I'm not sure I like the suggestion of conspiracy in the one reality as a direction for the plot.
I agree with this.
Jayne: We was just about to spring into action, Captain. Complicated escape and rescue op. Wash: I was going to watch. It was very exciting.
'Shindig'
Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
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le nubian - Mar 04, 2012 12:17:52 pm PST #19557 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
§ ita § - Mar 04, 2012 12:17:55 pm PST #19558 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
He only looked for the bracelet when she wasn't there, and he was expecting her to be there
But her getting up is perfectly expectable, isn't it?
Also, what end does cutting your hand serve? I didn't question it at the time, but having finished the ep, I'm wondering--was it to...wake him up from dream #3, you're saying? As in, the nightmare?
For now, I'm going to assume that's the reality. It's better than the converse, where they're alive and he's dead/dying.
I'm not sure I like the suggestion of conspiracy in the one reality as a direction for the plot.
If he's not in on the conspiracy, okay. But I don't think all the clues should come forth in one line.
-t - Mar 04, 2012 12:40:00 pm PST #19559 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
But her getting up is perfectly expectable, isn't it?
It's not a shocking turn of events that she should get up first, I suppose. But I can see how it would trigger panic.
Yeah, I think cutting his hand was meant to either wake him up or prove to himself that he was awake. Possibly it actually triggered his subconscious to change the dream, if he was at that point dreaming, but I think he was trying to use it like Sam does in SPN.
-t - Mar 04, 2012 12:45:30 pm PST #19560 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Have not seen "Awake" but the discussion means I'll probably catch it on rebroadcast. Tuesday?
Yup, Tuesday on Syfy at 11 Eastern, looks like.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 04, 2012 12:51:21 pm PST #19561 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
it's got to be that he doesn't perceive sleep
That's a weird thing to say in Boxed Set. Why do you think so?
Is anything really a weird thing to say in Boxed Set apart from, say, sports talk?
§ ita § - Mar 04, 2012 1:01:36 pm PST #19562 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Is anything really a weird thing to say in Boxed Set apart from, say, sports talk?
Assuming that there's only one, non-paranormal or alt-science explanation is weird in Boxed Set, weirder than sports. This is the thread where Sliders would go, right?
Frankenbuddha - Mar 04, 2012 1:16:12 pm PST #19563 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
OK, can't find the original context for the quote about "it's got be" so I got nothing but that I can't imagine why that would be a weird statement in this thread. If it was an argument it belonged in procedurals, then I can understand.
§ ita § - Mar 04, 2012 1:34:00 pm PST #19564 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
No, if it were an argument in Procedurals, then I'd totally understand it. It was assuming there was no alternative explanation for what was happening. It assumed nothing other than what we know about our universe right now, which was why I was surprised.
In Boxed Set, anything can happen as long as the show's universe hasn't declared it illegal yet, pretty much.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 04, 2012 1:44:27 pm PST #19565 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
In Boxed Set, anything can happen as long as the show's universe hasn't declared it illegal yet, pretty much.
So you were arguing against ANY "it can't be"? OK then. Never mind as I do my best Emily Litella.
§ ita § - Mar 04, 2012 1:47:34 pm PST #19566 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have no idea what an Emily Litella is.
Basically, if the premise is that it has to be that there's no supernatural or "alternative" "scientific" explanation for the show, it's not actually on topic for the thread, is it?