BONES episode reflection
i finally forced myself to catch up with the last three episodes of Bones, especially the last one.
yes, that one.
i've been waiting for a arrow-through-the-heart brennan-centered episode for a long time, without really knowing it. and this episode was that. brennan-centered - and arrow through the heart.
god.
i didn't cry, though i expected to, from reading the reactions from other fans on tumblr who'd seen it.
but i feel absolutely wretched. just... sad, lost, regretful. probably everything brennan's feeling.
and...i'm also left with no faith in canon BxB anymore. that's how strongly the episode affected me.
so.... i'm going to stop being a BB fangirl for a while. maybe indefinitely.
its probably stupid to feel so strongly about a fictional story and characters. but the episode was as powerful as you can get within the show's format and without being melodramatic.
...
i don't know.
all i can conclusively feel now is that i want brennan to have something to help her ease away from that regretful state, and the only solution to that that i can think of, is for her to find or develop the ability to move on, the way booth so clearly has. so yeah, maybe that means a new romantic relationship.
and no, i'm not saying that you "need a man to make your life complete" or some such bullcrap. that doesn't apply here; brennan's one regret was not giving someone - booth - the chance, for herself to take the risk, of having a relationship, of mutually belonging with someone. so, logically, that means her regret is for that kind of romantic relationship. she has her friends, her work. she can have that to help her heal. but its the emotional risk of that kind of relationship that had scared her the most.
anyway, that's the only thing i can think of that needs to happen when Bones comes back on the air in the winter season.
yes, that one.
i've been waiting for a arrow-through-the-heart brennan-centered episode for a long time, without really knowing it. and this episode was that. brennan-centered - and arrow through the heart.
god.
i didn't cry, though i expected to, from reading the reactions from other fans on tumblr who'd seen it.
but i feel absolutely wretched. just... sad, lost, regretful. probably everything brennan's feeling.
and...i'm also left with no faith in canon BxB anymore. that's how strongly the episode affected me.
so.... i'm going to stop being a BB fangirl for a while. maybe indefinitely.
its probably stupid to feel so strongly about a fictional story and characters. but the episode was as powerful as you can get within the show's format and without being melodramatic.
...
i don't know.
all i can conclusively feel now is that i want brennan to have something to help her ease away from that regretful state, and the only solution to that that i can think of, is for her to find or develop the ability to move on, the way booth so clearly has. so yeah, maybe that means a new romantic relationship.
and no, i'm not saying that you "need a man to make your life complete" or some such bullcrap. that doesn't apply here; brennan's one regret was not giving someone - booth - the chance, for herself to take the risk, of having a relationship, of mutually belonging with someone. so, logically, that means her regret is for that kind of romantic relationship. she has her friends, her work. she can have that to help her heal. but its the emotional risk of that kind of relationship that had scared her the most.
anyway, that's the only thing i can think of that needs to happen when Bones comes back on the air in the winter season.