pusher" [link] ) in which Mulder and Scully track a Monster of the Week, who can "push" people to do what what he wants -- even kill themselves. Pretty seminal episode for a standalone, starring everybody's favourite Vancouver actor, Robert Wisden.
Pre-DVD, I nearly wore out my VHS tape that had "Pusher" and "Jose Chung's From Outer Space". Good times.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 14, 2006 7:51:24 am PST #3627 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Yeah. Sorry. It's an old The X-Files reference (to a season 3 episode, "Pusher" [link] ) in which Mulder and Scully track a Monster of the Week, who can "push" people to do what what he wants -- even kill themselves. Pretty seminal episode for a standalone, starring everybody's favourite Vancouver actor, Robert Wisden.
And featuring the classic fuck-off line from Pusher to Skinner: "Take a hike, Mel Cooley!"
Polter-Cow - Nov 14, 2006 7:54:31 am PST #3628 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Pretty seminal episode for a standalone,
And Pusher came back in "Kitsunegari."
Man, I haven't watched XF in a long time.
DawnK - Nov 14, 2006 7:56:00 am PST #3629 of 10001
giraffe mode
not everyone wants power
Didn't she say "you promised I wouldn't have to do that again" to Mr. Bennet before she went in and pushed Isaac back to heroin?
Maybe what DL did to both Matt and Radioactive guy is erase the memory of where they had been/what tests had been done to them and while doing that, he amplified their power accidentally? Or maybe Mr. B and team just tag 'em and let them go to see what will happen? Sort of a Prime Directive maybe? Or I'm just fanwanking.