Fringe: "Concentrate and Ask Again"
Feb. 4th, 2011 09:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
icepixieOh, Fringe. Sweetheart. You are perilously fucking close to jumping the shark right now, JUST SO YOU KNOW.
First, there's Nina telling Olivia to talk to Peter about her feeeeeelings. I know Nina has other sides to her besides "badass," but this seemed...not exactly in character. (I miss her being vaguely evil, what can I say.)
But whatever, I could just take that as Nina showing an increased amount of concern. I mean, it's not like she hasn't been concerned over Olivia's emotional welfare before. And although Peter and Olivia talking about their feeeelings did get a bit awkward, a.) shit, it's impressive that anyone on American TV actually does so instead of just ignoring it and letting things fester, and b.) not much other way to wade through the issues surrounding that.
HOWEVER. Which universe the machine destroys depends on which Olivia Peter chooses? Fail. Fail SO, SO HARD. SO MUCH FAIL. They just reduced the fate of the universe into a question of which girl the guy is going to pick, because of course it's the guy's decision which is of paramount importance and the girls are just the objects. NOT ON, SHOW.
I think it galls so much because otherwise, the show is FUCKING AWESOMELY FEMINIST, and Olivia really has agency all throughout. Now, poof, it's gone. I mean, it's gone until they find another way around this in which both Olivias get to be active agents, WHICH THEY'D BETTER. (Heh. It just occurred to me that this show is perhaps the only one I've ever watched where "threesome!" is both a legitimate solution and one that canon might just go with.)
Arrrrggghhhh. I am so disappointed. Next week better fix this pronto. Apparently we're going back to the other universe? That should be entertaining, anyway.
Um, a couple other things: Sam wrote the First People book! I figured as much. This should be interesting. I have a feeling his mention of the machine's ability to both create and destroy is going to be relevant. (Though if it means Fauxlivia is pregnant, I'm not sure I can be responsible for my actions.)
What, no reference to Peter's "touched" nature? I suppose without shapeshifters, he didn't have any reason to act allevil focused.
Hey, it's Martouf! Aw, I kind of love seeing who pops up on all the sci-fi shows that film in Vancouver.
First, there's Nina telling Olivia to talk to Peter about her feeeeeelings. I know Nina has other sides to her besides "badass," but this seemed...not exactly in character. (I miss her being vaguely evil, what can I say.)
But whatever, I could just take that as Nina showing an increased amount of concern. I mean, it's not like she hasn't been concerned over Olivia's emotional welfare before. And although Peter and Olivia talking about their feeeelings did get a bit awkward, a.) shit, it's impressive that anyone on American TV actually does so instead of just ignoring it and letting things fester, and b.) not much other way to wade through the issues surrounding that.
HOWEVER. Which universe the machine destroys depends on which Olivia Peter chooses? Fail. Fail SO, SO HARD. SO MUCH FAIL. They just reduced the fate of the universe into a question of which girl the guy is going to pick, because of course it's the guy's decision which is of paramount importance and the girls are just the objects. NOT ON, SHOW.
I think it galls so much because otherwise, the show is FUCKING AWESOMELY FEMINIST, and Olivia really has agency all throughout. Now, poof, it's gone. I mean, it's gone until they find another way around this in which both Olivias get to be active agents, WHICH THEY'D BETTER. (Heh. It just occurred to me that this show is perhaps the only one I've ever watched where "threesome!" is both a legitimate solution and one that canon might just go with.)
Arrrrggghhhh. I am so disappointed. Next week better fix this pronto. Apparently we're going back to the other universe? That should be entertaining, anyway.
Um, a couple other things: Sam wrote the First People book! I figured as much. This should be interesting. I have a feeling his mention of the machine's ability to both create and destroy is going to be relevant. (Though if it means Fauxlivia is pregnant, I'm not sure I can be responsible for my actions.)
What, no reference to Peter's "touched" nature? I suppose without shapeshifters, he didn't have any reason to act all
Hey, it's Martouf! Aw, I kind of love seeing who pops up on all the sci-fi shows that film in Vancouver.
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Date: 2011-02-05 11:46 pm (UTC)Ooooh. Now that would be interesting.