Well, we got a sense of SHIELD workings and had Ward settle well into clueless dork mode. So the shock of the change was bigger. I've enjoyed it, anyway.
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Connie Neil - Apr 16, 2014 7:52:52 am PDT #4004 of 5827
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§ ita § - Apr 16, 2014 8:01:29 am PDT #4005 of 5827
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, it's not Game of Thrones, and security guards during an invasion are different from a character who's been the driving character of the series and in several movies
I think it being on network TV is why it's not Game of Thrones, not the whole Disney thing. Besides, they killed Bambi's mother, didn't they?
Steph L. - Apr 16, 2014 8:05:29 am PDT #4006 of 5827
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Dude, SPOILER FONT.
I kid, I kid.
(I didn't see Bambi until I was 20 or so, and I had no idea they killed Bambi's mother. I was possibly more traumatized than the little kids in the theater.)
Theodosia - Apr 16, 2014 8:06:26 am PDT #4007 of 5827
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Skye is kinda a Disney Heroine, at that. And HYDRA probably killed her parents....
Connie Neil - Apr 16, 2014 8:08:36 am PDT #4008 of 5827
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She allegedly has some sort of interesting attributes. I suppose Garrett will want to grab her for experimentation in the future.
EpicTangent - Apr 16, 2014 8:11:14 am PDT #4009 of 5827
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I hope Fitz gets more to do than be jealous of Trip.
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I just don't trust the show to not rehabilitate Ward, or at least do so in an interesting way.
There was a line where somebody asked him something to the effect of doesn't he feel like he owes Coulson - and he said yes, but that he owed Garrett more. I thought that was interesting - that his loyalty may be split, just Garrett has tha larger portion - and that might be what turns him around. (And not Skye's Magic Doe-Eyes, please and thank you).
Steph L. - Apr 16, 2014 8:12:06 am PDT #4010 of 5827
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I suppose Garrett will want to grab her for experimentation in the future.
I was unclear on why he wanted her killed, since she's an 084 (which I'm starting to think is SHIELD's code for "Mary Sue") and therefore totally desirable to experiment on, but Tim reminded me that only Coulson knows Skye is an 084.
Connie Neil - Apr 16, 2014 8:15:05 am PDT #4011 of 5827
brillig
Ah, it's going to be a Sudden Revelation of Powers thing.
Edit: great, it's going to turn out she's the real Clairvoyant.
Polter-Cow - Apr 16, 2014 8:18:38 am PDT #4012 of 5827
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I think it being on network TV is why it's not Game of Thrones, not the whole Disney thing. Besides, they killed Bambi's mother, didn't they?
Agreed. I would say, "It's ABC," not "It's Disney."
I've enjoyed the show, but I agree that starting it midseason might have made for a stronger show. They have seeded a lot of things that are paying off now, but they could have done it in a shorter time, too.
Steph L. - Apr 16, 2014 8:19:17 am PDT #4013 of 5827
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Ah, it's going to be a Sudden Revelation of Powers thing.
We were speculating on that last night.
Tim: "Maybe she'll have wings!"
Me: "That's not a terribly useful power."
Tim: "Did we not see the same Falcon in Winter Soldier?"
Tim: "Maybe she's Asgardian!"
Me: "How would she grow up totally unaware that she was not human?"
Tim: "Loki didn't know he was a Frost Giant."
Apparently I have schooled him too well in comics. Now he can refute all my arguments.