It's simple. I slap 'em around a bit, torture 'em, make their lives hell...Sure, the nice guys'll run away,but every now and then you'll find a prince like Spike who gets off on it.

Buffy ,'Get It Done'


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Ailleann - Oct 10, 2007 4:15:43 am PDT #2079 of 5028
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Mr. Bennet sending Claire to a school where he had previously kidnapped a kid.

Didn't West say that they were living in St. Louis when he was taken?

It bothered me that we couldn't see her face, and it bothered me that seeing her overweight body felt like it was supposed to be a final indignity.

Word.


Ginger - Oct 10, 2007 4:21:09 am PDT #2080 of 5028
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

It bothered me that we couldn't see her face, and it bothered me that seeing her overweight body felt like it was supposed to be a final indignity.

Plus there's the whole concept that we never saw her as herself in life, which implies that being overweight is too awful to show the world.


Ailleann - Oct 10, 2007 4:23:39 am PDT #2081 of 5028
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I had almost wanted her to be larger, but not necessarily terribly overweight. Her bitterness, and subsequent use of her powers to disguise herself, stemmed from being mocked for her size, but what if she wasn't even really that big? Like how anorexic women have a distorted body image. That might have been more resonant.


Dana - Oct 10, 2007 4:27:09 am PDT #2082 of 5028
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Plus there's the whole concept that we never saw her as herself in life, which implies that being overweight is too awful to show the world.

As I recall, I got the sense from the previous episode where she hinted that she wasn't thin and beautiful that she projected that kind of appearance to manipulate people. I liked that idea -- not that she hated what she looked like, but that she used other people's preconceptions against them.

Last night, though, put pretty much the worst possible spin on it.


sj - Oct 10, 2007 4:56:16 am PDT #2083 of 5028
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Oh, that would be pretty cool, if her power is to absorb dead loved ones. (And...combine their strength with her own? Or something? I suppose the superstrength could be unrelated, but her powers have never really made any sense to me.)

I always figured that the super strength was Jessica's power, but I really wish we would get a clearer explanation of Nikki's powers soon. Considering how much they focused on her last season, I really thought the writers should have been clearer about the powers then.


Stephanie - Oct 10, 2007 5:03:54 am PDT #2084 of 5028
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My take on Candace was the same as Dana's.

Didn't West say that they were living in St. Louis when he was taken?

I missed that but it would make a bit more sense. Or at least make him look less like a plant in Claire's life.


Jon B. - Oct 10, 2007 5:06:03 am PDT #2085 of 5028
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

My theory continues to be (and I've seen nothing to contradict it) that Niki/Jessica are one person with a split personality caused by her father's abuse. Nothing powers-y about it. That the strength initially could be tapped only by "Jessica" was a result of her psychosis and nothing more.


Frankenbuddha - Oct 10, 2007 5:22:56 am PDT #2086 of 5028
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

That's always been my take on it too, Jon.


tiggy - Oct 10, 2007 5:29:14 am PDT #2087 of 5028
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

something about the way the father talked about Jessica led me to believe they were two separate people, but it's been so long since i've seen it i could be wrong.

oh and i thought it was complete crap that Candace's "true form" showed up when she "died" (quotes because i'm still not positive she's actually dead) too. she was knocked out in the finale last year. why didn't she revert back to that form then too? she would have no control over her powers if she was unconscious.


amych - Oct 10, 2007 5:30:43 am PDT #2088 of 5028
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I thought I remembered seeing Jessica's grave, but I have the same been so long since I've seen it problem as tiggy.