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roxybisquaint

Fringe & the super!baby

Feb 25, 2011 23:12

Before I get into this, I need to reiterate how much I loathe where Fringe has already told us it's going and loathe even more where I think it's going. The whole *love will save the universe* thing is beyond bleh. But, I need to get my speculation out after watching tonight's episode (an episode that I thought was very cool).

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devmackie February 26 2011, 05:02:25 UTC

Roxy! First things first: This ep produced cognitive-dissonance in me. It's the very first ep with no Anna Torv, so there was sadness about that. Yet the episode was otherwise stellar ( ... )

roxybisquaint February 26 2011, 05:17:49 UTC

It's the very first ep with no Anna Torv, so there was sadness about that. Yet the episode was otherwise stellar.

it didn't actually bother me since this was a total flashback episode. Olivia was there, it was just a younger version ;)

All of Olivia's super-capabilities are due to her treatment with cortexiphan, starting at age 3. The writers would have to retcon capabilities into AltLiv. Right?

Here's what I'm thinking: We recently learned that cortexiphan mimics a naturally occurring chemical reaction in the brain (or something like that). So maybe both Olivia's were actually born with this ability to cross over and the cortexiphan was really more of a short cut. It sped up the process, made it easier to tap into the ability.

this episode rather messes up the theory that most people held to: That Olivia would have been too young to remember. She was three. Now, though, they've established that she was still in treatment at least until about 7-8!Oh, you know what? I just realized my theory actually explains some of that. If I'm ( ... )

devmackie February 26 2011, 05:29:22 UTC

it didn't actually bother me since this was a total flashback episode. Olivia was there, it was just a younger version

Yeah, that's why I specifically said 'Anna Torv'. But I appear to be the only one who's noticed, so ... whatever.

roxybisquaint February 26 2011, 05:38:48 UTC

Oh LOL. You did say Anna Torv, but my mind totally read "Olivia". Yeah, no Anna Torv tonight, but it was fine with me since it was all flashback.

Also, sorry I screwed up my italic quoting above. I can't edit that now, so it'll have to stay a visually confusing mess :p

roxybisquaint February 26 2011, 08:12:02 UTC

You are an evil temptress.

My temptressing just ran into a snag. I was thinking more on this and realized there's the *glowing* problem. Our Olivia can see things from the alternate universe glowing, right? But if she's actually from the other universe, wouldn't she see an aura around herself?

hmm. I hate when I hit a wall in a theory. I still feel like I'm onto something with the swapped Olivias idea, though. Maybe they'll just come up with some pseudo-sciencey explanation as to why Olivia can't see herself glowing.

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