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ziparumpazoo) wrote2012-01-29 02:34 pm
ziparumpazoo) wrote2012-01-29 02:34 pm
Fringe 4.10
Haven't reviewed in a while and I'm out of practice. Let's try bullet points:
-This episode felt very season 1-ish to me with Olivia being very guarded, but also showing so much empathy and connecting with Emily, feeling those parallels with her, but never letting Emily's case become *her* story.
-Lincoln is definitely filling Blue!Charlie's shoes when he's not the focus of the story. I like that they don't just put him in the closet and bring him out to play, but there's the implication that he's still doing important things, just doing them somewhere we're not looking. That said, not enough Astrid, implied or otherwise.
-Lots of things being said here about destiny and fate and where they can be averted, but I feel they're just being used to build up the tension around September's warning to Olivia. I did not ever believe that anything was going to happen to her during this episode. It could be foundation for the large story arc, but didn't have the impact here it might have.
-It was nice to see Walter and Peter working together just to see Walter's fire again. He's seemed bored lately.
-Nina...where to begin? I'm choosing to believe at this point that she's not entirely evil (nobody truly is on this show), and not ignorantly misdirected, but fulling believing that she's doing what she's doing to Olivia because she believes it's for the ultimate good. Which makes her even scarier that if she were just plain old evil. And oh Olivia, how lonely and broken you must have been to believe in Nina and her excuses and apologies so easily? We're seeing more and more that while some things in her life in this timeline are better, below the surface, many things are the same... just with different faces.
There were a line of Walter's that amused me for purely ficish reasons: Put simply, some future events ripple backwards. Well, not in a way that we're consciously aware of, but it's sort of like vibrations. And perhaps your brain is uniquely sensitive to these vibrations.
And, more of a tiny detail: I can't say you're gonna get his full attention, per se. He's a little wired up today. He's already electrocuted himself three times.
(fic assumptions become canon \o/)
-This episode felt very season 1-ish to me with Olivia being very guarded, but also showing so much empathy and connecting with Emily, feeling those parallels with her, but never letting Emily's case become *her* story.
-Lincoln is definitely filling Blue!Charlie's shoes when he's not the focus of the story. I like that they don't just put him in the closet and bring him out to play, but there's the implication that he's still doing important things, just doing them somewhere we're not looking. That said, not enough Astrid, implied or otherwise.
-Lots of things being said here about destiny and fate and where they can be averted, but I feel they're just being used to build up the tension around September's warning to Olivia. I did not ever believe that anything was going to happen to her during this episode. It could be foundation for the large story arc, but didn't have the impact here it might have.
-It was nice to see Walter and Peter working together just to see Walter's fire again. He's seemed bored lately.
-Nina...where to begin? I'm choosing to believe at this point that she's not entirely evil (nobody truly is on this show), and not ignorantly misdirected, but fulling believing that she's doing what she's doing to Olivia because she believes it's for the ultimate good. Which makes her even scarier that if she were just plain old evil. And oh Olivia, how lonely and broken you must have been to believe in Nina and her excuses and apologies so easily? We're seeing more and more that while some things in her life in this timeline are better, below the surface, many things are the same... just with different faces.
There were a line of Walter's that amused me for purely ficish reasons: Put simply, some future events ripple backwards. Well, not in a way that we're consciously aware of, but it's sort of like vibrations. And perhaps your brain is uniquely sensitive to these vibrations.
And, more of a tiny detail: I can't say you're gonna get his full attention, per se. He's a little wired up today. He's already electrocuted himself three times.
(fic assumptions become canon \o/)
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Interesting, but I don't recall Olivia drinking at all this season. Of course Peter and Lincoln make much better substitutes. *nods*
You make me blush, as usual. :)
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Maybe the writers had to tone that down after orders from Up High. *sigh* I've been loving all the drugs and alcohol in this series. (Also am still grumpy with the make-up department. I miss these freckles so, so much.)
*big hopeful eyes at you*
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What's up with that? I've noticed the makeup heavy across the board since last season. I appreciate shows that let their cast look like they've actually lived, freckles and laugh lines and all.
*big hopeful eyes at you*
The muse seems to be MIA at the moment, sadly. Have you seen her hanging around anywhere?
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Same here; it's weirder than some Fringe events...
I am trying to coax mine as we speak...do have two bunnies hanging around, but they're a bit shy.
...wait, oops, here we have one!
Plotbunny? ::holds it out to you::
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Sorry to disappear on you there... birthday supper to attend. Merry-making to be had. :)
The problem with drabbles, or at least the problem for me with drabbles, is that I can't just write something without knowing *why* it's happening. Which inevitably leads to longer fic. I have something working its way through my subconscious that's asking to be written, except it's not short and superficial, and I'm pretty sure that's what's holding me back, not having the time to properly invest in it at the moment.
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(But deep it's not, you're right -- although I wager my fic never is anything but pretty superficial, and short at any rate. ;)
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LOL! I should hope so.
Thank you. *g*
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(If you then feel it's the seed of a story, write it. Otherwise: perfect little internet art form is PERFECT. :)