I'd like Olivia and Walter and the rest to remember what it was like to live in a world without Peter, because I think that's a huge deal.
Yes, definitely. Ideally, I think I'd like it to start out with them remembering everything from both timelines equally, but the Amber timeline fades to echoes as the season continues. (Mostly because I don't think I could keep up with two entirely separate timelines that are equally canon.)
Wild speculation: if Peter was able to integrate Blue and Red, would he be able to integrate just himself (Blue) into Amber?
I think my speculations have been going along this same track, if I'm understanding you correctly. I sort of think that they might give everyone their memories of Peter back, but the actual timeline will continue as Amber, so Baby Henry won't exist, Amber!Lincoln will still be around, Olivia's stepfather would still be dead, etc. At this point, I'd prefer things go back to Blue with lingering Amber memories, but if this is what we get, I'll take it.
(I legit squealed when Nina and Olivia were all cute together. I NEEEEEEED that.)
That was so awesome! Best part of the episode for me, actually.
But I also don't want Peter and Walter and Peter and Olivia to have to start from scratch.
THIS. It would feel like a slap in the face to the audience. "Hey, you watched for three seasons and got to love these people, but now they're gone forever, mwahaha!" Also, I think having the Walter/Peter and Peter/Olivia relationships start from scratch, even if they're all somewhat different people from who they were in S1, would be too repetitive. I'm pretty sure I would grow bored if they did that for more than, say, three or four episodes. Another reason why episode eight would be the perfect time to have some Blue memories resurface...
(I was surfing around on friendsfriends and tumblr last night looking for episode reactions, and I was surprised that there were more than a few people saying they would rather Peter just not come back, and that they liked the Amberverse much better than Blueverse. I was just like, "...I respect your opinion, but I will never understand it.")
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Date: 2011-10-15 11:01 pm (UTC)Yes, definitely. Ideally, I think I'd like it to start out with them remembering everything from both timelines equally, but the Amber timeline fades to echoes as the season continues. (Mostly because I don't think I could keep up with two entirely separate timelines that are equally canon.)
Wild speculation: if Peter was able to integrate Blue and Red, would he be able to integrate just himself (Blue) into Amber?
I think my speculations have been going along this same track, if I'm understanding you correctly. I sort of think that they might give everyone their memories of Peter back, but the actual timeline will continue as Amber, so Baby Henry won't exist, Amber!Lincoln will still be around, Olivia's stepfather would still be dead, etc. At this point, I'd prefer things go back to Blue with lingering Amber memories, but if this is what we get, I'll take it.
(I legit squealed when Nina and Olivia were all cute together. I NEEEEEEED that.)
That was so awesome! Best part of the episode for me, actually.
But I also don't want Peter and Walter and Peter and Olivia to have to start from scratch.
THIS. It would feel like a slap in the face to the audience. "Hey, you watched for three seasons and got to love these people, but now they're gone forever, mwahaha!" Also, I think having the Walter/Peter and Peter/Olivia relationships start from scratch, even if they're all somewhat different people from who they were in S1, would be too repetitive. I'm pretty sure I would grow bored if they did that for more than, say, three or four episodes. Another reason why episode eight would be the perfect time to have some Blue memories resurface...
(I was surfing around on friendsfriends and tumblr last night looking for episode reactions, and I was surprised that there were more than a few people saying they would rather Peter just not come back, and that they liked the Amberverse much better than Blueverse. I was just like, "...I respect your opinion, but I will never understand it.")