Comments | farscaperewatch: Discussion Post: Episode 3.02 - Suns and Lovers

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Discussion Post: Episode 3.02 - Suns and Lovers - GENERAL

Jan 31, 2010 23:59

Expect spoilers for everything in here, including the comics.

My apologies for the month-long hiatus. Every time I've tried to think up questions for this episode, I've failed.
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justtheficsmaam February 3 2010, 04:23:29 UTC

one of my favourite icons (which I don't have room for anymore) comes from this episode

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astrogirl2 February 5 2010, 01:27:58 UTC

Glad to see this community isn't defunct! I'm enjoying the rewatch, but I'm sure I'd never keep it up if it weren't for weekly reminders on my flist. It takes me long enough to get each episode watched as it is. So, thoughts on "Suns and Lovers":

The plot isn't much, really. Religious fanatics and survival-on-powerless-space-station stories are a dime a dozen in science fiction. But the ongoing character relationship developments, soapy as they are, are great. Chiana and Jothee actually have some rather hilarious moments before the inevitable emotional train wreck hits. And, boy can these people do train wrecks. Also inevitability; I remember that on first viewing I could see all this coming a mile away, but that just made it all the more painful.

As for John and Aeryn, I think that in retrospect this may be one of the last times when her attitude towards their relationship really rang completely true to me in terms of her character and background. Of course she'd settle on the idea that they could have sex and she could ( ... )