BTW, I liked the alternate universe aspect. "Castle" works best with craziness and a light touch. "I ran out on our wedding, then had my memory medically altered, but I'm sure I had a good reason - trust me." is too dark as a continuing theme. I get the feeling Show is going to say from now no, "we are all forgetting that ever happened, and we hope the audience will too."
She didn't even touch her pumpkin. It's a freak with no face.
Willow ,'Help'
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Typo Boy - Nov 14, 2014 6:54:15 pm PST #10958 of 11831
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Connie Neil - Nov 14, 2014 6:57:29 pm PST #10959 of 11831
brillig
It was the au thing after the memory thing that put me off. The au thing as part of a scenario where he was trying to decide if he should propose would be good. I've been rewatching the early seasons, so an AU of those days could be fun.
Typo Boy - Nov 14, 2014 7:43:37 pm PST #10960 of 11831
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Especially when it is clear that the memory thing was his choice. I don't think there is anything that could make that OK under than finding it was *not* his choice. If they are not going to do that that, then AU is as good a way as any to get to "Pttooey, we will never speak of it again."
Frankenbuddha - Nov 14, 2014 10:15:21 pm PST #10961 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I loved the AU stuff, especially his re-bonding with Alexis, and that he'd written an Infinite Jest type novel (that ended up being crap) and especially when coming back he told his mother to go for the role she was going to audition for.
No real AUs may need to have applied; it might have just been in his head. I liked a lot.
Typo Boy - Nov 14, 2014 10:50:30 pm PST #10962 of 11831
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Yep, but I like to believe (within the fictional universe of Castle) that it was a real AU. That may in part be because Robert Silverberg's "Beyond the Gate of the Worlds" was the first science fiction novel I read.
aurelia - Nov 17, 2014 9:25:01 am PST #10963 of 11831
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
"I ran out on our wedding, then had my memory medically altered, but I'm sure I had a good reason - trust me."
I don't think it's fair to say he ran out on the wedding. He was run off the road and dragged from his car. I'm sure he made choices after that (including losing the memories), but the initial disappearance wasn't one of them.
Connie Neil - Nov 17, 2014 9:43:01 am PST #10964 of 11831
brillig
One problem I had with the au was that suddenly Castle's world is one where it's possible to travel to an alternate universe. The old "I'm feverish and hallucinating another world" thing is hackneyed, but it's at least plausible.
sj - Nov 17, 2014 10:24:33 am PST #10965 of 11831
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
They also made the guy from the future plausible so not completely out of the blue.
Connie Neil - Nov 17, 2014 10:35:28 am PST #10966 of 11831
brillig
I don't remember a guy from the future.
aurelia - Nov 17, 2014 6:53:54 pm PST #10967 of 11831
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
He was knocked unconscious, so you can call it all a dream if you prefer.
Beckett's face during the entire let's-go-undercover-on-a-dude-ranch scene was priceless.