What is the significance of the number 616 in the Marvel universe? I've seen that reference in the fic, and HQ said something like "SHIELD 616, you are clear for something or other" at the beginning.
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'Beneath You'
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Connie Neil - Oct 01, 2013 8:59:16 pm PDT #3114 of 5827
brillig
Polter-Cow - Oct 01, 2013 9:03:22 pm PDT #3115 of 5827
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Earth-616 is the designation for the Marvel universe comics canon continuity. We live in Earth-1218.
Marvel cinematic universe is Earth-199999.
§ ita § - Oct 01, 2013 9:22:03 pm PDT #3116 of 5827
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think that would have worked better if the Peruvian police hadn't turned evil too.
Well, wasn't the premise going in that they were the people being fought against?
They didn't shoot some and rescue others, unless I'm overly cynical to think there were no rebels there at all. That would be way too convenient to get into the ship and the stuff. I had thought "Oh, how convenient to get not just her but her armed force into the ship near the stuff there's no other way to get to." I figured there wasn't a rebel around.
The script said Peru and Inca, which could work with approx 500 years, but they said the device had drilled itself in far deeper. Also, someone railing at the inaccuracy of saying Mayans (they did not) did point out that the visuals were way Mayan and not Incan. So I think the writing was basically consistent and the art direction took a turn and then some time travel.
Consuela - Oct 01, 2013 9:29:39 pm PDT #3117 of 5827
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Well, wasn't the premise going in that they were the people being fought against?
The Peruvian police showed up, there was a standoff, Coulson came out, and then the rebels (or "rebels") showed up. People absolutely got killed, because Coulson and Ward, at least, weren't shooting blanks, and Ward got winged, so someone on the other side was using live ammo.
My read is that Reyes' original plan was to surround/strongarm Coulson into giving up the artifact on site, and that she changed her plan to hijack the plane when the rebels showed up and she realized they were outnumbered.
So I think the writing was basically consistent and the art direction took a turn and then some time travel.
Possibly, yes, although 500 years ago was pretty near the end of the Incas...
Jessica - Oct 02, 2013 1:48:23 am PDT #3118 of 5827
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Hm. I didn't like this one as much as the pilot - I thought it had a lot of typical second-ep issues. Hopefully we won't be getting a low-rent Avengers remake every week. (They're a team full of loners who don't know how to work together! Until someone hijacks their plane and then they suddenly do! Quip, snark, fight, trust, done.)
But generally, I feel like shows like this pick up by ep 5, so my hopes are still high.
Jesse - Oct 02, 2013 4:01:20 am PDT #3119 of 5827
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I appreciate the calling out of tropes ("It's an origin story," "You just gave them a common enemy"), although it could definitely get old.
§ ita § - Oct 02, 2013 5:20:08 am PDT #3120 of 5827
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
although 500 years ago was pretty near the end of the Incas...
Yep, but given the next casual chunk is 1000, I'm not deducting points for it.
I thought the takeover of the plane was too well orchestrated not to have been a primary plan.
Until someone hijacks their plane and then they suddenly do! Quip, snark, fight, trust, done.
What happens in episode 4?
billytea - Oct 02, 2013 5:22:54 am PDT #3121 of 5827
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
hat happens in episode 4?
Sexytimes.
§ ita § - Oct 02, 2013 5:26:33 am PDT #3122 of 5827
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Go May, choose May!
Connie Neil - Oct 02, 2013 6:09:49 am PDT #3123 of 5827
brillig
I did like that Coulson knew Reyes was playing him from the start. Though the tour did say he was amenable to playing along if the occasion presented itself. It's so nice to be working with a secret agent who knows the rules.
I was thinking "Hm, the Peruvian Police female uniform doesn't come with jackets? Interesting."