hard to say what would have happened.
Don't worry, I'm not gonna start any sword fights. I'm over that phase.
Mal ,'War Stories'
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quester - Dec 14, 2014 5:17:48 pm PST #4748 of 5827
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
§ ita § - Dec 14, 2014 5:37:02 pm PST #4749 of 5827
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I know people like Tripp more than Hunter, but the truth is--do we know much about Tripp? They hadn't spent much time giving him a backstory, or much development beyond the actor's (UNDENIABLE) charisma and general badassery (which is shared by everyone on the show).
So I'm not surprised he bought it, in comparison to Hunter (I'm getting this right?) and his more detailed history and screwing his ex-wife.
Vortex - Dec 14, 2014 5:45:08 pm PST #4750 of 5827
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I'm not surprised, I am just unhappy about it. While we didn't have a lot of Tripp's backstory, what we did have was interesting (i.e. his family history, which often saved New SHIELD's asses). Hunter is this mercenary carrying a torch for his exwife, who happens to be part of the team. What's interesting about that?
Consuela - Dec 14, 2014 5:54:00 pm PST #4751 of 5827
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
What's interesting about that?
Yup. I find him uninteresting. Also, I don't see any man on the show who's cool enough for Bobbi anyway.
Also also, I'm still mourning Hartley: why couldn't Lucy Lawless have had more than one episode? Sigh.
Connie Neil - Dec 14, 2014 5:59:32 pm PST #4752 of 5827
brillig
I liked the fakeout on Hartley/Lucy Lawless. "Look who is on our show this year! Watch how she doesn't survive the first episode!"
§ ita § - Dec 14, 2014 6:20:41 pm PST #4753 of 5827
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What's interesting about that?
Well, they set up the idea of someone involved with SHIELD with no professed interest in saving the world, but just trying to get paid, and then getting sentimentally attached to a former flame.
I'm not saying it worked, but it was a deviation from type, and it was details, which are/were sorely lacking with Tripp.
quester - Dec 16, 2014 4:39:59 pm PST #4754 of 5827
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Tripp was the conduit to Shield's history, he was a potential love interest for Simmons, he earned the trust of the rest of the team through the whole Hydra takeover and he was better looking and more charming than Hunter. I wish Hunter had bought it instead of Hartely in the first place.
Connie Neil - Dec 16, 2014 4:57:53 pm PST #4755 of 5827
brillig
Steph L. - Dec 16, 2014 5:09:42 pm PST #4756 of 5827
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Ha! I liked the FB comment of "Agent Coulson, you have failed this city!" Crossing the streams, yo.
§ ita § - Dec 16, 2014 5:10:34 pm PST #4757 of 5827
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Tripp was the conduit to Shield's history, he was a potential love interest for Simmons
He wasn't their only conduit, and the Simmons/ went right over my head. And I like him better than Hunter, but Hunter's standing was more detailed out of the gate--fewer unanswered questions, which is frustrating, but also an indication of writer effort.
Even if he comes back they're going to have to do more work to make him more than potential, IMO. Actor charisma aside.
Who knows--maybe the actor got a gig so he can't film now/again. It's really not only writer decisions here, although folks always blame them first. Maybe he just hated it and quit--we will never know if he doesn't come back.