I agree with you but try to hold on to hope. I think they needed to tie up some loose ends this episode but will get the ball rolling again soon. Personally I love the idea of an unsub hunting the team. It makes sense what with the nature of a lot of the unsubs that the hunted would hunt the hunters. I loved your fic by the way, read it all yesterday evening and enjoyed it greatly. I would also like to see the team put in more dire straits and Reid get more action. It would be great if they let two of the guys get together like maybe Reid and Morgan or something. Doubt that will happen but you never know, it would certainly add to the diversity of the team in a good way. Also think that instead of a linquist they should have added a criminal artist to the team/ a.k.a a physical anthropologist or cultural anthropologist.
Oh and sprinkle in a hint of the supernatural. Like in Corazon, I don't think most went their, but to me it seemed to me Reid was experiencing a gift for pre-cog or telepathy. Strange though it maybe this is something found often in great criminal investigators especially with this great criminal artist who helped solve many cases in the U.S.
Yeah, it's a great idea, but I hope they'll execute it well and make it clever, not repetative. Somehow the atmosphere of the show has changed in the last couple of seasons, and I can't help thinking that they're trying to please new viewers and it might not work for the older ones. I hope they're not going for the more simplistic choices.
Glad you enjoyed the fic :)
I was thinking exactly the same about adding a linguistic to the team, that's somehow stepping on Reid's territory and not that necessary. Anthropologist would have been a great idea. (I study culture anthropology myself, btw. Well, I think my main subject will be literature but anyway). But then again even though Blake's specialty might be linguistic that's not all she is. I also agree with you about their seemingly hetero-normative stance when it comes to the main characters. But about inter-team relationships... I don't know. Even outside-the-team rel.ships mess with the balance, not to even mention the fandoms. (Of course if I'd be selfish and not consider the show or other viewers my totally biased opinion would be that they should make H/R canon). Instead for example some character's bisexuality could be addressed in a casual and natural manner, a thing that I'd like to see in culture in general to make sexual diversity appear as commonplace as it actually is. (I think that few people are 100% straight/gay/man/woman in general, but that's a bit off-topic).
And as for the supernatural element... Well, I don't know what to think of that. I mean I'm all in for it in shows that support that kind of realities but in CM I think it might be a little off. I mean I liked the ambiguosity of Corazon, but it might be interpreted as Reid having an uncommon mind that can connect things that "normal" brain can't. I don't know much about neurology etc but I believe human brain has qualities that we don't yet comprehend, but it doesn't have to mean it can't be backed with science in the end. The worn example for this is that if we could show a computer to a person living in even as short time ago as in 1850, most would consider it magic because they don't have the knowledge that has accumulated over 162 years. But yeah, Corazon was a fascinating episode now matter how to analyze it :)
Yeah like how it was in Corazon. When I say supernatural I meant phenomena that doesn't fit the establilished paradyme. (I'm a Biology major by the way.) A lot of science is still stuck in a materialist view and since a lot of the high strangeness (term for plethera of phenomena that tend to go together oddly enough) it makes it hard to make much progress in that direction. For instance its just as likely that our brains the apparatice/ mid-point through which our "soul" or whatever works through as it is that our brains are all their is. I do fanart by the way. Do you like stargate sg1? I have some fanart I've done for that fandom.
Well, I guess it also depends on what a person believes in. In his book The God Delusion Richard Dawkins makes arguments that the chances of something existing beyond our material world isn't 50/50 all things considered, and he has some valid points. In his opinion universe and our existence just doesn't need god etc. to be explainable. I have existential crisis' every now and then and sometimes there is the need to believe in some "more" than plain mortality - not in any god as such, but some continuity after death - but the need to be honest to myself overweighs that, and thus far the evidence in my eyes are more on the side of there not being any such thing as afterlife or something beyond. I'm not saying that I know - or even that I think I know - for sure that there isn't, for I don't, but since there really is not any way to know for sure (yet at least), I think it really is a matter of personal faith or analysis.
I might have missed the point/strayed from the subject and I'm babbling again (I do that). It's around 3.30 a.m and I propably couldn't make coherent speech even in my native tongue.
Yeah, I've watched SG1, but not in years. I've intented to for I haven't seen the last couple (?) of seasons. I like drawing and such myself, but rarely seem to get around to it. Don't seem to get around doing much of anything, for that matter...
Hey hey their I never said anything about any god!!........Lol Richard Dawkins. I know the book of which you speak, but his arguments only really address the matter of god not spirituality. I never grew up with any religion so I don't really think in to terms of belief. What with quantum theory, string theory and theoretical physics is finding that our world is not one that is stable and inert. For instance they just found a new particle (but that particle was always their). Basically a lot of these phenomena could exist and occur all the time but have no way of being proven or studied by our science. For example phantasmal creatures like mothman and black shucks (giant black spectral dogs) may be some kinds of inter-dimensional creatures. That and if you think of near death experiences one good hole in the logic that they are created by a dieing brain miss firing is that frequently they are incredibly rich and complex experiences (and diverse) not the kind of thing a dieing brain should be able to produce.
