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Thinky-Thoughts About Freaky Finales And Unanswered Issues

May 24, 2010 13:29

So, I've been thinking a little more about the Lost finale. Or, more accurately, I haven't been thinking about the finale itself, but about my reaction to the finale, and it occurs to me that there are a few other shows I have to thank for that reaction.

And, OK, I'm not getting into anything specifically spoilery here, for Lost or anything ( Read more... )

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Re: Spoilers for ancient series astrogirl2 May 26 2010, 15:31:03 UTC

It was marketed to kids,

It boggles me. It seriously boggles me. The British are just weird. :)

but I did expect more from the not-sideways-after-all universe, like some sort of merging with the original timeline.

I think that was most people's guess as to what would happen. It was never quite clear to me how that could possible work, I guess because the answer is that it wasn't going to, exactly. :) I'm still not entirely sure how well the whole "sideways universe" thing works for me. I still go back and forth on in, and I really think I'm going to need a rewatch to make up my mind about whether it ultimately works for me or not.

Fandom does lean towards character and shippiness, and the end was very shippy. I suspect that my preference for gen made it less satisfying to me, but I'm happy they all ended up happy. :-)

The relationships I care about were mostly non-shippy ones, and it did deliver on those, too. That scene with Locke forgiving Ben is almost enough in itself to make me overlook any problems I might have. And, man, the smile on Hurley's face when he saw Charlie... Yeah, it's impossible not to be happy for them, and I guess that goes a long way. :)

Re: Spoilers for ancient series vilakins May 26 2010, 22:37:24 UTC

Locke forgiving Ben really does make it all worthwhile. From then on I don't think I had dry eyes.

I'm glad it wasn't all pairings but also other relationships like Kate's and Claire's. Also it seems that Shannon was Sayid's constant rather than Nadia, which didn't make sense. Why, because she was touched by the island?

I'm definitely going to watch it again with more attention and less emotion. :-)

Re: Spoilers for ancient series astrogirl2 May 26 2010, 22:42:51 UTC

Also it seems that Shannon was Sayid's constant rather than Nadia, which didn't make sense.

That did kind of bug me, but then Shannon/Sayid always bugged me.

I'm definitely going to watch it again with more attention and less emotion. :-)

I'll be curious to know how that affects your experience of it. :) Me, I think if I watched it more attention and less emotion, I'd like it less. But I do kind of wonder...

Re: Spoilers for ancient series vilakins May 26 2010, 23:14:22 UTC

Well, I think I did that anyway compared to other people, but perhaps I meant to watch it with hindsight and try to understand it in the light of what I know now. Because I was yelling "Oh come on, Locke's muscles would be atrophied!" at the screen when in fact it not making sense made sense.

I'll still never know why some people chose less than happy afterlives, and I'd have liked to see Sawyer meet Locke's father and let that one go. I suppose that sort of thing could be filled in with fanfic, but I'm not sure I want to write it as the characters don't need it, and I think that's what basically drives me.

Re: Spoilers for ancient series astrogirl2 May 26 2010, 23:20:47 UTC

Ah, yeah. It is a good question how much stuff that seemed wrong on first watch is actually not a problem when you know what's actually going on there. I suspect quite a lot of it.

And as far as choosing less than happy afterlives go, I think that may be slightly the wrong way of looking at it. Like, that wasn't their afterlife; that was just the stage they had to go through to get to their real afterlife. The stage of working out the issues they had in their lives.

I'm actually feeling a vague urge towards fic, myself, because it seems to me there are interesting character-related things to explore, still. Hurley and Ben's life on the Island, the details of Jacob and his brother's backstory... I kind of doubt I'll write any, but I might. I'm definitely interested in reading it. But then, my fic-writing impulses have always come more from a desire to explore the characters more than to make things right for them.

Re: Spoilers for ancient series vilakins May 26 2010, 23:26:35 UTC

I like to explore the characters too, but I think it's the making things right that forces me do the writing in the first place. I spend a lot of time thinking about and discussing all sorts of characters without wanting to write about them, unless it's just for pure fun (like crackfic or Multiverse--which I must decide on claiming). The only Lost fic I wrote was a silly crossover with Farscape.

Maybe the unanswered limbo questions will make me write. I'll have to wait and let it all percolate. :-)

Re: Spoilers for ancient series astrogirl2 May 26 2010, 23:31:53 UTC

There have only been rare instances where I've been motivated by the idea of fixing things for a character. More often, what I'm inclined to find irresistible is the question of how hard I can push them. :)

Anyway, if you ever do decide you feel like writing something for it, I will read it!

Re: Spoilers for ancient series vilakins May 26 2010, 23:38:35 UTC

Once I'm into the writing, I can experiment with putting the characters through hell (usually with a good ending though), but like many people, it was the PGPs that sucked me in.

I have three Multiverse prompts I'm considering and I still haven't figured out what I'd do with any of them. With Lost (as with my recent Temeraire fic) I think I'll wait to see if an idea hits me. Forcing one doesn't seem to work.

Re: Spoilers for ancient series astrogirl2 May 26 2010, 23:42:28 UTC

Yes, I think "Blake" did a heck of a lot to spur on the B7 fic-writing industry, so to speak. :)

What are you thinking about doing for Multiverse? I signed up for a Doctor Who/HHGTG prompt. I'm still not entirely sure what I was thinking. :)

Re: Spoilers for ancient series vilakins May 27 2010, 00:54:55 UTC

These are the prompts I liked the look of:
29 June: Farscape/Stargate SG1: Stark in the Stargate universe.
30 June: Blake's 7/Red Dwarf: Vila Restal & Cat, "makeover".
30 June: Farscape/Stargate: Vila Restal and Vala Mal Doran, which should be Blake's 7/Stargate: Vila Restal and Vala Mal Doran. :-P

I just need some ideas. I'm going to do the Cat and Vila one as a sequel to a crossover I wrote for RD/B& a while back, but the other two I'm blanking on though I like the idea of them. Eh, maybe I'll just claim the B7/RD one and think about the others.

Re: Spoilers for ancient series astrogirl2 May 27 2010, 00:56:45 UTC

Those are awesome ones!

Re: Spoilers for ancient series vilakins May 27 2010, 00:58:43 UTC

If you have the germ of an idea about the SG ones, let me know. If I have a hook into them, I'll be away.

Re: Spoilers for ancient series astrogirl2 May 27 2010, 01:00:49 UTC

I totally don't. Actually, the Stark in SG1 one was mine. Vila and Vala might have been, too, come to that, but I refuse to take responsibility for putting down the wrong fandom. :) Anyway, if I knew what to do with them, I'd probably be writing them myself...

Re: Spoilers for ancient series vilakins May 27 2010, 01:08:10 UTC

Ah well. I've claimed the RD one and will think about the other two. :-)

Re: Spoilers for ancient series astrogirl2 May 27 2010, 01:12:29 UTC

I'll look forward to seeing what you do with it. :)

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