Teen Wolf might be fun. Looks like they've hauled out every well-worn plot device in the trope book, though. I mean really, Martouf is his girlfriend's DAD, okay? OMG! What are the chances?
Oh, I get it. You just don't like who did the rescuing, that's all. Wishin' I was your boyfriend what's-his-height. Oh wait, he's run off.
Spike ,'Potential'
Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
A topic for the discussion of Doctor Who, Arrow, and The Flash. Beware possible invasions of iZombie, Sleepy Hollow, or pretty much any other "genre" (read: sci fi, superhero, or fantasy) show that captures our fancy. Expect adult content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
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Zenkitty - Mar 31, 2011 7:28:53 am PDT #16405 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
§ ita § - Mar 31, 2011 12:31:24 pm PDT #16406 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Quantum Leap question: What happens to the person who was in the body Sam inhabits? Don't they go into the future? Isn't it a body swap?
Help me, b.org. You're my only hope.
Tom Scola - Mar 31, 2011 12:34:03 pm PDT #16407 of 30001
hwæt
18. Who is in the "Waiting Room"? What does it look like?
The leapee. To everyone at the Project (with the possible exception of Al (see #2), the leapee looks like Sam. The waiting room has been described by Don Bellisario as being a sterile, hospital-like room where the leapee is examined by the Project's medical staff. We've seen it a few times and it's big and blue, and located at the end of an isolated ocrridor. Once we got to see (and HEAR) the leapee when she entered the imaging chamber with Al, and she looked to us like the image Sam saw in the mirror. This is probably due to the same mechanism that allows us to see Sam as Sam [Bellisario's rules :)].
§ ita § - Mar 31, 2011 12:38:08 pm PDT #16408 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just checked Wikipedia¹, and my mind is blown.
Later episodes make it clear, however, that Sam's entire body has traveled through time and that "the illusion of [his host's] physical aura" surrounds him, making him look and sound like that person with whom he interacts in the past, as well as to Al. Likewise, Sam's counterpart in the future is surrounded by a similar aura and looks and sounds like Sam to people at the project
IO9's premise to their latest article is invalid.
¹:No need to make the Jenny Shimizu mistake twice in one day
Jars - Mar 31, 2011 12:44:11 pm PDT #16409 of 30001
Yeah I remember an episode where Sam leaped into a double amputee and was walking around with invisible legs at one point. I think a pre-nosejob Jennifer Aniston was in that episode too.
On the other hand that might have been a fever dream of some kind.
And there was at least one episode in the room in the future where the leapee looked into a mirror and saw Sam, too.
§ ita § - Mar 31, 2011 12:50:12 pm PDT #16410 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I wonder if Charlie Jane will respond to me pointing out that QL is not indeed body-jumping. They're usually pretty good about that.
Connie Neil - Mar 31, 2011 1:28:11 pm PDT #16411 of 30001
brillig
I only ever saw one episode of QL, and it was the one where he leaped into the guy just as he got electroshock therapy. That was a cool ep.
§ ita § - Mar 31, 2011 1:29:01 pm PDT #16412 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I tried to rewatch it a couple years ago, and hit a racially preachy episode and ran screaming. Tarnished good memories, that did.
Typo Boy - Mar 31, 2011 1:30:46 pm PDT #16413 of 30001
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.
I saw a couple of episodes but never got hooked. HOw did it work if he was not body jumping? There in his own body with an illusion that made him look and sound like the person he was displacing to others? Was the illusion light & sound or mind control? What happened to the person he replaced while he was there?
Tom Scola - Mar 31, 2011 1:33:00 pm PDT #16414 of 30001
hwæt
QL was never much with the sense-making. And I'm still kind of bummed out about how unsatisfying the finale was.