All three L&Os have done shows about honor killings of women by their families.
My first thought when they said that the DA had made a deal with the rapist and released him was "Wait! McCoy would never do that."
That's not what making out sounds like -- unless I'm doing it wrong?
Willow ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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DXMachina - Mar 18, 2008 9:56:49 am PDT #1102 of 30001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
§ ita § - Mar 18, 2008 10:27:07 am PDT #1103 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
And L&O did it better!
They so didn't need to even go there. Leave the freaking culture alone. I found it unconvincing, uncompelling, and implausible.
And what if this woman is the one? What then? Does he just keep solving mysteries, except now he can die? If she's not the one does he have to work out how to dump her and keep looking?
How assy a move is the duel thing when you're immortal? Pretty huge.
Why in god's name would the father need to boast about having killed his daughter? If they were perfectly happy to hide having killed the other one, anyway? It was just random and rude, and I'm disappointed--I was glad to hear the Indian accents, but then the Indianness was not only the point but the villain, so no Benetton points for them.
So very poorly done.
Dana - Mar 18, 2008 10:29:24 am PDT #1104 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
So very poorly done.
Don't forget that if you're raped in the 1800s, the worst thing about it is that you've just lost the virginity you were saving for the hero!
§ ita § - Mar 18, 2008 10:42:33 am PDT #1105 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, that reminds me, was the immortality supposed to be a gift or a curse?
sumi - Mar 18, 2008 10:45:18 am PDT #1106 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
A gift.
Juliebird - Mar 18, 2008 10:45:54 am PDT #1107 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
a gift, as gratitude for him deeming that murdering women and children was WRONG (while murdering the fathers, sons and brothers is OKAY, I guess, he wasn't that progressive in that moment in time).
x-posty!
DXMachina - Mar 18, 2008 10:55:08 am PDT #1108 of 30001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I was glad to hear the Indian accents
Except the father wasn't even played by an Indian. (He's been in a bunch of L&O's, too).
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 18, 2008 10:56:38 am PDT #1109 of 30001
"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
It would be funny if the medicine woman actually was cursing him rather than blessing him. "You brutally killed all the men in my family for land but felt me beneath your contempt as an enemy and condemned me to grief-stricken exile instead? Let's see how you like being kept alive until you can find someone who'll fall in love with your worthless, condescending ass, White Eyes!"
sumi - Mar 18, 2008 11:00:08 am PDT #1110 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Well, it certainly seems more like a curse than a blessing to me.
§ ita § - Mar 18, 2008 11:04:52 am PDT #1111 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Except the father wasn't even played by an Indian. (He's been in a bunch of L&O's, too).
Well, any multi-culti glee I might have been experiencing was gone by the time dad came onscreen. But for a few seconds there I was all excited by a plotline not involving a corner store. Silly me. Honour killings and anti-culture-mixing were right around the corner.
And I'm less concerned by who plays the role as long as the role is played convincingly.
So saving one chick's life (was she at least royal?) is enough to be "thanked" with immortality, huh? It's a dubious gift and a dubious curse. It makes Angel's gypsy curse seem clear-cut in comparison.