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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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Theodosia - Nov 28, 2011 4:16:57 am PST #18850 of 30001
'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"

What? No Walking Dead love from last night?


sumi - Nov 28, 2011 11:40:08 am PST #18851 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

Well, I figured she'd be a walker. . . if not in some other messed up situation.

And WTF - couldn't the farm people have planted her someplace where Rick's people could have found her since they didn't want to admit to collecting zombies?

Also - I am a bad buffista: I didn't recognize Harry Groener playing Jiminy Cricket's dad last night on Once Upon a Time.


§ ita § - Nov 28, 2011 12:26:02 pm PST #18852 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

couldn't the farm people have planted her someplace where Rick's people could have found her since they didn't want to admit to collecting zombies?

They didn't know it was her, apparently. They had a bit explaining that later (after the ep), that she'd been collected without Herschel's knowledge.


Theodosia - Nov 28, 2011 1:30:03 pm PST #18853 of 30001
'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"

FWIW, I can see a large-animal vet more ready to treat Walkers as large, sick dangerous animals, excuse me, people than most, with the poles and the penning despite the danger. Still should have known they weren't going to be able to come back when there was so much obvious body damage, though.


le nubian - Nov 28, 2011 1:30:10 pm PST #18854 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

But WTF...didn't they all know that the new group was looking for a young girl?

I don't buy that bullshit.


Theodosia - Nov 28, 2011 1:32:38 pm PST #18855 of 30001
'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"

It would have to be timed right, for instance if Otis had brought her in, but didn't get to tell Hershel before he set out to get the supplies with Shane.


§ ita § - Nov 28, 2011 1:42:50 pm PST #18856 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It was Otis, right. You have reminded me.


Polter-Cow - Nov 28, 2011 1:43:55 pm PST #18857 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

But WTF...didn't they all know that the new group was looking for a young girl?

I don't buy that bullshit.

Yeah, I was thinking that too. I hope there's some sort of explanation in the next episode.

That being said, while I expected Sophie to be dead, logically, I kind of figured that, this being television, they would eventually find her magically alive. And even though it's abundantly clear the walkers are nothing of their former selves, the show very effectively made the slaughter of everyone in the barn feel like a terrible, horrific thing, and so when Sophie walked out...that was a goddamn hardcore resolution to this storyline, and I have to give the show props.


-t - Nov 28, 2011 2:05:03 pm PST #18858 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I didn't recognize Harry Groener playing Jiminy Cricket's dad last night on Once Upon a Time.

I didn't either! Huh.


Theodosia - Nov 28, 2011 2:36:03 pm PST #18859 of 30001
'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"

For the record, Pinocchio isn't a fairy tale. (even if there's technically a fairy in it. Same for Peter Pan.) I just get peeved when people (not you, just in general) mis-classify stuff like that.

And I didn't recognize Groener either.