* I'm still working through my feelings on this episode. Part of me kind of enjoyed the Season 1 Monster of the Week aspect (and I'm always down for the gruesome stuff), but part of me also just wants to get to the Machine, so we can get past the Machine. Because right now, as much as I want to, I just don't yet care about the Machine.
* I had to snort-giggle a little when Nina finally put it all together. It was this big reveal, except everyone not in the show already figured it out. Oh Nina, it's OK, your hair is still amazing.
The fate of the universe depends on Peter's penis?
L.O.L. I too was disappointed by this "revelation." I mean, maybe I could care more that IT'S ALL ABOUT PETER if we had gotten the info from The Other Side. I can kind of see Walternate finding it...oh, poetic, that it's his stolen son's libido that will destroy the world that took him away.
(Also, I couldn't help but think: Neither can live while the other survives.Now with Sam, I thought Sam would find this all a little more lolarious (which it
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I have lots of thoughts, apparently. ouzelum_birdFebruary 6 2011, 09:12:59 UTC
Part of me kind of enjoyed the Season 1 Monster of the Week aspect (and I'm always down for the gruesome stuff)...
I did enjoy getting back to the Cortexiphan trials! Oh, Fringe. I remember when Olivia was the special one. I miss those times.
Because right now, as much as I want to, I just don't yet care about the Machine.
I care about the Machine the way I cared about the horcrux locket and the One Ring: as a catalyst for exploring character, which we almost never get directly with Peter. Despite the complete character discontinuity in writing for him this week, hopefully they won’t brush off Peter’s killings of shapeshifters; it should come back to bite him in the ass soon.
I thought Sam would find this all a little more lolarious (which it is) than he did.RIGHT? I feel like Sam should find this all much funnier. Or Nina should’ve been a little more disbelieving, and less “Oh, phew, problem solved! Of course he'll pick Our Olivia! That’s a load off my mind!” My other main thought in that scene was, wow, the writers aren’t
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And furthermore!ouzelum_birdFebruary 6 2011, 09:13:23 UTC
...if there's any reason Peter would choose Fauxlivia, it's not going to be because she has an easier smile or living parents, it's going to be because he knocked her up.
I can understand Peter preferring Fauxlivia for a number of reasons. (Necessarily discounting the lying and the fake relationship and all that.) A big worry of mine with Olivia/Peter from the beginning is that they’re both incredibly broken and not in ways that I think the other can fix. I don’t get the sense that either of them are in any condition emotionally or mentally to deal with this...whatever they have. It went way too fast, and it wasn’t their fault that circumstance forced them to deal with this sooner than they should’ve. But when Olivia asked to him about it at a crime scene, I was like, “Guuurl.” They need a break from each other.
Although I don’t think the writers would do this, I’d be impressed if this love story is ultimately about why Olivia and Peter aren’t compatible romantically; that sometimes romance does ruin rather than strengthen
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And another thing!sneakypixieFebruary 6 2011, 20:12:06 UTC
Because as things currently stand, they seem unhealthy for each other.
Seriously. And I love broken, messy, complicated relationships; I really do. I mean, not in real life, by Snape/Lily 4ever, yo. Shit, son, I grew up with Scully/Mulder - I've been through nine seasons of UST; I don't want to do it again. For Fringe, I think part of it goes back to the whole thing about not all characters on TV need to be in relationships with each other to be interesting.
(Also, I watched the Glee marathon yesterday. Don't ask why. Talk about characters incapable of not being in relationships. Goddamn.)
AND! Have we all forgotten that Oliva's boyfriend, John Scott, died? I mean, he was going to propose, and he died. Right in front of her! That would fuck you up. And the Cortexiphan trials. And the dead parents. I mean, here's a person who needs to come to terms with herself before she jumps into another relationship, especially when someone as messed up as Peter. Because really, Peter's jacked up. He just found out he was stolen
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* I had to snort-giggle a little when Nina finally put it all together. It was this big reveal, except everyone not in the show already figured it out. Oh Nina, it's OK, your hair is still amazing.
The fate of the universe depends on Peter's penis?
L.O.L. I too was disappointed by this "revelation." I mean, maybe I could care more that IT'S ALL ABOUT PETER if we had gotten the info from The Other Side. I can kind of see Walternate finding it...oh, poetic, that it's his stolen son's libido that will destroy the world that took him away.
(Also, I couldn't help but think: Neither can live while the other survives.Now with Sam, I thought Sam would find this all a little more lolarious (which it ( ... )
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I did enjoy getting back to the Cortexiphan trials! Oh, Fringe. I remember when Olivia was the special one. I miss those times.
Because right now, as much as I want to, I just don't yet care about the Machine.
I care about the Machine the way I cared about the horcrux locket and the One Ring: as a catalyst for exploring character, which we almost never get directly with Peter. Despite the complete character discontinuity in writing for him this week, hopefully they won’t brush off Peter’s killings of shapeshifters; it should come back to bite him in the ass soon.
I thought Sam would find this all a little more lolarious (which it is) than he did.RIGHT? I feel like Sam should find this all much funnier. Or Nina should’ve been a little more disbelieving, and less “Oh, phew, problem solved! Of course he'll pick Our Olivia! That’s a load off my mind!” My other main thought in that scene was, wow, the writers aren’t ( ... )
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I can understand Peter preferring Fauxlivia for a number of reasons. (Necessarily discounting the lying and the fake relationship and all that.) A big worry of mine with Olivia/Peter from the beginning is that they’re both incredibly broken and not in ways that I think the other can fix. I don’t get the sense that either of them are in any condition emotionally or mentally to deal with this...whatever they have. It went way too fast, and it wasn’t their fault that circumstance forced them to deal with this sooner than they should’ve. But when Olivia asked to him about it at a crime scene, I was like, “Guuurl.” They need a break from each other.
Although I don’t think the writers would do this, I’d be impressed if this love story is ultimately about why Olivia and Peter aren’t compatible romantically; that sometimes romance does ruin rather than strengthen ( ... )
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Seriously. And I love broken, messy, complicated relationships; I really do. I mean, not in real life, by Snape/Lily 4ever, yo. Shit, son, I grew up with Scully/Mulder - I've been through nine seasons of UST; I don't want to do it again. For Fringe, I think part of it goes back to the whole thing about not all characters on TV need to be in relationships with each other to be interesting.
(Also, I watched the Glee marathon yesterday. Don't ask why. Talk about characters incapable of not being in relationships. Goddamn.)
AND! Have we all forgotten that Oliva's boyfriend, John Scott, died? I mean, he was going to propose, and he died. Right in front of her! That would fuck you up. And the Cortexiphan trials. And the dead parents. I mean, here's a person who needs to come to terms with herself before she jumps into another relationship, especially when someone as messed up as Peter. Because really, Peter's jacked up. He just found out he was stolen ( ... )
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