It would be totally cool if we find out later that Henry's actually tried many times to save Kim, and it never works out...
Wouldn't he age? Time travel is so confusing.
I'm a vision of hotliness, and how weird is that? Mystical comas. You know, if you can stand the horror of a higher power hijacking your mind and body so that it can give birth to itself, I really recommend 'em.
Cordelia ,'You're Welcome'
Boxed Set, Vol. IV: It's always suicide-mission this, save-the-planet that.
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Ginger - Jul 11, 2007 4:36:16 pm PDT #3664 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
§ ita § - Jul 11, 2007 4:57:17 pm PDT #3665 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If he were Teal'c, sure. Actually, I don't know. I think that's a wriggly bit that I would exploit however best fit my story. Just make up a different mechanism for travel.
Juliebird - Jul 11, 2007 5:12:44 pm PDT #3666 of 10001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Seeing as, yes, Henry does in fact remember those four years of bliss from Timeline B, and with Henry's "I would do it again, even knowing what I know now", I wouldn't be surprised that after saying goodbye to Kim, he sent his memory back in time as well.
I was still holding out hope for the "Stark sent his mind back" theory, but his attitude just doesn't fit that of a man who's gone back in time for a second chance at a life with his lost love. Or maybe he's still reeling from having caused Kim's death with his obsession.
As for aging, it's the mind that went back, not the body, and not the brain. So I'd say no to the aging. Trying to remember the Mind/Brain argument from Philosophy 101... but my mind is going. Or maybe it's the brain...
sumi - Jul 11, 2007 7:28:31 pm PDT #3667 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
I'm thinking that Jack's interest in that book of sonnets indicates that somewhere deep down there is some residual memory. (Just because Jack doesn't really seem like he'd usually be a sonnet reading guy.)
Burrell - Jul 11, 2007 8:16:00 pm PDT #3668 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
My assumption was that Henry remembers everything he's been through, whatever the timeline, and that Jack would have too if it weren't for the memory swipe.
I'm kinda hoping the memory loss won't be total, that Jack will have some uncanny moments of deja vu.
It would be totally cool if we find out later that Henry's actually tried many times to save Kim, and it never works out, and he's remembering a hundred years' worth of different expressions of those four years, and he's the only one who knows all the things that have happened/not happened. And he's wiped out Jack's memory like twelve times.
Like Groundhogs Day, minus the happy ending. In any event, Henry does seem obsessed with the idea of bringing Kim back.
Zenkitty - Jul 11, 2007 9:52:15 pm PDT #3669 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
it's the mind that went back, not the body,
Did they really say that? I don't remember. But didn't Jack just appear outside the experiment room? I need to re-watch the season ender.
DXMachina - Jul 12, 2007 1:45:19 am PDT #3670 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Did they really say that? I don't remember. But didn't Jack just appear outside the experiment room?
Nope. He woke up in his bed at home.
Theodosia - Jul 12, 2007 2:10:20 am PDT #3671 of 10001
'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"
This is a definite watch-twice show for me. Maybe even a watch-thrice, if there's a commentary.... :-)
Juliebird - Jul 12, 2007 3:25:48 am PDT #3672 of 10001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Did they really say that?
Yeah, Henry explains the "mind, not body" concept in OiaL.
Maybe even a watch-thrice, if there's a commentary.... :-)
Do we need to start another beer fund?
Zenkitty - Jul 12, 2007 4:55:57 am PDT #3673 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Definitely need a re-watch, then. If it's "mind, not body", then my theory becomes even more plausible! Mwahahaha!