Would you like to see some of my stargate art? Oh and the later seasons are good by the way. With Cameron its a different dynamic but still just as good but different. Its a young fly-boy leading a team of battle hardened veterans. Plus theirs Vala.
Next episode looks good...and Reid has short hair again. (That hair cut reminds me of public enemy and 1920s punk thing don't know why...maybe its the vest.)
No, no you didn't :) I like discussing things and changing views, there's really no reason to offend/get offended. I've just been very tired and apathetic with life in general and my internet connection isn't living up to the expectations. Actually I should be getting a new one later this week but I'm not just ready to get my hopes up yet.
I know you weren't speaking about any intelligent designer (god) and were propably referring to secular spirituality or such, and were just thinking within the realm of possibilities which is always exciting. I just extended RD's writing to be about any immaterial things. That universe doesn't necessarily really need any such explanations to function, or to be explainable. I don't think that scientists, for example Dawkins, lack imagination, the capability to think outside the box. They just wish to follow the scientific principle and not be blinded in the course of discovery, whatever that may be. I appreciate that.
What I mean is that there are things that we can't explain yet but it doesn't mean that they would have to be somehow unexplainable, "magical" or beyond the laws of the universe, it's just our view/understanding of it that is limited. Basically I believe that we are talking about the same things but just from slightly different stances and with different terms. Personally I find the word spirituality too easily mixed up with religious uses that I don't like to use it myself. I tend to think myself as agnostic.
That said I too like things that are "far out", I think that's one of the requirements for being able to enjoy science fiction etc. The X-Files is a eternal classic in my mind. I just think that in real life the line between keeping an open mind and seeing what one wants to see can get blurred. And I wouldn't want that happening to me.
Couple of days ago I read about this neurosurgeon who died/"died" and had NDE and is supposed to publish a book about it this fall(?), you might have heard of that... I haven't read that much about NDE's, but I got curious. Generally I tend to remain skeptic towards NDE's, I just think that human brain is one of those things that we don't know well enough. When it comes to the human brain it's a bit like the questions about the universe, it's not a question of yes or no or a matter of opinion, it's more like a mystery to be solved. That's were the fascination is, for me.
But I do have to add that despite all that in rl I'm a more artistic personality rather than scientific onel. I like to ponder at things but I can't get my head around mathematics, physics etc., I just enjoy reading about the results. I'm more at home in a world of humanities & arts where there are no exact answers, where it's more philosophical.
About your fanart, just post me links (:
As one can guess I haven't seen CM 8x02 yet and it annoys me to no end. Are there promopics etc for the ep? I haven't seen new pics of MGG with short hair... I too liked Reid's shorter hair (short at back, longer at front) and thought it was a bit post punk completed with his general attire. What's not to like.
Sorry it took awhile to reply I got distracted by life, had a case of the shyness and had to think how to reply. Dawkins just kind of annoys me for lots of reasons first listen to another great audio book called the age of empathy. It talks about how his book the selfish gene made things hard for people studing emoutions in animals and also synical athiest dad likes him too much. Also his western bias is annoying.
With the paranormal its not about explaining anything. It just seems to be. However what all things paranormal have in common is that they defy explanation. Personally I think that once you eliminate the bs they may be phenomena that are just part of the natural world that we can not yet study. I recomend this radio show its fun. http://mysteriousuniverse.org/
Liked the last episode a lot. had some great morgan x reid momments.
Seems I got a habit of late replays... I took a dowfall with my drinking, had some trouble whilst quitting, but I've been sober now for few weeks and just trying to get things together again.
I didn't even follow the new eps after the 4th for I didn't feel up to it, so I watched 7 episodes in a row yesterday to catch up :) while I liked some eps, it doesn't really look that bright for H/R shipper. Unless one is a serious conspiracy theorist :D I mean the 11th had some eye contact scenes but at the same time it was the ep to deal with R & "his girl", and mentioned Beth. It almost feels like it's intentionally scripted to sabotage the ship, but I tend to get paranoid with things :D
Oh and sprinkle in a hint of the supernatural. Like in Corazon, I don't think most went their, but to me it seemed to me Reid was experiencing a gift for pre-cog or telepathy. Strange though it maybe this is something found often in great criminal investigators especially with this great criminal artist who helped solve many cases in the U.S.
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Glad you enjoyed the fic :)
I was thinking exactly the same about adding a linguistic to the team, that's somehow stepping on Reid's territory and not that necessary. Anthropologist would have been a great idea. (I study culture anthropology myself, btw. Well, I think my main subject will be literature but anyway). But then again even though Blake's specialty might be linguistic that's not all she is. I also agree with you about their seemingly hetero-normative stance when it comes to the main characters. But about inter-team relationships... I don't know. Even outside-the-team rel.ships mess with the balance, not to even mention the fandoms. (Of course if I'd be selfish and not consider the show or other viewers my totally biased opinion would be that they should make H/R canon). Instead for example some character's bisexuality could be addressed in a casual and natural manner, a thing that I'd like to see in culture in general to make sexual diversity appear as commonplace as it actually is. (I think that few people are 100% straight/gay/man/woman in general, but that's a bit off-topic).
