I think the proper protocol for when Ra's underlings meet him is to kneel and avert their eyes.
I, for one, wasn't looking forward to starting my day with a slaughter. Which, really, just goes to show how much I've grown
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Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
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Tom Scola - Oct 10, 2014 4:53:55 am PDT #26014 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
§ ita § - Oct 10, 2014 9:55:14 am PDT #26015 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Is it still called fridging when it's to motivate a female character?
Steph L. - Oct 10, 2014 9:56:58 am PDT #26016 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Is it just to motivate Laurel, though? I'd be shocked if it didn't motivate Oliver. It will certainly give him more manpain to work through.
Tom Scola - Oct 10, 2014 10:03:16 am PDT #26017 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The point of "Women in Refrigerators" is that the victim is treated as a disposable character, so yeah, sure, that can still happen if it's to motivate another woman. You don't think that Tara was fridged?
§ ita § - Oct 10, 2014 10:19:50 am PDT #26018 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think this is an absolutely necessary step to get Laurel to be Black Canary. It will affect Ollie because it's his show, but it's only going to pass as character development for her.
The point of "Women in Refrigerators" is that the victim is treated as a disposable character, so yeah, sure
I thought it no less importantly about whose mill you're gristing.
You don't think that Tara was fridged?
You'd be surprised, apparently.
Connie Neil - Oct 10, 2014 10:27:22 am PDT #26019 of 30001
brillig
I thought fridging applied to women whose *only* purpose was to be motivation for someone. What happened to Tara was kind of Greek tragedy-esque, just as she and Willow are getting back together, she dies.
I see fridging as what happens in other shows where the main character falls in love with someone new, only to have the loved one die.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 10, 2014 12:30:36 pm PDT #26020 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
I guess the Bonanza version was root cellaring?
Connie Neil - Oct 10, 2014 1:25:15 pm PDT #26021 of 30001
brillig
Same with The Big Valley. Thrown from horse, drowned in river, shot by hitherto unknown enemy . . . Hooking up with a Cartwright or Barkley boy was fatal. Winchester love interests don't do too well, either.
Typo Boy - Oct 10, 2014 5:14:01 pm PDT #26022 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.
Neither do Winchester friends, casual acquaintances or passing strangers. Get within 100 yards of a Winchester, and the odds of your dying in the next few seconds rise drastically. Of course if you are already in trouble, your odds of rescue also rise drastically.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 11, 2014 5:52:06 pm PDT #26023 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Wow, I'm still amazed how Who can start these episodes that seem so throwaway and yet make them deeply significant to the series (I'm looking at you, way too many Xmas episodes). I wish we'd gotten a little more hint that Clara and Danny were that far along in a relationship, but still cool, and disturbing that she basically lied to him about what was going down.