Officially, you've just made this my new head canon, it fits with remarkable ease. I love the musings, the various voices Walter is subjected to and how Astrid is his favourite, and Olivia's decision to self-sacrifice - to elect it - isn't beyond her character in the least, although making someone else pull the trigger is a horrible thing to do. Makes me ache for Walter.
I don't know if they blocked the scene like that intentionally, or just my interpretation, but I could have sworn that Olivia has that same look on her face as she did when she was pulling those Jedi mind tricks on the roof top. And why the heck does she not have a gun of her own? She *always* has a gun.
I kind of fill obligated to write fix-it fic for this now or something.
Oh, yes. I'd been vaguely dissatisfied by the finale--not the action of it, but the "how," as with a lot of the season. I really had been expecting Olivia to reach the inevitable conclusion on her own, so this is satisfying to me.
But the part about Astrid's voice as Walter's better angel is even more brilliant. Adore that to pieces.
Thank you very much. I'm going to believe that she did figure it out on her own (maybe when she cut herself in 4.21 and it heals right away), but that part was cut for time in favor of the lemon cake exposition. Yes. That's it. ;)
Wish I could remember the episode and who Walter was talking to when he said "Frankly my dear, I'm not sure you are even really here.", but I do love the way his relationship with Astrid evolved this season.
Very interesting idea. Though I still like the idea of Walter actually knowing what to do for once, though it does seem a little out of character. I kept thinking through the whole episode that Olivia must have figured out how this had to end (Thank you, Observer.) Peter may have subconsciously known it too, even if he was doing his best to ignore it.
I love that Astrid is his favorite voice. So sweet.
Thank you! I think Walter knows so much on an intellectual level, but he needs to be pushed into action, especially this version who realized early on that Peter was never his to hold on to, not the one who spent the last three years learning to let go of him.
Olivia must have figured put how this had to end
Of this, I'm certain. Maybe that's why she wasn't armed?
Ooh. I had seen this theory posited elsewhere online, but this is expertly written and I can definitely believe it here (although I'm undecided as to whether I want to).
I've been staying away from reviews and meta because they've been killing the muse, so I'm going to claim 'shared conciouness' as my defense ;) Thank you very much, not sure I want to believe it either, but it does fit with Olivia's character and the themes of self-sacrifice they like to play with.
Said this before, but still, well done and chilling and omg, poor Walter. Love the detail that Olivia's the one voice he's never heard in his head before - seems so fitting, especially for their relationship in this timeline. Also this:
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I kind of fill obligated to write fix-it fic for this now or something.
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An easy explanation would be that Olivia maybe had a gun, but not a low caliber enough one to mean that she might survive it. Still, chilling idea! :)
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But the part about Astrid's voice as Walter's better angel is even more brilliant. Adore that to pieces.
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Wish I could remember the episode and who Walter was talking to when he said "Frankly my dear, I'm not sure you are even really here.", but I do love the way his relationship with Astrid evolved this season.
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I love that Astrid is his favorite voice. So sweet.
Great ficlet!
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I think Walter knows so much on an intellectual level, but he needs to be pushed into action, especially this version who realized early on that Peter was never his to hold on to, not the one who spent the last three years learning to let go of him.
Olivia must have figured put how this had to end
Of this, I'm certain. Maybe that's why she wasn't armed?
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Thank you very much, not sure I want to believe it either, but it does fit with Olivia's character and the themes of self-sacrifice they like to play with.
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And yes, I do completely believe that Olivia would be able/willing, like the heroine she truly is.
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she is the bright and shining Ego to his dark Id.
Aww, Astrid. So true.
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she is the bright and shining Ego to his dark Id.
Aww, Astrid. So true.
Especially this season, I think. I find it very interesting how they all fit together just a little bit differently this season, but they do fit.
(also, this was what I was spending way too much time on wikipedia for ;)
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