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Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 09, 2009 5:44:10 am PDT #9851 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

Yeah, over-enthusiastic clumsy girl + warehouse full of mystical items prone to go off when bumped is not a winning combination, though I like Claudia when she's interacting with the other leads rather than triggering catastrophies.

Does Mrs. Frederick's automatic warning message mean they have detectors that can read and measure the weird energies given off by artifacts, or are they just responding to the shutdown of the neutralizing system? If the former, having a detector that would home in on objects in the field would be very handy.


Kristen - Sep 09, 2009 6:40:51 am PDT #9852 of 30001

Leena's too zen to play off him, I guess.

Leena reminds me of Astrid on Fringe. As in, they have not a clue what to do with her.


§ ita § - Sep 09, 2009 7:19:40 am PDT #9853 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Does Mrs. Frederick's automatic warning message mean they have detectors that can read and measure the weird energies given off by artifacts, or are they just responding to the shutdown of the neutralizing system?

Unfortunately I think it's the latter.

God, Astrid on Fringe is totally wasted. She's not even properly straight man to Walter's craziness. But, at worst, she's really nice to look at.

They really should put the stuff in cages, or give the shelves some sort of lips so things can't roll off so easily. And in the dark vault, close things off so people can't look at them or touch them by mistake, why don't you?


Kristen - Sep 09, 2009 7:28:49 am PDT #9854 of 30001

If *I* had a life-force sucking typewriter, I might put it in a closet. Or surround it with a fence. Or, at the very least, stick it in a corner and cover it with a sheet. IJS.


le nubian - Sep 09, 2009 7:35:03 am PDT #9855 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

ita,

the folks on racialicious have a real problem with how in the background Astrid is. They are not happy with this at all.

It got a bit better as the season went on and she wasn't automatically used for every experiment.


§ ita § - Sep 09, 2009 7:39:07 am PDT #9856 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

the folks on racialicious have a real problem with how in the background Astrid is

I don't think she's background because she's black. I just think they have written Walter so broadly, and Peter as his straight man that even Olivia tends to fade into the background in the lab unless she's the subject of the experiment--and Astrid never gets to leave the lab.


le nubian - Sep 09, 2009 7:48:37 am PDT #9857 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I think they have a hard time with her in the show because with her skills, she should have been more visible.

I'm so used to POC being backgrounded in scifi that I mostly shrug now. I'm so pleased she didn't die.


Zenkitty - Sep 09, 2009 9:47:30 am PDT #9858 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I'm pretty sure I have a life-force-sucking computer.

When Pete got stuck, I said, "They need me! I have enough Wellbutrin in my blood to fight the Plath field long enough to go in there and drag him out!" It's like a superpower I wasn't born with, like an adamantium skeleton.


§ ita § - Sep 09, 2009 9:48:57 am PDT #9859 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I was thinking Myka should flash him her boobies. That should get at least a momentary reaction.

Couldn't she have tackled him out of the effect? Wasn't it looking at the typewriter that set it off?


Kristen - Sep 09, 2009 9:55:47 am PDT #9860 of 30001

I thought it was being within the circle. Hence, my fence.