Ummm, yes, I know this is really late but let's ignore that because...
OMG! I watched the first three episodes and it is FANTASTIC. I CANNOT EVEN SUM UP HOW MUCH I LOVE IT! Boy, I'm glad I never knew how awesome it was before, I'd've combusted from frustration before this point. O. M. G.
I was so dubious at the whole idea- okay, doctor lady from back in the days of Jack the Ripper, managing some exotic zoo, riiight then- so I kinda dismissed it, and then when I saw it was coming on, I figured I may as well give it a shot and then you started squeeing about it and I definitely knew I'd be into it but HOLY CRAP, THE LOVE. *runs out of breath from excitement*
*inhales deeply* Okay, I'm okay. It's just, I'm so excited. I don't ship anyone in this show but I'm so into it, and that's unusual for me. Usually ship's my hook, y'know? But I love Amanda in this. It's funny, I loved Carter for so long, then I kinda hated her for a brief period of bitterness, then I was with the liking of her once more but without that edge of obsession that made it so fulfilling for all those years and now, I have something better. Helen Magnus is way more awesome than Carter. I have to say, Carter could be a Mary Sue sometimes- and I say this as a long time fan of hers- but Magnus is just...so amazing. *fangirls*
Huh, I'm really intrigued by this Henry thing you're tantalizing me with! So far, I'm really liking him, 'snarky comic relief' may not be as well-respected as 'angsty, driven hero' but I so prefer him right now, lol. I prefer the guys that make me laugh. :D
I love that the writers are really smart on this show. I haven't seen that much yet, so I can't appreciate the interconnectivity and how plot threads in different eps tie together, but ti's so great that they're thinking and that there's revelations that fit into past eps and explain things and show them in a different light. I usually count myself lucky to get a writing staff with some grasp of what continuity means, lol.
Have you seen 4400? It kinda has similar themes- and even has Kavan in a few eps!- what with the main characters chasing down people with abilities and studying them or imprisoning them if they're dangerous, and it had that moral dilemma thing as well where the main characters question if what they're doing makes them the good or bad guys.
I really love how Magnus drops bombshell after bombshell on Will. Like that rooftop scene- heh, 'don't do it, you've got so much to live for' [paraphrasing, due to my lack of obsessively detailed knowledge about this show- but I'm working on it!]- where she mentions that she's had her eye on him since she first saw him and he's thinking when she hit him with her car, lol, and she ever so casually reveals that no, it was actually when he was a kid and he *brain!splodes* when he realizes that his memories of what happened with his mother weren't the delusions of an overimaginative/traumatized kid. She just doles these out, bit by bit, cracking his perceptions more and more, it's so fun to watch.
how are you really any better than the opposition (especially since said opposition ALSO firmly believes it's doing the right thing)?
I'm kinda sad that the other side seems to be superior in force and influence- I mean, on one side, we have Magnus, daughter and a few tagalongs; on the other, they've got these mercenary types storming in with guns and outnumbering them...hmm.
I haven't seen much of the other side yet, but um, they don't seem so sympathetic so far, claiming the sisters as their property, wtf? Will's trying to encourage them to explore free will and independence and the other guys are all about locking up their possessions safe and sound, yeah, I'm not liking them at all.
Re: 2/2
OMG! I watched the first three episodes and it is FANTASTIC. I CANNOT EVEN SUM UP HOW MUCH I LOVE IT! Boy, I'm glad I never knew how awesome it was before, I'd've combusted from frustration before this point. O. M. G.
I was so dubious at the whole idea- okay, doctor lady from back in the days of Jack the Ripper, managing some exotic zoo, riiight then- so I kinda dismissed it, and then when I saw it was coming on, I figured I may as well give it a shot and then you started squeeing about it and I definitely knew I'd be into it but HOLY CRAP, THE LOVE. *runs out of breath from excitement*
*inhales deeply* Okay, I'm okay. It's just, I'm so excited. I don't ship anyone in this show but I'm so into it, and that's unusual for me. Usually ship's my hook, y'know? But I love Amanda in this. It's funny, I loved Carter for so long, then I kinda hated her for a brief period of bitterness, then I was with the liking of her once more but without that edge of obsession that made it so fulfilling for all those years and now, I have something better. Helen Magnus is way more awesome than Carter. I have to say, Carter could be a Mary Sue sometimes- and I say this as a long time fan of hers- but Magnus is just...so amazing. *fangirls*
Huh, I'm really intrigued by this Henry thing you're tantalizing me with! So far, I'm really liking him, 'snarky comic relief' may not be as well-respected as 'angsty, driven hero' but I so prefer him right now, lol. I prefer the guys that make me laugh. :D
I love that the writers are really smart on this show. I haven't seen that much yet, so I can't appreciate the interconnectivity and how plot threads in different eps tie together, but ti's so great that they're thinking and that there's revelations that fit into past eps and explain things and show them in a different light. I usually count myself lucky to get a writing staff with some grasp of what continuity means, lol.
Have you seen 4400? It kinda has similar themes- and even has Kavan in a few eps!- what with the main characters chasing down people with abilities and studying them or imprisoning them if they're dangerous, and it had that moral dilemma thing as well where the main characters question if what they're doing makes them the good or bad guys.
I really love how Magnus drops bombshell after bombshell on Will. Like that rooftop scene- heh, 'don't do it, you've got so much to live for' [paraphrasing, due to my lack of obsessively detailed knowledge about this show- but I'm working on it!]- where she mentions that she's had her eye on him since she first saw him and he's thinking when she hit him with her car, lol, and she ever so casually reveals that no, it was actually when he was a kid and he *brain!splodes* when he realizes that his memories of what happened with his mother weren't the delusions of an overimaginative/traumatized kid. She just doles these out, bit by bit, cracking his perceptions more and more, it's so fun to watch.
how are you really any better than the opposition (especially since said opposition ALSO firmly believes it's doing the right thing)?
I'm kinda sad that the other side seems to be superior in force and influence- I mean, on one side, we have Magnus, daughter and a few tagalongs; on the other, they've got these mercenary types storming in with guns and outnumbering them...hmm.
I haven't seen much of the other side yet, but um, they don't seem so sympathetic so far, claiming the sisters as their property, wtf? Will's trying to encourage them to explore free will and independence and the other guys are all about locking up their possessions safe and sound, yeah, I'm not liking them at all.