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Yeah, I was wondering if 1981 me could've done much better than 1781 Ichabod. I think I would've been quicker to recognize the "on" button, but that's about it.
Honestly, I don't think that someone with obviously superior intellect and an eidetic memory would have that difficult a time with everyday inventions - regardless of the complexity of the technology behind things, cellphones and microwaves are designed to be usable by the people you see shuffling through Wal-Mart at 2 a.m. Someone who's used to breaking elaborate cyphers would be able to figure out the codes and steps we use pretty easily as long as he has pointers from Abbie to go by.
Driving would be a bit more difficult as he hasn't had the years of exposure and practice to get the reflexes down, but I think the real problems would come in areas where social context would be foreign to him. For example, vast amounts of information are a click away on the internet, but Ichabod doesn't have the familiarity to help him determine what's useful knowledge and what's unrealistic drivel posted by tweens, or serious-sounding articles on satirical websites. Urbanized life with vastly larger population densities affect how people relate to neighbors and to their own parents, and with mechanization and mass production most people work in somewhat abstract professions rather than producing goods directly by hand or just living off their own farming efforts.
All very true, Matt! Although it bugs me that Ichabod can figure out a new cellphone faster than I can.
Frankly, Abby should have had a WAY worse time in 1781, but I don't mind too much.
I don't mind, EXCEPT I wish that last week's ep had been the midseason break and the entire last half of this season had been in 1781 trying to put things back the way they were. It wrapped up way too fast, and I wanted more.
I wanted SOMEBODY in 1781 to be impressed with the zippers on Abby's clothes, at the very least.
Wait... Ras is the Dread Pirate Roberts?
I wanted SOMEBODY in 1781 to be impressed with the zippers on Abby's clothes, at the very least.
I'm sure Franklin would have gotten around to it.
Wait... Ras is the Dread Pirate Roberts?
An excellent question!
I'm sure Franklin would have gotten around to it.
Franklin was so fun in this episode! Though I can't deny the Deep Blue Sea value of his de-heading.
Wait... Ras is the Dread Pirate Roberts?
I love Ollie and all, but the fact that R'as considers Oliver Queen a more worthy heir than Nyssa kind of makes me doubt his judgment. Because, come on. Ollie was tactically stupid enough to not realize that he walked into a trap. And yet R'as was all "Inherit my throne!"
I know that's the same route they took with R'as and Batman, so this isn't surprising, except...Olllie's demonstrably not as worthy of an heir as Batman would have been.
My eyes are rolling FOREVER.
That WTF bit at the end aside (I am giggling SO HARD), this was a super-packed episode, paced like a freight train on speed. That was probably the most fun I had with this show since the Flash crossover.
I know that's the same route they took with R'as and Batman, so this isn't surprising, except...Olllie's demonstrably not as worthy of an heir as Batman would have been.
Heck, Roy would be a better heir.