And as for the supernatural element... Well, I don't know what to think of that. I mean I'm all in for it in shows that support that kind of realities but in CM I think it might be a little off. I mean I liked the ambiguosity of Corazon, but it might be interpreted as Reid having an uncommon mind that can connect things that "normal" brain can't. I don't know much about neurology etc but I believe human brain has qualities that we don't yet comprehend, but it doesn't have to mean it can't be backed with science in the end. The worn example for this is that if we could show a computer to a person living in even as short time ago as in 1850, most would consider it magic because they don't have the knowledge that has accumulated over 162 years.
But yeah, Corazon was a fascinating episode now matter how to analyze it :)
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I might have missed the point/strayed from the subject and I'm babbling again (I do that). It's around 3.30 a.m and I propably couldn't make coherent speech even in my native tongue.
Yeah, I've watched SG1, but not in years. I've intented to for I haven't seen the last couple (?) of seasons. I like drawing and such myself, but rarely seem to get around to it. Don't seem to get around doing much of anything, for that matter...
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What with quantum theory, string theory and theoretical physics is finding that our world is not one that is stable and inert. For instance they just found a new particle (but that particle was always their). Basically a lot of these phenomena could exist and occur all the time but have no way of being proven or studied by our science. For example phantasmal creatures like mothman and black shucks (giant black spectral dogs) may be some kinds of inter-dimensional creatures. That and if you think of near death experiences one good hole in the logic that they are created by a dieing brain miss firing is that frequently they are incredibly rich and complex experiences (and diverse) not the kind of thing a dieing brain should be able to produce.
Would you like to see some of my stargate art? Oh and the later seasons are good by the way. With Cameron its a different dynamic but still just as good but different. Its a young fly-boy leading a team of battle hardened veterans. Plus theirs Vala.
Next episode looks good...and Reid has short hair again. (That hair cut reminds me of public enemy and 1920s punk thing don't know why...maybe its the vest.)
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I know you weren't speaking about any intelligent designer (god) and were propably referring to secular spirituality or such, and were just thinking within the realm of possibilities which is always exciting. I just extended RD's writing to be about any immaterial things. That universe doesn't necessarily really need any such explanations to function, or to be explainable. I don't think that scientists, for example Dawkins, lack imagination, the capability to think outside the box. They just wish to follow the scientific principle and not be blinded in the course of discovery, whatever that may be. I appreciate that.
What I mean is that there are things that we can't explain yet but it doesn't mean that they would have to be somehow unexplainable, "magical" or beyond the laws of the universe, it's just our view/understanding of it that is limited. Basically I believe that we are talking about the same things but just from slightly different stances and with different terms. Personally I find the word spirituality too easily mixed up with religious uses that I don't like to use it myself. I tend to think myself as agnostic.
That said I too like things that are "far out", I think that's one of the requirements for being able to enjoy science fiction etc. The X-Files is a eternal classic in my mind. I just think that in real life the line between keeping an open mind and seeing what one wants to see can get blurred. And I wouldn't want that happening to me.
Couple of days ago I read about this neurosurgeon who died/"died" and had NDE and is supposed to publish a book about it this fall(?), you might have heard of that... I haven't read that much about NDE's, but I got curious. Generally I tend to remain skeptic towards NDE's, I just think that human brain is one of those things that we don't know well enough. When it comes to the human brain it's a bit like the questions about the universe, it's not a question of yes or no or a matter of opinion, it's more like a mystery to be solved. That's were the fascination is, for me.
But I do have to add that despite all that in rl I'm a more artistic personality rather than scientific onel. I like to ponder at things but I can't get my head around mathematics, physics etc., I just enjoy reading about the results. I'm more at home in a world of humanities & arts where there are no exact answers, where it's more philosophical.
About your fanart, just post me links (:
As one can guess I haven't seen CM 8x02 yet and it annoys me to no end. Are there promopics etc for the ep? I haven't seen new pics of MGG with short hair... I too liked Reid's shorter hair (short at back, longer at front) and thought it was a bit post punk completed with his general attire. What's not to like.
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With the paranormal its not about explaining anything. It just seems to be. However what all things paranormal have in common is that they defy explanation. Personally I think that once you eliminate the bs they may be phenomena that are just part of the natural world that we can not yet study. I recomend this radio show its fun. http://mysteriousuniverse.org/
Liked the last episode a lot. had some great morgan x reid momments.
heres some of my art.
http://helendragon.livejournal.com/?skip=10
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I didn't even follow the new eps after the 4th for I didn't feel up to it, so I watched 7 episodes in a row yesterday to catch up :) while I liked some eps, it doesn't really look that bright for H/R shipper. Unless one is a serious conspiracy theorist :D I mean the 11th had some eye contact scenes but at the same time it was the ep to deal with R & "his girl", and mentioned Beth. It almost feels like it's intentionally scripted to sabotage the ship, but I tend to get paranoid with things :D
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