Untitled ALIAS ficlet (1/1)
This has been driving me nuts for a little while, because I think that poor Irina's characterisation got no help during the second half of S5. I'm still trying to work out all the implications in my head, and a lot of them are moving me towards the old fairy tales I heard as a child. So. Anyway. It's like thinking, only in fic format.
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Two things: the central idea made me think of the bit in the season 4 finale (aka the one where everyone's characterisation makes sense) where Jack and Irina tell Sydney they can't wait or go back for Nadia (who is under zombie attack). While this was the correct choice in view of the larger picture - as far as they knew, they were the only ones willing and able to stop Elena - I don't think either Jack or Irina would have made it if it had been Sydney under zombie attack. So that image - Sydney stretching her hands out to Nadia and both sisters being pulled back (by Irina and Jack, by the zombies) always had a fairy tale quality to me, and specifically a resonance with Nadia as the one being deserted and Irina, no matter how brief, being forced to make that choice.
On a very different note, it's odd to think that Alias really wouldn't work if either Sydney or Nadia were male. The way the three First Gen Spies relate to them would be very very ( ... )
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Thank you!
I don't think either Jack or Irina would have made it if it had been Sydney under zombie attack.
I agree completely. Poor Nadia isn't 'second best', she's worse in some respects - she's an ideal, a concept that Irina is still searching for. I think that Irina does still love the baby that was taken from her, but it's a leap to go from loving the baby to loving this whole, complete adult who has as much in common with her father as with her mother. I do think that she feels she ought to love her, but I don't think that they knew each other for long enough to have a real connection of any kind.
On a very different note, it's odd to think that Alias really wouldn't work if either Sydney or Nadia were male. The way the three First Gen Spies relate to them would be very very different. I agree. I think that all three would be more willing to sacrifice their children if they were male - there is something peculiarly "Daddy's Little Girl" about ( ... )
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