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helle_d

So, Dollhouse...

Jun 22, 2012 00:05

A list of slightly incoherent and disordered things that are in my brain after watching the first twelve episodes of Dollhouse.

( We're pimps and killers, but in a philanthropic way. )

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littlered2 June 21 2012, 23:13:43 UTC

I like your cut text a lot. Oh, Boyd. Such a darling (my epithet of choice, admittedly, for every character in things I love).

Eeee, you haven't seen the finale? It will BREAK YOU. Maybe. And there's lots of Adelle being awesome (when isn't there? NEVER).

Oh, goodness yes - Topher is so morally dubious. (They expand on that in the next season! It's pretty great. I just want to quote things at you.) TV Tropes (DON'T GO ON THERE AND SPOIL YOURSELF) described him as "adorkable" and my response was "well, yes - but also, MORALLY DUBIOUS. A lot".

My favourite moment in "Echoes" is when Topher and Adelle are trying to work out if sleeper!November is still out there and dangerous.

TOPHER: Go check.
ADELLE: I am your superior.
TOPHER: In every way. Go check.

<3

The Boyd/Echo interactions in "The Target" are lovely. He trusts her! With his life!

Poor darling Sierra. And re. Dr Saunders, I know! She is fascinating.

helle_d June 21 2012, 23:18:24 UTC

I love that Topher/Adelle interaction. In every way. And the Boyd/Echo trust! It is lovely! I admit, I am inclining to your classification of them all as Poor Darlings.

littlered2 June 21 2012, 23:20:09 UTC

Fun game: try to think of a Joss Whedon main character who has not, at one point, been a Poor Darling. It's tricky. (You can try it out by wailing to yourself, "Poor darling Giles! Poor darling Simon! Poor darling Wesley!" and seeing it it works. It almost always does.)

helle_d June 22 2012, 21:20:30 UTC

Captain Mal? As deeply as he has suffered, I'm having trouble fitting him into a Poor Darling slot. Inara? (Depending on whether you think she is sekritly terminally ill or not.) But otherwise I am drawing a blank ....

Oh! Oh! I've got one - how about Captain Hammer? You can't deny he's a main character. (I could also make a case for Billy; he's another one that I enjoy watching but have a hard time sympathising with.)

littlered2 June 22 2012, 21:23:59 UTC

I should probably have specified "not villains" (although you can certainly count some villains - Spike! - as Poor Darlings). I do sometimes think of Mal as a poor darling, but he's not the type to inspire much pity.

littlered2 June 21 2012, 23:21:42 UTC

I am so glad, by the way, that you love Adelle like I do.

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