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cruiscin_lan) wrote2008-12-02 12:16 am
cruiscin_lan) wrote2008-12-02 12:16 am
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See, here's why I'm not worried.
A little bit ranty here, I suppose, but I tried my best to stay coherent. So here are my thoughts on "The Eclipse, Part 2."
Elle dying - not a worst case scenario for me. Yeah, I know; I love the actress, I love the character, and I would probably ship her with a lamp-post if she had any significant screentime with a lamp-post because she really has chemistry with just about anyone she's run into thus far.
Then can we have some Elle/Sandra fics please?
I'll think about it. But more importantly, back to the topic at hand. I'm not worried that Elle has just died for a few reasons. Firstly, this is Heroes, and so far no one has done fake-death better. And by "better" I mean "more often." Heroes means never having to reach the Pearly Gates, because there will always be one reason or another to bring you back - you're not really dead, you're in a flashback, you're a hallucination created to further someone's nefarious plot, etc.
And that's all just this season.
I know, right? Crazy shit happens on Mondays at nine, I swear. Besides that, there's the now-infamous spoiler pic of Elle with a Sylar haircut, but interestingly enough, her skullcap's still in place. While he might have refrained from popping her top because he already has her power, it doesn't make sense that he'd kill her that way and not, say, slice her throat, like he was about to do to HRG. Maybe he wanted to get in her head for, like, secrets or something, and then thought the better of it partway through.
So, seeing as this is Heroes, there's both a chance that Elle's not really dead, and that even if she is, this isn't the last time we'll be seeing her. But even if she's really, truly done-yuns, I'd rather that than any of the following scenarios. I wouldn't these past any of the writers, but I think they are all bad ideas.
Sylar/Gabriel lobotomizes Elle to "fix" her. He just told her that they'd never change. Plus, we like Elle for her mind... her fucked-up, crazy-ass, sociopathic mind. If he removes the "damaged" parts, how is that any different than what the Haitian could do? And didn't we already find out that that's mind-fuckery in the worst way?
Sylar/Gabriel/the viewers all think Elle's dead, only to have her show up later with a baby. I hate this trope. I feel that it reduces the ladyfolk to beasts of breeding that only serve the development of plot and other characters - never their own. Now, don't get me wrong, I love babies (I just can't ever finish a whole one in one sitting). I think that throwing babies into the mix can be an opportunity for depth and exploration and themes and issues and all that shiz when done properly. I do want to see how Sylar becomes Waffles!Gabriel in the future, but I'd like to see how his baby-mamma develops as well. Would she become Waffles!Elle or would she be Sociopath!Elle or would she be an !Elle we wouldn't see coming?
Okay so stop it with the exclamation points, it's really obnoxious.
Sorry. I got carried away. I was just saying that, by pushing a character off-screen only to bring her back with a baby-on-board, you're sacrificing all sorts of character development for the sake of furthering the plot (most likely nefarious in nature). The worst case scenario that I see right now is not that Elle gets "Sylarized" but rather she gets "Meg Manninged" into a coma while gestating, because I hate it when characters are turned into fetal incubators.
If Elle is really, truly, dead as a doornail, with no hope for her to come back ever, I just hope that we get to see the way other characters discover and react to it. From the looks of the aforementioned spoiler promo, Sylar is doing his best to cover his tracks, but I'd still like to see him deal with killing her. I don't want him to feel guilty, per se, especially if he's back to being a psycho, but does he relish it? Does he use it to show that he's not afraid to kill those close to him? How would Claire react, seeing as Elle has been set up to be her foil all along (even when it comes to being fucked by Sylar - one in the literal sense, and one in the "total mindfuck" sense, with an extra dose of violation on top)? What about Bennet, does he give a shit one way or another?
I could go on and on with rhetorical questions, but I'd like to end this little mental meandering on a more positive thought. And that is - Adrian Pasdar in handcuffs. Please and thank you.
ETA: Another reason I don't want Elle dead - the sex-leads-to-death trope is also totally played out.
And now here's a more important question to ponder: What is Mr. Muggles' first name?
Elle dying - not a worst case scenario for me. Yeah, I know; I love the actress, I love the character, and I would probably ship her with a lamp-post if she had any significant screentime with a lamp-post because she really has chemistry with just about anyone she's run into thus far.
Then can we have some Elle/Sandra fics please?
I'll think about it. But more importantly, back to the topic at hand. I'm not worried that Elle has just died for a few reasons. Firstly, this is Heroes, and so far no one has done fake-death better. And by "better" I mean "more often." Heroes means never having to reach the Pearly Gates, because there will always be one reason or another to bring you back - you're not really dead, you're in a flashback, you're a hallucination created to further someone's nefarious plot, etc.
And that's all just this season.
I know, right? Crazy shit happens on Mondays at nine, I swear. Besides that, there's the now-infamous spoiler pic of Elle with a Sylar haircut, but interestingly enough, her skullcap's still in place. While he might have refrained from popping her top because he already has her power, it doesn't make sense that he'd kill her that way and not, say, slice her throat, like he was about to do to HRG. Maybe he wanted to get in her head for, like, secrets or something, and then thought the better of it partway through.
So, seeing as this is Heroes, there's both a chance that Elle's not really dead, and that even if she is, this isn't the last time we'll be seeing her. But even if she's really, truly done-yuns, I'd rather that than any of the following scenarios. I wouldn't these past any of the writers, but I think they are all bad ideas.
Okay so stop it with the exclamation points, it's really obnoxious.
Sorry. I got carried away. I was just saying that, by pushing a character off-screen only to bring her back with a baby-on-board, you're sacrificing all sorts of character development for the sake of furthering the plot (most likely nefarious in nature). The worst case scenario that I see right now is not that Elle gets "Sylarized" but rather she gets "Meg Manninged" into a coma while gestating, because I hate it when characters are turned into fetal incubators.
If Elle is really, truly, dead as a doornail, with no hope for her to come back ever, I just hope that we get to see the way other characters discover and react to it. From the looks of the aforementioned spoiler promo, Sylar is doing his best to cover his tracks, but I'd still like to see him deal with killing her. I don't want him to feel guilty, per se, especially if he's back to being a psycho, but does he relish it? Does he use it to show that he's not afraid to kill those close to him? How would Claire react, seeing as Elle has been set up to be her foil all along (even when it comes to being fucked by Sylar - one in the literal sense, and one in the "total mindfuck" sense, with an extra dose of violation on top)? What about Bennet, does he give a shit one way or another?
I could go on and on with rhetorical questions, but I'd like to end this little mental meandering on a more positive thought. And that is - Adrian Pasdar in handcuffs. Please and thank you.
ETA: Another reason I don't want Elle dead - the sex-leads-to-death trope is also totally played out.
And now here's a more important question to ponder: What is Mr. Muggles' first name?
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How about this.
Re: How about this.
Let me finish my WiP first, since this is obviously going to be longer than a drabble...
Re: How about this.