OMG I KNOW I WAS LIKE, WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SCREEN IN BETWEEN ME AND HUGGING HER AND TELLING HER IT'S OKAY, WE'LL FIND HER A NEW APARTMENT AND NEW CLOTHES FAR AWAY FROM PETER.
I would have loved for Astrid to hug her. I thought it was very touching the way Astrid tried to stop Olivia from pretending to be okay, to let her know it was okay to not be okay, and then...the thing that I felt that I'm not sure I'm on the same page as fandom with, was the way she...doesn't get it right. Not for lack of trying - and I love her so much for trying - but she tries to make it better, to explain that it wasn't really like that, to make Olivia feel less crappy by giving her greater understanding of the situation, when I think that was...the wrong way to go. Olivia didn't need to be told, yet again, how Peter might or might not feel about her. She needed a hug, and for someone to tell her it was okay to be hurt and furious; for someone to give her permission not to consider what Peter might have felt or intended?
Anyway, yes. More Astrid. And honestly? More Broyles. I really love Broyles and he never gets to form relationships with people. I HAVE STILL NOT FORGOTTEN THAT TIME NINA SHARP SNOGGED HIM.
He should take Olivia drinking. I would watch that.
As to the Altlivia/Peter stuff, I...don't even know how I feel. I feel like I can't decide until I know whether or not it'll be skeezy. I actually want to like it, if they go for it. I mean, obviously it's a poor comparison in many ways, because the interpersonal relationships are different, but it makes me think of Kara/Sam. Where Sam was, to my mind, obviously so much better suited to Kara than Lee, but I never really believed that they'd let it happen long-term. Except in that instance, I didn't feel like it'd be skeezy if Kara/Lee happened, just that it wouldn't work for me. And in that instance while, okay, there are perspectives from which Kara treated Lee poorly that are valid, it's not a patch on what Olivia is going through Peter never intended it.
But still, the principle of it - actually having Peter choose Altlivia, even though it's going to make him feel guilty as hell? INTRIGUING.
And stuff.
And you're right, it's so the show's thing now. And it's exhausting. It's like it's engaged in a constant game of chicken with FAIL. And keeps winning because, um, no one beats Olivia Dunham?
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Date: 2011-01-18 08:44 pm (UTC)I would have loved for Astrid to hug her. I thought it was very touching the way Astrid tried to stop Olivia from pretending to be okay, to let her know it was okay to not be okay, and then...the thing that I felt that I'm not sure I'm on the same page as fandom with, was the way she...doesn't get it right. Not for lack of trying - and I love her so much for trying - but she tries to make it better, to explain that it wasn't really like that, to make Olivia feel less crappy by giving her greater understanding of the situation, when I think that was...the wrong way to go. Olivia didn't need to be told, yet again, how Peter might or might not feel about her. She needed a hug, and for someone to tell her it was okay to be hurt and furious; for someone to give her permission not to consider what Peter might have felt or intended?
Anyway, yes. More Astrid. And honestly? More Broyles. I really love Broyles and he never gets to form relationships with people. I HAVE STILL NOT FORGOTTEN THAT TIME NINA SHARP SNOGGED HIM.
He should take Olivia drinking. I would watch that.
As to the Altlivia/Peter stuff, I...don't even know how I feel. I feel like I can't decide until I know whether or not it'll be skeezy. I actually want to like it, if they go for it. I mean, obviously it's a poor comparison in many ways, because the interpersonal relationships are different, but it makes me think of Kara/Sam. Where Sam was, to my mind, obviously so much better suited to Kara than Lee, but I never really believed that they'd let it happen long-term. Except in that instance, I didn't feel like it'd be skeezy if Kara/Lee happened, just that it wouldn't work for me. And in that instance while, okay, there are perspectives from which Kara treated Lee poorly that are valid, it's not a patch on what Olivia is going through Peter never intended it.
But still, the principle of it - actually having Peter choose Altlivia, even though it's going to make him feel guilty as hell? INTRIGUING.
And stuff.
And you're right, it's so the show's thing now. And it's exhausting. It's like it's engaged in a constant game of chicken with FAIL. And keeps winning because, um, no one beats Olivia Dunham?