Long Rambley *Unedited Stream of Consciousness* Stuff on Genre Stories, Endings, and Answers

[shipperx]

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Warning: Spoilers for BSG finale, very vague but possibly spoilerish LOST finale, Spoilers for Star Wars, and, oh hell, Buffy, Angel, Farscape, and the BtVS comics too So I've been thinking about the Lost finale (I know. But... I can't help it. Actually, I think it's a good sign that it's continued to intrigue me) and I've popped over to TWOP

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[rahirah]

See, I never expected a scientific explanation which would explain how everything worked in 'reality.' Obviously the science of LOST, such as it was, was fantasy science. And since I'm pretty sure they were pulling stuff out of their asses for at least 75% of the show, I knew it was too much to ask for that they'd tie up all the loose ends.

But I still hoped for an ending which tied up most of the major loose ends. And the more I think about it, the more I'm irritated that they basically wasted half a season on "And they all went to heaven and lived happily ever after." I mean, yeah, it's nice to know that they all go to heaven and live happily ever after, but... what I'm interested in is what happens to them in this world, not the next.

It's like, fine, be character driven - but don't try to tell me that you can't have good characters AND good plot. They're not mutually exclusive.

[shipperx]

I'm not actually talking about people being upset with they all went to heaven as the answer. I can understand disliking that

[rahirah]

Agreed, the midichlorians thing is bizarrely off base. If only because it's an anser to a question that no one was asking in the first place. I can't think of a single person who walked out of the first trilogy saying "But how does the Force work?!"

[shipperx]

Honestly, at first, I thought he could not be serious! The things he mentioned were all things that I hated. All he needed to do was add "And Jar-Jar Binks!" and I would be certain it's a troll.

Seriously, the obvious and ponderous political stuff? First, it wasn't that hard to figure out. It really wasn't that darn complicated. And mostly -- I did. not. care. The workings of the Jedi Council? Yawn. And midichlorians were just silly.

What I wanted, but didn't get, was a real emotional journey for the fall of Anakin Skywalker. I wanted big, Greek tragedy, darnit.

Instead I got midichlorians.

[shipperx]

(cont'd)

That said, in retrospect, I find the sideways rather nifty and worth examination. I do think that LOST works better as an allegory. You're right that the plot goes off in erratic directions. But, as I said, what we need to feel satisfied varies from person to person. I know if I look too hard, the cracks are there. And I know there are things that aren't answered. I was shocked and saddened when I realized what was going on and that they're all dead... But, despite all of that, I'm not disatisfied. I can understand feeling disatisfied. I do. Strangely, the more I've thought throught the sideways-verse, the more that it works for me. I do understand not feeling that way. So I'm not saying you should.

I was just rather hacked off with the TWOP poster who thought that being satisfied equated to unicorns and crazy-cat-ladies and then his holding up midichlorians as a 'good' explanation when it was just really obvious MacGuffin bullshit that really didn't mean anything. The plot holes are plot holes regardless.