So, Dollhouse...

[helle_d]

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

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[littlered2]

I meant to say, I completely agree with you about Topher seeming the most morally horrific of the Dollhouse staff. Adelle gives the impression of knowing full well what she's doing, and having thought about the negative points, whereas Topher seems more to just think of it as cool and fun (rewriting people's brains!). Which is weird, because you'd think that would make Adelle less sympathetic, but there you go.

(What do you think about Ballard?)

[helle_d]

What do you think about Ballard?
Mainly, 'lol'. I give him points for effort, and I can respect his integrity, but he is so fail! I don't know whether he's meant to be the main protagonist apart from Echo - the narrative seems to be trying to place him in that slot - but he seems to go about things in such a stupid way, it's hard to sympathise. I think his arc coud be really engaging - a lone man fighting for justice, the 'only sane man' in a world of fools and liars - but the material he's given just doesn't live up to that potential.

And yeah, Adelle's clarity of purpose should make her the more horrific one, you would think, but it does have the opposite effect. I think her clear-eyed intelligence is the thing I love most about her.

[littlered2]

He is an idiot. I find it quite endearing, but he really is a terrible FBI agent.

There are so many things to choose from!

[helle_d]

There really, really are. I've watched the finale now, and she was GLORIOUS every moment of it.

I tried to liveblog my reactions to ep13, but for the most part I was too busy watching to bother to pause and write stuff. But for your delectation:

3mins I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON

ADELLE ADELLE ADELLE, I love the way you believe in what you do

Oh, Topher, you have suddenly earned all my hearts

Have I mentioned that I adore all and any Adelle/Caroline-Echo interactions? Because I adore them. I love how proud they both are, and how the affect each other.

“I told her if she stayed she’d lose her mind. I guess she decided that was better.” Oh, Whiskey, my heartbreak.

How brain-melting must it be for the kid you know as Iris to suddenly be Caroline? I suppose they must be used to minds and bodies being more-or-less interchangeable, but there must surely be an emotional reaction to seeing ‘little kid we try to protect’ becoming someone else entirely.

[littlered2]

Yeah, it's hard not to be all "oh wow, I love Topher" after watching that. Apparently I like it when characters are all crazy and damaged?

[hrodberht]

BALLARD IS FANTASTIC. Have you watched the Disc 1 deleted scenes? There's one in particular - I think it's called 'Actives handle Ballard' which was cut from Omega but is the BEST THING because he is just so incompetent. V will attest that I watched it over and over after discovering it.

[littlered2]

I can attest to both this and the fact that it is fantastic.

[helle_d]

Also, I think as I digest the show further, my perspective is going to be further skewed by the fact that I am currently reading Schindler's List. Once I've processed the utter horror and evil of that, I imagine my internal barometer of 'horrific' is going to be affected re. Dollhouse - though I'm not yet sure just how it will affect my Dollhouse perceptions.